Ikki Kurogane vs Yuudai Moroboshi: Rematch

Ikki vs Yuudai Moroboshi: Rematch is a fight between the Hagun Academy student Ikki Kurogane and the Bukyoku Academy student Yuudai 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 Yuudai. Ikki and Yuudai previously fought in the first round of the Festival, where Ikki defeated Yuudai, thanks to Edelweiss's Swordplay, which he newly learned. In this mock battle, Yuudai 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, Yuudai is still confident and looking forward to the match.

Battle
As the battle begins, Ikki moves towards Yuudai, using the enhanced speed given by Edelweiss's Swordplay. In their previous match, Yuudai 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 Yuudai's spear, and he is met with an array of Yuudai's Sanrensei. Sanrensei normally launches three simultaneous thrusts, which Ikki can avoid quite easily, but Yuudai'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 Yuudai's thrusts, with Ikki comparing his Yuudai's attacks to a meteor shower.

Ikki the utilizes his fourth secret sword technique, Shinkirou, creating multiple afterimages to confuse Yuudai. Yuudai, however, is able to spot the real Ikki and hit his sword hand, pushing him to the edge of the arena. Yuudai 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 Yuudai is the one that is continually using the same technique, with Yuudai telling them to shut up.

Ikki charges at Yuudai 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 Yuudai. As Ikki is about to hit Yuudai's incoming thrust, Yuudai 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 Yuudai's intuition and notes that he has only one tactic left.

Ikki starts slowly moving towards Yuudai, focusing all his senses on him. As Ikki moves to Yuudai's range, Yuudai begins to deliver a barrage of thrusts, with Ikki managing to block each one. No matter how many times Yuudai strikes, Ikki doesn't get pushed back but instead advances towards Yuudai. 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. Yuudai'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. Yuudai keeps getting pushed back, while Ikki continually adjusts his speed, strength, and angle of Yuudai's attacks. Eventually, Yuudai 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 Yuudai unable to counterattack. Ikki then delivers his own attack, piercing Yuudai'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. Yuudai 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 Yuudai 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.