"Hey, hey, hey, hey, Emon, are you sure this is a good idea?" The white haired teenager asked, following behind his red haired friend. "Homura will be pissed at us for skipping a day to come to Heiwa. Think about our balls! Think about how they'll explode when her angered self let's her fists go rampart! See the bigger picture!"

"Stop worrying, Akira. We'll be back in no time. She won't even notice that we aren't there." Emon said, looking back at his friend. "Just trust me on this one. We'll go in and out, twenty minute adventure."

Akira sighed. "Remind me to get ice bags on the way back."

(Opening)

Ryuuga sighed in relief as he walked past the gates of Heiwa Academy. Two days had passed ever since the Royalty was complete, and all the tasks he had at hand had been gratefully reduced with the entrance of the final member into the group of five.

"Things haven't been this peaceful since before the year end festival last year. Even though I'm still doing all the things the Royalty should do, ever since Joe joined as the Ace, my spare time grew more than I first expected." He looked up at the light blue skies with a simplistic smile. "An issue-free life from here on out."

The upmost inner peace was torn apart by two strong smacks on his back, pushing him forward. "Heyo Ryuuga, stop day dreaming in the middel path to the building." Joe said, looking at his cousin.

"Go do that in the couch, at least there you won't be doing the job of a pole for people to dodge as they walk." Aijou said, sighing after. "Seriously, you get one extra second of free time and become a walking oaf. That's it, we're having the clubs fill you up with task to do or else you'll go out of control!"

Ryuuga looked down on Aijou. "So you'll give me more task to reduce my free time? Guess all I can do is switch schools and have Fujiko break up with me because she can't handle her boyfriend going to another school because of his two precious childhood friends."

Joe wheezed. "That was cold, too cold!" 'I have no idea what the hell he's referencing but if it gets Aijou too worked up, maybe her chest will jiggle. I have my goals set straight.'

"Oh? You want to use that against me? Fine then, I'll use your weakness against you too." Aijou said with a large smug.

"What do you- HOLY MOTHER OF CHRIST!" Ryuuga said between a high pitched screech. Holding his crotch, he fell on his knees. "T-the pain... T-t-the pain..."

"Hmph! I'll leave my case at that. See you in the classroom, Ryuuga." 

As Aijou walked away from the two, Joe looked down on Ryuuga. "I mean, you know you had that one coming, right? You basically asked to get kicked in the nuts."

"Who's side are you on..?" Ryuuga asked as he weakly got up.

"The winning side, which happens to not be your nuts in this case."

"Holy crap, so funny." Ryuuga said, heading into the school building.

"Wha- Hey wait for me!" Joe joined Ryuuga. "So I came across this epic flute song on Youtube last night and I have to say, it's the greatest video game theme ever."

"Oh really? What is it called?"

"Stal, from a block game." Joe said with a smug.

"You're disowned from being my cousin." Ryuuga said with a monotone and cold tone. "Never speak of Stal ever again, it's a worse mistake than Colorful Pastorale."

"The show or the deck?"

"Both."

The redhead wheezed at the reaction. "Fujiko was right, you really get triggered by Stal from the block game!"

"Can you stop asking my girlfriend ways of triggering me?"

"Fine, fine, I'll stop. But I also found parrots doing the nae nae."

Ryuuga looked at Joe with disgust. "Never say that again or I'll disown you for real."

"Geez man, did you woke up on the wrong side of the bed or what?" Joe asked, focusing on Ryuuga's face. "Your eyes look normal, you got a full eight hour sleep."

"I have a feeling of something approaching. Something that will take away my sweet sweet free time. There's a storm comi-" Ryuuga was interrupted by a full on slap from Joe. He stood there, staring to the right. When he came to his sense, he looked back at Joe. "Hey, what gives?!"

"Stop sounding paranoid , there's no storm approaching, it's May for god's sake. You probably just can't accept the fact that you are finally having some well deserved free time and-"

"Oh god, I remember now how I forgot about my anniversary with Fujiko, it was my boss."

"I'm sorry what? What do you mean your boss made you forget about your anniversary with your girlfriend?"

"You see, it went sort of like this..."

Ryuuga sat across Ryuzaki's desk, drinking orange juice out of a crystal chalice. "I feel like I'm forgeting something."

"House chores?" Maverick asked, filling his own chalice with more orange juice. "I usually forget about those all the time."

"That's because you suck so bad at basic house tasks that Payic refuses letting you do any of them. Last time you used an iron, you burned most of the shirts on the entire mansion, and last time you washed the dishes, we had to get a whole new set of plates." Inu sighed.

"Huh, that's true."

"If you forgot about it, then it wasn't important." A voice spoke, coming from the chair that had it's back turned to Ryuuga. "I always forget to pay Iku on time since it isn't important because he lives on my beautiful huge mansion that's near the beach for free."

"Yeah, you're right." Ryuuga shrugged it off. "It's probably nothing important."

Joe bursted into an all out laughter. "No wonder your salary is crap, your work for a bunch of idiots!"

"No shit, Sherlock. Anyway, I'm off to my class, see ya at lunch time. Try to not get into a fight with Abbacchio today."

"Request denied, see ya."

Ryuuga stood in front of the open door of his classroom as Joe walked off to his own classroom. 'In about three, two, one.' He started hearing rageful sounds and foreheads clashing against each other. He sighed. "Abbacchio's in school already and my request was really denied. Well, nothing can shake off my inner peace." As he started to walk into the classroom, he was interjected. "Oh hey, Fuji-KOOOOOOO!" He wheezed as the girl's elbow slammed against his torso.

"What did I said about calling Aijou out on not being able to have a long distance compromise?" Fujiko asked, moving her elbow away.

"That I'd never get any... But when do I get any?"

"It's never now."

"I know we usually joke about this but dammit..." Ryuuga said as he walked off to his seat. 'My inner peace is still intact. Nothing can break it!'

"Talk about boring geography. I still don't understand why I have that class." Ryuuga complained as he entered the Royalty room. The clock above the door showed that the time was 1:30PM. He placed his school bag on top of the table and checked the mini-fridge in the room. "You two want anything?"

"A cola." Abbacchio replied, placing down his bag aswell. He went over to the other window of the room, which was to the couch's right and near a cabinet. The other window was right behind the couch. He opened the window, allowing fresh air to fill the room and leaned against the window's sill.

"Anything with lime. And don't complain about geography, we also have that class for no reason. I still can't say which is Spain and which one is Portugal." Joe said, throwing his bag onto the couch. He hopped onto the accent chair near the window, making a leg rest burst out of the bottom due to the sudden increase in weight. "God I love this chair."

"Portuguese people are lazy, but spanish people are more. Also they prefer bulls. See? It's simple." Abbacchio said.

"I'm pretty sure that's racist but I've called you a trillion names related to Italy so I don't have the proper right to complain, Zeppeli."

"Portugal was initially spanish territory, but the kingdom needing help, so two french knights arrive to help. One of them married the king's first daughter and was given a territory in the north, then conquered his way downwards. He passed away before reaching the sea so his son finished the conquest." Ryuuga explained, tossing his friends a can of the drinks they asked. As for himself, he held a can of orange juice. He went to join them on their little hang out place, taking a sit on the window's sill.

"Why do you know so much stuff about it?" Joe asked, popping his can open.

"Me and Ryuzaki went there on work and he showed me the building where he once exploded a hospital and skydived in a wheelchair."

"Huh, can't believe I still haven't met that guy."

"Lucky you." Ryuuga and Abbachio said, their faces showing no emotion at all.

Joe sweatdropped. "That was a big one eighty in mood."

"Ryuzaki is the type of guy that makes you curious, thus making you wanna meet him, but when you meet him, it's a whole other story. See, I wanted to meet him since I wanted to travel the world and being an intern on his company was the starting point for making that dream a reality, and then I meet him and start playing a card game while coming to Heiwa. I dn't regrt it now but back then, playing card games and coming to a public high school weren't my thing."

"Hence why I got it worst than you. I can't lie, I was excited to know how living in the same huge mansion as him was, but then I started living there and everything went to crap." Abbacchio explained.

"Oh damn, what did he do to you?" Joe asked, placing donw his phone. "I'm legit curious to know."

"The asshole and two assholes that also live there borrow my things and then take so much time to give it back that I see myself forced to break their doors. Ryuzaki is yet to give me back my Tabata-signed volume of Black Clover. In an all honesty, the only good person living there is miss Payic."

"That's because you're a milf hunter."

"I'M NOT A MILFF HUNTER!" Abbacchi exclaimed.

"Yeah, whatever." Joe said picking up his phone after it buzzing and turned the scream on. Then, he simply chuckled. "Eh, nice."

"What is it?" Ryuuga asked.

"You don't wanna see, trust me."

"Come on, show it."

The masked boy shrugged. "Fine, if you insist." Joe showed his screen to Ryuuga and Abbacchio. "I don't care that they are hidden behind her bra, Yuri's ara aras are still the best."

Abbacchio's expression started to turn into one of disgust. He threw his can of coke away and snatched Joe and Ryuuga's cans, squeezing them until the orange and lime juices blasted onto his eyes, making him close them. "This is punishment for looking at that thot."

"Ah, so you really ended up talking to her." Ryuuga started to lean backwards, away from the scream, with a confused face. He leaned back to much that he lost his balance and almost fell off the window, the only things stopping him from actually falling where the grip his tighs and shins had over the window's sill and Abbacchio grabbing his collar.

Abbacchio pulled Ryuuga up enough so that he could face Joe. "This is why I keep telling you not sit in the goddamn window sill." He complained, rubbing his eyes.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU YOU REALLY ENDED UP TALKING WITH HER?!" Ryuuga exclaimed. 

"Why are you booing me, you know I'm right! You supported it since it gets her off your back and it gets me the chance with a nice and pleasant-"

"And who has a voluptuous body." Abbacchio interjected.

"That too, girl. It's all fair game, you said it yourself."

"I- Huh, that's actually right. If she's focused on you, she doesn't annoys me. So yes, it's truly all fair game. But please, don't show us what picture she sents you."

"What if it is of a cute kitty?"

"Depends on the kitty."

"You naughty dog, you saw right trough my joke."

"Of course I did, my best friend is somehow more perverted than-" The loud noise of a crowd picked Ryuuga's attention. "Huh? Abbacchio, lower me bit if you don't mind."

As Abbacchio finally was able to open his eyes again, he lowered Ryuuga and followed his gaze. "I hear it too."

"I hear it three." Joe said, sticking his head out of the window to see the source of the noise. Whever this crowd was, it was in the school's entrance gate, which wasn't totally visible from that window of the Royalty room. What they could see were students rushing to reach the front gates and join the crowd. "You think it's the ice cream truck?"

"I'm pretty sure Japan doesn't has those." Abbacchio said, pulling Ryuuga up and tossing him away from the window.

"Funny thing, I don't know either." Ryuuga said, putting on his Heiwa jacket. "But I guess we could check what it is. Besides, how bad can it be?"

Ryuuga, Joe and Abbacchio walked out of the school building and came across something they weren't expecting. On their right, they could see the white haired Akira on his knees while to their left, they saw the crowd of students around someone else. Though Joe was lost on what was happening and Abbacchio wasn't very sure himself, Ryuuga had a pretty clear image of who the crowd was around.

Akira slowly lifted their head to look at the Royalty trio. "They still say I'm the wrost King of Heiwa even though I had a good Thanksgiving festival..."

"Who's this guy?" Joe asked.

"Izuku Akira, the guy who was the King of Heiwa before me." Ryuuga answered.

"And a shitty King overall." Abbacchio added.

Akira squinted. "Bruno is nice and you're so mean, this is a giant italian contrast!"

"Huh, good to see, Akira. I'm guessing you know who's in the crowd." Ryuuga said. He sighed. "I pray to not die in that crowd." With that, he charged head on into the crowd, walking past the students to reach the center.

"Ryuuga!" Joe followed him.

"Ah great, I'm being peer pressured into walking into this mess myself." Abbacchio grunted, following the two. "Emon Kiba!" He exclaimed, pointing at the man in the center of the crowd.

Emon looked at the trio and smirked, pointing back. "Yes!" He pointed at himself. "I am!"

"Emon! What are you doing here?" Ryuuga asked, approaching the redhead. The two slammed their rigth forearms against each other's forearms. "Next time, you can call in advance."

"I heard your Royalty was finally complete so I came to check it out." Emon explained.

"What he really came here to do is have an exhibition match that could cost us our balls because of the psychopath we have as a Queen." Akira added, walking past the crowd.

"Well, since you want an exhibition match os much, I don't mind-" Joe was interrupted by Akira.

"Not with you, with him." The white haired pointed at Ryuuga. "Something about- OH MY GOD!" Akira screamed. As he looked back, Aijou's head was slamming against the bottom of his column. "A-AIJOU WHAT THE HELL?!"

"This one is for not calling ahead of time!" Aijou exclaimed.

Fujiko sweatdropped. "Yeah, I'm sorry for that. It's good to see you two again!"

"Likewise, Fujiko, Fukai. So, what do you say, Ryuuga? Will you accept the request for the exhibition match?"

"I mean, I'd love to but I've been so busy with the Royalty and now I finally have free time so I'd like to give it some use and-"

"IF YOU DON'T FIGHT, YOU'RE A WORST KING THAN AKIRA!" The crowd of students repeated.

"Harsh, but I side with them." Akira sighed.

Ryuuga looked around at the crowned and also sighed. "I guess I wasn't given any other choice. Emon Kiba, as the King of Heiwa, I accept your challenge!" He declared. 

The crowd cheered loudly, but something louder came to be, the rumbling sounds of Ryuuga, Joe and Abbacchio's stomachs. "We haven't had lunch yet, is it fine if we wait until the afternoon?" Ryuuga asked.

Emon looked at Ryuuga and chuckled. "Of course. I don't see any issue with that."

"Then it's settled. In one hour, meet me in the school gym." Ryuuga said, extending his hand towards Emon.

"Very well." Emon said, shaking the hand. "But don't be late."

"So let me get this staight..." Joe started, stabbing a piece of beef with a fork and tossing it into his mouth. "You're going to fight this one guy from another school because the students deemed it to be?"

"Yes, but not quite, and don't talk with your mouth full." Ryuuga said, looking away. "It's disgusting and disrespectful." He put his empty bowl on the table. "The story of how I met Emon happened about a year and some weeks ago. I had joined Heiwa, and on the entry ceremory day, I met someone who told me to go to Hage. I fought Fujiko and won, surprisingly. I wouldn't find ou that she was the Queen until later."

"But the Royalty shows up in the entry ceremony, how did you miss that?" Abbacchio asked.

"I... Went to take a wiss right before the Royalty showed up and only returned after they were gone."

Joe started laughing. "Okay now that! That is truly dumb."

"Stop calling me out on it being dumb, I know it was dumb, I was a frsh noob in the game and played a super budget Spike Brothers deck."

"How budget could it be?"

"I ran a vanilla and two bad cards instead of good cards, that's how budget the deck was and how a player I was. But still, I beat a Royalty member without knowing. Fast forward a few days and I meet Emon, who challenged me since I defeated Fujiko. Fighting him was something that amde me a better player. Not only did I start using good cards, but I also stopped being a reckless wrecking ball. Being the oldest one in Spiral Terra, Emon wasn't in the most... Let's clal them complicated... Situations, like Fujiko and Yuri fighting over me or me fighting against Masato-"

"The guy Yuri lives with and whom she has fantasied about." Joe said.

"Yes but you didn't had to mention any of those parts. What I'm trying to explain is that I'm not fighting Emon because the students want to- I mean I'm also doing it for them, but it's mostly since it's something nostalgic. I was new to the game when I fought, my experience was based on losing to Murakumo and Nova Grappler and somehow ripping a win against oracle Think Tank."

"Is this basically some poetic crap?"

"For once I agree with Joe, this all sounds like some poetic crap."

"It sorta is some poetic crap." Ryuuga admitted, looking up at the wacth above the door. "It's time. Come on, let's go."

"Hi hi, Heiwa! Good afternoon!" Aijou announced, waving at the students in the watching stands. "Let's skip the boring introductions, you know your favourite King is fighting and that he's fighting against someone who was previously in the Heiwa Royalty! Please applaude-"

"AIJOU! AIJOU! AIJOU!"

Aijou sweatdropped. "Don't applaude me, applaude Ryuuga Sawada and Emon Kiba!"

Ryuuga waved at the crowd as he walked over to his fighting post. He removed his jacket and searched for his deckbox in it's inner pocket. After taking it out, he threw the jacket aside and entered the deck into the metalic pillar.

Emon entered the playing field without looking at the crowd. All he did was enter his deck into the metalic pillar and kept himself quiet.

"Not a man of many words. Either way, fight, start!" Aijou waved her hand down, initiating the zone changing zone. The playing field changed into an old school japanese destrict. A wide road surrounded by traditional houses. The typical fighting grounds of a Nubatama or Murakumo player. The sky was blue and the sun was to the west. Emon stood in front of a tower while Ryuuga was in the middle of the road that lead to said tower. "Fighters, begin!"

"Now stand up, the vanguard!" The two declared.

"Lizard Soldier, Conroe! (6000)" Emon declared, his vanguard circle exploding crimson. The face down card in front of him was flipped face up, allowing a flame sphere to come out of it. The sphere was slashed into two from the inside, revealing the green scaled lizardman.

"Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Wind! (6000)" Ryuuga exclaimed, his vanguard circle exploding bright red. As the face down card in front of him was turned face up, it released a cloud of smoke. The purplish dragon jumped out of the cloud, swinging his chain scythe.

"Since both fighters are ready, the fight can finally start! Since Emon is the challenger, he'll start!" Aijou announced.

"Come on, Emon! You can win this!" Akira cheered, though his cheers were as silent as a calm night when comapred to the crowd of students.

"RY-UU-GA! RY-UU-GA! RY-UU-GA!" The crowd shouted.

"Can Ryuuga win this?" Joe asked, looking at Abbacchio.

"If you want a non-bias answer... It can go either way." The italian answered. "Emon Kiba is no joke. No only was he the Ace but he's also a player at national champion-level."

"I see... Fujiko?"

"All I can do is support Ryuuga... I'm on the same boat as Abbacchio, I'm not sure how this will end." The blonde girl confessed.

"As the King of Heiwa, all I can say is that I won't disappoint my school. It doesn't matter who is challenging or how the odds are against me, I'll still win!" Ryuuga declared. His declaration only made the crowd become louder.

Emon chuckled, but then showed a smirk. "Then fight to prove who is the strongest. Heiwa Academy, or Fukushima University! Ride, Sabel Dragonewt! (8000) Conroe's skill, draw. Turn end!"

Emon
Hand: 6
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"My turn! Ride! Stealth Rogue of the Night, Sakurafubuki! (8000) Magatsu Wind's skill, I also draw. Attack! (8000)"

"No guard."

"Drive check! (Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Gale) No trigger."

"(Dragonic Burnout) No trigger too."

"Turn end."

Emon
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 7
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

Emon waved his hand over his deck, adding a card to the holographic cards above his left hand. He then smirked. "Ride! Dragon Full-armored Buster! (10000) I soulblast two and look at the top seven cards of my deck! Add Dragonic Overlord the End from among them to my hand and return the rest to the bottom of the deck! Then call, Dragon Full-armored Buster (10000) and Flame of Hope, Aermo! (8000) Buster's skill, when you don't have any rear-guard units, add 3000 power! (10000>13000) (10000>>13000) My vanguard Buster attacks! (13000)"

"No guard!"

"Drive trigger, check! (Dragonic Overlord)"

"Damage check! (Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Wind)"

"Boosted by Aermo, my rear-guard Buster! Aermo's skill, add another 3000 when boosting! (13000>>21000>>24000)"

"Again, no guard. (Stealth Beast, Muhou Garou)"

"Turn end."

Emon
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
OXX
OOX

Ryuuga
Hand: 7
Damage: 2
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw! Ride! Stealth Beast, Muhou Garou! (12000) Call, Muhou Garou (12000), Magatsu Gale! (9000) Magatsu Gale's skill. Counterblast, soulblast, adding 6000 power and drawing one! (9000>>15000)" Ryuuga looked at the crrd he drew. "Right no cue. Call, Sakurafubuki! (8000) Sakurafubuki's skill, I discard Ohtsuzura to add 3000. (8000>>11000) Then I draw and countercharge. My rear-guard Muhou attacks the rear-guard Buster! Since I have rear-guards now, your two Busters are back to being 10k bases! (12000)"

"Buster retires."

"My vanguard attacks! (12000)"

Emon narrowed his eyes. "No guard."

"Drive check! (Stealth Dragon, Kurogane - Critical) Critical trigger! I give the power to Magatsu Gale and the critical stays with the vanguard! (15000>>25000) (12000>>12000/2)"

"Damage check! (Lizard Soldier, Raopia) (Angry Horn Dragon - Critical) I give it all to my vanguard. (20000)"

"Boosted by Sakurafubuki, Magatsu Gale! (25000>>36000)"

"Guard! Tahr, Burnout! (40000)"

"Magatsu moves to the soul and Sakurafubuki returns to my hand. Turn end!" Ryuuga let out a small sigh.

Emon
Hand: 4
Damage: 3
OXO
OOX

Ryuuga
Hand: 7
Damage: 1
OXX
OOO

"What an intense fight..." Joe muttered.

"It's about get more intense." Fujiko said.

"Stand and draw! A crimson burn hotter than the sun descends! Scorch everything! I ride!" Emon exclaimed, throwing one of the cards in his hand towards the sky.

The crowd looked up at the card, which exploded into a large pillar of crimson flames. Within the raging fire, the silhouette of a unit appeared. It raised it's sword and slashed through the pillar, making the flames spread through it's side of the district. The houses on it's surrounding had been destroyed. Wood had been burned into charcoal or reduced to ashes, and stone had been burned so hot that it turned into lava. Some stones had surived, but were metling from the heat. The dragon started roaring, shaking the ground of the district.

"DRAGONIC OVERLORD! (13000)" Emon roared as his vangaurd circle exploded crimson in the skies above. "Imaginary Gift, Force I! To the vanguard! (13000>>23000) Call, Berserk Dragon! (10000) Skill, the rear-guard Muhou Garou is retired! Aermo's skill, retire himself to countercharge and draw! Call, Sabal Dragonewt (8000) and a second Dragonic Overlord! (13000) Now, attack the vanguard, Dragonic Overlord the vanguard! (13000) Be reduced to ash! EXPLODING CRIMSON FLAME!"

"Zashikihime, guard! (32000)"

"Twin drive! (Red Dive Griffin) (Dragonic Burnout) No trigger. My rear-guard Overlord! (13000)"

"No guard! (Stealth Dragon, Voidmaster)"

"Boosted by Sabel, Berserk Dragon! Skill, add 3000! (10000>>18000>>21000)"

"Guard, Magatsu Wind! (22000)"

"Turn end." Emon declared. "You're stubborn when it comes to surving as always, Ryuuga."

Emon
Hand: 4
Damage: 3
XXX
OOX

Ryuuga
Hand: 5
Damage: 2
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga chuckled. "Thanks. But some nice words won't save you. 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!"

The wind around Muhou Garou started lifting the wolf-like beast, encasing it in a sphere of wind that started to hide it. Muhou Garou was gone, all that was left as the orb of wind. It started taking shape, shaping itself like the unit that, like Ryuuga said, would descend. After shaping itself exactly like the unit, the winds faded, leaving behind the purple-scaled stealth dragon. A giant eye opened on the skies above, focusing on Dragonic Overlord. At the same time, the previously blue skies became dark like the night, and the sun disappeared, replaced by the moon.

"Shura Stealth Dragon, Jamyocongo! (12000)" Ryuuga declared, his vanguard circle exploding red. "Imaginary Gift, Protect I! And then, Rule of Avidya! But since you don't have six cards in your hand, you don't have to worry about discarding anything. Call, Magatsu Gale! (9000) His skill, I draw! (9000>>15000) And then call, Sakurafubuki! (8000) I discard to add power, and since there is only one face up card on my damage zone, I draw and countercharge. (8000>>11000) I call Tsunamasa! (8000) His skill, add 3000 power to my vanguard. (12000>>15000) And then, I soulcharge. Call, Voidmaster! (12000) His skill, add 3000 power and block your intercepts this turn. (12000>>15000) Jamyocongo attacks! (15000) Ninja Art: Towering Hurricane!"

"No guard."

"Twin drive! (Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Wind) (Momentary Stealth Rogue, Tsunamasa) No trigger."

"Damage check. (Wyvern Guard, Barri - Draw) Hm. I give it all to my vanguard and draw! (23000)"

Ryuuga clicked his tongue. "Voidmaster attacks Berserk Dragon! (15000)"

"No guard, he retires."

"Voidmaster's skill, counterblast, return him to my hand. Boosted by Sakurafubuki, Magatsu Gale attacks the vanguard! (15000>>26000)"

"Berserk Dragon, guard! (28000)"

"Magatsu Gale moves to the soul, and Sakurafubuki returns to my hand. Turn end." As Ryuuga ended his turn, the eye in the sky closed, returning the sky to it's blue state and replacing the moon with the sun.

Emon
Hand: 4
Damage: 4
XXO
OOX

Ryuuga
Hand: 7
Damage: 2
OXO
OOX

"Stand and draw..." Emon spoke. "Everything returns to what it was before, a flaming giant orbiting in space! BURN EVEN THE ASHES! STAND UP, REDUCE EVERYTHING TO ATOMS, AND SET EVEN THE STARS ON FIRE! I RIDE THE VANGUARD!" Like before, Emon threw a card into the skies.

The card that had been thrown soared in front of Dragonic Overlord's glare. The card exploded into a pillar of flames, surrounding the body of the crimson dragon. However, in the middle of the tower of fire, the body of the dragon exploded into even more fire.

"FIRE MEETS FIRE! DRAGONIC OVERLORD THE END!" Emon roared as the armored dragon was formed from the flames. "Imaginary Gift, Force I! To the vanguard! (23000>>33000) Call, Dragonic Burnout! (10000) Counterblast, placing a second Burnout from the drop in the bottom of the deck, retire Tsunamasa! And then, Sabel's skill. It retires so that I can draw one! Call, Red Dive Griffin! (8000) Battle! Dragonic Overlord the End, attack the vanguard! (33000) First Flame: Helios!"

Dragonic Overlord the End opened it's mouth, blasting a storm of flames in Jamyocongo's direction. It first burned the dragon's left arm to ashes, but then burned the ashes into nothing.

"No guard!"

"Twin drive! (Dragonic Overlord the End) (Angry Horn Dragon - Critical) Power to Burnout, critical to the vanguard! (33000>>33000/2) (10000>>20000)"

Ryuuga grit his teeth. "Damage check! (Shura Stealth Dragon, Jamyocongo) (Stealth Dragon, Kurogane - Critical) I give it to my vanguard... (22000)"

"The End's skill! I discard three cards from my hand and stand him! Add 10000 power, but lose one drive! (33000>>43000) Attack once again! (43000/2) Second Flame: Vulcan!"

Dragonic Ovelord the End charged forward, crossing it's blades in a X shape. As it was closing on Jamyocongo, it was forced to back away by the light that radiated off the Imaginary Gift emblem.

"Imaginary Gift, Protect! Complete guard!"

"Drive check! (Dragon Full-armored Buster) The End's skill! Since my hand is not over four cards, counterblast, soulblast, lose it's only drive check and restand him! Boosted by Red Dive Griffin, The End attacks! (43000>>51000/2) THIRD FLAME: SOL!"

The End aimed it's weapons at Jamyocongo, blasting a storm of fire at the opposing dragon. Te flames blocked the bystanders from seeing what was everything. All they could see were the raging red flames going in one direction.

Joe jumped from his seat. "RYUUGA!" His eyes became wide open at the sight.

The flames started being sucked into the red blade of the black wolf beast that stood in front of Jamyocongo. In the end, no flame got past the blade, no flame ever reached Jamyocongo.

"Mijingakure, complete guard." Ryuuga said with eyes of determination.

Emon looked at Ryuuga in disbelief, but then just showed a small smile with his eyes closed. "Turn end."

Emon
Hand: 4
Damage: 4
XXX
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 3
Damage: 4
OXO
OOO

(Play the media)

"Stand and draw! I'm declaring it here! Final turn! The emperor of the skies descends! Dance, steel star hidden in the eye of the storm! I ride the vanguard!"

The blue sky started to turn dark as the sun finally set, along the moon to rise and be the light in the dark night sky. Gusts of wind started descending from above, bringing Jamyocongo into them. Something glimmered within the eye of the storm, a metalic ninja star of a size bigger than your typical ninja star. The star blasted out of the storm, followed by the dragon it belonged to. It's winds expanded as his white hair waved from the night breeze. It sat on a stone, looking down instead of looking up at it's opponent.

"Covert Demonic Dragon, Magatsu Storm! (12000) Protect I! Call, Voidmaster and use his skill! (12000>>15000) Magatsu Storm attacks the vanguard! (12000) Ninja Art: Steel Star Rain!"

Magatsu Strom jumped off his stone, soaring into the skies with his open wings. It threw it's ninja star at the moon and slammed his hands together. As his red eyes started shining, a multitude of ninja stars started raining down upon The End.

"That's one to pass. No guard."

"Twin drive! (Shura Stealth Dragon, Jamyocongo) No trigger. (Stealth Fiend, Ohtsuzura - Draw) Draw trigger. I give everything to Magatsu Storm. (12000>>22000)"

"Damage check. (Dragonic Overlord the End) That was your last chance. Your final turn has failed."

A sudden smirk appeared in Ryuuga's emotionless face, his eyes started regaining their colour as he looked at Emon. "We haven't gotten to the good part yet. Voidmaster, attack! (15000)"

"Buster! (18000)"

"Voidmaster's skill, I counterblast to return him to my hand. The only choice I have now is to end... This game! Magatsu Storm's skill! Since a rear-guard was returned to my hand, I soulblast a Grade 3 to draw one card and then superior call three units from my hand! Come forth, Shura Stealth Dragon, Jamyocongo (12000), Stealth Fiend, Oboro Cart (8000) and Stealth Dragon, Magatsu Gale! (9000) Add 5000 to these three units! (12000>>17000) (8000>>13000) (9000>>14000) Magatsu Gale's skill, add another 6000 power! (14000>>20000) I draw. And then, I discard one to use Oboro Cart's skill! Jamyocongo's power is doubled up! Ninja Art: Twice! (17000>>34000) Magatsu Gale attacks! (20000)"

'He's forcing cards out of my hand so that I can't guard Jamyocongo's attack. Hm, no wonder he was never challenged as a King.' "Guard! Angry Horn! (28000)"

"Boosted by Oboror Cart, Jamyocongo! (34000>>47000) Ninja Art: Towering Hurricane!"

Jamyocongo waved it's hands, trapping the crimson dragon in strong hurricane. The End fought back and was able to free himself and destroy the hurricane, but it was far too late. Jamyocongo soared behind The End and was charging towards the nape of it's neck. When he was close, all it took was a slash of his blade to make the dragon fall on his knees and slowly turn to light as it roared in defeat.

Emon smiled and applauded Ryuuga with the crowd. "Well played, King Ryuuga."

"And the winner is Heiwa's very own King, Ryuuga Sawada! Keep applauding the man!" Aijou annouced.

Ryuuga sighed in relief. 'I went through that fight without my inner peace wavering... I'd call that lucky.' He thought as he waved at the crowd.

After the fighters collected their decks from their respective pillars, they joined at the center of the playing field, where they shook hands once again. This time, they were surrounded by the rest of the Heiwa Royalty and Akira.

"It was a good game, Emon." Ryuuga said.

"I agree." Emon replied. "However, there is something I must confess to you."

"Huh? What is it?"

"I didn't came here to test your strenght or decide which Royalty was stronger. Ryuuga Sawada, in one week's time, the one who leads our Royalty, the Queen Homura Saki, will be at your gates declaring war against you. She will be the one who is the strongest King, or in this case, Royalty leader, of Tokyo!" Emon declared.

Ryuuga looked at Emon with a blank expression. ".....come again?"

"Sounds awesome!" Joe said.

"And fun!" Aijou added.

"But stressful to some degree." Fujiko pointed.

"But awesome and fun!" Abbacchio joined Aijou and Joe's side.

In Ryuuga's mind, he heard the sound of glass shattering. 'Goodbye, my precious inner peace...'

(Ending)

"I say we stay here for dinner." Emon said as he and Akira walked past the gates of Heiwa. "Besides, since we have to come home on the weekends, we might aswell just stay here and get back to Fukushima on monday."

Akira looked at Emon. "Dude it's three in the afternoon, we still have time to show up in campus and not have Homura bust out balls!"

"Then I guess you better start thinking on an excuse for monday. That or start praying she won't be mad we skipped classes for a whole day."

"E-emon, dude, you're joking, right..? Right?!"

"I'm not."

"E-emon... EMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!"

Next Time-
QnA #1

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MINI SOUL: "Flame Mythos with Professor Emon"

Emon: Today we'll be learning about the names of the gods mentioned in The End's attacks!

Akira: Yay!

Emon: Helios, the greek god of fire!

Akira: Super cool!

Emon: Vulcan, the roman good of fire!

Akira: Even cooler!

Emon: And finally, Sol! The god who started the sun calendar and the one who protects us from the Infernals!

Akira: Ya- Wait that isnt a real god!

The End: *blasts Akira with Third Flame: Sol*

Akira: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Ryuuga and Emon: Látom...

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Ryuzaki: I need... Screen time... I was just mentioned... My voice appeared in a flashback... And I was dissed by two teenagers...

You are in the meme of the week.

Ryuzaki: OH sweet that's cool.

Ryuzaki: Two and a Half Men format? You're quick on using what's trending.

Ryuuga: I feel targetted.

Call me meme god 69420. This has been the first volume of Spiral Soul, typical introdution volume and I'll admit, even I got bored with some parts, but nonetheless I'd like to know what you thought of the volume. Next week is the start of Volume 2, but ebfore that, we'll have ourselves the first QnA of the book, so start sending in some questions.

Thanks for reading and I'll see you later. Bye bye!

Ryuzaki: I finally get screen time next volume!

Hikaru: Me too!

Taira: Me three!

Renji: I'll hold back the holy word.

Ichigo: I also appear but I'm gonna get flamed for Shida's mistakes when it comes to shipping.

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