Hope and David stood on the buddyfight stage prepped by Red as the Heroes watched.

"You don't know how long I've waited for this, David. I wanted to fight you at the WBC, buutt… somehting got in the way. No matter what, we're having fun here. But I'm gonna give it all I've got just to make this as fun as you think it'll be." Hope said.

"I'm looking forward to this too. I've been preparing everything I could for this match. I'm not going down easy." David said. "I'm coming at this with everything I've got! In the darkest lands in the depths of the abyss, a ray of light cuts through the darkness and shines on a new future! Lumenize, Shining Will!"

"Gather before me, Heroes of Justice and Bravery! Strike down villanly like lighting, and shine the light of the moon on the darkness! Lumenize! Full Moon Thunder Formation!" Hope said.

"Raise the Flag!" They both said.

"I'm with Hero World!" Hope said.

"Magic World, all the way!" David said.

"David Ishihara will have first move." Red said.

"Alright. Here goes! Charge and Draw!" David said. "I'll start things off with Witch of Variance, Alice the Adjuster! This girl has a special ability. I can pick any number from 0 to 3 to be her size, and she gains a 1000 power and defense boost and an extra critical, all corresponding to the size number."

10-9

"And I'll go with size 3. Now, strike the fighter!" David said.

10-6

End of move.

"And David makes a big move right off the bat. Can Hope keep up with this powerhouse?" Lemon asked.

"Alright then… My turn!" Hope said. "Draw! Charge and Draw! I'll start off by calling "Sacrifice" Iron Moon Slash to the right, and then follow up with calling Uniform Warrior, Police Frill to the center, and Military frill to the right!"

The three monsters appeared in the center.

"Police Frills ability! Normally, when there's another Superheroine out, I can return one monster on your field to the hand! But since you only have one on your field, let's just cut to the chase!" Hope said as Alice went back to David's hand. "Next, I'll use Iron Moon Slash's ability! By sending one Darkhero from my hand to the drop zone, he can dish out one point of damage!"

9-8

"Now let's do some damage! Police Frill, Military Frill, attack David! When there's another Superheroine out on my field, Military frills critical becomes 3! Here comes a whopping 4 damage, David!" Hope said.

"I don't think so! I cast Quick Summon! This allows me to call a monster from my hand and you're forced to attack it instead. And I'm sending in Blue Flame Master, Zustein!" David said only for the monster to be destroyed. "At least I was able to keep damage to a minimum."

"You may have blocked them, but I still have Iron Moon Slash! Attack the fighter!" Hope said.

8-6

After the battle, Moon Slash was sent to the drop zone.

"My turn's done!" Hope said.

"6-all, deuce. I'll just have to do something about that! Draw! Charge and Draw!" David said. "First I'll call in some old favorites of mine. Messenger of Sunlight, Sol to the left, and Messenger of Moonlight, Luna to the right!"

"Oh yeah...David's set up his star formation." Rainbow said.

"Now things are getting interesting…" Hope said.

"First, I'll activate Luna's ability. By sending a Wizard from my hand to the drop zone, I can send a monster of your own back to your hand." David said.

"Let me guess, you're aiming to send Police Frill back?" Hope asked.

"You bet." David said.

Police frill was sent back to the hand.

"C'mon, bring it!" Hope said.

"Next, I'll call to the center someone my deck would be complete without. I buddycall Black Demon Swordsman, Jace Aldis!" David said.

6-7

"Lets go." Jace said.

"Now, everyone! Link Attack!" David said.

"I cast! I've seen through your moves!" Hope said.

"You don't know my formation as well as you think you have. By paying one gauge and sending a Wizard to my drop zone, Sol can nullify your spell!" David said.

"Uh oh…!" Hope said. "I can take this..!"

6-1

"I would've equipped Goetia and finished this, but that would be too easy. I want to at least give Hope a chance to turn this around." David said. "Championship Point, Hope. You better make it count. Because if you don't, then next turn, you're through!"

"Heh… Hope's not getting out of this." Rainbow said.

"I agree. His lucky streak stops now." Viridi said.

"You think it's just been luck that I've been able to win fight after fight?" Hope asked. "That's not it at all. I've won so many fights because I believe in myself, and my friends. I always believe there's a way out. That's why… I am who I am! It's what makes me, me!"

(Cue-Kamen Rider Wizard: Missing Piece-Kamen Rider Girls)

Hope invoked Azure God Mode and clutched his ring. "Here goes! Draw! Charge and Draw!" Hope said drawing. "I Equip Azure Crest, Hero Emblem! I use its ability to add one Superhero, Superheroine or Darkhero to my hand! I buddy call Overturn Thunder Soldier, Dawn Wings Moon Bat to the right, and to the center, I once again call Police Frill!"

The monsters appeared.

"I use Police Frills effect, and Send Luna back to the hand!" Hope said. "And now! Overturn Thunder Soldier! Dawn Wings Moon Bat…! OVERTURN! I pay one gauge and discard one hand card! Now Moon Bat Gains critical for every superhero, Superheroine and Darkhero in the Drop zone. Counting Moon Slash, my gauge and the dark hero i discarded, that's three! Moon Batts critical is now 6, and she has Penetrate!"

"Looks like I'm getting ready for a big one." David said. "(This is it. My last stand. I just need to survive this turn, and the championship is as good as mine!)"

"Here goes! Moon Bat, attack!" Hope said.

"Penetrate attack! Thunder Drill Run!" Moon Bat said drilling through Jace. "This is over!"

7-1

"Police Frill, do it!" Hope said.

"Time for you to be put down!" Police Frill said going to attack david.

"I cast. Solomon's Shield!" David said.

"I still have Military Frill!" Hope said.

"I'll turn you into swiss cheese!" Military frill said blasting.

"I cast! Dragon Spell, Hiding Bomber! I can pick one of your monsters that have 5000 defense or less and either send it back to your hand or destroy it!"

"Sorry David, but I'm not going out like that! I cast! Or So the Dream I Had went! Your Spell is Nullified!" Hope said.

"(I've got no way out of this one… Looks like I have no choice but to accept defeat. But…)" David thought as he smiled. "(I'm glad...that I'm at least taken down...this way…)" he thought as the attack hit.

1-0

Game over! Winner: Hope the Victor!

"It has been decided...the winner of the tag side matches of the GGG Cup is...Hope the Victor!" Red said.

"Woohoo! That was an awesome match you two!" Ace said.

"Yeah, you two were amazing." Jexi said.

"Yeah. If Hope hadn't nullified my last spell, I would've won. But all the same, that was an awesome match! It was well worth the wait." David said.

"Yeah...same here. I had a blast, David." Hope said. "Still...I do wish we could have seen how Gao and Tasuku's match ended.

"We can see it from here. Look." Red said pointing out as a dragon looking arm reached into the earth as it started to pull out a sword covered in chains.

"What is that?" Simon asked.

"That's….it is! The Gargantua Punisher!" Twilight said.

"Gargantua Punisher?" Al asked.

"An impact card. To be honest, it's what actually brought us into buddyfight to start with." Hope said.

"One that Shulk and I used first, not to brag." Toma said.

"We know, Toma." Cyrille said.

"Now this is the right way to see it happen...the end of the Sun's era." Hope said seeing the impact land.

"It makes you wonder… what does the future hold?" Ichiro asked.

"Only time will tell." Ace said.

"The future here...it's still a mystery even to me." Sheer said. "The era of the Sun Fighter is over but soon in the future...this world will enter...the era of Aces."

"So what now?" Al asked.

"I would like to start our campaign against the dark kingdom, but… I can't help but be a little curious." Hope said.

"About what?" Erica asked.

"That story Paimon told us, about the dancer. She said there were several others just like it." Hope said.

"Well...if you're curious about it...we should head to the Adventure Universe and go to the town of tales." Jade said.

"The place where Cobalt lives? Hmm… Yeah, I think we should at least pay him a visit." David said.

"But first I'm gonna go say my goodbyes to Gao, you guys coming?" Ace asked.

"Ace has a point there. Who knows when we're gonna see those guys again." Sectonia said.

"I think he said he would be at Yota's grave. He was planning to head to the airport the moment the tournament ended." Jexi said. "We better hurry."

And so they did, and managed to catch Gao before he left. It was a sorrowful goodbye, but Gao assured that buddyfight would never be over for them.

At the airport, Gao and Batzz were walking to the plane before someone came up through the fog, and he already lumenized. Standing behind him was a massive dragon shrouded in mystery.

"I've never seen that monster before… who are you?" Gao asked.

"Buddyfight me and find out." He said as the two fought one another before the figure pulled out an impact. "Deity...Gargantua...PUNISHER!" He shouted.

Game over! Winner: Yuga!

"My names Yuga. Yuga Mikado." The boy with blue hair and some red in it said. "See ya sometime...dad." He said before vanishing.

"BWAAAH! Deity Gargantua Punisher?! I have a kid?!" Gao asked waking up on the plane.

"What was that all about?" Batzz asked.

"Just a dream. But..I can't wait for the next buddyfight we're gonna have!" Gao said.

Now...as a special treat enjoy this.

(Card of the Future)

(Buddy Fight!)

These powerful deep bonds connecting us buddy,
Ain't ever giving up, crush and build again,

Break out your future card!

Getting into it with our stunning moves yeah,
Don't matter to us we can change the way it's done,
coz we are, (coz we are), the irrepressible, Buddy Fighter

With our flame we can burn up the darkness,
the sun will shine on through, illuminate your soul,
on we go,(on we go), we will deliver your call to tomorrow

such fantastic inspiration moving into new territ-tory
I charge, and i draw, run as fast as the wind
we're invincible

(buddy fight!)

These powerful deep bonds connecting us Buddy,
Ain't ever giving up, crush and build again

(Buddy fight!)

Meaningless fantasies of what the future brings,
we don't need those goals, we don't need to dream

(buddy Call!)

blowing open the walls of the cave,
fight on with all the great skill that you have
this our never ending story, so lets do it our own way!

Break out your future card!

To be continued...