"AND THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND IS RYUUGA SAWADA, KING OF HEIWA ACADEMY'S ROYALTY! THEY BOTH GAVE THEIR ALL, AND IN A BATTLE OF BOTH WIT AND STRENGTH, ONLY ONE CAME OUT ON TOP!" Ryuzaki announced.

When the grey dome dispersed, Ryuuga and Homura had already taken off their headsets and attached their deckcases in their belt and sash respectively. The two smiled and walked up to the center of the field, shaking each other's hand.

"Thank you for the fight, Ryuuga." Homura said.

Ryuuga nodded. "I hope you found what you were looking for."

"The world is a vast place, giving up just because fighting people of one very small area became boring wouldn't be a very Homura-thing to do."

"I hear you."

"AND THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST ROUND OF THE TOKYO'S FINEST! IN FIFTEEN MINUTES, THE FINALS WILL- W-WHAT IS THIS?!"

The lights of the stadium shifted to focus on Tenma, who started walking out of the north entrance and towards the center circle. He grabbed his face mask and took it off, tossing it to the side to reveal a smile.

Homura looked at Ryuuga and smirked, playfully punching his shoulder. "Go get 'em." With that, she started heading towards the east entrance.

"You couldn't wait for it, could you do?" Ryuuga asked, taking some steps back until he reached the spot where he was during the fight.

"I can wait for many things, but for our fight, I can't. You're someone who fights for fun like me. I simply can't wait to fight against you. I can't wait for a fight like this."

"In all honesty... So can't I. Let's fight, Tenma!"

The two shared a smirk as they placed their hands on their deckcases.

(Opening)

"J-just wait a moment!" Ryuzaki exclaimed, gaining the attention of the two teenagers. He let out a sight as he rubbed the back of his head. "Before you two start your fight way ahead of time, let me just check a thing." The platform started heading up, towards the control room in the ceiling. Upon entering it, Ryuzaki rushed to Inu's side. "Hey Iku, fat question."

"Let me guess, you want to know if the system will overheat and shut off midway through their fight if the fight starts before the RIVS has it's fifteen minutes of cooldown?" Inu asked.

"Basically."

Inu sighed. "Using the RIVS too much can cause it to overheat and shut off on it's own, we tested that. Can they finish the fight before the sysetm ovearheats?"

"I can't say for sure." Ryuzaki answered. "You're the head engineer of the RIVS, and I'm the creator, we should be able to calculate until what part of the game they can fight up to. Second grade 3 turn?"

"I can't say for sure." Inu shook his head.

"Will the audience be mad if we make them wait the fifteen minutes? You know, the same fifteen minutes the waited between Tenma and Taira's fight and Ryuuga and Homura's fight." Mina said.

Inu and Ryuzaki looked up as they scratched their chins, but then looked back at Mina, both nodding. "Yes. That I can say for sure."

"Well then..." Mina sweatdropped.

"We really don't have an out to this situation..." Inu said, looking down. "We're the audience's bitches..."

Ryuzaki got off his chair and walked up to the platform. "And that is why we must accept this as our fate. We will start the fight without taking a cooling off break, and if the system goes down, then we lie our asses off to make the audience think it's a super cool thing. We'll do like they do in the Vanguard anime and say the system went down because the fight was too good. These weebs will love it. And if that doesn't works... Well then, I will see you fellas on the other side." As the platform started descending from the room, Ryuzaki gave both Inu and Mina an army salute. "It was an honour serving by your side."

"Likewise, big chief!" Inu and Mina exclaiming, replying with their own salute. As Ryuzaki's platform started to descend, they turned back to the screens and Inu cracked his knuckles. "Let's give it our all and make it last, Mina!"

"Yeah, Iku!"

"I have good news!" Ryuzaki announced as he descended, all eyes in the stadium focusing on him. "We can have this fight start sooner than expected-"

"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!" The audience roared.

Ryuzaki sighed, pulling out a handkerchief to wipe some sweat off his forehead. "You didn't let me finish! Yes, the final fight of the event can begin now, but it might not last until the end. All this time, we have been using the RIVS System, a.k.a the system in which the fighters use their headsets and fight as if they were on the actual Cray. Sadly, a system of that magnitude is nowhere near being perfect and is quite recent to us. We've almost hit the spot, but in doing so, we found that the system needs to cooldown between usages, hence why we've taken a fifteen minute break between the first round fight and the second round fight. And where does that puts us at? Well, we can skip the waiting part and go right into the fight, but the system can basically overheat and go down at any given time, which will put a timer on the fight and make it more exciting since it'll become a race against time itself; or we can wait fifteen minutes and come back to a less exciting final fight, it's all up to you, the audience."

"Oh, you son of the bitch, you're pitching them the choice of ignoring the cooldown period in a way that will make them not want to wait!" Inu exclaimed, grinding his teeth. "Ryuzaki, you asshole!"

"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!" The audience continued roaring.

"Fighters, you heard 'em. What will you two do?" Ryuzaki asked.

Ryuuga and Tenma shared a glance and both nodded. Ryuuga looked up to Ryuzaki and waved his hand. "We'll do it!"

"Well, if thats the case..." Ryuzaki pulled his head back, inhaling as much air as his lungs could hold, then screaming at the microphone. "HELLO WORLD, HELLO VANGUARD WORLD, WELCOME TO THE FINAL FIGHT OF THE ULTIMATE EVENT OF VANGUARD!!! THREE KINGS AND A QUEEN MADE IT HERE AND FOUGHT THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST, ALL SO THAT THEY COULD OBTAIN THE TITLE OF TOKYO'S FINEST, THE STRONGEST ROYALY MASTER OF TOKYO! THE BEST ROYALTIES WERE CHOSEN, AND THEIR LEADERS FOUGHT IN THIS VERY STAGE! THE FIRST FIGHT WAS BETWEEN HAGIWARA HIGH'S KING, TAIRA ANSEI, AND YAMAZAKI HIGH'S KING, TENMA ONBITENBU! IN A BATTLE OF ALL OUT POWER, TENMA MANAGED TO OVERCOME TAIRA'S REENTLESS STRATEGY AND RISE ABOVE TO STAND ON THE FINAL STAGE! AND AFTER THEM, WE HAD THE BATTLE BETWEEN HEIWA ACADEMY'S KING, RYUUGA SAWADA, AND FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY'S QUEEN, HOMURA SAKI, WHO GAVE THEIR ALL ON A LONG BATTLE OF WIT AND MUSCLE, ONLY FOR RYUUGA TO COME ON TOP WITH HIS OWN WIT! AND NOW, ON THIS VERY FINAL STAGE, ON THE FINAL STAGE OF THE TOKYO'S FINEST EVENT, THE FINAL FIGHT WILL BEGIN! HE CAME FROM THE SOUTH AND WAS AREADY HERE, THE WISE AND CUNNING KING OF HEIWA ACADEMY'S ROYALTY, RYUUGA SAWADA!!! AND FACING HIM IS THE IDEALISTIC AND PACIFIST KING OF YAMAZAKI HIGH'S ROYALTY, TENMA ONIBITENBU!!! A BATTLE AGAINST TIME IN A SYSTEM THAT CAN OVERHEAT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT! THESE TWO FIGHTERS WILL HAVE TO POUR THEIR HEART INTO THIS FIGHT; GIVE IT THEIR ALL, MIND, BODY AND SOUL, TO WIN IN THE FINAL STAGE AND BECOME NONE OTHER THAN TOKYO'S FINEST! FIGHTERS, READY YOUR DECKS!"

The loud click sound of Ryuuga and Tenma's deckcases dettaching from their holding piece echoed through the stadium, even though it was filled with the loud voices of the audience.

"DECK-" The two exclaimed, already with their headsets on, placing their decks into their respective metal pillars as the grey dome started to form around them. "SET!"

"THIS IS IT! THE START OF THE FINAL MATCH!" Ryuzaki announced.

"BATTLE, START!" Ryuuga and Tenma exclaimed as a flash of light overtook the visors in their headsets.

When the two fighters opened their eyes after the flash of light died down, they, in their astral forms, were in a completly white space, standing in seperate white disc-shaped platforms.

"Oh? The final battlefield didn't load? Aw man, what a bummer- I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU, WELCOME TO THE FINAL BATTLEFIELD OF THE TOKYO'S FINEST, THE TOKYO GRAND STAGE! AND WHEN I SAY TOKYO GRAND STAGE, I MEAN IT!"

"Tokyo Grand Sta-" Ryuuga was interrupted by his and Tenma's platforms being pushed away from each other, creating a large amount of distance between the two. The white surroundings began to turn blue like the sky, and their platforms disappeared as a road started being created under their feet. All around them, buildings started to blast out of the ground, creating a city. "The Tokyo Grand Stage is... Tokyo itself?!"

"That's right! For the ending of the Tokyo's Finest, you lot will fight in actual Tokyo- and by actual I mean an holographic version of it made by the RIVS System, not actual Tokyo." Ryuzaki explained.

'You really went ahead and outdone yourself for this final fight, Ryuzaki... Thank you!' Ryuuga thought. He stood in the middle of a road, surrounded by stopped cars.

Miles ahead of him, there was a second road, which stood above an intersection between the road where Ryuuga stood and three other. On that 'road above a road' was where Tenma stood, looking at his surroundings. 'To perfectly recreate an entire existing city through a simple program... One thing was fight in the middle of the ocean, this is in whole other level.' He thought.

"FIGHTERS, BEGIN!" Ryuzaki announced, leading the audience to go wild.

"Ryuuga Sawada!" Tenma exclaimed. "Before we begin, allow me to ask you this one thing. The reasons to why you came here are still the same as the ones you told me before, are they not? Did you came here to fight or to prove you're the strongest?"

"I came here because I like fighting, because I wanted to fight. The concept of being the strongest is... I'll be quoting a friend of mine. Being the strongest is like being perfect. Once you are either the strongest or perfect, then you can't improve anymore. You are stuck in a point which you can't leave. That is why I don't have any plans of becoming the strongest fighter. Because I can keep improving as a fighter and as a person- Because I want to keep improving!"

"That is the answer I expected from someone like you. Since you are also fighting because you want to fight, because you want to have fun with Vanguard, all I can do is say this! Welcome to the true man's world! Stand up, vanguard!" A beam of light striked Tenma from the skies, making his astral form break and leave behind the small blue dragon in the astronaunt-styled armor with a blaster at hand. "Little Hero, Dracokid! (6000)" Under him, a vanguard circle exploded in a grey colour.

"Stand up, the vanguard!" Ryuuga waved his hands, creating a smoke burst under him. The smoke was blown away by the city winds, revealing the small purple-scaled dragon in a samurai's helmet and with a ninja star on his back. "Evil Stealth Dragon, Ushimitsumaru! (6000)" A red vanguard circle exploded underneath his feeth.

"I've made up my mind! This is my final decision!"

Those were the words echoing through Aijou's mind as she ran through the streets of Tokyo, tablet with an open map in a hand and phone in the other.

"Please, for the love of god, just pick up, Ryuuga!" She exclaimed. "It's not too late yet, we can still stop this! Just answer the damn phone, you fucking moron!"

"Ride! Dimensional Robo, Daibrave! (8000)" Tenma exclaimed as anoher beam of light striked him, shattering his body as the parts of the robotic fighter of white metal started to form. They came together as the beam dicipated, lighting the eyes of the robot. "Little Hero's skill, I draw one card. Turn end." Tenma declared.

Tenma
Hand: 6
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Draw and ride! Stealth Fiend, Tataribue! (8000)" Snatching a smoke bomb from his belt, Ryuuga threw it to ground, creating a burst of smoke that hid him. The smoke was then blow away by the city winds like before, this time to reveal the ghostly blue owl-like fiend with wide red eyes. "I draw one with Ushimitsumaru's skill and attack! (8000)" With a clap from his wings, blades of wind started to form around Ryuuga, and with a second clap, they were blasted towards Tenma like rockets.

"No guard!" Tenma replied.

"Drive check! (Evil Stealth Dragon, Zangetsu)"

"Damage check! (Heat Source Monster, Genelaser)" The wind blades striked Tenma's chest, forcibly pushing him to the other side of the road where he stood.

"When Tataribue hits, I draw a card. Turn end."

Tenma
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 8
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw!" Tenma declared, with greyish armor pieces starting to form around him as he walked back to his original place, where he was behind being pushed back by the previous attack. "Ride, Platinum Ace! (10000)" He exclaimed. Daibrave's body shattered like glass, leaving behind Tenma's astral form, who, when in contact with the armor pieces, turned into the alien unit. "During my turn, whilst being the vanguard, Platinum Ace gains 5k power. (10000>>15000) And now, call!"

Dimensional Robo, Daidragon descend from the skies, carrying Daibrave on it's back. Upon arriving at the road where Tenma was, Daibrave jumped off the other unit's back, landing by Tenma's right side.

"Daibrave, Daidragon, all out attack!" He exclaimed, and while Daidragon took flight, he jumped off his road and landed on Ryuuga's, alongside Daibrave. Upon landing, the two started charging at Ryuuga, with Daibrave taking the lead by starting to blast Ryuuga in the distance.

"Guard, Ohtsuzura! (13000)" Ryuuga answered. The bird unit appeared in front of Ryuuga, opening it's tiny wooden box that sucked all of the blasts inside.

"In that case, I'll make the attack! (15000)" Tenma declared, leaping into the air. "Platinum Kick!" He exclaimed, descending towards Ryuuga.

"No guard!"

"Drive check! (Dimensional Robo, Daidragon)" 

"Damage check! (Shura Stealth Dragon, Fuzencongo)" Ryuuga was striked back by Tenma's descending kick. "Goddammit..." He muttered. As he tried to get up from the cold ground, he was blasted by Daidragon, which lead to him only go further down into the road.

"Turn end." Tenma said as he and Daidragon returned to their side of the field. As for Daibrave, he was gone.

Tenma
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
XXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 7
Damage: 2
OXO
OOO

"Stand and... Draw..." Ryuuga muttered as he dragged himself from an owl-shaped hole in the road. "Alright, let's get it... Ride! Evil Stealth Dragon, Zangetsu! (9000)" Ryuuga blew another smoke bomb, this time flying out of it as a bipedal dragon clad in dark blue armor, with two red cloth-like wings coming out of it's back. With a snap of his fingers, a wooden log in a red kimono appeared behind him. "Ninja Art, Replica and Charge! (0>>5000) Come to me, Evil Decoy Token! Boosted by the Evil Decoy Token, I attack Daidragon! (9000>>14000)" Ryuuga grabbed one of the kunais embedded into the Evil Decoy Token and took it out, throwing it at the skies. With a snap of his fingers, the single kunai exploded in a flurry of kunais, all raining down on the red mechanical dragon.

"Hm, no guard." 'He's using a damage deny strategy against me to block me off using Daizaurus next turn, and guarding Daidragon with a hand small like mine wouldn't lead to much advantage.'

"Drive check. (Stealth Beast, Mijingakure - Draw) A draw trigger! All to my vanguard! (14000>>24000)" Ryuuga exclaimed as Daidragon exploded from the damage. "Turn end."

Tenma
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 9
Damage: 2
OXO
OXO

'He's playing in a wise way, but however, he made the mistake of not making more of those Evil Decoy Tokens.' Tenma thought as his astral form left Platinum Ace's body and started ascending as large machinery pieces coloured blue and white, some with red or white linings, started to form around him. "Ride through the railway of the cosmos and guide us to the true man's world! I ride!"

Ryuuga observed as the pieces started to come together, building the massive fighting machine. 'You're probably thinking it was a mistake to not have called for Evil Decoy Tokens, and that is where you'd be wrong. This isn't a fight where having Tokens during my opponent's turn matters, and it's not like I could use them to help guarding attacks way bigger than them. Just come at me with everything you got, Tenma, and I'll be sure to repay you tenfold!'

"SUPER DIMENSIONAL ROBO, DAILINER! (13000)" Tenma exclaimed as the unit placed it's feet on the upper road, causing it to shatter and leading him to fall on his feet on Ryuuga's road. On the skies, a grey vanguard circle exploded. "Imaginary Gift, Force I. To my vanguard. (13000>>23000) Dailiner's skill. I counterblast and soulblast to look at the top seven cards of my deck and add any normal unit from aong them to my hand. I add Super Dimensional Robo, Daizaurus. The rest is shuffled back. And since I added a grade 3 unit, Dailiner gains 20000 plus one critical! (23000>>43000/2) And now..." Tenma aimed his blaster down at Ryuuga. "I ATTACK! SUPERDREADNOUGHT RAIL CANNON - LIEBE JUDGEMENT! (43000/2)" Tenma fired three blasts in the form of giant blue orbs. The orbs collapsed over each other, creating a nuclear bomb-sized explosion of blue light.

"Ryuuga!" Joe and Abbacchio yelled from the seats.

"Liebe Judgement is a terrifying attack, that I can say for sure... BUT THIS IS THAT DANG PROTAG RYUUGA REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HE PROBABLY IS FINE REEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Taira exclaimed.

Tenma looked up at the tower of blue light that was formed through Liebe Judgement, only to quickly look down as all of the light started to swirl around, as if being absorbed into a vacuum. "So you survived that."

"What else you expected me to do?" Ryuuga asked, followed by a small laugh. All of the energy blasted by Liebe Judgement was absorbed into the small holes in the chain links of Mijingakura's chained sword. "If I let you push me to four damage this soon, then by the time your next turn ended, I'd be dead or about to be killed. I wasn't really given a second choice. And it was also your mistake for not calling any unit to avoid discarding due to Hanzo's ability. Now you're all out of attacks."

"It'd seem that is the case. Turn end.

Tenma
Hand: 9
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 7
Damage: 2
OXO
OXO

"This is an incredibly weird stalemate. On one hand, you have Tenma, who is winning when it comes to damage and hand size, but who doesn't has any counterblast and didn't dealt a single damage this turn, and in the other, you have Ryuuga, who's only advantage is having a rear-guard and no used damage, but who can stall enough to get to a more advantageous spot." Hisano explained.

"Dailiners boosts Tenma's defenses by a ton, and it's not like Ryuuga's attacks would hit for that hard either way. Not only that, but he also needs to keep himself at a low damage count to avoid getting Great Daiyusha-ed. His best choice would be to go fully defensive, but that would lead to nothing." Renji commented.

"Just leave it to big mans Ryuuga, he has a way. I bet my japanese dummy thick ass he does." Hikaru said.

"Stand and draw." Ryuuga said as his astral form left Zangetsu's body and started to ascend, dark runes appearing over it. "May the evil eye foresee the fate that lies beyond the world's dusk! Ride!"

With a snap of his fingers, the runes exploded into a burst of pitch black smoke that as immediatly blow away by the appearance of the new unit. A dragon with scales almost as dark as black itself and with wings that were dark red on the inside. It's claws and horns were also dark red, having a total of six horns: two coming out of each side of the face and two out of his head. His eyes were orange, and in his forehead, he had an orange gem, almost like a third eye. Like all the Evil Stealth Dragons before him, his clothing was dark blue with red trimmings and it's parts of armor were dark purple with golden details, and he also had a dark red scarf around his neck. In his mouth, he carried a kunai, and on his back, a scroll almost his size. Then, a red vanguard circle exploded behind it.

"Evil Stealth Dragon Akatsuki, Hanzo! (12000)" Ryuuga declared, expanding his wings as he descended, placing his feet in the road. "Imaginary Gift, Protect I. It's added to my hand. Now call, Zangetsu! (9000) Ninja Art, Replica and Charge! (0>>5000) (0>>5000) I also call two Momentary Stealth Rogues, Tsunamasa! (8000) (8000)"

Two versions of the rogue dressed in purple appeared, one by Ryuuga's side and one behind Zangetsu. The two pulled out tags from a pouch in their belt, slapping them onto the scroll in Hanzo's back.

"With their combined abilities, I gain a total of 6k and soulcharge two. (12000>>18000) And now, Hanzo's skill! Ninja Art, Gate of Yama to the Underworld!" Ryuuga snapped his fingers, making the two Evil Decoy Tokens behind him explode into smoke.

Between Ryuuga and Tenma's sides of the field raised the face of a slumbering oni. It's serene green eyes opened, but right after that, they became dark red as the oni's face began to show anger. In a shout of fury, it wiped out a gust of wind that swallowed the two Tsunamasa units. Then, it closed it's mouth and eyes, returning it's face to it's slumbering state and returning tp the underground.

"Both of my Tsunamasas return to hand. Then, add 20k power. (18000>>38000) Call, Evil Stealth Dragon, Kurogiri! (8000) And then, Ninja Art, Replica! (0) (0)"

With a clap of it's large green wings, Kurogiri disappeared in a burst of smokes. In the cloud created by said burst, two bombs hopped off it and landed on the ground, exploding into a pair of new Evil Decoy Tokens.

"Call, Tsunamasa! (8000) And his skill. (38000>>41000) Zangetsu's skill, Replica and Charge. (0>>5000) (0>>5000) (0>>5000)" With a snap of his fingers, a third Evil Decoy Token appeared, and with the appearance of the third Token, all three of them became surrounded in a white aura. "I'll now give you some damage to use later. Battle!" Ryuuga declared. "Boosted by the Token behind me, I attack! (41000>>46000)"

'He may obtain triggers during his twin drive, but I am in dire need for usable counterblast so I don't really got much choice. And besides, I got a wasted heal trigger on my twin drive, I'm better off saving it to guard later.' "No guard!"

"Twin drive! (Stealth Rogue of the Night, Sakurafubuki) (Stealth Dragon, Kurogane - Critical) Critical trigger! I give the critical to the vanguard and the power to Zangetsu. (46000>>46000/2) (9000>>19000)" Ryuuga snapped his fingers, making a black katana appear by his side. Grabbing hold of it, he raised the blade, and then, he swung it down, unleashing a crescent-moon shaped wave of black light that striked Tenma, forcing him back. "Sword Art, Wolf Fang Over the Moon!!"

"GAH-" Tenma spat, holding his right shoulder. "Damage check... (Super Dimensional Robo, Dailiner) (Magical Police, Quilt)" 'Finally, I have the counterblast I needed. This can work for both Dailiner and Great Daiyusha, I don't need to take any more damage.'

"Boosted by Token, Tsunamasa! (8000>>13000)"

"Army Penguin guards. (18000)"

"I soulblast to return Tsunamasa to my hand. Now boosted by Token, Zangetsu attacks! (19000>>24000)"

"Guard with Dairacer. (28000)"

'So you've went ahead and only took enough damage to use both Dailiner and Daiyusha on your next turn, though you know I have at least one sentinel in hand. If you call that certain unit, then you'll reveal your whole plan, Tenma!' Ryuuga thought. "Turn end!"

Tenma
Hand: 7
Damage: 3
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 9
Damage: 2
OXX
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"Stand and draw." Tenma spoke. 'I drew Platonum Ace. If I call him, he'll know I'll be attempting to end the game right here and now. But if I don't call him, then I'll be needing triggers to get closer to win.  And I have to call down Daizurus, even if I cannot use it's skill. But it's fine. I'll outsmart you in your own attempt at outsmatring me, Ryuuga.' "Moving on to the main phase. Dailiner's skill once again. I add Great Daiyusha to my hand. (23000>>43000/2) Call, Daizaurus (13000), Quilt (8000), Genelaser (8000) and Platinum Ace! (10000)"

Ryuuga narrowed his eyes upon seeing Platinum Ace enter the field. 'I got you now.'

"Daibrave's skill, I soulblast one to add 5k to my vanguard. (43000>>48000) Battle! I attack! SUPERDREADNOUGHT RAIL CANNON - LIEBE JUDGEMENT!" Tenma yelled, blasting three spheres of blue energy down at Ryuuga.

With a snap of his fingers, the Imaginary Gift emblem appeared above Ryuuga, shielding him from the large blue explosion. "Complete guard!"

"Twin drive! (Dimensional Robo, Dairacer - Critical) I got a trigger trigger. I give all effects to Daizarus! (13000>>23000/2) (Super Dimensional Robo, Dailiner) No trigger. However-"

A beam of light striked down from the skies, covering Dailiner's body.

"I didn't ride this turn, and my power exceeds 45000! By paying one counterblast, I activate this card's skill!"

"The path to the true man's world is revealed! My philosophy becomes my blade and my will becomes my shield! Cross the cosmos, o' ultimate fighter! Superior ride! ULTIMATE DIMENSIONAL ROBO!"

"GREAT!!" The unit's wings blasted out of the light, aswell as it's blade.

"DAIYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSHA!!!" Then, the light vanished, leaving behind the ultimate robot.

'I knew you'd come by sooner or late, Great Daiyusha! I already know how I'll defeat you!' Ryuuga thought with a smirk.

"Imaginary Gift, Force I. To my vanguard. (23000>>33000) Since it was superior ridden, add another 10k. (33000>>43000) And when ridden in general, add 10k to my front row! (23000>>33000) (43000>>53000) (10000>>20000) GREAT DAIYUSHA, ATTACK!" Tenma declared, raising his sword.

"No guard!"

"THIS IS THE TRUE MAN'S WORLD!" Tenma swung the sword down, releasing a bright wave of light once the blade touched the ground, which sent a wave of energy throughout all the battlefield, making it fall apart as if an earthquake had hit it. "UTOPIAN INFINITE STRIKE!"

Once the dust settled, though barelly still standing, Ryuuga and his units were still there. "Not yet! You're not winning this just yet!"

"I wasn't planning on you falling to an attack like this. Daibrave's skill, I move him into the soul to draw. Boosted by Quilt, Platinum Ace attacks! I soulblast to add 10k and an extra critical! (20000>>28000>>38000/2)"

Ryuuga waved his hands, making a unit appear in front of him, a small girl with dark blue hair in a purplish kimono appear between him and Platinum Ace, who was in the air and heading down with a kick like before. "Guard with Zashikihimie-"

"That isn't enough!"

"And I'm not done yet guarding just yet! Go forth, Evil Decoy Tokens!" Ryuuga snapped his fingers. The Evil Decoy Tokens behind him and in the column where Tsunamasa was in the previous turn blasted off towards Platinum Ace, striking his head and torso to make him lose balance and fail to strike. Then, those two, alongside Zashikihime, disappeared into a cloud of smoke.

"Even though you won't lose by this, I also won't lose on your next turn! You wanted me to call Platinum Ace, I saw right through your strategy! Daizaurus, ATTACK! (33000/2)"

"You might have seen through it, but I can keep making more! No guard!" Ryuuga declared.

The dinosaur head-shaped shield Daizurus held started shining, opening's mouth and fire a skyscrapper-high fire wave at the opposing units.

Ryuuga stabbed the ground with his katana, holding onto it tightly, whilst  Zangetsu held the last Evil Decoy Token between his legs and held Hanzo's tail with both arms. The three units stood through out the entire flaming wave, and once it was gone, they all fell on the ground.

"This fight... What a ride..." Ryuuga said, slowly getting up. "I hope you're having as much fun as I am with this... Afterall, you're the true man's world guy."

"I came to the Tokyo's Finest event without a goal, I came because I wanted to, because I wanted to have fun with Vanguard. And I am."

The two fighters shared a glance turned into a serious glare, but then started laughing.

"Ryuuga Sawada, I thank you for the fun fight. But like I said, I'm ending it next turn." Tenma said, pointing at Ryuuga with his sword.

"Right back at you, Tenma Onibitenbu. However, people who say that about turns don't usually get a next one, so taught me a great guy!" Ryuuga replied, pointing his katana right back at Tenma. "Now- Huh?!"

Ryuuga, Tenma, Ryuzaki, the whole audience in the stadium and all of those who were watching the event shared the same reaction. Eyes widened by shock.

Inu grit his teeth as he stared at the screen. The beeping sound of an alarm echoed through the control room. "I thought we had more time...!"

In the midst of the destruction wave caused by Tenma's turn, some buildings were still standing. In particular, one of said buildings, rather close to the fighters, started trembling. It then split into two, and back into one. This started to happen to some of the rubble on the field.

"H-here it is! The RIVS System has started to overheat and may go down at any minute! If one of the fighters doesn't closes the fight soon, there won't be a next turn for anyone!" Ryuzaki announced.

Tenma looked down at the glitching rubble, and then back at Ryuuga. "It's time for this fight to end."

"Couldn't agree more!" Ryuuga exclaimed as he became engulfed in black winds that soon formed a tornado around him. "The whirlwind of wisdom gathers in my hand! The vigorous storm of power scatters throughout the world! Raze, and descend, my avatar! Ride!" Ryuuga slashed through the winds with his two blades, making them disperse to reveal the purple-scale stealth dragon. "Shura Stealth Dragon, Jamyocongo!"

(Ending)

Fujiko sat in a bench quietly.

"If this is your final decision..." 

Sitting by her side, but not turning to the same side as her, was a man. He was looking down, blocking the view of his head as a whole. He reached for his inner pocket, taking out an envelope, which he then placed in the space between him and the girl.

"...then welcome."

The man got up and started walking away, still hanging it's head down.

Fujiko grabbed tightly onto the envelope and also got up, following the man into the inside of the building ahead of them.

Next Week:

#19: Confrontation

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MINI SOUL: "See you on the other side"

Ryuzaki: I will see you lot on the other side. *army salute*

Inu: *army salute* Goodbye, big chief.

Ryuzaki: *nods and walks into his bedroom*

Payic: RYUZAKI WHY DID YOU LEAVE YOUR PAPERWORK AT HOME AGAIN- *unholy yelling*

Inu: He was man not as nice as people think... Latom.

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Holy cow, writing with a fucked up keyboard is no joke, I had to copy quote marks to save up on time. Oh yeah, in case you're wondering, some of my keyboard keys stopped working. The numbers above? Only five and six work. On the side? All but one and four. And my keys down and right also are goners.

I started watching No Guns Life, probably mentioned it last A/N but go watch it. Also here's your meme of the weak alongside my characters bullying someone.

Ryuuga: It's a new meme format only intelectuals will understand.

Tenma: The true man's world approves it. Also sorry Ryuuga but I have to kick your ass, it's for the better of the train world. John Grassfields agrees with me. *puts jacket on* Jacket never off.

Sakate: WAIT I KNOW THAT GUY! HE'S IN THE SAME YEAR AS YUU-KUN!

Kaido: Yes, keep bullying that virgin loser with daddy issues. And because Im Next Gen Rick, I will say somrthing that will trigger people. *clears throat* YUKINA IS TRASH, SUZUNE IS THE BETTER GIRL FOR VIRGIN LOSER WITH DADDY ISSUES

Ryuuga: If he's that, wouldn't it be better if he had no one?

Kaido: You're a wise rival. Wise and my rival are things that virgin loser isnt.

Ryuuga: Can we bully someone on this book?

Kaido: Ok, weeb with relantionship issues.

Ryuuga: HOW AM I A-

Kaido: You play Nubatama and use smoke bombs, you're the weebest shit there is.

Ryuzaki: Not even Wyvon could be that weeby, like holy fuck.

Ryuuga: DAMMIT I DIDNT PLAN FOR THIS, MISSION ABORT, I BECAME THE TARGET!

Start sending things for the QnA, it's the last of this arc. Also, send some interviews for characters. That's a cool thing for me to do at the end of an arc. Okay that's all.

My name is Shida, thanks for reading and I will see you later. Bye bye!

Ryuzaki: Our father-son bonding moment should be bullying Ryuuga and Yuuto.

Kaido: Agree.

Ryuuga: Yuuto send help....

Oh yeah, this chapter's cover and #20's cover are done by me.