Hello everyone and welcome back to the special double length chapter that will cover the finale of the Peeping Analyze sub-arc! I hope you enjoy what you see here!


City Hospital Entrance

Ayumu fell to one knee as the cuff detached from Noriko's wrist and reeled back into his device via the cable it was attached to, still shaking from the image that was displayed in his memories. He wanted to deny it had ever existed, given that according to his own perspective, this was the first time in his life that he had even seen such a moment. But at the same time, there were dozens of questions flying around in his head, like why was it unfamiliar and yet so real and why it felt like this memory was almost... six years old. Much like before when he was previously defeated by Ruko, all of the cards in the holster of his device, barring the one representing the clone LRIG spilled out onto the floor before burning up in a series of small dark red embers.

"To think she would even manufacture counterfeit cards as well," Kaen murmured to herself "I see your suspicions on one aspect of Miyako hasn't changed."

Before Noriko could approach Ruko's older brother to further question him, a dark red aura erupted in front of her as it rose up to just a little over her height. A shadow materialized within the darkness as the aura began to disperse, revealing who it was that had travelled over to the place where the battle between the 'Queen' and Ayumu had been declared earlier. Before anyone could question who it was in front of them, Noriko gazed to her left as she saw Kai emerging through the hospital entrance, stopping just a little ways of a distance from the source of the aura.

"This is...!" he muttered before looking to Noriko and then seeing Ayumu as a new glint of fear was displayed in his eyes, one that even the Kagero user had not seen before.

(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Raul Serra Theme)

At last, the aura disappeared to reveal the form of Miyako to all who stood before her very presence, the remaining embers swirling around her before being absorbed into the gemstone of her metal hand.

"So she fixed it up after all," Noriko bluntly said to herself.

"M... mother, I..." Ayumu stuttered in fear.

His response however was met with Miyako walking over to him before grabbing him by the neck with her metallic hand and throwing him across the courtyard and straight down to the ground just a little ways in front of her.

"What is with your incompetence you miserable vermin?!" she growled, her tone becoming venomous on the word 'vermin' as she snatched the clone LRIG card which had fallen to the ground "I will make myself clear in that I shall no longer tolerate another failure! Await my further instructions, then confront my former daughter once more. And this time, bring her two LRIGs... to ME!"

Ayumu, only offering a nod in compliance, nervously tapped a button on the device attached to his wrist and disappeared from the area in a flash of dark red, leaving only Noriko and Kai standing in the presence of the tall woman that stood before the two of them. A howling wind sounded over the area as the Kagero user came alongside the 'Queen', who simply gazed briefly at him before refocusing her attention to Miyako who turned around to face the two of them at last.

"'Fallen' Queen," she spoke "After all these years when we initially presumed you had perished at 'her' hands, you continue to be a thorn in our side." She then gazed upon Kai who seemed curious to the apparent connection between the two of them. "And I see that we meet at last... student of the Clown."

Upon hearing the name that was otherwise addressed to Chaos Breaker Dragon, Noriko glanced harshly at Kai, recalling that in their previous battle he had been struggling to stave off Reverse until the very end. However, the fact that he had his own connections to the Link Joker commander itself had already drawn up further suspicions on her judge of his character, despite the fact that he no longer served Reverse or it in any shape or form. The Kagero user on the other hand was unnerved to discover that Miyako, who he now was face to face with for the very first time, already had prior knowledge of his previous affiliation and as everyone he knew feared, was indeed responsible for Ayumu's change in behaviour since the night all of them had brought Ruko home.

"So you are Ruko's mother," he murmured, narrowing his eyes "Just what is it that you're planning? And what exactly is that clone LRIG you gave to Ayumu?"

The woman brought up her metallic hand towards the right edge of her coat's hood and in one swift motion, tore the large piece of fabric right off, revealing her face to those before her at last. To say that Miyako was harsh enough from her earlier outlook to Ayumu for losing to Noriko was somewhat of an understatement. Her dark brown hair which had unfurled around the back was enough to reach the very end of her coattails and her eyes which shared a similar shade of light brown to her daughter's had a much harsher tone to them. It was a pair of eyes with a gaze that told both Kai and Noriko that she showed utter discomfort for almost anything and anyone that dared to stand before her. What was more unnerving than just Miyako's gaze was the pieces of white coloured metal that were attached to several portions of the front of her hair as well as the edges around the back.

"I had my reasons for utilizing Ayumu," she spoke "However, it seems my vermin requires some further rehabilitation if he wishes to make himself useful to Mayu's cause."

"You're serving Mayu?" Kai murmured.

"She's more than just a servant," Kaen's voice echoed, leading him to glance at the LRIG in the card Noriko held in her hand "That woman... is Mayu's General."

"The rebellious LRIG..." Miyako spoke as she too glanced at the card "I had my initial suspicions when we discovered that your holder was still alive, but I never thought you would have also survived." She then looked back up to Kai. "As for your question, my clone LRIG has been an absolute necessity, recording the data thus far from both Shiro and Kaen for our own purposes. She is no human if were curious, nothing like the wretched vermin of both of our worlds."

"Then why did you have him attack Ruko?!" he demanded.

"That is of little concern," she harshly replied "Ruko had her chance to be beneficial to the 'reset'. But... it seems in the end, she was just like the rest of them. A worthless waste of flesh, who was incapable of fulfilling her role. And yet, she now possesses the girls of black and white."

Whilst Noriko did not utter a emote or a response of some kind to Miyako's words just now, presumably from possibly enduring or seeing whatever previous experiences she had around her, Kai couldn't help but feel a hint of anger flare off inside of him. He knew that there would presumably be some truth from Hatsu's words as to what Miyako may had been like before she had left both Ruko and Ayumu in the elderly relative's care, but the fact that she seemingly had complete disregard for their very existence, referring to them as both 'vermin' and a 'waste of flesh' respectively for whatever reason she had in mind had only confirmed his earlier suspicions about the woman that stood in front of him.

"Kai Toshiki," she spoke once again, this time being enveloped in a familiar dark red aura "When the Clown returns to our domain, I shall deal with you personally. For now, await your former commander's retribution in your final moments."

(End Music)

After she had finished her sentence, her very physical presence was now gone from the hospital entrance leaving only Kai to gaze upon that spot, knowing that there was much in the coming hours that he and his companions had to prepare for. He then looked to his left to see that Noriko was leaving the premises, now seeing that whatever was going on involving Miyako had some ties to her and Kaen as well. She stopped briefly in her footsteps to face him.

"I already told you," she spoke "Unless you defeat me, then I have no intention of revealing anything else about myself to you at all."

"That option is very much still in play," he replied "But if you have any intentions of your own for Ruko..."

"I have no interest in Miyako's daughter," Noriko interrupted "But now that you address her, I will only give you one hint. Look to what happened six years ago. The answers for my involvement in her past lie there."

And with that, the 'Queen' had finally left the entrance to the hospital, leaving Kai on his own with even more questions about the scenario than he had answers. How had Miyako come across Mayu in the first place and became her 'General'? Why was Ruko important for a role she had in mind before discarding her and Ayumu into Hatsu's care? And what did Noriko have to do with the Selector's past six years ago that everyone else was already in the dark about? He knew that when Chaos Breaker would eventually return, just as Ruko's former mother said it would, the time for answers would most certainly come. Realizing that he was now at the hospital, he recalled that Hitoe said Kamui would be here and felt it would be best to investigate the place for the Nova Grappler user's presence.

Before he did so, he looked back to the hospital entrance to see Amika panting as she fell to her knees, clearly out of breath from running all the way over to the very building her mother was resting in. Kai knew from Hitoe's words that the Selector's wish was tainted, putting her ill parent in potential risk whilst the two of them were also unaware of Piruluk's prior and successful efforts to change her wish unknowingly. He walked over towards her in an effort to help her to her feet, only for her to look nervously at him in response.

"W... Who are you...?" she asked.

It's as I thought... the Kagero user murmured in his thoughts Like that 'other' Selector from long before, she has no memory of me, Kiyoi or any of us from having her wish tainted.

"My name is Kai Toshiki," he began, feeling that a re-introduction would be the best way to try and jog her missing memories "And if I recall... your full name is Hashimoto Amika."

"That's right," the former Selector replied "But how did you...?"

"There's no time to explain everything now," Kai replied "Right now, it's possible that your mother's health here might be at risk."

"That's right, I came to check on her...!" she gasped "How did I... forget that?"

"We must hurry. There's no telling on what her current condition may be," he spoke.

Leaping back onto her knees, she immediately made a run for the hospital doors and motioned for him to follow closely. Once the two were inside, they began making their way up the stairs towards the hospital room where Amika's mother was being held. All whilst this was happening, she couldn't help but ponder on something in both her concerned and confused state. Why was Kai's voice familiar to her and why did she feel like trusting him at this instance?


Link Joker Fight Field

Back within the battlefield, both Piruluk and Remember stared off with one another after the former had drawn her two cards to begin the first turn of the battle in Kamui's stead. The latter who was still unconscious because of his worsened injury, remained motionless with the piece of the blue LRIG's garb acting as a bandage of some sorts in an effort to prevent any further bleeding or worse from taking place. Standing on Piruluk's side of the field was Ethics Buster in its strongest, yet damaged form with only two Locks present for the company it had whilst Remember had a field full of Link Joker's forces along with the corrupted Necro Raizer, still acting as a prison for the reawakened spirit of the deceased Sakaguchi Ayumi who also remained motionless for the present moment.

Piruluk herself knew that she was very lucky that Takuto had managed to convince Mayu to give her this one chance to continue the battle in the Nova Grappler user's stead, but she knew she could not be complacent or overconfident at this point. Remember still had a commanding lead, even with the effects of Dark Zodiac's Omega Locks starting to wear off and if she did not do something this turn, there was a chance her formerly trusted LRIG could finish her off now, with the disturbed spirit of the very friend she desperately wanted to save nearly a year ago. She clasped one hand on her chest as she gazed up at the Cyberoid body housing the spirit which remained connected to the main systems of Necro Raizer.

I wish the circumstances between us never came to this she murmured in her thoughts But... if setting your spirit free is one of the only things I can do to make up for my sin... then I will fight on!

"Come, Kiyoi-chan," Remember spoke gently in amusement as she held her three cards tightly.

"Don't underestimate me, even if this isn't my deck," Piruluk replied as she looked to her field "I Ener Charge the Locked Hatred Chaos!"

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Why Not Eliminate the World)

Moving her fingers towards the Locked card, she cringed for a moment as she forced it to the table's Ener Zone as she then looked back into her hand to consider her options. Recalling that Kamui had not used some other ARTS before he blacked out, she took the time to glance through whatever cards he had leftover. Her right eye blinked for an instance as she could see that there were two ARTS he had not used in their previous bout and Remember had claimed she had seen every single card in his deck in the previous battle between them.

"Your predictions were always bold Remember," she spoke as she took out one card from amongst them "I remember that very much from my time as Kiyoi. But... that was only because you schemed to have them come true in your own twisted view with your own hands."

"And what is that supposed to mean?" the former LRIG asked in a hint of sarcasm.

"Nothing is absolute, I understand that now," the blue LRIG replied "And in order to defeat you..." She then revealed the Colourless ARTS Salvage, making Remember go "Ooh" in brief surprise. "I must prove that now! With this ARTS, I add Solar Falcon back to my hand!"

"Bolstering your defences, eh?" she mused "You already know that Necro Raizer can Stand once per turn thanks to its Limit Break." And that's not the only surprise I have in store.

Piruluk chose to ignore her former compatriot's words as she immediately placed down two cards onto the empty SIGNI spaces of the table, causing the units displayed on them to materialize onto the field in front of Ethics Buster. They were Beast Deity, Max Beat who twirled its staff before landing on its feet and Beast Deity, Brainy Papio who had taken up an offensive stance as it glared towards the 'other' Photon that was directly in front of it. Both glowed bright orange as they received a power bonus from the continuous skill of Ethics Buster itself as it stood tall and proud once more in the face of the dark adversary before it.

"Max Beat attacks!" Piruluk declared.

Remember remained motionless as Max Beat easily struck down Nebula Captor with a flash of yellow lightning that came from its staff. Brainy Papio fired a volley of missiles that soared into the air upon Photon as the former LRIG then sneered before revealing a card from her hand.

"Star-vader, Rejection Dragon!" she called.

A roar was heard as a small Cyber Dragon appeared in front of Photon, summoning a green circle in front of it in addition to two copies of Star-vader, Stellar Garage, Barrier Star-vader, Promethium, Mana-shot Star-vader, Neon and a second copy of Rejection Dragon to the defense, easily blocking the attack with ease. Ethics Buster growled for a brief instance before looking down to Piruluk who shared a single nod in agreement.

"Ethics Buster attacks!" she called "Limit Break!"

A large orange Vanguard circle flashed in front of Ethics Buster before it began dashing towards Necro Raizer on its two feet as the corrupted Battleroid took up a defensive stance as Sakaguchi unconditionally held out her arms in front of her face, motioning the cannon arms to protect the cockpit itself. Seeing that Remember was making no effort to guard this attack in the slightest, Piruluk knew she had to take a chance with what she had available to her.

"Twin Drive!" she called, revealing the top card of Kamui's deck as God Eater, Ultimate Sword. Much to her brief displeasure, she immediately place the card on the bottom of her deck. Moving her hand to the top once again, she gazed at it for a brief moment, closing her eyes.

Katsuragi, I've inherited your will to fight to the end she murmured in her thoughts Now for Sakaguchi... and all of the units Remember has captured... please respond!

Opening her eyes once again, Piruluk pulled the top card of her deck and placed it up onto a small space in front of the deck to confirm what she had pulled. It was Beast Deity, Yamatano Drake.

"Ethic Buster's Limit Break activates!" she declared "Paying the cost, I stand Max Beat!"

An orange glow enveloped Max Beat as it took up an offensive stance once again, feeling refreshed despite having made its own attack earlier in the turn. Then, much to Remember's surprise, she watched on as it glanced over to Brainy Papio who also glowed orange and leaped back into the air as its own card upped itself on the table that belonged to Kamui.

"What the...?!" she muttered.

"When Max Beat stands due to a card effect," Piruluk interrupted "By paying the cost, a different Beast Deity stands back up. Furthermore, when Brainy Papio's attack damages Necro Raizer, Max Beat will stand as it is the only target available on my field."

"But the path for it is blocked by Photon!" she called before narrowing her eyes, having not expected the two cards to have such effects in tandem with one another "What are you scheming...?"

"If you knew Katsuragi's entire deck as you claimed, you should already know what is next."

Before Remember had time to answer, she gasped in shock to see a blue aura now enveloping Ethics Buster as it came closer and closer towards Necro Raizer which remained in a defensive stance. She then glanced towards Piruluk to see a similar aura now glowing around the blue LRIG as well, almost as if what little of her own power that she still possessed in this state was being transferred or being synchronized in tandem with the Beast Deity itself.

"Wake up, Sakaguchi!" she cried.

Ethics Buster reeled back a fist as it leaped high into the air before thrusting it as hard as it could in tandem with a large roar straight into the top of the cockpit of Necro Raizer. With a loud clang, it crashed into a screen at the very top, before a large explosion detonated at the top, forcing the Battleroid to retreat as red sparks flew across the Cyberoid body that contained Sakaguchi's spirit as a shrill screech was heard from her. Then, unbeknownst to anyone on the field, Sakaguchi's eyes suddenly closed as a cable suddenly broke off and detached from the frame of the cockpit. At the same time, Kamui's right eye began to stir, if only for just one instance before he remained motionless once more.

"Brainy Papio!"

Upon hearing Piruluk's declaration, Brainy Papio unleashed another volley of missiles, this time that Photon who remained motionless as he allowed them to strike him, banishing them from the field. Remember simply gazed over to the cards that were over on Kamui's table, still trying to find the meaning behind them since she believed she had forced him to waste his trump card, Arc Destruct. However, upon glancing at the LRIG zone and recalling what she saw in the previous battle from the White Room, she immediately realized her mistake.

"C... crap!" she gasped as she saw an afterimage of White Tiger appear in front of the charging Max Beat.

"This will end it, Remember!" Piruluk called as her next attack came closer towards Necro Raizer.

"You... I won't let you ruin my fortune!" Remember yelled "Star-vader, Turndown Dragon!"

This time, a different Cyber Dragon in a shade of grey appeared in front of Necro Raizer and hurled two black rings from its arms straight at Max Beat. The rings exploded on contact and sent the Grade 1 unit flying all the way back to Piruluk's side of the field as she groaned and stared at Turndown Dragon who vanished in an instant.

"She blocked my attack without a Quintet Wall?" she muttered in confusion.

"When there are two or more Locked cards on your field..." Remember spoke "Turndown Dragon stops a direct attack on my LRIG or gives 10000 power to any SIGNI for one battle only!"

Piruluk could only clench her teeth, seeing that her plan to make a combination attack around the effects of White Tiger, Max Beat and Brainy Papio had failed. But she looked down to the cards she held, including the recovered Solar Falcon, feeling she was more than prepared for whatever Remember had to throw her way as the turn came to an end, as too did the Lock on the other Brainy Papio and the three cards in her Ener Zone.

(End Music)

End of Turn 8

Kiyoi / Kamui vs Remember

Hand - 3 : 1

Life Cloths - 1 : 2

Current LRIGs - Strongest Beast Deity, Ethics Buster Extreme : Death Star-vader, Necro Raizer

SIGNI : Beast Deity, Brainy Papio - Beast Deity, Max Beat - Beast Deity, Brainy Papio : EMPTY - EMPTY - Star-vader, Francium

Ener - 5 : 7

As the smoke from the cockpit began to clear up at last, Piruluk could see that the Cyberoid body of Sakaguchi hung a little lower, thanks to the lack of a cable that was keeping her attached to the frame of Necro Raizer. Sparks flew from the cockpit as the body remained motionless for now, making her wonder if she had somehow deactivated it and if so, was Sakaguchi's spirit still trapped inside?

"Don't you see it's hopeless?" Remember spoke, having regained a fraction of her composure "You and Katsuragi are about to lose to two of the very things you hold dear. A unit he sees fit to use in his world's game and the very spirit of Sakaguchi, all thanks to the cooperation of Cocytus."

Piruluk did not respond as she just kept her gaze up at the body to see if there was still any signs of life within it after Ethics Buster had severely damaged the cockpit with its mighty punch in tandem with her remaining power. Then suddenly, to everyone's surprise, a moan was heard as the body began to raise itself under its own will and looked over to the blue LRIG. Only this time, her eyes were no longer displaying a lifeless blank shade of their former self when she was still alive.

"W... What is...?" she groaned.

"Sakaguchi!" called Piruluk, bringing the spirit's attention to her.

"K... Kiyoi...?" she murmured in brief confusion, almost not recognizing her friend from the blue colours in her hair before gazing across her cybernetic 'prison' and the 'body' she was a part of "That's right... I remember now. I should be dead... why am I stuck in here?!"

"Just hold on a little longer!" the blue LRIG called, feeling hopeful that she had managed to break Sakaguchi's spirit free of Remember's control "All I need is one more turn and I can free your spirit! The being that revived you was forced to do so by forces beyond our comprehension!"

"Okay..." she breathed, or in a sense she tried to before seeing the unconscious Kamui behind Piruluk "Oh... what did I...?!"

"Just stay calm and trust me!" she cried, holding her head down, a few tears falling down as she contemplated the situation.

Before Sakaguchi could say anything more, red sparks flew across the Cyberoid body as she screamed out aloud in pain whilst Remember growled whilst staring up at her.

"To think Ethics Buster broke the cable that allowed me control over her mind!" she snapped "No matter, once I'm done here, you'll remain my eternal servant and Kiyoi-chan will pay for her final greatest failure." She then regained her usual smirk, glancing back at Piruluk. "I wonder what other spirits I could have Cocytus revive, so I can turn the other Raizers into similar soldiers of my own!"

"But in order to do that, you must prove your fortune isn't as false as Takuto claims," the blue LRIG replied "In fact, would you not mind showing me given I haven't been familiar with it now I'm battling in Katsuragi's stead. After all, it has been a while since you gave me one personally."

"Very well then," Remember replied confidently, as her eyes lit up a bright blue "Now, behold your... huh?!"

She gasped in shock as instead of displaying the exact same fortune she had given to Kamui to Piruluk as well, a different image was shown, this time to herself. It showed Ethics Buster glowing in a bright orange glow and on that same table behind it was not just the blue LRIG herself, but the Nova Grappler user who was somehow standing back on his feet, almost alive and well. When the image faded, Remember stumbled back in disbelief, gazing down at the 'ground' of the field.

"The fortune... changed...?!" she gasped, even surprising Piruluk to a degree.

The former LRIG, shook for a brief instance before regaining her footing and drawing her next two cards, directing a rather angry gaze towards the former Selector she had previously used as her pawn.

"Final Turn!" she declared.

(Cardfight! Vanguard G NEXT Unreleased Soundtrack: Dumjid's Wrath)*

Piruluk gritted her teeth, realizing that her opponent had enough with her after her fortune had changed and was looking to end the battle right now, in order to prove her initial fortune was the correct one all along. The former LRIG moved a card from her Ener Zone to her Trash Pile before taking a second copy of Necro Raizer from her LRIG deck and throwing it straight into her LRIG Trash.

"Necro Raizer's skill, Lock!" she called.

The hollow titan growled loudly as it pointed one of its cannons towards the Brainy Papio in the center space on the far side of the field before shooting a pair of black rings that trapped it in an instant. At the same time, one of the cards in the Ener Zone of Kamui's table turned face down as Piruluk stared at it for an instant, sensing that this wasn't the only thing that Remember had in mind from her agitated expression, now that her powers of fortune-telling were seemingly starting to fail her. Immediately in an instant, as Francium vanished from the field, a new unit by the name of Imaginary Orthos and a second copy of Photon appeared onto the battlefield as the former LRIG pointed at the other Brainy Papio.

"Again, I Lock!" she declared.

A pair of black rings enveloped the Battleroid before trapping it inside of a black sphere and turning the card on Kamui's field face down, as Piruluk was beginning to realize things were now going from bad to worse.

"With Orthos' skill," Remember continued "I move a Life Cloth to my Ener Zone!"

She picked out the one at the far end beside the Trash Pile before turning it face up to reveal a second copy of Star-vader, Francium before it was placed into her Ener Zone. The former LRIG then showed her two of her own copies of Salvage as the Francium and Servant D in her Ener Zone moved to the Trash as she picked out a two copies of the same SIGNI in her Trash Pile and added it to her hand.

"Our little game has finally come to my end..." Remember giggled, albeit slightly more crazed from being shaken earlier "Photon attacks Ethics Buster!"

The commander of the Star-vaders dashed forwards across the field towards Ethics Buster as Piruluk gazed at the two cards she held in her hand, knowing what she had in her Ener Zone also wasn't enough to help her for any ARTS at this moment. After Photon had slashed across Ethics Buster, forcing it onto one knee, the blue LRIG picked up the final Life Cloth that was left over and turned it over, revealing Beast Deity, Rescue Bunny.

"With the effect, I regain another Life Cloth!" she declared as the top card of the deck moved into that spot.

"Why you...!" Remember growled "Orthos!"

Imaginary Orthos growled loudly, leaped into the air and dived down towards Ethics Buster, slashing past it once again as the new Life Cloth revealed itself as Servant T, the Life Burst moving the next card from the top of the deck to the Ener Zone as well, that being a second copy of Weapons Dealer, Govannon. Piruluk could only gaze at the precarious situation she was in as she looked back to the other side of the field as Remember then snapped her fingers, causing Sakaguchi to move her arms forward against her will, Necro Raizer in turn charging its cannons to the maximum energy output and pointing them towards both Ethics Buster and the blue LRIG.

"Necro Raizer, attack Ethics Buster!" the former LRIG declared as the corrupted Battleroid unleashed all the energy it had towards its opponents.

"Kiyoi! I can't stop myself...!" Sakaguchi cried, unable to do anything physically to stop the attack.

"I won't stand for Remember using you like this!" the blue LRIG replied as she then revealed the card she added back with Salvage "Solar Falcon!"

The familiar falcon-like Battleroid appeared between the two titans once again, deploying a barrier to block the attack the best it could as the force of the impact was enough to send Ethics Buster and Piruluk moving back a little. At the same time, as the shockwave continued throughout the battlefield, Kamui began to stir as he was showing a sign of trying to open his eyes back up. A groan at the very least, though a quiet one, had managed to escape his open lips.

"You've grown so persistent!" Remember growled "Even though you're just another one of my pawns... even though I had you as I did all those years ago!"

"All those..." Piruluk murmured to herself, before blinking for a brief instant "Wait... is she actually...?!"

She didn't have time to finish her sentence as she watched the former LRIG discard a single card from her hand before placing two fingertips of her right hand on top of Necro Raizer's card on the LRIG space of her table.

"Necro Raizer stands!" she declared before moving two cards from her Ener Zone to her Trash Pile "Then with the Ultimate Break, the current turn state jumps back to my Main Phase!"

Piruluk could only clench her teeth as sparks flew across Sakaguchi once again as she screamed in pain, the dark red eyes of Necro Raizer flashing as the corrupted Battleroid aimed its cannons towards Ethics Buster.

"I retreat Orthos and Photon and summon!" Remember called.

Both Imaginary Orthos and Photon vanished from the battlefield as two copies of Star-vader, Francium appeared to the left and right of Necro Raizer as the three of them took up offensive stances. Piruluk could only stare at the three units in shock as she realized the two cards she had leftover in her hand at this moment was only going to save her once and she was completely outnumbered thanks to the unexpected Ultimate Break that had been unlocked thanks to Imaginary Orthos' earlier skill. She glanced up at Sakaguchi who had a panicked expression on her face as she felt the energy for Necro Raizer's cannons beginning to charge up again and there was nothing the spirit of the deceased girl could do to stop it.

"No...!" Piruluk cried as she slammed her fist onto the table in front of her "I... I can't let it end like this...!"

"Kiyoi...!" cried Sakaguchi as she stared at her friend helplessly before gasping for a brief instance.

"Hmm?" Remember pondered as she turned her gaze from the Cyberoid body back towards the opposite side of the field and gasped as well. "H... How is this...?!"

Piruluk brought her head up in confusion and looked to her right to see Kamui, heaving himself onto the table and reaching out for a single card in his LRIG deck, taking it out.

"Katsuragi, what are you...?!" the blue LRIG questioned in shock.

"A... ARTS...!" he called as he revealed it "Xeno Multiple!"

Staring at the card he was now attempting to play, Piruluk suddenly looked back to his Ener Zone, realizing that the condition for the card's cost was now available to her. Servant D, Govannon, God Eater and Servant T moved from the lineup of cards present there to the Trash Pile as the figure on the card's artwork appeared in front of the two of them and Ethics Buster in a radiating white light. She had a bright white one piece outfit with matching coloured gloves, armoured stockings and bluish white coloured hair and eyes.

"You, back to her hand...!" Kamui called under the strain of his earlier pain as he pointed to one of the Franciums "And, Necro Raizer can no longer attack!"

The figure displayed on Xeno Multiple nodded to his command and unleashed two beams of white coloured energy towards his intended targets before she disappeared from the field itself. One beam struck Francium who disappeared in a flash whilst her card reappeared in Remember's hand whilst the other stuck Necro Raizer directly, shutting down nearly all of its systems and cancelling out the red sparks that were going across Sakaguchi's Cyberoid body.

"Impossible...!" Remember gasped "You shouldn't be able to...!"

"I can...!" Kamui replied "It's the start of the SIGNI attack phase for this to go off, just like Amika taught me... Right Kiyoi?"

"That's right..." she breathed upon realizing the flaw in Necro Raizer's Ultimate Break before glancing at the card in his LRIG Trash Pile He knew what his own units were capable of when they were in Remember's hands... did he plan for something like this to happen beforehand?

"You...!" Remember growled as she downed the only other card that was on her table "Francium!"

With her attention focused back onto the battle, Piruluk looked forwards to see the remaining Francium charge towards Ethics Buster and leap high into the air, intending to end the battle once and for all.

"Plume Wall Angel!" she called as she revealed the very last defensive card she had been holding onto for Kamui.

The top five cards of the deck revealed Solar Falcon, two Yamatano Drakes, Servant D and a third Brainy Papio. All five units and the Guard SIGNI jumped to the defence as they easily repelled Francium's attack and knocked her back to Remember's field. The former LRIG was fuming in that not only was her fortune not coming as true as she wished, but her Final Turn had failed completely thanks to Kamui's unexpected recovery.

"At the end of the turn..." she huffed "Orthos' skill returns an Ener to my deck and I recover 1 Life Cloth."

(End Music)

Sighing in relief, both Piruluk and Sakaguchi were glad that they were able to prevent Remember from succeeding this turn, but they knew they weren't in the clear. The blue LRIG knew that two turns had passed since she stepped into the battle, meaning if she failed to defeat her opponent and set the spirit of the deceased Sakaguchi free by then, Mayu's decree would come into effect and she and Kamui would automatically lose by the coming turn's End Phase. The Nova Grappler user winced in pain for a moment as touched the spot where his injury would be, only to feel the piece of Piruluk's garb that she had used to bandage it up.

"Katsuragi, you shouldn't be standing!" she exclaimed as he turned his attention away from his injury.

"T... This is my battle too you know!" he groaned before calming down "But... I owe you one there."

The blue LRIG said nothing in response as the two of them looked ahead towards Necro Raizer and to the corrupted Battleroid's cockpit where they could see Sakaguchi who was looking down at them.

"So... are you two friends?" she asked.

"Well... I wouldn't exactly say so..." the Nova Grappler user replied, now seeing that her eyes were no longer appearing blank to him "But right now..."

"He is."

Kamui almost dropped his jaw in disbelief at what he had just heard at this very instance as he looked to the blue LRIG, seeing that her gaze was down at the table at first before looking back up to Sakaguchi.

"Under any normal definitions, this shouldn't even be the case," she spoke "Katsuragi is rather loud, far too upbeat for his own good and a rather rash individual and as a result... I ended up completely distrusting him. But at the same time... he came this far just to save the life of another friend's mother as well as your spirit and he's not willing to stand for the injustice that Mayu has placed on the players of this world!"

"Kiyoi..." he murmured as he blinked for a brief moment.

"How touching..." Remember muttered "But don't forget about Mayu's agreement! If you don't defeat me this turn, you two will instantly lose!"

"We lose by then...? How long was I out for?" the Nova Grappler user pondered as he looked back at Piruluk.

"Forget about her words," she spoke "Right now, there's one thing we must do."

Kamui flashed a smile back at her as if to say that he now understood what he had to do now. Seeing that the blue LRIG was handing back control of the battle to him, now that he had regained consciousness, he reached for the top two cards of what little was left of his deck.

"Here we go!" he called out loud "The great Kamui and icy Kiyoi...!"

"'Icy...?'" Piruluk muttered, struggling to resist the urge to raise an eyebrow at the fact he tried to give her what he at least thought was a 'cool' nickname.

"Hey, I had to work with something!" he pouted for a brief moment before looking to what he drew, smiling brightly as he continued from where he left off in his speech "Ener Charges a Lock and summons Solar Falcon!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Fight 4)

As the Sentinel from the previous turn made its appearance onto the battlefield once again, this time taking to the offensive alongside Max Beat who had no other Link Joker units blocking their path over towards Necro Raizer and Sakaguchi, Remember gasped in panic as she stared at the Francium that Kamui had returned to her hand thanks to Xeno Multiple, now useless having lacked any defensive properties.

"No... this must be a mistake...!" she gasped "My fortunes... they're always absolute!"

"Here we go, Remember!"

She looked back ahead to see Kamui and Piruluk look to one another in agreement as they each held one hand over both Max Beat and Solar Falcon respectively as they downed the cards together to signal their attacks. The two Beast Deities' eyes lit up as one by one, they took turns in dishing out their own means of damaging the corrupted Battleroid before them as Solar Falcon slashed through more of the cables attached to Sakaguchi's Cyberoid body whilst Max Beat's staff sent a volt of lightning that struck the entire frame of Necro Raizer. Sakaguchi winced in pain as her eyes began to flash, indicating that there wasn't much to go before all of the systems imprisoning her spirit would shut down.

"I... I still have a chance from Orthos' skill!" Remember called "D... Damage Check!"

She flipped over her first Life Cloth which revealed another copy of Star-vader, Nebula Captor, prompting her to draw another card whilst the second card revealed Star-vader, Stellar Garage.

"Heal Burst!" she called as the top card of her deck moved to her Life Cloth zone "It's over! You've lost!"

"Not a chance!" Kamui called "Paying the cost, White Tiger's skill activates!"

"Max Beat stands!" Piruluk declared "And with Max Beat's skill, Solar Falcon also stands!"

The two units then immediately set their sights upon Necro Raizer once again as the corrupted Battleroid was barely able to move thanks to the extensive damage that it had sustained over the last few turns and the current battles that were being waged.

"T... Turndown Dragon!" Remember cried as the dark Cyber Dragon immediately intercepted Solar Falcon's attack.

Then immediately after the Sentinel unit retreated from Turndown's range, the dragon vanished to allow another volley of lightning from Max Beat's staff to strike the frame of Necro Raizer as Sakaguchi beared through the pain again. Remember nervously touched the next Life Cloth and picked it up, gasping in panic to reveal that it was a fourth copy of Photon, with nothing more to help her.

"N... No...!" she cried "I can't lose!"

Kamui smirked as if to finally say to the person who had taken his Raizer units and the one who had also made Piruluk and Amika's current lives a nightmare through her deceptions that he had finally got her right where he wanted her.

"This is the showstopper!" he boldly declared as he raised a fist into the air, barely ignoring the pain from the earlier injury before briefly glancing to Piruluk as they both reached out for Ethics Buster's card. "The great Kamui and..."

"... the icy Kiyoi's..." the LRIG muttered in a deadpan tone, clearly still not a fan of the 'nickname' he had given her. But at this point, she knew that the larger issue was still pressing right in front of them.

"Strongest attack!" they declared as they both downed the card together.

Ethics Buster let out a triumphant roar as the jets on its back ignited back to life once again. It dashed across the field towards the downed Necro Raizer before leaping high into the air with both of its claws glowing a bright neon green as it did so. As the Battleroid's shadow was cast over Remember who was still panicking over the outcome that was about to befall her, Sakaguchi simply stared up at it before gazing down at Piruluk, closing her eyes and preparing to accept her fate.

"You really have changed... Kiyoi..." she said, smiling gently to herself.

Ethics Buster then landed in front of Necro Raizer before thrusting both of its claws into the corrupted Battleroid, cleaving through the thick armour and most of its main systems as sparks flew out from the damaged electronics. The Beast Deity then leaped back as explosions erupted from the points where it had stabbed through the armour and eventually covered over the cockpit, destroying the Cyberoid body that housed Sakaguchi's imprisoned spirit at last. Remember feel to her knees in utter disbelief, that she had not just been defeated by both Kamui and Piruluk, but her efforts involving the use of Sakaguchi and his strongest Raizer unit as a combination ultimatum had ultimately gone to waste because of that.

"I didn't think you'd roll with it..." he said.

"Just this once," she replied, her tone having reverted back to her usual monotone "Don't even think of speaking about it to Amika when you find her."

Kamui sighed a little for a moment, having not expected the blue LRIG to revert back to her usual self in regards to what he attempted to do. But at the same time, even he couldn't help but smile a little in response.

"Some things never change, do they...?" he replied before losing consciousness once more.

(End Music)

Piruluk immediately caught him by the shoulders and gently lay him back onto the ground, knowing that his attempt to stand up for the rest of the battle had tired him out. But at the very least, his injury had not worsened as a result, despite a small stain showing on the piece of garb she had used to bandage up the gash on his abdomen. Ethics Buster gazed back to the pair, concerned for the Nova Grappler user's current state once again.

"He'll be fine," the blue LRIG spoke "He pushed himself to get back up, a little too much in my view."

Both of their attention were then immediately caught by a small, but faint glow a little ways in front of Kamui's table as Piruluk could see from what features were displayed to her that this was indeed the spirit of Sakaguchi Ayumi, now free of the mechanical monstrosity that Remember and Photon had previously bound her to. Both of them knew that it wouldn't be very long before she would vanish from this plane of existence so that her disturbed spirit could finally move on. She smiled kindly, exactly as Piruluk remembered it from long ago before fading away from the field in a faint glow of light, indicating that it was finally over. She and Kamui had finally succeeded in setting her spirit free from the corrupted Raizer and allowing her to finally rest in peace once more.

"Goodbye Kiyoi..." her voice echoed for one final time "Promise me you'll be happy, wherever you go from here."

"Farewell, Sakaguchi..." the blue LRIG whispered, unable to mask away the sadness in her voice. May you find peace and hope that they won't disturb you again. Never again...!

Remember got back up onto her knees, clearly infuriated with Piruluk as she saw that the unconscious Kamui was seemingly defenceless and tried to run over towards him, only for Ethics Buster to jump out in front, intending to block her path. Growling in response, she clenched her fist angrily before suddenly falling back to the floor, a strange feeling coursing through her.

"W... What is this?!" she coughed.

(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Ayundekita Michi)

A faint glow then suddenly illuminated on Kamui's right hand as Piruluk looked back to see that the mark that was previously imprinted there began to vanish, shattering like glass as it left his skin. Then, after Necro Raizer's card had disappeared from Remember's table in a series of burning dark red embers, the heavily damaged giant was glowing a bright orange, the light somehow dowsing the flames that had started from the prior explosions before it began to vanish from the field, causing the former LRIG to turn around in shock, unable to believe this was happening. Then, she brought out the remaining Raizer cards in her pocket, seeing that they too were also vanishing into several embers.

"No...!" she screamed as the final card vanished "I won't be denied...! I won't be denied what is mine!"


The White Room

Mayu stared out of the window from her throne in shock, seemingly in disbelief that not only had Remember lost to both Kamui and Piruluk, but the fact that Necro Raizer had now seemingly disappeared from the battlefield without any warning whatsoever. Takuto kept a smile as he looked onto the window, seeing that his efforts were not in vain and that they managed to accomplish this feat together. Looking behind him, he could see a similar glow beginning to envelop Cocytus as the black ring that shackled its wrists together shattered in an instant. The Granblue Necromancer, now free of his bindings, turned around to Mayu with a glare that seemingly told her that 'it wasn't over' before disappearing from her sight, just like Necro Raizer.

Before she could exclaim further disbelief, a blank window suddenly changed its view to that of Schwarzschild Dragon, who seemed just as furious from what was going on.

"Mistress... prisoners from the Pit are suddenly vanishing!" the Cyber Dragon called "The Raizer units we have in storage are also...!"

"Secure them quickly!" she demanded "We cannot lose even a fraction of Miyako's current assets to our conquest!"


The Pit

Meanwhile in the dark and gloomy prison within the mastermind's domain, several members of the Raizer crew in addition to several of Cocytus' forces looked down upon themselves, wondering where the sudden glow was coming from. Several of the Liberators as well as other units from various clans gazed upon the glowing units as one by one, they all began to disappear. One of the Raizer pilots seemingly panicked for an instant before he too vanished, leading Huey and Kate to wonder what was going on, before they too shared the same fate. As the last of the glows died down, from higher up the tall walls of the prison, two more units who had been shackled up there observed the whole event closely.

One of them was an Elf recognizable otherwise as the ace unit of Asaka's deck, before Ulith had defeated her at Foo Fighter headquarters back in her own world. Her whitish hair with hints of red colour amongst it along with her heterochromatic red and blue eyes made it easy for nearly all on the ground of the Pit to see that it was indeed Luquier. On the other side of the prison walls, bound in even more shackles was a much larger demonic looking unit with a single eye on its grotesque head, a large pair of wings and a 'second mouth' or what it appeared to be like with a purple orb in the center with an eye marking of some kind etched onto it. This was one of the units Miyako had claimed from Tetsu known as Amon. Both were initially confused, wondering why this was possible and if so, where exactly had they disappeared to?


Vanguard World: Card Capital

Inside the almost empty store, the current group that consisted of Misaki, Shingo, Miwa, Gouki and Nagisa were pondering on what to do next in the midst of the current calamity when suddenly, the marks on the latter two began to disappear, in the same manner that Kamui's mark had also disappeared earlier.

"T... this is...!" the Granblue user gasped before suddenly looking to his pocket.

As he and Nagisa pulled out their respective decks, they could see that the once blank cards they held earlier in the day were now gaining colour and life back to them. Everyone around them gasped from this sudden turn of events, wondering how it was that their stolen units were now returning back to normal and how their marks were now removed.

"Our units are back...!" Nagisa exclaimed.

Seeing a faint glow emit from his pocket, Miwa suddenly brought out the 'remnants' of Kamui's Raizer deck which had remained blank ever since he had been 'dropped off' by Remember into Ruko's world.

"T... this is..." he murmured as he saw colour and life returning back to the cards as well.

Misaki couldn't help but look back at Futase's note which she still had on the table, now seeing that a part of what she had previously jotted down was beginning to make sense.

"Someone that 'Kiyoi' marked must have defeated her," she murmured as she re-read the text closely.

"You think it might have been Kamui?" Miwa pondered.

The Genesis user remained silent in uncertainty, with all of them including herself completely unaware of the achievement that he and Piruluk had managed to accomplish together.

(End Music)


Wixoss World: City Hospital

"Argh! Open up!"

Amika cried desperately in vain as she tried and failed to turn the doorknob to her mother's hospital room so she could check on her health at this instant. But no matter how hard she attempted to turn the handle or pull the door towards her, it refused to budge even an inch as red sparks flew off the handle once again, shocking her for an instant before prompting her to pull her hand away from it.

"Damn it...!" she cried "My mother's in there...! Just why...!"

Kai who had been standing beside her in the midst of her attempts gazed at the handle where he saw the sparks flying from, then he looked upon the edges of the door. To his discomfort, he could see what appeared to be a faint dark red aura around the otherwise easily accessible door, as if it was acting like a 'Lock' of some kind to prevent them from entering and those inside from leaving. Looking to Amika, he motioned for her to stand back, to which she did so whilst wondering what it was that he had in mind.

(Selector Spread Wixoss OST: Confrontation and Pain)

Placing his hand on the handle, he could immediately sense the dark power that had previously been preventing the former Selector from opening the door in the first place and that it was now beginning to resonate with the Seed fragment within him. Clenching his hand on the doorknob tightly, he began to turn it as hard as he could, sparks flying across his arm as he did so. As this happened, the aura slowly began to fade away from the door itself as he eventually managed to pull it open, much to the surprise of Amika.

"H... how did you...?" she breathed.

The two of them then immediately looked inside to see her mother still motionless in her hospital bed along with the machines keeping her alive for the moment, right next to a disturbing dark red aura that was presumably the source of the earlier disturbance. As the former Selector moved over to her mother, wanting to be beside her more than ever in this instant, Kai kept his trail upon the source of the aura, gazing closely at it. As Amika raised her head to ask what was going on, he held a hand back in response to prompt her to keep away at this instance. Bringing out Dragonic Overlord's card towards the source of the disturbance, he knew he would be going in blind on instinct. Yet he felt for some reason, this was the only way to see to the issue at hand in this very room.

"Open!" he declared.

And with a bright flash, he was immediately drawn into the aura as Amika gasped for a moment after he disappeared, wondering if he was alright. Turning back to her mother with the sound of the machine behind her making her feel uneasy, feeling that she had no option but to trust him in what he was doing whilst she kept an eye on the one she fought for during the Selector Battles, even if her memories of that time were no longer present.


Link Joker Fight Field

Back within the battlefield which had still not closed for whatever reason despite the conclusion of the earlier confrontation, Remember scowled deeply as she glared back at Piruluk and the unconscious Kamui that lay beside her feet. The former LRIG stood up in a hunched state as she began chuckling darkly to herself, causing the blue LRIG on the opposite side of the battlefield to raise an eyebrow in confusion before she lifted up her head to reveal herself in an highly crazed state of laughter.

"I lost to you two, so what?!" she called as she raised one hand into the air "You may have ruined my plans... but I can still carry out my retribution!"

"What are you saying?" Piruluk muttered as Ethics Buster took up a defensive stance.

"Don't you get it? I still have the Link Joker deck!" her opponent goaded "I still have... it's power! Since our battlefield is still connected to the hospital room, I'll just summon Amika's mother here and do the deed anyway!"

She raised one hand into the air as Reverse began pouring throughout her side of the battlefield in what appeared to be streams of energy that began tethering itself to the ground of the battlefield. Piruluk could only clench her teeth in panic as she saw Ethics Buster vanish from the battlefield, the battle it needed to partake in having come to a close. Realizing that there was possibly no time left for the battlefield to close on its own with her presence still here and no card to return to, she knew she had to do something to stop the former LRIG from her last ditch effort. Needless to say however as she glanced on ahead, she soon saw in surprise that she wouldn't need to do anything.

As Remember cackled madly from the prospect of her 'retribution' towards both Piruluk and Amika for the former altering the latter's wish with her own power, even if she had never noticed at first, she never noticed a free hand grab onto her her raised one. That is, until she suddenly began to feel that power seeping away as the 'tethers' that were latched onto part of the hospital floor which had materialized in mid-summon, broke away and caused said portions of the floor to return back to the outside world, much to her shock. Then, the hand that had grasped her wrist had tightened its grip, preventing her from breaking free as she turned around to find the source. She stared at him in shock, as if she knew who he was despite being face to face with him for the first time.

"No way...!" she gasped "My power's... but you're...!"

"It seems that this was your final plan all along, Remember," Kai spoke, having more than enough knowledge and sense to tell this was the former LRIG inhabiting the body of Kiyoi "Even if we all do return now, I will make certain that you won't harm Amika's mother as you intended."

"Kai Toshiki..." Piruluk murmured as she gazed at him, inwardly relieved that he had prevented Remember's final retribution.

The Kagero user looked back towards the blue LRIG, upon hearing her voice mention his name out aloud.

"Piruluk... or rather, Kiyoi," he replied, addressing her by the fact that he now had knowledge of her real name before gazing down to Kamui in his unconscious state. "Is he...?"

Before the blue LRIG could answer his question, the purple coloured portal on the side of the battlefield suddenly expanded a little and began sucking almost everything towards it. Kai lost his grip on Remember as she was sent flying and screaming straight into the vortex before Piruluk suddenly found herself being pulled up from the strong currents and also sent flying into the giant vortex, much to her sudden shock before the two of them disappeared from the field, just as the portal close up. The Kagero user upon regaining his footing, stared at Kamui's unconscious form as the battlefield went a complete black.

(End Music)


City Hospital

Amika after staring over her mother's still motionless form for a long while, decided to look back towards the aura that Kai had used in tandem with Dragonic Overlord's card to enter the battlefield that had now finally closed up. She wondered if he was still alright after he had just disappeared like that in front of him, despite having no memory of their interactions prior to their reunion just several minutes ago at the hospital's entrance outside. Soon, she could see that the aura was beginning to fade away in a bright flash as a familiar shadow along with another began to emerge from it. As the light died down, the former Selector could see that Kai and Kamui were now back in the room, with the latter still unconscious.

"Kai..." she breathed before looking down at Kamui in confusion, having not recognized him either "And... who's that?"

The Kagero user remained silent as he knelt down to see the unconscious Nova Grappler user was still breathing to an extent before then seeing the reason he was still in such a state. Amika joined him as the two of them could still see part of Piruluk's garb was bandaging up his injury with the two of them still in the dark as to how it happened in the first place. Curiously, as if for some strange reason she felt that there was a familiarity to the young cardfighter, the former Selector moved her right finger forward towards the piece of garb and tapped it with her right finger. When she did though, she suddenly widened her eyes as she fell back onto the floor and clutched her head in pain.

"Amika, what's wrong?" Kai asked, noticing her pained expression.

"W... What is this...?!" she gasped as she closed her eyes to try and stave off the pain.

Numerous voices echoed at the back of her mind, all of which came from lost memories that had been forfeited as a result of her tainted wish. They were words from Remember, Chiyori, Kai himself, Kamui and the LRIG that she once had in her possession. As she finally recalled the names of those voices, images flashed before her very eyes from the times she had spent with Piruluk before her initial first encounters with Aichi, Kai and Hitoe before finally several memories of Kamui flashed by. Even the ones from when she was both Reversed and under the corrupted LRIG's control at the time flashed by as he declared that he wouldn't let her mother die as he also called for her to wake up then.

Realizing that these were indeed memories that she had lost, she silently gasped in shock as she looked down at Kamui's motionless state as she then assessed the situation in front of her.

"Kamui!" she cried as she shook his shoulders "Are you alright?! Where's Kiyoi?!"

Kai immediately placed one hand on her shoulder to stop her in the midst of her panic.

"He's no longer in serious danger," he spoke "And it would seem that Kiyoi made sure of that for him... and your mother."

Amika blinked in confusion as she looked back up to the hospital bed, recalling that her mother despite being motionless, was indeed in a stable condition for the moment. Running back through her recovered memories, including the ones where she and Piruluk were reversed, she began to count up the battles she partook in.

"So I lost to Chiyori..." she began "Then I was reversed by Remember... and if Kamui unreversed me..." She then blinked once again. "Wouldn't it mean my wish would be tainted?"

Kai remained silent for the moment, unsure of how to answer to the whole debacle himself for not being present throughout all of Kamui's recent battles up to this point. But from what information he had learned from him earlier in Card Luck, it would seem that having Amika's wish tainted would also mean the end of her mother's life, given her condition. But having recalled that Piruluk was on the battlefield by his side opposing Remember for the few moments he was present there for, he knew there had to be a reason that she was still alive. He did not have time to fully contemplate any possibilities as they heard footsteps coming down the corridor towards the room.

"Dad, the door's open!" a boy's voice called.

"Hurry Yuuki!" a man's voice replied.

Amika immediately hurried to her feet, realizing they along with her other sibling Shouta would be bound to question both Kai and Kamui's untimely presence in the hospital room at this moment. By the time Kai had gotten up to his own feet, the three of them had arrived by the open doorway, staring at the scene that was in front of them as they gazed at who they saw in front of them.

"Amika!" her father called "Has there been any change?" He then gazed at both Kai and Kamui, confused as to their presence and why the latter was lying on the floor. "And who are they?"

"Mom's still the same way..." Amika answered in a slightly downcast state "And this is Kai I talked about some time ago..."

"Who's the guy on the floor?" Shouta asked in curiousity, studying the Nova Grappler user's face.

"That's Kamui," she replied "You know... the boy I talked about a little while ago."

"That's all well and good Amika," her father spoke "But just what is going on here? And why haven't you answered my calls for some time?"

Amika suddenly sweated for a brief instance, realizing that in the midst of her temporary amnesia, she had not answered any of the calls from her phone when she had ran away from Hitoe.

"Um... that's..." she stuttered, trying to think of something she could say to him.

"Amika had a case of memory loss when I found her," Kai interrupted calmly, causing her to turn to him "As for Katsuragi's earlier presence here before any of us arrived, we can only assume that he was here to defend your mother from someone who had taken the guise of a close friend of your daughter, with malicious intent planned for all of you."

Amika soon realized that the Kagero user was telling her father and her two younger brothers everything he knew from what he could assume had happened before their arrival to the hospital room, minus any details on the Selector Battles or her personal involvement with them at all. Although they seemed fairly unconvinced at first, she soon found something that she could add to the conversation.

"What Kai is trying to say is," she continued "If it weren't for Kamui getting here before all of us... there's a chance mom might not be currently alive now. And someone I met before my 'memory loss' could have made sure of that."

"Who's this someone then?" her father asked.

"I didn't see her actual face..." she murmured, her words being somewhat truthful in that she didn't know Remember's actual appearance as an LRIG "But she was using the appearance of a friend of mine to try and deceive me into having false hope whilst she pulled the plug on mom without us knowing. If Kamui's on the floor like this, he must have been in a struggle with her."

Both Yuuki and Shouta shivered for a moment as they listened to the whole tale that their older sister and Kai was giving to them, feeling somewhat nerved that their mother's life was almost taken by this 'someone' that their older sister had brought up.

"I see..." her father replied as he looked over to Kamui's unconscious state before looking back to Kai "Can I trust you to keep an eye on everyone in here?"

"You have my word," the Kagero user replied.

"Very well then. I'll head downstairs and arrange a room for Kamui to recover in," he replied "The doctors also said that they should be here with the necessary procedures for our mother's treatment in a couple of minutes."

Amika sighed in relief, feeling much more hopeful that the sooner the doctors could cure her mother in this currently stable, yet precarious state, the sooner that they would finally be truely reunited as a family for the first time in a very long time. A part of the back of her mind had grown downcast, realizing that in the midst of all of this, Piruluk wouldn't be present as her LRIG or even in person to witness their efforts had not gone to waste. As her father left the room to make arrangements for Kamui's recovery, the former Selector's younger brothers looked up to Kai.

"Is it true that nee-chan says you're really strong at Wixoss?!" Shouta asked enthusiastically.

"What kind of LRIG do you have?!" Yuuki asked in an energetic tone.

"Boys, please calm down!" Amika called in an authoritative tone that she normally used in family conversations, much to their annoyance "Sorry about that Kai, they tend to be like that at times."

Kai simply remained quiet in response as he sat down on the open chair and patiently awaited for the return of the former Selector's father. He gazed down at Kamui, now seeing that things were no longer as dire as they appeared and that he had finally succeeded in his overall pledge to help Amika save her mother's life in any way he could. He also saw that his mark he had shown the group was no longer present on his right hand, making him wonder if he had somehow managed to remove it in some way.


The White Room

(Selector Destructed Wixoss OST: a coup de grace)

Despite being last to enter the portal from the battlefield which had now been closed off, Piruluk was the first to arrive back within the domain of Mayu as she landed perfectly on one knee, now face to face with the mastermind once again as Takuto and Photon were no longer present within the premises. Then through the window she came out of, followed what appeared to be her motionless body which landed on the ground with a large thud. She glanced at it for an instant, before a loud scream sounded out as Remember in her form as a Level 0 LRIG, dressed the exact same way as she was depicted on the cards she first used against Kamui, came flying out the window before landing on the floor, flat on her face with a loud "Ouch!"

"It seems we have had many surprises today," Mayu murmured "It seems that I will refrain from any further substitutions from this point onward."

Remember stood up back onto her feet, glaring back towards Piruluk who in turn had returned a less sharper, but just as angry glare between them. The atmosphere of the area suddenly darkened as everyone barring the mastermind herself looked around, pondering who it was that was present for the moment. A loud voice suddenly boomed throughout the area to make her very presence known to those who were beneath her 'mistress'.

"Few have dared to fail the will of Mayu even once!" the voice yelled "But you Remember... you had the nerve to fail her three times!"

"G... General...!" Remember gasped in shock and worry, recognizing her voice to be Miyako's "I... It's not my fault that I lost to Kiyoi-chan and Kamui!"

A violent wind suddenly swirled around in front of the LRIG as a dark red aura manifested in front of her, before disappeared to reveal the presence of Ruko's former mother right in front of her, unhooded to all of them, but Mayu for the first time. And from what she and Piruluk could tell, she wasn't just angry with her for her failure to win the battle. She was outright furious with her for more than that.

"When we agreed to employ you to our ranks, Mayu gave you simple instructions to follow!" she bellowed as she grabbed ahold of Remember by her throat with her metallic hand "But YOU lost to Katsuragi and your former compatriot! YOU lost the units you captured for me! And right now, I have lost my patience with you and Ayumu for your incompetence! In addition, you almost exposed our entire operation to eyewitnesses of those who rely solely on common sense!"

"I know we've had a few unfortunate... setbacks to your plans...!" she coughed, struggling to breath from the tight choke of the metallic hand around her neck "But... there must surely be something I can do to appease your's and... Mayu's anger."

"Then perhaps you could continue to make yourself useful... by guarding the entrance to the Pit under Photon's supervision," the woman replied coldly as she let go of the LRIG "Take this as a reminder to those that dare fail to make themselves useful to Mayu's cause. Now get out of our sight!"

Nodding nervously, Remember began to walk away from the group present, breathing in and out desperately as she did so to regain some air that Miyako had choked out of her in the midst of her rage. Not wanting to suffer from the 'General's' wrath any further, she immediately set off for the Lab to meet Photon, knowing that the Cyberoid commander was bound to be waiting for her there. Piruluk simply blinked in slight confusion, knowing this was the first time that she had ever encountered this woman within Mayu's domain. But even she felt that questioning what was her purpose here at this instance would not be wise as she had just witnessed beforehand. Ruko's former mother turned to Mayu who remained sat on her throne and bowed onto one knee.

"I apologize for our failure to prevent the units from returning to Cray," she spoke in a less harsher tone "I will make certain that they are recaptured from that other world when an opportunity presents itself."

"Rise my old friend," Mayu replied in a calmer tone, to which Miyako did so "Although I rely on your summonings to imprison these units, it is Remember's responsibility that her marks were undone. For now though, I want you to return Kiyoi back to her body."

"As you wish..."

Piruluk stared at Miyako as she opened up her metallic hand towards her motionless and soulless body, levitating it into the air in a dark purple aura before the blue LRIG herself found herself hovering as well. Using her over gloved hand, coated in the same aura, the 'General' shifted the two 'beings' closer towards one another as they glowed a faint white upon making contact with each other, before only the body of Kiyoi remained as it was. The very girl herself, now no longer the LRIG she had been for almost the past year in her initial quest for vengeance, finally opened her eyes and breathed in and out for the first time, in a very long time as she was gently lowered to the ground. She looked at her hands, to see that everything was as she had seen.

"Consider it a reward for completing your quest at very last," Mayu spoke gently, bringing Kiyoi's attention to her "But of course, few things come without a price."

"To what do you refer to?" she asked.

"I am granting you freedom back to the outside world in your own body of course," the mastermind continued "But... you should already know of that price is."

Looking down to the palms of her hands, Kiyoi closed her eyes, cringing for an instant as the memory of when Remember took Sakaguchi's life played through once again as she watched helplessly from the White Room as the LRIG Piruluk. It was at this moment that she finally realized what the price was that Mayu was talking about as the gaze of Miyako was also not helping either.

"Even though Remember used my body..." she murmured "It was these same hands that... ended Sakaguchi's life."

"Are you certain you wish to leave in your body, knowing the sin you'll be burdened with for life?" asked Mayu.

Kiyoi closed her eyes and breathed for a minute, with the knowledge that what she was saying was true to a certain degree. She remained calm as she went over all the memories she had made up to this point, as both herself and the LRIG Piruluk, with all the times she had shared with Sakaguchi Ayumi, Remember, all the Selectors she had previously 'manipulated' including Akira, Kai Toshiki, Amika and finally Kamui. The former Selector and LRIG had been through much to the point where she found herself now, learning a valuable lesson in the process and for what seemed like the first time in years, she finally found people around her that she felt that she could trust enough to call companions.

"If burdening myself with this sin is the punishment for coming this far," she spoke, much to Mayu's surprise at the calmness of her tone "Then so be it. I may not be able to stop you, nor may Katsuragi be the one to do it alone. But this much is now certain to me. Someone will stop your plans to destroy this world and I have faith... that they will succeed."

The mastermind gritted her teeth for a brief instance, having expected Kiyoi to initially break down over the fact that she was in the same body that Remember had used to kill Sakaguchi in the first place, when she had deceived her on the way she wanted her wish to be granted. Sigh for an instance, she opened a different window amongst the dozens behind the former Selector and LRIG as a gale started to sound from it.

"If you're really that confident then...!" she huffed "Leave the White Room and live on in this world's final moments with your sin... before I change my mind!"

Kiyoi wordlessly turned around and walked towards the window before being swept off of the floor and into it, taking her back to the outside world before several gates then sealed it off.

"Are you certain this is wise?" Miyako asked.

"It hardly matters," Mayu replied "Even if she inhabits Remember's remaining Wixoss factors in her body, I have no intentions of giving her another LRIG to battle with. Hardly anyone, save perhaps a mere few, with 'common sense' in that outside world is going to believe her anyway."

(End Music)


City Hospital

A long while had passed since Kamui had been moved to a separate room on the same floor as Kai and Amika kept watch over him as the latter was anxiously awaiting for the results of the treatment to her mother's illness. She was still very much tense, much like the rest of her family who had chosen to keep watch directly outside of the door to her hospital room, but she knew that the only thing she could do was have faith in the doctors working in there and pray that they could succeed in their efforts. The Kagero user noted her anxiety, finding it understandable she was feeling this way, given the risks that were involved with the way this particular treatment was being handled.

Before either of them could contemplate on the matter, they heard a small groan as Kamui slowly, but surely managed to open his eyelids as his initial vision came out blurry for the extended period of time that he was unconscious for this time. When his sight became much clearer, he looked down at the sheets of the bed, confused as to why he was there before looking over to see both of his friends who had been keeping an eye on him.

"Kai... Amika...!" he called.

"Kamui, thank goodness," Amika sighed in relief.

"What the heck's going on?" he murmured as he looked down at the bed sheets again "Why am I in here?"

"It would appear that your wound was the cause for your lack of consciousness," Kai answered.

"Ah, that's right!" Kamui gasped upon recalling that Kiyoi had bandaged it earlier with her garb.

He removed the sheets of his bed to find that his injury this time was patched up by a set of proper bandages and that the piece of the garb had been removed as a result. The former Selector in front of him then showed him the garb piece that the doctors had removed from him earlier.

"I was just able to convince them for me to keep it intact," she said as she looked down at the dark blue fabric. Having washed it clean of blood earlier, she knew right now, it was the closest thing to the friend she had made in this whole struggle. "Kiyoi... why did she have to disappear on us like that?"

"Don't tell me Mayu's still got her after we beat Remember together!" he muttered.

Before Kai could offer an opinion on the subject itself, now that Kamui had served to confirm that he and Kiyoi had joined forces in the final stage of the confrontation against Remember, the door to the room itself opened up slowly as everyone turned their attention to the figure standing outside. Immediately recognizing the appearance of who it seemed to be, all three of them remained on guard as Kiyoi glanced upon all three of them at once, having expected this initial reaction for seeing them again this way.

"Remember...?!" Amika exclaimed in shock.

"So you're back for round 3, huh?!" Kamui demanded as he leaped out of bed, wincing slightly as his feet hit the floor.

Kai however kept his gaze upon what the two had initially perceived as the enemy who had taken the life of Kiyoi's friend Sakaguchi and stolen the units from many fighters in his world, including the Nova Grappler user himself. He could sense that there was something indeed different about the person who had approached them just now in comparison to Remember, who he had apprehended briefly during her last ditch retribution to bring despair to both Kiyoi and Amika in the worst possible way. She then took a step forward into the room, causing Kamui to storm up to her.

"If beating you again is gonna send the message through to you!" he called "Then I'll...!"

He didn't finish his sentence as Kiyoi simply flicked a finger right into a spot on his face between his nose and the center of his forehead, causing him to wince in even more pain.

"You're still too loud," she spoke in her usual monotone.

Upon hearing the tone of voice that came out of the body's mouth this time, Kamui and Amika's eyes widened as they knew this kind of voice was all too familiar to them, yet they couldn't believe it was coming out of the same body that originally belonged to her. A part of them wanted to believe that Remember was somehow managing to make a perfect imitation of Kiyoi's voice with the body's vocal chords, but at the same time, they knew that even the atmosphere around the person they saw now was different to what they had experienced previously.

"Kiyoi... is that really you?!" the former Selector gasped, to which her reunited companion nodded once in confirmation.

"B... But how did you get your body back from Remember?!" Kamui exclaimed.

"I'll explain everything in a short while," Kiyoi replied as she turned back to Amika "Is your mother in good health now?"

"Well..."

The former Selector did not have time to think of an answer as they all turned around to see her father, Shouta and Yuuki all approach the doorway to Kamui's hospital room with excitement present on the two boys' faces. Seeing that she was blocking their view, Kiyoi immediately stepped a little to the side to allow them to see Kamui as well. He blinked for an instance, not recognizing their faces before this moment before they turned their attention to Amika.

"We've got great news nee-chan!" Shouta called.

"What do you mean?" asked Amika.

(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Atakai Omoi)

Her father then smiled for a brief instance as he looked down to both Shouta and Yuuki before they all stepped aside to reveal the presence of Amika's mother, now standing back up on her own two feet and no longer appearing to be in an ill state at all. The former Selector breathed in for a moment as it seemed like a miracle had happened and now thanks to the efforts of Kiyoi and Kamui as well as a final save by Kai, her family for the first time in ages was finally back together.

"M... Mom!" she cried out loud as she dove into her, hugging her tightly as she did so "You have no idea how long we've all been waiting for you to come back to us..."

"Believe me, I understand your feelings," she said gently as she returned the hug to her daughter.

As the two remained like that for several moments, Kiyoi couldn't help but offer a genuine smile to her friend as did Kamui who stood beside her to watch the occasion that was occurring before them. Eventually, after several tears of happiness had left Amika's eyes, she had broken away from the hug and looked up to her mother with a happy smile before she looked over to all of her friends who were present in the room.

"And who might they be?" she asked "Friends of yours?"

"Yeah!" the formed Selector replied "That's Kamui who's out of bed now, Kai who helped me get here when I lost my way and... my newest friend, Kiyoi."

"I'm glad we found you when we could," the Nova Grappler user spoke "Amika was really worried sick about you."

"But... is it true what they say?"

Everyone blinked for a moment to the question that Amika's mother asked to him, realizing that she had been informed about the grim fate that the three standing before her were able to prevent with their own actions.

"Amika told her father everything when we, minus Kiyoi, had met with them," Kai answered calmly.

"Someone using my guise had attempted to deceive her and bring her a terrible despair," Kiyoi continued "Had Katsuragi not succeeded in stopping her, you may not have been awake today."

Everyone went silent at the grim reminder of what could have happened, at least from the perspective that Kai, Amika and Kiyoi had given to them. Kamui was initially confused by the way the tale had been told, but soon realized that the remainder of Amika's family could not know that it was her wish in the Selector Battles that placed her mother's life at such risk in the first place. Speaking of Amika, the latter turned around to face both the now former LRIG and the Nova Grappler user with a small tear trickling down her face, now that everything was clear to her and only herself from her family.

"I... I don't know how to thank you both..." she stuttered "Without you guys, my mom would have..."

In an instant, she immediately wrapped her arms around both a surprised and somewhat shocked Kiyoi and Kamui before pulling them over towards her. Kai simply kept still and looked away from the three, showing a lack of interest in Amika's sudden action of slight affection for thanking the both of them in their efforts to save her mother from Remember's cold hand of death. Amika's mother giggled slightly at the sight before her, finding a small hint of amusement from the small event unfolding in front of her.

"Easy Amika...!" Kamui groaned, still feeling somewhat flustered from the close proximity and struggling to breathe a little from the tightness of the hug itself.

"You do realize you can let go now..." Kiyoi muttered in her monotone, if only from having been pulled into close proximity of the Nova Grappler user as well to her discomfort.

"Right... sorry," Amika replied as she gently let go of the two of them and looked back to her family "I know things are gonna be slow settling you back in mom, but I was wondering if I...?"

"If you wish to invite them over, then I will permit it," she kindly answered, which made the former Selector happy.

"I apologize, but I must decline the offer on my part."

Everyone looked to Kai in slight surprise to his answer before he walked past the remained of Amika's family and exited the hospital room. As joyous as the occasion was for Amika and her friends, he knew there was more pressing issues at hand for him to uncover and he felt that a distraction such as this would only get in his way for the moment.

"Hey Kai...!" called Kamui "You don't have to be that standoffish again you know?!"

"I won't stop you," he calmly replied "But right now, I must first find Aichi and Ruko."

"But still...!" the Nova Grappler user protested.

"Let him be," Kiyoi interrupted "I'm certain he has his reasons for not joining us."

(End Music)

Kamui huffed for a moment, realizing that she was indeed correct in her judgement once again. He watched on as Kai walked down the corridor of the current floor and over to the staircase which he would use to leave the hospital on his own. After the Kagero user was now heading out through the front doors of the building, he brought out his phone and decided to make a call to Aichi at this instance. A few moments later, he had finally got in contact with the Royal Paladin user.

"Kai-kun, are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah," Kai replied "I have found Amika and it seems her dilemma has finally been put to an end. Her mother has managed to recover from her ill state, with some aid from Katsuragi and Kiyoi, who has somehow reclaimed her body from Remember."

"Thank goodness..." Aichi breathed "We couldn't find her after we met up with Hitoe, so that's a relief to hear."

"But... there is something that you need to know."

The air between the two of them, despite being in seperate areas of the city on the line of the call, went eerily cold as Kai knew what he was about to tell them next was bound to have some kind of impact on Ruko.

"Is something wrong... Kai-kun?" asked Aichi.

"Before I found Amika..." Kai spoke "I encountered... Kominato Miyako."


City Streets

Upon hearing the name that was given to them at this moment, Aichi who was still holding his phone along with Ruko and Hitoe beside him gasped in shock. None were in such a more dire state upon hearing said name than the Selector who held the girls of black and white herself, who realized that Kai had encountered her mother in person and now, she felt like she needed to know everything she could.

"Was onii-chan with her?!" she gasped, coming around to Aichi's phone.

"I saw Ayumu when she arrived, but only briefly," the Kagero user replied "It appears she has been manipulating him for her own purposes and the clone LRIG he possesses is a part of them, whatever they may be."

Ruko could only close her eyes in scrutiny, a part of her having still wanted to believe that her mother was not as a bad person as Hatsu had seemingly implied earlier in the week. But at the same time, with her brother acting hostile towards her and the others with Kai's recent findings to confirm that he was indeed being manipulated by her, for reasons currently unknown to them, she knew she had to do something herself about the situation.

"Where can we find you now?" she asked.

"I am currently outside the hospital," Kai answered "What is it?"

"We'll meet with you there first," she said as she opened her eyes back up "It's time we find onii-chan and mother for some answers."

"Ruko..." Hitoe breathed in concern, worried if this surge in resolve was bound to have some kind of negative effect on her.

The Selector herself breathed in for a moment as Aichi finished the call with Kai by telling him that they would be on their way right at this very moment. When he put his phone away, he looked over to Ruko, concerned if the news that the Kagero user had encountered both Miyako and Ayumu at the same time had a profound effect on her composure at this point in time.

"I won't run away anymore," she spoke "I may not know what I did all those years ago or if I was really scary then... but right now, I have to talk some sense into onii-chan before something bad happens!"

"Tama agrees!" the girl of white called, prompting Ruko to bring out both her's and Yuki's cards from her jacket.

"Tama, Yuki," said Ruko "No matter what happens next, can you promise me you'll fight alongside me to the end?"

"I wouldn't have it any other way, Ruko," Yuki replied, smiling that her Selector had now fully regained her resolve "Now let's find out the truth behind all of this."

Ruko nodded in reply as she put away the two LRIG cards back into her jacket as she led the way for Aichi and Hitoe over to the hospital where they would first regroup with Kai and then, the four of them and their LRIGs would begin their search for Ayumu and Miyako, so that the mystery behind what had happened six years ago by tonight, would finally be put to rest for good.


Hashimoto Household

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Daily Life ~ Missing Parts)

A few hours later, the atmosphere within Amika's home for almost upbeat for the most part within everyone having their own thrall of excitement after a brief party had gone around in order to celebrate the successful return of the former Selector's mother to her family. Kiyoi was the only one who was otherwise the calmest amongst the people within the house as she simply looked up from her seat at both of Amika's parents, a kind smile having come to her now that she saw that her efforts along with Kamui's had not been in vain and that for the first time in a very long time, one of the few people around her that she had come to call a friend had finally rediscovered her true happiness.

"This is the showstopper!"

The former blue LRIG then looked over to the sitting room table to see that the Nova Grappler user, who had been busy in the midst of a game of Wixoss had just finished his final attack with Ethics Buster Extreme against Shouta, who been using a deck utilized around Akira's current LRIG, Milulun, not that she knew of her previous Selector's re-emergence into the Selector Battles themselves.

"You're way too strong for me!" Shouta moaned for a brief moment.

As Kamui flashed a smile before offering a hand to Amika's younger sibling as a thank you for the battle, to which he immediately accepted despite his annoyed mood of losing to him.

"You're really lucky to have 'strange' LRIG like that, you know," he said.

"Well... I have my ways..." the Nova Grappler user replied, unsure of whether or not Shouta would believe that he and his 'strange LRIG' were from a different game and world.

"Oh come on!"

The two of them looked to their right to see that Yuuki had been defeated by Amika, who still had the rest of her deck from the Selector Battles intact as she had defeated her other younger brother, again. Unlike his other sibling, he had been using a mostly Green deck based around Midoriko.

"And I believe that's straight win number 25," the former Selector said with a cheeky smile.

"Seriously?" he huffed before looking to Shouta "Well at least with mom back, our little bet's off now!"

"Oh? Have I been hearing that you two have been skipping a few baths in my absence?"

Feeling a strange chill run up their spines, the two younger brothers of Amika slowly turned around to see that although their mother was indeed in a happy mood as evidenced by her expression, there was something about the tone she had used to question them had scared their wits completely off.

"Um... what we're saying is that we almost forgot... right Yuuki?" Shouta replied nervously.

"Yeah... we'll be going now!" he said as the two of them hurried to the bathroom as Amika simply sweatdropped.

"Good grief," she muttered as she watched her brothers hurry up the stairs.

Amika's mother then kindly smiled towards her daughter in a silent way of saying thank you to her for managing to take care of the family in her absence and that nothing much had changed in the dynamic during said absence. Amika kindly returned the smile as her mother then returned back to the kitchen table to talk with her father, presumably to catch up with one another over the course of her time in the hospital. Seeing that they were occupied, Kiyoi then approached both her and Kamui.

"You said you were gonna explain how you got your body back right?" he asked.

"Yes," the former LRIG answered "But we cannot talk about it here."

"No problem," Amika replied as she opened the back door of her house to the small garden outside.

(End Music)

The three of them then sat down on the patch of lawn that was present as Kiyoi then began to tell her former Selector everything that had transpired since she had been reversed by Remember. She began with the fact that her Level 5 form's power altered her desire enough to change the wish to losing her mother, hence why she was now alive after the changed wish was tainted. Then, she recounted everything from her's and Kamui's final stand against Remember, including the part where Cocytus had been forced by Photon to resurrect Sakaguchi's spirit from the dead and merge it with the main systems of Necro Raizer.

"No way..." Amika breathed "They got ahold of a unit who could do that?!"

"Is Gouki's unit still there?!" exclaimed Kamui, before realizing that neither of them knew who the Granblue user was. "I mean... you know, Cocytus."

"No," Kiyoi replied "From what I can gather, it disappeared from Mayu's domain at the same time as Necro Raizer's remains after we defeated Remember. If what I heard was also true, all the units she had captured, including your Raizers have disappeared from the domain of Mayu."

"And I left the blank cards on that table back home..." he muttered "Still, at least wherever they are now, it's far away from the gal whose behind all this. I can always rebuild the deck from scratch when I get back now that annoying mark is gone."

"Even so... to think they tried to use the spirit of your friend against you..." Amika shivered as she looked to Kiyoi "That must have been... freaky."

The former blue LRIG remained silent, but gazed down on the floor, knowing that the discussion in regards to Sakaguchi Ayumi was a hard subject for her to go over to people around her, especially given that Remember had used her own body to kill her in the first place.

"That aside, we've gotta let Aichi onii-san and the others know what they're doing with our units!" Kamui called as he jumped back to his feet.

Before he could turn around and walk towards the back door, however Kiyoi had something of her own that she wished to offer to the last portion of the discussion.

"Wait Kamui."

No sooner than he had started in his walk, the Nova Grappler user then immediately came to a stop as he turned around to face the former blue LRIG, wondering what it was she wanted to tell him now.

"If it isn't too much to ask for... given I saw through more of your memories when I used Peeping Analyze on you for the second time," she spoke "Could you show me the way 'there'... so that I can pay my final respects?"

Amika blinked in confusion, wondering what it was that her friend wanted to do at this point and where exactly she was requesting for Kamui to take her to on his way in search Aichi and the rest of his friends. Realizing immediately that she was asking him to take her over to Sakaguchi's grave first, the Nova Grappler immediately lost all sense of impatience that would have otherwise built up inside of him.

"No problem," he replied "Besides... there's some respects I want to pay her as well after we freed her."

Kiyoi smiled in reply, feeling grateful that Kamui had decided to take his time to fulfil this favour she asked of him, given that she had no personal knowledge of where Sakaguchi's grave was after she had become the LRIG Piruluk.

"You guys go on ahead and do that," said Amika "I just wanna stay behind and make sure mom's okay for the moment."

"That's fine," Kamui replied with a smile"It only takes sense that you wanna keep an eye on her after everything, right?"

"I believe you were trying to say 'makes', weren't you?" Kiyoi murmured.

The Nova Grappler user immediately pouted on being corrected on his grammar once again as Amika began laughing a little to herself in amusement. As he tried desperate in vain to motion her to stop giggling over his silly little mistake, his annoyance only grew as Kiyoi soon joined in with her own little laugh, which only ended up coming out as "Kishishishi" instead, given her lack of ability to make a proper laugh given her lack of prior joy in life.

"Girls..." Kamui moaned as the two girls eventually stopped laughing.

"In any event, I believe we are ready to depart?" Kiyoi asked, now back in her usual calm tone.

"Yeah," he replied, instantly feeling refreshed despite being briefly teased "Let's go then!"

And with that, the Nova Grappler user and the two girls beside him headed back into the house to carry out their remaining plans for what was left of the day.


The White Room

Mayu in the midst of her slight boredom, tapped several of her fingers of her right hand up and down the armrests of her throne, now that today's events for her had taken a most unexpected and damaging turn to her cause. Thanks to Remember's earlier incompetence, not only was all the units she captured returning to the Planet Cray free of her bindings, but now, her 'General' was most furious at the fact that Ayumu had failed her for a second time, losing to a certain 'Queen' which they were initially uncertain of years ago to be alive at this point.

She stopped her tapping when she saw a dark red aura manifest in front of her before enlarging dramatically to a certain height that she was familiar with at this point. Miyako simply remained silent as she too knew who it was that was about to make its 'grand entrance' into the White Room for the first time in a very long while since the last time it was present here. Eventually, a giant shadow appeared amongst the darkness of the aura before a familiar blade which belonged to a certain scythe, cut through the darkness and revealed the very unit who was now amongst their presence once again.

"Welcome back, 'Clown," Mayu greeted gently "It has been a long while since your temporary leave."

"Indeed, it has," Chaos Breaker replied as it gazed down to Miyako, who nodded in reply and opened up the palm of her metallic hand.

Several rectangular shapes then manifested from it as the pink gem embedded on top of her hand glowed brightly before they surrounded the Cyber Dragon and enlarged, revealing to him the presence of all the remaining captured units who were still in the Pit, Remember who had a scowl on her face as she and Photon kept guard over the large prison, Takuto who was still shackled and in a place that was separate from the prison, several 'other' LRIGs who were either still waiting for Selectors for Mayu to pick and send them off to or in the very block for 'other' reasons she had in mind.

"Most excellent," it chuckled darkly "I see that beside the setback you informed me of, your associates have done well."

Then with a wave of its free claw, several screens then manifested themselves in the Pit to all who were being watched by the three of them in the White Room at this very point. All of them couldn't help but stare at the image of the Clown on what they could see now, but none were more horrified by the dire change in circumstances that had just befallen them than Takuto himself, who gasped upon seeing the very unit he had hoped he would never have to see again.

"I... It can't be..." he breathed before falling to his knees whilst further up the walls of the Pit, Luqieur and Amon growled in disgust at the very unit they now saw.

"Units of Cray... Tatsunagi Takuto... and all LRIGs in 'her' presence!" Chaos Breaker boomed in a mighty tone before deepening its evil smile "... I have returned!"


And there we go! With that, the double length finale chapter to the Peeping Analyze sub-arc has finally drawn to a close as we now come into the final stages of the third arc's upcoming final battles! Chaos Breaker Dragon has finally made its grand return to the White Room and no one outside of the domain of Mayu has realized that the final stages of the mastermind's enigmatic plans have shifted gears ever closer towards the final phase. What will unfold from the Clown's appearance for the first time in a long while since its leave of absence? Can Ruko talk some sense into Ayumu and discover what her 'role' was in Miyako's plans six years ago? How will Kai react to the discovery of his former 'mentor's' return into the darkness of the Selector System? Find out over the coming chapters of Stand Up, the LRIG!

Before I go, I would like to inform everyone that I'm hosting a poll for you to determine the story structure of how things will play out in the very next arc as without giving out anything more, it will revolve around both the worlds of Vanguard and Wixoss. It is up to you to determine how I will order the chapters that will be focusing around both worlds when the arc comes to pass. That aside, please share all of your thoughts and criticisms of the story so far and I'll see you guys next time on the next chapter of Stand Up, the LRIG! Until then my fellow readers, I bid adieu!

*This first plays in Episode 31 when Saori/Dumjid strides Flare Arms, Ziegenburg for the second time.


Cards of the Chapter:

Death Star-vader, Necro Raizer

Level 5

Color: Gray

Grow Cost: 3 Gray

Limit: 12

LRIG Type: Link Joker

Effect:

[Use Timing - Attack Phase] Ultimate Break (This ability is active when you have 1 or fewer Life Cloths): [Pay 2 Gray] When this LRIG is Upped due to its own effect, you may pay the cost. If you do, the turn state becomes your Main Phase again. This ability cannot be used for the rest of this turn.

[Use Timing - Attack Phase] Limit Break (This ability is active when you have 3 or fewer Life Cloths): [Discard 1 card from your hand for every non-Locked SIGNI space your opponent controls] At the end of the battle this LRIG attacked, you may pay the cost. If you do, Up the LRIG. This ability cannot be used for the rest of that turn.

[Action]: [Pay 1 Gray and choose a card named "Death Star-vader, Necro Raizer" from your LRIG Deck and send it to your LRIG Trash]: If your opponent has no Locked cards, choose 1 of your opponent's SIGNI and 1 SIGNI card in their Ener Zone, Lock them.

Beast Deity, White Tiger

Level 0

Colour: Silver

Grow Cost: 0 Silver

Limit: 0

LRIG Type: Nova Grappler

Effect:

[Use Timing - Attack Phase] Pay 1 Silver and send this card under your current LRIG to your LRIG Trash: When an attack hits an LRIG, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose 1 one of your SIGNI with "Beast Deity" in its card name and Up it. Then if this effect was activated in the LRIG attack step, you may conduct your SIGNI attack step again.