"Aww geez!"

Miwa started to clean up his deck. To no surprise, Kai had won.

"You couldn't even give me a break?"

"Why would I do that?" Kai looked at the blonde and smiled.

"You know more than anyone that I always give my all! If I went easy on you, it would show weakness on my part."

Miwa rolled his eyes playfully. He looked around, scanning the park to see if anything would catch his interest. Kai did the same. It would seem like their match went by quickly, giving the two some more time to hang out before they had to go home.

"Hey. Look over there."

Miwa pointed to an oak tree across the park. There seemed to be four kids doing something that the two boys couldn't quite see.

Kai looked around to see a few kids younger than him look at the tree and group, and walk away to play somewhere else.

"Hmm…" Miwa stood up and slowly walked towards the tree, staying out of sight. Kai was right behind him.

When they got close enough, they saw a fifth kid who was shorter than the other four.

The boy was pinned by the shoulders and had a small scrape on his face above his left eyebrow. His hair was a darkish blue, and his face was covered in dirt. As a matter of fact, his entire body was all muddy. It seemed like the four kids were bullying him.

Miwa clenched his teeth and stepped out of his hiding place.

"What do you think you're doing?!" he called to the boys.

The four of them looked away from their victim and surrounded Miwa, giving the blue haired boy a chance to escape.

"That's non of your business!"

Kai casually walked up behind Miwa and pushed him away. The blonde took a step back, but didn't let his guard down. Kai looked over at his friend with a strangely serious face.

"I got this."

Kai raised his head and glared at the four boys. They all took a step back, as if they too were going to make a run for it.

But they couldn't.

Their eyes were locked on Kai's death glare. It gave them a sense of uneasiness and fear. They were done for.

As Kai looked away, the four boys ran as fast as they could in the opposite direction, and he and Miwa went back to their shaded table.

"What was that all about, I wonder?" Miwa was deep in thought while Kai was looking over at the old oak tree.

"Heck if I know."

"Hey Kai?"

"Ya?"

"What did you do to those guys?"

"'Dunno…Something my dad taught me."

"Cool."

A few days later, Miwa and Kai went back to their park spot.

"I challenge you to a cardfight, Toshiki Kai!"

"You're on!"

That morning, Kai had told Miwa that he wanted to try out a different clan and spice things up a bit. Of course, the blonde was over the moon with the idea, and decided to change his deck too.

This time, the brunette used a Kagero clan. Miwa had said that it fit his playing style better than the Royal Paladins, and that he should keep it.

After an hour or so of training, the two of them took a break and looked around the park to see if those bullies had come back yet.

It was great they still hadn't shown their faces, but the strange thing was that the blue haired kid hadn't been seen either.

"Poor guy must have been terrified." Miwa looked over his shoulder hoping to see ant sign of the kid.

"Ya… I guess he didn't want to walk into them again so he walked home a different route." Kai sighed as he looked through his new deck.

"Oh well…"