A power leaks from underneath the school, Arata and the gang head down into the labyrinth to protect the school from the collapse phenomenon.

Yuuji notices Michiru walking along the path to the high ground which overlooks the sea while on his daily, early morning run. He gets curious and follows her. There, Michiru reveals an enervated side to herself so lacking in her usual energy and asks, "What happens to people when they die?"

Dismayed when Kyoya refuses to respond to her confession of love, Erika goes to all kinds of strange lengths to change her image to appeal to him more.

It's a new generation for Vanguard and at the head of the pack is Chrono Shindou, a misunderstood middle school student with a boring life until he finds a Vanguard deck in his cubbyhole one day. Chrono takes the deck to Card Capital 2, where part-time worker(!) and high school student Kamui shows him the ropes. But Kamui and the other customers are amazed because nobody has ever seen Chrono's clan before. Enter: Gear Chronicle!