And here we go! Kai's very first battle is now underway. With the votes that have been cast on the poll of my profile (now closed just to warn you), I will be writing the battles from start to finish with detail (with some of the battles later on in the story skipping out a few turns, but not enough for people to not understand what has happened). Hope you enjoy this chapter.

RECENT REVAMP DATE - 17/08/2022


(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Battlefield)

When Kai had eventually come to his senses, he slowly opened up his eyes to find that he was no longer in the city streets. All around him, he could see what appeared to be the silhouettes of multiple buildings, shrouded in both blue and red colors. In front of him, he could see that before him lay some sort of table that he was seated at. On the center most spot, he could see that were seven white lights surrounding the centralmost space, seven black cards were set face down behind said space and five of his cards were face-up right in front of him. As he looked down the table, he noticed both his main and LRIG decks beside each other on the right end of the table. He could only assume that was part of the rules to start a Selector Battle or in simpler terms to the outside world, a game of Wixoss.

"This is…" he spoke.

Looking forwards over towards the far opposite side of the battlefield, he noticed that Akira and her LRIG, was in the opposite direction from where he was and she was already raring to go. Kai could only assume that this was 'Piruluk-tan' as the Selector bluntly put it in her annoyed response to her reply to his offer. Sh was dressed in a dark blue garb with a whitish blue dress underneath and a strange orb like object hanging off the front bangs of her lighter blue hair. Her expression to everyone present seemed disinterested as she normally was, her earlier tone in response to Kai's request to challenge her Selector in Hitoe's place having been an indicator to that. However, if anyone could see through her cold gaze at this very moment, they would have known that her attention was directed at the boy himself.

So he is capable of hearing and seeing us the blue LRIG thought In addition to that, it appears he has the means to compete. Let us see if he has the necessary skill for that compatibility.

Kai remained silent, awaiting for a sign of some sort to indicate when exactly the battle could begin, given that Akira herself had opened up the field that they were now present in. Looking over to where Piruluk was standing and then to that same spot on the table in front of him, he then realized that he already had a problem. There was no LRIG he had in play to begin the battle and Tama for the moment was nowhere to be seen. Remembering the white backings that the Kagero units that had been turned into LRIG cards had possesed, he decided that was the first place to start looking for the answer to his current problem. Meanwhile, Akira was lying back in the seat that was behind her table as she waited impatiently for Kai to prepare himself, the fact that she went as far as to hold up her feet on the table's surface having been an indicator of this.

"Well, what are you waiting for Aki-lucky?" she taunted "Let's get this battle started already!"

Kai then searched through his LRIG deck to see if he could find something from amongst the cards that were currently present there to begin the battle. Several of his already familiar cards along with the ARTS cards that he had gained upon arriving in the city, were already among the LRIG deck, including Dragonic Overlord. He could see that Tama's card was also part of the LRIG deck now, presumably from him placing it amongst his cards when Akira had opened up the battlefield. The LRIG looked up at him and smiled enthusiatically.

"Choose a LRIG to start!" she called.

Kai nodded in compliance and in agreement with her statement, knowing that this was the only way for him at this moment to even make a start to the battle. There appeared to multiple LRIG cards of different levels in his deck, indicated by the large number that was closest to the top left hand corner. All of the cards that were LRIG cards, he was familiar with in one way or another. For some reason however, as if it was almost like familiar instinct, he felt as though using the higher level LRIGs from the very beginning was not the right thing to do. He looked back over his options and made a decision. He placed the other cards back on their previous space that was outlined on the table and placed the LRIG card he had chosen on the centermost spot.

"I'll start with Lizard Runner, Undeux!" he called.

Then to his and everyone else's sudden surprise, a bright orange glow emitted from the space where he placed Undeux's card. When the light had eventually died down, the figure that was depicted on the card had finally appeared before everyone in the field. From what it appeared, Kai had chosen a red lizard like creature with armored wings and multiple swords stashed on his back armour as his LRIG for battle. Akira raised an eyebrow in confusion and was somewhat bewildered at this sight, given that Undeux was nothing like she was expecting. By this point, she had finally taken her feet of her table and was seemingly leaning forward to get somewhat of a better look at the Lizard Runner, just to see if her eyes were somewhat decieving her. In this case however, they weren't.

What the hell? LRIGs are normally girls who are a Selector's avatar who help them in their bid to become an Eternal Girl and claim their wish and yet this boy's LRIG is some sort of creature. I was expecting him to use that LRIG Ru-pon originally had. However, only shortly after processing that thought, she could only increase her smile even more, feeling that she had nothing to be concerned about by this point. Doesn't matter, this boy looks even more clueless than I thought and that is something that I like to see.

"Very well then," she sneered "Look above you."

A creaking noise suddenly sounded throughout the entire space as Kai then immediately looked above him to find the source of that sound. A giant wheel of some kind already begun spinning in a clockwise direction, each slot had either red or blue imprinted in it. A small stylized tringular point was stuck in place just beneath the rotating roulette, indicating that this would have an impact in how the battle would eventually play out. Kai took a brief glance back to the opposite of battlefield to look back at Akira and Piruluk, noticing the LRIG stood atop the card representing her basic form. He took immediate note that it was coloured blue whilst his Lizard Runner, Undeux card had a red colour. He could only assume that the colour represented both the deck type and the player on the roulette.

Eventually, the noise of the giant wheel began to die down as it began to spin slower and slower, until it came to a complete stop. Kai could only inwardly grimace upon noticing that fortune had seemingly not gone in his favor, seeing that the arrow was now pointing over a blue slot. He could only assume that whatever advantage Akira knew about this system landing in her fortune that he did not know beforehand, she was about to reveal to him at this very moment. Needless to say, his assumption was somewhat correct, given the sneer that he could see coming from the Selector.

"Too bad, Aki-lucky," she spat "I'll simply take this advantage of the roulette to go first."

Akira drew her single card before looking amongst the options that she had available within her hand. Then picking out a different card from one she just drew, she revealed it to be a blue SIGNI card by the name of Code Art SC and threw it towards the far left hand side of her table. Finally, she held out her right hand wide towards Piruluk, to which the LRIG seemed somewhat unfazed.

"Grow, Code Piruluk K!" she called.

A brief series of rectangular white flashes rose up around Piruluk as her body was briefly enveloped by a small bright glow. Nothing much of her appearance changed, apart from her blue and white garb which now had what appeared to be crystal like wings on the back. She stared closely at Undeux, still curious as to how this creature was able to manifest itself as an LRIG for Kai to use when he could of simply used Tama. Deciding to ponder on that later, she decided to focus on just obtaining victory from this battle.

"I summon Code Art RFR and use her ability!"

As the SIGNI appeared in directly in front of Piruluk, Akira then discarded 1 of the cards in her hand and drew one card from the top of her deck. She sneered for a brief moment upon seeing what she had managed to get at this very moment before concealing it amongst the other cards that were present in her hand and turning her attention back towards Kai. His gaze remained cautious, indicating that he was carefully taking everything he had seen from the way she had been playing into account as he looked back at the cards in his hand.

"Over to you, Aki-lucky," Akira spoke shortly afterwards.

(End Music)

Before Kai could begin his turn, he suddenly saw a small, but somewhat bright glow from his LRIG deck. Then out of the light, Tama appeared beside the pile of cards, standing up on her own two feet with her arms crossed. Since she was not battling for him, the LRIG could only assume that she was able to appear was because of her acting as a spectator, much to her partial annoyance as evidenced by the pouty mood on her face. That mood immediately dropped when she looked up at Kai, who was little surprised to the fact that this was possible. Remembering that he mentioned that he wasn't aware of the full rules for a Wixoss battle, she felt now was the time to take up the role of tutor and give him as much advice as she could from her previous experiences in battle alongside Ruko.

"Kai!" she called.

"What is it Tama?" he asked.

"Now that the first turn is over, both players now draw two cards from their black deck at the start of their turns for the rest of the game," she explained "In addition, Kai may put one card in hand or a SIGNI on the field into Ener before Growing each turn."

Kai nodded in response, now that he was at least starting to understand the many twists and turns the game had to offer. He drew two cards from the top of his deck and placed them amongst the other cards in his hand. Looking over his options carefully, he picked out a card named Metallica, Natural Stone from his hand and likewise how Akira threw a card from her hand to her Ener Zone, he did so in the same manner and held his hand over towards the LRIG space.

"I grow Embodiment of Armor, Bahr!" he called.

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Culmination)

As Undeux vanished in a bright orangish white glow, a large demon, clad in red armor and wielding a large black sword with a yellow trim on the blade, appeared on the LRIG spot on Kai's table. Although Tama was surprised that he somewhat managed to learn the concept of Grow without even asking, her attention however was drawn to the 'LRIG' he used right now. Despite knowing little about the Selector Battles beforehand herself, she knew that each Selector would normally have just one LRIG as their sole avatar that would grow stronger with every Level it went up, yet Kai seemed to have cards that depicted multiple LRIGs. Even Piruluk, who normally had a very level composure couldn't help but be a little confused about this.

"I summon Gattling Claw Dragon!"

In front of Bahr, a figure around the same height appeared onto a space in front of him. This figure unlike the demon seemed to resemble some kind of dragon, evident by the shape of its head, the tail and the flames sprouting from its back that represented wings. It was covered in red armour with gold trims and on the end of its right arm was some kind of gatling gun, evidenced by the multiple barrels sticking out from the weaponized arm and the ammunition cartridge dangling from beneath it. The dragon emanated a low growl as it fully materialized onto the field.

"Gattling Claw Dragon's skill," Kai spoke as he gazed over to the only card in his Ener Zone. "I pay 1 red card from my Ener Zone and move Gatling Claw Dragon there to choose one of my opponent's Level 1 SIGNI that has 2000 or less power and send it to their Trash Pile."

Gattling Claw Dragon raised its gun and rained bullets on Code Art RFR as the SIGNI screamed in pain from the effect before vanishing. Akira gritted her teeth having not expected Kai to even have the capability to already have control of the battle, even though it was his first time playing. Gatling Claw Dragon vanished from Kai's field as the card moved to his Ener Zone.

"Finally, I summon Iron Tail Dragon!" A red dragon appeared directly in front of Bahr. It had two yellow blades running down the lower halves of its arms down to its claws along with an additional blade at the end of its tail.

"Yes!" called Tama "Now we get to the good part! Battle Kai!"

"Iron Tail Dragon attacks!" Kai declared.

The card went down sideways as Iron Tail Dragon took flight, charged across the battlefield towards Piruluk and slashed her. The Blue LRIG seemed hardly unfazed, despite her initial raised curiousity on what Kai had brought into the battle. One of the seven face down cards on Akira's table behind the LRIG space flew and flipped face up and entered her Ener Zone. That card was revealed to be a Blue SIGNI by the name of Code Art RFR. At the same time, one of the seven lights around Piruluk on the LRIG space of the Selector's table had gone dim. Kai noticed this before looking at the Life Cloth cards he had face-down and the lights that were surrounding Bahr.

I presume if all the cards in this zone are no longer present, the Selector somehow loses the battle. If that's the case, I must be careful.

"Is Kai wondering about the card that flew into Akira's Ener Zone?"

He suddenly blinked as he heard Tama speak out her question to him before looking down to her, noticing the LRIG's somewhat curious expression.

"Yeah," he answered "Could you give me some detail into how much it will affect the game?"

"Mhm! Let Tama explain!" she called. "Each time an LRIG suffers a hit from a successful attack, the top card of their Selector's Life Cloths is moved to the Ener Zone. Kai needs to damage Piruluk 7 times before Kai can win. Once Akira has no Life Cloths left and Kai makes a successful eighth attack on her by then, Kai will automatically win!"

Kai nodded now that he understood how the 7 Life Cloth cards he also had were important. He now knew that he couldn't be complacent as he would continue onwards throughout the rest of the battle ahead.

"Bahr attacks next!" he declared.

The Embodiment of Armor dashed forward across the field as he charged across the field towards Piruluk before slashing her with his blade. The LRIG didn't seemed fazed by the fact that Kai had gained an early lead, whether he knew it or not. Bahr took a giant leap back to the LRIG space on Kai's table. Another light around Piruluk went dim as another card entered Akira's Ener Zone, Code Art PZL. Unlike the previous Life Cloth, this one was glowing.

"Too bad for you, Aki-lucky," she sneered "Life Burst activated. Now we both must discard one card from our hands."

Kai simply huffed upon hearing this. These Life Burst abilities that the Selector had described almost worked like Damage Triggers in his sense, but he wasn't expecting such a thing with an effect that could cripple him. He discarded the Level 2 SIGNI, Burning Horn Dragon, something he felt that could of helped him later. He looked at both Bahr and Iron Tail Dragon to notice both cards had gone sideways after he waged their attacks. He could only assume it was similar to Rest and that he would have to wait until his next turn to attack with them again.

"Turn end," he spoke.

End of Turn 2

Kai vs Akira

Hand - 3 : 4

Life Cloths - 7 : 5

Current LRIGs - Embodiment of Armor, Bahr : Code Piruluk K

SIGNI: EMPTY - Iron Tail Dragon - EMPTY : EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY

Ener - 1 : 3

"Draw," called Akira "Ener Charge and I'll pay the cost of 1 to Grow! Code Piruluk M!"

As one of the cards from her Ener Zone move to her Trash Pile, just like before on her first turn, a series of rectangular lights rose up around Piruluk, only slightly altering the blue LRIG's appearance to vary from her Level 1 form. The only changed elements were the fact that she had gained an additional blade to the orb in her hair and the number of wings on her back had doubled from two to four.

"Summon!"

Two more SIGNI appeared on both the left and right sides of Piruluk. They were Code Art MMR and WTC, both of whom were Level 2. The first of the two blue SIGNI glowed in a shimmering light blue aura as Akira drew one card from the deck before immediately dropping another into her Trash Pile. She then pointed a finger across to Kai's table, her easily identifiable smirk having come back to her lips.

"WTC, freeze Iron Tail Dragon!" she called.

A blue circle with several incomprehensible runes inside of it appeared in the SIGNI's hand as she raised it until she had it pointing right in the direction of Iron Tail Dragon. Suddenly, a blizzard of some sort was summoned from the circle as the dragon was instantly encased inside a huge chunk of ice. Some ice formed around the card as Kai quickly noticed. Tama ended up shivering a little from the effects of the icy wind having come quite close towards her.

"With this, Iron Tail Dragon cannot Up at the start of your next turn," Akira spoke "All your SIGNI can do is stay still as Piruluk and my forces annihilates you, one hit at a time!"

Kai briefly stared at his current situation, having felt that with the way things were going, the Freeze mechanic that she had brought up wasn't as completely alien to him as he briefly anticipated before he then looked back at her.

"I may not be completely familiar with Wixoss or the Selector Battles," he spoke "But I'm no stranger to these types of tactics."

Akira briefly held a confused look at him for a moment, not quite getting at what he meant, but brushed it off.

"My SIGNI, attack Bahr!"

Code Art MMR and WTC nodded and charged across the field towards the Embodiment of Armor. WTC summoned another blue circle to cast another blizzard, this time encasing Bahr in half a chunk of ice up to the demon's waistline. MMR leaped up and held out her right hand unleashing a flurry of electric bolts at Bahr, shocking him. Two lights around the LRIG space went dim as two cards flew from Kai's Life Cloths to his Ener Zone. The first card was Demonic Dragon Mage, Kimnara whilst Seal Dragon, Artpique was revealed as his second Life Cloth. Artpique's card was glowing as Kai noticed the black section at the bottom of the text box.

"Got a Life Burst effect," he spoke "Draw."

Akira sneered as she raised her hand across the table, eager to give the command for the next attack.

"Piruluk, give Bahr and Kai a taste of pain!" she called.

(End Music)

Using the four crystal like wings that were present on the back of her garb, Piruluk took flight and soared across the field towards the Embodiment of Armor. The blue LRIG then held out her hands, materializing a large ice crystal within them. She tossed it at Bahr, the crystal exploding on contact after hitting the demon who groaned out in pain. Tama briefly held her arm out in front to shield herself from the aftershocks of the impact, with several pieces of ice having almost been sent flying right in her way whilst Kai simply remained unfazed at this point, his focused expression having not wavered at all. When the smoke cleared, another light around Bahr dimmed as Silvan, Natural Stone entered his Ener Zone.

"Over to you," spoke Akira, signalling the end of her turn.

End of Turn 3

Kai vs Akira

Hand - 4 : 3

Life Cloths - 4 : 5

Current LRIGs - Embodiment of Armor, Bahr : Code Piruluk M

SIGNI: EMPTY - Iron Tail Dragon (Frozen) - EMPTY : Code Art WTC - EMPTY - Code Art MMR

Ener - 4 : 3

"Is Kai okay?!" called Tama.

"Yeah," he replied "I understand your concern."

Having taking into account that Kai was fine, Tama beamed a smile and nodded for him to continue. He focused his attention back to the battle before beginning his turn immediately. Looking over his hand and remembering that Akira had to pay a cost to Grow Piruluk with cards from her Ener Zone, he looked down to Bahr's card, finally noticing an icon showing the red colour symbol and a number beside it, in this case being 0.

I see now he thought Ener now isn't just for abilties or ARTS, it's also essentially for growing LRIGs up to higher Levels. If that's the case...

He then tossed Dual Axe Archdragon from his hand to his Ener Zone before holding out his hand over the LRIG space.

"Grow, Dragon Knight, Nehalem!" he called.

(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Fight 6)

As Seal Dragon, Artpique moved from Kai's Ener Zone to his Trash Pile, Bahr vanished from the LRIG space in a fiery orange glow before a knight who stood atop a large dragon entered the battlefield. The knight had dark blue armor and wielded a long lance his right hand along with a large shield in his left. The upper half of his face with the exception of his green eyes were obscured by his helmet. The dragon that Nehalem stood atop of had large red wings and was covered in armour, its gauntlets covering the claws each being adorned with a set of three razor sharp talons. It gazed upon Piruluk as it let out a low growl from under its the breath, the blue LRIG still remaining unfazed having now expected Kai to utilize 'LRIGs' that weren't exactly... human.

Meanwhile from a distance away in a tower that was in a sense between both colours of red and blue in the background, Hitoe and Yuzuki had been watching the battle since the start on the sidelines. Even though she was still bound to her card, the LRIG had been sitting on the Selector's shoulder as the dimensional space they were in allowed non battling LRIGs to spectate from outside of their cards alongside their Selectors. Yuzuki had been somewhat in awe and intrigue over the cards that Kai had put into play over the course of the battle and was quite intrigued that he was somehow able to summon multiple creatures to his aid, as both LRIGs and SIGNI, even if a majority of them just happened to be dragons.

Those cards, they're nothing like I've ever seen she murmured in her thoughts Kai Toshiki, just who exactly are you?

"I summon Flame Edge Dragon and Berserk Dragon!" Kai called.

A dragon with two heads and a red dragon wielding two orange blades appeared onto the field alongside Nehalem and the dragon that he stood atop of.

"I pay the cost of 2 Red for Berserk Dragon to choose one of your Level 2 or lower SIGNI and Vanish it!"

After two more cards moved from his Ener Zone to his Trash Pile, he then pointed towards a certain spot on Akira's table. The two headed dragon roared and let loose two fireballs, one from each of its heads which struck Code Art WTC, removing the Blue SIGNI from Akira's field as the card representing her moved to the Selector's Ener Zone.

"Berserk Dragon attacks Code Art MMR!" Kai declared.

The dragon once again launched 2 fireballs from its heads directly towards MMR, incinerating her in an instant the moment they exploded on contact with her. The defeated SIGNI entered her Ener Zone, something that Kai quickly took note of.

"Next, Flame Edge Dragon attacks!"

The dragon immediately took flight and unleashed a torrent of flames from its mouth which struck Piruluk, forcing her to shield her eyes from the flames, though she did so by only raising her right arm in front of her face. Another light in her LRIG space dimmed as one card flew from Akira's Life Cloths to her Ener Zone. Code Art KEY glowed as once again, Kai had ended up triggering a Life Burst. Tama briefly pouted having noticed this.

"Too bad, Aki-lucky," the Selector sneered "Draw."

"Flame Edge Dragon's ability," he spoke "When the attack against an LRIG is successful, I can Ener Charge the top card of my deck." The top card of his deck, Silvan, Alluring Stone, entered his Ener Zone before he turned his attention to his current 'LRIG'.

"Finally, Nehalem attacks Piruluk!"

At this moment, Akira slapped down a card in front of her center SIGNI zone, Servant D. She sneered as the card began to emit a blinding white light across the field.

"Guard!"

The SIGNI in question that she was guarding with briefly appeared in front of Piruluk before being struck by the lightning sent her way by Nehalem's lance. Kai could only maintain a 'I should have known' look as he stared across the battlefield towards the LRIG and Akira who remained rather smug at the result. He briefly turned towards Tama, feeling there was something he had to ask.

"That Guard she used," he said "Can it block any attacks?"

"Not all," she replied "Only LRIG attacks."

Kai nodded in confirmation, having managed to understand how Guarding worked. He briefly glanced at his hand to notice he had Wyvern Guard, Barri available to Guard any of Piruluk's attacks when he needed it to.

"Turn end," he spoke. At this moment, the ice around Iron Tail Dragon shattered indicating that the freeze effect had worn off. It growled as it flexed its arms and wings after being frozen for a long while.

(End Music)

End of Turn 4

Kai vs Akira

Hand - 3 : 3

Life Cloths - 4 : 4

Current LRIGs - Dragon Knight, Nehalem : Code Piruluk M

SIGNI: Flame Edge Dragon - Iron Tail Dragon - Berserk Dragon : EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY

Ener - 2 : 6

(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Lethal Combo)*

Akira simply drew two more cards more her deck to begin her turn, her sinister sneer having not left her lips for one second. Kai couldn't help but even feel a little unnerved from her appearance at the moment, not because of her scar, but from what he had been told about the Selector from both Hitoe and Yuzuki, he knew that this wasn't the time to let down his guard. After revealing a card from her hand by the name of RAINY and throwing it to her Ener Zone, the Selector held out her hand towards the LRIG space on her table.

"Grow, Code Piruluk G!" she called.

In a few brief flashes, Piruluk gained two additional wings on her garb whilst two more smaller "blades" appeared on the orb in her hair. Two more Blue SIGNI by the names of Code Art PZL and Code Art JV appeared in front of and to the left of Piruluk. The first of the two SIGNI was Level 3, indicating that Akira was now beginning to utilize her more powerful SIGNI that she could be conserving within her hand.

"PZL, freeze Flame Edge Dragon!" she declared.

Kai could only watch on as much like before on the previous turn with Iron Tail Dragon, Flame Edge Dragon was encased in a large chunk of ice summoned by Code Art PZL. He then looked forward just in time to notice that Akira's lips begin to form a malicious smile.

"And now... ARTS!" she called as a card rose from her White Deck and revealed itself to all "Peeping Analyze!"

As three blue cards moved from her Ener Zone to her Trash Pile, over in the tower, Yuzuki and Hitoe could only gasp in horror upon hearing the name of that card. Akira had Piruluk use this manuver on them before and although the card's effect had somewhat relied on a gamble for the chance to discard a large number of cards from Kai's hand, the fact that Piruluk had some sort of a strange connection with it that allowed her to read their wishes and have the Selector torment them about them was devastating to their composure and had also resulted in them losing to her in their respective battles against said Selector. Now the same thing was about to happen to Kai and they almost felt terrible in not warning him beforehand.

Kai... you better brace yourself! Yuzuki thought in worry.

"Now then Piruluk-tan, let's take a closer look inside Aki-lucky!" she sneered "Show me what his wish is about!"

As Piruluk opened her eyes and aimed Peeping Analyze at Kai, her eyes emitted a wave of some sort that transmitted towards him. This way, she could transfer the information Akira wanted about his wish to her. However, as she cast the ARTS and her 'sight' of Kai's possible wish could properly manifest, a huge haze of fire suddenly consumed her vision. The intense heat was too much to handle for the LRIG as she suddenly felt that needed to cancel the effect now before she could be 'blinded' by the flames. Before she did so, the LRIG could see two large yellow eyes from within the flames and the shadow of a large non-human like figure with the silhouette of wings before a loud roar forced her to come out of her vision.

As Piriluk eventually came back to her senses, she could see that Kai was still staring intensely across towards her and Akira. Nothing had happened to him from her attempt to read his wish, evidenced by his fierce gaze having remained where it was, completely unfazed by what had just happened. To an extent, she could have sworn that even he was not aware of what she had just seen.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Akira growled, interrupting her trail of thought "You were supposed to get what I want from Aki-lucky over there!"

"I... I don't know," replied Piruluk.

"What do you mean Piruluk-tan?!" the Selector barked fiercely.

"Something from that boy is blocking my power," she replied "It was like I was staring into the flames of hell itself."

The image of the flames was still burning fresh in her mind, though Piruluk was more curious of whatever she saw in that fire, from those two yellow eyes, the large shape of who or what she had seen and that fierce roar to follow on. Akira, unaware of this and annoyed of not being able to see Kai's desire was starting to lose her patience with both the LRIG and the boy, wanting to finish the battle immediately after this unexpected setback.

"Fine, whatever!" she growled "For Peeping Analyze's effect, I choose to declare Level 2! Now show me what you're holding!"

Kai having to comply with the card's effect, simply closed his eyes and calmly revealed his entire hand to both Akira and Piruluk. The cards were all red SIGNI and they had comprised of Dual Axe Archdragon, Wyvern Guard, Barri and Dragon Monk, Gojo, none of which were the number of the Level that the Selector had declared for her Peeping Analyze ARTS, much to her shock and frustration.

"What?!" she gasped "You mean?!"

"You should have taken your time," Kai replied as he concealed and shuffled the cards in his hand once again. "I have no Level 2 SIGNI in my hand, so you wasted quite a powerful ARTS." Akira's playstyle seems to be somewhat of a mix between Nubatama and Megacolony, but she seems to lack the ability to properly utilize it.

Akira gritted her teeth as she glared across the field towards him. The boy's somewhat calm and determined demanor was really starting to drive her to the point of pulling her own hair out in anger. Not only was this his first ever game, in either Wixoss or the Selector Battles, but it appeared that he was beginning to assume complete control of the battle and that she was beginning to slip up because of it. Having had enough with his outlook, she took another card from her hand and placed it onto the field as another blue card from her Ener Zone entered her Trash Pile.

"I'll use TOO BAD!" she declared. As the Spell was cast onto her field, she pointed her finger towards Kai, like in the shape of a gun. The mannerism seemed somewhat familiar to him, as if he had seen someone use that kind of maneuver before, albeit not for a very long time.*A pulse of blue energy shot from her fingers and struck one of Kai's cards in his hand. When it was revealed which card that she struck, she could only sneer. It was the Guard SIGNI she saw just a few moments ago and that was good for her as she finally regained her sinister smile.

"Bye bye Barri!" she sneered as she watched the Guard SIGNI fall into Kai's Trash Pile. He himself however did not seem concerned about this turn of events as he just stared at the card before looking back towards the Selector who was finally prepared to bring on her onslaught.

"Code Art PZL, JV! Attack!" called Akira. The two SIGNI held out their arms as sparks rained from them to Berserk Dragon and Iron Tail Dragon, defeating them in an instant. The two defeated SIGNI vanished and reappeared in Kai's Ener Zone.

"Next! Piruluk, attack Nehalem!" she declared.

The LRIG raised her right arm, materializing multiple ice projectiles around her. When she pointed right at Nehalem, the spears launched at and struck both the knight and the dragon he stood atop of, disorienting him in the aftermath as he struggled to keep his balance upright. Another light around the LRIG space dimmed as Kai noticed the card that entered his Ener Zone. It was glowing which meant he had triggered another Life Burst.

"Dragon Monk, Genjo's Life Burst!" he called.

"Oh, so you'll Ener Charge or draw another card, right Aki-lucky?" Akira mused.

"No," replied Kai "This one is different."

"How so?"

"With this Life Burst," he explained "If I have equal or fewer Life Cloths than my opponent when I trigger it, the top card of my deck is added to my Life Cloth zone without me looking at what it is." Akira's eyes widened in surprise and shock, albeit not as much as when Kai had not only somehow repelled Piruluk's power to see whatever wish he could possibly have.

"What the?! How does a Life Burst like that even exist?!" she gasped. Even Tama stared at Kai in awe over this turn of events. Over on the sidelines, both Hitoe and Yuzuki were surprised, not expecting Kai to have something like that present in his deck already.

There's a Life Burst that allows him to do that?! the LRIG thought First his deck consists mostly of dragons rather than different types of girls, except for a few common Red SIGNI he's placed in his Ener Zone and now he's used a Life Burst that will prolong his defeat?

Maybe Kai does have a chance after all. Hitoe pondered within her thoughts as she closed watched the battle from where she was standing.

Akira could only pout in annoyance over this turn of events, but remained cool and somewhat composed as she kept in mind that she took out the only two SIGNI that weren't frozen.

"Turn end," she spoke, huffing under her breath as she did so.

(End Music)

End of Turn 5

Kai vs Akira

Hand - 2 : 2

Life Cloths - 4 : 4

Current LRIGs - Dragon Knight, Nehalem : Code Piruluk G

SIGNI: Flame Edge Dragon (Frozen) - EMPTY - EMPTY : Code Art JV - Code Art PZL - EMPTY

Ener - 5 : 1

Before starting his turn, Kai looked over his frozen Flame Edge Dragon. He couldn't up it this turn, making it useless to him for the time being other than acting as a brick wall for Akira's next wave of attacks. He suddenly remembered back to what Tama had told him at the start of his very first turn in the battle, specifically in the mechanics of the Ener Phase and what he could do then.

"Draw," he spoke "I Ener Charge with my frozen Flame Edge Dragon!" The ice around the dragon suddenly shattered in a brilliant flash as the SIGNI card disappeared and then reappeared in his Ener Zone. "And... I choose not to grow this turn!"

Tama along with Yuzuki and Hitoe from the tower could only let out a large "EH?!" from their mouths in shock. Whilst Piruluk had simply raised an eyebrow in confusion, her Selector had then then burst out into a fit of uncontrollable and sinister laughter.

"What?!" Akira giggled "You had the opportunity to remain on even ground and you choose to hold back a Level?! Too bad for you Aki-lucky!" The blue LRIG could see that Kai however was not fazed by this as he continued his turn.

"Summon!" Another Gattling Claw Dragon appeared in the space that was formerly occupied by Flame Edge.

"Gattling Claw attacks Piruluk!" Kai declared. Gatling Claw Dragon opened fire on the LRIG as a light dimmed in the space she stood in. Code Art CPU entered Akira's Ener Zone, the Life Burst present on it glowing.

"Oh well," sighed Akira, though Kai could easily tell the sarcasm in her voice. "I Ener Charge."

"Nehalem, attack!"

As the Dragon Knight unleashed another volley of lightning from its lance, another SIGNI appeared in front of Piruluk to take the attack. The card, Servant O dropped into Akira's Trash Pile.

"Hold back all you want, but victory will still be mine," she spoke. Kai didn't say anything back in response as Tama looked up at him in worry.

"Turn end."

End of Turn 6

Kai vs Akira

Hand - 3 : 2

Life Cloths - 4 : 3

Current LRIGs - Dragon Knight, Nehalem : Code Piruluk G

SIGNI: EMPTY - EMPTY - Gatling Claw Dragon : Code Art JV - Code Art PZL - EMPTY

Ener - 6 : 3

"I'm not sure why you chose not to grow then, but all I can say is that it's gonna cost you, Aki-lucky," Akira sneered "I Ener Charge with JV on my field and Grow! Code Piruluk T!"

In a brief series of flashes, Piruluk's garb appeared to have changed completely, looking more stylish and having eight wings present on the back from the previous six. The blades on the orb in her hair had gotten slightly larger, but not by much.

"Summon, Code Art RMN and ASM!" The two Level 4 SIGNI to the left and right of Piruluk. Once again, Akira pointed her fingers towards Kai.

"Discard!" Code Art RMN fired a blue energy pulse that struck a random card in Kai's hand. He watched as Dragon Monk, Gojo dropped straight into his Trash Pile.

"RMN, take out Gatling Claw Dragon!" Code Art RMN materialized two blue discs of some sorts and hurled them at Gatling Claw. The attack connected, the discs exploding on contact with Gatling Claw. The card moved to Kai's Ener Zone.

"Then PZL and ADM!" The two SIGNI rained sparks down on Nehalem, electrocuting the Dragon Knight at a high voltage. Two more lights dimmed as Iron, Alluring Stone and Iron Tail Dragon entered Kai's Ener Zone.

"Now Piruluk!" The LRIG raised her hand, summoning even more ice projectiles than her previous Level was capable of doing and firing them at Nehalem.

"Wyvern Guard, Barri!" Without warning, a knight atop a mechanical wyvern appeared in front of Nehalem. A hexagonal barrier appeared in front of it, nullifying Piruluk's attack as the ice projectiles shattered on contact. The Wyvern Guard then vanished from the field, having finished its job.

"How boring," she mused "Turn end."

Over inside the tower on the sidelines, Yuzuki and Hitoe let out a sigh of relief. Kai had managed to survive Akira's onslaught of attacks thus far, but things were still looking rather grim for him. He had put himself at a disadvantage by choosing not to grow to Level 3 last turn, no SIGNI in play, only two Life Cloths left and Akira herself still had 3 cards in her hand to his 2. However, because of Akira's relentless attacks, his Ener Zone was now buffed up to 9 cards, something that he had been counting on, whether she had realized it or not by now. Piruluk however stared closely at him.

Why did he choose to skip growing his LRIG last turn? she pondered There must be some reason he put himself at such a disadvantage. Kai having somehow read her mind opened his eyes and stared across the field towards the LRIG and her Selector.

"Allow me to show you… my true form!" he spoke as he begun the start of his turn. "Up and draw. Ener Charge and…"

A card from the LRIG deck flew straight past Tama and straight into the LRIG Zone, just beneath the hovering dragon that Nehalem had stood atop of, but it was face-down for the moment though.

"Grow the Vanguard!" he called "The apocalyptic flames that reduce everything in this world to ash!"

As Kai spoke the ride chant, the card flipped face up and a large column of fire consumed Nehalem, removing him from the battle. A white Vanguard circle with a red aura to it briefly flashed in front of the column of fire. A tall shadow appeared in the flames, resembling that of a giant dragon. A pair of familiar yellow eyes were present from the shadow's head. Tama, Hitoe and Yuzuki were looking on in awe for this sight. The flames begun to disappear to reveal what Kai's Level 3 LRIG was as he gazed fiercely towards both Akira and Piruluk, now showing that he was serious in the way he was playing now.

"Dragonic Overlord!"


And that's the end of Kai vs Akira Part 1! So because Kai is still new to Wixoss, most of his deck ressembles his Season 1 deck with a few Season 3 cards along with cards from Wixoss sets such as Red Ambition teched in. I hope you've enjoyed reading this chapter. Don't worry though, Part 2 of the battle and the aftermath follow up will be on its way up and I can definitely assure you that it will be up a week or two before Selector Spread Wixoss begins airing. Don't forget to favourite, follow and/or leave a review. Until then!

A list of the Kagero Card Readjustments can be found on my profile (will be updated as the story goes on).

REVAMP NOTICE: No major details have changed aside from correcting some errors in the turn showcases which originally showed Kai's SIGNI in the wrong places and expanding some of the details to bring it up to the standard in the majority of the fic later on. Also included is this trivia notes below.

*This played in Episode 72 on the turn Jack rides Covert Demonic Dragon, Mandala Lord.

*This is a call-back to Misaki's 'finger gun' that she used whenever she called "Evil-eye Princess, Euryale" and used her ability to bind a card out of her opponent's hand.

SECOND REVAMP NOTICE: Addition of adapted cards that debuted this chapter with official English wording, even down to amending one instance of the word Banish for the official English term of Vanish;

LRIG Cards:
Lizard Runner, Undeux
Level 0
Limit 0
Red
Grow Cost: 0 Red
Kagero

Embodiment of Armor, Bahr
Level 1
Limit 2
Red
Grow Cost: 0 Red
Kagero

Dragon Knight, Nehalem
Level 2
Limit 5
Red
Grow Cost: 1 Red
Kagero

SIGNI Cards:

Gattling Claw Dragon
Level 1
Red
Living Spirit: Dragon/Flame Dragon
Power: 2000
[Action] {Red} and move this SIGNI to your Ener Zone: If you have a Red LRIG, Target Level 1 SIGNI with 2000 or less power on your opponent's field and send it to their Trash.
[Life Burst]: Draw 1 card.

Iron Tail Dragon
Level 1
Red
Living Spirit: Dragon/Flame Dragon
Kagero limited
Power: 3000

Burning Horn Dragon
Level 2
Red
Living Spirit; Dragon/Flame Dragon
Kagero limited
Power: 6000
[Auto]: When this SIGNI attacks, if your LRIG has "Overlord" in its name, this SIGNI gets +3000 power until the end of that battle.

Demonic Dragon Mage, Kimnara
Level 1
Red
War Spirit: Dragonman
Power: 2000
[Action] {Red} and move this SIGNI to your Ener Zone: If you have a Red LRIG, Vanish target Level 1 SIGNI on your opponent's field.

Seal Dragon, Artpique
Level 1
Red
Living Spirit: Dragon/Flame Dragon
Kagero Limited
Power: 2000
[Action] Move this SIGNI to your Ener Zone: Target one of your Red SIGNI, it gains 3000 power until end of turn.
[Life Burst]: Draw 1 card.

Dual Axe Archdragon
Level 3
Red
Living Spirit: Dragon/Flame Dragon
Power: 8000
[Auto]: When this SIGNI attacks, if your opponent has less than two SIGNI, this SIGNI gets +3000 power until the end of that battle.

Flame Edge Dragon
Level 2
Red
Living Spirit: Dragon/Flame Dragon
Power: 5000
[Auto]: When this SIGNI's attack hits an LRIG, if you have a Red LRIG, Ener Charge 1.

Berserk Dragon
Level 2
Red
Living Spirit: Dragon/Flame Dragon
Power: 5000
[On-Play] Put 2 Red SIGNI cards from your Ener into your Trash: If you have a Red LRIG, Vanish target Level 2 or less SIGNI on your opponent's field

Wyvern Guard, Barri
Level 1
Red
War Spirit: Dragonman
Power: 2000
[Guard] (You may discard this card to prevent damage from a single LRIG attack.)
[Constant]: This card can only prevent damage for your Red LRIGs.
[Life Burst]: Ener Charge 1.

Dragon Monk, Genjo
Level 1
Red
War Spirit: Dragonman
Power: 1000
HEAL (You may only have up to 4 cards with "HEAL" in a deck)
[Life Burst]: If you have equal or fewer Life Cloths than your opponent, add the top card of your deck to your Life Cloth.

Dragon Monk, Gojo
Level 1
Red
Nature Spirit: Gillman
Power: 2000
[Action] [Down] and discard a card from your hand: If you have a Red LRIG, Draw 1 card.