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Chapter 3: Different People
The alarm sets off from her Duel Disk. She groans and slams her Duel disk to shut her alarm off. Yasuko rolls over and throws her blanket aside. Her hair extends outward, and her eyes looked drowsy. Yasuko wanted to sleep some more if it wasn't for that time today; school. She sat straight up and stretched her arms upwards before extending outwards to relieve the muscles before taking her trip to the bathroom.
Yasuko gets dressed in her school outfit, wearing some leggings underneath. She ties her hair to her low pigtails like she always does and slides down the stair rails. She pulls her uniform jacket and lands with two feet on the ground.
"Good morning Yasuko," Diana greets her cheerfully.
"Good morning, Ms. Luciana," Yasuko replied, taking a seat on the table.
"I was thinking of having you to try my raspberry pancakes," said Diana.
Diana passes a flat pancake on the plate before givin it to Yasuko. "I don't mind," said Yasuko, taking a fork and a knife. "I like pancakes." Yasuko takes a bit at her pancake while she drank some orange juice. "I've been thinking of how to make them, and by the looks of it, I would say that you've done it so easily. How do you do it?" Yasuko asked while chewing some fluffy pancakes.
"I take some advice from this cookbook." Diana passes an opened cookbook that shows her the basic skills of how to make a pancake. Yasuko takes her time to read through the instructions while eating her pancake at the same time.
Yasuko took the bus to where her school was supposed to be. She waits until it came to a stop. Yasuko grabs two bags: one for school, and one for after-school gym activity. She ran out the door. As the bus leaves, she saw the front gate of her school; A fine Prep Middle School.
"There it is… Maiami Prep Middle School," said Yasuko, jogging at the front gates, already late for class.
t all happened on that day when Yuya decided to practice his Pendulum Summon. He's been practicing for so long that he fell asleep during class. He napped while a girl with dark pink pigtails sat next to him. She looked over to him sleeping with his arms under his head, muttering, "Pendulum" repeatedly.
Before class could begin, the teacher announces that there will be a new student coming in. "Alright class, before we begin, I would like to have your attention for our new student," the teacher announced as he turned to the door. "Ms. Yukihana, you may come in." On cue, Yasuko opens the door and lead herself standing in front of the class. "This is Yasuko Yukihana, and she's been transferred from Horyuji Academy," the teacher announced, turning to Yasuko. "Ms. Yukihana, would you please introduce yourself to the class?"
Yasuko nodded and faced forward to declare her name. "I am Yasuko. Yasuko Yukihana and I have nothing in common with the rest of you, so I don't care," Yasuko stated. "And I have one thing to say…. I like pancakes." When she declared her introduction, all of Yasuko's classmates— minus Yuya— looked at her strangely. They were thinking the same thing about Yasuko: 'What?'
"You may sit at the empty seat right over there." The teacher points his finger to an empty seat reserved for her in front of Yuya's seat.
"K.O," said Yasuko before waking to the desk. While the teacher was prepared to start on a lesson, Yasuko seemed to notice that it was the same girl who she saw before. She also noticed that the student behind her assigned seat was sleeping. He snores while muttering, "Pendulum" at the same time.
"Something's up with that guy…" Yasuko thought. As she comes closer, Yasuko happens to realize that it was the same boy from the day when she first got here. "Hey, you're the boy from yesterday!" Yasuko's sudden shout catches Yuya off-guard that made jumpy. He promptly wakes up. Yuya jumps up, knocking Yasuko off her feet while holding out two cards in the front.
"I use my Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and my Scale 8 Timegazer Magician to set the Pendulum Scale!" Yuya shouted unintentionally.
Yasuko and the rest of the class looked surprised at his sudden outburst. When he realized that he isn't dueling, he remembers that he was at a regular school. He sweats in embarrassment. He notices someone on the ground, and recognize Yasuko on the ground.
"Oh, it's you… from yesterday…uha Yasuko, isn't it?" said Yuya.
Yasuko blinks once before her face hardens into a glare. She stands back up and faces Yuya with a frown. "This is the second time you've hit me, you moron..." Yasuko growled before she reaches out for his two cards and swipes them from his hands in a flash.
"Hey!" Yuya protested.
"I'll be keeping these until the end of the day," Yasuko declared, looking at the two cards. "So until then, don't even bother asking them for me."
"But those are—" Yuya paused for a split second when the teacher got right up into Yuya's face with an unsatisfied look that matches Yasuko's glare. Yuya held his hands up front, anxious about the teacher's sudden appearance.
"So, do you have anything else to say for yourself, Mr. Sakaki?" the teacher asks Yuya for an excuse.
Yuya's sheepish smile was cringing nervously, trying to come up with an excuse for his actions. "Um… well… you see… should I tell you I have an excuse?" Yuya started.
WHACK!
Before Yuya could speak up, he was suddenly hit by the girl next to him with a giant fan over his head. She had the furious anger over her face for his stupidity. "Like hell, you should!" the girl exclaimed. "Go back to sleep, Yuya!" The classroom bursts in laughter from Yuya's silly outburst, but Yasuko didn't laugh or snort at his mischief. She just stood there watching Yuya's mistake. She takes the seat in front of Yuya while the whole class continues to laugh at him before the teacher dismisses the laughter and proceeds the lesson.
Yasuko held the two cards that Yuya presented. Timegazer and Stargazer Magicians; the same cards she saw Yuya used at the duel with Strong Ishijima on TV. Yasuko had never seen these types of cards. The differences in their design are distinguishing themselves from the regular standard cards.
Yasuko studied them thoroughly. She grabs a pencil and starts drawing some significant differences from the two cards: the red and blue diamond arrows. She traces the diamond shapes on the card. Thinking back to how Yuya managed to summon three monsters, she had to rephrase what Yuya said in his turn. He said something about Timegazer being a Scale 8 and Stargazer being a Scale 1 and the next thing, it was Pendulum Summon.
The red and blue diamonds had a number on them. The only thing questioning her is how the monsters were summoned. On tv, Odd-Eyes is a level 7; yet Yuya summoned it without tributing.
While Yasuko was analyzing the cards, Yuya peek his head over to see what she was doing to his cards. From what he comes to suspect, Yasuko is studying them like they were textbooks. Yuya slumps on his desk with a sad look on his face. All morning, he stares at Yasuko's back while listening to some boring stuff the teacher gives out.
"Yuya…" the girl sitting next to him whispered to get his attention. "Have you met her before?" Yuya glances over to clarify something about her.
"I only met her once yesterday before I dueled Strong Ishjima, Zuzu," said Yuya. "But I didn't know she'll be attending here."
The girl, Zuzu, furrows her eyebrows. "You bumped into her?" she whispered.
"Yeah, I was running down the street, and when I turned the corner, I kinda bumped into her," Yuya clarified. "I wasn't looking at first, but she seems to be furious…" Yuya glances back at Yasuko. He leans forward to peek at his cards again. Yuya definitely wants his cards back, but he believes that it'll be harder to convince someone with a bad attitude like Yasuko to give him back.
Yasuko still has time to explore the school campus once lunch comes by. It was a big campus compared to her old school. Lots of students associating with each other; nothing much. She gets her bento box and heads out the door. Yuya watches her leave before he stood up to follow her.
Zuzu notices him walking away. "Yuya, where are you going?" she asked.
"To find Yasuko," Yuya replied. "I think it's my fault that she's in a really bad mood. I think if I can convince her to give my Pendulum cards, then she'll cool down."
Zuzu held a thin line on her mouth before nodding once. She knows that Yasuko took them out of the blue for bumping into her and she needs to respect people's property.
The corner of the track and field is the perfect spots Yasuko would separate herself from the student body. Normally, she would be eating on the rooftop as her usual spot for lunch back at her old school. Since Yasuko is still new, she figures that it was the logical place to eat rather than just be inside the building.
Under the shades of the tree, Yasuko eats the bento box that Diana packed for her. She was still studying the Pendulum Cards that she took from Yuya because he bumped her again. The reason? She didn't like to be pushed around. That's what she thoughts.
While chewing some food, she holds one card from her deck, a Masked Dragon, and Timegazer Magician on the other. She is still wondering about the card. The color at the bottom somehow changed to becoming a lot like a spell card.
"So, this is what they look like?" Yasuko wondered. "But how did he did it?" She puts down the two cards and drink some juice.
Of course, there has to be someone from the school to come by to her spot and interrupt the tranquility of her eating time. It was annoying her like hell. "I know you're there behind that tree you faggot," Yasuko suddenly called. She turns her head to face the shadow figure hiding behind one of the trees. "I have peripherals, you know."
The figure reveals not one but two people from behind the tree. To her disappointment, it was Yuya Sakaki from her class and Zuzu. "Oh, it's you," she said. "I thought I told you I'm not going to give you back the cards until the end of the day."
Yuya gives a pouting face. "I said I was sorry," he said.
"Uh, I didn't hear you say it," Yasuko replied, looking from Yuya to the Zuzu, the girl with dark pink midback-length hair tied in pigtails she didn't noticed in class today. "Who's she? Your sister?"
The girl seems taken back. "Sister?" Zuzu inquired. "I'm Zuzu Hiiragi, and I'm also Yuya's friend," she introduced herself to Yasuko. "And you are Yasuko Yukihana, am I right? The new transfer student from Horyuji Academy?""
Yasuko bites some more rice to her mouth. "I am," she talked with her mouth half full of food. "What are you doing here anyways?" she asked.
"Oh…" Yuya realized. "I was thinking we can talk since we just met yesterday."
Yasuko raise an eyebrow staring at Yuya. "About what?"
"About you actually," Yuya said to Yasuko's surprise. "I saw you had a duel disk on you yesterday, so I thought we can talk. You mind we have some lunch here too?"
In the back of her mind, Yasuko wants to say "scram Yuya and Zuzu,", but she saw him dueled Strong Ishijima with an Odd-Eyes. The least thing that she can do is be on even terms with him and shrugged. "Sure, why not?" Yuya give a beam while Zuzu held a satisfied smile.
In the group of three, Yasuko finds it hard to believe that there are people in the city who are willing to hang out with her. It's something that she doesn't come across with during her spare time. She is sandwiched between Yuya on her right and Zuzu on the left. They eat their lunch together. Yuya apologies to Yasuko for bumping her again in class. Yasuko was still not happy with it though.
"So, you came from Horyuji Academy?" Yuya asked. "Where did you come from exactly?" he asked, eating a box of rice to his mouth.
"Tokyo," Yasuko revealed. "I came from Tokyo."
"Tokyo?" Zuzu inquired. "That's very far."
The girl turns to Zuzu and gives a shrug. "It's not that far if you take just public transportation," she said.
Zuzu looks at her. "So, what do you think about Maiami City?" she asked. "Kinda different than the one you were used to, huh?"
Yasuko glances back to the fences where there is a semi-view of Maiami City. "I think it's rather funky in my taste."
Zuzu pulls a face. "Funky?"
"Where I'm from," Yasuko said. "Everything is usually new soda pop or this, but the town is mostly about Dueling." She turns her head back to Zuzu. "I find it to be too much."
"Well, maybe we can show you around," Zuzu suggested. "It's awfully big like Tokyo."
Yasuko chews some more food as she replied, "I think I can manage my own." Unnoticed to both the girls, Yuya's hand slowly creeps to the first Pendulum card that was the closes to him. Out of the blue, Yasuko's hand swiftly makes a slap at Yuya's backhand.
"Ow! Hey!" Yuya grunted.
"Just because we're talking doesn't mean you can just come here and take back what you can. I know that you came here because you think you're trying to get back the cards while trying to talk to me when I told you that you can have them back when the day is over," Yasuko blurted.
Yuya gives an angry face. "You're mean, you know that," he scowled. "I can't believe why someone like you would be holding someone else's stuff."
Zuzu had to agree with her best friend. "Yuya's right," she admitted. "You don't get to just take Yuya's stuff over something that was an accident."
Yasuko was already finishing her lunch and narrows her eyes at Zuzu. "For the record, he crashed into me on the first day that arrived and the second day today." She held two fingers in the air. "That's twice now. Just a reminder, I don't like to be pushed over."
Zuzu gives her a frowning face. "C'mon, Yasuko, can you please just give Yuya back his Pendulum cards already?"
Yasuko held her chopstick to her lips. "Umm, let me think…no," she answered.
Zuzu huffs in anger. "Why not?" she asked.
Yasuko's eyes narrow slightly to Zuzu, already fed up with her temper. "Because I can," Yasuko replied. "Besides, I told you I would be giving back to him when the day is over and the day isn't over isn't it?" She puts away her finished bento box and collects her belongs. "Now if you excuse me, I'm heading back." Yasuko swipes the Pendulum cards and her own card before carrying her lunch box. "It was nice chatting with the both of ya, see you in class." Yasuko didn't give a wave as she walks across the track fields to get back to class.
Yuya has nothing more to do to get his cards back. He felt like it was unfair for Yasuko to hold onto the Pendulum cards that he practiced on while Zuzu still has the frown on her face, clearly showing the dislike for the new girl.
The day is finally over, and Yasuko had some time in her hands to do what she need to do. Yasuko cleans up her stuff and turns to Yuya, who was still sitting on his desk. "Here." Yasuko threw both Stargazer and Timegazer Magician on his table. "I held my end of the bargain."
Yuya picks up his cards for a brief second before looking up to Yasuko. "What, no excuses? No apology?" he inquired.
Yasuko faces back at Yuya, and she said, "Why should I? It was your fault for pushing me today and that's what you get. For all I care, they're practically useless."
Yuya narrows his eyes, staring at Yasuko with hostility building up. "Hey, that's not very nice, you know?" said Yuya.
"It's the truth," Yasuko admitted, packing up her notebook. She grabs both bags and before she goes, Yuya stops her. "Hey, wait… Yasuko, I just know something…" Yuya questioned her. "Are you in a duel school?"
"No," Yasuko asked.
"Really?" Yuya inquired, surprised. "I kinda assume that you're in duel school or something like that."
Yasuko's eyes stare at his own. "Yeah…no," said Yasuko, slowly. "I don't have any particular interest for those things. I can duel on my own. And from what I've heard, your father owns a Duel School, right?"
Yuya becomes surprised when he heard her knowing about the Duel School his father used to teach. "You know about You Show Duel School?" Yuya asked eagerly.
Yasuko closed her eyes and turned her head around. "I only heard about it since yesterday," said Yasuko.
Yuya got excited all the sudden and makes his way towards the front. "Then you've got to come with me and Zuzu." Yuya held his hands into fa ist, getting pumped up on her yearning for a special school. "We go to You Show Duel School, and I bet they can teach you a lot of things." Yuya then looks at the girl with dark pink hair. "Wouldn't be alright if she can come with us?"
Zuzu was strangely anxious about having Yasuko to come over to the school that she and agitated Duel. "I don't know if she's interested?" Zuzu inquired, uncertain about Yasuko's attitude towards their school's specialty.
"Like I care about playing circuit stunts and some other weird gimmicks," Yasuko said. "It doesn't suite my needs."
Zuzu looked at Yasuko with an anger look on her face. "Hey, that's my dad's school you're talking about!" Zuzu exclaimed.
Yasuko returns with a similar glance. "Really? I didn't know that there were staffs there."
Zuzu then takes one step forward to match her gaze. "Yuya's dad and my dad both made that school to help teach other people how to Duel with fun and a lot of things we can do to make dueling fun."
Yasuko seems irritated by Zuzu and turns her head away. "I don't care about those things. I duel for myself," she declared. "I don't make duels just to make someone else happy. I duel because I duel."
Zuzu bloats her cheeks in frustration and she turn her head around with the same attitude. "Fine, you know what, I don't care either!" she retorted. "You make think Dueling is always about winning, but Dueling is always about smiling."
Yasuko catches on about the tenet in duels. Yasuko doesn't know what kind of dueling styles that You Show teaches. "I don't care about smiles or winning, just as long as I get it over with," Yasuko said firmly. She does not want to talk to Zuzu anymore as she grabs both her bags and walks past both Zuzu and Yuya to the doors. "You two, have a good day." Yasuko waves back without looking before disappearing behind the corner.
Zuzu and Yuya watched her leave with different expressions: Zuzu for anger, and Yuya for concern. Yuya has never heard anyone talking about duels like that before in his life. He learned to understand that if anyone duels, then they have some kind of purpose or a reason for dueling. "Geez, what's up with her?" Zuzu scowled. "She should learn to manage her attitude when she meets people."
"I don't know," Yuya shrugged, confused.
Zuzu look back at the door way before she turned to face Yuya with a question she wanted to ask. "What's her problem?" she wondered. "We were trying to be nice, but she just had to go all crabby like a rock. She's a pain."
Yuya turns to give Zuzu a reasonable look. "Beats me. I don't know what's her problem." Yuya stands up and picks his bag to walk out with Zuzu.
Yasuko's bus stops at the center square. She has to go to the gym right after she was done touring herself around the city for a bit more. She figures that she can start with the Leo Institute Duel School for a moment because of their impressive structure and their well-known curriculums.
Yasuko was impressed with the building's interior. They've designed the complex so neat to all the students who enrolled in the LDS. Yasuko saw people dueling, training, and talking about cards. She continues to tour herself around LDS when she didn't notice that she walks past a boy with light cyan hair tied up and spiking out, wearing a blue jacket that with a yellow and orange trim over a black t-shirt.
"Nice place," Yasuko commented. "So, this is how the rich get the exclusives? Fine example of corporate monopoly." Yasuko heard excited voices coming from the entrance. She turns around and spotted three young kids, Yuya Sakaki, and Zuzu Hiiragi. At the sight of Yuya and Zuzu, Yasuko made a sound of disgust when she saw her again.
"You're kidding me?" Yasuko grumbled. "Why are they here? And who the hell's that boy with a bad haircut?" Yasuko narrows her eyes suspiciously. She did not expect to see Zuzu and Yuya again, but she didn't know that there was someone with them. It was a boy with short light brown, blonde hair, styled in layers, and grayish blue eyes wearing Maiami Prep Middle School uniform.
Normally, she would want to get into someone's business, but he looks like he was enjoying near the presences of Yuya. She could tell just by seeing how his body language was favoring Yuya as if he was his friend when Yuya should realize that he does not know him well.
"It's just like at You Show's only we give ourselves… mediagraphy!" The little red-haired girl cried out in amazement.
"I've heard that You Show's an "okay" school," The LDS student chuckled.
The little kids were very excited to see everything that LDS has to offer; however, Zuzu doesn't seem to be enthusiastic as the rest of her group. She had this stern look on her face that doesn't appreciate the things that LDS has made that You Show Duel doesn't.
"Well, thanks for the compliment! We're such a run-down joint!" Zuzu snapped sarcastically.
"Well, at least it's a cheaper place have their good points!" The chubby kid chuckled cheekily. He was excited to be in the top school as well. The LDS student smirked proudly. pointed to where they were all heading.
"The center court's that way!" The LDS student called. By then, they kept moving to get to the Center Court. Unnoticed by any of them, Yasuko was watching everything that they were doing.
Yasuko stays behind and watches the group leave with the LDS student boy. For some reason though, Yasuko was getting suspicious at the LDS student. She is certain that a stranger giving the kids and the two people she met at school generosity is faking his real nature. She doesn't like where this would be going if things go wrong for the group.
Yuya and the rest of the You Show students follow this strange LDS person all the way to the center of the court. By the time they stopped, they were amazed on how this court was three times bigger than their duel school's court. They had no idea that LDS could build sports sized stadiums for their own students. All the kids were so excited to see this arena in person.
"This is the most amazing dueling arena I've ever saw," said the chubby kid. Most of the kids were astonished by the size of the duel arena. The stadium was empty, but they thought of how the crowds would be screaming at their lungs to cheer them.
"It's the LDS Center Court I've been longing to see!" The blue haired kid exclaimed in amazement.
Yasuko stopped by at the entrance doing her best to remain hidden and see what the boy has in store for the other kids.
From the middle of the stadium, three teenage boys come up to the group. "Hey!" one of the students called.
The LDS student that led them here explained their reasons for being here. "Those boys are also your fans," he pointed out. "They are curious about the cards you used to Pendulum Summon. Would you mind showing them your cards?" The LDS student asked.
Yasuko somehow was getting on to what those boys were wanting to see: Pendulum Monsters. She lowered her eyes. Yasuko does not like how this would turn out. She had seen those cards before, and she would've guessed that those boys are after Yuya's Pendulum monsters.
Yuya is hesitant to the request. He reluctantly didn''t want to show anyone his first two cards he obtained. After Yasuko snagged his cards, he wants sure if he would want to show themto anyone again.
"You mean… show them... my cards…" Yuya started, only for the LDS student to insist.
"They're best buddies of mine," the student admitted.
Yasuko sees the hesitation from Yuya's face. It was clear to her that he really doesn't want to show anyone his cards after he made the Pendulum Summon. Yasuko watched carefully as Yuya already took out his cards.
"S-Sure..." Yuya muttered as he showed the cards. With one swing, the student swiftly takes both cards out of Yuya's hands.
"Here," The student replied, showing the cards to the other three boys.
"Awesome!" The three of them exclaimed.
"So, these are the cards you can use to Pendulum Summon!" One student exclaimed in amazement.
"I want 'em so bad!" Another cried out in joy. But then, the leading student took the cards from his two friends.
"Gentlemen. You can't have these cards, they aren't yours. Isn't that right?" The student sneered. "After all, I'm adding them to my collection," The student smirked. While the three boys were sniggering, Yuya, Zuzu, and the three little kids were all shocked to hear and see this.
"So, that's how it goes then, huh?" said Yasuko, narrowing her eyes further to become a frown of disappointment. "He was faking it from the beginning just so he could get his hands on those cards."
"Huh!?" Yuya gasped.
"Hold on! What're you talking about!?" Zuzu snapped.
"I happen to be a collector for all rare and powerful cards, you see. And in my opinion, they're the only cards that are worth collecting," The LDS student laughed. "In other words, your cards are so unique that I just couldn't resist them!"
"So that's why you called us here!?" Zuzu snapped angrily. Yuya was angry too until the leader of the group shrugged.
"That's not the only reason" The leader explained. "You see, I need to learn how to use the cards." He pocketed the cards in his jacket before turning to his three friends. "You guys want to see a Pendulum Summon, don't ya?" The leader asked with a sneer.
His boys were all eager with excitement to see the use of Pendulum summon up close. With that, the leader took out his dark turquoise Duel Disk. "That's why I reserved the center court," The leader added, as Yuya grew hesitant.
"H-Hold on!" Yuya started, only for the leader to walk to them with a sneer.
"It's fine! We all came here to see the Pendulum Summon... don't we now?" The leader taunted. He stretched Yuya's goggles, before slapping them back on, causing him to fall back, wincing in pain.
"Are you okay, Yuya?!" The little blue haired kid gasped.
Yasuko was watching everything from the entrance of the duel court. She wouldn't want to trouble his business, but she hates people who fiddles with someone as gullible like Yuya to take hold of those Pendulum cards.
"And with that..." The leader smirked. He snapped his fingers, signaling his minions to do the work. Two of them grabbed Zuzu, much to her shock. "Huh!? Hey! What do you think you're doing!?" Zuzu snapped angrily. The two didn't respond as they dragged her away, with the bigger one grabbing the kids.
Yasuko's hands clenched together to form fists that looked white. Her frowns turn to a glare that seeing these acts are disgusting in her nature.
All the kids and Zuzu were panicking at the hostage situation. At this, the Yuya grew shocked frantic of what to do. "Stop it! Let Zuzu and the kids go!" Yuya demanded, but the leader just gave him a smirk.
"No need for you to worry about them! I'm just gonna have them lend us a hand in our Duel," The leader explained.
"In our Duel?" Yuya repeated in confusion. At the question, the leader was reminded of something as he took out some cards from his jacket.
"Oh yeah, by the way, I have a little something as a gift for the Pendulum cards. I feel bad that only you gave me cards, so... I'm givin' all of 'em to you!" The leader explained, throwing the cards at Yuya's feet. He saw many cards that are worthless to his eyes. He was showing cards that would be useless in a duel if they can't be able to win against an opponent.
"Those cards are worthless like you!" The leader laughed with an evil smirk.
Yuya grew speechless with what his new enemy aid as he bit his lips. "No cards are worthless, and yet, you called them trashy? How could you...?" Yuya repeated as he knelt, picking up the cards.
Yasuko saw how Yuya was affectionate to the cards regardless of how useful they could be in a duel. She takes the moment to think about how rude the leader was to Yuya and his friends. Picking on the weak is one of the things she hates. In her mind, it was time to act. Yasuko took a step forward, revealing herself by the entrance of the duel court. "Hey douchebag!" she snapped coldly and loudly at the leader.
He seemed to have heard her rant, noticing her appearance at the entrance. "What!? Who said that?!" the leader turns his head around so many times until his eyes stops at Yasuko. "And who might you be!?" The leader snapped. Yuya turn his attention towards Yasuko along with his four friends and the leader's other three friends.
"Ah, Yasuko!" Yuya gasped.
The leader heard Yuya calling to her name. "Huh? Yasuko?" the leader repeated.
"Yeah, my name is Yasuko Yukihana, and I believe you're making a mistake there," Yasuko announced, walking up towards the center. "Stealing cards just because they're rare is completely pathetic. You call yourself a duelist for stealing somethng valuable? I don't think you're even worthy of being a duelist. I think you're just a cowardly stupid boy who's an ebmarrassment to your mom," she retorted coldly, pointing at the leader with annoyance. Yasuko continues to walk towards the center until she stops besides Yuya, glaring at the LDS leader.
At the insult, the leader gritted his teeth, looking furious of what Yasuko had said to him. "What... did you... just say!?" The leader growled slowly. Yasuko lowered her eyes as a clarification to her insult.
"You heard me. You're just a cowardly thorn in the ass who doesn't care about anything about cards," Yasuko added. "You think they're worthless because you never used them. I bet you're even worthless as a duelist student because even you couldn't even duel with a sock, blondie!"
The more Yasuko keeps talking down about him, the more the leader is infuriated. The leader clenched his fists, as he glared at Yasuko vigorously. "Alright then, fine! You're the first person I'll duel and then, Yuya Sakaki is next!" he declared, pointing his finger at Yasuko.
"A one-on-one duel isn't gonna cut it, so why not we amp it up with a four-way duel." Yasuko jabs her thumb at the students by the corner. "Send in one of your monkeys in and then, you can have one of them take the kids as hostages." Yuya was shocked even more. Yasuko showed up and she just declared a battle royal against the leader and his goon. He was for sure she's gone crazy to match against the leader.
Yuya got up, trying to stop her from escalating the mach. "Wait! Yasuko, you can't just barge into this make it a four-way duel!" he protested. "This is my Duel! And that means I have to duel him!" Yuya pleaded.
Yasuko glances over her shoulder at Yuya begging to stop. "No thanks, I made my choice," Yasuko replied. "Your new friend here has already stepped onto the danger zone, so there's no need to back out."
"He's not my friend!" Yuya protested anything he has with the LDS leader.
"I thought you and douchebag were friends?" Yasuko inquired.
"We're not!" he shouted.
"Hey, who are you calling douchebag!?" The leader exclaimed. "For you should know, I am Sylvio Sawatari, and I am the son of the Furio Sawatari, the re-elected mayor of—"
"Never heard of you," Yasuko interrupted his introduction. Sylvio paused, feeling white in his skin to hear that no one has ever heard of him. "But if you're gonna do some introductions, then I suggest you say it…" Yasuko drops her bags on the floor and picks out her duel disk from her holster. She puts on her duel disk on her left wrist. Her Disk was coded ina green body just like Sylvio's and a blue blade glows out from her duel disk. "After… I kicked you and your buddy here to the bringer," Yasuko declares her words firmly.
Sylvio, smirking with enjoyment, feels confident enough to accept her challenge. "Alright then…" Sylvio looks over to the group and picks his first guy to choose in the duel. "You! Yamabe, you're with me! I'm gonna pick the Action field now! Tower above us as you trap the frail princesses!" The leader yelled. He snapped his fingers, calling for the Action Field. "Action Field, on! And I choose...Prison Tower of Darkville!"
On his words, the ARC machine lights on the ground to activate the Field Spell that was selected, summoning a real-life looking town, with Zuzu and the three kids screaming in shock. Chains spread around as a tower shot up beneath the four.
"Zuzu!" Yuya gasped.
Yasuko didn't react to the screams for she was focusing on her opponents. Sylvio and Yamabe were both standing at one building rising from the ground. Yasuko and Yuya stand still as one of the building rose from their side.
"Ya know, a prison tower needs to have prisoners," Sylvio taunted. "Don't they?"
Yasuko turned to the leader while Yuya tried to run for his friends. "So, you're taking hostages now?" Yasuko inquired. "I would've thought you'd be some of a challenge, guess my luck's run out for a sorry ass dude like you," Yasuko insulted Sylvio so easily that he got tempered, stomping his feet.
"What was that?! Just shut up will ya! The duels' already set up, and we're the ones who are gonna kick you to the bringer!" Sylvio retorted.
"Whatever, idiot," Yasuko retorted before jumping down from the building. She landed on the alleyway before Yuya came running to her way, trying to get to the prison tower that is holding Zuzu and the little children. Soon, they were all standing in the middle of the dark town on the path.
"Hang on you guys!" Yuya yelled. "I'm coming!" Yasuko's face frowned, seeing how deeply concerned Yuya was for his friends until she stops him from going to the tower. She grabs his arm, stopping him from getting to the tower. "What are you doing? I have to save my friends!" Yuya snapped as he wrenched his arm away.
Yasuko gives a hard stare. "Yuya, if you want to save your friends, then you have to duel," Yasuko grunted, trying to stop him from going to the tower.
Yuya grits his teeth in anger and to a step forward. He glared at Yasuko for starting all of this. "This wasn't supposed to be your duel!" Yuya retorted. "I should be the one dueling him! Not you, you idiot! This is my responsibility and I have to take it!"
"If you are taking responsibility, then why did you believe in that guy and gave him your Pendulum Cards?" Yasuko questioned. Yuya paused for a split second, letting all his anger at Yasuko go away. "You let yourself distracted. And in the end, you ended up getting swagged again. The most important thing you can do is duel Sylvio and his goon," she explained.
"The girl's got the point." Sylvio and Yamabe were both standing on top of the building in front of them. "If you wanna save 'em, then come and duel against me with your new friend... Yuya Sakaki," Sylvio insisted. He and Yamabe had their duel disk activated, so Yuya was the only one who hasn't activated his duel disk. Yasuko and Yuya glared at Sylvio and his buddy, Yamabe.
"Sawatari..." Yuya hissed his name. "Alright then…" he declared as he takes out his red Duel Disk. He activated it, forming a solid yellow blade.
"Since there are four of us, I'd say we make it a tag team duel," Sylvio stated. "The rules of a tag team duel is simple. We all use one field, one graveyard, and one life point system. We all share those in the duel," Yuya frowned while Yasuko glowered.
"That's fine by me," said Yasuko. She didn't notice that Yuya had inserted one of the cards that Sylvio threw in his Deck.
"Yuya…" Yasuko declared, gaining Yuya's attention. "Whatever happens, don't let your personal feelings get in the way. You may not know who I am, but let's just put everything aside and focus on the duel."
Yuya stared at Yasuko. She is looking at her opponents with a serious firm face. "Right… uh, Yasuko." With all four-duel disk glowing the blades, the duelist gathered at the center where they'll be dueling their opponents.
"Now that you and your new friend has finally found your resolves! You're gonna teach me everything you know about pendulum and then..." Sawatari called. "We'll crush you!"
"You're gonna show us how to Pendulum Summon!" said one of Sylvio's buddies.
"He's already taken your Pendulum monsters," another one of his buddies added.
"And now, we're gonna pulp that puny brain of yours," said Yamabe.
"Right, in that case then…" Yasuko added. "Let the student surpass the teacher."
Sylvio gives her a smirk. "Well then...I shall be the one who surpasses all…"
With all four duelists together for a tag team showdown, and declared in unison.
"Let's duel!"
So in the next chapter, there will be a duel, but it'll take a lot of time just to play out the strategies and fall them in correctly. And in case you wonder why I didn't put much personality for the character is because I want her to be, at most, a reserved character. I want to make sure that character is still just as stoic as possible. It's actually one of my favorite types of characters I love to write about.
Anyways, I hoped you've enjoyed reading this chapter so far. I know I write a lot, but I thank you for taking the time to read this through. I will try to post the next chapter as soon as possible, hopefully not too long though.