I felt like writing a series of AxJ One-Shots, yet I didn't feel like writing it based off of songs his time (mainly cause all of them were used and I didn't wish to look like I was ripping my ideas off of anyone, or because they didn't really fit and allow me to create a story…mostly the latter). So, I'll prolly be switching off both this and my main fic. E-Mail me if you have any ideas. It's like AxJ through the years (If they met a couple of times before GX started and after all of it was over). Might be a little OOC. Sorry if it is. Also, because Yubel won't be in this one (prolly will be in the next, though) for you Yubel fans. Most of these prolly won't be long, either.

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I : Playground Follies

It was a beautiful spring day at the neighborhood playground. The sun was shining down, heating the city, yet a chilled breeze kept blowing by every now and again like an automatic air conditioner, keeping any and all passersby from getting too hot at any point. At the said park, a five-year-old dishwater-blonde-haired girl with brown eyes sat in the warm sandbox looking at her Duel Monster cards and trying to draw the outlines of the characters in the sand. She wore a small school uniform, with a white blouse, blue vest, and a plaid skirt waiting for her brother, Fubuki, to arrive to pick her up from school they could walk home together. Her name was Tenjoin Asuka.

"Alright, Cyber Tutu…" she muttered to herself, "here we go!" Immediately she began to outline the duel monster in the sand with her finger. In a few moments, she had a silhouette of the creature in the sand. She began to add minor features and soon it began to look very close to her card's picture.

She heard the sound of cackling and she picked her head up to look at whoever it was that was laughing. The young girl saw a group of boys about her age staring at her from the swings. They huddled together, looked back at her, before cackling some more and huddling together again.

Now, she may have been only five, but she was no fool. She could tell that whatever they were laughing about involved herself. She puffed her cheeks in annoyance. "What's so funny?" she called to them.

They didn't respond to her question, and continued laughing, which only frustrated her more. She decided to keep her cool, however, at the offhand chance they weren't laughing at her, and politely asked again, "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing!" one of the boys shouted back at her rudely.

Asuka, not in the mood to have anyone ruin this fine day for her, decided that they weren't worth her time or effort and continued on with her all-important duties, like drawing. She finished the bottom half of the picture, the skirt down to her shoes, and began to crawl towards the top of the outline.

She then heard a loud. "HEADS UP!!!" coming out of nowhere. She looked up in time to see one of the boys, who had green hair, flying in the air towards her. Apparently, while she wasn't looking, the boys wondered how amusing it would be to swing back and forth till the boy was high enough that he could launch himself towards her.

Asuka barely dove out of the way from nearly getting hurt, but her picture wasn't as lucky.

The boy landed right in the middle of the top section of her drawing, scattering sand in every direction. The entire top half was covered so that the outline was no longer visible and the bottom half was faded and partially hidden as well. Asuka slowly crawled to the picture and stood up, noticing her hard work all went to waste. She slowly tilted her head down and began to shed tears.

The boy grinned arrogantly at her and chuckled harshly. "Sorry," he scoffed, not really meaning it. He skipped back to join his friends, who instantly dashed off in different directions away from her.

Asuka slid down to her knees and wiped her eyes with the back of her hands. Her sadness was interrupted by a sudden, "LOOK OUT!!" She picked her head up and saw a Frisbee flying towards her. She stayed frozen, finding herself so surprised she was unable to move.

As quickly as the Frisbee came into view, it disappeared behind the diving body of a dark gray sweat jacket. The boy's momentum took him into the sandbox and caused him to slide face first in the ground. He slowed to a stop a few feet from the girl. The girl, partially frightened, amused, intrigued, and amazed, stared at the body laying in front of her.

The boy picked his head up and looked at her, cheerfully greeting her, "Hiya!" He had brown hair in a somewhat bowl-top cut with long sideburns, though the back of it curled upwards slightly. He had dark brown eyes, rather rounded pinkish cheeks and scuffed blue jeans. He sat up, revealing that the arm that he had used to catch the Frisbee and slid on to stop it from hitting Asuka was scraped, as it was bleeding slightly, as well as torn from his jacket.

He nervously rubbed the back of his head. "Heh, heh…" he started, "sorry about that…"

Asuka shook her head. "Don't worry about it…but your arm…"

"Awww, don't worry about it…" he assured her, "I get those all the time."

Asuka wouldn't take no for an answer, however, reached into her pocket. She pulled out a purple handkerchief and began to wrap it around his arm. She tied the two ends together, like she had seen her brother so many times before.

"You didn't have to, but thanks!" the brunette told her. He looked down and gasped. "Oh…did I ruin your picture!?" he hastily questioned, worried he had did something wrong.

Reminded of the picture, Asuka sadly shook her head. "No…some other boys jumped onto it and ruined it…" She began to sob again, rubbing her swollen eyes again.

Judai frowned at her, then the picture. He noticed the card laying next to her. "Oh, is that yours!?" he cried, pointing. She looked at it and nodded. "You play Duel Monsters, too!? That's so cool!"

Asuka felt herself blush slightly. "Yeah…but my picture…"

"Oh, don't sweat it!" the boy happily told her. "I'll help you make a new and better one! Two people drawing it is faster than one!" He dropped to his knees and began to redraw the bottom half again, occasionally looking at her card to help.

Asuka didn't know what to say. So instead, she decided to begin drawing again. A short while later, the picture was finished. Judai clapped his hands together to get rid of the access sand. "Done and done," he murmured. "It don't look too bad, if I do say so myself!" He chuckled at his own joke. His goofy laugh caused the girl next to him to giggle as well.

She sighed happily. "Umm…thank you…" she breathed. She began to move towards him.

The boy nervously rubbed the back of his head again. "Aww…don't mention it…" he said. "You helped my arm, so I wanted to help you in return…HUH!" He gasped as something warm touched his cheek. He turned and noticed the girl had just kissed his cheek.

He continued to stare at her when his friend called, "Hey! I've been lookin' all over for you! Where'd you go!"

"Oh, Johan! Be there in a sec!" he replied. He turned to her. "Sorry, but I gotta jet. Later! And thanks!" He ran back in the direction of a blue-haired boy who looked awfully like her new friend. The brunette waved over his shoulder and rejoined his friend.

Asuka dreamily gazed after the boy. She then heard someone calling for her. "Asuka! Asuka!"

She turned and saw her brother standing on the sidewalk. He walked up to her yelling to her, "C'mon, we've gotta get home!" When he got to her sandbox, he noticed the picture drawn on the ground. "Wow, is that Cyber Tutu? That's really awesome, Asuka! Didya make that by yourself?"

Asuka stood up shaking her head. On the walk back home, she explained how she had decided to draw a picture, how it got ruined, and how a brown-haired mystery boy arrived and helped her recreate it. Fubuki listened intently, until she finished. "Did you ever ask for his name?"

"No…" Asuka frowned. She realized that was rather disrespectful, but then, he never asked for her name either. "Do you think he was one of those angels that're always talked about?"

"Maybe…" Fubuki told her. "Maybe…"

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So how was it? Good? Bad? Read and Review, please! Flames are welcome, as usual! Oh and Johan was just thrown in there to give them the whole 'this feels familiar' thing with the handshake at the beginning of the third season.