Cardfight!! Vanguard: Bujin

#9: Ragnarøk Commences

People gathered.

The street became filled with noise.

Fireworks bursted into the seven colours in the skies.

Ragnarøk began!

To celebrate the start of this colossal event, the first tournament in the First Winter Stage was held on a special stadium near the sea in Minato, built eight years ago to hold one of Ryuzaki's biggest events and one that shook the Vanguard world at the time, a competition between Kings by the name of Tokyo's Finest, and later the final round of the Dream Team Challenge, where it gained its name from.

Hanabi Stadium, named after the team who won the Dream Team Challenge.

The perfect place to serve as the first location for such a monumental, life-changing event!

And two thirds of Izanagi were late!

Yeah, the tanuki dumbass and the dinosaur dumbass were still not there, leaving a very annoyed Kikka feeling very stupid as she stood in front of the stadium with her arms crossed.

"Those two... I'm gonna end them when they show their ugly mugs! Life already screwed me over by having Lucia-san have to work at Dogma's today, it can't screw me over again!"

"Yo, probie! Kept you waiting much?"

Oh look, the tanuki was finally there, with Yukie by her side and a plumpy, half-eaten mango in her hand.

"What took you so long?!" The redhead asked, facing her teammate. "I've been waiting here for ten minutes! We agreed to be here on time!"

"We stopped by a fruit market on the way. Harui enjoys the fruit there." Yukie informed.

"That's not a good excuse!"

"Want some? This mango is bussin' bussin'." Harui said, extending her fruit to her fellow fighter.

"No thanks." Kikka shook her head. "Where's Nozomi-san? He has a car, he doesn't have an excuse!"

"Oh hey girls, kept you waiting much?"

Oh look, Midorin was finally there, with Nozomi by her side and a plump, half-eaten mango in her hand.

"Sorry for the wait, guys." Nozomi chuckled, scratching his neck. "We-"

"Stopped by a fruit market on the way? Midorin-san likes their fruit?" Kikka asked.

"Wow, Kikka-chan has some mad detective skills!" Midorin exclaimed. "Want some of mine? This mango is bussin' bussin' for real!"

"I'll pass, but thanks..." The redhead sweatdropped. "You two are so irresponsible! We promised we'd meet here at a specific time and then you got distracted by fruits!"

"I did, alright." Harui cackled, looking at her girlfriend. "You know me, I just love good fruit so much."

"Zip it!" She deadpanned. "Let's just get going, I've been standing here like a fool for long enough..."

"Hey come on, I'm just ruffling your feathers!" The white haired laughed. "Where's your spirit of celebration? Today's a big day! It's the day I beat stupid Nozomi's stupid brother's stupid face in!"

"Please don't actually put your hands on Naomitsu." Nozomi deadpanned.

"Today's also the day we go toe to toe with people way out of my skill range! Forget Tartarus and Blacksync, there's a bunch of teams here we don't know anything about, you stinky tanuki!"

"Oh please, what's the worst that could happen?" Harui asked.

Right on time, the worst that could happen appeared, and Harui felt it with her spine and her very soul.