Gourmet Duelist

I own no one but Ryan Hunter.


"Mmmm…So yummy…Just on more b-Bwaaa!"

A teen fell off his bed, the food and knife-patterned comforters tangling up with him on his fall. The teen screamed out if shock before he managed to untangle himself from the sheets, shaking his head quickly, his medium-length wild blueberry-colored hair moving about wildly. He was roughly 17 in terms of appearance with a lean build. He yawned as he got up, stretching a bit in his meat-themed boxers and white shirt with a napkin design on the back. He smacked his lips while scratching his back as he walked over to the bathroom.

Eventually, he emerged into the kitchen, wearing an interesting outfit. His head bared nothing but a pair of headphones shaped like spoons while a scarlet scarf ending with meat on bone on the ends was wrapped around his neck. His orange shirt had the sleeves torn off with the lining around the ends and tears a solid white, hidden under his black jacket. He pulled up his jeans a little as he buckled his blue belt, the buckle designed to resemble a knife and fork in an 'X' formation. On his feet were, strangely, a pair of sandals. He traced the small scar under his left cheek resembling a bolt of lightning while pulling out some ingredients.

"Yosh! Time to feast!" the teen declared with a large grin, his fangs shining in the kitchen lights.

He lit up the stove and put a frying pan on it. He quickly cracked five eggs and put them into the pan. He quickly shaved some rock salt he picked up nearby with a cheese grater along with bits of crushed pepper. He proceeded to add bits of pre-cooked bacon from the other night and added a bowl full of cheese. He flipped the meal into the air before catching it, the omelet folding. He turned off the stove and put the omelet on a plate. He walked over to his table, big enough for two people to eat at, and put the plate down on it. He went over to the fridge and pulled out a large bottle of orange juice, unopened. He flicked the lip and it popped right off, hitting the ceiling. He grinned as he walked over and sat down at the table, putting the bottle on it beside his plate. He pressed his hands together.

"I thank the Gods…for all the food in the world. Ita…daki…masu…" he whispered.


"I'll really miss the place, but I've got a Duel Academy to get into!" the teen declared.

With that, he ran off from the apartment complex. As he ran along the path, he paused at a few stands to buy some of the food they had. He eventually came upon a building where a pair of men in black suits were sitting before a set up table.

"Yo! I'm here to sign up for Duel Academy!" the teen called as he made his way over.

"Name?"

"Ryan Hunter."

"Ryan…Hunter…" the first of the two men repeated as he looked through a list before nodding at his partner.

"You're on the list. Here's your number, please wait until you get called up for your entrance duel," the second man informed as he handed Ryan a paper with a '234' on it, "And please do not eat during the duel."

"You got it," Ryan nodded as he put the paper in his pocket, pausing to eat the bones of the fish as well.

"…Did you just eat that fish's bones?"

"I don't waste anything if there's not a good reason," Ryan replied as he walked into the building.


=Number 234, report to Duel Arena 4. I repeat, Number 234, please report to Duel Arena 4=

"Aw shut up! I'm goin'! I'm goin'!" Ryan barked as he shook a fist at the PA system, "Man…There sure are a ton of applicants this year."

He walked down a hallway and got onto a platform. As it rose up to the next floor, he pulled out a Duel Disk and strapped it on. He quickly activated it and pulled out a deck of cards.

"Okay, guys, let's give thanks to the world's glorious bounty," Ryan grinned.

With that, he slid them into the Deck Slot and the cards were shuffled. He proceeded to take out a monocle-like device that was shaped like a dinner dish with a small bit shaped like a spoon to go behind his ear with the middle of the 'plate' sporting a red tint glass. He slid it on and the red tint glowed before turning blue.

Meanwhile, his deck stopped shuffling once the elevation was complete, revealing Ryan was standing in a large arena split into four. Each part was separated by a metal wall. He looked around, seeing multiple people there, dressed in various red, blue, and yellows. A whistle caught his attention. He turned to see a woman in her mid-twenties at best. Her long dark-rose hair was done up in a curved spike with her green eyes filled with hope that her opponent could pass. She wore a pink blouse under her white and blue jacket with a blue skirt going to an inch above her knees and high-heeled blue shoes. Over her left eye was another monocle-like device with a blue tint glass and seemed to be based on a blue titan.

"Hello there. My name is Ms. Fontaine. I hope you can beat me by going all out," the woman informed.

"Uh…" Ryan blinked before grinning, "You got it! Name's Ryan! I'm a Gourmet Duelist!"

"A Gourmet Duelist? That's a new title," Ms. Fontaine noted with a giggle as she activated her own Duel Disk, "We'll be using only 4000 Life Points for this duel, okay? Ready?"

"Oh yeah!"

"Duel!"

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As the glasses said that, the area seemed to start to pixelate. Above them, those in seats all over the arena seemed to vanish until they reappeared with various Duel Gazers on their eyes. It was the latest advancement from Kaiba Industries, the name of the company that came from the merge of Kaiba Corp and Industrial Illusions.

Ms. Fontaine: 4000

Ryan: 4000

"I will make the first move!" Ms. Fontaine declared as she drew, "I'll set two cards facedown and set a Monster in defense mode. I'll end my turn now, okay?"

"Sure. I draw!" Saito called out with a draw of his card, "Yatta! I summon Gourmet Beast – Troll Kong!"

A portal appeared behind him. A blur jumped out of it and landed and Fontaine gulped. Behind Ryan stood a large ape. It's body breathed in and out through the massive nostrils and open-jaw of it, every single tooth in it a razor-sharp fang. It's body was covered in black fur with various scars on it. What caught them, though, were the four bulky arms it had.

Gourmet Beast – Troll King: EARTH 4/1800/1200/Gourmet Card Lore: Troll Kongs are powerful 'Ingredients' that are capable of flipping tanks over. They normally live in packs with a Silverback Troll Kong as the leader. They will normally stay near irresistible foods in order to obtain prey.

"Let's go, Troll Kong! Attack her Monster!"

The Troll Kong roared and charged at Ms. Fontaine's hidden monster. Ms. Fontaine smirked as her monster appeared in a swirl of light. Standing upon the card, giving out a prayer under her breath, was a moderate cyan-skinned woman with pointed ears. Her long sunkissed blond hair reached down to her hidden hips and decorated with a silver tiara with an emerald in the middle. Her hands barely showed out of the long sleeves of her long emerald-green dress.

Mystic Elf: LIGHT 4/800/2000 Lore: Select 1 other monster that you control. Then decrease any amount of ATK from this card and the selected monster gains ATK equal to that reduced amount. This effect can only be used once per 3 Main Phase 1. Other Lore: A delicate elf that lacks offense, but has a terrific defense backed by mystical power.

"Uh oh…" Ryan paled.

The Troll Kong roared as he slammed all four of his fists on the elf. Her body glowed before the impact and a barrier erected itself. The four limbs slammed against it and blood erupted from various injuries that formed on the Troll Kong's arms. It let out a roar as it stumbled back to Ryan.

"Tch. It's okay, bud. We can try again later. I end my turn with a facedown."

"And I activate my first facedown: Solemn Wishes," Fontaine spoke, activating her left facedown, "Now when I draw, I gain 500 Life Points. Such as now."

Fontaine: 4500

"I'll reveal my second facedown; Bad Reaction to Simoochi. Now whenever an effect meant to raise your Life Points is used, you will receive damage instead."

"Great…A Burn Deck…" Ryan sighed.

"So you know what will happen next, yes?"

"You're going to use a card that will increase my life points, but it will just turn into damage?"

"But of course. I play Rain of Mercy!" Ms. Fontaine declared before acid rain hit Ryan while holy water rain hit herself.

Fontaine: 5500

Ryan: 3000

"Now then, I'll end my turn with a facedown."

"I draw! First, I'll play the spell card 'Double Summon,' which lets me call out another monster for this turn. Now I summon Gourmet Chef – Komatsu!"

A portal appeared beside the Troll Kong. A person around 25, yet looking around his late-teens stepped out. He seemed a bit on the moderate body appearance. He has shaggy, short black hair with his nostrils shown a bit. He wore a white chef's outfit mixed with a fighting gi. He looked up and screamed when he saw the Troll Kong.

Gourmet Chef – Komatsu: EARTH 4/1500/1000 Type: Bishoku-ya Lore: This card cannot be normal summoned or set unless there is a Gourmet Type Monster on the field. This card cannot attack unless you cut its attack in half. This card can attack directly while the opponent has a monster on the field, but the Battle Damage will only be '500' at that time. When 'Intimidation' is played while a 'Four Heavenly King' is on the field: This card's attack power is doubled if battling a monster with higher attack points than this card. If 'Four Heavenly King – Toriko' is on the field: Negate this card's original effects. If 'Four Heavenly King – Coco' is on the field: This card can attack directly dealing only half its attack points in damage instead of just 500 points of damage. If 'Four Heavenly King – Sunny' is on the field: The owner of this card may discard one card to destroy one monster on the opponent's side of the field. If 'Four Heavenly King – Zebra' is on the field: This card's attack is increased by 1000, and this card cannot be destroyed by card effects. Other Lore: A Gourmet Chef that became a 'Combo' with Toriko. Has the ability to 'hear' the ingredients' 'voices.'

"My, my, such a strange card," Ms. Fontaine noted.

"Well, he is part of a new series; the Gourmet World Series," Ryan sheepishly explained.

"Wait…You're him, aren't you? The winner of the Pegasus New Series Contest!" Ms. Fontaine gasped.

"Guilty," Ryan admitted, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head, "I can't tell a lie for my life, so yeah. I'm the guy who won. Now then…Since I played Double Summon, I can summon a second monster, such as another Troll Kong!"

"R-R-R-Ryan-san!-!-!" Komatsu screamed as he ran behind Ryan as the two Troll Kongs roared.

"Now I play the Spell Card: Pot of Greed."

A strange pot appeared beside Komatsu. It was mainly green with blue 'veins' bulging all over it. On the front was a pair of solid topaz eyes with fat magenta lips showing a greedy grin. Komatsu pulled out two cards from it, being careful not to enrage the Troll Kongs and the pot and cards vanished when Ryan drew two from his deck.

"I end my turn."

"I guess you couldn't summon something strong enough, huh?" Ms. Fontaine pondered as she drew.

Fontaine: 6000

"I'll sacrifice my Mystic Elf to summon Prime Material Dragon!"

The Mystic Elf's prayers ended as she glowed, transforming into a liquid bronze/gold material. It shot out and began to twist, distort, and reform. Flying above Fontaine was a dragon made of the material in an ethereal light. The four limbs it had ended in three claws each. Upon its back, its six wings twitched and fluttered in harmony with its floating. Its angular, three-pronged head shaped itself to resemble an arrow of sorts with glowing bronze eyes. It let out a roar and the two Troll Kongs currently had their tongue flailing out and their eyes bulging out not in intimidation, but fear. Komatsu screamed as he ran and hid behind Ryan.

Prime Material Dragon: LIGHT 6/2400/2000 Type: Dragon Lore: Any effect that would inflict damage to a player increases their Life Points by the same amount, instead. During either player's turn, when a Spell, Trap, Spell/Trap effect, or Effect Monster's effect is activated that would destroy a monster(s) on the field: You can send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard; negate the activation and destroy it.

"Attack, Prime Material Dragon! Material Burst!"

An ethereal light began to form in the dragon's jaws. It opened its jaws up as wide as it could before a multicolored ethereal beam erupted from it, slamming into a Troll Kong. The Troll Kong roared out in pain before the Prime Material Dragon flew about it and proceeded to bite its head off, devouring the body within seconds.

Ryan: 2200

"I'll end my turn now," Ms. Fontaine informed.

"I reveal my facedown; Call of the Haunted! Come back, Troll Kong!"

"Not again!-!-!" Komatsu screamed as he hugged Ryan in pure fear as the Troll Kong appeared once more, erupting from the ground with a roar.

"Now I draw!" Ryan drew a card and grinned, "Yosh! Okay, Ms. Fontaine, sorry about this, but I'm gonna win! I activate the Overlay Network!"

"Overlay Network?" Ms. Fontaine pondered.

"It's part of the latest type of summoning that Pegasus created in conjunction with another type. My deck has the normal Extra Deck's type of summoning with the two new types," Ryan explained as a portal appeared behind him, "Now then, I overlay my two Level 4 Troll Kongs! With these two Level 4 Monsters, I create the Overlay Network!"

The Troll Kongs roared before they turned to the portal. Komatsu yelped as he shivered behind Ryan as the two four-limbed gorillas charged. They jumped into the portal, collapsing in on themselves into two stars. A figure jumped out of it, landing before them. The figure stood up…and up…and up his wild blue hair moving about as he stood up to a good eight feet. His body was muscular, akin to a body builder's. The left side of his face and left ear had three horizontal scars. He wore black shirt under an orange sleeveless jacket and baggy pants. He had on a pair of black combat/traveling boots and black bands on his wrists. He gave a grin at Komatsu and Ryan before drooling at seeing the Prime Material Dragon.

"Let's feast, Four Heavenly King – Toriko!"

Four Heavenly King – Toriko: FIRE Rank 4/2500/2000 – 8/3000/2500 Type: Bishoku-ya Lore: Remove one Overlay Unit: This card is immune to the effects of Spell Cards and Trap Cards until your next standby phase. When 'Intimidation' is played: This card can attack all Monsters on the opponent's side of the field, but is unable to attack directly. When 'Gourmet Chef – Komatsu' is on the field: Increase this card's attack and defense by 500. Other Lore: A member of the Four Heavenly Kings, the strongest four Gourmet Hunters in the Human World. His goal in life is to complete his Full Course Menu with the Main Dish being GOD.

Toriko cracked his knuckles while looking at Fontaine's monster. He turned to the shaking Komatsu, who suddenly began to smile in joy at seeing the new monster played.

"Torigo-zaaaan!-!-!" Komatsu sobbed out in joy.

"What was that?"

"It was an Xyz Summon. It's when a monster is created from two equal-level monsters, forming a Rank. For Toriko, he's a Rank Four that requires two Level Four monsters. Those stars are Overlay Units, which are the two Monster Cards that were used. They go under the card until I use them, which is when they're sent to the Graveyard."

"That's impressive," Ms. Fontaine noted.

"You said it. Kinda difficult to summon, though," Ryan shrugged.

"I can see why. You need them two be of equal level and it's hard to have those at a certain point in duels," Ms. Fontaine noted.

"True. Now let's keep going. I play the spell card 'Intimidation!'" Ryan continued as a Spell Card appeared, the artwork showing a Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon cowering away from a Baby Dragon, the shadowed image of an even bigger dragon overshadowing it, "You see, one of the strongest forces in nature, in life even, is Intimidation. With it, even a Baby Dragon can put the fear into a Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, a dragon of ultimate destruction. And this card activates the 'Intimidation' Effect of certain monsters, the Bishoku-ya Type!"

Komatsu pulled out a bound knife. He slowly undid it and revealed a pitch-black blade with a hooked edge on the back and kanji on the sides near the hilt. The image of a massive black dragon with multiple tongues, six eyes, and a single, massive tooth on its upper lip appeared behind him. Toriko let out a feral roar. A purple aura flared upon his form that transformed into a massive red-skinned demon with Toriko's hair and multiple jagged and curved fangs in its gaping jaws, wearing nothing but a loincloth.

Intimidation: Magic – Continuous Lore: This card activates the effects of all Bishoku-ya Type Monsters.

Gourmet Chef – Komatsu: 3000/1000

Prime Material Dragon: 1200/2400

Toriko raised his hands, shaping the left hand to resemble a fork while the right hand was as straight as a knife. He began to clash them together, causing sparks to erupt off them. Prime Material Dragon whimpered.

"And now my last card: Megamorph!"

"Oh no…" Fontaine paled as Toriko's muscles grew bigger tearing apart the clothing on the upper half of his body.

Four Heavenly King – Toriko: 6000

"Oh mighty Prime Material Dragon…With your mighty golden scales, blessed healing powers, and almighty claws. You truly are a dragon of power. And for that, I will show you…" the Prime Material Dragon squeaked in fear as it was suddenly on a giant plate with a giant version of Toriko's intimidation looking down upon it, a knife and fork in hand with a bib on its neck, "…The power of Raw Human Weaponry!-!-!"

"Go, Toriko! Itadakimasu!" Ryan ordered as Toriko placed his hands together in prayer.

"I give thanks to all of the world's bounties. Ita…daki…masu," Toriko prayed.

His eyes snapped open in a glare. Toriko roared as he rammed his left hand into the dragon's neck, the back blowing open in four holes in the position of fork stabs. He raised it up and sliced off its neck with his right hand in a chopping motion. Toriko clashed his 'fork' and 'knife' together before pressing his hands together once more as the dragon exploded into data.

Fontaine: 1200

"Komatsu, end this! Preparation Complete!"

Komatsu charged at Fontaine. He yelped as he tripped on his shoelace and ended up tumbling into her. Fontaine yelped as she fell over upon impact.

Fontaine: 0 – Loser

Saito: 100 – Winner

"Thank you for the meal," Ryan bowed.


"Oh well. At least I got into the Dorm I wanted," Ryan grinned, adjusting a red blazer he had put on, "Hm?" he reached into his rumbling pants and pulled out a cell phone, "Y'ello? …Hey, Uncle J! Nice hearin' from ya! …No, no. I'm free. I managed to get in! …What Dorm? Slifer, of course! …Uh…Okay, Uncle J, that's just rude. …Huh? …Why do you want to talk to me in person? …The Card Shop? Really? You got it. …Okay. …I am not going to bring you dinner. …No fair using the 'Aunt Mai' card on me! …Oh, fine. I'll be there soon. Tell Aunt Mai I love her, Uncle J," he hung up and put it into his pocket, "Baka Uncle."

"Now that's not nice."

"We both know he can't resist the meals we make, Komatsu," Ryan sighed as Komatsu appeared beside him, Toriko munching on a steak made of gold, bronze, and ethereal energy.

"Yum! Komatsu, this Prime Material Dragon is so delicious!" Toriko beamed as he continued to eat it.

"Toriko-san! That was my share!" Komatsu complained before turning to Ryan, "Well, we can whip something up real quick!"

"Are you gonna use those bland things? They're good, but still…" Toriko noted, tapping his chin.

"We don't have food like you're used to, Toriko…" Ryan sighed in annoyance.

"But you can get it. You know how to get there," Toriko pointed out.

"I know, but it's annoying and embarrassing to do so."


Ryan whistled as he walked along a sidewalk. In his left hand was a grocery basket, filled with filled cases of food. He had decided on a vegetarian meal for tonight. His uncle needed greens in his meals, dang it. Ryan eventually reached a three-storied building. It had originally been a two-storied card shop, the second floor being a house. However, since it was put under new ownership, a third layer was added with the second floor being converted into a dueling arena. He walked up the stairs behind the building and knocked on the door. After a few minutes, the door swung open, revealing a dirty-blond-haired man in his thirties with blue eyes. He wore a green jacket over a white shirt with a Red Eyes Black Dragon on it and blue jeans. Ryan knew him as his Uncle Joey Wheeler. Not many knew it, but his uncle was an ancestor to Jonouchi Katsuya, the first 'Gambling' Duelist who used luck-based cards in his duels and the third-best Duelist in the world during his time after Seto Kaiba and Yugi Motou and it seemed that his skills were passed on to Ryan's Uncle Joey.

"Hey, Uncle Joey."

"Hey! Dere it is!" the man grinned before swiping the bag, "Dinner! …Oh, hey dere, nephew."

Ryan rolled his eyes. He calmly walked in after his uncle. It was fairly decent with various duel monster posters, mainly card artwork depicting luck-themed cards and Harpy Ladies, on one or two walls. Nearby was a well-endowed woman in her thirties, but appeared to be in just her early twenties with her long blond hair ending just past her thighs. She wore a purple jacket over a black shirt and purple skirt with knee-high purple heeled-boots.

"Hello, Aunt Mai," Ryan greeted with a smile.

"Nice to see you, kid," she greeted, "I see Joey told you to bring dinner."

"Of course. But why all plant-based meals with no meat? Not that I'm complaining. Uncle Joey needs his greens, dang it."

"I do not!" Joey argued/pouted, earning laugh from the aunt and nephew duo.

"We'll explain once I get the girls," Mai informed as they calmed down.

"…Girls? You mean Cousin Rave is back from North Academy?" Ryan pondered as Mai got up and walked into another room.

"Nah. She's da ace dere," Joey smirked, "And we saw ya duel today, big guy! Congrats on getting' in ta Central Duel Academy! So what'd ya get into again?"

"Slifer Red on request. They wanted me in Ra Yellow, but I turned them down," Rio replied, causing Joey to gawk with his eye twitching.

"What?-! Ya man you're gonna stay in dat piece o' junk shed they call a dorm?-!"

"Yep," Ryan grinned, "You've got to make sacrifices if you want to get stronger. But a promise you make is one thing you never sacrifice."

"Heh. Not bad, kiddo. My sis taught ya well," Joey grinned, patted Ryan on the back, "She'd be so proud that yer doin' dis."

"We're back," Mai informed.

Ryan turned and blushed heavily. Mai was leading three girls his age or older. The first of them was exactly his age with long lavender hair that ended just past her bum. In it was a pair of highlights, one magenta, and one violet. She wore a simple violet shirt with long sleeves that hugged her modest C-cups and a black skirt ending just past her knees.

"This is Hikari Jacksonville."

The second was a year older than him. She wore a plaid button shirt over a white shirt, both tied up to expose her belly and hugged her DD-Cup breasts that were almost as large as her head, and jean shorts with the legs torn off at a point. She adjusted her Stetson hat and moved a bit of her dirty-blond ponytail back to the back of her head, smiling at him while showing she had three freckles on each cheek.

"This is AJ Jacksonville."

The last of them hid behind the other two. She wore a long-sleeved pale grayish-gold sweater that barely hid her F-Cup breasts. Her long pale-rose hair went down to her knees and she tried to hide in it. Her pale-rose skirt went down to an inch above her feet.

"And this is Kiki Jacksonville."

"…" Ryan raised a brow, blushing a bit at the girls.

"You're not good with cute girls at all," Toriko chuckled before seeing Komatsu out of it, sprawled on the floor, and both nostrils bleeding heavily, "And neither is Komatsu."


"So I have to act as a teacher for these three?" Ryan frowned as he paused from his plate of spaghetti, the meatballs replaced with ones made of tofu.

"Sweet! We can introduce them to the joys of cooking!" Komatsu grinned.

"Yum…" Toriko muttered as he munched on his Prime Material Dragon meat.

"Toriko-san!"

"Well, yeah. I was hopin' ya could do it as a favor fer ya favorite uncle!" Joey grinned.

"…Uncle Joey, you're my only uncle in relations to mom," Ryan sweatdropped.

"An' don't ya forget it!" Joey grinned, giving him a noogie.

"Ah! Not the head!" Ryan yelped.

"Um…" the pale-rose-haired girl whispered.

"Let me," Mai offered before pulling on Joey's ear, "Enough."

"Ah! Ooh! Ow!"

"Is there something wrong with teaching us?" Hikari asked with a frown.

"Yes, actually. I can't be here. I mean, I've got an academy to go to tomorrow," Saito informed.

"Not a problem. I got connections wit' Kaiba, remember?" Joy grinned, "Tough ta get them in, though. But I made do!"

"…" Ryan facepalmed, "Do they have decks?"

"Fresh off the line," Mai smirked as the three awkwardly pulled out decks, "I have connections with Pegasus, remember?"

"…" Ryan facepalmed.

"You always forget that!-?" Komatsu gawked.

'Shut up, Komatsu.'

"So what are our specialties? Mine are Gourmet," Ryan informed.

"Magicians," Hikari replied.

"Plants. Always had a green thumb," AJ smirked.

"Um…a…l…" Kiki mumbled.

"What?" Ryan and Joey blinked.

"She said 'angels.' Sorry 'bout Kiki here. She's jest shyer than a deer," AJ explained.

"So we've got Spellcasters, Plants, and Fairy Types Decks," Ryan wrote down, "Okay, first rule in Dueling; don't reveal your type of Monsters you use before a duel. Your opponent may set up their deck to counter your own."

"Right," Hikari nodded, writing down the rule in a small notebook.

"Now for a second rule: there will be times you'll duel someone with cards based off your fears," Ryan continued, "For me…it's the Machine Type Monsters. They're just not natural for some reason to me."

"…Fire, grasshoppers, wolfs, and worms," AJ stuck her tongue out, "Ah'll tell ya what; them's th' main enemy fer an apple farmer."

"I have a list of my fears along with Kiki's," Hikari noted as she pulled out a pair of scrolls.

"…Why are they in scrolls?" Ryan asked.

"Dey prefer scrolls where dey're from," Joey replied.

"And where is that?" Ryan raised a brow.

"…Dey'll tell ya when dey want ta," Joey replied.

"You better not be lying!-!-!" a voice growled in Joey's ear, making him freeze up.

"…Kiddo…I hate it when he does that," Joey informed, shaking a fist at the air, "Ya hear me, punk, I hate it when ya do that!"

"Wh-Who's he talking to?" Kiki squeaked as she hid behind AJ and Hikari.

"I plea the Fifth Amendment," Saito informed.

"We're not in America, but I'll second that. It's something you girls don't need to learn yet," Mai informed with a soft smile.

"What?-! But…But what if we to know it if we're going to survive being here?-!" Hikari asked.

"Don't you mean 'going to survive being at Duel Academy?'" Ryan raised a brow.

"Um…Well…" Hikari informed, going shifty-eyes in the place.

"Look, th' point is dis; you're in charge of these three while at Duel Academy. We could only get them in Red, so you've got bunkmates!" Joey grinned, bumping his elbow on Ryan's shoulder a few times with a wink-wink-nudge-nudge, "Eh? Lucky you, bub."

"…" Mai sighed before she got up and pulled Joey out of the room by his ear, "You may go home now, Ryan. I need to talk with my husband about that last comment."

"Very well. Good night, Aunt Mai. Have fun in the doghouse, Uncle Joey."

"Ah! Help! Ow! Mai, that's hu-ow-rting me!" Joy yelped as his leg was the last thing the four saw as he was dragged away.

"Good."

"…So…I guess we'll see you tomorrow?" Hikari asked, giving an awkward smile.

"…Um…Sure? I'll-uh…I'll meet you outside this place at 7:00?" Ryan asked.

"Sure!" Hikari nodded, "So where is Duel Academy?"

"An island that's fifteen hours from here along the equator in the Pacific Ocean. Oh, and there's an active volcano on the site, so they have volcano drills every first and middle of every month."

"…What?-!" the two younger of the girls screamed as Kiki fainted.

"I'm not one to lie, you get cocky when you lie," Ryan informed, "And when you get cocky, you get yelled at by a friend of mine."


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