DISCLAIMER: Cardfight! Vanguard is owned by Bushiroad and TMS Entertainment and Selector Infected/Spread Wixoss is owned by Takara Tomy and J.C. Staff. Neither franchises belong to me and are the sole properties of their respective owners.

Set after Cardfight! Vanguard: Legion Mate (before Neon Messiah) and AU of Selector Spread Wixoss (with elements from Destructed coming into play later)

Full Synopsis

The game of Wixoss, a mysterious new breed of cards with a darker secret behind them. The players known merely as "Selectors", chosen by LRIGs that are alive and breathing in the cards they hold, battle it out with one another to uncover the truth behind a certain rumor, the strongest will obtain the wish of their desire. However, with a quest for great reward comes great risk. Whoever loses 3 of these Selector Battles will not only suffer terrible consequences, but receive a fate worse than anything they could ever imagine. Their wish becomes tainted and true despair will be brought upon them. As to expected with any game with the stakes raised that high, all is not as it seems.

Shortly after saving Sendou Aichi back in his own world, Kai Toshiki is suddenly brought into the conflict with little to no memory of how he arrived to be at this point in time. With his old Kagero deck back in his possession and transformed to suit the rules of this dark and mysterious game as well as obtaining Kominato Ruko's original LRIG, Tama as his guide, Kai sets out to discover the truth of why he's been brought to this world and find out more about the mysteries behind Wixoss. Along the way, he will make new friends, rivals and enemies before confronting a demon from his past as he struggles to get the answers he wants behind the Selector battles and return home.

So for those who have already read through the story so far up to its current point since its original publish date, I've decided to merge both the full synopsis and the first chapter into one page so newer readers who are just coming across this for the first time won't find their first reading as jarring as it may have been originally for others. Otherwise, for those who are now coming across this for the first time, I will mention this as I have done before on the original synopsis page. The only minor cosmetic change that I will make to the Selector Battles is that SIGNI will also be capable of materializing to fight alongside the LRIG, but only when they are put into play. Other than that, I hope you enjoy what I have for you.

Outside of a large city at the very top of a grassy hill, a harsh breeze was whistling throughout the air. On the ground lay a tall brunet, in an unconscious like state. He wore his usual school uniform, bluish blazer with a white shirt and bluish trousers. When he began to open his green eyes, the vision he had was blurred, as if he was waking up from a very deep slumber. As his eyes began to adjust to the brightness that was left in the daylight, the evening sunset already present in the far distance, he could now see exactly where he was. He noticed the large city just below him at the bottom of the hill, but he still had no idea of where it was exactly that he woke up in. He clutched his head as he tried his hardest to remember anything as to how he got to this place at this point in time.

The last thing I remember is waking up one day and heading to Card Capital… everything after that point... is a complete blank…

Deciding not to ponder any longer on the most confusing of scenarios that he had gotten himself into, he decided to take the initiative and head towards the city to see if he could get any information in regards towards both his current situation and whereabouts. Standing up from the grassy hill that he was previously unconscious upon, he briefly flexed his arms and legs before beginning his descent towards the city below. Little did he know however was that those first few steps that he had taken had now brought him ever so closer towards the calamity that was already present and taking place in a sense, right beneath his feet. Not that he knew of it or at least, not yet.

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Daily Life ~ Brasted Piano)

The boy began to wonder around the streets of this large city that he happened to wake up just outside of. By the time he had gotten to the bottom of the hill and started exploring around, the evening sky above had already darkened even further, indicating that the sun was slowly vanishing over the horizon. Taking that into account, he knew it would only be a matter of time before it went completely dark, so he felt it would be best to try and find the answers he sought out and quickly. The city definitely did not seem familiar to him at all, even with the amount of travelling he had done in the past. The evening air was looming throughout the streets and there were still some small crowds that were moving about around him. He overheard some chatter from a group of people nearby, but chose not to worry about it and continue on his way. Thankfully for him, the way they were talking seemed very familiar to him as it didn't appear to sound foreign to him at all.

This place is not one I have seen, but the people here seem to know my language he thought in a serious manner I must still be in Japan if that is the case.

As he ventured deeper into the city, he could hear several murmurs and conversations going across a mere few of the crowds of people that he passed by, something to do with a "special event that took place yesterday" and "Wixoss". Whilst he was unfamiliar with the last term, the mention of this special event did raise some intrigue of what this "Wixoss" could be about. The boy had then found somewhat found a brief idea as to what it was when he passed by several posters attached to a few walls he passed by and some of the electronic billboards present on the more taller buildings. Whatever this Wixoss was that he was hearing about and somewhat seeing, in a manner of speaking, it appeared to be a popular brand in the area he now found himself in.

As he was passing by a nearby park in the city, still uncertain as to where exactly he was, he could overhear two girls chatting from the bench nearby. One had purple hair tied up in a single ponytail by a ribbon that was both the same colour with the other half being white along with matching purple eyes and the other girl, presumably her friend, had golden yellow eyes and had her light brownish hair tied up into twintails by two black ribbons. Whilst the boy had ignored most of the beginning of their conversation, just passing by the area, one of them spoke out the subject that he had overheard earlier from several people that he had passed by and seemingly expanded more on it. He suddenly stopped in mid walk and glanced behind him over his shoulder, intrigued by what was being mentioned at this very moment.

"If only we both hadn't been held back from that event yesterday thanks to all that homework," the twintailed girl moaned "*sigh... I would have liked to have the chance to battle Urazoe Iona herself up close in person."

"Mako, you know that even your skills haven't been polished up lately, even before we both got into all of this," the other replied "But then again, I wonder what kind of Selector she would have been like?"

"Still though Yuragi, who would have thought about the whole Wixoss myth of actual LRIGs would actually be true?"

The first girl, Mako, had seemingly dropped more detail about the whole 'event' and Wixoss itself, now linking the two together for him to understand the scenario a little better. Then there was Yuragi, who had seemingly been giving her reasons to her friend for not being able to attend this event. But that had only led to raise more questions about the whole topic, especially when she mentioned about the "myth of actual LRIGs". In addition to that, she also mentioned this Urazoe Iona that she wanted to battle in person on the day of that event. Perhaps that person had some knowledge of what was being said out. The boy could only ponder further, wondering what exactly was going on in wherever it was he had wandered into, but the way it was sounding to him still seemed far too vague for him to make out everything that he was hearing.

"Still, that doesn't concern your wish, does it Yuragi?"

The boy's eyes suddenly widened as he heard a voice speak out loud, his ear twitching for a brief moment. He didn't recall a third person, also female, being present amongst the two girls behind him and this was beginning to raise suspicion. As he turned around, he suddenly found Mako and Yuragi looking over towards him, with seemingly confused looks present on their expressions. They stared blankly at him, unsure about why they seemingly caught his attention at this very moment just now.

"Um... Are you lost or something?" asked Mako.

"I thought I heard a third voice," the boy spoke, his gaze seeming serious as it trailed upon the girls.

"Well... I'm pretty sure you were just hearing things..." Yuragi said as she scratched her head, laughing nervously under her breath. "S... Sorry if we confused you there!"

"I see..." he muttered "Then I apologize for eavesdropping on your conversation." The boy felt though as if he wasn't being told the entire truth, but decided to press onwards into the city, hoping to find answers elsewhere. Looking on at him as he disappeared into the streets amongst the crowds of people in the distance, the two girls look at each other and shrug before a slight tug or shake or somewhat a mix of both came from Yuragi's pocket. She dug into said pocket to fish out what appeared to look like a card.

"Did you get all that?" she murmured, seemingly speaking to the card.

"I don't know, but..." the voice from earlier replied "It seemed like he was somewhat aware of my presence."

Yuragi and Mako could only blink in confusion in response to that same voice, before looking forward into the crowds in the city streets ahead of them, wondering what exactly was up with the boy they had briefly encountered moments ago. Looking at each other for a brief moment before shrugging, they got up from the bench and walked off together in the opposite direction, the lingering thought having just left the back of their minds, not concerned with whatever business the boy had in the first place.

(End Music)

Needless to say though, he was already well on his way through his current trek. As the boy continued to pass more people, particuarly girls who were either around the same age as the two he encountered earlier or slightly older, he continued to hear brief glimpses of additional voices, but with the loud chat of the crowds of people around him, he couldn't exactly tell if he was hearing things or not. He continued on his long walk, heading towards the tallest building near the center of the city which seemed to catch his interest. The height of which was very imposing, almost like a giant pillar, showing its great dominance over everything in the city that stood before it. The building looked like it was incomplete in construction, but appeared safe to traverse.

This building... Why do I feel as though something is drawing me inside?

(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Tadayou Kehai)

Curious as to why he was feeling this way and wanting to also find an answer as to what stirred these murmurs that he had been hearing, including those voices he couldn't indentify with the people he passed by, he decided to take the time to enter the building that stood before him. When he had entered through the doors, he could see that the bottom floor, as he had expected, appeared to look deserted. The only thing of interest was the large flat screen monitor on the other side of the room, which he suspected was inactive. After gazing around the bottom floor before briefly looking upwards to see exactly how tall the building really was, he knew that it was definitely going to take him a long while to search all of the rooms on each floor of the 'giant pillar'.

Ascending via the stairs and elevators present as he explored each of the rooms of the many floors, the boy could find nothing that seemed to answer any of the questions that were brewing in his head by the second. After at least an hour, he was sure that he already more than halfway up the tall building. Continuing with his search for the answers he sought, as he ventured nearer and ever so closer towards the roof of the building, he noticed something in a dark corner in a room on one of the topmost floors. He walked on over to said corner to find a pile of cards, seemingly dropped by someone who had been here earlier. They were unfamiliar to him as their designs in appearance and borders were completely different to what he would normally expect.

He turned over the back of the card he picked up and found a star like design on a black background with a single word along with a small passage of text beneath imprinted on the backing. That single word spelled out Wixoss. This along had now managed to answer one of his many questions at last. Wixoss was a term referring to a game that was commonly played around, wherever it was he woke up in.

If that's the case, my deck won't be of any help around here.

He reached into his pocket, pulling out a box containing a deck of his own. The casing was colored in solid black with a small wedge at the top beside the open end of the box, the evening sunlight from the open window to the boy's right gleaming off the reflective surface. But as he pulled the cards out, he immediately noticed that something was different about them. Bringing the deck of cards out into view, he glanced over at the frontmost card, somewhat surprised by what he was now seeing before him, but mostly confused.

Dragonic Overlord? But I don't remember having my old Kagero deck in my possession. More importantly…

He briefly looked at Dragonic Overlord, then at the card he briefly took a look at. The design markings were almost identical to the ones on that card he had picked up earlier, though he could tell that there were some differences compared to the other card he was holding. Placing the single card in his other hand back on the earlier pile, he briefly fanned out his deck to notice it was resembling a Kagero deck he had used before in previous Cardfights up to this current point in time, only this time, not only had their designs been altered, but there were several new but unfamiliar cards among the deck now. His cards had the words SIGNI, LRIG and ARTS imprinted in their borders allowing him to identify the different types of cards his deck had changed into. When he looked at the backs of the fanned cards, he could see that 40 of them had black backings whilst 9 of them had white backings. He checked the front of the cards again and was able to confirm the LRIG and ARTS cards that he held had white backings.

So my deck has changed to adapt to the rulings of Wixoss? Just what is going on here?

Deciding to worry about the answer to that question for a later time, he placed the deck back in the case which he in turn placed back into his trouser pocket before he continued to explore the rest of the building. He walked out onto the floor balcony as he looked over to the next door that was over towards his right, entering the room immediately. Unbeknownst to the boy on the far opposite side of the floor that he had just explored, Ulith who was in possesion of the body that belonged to Urazoe Iona had taken a brief glance across towards him when he looked at one of the dropped cards and peeked through his deck via the door that he had left open. She was curious as to why a boy like him would go about his business into looking around this place after yesterday's events had already occurred, seeing as how this place had seemingly served its purpose for her.

(End Music)

Before she could murmur something like "scum" or "trash" under her breath as she would have done during her time as an LRIG as a silent insult towards him, in a sense, she saw something glow from her pocket. Pulling out the Wixoss deck that Iona had in her possession before becoming an Eternal Girl, she suddenly noticed something different about the backs of the top card. Fanning out the deck from the back, she could see that the text that was imprinted beneath the Wixoss logo appeared to had changed. It read out:

A Boy carrying a heavy burden of sin.

Called upon from his fight "Vanguard"

wielding the flames of perdition.

Seeking a way to end this conflict...

Victory will be the only way for his

wish to revolutionize.

Now, shall his "Wish Across" be ignited.

Ulith stared at this in disbelief for a moment, not quite sure about how this had come to be. How did the prophecy on the back of the cards change? Within the blink of an eye, literally, the text had reverted back to how it was before which read:

A Girl prayed to fulfill her wish.

Scattered strange gene "Wixoss"

all around the world fusion into one form.

Searching in vain for a fight...

Victory will be the only way for her

wish to revolutionize.

Now, shall her "Wish Across" be conquered.

Believing that she was just merely seeing things, Ulith placed the deck in Iona's coat pocket, or rather her own now that she was in full control over her body. Despite her view of the brief scenario, she couldn't help but wonder at what this could have meant and could that boy she saw just now have something to do with it? Deciding not to bother with pondering any further on the subject, she turned around and went to take the nearby elevator to the ground floor so she could be on her way.

Hmph. Just a trick of the light, she thought smugly whilst waiting for the lift. As if a boy scum would actually be a Selector.

Later at the top of the building, the boy walked out onto the roof, only to find it to be completely deserted, save for the construction materials, some of which were covered by tarpaulin, that were left on the floor and on one or two platforms that were held up by some scaffolding. The rooftop as a whole was desolate now that yesterday's events had fully transpired, events that he was fully unaware of. He could see over in the distance that the sun had almost completely set, meaning that it was now going to be dark very soon. As the boy was about to turn around and leave, he looked up and noticed a small, but brilliant glow coming from the sky above him. This glow slowly made its way down to where the brunet was standing.

He held his hands out in front of him to catch the falling glow. When he caught it, the glow suddenly faded out from a bright white light into a single card. The picture depicted a starry blue background that had a sleeping girl with plain white hair. Her hairs were tied up into two for each sides with pinky white and orange ribbons each. She wore a simple white sleeveless dress and white long boots. The brunet pondered as to what this card was and why it was sent to him this way. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a yawn coming from somewhere. He briefly glanced around on the roof to see if he could find where it was coming from. When he looked back at the card however, he was surprised. This girl, inside the card he was holding, appeared to be waking up from a long sleep.

"Yawn… Huh?" The girl who had just opened her white eyes looked at the brunette in surprise and confusion. Who was this person and how did she end up in his possession?

"Who are you?" the brunet asked, his gaze trailing upon her.

"T... Tama," the girl answers, unsure of how she even got into this boy's hands "...?"

"I am Kai Toshiki," the boy replied "More importantly, how are you able to talk inside this card?"

"Kai doesn't know?" Tama asked. Kai shook his head in response. He had no idea of what he had just witnessed before his own two eyes from what he was now holding. First he woke up in a completely unfamiliar place with possibly no idea of how to return home and now here he was, on top of a deserted building, talking to a girl inside a card that came from the sky above. Kai mentally face palmed as could only just imagine if Miwa, one of his closest friends, was here at this time with a goofy grin over this whole scenario, if only such an occasion was suitable for a more light hearted tale. His trail of thoughts was interrupted when Tama waved up towards him to get his attention over to her.

"Oh, Tama knows!" she exclaimed "Kai must be some kind of Selector!"

"Selector?" Kai replied in confusion.

(Selector Spread Wixoss OST: Why are you crying?)

"Selector is someone who has a LRIG like Tama who can talk, though it is usually a girl who is a Selector," Tama explained as she looked up at him "Kai has played Wixoss before, right?"

"No," he answered. A small frown appeared on Tama's face as she pouted in disappointment.

"Aw," she moaned. Kai looked blankly at Tama's card, then heard her mutter something under her breath that was quiet, but loud enough for him to hear.

"Is there something wrong?" he asked.

"Tama wants to go back to Ru," she answered.

"Ru?"

"Tama wants to be with Ruko!" cried Tama.

This had only ended up leaving Kai with even more questions than he had answers. Who was this Ruko that the LRIG was speaking of? Was this person or "Selector" as Tama briefly brought up along her explanation, the original owner of her card? What could have happened for this girl in particular to end up in his hands at this very moment? Kai was still baffled of how he even ended up in this city in the first place and had no memory of how he got here and how to return home. Now that Tama did mention Wixoss and LRIG much like Mako when he overheard her conversation, he felt she could be useful in finding out more about what exactly was going on around him. For now though, he thought that it wouldn't hurt to try and help the LRIG get back with this Ruko, if it meant getting somewhere in this most strangest of scenarios that had befallen him.

"Alright then Tama. I will help you," Kai spoke.

(End Music)

"Really?! Tama thanks you dearly!" Tama exclaimed happily, albeit a tad too loud for his liking. He was merciful however that he didn't have to shield his ears from her rather loud cry of joy.

"First though, do you know anyone else who may know Ruko?" Kai asked. It didn't take long for Tama to reply with an answer.

"Oh! Tama knows other Selectors who are friends!" she exclaimed "Tama will let Kai know if we see them!" Kai nodded in agreement with the LRIG. They were already on the right track and he managed to get some answers to what was going on around the place he now found himself in. He had more questions that he was willing to ask her, but felt as if he could put those on hold for the moment. Kai slipped Tama's card into his front blazer pocket as he turned to the door behind him so he could finally exit the building.

When he eventually made it back to the bottom floor and walked out through the front door, Kai began exploring the city streets. Even with what little brightness was barely still present in the evening sky, there were still some people that were going about the streets, albeit not as many as there were before. Any one of them could have known about Ruko so that he could reunite Tama with him or her. Taking into account of her earlier explanation, it appeared that only certain girls would be able to understand exactly what he and LRIG would be talking about. Holding out the LRIG's card in front of him, he looked around across the many people that he passed by, but Tama didn't seem to recognize any of them that would know anything about Ruko.

A few minutes later, he began to walk down a pathway through the park that he had passed by earlier. The bench that was occupied by Mako and Yuragi was now empty and the whole area seemed almost too quiet, aside from several footsteps that grew louder and faster as he continued to walk on. Looking down at Tama's card for a brief moment, before he could even think of anything else, he felt a sudden bump from behind as he almost fell forward right onto the floor. Kai stumbled for a brief moment before he turned around to see who exactly had run into his back. The girl that bumped into him had dullish brown hair and green eyes, her hair tied into two on each side with green ribbons. She wore round glasses and a dark brown hairband. The girl then saw Kai look at her and immediately started panicking.

"S...Sorry about that!" she stuttered, trying hard to apologize to him.

"Don't worry about it," he replied. She nodded and hurried away from him, not wanting to cause any more trouble with him. At this moment, Kai felt his hand somehow twitch. It was likely that Tama was trying to get his attention onto something. He looked down at the card he held to see what she was trying to tell him about.

"Tama knows her, bring Tama to her!" she exclaimed. Kai nodded and hurried after the girl that bumped into him.

"Hey, wait!" he called out. The girl froze on the spot in worry and turned around as he caught up to her. Kai then held out Tama's card towards her.

"Do you know her?" he asked. Looking at Tama's card and recognizing said LRIG immediately bought the girl a sigh of relief, quelling her earlier doubts and panic from before.

"Yeah…" she answered. That was when another voice decided to join in on the conversation.

"Hey, what's with all the ruckus?"

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Yuzuki)

The girl reached inside her uniform and brought out a card of her own, holding it out towards Kai and Tama. It held a girl inside who could talk, much like the aformentioned LRIG just npw. She wore a red top with matching tights, the upper half of which had bandages of the same colour wrapped across as well as some red bandages wrapped around the lower portion of her arms to match the fiery background of her card. This girl also had black hair which was tied up into a long ponytail by a red scrunchie along with light brown eyes. She briefly stared up from her card towards Kai and was surprised to see him looking down at her, before she then turned attention to the fact that Tama was in his possession.

"Tama! Are you okay?!" she called.

"Tama's fine!" the LRIG answered with joy "Kai's going to help Tama find Ru!" The girl inside the other card sighed in relief, having been worried about Tama herself and looked back up at Kai.

"So you can hear and see us?" she asked.

"Yeah," replied Kai "I assume that only Selectors can see LRIGs like you?"

"That's right," she answered "Selectors are... well... I'm not sure why a boy like you can see LRIGs in the first place, but I guess if you're holding Tama and can somehow see her, that somewhat makes you a psuedo one I guess... Anyway, name's Yuzuki, this is Hitoe. Kai was your name, right?"

"Yeah," he answered "Kai Toshiki."

"N... Nice to meet you Kai!" said Hitoe, bowing in respect and as a possible apology for her earlier carelessness of bumping into him from behind. Kai merely nodded in response, unsure of what to make of it.

"Do either of you know where I can find a Selector named Ruko?" he asked. At this point, both Hitoe and Yuzuki held their heads down as both Kai and Tama were unaware of what happened to the aforementioned Selector as of late. "Is something wrong?"

"Well, you see…" Yuzuki began "We have a bit of a problem."

"Huh? What happened?" Tama asked. Yuzuki cleared her throat. She knew it was very likely that Kai had absolutely no idea as to what happened in wherever it was he woke up in and Tama herself was unaware of what happened to Ruko within the previous day.

"Considering that Kai has no idea of what's been going on," she said "We need to explain everything from the very beginning."

"I see," said Kai "Please tell me."

"Very well," replied Yuzuki. The LRIG then proceeded to tell the whole story about themselves up to this point in time along with an introduction to know who Ruko was so Kai would have a better idea of her. Yuzuki then explained of how she got Ruko into the game of Wixoss with the inclusion of the Selector Battles, the proposals of winning enough battles and becoming an Eternal Girl to grant their deepest desires, the dark nature of those battles and what had recently transpired from them. Both Hitoe and Tama interjected at times involving their personal sides of the story so far and how they came to be in this point in time. After a few minutes of explaining the story so far, Hitoe and Yuzuki had finally gotten to the part they were dreading.

"When Iona performed her contract for becoming an Eternal Girl, not only had her LRIG Ulith taken control of her body, but Iona herself also became Ruko's new LRIG," Yuzuki explained "After that... Ruko was in a complete state. Before we could try and sort things out... she ran away. Not even her grandmother and brother knows where she's gone now."

Tama having listened to the end of the whole story was close to the verge of tears. She was abruptly absent from Ruko when those events occurred as she was confronted in an unknown space by a mysterious person, unbeknowst to her was actually named Mayu who Yuzuki had met before, that had previously made her reconsider going through with Ruko's wish to free everyone that was trapped in the cards. Now realizing that she was possibly deceived because of this revelation, she had no idea of whether to be upset for not being there for Ruko when she needed her the most or to be angry for possibly being tricked by the person that had made her reconsider Ruko's wish.

Kai who had listened very carefully to the whole story wasn't letting it show, but deep down, he was horrified of what Yuzuki, Tama and Hitoe had just told him. Every Selector but the group he now knew of were on a doom collision course in their Selector Battles where both outcomes came with terrible consequences for any Selector, no matter who won or lost those battles. In addition, the fact that the LRIGs that were inside the cards that were held by said Selectors and unable to speak the entire truth of their own free will, at risk of being trapped forever had only made his skin crawl. He wasn't sure whether to feel sorry for those that had suffered from those battles or to feel angry that they were pulled into a darker picture where they had no idea imaginable of what could happen to them.

(End Music)

When he overheard about the promise of becoming an Eternal Girl to grant any wish possible or so an LRIG would claim as Yuzuki's original LRIG Hanayo had told her so before she deceived her by snatching control of Yuzuki's body to fulfill her wish whilst trapping Yuzuki herself inside the card by this Mayu's rules, this only managed to bring back bad memories of how he was mostly responsible for the Link Joker invasion that nearly destroyed the world that he came from, just so he could fulfill his own desire of becoming the strongest Vanguard fighter. Looking back on that and comparing it to the current situation, he could see how they were feeling, having come across similar circumstances in sacrificing his former self to obtain the power of that clan.

"I understand how you feel, especially you Yuzuki," he spoke "I once pursued my own wish selfishly that I couldn't care less of the consequences that followed. At the end of it all, I could see that my actions were only hurting other people around me. I felt I wanted to just disappear, but a close friend managed to convince me that living in solitude all alone would not solve anything and he helped me to pull myself together. If what you say is indeed true, I feel as if we all share a common experience from everything that has happened to us." The group listened to what Kai had to say and started to feel a bit sorry for him. It wasn't easy to bring up personal demons from the past, especially if they somewhat related to the current situation at hand.

"It… It's okay," said Yuzuki "You didn't have to bring your end up." My heart may belong with Kazuki, but I can sympathize with Kai. Speaking of which, I can only hope that traitorous Hanayo hasn't made any dirty moves on Kazuki because I'm not leaving this card until that stinking bitch gets what's coming to her!

"I may not know why I have been sent here or why Tama has ended up with me," said Kai "But I do know this much. I need to reunite her with Ruko and find out more about this dark charade in the works." The group could only offer him some warm smiles and nodded in agreement to let him know that they had his approval and were willing to help him out in this whole mess. Before they had time to think of anything else, Kai suddenly glanced behind him and noticed a blunt object flying towards them. He quickly slipped Tama's card back into the front blazer pocket, much to the LRIG's sudden surprise, as he moved forward towards Hitoe.

"Look out!" he called.

She briefly gasped as Kai quickly pushed her out of the way to dodge the object which flew just inches past the back of his blazer and struck the ground with a loud noise, piercing the earth on the floor. It was a blunt knife and that alone was more than enough to scare Hitoe. This in fact had scared her so much that she cried in panic and held onto Kai's left arm, wanting this to be over already. The cardfighter looked around the park, trying to look out for the attacker and to be on his guard for any additional attempts to strike him or Hitoe come their way. A small, but sinister giggle had immediately caught his attention. Kai suddenly turned around to find the person that had thrown the knife at them, who was standing atop the branch of a nearby tree. She had orange hair and a bloody mark over her right cheek to indicate that this wasn't an everyday normal person that he was confronted by. Her dark brown eyes looked bloodthirsty, locked onto both him and Hitoe.

(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Negativity)

"Just who are you?!" Kai demanded.

"That's Akira!" whimpered Hitoe, remembering what happened back then having explained about her to him. Akira smiled viciously and jumped down to the ground, landing perfectly on her feet in a crouched like state. Kai kept an intense gaze upon her as she stood back up, knowing from both Hitoe and Yuzuki's explanations that this was someone that he could not take lightly at first glance.

"Oh? So you remember me, Aki-lucky," the psychotic girl replied before looking over towards him. "What's this? You found a human shield? Or are you afraid from the fact you've become a Selector once again?"

The cardfighter gritted his teeth in response to Akira's musings. As much as he disliked the idea of being a human shield, he knew that with whatever she was capable of, it was too dangerous for Hitoe to be near Akira in her current state. After already having a knife thrown towards them, he also knew that there was no telling as to what she had planned to do next. Upon hearing the word Selector however, he made a decision. Kai reached into his trouser pocket for the case containing his Kagero deck and took it out of his deck box.

"Battle me!" he called. This caused both Yuzuki and Hitoe to gasp in shock and horror.

"Wait Kai!" the LRIG cried "You said you don't know how to play Wixoss! There's no way you'll defeat Akira in battle if you are unfamiliar with the rules!" Akira suddenly noticed Yuzuki inside the card that Hitoe held and burst out into an uproar of maniac laughter.

"Oh my...!" she giggled sinisterly, almost choking over her own amusement "Yuzu-pon got stuck inside a card and became Hitoe-pon's new LRIG?! What an upset!" Kai took a step forward to make his proposal to battle Akira clear.

"If I win, you must leave us alone!" he called.

"Kai, forget about Akira!" called Yuzuki "We should worry about getting Hitoe away from her!" She suddenly looked up at him, shocked to see his expression as of now. His eyes were full of determination and his serious resolve was unshaken. "Kai…" Akira however had a different viewpoint into this proposal as her laughter had somewhat died down, to a controllable extent.

"... You're kidding me, right," she snickered "... Even if you were to know the rules right off the bat already, there's no way I'd agree to battle you. Only 'girls' who hold LRIGs like mine can participate in Selector Battles and as far as I'm concerned, you aren't eligible for that. Hitoe-pon over there however..." Kai then interrupted Akira's musing by suddenly pulling out Tama's card from his front blazer pocket and holding her out towards the Selector in order to make his point clear to her.

"Is the fact that I can see LRIGs and have one in my possession eligible enough for you?" he asked. Akira could only raise an eyebrow in partial confusion as to how this was even possible, considering that she knew that Tama was Ruko's LRIG from their previous battle. As she was about to respond in utter confusion to the current scenario before them, in precisely two seconds, she got her reply to Kai's question as the LRIG that was within her possession answered out aloud for her.

"It is fine," spoke a voice in an emotionless, monotone like state. Akira growled at this, pulling the card from her hoodie and holding it in front of her, the back of which was turned to Kai, Tama, Hitoe and Yuzuki.

"Piruluk-tan, let me speak for myself!" she snapped back. The Selector then turned back to face Kai, her earlier expression having already returned to her lips.

"Alright then, Aki-lucky," said Akira "I will accept your little proposal. But seeing as Yuzu-pon pointed out that you don't even know the rules, you should not expect me to show you any mercy as I enjoy putting you out of your misery." Kai nodded in agreement to the terms of the battle and placed Tama's card at the bottom of his Kagero deck, in front of Dragonic Overlord's card.

"Tama, if you are able to, please help me as much as you can," he said.

"Mhm!" called Tama "Battle!" Akira smiled maliciously at Kai. This was going to be fun, for her that was.

"Very well then," she sneered "My newest victim, lucky, lucky..." She then held out LRIG card that had spoken out earlier and pointed the back of it to Kai. "Open!"

(End Music)

At that moment, several rectangular flashes emitted from the card, straight at the cardfighter. As he stared at both Akira and the card she held in shock, the area around him along with Hitoe beside him, just seemed to vanish altogether in a bright flash of white. Just like that, everything that Kai could see before and around him, now became a complete blank white canvas.

And so, that's the end of Chapter 1! Hope you've enjoyed it. The poll to decide on my writing direction for the battles is still up, so there's still time for you to decide on how I should write out the Selector Battles, especially since next chapter is Kai vs Akira. Don't forget to favourite, follow and/or leave a review. I will accept criticism, but no flaming. Until then.

UPDATE 25/07/2015: Revamp completed. And yes, that is Kurosawa Yuragi, the main character of the Re/verse manga as well as her friend, Tsukishiro Mako that I decided to give a cameo for the updated first chapter. And yes, that was Alfou that had spoken out, the third and final cameo from said manga. I thought it would be interesting in this revamp if Kai became slightly aware of the voices of LRIGs in close proximity without knowing what exactly they were before coming into the posession of Tama.