She regained her memories at the end of the fifth World Fighting Tournament, but V-Dural was still active.
She is currently struggling to find out what happened to her during this "blackout" (taken from US/European manual of Virtua Fighter 5). However, she has dissociative amnesia, and does not remember anything that has happened to her between these events. She was rescued by a double agent within J6. Vanessa was captured by J6 in order to create a new Dural model called V-Dural ("V" standing for Vanessa).
(Taken from US/European manual of Virtua Fighter 4) Vanessa decides to join the 4th tournament not only as Sarah's bodyguard, but to find Lewis' murderer as well. One day, she hears of J6's intention to capture Sarah in the 4th tournament. Years later, she has joined an organization to protect important individuals. However, their time together was brief, as a member of J6's special forces murdered Lewis when Vanessa was celebrating her twentieth birthday. A man named Lewis, a member of the special forces, infiltrated J6 and rescued Vanessa. She was taken by J6 shortly afterwards, and trained to be an instrument of combat.
When she was still a child, Vanessa's parents were killed. 3.5 Stinger Strike (Offensive Style Side).3.4 Stride Combination (Offensive Style Neutral).3.2 Ducking Body Smash (Defensive Style Side).3.1 Back Knuckle Stream (Defensive Style Neutral).