Thread:RainEStar/@comment-25542469-20180526163114/@comment-25542469-20180601074706

Hey Rain, was thinking about the story again. Here's this version:

In the recent months after the Gyze incident, Ibuki's (and others) work has made Vanguard very famous, with tens of thousands of new fighters around the world, and thousands of quests happening every day. However, during a world tournament, the GIRS system begins to malfunction, and shortly after, an explosion of imaginative power shakes the stadium, and almost destroys the system entirely. Jump skip a few months, and a young boy (12-13, age might go up), seeking a plushie stolen from him, enters Card Capital 2. At this time, he is introduced to Vanguard by Shin, and, after some convincing, is taught the game by Taiyou, while Hikori agrees to track down the bullies that stole his leopard plushie. After the game, he buys two decks for him and his sister, and continuously thanks Hiroki for finding his plushie, while also apologizing for the trouble of both needing to learn the game, and tracking down his plushie. He then leaves to visit his sister in the hospital, and shyly (as with everything else) teaches his sister the game, as best he can. Slowly, he begins to visit the shop more and more, playing with Taiyou, Hiroki, and Saori, and going on quests with them as well. A few weeks after he begins, a new fighter enters the shop, and he watches her fight Hiroki, with an interesting new clan. After the fight, which Hiroki miserably loses, she excitedly speaks with him, and the others, and leaves him with a deck of blank Vanguard cards, stating something along the lines of "The best fighters can paint their own units with their emotions." That night, Yuki has a dream of a world unknown, and meets a white wyvern and his friends. When he wakes up the next day, he is compeled to check the "blank deck", only to find it has turned into units; the same units from his dream. Later that day, after showing the others the deck, Hiroki/"the girl"/Taiyou convinces him to fight them with it. During the fight, he begins growing attached to the deck, enjoying its playstyle, and even becoming somewhat friendlier and more open during the fight. This soon becomes his main deck, and a few weeks later, the cards are somehow being sold at the store (mainly other units though). Soon enough, his sister attains her deck of the same clan, and they practice her deck during his visits. Time skip a month or two more, and a new tournament has been initiated by Ibuki. The girl, and another person (To be met before time skip, also with unique deck) drag Yuki onto their team, later named "Team Fleeting" (subject to change) for their fleeting playstyles/dreams, and enter the tournament. Near the end of the first stage, Yuki fights a powerful opponent, and, to his own surprise, wins. Afterwards, the opponent approaches him, congratulating him and his team on their victory and continuation, and tells them that they are now responsible for the emotions of all the fighters that have lost at this tournament. This resonates with Yuki, and creates a strong emotion in him. Not wanting the same feeling about Vanguard as he has about his sister's accident (which he blames himself for), Yuki becomes somewhat determined to win the tournament, both for his team, and on behalf of all the fighters they face along the way. (That's all I have so far, except that he has semi-normal dreams where he interacts with Snow and the rest of the clan, which sometimes leads to the evolution/attainment of a new card.)

So, what do you think of this one? The clans are still born out of dreams (more or less), but have a valid reason for it, as the explosion sent out waves that were connected to planet Cray, allowing new fighters to connect with rising units/clans, and even unseen futures from before.