Kyoya finally gets to battle Ryuga, determined to avenge Tsubasa who had become a close friend. After persuading Ryuga not to use his special move, it really looked like Kyoya could win. But L-Drago had appeared to take too much battering from Leone, adding to its already brimming power, pouring it into Ryuga as the dragon spirits physically enter his body, mutating him partially into a dragon-like monster. Kyoya tries to hold his ground, but in the end he devastatingly loses, in a massive turn of events, and suffers the same fate as Hikaru and Tsubasa.