[ORIGINAL] CARDFIGHT!! Vanguard

Every young man must go on a journey. For Aichi, it's the scary world of other card shops. Aichi heads out on a journey to other card shops, in order to find and fight other strong Vanguard fighters and gain experience after the Shop Tournament.

As Emi continues coming to the Card Capital Card Shop, the Manager convinces her to try the game out for herself.

The regional tournament begins. Team Q4 (Aichi , Kamui , Kai and Misaki) has to face Team Three Blacks in the first round.

Aichi has difficulty pushing for victory, and his opponent gets a Critical trigger on top, bringing him to five damage. Aichi desperately needs to block the next strike, but is unwilling to leave his hand empty.

The regional tournaments continue, with Team Q4 easily plowing through their second and third opponents.

Surprisingly enough, Nagisa steps into the fray as the first fighter of Team Handsome, resulting in Kamui being in a desperate situation as she declares that Kamui has to marry her if she wins.

With one loss in their record, Team Q4 has to win both the next matches in order to advance through the regional tournament. Though everyone is certain that Kai will win, Aichi becomes increasingly desperate, as his match will be the one to decide the fate of the team.

Aichi's match against Gouki begins. Aichi remembers Gouki as a formidable opponent, and realizes that he cannot stay the same as before if he wishes to win. Using a combination of the skills of Barcgal and Future Knight, Llew, he Rides Blaster Blade from the deck, surprising Gouki.

The fight between Aichi and Gouki continues. Aichi blocks Gouki's attack, and counterattacks with Alfred, bringing Gouki to five damage.

Aichi, Kamui and Misaki visit Card Shop PSY after Suiko's invitation. They meet an aloof red-haired stranger with a peculiar attitude. However, once the Ultra Rare group arrives, they learn that he is none other than Suzugamori Ren, the winner of the previous national tournament!

To prepare for the national tournaments, Aichi and Misaki engage in a fight. However, memories of her tragic past surface in Misaki's mind, causing her to break down.

Emi visits Card Capital, worrying about the depressed Aichi. She encounters Misaki, who claims not to know anything - but the manager pushes the two into a cardfight using the new trial decks that just arrived.

Team Q4 arrives at the national tournament grounds, meeting up with Team Caesar, the last tournament's finalists and previous winners. Everything seems to be going well, but due to Kai's increasingly arrogant and insulting attitude, Kamui decides he can no longer work with him and abandons the team.