Echoing through Ryuuga's dark room was a buzzing sound, originating from his phone, placed on the bedside table. A pile of sheets was over his bed, and under each and every one of them, Ryuuga slept peacefully, ignoring the buzzing sound until he couldn't take it anymore.

"What...." Ryuuga mumbled, hidden under all the sheets on his bed. His arm slowly moved out from under the sheet mountain, taking hold of his ringing phone. "It's so early... It's nine in the morning for christ's sake..." He kept mumbling, moving away the sheets and sitting up. "Who's calling at this ungodly hour... Hello hello?"

"Ryuzaki & Co. building in a hour, we got a new guy for you to tour around."

"Ryuzaki... It's still nine, can't it be la-"

"I'll pay you what Joe and Abbacchio wasted so get your ass ready and then get it here. Love you too, sayonara."

Ryuuga stood in his bed, holding his phone by his left ear's side as elevator music played in his phone. "Is this a joke..." He dropped his phone and fell with his face on his pillow.

"Goddammit..."

(Opening)

Ryuuga landed in the bottom of the stairs with a loud bang, but didn't got up right away. He just laid there with his face on the ground. "Why haven't we fixed that step yet..." He asked in a mutter.

"Take this, kid! This is a real man's vanguard!" Joe exclaimed, swinging his arm to the right. He and Izuru sat on the couch, fighting each other. Unlike he usually did, Joe wasn't wearing his mask.

"Tiara. Two to pass." Izuru replied, not giving any sort of expression. He just shuffled the cards on his hand.

"Good morning..." Ryuuga yawned as he got himself off the floor. "Hey, what happened to your mask?" He asked, pointing at Joe's face.

"That's a good question. Remember how yesterday I threw my mask into a trash can after all the running we did?" Joe asked back as he performed his Twin Drive, squinting when taking a look at his two cards. "No triggers..."

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Turns out that was the only mask I had so now you'll forever see me without it. How great is that? Attack!"

"Cool..." Ryuuga replied, yawning again as he walked off to the kitchen.

"It's a true shame that I'll have to see your mug now. Marilyn, complete guard." Izuru declared.

"Why you little- That's not how you even smack talk the opponent! Wait, did you just nulli- CRAP!" Joe exclaimed, scratching the back of his head.

"How is the day so tiresome this early?" Ryuuga asked himself as he put on a white shirt. Then, he started to button it. "And I can't believe I have to be the one doing the tour guide, I'm just the system tester, I'm paid to play card games in possibly dangerous systems!"

"Stop complaining about your work!" Joe yelled from downstairs.

"I'm only doing this because you and your milf hunting best friend BURNED THROUGH MY CREDIT CARD FASTER THAN I SAVED UP ALL THAT MONEY!" Ryuuga yelled back.

"DAMMIT I'M LOSING TO A KID IN A CARDFIGHT WHEN I'M ONE OF THE BIG FIVE IN HEIWA, I'M HAVING THE HARDEST TIME!"

"THAT'S NOT HOW HAVING THE HARDEST TIME EVEN WORKS, YOU MASKED JACKASS!"

"HA HA, I'M NOT MASKED ANYMORE, YOUR INSULT IS TRASH, I WIN! SHIT, I LOST!"

"DON'T CURSE AROUND IZURU, YOU STUPID CRAP!" Ryuuga sighed. "I already have a stiff neck from the shouting, I'm sure that's not how the human body even works... Now where did I left my entry card again..." He muttered. He opened one of his drawers and started looking through it. "Hm?" He grabbed a hard object and pulled it out. It was just a rame picture of him and Fujiko, taken during the time they and their friends went to the private island shared by Ryuzaki and Kaido. "Oh yeah, she wanted to ask me something yesterday... Ah, it was probably nothing. Oh, I found you, you little shit!" Ryuuga returned the frame to the drawer and pulled out his entry card.

"Alright, I'm leaving. I probably will return late so tell mom and dad to save me dinner!" Ryuuga exclaimed, walking past Izuru and Joe on the couch as he headed towards the door. "Also, don't go into my room or else I'll ask you to return my Spikes deck."

"Got it, big brother!" Izuru replied.

"Same goes for you, Joe."

"I don't play Spikes or have your-"

"I'll take your Neon Messiahs."

"You psycho-"

"Ok, bye!" Ryuuga said. the next thing to be heard was the front door closing.

"That little bastard... Hey kid, cousin Joe has a life lesson for you."

Izuru narrowed his eyes. "Aren't you the guy who's tyring to hit it off with the girl who liked Ryuuga?"

Joe squinted. "Just how old are- Nevermind, yes I am, but this is a big lesson. It's about giving value to your friendships. You see, ever since I met Ryuuga, my life turned to the better side, that's why I value our friendship alot. We're basically bros. That's why I always remember the day we've met after all the years that passed. We met on May 2th, exactly a month ago. See, your cousin knows how to remember dates."

"Hey, that's actually a useful lesson! Ryuuga rarelly remembers dates nowadays so he can't teach me about it!"

Ryuuga, sitted in the passenger's seat of the car that had come to pick him up to get him to work, sneezed. He rubbed his nose. "Someone must be talking crap about me." He sniffed.

"That or summers colds." Maverick said, him being the one driving the car. "Also, bless you. Tissue?"

"Thanks and no thanks. So tell me, this new guy who I have to tour around, what's up with this new gug?" Ryuuga asked, looking at the time in his phone.

Maverick kept his eyes on the road. "Let's see... For starters, his name is Gin Fuchigami. I haven't seen him face to face yet, I only saw his face on a file. He's fresh out of college and he's eighteen."

"Holy- Eighteen?!" Ryuuga squinted.

"Yeah. You know how super genius kids finish college before they even reach the legal age to drink?"

"Yeah but I thought that was some media trope!"

"Hey, that's Ryuzaki said! But yeah, he ended high school a year earlier than his classmates and then did four years of engineering in a year. Ryuzaki asked him what that was about but he said he just didn't had anything else to do."

"Holy shit, why does everyone weird end up in that company..."

"Hey hey, we're not weird, Ryuzaki calls us special cookies. Also, you work there, so you're a special cookie too. Oh yeah, as for his Vanguard stuff, no record at all. We don't know what deck he plays or even if he plays at all. At least me and Iku don't, I'm sure Ryuzaki knows already by now."

"I see... And I'm stuck touring this guy around because?"

"Because you are young and this Gin guy seemed a bit awkward in his interview. Something something, guy with not many friends, something something, basically still a teenager, something something, you are the friendlist guy of the bunch."

"And Mina?"

"Dude if he's a guy of not many friends, how do you think he'll be around a busty blonde with glasses that's basically only a year or less older than him?"

"Fair point."

"You're a cheerful guy now, this will be cake for you. Imagine just touring your older self around the building."

"That's a terrible example!" Ryuuga exclaimed.

"Yeah, now that I think about it, this guy doesn't has the stuttering face." Maverick chuckled.

"Then what face does he has?"

"Hm... Imagine a guy that just woke up from a long nap one shot a lion with his right fist."

Ryuuga wheezed. "TELL ME YOU'RE JOKING, I'M ALREADY IN ENOUGH TROUBLE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WAY TOO STRONG PHYSICALLY!"

"Huh... You heard nothing."

"MAVERICK!!!!!!!"

"What? I didn't said anything, have I?"

"EXACTLY! TELL ME YOU'RE JOKING!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about." For the rest of the trip to the Ryuzaki & Co. building, Maverick whistled innocently while Ryuuga yelled at him.

"We're coming in, hide Iku running in treadmills for money!" Maverick announced as he opened the door to Ryuzaki's office. After Ryuuga entered, Maverick entered aswell and closed the door.

"It's funny because not even in the videos of Mr. Ryuzaki-Beast he gets my name right. Thank you, world." Inu replied.

"You're welcome." Ryuzaki pointed finger guns at Inu. "Anytime, Icantfuckhisgirlfriendwithoutmoneyu."

Inu squinted at Ryuzaki. "You don't have to spam it in my face, I know that's how it is!"

"Attaboy, you are smart. Good boy!"

"Can we just get done with this? The first thing I had to do in this saturday was come here, if I can hurry it up, I will." Ryuuga interjected.

"Calm your horses, mister. No need to get snappy with me this early, you can wait until later to get snappy with me. Oh yeah, Inu?"

"Yeah?" Inu looked at Ryuzaki.

"Ryuuga is about to get paid more than you today. Suck on that, Iguano."

"You son of a bitch... My name is Inu!"

"Yeah, yeah. Anyway, your job for today is to tour around our new guy Gin. Just show him around the floors, tell him where the cafeteria and bathrooms are where the RIVS room is, his job will basically be helping out with that. He's got the brains. Ah yes, finishing college before youe eighteen, that brings memories."

"Yeah, yeah. Oh geez..." Ryuuga rubbed the back of his neck. "Where's Gin?"

"Oh, he's in the cafeteria."

"But you just told me to show him the cafe-"

"Don't get snappy or else I'll give your money to Iku. Now go, hush hush. Mr. Ryuzaki-Beast has content to produce. Iku, to the treadmill!"

"Not that again!"

Ryuuga sighed and exited the room. "This Gin guy... If Maverick said he looks like the type of guy to one shot a lion with a hand, I can't even start to picture what giant gym freak this guy will be- Perhaps he'll be worse than Maverick even..." He scratched his head. "Gah, I should have stayed home!"

Ryuuga walked around the main cafeteria of the building, a large circularn space filled with tables, televisions, couches, counters that served coffee, tea, snacks and even lunch or dinner, everything was made to give the employees a confortable place to rest before returning to work. After minutes of just passing around and finding no one, he sat down at one of the counters.

"A cup of coffee, please." Ryuuga asked, placing his arms down on the counter and resting his head on them. He then sighed. "This is the worst treasure hunt ever, period..."

"Ryuuga Sawada, right?" Sitted in the stool next to the one to Ryuuga's right, a strong voice asked. It belonged to a tall and bulky figure, dressed in a white turtle neck shirt under a garnet red blazer. His pants were black, and in contrast to that, he wore white shoes. But all of that was trivial, one of the unique factors of this entity was his hair. Long, wild, brown hair, with two parts on the front three parts behind his back kept together with dark grey, stone-like, pieces while the rest was kept free. Some hairs also came down his face, staying between his left eye and his nose.

"Yeah, it's me. Are you-" As if frozen by fear, Ryuuga stopped talking as soon has he looked at the person's gaze. Dark red eyes glaring into his soul, and on his face, two scars; one across his face that cut across his right eye and another etched deep into his left one from the corner of his eyelid all the way down across his nose and that ended at the bottom of his jaw on the right.

"Gin Fuchigami, yeah. Ryuzaki told me that you'd come to give me a tour of the building." Gin answered. He looked at Ryuuga, who was without words and basically staring at him. "Hm? Is everything okay?"

"Huh?" Ryuuga came back to his senses. "Oh, yeah yeah! I didn't got alot of sleep because I had to come in so early, no need to worry." He waved it off, though the gaze was implanted in his mind. 'This guy... Guess what Maverick said about a guy with no many friends was accurate...'

Gin got up from his stool and placed some coins on the counter. "Shall we get going? I assume you want to get this done with as soon as possible. Afterall, it's saturday. Not a day to spend locked in a building, but a day to be doing literally anything else."

"R-right, yeah. Since you're going to be helping out on the RIVS system, I'll just start to show the room we're we've been testing it. Is that fine with you?"

Gin nodded. "Bottom floors, right?"

"Exactly! Come on, let's get going."

The room where the RIVS was tested, and where some of the servers for the system were, were some floors under the main hall, no more than three. With no stairway leading to that room, Ryuuga and Gin took one of the two elevators that lead to the room.

"Say, Gin... Are you really only eighteen?" Ryuuga asked. After taking a proper look Gin's build, and remembering about him finishing college already, curiosity had gotten over him.

"Well, you got me... I'm not eighteen." Gin shook his head.

"That explains-"

"I'm eighteen and a half!" Gin exclaimed.

Ryuuga squinted. "Wait that can't be right, you look at least twenty!"

"Is it the bulk? I had neighbours who asked me the same thing when I was younger." He crossed his arms.

"Y-younger...?" Ryuuga sighed. "If you say so..."

"Ryuzaki told me he only called you about the tour today because if he had done it earlier, you'd forget about it. Are you truly that bad with dates?"

Ryuuga squinted once again. "Yeah, let's not talk about that right now, I get that thrown at my face alot already."

"I see. Very well, I won't speak of it again."

"Huh, thank you." 'This guy is sorta... Dull. That or he's really that anti-social.'

"These are the servers. Ryuzaki said these don't have alot of value since he has spares spread across his buildings, but I'm not an expert on this, I only work at playing games." Ryuuga explained, guiding Gin across two rows of tall servers. "I'm guessing you understand all this stuff."

"Yeah, I spent the last year or so studying it. I had alot of free time so I ended up studying the four years of technological engeneering in a year." Gin replied, taking a closer look at the servers to his left. "Huh, these were made with an exceptional expertise. I can't even compare these masterpieces with the junk college had."

"I'll take that as a compliment for us. Do you work directly on these circuit wardrobe thingies or you use a keyboard? This stuff is usually done by Ryuzaki and Inu."

"Keyboard. You can't exactly work on a server with your bare hands, unless you're adding some hardware piece to it. Most stuff is done through a computer connected to the servers via wireless these days. One of the good things of the future."

"I see. We got some more rooms to check out before lunch time, so just tell me when you're-"

"I'm ready now."

Ryuuga looked at Gin. 'Either dull, stoic or just nevous around people. Maverick was right, he really is like the older me without all the stuttering.'

Through the next two hours, Ryuuga and Gin went by the many rooms of the tower, starting all the way from the mathmatic rooms in the second, the biology rooms on the third, skipping the three floors worth of office work, going through the sixth floor where the mechanic rooms were, skipping more a few floors of offices, going by the three cafeterias of the tower and only stopping in front of a door that Ryuuga chose to show, not one that Ryuzaki had asked him.

Gin looked at the door with a curious look. "Why did we stop in thsi one?"

Ryuuga let out a small evil chuckle. "This is one of my favourites. You come here when you think Ryuzaki is a shitty boss. Welcome to human resources." He declared as he opened the door. 

The employees inside the room all looked at Ryuuga, and as if they were vikings seeing their leader walk into their bar, they all shouted his name. "RYUUGA!"

Ryuuga waved them off. "Not here to complain this time, just showing the new guy around."

Gin was left confused by their reaction. "You are a regular here?"

"Ryuzaki isn't a bad guy per say but he's no super boss either. You'll get used to it as time flies by. Come on, we got more rooms to go check out."

Shortly after Ryuuga and Gin left, Inu came running into the room, his legs trembling as he panted like a tired dog. "T-TREADMILL!"

"TREADMILL!!!!!"

The following floors Ryuug and Gin went through were rooms dedicated to nothing more than free time, somehow having a football and a basketball court, a mini-golf court, a videogame room, a room for playing Vanguard, some kitchens, a gym and much more. 

"This is the last one on the floor. Honestly, I'm not sure myself of what it has. But still, can't hurt to take a peek." Ryuuga said as he opened that last door. Behind it was just a white room with a black floor, some wardrobes and a boxing court in the middle. "Huh, figures we'd have something like this for Maverick. Guess we can go lunch-" Ryuuga looked at Gin, who's eyes stared at the boxing court and face depicted surprise. Though it wasn't surprise that he was feeling. What he felt was a nostalgic feeling. "You a boxing fan?"

"No, but I have boxed before when I was in my final years of middle school and throughout high school as a whole. I dropped it when I went to college because I needed time to study." Gin explained.

"Huh, that's pretty cool. Wanna have a round?" Ryuuga challenged.

"Huh?" Gin looked at Ryuuga. "No offense but you'd lose in less than sixty seconds. I'm taller and bulkier, you wouldn't be able to knock me out."

"Hey hey, I'm no weasel okay? I can hold my own in a fight. Sixty seconds, was it?" Ryuuga asked as he walked up to the bell in the room, setting it's timer to exactly one minute. "If I last the sixty seconds, we'll call it a draw. The winner is the one that doesn't gets knocked out. How does that sounds?" 

Gin smirked. "That's fine with me. But please use a mouthguard, I don't want to be fire for dislocating an employee's jaw." 

"We won't need those. Ryuzaki and Maverick enjoy their occasional boxing match, even though Ryuzaki's brains can't get him a win, so he invested in some headguards reforced to allow damage to go into the person's mouth. Basically, it's a two in one sort of thing."

"We have a deal. When the bell rings at the sixty second mark, you'll be on the floor."

Ryuuga smirked back at Gin. "We'll just about that."

After fifteen minutes of preparation; some warm ups and changing into shorts and boxing shorts, the two of them stood in front of each other, Gin using dark red gloves while Ryuuga used some black ones. They agreed upon a twenty second grace period, and through those twenty seconds, they walked around the field in a circular motion, glaring at each other. Ryuuga held his fists high, almost near his fist, and in contrast to this defensive position, Gin kept his fists low.

"There's something I've been wanting to ask you." Ryuuga said.

"Oh yeah? Go ahead." Gin replied.

"What's up with that weird dull quietness you have? Are you just dull or nervous around people?"

"Hm, you saw through me. I'm not very good with people and am a somewhat social awkward guy. I'm only this freely around you since you're my boxing opponent. I lost my socializing skills around middle school, and after that, I became this, so getting friends wasn't any easy task."

"Oh yeah? What made you so bad with people?"

"Let me answer you with another question. You're the King of the Heiwa Royalty, aren't you?"

"I'll admit I wasn't expecting that, but yeah, I am. What about it?"

"I used to have friends, but they all started getting their minds fixated on becomg members of our school's Royalty. With time, I became an outcast. The Royalty took away everything from me, and that is why I swore to destroy every Royalty out there with my bare hands."

"Huh..?"

And then the bell rang. The sixty seconds had started.

Gin charged forward, letting out a small laugh. "That was a joke to throw you off! I know you're smart, so only by confusing you will I land a hit!" He exclaimed, shooting his right fist forward, and as soon as it was about to strike Ryuuga, it striked nothing. "W-what..?!" He looked down, and there was Ryuuga, carrying a smirk on his face as he striked Gin with a strong uppercut. "Shit!"

"I won't lie, you got me good with that! I'm not as strong as you, but I'm agile and smart!" Ryuuga said as Gin stumbled back.

Gin chuckled, cleaning off some spit with his glove. "Not bad. What is bad is that that dealt no damage at all. It confirms it, you dodn't have the strength needed to deal me damage!" He said, charging forward once again, but instead of one for a one shot punch like last time, he started to throw punches and quickly returning them, which started to push Ryuuga towards the nets.

"Don't be so sure about that, underestimating your opponent will never end well!" Ryuuga fired back, ducking to dodge one of the throws Gin shot and striking his left side with a right hook. Ryuuga flinched with the strike and backed away, reaching the nets. 'This guy... He was right, I really don't have the strength to damage him. I somehow ended up hurting my hand by just punching him!'

"You're thinking about how you damaged yourself trying to damage me, your body language tells me everything!" Gin exclaimed, shooting another right hook that Ryuuga dodged by throwing himself between his legs and escaping to the opposing nets. "So, running away is your plan?" He asked, turning around to face Ryuuga.

Ryuuga panted, but kept his smirk strong. "All I have to do is not lose in those sixty seconds, right? I still have fourty to go through, I can't start pulling the dangerous stunts this soon."

"That isn't a bad idea per say, but you ignored just how big my steps are." Gin started moving forward again, this time faster, and like he said, the steps he took where big. He needed no more then four steps to get to Ryuuga, and ended up getting in punching range before Ryuuga could think of what to do.

"S-shit!" Ryuuga exclaimed, pulling his arms to shield himself from Gin's strike, though all he did was managed to get himself sent to the ground near one of the other nets. Grabbing the lower net to support himself up, Ryuuga panted. "I wasn't expec-" His eyes widened as Gin's shadow, which had started to cover him, grew larger. Ryuuga couldn't waste time looking back or else he'd get striked again, so instead he just shot his fist up as he turned around, strike the left side of Gin's face. "Take that!"

Gin stumbled back once again and started panting aswell. "I managed to land a hit on you, that's all I needed to do before going on the serious offensive!" With that, he charged at Ryuuga, returning to shot multiple punches in a small amount of time, though faster now.

Ryuuga tried to dodge the hits, only allowing to be scratched by the as he wasn't able to perfectly dodge every single strike. "Eh, from that fight style, I think I got a pretty vivid image of your style of fighting!" He said he got pushed into the nets once again.

"Oh yeah? And what's that?" Gin asked, shooting his right fist forward, directly towards Ryuuga's face.

"You never let go of the opponent, leaving no room for evasion. You latch onto the opponent and strike like a hungry animal, however..." Ryuuga said. As he the fist was about to strike him, he evaded it and moved forward, striking Gin with another uppercut. "You know when to show an opponent mercy. You know you can easily beat me, but you've been avoiding body shots during all the round! Overall, you're a pretty honourable guy, you big oaf!" Ryuuga exclaimed. He kept going on the offensive, striking Gin with another two hooks, which lead to him backing off to the opposing nets.

Gin rubbed his face, panting harder than before. "You... Eh, you actually got some damage through... I'm impressed."

"I'm not a giant wall with arms and legs like you but I told you I could hold my own!" Ryuuga said, charging forward.

"Yeah... Let's see about that!" Gin also started charging forward.

As the two closed in the distance between them and got within shoting range, their shot their fists at each other's faces, stopping when their fists were one centimeter away from the opponent's face. The bell rang loudly, declaring the end of the round.

"Tell me something , Ryuuga. If I had landed this one strike, would you have fallen down?"

"Since you ask so nicely..." Ryuuga said, smirking. "No doubt it." He fell on the ring with a loud bang and a crack. "Son of a bitch, my back is worse than my dad's, I've been skipping work out day way too much because of this Royalty crap! Hey Gin, give a pal a help and lift me up! My back isn't what it used to be a year ago!" He asked, lifting his right arm.

Gin looked at Ryuuga and started laughing. "O-okay, just hold up." He grabbed Ryuuga's arm and helped him up. "Please tell me there is a shower in this floor, I smell like shit after that fight."

"Oh yeah, other end of the hall, a very long walk until then." Ryuuga stretched his back. "Jesus fuck, I'll need a cane after this."

Half a hour after the end of the boxing match, Ryuuga and Gin were in the ceiling of the tower, which was a large garden. Ryuzaki had thrown alot of stuff together in that one building. They sat on a bench, eating their lunch. Gin, who was out of his blazer and had his sleeves rolled up, ate a yakisoba bread sandwich, and Ryuuga, also with his sleeves rolled up and eating a cup of instant ramen, stared at Gin and his lunch.

"Dude, how can you even enjoy that crap? It's noodles in bread."

"I'll put it simply. It tastes good."

"Either eat noodles or bread, not the two things together! The bread will get all soggy with the sauce!"

"That's just an extra bit of deliciousness."

Ryuuga looked Gin. "You're a weird fella." Then he got back to eating his ramen. "So clarify me a thing, just how much of your backstory was a joke?"

"All of it. I didn't started playing Vanguard until last week when I was notified that Ryuzaki was interested in hiring me and I only started playing to get a higher chance of getting hired."

"Makes sense. So let me guess, you were just bad at socializing and started boxing for the hell of it?"

"Pretty much, though these lines on my face also have to do with it."

"Alright, now I have another question. What's up with those lines on your face?"

"Scars from a lion's claws."

Ryuuga squinted and almost spat out his lunch, not only for the answer he recieved but also because the though of Gin one shoting a lion with his fists started to make sense. "Y-you're joking right?!" He asked after taking a sip of his cola.

"No. So me and my dad were in safari in Africa before I entered in middle school and I got too close to a lion cub. Needless to say, it didn't end well for me. People felt off about the marks, I was bad at socializing, oingo boingo I end up in boxing. With extra time from not hanging out with anyone, I managed to study alot and finish high school and college early."

"I got another question."

"Do you ask that many questions to people you meet?"

"Not really."

"Alright, shoot it." Gin replied, finishing his lunch and throwing the plastic wrapped into the nearest trash can.

"Nice shot. Did Ryuzaki gave you some words of encouragement? He does like to bring teenagers under his wing and teach them a thing or two. Hell, he was my mentor for months and I'm pretty sure he even has one in GEN and that his own son has beef with him."

"Well, now that you mention it..." Gin rubbed his chin as he looked up. "He did tell me a thing that was sort of inspiring. He looked into my history as a fighter and said it was good that I fought since fighting, no matter the game or sport, is a good way to get to know people better."

"Huh, sounds like the type of thing he'd say." Ryuuga shrugged and finished his cup of ramen.

"This reminds me. We got to know each other through boxing, and that was my type of fight, so how about we continue it through your type of fight?" Gin asked as he took out a black deck box from his blazer. "Spoiler alert, the guy at the store said this deck was awesome but after seeing people fighting online, I think I got scammed."

"Eh, you didn't won at your own game and now you're trying to beat me at mine? Alright, I'll take you on, you big oaf."

"Do you just call that to all people you know?" Gin asked.

"I don't think so. Think of it as a cool title that just stucked on."

"I don't have any issues with it."

"That's the spirit. Ryuzaki has fighting tables in here so let's just go to one."

Ryuuga and Gin stood across each other, already with their starter on the field and already with their five cards in hand. The two of them looked at each other with a smirk.

"Stand up, the vanguard!" The two declared.

"Masago Stealth Rogue, Goemon! (6000)" Gin's vanguard circle expanded garnet red.

"Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Wind! (6000)" Ryuuga's vanguard circle expanded red. "So, you play Murakumo? Then guess you could call this a ninja showdown."

"What can I say? I thought playing the same deck as the boss would boost the chances of getting hired. Ride! Stealth Rogue of Summoning, Jiraya! (8000)"

"When you consider just how big his ego is, I don't think that would work." Ryuuga laughed. "The guy has his name in his own company."

"You're right, but it's like you said, he isn't a bad guy per say. Goemon's skill, I draw one, and then with Jiraya's skill, I draw another. I take a card from hand and put it on the bottom of the deck. Turn end."

Gin
Hand: 6
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw." Ryuuga looked through his hand. 'Let's see if this new build can last to my expectations.' "Ride! Stealth Dragon, Dreadmaster! (8000) Magatsu Wind's skill, I draw one card, and then, Dreadmaster's skill, I discard one to draw one. Dreadmaster attacks! (8000)"

"No guard!"

"Drive check! (Stealth Beast, Tamahagane) No trigger."

"Damage check! (Stealth Fiend, Jakotsu Girl)"

"That's my turn."

Gin
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 7
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw." Gin smirked. "Even though he has a lower base power, his power will summon the strength to keep pummeling you down."

Ryuuga blinked. "You can't mean-"

"RIDE! Special Stealth Beast, Weasel Red! (8000)" Gin's vanguard circle exploded garnet red. "Weasel Red's skill! I counterblast and discard five cards from my hand! Superior call! To the front row, two Weasel Blues! (8000) (8000) And to the back row, three Weasel Whites! (8000) (8000) (8000) And now, the power of my Weasels will be unlocked! Each Weasel on my field besides Weasel Red gives 2k to all Special units on my fields, so make that 10k to my whole board! (8000>>18000) (8000>>18000) (8000>>18000) (8000>>18000) (8000>>18000) (8000>>18000) Boosted by Weasel White, Weasel Red attacks! (18000>>36000)"

"You can't be serious right now." Ryuuga groaned. "No guard!"

"Drive check! (Stealth Beast of Summoning, Jiraya)"

"Damage check! (Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Gale)"

"Boosted by another Weasel White, Weasel Blue on the left! (18000>>36000)"

"No guard! (Shura Stealth Dragon, Jamyocongo)"

"And now, my other two Weasels! (18000>>36000)"

"Tch, I guard with Zashikihime and Magatsu Breath! (38000)"

"Turn end. Ryuuga, remember how I read your movements in our boxing match through your body language?"

"Yeah. What about it?"

"I can do the same for your cardfight. I can read you easily. I'll just come out and saying it, I know you're planning to fuel your drop zone with cards to end somehow, probably with some card you have."

"Eh, you win the mind games."

Gin
Hand: 2
Damage: 1
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Ryuuga
Hand: 5
Damage: 2
OXO
OOO

"However, winning the card games is another story. Ride! Magatsu Gale! (9000) Counterblast, soulblast, I draw a card! Add 6k! (9000>>15000) And now I call, Stealth Beast, Tamahagane! (9000) First off, since you don't have over four cards in hand, Tamahagane gains 5k power, regardless of the turn he's in. (9000>>14000) And second off, I'm gonna use his skill. I soulblast one to return your left Weasel Blue to hand, then you'll have to discard a card from your hand."

"Very well." Gin grabbed Weasel Blue and placed it in the drop zone. "I'll discard Weasel Blue."

"Better for me then. I call Sakurafubuki! (8000) I drop one to add 3k, then I coutnercharge an draw one. (8000>>11000) Battle! Sakurafubuki attacks! (11000)"

"I don't guard. (Covert Demonic Dragon, Hyakki Vogue)"

"And now, Magatsu Gale attacks! (15000)"

"No guard aswell!"

"Drive check! (Stealth Dragon, Voidmaster) No trigger!"

"Damage check! (Special Stealth Beast, Weasel Red)"

"And now, Tamahagane at Weasel Blue! (14000)"

"Guard with Jiraya! (18000)"

"That's the end of my turn. Go ahead and give me your best shot, Gin."

Gin
Hand: 1
Damage: 3
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Ryuuga
Hand: 5
Damage: 2
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OOO

Gin smirked. "Since you asked no nicely, I will show you something you never seen before! Stand and draw!" He looked at his two cards and grabbed them, then pointed them at the sky. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

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Gin slammed the cards on his guardian circle, face up. "GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ASSIST!"

Ryuuga started wheezing. "Y-YOU'RE JOKING, RIGHT?!"

"I DIDN'T DREW ANY GRADE THREE THE WHOLE GAME, NOT EVEN AFTER MY MULLIGAN!" Gin started laughing.

"Oh shit, you truly are a big oaf!"

"No need to tell me twice! I check the top five of the deck, add Shirayuki to my hand and shuffle the rest. Then I remove my other two hand cards from the game. Now I ride! Fantasy Petal Storm, Shirayuki! (12000) Imaginary Gift, Accel II! I draw one! Shirayuki's skill, acivate! I soulblast two and reduce the power of Magatsu Gale, Sakurafubuki and Tamahagane by 10k!"

"Guess I'm going to the negative numbers now. (8000>>-2000) (9000>>-1000) (14000>>10000)"

"I move Weasel White up and call Rainy Madam! (8000>>13000) Weasel boost! (8000>>16000) (8000>>16000) (8000>>16000) (8000>>16000) Boosted by Weasel White, Shirayuki attacks! (12000>>28000)"

"Can't really guard that now. No guard!"

"Twin drive! (Covert Demonic Dragon, Hyakki Vogue) (Stealth Fiend, Jakotsu Girl) No trigger!"

"My damage check! (Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm)"

"Weasel White! (16000)"

"No guard! (Momentary Stealth Rogue, Tsunamasa)"

"And now Weasels Blue with White! (16000>>32000)"

"No guard! (Shurs Stealth Dragon, Fuzencongo)"

"Rainy Madam goes in for the win! (13000)"

"I guard wtih Stealth Dragon, Ganbaku! (14000)"

Gin chuckled. "Turn end. Guess this is the part when I either give it all to survive or die trying."

Gin
Hand: 2
Damage: 3
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Ryuuga
Hand: 4
Damage: 5
XXX
OOO

"And you guess right. Stand and draw! The whirlwind of wisdom gathers in my hand! The vigorous storm of power scatters throughout the world! Haze, and descend, my avatar! Ride! Shura Stealth Dragon, Jamyocongo! (12000)" Ryuuga's vanguard circle exploded red.

"The infamous Jamyocongo. I'll admit, I heard some stuff about that card. However, my hand is already too small for you shrink."

"I know, that's why I'm doing the one thing people don't expect me to. Imaginary Gift, Protect II! I'll throw it to the circle where Tamahagane is! (14000>>19000) I move Sakurafubuki back and call! Tsunamasa! (8000) Tsunamasa's skill, add 3k to the vanguard, then soulcharge! (12000>>15000) I call Stealth Fiend, Goinohi! (9000) And I also call Kurogane! (5000) Battle! Jamyocongo attacks! (15000) Ninja Art, Perpetual Gale!"

"No guard!"

"Drive check! (Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm) (Stealth Dragon, Dreadmaster)"

"Damage check! (Fantasy Flower Petal, Shirayuki)"

"Boosted by Kurogane, Tamahagane attacks! (19000>>24000)"

"No guard! (Special Stealth Beast, Weasel Blue) That makes it five, but your last attack won't hit!"

"Who said anything about a last attack? Boosted by Sakurafubuki, Goinohi attacks! (9000>>17000)"

"I guard with Jakotsu Girl! Intercept with Weasel Blue! (22000)"

"That's fine, because I have another attack incoming!"

"What?!"

"Goinohi's skill! I counterblast two and return her to hand and then superior call her! (9000) Add 10k! (9000>>19000) Gin, you're a crazy bastard without a question, so thanks for the fight! Attack! (19000)"

"The same goes for you, Ryuuga! No guard! (Special Stealth Beast, Weasel Red) Gah, no trigger! I lose!"

"Nice G Assist, Gin. G Assit is the ultimate strat of Vanguard."

Gin nodded. "I couldn't agree-" Before he could finished, the two of them started laughing as if there was no tomorrow.

"Dammit you two, get to work! We have a tough afternoon of labor ahead!" Ryuzaki said, using the table as a communicating device.

"Huh we might wanna start grouping the proletarians in syndicates, I don't think this company can go forth without a touch of communism." Ryuuga advised.

"I agree."

"I CAN HEAR YOU TWO! THAT'S DOUBLE THE WORK FOR YOU TWO! YOU ARE TEENAGERS, YOU CAN HANDLE IT!"

"Some things he says can be taken the wrong way."

"STOP ROASTING ME THROUGH A TABLE!"

By the end of the day, when Gin and Ryuuga existed the Ryuzaki & Co. building and when the sun was already setting down, the two looked like a pair of zombies who just came of the grave. They barelly stood up, their legs shaking, and they didn't even walked properly, they just wombled around.

"Hey Ryuuga, you still want a stadium? Ask Ryuzaki for one." Gin said.

"How do you know about that?"

"The declaration of war was on TV, four crowds of students marathoned around the city, of course I know."

"Seems legit. I might actually just accept that advice. Afterall, I only ended up being the one who has to get a stadium because I know Ryuzaki."

Gin nodded. "And Ryuuga, one more thing. We're friends, right?"

Ryuuga looked at Gin and smirked. He extended his fist to him. "Of course we are, you dank oaf."

Gin smirked back. "Likewise." He was about to fist bump Ryuuga, but instead he shot his fists forward, stopping it when it was one centimeter away from hitting Ryuuga. But Ryuuga wasn't startled for he did the same.

"Next time, I'm winning the match."

"We'll see about that."

"Don't underes-" Ryuuga heard a loud crack sound and fell back. "Son of a bitch, my back! Get the proletarians on board!"

Gin started laughing but soon also heard a cracking sound, falling on his left. "Get the syndicates, we're pulling a cyka blyat on this company right now!"

When he got home, and when he finally arrived at his bedroom after a tiresome day of work, Ryuuga dropped dead on his bed, starting right away to snore until he got awoken by a loud bang.

Joe and Izuru kicked the door open, Joe holding a tray with three cups of instant ramen and Izuru holding two bottles of soda with some plastic cups. "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!" The two shouted.

Ryuuga bolted up from his bed and looked at them. "What is it?!"

"It's June 2nd, we re-met exactly a month ago it's our bronniversary! I knew you wouldn't remember so I remembered for you!" Joe explained.

"That's a lie, I remember it because it was the day I all all those crazy ass meetings with the clubs at school."

Joe was shocked. "And you didn't tell me until now?! You're a terrible bro!"

"Gin is more of a bro to me than you and I met him today!"

"MEANIE!"

"I'm just joking, c'mon man, you're my cousin. Now get me that ramen, I'm starving."

For the rest of the night, Ryuuga, Joe and Izuru ate, laughed and talked until they just passed out from exhaustion in the middle of Ryuuga's bedroom.

(Ending)

As Ryuuga, Joe and Izuru celebrating, Fujiko sat on the floor of her room by herself, staring down at her phone, which showed a picture of her and Ryuuga. "Three months in a row..."

Next Week-

#12: Company

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MINI SOUL: "The Ultimate Strat"

Gin: G Assist.

Ryuuga: G Assist with G Units.

Gin: G Assist with Legion cards.

Ryuuga: G Assit with Limit Break cards.

Gin: G ASSIST WITH WEASELS!

Ryuuga: G ASSIST WITH FUZENCONGO!

Ichigo: MIGHT IS RIGHT G ASSIST WITH CLARET SWORD!

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Gin: Hello everyone, I'm the newest character of Spiral Soul and my name is Gin Fuchigami. *bows* I'm not the greatest fighter but thank you for having me nonetheless.

Hikaru: The one character who doesn't fucks around in the A/N. *claps* The chosen one.

Ichigo: So huh how about we get some MIGHT IS RIGHT IN THE CHAT?!

Taira: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE WHAT IS A LAST CARD REVONN REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I WANT A BIG DRAGON VALEOS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Homura: I will vanquish the balls of my enemies.

Akira: Vanquish mine!

Homura: No.

Gin: Weasel master race?

Gin = Character because he plays Weaesels.

Ryuuga: I PLAY NUBATAMA BECAUSE OF YOU! GIVE ME HANZO REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Never. Meme of the week time.

Ryuzaki: Facts.

Inu: Give me the tissue you use to whip your tears.

Ryuzaki: I'll give you an ass beating if you ask me for money.

Inu: You heard nothing.

Today is October 15h, I haven't started OreSuki but have started Citrus instead. Its really hard to update my journry theough rom/ero coms while having a good work ethic.

Aijou: And that kids is how me and Fujiko started dating.

Fujiko: Please don't jinx it, I know I have a bad boyfriend but come on.

My name is Shida, thanks for reading and I will see you later. Bye bye!

Ryuuga: I have a feeling I'm forgetting something but I can't quite put my finger on it.