(Fyi, play Break It! while reading this. Just until the match finishes, that is.)

"Stand and draw!" Sanda announced sternly. His eyes opened wide with relief. "GENERATION STRIDE!" He exclaimed, discarding Super Striker, Bolt Trainer Dragon. "A black and stormy night, with thunder and lightning that never stops, a tainted fist of thunder! GENERATION... STRIDE!!!" Sanda smirked. "Super Striker Destroyer, Master Fist Dragon!"

Lightning and thunder sparked through the dust, the rocky plains of Cray. Arising with glowing blood red eyes was a dragon, scales a pitch black, with a tint of murky blue.
"What is he?" Gear Eagle mumbled to himself, as the land was shattered with a ear piercing earthquake. "What the hell?!"
Master Fist Dragon had a spiky gold head piece, and two golden orange fists, that had a blue crystal that sparked with electricity.
"Gear Chronicle!" He boomed, a claw pointing at them menacingly. "Meet the TRUE thunder of the Narukami!" He growled.

(Insert your favourite vanguard theme song here)

As the clouds cleared up from the first attack, the black scaled dragon flapped its wings, and flew up, going to punch the golden eagle.

"Like I'm gonna let a six crit attack go through! Its nulified!" Rino gritted his teeth in pure anger.
"Mhm... Triple trigger check. (Super Striker, Gold Gem Carbuncle) Critical. All effects to Crosswave. (11000 > 16000/1★ > 2★) Second! (Super Striker Dancer, Vianne) Stand trigger, all effects to Meteor! (9000 > 14000, [^]) Third! (Super Striker Dancer, Rin)" Sanda smirked as he pulled 3 triggers.
"Triple trigger... Lucky bastard." Rino thought, gritting his teeth some more.
"Thats not great for your health," Sanda laughed. "Healing a damage, power to Meteor! (14000 > 19000)"

A blonde haired girl with steampunk clothes blocked the sparking fist with a gold shield.
"Thanks Arlim." Gear Eagle cawed.
"No problem," She smiled back.
"Damn you Gear Chronicle!" Master Fist pushed, falling back, narrowing his sky blue eyes.

"Meteor goes in!" Sanda said.
"No guard. (Steam Battler, Kalibum)" Rino said, shadow covering his lapis blue eyes, as he looked up, a burning fire of passion could be seen in them, as he gritted his teeth harder.
"So you really want to win?" Sanda asked.
"Shut up!" Rino roared.
"Why are you so angry?" Sanda asked, sighing.
"Go take a crap, nobody wanted your damn opinion!" Rino snarled, pure anger in his voice.
"Rino, calm down!" Wyvon cried.
"Shut up you dick!" Rino said, narrowing his eyes. Wyvon eyes opened wide as they narrowed back.
"If thats what you want." Wyvon said, his head turning, looking at the ground.
"Good job," Ryu commented. Yza was in pure shock.
"See what you've done?!" Sanda snarled.
Rino looked at his surrondings. "I-I'm the only idiot here..." He thought, a single tear streaming down his left cheek.
"How can you call yourself a cardfighter, when your crying over nothing?!" Sanda retorted.
"Shut up!" Rino growled. A second tear strolled down.
"I thought you'd be awesome. But it looks like you aren't." Sanda sighed, dissapointed.
"Shut. Up." Rino mumbled, trembling.
"Sorry, I didn't hear." He said, looking at Rino.
"I SAID SHUT UP!! Finish this damn game already you bastard!" Rino said, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"If you say so... Meteor attacks!! (19000)" Sanda exclaimed.
"SCREW YOU! I GUARD!" Rino shouted, anger could be heard in voice as sadness also flowed through it. (11000 > 21000)
"Thats my go." Sanda said, dissapointed with Rino.

Rino:
Hand: 1
Damage: 4
OXO
OXO

Sanda:
Hand: 4
Damage: 4
XXX
XXO

"I hate you... And I'll never forgive you!" Rino shouted, his fist to his chest.
"Hating me wont change anything!" Sanda said.
"I DON'T GIVE A CRAP! Stand and draw!" Rino shouted, tears falling, rage in his voice. A mixture of feelings ran down his body, as Rino breathed heavy. "I wont allow you to ruin my dreams!! LIBERATING THE GENERATION ZONE! The past doesn't matter, the present is nothing, the future is now, and you wont stop this! POURING ALL MY PRIDE AND DREAMS INTO THIS REVOLUTION!!! Generation... STRIDE!!!" Rino said, a flash of purple came to him. "Interdimensional Dragon, Chronoscommand Revolution!" The vanguard circle glowed a purple.

As Gear Eagle felt a new found power inside of him, he grew white and started to disappear.
"Now its your turn! To feel our power!" He cawed, before his body was transformed into a golden dragon, with purple and green-blue highlights, large wings and a bright blue hand.

"Skill, counterblast 1, unflipping a copy of him! Sending all of your rear-guards to the bottom of the deck!" Rino said. "Then, Mist Geyser gets 5000 power for each rear-guard sent! (6000 > 26000) With a boost from Mist Geyser, Revolution... ATTACKS!!! (26000 > 52000) He shouted.

"EXPLOSIVE SUBLIMATION RUSH!" Revolution shouted, hand being placed through a blue clock, a explosive blast came through.

"No guard!" Sanda bravely said.
"Triple drive! (Luckypot Dracokid, Luckypot Dracokid, Paradox-cannon Dracokid) Triple triggers! All effects to vanguard! (52000 > 67000/1★ > 2★) And I draw two cards!" Rino said, tears drying up.
"Damage check." Sanda said, flipping over the top two cards. "First. (Super Striker, Meteor Fist Dragon) No trigger. Second.. (Super Striker Dancer, Rin) Heal trigger! Healing a point of damage, power to vanguard." (11000 > 16000) Sanda smiled.
"Thats my go..." Rino gritted his teeth.

As the blast brutally blasted back Electron Fist, he got up, weak.
"Damned dragon..." He said, wiping off the blood on his face.

Rino:
Hand: 6
Damage: 4
OXO
OXO

Sanda:
Hand: 4
Damage: 5
OXO
OOO

"Its been fun playing you. We're both pretty even right now." Sanda said.
"Sanda, tell me this!" Rino asked, showing his teeth as he narrowes his eyes in anger.
"What?" Sanda said, looking at his hand as he stand and draw.
"Why didn't you perfect guard that attack?!" Rino said.
"Well... Since your Revolution disrupts my field, if I wasted my cards in hand, I would weaken my attack force, no?" Sanda anylysed.
"Thats true, but wouldn't you be able to..." Rino said.
"My deck is surronded about retiring rear-guards. If I don't have any, my deck is useless." Sanda said.
"I see. So I really did screw you over." Rino smirked.
"Not exactly." Sanda said, looking at his hand. "Call, Meteor and Sparking Enforcer. Then, with a boost from Sparking, Meteor attacks!! Skill, counterblast 1, retiring Sparking, retiring Mist Geyser! Enforcer's skill, soulblast and add to hand. Then, Thousand Electron skill kicks in! His Generation Break 2 skill, I give him and Meteor a new skill. For each of your empty rear-circle an extra 5000 power! (9000 > 39000)" Sanda smirked.
"C-crap!" Rino thought, as he took a damage. (Steam Knight, Lugal).
"Now, my vanguard rushes in! (41000)" Sanda smirked.
"Perfect guard!" Rino exclaimed.
"Fine then. Twin Drive! (Super Striker, Cross Shockwave Dragon, Super Striker, Bolt Trainer Dragon) No triggers," Sanda sighed. "Thats my go."

Rino:
Hand: 4
Damage: 5
OXO
OOO

Sanda:
Hand: 5
Damage: 5
OXX
OOO

"This game is so tight," Uttered a shocked Yza.
"Its been a full 45 minutes, yet nothings really happened." Ryu said. The silence in the room was unsual. It was quite tense, as eyes stared at the two boys. Rino's lapis blue eyes locked on Sanda's dark orange ones.
"Stand and draw." Announced Rino. "What do I stride? I mean, Revolution will be useless, and its either Ragnaclock or Faterider..." Rino thought, as his body shook softly from the eyes that stared on him, holding his cards tightly as sweat ran down his body. "Generation Stride! Almighty Deity, show yourself! Interdimensional Dragon, Ragnaclock Dragon!" Rino smirked.

A rumbling came from the earth beneath, a large jet/silver black dragon with a skull like head and thin body arose, a high pitched roar came from it. He was Ragnaclock Dragon.

"Call Lugal and History-maker! Lugal will counterblast 1, he gets 2000 power and a new skill! (9000 > 11000) Then, he attacks! Skill, you can't guard with grade 0!" Rino smirked.
"Your joking me right?!" Sanda thought as he looked at his five card hand. "Guard with Bolt Trainer," He declared.
"Now, my vanguard attacks! (26000) Skill! Counterblast 1, unflip a copy, you can't guard with grade 0! And since I have two or more G units, an extra critical! (1★ > 2★)" Rino declared.

A black beam of energy swirled around the boney dragon's mouth, as his eyes glowed with rage and power.

"Perfect guard!" Sanda exclaimed.
"Three perfect guards down, one more to go." Rino smirked. "Triple drive! (Mist Geyser Dragon, Upstream Dragon, Steam Battler, Dadasig) Critical! All effects to History-maker! (9000 > 14000/1★ > 2★) Then he attacks! Counterblast, time leaping Lugal into my avatar! Gear Eagle!"
"G-guard with Cross Shockwave!" Sanda stuttered, as he was pushed into one card in hand.
"Now, watch this!!" Rino said, putting his fist to his chest. "My dreams," His arms flew out, "My future!" He raised it up in a fist. "My pride!!" He exclaimed, placing the fist on Gear Eagle. "Now, my avatar will... ATTACK!!!" (11000) His fingers spreaded out as he turned the card sideways.

The blast was punched away mercilessly by Enforcer, as History-maker and Lugal's attacks failed, the still air-bourne Gear Eagle with a swoop of excellence glided down, speeding to the dragon, as his blue eyes opened wide, as he saw a golden eagle shoot across the sky and lunge straight at him.

"No guard," Sanda smiled softly.
Rino gritted his teeth nervously.

The eagle headbutted the large dragon, sending him flying back as he pushed him foward, descending into a mountain.

"Damage check," Sanda said, flipping over the top card. The whole room held its breath as this would decide the outcome of this game. The flipped card was... Super Striker, Thousand Electron Fist Dragon.

Gear Eagle using the remains of his strength pushed foward, breaking the mountain as he pushed the red dragon through it, as fell on his back in pain.
"We are, Gear Chronicle." He cawed.

A cheer erupted as people danced in joy.
"Congrats dude, you won." Ryu said, handing him a golden trophy.
"T-thank you!" Rino said, blushing. Ryu gave him a simple smile.
"Good job bro, I'm proud." Wyvon smiled, patting Rino on the back as he held his trophy in victory. Sanda was clapping for him. Rino ran to Sanda.
"Hey Sanda..." Rino said, looking at the floor.
"Yeah, Rino?" He asked.
"I-I'm sorry about the way I acted earlier. Please, forgive me!" Rino cried, as he bowed.
"Hey, its cool. Look up man." Sanda grinned. Rino looked up, Sanda's hand out. He grasped it and shook it lightly.
"Thank you, Sanda. I'll never forget this because of you," Rino grinned. Yza was wiping tears.
"Thats so cute!" He whimpered.
"Toughen up!" Ryu said, hitting him with a paper fan.
"Screw you!" He kept crying. Shin laughed as Kamui watched Sanda and Rino becone friends.
Sanda went back to where he was, but unknown to Rino that he was gone. The sun was setting as Rino entered Card Capital 2 again, a few days after the competiton.
"Hello, Rino." Shin greeted.
"Hi," He replied, a dissapointed expression on his face. "Sanda isn't here?"
"Nope, not today," Shin replied, as he opened a large cardboard box full of booster boxes.
"Ok. Sorry to interfere with your work," Rino apologised.
"Its fine." Shin smiled. Rino opened the door and left.
Sanda was on a train, going back to the Star Gate Branch, where he was born and raised in. "We'll meet again Rino. And when we do, I'm gonna beat you!" He thought, a large grin on his face.

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A/N
Yes, this is a slightly shorter chapter. I didn't want to drag the fight to being a 4000 word chapter, thats just stupid. Plus I wanted a cliffhanger so... :P Again, thanks to Goldinator for letting me use Sanda. Thats all I have to say, hoped you enjoyed, Fox out!