Mae

Today is my Buddyfight Boy Wonder son Tasuku’s Birthday! 🎉 and once again, I drew him in my anime style like I did last year. This time tho, I drew him in his Buddy Police uniform given it’s an iconic look to him, barring his current look on Triple D/X, since his debut into the series and add some blue and yellow stars and sparkles to represent the stars in the first ending song of the anime, his star pulsar deck, and his succeeding world, Star Dragon World. Plus adding sparkles are such a nice touch to the design for some ✨ shojou-style pizzazz ✨

Speaking of the Star Pulsar, I know that I didn’t get to add that core element into the drawing unlike last time, but let’s imagine it’s indeed hovering around the corner next to Tasuku; just offscreen that is

His name is Mizael

Chapter 2 (Chapter 1 can be found here)

Word count: 2674

A/N: I wrote this out in about 3 hours so I have no idea what even happened here but I had the strongest urge to write this so here you go. Chapter 2 of Pimp Zanya, now renamed as Tug at the Heart Strings. I hope you enjoy how this story progresses. 

Have you ever felt your soul leave your body? Have you ever felt your soul leave your body, fly up into the sky and touch the clouds to reach God just get away from a horrible situation? That was Zanya at this very moment, waiting anxiously for Kuguru and Akatsuki to arrive at the front gates of the school. His heart was hammering in his chest, his palms beginning to sweat and his legs wobbly, enough so that Zanya has questioned himself multiple times on how he was still standing. Even so, the concerns of his body did not outweigh the growing concerns in his mind of his affairs with Kuguru and how they would play out.

Kuguru was friends with Gao. Kuguru was friends with a lot of people, being the smart and kind girl that she was, she knew a lot of people, she could get on their good sides. But Zanya knew next to nothing about her. He didn’t know her gossip patterns, he didn’t know her social media habits, he didn’t know her at all.

And the fact that she was going to help him flirt was even more concerning. And the fact that he has put up with this act for so long was also concerning to him.

Boy, was it this hot earlier?

Zanya adjusts the clear glasses over his eyes, sweat beginning to roll down his face at the thought of what she may have prepared in her mind over the course of half a day, about 3 hours, it made Zanya wants to crawl into a shell and never come out. But he was doing this for Akatsuki; his brother needed to see that he was capable of things such as girls on his own. That there was nothing to worry about.

Even so, he felt a tingly feeling in his chest that his promises were nothing but lies.

He wants to touch the sky again in this very moment. To run away from here and hide, to focus his mind on other things instead of females. He didn’t want to think of their voices, the way they always smell of perfumes, some like flowers and some of cinnamon. He didn’t want to think of their delicate bodies, their petite forms, their graceful movements. He didn’t want to think of their eyes, staring into his soul, figuring him out at any moment. He didn’t want think of how much they talk about nothing and yet everything at the same time.

He needed to leave! Now!

He activates his Buddy Skill and is ready to go, ready to leave this place and go clear his head, when he hears his name in the wind, a voice he recognizes all too well, a gentle and feminine voice.

He tenses and releases the Buddy Skill. It was too late for him now. She was here!

Turning around he readies himself to meet with Kuguru. He sees not only her walking over to him but Akatsuki and Baku as well. This freaks him out even more, his body practically shutting down at the sight of the deck builder, his stare intimidating and his appearance alone was enough to make Zanya question everything about life.

Of course she would bring him along. They go EVERYWHERE together. Why wouldn’t she ask him to come along? Why wouldn’t she tell Baku about his girl issues?

Kuguru stops, so does Baku. Zanya takes a deep breath. The world stops moving.

“Hey Zanya. Are you ready to get going?” Kuguru asks.

“Yeah, bro. Kuguru tells me you’re in some deep girl issues.” Baku adds.

Yell it to the whole world, why don’t you?

“I’m ready as one can be in this situation.” Zanya mutters to himself.

Kuguru didn’t quite hear him though. “What was that?”

“Nothing. Let’s just get going.” Zanya says. But then he quickly remembers. “But we can’t go to my house. It’s out of the question.”

“Why? What’s wrong with your place?” Baku asks.

“There’s nothing wrong with it.” Akatsuki chimes in. “It’s just that-”

A hand covers Akatsuki’s mouth, shielding away what was left of Akatsuki’s answer to Kuguru. He looks at his brother with confusion and tries to fight his brother’s hold, but Zanya’s grip was tight.

Baku makes a look of concern. “Are you okay, bro? You look a little tense.”

“Are you sure there’s nothing wrong? And what’s going on?” Kuguru asks.

Zanya removes his hand from Akatsuki’s mouth and takes over. “I want to do this with you, Kuguru. But it just can’t be at the clan. They wouldn’t allow it.”

“Zanya, I’m a little confused. Can you not tell me why?” Kuguru asks.

“It’s a bit complicated.” Akatsuki replies.

Silence begins to feel palpable. But the conversation begins to turn and the atmosphere loosens up.

“Alright. Well we’ll just go my house instead. There’s plenty of room as you know.” Kuguru says.

“A little too much room.” Baku mutters in reply.

Kuguru doesn’t say anything against his statement. Zanya decides to follow in her lead. Together, the four of them head off to Kuguru’s home. But with each step they took, was another ten erratic heart beats.

In the Uki home, there was a lot of space, but not many space keepers. It was very empty, people wise, but filled with extravagant things that Kuguru could live without, most of them anyway. She led the boys to the front room, where the large dining room table filled the room. Zanya was here once, when Team Balle Du Soleil had met before the final matches of the Gaen Cup. They all took their seats, Kuguru and Baku on one side, and Akatsuki and Zanya on the other.

Kuguru took out her tablet and began to open up a presentation that she worked on for this very occasion. It took her only an hour to do during a rather slow period of Japanese writing class. She was already able to write quite well, so she didn’t have to try as hard as the others. It gave her plenty of time to put a simple presentation together for Zanya, as she saw him as a visual learner through examples and strategy, rather than through lecture.

“Now, when it comes to girls, we can be a bit complex. But this isn’t the case for every girl that you meet. Many can be an open book of possibilities, while others are more reserved and shy. It all depends on which girl fits your tastes.” Kuguru starts off explaining.

Zanya already feels his mind beginning to spin. “So, how many personality types are there?” Zanya asks.

“Well there are endless possibilities and endless combinations. The goal is to find a girl that you like and get to know her. You can’t figure out everything about a girl just by looking at her.” Kuguru replies.

“Really. Cuz look at you I can tell that you’re a walking dictionary.” Baku comments.

Annoyed, Kuguru puts her hand to Baku’s face to silence him. “The important thing to remember when exposing yourself to girls is to be genuine and open minded. If you act unlike yourself, they’ll fall for the act, but you. They’ll see through you the second you drop that act. If you aren’t genuine, you aren’t truthful. You aren’t real. Thus you become nothing but a playboy.”

Zanya begins to understand. Sort of. “So, is that why you called me a playboy earlier this morning?”

Kuguru nods. “Exactly. I can admit that you’re flirting was a bit mediocre. But I’m a bit of a hopeless romantic, so your words hit harder than they should.”

No offense or anything? She should have added those words, but they never left her lips, leaving Zanya feeling a bit self-conscious.

“Anyway, when it comes to worthwhile attitude, the goal is to be yourself. If a girl falls for you as you are, she’s a definite keeper. After all, if she can’t like you for you, what part of you would she like? There would be nothing else left! If there’s no spark then you leave. But be gentle. Hurtful break-ups leave the self-esteem a bit hurt and low.” Kuguru continues. She flips to the next slide. “Self confidence is also a great strategy to have. Girls don’t like people who self-conscious. If you aren’t confident with yourself, they won’t think you’re good enough, that you can’t even love yourself, how could ever love them? That’s always the first step to a new relationship. You have to love yourself, Zanya. Or else you’ll never love another person.”

Zanya nods, processing the information. Hr feels a bit more confident in his understanding of women, but he still had no idea how to flirt. It was the main reason he asked to meet Kuguru here in the first place.

“Alright, but what about flirting? When can Z make his move?” Akatsuki asks.

“Well flirting can be done at any time, given that the time is appropriate enough. You can be subtle or even vague. It all depends on what your style of choice is, whatever it is that comes from the heart or feels a bit more natural.” Kuguru explains.

“So, what kind of flirting is there? Z said the things he said to you felt “wrong”.” Akatsuki asks.

Zanya wanted to hit his brother with a broom but decided against it. He was making him look bad with his questions. He made him out to be pathetic. Which is probably true, but he doesn’t need them knowing that.

“Well there are many different types of flirting. There’s physical flirting, verbal flirting, subtle flirting, vague flirting and polite flirting. There are specific names for them but I don’t think they matter at this moment, do they? Akatsuki?” Kuguru starts, looking at the younger Kisaragi brother.

Akatsuki nods. He looks at Zanya. “See Z. This should be great training for you.”

“Training?” Zanya replies.

“You can look at that way. It may be an easier way to overcome fear and anxiety if you look at it as a training method.” Kuguru replies.

“Can you show us some examples?” Akatsuki asks.

Baku looks ready to protest, and Kuguru can’t help but blush. “Well, I suppose I should since I am teaching you these things.”

“Yeah, but shouldn’t he see them through a male’s teachings, rather than a girl. You can act the part, but Zanya needs to know what to say, not the right reactions.” Akatsuki questions.

“I guess that makes sense.” Kuguru replies. She looks over at  Baku. “Please Baku.”

“No way! I’m not flirting with you because they ask me too.” Baku complains.

“What’s wrong with the idea of flirting with me?” Kuguru argues.

“Nothing. It would just be awkward.” Baku replies.

Zanya was beginning to wonder if there were unresolved feelings going on here. He could see Baku getting embarrassed, and Kuguru becoming more upset and frustrated. He began to wonder if this was a bad idea.

“Maybe….maybe we should do this another time.” Zanya says.

“Yeah. I mean, if Baku won’t help. We can get someone else. Maybe we can ask Gao to help.” Akatsuki adds.

“No way! Gao is clueless. He wouldn’t know flirting if it kissed him on the lips and slammed him in the face.” Baku complains. He was showing large amounts of jealousy.

“Well if not there’s always Tasuku.” Akatsuki goes on. He wasn’t seeing Baku’s jealousy at all. “Tasuku is a bit older than us. He should know ways with girls.”

“But T-Tasuku is far too busy with his Buddy Police business to ever think of c-coming here to help me.” Zanya stutters. His admiration for Tasuku was far too great! He may have seen a different side to him during the Gaen Cup but that admiration was still there.

“True.” Akatsuki sighs. “This is hard. We’ll never get this done.”

“Fine. I’ll just do it.” Baku finally gives in. “But only because everyone else we know is far too clueless.”

“Ah, good. I was going to suggest Kazane next.” Akatsuki admits. Everyone looks at him with an odd expression and he shrugs his shoulders. “What? She may be a girl but she’ll also know what they want to hear. It makes senses to me.”

“Whatever. Let’s just get this over with.” Baku says.

Kuguru sighs and turns to face Baku. “If we’re going to do this, then you’re going to have to loosen up and lighten up. It won’t work if you’re acting grumpy.”

Baku groans and his body loosens up a bit. “Alright.”

Kuguru looks at Zanya for a quick moment, “The first example is verbal flirting, which as I said falls under three separate categories of polite, subtle and vague flirting. However, we’ll start with polite since Baku needs to work on being more polite.” She says, a bit of sass in her tone.

Baku glares a bit but refrains from doing so. He takes a deep breath and begins. “I don’t tell this to you a lot but….you have very beautiful eyes.”

Kuguru smiles, a blush sets in on her cheeks. “Aww, Baku. That’s so sweet.” Baku’s face flushes a bit. “Polite flirting is basically as it sounds, being very polite, very well mannered in your attempts at wooing the one you like. A lot of girls enjoy this type of flirting, as it makes them feel content and help with their self-confidence.

“Now, when it comes to other flirting techniques such as vague flirting, as it implies, you have to be more vague with your advances. You have to make the person think about what you’ve said.”

“I don’t really know anything that will make a person think.” Baku admits.

“That doesn’t surprise me.” Zanya mutters to himself.

“Well basically vague flirting can be very poetic when it needs to be. Like comparing someone’s eyes to stars or implying that you want to hang out with them another time in a very vague way. It gets them thinking about you.” Kuguru says.

“And what about subtle flirting?” Zanya asks.

“Well Subtle flirting isn’t something that you should be using at this stage just yet. But as it sounds, it’s very subtle. It’s a style used by those who want to get straight to the point. Baku would seem like someone who would use this method, given his rough exterior.” Kuguru explains.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Baku asks.

“It means you look tough. It’s a compliment.” Akatsuki replies.

“Exactly.” Kuguru replies. “It can be done like this.” She looks at Baku and says while pushing a piece of her hair behind her ear. “Maybe we should go out sometime?”

“Just like that?” Zanya asks.

“Just like that! You can add a bit more to the conversation, but subtle flirting is known to end on that note.” Kuguru says.

“And the others?” Zanya asks.

“Well physical flirting is as it sounds as well. Some people often use physical touch to persuade the other person into accepting a date with them. They can be very subtle touches, such as holding hands, a touch to their leg, or even their face. But some are more pg-13 which is something I believe should not be discussed at this very moment.” With that said she blushed at the thought. “But physical flirting can be very persuasive and get the point across quite well. However, some girls see this type as a bit invasive. So, it would be best to make sure the one you want to woo is into that before you go around just touching any girl.”

“I think I understand it now.” Zanya says.

“So, you think you can flirt with a girl?” Kuguru asks.

“I’m not sure yet.” Zanya replies. “But I’ll practice a bit. This time on my own before I do so with a girl.”

Kuguru nods. “Very well. Keep me posted. I want to help you in anyway I can.”

Zanya nods and stands up from the table. Akatsuki follows in his lead. They bow to Kuguru and Baku before leaving, saying that they enjoyed their stay and made their leave.

As they left the Uki residence, Akatsuki looks to his big brother and smiles. ‘And to think, you were going to develop a blackout mode in your glasses to change girls to guys. This is a much better solution, don’t you think, Z?”

“I don’t know, Akatsuki. I still think it might develop it. You never know when the time will come when you’ll need it.”

IN CELEBRATION OF REACHING 300 FOLLOWERS, I’ve decided to post the first part to the Pimp Zanya fic that was requested. However, i have to admit that I know jack shit about Pimps and I don’t think he did it right in this part. So, I will hope to achieve actually pimpitude next part. I hope you enjoy this everyone. And I hope you enjoy this touchmelikeacactus I hope i did Zanya justice. I’ll try and get the next part out soon.

Fandom: Future Card Buddyfight

Words: 3429

Characters: Zanya Kisaragi, Akatsuki Kisaragi, Kuguru Uki. 

Warning: REALLY BAD FLIRTING (WHAT IS FLIRTING?!) & Implied ZanKugu (sort of)

Zanya is upset; Akatsuki just wants to help.