Chapter III

The Tiger

Saby nodded off as her tutor droned on about the economical and biological hazards that the people from Satellite caused. She thought it was a bunch of bull shit, but what did she know, right?

Her parents were big business people, and she knew that they use to work for a criminal organization called Sonika. The only reason she knew that is because she overheard her parents arguing about whether to work for them one night when she went to get a drink of water. They finally agreed to work for them a little while, but other than that, she didn't know if they stayed with them. Probably not, since they weren't arrested when Sonika was taken down.

She brushed her hair out of her eyes. It was long and white, with black stripes in it, to make it look like the fur of a white tiger. She was 17, and was very beautiful. Her parents kept trying to make her go on dates with other rich, upper class retards. She sighed. This isn't for me. I just want to duel. Screw the "risks" that people from Satellite posed. Its all fake anyway. Please, someone just let me get out of here!

"Are you paying attention, Miss Felyne?"

"No, I'm not. We both know I'm not, so why bother trying to teach me?" Saby snapped.

The tutor was taken aback. "Maybe we should take a break?"

"Yeah, a break would be nice. A break from this crappy life!" Saby said as she stormed out of the room. She quickly went to her own room, and pulled out her cards.

As she was going through them, she noticed an envelope with her name on it laying on her bed. She opened it up and saw a booster pack with her name on it inside. She frowned as she opened it up. Five Forces? What are these cards? Then she noticed one in particular. Five Forces- White Tiger. She smiled as she played with her hair. I think this is a sign. I'm out of here!

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Saby snuck her D-Wheel out of the garage. Her parents didn't know she had it. They didn't want her to Duel. They wanted her to be lady-like and proper at all times. It's not like I'm a tomboy, she thought. I just like the game.

She rolled it out onto the street. She turned it on, then rode out of the Tops. She rode around for awhile, wondering what to do. Her stomach rumbled, and she realized she was hungry. She decided to stop somewhere and eat.

She stopped at a ramen shop. It was called Ramen Heaven, and she saw a tall, black haired boy about a year older than her at the counter. She walked up.

"Hello, what can I get you today?" he asked. He then turned to the red-headed boy about the same age as him who was talking to a blonde who had a rather large bust. "DAMMIT JEFFREY! STOP FLIRTING! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT?" He turned back to Saby. "Sorry about that. I'm Max. My brother and I run this shop."

Saby giggled. "I'm Saby. I think I'll have the special today."

"One special dish for one special lady." Max winked. "Anything to drink?"

Saby laughed. "A coke please."

She sat down at one of the tables and pulled out the White Tiger card. She was examining it when a boy in a white jacket placed a bowl of ramen and a coke down on the table in front of her. "Here you go ma'am."

"Please, you don't have to call me that." Saby said.

"Sorry…"

"Hey, it's okay. What's your name?" Saby asked, hoping to make him feel better. She could tell something was troubling him.

"Jayce. Jayce Avus. You met my brother, he took your order." Jayce glanced at her. "And if he didn't make some comment to you about either your looks or getting into your pants, then something's wrong," he said as he grinned.

Saby blushed, but laughed anyway. She set the card on the table and looked at the bowl of ramen. "This looks delicious."

"Thanks. Making ramen seems to be the only thing I'm good at lately…" Jayce frowned. Then he noticed her card. "Whoa, can I see this?" he asked.

"Uh… sure?"

Jayce picked up the card. "Where did you get this?"

"This is gonna sound crazy, but I found it in a letter to me." Saby said, feeling a little stupid.

"It had only your name on it? And inside was a pack of cards, and that pack had your name on it too?"

"Yeah, how did you know? Did you send it to me?"

Jayce shook his head. He pulled out his deck and picked one card out of it, then placed it down on top of her White Tiger. His was called Red Phoenix. "My brother and I got one too. Hey, Max, get over here!"

Max walked over to Jayce and Saby. "What's up Jayce? Hello again Saby."

Jayce pointed to her card. Max stared and pulled out his card and placed it next to the other two. "Red Phoenix, Blue Dragon, White Tiger. That's only three. There's two more," Max said.

"How do you know?" Saby asked.

"Five Forces. That must mean there are five of them," Max explained.

Jayce nodded. "Uh, Saby, you want to stay here for a while?"

Saby glanced at the two. They weren't super handsome, but they both looked attractive. She didn't like how Max was always calling her beautiful, but she felt that he wouldn't do anything unless she agreed. And Jayce, well, he wouldn't do anything, not with whatever was bothering him. "Okay. I'll stay here for a while."

"Cool." Max said. "Your working the kitchen with Jayce."

"What?"

"You live with us, you gotta work for the shop," Jayce said.

Saby laughed. They got her on that. After she finished her ramen, she went into the kitchen to work with Jayce.

She found it was easy to work with him, even though she had no clue what to do. He showed her how to cook the ramen, and she quickly learned what to do. Soon, she was laughing and joking with Jayce, doing the cooking automatically.

"Hey, Jayce, Saby. Someone's moving into the other apartment upstairs," Max said after giving them some more orders.

"How do you know?" Jayce asked.

"Jeffrey says that someone's stuff is in there," Max explained.

"Does he ever work?" Jayce wondered. "Whatever. I guess we'll meet them when they get here."

"Hey, I really don't appreciate you guys yelling at me all the time," Jeffrey said as they cleared up for the day.

"Well, if you worked more instead of goofing off, then we wouldn't yell," Max said.

"Hey, I got an idea. Jeffrey, you duel Saby. If you win, we stop yelling at you. If she wins, you have to stop goofing off or you get fired. Sound good?" Jayce said. Jeffrey nodded.

Saby shrugged. She went over to her D-Wheel and took of the platform. She activated it at the same time Jeffrey activated his. "Duel!" They both said.

Saby's LP: 4000

Jeffrey's LP: 4000

"Girls go first," Saby said as she drew. "I play one monster in defense mode and play the Forest field card. Then I play two cards face down and end my turn."

Saby's LP: 4000

Jeffrey's LP: 4000

"My turn. I activate my spell card: Double Summon!" Jeffrey said.

"I don't think so. I activate my trap card: Magic Jammer. I discard one card to negate and destroy one spell card," Saby said as she sent Celtic Guardian to the Graveyard.

"Fine. I summon Dark Blade (4/1800/1500) attack mode, and attack your face down card," Jeffrey said as his warrior destroyed Saby's Silver Fang. "Then I play one card facedown and end my turn."

Saby's LP: 4000

Jeffrey's LP: 4000

"I draw, then play Graceful Charity. I draw three cards, then discard two," Saby said as she drew. She then sent another Silver Fang and a Kuriboh to the Graveyard. "Next, I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (4/1800/1600) in Attack mode. Next, I activate Blast With Chain onto Gearfried. However, it's destroyed due to Gearfried's effect!" Saby said.

"Then why do it?" Jeffrey asked.

"Because, when Blast With Chain is destroyed when it's an equip card, she can destroy one card on the field," Jayce explained.

"That's right. Thanks for explaining Jay," Saby said, smiling at him.

Jayce tensed up as she called him that. He frowned. It's okay. She doesn't know, he thought.

"I will destroy your Dark Blade with the effect. Now, since your wide open, I attack directly!" Saby exclaimed. "End turn."

Saby's LP: 4000

Jeffrey's LP: 2200

"My turn. Draw!" Jeffrey said. "I play Peten the Dark Clown (3/500/1200) in Defense Mode, and then play Dark Hole! However, due to Peten's ability, I can send it out of play when it's destroyed to special summon another one from my deck. I'll summon this one in attack mode. Now, Peten, attack her directly!"

Saby winced as the clown stabbed her in the back.

Saby's LP: 3500

Jeffrey's LP: 2200

"My turn," Saby said as she drew. Whoa, perfect timing. "I special summon Five Forces- White Tiger(10/3000/3000)!" Saby declared as a giant white tiger appeared on the field. "Now, I summon Speed Warrior (2/900/400) in attack mode, then activate White Tiger's effect: I can special summon one monster from my deck. I summon Junk Synchron (3/1300/500)! Next, I Synchronize my Junk Synchron and my Speed Warrior to summon: Junk Warrior (5/2300/1300)! Junk Warrior, attack Peten the Dark Clown! Next, White Tiger attack directly!" Saby exclaimed.

Saby's LP: 3500

Jeffrey's LP: 0

"Aw man, beaten by a girl…" Jeffrey said.

"Hey, I'd wanna be beaten by a girl," Max said, chuckling a little. He heard Jayce call him a pervert in his mind.

Jayce and Max showed Saby upstairs to the apartment. It was sparsely furnished, obviously showing how recently the twins had moved in. They put her in the spare bedroom, with Jayce's room to the left of hers and Max's to the right. "You might want to lock your door at night," Jayce told her.

"Robbers?" she asked.

"No, Max," the smaller twin said with a laugh. Despite being depressed about something, he would still laugh and joke, Saby noticed. She laughed too, as Max took a half-hearted swing at Jayce.

"Well, I'm going to bed now. And I think I will lock my door, just to be safe," Saby said with a wink. This sent the Avus brothers into another laughing fit. She smiled as she closed the door. I'm finally out of my parent's house, and living with two guys. What would my old "friends" think, I wonder? Oh, well, I'm happy here. With those thoughts she went to bed.

In the room to the left, Jayce frowned. He was attracted to Saby. And he knew that his brother was too. Things were going to get interesting at Ramen Heaven.