A calm and happy humming flowed throughout a small kitchen within a yacht big enough to be called home to some. Said yacht was located in the docks of a massive city-like island where the renowned GEN Academy was located, and where the owner and habitants of said yacht went to study. It was around four in the afternoon, friday, and the only person in the yacht was the one who was humming, Sakate. 

Sakate moved from one side to the other, replicating the movements of a ball dance, and holding a large silver bowl on his left hand and a stainless steel whisk on his right hand. With it, he whisked the batter within the bowl. His humming stopped and turned into him singing actual words. "Pancakes, pancakes, pancakes, to heal my soul from being kicked out-"

"You got kicked out from being the cooking teacher's assistant again, weren't you?" Strelzia asked as she stepped into the kitchen. "It explains how you got here so early."

"I had one of those moments, nothing more." Sakate replied as he put down the bowl on a counter. "It went more or less like this..."

With the aid of some chopsticks, Sakate guided some noodles into his mouth. After chewing and swallowing the food, he placed down the chopsticks and nodded. "Is this a joke to you?" He asked with a smile.

"I- Huhhh...." The student in front of the table started to look around. "No...?"

"This is GEN Academy... AND YOU BRING ME THIS?!" Sakate snarled, eyes red consumed by rage. With his right foot, he striked the table with enough force to make it flip over and send the bowl on top of it to the ground, making it shatter. "I'D RATHER EAT YOUR DAD'S DAMN DIRTY SHIT OUT OF YOUR MOM'S DAMN DIRTY VAGI-"

"And some more words that would probably get an E Class student expelled if he or she said them. I'm back at student duty for two weeks since my kick lead to food being wasted and school property to be broken." Sakate explained.

"You're a danger to yourself and everyone in this school and you play Vermillion trash." Strelzia deadpanned.

"That last part wasn't needed... Back to pan- WAH!" As Sakate moved forward, the yacht suddenly started moving and turning, leading Sakate to fall with his face flat on the floor. "I'm alright..." He muttered as he lifted his head, only for the pancake batetr and the bowl to fall over his head. "MY PANCAKE BATTER!"

"Good afternoon, cuckos, this is your captain and best friend speaking. Pack your shit, we're going to New York to help Ryuuga and friends fight in a war and we're using Sakate's family's house in New York as a base of operations. Look, it's a war where we don't humiliate E Class students in national TV but at least we get the chance to fight people with real decks, I don't see how much of a downgrade this is but it is how it is." Kaido's voice blasted throughout the entire yacht, thanks to a speaker system installed in the yacht that could be used from the piloting room, where he and Emma were.

"Smooth." Emma chuckled as she placed her arms around Kaido's neck.

Sitted on one of the chairs in the piloting room, Kaido smirked. "Honey please, we've been together since our first year in this place, you should know by now that Kaido Mikazuchi is what you find when you google the word 'smooth'."

(Opening)

Sakate fell on the couch, twitching like if he was suffering a stroke, and with a blank look on his face. "T-thirteen hours.... I wanna die...."

"Don't be a scrub, Sakate. Only E Class pricks suffer jet lag." Kaido joked, throwing his bag onto the couch. "It was a smooth plane trip, if I do say so myself." The grey haired said, stretching his arms.

"H-how do... H-HOW DO YOU-"

"Not get so affected by the sudden change of time zones? I go to Italy with Emma, you doofus. I do more than just sit on a yacht making food and playing a bad deck." Kaido huffed.

"STOP DISSING MY DISCHAAA-" Sakate suddenly covered his mouth and got off the couch, running off into the nearest bathroom.

"Even your digestive system knows Vermillion is garbage!" Kaido exclaimed from the living room. "Someone should have recorded that."

"Phone's dead, this means I can't text Hikaru..." Strelzia mourned.

"There, there." Emma said, patting her sister's back. "I'm sure Hikaru will get here in no time."

Kaido nodded and reached for an inner pocket of his jacket. "I agree. In fact, I agree with anything you say. Emma Bucciarati, will you-"

"After college, you dummy doofus." Emma deadpanned.

"Got it."

"You're still too young to marry!" Sakate yelled from the bathroom.

"Got back to barfing, you disgusting Dragon Empire stinker!" Kaido replied.

In the following morning, Kaido and Emma left the building near nine in the morning, whilst Strelzia was still asleep and Sakate was still passed out from his unlucky case of jet lag. Nearly one hour after the couple left, they reached the Manhattan Terminal, a large docking bay for cruises. However, none of the two were aware of that small detail when deciding to go there.

Kaido and Emma both sat in a bench, looking out at the many cruises alongside the bay, and both sharing the same disappointed look.

"These aren't yachts." Kaido pointed out.

"I don't know anything about cruise motors. I know my stuff about boats, but cruises are like that one subject where everyone is bad at!" Emma pounted.

"Name one subjects I'm bad at."

"Sex ed. To be more exact, sex ed, first year, professor Ryuzaki."

The excruciating sound of cruises' horns playing became monotone to Kaido after Emma spoke those words. His left eye twitching while the other stayed completly open, cold sweat ran down his body, his breathing accelerated, all because of one single class given by none other than his father years ago.

"Let's see here..." Ryuzaki looked at the students within the classroom for someone to pick, and even though many ahd their arms raised, he picked the one he was most familiar with. "Mr. Mikazuchi. Tell me, if you and, let's say... Miss Emma, would want to have a baby, how would you do it? You know, the baby making process. Oh and do explain it standing up."

Sakate and Strelzia covered their mouths to hide the incoming laughs they tried to push back with all their being. And as for the two victims of this situation, Emma and Kaido, they were left to turn red.

"I-i, huh...." Kaido muttered as he got up from his chair. 'How do I explain how to have intercourse with the girl who fixed my yacht and is now living in it...' "I, huh... I would have to, huh..."

"Plow her." Sakate whispered, though loud enough for everyone to hear, between his laughs. His simple two words were enough to make the rest of the class laugh and make the situation for Kaido and Emma worse.

"Ha ha, very funny, Mr. Sakate, I'm sure everyone is having a blast with that little joke of yours." Ryuzaki said, quietting the on-going laughter. "Thank you. But yes, you'd have to plow her like a snow plower."

Sakate finally broke and let out his laughs, falling on the ground from his chair from laughing so much.

"But that isn't enough. Plow can mean anything. Mr. Kaido, please eleborate on what Mr. Sakate said. Yes, to make a baby you'd have to plow Miss Emma, but be more specific."

'I want to die...' Kaido and Emma thought.

"P-plow... H-her p-p.... W-with.... M-my jun... P-p-"

"Yes, you'd have to plow her you know what with your junk, thank you Mr. Kaido. Moving on to another subject and using Mr. Kaido and Miss Emma as an example once again, Mr. Kaido do you know what problems you could give Miss Emma should you perform a little thing known as anal sex?"

And everything then became to black to Kaido for the following hours.

"You're having a flashback, aren't you? Is this how people having flashbacks look from the outside?" Emma asked as she pinched Kaido's cheek. "Wake up, spiky head. If you wake up, I'll say yes."

In that instant, Kaido was back to his normal self. "I'll get the florist, you get the catering, I already have the ring so-"

"It was to wake you up, dummy doofus." Emma deadpanned.

"You're an evil italian girl."

"And I'm also a hungry italian girl. There's this super cute diner near here, let's go have breakfast there!"

Kaido nodded. "Your wish is my command, even if we're married or not, though I heavily prefered if we were and I think I make that obvious to understand."

"If I gained money for every time I stopped you and told you to wait until after college, I'd be as rich, if not richer, than you." Emma said, leaping up from the brench.

"I won't deny that because I'm self-aware enough to know how many times I've tried to ask you to marry me." Kaido said as he got up and offered his left arm to Emma. "Shall we go?"

"Yes!" The pink haired girl answered, wrapping her arms around Kaido's arm.

Some blocks away from the terminal was a small family diner in a junction between two avenues. Although it was considerably early in the morning, the place was already nearly filled, with a long line of people sitting in front of the counter and without any room for more, some tables also filled and all the booths near by the windows' sides were already taken. 

In one of the booths were sitted two sisters, nearly a perfect replica of each other. They wore the same maid-like outfits, had the exact same faces and the exact same hair length. The only thing that made them different was their hair and eye colour, with one having bright blue hairs and eyes and the other having pink hair and pinkish eyes. A waiter walked by their table, placing two plates down, one with a small tower of waffles in front of the blue haired one and one with a small pile of pancakes in front of the pink haired one. After the waiter walked off, the two sisters swapped plates.

"They got us confused again, Iris." The blue haired said, grabbing her knife and fork. "Hmph, shit for brains." She huffed.

"We still got our food, so I don't think it's a big issue." The pink haired one said with a smile. "Let's eat, Rose!"

"Alright, alright." Rose nodded. She started cutting her pancakes, until her attention was caught by the bell sound the door made whenever it opened. "Yikes!" She squeaked. "Them! It's them!"

"Them? Who's them?" Iris asked as she looked back, squeaking aswell. "It's them!"

"This place is... Filled. Say goodbye to breakfast here, we'll only get out of here tomorrow at this rate." Kaido sighed.

"Aw man..." Emma groaned. "And I wanted some waffles so bad..."

"You two shitheads! You made a mistake in coming here, get ready to meet the rage of the Incomplete Arcana!" Rose exclaimed, now standing in front of the two alongside Iris. 

"What the fuck..." Kaido muttered as he looked down on Rose. "Aren't you like, five?"

"Rose, we came here for breakfast, we can't go calling shitheads to any famous couple you see in New York..." Iris sighed.

"Oh my god, she called us a famous couple and has pink hair, she's so adorable!" Emma screeched as she headpat Iris, who smilled at Emma. "You're so, so, so, so cute!"

"You too, miss!"

"Ahhhhh, I love her so much!!!" Emma cried in happiness as she forced Iris into her arms. "You precious child!!!"

"What the fuck..." Kaido and Rose muttered as they watched the two from the sidelines.

Rose looked up at Kaido once again. "I am Rose, and this is my twin sister Iris, and we're The Lovers from the Incomplete Arcana!"

"Boy, when did New York become Alabama." Kaido rolled his eyes.

"Not like that, you butthead!" Rose exclaimed. "Our sisterly love is the ultimate weapon! My love will protect Iris!"

"My love will attack for Rose!" Iris said, still trapped between Emma's arms.

"We know why you're here! You're part of Ryuuga Sawada's poppy rebellion against the Arcana!" 

"You unironically used the word poppy and it wasn't to call anyone a poppy Star Gater, that already makes you a good person in my books. Listen, kiddo, let's fight. I'll kick your ass and then you'll tell me where the Arcana is within New York, I don't have the mood to be dealing with kids. Sounds good?" Kaido asked, pulling out his deck case.

"I'm pretty sure Ryuuga already knows that by now." Emma pointed out.

"Alright fair, you'll give us a list of members and their names. And if you win, we'll get the hell out of here."

"Wait! You can't leave! You two are our favourite Vanguarrd world couple!" Iris said.

"Awwww, YOU'RE SO ADORABLE!" Emma yelled.

"Yeah, you can't leave! You'll give us your autograph instead!" Rose demanded.

"Is this what middle schoolers take this days? Alright, that works." Kaido shrugged.

"We're sixteen." Iris revealed.

"You're WHAT?!"

"You know, Iris here has pink hair like me and Rose has a mood and blue hair like those bits on your hair, it's as if they were our kids!" Emama exclaimed.

"I-i.... I... Kids with Emma... Marriage..." Kaido muttered as he placed his hand on Rose's head. "Daughter..."

"I'm not your daughter, shit for brains!"

"Daughter... Let's adopted them..."

"I was joking, dummy doofus." Emma deadpanned.

Back in Rose and Iris' booth, the two twins sat across the couple, with Iris and Emma being across each other and the nearest to the window while Kaido was in front of Rose. After getting some borrowed playmats from the diner manager, they set down their decks.

"So first the creepy old man goes, then I go, then the cute pink haired lady goes, then Iris goes and then it's back to the creepy old man. The first side to get to nine damage first loses, and to spice things up, should one of us deckout, the fight will remain until the last fighter either wins or loses. And drop zones aren't shared. Is that good?" Rose asked.

"I know I called you daughter but I'm just two years older than you..." Kaido muttered. "Yeah, that's fine."

"I'm fine with it too." Emma said.

"That works for me, Rose." Iris nodded.

"If that's the case..." Kaido said, lifting the face down card on his playmat. "Stand up, the vanguard! Captain Nightkid! (6000)" Kaido's vanguard circle expanded icy blue.

"Stand up, lovely vanguard! Sonata! (6000)" Rose's expanded blue.

"Stand up, vanguard! Silver Thorn Asistant, Ionela! (6000)" Emma's circle expanded light pink.

"Stand up, lovely vanguard! Caro! (6000)" And finally, Iris' expanded pink.

"They're small cute girls, of course they play Bermuda..." Kaido muttered as he drew a card. "Ride! Dandy Guy, Romario! (8000) Nightkid's skill, I draw one. Turn end."

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 6|5
Damage: 0
OXO|OXO
OOO|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 5|5
Damage: 0
OXO|OXO
OOO|OOO

"Draw and ride! 5 Together, Sonata! (8000)" Rose declared.

"Another Sonata..." Kaido's left eyes began twitching for a brief moment.

"With Sonata's skill, I draw one card. Turn end!"

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 6|5
Damage: 0
OXO|OXO
OOO|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 6|5
Damage: 0
OXO|OXO
OOO|OOO

"I draw. Hm... Ride! Silver Thorn Assitant, Irina! (8000) I draw with Ionela's skill and end my turn." Emma said.

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 6|6
Damage: 0
OXO|OXO
OOO|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 6|5
Damage: 0
OXO|OXO
OOO|OOO

"Finally, it's time to go on the attack! Go get them, Iris!" Rose cheered.

"Yeah! I draw and ride 5 Together, Caro! (8000) With Caro's skill, I draw one. Caro attacks! (8000)" Iris declared.

"No guard!" Emma shook her head.

"Drive check! (From Colorful Pastorale, Caro) No trigger."

"Another Caro...?" Kaido muttered, shocked.

"Damage check! (Silver Thorn, Rising Dragon) Give that counterblast some use, Kaido!"

"Will do!"

"Turn end!"

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 6|6
Damage: 1
OXO|OXO
OOO|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 6|7
Damage: 0
OXO|OXO
OOO|OOO

"Stand and draw. Ride, Ruin Shade. (9000) Romario's skill. I counterblast and throw Skull Dragon into the soul to mill three cards. (Greed Shade) (Ripple Banshee) (Undead Dragon, Skull Dragon) I add Greed Shade to hand, then call. (9000) Greed Shade's skill. I drop one from hand and mill two. (Ruin Shade) (Rick the Ghostie) I return Rick to my hand. Ruin Shade attacks! I mill two and use her skill. (Rough Seas Banshee) (Dolph the Ghostie) Add 4k to the attack. (9000>>13000)"

"No guard!"

"Drive check. (Rough Seas Banshee - Critical) That's a critical. I give the critical to Ruin and the power to Greed. (13000>>13000/2) (9000>>19000)"

"Damage check! (Live in Utopia, Luka) (5 Together, Caro) You stinky old man, you damaged my Caro!"

"So this is what I get after years of verbally abusing Sakate..." Kaido sighed as he rested Greed Shade. "Swing for 19k."

"Hm..." Rose looked at her hand and then at Iris, who noded.

"I'll guard for Rose with Pursh! (23000)"

"Turn end."

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 6|6
Damage: 1
OXX|OXO
OOO|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 6|6
Damage: 2
OXO|OXO
OOO|OOO

"Stand and draw! I ride From Colorful Pastorale, Sonata! (10000) I call Top Star, Cier. (8000) I soulblast one and reveal the grade 3 Sonata from my hand to check the top seven and add Ruka to hand! Then I call her! (10000) Sonata attacks! Melody! Add 5k power! (10000>>15000)"

"No guard."

"(Colorful Pastorale, Caro) No trigger."

"Damage check. (Stormride Ghost Ship)"

"Boosted by Cier, Ruka attacks! Melody from Sonata! Add 5k! (10000>>15000>>23000)"

Kaido and Emma shared a glance and nodded. "No guard. Damage check. (Ice Prison Necromancer, Cocytus)"

"Turn end! Suck on that, I brought you to three damage already!"

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 6|6
Damage: 3
OXX|OXO
OOO|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 6|6
Damage: 2
XXO|OXO
XOO|OOO

"Stand and draw. I ride Silver Thron Marionette, Lilian! (9000) Lilian's skill. I counterblast one and put Doriane from the deck into the soul. And after I shuffle my deck, I use Irina's skill. I look at the top three cards of my deck and put a pair of Rising Dragons into the soul. The rest is shuffled. Since I put two cards, I draw one. Then, I call Silver Thorn Conjurer, Romy. (8000) I rest her and put her into the soul to look at the top three from the deck. I put Luquier and Irina into the soul while the other card is put on the bottom of the deck. Lilian attacks! (9000)" Emma declared.

"I'll protect you, Iris! Guard! Pursh! (23000)"

"Thank you, Rose!"

"That's a no pass for me... Drive check. (Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier)" Emma smirked and put the card into her hand. "No trigger. Turn end."

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 6|7
Damage: 3
OXX|OXO
OOO|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 5|6
Damage: 2
XXO|OXO
XOO|OOO

"Stand and draw! I ride From Colorful Pastorale, Caro! (10000) I call From Colorful Pastorale, Canon! (10000) With her skill, soulcharge and add a Battledore effect! Caro attacks! (10000)"

"No-"

"Guard with Alfio. (20000)"

"Drive check! (Colorful Pastorale, Sonata) No trigger. Canon! (10000)"

"No guard. (Dancing Knifedancer)"

"Turn end."

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 5|7
Damage: 4
OXX|OXO
OOO|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 5|6
Damage: 2
XXO|XXO
XOO|OOO

"Stand and draw." Kaido looked through his hand and nodded. He grabbed one of his cards and lifted it. "The freezing depths is your fate. Be judged by the cursed giant that curses the bottom fo the ocean! Ride, Ice Prison Necromancer, Cocytus! (12000)" Kaido's vanguard circle exploded icy blue. "This is my Imaginary Gift, Protect I. Cocytus' skill. I counterblast one and mill four cards. (Greed Shade) (Violence Flanger) (Ripple Banshee) (Rough Seas Banshee) From the drop zone, I superior call units equal to two plus the number of grade 3 units in my soul. Thanks to having placed Skull Dragon into the soul with Romario's skill earlier on, I'm able to superior call three units. I call Greed Shade (9000) and two Ripple Banshees. (8000) (8000) Greed Shade's skill. I drop one from hand and mill two. (Trobadour Cavader, Alfio) (Rick the Ghostie) I return Rolph to my hand. Then, the skills of the Banshees. I soulblast a total of two to draw two and each one of them gains 4k. (8000>>12000) (8000>>12000)" Kaido placed his hand over the drop zone and spread out the cards resting there. "There are twelve cards in my drop zone. Both my Greed Shades gain 5k while Cocytus gains 10k. (9000>>14000) (12000>>22000) (9000>>14000) I call Alfio behind Cocytus. (7000) With his skill, I drop a hand card to soulcharge and countercharge. Battle. Boosted by Alfio, Cocytus attacks! (22000>>29000) Return to Absolute Zero!"

Rose grit her teeth and looked at Iris, who shook her head. "No guard..."

"Twin drive. (Knight Spirit - Critical) Power to the left Greed, critical to the vanguard. (29000>>29000/2) (14000>>24000) (Rolph the Ghostie) No trigger."

"Another critical... Damage check! (Top Star, Cier) (Dockin' Shooter, Pellea - Critical) Ah, I got a defensive! (20000)"

"And? Boosted by Banshee, Greed Shade attacks. (14000>>26000)"

"I'll guard that for you, Rose! 5 Together, Sonata! (30000)"

"Fine. Boosted by Banshee, my left Greed Shade attacks. (24000>>36000)"

"Gua-"

"It's fine, Iris! Damage check! (5 Together, Caro)"

"Turn end."

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 8|7
Damage: 4
XXX|OXO
XXX|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 5|5
Damage: 5
XXO|XXO
XOO|OOO

"You might have boomed off hard in that turn, but that's nothing compared to a Bermuda turn!" Rose exclaimed as she drew a card. "Stand and draw! The ultimate love is the barrier to all! Ride! Colorful Pastorale, Sonata! (13000)" Rose's vanguard circle exploded blue.

'Here it comes.' Kaido and Emma thought.

"Imaginary Gift, Force II! To my vanguard! (13000>>13000/2) I call 5 Together, Caro (8000), Colorful Pastorale, Caro (13000) and From Colorful Pastorale, Caro! (10000) By soulbasting one, this Caro let's me add Sonata from the deck to the hand! And now, Melody! Sonata gives all my units with the Melody ability the ability to gain 5k during my turn! (13000>>18000) (13000>>18000) (10000>>15000) (10000>>15000) (8000>>13000) And then, my big Caro gives all the units with Melody the ability to boost and 5k when boosting! Battle! Boosted by Caro, Sonata attacks! (18000>>36000>>41000/2) Melody Love Shield!"

"Rolph the Ghostie, perfect guard!" Kaido declared, placing down one of his cards.

"Twin drive! (Glittery Baby, Lene - Draw) Draw trigger! I draw one and give the power to Ruka! (15000>>25000) (Top Star, Cier) Boosted by Cier, Ruka attacks! (25000>>33000)"

"I guard with Romario. (22000)"

"Ah, that isn't enough!"

"That's why I'm jumping in with Serge! (37000)"

"You two formed a shield of love... Stop flexing! Boosted by Caro, Caro attacks! (15000>>23000>>28000)"

"No guard. (Knight Spirit - Critical) Vanguard. (22000)"

"Turn end!"

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 5|6
Damage: 5
XXX|OXO
XXX|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 6|5
Damage: 5
XXX|XXO
XXX|OOO

"Stand and draw. Magnificent performance! The crack of her whip changes the script of fate! Ride! Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier! (12000)" Emma's vanguard circle exploded light pink. "Imaginary Gift, Accel II. I gain a new circle and draw one. Luquier's skill! I counterblast two and discard to use her skill! From my soul, six Silver Thorn units will come out! Doriane! (12000>>17000) Rising Dragon! (9000) Luquier! (12000) A pair of Irinas! (8000) (8000) And last but not least, Romy! (8000) All my front row rear-guards gain 3k. (17000>>20000) (9000>>12000) (12000>>15000) Since over two cards were called from the soul, both Luquiers and Rising Dragon power up! (12000>>22000) (15000>>25000) (12000>>22000) Romy's skill. I rest her and put her into the soul, check the top three and send one Doriane into the soul, botdecking the rest. My vanguard Luquier attacks! (22000) Magician Dragon's Roar!"

"I can't nullify it since she isn't the opponent in front of me..." Rose grit her teeth.

"It's fine, Rose! No guard!"

"Twin drive! (Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Doriane) (Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Serge - Front) I got a front trigger! (20000>>30000) (22000>>32000) (22000>>32000) (25000>>35000)"

Iris grit her teeth. "Damage check... (Handmade Lover, Elena - Heal) I got a heal trigger! I give the power to my vanguard and heal one damage!"

"Doriane attacks Canon! (30000)"

"She retreats."

"Boosted by Irina, Rising Dragon attacks the vanguard! (32000>>40000)"

"I'm sorry Rose, but that one is too strong! (From Colorfol Pastorale, Canon)"

"It's fine, Iris! Keep fighting!"

"I will!" Iris nodded.

"Now boosted by Irina, Luquier attacks! (35000>>43000)"

"No guard! (Live in Utopia, Ruka)"

"Turn end. Doriane's skill! I move all my rears except her into the soul and draw a card for each two that were sent. I sent four, so I draw two. Then, I return Luquier from the soul to my hand and retire Doriane."

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 5|11
Damage: 5
XXX|OXO
XXX|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 6|5
Damage: 7
XXX|OXO
XXX|OOO

'The two managed to amass a big amount of shield and guard our attacks while dealing us damage with attacks too big for us... Even though me and Rose play the same clan and nearly identical decks, these two are more in sync than we are... Even so, I'll continue fighting for Rose!' Iris thought. "Stand and draw! The ultimate love becomes the sword against all! Ride! Colorful Pastorale, Caro! (13000)" Iris' vanguard circle exploded pink. 

"End them, Iris!"

"Imaginary Gift, Force II! To the vanguard! (13000>>13000/2) Caro's skill when ridden. I soulblast two and add a Caro from deck to hand. Now call, Caro! (13000) I call two From Colorful Pastorale, Sonata (10000) (10000) and one 5 Together, Sonata! (8000) Battle! Boosted by Caro, Caro attacks! Thanks to the Melody from the two Sonatas on my field, Caro will gain 10k! (13000>>21000>>31000>>36000/2) Melody Love Sword!"

"Hades Hypnotist, nullify!"

"Twin drive! (5 Together, Sonata) (Colorful Pastorale, Sonata) No trigger. Boosted by Caro, Sonata attacks! Melody! (10000>>23000>>28000>>33000)"

"No guard. (Silver Thorn, Breathing Dragon)"

"Sonata! (10000>>15000)"

"Ruin Shade. (17000)" Kaido declared.

"Turn end..."

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 4|9
Damage: 6
XXX|OXO
XXX|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 6|4
Damage: 7
XXX|XXX
XXX|XXO

"You won't end us this turn, you creepy old man!" Rose exclaimed.

"I know. I wasn't planning on doing so. Stand and draw. I call Romario (8000) over Banshee. Romario's skill, since there's over ten cards in my drop zone, add 4k. (8000>>12000) Now, Cocytus' skill. Counterblast, mill. (Ice Prison Necromancer, Cocytus) (Seabed Demon Beast, Scaredick) (Greed Shade) (Dandy Guy, Romario) I superior call Violence Flanger (12000), Skull Dragon (13000) and Banshee over Alfio. (8000) Banshee's skill, I soulblast to draw. She powers up. (8000>>12000) Flanger's skill. I soulblast a grade 3 and drop Nightmist, Knight Spirit and Banshee to add 5k and when he attacks, you can't guard using grades 0 to 2. However, that only applies to my opponent, so your sister is free to guard for you in whatever way she wants." Kaido explained. He reached for his drop zone and started counting the cards there. "There are twenty three cards in my drop zone. Cocytus will now get 20k power and one critical and Skull Dragon will get 2k per card in my drop zone. Since there are twenty three, add 46k power. (12000>>32000/2) (12000>>58000) Boosted by Banshee, Cocytus attacks! (32000>>44000/2) Return to Absolute Zero!"

"No chance! I nullify with Lene!" Rose declared.

"Twin drive. (Undead Dragon, Skull Dragon) Should my next drive check reveal a critical, this fight will be over. (Knight Spirit - Critical) Called it. All to Flanger. (17000>>27000/2) Boosted by Romario, Flanger attacks! (27000>>39000/2)"

"I intercept with Luka and Caro! (23000) Your attack won't reach us!"

"Rose is right! I guard with Elena! (43000)"

"Like I said, my plan was never to end it here. Boosted by Banshee, Skull Dragon attacks! (58000>>66000)"

"No guard! (Colorful Pastorale, Sonata)"

"Hm. Skull Dragon retires after the battle he attacked. Turn end."

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 4|9
Damage: 6
XXO|OXO
XXX|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 4|3
Damage: 8
OXO|XXX
XXX|XXO

"Your hand was wrecked down to four... I'll end it here!" Rose declared. "Stand and draw! I ride Sonata once again! (13000) Force II to the right circle! Sonata's skill. I counterblast and soulblast and start revealing cards of my deck until a unit with Melody is revealed! (Handmade Lover, Elena) (Colorful Patorale, Sonata) I got one right off the gate! I superior call Sonata! (13000) The rest is shuffled. Now I Ruka! (10000) Melody! (10000>>20000) (13000>>23000) (13000>>23000) (13000>>23000) (8000>>18000) Boosted by Caro, Sonata will end it! (23000>>46000>>51000/2) Melody Love Shield!"

"Protect I, nullify!"

"You're down to two cards! Twin drive! (Dockin' Shooter, Pellea - Critical) I give everything to my rear Sonata! (23000>>33000/3) (From Colorful Pastorale, Caro) No trigger. Boosted by Caro, Sonata! (33000>>51000>>56000/3)"

"Guard! Two Knights Spirit! (43000)"

"I join in with Serge! (58000)"

Rose grit her teeth. "Boosted by Cier, Ruka! (20000>>28000)"

"No guard. (Rough Seas Banshee - Critical) Vanguard. (22000)"

"I wasn't able to end it here... But you'll end it for sure, Iris!"

Kaido & Emma
Hand: 0|8
Damage: 7
XXO|OXO
XXX|OOO

Rose & Iris
Hand: 5|3
Damage: 8
XXX|XXX
XXX|XXO

"That's where you're wrong, girl." Kaido spoke up. "This fight will end this turn! If you think I wasted my hand to guard, you're wrong. I wasted my hand to do this!" He looked at Emma and the both nodded. Then, the two placed their hands on Luquier.

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"Stand and draw!" The two declared as they both stood the unit.

"Ride once again, Luquier! (12000)" Emma declared.

Kaido grabbed a card from Emma's gift zone and placed it down. "Imaginary Gift, Accel II! A new circle opens, and then-"

"I draw one card! Luquier's skill!"

"Counterblast two!"

"Discard one!"

"Sevens units are called from the soul!" The two declared.

"To the right side, Luquier (12000), Rising Dragon (9000>>14000) and Irina! (8000)" Emma declared.

"And to the left side, Doriane (12000>>17000), Rising Dragon (9000) and Irina! (8000)"

"And behind the vanguard, Romy! (8000)" Kaido and Emma said.

"Add 3k to the front rear-guards! (17000>>20000) (9000>>12000) (12000>>15000) (14000>>17000)" Kaido exclaimed.

"Both Luquiers and both Rising Dragons then get 10k! (12000>>22000) (12000>>22000) (15000>>25000) (17000>>27000)"

"Boosted by Romy-"

"Luquier attacks! (22000>>30000)"

"Magician Dragon's Roar!" The two exclaimed as they rested the vanguard.

"Let's give our all, Iris! Our sisterly love will surpass theirs! I guard with Pellea and Caro! Throw in a Sonata too! (38000)"

"Yeah! Let's give our best shot, Rose! I intercept with both Sonatas! (48000)"

"Twin drive! (Silver Thorn, Barking Dragon - Critical) I give everything to the vanguard! (30000>>40000/2) And the second-" Emma looked at Kaido and the both nodded. "Drive check! (Silver Thorn, Barking Dragon - Critical) All to the vanguard again! (40000>>50000/3) An attack that surpasses everything!"

"From the depths of our imagination!"

"True love incernate! Magician Dragon's Absolute Zero Roar!" The two exclaimed.

'This love... We never had a chance from the beginning, even if we are The Lovers...' The two sisters thought.

"Damage check... (Colorful Pastorale, Sonata)"

"And that's game." Kaido declared. He pulled out a pen from his pocket and grabbed a napkin, then placed the two in front of Rose. "Now write the names and decks of the Incomplete Arcana. Or else." He said, looking at Iris. However, the look in his eyes not only gave the wrong idea to the girls in front of him, but also to the one by his side.

"NoOoOoOoOoOo!!!" Emma yelled as she slithered under the table and came out between the two sisters, hugging the with all she had. "Don't hurt my precious children!"

"N-no, that wasn't what I meant! If Rose doesn't write it then Iris will, t-that's what I meant! I wouldn't hurt this two, they're my children!"

"Stop calling us your children, you stinky old man." Rose deadpanned as she started writing down a list of members and decks. "Here. That's everyone."

"Thank you. If I may ask, why would two small girls like you join the Arcana? What's so special about destroying Royalties?" Kaido asked.

"Oh, not everyone there is there to destroy Royalties." Iris said. "Everyonr in the Arcana is an outcast in their own way, just looking for a place to call home. Not all of us are there to destroy Royalties. Hinata is just looking for her other half, Dallas is waiting to fight someone and Joshu is just there to end one school he calls evil, he doesn't has any issue with Royalties."

"And neither do we. We joined the Arcana to find our place within this cruel world. And if we can help out making it a little better, then so be it." Rose explained.

"I see. Thank you for the answer and for the fight." Kaido got up, placing the folded napkin into his jacket. "Emma, let's- Hm?"

Emma, in the meanwhile, was still hugging Rose and Iris as if they were her children. "Let's spend some more time with them! I love them so much!"

"I-"

"I'll consider saying yes if you do." Emma said, giving Kaido the ultimate puppy eyes.

"I.... Lost this battle..." He said to himself as he sat down.

Many hours later, the couple arrived at the Onibitenbu apartment, already past the arrival of Ryuuga and the others. When the elevators opened, the two were met with two weird scenarios, to which both deadpanned.

Taira and Masato were standing on top of the couching, slamming their fists on their chests like gorillas, and while Taira shouted his typical "REEEEEEEEEEEEEE", Masato shouted "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA". 

The other case was happened behind the couch, where Strelzia was dragging Sakate across the floor in the direction of the kitchen.

"THIS CAN'T BE LEGAL!!" Sakate yelled as he tried to grab onto the rug.

"You're gonna eat Hikaru's food and you won't freak out as if he was another GEN student, got it?! He's part of the family!" Strelzia asked, eyes shining red like an angry ogre. Then, she noticed the couple. "Oh hi Kaido and Emma. Nice sash."

The sash in question was a red one around Kaido with the words 'Best Dad Ever' in black written on it. "Thank you. Have you seen Ryuuga?"

"Oh, he's on the balcony."

"I see, thank you. Have fun with whatever this shitshow is." Kaido said as he took off the sash, giving it Emma, and headed out for the balcony.

"Eat it!" Strelzia demanded after forcing Sakate to sit down.

"Have a taste of my delightful lasagna!" Hikaru said.

"Alright, alright..." Sakate grabbed a forked and knife and cutted himself a piece of the lasagna. "Down the hatch it goes. Thanks for the food." He said as he placed the portion of lasagna into his moutht. After some seconds to chew and swallow, he placed the utensils down and clapped his hands. "Fantastic. It's like Strelzia said, you're part of the family, of the gorgonzola in italian. Bring it in."

"Man, you too sweet, dude." Hikaru said as he hugged Sakate.

Sakate tightned his grip on Hikaru, pulling his hear closer to his mouth. Then, he began whispering, not loud enough for Strelzia to hear, but enough for Hikaru hear. "If you ever give me lasagna that shitty again I will have to shank you in the showers and you know I don't wanna do that, don't you, big boy?" He asked, emphasing the final two adjectives he used.

"Hai, Chef Sakate..."

"You got here nearly a day after we did. What type of delay did your plane run into? Do you even have a cool story to tell?" Kaido asked, sitting next across Ryuuga.

"Let's see... I Kokushigaru'd and five counterblast Zangetsu'd a kid before coming, had to watch a jet lagged Homura, finally met my little shit of a cousin and had a silent stand-off against Gin. Smooth sailing so far. And don't even mention the plane, we were supposed to get here at five in the morning, not nearly one in the afternoon." Ryuuga joked.

"We had our own run-ins today. We've been with two members of the Arcana since this morning up to now because they looked like what mine and Emma's children would look like. I really couldn't ask GEN to end faster and college to start and end faster to marry her."

"Stop flexing your relationship status, it's not cool."

"What a scrub."

"You became Ichigo now? Goddamn. Wanna have a game? I prepared something new for this war." Ryuuga asked, grabbing his deck.

"Yeah, let's go."

Some minutes later, the game came to a closer, with Kaido decking himself out by his third grade 3 turn.

"I wasn't going for that but what can you do?" Kaido chuckled.

"Decking out is the true strat." Ryuuga said, chuckling too.

"Only I can beat myself." Kaido got up and looked out at the New York skyline, hands in his pockets. "There's nothing I can teach you, you're not my student, but there is one thing I can tell you. Never go for the perfect future, that isn't a real thing. Go for the future you want, that will be your way to victory."

"Words of the ever so wise Kaido Mikazuchi, one of Japan's favourite because his fights appear on TV." Ryuuga said, joining Kaido.

"That's not a lie, people do love me, specially when I humilated younger students. Oh yeah, and another thing."

"Yeah?"

"We won't be staying for this war. We have to go back to GEN. There's a... Loner virgin loser with daddy issues who had a crush on his mom waiting to fight me back at GEN."

Ryuuga chuckled. "I see. Is he strong?"

"In his own way, one of the strongest. But now, he's still an immature kid. He still has alot to grow."

"Is he a rival?"

"Now? No. But one day? We'll see." Kaido said with a smirk.

(Ending)

Next Week-

#25: Ichigo

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MINI SOUL: "Dad Kaido"

Kaido: Breakfast is ready!

Rose: Creepy old man.

Iris: *happy cute girl sound*

Sakate: Did you made enough for me?

Rose & Iris: Fuck off, Vermillion-using loser.

Kaido: *sniff* I'm so proud...

Sakate: WHY DO I KEEP GETTING VICTIMIZED-

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Sakate: STOP VICTIMIZING ME!!!

Kaido: Vermillion-using loser.

Rose: Boo you use Vermillion.

Iris: Vermillion isn't even a real deck.

Emma: Ahhhhh, I'm so proud of them!

Strelzia: My precious nieces!!!

Hikaru: Our precious nieces! Fox this is the part where you make a dare that makes Kaido and Emma their dad during QnAs, fail to do it and I will get back to roasting your british ass.

Sakate: I don't get any wins...

Here's your win, you Vermillion-using Gordon Ramsay.

This is the most romance you'll get out of a Shida book, specially since it doesn't include the protagonist.

Ryuuga: Unfair.

Taira: Did someone say PROTAGONIST REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Masato: LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Hikaru: Brosato/Doorsato became Charmysato. He'll be if there is food and a guy named Yuno.

My work ethic is through the roof, I'm like three chapters ahead, let's pray it doesn't end. Tag fights are stressing, specially if its a whole tag fight in one chapter, that's why I divided the next tag fight into a two parter, you're welcome, future Shida.

Ryuzaki: I was relevant for two seconds.

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

Ryuzaki: I WAS RELEVANT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Taira: Only I can REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Masato: LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Rose: Stinky old man.

Kaido: *heartbroken* Daughter...

Ryuzaki: Wait did you mention who I think you did?

Kaido: The virgin loner loser with daddy issues who had a crush on his mom and is in E Class? Yes.

Ryuzaki: The fucker got more relevancy than me...

Start sending stuff for the QnA, also if you're wondering why in this chapter is mentioned that the flight took more than thirteen hours, it's because I messed up time zones so hard to prove that I really haven't had math classes in months. So yeah, this is an edit made to the chapter nearly a week after finishing it, you can get your pitchforks with complaints about it on the QnA.