SailorStar9: This is Chapter 23 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny. Because, if I did own Cardfight! Vanguard and Sailor Moon, Aichi won't be such a wimpy protagonist and the Senshi would be kicking more MOTD butt than Sailor Moon.

Chapter 23: Rematch in the Final Match!

Riding 'Marron', Aichi shifted 'Barcgal' to the rear and using 'Barcgal's skill, called 'Flogal' to the field.

Gouki rode 'Romario' and used 'Guiding Zombie's skill to move the unit to the rear. He then called 'Samurai Spirit', 'Rough Seas Banshee'. Using 'Romario's skill, he moved 'Banshee' into the Soul and drew a card.

"What's with these trifling moves?" Morikawa was confused.

"Trifling?" Izaki twitched.

"After all, he calls a unit out and then sends it into the Soul right away." Morikawa pointed out.

"It may be trifling for you, but with the skill he just used, his Soul increases without taking anything away from his hand." Miwa explained.

"And increasing his Soul here, he's lining his sights for something a little later on." Ami concluded.

Gouki then had 'Samurai Spirit' boost 'Guiding Zombie' to attack 'Marron'. Continuing his attack after Aichi drew no triggers, Gouki had 'Romario' attack 'Marron'.

Using 'Barcgal's skill, Aichi called 'Llew' from his deck and activated the Future Knight's Counterblast to shift 'Llew' into the Soul, along with 'Barcgal' and 'Flogal' and superior rode 'Blaster Blade'. He then called 'Gallatin', 'Wingal' and 'Marron' to the field.

"What do you think?" Miwa grinned. "Aichi's made small moves too, but now his units are all lined up."

"But he doesn't have any Grade 3 out there." Morikawa reminded.

"Would you stop talking nonsense?" Izaki sighed.

Aichi then declared an attack on 'Romario' using 'Marron', and had 'Blaster Blade' attack 'Romario' after Gouki received no triggers. Receiving a heal trigger, Aichi gave the power to 'Gallatin' and removed one damage.

Gouki then checked for a damage trigger, receiving a critical trigger and gave the power to 'Romario'.

Using 'Wingal' to boost 'Gallatin', Aichi then had the Knight of Silence attack 'Romario'.

Gouki defended with 'Rick the Ghostie', riding 'Captain Nightmist' and calling 'Ruin Shade' and 'Evil Shade'. He then declared an attack on 'Blaster Blade' using 'Ruin Shade' after activating the unit's skill to add 2000 power after putting two cards from his deck into the Drop Zone. He also activated 'Nightmist's skill; with another 'Nightmist' in the Drop Zone, he had 'Nightmist' gain 3000 power.

"That Gouki guy seems to be really strong." Emi mused.

"He'll be fine, Emi." Reiji assured. "You brother is fighting for Kamui. There's no way he'll lose."

"For 'Kamui'? I don't know about that." Miwa noted.

"Exactly." Morikawa nodded. "Who would fight on behalf of that snotty little brat? Aichi's acting as my proxy in this tournament."

"Can I shut him up, please?" Ami pleaded.

"Later." Miwa chuckled. "Anyway, it's an important Vanguard fight, but regardless of who wins and loses, just cheer on your brother, who's fighting as hard as he can. That's what matters the most."

Having 'Evil Shade' boost 'Nightmist', Gouki continued his attack and activated 'Evil Shade's skill and put the two top cards from his deck into the Drop Zone to add 4000 power to the attacking 'Nightmist'.

"That 'Nightmist' is like a ninja, right?" Morikawa wondered.

"You mean like 'ninja' mist, where they don't actually disappear?" Izaki mused.

"What a shame." Morikawa sighed. "If only it were a Grade 3."

"The Grade 3 obsession is alive and well." Miwa chuckled. "Now's he's motivated." He whistled. "I can tell his attitude is 'win it for the team'."

"What are you, a psychic?" Morikawa snorted.

"Sorry, I forgot you sucked at reading your surroundings." Miwa chuckled.

"I can read my surroundings just fine." Morikawa retorted. "My surroundings is mostly air, so it's about 8 parts nitrogen, 2 parts oxygen…"

"You actually remember the composition of air." Izaki sighed.

Using 'Samurai Spirit' to boost 'Guiding Zombie', Gouki declared an attack.

Aichi countered by defending with 'Llew' and riding 'Alfred' in his turn. After moving 'Marron' to the rear, he activated 'Alfred's Counterblast, summoning 'Gordon'. Using 'Wingal' to power up 'Gallatin', he had the Silent Knight attack 'Nightmist'. Continuing his assault, Aichi powered up 'Alfred' using the gathered Royal Paladins to attack 'Nightmist'.

Gouki checked for a drive trigger, receiving a heal trigger and gave the power to 'Nightmist' and removed one damage.

Aichi then had 'Marron' boost 'Gordon', declaring an attack with the Knight of Truth.

Gouki guarded with 'Nightmist'.

"What do you think, Kai?" Miwa grinned down at his best friend. "Aichi's gotten a little better, hasn't he?"

"Tch." Kai snorted.

"Still as strict as ever, huh, Kai?" Ami joked.

"Huh?" Morikawa wondered, sneezing. "Have I caught a cold?"

"Don't worry." Ami snarked. "Fools don't' get colds."

"Ouch." Miwa winced. "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. I was kidding!" he raised both hands in defense, seeing Ami shoot a glare at him, her fingers closing in on her senbon pouch.

Gouki then called 'Knight Spirit' and activated 'Spirit Exceed's skill, moving 'Samurai Spirit' and 'Knight Spirit' into the Soul and superior rode 'Spirit Exceed'. Moving 'Guiding Zombie' to the rear, he summoned another 'Spirit Exceed', readying for a full frontal assault.

"Can Aichi withstand this attack?" Miwa wondered.

"Come on, Aichi." Ami muttered. "You know you can only survive this attack using that card."

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