"Let's go home, Renji." Hikaru spoke, approaching the astral body of his friend alongside Ichigo, at the same time as the giant sword of his avatar slashed through Nofe Life King.

"I... I'd like that." Renji replied.

"You two... I'm..." Renji's apology was cut short by Hikaru and Ichigo pulling him into their arms.

"Back." Hikaru said. "Welcome home, Renji."

"I'm... Back home..." Renji said, his voice shaking as he held back the tears forming in his eyes.

(Opening)

Masato stared at the main stage from the Apex room, hands in his pockets as usual. 'After waiting for long, I'm finally going to beat the hell out of that guy.' Taking a step towards the glass wall, he was able to see his reflection for a split second, but also the reflection of Yuri and Bruno, who were sitting in the couch. 'You guys... Ah shit, Renji was actually right...' He turned away from the mirror and approached the couch, sitting between his friends. Then, he stared up. "Wanna know what's funny? For a guy with a ton of pretentious edge, Renji was actually right about me."

"What do you mean?" Yuri asked, looking at Masato.

"He said I was a selfish asshole, coming into this tournament. And he was right. I've stated more than once that I'm only here to fight Ryuuga Sawada and nothing else. But then the questions is: What-"

"What good do you get out beating him?" Bruno said, finishing the question for Masato.

"Yeah, how'd you know?"

"I'm the older one here, I'm easily smarter and not as easily triggered as you two. Bitch please, I go to college, I got brains in places you guys don't."

"Geez dude, don't start dissing us now, specially when I was about to be sentimental... Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I don't get any good for fighting for revenge. Actually, this isn't even revenge. This is just me being an angry prick. I want to beat Ryuuga Sawada because I can't beat the Mikazuchis and he's the closest thing I know to them."

"Took you a week to get to that point." Bruno snickered.

"Okay can you let me finish? Thanks. I own you guys an apology for my selfish mindset. I'm gonna go into this fight to fight for us. We're Apex. We're the peak of Vanguard fighting. And we're gonna win this. And if I beat Ryuuga, well cool I guess, I beat someone who beat Ryuzaki, that puts me in a weird cycle where Ryuzaki beats me, I beat Ryuuga and Ryuuga beats Ryuzaki. Also, I'm sorry."

"You're a cheesy talker, Masato. Took me some years to finally say it to your face but you either are bad with words or just say cheesy shit."

"Why are you dissing me so hard, Bruno...." Masato said, sweatdropping.

"He's right. You're bad with words and very cheesy, but what matters is the feeling in said bad and or cheesy words. We forgive you." Yuri explained, showing a large smile. "And when you win, I'm gonna give you a giant b-"

"I'm going to stop you there." Bruno interjected, covering Yuri's mouth. "I told you you can't make the guy we live with your next Ryuuga. It'll get weird. Anyway, what she means is that it's all fine, Masato." He took his hand away, and after cleaning it, he smacked Masato's back. "We believe in you."

"Thanks, though the smack wasn't needed..."

"If I don't come before the final fight starts, good luck." Bruno said, getting up from the couch and walking towards the room's door.

"Where are you going?"

"Your fight doesn't starts until eight minutes from now so I'm gonna use this break to drink a cup of coffee. Want me to bring anything from the cafeteria?"

"Oh, bring donuts! Bring as many donuts are your arms can handle!" Yuri cheered.

"I'll try. Good luck, man." Then, he left the room.

"So what was he saying about not making the guy you live with the next Ryuuga?"

"You'll find out later if you win, big boy."

"Right..."

Bruno entered the cafeteria, taking a seat on the empty counter. After ordering his cup of coffee, some people sitted by his side, those being Emon and Akira, who greeted him.

"Hey Toni." Akia said, ringing the counter's bell.

"That can be considered a racial slur but I'm not going to waste my mind with a kid." Bruno replied, taking a sip of his coffee.

"Eh, we're seventeen actually..."

"And I'm nineteen. Counter argument?"

"Huh... Emon?"

"Ghirga got you there, don't think I'll have a better answer." Emon chuckled.

"You're a jackass of a best friend, you know that?!"

"Yes."

"You two are fun, I can't lie. Also, I've looked at some of your fights because my boss lady telling me to and she wants you two, and Han Kaminari, to apply." Bruno got up from his sit and placed a card on the table.

Emon picke dup the card and read it out loud. "Fukushima University? We're still in the second year of high school."

"And my boss lady is in the first year. That place has a Vanguard programm for people in high school, you three are more than welcome to try and apply. And if you do get in and get lucky, you might even end up in their Royalty."

"Wait crap, this is so cool!" Akira exclaimed.

"But I must warn you about this boss lady. If you don't do things her way, she'll bust your balls with a punch."

"Wait WHAT?!"

Emon blinked twice. "Hm?!"

"I'm just joking, no stress. Good luck on the final fight." Bruno said, giving them a nod and then walking away. 'Is what I'd say if I was joking, but she will really bust your balls if she gets angry.' He thought, feeling a shiver go up his spine.

"So let me see if I got this correct. You thought you died because you were in Sweden and then became an edgy asshole?" Hikaru asked.

"Or Switzerland. And I'd prefer if you didn't used that word." Renji answered.

"Sweden, Switzerland, what's the difference?"

"Literally nobody knows." Ichigo answered.

"Also what word?"

"Edgy."

"Aight, I'll call you the Damnationman."

"You're the same cunt as always."

"He never stopped being." Ichigo said, high-fiving Renji.

"Hey you two, stop bullying me, I'm innocent!" Hikaru exclaimed to the laughing duo. "What now?"

"Honestly... I think I'm gonna return to our old school. Start my second year there and stay there until I graduate." Renji said.

"Speaking of that, where have you been studying for all this years?" Ichigo asked.

"Private schools, paid by the Onizuka's."

"Seems legit. but I mean, you could come to Heiwa with us. It'd be dope as hell. ichigo is even in that Royalty."

"Actually... That will end when this school year ends." Ichigo said.

"Nibba what?"

"Yeah. I'm planning on returning to our old school. I've been thinking about it ever since Ryuzaki-con. With him being alive, with us having the slimmest of chances of bringing im back, I thought about return to our old school. And now that he's back, I have no more doubts. I'm going to return to Shigaraki High."

"Holy hell dudes, this is too much to take in at once. I'm finna need some processing time to cut this to bite-sized pieces and take it all in. I'm heading off to my team room, talk to you two after the show's over." Hikaru waved at them and started walking away.

"Holy crap, hey Maverick, check this out!" Inu said, pointing at his computer screen. "These results are insane..."

"Whatcha need, pal?" Maverick said, looking at the screen. "I see... Some bars. I don't get it."

"Of course you don't... These are the results from the poll Ryuzaki told us to make for the final fight, to see who the viewers think is gonna be the winner at the end."

"And? Are you sure this is the right thing? I see two rectangles the same size."

"Exactly! From our giant audience, half of it is in Masato's side and the other is in Ryuuga's!"

"Well half of said audience sees our little Ryuuga as a champ, I see that as an absolute win."

"Yeah, yeah, me too, but we can't dismiss the fact this guy has half the audience on his side!"

"So? Perfectly balanced, as all things should be!"

"Dammit, will you stop quoting meme quotes from the Avengers? I'm trying to be serious here! This can mean this guy can be an actual threat!"

"Bitch please, he lost more to Ryuzaki than I have lost to burritos on a daily jog."

"Well, Inu's still right. We can't dismiss the chance of Masato being that good. Afterall, Apex still was the first team to get into nationals this year and is also one of the teams in said nationals' finals." Payic explained. "Sure, Yuri, Bruno and Renji may have lost, but there's always a chance that Masato may win."

"Yeah, but Ryuuga can totally beat him! I mean, he kicked Ryuzaki's ass once!"

"Don't remind of that." Ryuzaki said, sitted on his floating platform, taking a sip of black tea. "We don't speak of that or else me losing to things Fubuki's son may see as protagonist starts happening more. Basically don't jinx it!"

"Jesu christ Maverick, this is like the one kilogram of feathers being the same weight as a kilogram of iron!"

"Well that's because one kilogram of iron is heavier than a kilogram of feathers, just how Ryuuga has more chances of winning against Masato!"

"THEY HAVE THE SAME WEIGHT AND CHANCE, YOU ASSHOLE! ONE KILOGRAM IS EQUAL TO ONE KILOGRAM, NO MATTER WHAT KILOGRAMS OF THINGS THEY ARE!"

"WELL IRON IS HEAVIER THAN FEATHERS SO ONE KILOGRAM OF IRON IS HEAVIER THAN A KILOGRAM OF FEATHERS!"

"STOP SAYING THE WORD KILOGRAM!" Payic commanded, scaring the two.

"Yes, ma'am." Maverick nodded.

"Won't even think the word again." Inu also nodded.

"Look at you, controling them and all. They know that they'll get hit by some electric stick you have when they get home if they say the word kilogram again." Ryuzaki laughed.

"That includes you too."

"Ahaha, of course it does... Maverick, how much time until th final game starts?"

"More four minutes."

"You're telling me only six minutes went by...? This felt like forever! And we're not even there yet! Dammit Iku, we're doing five minutes next year!"

"Hey hey, don't call me out on something that was your idea! Also it's Inu dammit!"

"Same thing!"

"It's not the same thing! Just wait until Blademaster gets to Standard, I'm gonna whoop your ass and shut you up with that naming thing!"

"Bitch please, the day Blademaster gets V-fied is the same day V Nubatama stops sucking. Sorry, Maverick."

"Nah, it's all cool, I still haven't found my deck so I'm thinking on just investing on Pale Moon. I mean check it, they're getting a dragon with arms thicker than mine. Is there anything I could ask for?"

"Chronojet to return?"

"Amaruda to return?"

"Blademaster to return?"

"Man, those are you guys' wishes, not mine. Shit dawg, I'm perfectly fine without Shiranui, I got a tiny dude with a big ass gun, just like me though I'm not tiny and have two big ass guns. You guys got the tickets?"

"For what?" Payic asked in return.

"Payic, no!" Ryuzaki and Inu warned.

"For..." Maverick started flexing his muscles. "The gun show!"

"That's my wife, you bastard! Iku, give me the time!"

"Still need to wait four minutes."

"This all took two minutes?! GODDAMMIT, TEN MINUTE PAUSES WERE MY BIGGEST MISTAKES!"

Ryuuga stood in front of the metal door leading to the main stage, taking a page out of Hikaru's book and using the break to have some time to think in a quiet place. He held his deck in his hands and was looking through it, smiling and chuckling at the memories some cards brought him. In this cards, he saw the past that had lead to this, to him and his friends fighting in the finals of the national tournament. Mecha Trainer, his starter ever since he started playing; Treasured, Black Panther for winning his first game against Fujiko; Spike Bouncer and Commander, Garry Gannon for the difference they made against Emon; and General Seifried, the card he had been calling an avatar ever since he first got into the game, not to mention the other cards and how all of them made a difference in the games he played over the months.

"Not even a year ago could I imagine that I'd be here now." He spoke. "This game gave me so much, more than I could ever have asked for."

"Hey hey, you got some crazy magic to be talkin' to cards?" Hikaru asked, popping his head over Ryuuga's shoulder. "That deck still dope and cheap in today's meta."

"Hikaru! What the hell are you doing here?"

"More liek what we doin' here, am I right?" Hikaru replied, backing away. Standing with him were Fujiko and Emon.

"You guys... You didn't had to come all the way to wish me good luck."

"Mans don't speak that shit, we go any way to say stuff."

"What Hikaru means is that we would come either way, Sawada." Emon explained.

"I see. My bad the- Wait, it just hit me now. You call everyone by their last name but never called Hikaru by his last name once!"

"Wha- Holy shit, he's right! You've been calling me Abe for ages but you never called him Hata!" Fujiko pointed out. "What gives?!"

"I guess the name Hata never sticked around."

"Boom, I'm more relevant to Emomon than y'all!" Hikaru exclaimed.

"The name Hata doesn't stick but Abe sticks... I call bull on you, Emon!"

Ryuuga chuckled. "Thanks for coming, guys."

"And we ain't the only ones!" Hikaru pulled out his phone and tossed it at Ryuuga. "Press the button on the side."

"Don't throw you phone!" Ryuuga exclaimed, almost failing to grab the incoming object. "What if I didn't caught it?!"

"Pfff I don't know, I find a way to make Richman Ryuzaki pay me a new one, this is his stadium so it'd be broken private property in his establishment, the law forces him to pay me a new one."

"While that is surpringly correct coming from you, that only applies if him or a staff member breaks it, not if you just throw it!" Fujiko explained.

"Minor then. Anyway, the button, click it click it."

"Okay, okay." Ryuuga pressed the button in questions, activating the screen, which showed a direct video call from their friends on the stands.

"Hey dude! Make sure you win, alright?" Akira asked, being the one that was holding the phone. His moment of glory didn't last much once his face started to be pushed away by Taira's fist.

"PROTAGONIST! DON'T LOSE GODDAMMIT, YOU'RE THE CLOSEST THING I HAVE TO A RIVAL AND MY RIVALS CAN'T BE PUSSIES! DID YOU- HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He asked as he started to be pushed away by Aijou.

"IF YOU LOSE, I'M TELLING FUJIKO TO NOT ELT YOU GO SECOND BASE UNTIL YOU GET TO COLLEGE!"

"Don't be a scrub and win!" Ichigo said, fitting his head on the screen. His moment was ended quickly once Kaminari Hisano entered the screen and by acident shoved his face in Aijou's chest.

"Go and win, Ryuuga!" Hisano cheered.

"I watched you gorew ever since you first walked into Hage, I know that there is only one winner here and that winner is you!" Kaminari said.

"Win for Hikaru!" Strelzia said, forcing her way into the screen by pushing Kaminari and Hisano, which lead to Ichigo's face go deeper into Aijou's rack.

"This will sound cheesy, but you got this, Ryuuga!" Sakate said, somehow shoving himself into the screen. The final people to join were Kaido and Emma, who pushed Strelzia, thus leading to Ichigo's to be digged deeper into the tits of the girl.

"It's all an you, Ryuuga!" The two said.

"Go get them kid, you own it!" Kamishiro said, also somehow forcing his face into the screen.

"You're my student for a reason, but you're also my nephew and I know my step sister raised no pussy!" Yuichiro said, waving his hands from behind the large group of people that was trying to fit on the screen.

"GET MY FACE OUT HER TITS YOU ASSHOLES!" Or so Ichigo would have said if his words weren't being muffled.

"All of you... Yeah, I wouldn't be here without any of you! I'm going to win! We're going to win!" Ryuuga tossed the phone back at Ryuuga. "Wish me luck!"

"You already got the luck, big boy." Hikaru said, catching the phone.

"See you call my boyfriend that not even I call him!"

"Don't worry Queenie, one day you'll join the holy ranks of those who call Ryuuga by daddy. Go rip from yellows for the win!"

Ryuuga nodded as the metal door started to open behind him. "I'll see you guys at the winning stage!"

"That's the spirit, Sawada!"

"Go beat them up, daddy Spike Guy!"

"Stop calling my boyfriend that!"

"At least I'm not Yuri."

"Well... That's a good argument. Good luck, Ryuuga!"

"THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER! I APOLOGY FOR THE LONG TEN MINUTES, BUT NOW WE'RE STARTING FOR REAL! THIS IS NO NORMAL MATCH OF THE TOURNAMENT, THIS IS THE FINAL MATCH! THE SUPER BIG FINAL MATCH! THE WINNER OF THIS FIGHT WILL WIN THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT! PLEASE APPLAUDE AS OUR FINAL FIGHTERS ENTER THE STAGE! COMING FROM APEX, A MAN WITH A DIAMOND-STRONG DETERMINATION AND WHO'S NAME RHYMES WITH ASSATO! COMING FROM TEAM APEX, THEIR LEADER, MASATO ONIZUKA!" Ryuzaki announced.

Masato entered the stage, keeping a face of determination. Once he arrived at his fighting station, he palced the deck into the metal pillar and clenched his fists.

"AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE MAN WHO STARTED PLAYING ONLY THIS YEAR, IT'S A WEIRD FLEX BUT HAD TO BE FLEXED, THE MAN WHO HIKARU CALLS DADDY MORE THAN HIS OWN GIRLFRIEND DOES, THE DUDE WHO'S NEVER GIVEN UP EITHER, NO MATTER WHAT CAME IN HIS WAY AND ALWAYS SURPASSED HIS LIMITS! COMING FROM TEAM SPIRAL, THEIR LEADER, RYUUGA SAWADA!"

Ryuuga took a deep breath before entering the stage, deck at hand. He approached his station and entered the deck into the metal pillar, showing his confidence.

"Ryuuga Sawada!" Masato called out, picking Ryuuga's attention. "I'm going to beat you. Not for me, but for them! They have walked by my side through all the dumb things I did and have never left despite having so many reasons to do so! I own this to them and that is why I will win this fight!"

Shining on Masato's eyes was a resolve glimmering like a hardened diamond. "I'm going to win for my teammates too! For all those who guided me here!" Ryuuga declared, despite knowing his resolve was not as strong Masato's was right now.

"TIME TO BRING FORTH THE FINAL STAGE OF THIS TOURNAMENT! DRONES, ACTIVATE!" Ryuzaki commanded.

The fighting stage changed into a sun that shined over an ocean of clouds. Standing on the clouds was a large octagonal battlefield, and at the end of each side of the figure was a stadium. Masato and Ryuuga stood in front of each other with an equal statue behind them. On the veritical and horizontal sides, from their perspective, was a statue of Hamronics Messiah, but at the end of the diagonal sides, were statues of the Dragon Deity of Destruction, Gyze.

"Holy fuck, how did you created this in a short notice!?" Maverick asked.

"I made an asspull so protagonist like that it's enough to get the Ansei family from centuries ago angry at me. THE STADIUM IS SET, PLAYERS, STAND YOU VANGUARDS!"

"Stand up, the vanguard!" 

"Mecha Trainer! (Grade 0|6000)" Ryuuga exclaimed, his vanguard circle expanding grey. The face down card on the floor was lifted up, standing on a vertical way as if it was a door. Mecha Trainer walked out of the card, taking a look at his personal screen before getting ready for the fight.

"Crimson Lion Cub, Kyrph! (Grade 0|6000)" Masato exclaimed, his vanguard circle expanding gold. Kyrph jumped off the card, landing on the stone-made battlefield in a battle stance.

"Masato, the choice of who goes first is in your hands!"

"I'll be the one going first." Masato declared.

"Very well. THIS IS THE FINAL FIGHT! SO ON LAST TIME THIS YEAR, I WILL SAY THIS! LET THEM FIGHT!"

"Stand and draw! I ride Evil Slaying Swordsman, Haugan! (Grade 1|8000) Kyrph's skill, I draw one card! Turn end!"

Masato
Hand: 6
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw! I ride Wonder Boy! (Grade 1|8000) Mecha Trainer's skill, I draw a card! I call Commander, Garry Gannon! (Grade 1|8000) Boosted by Garry, Wonder Boy attacks! (8000>>16000)"

"No guard!"

"Drive check! (Gyro Slinger) No trigger!"

"Damage check. (Player of the Holy Bow, Viviane) No trigger."

"Garry's skill, I put him into the soul and draw two cards! I return one to the deck. Turn end!"

Masato
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

Ryuuga
Hand: 7
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw! I ride Knight of Superior Skill, Beaumains! (Grade 2|9000) Beaumains' skill, I drop a card from my hand and superior call Knight of Elegant Skills, Gareth, from the deck! (Grade 1|8000) By paying a counterblast, he gets 10000! (8000>>18000) And then, with both Gareth and Beaumains on the field, I soulblast Kyrph to superior ride!" Masato declared.

On the field, Masato's astral body flew out of Beaumains and kept going up until it reach the head of the Harmonics Messiah statue behind him. Then, he raised both ahnds in the air as golden winds started to form around him. "Take shape, dreams and hopes of those I fight for! Roar, crimson lion that will bring forth a golden dawn! Our burning souls become the apex! I ride the vanguard! Incandescent Lion, Blond Ezel!" The winds bursted away, leaving behind Masato, now in Blond Ezel's armor, holding his twin blades high as the wind on his long white hair.

"Ryuuga Sawada! You're not fighting me alone! You're us! You're fighting Apex!" Masato warned.

(Ending)

Ryuuga: Here's the preview!

On the next chapter:

#50: The Endgame

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MINI TERRA: "Inu and Maverick Tiem Travel 2: Electric Bogaloo"

Inu: We got a sequel? HOLY SHIT WE GOT A SEQUEL!

Maverick: *presses the time travel button and appears in a hotel room*

Inu: Where are we?

Ryuzaki: In my hotal room during my second honey moon, why?

Inu: Thanks, Ryuza- RYUZAKI! WHYA RE HERE AND WHYA RE YOU NAKED?!"

Ryuzaki: Because I made sure that time machine only works to travel to points where my dong isn't inside my underwear. 

Maverick: Sounds legit. Wait, Inu... This isn't right! I am bigger than you two and have more muscles, how come Ryuzu's dong has advatnage over mine?!

Ryuzaki: They say giant muscly man have them small.

Maverick: Oh crap, he's becoming the alpha in the room! Quick, Iku, take it out!

Inu: W-w-what?! No way!

Maverick: Fine then. Holy Inu pee pee.

*a golden statue of Inu's pee pee falls through the roof*

Ryuzaki: Yeah, I'm the male alpha.

Inu: Did our sequel just become this...

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Last week is the final chapter and will not contain a Mini Terra, an A/N and a Meme of the Week, therefore I will be providing three memes of the week in this week. 

Join us next week as the final chapter of "Cardfight!! Vanguard: Spiral Terra" is published. After that, there will be one final A/N where I will go over some stuff alongside the characters.

Thanks for reading, don't be a ghost reader, vote and comment if you enjoyed and I will see you later! Bye bye!

Ryuzaki: I'M NOT READY FOR THIS TO END!

Hikaru: ME NEITHER!