Hello again everyone! Before we get into today's chapter, I'll go ahead and answer another question.

Q1: catboy97 - Are you eventually going to add in the new Cross/Heaven mechanic and the new Resona SIGNI type in this story?

A: Well, you've brought up an interesting subject. However, I'm afraid all of the already existing Wixoss cards in the story will go up to WXD-08 Black Will and WX-05 Beginning Selector (maybe Fortune Selector if I can think of something for Tawil) meaning the cards you mentioned won't be included. I'm mainly going along with that in order to stay true with most of the cards that were at least featured in Selector Spread Wixoss.

Well, with that answered, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

EDIT: 12/03/2015 - Thank you for pointing out that naming error guest 97 (man, I've been rusty with keeping check of the right card names lately).


Just outside the City Park...

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Profane Wish)

"Ruko?"

'Yuzuki' could not believe her eyes. She and 'Kazuki' had known from both Ruko's grandmother and brother that the Selector standing before them had gone missing previously. And here she was, standing before both her and Aichi, having noticed about the cardfighter's sudden awareness of both the alive LRIGs and the Selector Battles. Ruko herself kept her gaze on Aichi who didn't know really about what to say to her. He then looked at 'Yuzuki' before looking over at Ruko and then Iona, whose serious gaze had almost made him flinch.

"Do you two know each other?" he asked. The Selector gave a single nod in response to his answer.

"If I heard right, then you must be Aichi," she said "Another one who is almost exactly the same as Kai Toshiki."

"You've seen Kai-kun?!" he gasped "Then do you know where I can find him?!"

"That won't be necessary," replied Iona, earning a confused look from the cardfighter. "We've already faced Kai once before and defeated him." The LRIG after saying that fumed in her head, remembering that the battle had actually been interrupted, unbeknowst to her was actually from Aichi's arrival. However, she did keep in mind that Kai had actually admitted that he had still been defeated. Aichi himself however was shocked to hear that Kai had 'apparently' been beaten by the Selector now standing before him, wondering what had now become of his friend. Meanwhile, Ruko had turned her attention back to 'Yuzuki' with several thoughts on her mind.

"I haven't seen you in a while," she said, pausing for a moment before mentioning an all too familiar name. "Hanayo."

"Huh?" Now Aichi was confused, having only been familiar with the name on the LRIG cards during his earlier battle. Why had Ruko suddenly called 'Yuzuki' that name out of the blue? Little did he know, the answer to that thought was about to become clear.

"Ruko... has a very good reason for calling me out on that," she explained "The truth is, I'm actually Yuzuki's former LRIG, Hanayo. The reason Kazuki sees me as 'Yuzuki' is because I'm inhabiting her body."

"B... but, if you're inside Yuzuki's body," murmured Aichi "Then where's the real Yuzuki?!" At this point, as Hanayo could only look down and gather her thoughts together, Ruko had decided to answer out for her.

"Yuzuki is inside an LRIG card belonging to... an old friend," she answered "As for Hanayo, she took over her body in order to fufill a certain wish she had." She then suddenly paused, wondering if it would be right to tell Aichi about what Yuzuki had originally wished for. Having then paused on the subject for long enough, Ruko then turned her attention back to him before Iona decided to speak out for her.

"Well then," the LRIG spoke "Are you willing to battle him?" Before Aichi or Hanayo could do or say anything in response, the Selector noticed the look of suprise and confusion present on his expression. It felt familiar somewhat, like when she was first trying to understand everything about the Selector Battles whilst she still had Tama. Maybe there was something about him compared to Kai that she could understand more about. Making a decision, Ruko looked down at Iona for a brief moment before walking over to Aichi.

"I won't battle you Aichi, in the hope that you'll understand everything," she said.

"What do you mean?" he asked. Ruko said nothing more before glancing back at Hanayo. "If he is like Kai, you need to tell him everything so that he shouldn't be involved in all of this."

She then walked away from the pair, disappearing once again into the city streets. Ruko suddenly clasped herself in pain for a brief moment before shaking her head to ignore whatever had bothered her just now, thankful that Aichi had not noticed. The cardfighter could only look on as he watched her walk off, wondering about what she was talking about. At this point, Hanayo joined him, wondering about almost exactly the same thing. Her concern however was more directed towards Yuzuki herself and how she was holding up, feeling guilty about what had happened between them back then. Deciding to worry about it later, she turned her attention back to Aichi who didn't know what exactly to say to her.

"Hanayo," he murmured "What exactly did Ruko want me to understand?"

"She wanted me to tell you everything about the Selector Battles," she answered "By my guess from what she was saying, this Kai must have somehow shaken her up."

"But I thought that girl in the card she was holding said they beat him," replied Aichi.

"What you saw Ruko hold was an alive LRIG, in this case Iona," Hanayo explained "That is proof alone that she herself is a Selector. But I can't help but wonder what has happened to that other LRIG she had."

"Ruko had a different LRIG before?" he asked.

"Yes, her name is Tama from what I recall," she replied before realizing something. "Say Aichi, didn't you say we were going to the park after we heard your friend scream from?"

"Ah, I forgot!" Aichi gasped, having realized that they were supposed to be looking for Naoki whose scream he remembered hearing earlier.

"I'll tell you about the Selector Battles later," said Hanayo "For now, we should find this Naoki you mentioned."

Nodding in agreement with the former LRIG, Aichi and Hanayo of them quickly set off into the park to find the Narukami user, unaware of the predicament he was already in. Either way, he was hoping that his friend was alright.

(End Music)


Selector Battlefield

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Culimation)

"Grow, Mirurun Femto!"

Back on the battlefield, Akira had already begun her turn by Ener Charging the Spell RAINY from her hand, something that Naoki quickly took note of before a series of flashes changed Mirurun's appearance once again. Nothing really changed in appearance except for the weapon that she wielded. The crossbow had changed into that of an actual bow that Mirurun was now holding vertically in her left arm. Akira smiled that things were going according to plan, so far. She briefly gazed at Naoki before turning her attention to her LRIG deck.

"ARTS, Draw Two!" she called. After the last two cards in her Ener Zone moved to her Trash, she drew an additional two cards from the top of her deck. Her smile increased even further which made Naoki seem less calm than before, not that he wasn't exactly that calm to begin with since the start of the battle.

"Summon and attack!" Three SIGNI by names of Argon, Throrium and Chlorine entered the battlefield before holding out their hands, raining down sparks from above on Naoki's SIGNI. He gasped as he saw all three of them move to his Ener Zone with little effort from the attacks just now. Akira noticed the displeased look on his face and sneered.

"What's wrong Ishida?" she playfully taunted "I thought you were going to put up a fight."

"You...!" he growled.

"But enough about that," she continued "Mirurun, go ahead and strike Kotenka!"

Mirurun giddly spun around in excitement before taking aim at Kontenka with her bow before pulling back on the arrow. Naoki quickly looked back at his hand and to his dismay, he didn't have another Guard SIGNI at the ready to block the attack. The LRIG let go of the arrow which flew towards and struck Kontenka head on directly. Naoki's next Life Cloth revealed Hardship Brawler, Toshu, nothing to help him out this time.

"Turn end."

End of Turn 5

Naoki vs Akira

Hand - 6 : 4

Life Cloths - 4 : 5

Current LRIGs - Jailock Brawler, Kontenka : Mirurun Femto

SIGNI: EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY : Chlorine, Natural Source - Argon, Natural Source - Throrium, Natural Source

Ener - 4 : 0

"Aw, don't be upset Ishida-lun!" called Mirurun in her usual cheery tone "You might not have learned the rules firsthand, but everyone loses sometime-lun!" After a small giggle in a cutesy voice, her response was an angry and annoyed growl from Naoki which made her jump.

"I may not know everything about this game," he replied "But there's no way I'll lose to you and...! Whoever that girl is." Akira just simply smiled under a small huff, not concerned with whatever Naoki had to say. Over in the tower above the battlefield, Eldora could only look down with concern plastered on her face.

"That guy is getting too worked up," she murmured "At this rate, that girl's going to force him into making a reckless mistake."

(End Music)

"Who cares about that!" called Chiyori "I just hope Ishida manages to put on a good battle!" The Selector's LRIG could only shrug her shoulders before she turned her attention back to the battle to see Naoki begin his turn. After drawing his cards, he closed his eyes, thinking about the situation.

Let's see... he thought I have 4 Ener and 8 cards in my hand. I could throw one of them in my Ener for later, but I don't want to screw myself into a bad scenario if my formation gets wrecked again. Now then, who to R... Grow! Darn it, these new terms are getting some used to! Right! I'll just hit Mirurun with everything I've got! All at once!

"Let's grow!" he called "Because of the justice I believe in, I talk with my fists! Manly Grow! Brawler, Big Bang Knuckle Dragon!"

After two cards had moved from his Ener Zone to his trash, a glow enveloped Kontenka, removing him from Naoki's table. In the previous unit's place, a red and white dragon entered the field. It had no wings, only having very large black spikes on its back. A yellow thunderbolt like shape crossed over its chest whilst several yellow spikes were adorned on both the upper leg and lower arm muscles. The dragon also had white hair present on its head along with a mostly red coloured face and two large yellow horns pointing outwards. It roared loudly at Akira, who didn't seem fazed by the sudden appearance, most likely from remembering her previous encounter with Dragonic Overlord.

"Oh..." she mused.

"Um, Aki-lun?" murmured Mirurun.

"It's just another dragon," she replied "Even if it's different from Overlord, then it's of no concern to me." This only resulted in earning an annoyed look Naoki for a brief moment, but he quickly calmed down as he looked down at the card beneath the real Big Bang Knuckle Dragon. He suddenly noticed something familiar and looked back at Akira and Mirurun with a smile of his own.

"Let me show you, I'm not the same guy who started this battle in a panic anymore," he spoke confidently before he held out his hand over the LRIG space.

"Seek mate!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Burning Passion)

As the LRIG space suddenly glowed, both the Selector and LRIG opposing him had their eyes widened in shock and surprise, having not been familiar with it before. Green Gem Carbuncle, Wildclock Dragon, Heavy Trailer Dragon and Guld exited his Trash and returned to the top of his deck. A file of light scanned through the deck until it reached a certain card which was pulled straight out into Naoki's hand.

"Big Bang Slash!" he called "Legion!"

As he placed the card beside Big Bang Knuckle's card on the LRIG space, a blue dragon that also had no wings appeared alongside the unit in question. It had spikes littered all over its body, mostly in a silverish colour along with several smaller yellow spikes. Unlike Big Bang Knuckle, Slash had black hair flowing from its head and silverish spikes on the back. The two dragons roared in unison as the Legion symbol appeared to all for a brief moment.

"What the hell?!" gasped Akira "Since when did this Legion ever exist?!"

"Well, I suppose there's a first time for everything," Mirurun muttered under her breath.

"Legion Skill!" called Naoki "Big Bang Knuckle's Especial Counterblast!" After he looked closely at the card's condition, he quickly glanced back at Akira. "Oh yeah, and Exceeding 1 too!" After moving the only two cards from his Ener Zone to his Trash along with Sogo's card moving to the LRIG Trash from beneath the Legion on the table, both Big Bang Knuckle Dragon and Big Bang Slash Dragon were enveloped in a yellow aura as they smashed their fists together before glancing over towards Akira's SIGNI.

"With this, I'm not aiming for Mirurun this turn," Naoki explained "But I'm taking out all of your SIGNI at once with one attack!"

"All of them?!" gasped Mirurun.

"That's right!" he replied "Because of this, if you want to fully block my attack, you'll have to Guard for each individual target."

"Keh," spat Akira "So your LRIG can attack my full formation this turn. No matter."

"Summon!" Naoki quickly refilled his empty formation with Wildfist Dragon, another Big Bang Slash Dragon and Armed Brawler, Kohiko who all appeared alongside and in front of the Legion pair. He then turned his attention to said Legion pair.

"Let's do this!" he called.

"Right!" the two dragons replied.

"Big Bang Knuckle, Big Bang Slash, Mach Attack!" Naoki declared. The two Brawler Dragons roared loudly before charging across the battlefield towards all three of the SIGNI on Akira's table. They split off from one another, going after different targets. Big Bang Knuckle leaped up into the air and thrust his left fist, covered in sparks right into Throrium who vanished from the battlefield. Big Bang Slash had chosen to run across towards Chlorine before pouncing right on top of said SIGNI with both of its front claws. After Chlorine has vanished from the table, both dragons bumped their closest fists into one another before combining their attack to deal a devastating combined punch into Argon. All three SIGNI cards entered Akira's Ener Zone whilst the Selector still seemed smug about the result.

"Too bad," she sneered "All that hard work and Mirurun doesn't even get a hit."

"Wildfist attacks!" Naoki declared.

"What are you talking about? You've already attacked with your LRIG so..." Her confident smug reply suddenly faded when she heard Wildfist Dragon dashing across the battlefield towards Mirurun before leaping into the air and landing a large punch on the LRIG's bow that was held out in front, enough to send her flying backwards into the air for a moment before landing on her back. Before Akira could even question what had just happened, the other Big Bang Slash and Kohiko charged towards Mirurun. Kohiko thrust his fist forward in mid air, shower several sparks over the LRIG before Big Bang Slash pounced right on top of her. After their attacks were finished, they retreated back to Naoki's table. The 3 Life Cloths that were crushed had been SHORT, Helium, Natural Source and Neon, Natural Source Princess which allowed Akira to draw another card.

(End Music)

"How the hell was that possible?!" she yelled "Your LRIG already attacked so your turn should have already ended!"

"Huh?" Naoki's eyes widened in confusion before it suddenly hit him. The rules that he didn't know firsthand should have prevented his other SIGNI from attacking after his LRIG attack. Staring around the table in confusion, he looked back at Big Bang Knuckle's card, suddenly realizing that everything was just fine.

"Well, how did you cheat your way out of this?!" Akira barked.

"Um... I guess I didn't notice," murmured Naoki "But using Big Bang Knuckle's effect swapped the order of my attack steps. Eheh."

"Seriously?!" gasped Mirurun.

"Hey, it's not my fault for not knowing how the attack order worked properly!" he replied before huffing for a moment. "Turn end!"

End of Turn 6

Naoki vs Akira

Hand - 5 : 5

Life Cloths - 4 : 2

Current LRIGs - Brawler, Big Bang Knuckle Dragon (Legioned with Brawler, Big Bang Slash Dragon) : Mirurun Femto

SIGNI: Brawler, Big Bang Slash Dragon - Armed Brawler, Kohiko - Brawler, Wildfist Dragon : EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY

Ener - 0 : 6

"Not bad," Eldora murmured "I wasn't expecting him to have something that could attack all of that girl's SIGNI at once whilst allowing his SIGNI to go for direct attacks afterwards."

"So cool!" called Chiyori "I though Kai's Vortex Dragon was something for that kind of move, but that was amazing! Go Ishida!"

Back on the field, Akira was still in disbelief from Naoki's unexpected counterattack somehow allowing him to temporarily 'break' one of the rulings of a Wixoss Battle and now, she wasn't just annoyed from that, she was fuming. Mirurun who had recovered from the beating of Naoki's Brawler Dragons on the previous turn could only glance behind her and sigh a little.

"Yep, she's lost it," she murmured to herself, quiet enough so her Selector wouldn't hear.

"That was a lucky shot, Ishida!" she growled "But even so, Aki-lucky will bring your lucking out to an end! Draw!" After eyeing the cards closely, her expression changed once again. This time, her trademarked sneer had returned along with Naoki's uncomfortable reaction upon noticing. She dropped Actinium, Natural Source in her Ener Zone before turning her glance towards Mirurun.

"Observe, this is Mirurun's true power!" she called "Grow, Yocto!"

Aside from the largest star that was present in her hair growing even larger, Mirurun's appearance did not change completely aside from her bow's style of swirls changing ever so slightly. Some of it was to do with increased swirls and a different aspect was the point of the arrow she intended to fire right at Big Bang Knuckle Dragon. Two silverish SIGNI known simply as Nickel, Natural Source appeared to the left and right of the LRIG whilst in front of Mirurun, Helium, Natural Source entered the battlefield.

"And ARTS!" Akira continued "Mind Mines!" After moving one of the remaining 4 cards in her Ener Zone to her trash, she glanced over towards Naoki's deck before pointing right at it.

"Now then," she sneered "Let's see what Aki-lucky will pick out of that strange deck of yours today." A blinding blue glow suddenly engulfed Naoki's main deck as he gasped from seeing cards fly out of it, until the flash had stopped at a certain card. As he was about to reach for it, it suddenly brought the card straight into Akira's hand in an instant. The remaining cards suddenly rearranged themselves within random parts of his deck.

"O... Oi!" he called "What did you do?!"

"It's simple," she replied "I searched through the top cards of your deck until I could snatch away one of your Spells."

"Spells? But I don't have any..." Naoki suddenly looked at his hand and then gasped. He remembered seeing a few cards with Spell imprinted in their borders, but he never bothered to look at them beforehand. Now he was reeling for not thinking about it earlier.

"Too bad for you!" Akira continued "Don't mind if I use that Spell of yours for an extra card? Oh wait, I just did." Upon playing Naoki's stolen Jetting Knowledge, she drew a single card before the Spell reset itself in the cardfighter's Trash Pile.

"Also, Aki-lucky's totally not close to finished yet," she spoke "I'll use Rainy to draw another 3 cards and discard 1." After performing the action mentioned, she turned her attention her SIGNI.

"Attack!"

Naoki could only groan as his SIGNI were quickly overwhelmed by Akira's two Nickels along with Helium as their cards moved over to his Ener Zone. Mirurun then took aim with her bow and pointed it at both Big Bang Knuckle Dragon and Big Bang Slash Dragon before letting go of the charged arrow and allowing it to soar towards both. The dragons braced for the impact as the arrow struck in between them, the explosion and shockwave enough to knock them both off balance as Naoki's next Life Cloth revealed another copy of Jetting Knowledge, glowing to indicate the Life Burst.

"Yes!" he called "I um... how do I Ener Charge?" His answer was soon given as the top card of his deck, Brawler, Big Bang Slash Buster was moved to his Ener Zone to which he then realized how it worked. Regardless though, Akira's smugness hadn't dropped one bit.

"Turn end."

End of Turn 7

Naoki vs Akira

Hand - 5 : 4

Life Cloths - 3 : 2

Current LRIGs - Brawler, Big Bang Knuckle Dragon (Legioned with Brawler, Big Bang Slash Dragon) : Mirurun Yocto

SIGNI: EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY : Nickel, Natural Source - Helium, Natural Source - Nickel, Natural Source

Ener - 5 : 2

"Okay, keep it together," Naoki muttered to himself. I'm still ahead by one of those face-down cards, but that part where she stole my Spell was unexpected. I need to be careful or this might not end well.


City Park

Aichi and Hanayo continued wandering around the park, searching for Naoki in the hopes of finding him. So far today, they hadn't had any luck by only having a brief run in with both Ruko and Iona, the LRIG of which claimed to have defeated Kai before. Aichi was still curious as to how that was and what they meant by Selector. He remembered Hanayo mentioning he would tell him later, but decided to ignore pondering on that for the moment. Eventually, after a few more moments, he stopped and gasped. Hanayo stopped alongside him and saw the sight for herself, also being surprised but in a more different light. There, standing before them was Naoki, Chiyori and Akira in a frozen, sleep like state.

"Naoki-kun!" called Aichi "Are you alright?!" No response was given from the seemingly sleeping Narukami user. Hanayo came forward to explain the details.

"I'm not sure how this is possible," she explained "But your friend has somehow managed to enter the battlefield where the Selector Battles take place."

"So that's where they're held?" he murmured. She gave a single nod before glancing over towards Akira, a glance of discomfort present, having not forgotten about Yuzuki's battle against her. But before either of them could think of anything, a loud call of surprise and shock had caught their attention.

"Aichi?!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: PSY Qualia)

Aichi's ears twitched and his eyes widened. This was a voice he was hoping to hear again after his abrupt disappearence from his home world. He turned around to find the source of the voice from the person he had been looking for ever since he arrived in this world. There at last, was Kai Toshiki, seemingly unhurt and in surprise from the sudden turn of events leading to their reuniting.

"Kai-kun!" cried Aichi "You're okay!" Kai nodded to afirm the Royal Paladin user's relief before glancing over towards Hanayo, he himself already aware of the body switch that occured from Yuzuki's wish being granted.

"So you're Hanayo," he spoke.

"And you're Kai Toshiki," she replied "I've heard quite a lot of things about you and I'm guessing, you already heard from Yuzuki by the sound of things, somehow."

"That is correct," he replied before looking back in Aichi's direction.

"Kai-kun," said Aichi "What happened when you got here?! Please tell us!"

"There will be time for that," he spoke before glancing towards the issue at hand. "More importantly, how is Ishida inside the battlefield?!"

"Um..." Aichi murmured, unaware of everything that happened from Naoki's end "It's a long story for my end as well. But shouldn't we find a way inside?"

"That won't be an issue," replied Kai before he reached into his pocket and held out Tama's card towards Naoki.

"Get close!" he called. Aichi and Hanayo nodded in agreement before walking to join Kai on either side at a close distance as he kept his gaze trained upon Naoki, Chiyori and Akira.

"Open!" he called as a flash brought them to the battlefield that awaited them.

(End Music)


Selector Battlefield

Chiyori and Eldora stood inside the top floor of the tower that stood above the battlefield. They were anxious to see if Naoki could keep up the pressure that he had previous managed to dish out on Akira when Big Bang Knuckle's ability to swap the attack steps caught the Selector off guard. Before either of them could think of anything else, a bright glow from behind them caught their attention as they saw Aichi, Kai and Hanayo emerge from the bright light. Aichi clutched his head in dizziness, having not been used to travelling to the battlefield before, though he quickly shook it off as he found his sense of balance again.

"Oi, Kai!" called Chiyori "Have you come to watch as well?! And who's this boy you've brought along?!" Before Aichi could introduce himself to the younger Selector, everyone could hear Tama yawning all the way over, from Kai's pocket. He reached in gently and brought out Ruko's former LRIG before everyone present on the tower floor. Even Aichi was surprised, having not met the LRIG before.

"Her name is Tama," Kai explained "She is the former LRIG of someone I've been trying to get her back to."

Once Tama had woken up, she looked all around her surroundings from sitting in the palms of Kai's hands. She looked up at Aichi at first and then glanced back up at Kai, seemingly confused.

"Who is that person Tama is seeing?" she asked.

"I'm Sendou Aichi," the Royal Paladin user replied kindly before bowing in respect to her. "Pleased to meet you, Tama!" Tama gave a big smile towards Aichi, she seemed to take a liking to him already.

"Tama likes Aichi!" she called happily before making some incoprehensible noises, sounding like that of a cat, much to the confusion of everyone present, except for Kai and Hanayo. Eldora cleared her throat with an "Ahem!" to get everyone's attention over to the situation at hand.

"S... Sorry for forgetting about you!" called Aichi "Um... What is your name?"

"No need to worry," the LRIG replied "I'm Eldora and I believe you came to see what was going on down here."

"That's correct," said Hanayo "It's about this Naoki I've heard of."

"Legion Skill!" Naoki's loud declaration had caught everyone's attention, bringing them back over to the windowsill of the tower. Kai gently lowered Tama down onto the ledge so she could walk over and watch alongside Eldora. Whilst Kai and Hanayo could only glance down at Naoki to wonder how he was getting on, Chiyori quickly introduced herself to Aichi, calling him the third 'boy Selector' she met in a row, much to a sweatdrop from the cardfighter's confusion. Nonetheless, they too turned their attention to the battlefield, curious as to how things would turn out.

"Let's go!" called Naoki. But before Big Bang Knuckle and Slash could strike, Akira turned a glance to her LRIG deck.

"ARTS, Don't Move!" she called as a sudden blizzard blew over two of Naoki's new SIGNI, both of which Armed Brawler, Kohiko. Their cards suddenly downed themselves, preventing the Narukami user from attacking with them this turn. The only one that was unaffected was Wildfist Dragon who was in front of a Nickel and was too weak to take out the SIGNI on its own. Naoki gritted his teeth as he prepared himself to continue his attacks.

"Legion Attack!" he declared. As the two dragons moved towards Akira's SIGNI, she sneered and shrugged as their attacks took out both Nickels and Helium effortlessly.

"Wildfist!" The only upped SIGNI charged towards Mirurun and pounced onto her bow. The LRIG struggled for a moment as the next Life Cloth, Servant O appeared, allowing Akira to Ener Charge before Mirurun herself shook off Wildfist as the dragon then charged back towards Naoki's table.

"Turn end," he muttered.

End of Turn 8

Naoki vs Akira

Hand - 4 : 4

Life Cloths - 3 : 1

Current LRIGs - Brawler, Big Bang Knuckle Dragon (Legioned with Brawler, Big Bang Slash Dragon) : Mirurun Yocto

SIGNI: Brawler, Wildfist Dragon - Armed Brawler, Kohiko - Armed Brawler, Kohiko : EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY

Ener - 4 : 5

"Just one hit on my Life Cloths, is that all?" she sneered "Even for someone who's almost like Kai, just as I said earlier, you're no threat to me or Ulith."

"No threat? What do you mean?!" he replied.

"That's the point," spoke Akira "Once I've dealt with you and those others, Ren, Leon and Aichi, Kai will be nothing more than easy pickings. How about we put him out of his misery, Mirurun?"

"Sure, Aki-lun-lun!" the LRIG replied giddly. The Selector then sneered as two words no one had expected her to use suddenly came out of her mouth.

"Final Turn!"

"Huh?!" cried Naoki. Everyone up in the tower, except for Kai gasped out loud at this sudden declaration. Aichi in particular was most shocked about this turn of events, but there was something else she mentioned that had him confused, how had she known about him? Of course, only Akira herself had the answer to that question. Kai meanwhile could only gaze down at Akira, having not seen her since his battle with her, wondering if she really intended to end the battle here and now as she just declared. Back on the field after drawing her cards, the Selector could only smirk which didn't make Naoki feel any more calmer.

"Tell me Ishida," Akira spoke "Did you think you were the only one to have had strange looking SIGNI?"

"Um... no," he murmured.

"Well then," she replied "Allow me to show you the recent addition to my deck that will give me an edge against Kai. Summon, Tidal Assault!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Onslaught of the Quatre Knights)*

Naoki could only gasp as he suddenly recognized the name of that unit as it appeared onto the battlefield to the right of Mirurun, now opposing Wildfist Dragon. He knew there was only one cardfighter that unit belonged to and that was Leon, but Akira according to what she had said earlier didn't run into him.

"H... how did you get an Aqua Force unit?!" he gasped.

"It's not that common if I'm perfectly blunt," Akira spoke "Ever since Kai arrived here, some packs of Wixoss cards hold these strange SIGNI, though I don't recall seeing any yellow cards among them. Not that it matters though." Her smile suddenly became far more malicious as she suddenly revealed Chlorine, Flourine, Helium and Neon before discarding them into her trash pile. She then placed down a Spell card known as SHORT which as it suggested, rained down several bolts of lightning onto both copies of Kohiko, eleminating them both from the battle.

"And now," she continued "ARTS, Fortune Five!" After revealing the ARTS, the top five cards of her deck moved over to the very front of the table and revealed themselves as Nickel, Helium, Fluorine, Neon and Uranium. Upon seeing what she had achieved just now, Akira burst into a fit of hysterical laughter before pointing a finger towards Wildfist Dragon as it vanished from the battle, its card moving over to Naoki's Ener Zone. The Narukami user could only clench his teeth as he saw Akira draw another card.

"Finally, I'll use Salvage to add back Neon who I'll now summon with another Tidal Assault!" Both the previous SIGNI along with a second Tidal Assault both in front of and to the left of Mirurun.

"Tsk!" groaned Naoki "Am I really about to lose it here?!" He then looked back at his hand and shook his head in disbelief. No! I can't start thinking about that now! There's gotta be something I can do! Like that ARTS she used when I attacked! Upon thinking of that, he suddenly gasped as he remembered when he briefly skimmed over his cards when he discovered they had readapted to Wixoss. There was one card he noticed by name and its cost, but he didn't bother to pay attention to its effect. Now he felt was a good time to rely on a gamble and hope it would help.

"A... ARTS!" he called "Spark Crash!" Upon reading the card more closely now, he glanced back at Akira.

"By paying 3 Yellow," he explained "You have to force one of your own SIGNI off the battlefield."

"Fine by me," Akira replied smugly "That doesn't matter to me at all." She simply placed Neon's card in her trash, causing the SIGNI to vanish in a flurry of sparks. Naoki wasn't exactly happy with the result, having hoped for her to get rid of one of her two Tidal Assaults instead, having been weary about them.

"My first Tidal Assault attacks!" she declared. The Tidal Assault on Akira's left charged towards Big Bang Slash Dragon before slashing away at it with both of its energy swords. Naoki grimaced as he noticed a fourth copy of Kohiko enter his Ener Zone from that first attack.

"Tidal's ability," Akira spoke "I pay 1 Blue, decrease his power by 4000 until the end of your next turn and Up him for another attack!"

Tidal Assault: 5000 - 1000

Tidal Assault quickly leaped back into the air and this time took aim at Big Bang Knuckle Dragon, slashing away at the dragon like before with Big Bang Slash. The dragon stumbled a little from the brawl, but remained upright. Brawler, Big Bang Slash Buster's card entered Naoki's Ener Zone as a result of the successful attack.

"My other Tidal Assault attacks!"

Just like before, the second Tidal Assault took aim at Big Bang Slash dealing out a massive number of slashes upon the blue dragon of the Legion Pair. Naoki could only groan as he watched on in horror.

"Darn it!" he groaned "I can't give up now! There's got to still be something I can do!" He watched on as he noticed his final Life Cloth, Brawler, Heavy Trailer Dragon enter his Ener Zone. Upon noticing the card glowing, he drew his card. When he looked at it however, his eyes widened. His thoughts were interrupted as he noticed Tidal Assault standing again for another attack.

"Oh well," Akira smirked "It's been enjoyable watching you struggle, but it's the end of the line. Tidal Assault, final attack!" As the Aqua Force unit leaped up into the air, Naoki quickly reached out for one of the cards in his hand and slapped it onto the table.

"Hardship Brawler, Toshu!" he called out loud "Quintet Wall!"

"What the?!" Before Akira could finish her reply, a male figure suddenly appeared in front of Big Bang Knuckle Dragon and produced a green circle in front of him. Five cards from Naoki's deck revealed themselves to be two copies of Big Bang Knuckle Buster, two copies of Green Gem Carbuncle and a single copy of Jetting Knowledge, more than enough to block Tidal Assault's attack. Akira could only groan upon realizing what this meant.

This guy still had one of those Quintet Wall things?! she thought But...

"Mirurun, finish him!"

Mirurun flashed a smile before taking aim at the Legion Pair once again, pulling back on the arrow inside of her bow. This time, Naoki was fully prepared with a response to this attack.

"Guld!" he called.

As the Wyvern Guard appeared in front of Big Bang Knuckle and Slash with a large green circle, Mirurun could only lower her bow in both disappointment and annoyance. After Guld had vanished from the battlefield, Akira could only growl at what had happened.

"Impossible...!" she groaned "I cleared away his field and yet, I only hit him, three times?!"

(End Music)

"Naoki held on!" gasped Aichi.

"As expected," murmured Kai "Akira hasn't changed much from our last battle, even if coining Final Turn made any difference."

"Wait..." said Hanayo "You battled Akira?"

"That is correct," he replied "Akira was the first opponent I faced in this world. Although, she seems more dangerous when she is outside of the battles themselves." Kai grimaced on that thought, remembering her berserk attempt to wound him with her knife after their battle. He then glanced down the tower with the others present towards Naoki, with the knowledge that he had everything he now needed to end this battle.

"Phew," sighed the Narukami user as he sweated a little from the sudden wave of relentless attacks. He then glanced back towards Akira before beginning his turn, his confidence having finally returned to him. After glancing over to his Ener Zone in which three cards moved to his Trash, he looked towards the LRIG space.

"Scorching soul! Smash everything with your steel fists!" he called out loud "Grow! Brawler, Big Bang Knuckle Buster!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Legion!)*

In a blinding yellow glow, Big Bang Slash vanished from the LRIG space whilst Big Bang Knuckle's appearance slightly changed. The dragon now had much more larger golden armour along with a strange blue gem embedded in the middle of its chest. It roared loudly at Mirurun who now had the feeling that things on her end were now not looking so good. Naoki held his hand towards the LRIG space, just as he did before.

"Seek Mate!"

All four copies of Armed Brawler, Kohiko exited Naoki's Trash Pile and went straight back into his deck before a file of light scanned through the cards, giving the Narukami user the SIGNI he needed.

"King of striking who cuts through the air at a high speed! Brawler, Big Bang Slash Buster! Legion!"

As the symbol lit up to all once again, Big Bang Slash had also returned to the LRIG space, this time with even more gold armour and like Big Bang Knuckle Buster, had also recieved a strange blue gem embedded on the middle of its chest. Akira could only growl at the predicament she was now in.

"You...!" she growled.

"Legion Skill!" called Naoki "Paying 1 and sending another copy of Big Bang Knuckle Buster beneath my Legion." A golden aura surrounded the two dragons as they powered up from the effect. "Just like before, not only are the SIGNI and LRIG attack steps switched this turn, but now I can attack all of your SIGNI and Mirurun at the same time! Summon!" Two Wildclock Dragons and a single Heavy Trailer Dragon appeared all around the Legion pair as Akira could only grit her teeth from looking over at them.

This... this can't be! First Kai, now this guy?!

"Blow them away, Legion!" Naoki declared "Great Gatling Punch!" Just as the name implied, the two dragons locked their closest fists together in combination for one devastating attack. Their combined power struck the ground, creating a shockwave strong enough to knock Mirurun off balance and knock out both of Akira's Tidal Assaults. The Life Cloth revealed was a Servant O allowing Akira to Ener Charge, but with the next 3 attacks coming her way and with no Quintet Walls of her own to defend with, the result was clear. Naoki having noticed this pressed onwards.

"Let's go everyone!" he called. The SIGNI nodded in reply to his commands and dashed across the battlefield towards Mirurun. Each of their attacks was more than enough to bring the battle to a close as Akira's final Life Cloth wasn't of any help and only two of the attacks were necessary for Naoki to claim victory. The field went dark much to the cardfighter's surprise, telling him that the battle was now over.

(End Music)


City Park

Naoki's eyes widened in surprise when he came to his senses back in park as he saw Akira groveling on her knees, still in disbelief from being defeated by somebody who didn't even know the rules from beforehand. As he heard her quietly rant in a mutter, he glanced all around to find Chiyori standing behind him, this time not alone. He gasped as he saw Aichi and Kai along with Hanayo who had joined them to watch the battle. Naoki was relieved to find his two friends weren't hurt and that things were okay.

"Aichi!" he called "Did you see all that?!"

"Mhm," he replied "You were great out there Naoki."

"So cool!" called Chiyori "Your dragons were all like, punch punch punch and boom! Lightning sparks everywhere!"

"So you're Aichi..." Everyone looked back at Akira once they heard her say it out loud, her angry gaze trailing upon him. Aichi almost flinched, not knowing why exactly she seemed this way, despite the obvious answer. The Selector having noticed Kai among the group then turned her attention to him.

"Kai, don't think I haven't forgotten about what happened between us!" she growled "This won't happen again!" She quickly turned around and ran off out of the park.

"Hey, wait!" called Naoki.

"Leave her be," said Hanayo "Akira is someone you don't really want to be involved in, especially in Selector Battles."

"Oh, I see," he murmured "By the way, I didn't catch your name."

"I'm Hanayo," she replied "You certainly were interesting, Ishida Naoki was it?"

"That's right," he answered "By the way, what did you mean by Selector Battles? Chiyori said something about me being a 'boy Selector'."

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: I Must Stop!)

Hanayo then cleared her throat and proceeded to explain everything that she already knew about the Selector Battles to Aichi and Naoki, the two cardfighters having not been fully familiar around the subject and what was brought among them along with a little note as to who Mayu was. When she had gotten to the part about how the wishes would work in the system, Naoki could only gasp in horror, realizing his victory could have brought harm upon Akira whilst Aichi could only feel sorry for everyone who had their wishes tainted along with those that were now trapped as LRIGs. Kai who had listened in on their conversation couldn't help but look at Hanayo, wondering about something. The former LRIG looked over to him, thinking along the same lines.

"Hanayo," he spoke "If you already knew this much, why didn't you warn Yuzuki?"

"Even if I wanted to," she explained "I had a feeling she wouldn't listen to reason, given how far she was already wanting to go to have her wish granted. If you see her, please tell her I didn't mean for all of this to happen, that she needed to see everything for herself."

"I understand," said Aichi "I'm sure you didn't want to go through with that."

"Well then," Chiyori interrupted "I should probably get going and practice more if I want to face Kai in a Selector Battle. See you around!" She and Eldora waved goodbye to the group as they hurried off into the streets. With the area quiet again, Kai glanced over to Aichi.

"Is Ishida the only one to have come with you?" he asked. Aichi shook his head.

"Leon and Ren came with us," he answered "But we all got seperated."

"It's definitely going to take us some time before we find 'em again," replied Naoki.

"I see," murmured Kai before glancing down at Tama whose card he had been holding onto the entire time. She was more curious about Aichi and Naoki, particuarly the world they came from. Kai didn't explain much about Naoki when he gave a recap of his previous adventures to her, Hitoe and Yuzuki a few days ago and now she had some vague idea of who he was like. Speaking of which, the Narukami user noticed the LRIG and looked down at her.

"Kai, you didn't say you had one of these... uh, LRIGs," he said.

"Her name is Tama," Kai answered.

"Tama says hello!" the LRIG called out. Now Naoki was slightly confused himself.

"Come to think of it," he murmured "Why do you speak in third-person?" Tama blinked a confused look, unsure of what the Narukami user meant by what he had just asked her.

"I already asked her that myself whilst walking around," Kai spoke "Tama appears to have no memory of what she was like before coming into possession of her former Selector, Kominato Ruko."

"You've met Ruko?!" gasped Aichi "I ran into her when I was looking for you and Naoki! She said something about me not being involved in all this. Did she mean the Selector Battles?"

"That is correct," he replied before looking down at Tama for a brief moment. "I'll explain everything whilst we go to the library. I agreed to meet Hitoe and Yuzuki there."

"Then in that case, I'll take my leave," said Hanayo. She then turned around and started walking back to Kazuki and Yuzuki's apartment, but not before taking a quick glance back at Aichi and the others. "I hope our paths will cross again soon." She waved goodbye before walking off into the city streets. Kai then turned back to Aichi and Naoki.

(End Music)

"Now then," he spoke "Shall we get moving?"

"Yeah!" replied Naoki.

"Mhm!" said Aichi as he nodded. The three cardfighters then set off into the streets, heading towards the library where they would hopefully meet up with both Hitoe and Yuzuki who would be waiting for them by now. Little did they know of someone they knew well being closer to where they were heading for than they would be thinking of.


And there we go! So to recap, Aichi and Ruko exchange a brief confrontation, the cardfighter reunites with Kai and Naoki at last, Akira botches up a Final Turn and the three Cardfighters now set off to the library to meet with Ruko's friends. If you're wondering about the Spark Crash ARTS Naoki used in this chapter, then you should know it is an original card designed for his Narukami units and does not exist in the actual game. The full effect of that card is in the card readjustments list (link to which is in my profile). Anyway, hope you've all enjoyed this and I'll see you again next chapter (I think after around more than 15 chapters of the same message at the bottom, everyone should know the jist by now).

*This soundtrack first plays in Episode 169 when Gaillard uses Monarch Sanctuary Alfred's Limit Break.

*This soundtrack first plays in Episode 165 when Kai declares Legion with Seeker, Sacred Wingal and restores Misaki's memories of Aichi.