"Could I beat Mikazuchi Kaido..." Satoru hummed to himself, rubbing his chin.
"Hanabi is a team with years under their belt, they don't gotta bust out the morally questionable strats we need!"
"We're off to a fantastic start." Akafuyu deadpanned. "I can feel the confidance and positivity."
"Look, we lowrolled! We just lowrolled! Not only did we get stuck with Hanabi on our first game, but we also got shafted by being in the same block as the Eternal Ruler, so we're jumping off the frying pan and into the fire here." Kiru explained. "But so what? We're fighters, aren't?"
"Cardfighters, actually." Her roommated corrected. "The actually is important, I think."
"And you know what's the cool thing about Vanguard? You never how it ends until it does! So who cares if we're going against the titans of the past generation and against the shiny stars of the current one, we'll just have to see how it ends!"
"The sunday morning card game anime logic really is our best alley, isn't it?" Satoru joked, following it with a small laugh. "Well, whatever comes, you're the boss, boss."
"You bet your ass I am! And I'm gonna go and beat that actually satan into the dirt!"
With her proud declaration and surrounded by the applause of the teammates that kinda looked up to her, Kiru bravely stomped out of the room before Ryuzaki's face startled someone again, off to face the fiend who hauned the commonwealth!
Prepare yourself, Mikazuchi Kaido! Your days are over!
"Yo." Masato waved.
But Masato was the douchebag who showed up!
"Fork off, fork off, FORK OFF!" Kiru yelled as she looked at her opponent.
"We got jebaited. I told her we could get jebaited." Akafuyu said.
"I'll go look up how to counter Magnolia." Satoru replied.
Inside Hanabi's resting room, Kaido watched the fight from the window, hands tucked into his pockets. He smirked.
"Kiru's a competent fighter. Competent fighters tend to surprise you more often than not. In an ideal world, Masato wins, but I have no expectations from him. What do you think, Gi-"
Kaido looked back at Gin, who tried his best to act like he hadn't been caught redhanded with a yakisoba bun still in its wrapper hanging from his lips.
They didn't have yakisoba buns in the resting rooms. Nor did they sell them at the stadium.
Gin offered Kaido one of the six yakisoba buns he carried on his right arm like a small child.
"Wan wan? Hef eak hugeher."
Kaido stared at him with raw disappointment on his eyes.
"I'd rather not take away from your... Overflowing happiness." He deadpanned, shifting his focus back to the fight.
"You've rocked so far, Blacksync, but the sign of your demise is here! My name is Onizuka Masato, and I swear on-"
"Stand Up, Vanguard! Blue Deathster, Sora Period!"
"Wha- W-wait a sec, I haven't even done my mulligan!"
"Then hurry up before I turn you and your lousy tracksuit to mush, Tracksuit!" Kiru growled.
"Tracksuit?! I'll have you my tracksuits are high quality!"
"Hey hey, wanna bet she disqualifies herself by throwing insults at Tracksuit before they end their game?" Ryuzaki whispered to his partner.