"The End attacks your vanguard!"

"Guah! T-too strong!"

With a barrage of flames and bullets, the dragon strikes his opponent, ending the match. Toshiki Kai took his deck as he checked his stamp card. All three fields were occupied with a check mark. He looked at the stage as his name appeared on the scoreboard in front.

"Looks like our first player has appeared! Toshiki Kai you may proceed to the stage while we wait for the other contestants." Suiko announced.

Kyou Yahagi turned to the stage as he grunted "Grrrr...that Kai. Just you wait. Once I defeat my last opponent I'll-"

"Hey you there! Number 4, right?" he turned to the female voice that he heard. In front of him stood Kourin, her armored glove holding the number 8 with her.

He smirked as he said "So the Ultra Rare chick is gonna be my last victim, eh? This should be easy!"

Kourin didn't show any reaction, slightly disappointing Kyou, as they started preparing for their match.

"Lets go, your highness. I have a date with destiny."

"Stand up, Vanguard!"

"The Great Kamui attacks!"

"No guard!"

The hot blooded youth was facing off with Misaki. Having set all his cards to the field, he was on an all-or-nothing scenario. Misaki had a few cards in hand too due to the constant barrage from his Raizers and this last legion attack was too high. She was at 3 while Kamui was at 5. A critical trigger would be the end of it, she thought.

"C'mon. Just one more push..." he mumbled to himself.

'Wow. It looks like he really wants to win this match' she thought

"Twin drive! First!"

(Drive: Ultimate Raizer, Mega Flare)

"Second check..." he closed his eyes and moved for the drive check.

Misaki bit her lip a little but smiled nonetheless

(Drive: Meteoraizer - CRITICAL)

"Critical trigger! The critical to Ultimate Flare and power to Dual Flare!" he exclaimed

(Damage: Regalia of Compassion, Eir - HEAL)

(Damage: Cosmic Regalia, CEO Yggdrasil)

(Damage: Exorcism Regalia, Shiny Angel)

Winner: Kamui Katsuragi

"Yes! I'll be able to advance one step closer to the tounament and...and..and to my E-" before he was able to continue, Kamui was smacked in the head by an angry Misaki.

"You're too loud! Can't you see some are still fighting at the moment?!" Misaki scolded him. He frowned but smiled when she offered her hand to him.

"You did great, Kamui."

"Thanks, Misaki." he said as his frown turned into a cheeky smile. He shook her hand as he checked his card, a check mark occupying the last slot.

"Looks like Kamui is joining the tournament." Aichi quoted after watching the match. Shingo was beside him, looking gloomy while staring at the floor.

"Three losses... I lost three times...three...tried three..."

"H-hey Shingo its okay. I lost my second match too." Aichi said as he tried cheering his friend up.

"We all lose from time to time. But I think thats what makes Vanguard so much fun. You never know how the match is going to end up." he added.

"Aichi..." Shingo looked up to him with teary eyes and smiled. Aichi patted his shoulder.

"Come on. Lets watch the others fight."

"Legion attack! Blow them away, Tetra Burst!" Leon declared. Neve reeled as he was struck with the last attack from his opponent

Winner: Leon Soryu

'That makes three victories' he thought.

"As expected. You are strong, Master Leon." Neve commented to the Soryu child.

Leon shook hands with the Metalborg user. His name appeared on the scoreboard. Suiko coughed to get a the audience's attention.

"We're lacking one more member. The last person looks like the person who's going to win that match over there!" she pointed her finger like a gun at the fight table of Kourin and Kyou.

Kourin had no cards in hand and one rear guards, with her Vanguard being Pure Heart Jewel Knight, Ashlei. Kyou had finished his attack phase, disappointed that he wasn't able to finish the match with his last turn. He only had five cards in hand but has a perfect guard to guard any potential break ride empowered attack from her vanguard. Both were at 5 damage and this turn will be the last turn she had to end the game

She started her turn and drew a card. Smiling, she faced her opponent. "I suppose we should be ending this."

"Don't worry. Once you're done with the turn, I'll gladly put you out of your misery," Kyou said with a smirk on his face. Kourin didn't show signs of losing her cool, which annoyed him again. 'She's just like him...'

"You don't have to think about it." She said while pointing the card at her opponent.

"Because this will be the last turn of the game!"

"With a fearless spirit and an unbreakable will, rally your sisters to the battlefield! I ride Fearless Jewel Knight, Julia!" she chanted.

A girl rose from Ashlei's previous place, her hair shining as bright as the large weapon she wielded with ease.

"Break ride skill! Power plus 10000 and an extra critical!"

'Aichi...everyone...you helped me return to Vanguard even after losing my memories again. I'll always be thankful for that.'

As the power surged to her Vanguard, she remembered how her friends continued to visit her and assisted her in going back to Vanguard. And after Takuto returned along with her memories, she was ever thankful to her friends. Now she'll be ending the match with the unit they gave her after returning back to them.

Kyou smirked "That ain't gonna save you. Remember I have one perfect guard at hand!" but Kourin's eyes were shining, like she was confident she would win the match. This irritated Kyou again.

"Shellie moves to the front. Let's go! Julia attacks your vanguard!"

"And thats not going through! Perfect guard with Marilyn!" The red head cheer leader raised her pom-poms, blocking the blade of the Jewel Knight.

"Checking the twin drive. First check is a critical. Power to Shellie...and the critical to Julia!"

(Drive: Blazing Jewel Knight, Rachelle)

"What? Are you crazy?" Kyou commented.

"Just you wait. Second check is a heal trigger. Giving the power to Shellie and I heal a damage" she stated.

(Drive: Ardent Jewel Knight, Polli)

A bit annoyed at the heal trigger, Kyou smirked nonetheless as the last attack that he sees was. Or so the thought.

'You got this, Kourin. Give it your all!' Aichi thought as he watched the match, not taking eyes on every moment.

"Here I go! Overcoming every obstacle, Conquering any foe, displaying courage at every battle! Limit Break!"

Julia's blade began to glow brightly, stunning the opponent for a brief moment.

"At the end of the battle, I pay two counter blast to search a unit for each critical my vanguard has and i superior call them to the rear guard circle!"

"W-what?!" Kyou's eyes widened as three units entered the field

(Call: Fellowship Jewel Knight, Tracie)

(Call: Security Jewel Knight, Alwain)

(Call: Flashing Jewel Knight, Iseult)

"Tracie attacks your vanguard! Having three other rear guards powers her up! (9000 + 6000 + 3000 = 18000)

"Guard!" he exclaimed as he threw two cards in his hand.

(Guard: Cheerful Lynx - 5000)

(Guard: Jumbo the Stungun - 5000)

"Shellie attacks! Having the same skill as Tracie, she powers up too!" she rested her two units as they charge for an attack (7000 + 5000 + 5000 + 6000 + 3000 = 26000)

"26000?! I cant guard that!" Kyou looked at his hand as his expression showed his shock.

The small jewel knight ran towards her opponent, supported by Iseult who rammed into the enemy mate as she slashed her opponent with full force.

(Damage: Bloody Ogle)

Winner: Kourin Tatsunagi

"And there you have it, folks!" Rekka said as she took the mic. Kourin's name appeared on the scoreboard as the last contestant.

"Now that we have our qualified cardfighters, the stage is set also for our elite four. Come to the stage, Kourin. We will begin match making!"

Feeling successful, she frowned a bit upon checking that a certain someone didnt make it to the qualifying round. As she made her way to the stage, she passed by her team mates. They smiled and gave thumbs up as to say "good luck" in her next battles. Aichi nodded and smiled, her nodding back as she walked to the stage.

As Kourin joined her fellow qualifiers face to face against the ones who advanced, Suiko took the mic as she announced "Please turn your attention to the scoreboard as we will begin the qualifying round."

Takuto joined the stage as he was handed the mic "Now, cardfighters. To make things interesting, the first match will consist of a...unique 'handicap'". The screen showed a few face down cards that started shuffling.

"You will all be using a different deck that will be determined randomly in the scoreboard!"

Let me just confirm this again. We have Kai, Kamui, Leon and Kourin on the qualified winners. And Ren, Emi, Koutei, and that weird dragon guy who's probably obvious at the moment but for some reason I'm not gonna say who he is ;D

So...I have some explaining to do. I have a lot of reasons why I stopped for a long time leaving this fic unupdated (that even a word?). So yeah I'll start again :D Thanks to everyone who were still reading this sorry excuse of a fic ;-; nah I kinda like it thoughmaybenotreallymehhhh.

Here's the thing. Should I make them use different clans or same clans but other builds? Leave a review to decide ;D though the unknown guy you can give him any clan (except Gear Chronicle ofc. Maybe you want to give him Link Joker? *wink wink*)