Hello, everyone! It's nice having time to continue this fanfiction. (Not quite a free time... I was typing a bit of this while I was sitting in the car) According to my plan, I think I would finish "Second Chance" in five chapters. You know... I want to write the service chapter too! But it must be after every hardship was gone.

I hope you won't feel bored of the storyline. I'm a film student now. So I'm extremely paranoid with the plot and character development! (Not related, but I've already filmed my first movie... My free time was gone with this short film- Oh my...)

*Sighed* World Grand Prix is around the corner. I haven't got enough time to take a serious practice yet. Thanks to my colleague, I had a chance testing my new combo (but fail and lose because I underestimated her T^T). She told me to teach her Vanguard! (I wanna cry!)

Okay! Let's just stop talking nonsense! Here's the seventh chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything except for my imagination.

Chapter Seven

The welcome tournament was going well today. It had been three days after Aichi got back from his great grandfather's funeral. It was good there was no Kourin's report in the newspaper or even the internet. Nevertheless, the vanguard felt like it was a clear sky before the storm. "Sendou-senpai!" The winner of the final match snapped the blunet to the reality.

The hero nodded and announced the tournament winner's name. "Winner, Yukihara Raku-kun!" Everyone clapped for the champion. Misaki also visited Miyaji Cardfight club today as a senior member and a sponsor. This school tournament could not succeed without Card Capital's help. The lilac beauty gave the prize to the winner. The welcome tournament finally ended. All member other than Aichi Naoki Shingo Misaki Emi and Mai left.

"Okay, Aichi will bring her here around eight o'clock. Hitsue vanguard club will join us before that" Misaki mentioned. Today was not only a welcome tournament for Miyaji's new students but also Kourin's welcome back party too. It was a plan Misaki and other fighters created behind Aichi's back, not to recall anything, but to lend her a chance to see who used to be her friends and rivals. "Ren said he might be a bit late tonight"

"I have a question," Shingo asked up.

"What is it?"

The four eyes pushed his glasses. "Is it really okay to let someone like Morikawa joins us?" That guy was crazy around the idol. Shingo concerned of what the grade 3 gorilla would do. I afraid he will harm Sendou-kun in some way…

The lilac beauty shook her head. "I'm sure Kai and Miwa have already explained him our current situation. It's not like Morikawa is that stupid" Misaki did not think he was a big deal. He was their friend even though he was loud and annoying. "Don't you think that gorilla will give this party more colour?" She playfully added.

"I agree. He's a funny one" Mai giggled.

"Anyway! Let's just prepare this room!" Naoki cheerfully raised his fist. He was now strangely close with Nagashiro Maki, the student body president. She allowed them to throw the party here. Maki used some trick to get them through those principals.

Aichi watched his friends redecorate the lab. "Why didn't you tell me this plan? So I might help you guys earlier" The blunet faced Misaki.

"Because we think you should spend your time with Kourin rather than this party, right? You have done so many things as her partner. We also want to do something special for her ourselves" The goddess replied. She saw the hero nodded of understanding. "Here, give this to her. It would be nice if she wears our school uniform tonight" She hand Aichi the uniform.

The vanguard was surprised. "I don't know Misaki-san has a regular length skirt too!?" Because every time he saw her in a school outfit, she always wore a long skirt.

"I actually have it, any problem?" Aichi could see an angry vein on her forehead.

The boy nervously laughed. "I'm sorry…" He and Emi helped to prepare the room before getting home at six o'clock.

"You will take me to Miyaji Cardfight club tonight!?" Kourin was surprised and excited. She had not been outside Aichi's house for three days. She did not say it was bad to stay here. But it was unexpected to her that she would have a chance to visit the certain place.

"Yes, Kourin-nee. And you should change into this uniform… Ta Da!" Emi showed her Miyaji Academy's high school uniform which Kourin really appreciated it.

"Should I style my hair?" She afraid if someone recognized her along the way.

"You no need to do that. I'm sure not many people pass that way at night" It's about 8:00 pm. "You can keep your significant style. I guess our friends love to see you that way" The vanguard smiled. The blond belle nodded. Aichi grinned like an idiot when he saw his princess in the school uniform. It really brings back a memory… Emi elbowed him to snap him off.

The three entered the Physics lab which was used as Cardfight club's activity room. But everything was so dark. The hero knew it could be a part of the surprise. But some trouble could happen to his friends too. Suddenly, the light was on.

"Welcome back, Tatsunagi Kourin!" Everyone cheered in unison. There was a big hand-wrote banner on the board with the same message and a cute hand-drew chibi Kourin. The room was decorated with balloons and some fancy stuff. There were trays of snack and drinks on the table.

Kourin blushed at the thought they might a bit overdid these for her. "Th-thank you, everyone" She glanced at the fighters around her. She knew that Misaki, Naoki, Shingo, Kai and Kamui were her friends but she could not remember the other.

"Ah…" The blond boy scratched his cheek. "I almost forgot. Let me introduce myself! I'm Miwa Taishi, a friend of Kai. Nice to see you again!" Miwa gave his usual goofy grin. He also explained the time when she had dragged him to Kai. The idol was surprised for the thing she had done. But Naoki and Shingo confirmed that she has been a scary woman until now.

"Well, it's nice to meet you too" The blondies shook hands.

Miwa gestured his hand to Izaki and Morikawa who were behind him. Kai's buddy about to speak but the grade 3 gorilla cut off real quick. "Hello! Do you remember me!?" The idol shakily shook her head. "I'm the great Morikawa Katsumi, a master of Aichi and the number one fan of you!" Morikawa took her hand and shook it like crazy. "Let me fight you. The power of Grade 3 shall bring you back memories of us!" Kourin froze for his cringing act and words. She could not believe she had been friend with this guy. She did not hate him. She just felt so cringe somehow.

Izaki hurriedly dragged Morikawa off before Kourin would feel too gross over his shameless friend. "Oh! My name is Izaki Yuta! Nice to meet you" The curly hair boy nervously laughed.

Other fighters introduced themselves one by one to the blond belle. Kourin happily accepted their friendly handshakes. She imagined how the time she surrounded with these people was. It was sure a great time. "Enough for the introduction. Let's start the party!" Ren cheerfully announced. The music was on, ironically, it was one of Ultra Rare's tracks.

Mai and Emi lead the idol to her special seat. The lilac beauty placed a pretty vanguard-size envelope in front of her. "We don't know if you haven't got it yet. But we decided this should be the best gift from us" Inside the envelope, there were four Saga Rare copies of Climax Jewel Knight, Evangeline. "Are you still playing Jewel Knight?"

The blonde belle smiled. "Of course I am" Misaki smiled back in relief. How come Vanguard idol did not play Vanguard anyway? "Thank you"

"Welcome" Silently but quick, Kai replied her before anyone. Saga Rare was quite expensive at this time. Everyone here might share the price in order to afford these four Saga Rare copies.

Kourin's G-zone was pretty much empty. So this tribute was quite appropriate. "Shall we have a cardfight?" Misaki picked up her noticeable Regalia deck. God knew how much she longed for this fight with her precious friend.

The emerald eyes girl faced down her First Vanguard. "Why not?" Everybody started deciding who would be the next one for her. Someone was very eager to fight Kourin. However, someone like Miwa just waived his right, sat back and watched. This match was kind of pleasant to watch. Two beautiful girls fought with two beautiful decks and the battle was just intense. The lilac goddess did her signature Heaven Quest to finish the maiden warrior off. But she intellectual guarded that attack and survived. Kourin took her turn, strode and giving power plus six thousand to the five rearguards she had on her board. Her opponent had seven cards in her hands. Two among them were useless. In this rate, Misaki could not guard all these attacks. The idol won the match.

"Not bad, Kourin. So lucky I didn't underestimate you" Kourin had never beat Misaki in the record back then (if you don't count when Misaki grade stuck). "The result might be worse if I did" She added.

The idol giggled. "I would slap your face right away if you did that" Everyone knew it was a joke. Asaka was the next fighter. The circus queen joked if this was their rematch. Unfortunately, she could still impress her master even in this time. The result remained the same. Despite the blonde belle's defeat, Asaka could not deny that the younger girl was stronger than before. Her pure strength without luck did not reach the goddess's level. But this prey was hard to be chewed.

After a few cardfight, Kourin took a break. Girls came to chat with her. While the goddess was there, Morikawa did not dare to step in. The ladies just talked with her about general topics. Misaki and Asaka did not feel like forcing the idol to recall the past. She shall remember it this way. The topics were like discussing (and complaining on) the latest spoilers like any cardfighter would do, or the upcoming tournaments. Then, the circus queen asked the maiden warrior how her time with Aichi was. She could tell Kourin was madly blushed on this subject.

Some boys were playing Vanguard while some were talking in the background. The overlord finally found a chance to speak with the Dark Irregulars user. Two young men leaned their backs against the wall, watching the party went on. "How is Suiko's record?" Kai began. He assumed the older boy found it in these few days.

Tetsu looked hesitate before pulling out his tablet. "What should I say?" The graph was little swaying. "Link Joker could damage her brain in some way" He slid his finger to the next picture. It was a comparison of hers and Kai's together with Ibuki's. "But if we compare hers to yours, we don't see it would cause such a huge problem. According to this graph, the worst thing which could occur to her is Transient Global Amnesia"

"Transient Global Amnesia?" The brunet glanced at the blonde girl. These graphs proved that each people respond to Link Joker differently. "We don't have Kourin's record" Kai now could hear Kamui, Reiji and Eiji's funny welcome rap for Kourin.

The taller guy silently nodded. "But being reversed and using Link Joker could cause her an amnesia, if her case is worse than Suiko's" Kai did not ask if the idol would permanently forget her past. Tetsu knew what was on the overlord's mind. He replied in short. "I'm afraid too"

"Are you sure not to fight Kourin-san, Tetsu-san?" Aichi asked as he walked pass them.

"I guess I'll pass" The man nodded.

"Oh well…" The hero saw them talked with serious faces for a while. "Sorry? But what were you guys talking about?" He also saw them looked at him and his princess several times while talking.

"Nothing special" The brunet answered. Even if another record of Link Joker user had arrived, there was still a lack of evidence proving Kourin's amnesia could not be cured. Kai did not want to jump to conclusions.

"I see" Aichi gave his significant innocent smile and walked to his dear girl. It seemed like she was having a great time with her friends.

That day or today, the overlord could not see the different. Miyaji Cardfight club he had seen in High School VF Circuit back then was the same club he saw today. Maybe, the memories aren't mattered… It might be an untenable assertion. But he really thought the couple could go on like this.

Ren had a cardfight with her. No doubt the redhead won the match. "Lame… I activated my PSY Qualia during the match. But you can't recall your past?" He had ever fought Kourin, using PSY Qualia, long ago at the card shop PSY. This should be a good idea.

"Huh!? Really!?" Everyone asked in unison.

Shadow Paladin user placed the finger on his chin. "I haven't used it for ages. It may get rusty now"

"Ren-sama, you still remember how to activate it, don't you?" The assassin asked her king. The other just sweat dropped.

"Don't speak like I can't, A-chan!" He childishly fired back. "Of course I activated it, right, Aichi-kun?"

"Y-yeah" But as Ren had said, his PSY Qualia was not as strong as before. This airhead genius had fought independently from PSY Qualia for really a long time. "Did you sense anything, Kourin-san?" The vanguard faced the jewel knight.

Kourin rubbed her arm. "A bit shiver? I guess?" PSY Qualia bearers could send a chill down their opponents or even the audiences' spines. "I still remember nothing"

"Too bad, mine can't rewrite or wipe anyone's memories" Ren goggled his eyes at Aichi. He meant the sanctuary incident. "Why don't you fight her with PSY Qualia?"

Aichi did not deny. He wiped his existence off everyone's memories with the power of PSY Qualia and the evil clan, Link Joker. Despite SEED's fragment in his body, he did not know he could manage someone's memories like that time or not.

"Aichi, can you use your PSY Qualia against me?" The blonde belle asked.

"But… You didn't like my PSY Qualia, did you?" He remembered how she suffered from his dreadful behavior during PSY Qualia's obsession long ago.

Emerald met sapphire. She knew it was a scary power. However, it sure had a good side. Without PSY Qualia, Aichi could not come this far. Without PSY Qualia, they would have never met. "Please. I know you now can control the power without harming anyone… I shall recall my past if I fight you in this condition" She had a match with almost everyone here now. This time, all she wanted was having a cardfight with the blunet.

The vanguard hero could not resist the resolution in her eyes. He placed his First Vanguard on his Vanguard Circle, opposite to Kourin's. "With PSY Qualia, I might not be holding back" Aichi took a deep inhale. Their eyes met again. "Please snap me off if you think I lose control of myself… Okay?" Who knew he longed for this fight too. But if he could choose, he preferred playing this match with his pure skill.

The jewel knight drew five cards as she nodded. There was a silence across the room like this was the epic match they were all waiting for. Aichi and Kourin were both concentrate on their cards. Without any arrangement, they called in unison.

"Stand up, Vanguard!"

"Dreaming Jewel Knight, Tiffany!" Young maiden warrior with a giant blade appeared to be Kourin's vanguard.

"Guidepost Sage, Elron!" Aichi's vanguard appeared as a boy in a white sage outfit with a flying book. He went first. "I ride Swordsman of Light, Blaster Rapier Laura. Elron moves backward" His vanguard turning to a blonde girl in shining armor holding rapier in her hands. "Turn ends" The hero's sapphire eyes glowed of using his qualia.

"My turn, draw" The blonde belle drew her card.

Someone was opening the door. Kai, who was the nearest one to the door, turned his face and saw who was coming. Two feminine figures appeared right in front of him. One was about his age. And the other one was about Kamui's age. "Can we get our sister back?" The blue haired lady asked with a calm smile.

"We worry about her, you know?" The twin drills girl added.

Cold sweat ran down the brunet's cheeks. Why does it have to be this day, at this time? He could not let them interfere this important fight. He gritted his teeth.

"Won't you say something?" The little girl asked. "Who are cardfighting inside?" She questioned as she had already known the answer.

The overlord stood against them. "You shall not pass"

-to be continued-

A/N: Woah! I finally finished this chapter. I'm glad I can get through my great affliction and live a normal life now. (You know the latest bad news from Thailand, right?) Everything must go on. I see something in this fiction isn't going like I planned. But I think I can fix it in the next chapters. Yeah- yeah, there are some plot holes I need to fill too… I will think about it after my college's drawing camp. (I'm so hyped about this tracking and drawing camp!) See you soon!