A request by the super awesome amazing Satzuki, thank you again for the art!!

Clifford/Sena, how come I have never thought of that before? S-Strangely I kind of like the thought of it...

Somehow I can only imagine Clifford thinking things as 'cards'...

This has a slight Hiruma/Sena in it to make it more interesting... I'm so evil...

The next chapter is going to be longer, I swear!!

Chapter 1- The Way the Cards are dealt

Clifford would always think that Hiruma had a very interesting card in his deck.

Kobayakawa Sena.

It was a card good enough to boast about; although even Clifford, himself, matched up to the speed. However there was more than just speed to that card... ah, how rude, calling a person a card, but weren't they all? Sena, that's the boy's name. Clifford already could run as fast as Sena, he also had the strength of an American while he had the amazing tactics... he was the ideal player.

But, that boy, Sena, he had the will power that was only summoned when the other cards- his friends- were cornered or their dreams were questioned. Oddly enough, somehow that seemed better than Clifford's skills.

That card wasn't the best in the deck, but far from the worse, but Clifford was interested in that card, and only in that specific card.

This came as a shock to the American team.

Sena, that Japanese weakling that Panther had beaten, Clifford was interested in him?

He spoke, in his fluent Japanese to Sena, and only the few of the Americans understood: "A card like you would be useful in my deck."

Sena blinked and responded: "That might be true, but right now I am a small card in Hiruma's hand, until I become my own 'card', I can't belong in anyone else's deck." Hiruma seemed oddly proud of this as he heard Sena speak.

"Che, brat, don't you dare get cocky." Clifford glared at Hiruma, a look of perhaps anger on his face, before letting it go.

Besides, Hiruma would have to shed this card soon, and in that time, Clifford was going to take the opportunity.