City Amphitheater

All had fallen silent since Remember had summoned Reji and Eiji into the strange structure she had created on one end of the battlefield opposite from where Kamui and Kourin had been spectating. The Nova Grappler user could only gaze upon them in worry as soon as he saw what was binding their wrists to one another, soon leading Kiyoi to suspect that her opponent had been up to mischief of her own before finding them and that where they were sitting had a more sinister purpose than just another seat for those viewing the fight.

"Hey Remember!" he snapped "What did you do to them?!"

"Kamui!" cried Reji, grabbing his attention "She got the jump on us and said she had use for us against Kiyoi!"

"PHU yo!" Eiji interjected.

The tied up pair then began to shuffle in unison with one another towards the edge of the structure in the hope of getting a little closer toward their friend from their current position. That was when the former blue LRIG quickly glanced towards them upon seeing Remember's smug smile in addition to piecing together what little information the two boys had given to Kamui.

"Stop!" she called, grabbing their attention "Don't touch it!"

No sooner had they stopped in their tracks just a little from the edge of the enclosure, Reji and Eiji saw a faint shimmer from the structure itself before it began to shrink around them a little. Sensing that Kiyoi was indeed concerned for their safety for this reason, they hurriedly retreated back to the center of their small area.

"Perceptive as ever, Kiyoi-chan," her opponent sneered "Yes, that is indeed the trap that I've now roped all of you into. See that ice cage? How it shimmered just now?"

"What about it?" she asked, narrowing her eyes as she did so.

"I had a feeling you'd gone a little too soft after befriending Kamui, so I decided to change the rules a little," the former compatriot said innocently "Right now, you're not just playing with units in this silly game. You're playing with people's lives this time, just like the time of our short lived but fun partnership."

"What happens if that cage touches those two?" Kourin asked, feeling nerved about the answer they were about to recieve.

(Selector Spread Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Limit)

As soon as that question had left her lips however, Remember then palmed her face with an eerie smile, before roaring out in laughter and leaning back in an effort to contain herself from the sheer joy she was having at this stage of her schemes.

"If that cage shrinks enough to touch them, then they will be frozen in ice to complete sub zero temperatures," she answered "Even if you beat me after that happens, I can very much assure you that they won't survive their punishment. The punishment for your victory!"

"Remember!" Kiyoi snapped "Leave Kamui's friends out of this! This is between you and me!"

Her opponent then merely scoffed in response to her demand and simply snapped her fingers, causing the cage surrounding Reji and Eiji to glow and beginning to shrink. Although it was doing so at a very slow pace, it was enough to make the boys trapped inside cry out in panic.

"Guys!" cried Kamui.

"Well now Kiyoi," Remember said sinisterly "Do you still wish to attack me?"

Hissing at the predicament she was in, Kiyoi without any hesitation rested Mond Blaukluger's card to signal her first attack of the turn. As the eyes of the towering Battleroid flashed red, the cage suddenly glowed brighter and began to shrink a little faster, causing everyone to gasp in shock as to why this was happening. Before anyone could raise a question, Mond summoned multiple flying bits to its side and unleashed several laser beams at the Vanguard Remember and Valeos, striking them head on. Remember giggled to herself as she placed another Foivos in her damage zone, clearly enjoying ever moment of the chaos that was unfolding before her.

"What's going on?!" Kiyoi exclaimed "Why did the cage shrink when I attacked?!"

"Let's just say I added a twist to this fight," she smirked "Every time you hesitate, the cage will shrink normally. When you attack my Vanguard or put a card into your trigger zone, the cage will shrink faster and faster until it closes on those two! I'd say beating me will release them, but we both know that's not going to happen with the hand I hold."

"You...!" Kamui growled.

Kourin was unable to add any words of her own, but expression was shared with her companion, now seeing that the fight had become unfairly one-sided for the fate of Reji and Eiji's lives as well as the units Kiyoi held as her own. Wasting no time, she immediately threw everything she had into her next attack as quickly as possible, resting her Vanguard as she did so. Galaxy Blaukluger took aim with the beam rifle it held as the cage once again began to move slightly faster. Emerald Shield, Paschal once again appeared in front of the Vanguard Remember, deploying a barrier that deflected the attack that had been sent by the beam rifle.

Kiyoi immediately hurried onto her Twin Drive, knowing that hesitating during it would only shrink the cage around her opponent's captives even faster with the conditions laid out for her. Turning over the first card as Clay-doll Mechanic, she then went straight to the next card and turned it over to reveal her third Regenbogen. Though Remember did not show it, she could only scowl upon seeing that her former compatriot had recovered another point of damage for the third time this fight.

"I give the trigger power to Jupiter!" the former blue LRIG called before immediately resting the card and Energy Charger "Attack the rear-guard Foivos!"

Upon her declaration for a different target, the speed of the shrinking cage then slowed down a little but not by very much as Jupiter went after Foivos, only for a Jet-ski Rider and Beragios to get in the way of the attack.

"I end my turn..." she muttered, praying that her decision to rush through her battle phase would not prove to be costly.

"As much as I'd rag her for attacking the Vanguard with Mond first, it might have been better in this case," Kamui huffed "Now that her turn is over..."

"Look!"

Upon hearing Kourin's exclaimation at the sudden situation that was being presented, he looked up and gasped in horror at what he was seeing. Kiyoi soon noticed for herself, much to her shock. Even though she had ended her turn and was no longer hesitating to seemingly fulfil that condition, the cage before them was still shrinking and closing in towards Reji and Eiji who were just as puzzled and panicked.

"What's going on?!" the former blue LRIG gasped "My turn is already over, so I shouldn't be idle for the cage to shrink!"

"Well, I lied on that part," Remember sneered "I said the cage would shrink when you would be idle in not making a move. However... that condition applies to ME as well!"

"WHAT?!"

Everyone but the former LRIG suddenly became distraught at the truth of the scenario that was before them, but none were more horrifed at this than Kamui and Kiyoi, the latter of which had become completely pale as she allowed this information to sink in. She gazed at Reji and Eiji who could only look back at her, noting the panic in her eyes, completely powerless to save the two from their fight's conditions. The longer she looked at them, the more her vision began to blur. Images from the past began to flash before her eyes, all of which had one very familiar person. One she had failed to save, just as she was now about to fail the two boys that were captive in Remember's ever so shrinking cage.

"S... Sa..."

"Yes," Remember chortled as she relished in the sight before her "This is exactly deja vu. You couldn't save Sakaguchi before I did the honors for you. Now watch as they perish by your rushed hand again!"

"SCREW THIS!"

(End Music)

Kiyoi's vision suddenly returned to her upon hearing Kamui's loud proclamation before looking to see the Nova Grappler user yell out loud as he ran through the middle of the battlefield towards the cage, tears leaking from his eyes as he did so. Once he felt that he was in range, he then bent down and leaped into the air, heading towards the top of the structure imprisoning his friends.

"Kamui?!" gasped Kourin.

"What are you doing?!" cried Reji.

"WAYD yo?!" Eiji interjected.

The Nova Grappler user then thrust both of his hands onto the icy streams of the cage itself, preparing himself for whatever Remember had to throw at him. When he grabbed ahold of them, a howling blizzard then roared out from in front, knocking him off and onto the floor on his back. A portion of his hair then suddenly became encased in ice as he struggled onto one knee, the chill also ringing through him.

"Brr...!" he shivered before shaking his head, barely being able to knock the ice chunk off of the middlemost spike of his hair "Still... the cage definitely feels fragile enough to break open!"

Once he had said those words however, that was when everyone else other than Remember suddenly realized what the Nova Grappler user was planning to do to free his two friends from her grasp.

"Don't do it Kamui!" cried Reji.

"Kiyoi's the one you need to worry about!" Eiji interjected, breaking away from his usual line of speech.

"I'm not leaving you two in there!" he replied back, finally back onto his feet "And I'm not gonna let Kiyoi lose this fight because her opponent had the gall to throw in a cheap shot!"

As he breathed in and prepared himself to take another attempt at breaking open the seemingly fragile ice cage, Kiyoi was about to drop the cards in her hand and move away from the table when Remember snapped her fingers again. Water then shot out from the ground and wrapped around the former blue LRIG's feet and immediately froze into ice, binding her to the spot and preventing her from moving away from the table.

"Nuh-uh-uh," her opponent taunted "You know the rules. Once a Vanguard Fight begins, it cannot stop until one of loses. So Kamui, dare to try again?"

"Wait Kamui!" cried Kourin "If holding onto that cage for that short time froze a bit of your hair, then...!"

"Stay back you two!" he interrupted before facing the cage, prepared to go through with his decision "Hey, Kiyoi."

"Katsuragi?" she pondered.

"Go kick her butt," he said resolutely, stepping up towards the shrinking structure now, almost right on top of his friends "She's got a lot coming to her and you owe it to Amika and everyone else she's hurt."

"No, wait...!" she called out, only to fall over from her shoes still being encased in ice.

Reeling back his arms, he then yelled out loud as he grappled ahold of a portion of the icy cage once more and began to pull backwards as hard as he could. As the icy wind howled right into him, he bit down on his lower lip and tightened his grip on the frozen streams, stopping the cage from shrinking for the present. Then as he shivered from the short time he had been exposed to the temperature, ice began to form on his hair and his knees.

"That's it! I'm getting you out of there!" Kourin called as she ran across the battlefield towards the cage.

But before she could reach out for Kamui and pull him away from the structure, the cold gale that they were facing had suddenly intensified and had immediately blown her in the opposite direction to where she had started and knocked her on her back, causing her to bash her head against the hard pavement and cringe in pain from the impact. As more ice continued to form on the Nova Grappler user, his strength was slowly being sapped away from him as his hands were beginning to lose their colour.

"In the end, your victory against me was just a fluke," Remember snickered "And Kiyoi cannot save you this time. It seems the 'great one' has finally meet his match."

"Oh yeah...?!"

She then blinked in confusion before glancing to him as he looked back with a determined glare in spite of his teeth now chattering. Then, he immediately turned his frown into a smile.

"Consider this a message from the great Kamui...! Brr...! YOU LOSE!"

And with one final burst of strength, he yelled out loud and screamed as he pulled the hardest he could against the cage wall, eventually falling back with a chunk of it in hand, much to the shock of the former LRIG.

"What the...?!" she gasped "He actually broke it?!"

"Come on!" Reji cried as he and the still bound Eiji then shuffled hurriedly through the gap that had been created out of the cage, just before it had finally closed in on them in an instant. At the same time, the binds on them vanished as they were finally able to stand up on their own two feet.

Kamui then gazed up at the sun that was now piercing through the heavy storm clouds, smiling to himself in triumph as the last of his strength faded away and the chunks of ice around his body continued to grow.

"Eat it Remember..." he muttered as the limpness in his body increased with each encased limb "Wish you were here, Aichi onii-san."

And with that final breath, his eyes closed as the ice had finally fully encased him, trapping him inside and fully frozen to the brim. The Nova Grappler user was now trapped inside the curse that the cage had placed upon him for breaking its captors out with his bare hands. He fully knew the possibility of what would happen he would get involved in undoing Remember's dirty tactic and now, the price had been paid.

"Kamui!" cried Kourin as she finally recovered from her fall and ran over to his frozen self.

"No...!" screamed Eiji "Kamui-san!"

"Kamui!" sobbed Reji, lying down on the ice that had encased his friend.

(Selector Destructed Wixoss OST: I'm All Alone)

Kiyoi who had only stood in place from the ice that had bound her feet to the table on her side of the battlefield had her head hung down with her eyes masked away from everyone's view. Time had seemed to have slowed down all around her as a result of what had recently happened during the fight and what had come out of it. The world around her had seemingly turned into a pitch black space with her presence being the only light that was there, reflecting on everything with a sorrowful expression. It was already devastating to have learned of Sakaguchi's demise being planned from the very beginning all those years ago, but the fact that her fight had been compromised just to set her up for despair by her own hands again had been a very sour pill to gulp down.

"What did I do to deserve this...?" she pondered, as three figures appeared in that space all around her "My first friend murdered... The other unable to reach me from that world... Now the other is freezing to death..."

Unable to hide her emotions like usual, a tear had managed to escape her eyelids as she held up her arm to her face. The former blue LRIG had never felt so crushed in her entire life since that one fateful and tragic day.

"Is there even a point in defeating Remember now?" she murmured "Even if I win and protect the units I have from Mayu... what does that accomplish?"

Within her dreamlike spot, the ground suddenly cracked away beneath her feet and instead of fighting back to avoid it, she merely chose to accept her fate and fall into the abyss of her own despair. As she fell slowly into the dark light beneath her, her hand had suddenly been grabbed ahold of by another two, stopping her fall into thin air. Looking up slowly with her eyes, they slowly widened to see Kamui and Amika doing their best to keep their friend from dropping into the crevace beneath them. Between the two, the ghostly figure of Ayumi Sakaguchi manifested herself to join the pair's efforts in saving Kiyoi from her own sorrow and held out her hand onto her wrist.

As soon as that happened, a giant head of her opponent then manifested above them with a sneer, nerving the former blue LRIG as she looked up. Finally realizing the words she had said to herself when she challenged Remember to close the door on their cursed history once and for all, she used her other arm to grab the other hand of the ghostly Sakaguchi and together, she, Kamui and Amika pulled out her out of the darkness as everything went white.

(End Music)

As reality returned to Kiyoi, her gaze was at first fixed on the frozen Kamui where Reji, Eiji and Kourin remained over, knowing that there was seemingly nothing that any of them could do for him. Then upon turning to Remember who merely sneered upon seeing her initial appearance, she glared back up at her with rage filled eyes which had only served to make her opponent deepen her smile. As this happened, the same aura that briefly enveloped Valeos once before earlier in the fight did so once more as he returned a glance towards the former blue LRIG.

"You had been faced with hopelessness and despair," he muttered "Yet instead of choosing to embrace them, you decide now to strike back with rage. Such blind thoughts lead to worlds such as yours to be silenced by my master."

"Maybe my anger will destroy me eventually," she replied, her tone no longer monotonous "But you said that my eyes once reminded me of yours. My assumption is that instead of facing those difficulties head on, you chose to embrace them and that is why you're working with someone like Mayu."

"Hmph. Let us see if that defiance will rob you of your victory or guide you out of this despair," the Marshal grunted.

A giggle was then heard from Remember as she palmed her face once more before seperating two of her fingers to reveal her eye through the gap as she glanced crazily at her opponent who merely looked back with a determined expression, ready to settle the final score once and for all.

"Then, I will drag you back into the hell I put you in once before!" she chortled before the face down card in her bind zone started emitting a fiery blue aura "Final Tu...!"

"This has gone on long enough!"

Remember's eyes suddenly widened as a new voice had echoed out, interrupting the beginning of her interrupted Final Turn. A series of purple coloured flames erupted from behind where she was standing, grabbing everyone's attention to that very spot. Everyone on the battlefield looked on in confusion whilst Kiyoi couldn't help but realize the familiarity of that voice. It was recognizable, yet the tone was vastly different compared to what she had remembered hearing, even from the night before. The fire burst away into small fading embers to reveal Akira with her arms crossed and her eyes closed with a very stern expression, confusing Kourin, Reji and Eiji on who this was and why she was here.

"Aoi Akira?!" Remember exclaimed, confused by her sudden appearance "What are you...?!"

"I can't patiently await the arrival of Kai Toshiki with the way this fight has progressed," she replied in a annoyed tone "Especially when there has been a discrepancy in the legitimacy of this battle!"

(Insert Music: Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Unreleased Soundtrack: Bohman)

"Discrepancy?" Kiyoi breathed in confusion, before immediately noticing the sudden change in her opponent's stature and attitude.

Kourin and those beside her other than the motionless Kamui glanced upon Remember who was suddenly sweating from the accusation that Akira had made before her.

"W... What are you saying?!" the former LRIG stuttered.

"It's one thing to hold leverage over hostages in a Cardfight or Selector Battle," she replied before her eyes suddenly opened to reveal her angry glare "But I would never think that you would resort to literal cheating!"

Both the spectators and Kiyoi gasped in utter shock at what Akira had said at this very late stage of the fight since she had chosen to step into the battlefield itself. Remember could only bite her lip in panic as she couldn't find any words to speak back to one of her many associates in crime when it came to her place in Mayu's troupe.

"I saw you manipulate your deck whilst you had everyone blinded during your Seek Mate and when your summoned a gale of wind to distract everyone when you used the skills of your Brutal Troopers," she explained before raising her voice and pointing right at her accused "In other words, the only reason you acquired so many triggers and sentinels that conveniently is because you stacked it twice during everyone else's distraction!"

As everyone else could only glare at Remember for not just taking desperate measures in a hostage situation being thrown into the stakes of the fight, but for also conducting foul and improper play during her turns. The aura around Valeos intensified as his usual calm expression suddenly turned into pure anger from the fact his part in this intended victory had been stained by his card holder's gall to even resort to cheating, let alone taking hostages to drive her opponent to the depths of despair.

"Is true... REMEMBER?!" he roared in fury as he turned and glared furiously at her, raising his weapon as he did so.

"V... Valeos!" she stuttered in complete fright "I... I was just...!"

"I will free Katsuragi Kamui from his icy prison as retribution for this disrespectful act!" he growled before turning to the accuser "Akira, if you may shuffle her deck now."

She merely nodded and held out right hand, the bracelet upon her wrist glowing a bright orange once that had happened. Remember was blinded by the sheer intensity before all of the remaining cards that made her deck flew over towards Akira and began shuffling themselves once all of them had reached her. Valeos then motioned for Kourin, Reji and Eiji to move out of the way to which the three complied before he then thrust his spearhead across the battlefield. It flew over the ice that had encased Kamui, cutting across a small depth of the surface before the Marshal hurled it back to him. The damaged ice then began to crack all over and split apart, eventually freeing the Nova Grappler user who remained unconscious and pale.

"Kamui-san!" Reji and Eiji cried in unison as they hurried over to him.

Kourin moved slowly to join them before glancing back at Valeos in confusion who merely stared at her before glancing away from her in annoyance.

"Take him close to the flame boundary of this battlefield," he said gruffily "The heat will thaw him and raise his lowered body temperature."

She did not answer back to him, but took his words into consideration and joined Kamui's friends, picking up his unconscious body and edging carefully towards the fiery walls of the boundary, not wanting to burn him by accident.

"We'll handle Kamui!" she called out "Finish this fight Kiyoi!"

Kiyoi nodded back in response to the Ultra Rare member's words and turned to face Remember who was seething in fury now that her properly shuffled deck had been returned back to her table. The fight was now ready to be resumed at the start of her opponent's turn and even though Akira had made it no longer possible for her to cheat her way to victory again, that did not mean her deck was going to be a pushover.

"Aoi Akira...!" the former LRIG snarled.

"It's useless," she replied "Your power of the wind cannot interfere with me." She then turned to face her former companion in her first run of the Selector Battles. "Piruluk, no Kiyoi, there are now no more hostages. You and Remember may fight to your heart's content. If she cheats again, I will personally disqualify her from the fight."

"I didn't think you would change your personality that suddenly," Kiyoi murmured, having been caught off guard by her former Selector's tone and manner at this point.

"Neither did I," Akira replied, smiling for a brief moment "Don't be mistaken in believing I'm no longer your enemy. I still have someone here that I must defeat. I just have no interest in fighting your circle."

(End Music)

And with that, a seething Remember then clenched the four remaining cards she held in her hand before glaring towards her opponent with the fiery aura from her bound card now intensifying more that it had been earlier.

"As I was saying..." she said before immediately raising her voice "FINAL TURN!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard G Z OST: Darkface Fight)

She then took ahold of the card that was bound with the aura still spreading from it, causing Kiyoi to tense up a little as she stared at it. Remember no longer in the mood to be pulling smiles or cracking laughs for her twisted amusement kept her angry expression on her face as she held up the card into her hand.

"O' miserable souls! Grovel before the power infused with the true fortune mistress that descends now!" she announced before slamming it down onto her Vanguard Circle "Limit Override!"

As a disgruntled Valeos left the battlefield in the aura that had surrounded him, a torrent of a water enveloped Remember Twilight who disappeared from sight as the column raged on with a fast flow to it. It broke apart to reveal the appearance of Remember Dead Night, only she bore the naval uniform that the Aqua Force normally had as a cape and her staff's crescent tip had large spikes littered across the edge whilst wisps of light swirled around the crystal ball within its center.

"Remember Dead Night, Ultimate Miko of Blue Wave!"

Remember Dead Night, Ultimate Miko of the Blue Wave/Grade 5/Triple Drive!/POW: 15000/Aqua Force/Human;LRIG/Magallanica

"Ultimate Miko..." Kiyoi breathed, now seeing that this was her opponent's new trump card.

"Hold on a second...!" Reji exclaimed "The great Kamui said that your Vanguard has to be Grade 4 to get that Superior Ride ability off!"

"That is no rule break this time," Akira interrupted calmly "If the LRIG whose name is shared with that of the Grade 5 unit is a Grade 3 Vanguard that is in Legion with another unit, that unit counts as a Grade 4 for the duration of Limit Override only."

"So then..." Eiji murmured.

"If Remember had gone second, she would have skipped a turn to get to this point," Kourin concluded, having grown curious about why Remember had gone this way despite cheating earlier on if this way to reach her Grade 5 was more optimal.

Shortly after Dead Night had flapped her cape before directing a sneer of her own towards Galaxy Blaukluger, three Brutal Troopers appeared onto her rear-guards with the cards all landing there at the same time.

"Three of them at once again," Kiyoi murmured "If you don't plan on attacking with them..."

"That's right," Remember hissed "By shuffling all my Brutal Troopers into the deck along with a fourth, I give their skills to Remember Dead Night!"

Shoving all the cards one on top of the other and placing them on top of the deck, she glared back at Akira in resentment for foiling her earlier scheme before this time properly shuffling her deck and slamming it down hard back onto the table to make her point.

"Now, Counter Blast!" she declared as she turned over the final card in her damage zone "Now you'll see my true power! I gain the skills of all Blue Wave units in the soul, treat any of their rear-guard skills as if they were Vanguard centric, cut out the Counter Blast sections of their costs and the pleasure of treating my Vanguard's attacks this turn the same as a rear-guard's!"

Remember Dead Night glowed brightly as several afterimages of Foivos, Lucianos, Valeos and Tetra-drive Dragon appeared to the left and right of her before turning into orbs of light that were then absorbed into her staff, sneering as she did so.

"Wait, if she can treat her Vanguard's attack like a rear-guard's...!" gasped Reji.

"Then she can also use the skill of Tetra-drive Dragon if her Vanguard can attack for the fourth battle or later!" Kourin interjected.

"NG yo!" Eiji replied.

Everyone remained quiet as they couldn't help but await the furious number of attacks that Remember was about to wage against her lone opponent who was already at a disadvantage with what little she was holding onto with the five cards in her hand.

(End Music)

"Are you ready, Kiyoi-chan?" she asked with a glare.

"Come," the former blue LRIG calmly replied.

"Very well!" she declared "I use the free skill of Lucianos to add 2000 power and a skill to Remember Dead Night! Then Foivos attacks with Beragios' boost!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard V Series Unreleased Soundtrack: End of Stage)

Foivos then took aim at Galaxy Blaukluger who dropped its beam rifle and extended its blade, preparing for the coming onslaught. The minigun it wielded began to spin and rev up in preparation for the mulitple bullets it would fire.

"Regenbogen!" Kiyoi announced as the Heal Trigger unit once more took to the defence.

The Marine General then fired away its multiple bullets which heavily dented Regenbogen who took all of the brunt before exploding, forcing the card holder to shield her face from the force of the impact.

"Now I attack!" Remember continued before slowly regaining her smile "I'm sure you remember what Brutal Trooper now does, right?"

"You now draw the same number of cards as the number that was returned to the deck," she replied bluntly "It certainly does hold a great advantage in replenishing your hand. But..." Her lips suddenly curled into a soft smile, surprising her opponent. "With the amount you just returned at once, I'm not certain drawing that many cards for each of Dead Night's attacks was wise."

"What?!" her former compatriot hissed before clencing her empty right fist "Are you saying that my fortune with the amount I can draw means nothing?!"

"Who knows?" Kiyoi shrugged "But, you're the mistress of fortunes. Who I am, a lowly pawn in your schemes to judge you? Kishishishi..."

"DON'T SCREW WITH ME!" she screamed before she immediately took ahold of the top four cards of her deck and immediately pulled them away in a wide motion before looking at them, her eyes widening in shock.

Unbeknowst to everyone as she did not have to reveal the cards she drew through Brutal Trooper's skill, she could see that among the cards she had drawn were two Refit Sailors, one Paschal and a Brutal Trooper. Although she had quickly regained her composure, the former blue LRIG could tell her opponent had hit a bad spot with what she had just drawn. She knew she was playing a dangerous game with what she was betting on, but she was confident now that Remember had lost her temper that the flow of the fight could return to her.

"No guard," she calmly spoke.

"Fine then! I'll finish you now!" Remember declared "Triple Drive!"

She then turned over the first card, revealing another Blue Wave Dragon, Tetra-drive Dragon as her first drive check. She then turned over the second card as Code Art WTC before revealing the final card as Remember Twilight, Rising Miko of the Blue Wave much to her frustration. Remember Dead Night them summoned a twister of water from the crystal ball within her staff before sending it hurling towards Galaxy Blaukluger who used its extendable blade to cut through the torrent to stand its ground and divert it around Kiyoi to avoid knocking her over.

"Damage check!" she announced, revealing The Gong "Draw Trigger!"

Remember hissed at the prospect of her opponent recieving yet another Draw Trigger to help her out, even knowing she had not managed to inflict more than two damage with a single unit at any point of the fight, making her ponder what she was truely up to.

"No matter..." she muttered "At the end of the battle, Dead Night stands! And whenever she stands, she's forced to give up one drive check until end of turn. But I still have all I need to finish you! I attack you again and draw more cards!"

She then rested Dead Night's card and drew even more cards, growing yet more frustrated by what she had pulled to her hand. There weren't as many triggers, but the sight of two more Brutal Troopers was enough to infuriate her even further.

"Soul Blast!" she continued "Your Vanguard's power becomes 10000 for the battle and I can also use Foivos' skill at no cost as he's in the soul! Add 2000 power!"

Remember Dead Night, Ultimate Miko of the Blue Wave/POW: 17000 - 19000

"Schones Wetter guards!" Kiyoi declared as the red Battleroid took to the defence in front of Galaxy Blaukluger, projecting a green circle in front of it.

"This isn't good!" cried Reji.

"If Remember manages to get a Trigger here, she'll break through the shield!" Kourin muttered.

"Please no triggers!" Eiji prayed.

"Twin Drive!" Remember declared "First check!"

She turned over the first card as yet another copy of Code Art WTC, followed shortly after by Blue Wave Marshal, Valeos, much to her even further frustration.

"Valeos... even in card form, you betray me!" she hissed as Dead Night's glow from her staff died down "I stand with Drive minus 1 and attack for the fourth time! Soul Blast and draw!"

Once again, she drew four cards and could only continue to hiss at what she was getting into her hand without it being from a drive check. Her final Brutal Trooper alongside Refit Sailor, Code Art KEY and Light Signals, Penguin Soldier.

"Starker Wind guards!" her opponent responded as the small brown Battleroid came to the defence.

As the spectators near the fiery boundary could only watch with tensed expressions plastered on their faces, praying that Remember would once again gain no triggers, even if it was now just one drive check she could perform. A noise was heard beside them as they heard the sound of Kamui beginning to stir from his unconscious state, his skin now back to its normal tone from prolonged exposure to the nearby distance from the fiery wall behind them. He rubbed his eyes to regain his vision before seeing Kourin and his two friends beside him once more.

(End Music)

"Man... I didn't think I would wake up from that experience..." he shivered, still feeling a small chill from the ice inside him before smiling warmly "Thanks guys."

"I don't think we should be the ones you would credit us," Kourin said "But right now, Kiyoi is fighting her hardest out there and there's just one card that could end this."

"Ah... that's right!" he gasped as he tried to stand up, only to find he had no strength in his legs to do so "What's it like now?"

"Remember has 19000 power," Reji answered "Galaxy Blaukluger got knocked down to 10000 power and Kiyoi's shield is 10000. Even though Remember only has 1 drive check from all those attacks..."

"If she gets a trigger...!" He then crawled forward a little before looking to Kiyoi "Hey, Kiyoi!"

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

She then turned around to see that much to her inner relief, of which a little of her stoic expression had slipped away in that regard, the Nova Grappler user had been thawed from the effects of his icy prison for the most part. Grimly, she knew that if Valeos hadn't discovered from Akira that Remember had been cheating up to this turn throughout the fight, he would have perished from hypothermia without any kind of miracle.

"We've all got your back!" he called "You can stick it to Remember and get through this turn!"

Kiyoi nodded back in response before slowly raising her right hand and clencing her fist before looking down awkwardly at it for a few seconds, leaving the spectators confused for a moment. She finally stuck out her thumb and held it out to them.

"L... Like this?" she asked.

"Of course," Kamui replied, returning the gesture "Now go and get her!"

She turned around to resume the fight, knowing that she couldn't afford to waste too much shield in advance for Tetra-drive's skill going off after the next attack, but she also had the logic of consideration from the cards Remember drew along with her expressions every time that skill was used. She then looked to Jupiter Blaukluger and what she held and took a deep breath.

"That will be my only guardian!" she announced.

"Very well then!" Remember announed "It's your funeral at last, Mizushima Kiyoi! Drive check!"

She then began to pull away at the top card of what little was left of her deck after drive checking five cards and drawing twelve more from her previous attacks. Everyone remained silent as she slowly began to turn it over. She then dropped it straight onto her table revealing Light Signals Penguin Soldier, causing her to growl in frustration whilst Kamui let out a sigh of relief. Another twister of water erupted from Dead Night's staff and came towards Starker Wind, sweeping away the small unit as it vanished in a series of orange sparkles whilst Galaxy Blaukluger remained unharmed. At least for the present.

"At the end of the fourth attack of the turn, I can use the copied skill of Tetra-drive Dragon!" Remember declared "Discarding Valeos and Remember Twilight, I stand my Vanguard with its drive reduced to 0!"

At this moment, Remember Dead Night then summoned a giant gyser that erupted from the ground and stood on it, preparing to finish the fight once and for all. She then charged towards Galaxy Blaukluger who could only stare up towards the imaged LRIG that rode atop the towering column of water that was rocketing towards it.

"Clay-doll Mechanic! Ringke Blaurakete!" Kiyoi announced as she placed their cards one at a time on the Guardian Circle.

Remember could only watch in shock as both Battleroids appeared and surrounded Dead Night, preventing her from advancing any further towards Galaxy Blaukluger who remained otherwise unharmed throughout the turn leaving her annoyed. As the imaged LRIG left that side of the battlefield letting the guardians vanish afterwards, the former compatriot could only seeth in anger as she watched her opponent place their cards into the drop zone.

"My Ultimate Wave and Draw combo...!" she hissed "It got me no Triggers and only dealt one damage?!"

(End Music)

"It seems your greed for thinning your deck backfired," Akira commented "Though your hand is 20 cards high for defence, your deck is wearing thin."

"Not helping...!" she muttered.

The Selector said nothing more as she merely closed her eyes, having expected something like this could happen from Remember's dedication to try and draw more cards during her attacks in an effort to reach her triggers.

Although, I am interested in seeing how my first LRIG intends to get past that giant hand. If she was using her old strategy, she could pick of a few with some abilities, but not enough to reduce it by at least half. Now then... what will you do, Kiyoi?

"That was too close," Kamui sighed as he sat back down "If Remember hadn't gotten so greedy, she'd definitely gotten a trigger to break through."

"But Kiyoi still has a problem," Kourin murmured "Her opponent has an intercept along with 20 cards in her hand and unless she can think of something, four or five attacks might be the maximum she will end up making and there must be Perfect Guards among the cards Remember has in her hand."

Kiyoi then looked at the final card in her hand, that being Mars Blaukluger before looking out to her board. She knew that if she wanted a booster for her Vanguard, it would have been worth keeping one of the two other Grade 1 cards in her hand to keep for boosting her Vanguard or Mond Blaukluger. However, after recovering her composure when Kamui had been freed from the ice encasing him, she thought back to the newer cards she found in her altered deck after her vision of the Planet Cray. It was like she wanted to keep it in hand instead of a booster for some reason and now, with her next turn right here, it was time to see if her instinct held true. She didn't have any kind powers since returning to her body like her lost Penetrate Eyes or even PSY Qualia, but she had to bet everything on this or else all would be for nought.

"I stand and draw."

After standing all four of her present units, she closed her eyes and slowly moved her right hand to the top of her deck, placing her fingertips on the topmost card and slowly pulling it away from the back. As she did so, a neon blue light began to shine from it, blinding everyone else on the battlefield except herself and Akira, much to their.

"This light...!" Remember gasped "What the hell is that card?!"

(Selector Spread Wixoss OST: Battle ~ I Can Make Your Wish Come True)

Upon opening her eyes to see what it was, Kiyoi's expression softened upon noticing that unit's exact shape and features. It was the unit that was silhouetted in her vision on Cray and that it was of valuable importance to her deck, else it would have not stood by the Blau units during that moment. Holding it up into the air, a bright white light enveloped Galaxy Blaukluger before it vanished from the battlefield to make way for this new appearance.

"Standing before you now, is a clad warrior who goes beyond the limit of ultimate," she spoke "Break through that door and descend now! Ride the Vanguard!"

Rising through the light that Galaxy Blaukluger had vanished through previous came a giant blue armoured Blaukluger with neon green lines running across it and white coloured armaments that was bigger than almost any known model in the Blau series, even dwarfing Jupiter and Mond by quite a sizable amount. Eight large neon green pronged wings unfolded from its back and extended out to give it a more intimidating appearance as it gazed down upon Remember Dead Night who couldn't help but take a step back. Those that were spectating from Kiyoi's end couldn't help but gasp in awe at the sight of the unit she had brought out.

"That is the coolest thing I have seen her bring out of her new deck!" Kamui exclaimed.

"Certainly..." Kourin murmured in agreement, unsure of how to add to this sight.

Kiyoi returned her gaze towards Remember as she announced the name of her new unit.

"Grade 4, Azure Neon Blaukluger!"

Azure Neon Blaukluger/Grade 4/Twin Drive!/POW: 12000/Nova Grappler/Battleroid/Star Gate

"A... Grade 4 of your own?!" her opponent exclaimed in shock "Impossible...! Only one unit on Cray possesses that Grade... but the card for it shouldn't exist!"

All she could do was stare up towards the behemoth that was now her newest obstacle to face before sneering at the advantage she held in her massive hand.

"But... It's too late!" she gleefully snickered "I have accumulated too great of a hand for you to break through! Your next attack is doomed to fail!"

"I wouldn't be certain," Kiyoi replied before picking up her deck "When I ride or place Neon on my Vanguard Circle, I search my deck for up to 2 Grade 3 Blau units! I call one!"

The first card she picked out was a second Galaxy Blaukluger who appeared into the back row behind Azure Neon Blaukluger, much to the confusion of the spectators watching the fight, wondering if she really had something planned for this turn.

"And the second..." she continued, revealing a card called Merkur Blaukluger before throwing it to the Vanguard Circle "Legion!"

As the Legion symbol appeared to all, a new Blaukluger joined Azure Neon in the center of her formation with a golden aura enveloping the two units to symbolize their unity.

Azure Neon Blaukluger & Merkur Blaukluger/POW: 23000

"Legion with any Blau Grade 3?!" Reji gasped.

"And it's Merkur!" Eiji interjected "That can Stand her front row!"

"But... Kiyoi can only get 5 attacks in that way..." Kamui pondered "I really hope she's got something or Remember's gonna come at her next turn!"

As a silence loomed over the battlefield with the giant Blau units staring off against Remember Dead Night and her two Blue Wave rear-guards, Merkur Blaukluger suddenly started glowing a bright green, much to the confusion of Remember herself.

"During the turn I Legion this way," Kiyoi explained "My Legion Mate's Counter Blast is reduced to 1 card Call!"

Mars Blaukluger then appeared to the back row behind Mond Blaukluger before Jupiter and Energy Charger suddenly nodded at one another and exchanged postions on their circles with one another, yet again confusing all present.

"But that means you can't boost!" Remember gasped "What are you scheming?!"

"Azure Neon's Blaukluger's Limit Break!" her opponent declared as a giant blue Vanguard circle flashed above her entire side of the battlefield "Especial Soulblast! Since I have 2 or more Grade 3 Blauklugers in my rear-guard, add 10000 power to all of my rear-guards and during this turn, all of my Blau units in the back row have their rear-guard circles converted to front row circles!"

As her opponent suddenly gasped realizing what this meant, all of the former blue LRIG's rear-guards were powered up by a neon green aura that enveloped them, making each of them stronger than before for the duration of this turn.

Energy Charger/POW: 5000 - 15000
Jupiter Blaukluger/POW: 10000 - 20000
Mars Blaukluger/POW: 9000 - 19000
Galaxy Blaukluger/POW: 11000 - 21000
Mond Blaukluger/POW: 11000 - 21000

"Now I see!" gasped Kamui "If she's converted her back row to front row circles, that means Merkur Blaukluger can Stand them with his Limit Break!"

"So the reason she moved Energy Charger to the front row was so she could achieve this," Kourin replied "Now Remember will be forced to drop 10000 shield for the majority of her attacks."

"Go, Kiyoi!" Reji and Eiji cheered in unison.

As Kiyoi prepared herself to begin her attacks, she looked over to the twenty card hand and the single intercept that her opponent had left in the form of Foivos, knowing that she had to bank everything on these next few attacks or who knows what would happen to the units she held. This was it. Her chance to finally defeat Remember on her own, to settle the score for the crimes she committed against her and her friends and to stop her from destroying the two worlds that her companions and herself came from.

"Mars Blaukluger attacks Foivos!" she declared, resting the card immediately.

Remember hissed as the beam rifle from the brownish coloured Battleroid scored a direct hit on the Marine General, retiring it from the battlefield and knocking down an intercept.

"Next, Energy Charger!" the former blue LRIG continued.

"WTC guards!" her opponent responded as the Electric Machine SIGNI took the brunt of the bolts from the small Grade 1 unit.

"Jupiter!"

"Light-Signals Penguin Soldier! Code Art KEY!"

The penguin in question flashed its two light signals in front of Jupiter's optics, blinding the Battleroid whilst the Electric Machine SIGNI shocked its circuits, making it unable to land its attack. The High Beast and the SIGNI then bowed before vanishing from the battlefield.

"Galaxy Blaukluger!" Kiyoi commanded.

"Refit Sailor!" Remember responded as the female Aquaroid came in front of Dead Night and was slashed by the blade of Galaxy Blaukluger.

"Mond Blaukluger!" she announced.

"One more!" her opponent countered as another Refit Sailor took the full brunt of the laser assault from Mond's hovering bits.

After the guardian had vanished, those watching the fight from the former blue LRIG's side of the battlefield were feeling tense in the fact that Remember had only used five cards to block the sixth point of damage to end the fight and had not cared about losing an intercept.

(End Music)

"15 cards yo," Eiji murmured nervously.

"But it's Neon and Merkur's turn to attack!" Kamui interjected "With the Legion power, Remember will definitely have to drop more than one card to block it!"

Kourin said nothing, but watched Kiyoi closely, knowing that she had done well to recover from the averted crisis they had all gone through a while earlier. Now that she had commanded a Grade 4 of her very own for the first time, the Ultra Rare member thought that perhaps the odds had now swung into her favour. Meanwhile, the person in question had looked down at her Legioned Vanguards before looking over to Remember who was still smugly confident with the sixteen remaining cards she held, feeling like she could block anything with that surmountable size.

"Well go on," she scoffed "I'm waiting."

"Of course," Kiyoi replied as she rested the pair "With the reduced cost, I activate Merkur's Limit Break! Stand all Blau units in the front row!"

"Idiot! Don't you realize the only Blau unit is..." her opponent spoke before her eyes suddenly widened in both horror and realization "SHIT!"

(Cardfight! Vanguard G OST: Fighting Spirit)

As yet another giant blue Vanguard circle flashed above both Azure Neon and Merkur Blauklugers, Mond, Galaxy, Jupiter and Mars all rose up to their feet in preparation for the next wave of attacks to be delivered by them. As this happened, the larger of the two Legioned Battleroids ignited two giant blazing green sabers in each hand whilst the smaller one charged up the beam rifle in its left hand.

"And," the former blue LRIG continued "My Legion gets 2000 power every time a Blau unit stands!"

"Tsk!" Remember hissed before throwing Paschal's card onto her Guardian Circle "Perfect Guard!"

Paschal then appeared onto the battlefield projecting a hexagonal barrier that deflected the beam rifle attack of Merkur with ease. It was not so fortunate against Azure Neon who had slashed the guardian away, but was unable to land a direct hit on Remember Dead Night. Kiyoi then immediately conducted her Twin Drive nonchanlantly, revealing the first card as Blau Dunkelheit before revealing the second as Starker Wind.

"Stand Trigger!" she called "Adding power to Galaxy and I stand Energy Charger, giving my Legion another 2000 power!"

Azure Neon Blaukluger and Merkur Blaukluger/POW: 31000 - 33000
Galaxy Blaukluger/POW: 21000 - 26000

"What good is powering up that oversized Legion?!" Remember chortled "Your attack has already failed! Now the next five are...!"

"Not yet!" Kiyoi interrupted much to her opponent's shock "Since the attack failed... Ultimate Break! Stand with Drive minus 1!"

As one more Vanguard circle flashed brightly above the field, Azure Neon and Merkur then stood up once again in preparation to do battle with their comrades to finish the fight.

"Yes! She's got everything she needs to win now!" Kamui cheered, causing the others to look at him "Now that she's raised the power of Galaxy Blaukluger and stood Energy Charger, not only has Kiyoi got another attack out of it, but now Remember's gonna have to drop 2 cards when Galaxy attacks her!"

"Normally she would easily be able to guard most of the attacks with just one card," Kourin interjected "But now that Kiyoi has raised the power of her rear-guard high enough and attacked her intercept early, she can't guard as efficiently."

"W... Why you...!" Remember seethed, upon seeing the predicament she was in.

"If you really were a fortune mistress, you would have taken a chance from Azure's attack and prayed a Heal Trigger was on top of your 11 remaining cards," Kiyoi replied "However, since you had gotten so greedy on your last turn for more defensive cards, you believed that was no longer an option."

Her opponent could only scream loudly in frustration as she watched all of the rear-guards that had been assembled come towards Dead Night again, the imaged LRIG panicking and taking up a defensive stance as Energy Charger was the first to attack. It unleashed bolts of electricity from its arms towards her before a Code Art WTC took the brunt of the attack.

"12!" Reji and Eiji called out in unison, counting down the decrease in Remember's hand with each passing attack.

Next to attack was Jupiter Blaukluger who soared up into the air and primed its blade in the right hand, raising it up before slowly bringing it down as it descended. A Jet-ski Rider and Tear Knight, Theo appeared in front of Dead Night and took the full brunt of the slash that the green Battleroid made with its weapon, leaving the imaged LRIG unharmed once again.

"10!"

Mars then boosted its way into the air with its thrusters before reeling back its fist and soaring down towards its opponent with the intent of finishing the fight at this instant. Jet-ski rider once again appeared in front of Dead Night, protecting her from the full force of this attack.

"9!"

Mond Blaukluger made a motion that swung its right arm forward in a commanding motion to direct its flying bits to the center and unleashing a thinner, but more accurate and centered attack at its target. One of Remember's Brutal Troopers appeared and projected a green circle in front of it to deflect the attack away from the imaged LRIG.

"8!" the two boys cheered, along with Kamui now joining in.

Galaxy Blaukluger then primed its beam rifle which began charging up before pointing it right at Dead Night who immediately squirmed in panic. When the Battleroid unleashed its attack at her, a second Brutal Trooper and Tear Knight, Theo took to the defence before they were obliterated by the devastating beam in an instant.

"6!"

"Seriously...?!" Remember gasped as she looked at the remaining six cards that she held, not expecting to have used up as many Guardians during the turn as she had expected.

"This ends here, Remember!" Kiyoi declared "Legion Attack and Limit Break!"

For one final time, the giant Vanguard circle that had shown itself above her side of the battlefield flashed as Galaxy, Mond, Mars and Jupiter all took up fighting stances whilst Azure Neon and Merkur Blauklugers recieved yet more power from this action. As the smaller Blaukluger activated its saber in its right hand, both of them charged towards Dead Night before slashing down at her in unison.

Azure Neon Blaukluger and Merkur Blaukluger/POW: 33000 - 41000

"Perfect Guard!" her opponent cried as Paschal once again took to the defence and projected a barrier in front of himself, blocking the attack with ease, only barely however.

"Drive check!"

The former blue LRIG then reached out for her deck and turned over the next card to reveal Schones Wetter, making her opponent cry out in panic.

"Critical Trigger!" she announced "I give all of the effects to Galaxy Blaukluger!"

As the unit that was her previous turn's Vanguard recieved both of the trigger effects, its eyes flashed an intense red as it stared at Dead Night who had gone pale from the sight and dropped her staff, too scared to even move now that her fate had been sealed. Mars Blaukuger then rushed past the Legioned pair and ran on its feet straight towards its opponent and threw a punch with its right fist, only for another Brutal Trooper to take the hit.

(End Music)

"Jupiter!" the former blue LRIG commanded.

"G... Guard!" Remember cried out in panic as her final Brutal Trooper and Tear Knight, Theo took the brunt of the green armoured Battleroid's blade.

She could only seeth with fury upon seeing her once 'perfect' defence had been shredded away by her desire for more triggers to end the fight on the previous turn through drawing more cards.

"Why?!" she screamed, slamming down a fist on the table in front of her "Why?! WHY?! WWHHHYYY?! Mizushima Kiyoi, I know you like a open book and that clan is utter garbage in my presence! So HOW?! HOW IS IT YOU'VE PUSHED ME INTO THIS CORNER?!"

"You still haven't noticed it yet?"

(Cardfight Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Blazing Perdition)

She then angrily turned towards Akira who had calmly chosen to interrupt her rant, much to the confusion of her opponent and her spectators who looked at the one who had called the former compatriot out on her earlier cheating.

"If you knew Kiyoi as well as you did, even when she was Piruluk," she spoke "You would have known she would have chosen a different approach to her preferred playstyle. Much like how she shredded the opponent's hand with her own abilities and supporting cards in Selector Battles, this time, she chose the option of consecutive attacks to take that alternate approach. That is why that 'garbage' you spoke of has now beaten you. Isn't that right?"

Kiyoi despite being bewildered at the sudden change in behaviour that Akira had exhibited before her, sternly nodded in response to her deduction. It seemed ironic to her that the Selector who had once been prone to temper tantrums of her own was the one to read her reasoning for choosing Nova Grappler as her clan instead of the LRIG who had once been her partner and the one that always brought her and those around her despair time and again. Now thanks to the latter's earlier greed in her actions, that had ultimately proven to be her downfall now.

"Galaxy Blaukluger attacks Remember Dead Night!" she declared, resting the card for the final time.

Galaxy Blaukluger then began charging up its beam rifle with even more energy for one final attack on a completely defenceless Dead Night who could only fall backwards in response to this whilst Remember herself screamed even more loudly in frustration. A giant blast of energy erupted from the armament and engulfed both opposing unit and card holder in a wave of blinding green energy, causing both to cry out loudly in pain as the final point of damage revealed itself as Blue Wave Marshal, Valeos. As the energy faded away, all units on the battlefield vanish with Valeos himself now appearing in the place of Dead Night.

"Alright, she won!" Kamui cheered.

Everyone beside him smiled in agreement and relief that Kiyoi had overcome the odds that had been stacked against her, quite literally in some regards, and had finally settled the score with the person responsible for all of her torment and despair. The person in question then kept her gaze upon Remember before seeing Valeos look over to her, nodding for her to do a certain punishment to her opponent. She quietly agreed, causing him to pick up his card and toss it over to her table, landing on her empty Vanguard circle.

"Remember, the door on our history together will now be forever closed!" she announced, causing the former compatriot to gasp in panic.

"W... Wait Kiyoi-chan...!" she called.

"Roar, Judgement!" the former blue LRIG declared as she slammed her fist onto Valeos' card.

The Marshal then yelled loudly before summoned a geyser of freezing cold water that erupted Remember and swallowed her up in an instant, causing her to scream loudly from the force. No one offered a single look of sympathy towards her as her punishment continued for at least another twenty seconds before the geyser finally broke apart, causing the victim to cough multiple times from nearly swallowing some water as a result.

"Remember, even if you haven't lost three times in this world, it has become clear to me that you have proven you cannot be trusted!" Valeos roared "As punishment for losing twice and cheating earlier, I will confiscate all of the Blue Wave units in your deck and the power that comes with out until you can prove otherwise!"

Before she could reply, she suddenly clutched her lower abdomen and cried out in pain as a bluish aura surrounded her for a few moments before shattering like glass along with the cards that held both her own name and the title Blue Wave whilst the other cards of said title flew back into the palm of his left hand, his furious gaze glancing upon his stained honor.

(End Music)

"Valeos!"

The Marshal then turned to face Kiyoi who had tossed his card back to him, despite his intention of taking it back himself in a short moment.

"Kamui would have perished had Akira not broke the truth to all of us," she spoke "Even if you are our enemy..."

"Don't be mistaken," he sternly replied "I still intend for these worlds to be silenced before our master. I merely wanted to see this fight through fairly and freeing her victim was the perfect retribution."

He then vanished from the closing battlefield in the same aura that had surrounded him whilst the fiery walls of the boundry eventually died down and extinguished themselves, leaving everyone free to go. Remember having recovered from her earlier pain held up her unique blank card and unleashed a bright flash, blinding everyone for several seconds and giving her time to escape the area without a trace. When the light died down, she was no longer in plain sight and only Akira remained on the opposite side from where everyone was. She merely turned to her left and started walking away from them, leaving all that were still in the amphitheater area much to ponder about her behaviour of late or even where her loyalties truely lay.


City Streets

Remember panted as she ran down the streets in an effort to retreat from Kiyoi whilst she still could, still in fury that she had lost to her and now lost all of the power that the Blue Wave units possessed along with their cards. She gritted her teeth in anger, now fueled by a desire to be the one to claim her revenge on her former Selector and torture victim.

"Just wait Kiyoi-chan...!" she growled, not looking where she was going down an empty alleyway "Even with the basic deck around me, I can still...!"

Her sentence was interrupted when she had bumped into someone she was wasn't paying attention to during her hurry. After falling backwards, she could see from the back of that person that it was a rather tall young man dressed in black and had dark silver coloured hair. He slowly turned around to reveal his calm, yet annoyed expression with dark red eyes and a rather soft scowl present on his lips.

"Hey, get out of my way!" Remember snapped.

He did not respond, merely glancing down at the nuisance that had annoyed him during his seclusive and peaceful stroll here. She continued to scowl in annoyance before her frown turned into a smile upon seeing what was present in his hand. Despite it being from the back, it was unmistakeably a Vanguard card and that had made her recover her composure very quickly.

"Well aren't you lucky," she chortled "It looks like my revenge against Kiyoi-chan can begin sooner than I thought! Let's fight, whoever you are!"

The young man then closed his eyes in frustration and brought out his deck, bringing the card his was holding earlier to the top and placing it there.

"Very well then," he said in a blunt tone "Your wish to disappear... shall be granted."

"Eh?"

...

A loud scream was heard across the entire city as several crows flew from the rooftops and soared across the afternoon sky in response to whatever it was that had just happened out of sight.


And there we go! In a desperate attempt to force Kiyoi into further despair, Remember starts a time limit on the ice cage that she imprisons Reji and Eiji within. Kamui manages to break the two free, only for him to feel the curse of the cage himself in their stead. When all seems lost, his saviour happens to be... Aoi Akira?! After rectifying a stacked deck that Remember had been playing with along with Valeos freeing Kamui, the fight continues unimpeded and Kiyoi manages to triumph over her former comrade in the Selector Battles. When Remember escapes with the intent to fight her again in the future, her revenge comes to an unfortunate quick end as she runs into a fighter that robs her of that chance.

With Akira's personality having drastically changed going into her long awaited rematch with Kai, what will unfold in the midst of their confrontation? Find out next time on Stand Up, the LRIG! Please share your thoughts and criticisms in the reviews and I'll see you next time. Until then, I hope you've had a good time this chapter!


Story Original Cards debuting this Chapter:

Remember Dead Night, Ultimate Miko of the Blue Wave
Grade 5
Triple Drive!
POW: 15000
Aqua Force
Human;LRIG
Magallanica
[Limit Override] (At the beginning of the fight, if your Vanguard has "Remember" in its card name, you may search your deck for this card and bind it face down. Only one card can be bound by this effect. At the beginning of your turn, if your Vanguard with "Remember" in its card name is Grade 4 or Grade 3 and in [Legion], you may skip your draw phase. If you do, Ride this card from your Bind Zone.)
[ACT](VC)[1/Turn]: {COST|Counter Blast (1)}, this unit gains the (VC) and (RC) abilities of all cards with "Blue Wave" in their card names in your soul, those abilities' {Counter Blast} are removed from their cost and any attacks this unit makes are also treated as rear-guard attacks until end of turn. (Treat all (RC) abilities this unit gains as (VC) abilities)
[AUTO](VC): When this unit [Stand] during your battle phase, it gets Drive-1 until end of turn. Then if it has no Drive, it also gets "[AUTO](VC): When this unit attacks, if it has no Drive, it cannot [Stand] until the stand phase of your next turn" until end of turn.
[CONT](VC): This unit is also regarded as a Vanguard with "Piruluk" in its card name.

Azure Neon Blaukluger
Grade 4
Twin Drive!
POW: 12000
Nova Grappler
Battleroid
Star Gate
[AUTO](VC): When placed, search your deck for up to 2 Grade 3 cards with "Blau" in their card names, call one of them to (RC) and [Legion] the other with this unit. Until end of turn, the {Counter Blast} costs of your Legion-Mate's abilities are reduced by one.
[AUTO](VC)(Limit Break 5)[1/Turn]: At the end of the battle this unit attacked, if the attack did not hit, [Stand] this unit with [Drive]-1 until end of turn.
[ACT](VC)(Limit Break 4)[1/Turn]: If there are 2 or more Grade 3 rear-guards with "Blau" in their card names, {COST|Soul Blast (1) Grade 3 card with "Blau" in its card name}, until end of turn, all of your back-row (RC) with units that have "Blau" in their card names are treated as front-row (RC) and all of your rear-guards get [Power]+10000.