"This is the end!" Eric thrusted his sword, making his life 0 as the flag got destroyed.

"Game Over. Winner, Akari Mamoru!"

"There you have it folks! Akari Mamoru will take the final spot as the wild card for the middle school in the ABC cup. Who would have thought that the Unlucky Student would actually get in?!" Paruko said with joy.

"Nicely done, Akari," Hiroki said as he offered to shake hands.

"You too! You got stronger," Akari said as they shook hands.

"You better not lose at the ABC cup," Hiroki said.

"Of course!" Akari smiled.


Opening 1: Sense of Wonder
sousa WE CAN DO IT! motto hatena darakede ik
ō
(That's right, we can do it! Even if our lives are filled with unanswered questions)

Akari appeared facing to the left. She turned her face to the front and gave a smile and a salute then disappeared. Prince Charming appeared facing to the right then turns to the front to give a smile as well. The background is the buddyfight stage at Aibo Academy.

fushigi eno tobira wa me no mae ni aru
(The miraculous door is right before our eyes.)

The screen turned black for a second then shows Akari and Prince Charming in front of a strange double door. Their hands in each surface of the door and pushed it to reveal a bright light. The two covered their eyes using their arm.

kono sekaijū ga WONDER LAND
(This entire world is a wonderland.)

The light dissipates as the two uncovered their eyes to see Wanda, Jun, Hiroki and Hisoka talking to each other. Alice is seen chasing Dorothy while Jeanne and Soushi watched the two run. Akari and Prince Charming walked towards the group. The current background is a grass field.

bokura wa mō sudeni WONDER ringu
(We're already wondering!)

They noticed the two going near them. The group stopped what they were doing, run up to the pair and smiled and talked to them.

doki doki ga waku waku ni nattara WONDER furujan
(When anticipation turns into excitement, it'll be wonderful, won't it?)

The group is seen to be laughing when all of a sudden Akari looked up to the sky. The group did the same and looked up as well. The camera went upwards then stops to show the title "Future Card Buddyfight: Lost Fairy Tale". Then the title shone bright.

jibuntte dare darō? riarutte nan darō?
ashita wa doushite mienain darō?
(Who am I? And what is real?
Why can't we see tomorrow?)

The light dissipates to reveal Akari, in her room, looking at herself sadly at the mirror. The reflection reveals to be her younger self looking happy. Someone placed their hand on her shoulder. She turned around to reveal it was Prince Charming who did then smiled at her. Akari smiled back then looks at the sky. The background changed from inside her room to outside somewhere when she turned around.

koukishin no bun dake leberu UP shiteku
kimi to boku no EVERYDAY sutetamon janai desho?
(The more curiosity, the more we achieve higher levels. Our everyday together is pretty fun, don't you think?)

The camera transitioned to show the group consisting of Wanda, Jun, Hiroki, Hisoka, Dorothy, Alice, Jeanne and Soushi at the castle with Jun fixing their decks while they talk. Two shadow figures walks passed the camera almost as if intersecting. Akari noticed this and looks from side to side to see no one. But she looked sad as if she knows who passed by.

oshiete Sense of Wonder
(Tell me! Sense of Wonder.)

The screen is as if it's blinking while showing the memories of a younger Akari with her family, friends and two unknown children.

jinsei wa shugyou nari
(Teach it! Life is full of teachings!)

The blinking transition stopped and showed a determined Akari looking at her "Happily Ever After" Impact card. Prince Charming placed a hand on her shoulder. She looks at him. Prince Charming gave her a nod as if he understood her. Akari smiled and opened the door. The pair entered there, running.

dakara WE CAN MAKE IT motto hatena sagashi ni ikō
(So we can make it! Let's go search for more mysteries!)

The camera transition is as if it's turning, showing each characters. Akari slashing monsters with Prince's Sword, Legacy, Prince Charming dodging and countering, Jun using the White Hare's Pocket Watch to summon a portal so that he wouldn't get hit by the incoming attack from a monster, Alice jumped kicks the monster hitting his head, Wanda casting a spell and Dorothy punching a monster. The background is the buddyfight stage.

arifureta kotaeja gaman dekinai
(I won't be satisfied with the typical answer.)

The spinning of the camera stopped and Akari was shown, who stares at the two older figures in her memory. She run towards them.

mahō ni kakatta WONDER LIFE bokura no mirai wa WONDER ringu.
(A wonder life that's under a spell.
Our future is full of wonder!)

The background changed once more. This time, it's Aibo Academy. Someone tapped her shoulder. She looks to her side to see Prince Charming who did that. He gave her a reassuring smile. Jun, Alice and Hisoka also gave her a reassuring smile. To her other side was none other than Wanda, Dorothy and Hiroki who also gave her a smile.

shitai koto shite ikiteru houga ganbarerujan!
(It's better to live your life doing the things you like, because then, you'll be able to work harder! Let's wonder!)

Akari started to run. The others followed her.

Let's Wondering!

Akari suddenly jumped upwards with the characters still running after her and freeze in position.


Hiroki and I are having a moment when a familiar giggle ruined it. We looked up to see Yu Itazura and Iris. Am I right?

"That's Yu and Iris right?" I whispered to Hiroki.

"Yes, they are," He whispered back, "I'm so surprise that you remembered their names."

"They were the ones who insulted Jun and Wanda right?" I asked.

"RIght," Hiroki answered.

"You're not listening to Yu!" She yelled at us. We turn around to look at her.

"Sorry. I was making sure that I remember the two of you correctly," I apologised which made Hiroki sweatdrop while Yu just giggled.

"Oh right. You're the amnesiac girl from the middle school. Yu is surprised that Akari-senpai remembered Yu's and Iris's names," Yu said while giggling.

"We look forward in fighting you," Iris smiled.

"Yu and Akari will be the opening act," Yu said, "Akari-senpai already lost to Yu. So Yu's got this in the bag. Let's go, Iris."

"Aye, aye, Yuyu! Trick ya later, Akari-chan!" With that, they left.

"Opening act?" I was confused what she meant by that.


"By opening act, Yu meant that the wild card chosen from the middle school and elementary school will be fighting head on first," Jun explained as he took a sip from his cup of juice. This is making me nervous.

"Oh right. You were the one chosen for the Wild Card last year," Hisoka said as he took a bite from his dumpling.

"Why is it that Wild Cards from both divisions get to fight first? It doesn't make any sense," Jeanne asked.

"From what I know is to at least see what both the middle school and elementary school division students are capable of," Jun answered.

"Enough with discussing about the ABC cup for now and let's celebrate Akari's victories and for qualifying as the Wild Card representing Aibo Middle School Division. Am I right, Wanda?" Dorothy requested an opinion to her buddy.

"Agreed! This is no time to worry about that for now. This is Akari's celebration after all," Wanda said, "That and look at Akari now."

Wanda pointed at me as my hand shook tremendously while I hold a cup of juice in my hand. This is one of my biggest moment in my life! If I lost at the very first round of the ABC cup, my heart would break...completely. But I already lost to Yu before. I don't want to lose to her after she insulter Wanda and Jun. I simply can't let her get away with this.

"Little princess," Prince Charming tapped my shoulder which made me drop the styrofoam cup, spilling the contents on my outfit.

"That's oof," Alice said looking at the water stains painted on my outfit.

"Look on the bright side. At least it's

"Well, this is my bad luck acting up so it really is oof. Hehe," I laughed awkwardly as I dry off my outfit using tissues.

Jun sighed, "It seems Akari can't celebrate due to her nervousness. After we eat, let's talk about how to win the tournament."


A couple of moments later, we've already finished the celebratory feast that mom prepared for us.

"Now that's out of the way, we're going to completely fix your deck," Jun said with determination, "So what can you say about the deck I've built?"

"I will be frank about the deck. It takes a long time to activate," Hisoka said.

"I mean think about it. Five of her turns will be wasted and even with Skimming Through The Pages, maybe three or four of her turns is at least the minimum for her impact to be activated," Hiroki added.

"I would agree with you two on this one," Jun said, "However, this is Akari's deck. She has her own play style. So let's ask her what she wants to do with it." Everyone looked at me.

So this is what it feels like to be pressured in competing in the ABC cup. I can already feel the tension. This is just for building my deck. I know for a fact that this card can make me lose however...

"You guys are right. I will lose if I continue to use this card. However, someone gave it to me. It would be rude not to use it," I explained as I look at my impact card, "And for some reason, this feels...important. I don't want to not use it."

Hisoka suddenly laughed at me which made us confuse, "You're so funny, Akari. You're willing to lose the game than to give up using your beloved impact."

"Hey! I can still make this impact work you know!" I retorted.

"Well you can't budge Akari's decision once she made them," Jun sighed, "Alright. I'll make it work. But I'm going to need your help to find the cards that I need."

"Right!" And so, we started to build my deck for the ABC Cup.


It's been a week since we've started to build my deck for the ABC Cup. I picked up my pen and started to write on my journal. As I was writing, I reminisce how far I've gotten now. From a student with a losing streak to someone who can now win. I wish Aragami-senpai have seen how strong I've become.

I sighed as I continue to write on my journal. I missed his presence after all.

"What's wrong, little princess?" Prince Charming asked.

"I just wish Aragami-senpai was here to see how strong I've become," I said, opening up to him.

"You miss him huh," Prince Charming said with a slight sadness in his tone.

"Yeah," I sighed once more.

"Is he really important to you?"

I nodded my head in response, "Of course! Why wouldn't he be?"

"I see," Prince Charming said, smiling at me, "Well, you better sleep now, little princess. We have a big day tomorrow." He ruffled my hair.

I closed my journal and said, "Yeah."

I won't be the girl who always lost her matches. This time, I'm going to win this whole tournament!

Buddyfight Corner:

Wanda: Hi and welcome back to the Buddyfight corner, I'm Wanda Yumetochi...

Dorothy:...and I'm Dorothy...

Both:...and we are your hosts for today.

Wanda: Wah! The ABC Cup is up! I'm so happy for my best friend!

Dorothy: You're such a good sport, Wanda!

Wanda: Anyways, the card for today is Faithful Dragon Knight, Jeanne D'Arc from the previous chapter.

Dorothy: She has the attributes Dragon Knight and Hero. Jeanne has the ability to gain an additional critical when a Dragon Knight card is placed in the drop zone and let the user gain 1 life if a Dragon Knight monster from the field went into their gauge. We're out of time. Anyways, this is Dorothy...

Wanda:...and Wanda Yumetochi...

Both:...Signing off!