Dai: Vee-Vee! Verity! What are you two doing?

Vee-Vee: Should we run?

Verity: Knowing her, yes, we should run.

BlackGatomon: We own nothing.

12212122112

Sunny was alone with two boys, one with spiky black and yellow hair and blue eyes while the other had silver hair and golden eyes.

The silver haired one looked at her pleadingly. "Sunny, what about you? We're inseparable, remember?"

Sunny shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I can't do this anymore. Goodbye."

She turned and walked away, resisting the urge to look back.

2112122112

Sunny blinked awake. The dawn sunlight filtered through the curtains, and she tried to remember why she was up so early. Oh, right. Today was the beginning of the Fortune Cup, and she would be going, partly because the whole Movement was going, and partly to cheer on Akiza.

She remembered her dream. The boys were two of the ones from the picture Jack had showed her, which meant this might have been a memory. Of course, the only way to figure it out was to track one of them down and ask about it, so that was pretty much out of the question.

Either way, she turned to look at Liquid and Okita, still asleep. She grinned. This was going to be fun.

211212211221

Five minutes later, the three of them were with the exhausted members of the Movement, with Liquid and Okita thoroughly soaked.

"Seriously, Sunny, next time, try waking us up gently."

"Odds are it wouldn't work."

"Really, though, who starts a tournament at eight in the morning!"

"Rex Goodwin, apparently."

Akiza ran up to them, followed by Sammy.

"I am so nervous, guys! What if I screw up?"

"Come on, Akiza, you're known as the Black Rose Witch. If anything, it's the competition that should be nervous. All you need to do is pull out your dragon and they'll be toast."

The conversation ended at that point, and they all headed to the Kaiba Dome.

1212212112

A bit later, not as far away as most would have liked, three figures were watching an old television set.

"Why are we doing this?" One of them asked.

The oldest of them sighed. "Because this will help us know our enemies' strategies."

The last one leaned back. "So, why am I doing this? I know all of my enemies strategies already."

"Because of three things. One, the world isn't fair. Two, he might have developed new strategies. Three, I seem to recall you worrying about someone who's sure to be in the crowd."

"I'm actually more worried about who's side she'll be on, but... Oh, well. It's not like I have anything better to do."

12121212211221

Sunny sat in the stands watching as the announcer listed the names of the competitors. A few cought her attention, mainly being 'Luna', who she'd seen on the street a few times ago and recognized it as being her twin brother, Leo, Akiza, Greiger, and the very last entry, Yusei Fudo.

She gasped. He was one of the boys from her dream. So, when everyone else started yelling at him, she stayed quiet, thinking of ways she could get Akiza to set her dragon on the crowd, and maybe the announcer, while she was at it. Sadly, she couldn't think of anything that Sayer wouldn't find a bit suspicious. It was a real shame. They were annoying.

2121212112

As Leo Dueled, Sunny sighed. He was not very good at adapting. Eventually, she decided to waylay Jack when he left the bathroom.

"What do you want now, Sunny?"

"Tell me about Yusei."

"Um, yeah, can it wait for later? We're kinda in the middle of an important tournament."

"But you aren't Dueling right now."

"So?"

"You're impossible."

"Look, if you want to know about Yusei, just watch him Dueling. I don't have time for this."

As Jack walked away, Sunny sighed. Apparently the gap between friendly and not so friendly rivals could be leaped in an instant. Either way, looking at the brackets, Yusei was scheduled to go next. She decided to just watch the Duel and figure out what to do with Jack later.

21212122121212

The Duel started off with a surprise. Yusei's opponent wasn't Shira, but Hunter Pace, the previous champion, who was worse than Jack in some regards, which was rather surprising.

For some reason, however, the Duel was approved. Sunny sighed. Everyone knew Hunter's Deck, while no one had a clue about Yusei. If Hunter Pace hadn't had to sneak in, Yusei would have had adequate time to prepare. Right now, things could go either way. Without meaning to, she let her mind wander.

She pulled her attention back to the Duel to see that Hunter Pace had 1300 Life points while Yusei had just four hundred. Yusei then Synchro Summoned Nitro Warrior. Suddenly, around Yusei's Runner she noticed monster spirits that looked like they didn't belong in his Deck. They were probably just spare cards, but there was something familiar about them, really familiar.

'Lifetrancer, are those...?'

'They aren't a part of his Deck. besides that, they might be gathered around him, but they seem to have barely any loyalty to him as an owner.'

'Go to them and ask who they are.'

The Duel Spirit appeared near the others.

'Well?'

'They won't talk to me. They said that they don't trust Psychic monsters. I can't get anything from them, unless you want me to try reading their minds.'

'That won't be necessary.'

Psychic Lifetrancer vanished, returning to Sunny's Extra Deck. At that point, Yusei won the Duel. Sunny sighed, remembering that she had been meant to watch the Duel. It didn't matter. There was always the next one.

121221122112

Dai: Next time, it'll be Akiza Duelling, and Sunny tries to actually pay attention. Will she succeed? Not likely, but maybe. After all, it't kinda hard to ignore a giant dragon.

Verity: I'd offer bonus points if you guessed the identities of the three mysterious characters, but it's kind of obvious. If you don't know, you're probably reading the wrong fanfiction.