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'The White Room'

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Trembling Miracle)

Mayu gazed at one of the many windows at the seemingly endless walls of her domain. What it displayed right now, was the battle that was raging on between two people of her interest. The Selector who had once wished to free everyone of their suffering, only to go along solitude from an act of 'betrayal' and the Cardfighter from another world, looking to bring her back to her friends and family so he could get some more answers. Truth be told, this wasn't the first time that the mastermind had seen Kai or his Kagero units in action. Mayu could still recount the earlier battles of the day, looking closely at his actions with interest and smiling when one of those had opposed him had their wish tainted.

"Kai Toshiki," she said to herself "So you wish to know everything that has been happening by my hands." From beside her throne, Ulith gazed over to the same window, having shared similiar interest and somewhat pleased that Kai had indeed 'taken the bait'.

"Well, I wouldn't count on that trash defeating Ruko," she spat before turning her attention to Mayu "After all, Kai may not know it yet, but my former Selector has one final surprise waiting to unfold. Isn't that..."

"You shouldn't underestimate him." Both Mayu and Ulith turned around to see that Photon had entered the room of his own accord, also sharing interest in the battle. His swords were stashed on his back, just in front of the hovering black ring that was present there and if anyone could tell if he had eyes or not, they would have been able to see that his 'gaze' on the window's view of Kai was cautious.

"What do you mean?" Ulith asked.

"This fighter has been exceptional, exceeding my own expectations," he replied "As does his avatar." He then turned his attention to Dragonic Overlord who was currently engaged in a stare off against Iona in her current form. Dragonic Overlord. I'm not certain as to how your alternate timeline counterpart managed to spark the memories of Blaster Blade to free him from my control back on Cray. But the rules change on this new battlefield and here, whether you realize it or not, the girl of black has exceeded even your own strength. Everyone's thoughts were interrupted as a ripple of energy suddenly sparked through some of the gaps in the walls and floors of the White Room catching the attention of all three figures that were present.

"What was that?!" Ulith gasped. Mayu could only frown at this, with one suspicion on her mind and a very good one. She got up from her throne and began walking off in the direction behind her, but not before looking back at Photon and Ulith.

"Observe the battle for its outcome," she spoke "Do not interfere at any point." The two nodded before Mayu summoned a bright glowing portal to transport herself away to the destination in mind. Ulith and Photon looked back at each other for a moment, exchanging a brief glance with one another before turning their attention back the window from where the battle was being displayed from.

(End Music)


Selector Battlefield

Back on the battlefield, Kai and Ruko glanced across to one other whilst Dragonic Overlord and Iona stood poised, ready for an inevitable clash coming between them again. Over from the tower they were spectating from, Hitoe, Yuzuki, Chiyori and Eldora could only look on anxiously for what was to come from here on out. It was still Ruko's turn and it seemed like things were far from over.

"Isn't it exciting?!" Chiyori called out "The fierce clash between a missing Selector with an LRIG I've never seen in the game and the boy Selector with a whole army of dragons from another world at his command!" Before Eldora could sigh or give out a smug reply to her Selector's excitement, she glanced over towards Yuzuki and Hitoe who looked anything but excited. Chiyori looked over as well, noticing their depressed expressions, seemingly confused as to why they were feeling this way.

"Why the long faces?" she asked "I was just starting to enjoy watching this."

"You just don't get it!" Yuzuki snapped, causing the Selector to almost jump in surprise. "This isn't just another silly game! Kai's down there, fighting to help us figure out why Ruko ran away from us!"

"Yuzuki..." Hitoe murmured, almost shaken by her sudden outburst. The LRIG clenched her fist, clearly angered by the fact that Chiyori wasn't getting the full picture that was going on between them. Eldora having noticed this, walked over to Yuzuki and held an arm on her shoulder, showing that she could understand of what she was going through. She then glanced back at the battlefield, looking down at Kai and Tama with intrigue as to how they were planning on getting the LRIG's former Selector back to her group of friends. Ruko turned her attention to the cards she still had leftover in her hand before glancing over to her LRIG deck.

"I use Black Desire!" she called. As the ARTS was played, an eerie dark aura suddenly surrounded her deck.

(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Breaking the Limit)*

"I send the top four cards of my deck to my trash and depending on what I send, an effect will go off."

Kai looked on as the four cards revealed themselves to be Revive Flare, Darkness Revenger, Rugos, Slash Miracle and Code Maze Pyramid which dropped into her Trash Pile.

"Since I ended up sending cards that are both Black and White," Ruko continued "I can take Mac Lir from my trash along with a copy of Code Labyrinth Quinn from my deck and put them straight into my hand." After the aforementioned cards were concealed in her hand, Ruko shuffled her deck before placing it back on the table. Kai could only grimace as he could imagine as to what was coming next. Tama looked at Ruko and then back up at him in worry, concerned about whether he was actually going to survive this battle.

"Summon!" Code Anti Vimana, Code Labyrinth Quinn and Skull Witch, Nemain appeared on the table in front of and to the side of Iona, prepared for battle. As one more card moved from Ruko's Ener Zone to her trash, she discarded a copy of Healing Revenger that was in her hand before drawing another two cards. Kai looked on closely before noticing a dark aura appearing all around his SIGNI. He could only look on in shock and surprise as he noticed them getting weaker.

Dual Axe Archdragon: 8000 - 6000

Eingana, Phantom Dragon: 10000 - 8000

"So this is Iona's power," he murmured "If she's planning to decrease the power of my SIGNI to make it harder to land my attacks, then I need to be careful."

"It's still early to be surprised," Iona spoke, snapping him out of his thoughts, before she gave a brief glance over to Ruko so she could begin commencing her attacks. Ruko didn't say or do anything in response to her statement before turning her gaze down to Nemain's card.

"Attack." The Shadow Paladin witch nodded to her command and held out the skull that she had in her right hand. Purple sparks flew from the inanimate head and struck Dragonic Overlord head on. The dragon roared in pain from the impact, but stood firm, its right claw clapsed more tightly on the sword that it held. Kai's next Life Cloth revealed Gatling Claw Dragon whose card glowed brightly, indicating the Life Burst effect that was going off.

"Got a Life Burst," Kai spoke "Draw."

"Next!" Ruko declared. As Quinn and Vimana each charged up an energy based attack to hurl at Overlord, each one representing their card colours, Kai looked down at one of the two cards he had left to use and picked out one of them.

"Dragon Knight, Gimel!" he called "Quintet Wall for Eingana!"

A knight clad in armour resembling that of a dragon's scales and head along with a large shield appeared in front of Eingana, summoning a large green circle in front of him. Five cards from Kai's deck flew through the circle, revealing Burning Horn Dragon, Cross Shot Garp, Iron Tail Dragon, Dragon Monk Genjo and Servant D before the five SIGNI appeared beside Gimel. Whilst Quinn's attack had knocked Dual Axe Archdragon out of the battle, the SIGNI summoned by Gimel were more than enough to deflect Vimana's devastating beam. Once the smoke had cleared, Gimel along with the SIGNI that were summoned to his aid vanished from the battlefield. Ruko glanced across to Overlord, seemingly not fazed by the fact that Kai still had one SIGNI left on the field.

"Iona, attack!" she called. Iona flashed a brief smile before taking flight and charging towards Dragonic Overlord. The Kagero commander roared in response and charged back towards the LRIG, heading for another clash. Just like before, both of their attacks from their weapons and powers kept on clashing with each other before the two found themselves at a stalemate once more, until Iona managed to push back Overlord's sword with her spear before slashing down the body for a brief moment and flying back to the LRIG space. The next crushed Life Cloth revealed Blue Ray Dracokid, something had just came through at the right moment.

"With the effect," Kai spoke "I give 5000 power and Lancer to Eingana." The Phantom Dragon glowed in a bright red aura as she received both effects of the Life Burst. Ruko didn't seem disappointed by the turn of events by the time Iona had landed back on her table.

"Turn end," she said.

(End Music)

Kai vs Ruko

End of Turn 7

Hand - 1 : 2

Life Cloths - 2 : 4

Current LRIGs - Dragonic Overlord : Iona, Full/Maiden

SIGNI: Eingana, Phantom Dragon - EMPTY - EMPTY : Skull Witch, Nemain - Code Labyrinth Quinn - Code Anti Vimana

Ener - 7 : 3

"Somehow, he managed to keep the attacks down to hitting Overlord twice," Yuzuki murmured.

"Things aren't looking good," Eldora said "He's only got 1 card in his hand and one powered up SIGNI in play. Even if he fills up his formation again, Ruko could have an ARTS to counter his next attack and leave him with little defence." Whilst Chiyori struggled to keep her excitement in check so she would not end up angering Yuzuki again by accident, Hitoe could only look down from the tower they were standing from and notice Kai's expression. Over on his table, Tama also looked up at him, curious as to why he was like this. Her answer soon came as he looked back at Ruko.

"I didn't think you would have given up that easily."

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Even if I Hurt Someone)

"Huh?" Whilst Ruko looked back at him with a confused expression present, Iona glared across the table towards him.

"What are you getting at?!" the LRIG shouted in response.

"It seems to me that you've just been running away from the problem that's facing all of us," Kai spoke "The same problem that your friends have been going through as well." Before Iona could try and speak out in response to his statement, Ruko clenched her fist down on the table, struggling to keep her composure together.

"You don't know anything!" she cried "You can't understand what I... No, what we had to go through to try and save everyone before Tama refused the only chance I had!"

"You're wrong," he replied.

"What?"

Over from the tower, Yuzuki and Hitoe looked on confusion as to why Kai had called out Ruko on running away from the problem that they had all faced ever since they got involved with the Selector Battles. Chiyori and Eldora looked over to the pair, wondering about their views on this most puzzling of scenarios to the both of them. Before Hitoe could try and speak out an assumption, Yuzuki held out a hand motioning for her to stop.

"As much as I hate to admit it," she said "Both Kai and Ruko are right in some aspects. Tama had refused to complete the oath which was probably the only way Ruko was going to free everyone and Kai does somewhat have a point. From what we've heard, she's willing to give up on us because we still trust Tama." Everyone else present in the tower were silent for a moment, not sure about how to take this whole scenario in.

"She's really taking it hard," Chiyori murmured.

"And from everything we've been hearing," said Eldora "I can see why." Everyone then turned their attention back to the battlefield to see how the Selector and Cardfighter would continue to play the battle out.

"You're right about one thing," Kai spoke "I haven't been involved in the Selector Battles for as long as you and I still don't know the full picture that happened between you and Tama. But that doesn't mean I'm not aware of what's really going on."

"Kai..." Tama murmured.

"Both of us are looking for answers from the same person," he continued "The one who's really behind all of this."

"So you know about Mayu," Ruko replied "I'm not surprised since you were with Yuzuki. But as long as Iona refuses to initiate the oath, getting to Mayu is impossible."

"I may not be able to change your view on the subject," Kai spoke "But even so, I will advance!" After he drew his cards and placed Blue Ray Dracokid into his Ener Zone, a card from his LRIG deck glowed brightly before moving onto the LRIG space.

"At the end of an endless quest, you arrive at final evolution! Sublimate your savage soul and show your true form! Cross Grow!"

Just like the last time this happened, a fiery vortex emerged from the LRIG space, consuming Dragonic Overlord as it began to change shape in a blinding orange glow. Several features changed as the dragon gained the extra arms, weapons and armour before emerging from the flames in the form it had become.

"Dragonic Overlord the End!"

The sudden presence of the End had stirred up a strong whirlwind from Kai's table which soon spread across the entire battlefield. Everyone up in the tower could feel Overlord's power, pulsating throughout everywhere. Even from Ruko's table, Iona could feel the sudden shockwaves that were now coming off Dragonic Overlord.

"So you've finally gotten serious," the LRIG spoke before glancing back towards Kai, noticing the serious glint that was now present in his eyes.

"Observe," he said "This is my full power!"

(End Music)


Kai's World: Mall Basement

After several tense minutes had passed, a bright aura was now glowing around both Aichi and Ren respectively, indicating that their PSY Qualia was now fully synchronized to Leon's who in turn was synchronized with Takuto's from the darkest pits of Mayu's White Room, which would hopefully give them the location that the being from Cray had in mind to send them to. Naoki watched on in both wonder and anxiety, awaiting for the word from any of the three users to turn the switch that would have normally switched on the teleporter, having remembered how Morres had managed to work the floor panel.

"Don't give up now guys!" he called.

Aichi tried to muster up a response to the Narukami user's statement, but the strain of his PSY Qualia was beginning to take its toll on him. After looking back at Leon and Ren who didn't seem as worn out as he was becoming by the second, the Aqua Force user nodded in agreement to move onto the next part of their one shot plan. He then turned to Ren who gleefully nodded in agreement in moving on to the next part as he held his arm out above the Vanguard circle that was engraved in the floor panel. Aichi held out one arm over the engraving as well and eventually, after a few moments, the engraving began to glow a very bright white, indicating that their efforts were not going to waste. The panel slowly, but steadily continued to glow brighter and brighter as Naoki looked on in awe.

Amazing! I had no idea that these guys were able to pull somethin' off like this! Now we'll be over to where Kai is in no time flat!

That is, if they could make it to Kai in no time flat at all.


Wixoss World: Selector Battlefield

The air remained still for the moment after the various amounts of shockwaves that had rolled through the battlefield during the previous few moments. Dragonic Overlord the End looked down on Iona, awaiting for the moment that they would go head to head with each other once again. Kai and Ruko glanced down across the field at one another, each deep in thought about what the other was thinking. Tama could only across towards Ruko in worry, trying to stomach in the fact that if she wanted to try and sort things out, Kai had to defeat her first. Reluctantly, she stomached down the hard fact and glanced back up at the Cardfighter who in turn looked back at her.

"Kai, please help Ruko!" she cried "Tama wants to make things right!"

Kai glanced down at Tama, remembering clearly about the events of that fateful night after hearing both sides of the story from both the LRIG and her 'former' Selector. He didn't quite understand everything that had happened, having not been present there or even entered this world at that time, but right now, it seemed as if the only path available to get him the answers he wanted was to try and follow through with the request handed to him, not just by Tama, but Hitoe and Yuzuki, Ruko's friends.

"I got it," he replied "I won't let that promise go to waste." Tama managed to cheer up a little bit, having been reassured by his words. She then raised her fist into the air and jumped up for joy briefly.

"Then battle!" she called out loud. Kai nodded in agreement before turning his attention to the rest of the cards in his hand.

"Summon!" he called. Lintwurm, Phantom Dragon and Goddra, Phantom Dragon appeared in the remaining spaces that were to the right and in front of Dragonic Overlord the End. All three of Kai's SIGNI glowed in a fiery red aura, gaining even more power from the Overlord itself and Lintwurm.

Lintwurm, Phantom Dragon: 7000 - 5000 (because of Iona's Constant Effect) - 7000

Goddra, Phantom Dragon: 15000 - 13000 - 15000 - 17000

Eingana, Phantom Dragon: 13000 - 15000 - 17000 + LANCER

"And now," Kai continued "I'll use the ARTS One Rule, Two Birds and give the End Double Crush as well preventing you from guarding with Level 1 SIGNI this turn." Ruko could only grimace as the copy of Mac Lir that she added back to her hand the previous turn began leaking sparks, indicating that she couldn't use it against Dragonic Overlord the End. Iona didn't seem fazed by this sudden turn of events, for the moment that is. Ruko then suddenly snapped out of her thoughts and turned her attention to her LRIG deck. I could use it now, but...

"I won't use any ARTS this turn," she said. Kai nodded, confirming her decision.

"Let's go!" he called "Goddra attacks Quinn!" Goddra took flight and with a mighty downwards slash of her sword, a vertical beam of energy flew down and struck the opposing SIGNI head on in a mighty explosion. When the smoke cleared, Quinn's card had entered Ruko's Ener Zone and the eyes on all of Kai's SIGNI flashed for a brief moment. Everyone watching up from the tower looked on to see how the battle was going before Chiyori had finally decided to speak out under her own excitement.

"Yes!" she called "Taking out that SIGNI first is sure to help him out!"

"Oh, that's right," Hitoe murmured, now realizing what was going on "Since Kai just eliminated Ruko's only White SIGNI, Iona's ability no longer has any effect on his own SIGNI."

"So their power returns to normal!" Yuzuki concluded "That's why he attacked with Goddra first."

Back on the battlefield, Iona could only grit her teeth as Kai's SIGNI regained the power that she had taken from them previously. Ruko then could only watch on as his next two SIGNI easily overpowered her last line defence and crushed her next Life Cloth, Code Maze Tajmaha. Kai looked down onto Dragonic Overlord the End before glancing across towards Ruko and Iona.

"Dragonic Overlord the End attacks Iona!" he declared as the card was downed.

(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Kai's Determination)

Dragonic Overlord let out a fierce roar as it took flight and brought down both the guns it held in its upper two arms aimed at Iona. She grimaced having remembered that Kai's ARTS had restricted Ruko from using Mac Lir as an option to protect her with. She held up her spear and shielded her eyes with her right arm, bracing herself from the inevitable attack. Fiery bullets were being fired down from the guns of Overlord as they quickly consumed the table in a raging inferno for a few seconds before expiring as two of Ruko's Life Cloths, Drei=Capsule and Healing Revenger entered her Ener Zone, the second card allowing her to regain a Life Cloth using the top card of her deck.

"You've managed to clear away my SIGNI and still land a powerful attack," she murmured "But, the Attack Phase has now ende..."

"The End is not over!" This time it was Ruko's turn to be surprised, not because of what was said, but where those words had come from. Dragonic Overlord had made its point clearing after glancing back to Kai for brief moment, who nodded in agreement.

"Persona Blast!" he declared as two cards from his Ener Zone moved to his Trash before a copy of the End entered his LRIG Trash. "Overlord, stand up once again!"

A whirlwind of fire surrounded the LRIG space, upping the card as Overlord took aim at Iona once again, this time with the swords in its lower arms. Iona clutched her spear, bracing herself for another attack coming her way. After looking behind her at Ruko's Life Cloths, something then clicked in her head.

"Wait..." she murmured "If the End's attack hits us again, that will eliminate our remaining two Life Cloths. Kai still has two cards in his Ener Zone and..." She the paused, having realized the scenario that Kai had forced them into before looking back at said Cardfigher. "Don't tell me...! You have a third copy of the End?!"

Ruko was about to say something out loud in disbelief before looking over to Kai who nodded in response, confirming her suspicions.

"But this means..." she murmured.

"That's right," Kai spoke "Unless one of those next two Life Cloths is something to prolong the end, then this battle will be brought to an end. That's right, this is Eternal Apocalypse!"

"Eternal Apocalypse..." Tama murmured, having been amazed by this spectacle.

"This means Kai's won this!" called Yuzuki "There's nothing Ruko can do to stop this attack!"

"Yeah," Hitoe murmured "He took advantage of the lack of ARTS and used it as a means to get more attacks through."

"This is awesome!" called Chiyori "I can't wait to see if this will be enough for Kai to clench victory!" Eldora sighed from her Selector's excitement, but she knew they had all made a point. There was nothing Ruko could do to stop the End's next attack, but hope that one of her Life Cloths had something she could use to stop the third. Back onto the battlefield, Dragonic Overlord roared as it charged towards Iona who in turn charged back at the dragon. Both spear and swords clashed with one another before a burst of fire from Overlord's mouth consumed Iona and hit Ruko's table dead on, engulfing it in a giant explosion. Whilst Ruko could see the Life Cloths that had been crushed from the attack, Iona however could not see through all of the thick smoke that had been brought up from the impact of the attack.

"One more Persona Blast!" Kai called as Overlord's card was upped one more time. The dragon roared once more as it took aim with both of the guns it held at Iona once more. Iona could only "TSK!" as she realized couldn't do anything as the smoke had not yet cleared from the impact of the previous attack.

"This will bring everything to an end," Kai spoke "Let's go! Dragonic Overlord the End!"

Dragonic Overlord charged up the energy in both of the guns it held as Iona could only watch on in shock. As the guns fired off, a glow suddenly appeared in front of her as a figure emerged to shield her from the attack. Kai saw this and could only groan as the attack was singlehandly blocked. The appearance of the SIGNI caused the smoke to blow over as Ruko became visible again with a card that she had revealed in her right hand, Servant D2. After the Guard SIGNI had vanished, Kai looked over to her Ener Zone seeing that the Life Cloths he had crushed previously were Hellrage Revenger, Quesal and Code Labyrinth Louvre, the second card having a Life Burst icon on it.

(End Music)

"Don't tell me," he murmured "That Life Burst allowed you to draw into Servant D2?!"

"That's right," Ruko replied before placing the card in her Trash Pile "I told you earlier, for the sake of the Selectors and LRIGs trapped in Mayu's game, I can't let you go any further."

Kai just stared on for a few more moments before closing his eyes in disappointment.

"Turn end."

Kai vs Ruko

End of Turn 8

Hand - 0 : 2

Life Cloths - 2 : 0

Current LRIGs - Dragonic Overlord the End : Iona, Full/Maiden

SIGNI: Eingana, Phantom Dragon - Goddra, Phantom Dragon - Lintwurm, Phantom Dragon : EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY

Ener - 0 : 11

"Darn it!" groaned Yuzuki "He was so close!"

"But with the way things are," murmured Hitoe "Doesn't this mean he just needs to land one attack on Iona?"

"Yeah," Eldora replied "But with how much Ener that all those attacks from the End has given her, it's likely that things aren't going to get any easier for Kai."

"So cool!" called Chiyori "This battle just keeps on going back and forth! I wonder how long it will be until one of them runs out of options!" The group chose to ignore the younger Selector's excitement and turned their attention back to the battlefield. Iona hovered back onto the LRIG space, covered in burns from the impact of Overlord's attacks that she had to bear through. She glanced back at the dragon itself before looking back to Kai.

"I was almost impressed," she spoke "Had it not been for good fortune for me and Ruko, you could have won. But..." She then flashed a smile on her lips, enough to have Tama worried even more. "Tell me Kai Toshiki, even if you do beat Ruko, how will you know that Tama and her will be able to reconcile?"

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Haven't you realized it yet?" Iona replied "You may have earned an advantage in the battlefield, but Ruko has decided to close herself off from everything else. Like she said before, I won't accept her wish to confront Mayu, but in return, she's given me the chance to battle endlessly, even if its not for the reason I originally intended when I became her LRIG."

"Even so," Kai murmured before turning his attention to Ruko "How do you know if tainting other Selector's wishes will truely free them from Mayu?"

"I don't," she replied "But even so, that's the only way I know how I can free them and I can't let you or anyone else stop me." She then turned her gaze down to Iona for a brief moment before looking back at Kai and beginning her turn.

"Iona, grow!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Descent of the Reversed)*

Kai's eyes widened in surprise as did Tama's and everyone else's from the tower in the background. This was certainly an unexpected turn as the maximum level for an LRIG was normally Level 4. Unless she was planning on just switching Iona's forms at the same Level, there didn't seem like much of a point to doing that manuever. However, Iona's growing smile only increased even further as a large column of darkness suddenly erupted from Ruko's LRIG space, engulfing the LRIG herself.

"The ultimate form of darkness, brought to its highest growth from my pain, my sorrow and despair, descend now and show Kai that he shouldn't have been part of this calamity! Appear, Level 5!"

"Level 5?!"

As Kai looked on in shock and surprise, the darkness faded from Ruko's table revealing Iona in her newly changed form. Whilst her outfit had gotten skimpier, she now had a larger extra row of wings present beneath the ones she already on her back. A black ring with several spikes pointing inwards was now present behind her back whilst the tip of her spear was now adorned in a crimson red colour. Ruko glanced across towards Kai, with more determination now present in her expression.

"Iona, Ultima/Maiden!"

"Ultima/Maiden?!" Kai gasped. Tama could only look up at Iona, now even more worried about what had appeared before her. Before she could murmur something, she looked down at her right hand and suddenly froze up. It appeared to be trembling, whether she realized it or not.

What is Tama feeling?! she thought in panic Tama hasn't felt like this before since... Since... She couldn't find anymore words to describe how she was feeling in the presence of both Ruko and Iona before them. The newly changed LRIG smiled as a dark aura suddenly surrounded her before she thrust her spear into the ground, sending a shockwave across the battlefield hitting all 3 of Kai's SIGNI head on.

"What is this?!" he demanded.

"With her ability," Ruko explained "Both of us for the rest of the battle, starting from now can only have 1 SIGNI on the field at a time and we can now each only draw 1 card at the start of each of our turns." Kai could only groan as he placed all the SIGNI cards he had in play but Goddra into his Trash Pile as the SIGNI themselves left the field as a result of the shockwave that Iona's spear had sent out. Suddenly something sparked inside of him as he clutched his chest in pain, almost falling face forwards onto the table. Tama who had snapped out of her fear frozen daze looked up and saw this.

"Is Kai alright?!" she called. Kai didn't respond as he glared back at Iona, trying to figure out about why this suddenly happened.

How is this possible?! he thought Iona's abilities are somehow resonating with the seed fragment stuck inside of me. That can't be possible, unless...

"Look at you, kneeling to me already," the LRIG smirked, interrupting his thoughts. Kai snapped out of his demanor and looked back at both her and Ruko with a far more serious glint in his eyes.

"How is it..." he groaned "That you have Link Joker's power coursing through you?!"

This statement was more than enough to get not just Tama, but Yuzuki and Hitoe to gasp out loud, now greatly concerned about the current scenario given from what they were told of before. Chiyori and Eldora looked over to the two, wondering about why they were like this.

"What's the deal with all that?" Chiyori asked.

"If what Kai says is true," Yuzuki answered "Then Ruko is in serious trouble!"

"Kai told us that he once nearly destroyed his own world with Link Joker," said Hitoe "But if our friend has that same power..." She couldn't find anymore words to describe the scenario she was trying to draw up in her head. For the moment though, she knew that she could only watch and pray that Kai could do something to get her friend out of this. Back onto the battlefield, Ruko continued on with her turn.

"I now use the ARTS Death Beam to banish your last SIGNI!" she declared. A beam suddenly shot of the revealed card striking Goddra head on, removing her from the battle and moving the card itself to Kai's Ener Zone before Ruko summoned another Code Maze Skyju to the field in front of Iona.

"Attack." The SIGNI charged up a beam of pure white energy before firing it directly at Dragonic Overlord the End, engulfing the dragon in a massive explosion. Kai's second to last Life Cloth revealed Seal Dragon, Artpique allowing him to draw another card. Ruko then turned her attention to Iona before motioning her to attack without saying anything more. Iona nodded and held out the point of her spear, charging up an energy based attack of some sort before thrusting the weapon forward. A spear made of pure energy flew towards Overlord, but Kai quickly slapped down a card in front of it.

"Servant O2!" he called. The SIGNI appeared in front of Dragonic Overlord to take the hit as Iona's attacked pierced right through her before it faded just short of the dragon. Servant O2 fell downwards in a deathly like state before vanishing from the battlefield altogether.

"Turn end."

(End Music)

Kai vs Ruko

End of Turn 9

Hand - 0 : 3

Life Cloths - 1 : 0

Current LRIGs - Dragonic Overlord the End : Iona, Ultima/Maiden

SIGNI: EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY : EMPTY - Code Maze, Skyju - EMPTY

Ener - 2 : 7

Kai slowly gathered his composure together as he began his turn. With Iona's ability restricting both the amount of cards he could draw each turn and the number of SIGNI he could have in play, things were looking grim. That power definitely felt like it was from Link Joker he thought But, Ruko doesn't seem like she affected in any way. She can't be reversed or else I would have sensed that. That was when everything that was going through his thoughts clicked into place. Unless, Ruko is somehow restraining that power in Iona's LRIG card. He then glanced across towards Ruko who in turn glanced back towards him.

"Ruko!" he called "I'll make you see that you don't have to follow that path of solitude with that power!"


And there we go! I decided to add a different spin to handling Iona's Level 5 form in this story (I mean come on, who thought at first glance before the actual debut in Selector Spread Wixoss that looked somewhat like a Яeverse unit). Anyway, the climax to this long battle is coming up in the very next chapter. Don't forget to follow, favourite and/or leave a review. Until then!

*This soundtrack plays when Kai uses Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion's Limit Break in Episode 67.

*This soundtrack plays when Яeverse Takuto demonstrates Mobius Breath Dragon's Lock Ability in Episode 127.