Ikki Kurogane vs Yuudai Moroboshi: Rematch

Ikki vs Yudai Moroboshi: Rematch is a fight between the Hagun Academy student Ikki Kurogane and the Bukyoku Academy student Yudai Moroboshi. It takes place prior to the finals of the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival.

Epilogue
After already having defeated multiple opponents in mock battles, including Touka Toudou, Ikki is challenged by Yudai. Ikki and Yudai previously fought in the first round of the Festival, where Ikki defeated Yudai, thanks to Edelweiss's Swordplay, which he newly learned. In this mock battle, Yudai won't use his Noble Art, Tiger Bite, as it could temporarily damage Ikki's Device, and affect his upcoming match against Stella Vermillion. However, Yudai is still confident and looking forward to the match.

Battle
As the battle begins, Ikki moves towards Yudai, using the enhanced speed given by Edelweiss's Swordplay. In their previous match, Yudai was overwhelmed by the speed of the technique, but he now possesses a better understanding of it, and is in prime condition, causing Ikki to be more careful. Ikki though moves quickly forward, wanting to get past the range of Yudai's spear, and he is met with an array of Yudai's Sanrensei. Sanrensei normally launches three simultaneous thrusts, which Ikki can avoid quite easily, but Yudai's strikes are normally actually slow down by his Houkiboshi and Tiger Bite, so without them, the techniques speed increases greatly. Even Edelweiss's Swordplay is not fast enough to counter Yudai's thrusts, with Ikki comparing his Yudai's attacks to a meteor shower.

Ikki the utilizes his fourth secret sword technique, Shinkirou, creating multiple afterimages to confuse Yudai. Yudai, however, is able to spot the real Ikki and hit his sword hand, pushing him to the edge of the arena. Yudai was able to see through Ikki's Shinkirou, as he had already seen it in their previous match, noting that Ikki is naive for using the same technique more than once. The spectators of their match though note that Yudai is the one that is continually using the same technique, with Yudai telling them to shut up.

Ikki charges at Yudai again, planning on using his sixth sword technique, Dokuga-no-tachi, on his spear, which would send powerful vibrations through it and allow Ikki to damage Yudai. As Ikki is about to hit Yudai's incoming thrust, Yudai immediately pulls back, as he had a bad feeling, and delivers a new thrust, which Ikki only barely blocks with the handle of his sword. Ikki is very surprised by Yudai's intuition and notes that he has only one tactic left.

Ikki starts slowly moving towards Yudai, focusing all his senses on him. As Ikki moves to Yudai's range, Yudai begins to deliver a barrage of thrusts, with Ikki managing to block each one. No matter how many times Yudai strikes, Ikki doesn't get pushed back but instead advances towards Yudai. This is due to Ikki having utilized his body control to cut out all unnecessary senses and minimize his body's movement, putting all of his focus on his own blade. Yudai's attacks are no longer able to reach him, as Ikki has seen them so many times and is now able to see through them. Yudai keeps getting pushed back, while Ikki continually adjusts his speed, strength, and angle of Yudai's attacks. Eventually, Yudai gets pushed to the edge of the arena, and he delivers a sloppy thrust in desperation, which Ikki takes advantage of by allowing it to pierce his shoulder and making Yudai unable to counterattack. Ikki then delivers his own attack, piercing Yudai's heart with his Device's Illusionary Form, and defeating him.

Prologue
Having now defeated all of his opponents, Ikki thanks them all for helping him, though he knows that they couldn't give their maximum, due to Ikki having a serious match with Stella later. Yudai says that it's fine as long as Ikki wins the tournament. However, Ikki is still not confident about facing Stella, who is completely on another level, but Yudai says that they can keep going until Ikki feels confident. Just then, a new opponent, asked by Ikki himself to come, arrives. This person is Ikki's own brother, the A-Rank knight, Ouma Kurogane.