South America

(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Raul Serra Theme)

Within another section of the Serra mansion, Miyako was keeping her metallic arm laid down to a table as Morris continued with his tinkering onto the cracked gemstone that continued to spark every few seconds. The woman coldly kept a close eye on the butler of Raul Serra, not wanting him to falter in his efforts in making even a little progression with the current repairs. Needless to say, he wasn't even the least bit fazed by the baleful glare of the general of the Selector Battles, as if this was simply just another hobby he was attending to for the family name.

"I see that a smile is rather difficult for you," he spoke "But then again, I can't say that I can put you at fault with recent events."

"Do not test my patience Morris," she snarled coldly "This is merely a setback in the Grand Design for Mayu's vision. You should be fortunate that no one outside of this country is even aware of how Serra apparently recovered his lost memories."

Morris simply said nothing more, taking no notice of her tone or gaze as he examined the gemstone on her metallic hand much more closely before tapping the edge of a small tool that he was holding in his gloved hand, causing sparks to surge through it. Eventually, a light shone through the cracks as a small holographic screen seemingly flickered to life. Unbeknowst to the disgruntled woman, the butler kept a hidden smirk to himself for a split second.

"If I may," she said, getting up from her seat.

"But of course," he replied in a calm tone "Take as much time as you need."

Exiting through the doors to a lone room, the same one from where she had previously observed Kai and Ruko a few hours ago through her damaged metallic hand, Miyako took a deep breath and brought up her right arm, a part of her hoping that the repairs that Morris had provided thus far would at least be enough for what she was about to attempt next. Shaking it once more, the gemstone sparked for a brief moment as she held the metallic limb in front of her, a small screen of some kind fuzzing to life.

"Mayu, can you hear me?"

"M... Miyako, thank goodness," the mastermind's voice echoed, with some noticable noise of static from the damage still sustained by the gemstone "Where are you now?"

"I am within Kai Toshiki's world, in the South American continent at the Serra residence," she explained before briefly rolling her eyes for a moment "Home to that failed 'agent' of Chaos Breaker's who apparently got his lost memories back. As much as it pains me to address this, I am currently stranded with no means of returning back to you."

As the room around her and the White Room from Mayu's end fell silent respectively, the latter herself pondered on the situation, a part of her still feeling infuriated that Kai had managed to defeat her only friend to the outside world from her domain and that Ayumu was the sole cause of the situation they now faced.

"I see... I will have Photon begin work on creating a new Teleport Card and have Ulith deliver it to you," she spoke "Do you believe there may be any value in relying on the Serra family after their previous failure to Chaos Breaker?"

"I trust Raul and Morris as far as I can throw them," the general hissed, quietly enough so that neither Morris or Serra would not overhear her comment "But they may be of use to my objectives, for the time being."

"And what of Shiro and Kuro?"

Miyako didn't say a word in response, knowing that she had initially planned to challenge Ruko to take her two LRIGs back to their creator before Kai had taken her place back then. She had realized Yuki in particular had proven to be a much bigger problem that she had expected when she regained control over the dark power that she was cursed with, even though the clone LRIG had recovered her data before its destruction afterwards.

"Though Ruko has outlived her usefulness for Project: Locked Soul, it seems that disregarding her position over the possession of the girls of white and black was a mistake," Miyako spoke as she briefly glanced back to the doorway "And I believe that I have found just the way to bring them to me."

(End Music)


Meanwhile back in Japan as the night sky drew over the cityscape, Kai and Ulith were within another part of the city where there were little to no people roaming the streets nearby to the park that they had just entered. As they were standing at opposite ends of the large area, prepared to fight, the cruel demanored Selector then glanced towards the Kagero user, noting his stern expression.

"Oh yes, I'd almost forgotten," she smirked "I believe unlike Aichi and the others, Takuto's abrupt summoning actually put you at a disadvantage in the Selector Battles. Well then... allow me to return the favour."

As her right hand grew a dark purple aura to it, she snapped her fingers, much to her opponent's and Miwa's initial confusion. Then in a flash of light, Kai silently gasped as several cards manifested in his otherwise closed left hand. When the light eventually faded, he cautiously gazed upon them before turning them over to reveal at the front of the small pile was something he had not expected to find back in his possession. It was the remaining cards that had gone missing from his possession after he had been abruptly summoned to Ruko's world and now they were sitting in his hand once more. Despite his initial surprise to this, the Kagero user still remained cautious, knowing what Ulith was capable of.

"Not a thank you for managing to find and give back the units that Takuto's abrupt summoning caused you to lose inbetween dimensions?" the cruel demanored Selector said in a playful tone "I expected more from a solitary fighter. Then again, seeing as that particular Overlord is out of our reach along with Percival and Aglovale from our own time, I hardly see the point in taking the card back to Mayu."

"You knew that units had been missing from my deck since the beginning," he replied "But, I believe I see the reason behind this. Ulith, you take pleasure in breaking people at their brilliance as you have stated previously yourself. So by giving back my strongest units that were previously lost, you're planning to merely set up a fall for me in this fight."

"Perhaps," she replied calmly "But, who is to say that I always do what Mayu tells me? Or if I'm even in the mood for that?"

After Kai switched out a few of the cards in his deck with some of the ones he had managed to reacquire, Ulith simply held out one card in front of her as the familiar purple boundary from the fights that took place in Singapore appeared once more. Miwa having little time to react at all jumped clear to avoid being affected by the walls, but had ended up now being trapped inside the battlefield itself.

"Well I've gone and done it now..." he muttered to himself as he looked back to the Kagero user.

"Stay clear," he said resolutely "The damage from the images in these fields are seemingly real."

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Culmination)

Two dark red tables manifested in front of both combatants as they placed down their starting Vanguards and decks before taking ahold of the cards that would form their starting hands. Reaching out for the cards they laid, their gazes crossed one another.

"Stand up, (the) Vanguard!" they called.

As the image of Dragon Knight, Sadegh manifested itself onto the battlefield before the two of them, shortly afterwards in a flash of pink light, an image of Tawil herself appeared in front of Ulith's table. Her turqoise coloured eyes had very little light within them and seemed almost completely blank, as if they were a mere reflection of the 'incomplete' LRIG that the cruel demanoured Selector had briefly been talking about before they began their fight. Kai simply gazed upon the other half of Ut'ulls, not quite knowing or feeling what to expect now that he had some knowledge about Umr from the deck Aichi had been given from Hatsu.

"Tawil..." he murmured to himself "Just what kind of power does she possess?"

Sensing his unease, Ulith simply smirked as she immediately drew a single card to begin the first turn of the fight.

"Ride!" she called as a bright light enveloped Tawil "Tawil=Ett, Prolonged of Life!"

As the flash eventually died down, not much of Tawil had changed in her appearance aside from the stockings on her legs becoming a little longer and the wings on the upper portions having grown a little larger. A small object shaped like a trumpet that was downsized greatly in size manifested in her right hand as a few small bubbles exited the end of it. As Ulith kept her somewhat smug smile, Kai began his turn as he looked over the field and the cards he held, contemplating on what was happening so far.

She didn't bind a Grade 5 from her deck, he muttered in his thoughts as he took ahold of one card Is it already in her hand then?

"Ride! Dragon Monk, Gojo!"

As Sadegh leaped back a little ways, the gillman clad in robes and dragon scaled shoulder plated armour rose up onto the field in a bright orange flash as he gazed upon its two opponents. Spinning around his staff with a crescent shape near the edge of the tip, he summoned a torrent of fire that soared towards Tawil and engulfed her immediately as Candlelight Angel landed in Ulith's damage zone face up. As the smoke eventually cleared up, the cruel demanored Selector drew her next card and immediately threw it down onto the Vanguard circle.

"Ride! Tawil=Två, Prolonged of Life!" she declared "And call!"

Within a bright glow, the imaged Tawil's appearance was altered once again as the wings on her legs grew longer and her stocking disappeared altogether. Her new weapon of choice consited of two handles each with a circle with smaller blades attached to them. To her right appeared an Angel with multiple wings, blondish coloured hair and wielding a large bow with multiple arrows already loaded on.

"Nociel's skill," Ulith spoke "Placing a second Tawil in my damage zone, I add Candlelight to my hand."

As Candlelight Angel appeared Tawil, the imaged LRIG gained a fiery aura around herself as she was boosted for the next attack. She took flight using the wings on her legs and charged straight towards Gojo as Kai remained sternly motionless. Ulith then revealed the top of her deck for her Drive Check, uncovering the Angel Feather unit Boquet Toss Messanger.

"Draw Trigger," she smirked "Power to Nociel."

As Tawil slashed down the front of Gojo who groaned in pain, Kai's first damage flew past him as Perdition Dragon, Dragonic Neoflame before the card landed in his damage zone.

"Candlelight Angel's skill," Ulith spoke "I discard 1 card and draw."

After drawing her next card, she pointed over towards Nociel without uttering a single word, only a confident smirk. Responding to her command, the Angel Feather unit pulled back on her bow and after aiming it towards her target let loose all of the arrows that were on the bowstring. As Gojo held out its staff for self-defence, Kai immediately placed a card on the Guardian circle of his table.

"Blue Ray Dracokid guards!" he responded.

As the small blue dragon appeared in front of the Dragon Monk, it snarled before firing back at all of the incoming arrows with the blaster mounted on its right arm, incinerating the projectiles with ease before vanishing from the battlefield shortly afterwards. The cruel demanored Selector was not disappointed in the slightest, having sensed that her opponent wasn't planning on taking any chances around her.

"1 damage apiece," Miwa murmured "Tawil doesn't seem to have any abilities that make her a threat, but..."

Kai immediately began his next turn by drawing another card as he then placed down it straight down onto the Vanguard circle.

"Ride!" he declared "Perdition Dragon, Whirlwind Dragon!"

Gojo then vanished from the battlefield in a blazing whirlwind of flames as a grey coloured Flame Dragon with yellowish wings emerged from amongst the inferno and gazed upon Tawil with its intense orange eyes. Its stature was similar to that of Vortex Dragon, one of the Kagero user's older units, but had a vastly different body shape and was littered with more spikes across its body. To its right appeared Perdition Dragon, Menace Laser Dragon as the right cannon mounted on its back moved to the right before firing a beam of fire at Nociel, retiring her from Ulith's field.

"Sadegh's skill!" Kai continued "Candlelight Angel retires!"

Sadegh then hurled his flaming spear at Candlelight Angel, both units immediately vanishing after the resulting impact brought up a small explosion.

"Go, Whirlwind Dragon!"

Whirlwind Dragon then roared loudly and flapped its wings before taking flight into the air, still keeping its fierce gaze upon the only target remaining, the imaged Tawil herself. Kai then pulled and turned over the top card of his deck for his drive check, revealing Embodiment of Spear, Tahr.

"Got a Critical Trigger!"

Perdition Dragon, Whirlwind Dragon/Critical: 1 - 2

Perdition Dragon, Menace Laser Dragon/POW: 9000 - 14000

The grey coloured Flame Dragon then opened up its jaws and unleashed a torrent of flames towards the LRIG who remained motionless as they struck her directly in an instant. As embers spread around Ulith's side of the battlefield, she simply watched on without seemingly a care in the world as her next two points of damage came out as Burst Shot, Bethnael and Sunny Smile, Angel, the latter of which glowed brightly.

"Heal Trigger," she smugly remarked before moving Bethnael from her damage zone to her drop zone "I give 5000 power to my Vanguard."

"Next!" Kai called as Menace Laser Dragon unleashed two streams of fire from each of its cannons towards the downed Tawil.

Before they even made contact with her, a smaller unit whose appearance resembled Nociel appeared in front of the imaged LRIG and projected a green coloured barrier in front of herself, deflecting the attack with relative ease. Both Kai and Miwa could only stare at this unit, having recognized it from their own experiences through Vanguard before this fight.

"Battle Cupid, Nociel's skill," Ulith smirked "I switch out the Draw Trigger in my hand for the Heal Trigger in my damage zone."

After she did the exact action, Nociel vanished from the battlefield along with the torrent of flames as Menace Laser Dragon's attack had come to an end with no success gained from it.

"Even with that Critical Trigger, Ulith still ended up taking 1 damage for the turn," Miwa commented before looking over to his friend "I suppose you weren't joking when you said she was formidable."

Kai didn't reply back, instead choosing to remain keeping a close eye on his opponent as she began her next turn by drawing her next card. But instead of choosing a card to ride immediately afterwards, she gazed back towards the Kagero user and his closest friend, a seemingly soft and somewhat playful glint in her eyes laced with a hint of ulterior motive.

(End Music)

"You're not using the SIGNI that you modified your deck with in the Selector Battles?" she commented "Could I be sensing a hint of 'fairness'? Or pride from wanting to cardfight with your units and only your units?"

"SIGNI...?" Miwa pondered before suddenly remembering something from earlier "Wait... you mean those other cards with no clan name?"

"Only a fighter themselves decide the way they choose to fight," Kai interjected "Even at my lowest, I have always remained true to that."

A small chuckle escaped the cruel demanored Selector's lips in response to his statement, having found some kind of sick twisted amusement to enjoy from just listening to him say those words. But she didn't feel prepared to push him any further through whatever scheme had concocted itself into her mind. At least, not for the present moment.

"But moving on to more pressing matters," she continued "Your defiance against Miyako is to be commended. Even if it had to be by my enemy, it's about time someone brought that 'child' that calls herself an adult above humanity down a peg. Though I must say that I never expected she intended to 'adopt' you had this world fallen to ruin by your actions."

(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Semarikuru Kiken)

As Miwa raised an eyebrow in confusion, having not been told about this subject in regards to the topic that was Ruko's mother and her goal to wipe out humanity in addition to bringing the world outside of Mayu's White Room to an end, he looked back to Kai and suddenly grew even more concerned. He could see that the Kagero user's left fist had been clenched tightly as he tried to restrain his anger the best he could.

"Kai!" he called "She's not being serious, is she?!"

The lack of an immediate answer however had only confirmed his fears from what he was witnessing. Seeing Kai angry for personal reasons alone was rare sight even in recent times, but whatever Ulith had just revealed to him now had an effect on his perceptions from the time of the Link Joker invasion. Losing his friend to the darkness of Reverse was already harrowing enough for him, but from what he knew of Miyako through Yuki's words along with this information had only worried him even more.

"Well frankly, wherever the hell Miyako is now, I can hardly care less," she said cooly "Though I must say, seeing your twisted expressions in the midst of said defiance was quite the amusement. I wonder what else I can pull from 'him'."

Kai clenched his teeth, knowing full well that she was referring to her continued interest in pursuing Aichi for her own goals after he had barely escaped the mental torment that she had inflicted upon him during their first confrontation. And now that she was using Tawil's cards as her own, even if she currently did not possess the real LRIG for the time being, that only brought up even more concerns in his mind. Was she merely planning to try and break down his composure again? Could it have anything to do with Ut'ulls now that he had Umr in his possession? He didn't know what exactly she had in mind for the Royal Paladin user and that only served to make him relatively uneasy.

"Ah yes, I believe it was still my turn," Ulith spoke out, eventually picking out a card from her hand and placing it down onto the Vanguard circle of her table "Ride!"

As Tawil was enveloped in a bright white coloured light, the back of her hair grew much longer from the otherwise shorter state that it had always been in from previous forms. When the flash eventually died down, her weapons of choice this time around were a pair of gold coloured pistols that she clutched ahold of in both of her hands as she pointed one towards Whirlwind Dragon. The cruel demanored Selector sneered as she announced the name of this new form to the LRIG that served as half of Ut'ulls.

"Tawil=Tre, the Guide!"

Tawil=Tre, the Guide/Grade 3/Twin Drive!/SLD: 0/POW: 10000/'?'/United Sanctuary/Human;LRIG

As the imaged LRIG glanced back at the Kagero user, he too gazed back, now sensing that at this stage into the fight as it was thus far was the point where she would unveil what kind of abilities she had.

"What do you think, scum?" Ulith smugly remarked "This card like many is merely the prelude to Tawil's capabilties before she truely awakens."

Kai said nothing in response as he and Miwa watched her turn over one of the cards that was in her damage zone face down.

"Tawil's skill," she spoke before picking up and fanning out the cards of her deck, eventually selecting one and revealing it to her opponent "Another Nociel is added to my hand as she happens to be an Angel. Then call!"

As an unfamiliar Angel by the name of Ciel, Fictitious Love appeared onto the battlefield to the imaged Tawil's left once again, Sunny Smile Angel and a second Tawil=Ett appeared behind the pair as they all turned their attention towards the two lone units that were on their opponent's field. Then to the right of them appeared a new figure that was unfamiliar to all present but the cruel demanored Selector herself. She was an Angel much like many of the units that had been used throughout the fight and wielded a large hammer that she then proceeded to smash into the ground.

"At the cost of resting Nakirun whilst I have Tawil as my Vanguard, I add any Angel I want from my deck to my hand," Ulith continued as she picked out a card by the name of Pure Keeper, Requiel.

"She was able to get a Perfect Guard that easily?!" Miwa gasped.

Kai didn't respond, but he could tell that there was one aspect of Ulith's deck and stratagem that was fully clear to him now. Tawil seemed to revolve around the concept of Angel units and SIGNI, but so far, all he could gather from what he had seen so far was the fact that she was gathering them to her hand to either rebuild her formation or bolster her defences for his next turn.

"Well then, here I come," the cruel demanored girl spoke in a soft, yet sinister tone "Tawil attacks your Vanguard."

As a green aura radiated around Tawil from both the boost and the effects of Sunny Smile Angel, she immediately took aim at Whirlwind Dragon, preparing to fire both of her pistols at it.

"No guard," the Kagero user replied.

"Twin Drive."

Ulith reached out to her deck and turned over a second copy of Tawil=Tre as her first check. Adding the card straight to her hand, she then did the same action once again for her second check, this time revealing Happy Bell, Nociel as the card glowed bright yellow.

"Stand Trigger," she smirked "I give all the effects to Nakirun!"

Tawil then fired several shots of what appeared to be bubble shapped projectiles as they came rushing in towards Whirlwind Dragon, exploding on contact as they hit it head on and the impacts forcing Kai and Miwa to shield their faces.

"Okay, now you tell me the damage is somewhat real!" he remarked.

Kai didn't say anything in response as he gazed at his damage zone to see Perdition Dragon Knight, Tarayev enter it with no Trigger marking to help him as of yet. He then turned back to Ulith, anticipating her next attack as she pursed her lips.

"Nakirun attacks your rear-guard."

Nakirun then took flight towards Menace Laser Dragon and slammed down her hammer onto it, retiring it from the battlefield in a series of red sparkles as the card landed in the Kagero user's drop zone. After that had happened, Ciel who had leaped into the air then slashed down the front of Whirlwind Dragon, causing it to growl in pain from taking the brunt of the attack head on.

"Damage check," Kai spoke as he flipped over the top card of his deck, revealing Gattling Claw Dragon "Got a Draw Trigger."

As he drew another card from his deck, Ulith simply took ahold of Sunny Smile Angel and shuffled it back into her deck, signalling the end of her turn.

(End Music)

End of Turn 5

Kai vs Ulith

Hand - 6 : 5

Soul - 2 : 3

Damage - 3 : 2

Front Rows : EMPTY - Perdition Dragon, Whirlwind Dragon (VG) - EMPTY : Ciel, Fictitious Love - Tawi=Tre, the Guide (VG) - Nakirun, Younger Sister Deity of the Holy Tomb

Back Rows : EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY : Tawil=Ett, Prolonged of Life - EMPTY - EMPTY

"She managed to reverse the position just like that," Miwa breathed "And aside from maintaining her hand size, she rebuilt her formation from the ground up."

Kai gazed at the field that his opponent had managed to assemble in the span of the previous turn. He had a suspicion that Tawil would be a formidable opponent from merely being half of Ut'ulls and he had certainly not expected her capabilities to help Ulith rebuild the formation he had burned away on his last turn. Then he looked to Ulith who had continued to remain as smugly confident as she was as he began his next turn.

"Ulith, no matter what intentions you have for me in this fight," he spoke as he held out a card in front of him "I won't falter to your trickery!"

"Then show me," she replied calmly "Show me that you simply didn't just have fortune on your side after that crushing defeat to Mayu's defective Queen."

(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: The Thunder Dragon Descends)

"Lead to destruction with a flaming whirlwind!" the Kagero user announced before placing down a card onto the Vanguard Circle "Ride the Vanguard!"

As a vortex of flames erupted from the ground and enveloped Whirlwind Dragon, it vanished from the battlefield as a taller shadow began to rise from amongst the flames. The stature alone seemed to resemble that of Dragonic Overlord's stance but several shapes made it clear that this wasn't the unit or any of its other forms that Kai was calling upon at this moment. As the flames eventually vanished, the unit was mostly coloured a greyish silver with several dark bluish scales and several turqoise coloured gems littered on its body. It roared loudly to make its presence known as Kai annouced its name.

"Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt!"

Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt/Grade 3/Twin Drive!/SLD: 0/POW: 11000/Kagero/Flame Dragon

Immediately afterwards, Calamity Tower Wyvern appeared behind the tall dragon, flapping its wings as it was surrounded in a bright red aura for a brief moment as he drew his next card before holding his free hand over the Vanguard circle.

"Seek the mate!" he declared.

A golden aura rose from the table as Menace Laser Dragon, Gojo and Blue Ray Dracokid flew up from his drop zone and landed on top of his deck whilst he snatched Whirlwind Dragon's card as it was hovering amongst the other cards.

"Its roar opens a path where none exists. Those flames burn everything in this world to nothing! Stand in line, purgatory dragons. Legion!"

As the Legion symbol flashed to all for a brief few moments, Whirlwind Dragon appeared once again onto the battlefield as the two dragons roared loudly in unison as a result of the successful Legion. Then to their left and right appeared Dragonic Neoflame, Tarayev and Gojo who all took offensive stances as they each prepared for the oncoming battles ahead.

"That's the way Kai!" Miwa cheered, feeling a little relieved that what Ulith had mentioned about Miyako to him had seemingly only had a temporary effect on his friend.

"Watch closely Ulith!" Kai announced "This is the power of the units that you chose to 'recover' for me!"

As two of the three cards in his damage zone turned face down, he threw a second copy of Vortex Dragonewt from his hand into his drop zone before pointing towards her field.

"One! Two!"

Bursts of flames erupted from the ground in front of the cruel demanored Selector's table, retiring both of her front row rear-guards in an instant as they vanished. Despite this blow to her formation, she was still not concerned in the slightest.

"And the third one!" the Kagero user continued "Trinity Crimson Flame!"

As a fireball began to manifest itself in Vortex Dragonewt's right claw and Whirlwind Dragon's jaws, the imaged Tawil simply gazed motionlessly towards them as if she knew what was about to happen next. Both units then unleashed two blasts of fire that merged into a single beam that struck both the LRIG and Ulith at the same time as she briefly cried in pain. But after only a second or two had passed, what became more unnerving to Kai and Miwa was how she was seemingly laughing off the pain from the enhanced attacks as a result of the boundary's properties. In fact, from the small squeal like noise they heard before said laughter, it sounded as if she was actually enjoying it.

"Beautiful..." she breathed as the flames eventually disappeared "I haven't felt like this in ages."

"That was weird..." Miwa murmured, unsure of how to best describe what he and his friend had just witnessed.

Kai simply kept his gaze upon her as she revealed the top card of her deck as a second copy of Pure Keeper, Requiel before placing it face up into her damage zone, still smirking despite being in pain from the enchanced attack just now.

"You seem to enjoy pain for some reason, even on yourself..." he murmured.

"On the contrary, I find it fascinating to say the least," the cruel demanoured Selector replied "But I believe that you're not quite finished with that onslaught yet."

He simply nodded before turning over to his damage zone and flipping the last card that was there face down and pointing towards the rear-guard Tawil. Dragonic Neoflame growled loudly and spat a large fireball at her, the projectile exploding on contact and retiring her in an instant, leaving Ulith's field all empty again save for the imaged Tawil that was still her Vanguard. Vortex Dragonewt glowed brightly as it gained more power from the consecutive skills that had just went off altogether.

Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt and Perdition Dragon, Whirlwind Dragon/POW: 20000 - 29000

"Vortex Dragonewt, Whirlwind Dragon... unleash a roar that will shake the world!" Kai declared as he rested both cards and Calamity Tower Wyvern's "Legion Attack!"

The Legioned pair took flight into the air and soared towards Tawil as Ulith simply chose to remain silent in confidence, having no intention of guarding the attack at all.

"Twin drive!"

The Kagero user revealed his first check as Wyvern Guard, Barri and added the card straight to his hand. Turning over the second card from the top of his deck, it was revealed as Embodiment of Spear, Tahr.

"Got a Critical Trigger!" he announced "I give power to Tarayev and the Critical to Legion!"

Vortex Dragonewt and Whirlwind Dragon now upon Ulith's entire side of the field growled respectively before opening up their jaws and covering over the cruel demanoured Selector and the imaged Tawil with a shower of flames that engulfed them. Despite being in pain again due to the attacks being enhanced by the boundary's properties, her smile was still enough to keep her opponent and Miwa on their guard.

"Damage check," she spoke as she revealed the first card as Aglaea, Innocent Brightness which glowed a bright yellow "Draw Trigger!"

Tawil=Tre, the Guide/POW: 10000 - 15000

After the imaged Tawil powered up from the trigger effect as the smoke had cleared up, Ulith's second check had revealed Love Machine Gun, Nociel with no further trigger effects to help her out.

"Next!" Kai declared as he rested Tarayev's card.

The brown haired Dragon Knight then pointed his large firearm towards Tawil and fired a series of large fiery bullets in her direction. Then in front of the imaged LRIG appeared a second Tawil=Två who had just enough shield to defend her from harm as she projected a green barrier that deflected the shots before vanishing after the attack had concluded.

"Neoflame!"

Dragonic Neoflame then slithered across the battlefield as it then coated itself in a series of hot orangish coloured flames and charged towards the seemingly defenceless Tawil in an attempt to strike the finishing blow. Between them however appeared a second Battle Cupid, Nociel who took the brunt of the attack head on and screamed in pain before vanishing from the battlefield, her efforts being enough to stop the Flame Dragon in its tracks. Ulith simply smiled deviously as she exchanged the Happy Bell, Nociel in her hand for the Requiel in her damage zone.

So even though Ulith took three damage, Kai didn't manage to dent her hand by much and she now has two Perfect Guards in her hand Miwa muttered in his thoughts But at the very least, he managed to burn down her entire formation again.

"Turn end," Kai spoke.

(End Music)

End of Turn 6

Kai vs Ulith

Hand - 5 : 4

Soul - 1 : 3

Damage - 3 : 5

Front Rows : Perdition Dragon Knight, Tarayev - Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt and Perdition Dragon, Whirlwind Dragon (VG) - Perdition Dragon, Dragonic Neoflame : EMPTY - Tawi=Tre, the Guide (VG) - EMPTY

Back Rows : EMPTY - Calamity Tower Wyvern - Dragon Monk, Gojo : EMPTY - EMPTY - EMPTY

"Not bad, scum," Ulith remarked smugly as she drew her next card "I can see now that we're fortunate that those some of those units you have can't be used in the Selector Battles as they no longer exist in Cray's present time."

"That may be true," he replied calmly "But even if my units change regardless of the circumstances, my will shall always remain as it is."

The cruel demanored Selector simply remained smug from his words, having expected this from him to an extent.

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Negative Chain)

"Your will? Regardless of your units?" she spoke in a soft, yet creepy tone "I wonder what happened to that will, when you willingly sold yourself out."

Though the Kagero user did not respond to her statement, having already dealt with the subject matter enough times to the point where he wasn't able to flinch in the face of the truth from past events, Miwa on the other hand was not planning on having any of it.

"Hey! Kai's already been ragged on about his past mistakes enough times!" he responded "If you're stealing other units and tormenting others like he and the others say you are, you don't have as much of a right to drag him down any further!"

Ulith simply ignored his words, knowing that they didn't mean much, if at all anything, to her of all people or LRIGs for that matter. However, the anger from him that was even rare to those that knew him well... that was definitely something of intrigue to her. But that subject she felt was something she could study for herself another time as right now, she was still in the midst of fighting her potential target's closest friend. She then took ahold of a card from her hand and threw it down onto the Vanguard circle, the image displayed seeming very familiar.

"Ride!" she declared "Tawil=Tre, the Guide!"

The Tawil on the battlefield rose from the ground for a brief moment as a bright turqiose coloured light enveloped her, erasing all of the scratches and dirt that was on her body and clothes, but not changing her overall appearance in the slightest.

"She rode the same Vanguard?!" Miwa gasped in disbelief.

Even Kai could not help but a express a little bit of confusion on this manuver, having expected her to Ride Tawil up to Grade 4 at this point. But as he had already known from the fight so far, there was a good reason why she would choose to do so.

"Tawil's skill," Ulith spoke as she turned over a card in her damage zone "Add any Angel of my choice from my deck to my hand."

After revealing another copy of the Grade 3 Angel known as Nakirun, Younger Sister Deity of the Holy Tomb from her deck and shuffling the remaining cards, she immediately called it to the rear-guard. But what was even stranger to both Kai and Miwa, the latter moreso was that this time, she had chosen to call it to the back row as it appeared to the right circle that was behind Tawil. She slammed her hammer down into the ground once again, indicating that the cruel demanored Selector was using her skill to search out for another Angel to which she immediately did before calling it to circle that was directly in front of Nakirun. This one yet another Love Machine Gun, Nociel who glowed brightly as Ulith placed another Tawil=Två into her damage zone whilst picking out Aglaea and calling it to the back row immediately.

"Aglaea's skill," she continued as the SIGNI appeared behind Nociel "I reveal the top three cards of my deck and place them back in any order I want. Of course, if all of them happen to be Angel units, I can add one of them to my hand instead. Of course, what fun would that be if I just revealed them all at once?"

Kai and Miwa simply gazed towards her deck, despite having the knowledge that she was intending to reveal what the future of this fight would hold for the Kagero user from her next three cards, even if she was planning to reveal them one at a time. Neither of them knew what to expect since all of Ulith's cards with the except of those depicting Tawil were all Angels themselves. Smiling deviously, she turned over the first card of her deck and placed it face up in the little space of the table that was directly in front of the pile. It was an Angel Feather unit by the name of Critical Hit Angel.

"Critical Trigger," she said gleefully before shrugging her shoulders in a seemingly playful mood "Well, I'd like to say."

She then revealed the next card as Burst Shot, Bethnael, another Angel Feather unit that happened to be an Angel as well. Then she revealed the final card which only served to shock Miwa as it was yet another Critical Hit Angel.

"Her top three cards had a double Critical?!" he exclaimed.

"That's not all," Kai muttered as his friend looked over to him before realizing what this had meant.

"Since the revealed cards are all Angels," Ulith smirked "I add Bethnael to my hand and place the Critical Triggers on top of my deck."

Immediately after she laid both Critical Hit Angels back on top of her deck, both Bethanael and a second Ciel, Fictitious Love appeared in the remaining empty circles of her rear-guard, ready for battle with the other units and the imaged Tawil that were still standing. An aura glowed around Ciel as she powered up from being in the presence of other Angel rear-guards.

Ciel, Fictitious Love/POW: 9000 - 12000

"Well then, scum, let us begin," she sneered before resting Bethnael and Tawil's cards "Tawil attacks Vortex Dragonewt!"

As Bethnael flapped his wings and fired off several shots from his own firearms into the air, Tawil took flight on the wings that were on the upped portions of her legs and took aim at Vortex Dragonewt and Whirlwind Dragon who gazed up at her. With knowledge of his opponent's double Critical Trigger coming towards him with this attack, Kai looked down at his hand and knew there was only one way out of this situation.

"Perfect Guard!" he declared as he threw down Barri's card and discarded a second Calamity Tower Wyvern from his hand.

"Oh? You can't afford a Shield of 20000 at this point?" Ulith remarked cooly as she revealed her first Critical Hit Angel from the top of her deck, with Nociel glowing a bright yellow from recieving all of the trigger effects "You must really be that desperate to hang on now."

After revealing the second Critical Hit Angel from the top of her deck, Nociel once again powered up from the card's effects.

Love Machine Gun, Nociel/POW: 8000 - 13000 - 18000/Critical: 1 - 2 - 3

The imaged Tawil then charged up a large mass of energy in her twin golden pistols and pointed them down at the Legioned dragons before unleashing a pair of large bubble like projectiles at them. Wyvern Guard, Barri manifested between the opposing combatants and soared towards the oncoming projectiles. The knight riding atop the mechanical Wyvern leaped from his ride as it crashed head on into one of the large bubbles in a large explosion before taking the sword on its back and slashing down the front of the other, a large explosion following shortly afterwards as the unit vanished from the battlefield. Despite the attack not being successful, the shockwaves from the impact were enough to force Kai and Miwa to fight to keep their balance. Ulith wasn't concerned with the failed attack as she then turned her attention to one of her rear-guards.

"Ciel attacks Tarayev," she spoke in a soft but sinister tone.

Ciel then leaped up into the air and intended to land a hard blow with her blade upon the Dragon Knight that she was commanded to attack. To her surprise though when she brought down the blade, it was Dragonic Neoflame that took on the full brunt of the attack. When the serpent-like Flame Dragon disappeared from the battlefield with its role of interceptor coming to an end, Ulith then turned to Nociel.

"Now then... show me that you won't go down that easily," she spoke in a soft, yet sinister tone as the Angel Feather unit, empowered with Algaea's boost took aim at Kai's two dragons, intending to end the game here and now.

"Guard!" he responded as Embodiment of Spear, Tahr and Gojo appeared in front of the Legioned pair to protect them from the multiple arrows that Nociel had fired upon them.

After the arrows had struck the two guardians head on, they immediately vanished from the battlefield having done their duty to the Kagero user in his hour of need. He then gazed down at the only card was now left in his hand and looked back towards Ulith, now seeing her overall intent for this turn after she had chosen to ride a second Tawil=Tre, the Guide instead of advancing to Grade 4 as he had intially expected in his earlier caution.

(End Music)

End of Turn 7

Kai vs Ulith

Hand - 1 : 4

Soul - 1 : 4

Damage - 3 : 5

Front Rows : Perdition Dragon Knight, Tarayev - Perdition Dragon, Vortex Dragonewt and Perdition Dragon, Whirlwind Dragon (VG) - EMPTY : Love Machine Gun, Nociel - Tawi=Tre, the Guide (VG) - Ciel, Fictitious Love

Back Rows : EMPTY - Calamity Tower Wyvern - Dragon Monk, Gojo : Agalaea, Innocent Brightness - Burst Shot, Bethanael - Nakirun, Younger Sister Deity of the Holy Tomb

I see... Her aim wasn't to finish me off this turn. With the double trigger set up from Aglaea and her knowledge of Barri from my previous turn, she knew I would have to give up most of my hand to stop her attacks from finishing me.

"Stand and draw."

After drawing his next card, he looked over to his damage zone, seeing that he was in fact still at three damage, but only from his efforts to block two of Ulith's attacks that would have otherwise given him the remaining three damage in addition to her choice of attacking his rear-guard. With that in mind and all of the cards there still face-down that it wasn't the only issue he had to deal with this turn.

By attacking this way, she's also prevented me from acquiring Counter Blast for my unit's skills to retire her rear-guards he muttered in his thoughts She's obviously trying to buy herself some time, but for what?

Looking down to the two cards that he now held and thinking about what to expect for the upcoming turn, he eventually made a decision.

"I call Menace Laser Dragon!" he declared as the red bipedal Flame Dragon appeared onto the battlefield.

Miwa could only stare at Kai's field, knowing that despite him remaining in the lead on damage, Ulith was still managing to keep up the pressure on him thanks to the last turn with Agalaea stacking the top of her deck and reinforcing her rear-guard back to the way it was. Turn after turn, his friend kept burning away at her rear-guards only for more to swarm the field with the size of her hand barely changing at all.

I hope you know what you're doing Kai... he murmured in his thoughts.

"Tarayev attacks Nociel!" Kai declared.

The Dragon Knight then aimed its large firearm towards the Angel Feather unit and struck her down with a series of consecutive fiery blasts, retiring the Angel from the battlefield in an instant.

"Next!" he continued as Vortex Dragonewt and the Legion-Mate Whirlwind Dragon took flight into the air.

Both of the silvery grey Flame Dragons set their sights upon the imaged Tawil who remained motionless and watched on as the two units roared loudly before unleashing two beams of flames from their jaws towards their target. Before they could make contact, Pure Keeper, Requiel appeared in front of the LRIG and generated a barrier to shield her and Ulith from the attack itself.

"She was bound to use one of them sooner or later...!" Miwa muttered as he watched Ulith discard a Critical Hit Angel from her hand.

"Twin Drive!" the Kagero user announced revealing his first card as Perdition Emperor Dragon, Dragonic Overlord the Great "Second check!"

When he revealed the second card, it glowed brightly as it was revealed to be Dragon Monk, Genjo. He could only frown a little as he added the card to his hand, just as the rear-guard Menace Laser Dragon powered up from the trigger effect.

"It seems shredding through most of your hand with my last attacks wasn't the only disadvantage you recieved," Ulith remarked "Then again, had you chose to let Tawil's attack through on purpose for whatever reason, you still wouldn't be able to heal any damage thanks to my own count."

"Menace Laser!" Kai called.

The remaining rear-guard then shot out a single blast of fire from one of its cannons towards the imaged Tawil who remained motionless once again as Ciel and Critical Hit Angel came to her defence, blocking the attack by taking the full brunt of it until they were retired from Ulith's side of the field. The cruel demanored Selector smiled as she placed both cards in her drop zone, having yet again barely managing to survive another turn at five damage.

"Darn, he almost had her!" Miwa groaned.

The Kagero user simply remained silent as a harsh breeze whistled throughout the entire park that this boundary was mostly covering, with the three occupants being the only people there to participate and witness this fight as the eighth turn then immediately came to an end.

"Quite the formidable force," Ulith spoke as if she was complimenting him in some kind of a mocking tone underlaced with a softer approach to her voice "But then again, I wouldn't expect anything less from Chaos Breaker's former student. It is such a shame that once I defeat you, not only will the cards I willingly recovered for you belong to Mayu, even if she cannot summon them to her domain, but all of the other Kagero units you have on you since arriving back in this world will be hers as well."

"Chaos Breaker has no influence over me or the way I fight," he sternly replied "That is all."

Scoffing lightly in the midst of continued defiance to the weight about his past actions, she then began her next turn as she drew another card to add to the one Perfect Guard that she had remaining in her hand.

"Nakirun's skill!" she declared with a sinister smile as she rested the Grade 3 card "I add another Bethnael to my hand!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: PSY Qualia tono Tatakai)

As the Angel SIGNI slammed her hammer into the ground once again to use her skill, this time after a few seconds, she vanished from the battlefield in a bright flash of white as Bethnael appeared onto that exact rear-guard circle in her place. Then right in front of the Angel Feather unit appeared yet another copy of Agalaea as she glowed brightly for the effect of her skill and it was one everyone knew could make or break the outcome of this fight right now.

"Here she goes again!" Miwa exclaimed as he saw the cruel demanored Selector reach out for the top card of her deck.

"Well then, let's see if this proves to be your misfortune," Ulith sneered.

Flipping over the first card onto the table, it came out as Ciel, Fictitious Love, Critical Hit Angel and Happy Bell, Nociel all of which were once again Angels.

"I'll add Ciel to my hand and place the other cards on top of my deck."

As soon as she did that, Miwa could only sigh deeply in relief that the cards that had been revealed meant that things wouldn't be as bad for Kai or so he had believed.

"Thank goodness..." he breathed "She only managed to set up one Critical Trigger. But... she still managed to get a Stand Trigger."

Kai now having seen what Ulith had set up for her next Twin Drive simply watched on as Ciel was called to the rear-guard and powered up through her own skill, now completing Ulith's entire formation for her full frontal assault this turn.

"Consider this an honor to be a willing test subject for an early glimpse at Tawil's potential, scum," the cruel demanored Selector said "Now to see if you will crack or live to fight on for one last chance."

"Come then," he spoke calmly.

"As you wish!" she replied with a crazed smile on her face "Bethanael and Agalaea switch positions! Then he attacks your rear-guard with a boost!"

As Bethanael pointed its guns towards Menace Laser Dragon, it let loose a barrage of bullets that showered over the Flame Dragon until it fell onto one side and vanished from the battlefield.

"Tawil attacks your Vanguard with a boost from Bethnael!"

As Tawil soared up high into the air again whilst preparing her golden pistols for an all out attack against Vortex Dragonewt and Whirlwind Dragon, Miwa glanced over towards the Kagero user in slight worry at the assault that was coming his way. Kai simply kept his eyes closed, having already had knowledge of what the cards from the coming Twin Drive would be thanks to Agalaea.

"No guard."

"Twin drive," Ulith sneered "Not that it matters what it is at this point."

Wasting no time with what knowledge she already had about the two cards that were on top of her deck, she pulled over Happy Bell, Nociel, the card glowing as it was revealed to all once again.

"I give all the effects to my other Bethnael," she smirked before revealing her second check as the Critical Hit Angel "Power to Ciel, Critical to Tawil."

Ciel, Fictitious Love/POW: 12000 - 17000

Tawil=Tre, the Guide/Critical: 1 - 2

As Tawil was powered up by the effect of the Critical Trigger, she was now in range of her two opponents as she began charging up her golden pistols once again. Then in a matter of seconds, she unleashed a barrage of oval bubble shaped bullets that rained down upon Vortex Dragonewt and Whirlwind Dragon, causing them to screech in pain as small explosions rocked Kai's entire side of the field as he fell to one knee, just as his two damage checks came out as Dragonic Neoflame and Vortex Dragonewt.

"Five damage!" gasped Miwa "And she still has another two attacks!"

"Now then, let's not let an intercept ruin this for me now," the cruel demanoured Selector spoke "Bethnael attacks Tarayev!"

Bethnael opened fire on Kai's only remaining front row rear-guard, dispatching the Dragon Knight off of the battlefield with the greatest of ease due to Kai choosing not to guard this attack at all. Now all that stood between him and defeat at this point was her final rear-guard, Ciel who was now powered up by Critical Hit Angel and her own skill in addition to having a booster available to maximize the potent of her power.

"So this is what it comes down to," Ulith remarked "Aside from that 'alternate' Overlord that I heard ruined Photon's previous attempt to invade Cray, you only have 10000 shield left in your hand. Unless that card you drew last turn has a shield value also... I believe you already know the rest."

Kai simply remained as he was, as if he was not concerned about the situation that was seemingly about to befall him, simply gazing back towards Ulith with a small glare. The cruel demanored Selector simply smirked, believing for an instance that she had him right where she wanted him and that this final attack would be the one that could decide the outcome of the fight.

"With a boost from my other Agalaea, Ciel will finish it!" she declared as she rested both of her remaining rear-guards.

Ciel upon recieving more power from Agalaea, held her blade high into the air as a large radiant aura enveloped the weapon itself, signalling that the Angel SIGNI was about to unleash all of her might at once against Vortex Dragonewt and Whirlwind Dragon as well as claiming victory for Ulith as a result of the attack being successful. When the aura was large enough, she made a mighty swing that sent an arc of solid light hurling towards the Legioned pair and exploding on contact, sending smoke everywhere across half of the battlefield.

"Kai!" cried Miwa.

As Ciel returned to her normal stance, Ulith simply gazed over towards the smoke, awaiting the result to see if she was indeed triumphant as she confidently believed she was.

(End Music)


And there we go! As Miyako manages to re-establish contact with Mayu and begins concocting a new plan to acquire Tama and Yuki from Ruko, Ulith and Kai's cardfight escalates fiercly as neither intends to let the other acquire an advantage that easily. Every time he burns down her rear-guards, she responds by swarming her field with more Angels. To make things stranger, Ulith hasn't even rode Tawil to Grade 4, but it appears that may not matter to her as the final attack has seemingly connected! Has Ulith managed to triumph over Kai? Will he survive and mount a desperate last counterattack? Find out next time on Stand Up, the LRIG! Please give your thoughts and criticisms and I'll see you next time! Until then!


Re-Adapted Cards debuting this chapter:

Tawil=Noll, Prolonged of Life

Grade 0

Ability: Boost

Shield: 10000

Power: 5000

Critical: 1

Nation: United Sanctuary

Clan: United Sanctuary

Race: Human/LRIG

Unit Type: Normal Unit

[AUTO]: When a Grade 1 card that does not have "Tawil" in its name rides this unit, call this card to (RG).

[AUTO]: When a Grade 1 card with "Tawil" in its card name rides over this unit, search your deck for up to one Grade 2 or higher card with "Tawil" in its card name, reveal it and add it to your hand. Then shuffle your deck.

Tawil=Ett, Prolonged of Life

Grade 1

Ability: Boost

Shield: 5000

Power: 7000

Critical: 1

Nation: United Sanctuary

Clan: United Sanctuary

Race: Human/LRIG

Unit Type: Normal Unit

[CONT](VG): If you have a card named "Tawil=Noll, Prolonged of Life" in your soul, this unit gets [Power]+1000.

[AUTO](RG): [Choose a Grade 3 or greater card from your hand and discard it] When this unit is placed on (RG), you may pay the cost. If you do, search your deck for up to one Grade 3 card with "Tawil" in its card name, reveal it to your opponent and add it to your hand. Then shuffle your deck.

Tawil=Två, Prolonged of Life

Grade 2

Ability: Intercept

Shield: 5000

Power: 9000

Critical: 1

Nation: United Sanctuary

Clan: United Sanctuary

Race: Human/LRIG

Unit Type: Normal Unit

[CONT](VG): If you have a card named "Tawil=Noll, Prolonged of Life" in your soul, this unit gets [Power]+1000.

Tawil=Tre, the Guide

Grade 3

Ability: Twin Drive!

Shield: 0

Power: 10000

Critical: 1

Nation: United Sanctuary

Clan: United Sanctuary

Race: Human/LRIG

Unit Type: Normal Unit

[AUTO] [Counter Blast (1)]: When this card is placed on (VG), you may pay the cost. If you do, search your deck for up to one Grade 3 or less {Angel}, reveal it and add it to your hand. Then shuffle your deck.

Agalaea, Innocent Brightness

Grade 0

Trigger: Draw

Ability: Boost

Shield: 5000

Power: 4000

Critical: 1

Nation: United Sanctuary

Clan: United Sanctuary

Race: Angel

Unit Type: Trigger Unit

[AUTO]: When this card is placed on (RG), reveal three cards from the top of your deck and you may place them back on top in any order. If three {Angel} were revealed, you may add one to your hand and place the other two on top in any order instead.

Ciel, Fictitious Love

Grade 2

Ability: Intercept

Shield: 5000

Power: 9000

Critical: 1

Nation: United Sanctuary

Clan: United Sanctuary

Race: Angel

Unit Type: Normal Unit

[CONT](RG): If you have another {Angel} rear-guard, this unit gets +3000 Power.

Nakirun, Younger Sister Deity of the Holy Tomb

Grade 3

Ability: Twin Drive!

Shield: 0

Power: 9000

Critical: 1

Nation: United Sanctuary

Clan: United Sanctuary

Race: Angel

Unit Type: Normal Unit

[ACT](RG): ['Rest' this unit] If you have a Vanguard with "Tawil" in its card name, search your deck for up to one {Angel} other than "Nakirun, Younger Sister Deity of the Holy Tomb" and add it to your hand. Then shuffle your deck.