SailorStar9: With Chapter 8 uploaded, this is Chapter 9 of this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.

Pairing: Kai/Ami

Disclaimers: Sailor Moon and Cardfight! Vanguard belong to Takeuchi-sensei and Akira Itō-sensei respectively. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except the pairing and the fic idea.

Chapter 9: VF Circuit: Souryu Leon

"So, you're here." Leon greeted the arriving New AL4.

"Thank goodness we found our way to you at last." Ren was relieved. "It was hard to pick up your trail with this evil aura in the way, Leon."

"We walked a long way, didn't we, Ren-sama?" Asaka asked.

"I'm beat." Ren sighed. "You can handle the rest, Kai."

"I have no business with you two." Kai stepped forward, only to be blocked by Jillian and Charlene.

"Both of you, stay back." Leon faced his elemental counterpart.

"Souryu Leon..." Kai greeted the reincarnated self of the fourth Guardian.

"Kai Toshiki, I believe?" Leon returned.

"Leon-sama, that man doesn't possess Psyqualia." Jillian pointed out.

"Leon-sama, your opponent should be this one." Charlene pointed to Ren.

"This one?" Ren echoed. "Forget it. I told you I'm bushed." besides, there's no way I could stop Kai when he's this angry. He mused, looking over at the former Kagero user. Kai.. he is really worried about the Kozuki princess.

"I'll accept this fight." Leon agreed. "You take care of the others, Jillian and Charlene." with that, he formed a dueling desk made entirely of stone.

"Deity Sealing Kid, Soh Koh." Kai started the fight.

"Tri-holl, Dracokid." Leon summoned his unit. "I sense a furious wind... hot like flames. I see. You used to play with Kagero."

"I'm gonna make you return my clan." Kai swore.

"If you want me to return it, you'll have to beat me." Leon taunted. "You've have to beat the absolutely invincible, absolutely just Aqua Force."

"I ride Desert Gunner, Raien." Kai summoned his next unit. "Soh Koh moves back. Turn end."

"I ride Tear Knight, Cyprus." Leon took his turn. "Tri-holl moves. I call Tear Knight, Theo. Theo attacks."

"No guard." Kai declared.

"Go, Cyprus." Leon continued his attack.

"No guard." Kai declared.

"Drive check." Leon drew a card. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Playing like that, you'll not only lose Narukami, and also your precious little girlfriend."

"I guard with Dragon Monk, Kinkaku." Kai defended. "Draw." he took his turn, but not before giving Harmonia a side glance. "I ride Thunderstorm Dragoon. Call, Red River Dragoon. There's something I want to ask you. With all the power you've got, why did you betray Ami? You should've known that she is the rightful Queen of Cray."

"No guard." Leon declared.

"Check." Kai drew a critical trigger. "I give the power of Red River and the extra critical o Thunderstorm."

"Damage check." Leon drew a card. "I got a trigger."

"Red River attack Tear Knight, Theo." Kai continued his attack. "Answer me, Souryu Leon!"

"Betrayed her?" Leon mocked. "You've got the wrong idea. She was initially chosen as a sacrifice so that Aqua Force could rise again."

"Sacrifice?" Kai hissed.

"I'll tell you a little fairy tale." Leon started. "Spanning many years, the history of Vanguard fights, and the legend of the Souryu people, forgotten by the wind." he recounted the legend the Chief used to tell him as a child. "I became preoccupied with the fairy tale that the chief told me. I told the story to Jillian and Charlene. But no matter how long we waited, the Souryu child didn't appear. Finally, I learnt the truth: about the Souryu people destined to die out. Stand and draw." he took his turn. "Can you understand? Can you understand my frustration at learning that my people were going to die out? I ride Tear Knight, Lazarus. Can you believe my despair when everything I'd believed in was crushed? I attack Thunderstorm."

"Critical trigger." Kai drew a card, powering up Red River Dragoon.

"Attack." Leon continued his assault. "Trigger check. Tri-holl, attack Red River."

"No guard." Kai declared.

"I was defiant." Leon continued. "I investigated desperately, trying to find some means to summon the wind and bring back Aqua Force. But everything had already been tried and ended in vain. The chiefs must all have been desperate in their own ways. And so, I left the island." he added, recounting on how he had accepted Void's power to release Aqua Force back into the world. "After that, it is as Takuto said. It seems you people were standing in Void's way. Aqua Force is a clan that will rule the seven seas. No, it'll rule the entire world. You pawns aren't even in the same league."

"Stand and draw." Kai took his turn. "Back in Seoul, Ami told me, she had returned to Cray to retrieve Aqua Force, only to find that the island had been utterly abandoned. Why couldn't you have waited for her? By accepting Void, you've trampled on her pure feelings and insulted her noble heart! Break out the sealed cage and descend, embodiment of thunder. Ride the Vanguard: Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion! I'm going to beat you, Souryu Leon!"

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