Love Téa
(A/N: This is a "Yu-Gi-Oh!" version of "Love Hina", with some other bits I thought to add in, so don't sue me!)
Ch. 3: Dueling Tournament Surprise
In his sleep KH dreamed of him being a child again, hoping that all the bad things that happened in his life hadn't really happened. Then he saw a small girl walking away, sulking, but his vision was in black and white, so he couldn't tell the colors of anything at all, and he couldn't see her face. As he went closer towards her to know her better, he began to mature up to his true age (19 years)! As the little girl turned around, she instantly matured to become Zoë!
KH immediately woke up! Kay groaned, "Dude… that chick even invades my dreams."
A voice from somewhere nearby him asked "What chick?"
Kay looked at his door and discovered Foxy (who is half-awake (judging by the way she's dressed) and brushing her teeth), "Zoë, that's who." He felt his chest and felt relieved that he's a male again. Then he checked the time on his clock…
"AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!"
In a rush, Melody quickly threw pre-made homemade traveling breakfasts to each Duelist in the hotel she could find, Tammy handed everybody their own personal Duel Disks as they got out the door, and Helen ordered a trolley to take them to their tournament!
KH has placed himself in blue shorts (hot weather), a yellow muscle shirt, a red sleeveless jacket, and brown flip-flop sandals. He always kept the Sword Talisman around his neck and has his Tenaku Hotel Duel Disk on. He placed the back of his hair in a ponytail while on the run towards the tournament.
Foxy just pulled on some sexy yellow spandex with some revealing spots. Tammy just has a rainbow tie-dye toga on (her Duel Disk is on her left wrist, just like the others). Melody slipped into a red-and-pink schoolgirl uniform (sailor Fuku style) with some impressions of Slifer the Sky Dragon around some parts, plus someone helped her dye some parts of her raven hair blue to inspire her of KH. Pirika placed herself in a yellow battle costume styled for Yellow Ra. As for Helen, she is in a grand Obelisk Blue professor jacket over her regular clothes.
KH noticed and asks Melody, "You're a student in Duel Academia Junior High?" Melody blushes and asks, "How do you know, sir?" Kuro-Horo smiles and answers, "Duel Academia Junior High is like any other school for 'Yu-Gi-Oh' duelists but more open to the world." Melody sighs, "Being in Slifer Red, I've being losing for a while, I was bottom of my class until you came along into my life." KH said, "Just doing my best to help you, Melody."
As they got to their home island's International Duel Dome, a silvery mountain-sized stadium for the 'Yu-Gi-Oh' card game… Helen admitted to everyone, "I've set all your clocks ahead one hour just to make fun out of all of you," as she pulls out a cigarette. KH, angered by her joke, took it away and stomped on it, "Go spit, Aunt Helen!"
Unwittingly, KH bumped into a girl in a blue-and-white Obelisk Blue uniform from Duel Academia, she's got medium-length light-blue hair and a pair of black-tinted sunglasses, around her waist are two black leather belts. She's got a great figure and yet a shy expression on her face. She's got a Duel Disk, so she's in the tournament.
Kuro-Horo apologized to her, "I'm sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going! Are you alright?" Then the girl just ran into the stadium. "Huh? Hey, wait!"
He asked himself, "What did I do? And why is that girl outside Duel Academia? All students are supposed to stay on the island or else be expelled or come back and end up in Slifer Red." Foxy butted in with a suggestion, "Maybe she was so gifted that she gained the grades to get out until graduation."
KH tells the others, "In this tournament, it'll be a tough battle, so good luck to you all." Helen smiles, "I guess you didn't know, Kuro-Horo; this tournament is holding a Partnership Dueling style; as many Duelists from one to 6 will be in this."
A familiar pair of male voices struck KH's cords of memory, "Brother!"
KH turned his head to find to young men about his age; one who is a little shorter than KH and the other is taller. Both of them have Duel Disks, telling everyone that they're both Duelists too.
The shorter Duelist has a muscular build, a gentle expression on his face, and medium-sized and length black hair with brown bangs. He is dressed in a blue jacket with white stripes signifying that he was from Obelisk Blue once, square-shaped glow-in-the-dark green-rimmed goggles with copper-colored lenses (like an astronaut's helmet's visor), a golden-yellow mechanical belt (like Batman's), white fingerless carpenter gloves, a pair of purple slacks, and white sneakers. His name is Yomato Kyôyama.
The taller Duelist has black bangs over his forehead that stretched to the sides, the rest of his hair's body is a thick white mane, and his body is well-built and strong. He's dressed in an opened Yellow Ra jacket, a yellow muscle shirt, white shorts, black shoes, and a double-color sided tinting sunglasses. His name is Komatsu Bokuto.
KH knows them both and smiles a little as he responds to them, "Hey, Matt (Yomato's nickname)! Yo, Koe (Komatsu's nickname)!"
The girls got confused, "Brother?"
KH quickly explained, "They call me 'brother' because we respect each other like so."
Helen smiles and introduced them, "The shorter and cuter one is Yomato Kyôyama, also known as Matt." Matt blushes like a tomato, "Hi, Pr. Utamaru." "The two-toned hair freak is Komatsu Bokuto, also known as Koe." Koe scoffed, "Feh!" Helen presented them both at an arms length, "The Three Musketeers of Duel Academia back in 2016."
Tammy counted by pointing her fingers at them, "There's only 2." Helen replies, "You've just met the third back at the hotel."
The younger girls gasped in surprise; Kuro-Horo is part of a group of strong Duelists!
Foxy exclaimed, "Kuro-Horo Utamaru of Slifer Red, Yomato Kyôyama of Obelisk Blue, and Komatsu Bokuto of Yellow Ra? They are the Three Musketeers of D.A. 2016! I've heard you could do almost anything! But I never actually met up with KH in the first place… ever. Heck, I was even in Duel Academia, graduating at the time along with you!"
Kuro thought it over, and then he remembered, "You're that young woman in Ra Yellow who tried to make the professors drunk before his speech!" Foxy laughed, "Well, excuse me."
Helen smiles, "These three have been singing in a small choir sometimes during D.A., please sing for them." Kuro-Horo sighs, "Alright."
For a long time we have marched off into battle (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe)
In our group of three, we felt a lot like cattle (Kuro-Horo)
Foxy imitated a cow. (Rather perfectly)
Like the pounding beat (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe)
Our aching feet aren't easy to ignore (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe)
Hey, think of instead (Koe)
A girl worth dueling for (Koe)
Huh? (Kuro-Horo)
That's what I said (Koe)
A girl worth dueling for (Koe)
I want her paler than the moon with eyes that shine like stars (Koe)
And she will marvel at my strength, adore my battle scars (Koe)
I couldn't care less what she'll wear or what she looks like (Matt)
It all depends on what she cooks like (Matt)
Beef, pork, chicken (Matt)
Mmm (everyone)
Bet the local girls thought you are quite the charmer (Komatsu's voice)
Koe thought he actually sang that, but KH noticed it was Foxy!
Hey, I'll bet the ladies love a man in armor (Koe)
At the activation of his own Duel Disk, Koe was suited in a suit of blue and gray space age Armor Monsters! (Psychic Armor Head (type: machine-effect-Earth/LS: 3/ATK: 0/DEF: 500), Black Hole Shield (type: machine-armor-Earth/LS: 4/ATK: 0/DEF: 0), Over Boost (type: machine-armor-Earth/LS: 4/ATK: 0/DEF: 500), Active Guard (type: machine-armor-Earth/LS: 4/ATK: 0/DEF: 1000), and Big Bang Blow (type: machine-armor-Earth/LS: 3/ATK: 0/DEF: 0))
You can guess what we have missed the most (Matt & Koe)
Since we've been in D.A. wars (Kuro-Horo)
What do we want? (Koe)
A girl worth dueling for (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe)
My girl will think I have no faults (Koe)
That I'm a major find (Matt)
How 'bout a girl who's got a brain who always speaks her mind? (Kuro-Horo)
Nah! (Koe)
My manly ways and turn of phrase are sure to thrill her (Kuro-Horo's voice)
KH wanted to beat the living daylights of Foxy!
You think you're now a lady killer (Koe)
Then he socked KH in the jaw, believing he actually sang that!
My man is away, yet he's unlike any other (Helen)
Yeah, the only man who'd love her is her brother (Foxy)
Kay recovered and both he and his aunt sent Foxy boob-level into the ground!
But when we retire in victory they'll line up at the door (Koe)
What do we want? (Koe)
A girl worth dueling for (Matt)
Wish that I had (Kuro-Horo)
A girl worth dueling for (Matt & Koe)
"No!" shouts KH, "Don't you know the sacrifices you'll both have to make when you're older and with your wives? If you get any."
Koe simply answered, "Someone who'd worship the dirt I walk on, someone who'd get it on with me without being disgusted by my 'birth defects', someone who could laugh, and thinks I'm a god." Matt groans, "You immature dummy; I'd go for someone who'd put up with me for who I am and love me for it, as well as if she can cook, even love the stuff I love. I still need time before thinking about being a father."
Then they asked KH, "What about you?" Kuro-Horo sighs in despair, "I'm not ready yet. I can't commit, Matt's a little timid, and Koe's a big jerk."
Well I don't need that to be all smug and snooty (Koe)
We got some plaques right here that says we kicked Duel booty (Koe)
We have everything we dreamed we find when we graduated D.A.'s wars (Matt)
Yeah! Everything but–– (Matt & Koe)
Then KH saw the same blue-haired girl from Obelisk Blue staring back at them.
What? A girl worth dueling for (Kuro-Horo)
Hey, suck in your gut! (Koe)
There's a girl worth dueling for (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe)
And I think she wants you to come over. (Koe (to KH))
Kay calmly asks, "What more do you want?"
My girl will laugh at all my jokes (Koe)
And, boy, will we get laid (Koe)
She'll care for me when I get sick (Matt)
And let me pick off of her plate (Matt)
If Koe can find a girl who likes his Armor Burst trick (Kuro-Horo)
With just a flex of his huge muscles, Koe knocked his suit of armor off, just like that!
Ooh he really better just propose quick (Kuro-Horo)
Then he socked the both of his friends, 'Scarlet Socks' Zoë style!
Well I have to say based on today you're cranky (Koe)
We'll just spend our lives with you bro (Matt)
Pass the hanky (Kuro-Horo)
Matt did, which KH blew his nose in!
Well, there's no one there to steal my chair (Koe)
And twirl around the floor (Koe)
Wish that I had a girl worth dueling for (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe)
I would be true (Kuro-Horo)
To a girl worth dueling (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe)
I'd make fondue (Matt)
For a girl worth dueling (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe)
I'll even kiss you (Koe)
For a girl worth dueling… (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe)
BAM! All three of them slipped on a banana peel on the floor, thanks to Tammy!
For. (Kuro-Horo, Matt, & Koe) (Rather very weakly)
Then KH heard a very familiar laughter; it sounds like Zoë Ichigo… and it's coming from… the blue-haired Obelisk Blue girl!
He concentrated and saw a whole gang of hysterically laughing Maho Shoujo monsters laughing around her!
He got up and asked, "Did you discover the next of your Inner Soul Duelist Power, Zoë?"
That's when the laughing ceased! She rubbed the top of her long blue hair as it magically turned bright pink and shrunk down a little! She takes off her sunglasses… it is Zoë!
Foxy gasped, "No fair! I wanted that power firsthand!" Zoë said, "At least I've discovered it in a dream and learned how to control it. Now I can take the talents, bodies, and appearances of any Maho Shoujo I wish, as well as any impossible/improbable girls in existence." She proved it by changing into an exact likeness to Sailor Moon!
Kuro-Horo asked her, "Did you actually hear me sing with those guys?" Zoë groans, "I can't believe you and those two goofballs were in the same crowd of graduates as Foxy was in two years ago. But now I believe it. Heck, I found that paraphrased song rather amusing!" She then returns to laughing her head off, as she reverts back into a normal Zoë Ichigo!
Koe smirks, "You should hear KH try to imitate Britney Spears!" Zoë laughed harder at that!
Kuro-Horo seriously said to his friends, "Zoë, Foxy, Tammy, Melody, Pirika, Aunt Helen, and I are living together at Tenaku Hotel, a Duelists' hotel which I've recently became the landlord of."
Koe stood there, shocked! 'KH is the landlord over these chicks?'
Matt said, "Let's hurry up, we've got partners to pick and a tournament to win. I vote Koe and me."
Helen said, "I'm just here as an announcer and for commentary, I am a D.A. professor after all."
Foxy sighs, "I guess I'll go with––"
Melody said, "I'll go with Foxy!"
Tammy happily shouts out, "I'VE GOT PIRIKA!"
Kuro-Horo and Zoë looked at each other, "No way! (KH) No how! (Z) No shirt, (KH) no shoes, (Z) no service!" (Both)
But of course, the ending result told them that they have no choice; there's no one else left and there's only one spot left.
Zoë said to KH, "Just keep your eyes off me." Kay replied, "Just as long as you don't kick me!"
Observing Tammy and Pirika, Kuro-Horo discovered that Pirika is using mostly Amazoness monster cards, and monsters that can special summon themselves to the field (like the Fiend Mega-cyber), and spirit monsters, monsters that can revive themselves from the Graveyard, and finally many other shamanistic cards. Tammy has the entire legendary ABC arsenal of the union robot monsters in her deck!
(A/N: Most of these I borrowed or made up. Why? Because who knows; they could actually make them someday.)
A white and golden-colored robotic falcon (A-Falcon Harrier; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)
A black-and-white-colored robotic brachiosaur (B-Brachiosaur Carrier; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 2300/DEF: 1500)
A green-and-brown jeep (C-Battle Jeep; type: machine-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1800)
A red racer motorcycle (D-Sonic Cycle; type: machine-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1000/DEF: 500)
A blue robotic wolf (E-Hyperdrive Wolf; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 900)
A white blaster/bow like jet (F-Winged Blaster; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 2300)
A golden and green-colored robotic turtle (G-Laser Turtle; type: machine-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1000/DEF: 2000)
A silvery and metallic brown satellite (H-Space Blaster; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1500)
A big robotic head like from a Megazord (I-Robot Head; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 800/DEF: 1500)
A light-blue, white, and red Mecha warrior that looks like something from 'Gundam' (J-Ultimate Mecha; type: machine-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1300)
A large surfboard-shaped blade (K-Surfer Blades; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1300/DEF: 1800)
A white and red humanoid robot that looks like someone from 'Transformers' (L-Armor Warrior; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1700)
A big black ball (M-Shield Ball; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 0/DEF: 2500)
A big red and yellow blaster gun (N-Ion Cannon; type: machine-effect-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 2200/DEF: 0)
A metallic orange wheel (O-Crusher Wheel; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1500)
A dark blue turret like that on a tank (P-Gunner Turret; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 0)
A big green and brown arsenal of blasters on two caterpillar tracks (Q-Heavy Artillery; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)
A silvery humanoid robot (R-Combat Robot; type: machine-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1900/DEF: 1000)
A green robotic shark (S-Hover Shark; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1300)
A purple jet fighter (T-Blast Jet; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1700)
An indigo box-shaped spacecraft (U-Star Booster; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 0/DEF: 0)
A yellow and green robotic tiger flying in midair (V-Tiger Jet; type: machine-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1200)
A large blue rectangular jet (W-Double Wing Catapult; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1600)
A big blue robot with two cannon turrets and two large strong arms (X-Head Cannon; type: machine-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500)
A red robotic wyvern (Y-Dragon Head; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600)
A flat yellow with an eye staring at the opponent (Z-Metal Tank; type: machine-union-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1300)
Tammy shouts, "Together my monsters are all forming into their ultimate form; ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-Ultimate Mecha Warrior! Or A-Z-Ultimate Mecha Warrior for short."
Tammy's strongest monster is a multicolored robotic humanoid warrior Mecha with a lot of guns pointing at their opponent and a large pair of wings on its back. (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-Ultimate Mecha Warrior; type: machine-fusion-effect-Light/LS: 12/ATK: 10000/DEF: 9500)
Frightened by the original attack strength of just Tammy's strongest fusion monster, Zoë begged to KH, "Tell me that Attack Meter's broke!"
Tammy shouts out to her (and her partner's) opponents, "By discarding one card, I can activate the ultimate ability of my ultimate fusion monster: to attack again during the same turn and remove all cards on your side of the field and from your hand from the game, adding up 500 points per card! A-Z-Ultimate Mecha Warrior, Fuse Cannon Fire Storm!" All the guns blasted against the other Duelists!
Helen shouts her comment in her microphone, "Boy, for a little girl with little guns, just comes packed with the big guns!"
Zoë cringes, "And I defeated her with my Maho Shoujo so many times?" KH asked, "Have you ever bothered to ask her for permission to look into her deck?" Zoë gently shook her head, "Never."
Later… Foxy's got her Dark Magician Bride (type: spellcaster-fusion-effect-Dark/LS: 6/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100), a blonde-haired Dark Magician Girl in a white frilly version of her suit, has already captivated two opposing monsters and has them as her polygamist grooms, along with an attack strength of 12000! Foxy shouts alongside with her monster, "Lovely Dark Magic Attack!" Her strongest monster defeated her opponent with one blast!
Later… Koe readies his Big Bang Blow armor monster fist and delivers a powerful right hook to Theinien the Great Sphinx (type: beast-effect-Light/LS: 10/ATK: 3500/DEF: 3000), a brown and white sphinx-like monster with an upper torso of a humanoid blonde lion monster and the body of a white lion with golden wings and a little blue armor, plus a lovely red-haired woman's head in the back (plus he's got 35000 Attack Points)! KABOOM! Koe won against his (and Matt's) opponents!
Then, they witnessed Melody's Guardian Eatos' Celestial Sword cleaving through a highly strengthened Exodia Necross (spellcaster-effect-Dark/LS: 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 0)!
Then they witnessed Matt use a combination of Elemental Hero Avian (type: warrior-Wind/LS: 3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000), Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (type: warrior-Fire/LS: 3/ATK: 1200/DEF: 800), Elemental Hero Clayman (type: warrior-Earth/LS: 4/ATK: 800/DEF: 2000), and Sparkman (type: warrior-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200) deal 4600 points of damage to his opponent's Life Points by means of HERO Flash (Spell Card) to have all four of them attack directly, Life-Risking Shot (Spell Card) to have Clay-man deliver a massive punch of damage (+2000), and Feather Shot (Spell Card) to have Avian attack continuously (+4000)!
And lastly, they see Pirika combining her Amazoness Paladin (type: warrior-effect-Earth/LS: 4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1000) the soul of a Dark Dust Spirit (type: zombie-spirit-Earth/LS: 6/ATK: 2200/DEF: 1800) from her Graveyard by Over-soul Merge (Spell Card/continuous) making her Amazon stronger than before. (ATK: 3000/DEF: 1900) Then a black-colored shockwave launched everywhere, destroying every other monster on the field. After one vicious sword attack, Pirika won!
Later on in the day… the last ones left on the dueling list to team championship are Melody and Foxy against Kuro-Horo and Zoë.
Foxy: 8000 LP
Melody: 8000 LP
Zoë: 8000 LP
Kuro: 8000 LP
Foxy said, "Oldest girls first, I summon Skilled Dark Magician (type: spellcaster-effect-Dark/LS: 4/ATK: 1900/DEF: 1700) in attack mode," her over-clothed magician appeared, "then play Graceful Charity (Spell Card)," an angel appeared for only a moment as she draws three cards from her deck and discards two of them, "Next is Barrel of Greed (Spell Card) to let me draw three cards," a red barrel with a smiling face appeared next to her, she drew three new cards and the barrel disappeared, "Then I play Hieroglyph Lithograph (Spell Card)," a few tablets appear, her Life Points drop a little (7000), and then the tablets disappear.
Foxy cheered out, "Now come out Dark Magician!" The small Magician suddenly grew too tall for his robes, the glowing of his gems ended, and he pulled it off; revealing a handsome-looking man with medium-length violet hair wearing a different set of dark violet robes, double metallic shoulder guards, spiral-shaped hat, strange curved metal collar and a light-blue staff with a shell-shaped top with a green orb in the center of the 'shell' (Dark Magician; type: spellcaster-Dark/LS: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100). The Dark Magician smiled and waved his finger at KH and Zoë!
Melody said, "I play Back-Up Gardna in attack mode," her red-haired blue-skinned ogre (type: fiend-effect-Dark/LS: 4/ATK: 500/DEF: 2200) appeared, "Then I equip him with Gravity Axe – Grarl (Spell Card/equip), place three cards facedown, and bring out Guardian Grarl (type: dinosaur-effect-Earth/LS: 5/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1000) in defense mode. Then I end my turn."
Zoë went on recklessly, "Fine, I play Maho Shoujo Sakura Cardian in attack mode!" A little schoolgirl who appears to be 10 to 11 years old appeared; then she pulled out a small pink key that morphed into a magical staff, then the schoolgirl uniform morphed into a cute pink-and-white Maho Shoujo style outfit (type: warrior-effect-Wind/LS: 2/ATK: 1000/DEF: 500).
Kuro-Horo has a very confused expression towards Zoë, "What are you trying to pull?"
Zoë then said, "Then I play, Ichigo Senshi to the Rescue (Spell Card) to summon Maho Shoujo Brigit Pyro (type: warrior-Fire/LS: 3/ATK: 1500/DEF: 800), Ruby Geo (type: warrior-Earth/LS: 3/ATK: 800/DEF: 2600), Asuka Aero (type: warrior-Wind/LS: 3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000), and Hotaru Hydro (type: warrior-Water/LS: 3/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1200) to the field in attack mode!"
Zoë grinned, "Then I arm the Senshi; Maho Item Solar Flamethrower (Spell Card/equip) to Brigit, boosting her strength to 3000 (ATK: 3000); Maho Item Flower Shurikens (Spell Card/equip) to Ruby; Maho Item Whirlwind Gem (Spell Card/equip) to Asuka; and Maho Item Hydro Bazooka (Spell Card/equip) to Hotaru, making her immensely stronger (ATK: 2400)! Attack Grarl, Hotaru!"
As her Water Maho Shoujo Senshi was about to attack, Kuro shouted, "Zoë, that's the wrong move!"
Melody nods, "No offense, Zoë, but Kay's right." Zoë was confused, "Huh?" One of Melody's facedown cards activated, it depicts several armored warriors going weightless (Zero Gravity; Trap Card). Melody explained, "Just before attacking, I switch the positions of all monsters on the field with Zero Gravity."
All the monsters went weightless and floated in the air while changing their battle positions. The four older Maho Shoujo, however, had skirt troubles before changing positions.
KH sighed. It's his turn… "I summon Soul Paladin – Ariel Splash, the Loving Lotus (type: aqua-Water/LS: 3/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1600) in attack mode." A lovely girl in a two-piece blue bikini-like armor along with a light bluish scarf-like veil around her body appeared! She was plenty pretty as beautiful girls can go. Her hair is long and dark-blue; goes halfway towards her knees. Being young and strong, she stands about 5'7" or so, with a trim (but well-endowed, or, at least, gravity-defying) figure, and a face more "cute" than beautiful. Above her beautiful light-green eyes and around her head is something that looks like a red bandanna with two diamonds that stand out like they were goggles. Her slippers on her feet go up to her knees and are scaly and finned like a fish's body.
Quiet confusion and utter surprise filled the stadium; even the monsters shared the same feelings as their owners.
Zoë was surprised the most, "Another one? Where did you come up with the idea of these Soul Paladins, KH?" Kuro-Horo looked at the ground, "I wish I knew."
5 seconds later, getting tired of the suspense, Helen screamed into her microphone, "GET ON WITH THE DUEL, MY NEPHEW!"
KH snapped back into reality, "Okay, I equip Ariel with the Loving Lotus Castanets (Spell Card/equip)!" A pair of blue castanets appeared in KH's Soul Paladin's palms. They each have the golden emblem of the Soul Paladin on top and are shaped almost like clamshells, with small red ribbons to make them prettier. "Attack Grarl, now!"
Ariel played her castanets like a pro, swirled around in a small pirouette in the process, "Mermaid Alliance Castanet Claps", went up to Grarl, and kissed him on the lips.
Kuro: 9600 LP
The next surprise was up; the dinosaur's eyes turned into pink hearts and he walked onto KH's side of the field, under his control!
KH explained, "These castanets prevent my Soul Paladin from being destroyed in battle, in the same process, she can help me take control of whatever monster attacked her or who she attacked. Plus reverse the damage she gets into a Life Point gain. Grarl, attack Mana's Dark Magician!"
Foxy's suddenly stopped being herself, as her Dark Magician was cut in two.
Her face faulted and she seriously spoke to her opponents, "You have got to have some psychic abilities, KH. Because when I was young, I was called that for a long time because of my true appearance is 100 percent equal to the Dark Magician Girl, almost everything about her is close to everything about me; that's how I got my first nickname as Mana, the human name of the Dark Magician Girl."
KH asks, "Why'd you been called 'Kyuubi Kitsune' or 'Foxy' for short?" Foxy sighs, "Because everyone has two sides to them like a coin: my 'Dark Magician Girl' side and my '9-Tailed Fox Demon' side."
Zoë asks KH, "Why are you doing this?" Kuro-Horo replies, "Because I've become a sensitive dude." Zoë slyly spits out at him, "You look more like a stoner dude to me." KH replies, "It gets hot here!"
Foxy/Mana suddenly glowed with pink mystical energies. KH noticed firsthand, "Oh crud, I think opening up to her just triggered a Inner Duelist Soul Power of hers!"
How right KH was, Foxy suddenly shifted into a more Dark Magician Girl form in body! Even the hair bands that held the back of her hair into a ponytail fell off letting become the long and curved body of hair just like the Dark Magician Girl's!
Zoë asks, "Are you–– May we call you… Mana?" The transformed girl nods, "Yes."
Koe calls from the sidelines, "WHOA! I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WAS POSSIBLE IN REALITY!"
Mana said, "We've got a duel to get to, I play Thirst For Compensation (Spell Card)," A green-colored spell card depicting a man in white robes creating two luminous figures from the palm of his hand showed, "I summon Queen's Knight (type: warrior-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600) and King's Knight (type: warrior-effect-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400), come forth." A lovely woman in red armor and a proud king-like warrior in gold armor appeared on the field. "When these two are on the field, I can specially summon Jack's Knight (type: warrior-Light/LS: 5/ATK: 1900/DEF: 1000) to my side of the field." A warrior in blue armor appears.
Mana said, "Now I activate the Spell Card, Royal Straight to merge my three Knights into Royal Straight Flush." The spell card depicting a hand of playing cards showing off a Royal Straight transformed the three Knights into three balls of light and together turned into a highly decorative but powerful-looking knight (type: warrior-effect-Light/LS: 6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1350)!
Mana continued, "I play Summoning the Sacrificed (Spell Card/quick-play) to bring back the bringers of Royal Straight Flush." The three knights reappeared. "Then play Polymerization (Spell Card) to fuse them together into Arcane Joker Knight (type: warrior-fusion-effect-Light/LS: 9/ATK: 3800/DEF: 2500)." A white and black-colored (with bits of gold) armored warrior with black hair appeared beside Royal Straight Flush! "And end my turn."
Pirika and Tammy asked Kay, "She's never like this before! Is this one of her own powers?" KH shrugged, "I guess so."
Melody said, "I don't care whether I when or lose, as long as the game is enjoyable."
Then it's Melody's turn of transformation within such a bright light coming from her body… as everyone uncovered their eyes to witness the change–– they were such surprise!
Whoever she is, she is beyond gorgeous than 'good-looking' and more beautiful than 'cute'. She was nicely well-endowed with curves and lines that any fashion model would kill for. She had black hair with a small bluish tint that reached to her shoulders, which framed her angelic face. She moved with an incredible grace and her smile made every man feel warm and fuzzy inside. And she is certainly not lacking in the breast department.
Just by staring in her captivating blue eyes, the audience felt at peace inside, and soon the braids fell into long straight hair.
She spoke in a mature version of Melody's voice, "I am Arwen, Melody's inner guardian spirit. I summon Guardian Eatos in attack mode." An angelic white falcon soared into the sky and then towards the field! That bird formed into a beautiful woman with blonde hair in a Native American Indian dress and an angelic pair of white wings! (Guardian Eatos; type: fairy-effect-Light/LS: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000) Arwen said, "I'll end my turn from here."
Zoë felt like she was in trouble, 'Oh man, the moron is trying to help me and I've been refusing it. I guess I should take his advice.' She looked at him and asked, "What should we do now… partner." (She said the last word rather weakly)
Kuro-Horo looked at his hand and then hers… then he noticed the Cardian girl, "What does Sakura do?" Zoë answered, "She can restore Spell, Trap, and Combo Fusion Cards from any Graveyard and bring them into my hand at the cost of 500 of my Life Points." KH said to her, "I suggest you use that card you've just drawn."
Zoë returns to play, "I play Pot of Greed (Spell Card) to draw two new cards," a smiling green jar appears for about two seconds as she draws her cards, "Then set two cards facedown, and end my turn."
KH thought it over before continuing the duel, 'those are her Fuh-Rin-Ka-Zan and Elemental Burst Trap Cards, I'm sure they know her strategy well. I guess I'll have to prevent that from happening.' "I also play Pot of Greed," the green pot with a smiling face appeared and spat out two cards from its top mouth before disappearing.
He continued, "Then I summon Soul Paladin – NaMoné Deadlights the Dark Clown (type: spellcaster-effect-Dark/LS: 3/1500/1300)." A colorful and amusing-looking clown appeared, what separates him from other clowns is that he bears the same sacred mark of Soul Paladins on his upper left sleeve; a sword-like cross with an eye-like jewel in the center. "Then I set two cards facedown. And next I equip him with Dark Clown Deadlights (Spell Card/equip)!" A small glow of light danced around NaMoné.
"Then get Ariel to attack Eatos." Again with the gentle soothing castanet play, Ariel played her castanets like a pro, swirled around in a small pirouette in the process, "Mermaid Alliance Castanet Claps!" and went up to Eatos and they shake hands with each other, then Eatos joined them.
Kuro: 10700 LP
KH said to Eatos, "Guardian Eatos; use Holy Light and send Royal Straight Flush to the Graveyard!" Eatos floated there and appeared to do nothing as the Knight disappear in a flash of light (she did attack, but in a more peaceful way).
Mana: 6900 LP
"Guardian Grarl, attack Back-Up Gardna." The dinosaur sliced the fiend in half with his axe.
"NaMoné Deadlights, attack Mana directly! Deepest Nightmare Morph!" The clown suddenly ripped away his own flesh to reveal Zork Necrophedius, a heavily muscular demon with a humanoid upper body with gigantic wings, a snake body with horns on its head for a lower body, and a curved horned demonic face. The creature towers over above an ocean liner and many monsters, even the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!
Mana stepped back a little in fear, "Zork Necrophedius? Not him!"
As Zork struck down Mana's Knight… it faded away to reveal NaMoné, KH laughs, "Relax, you think I'd possess such a wicked monster in my deck, that was only what monster you'd fear to face the most in your subconscious. The real effect is written down on the Equip Spell Card, Dark Clown Deadlights; 'this card can only be equipped to a card with 'Dark Clown' in the card name. If the monster equipped with this card attacks or is attacked by a monster with an ATK higher than this, negate the damage and destroy the other monster, send this card to the Graveyard, and deal as damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to the ATK of the monster destroyed by the effect of this card.' Translation: you've just lost a lot of Life Points and that strong monster while mine remains on the field."
Mana: 3100 LP
Mana gets up, "I summon Skilled White Magician (type: spellcaster-effect-Light/LS: 4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1900) in attack mode." A white-robed magician with a staff and large blue sapphires appeared.
Zoë calls out, "Fuh-Rin-Ka-Zan and Elemental Burst activate!" She draws two cards as every card on the opposing side of the field blew up in red, brown, green, and blue energies from four of Zoë's Maho Shoujo!
Mana groans, "I end my turn." Melody clearly said, "So do I."
Zoë shouts, "Then I activate Sakura's ability to allow me to play any non-monster at the cost of 500 Life Points regardless of which zone they're in! I choose Maho Shoujo to the Rescue and play it to bring back the girls!" A gloved hand crawls out of the ground, followed by three others! The Maho Shoujo sent to the Graveyard by Elemental Burst have awakened from their graves.
Zoë shouts to her monsters, "Go girls, Maho Shoujo Teamwork Strike!"
Maho Shoujo Brigit Pyro clasps her hands together with her trigger fingers extended, "Pyro Burst!" A medium-sized fireball bursted from her fingertips!
Maho Shoujo Ruby Geo slams her palm to the ground, "Geo Fissure!" The ground broke and created a massive fissure towards the opponent!
Maho Shoujo Asuka Aero spins in a pirouette, "Aero Twist!" The pirouette created a small tornado and drilled its way towards the opponent!
Maho Shoujo Hotaru Hydro clasps her hands together as if attempting a Ki strike, "Hydro Blast!" A large gush of water blasted from her palms!
Hit by all four attacks, Mana's Life Points dropped to zero.
Mana: 0 LP
By official rules, Zoë and KH won the tournament.
By helping Foxy and Melody up, they transformed back to normal… Melody laughed happily a little.
Foxy was spooked, "What's up with you?" Melody replies, "Sure, Arwen, Mana, my physical partner, and I lost; it's just I feel so great that I love dueling this way."
KH encourages her, "That's the spirit, Melody; it doesn't matter whether you win, lose, or draw, what matters is that if you believe in yourself, do your best, and try to have a good time, you'll get on with life. Plus a duel within the game is like life; you'll never know what you're going to get."
Then KH and little Melody clasped their hands in congratulations to each other.
Zoë and Foxy watch from the sidelines. Zoë scoffs but smiles, "Whaddya know, the idiot's an honorable Duelist."
Koe got up and asked the announcers, "Hey, did Kuro-Horo Utamaru and Zoë Ichigo win or not?" Helen replied, "They certainly did." One of the other announcers agreed, "I agree with you, Helen Utamaru. Truly your nephew is a Gaming King. As the champions of today, we hand Zoë Ichigo the Queen's Card Champion Bracelet and Kay the King's Card Champion Wristwatch."
The bracelet was small and made of 24 Karat genuine gold. The wristwatch was the same color but had more resemblance to a Duel Disk. They got their custom-made cards and got ready to head back home.
Matt asks KH, "Does this Duelists' Hotel you live in have any reservations left for us?" Kuro-Horo nods, "Yeah, aside from the 7 of us, it's practically empty." Koe pounds him, "Then let us in, I did miss us being the Three Musketeers."
KH argues, "No way! Koe, you only want in so you could take advantage of the other girls!"
Foxy asks Koe, "Okay, hot demon boy… how much you wanna bet I can out-best you?"
That was when the two's eyes started to glow brightly!
KH suggests to Z, "We've got to keep those two apart." Zoë nods, "I agree."
Helen groans, "I guess some people learn and discover their Inner Soul Duelist Powers faster than others."
Zoë sighs, "I'll be having lunch; I haven't had anything to eat this morning." KH said, "I've got an extra instant breakfast bar."
The two ran up to the top and began breaking it down.
Sun goes down, I'm just getting up (Foxy & Koe)
I'm heading for the city lights (Foxy & Koe)
Radio's blasting all the way to the club (Foxy & Koe)
Gonna rock this town tonight (Foxy & Koe)
"You're living in a man's world," they tell me (Foxy)
But I ain't gonna buy it (Foxy)
The things they're trying to sell me now… (Foxy)
'Cause I'm the queen of Yu-Gi-Oh! (Foxy)
Woohoo! (Foxy)
Yeah I'm the queen of Yu-Gi-Oh! (Foxy)
The platform's clear and I'm ready to go (Koe)
My trump card is in my hand (Koe)
There's nothing more that I'd rather do (Koe)
Than play with this winning hand (Koe)
All I have is what I will be giving (Koe)
Headed for the top (Koe)
Don't 'cha know it I'll never stop believing now… (Koe)
'Cause I'm the king of Yu-Gi-Oh! (Koe)
You better believe it (Koe)
I'm the king of Yu-Gi-Oh! (Koe)
I am the queen (Foxy)
I am the queen (Foxy)
I am the queen of Yu-Gi-Oh! (Foxy)
I am the king (Koe)
I am the king (Koe)
I am the king of Yu-Gi-Oh! (Koe)
Those two continued rocking on and dancing, while most of the others stayed and watched.
In the stadium's cafeteria… KH groans, "You know, at this rate, I'll be 23 by the time we ever get to YGOU, let alone me." Zoë groans back, "What are we thinking?"
Zoë opened up a purse and plucked out a medium-sized lunchbox as big as the purse, and pulled out a rather weird and unusual homemade sandwich. KH was surprised; he asks her "How do you do that?" as he boils himself some cup of ramen. Zoë sighs, "I don't see myself as a very good chef. People say that the more you try the better you'll become."
KH corrected it, "Not that; the way your lunchbox fits inside your purse along with your Duel Disk and other contents!"
Zoë gets it now, "I spent the whole night and early morning trying to figure out more of my Inner Soul Duelist Powers, and yet, I think I'm getting better at it." KH then asks, "If you think you're getting better at it, why don't you start trying to get that positive mind into making food?" Zoë said, "If you think my cooking could be anywhere good, then you try half of it!" She even went as far as forcing half of it into his mouth!
KH swallowed it… seconds later… BOOM! He brightly smiled, "Oh, yeah, that hit the spot." Zoë blushed nervously; she turned around away from his gaze so he wouldn't see her. KH was curious, "What? I don't see or taste what's wrong with it." Zoë (her back is still turned at him) sighs, "The truth is… people make fun of the way I cook; they say that I'm never going to be accomplished at anything except assassinations."
Kuro-Horo groans, "You've hanged around big crowds, who only judge you before they fully know you. Mine was different; I was never totally that much open to people, they take one look at me and I run away from them… they've judged me as the coldhearted, most secretive, angst puppy, secret weapon of the Three Musketeers of Duel Academia in 2016. That's why I was better off alone after I graduated. At least… that was before I came to this island."
From the doors of the café, everyone else from the hotel piled up to eavesdrop on KH and Zoë. Shocked, Matt and Koe realized the truth about their best friend.
Zoë said, "When you came and met us, I never expected you to have an angst side of you."
KH then asks her, "Well, may I change the subject?" Zoë nods. KH asks her, "Your cooking is as good as your looks. In over words: you're pretty cute. Why would people make fun of you?"
That question caught her, she turned to face him, and she looks a little miserable as she spoke, "Remember the pet peeve nickname, ''Scarlet Socks' Zoë'? When I was little, my kicks were strong enough to go through a series of walls, and as the years passed, they kept getting stronger than the rest of my body. I thought I could control it, but I have an extremely short temper and can lose it. I never want to hurt people at all. I used to spend my young life alone and by myself. That was until I met Foxy, at least she had enough heart to be friends with me. That was when I started to realize of all the mean people in the world, there had to be a few kind ones left in it."
Kuro-Horo asks, "What about your family?" Zoë said, "My mother died a long time ago. Can we please talk about something else?" Kuro-Horo grinned uncontrollably and sheepishly, "Sorry."
Koe was amazed, "Whoa! I feel jealous just by looking at him with her." Matt nods while Foxy agrees, "Yeah, I am pretty popular, especially with the boys, and yet… when I saw Zoë being picked on, seeing her almost lose her temper when she and I were in elementary school together, I thought I'd try to cheer her up."
Koe sighs, "Matt and I have stories of our own."
Matt started, "Koe, me, and brother KH have known each other since kindergarten, we are like–– the best of friends." Melody asks, "So you know about the murder of his father?" Matt nodded, "I'm sorry to say… it was also a time our tragedies."
Koe pounded Matt on the top of his head and said, "I was looked upon as a freak of nature. But the only ones who didn't do so are KH & Matt… and a sweet nun of a local church. She saw through my true appearance––"
Foxy asks, being interested, "True appearance?"
Koe wipes his hands against his cheeks to reveal highly unusual marks; three vertical blue stripes on the right cheek and three mostly horizontal claw mark scars on the other. He even takes off his sunglasses to reveal his eye colors: his right eye is a normal gentle blue color while his left eye is a fierce red color.
Koe continued, "When we were in our youth, I was regarded to the local kids as a half-demon. So I had no choice but to run away. Who in the entire city would even care if I were truly a freak by a birth defect? No one, that's who," he paused, "That's what I always thought… until I met Sister Sarah-Catherine Wingates of the local church. She usually gives me good advice on some things, I was encouraged to stand up for myself and other people like me, even those who see people differently like her. With a renewed soul, I've learned to ignore what other people thought about me and later met up with Matt at the local comic/game/hobby shop, he was used to people with strange looks because he reads comic books and stuff."
Foxy was interested in the part about 'Sister Sarah-Catherine Wingates'.
Matt spoke up, "My family's been a big fan club to stuff like superheroes and stuff like that for more than 4 generations; including Superman, Batman, The Incredible Hulk, you name it." Koe commented, "He is filthy rich if you ask him or me." Matt continued, "I was different back then than I look now; I was so fat, when I try to look at my feet, I only see my tip of my stomach. Koe wanted me to be more like the superheroes and forced me to get in shape, it took about three months, but it was all worth it: I've become strong and built the right way. My family was pleased of the both of us."
Matt takes off his goggles and shows them off in his hands, "These goggles are a gift from my father when he died, he suffered leukemia for about six years, and then he died."
Koe sadly sits against the wall, "That was after my tragedy; the church was burnt by a bunch of thugs, poor Sarah was gone with the church! I wasn't there when I was supposed to! Then I decided to get revenge; I tracked those jerks down and mercilessly murdered them with a lead pipe. Then at that very young age I was arrested for it. And I was charged for a four years in prison. I've fought with other inmates of those detention centers I've been in. I've suffered solitary confinement in a straitjacket after fights. It took me about a few years but who rescued me? It was Matt, he paid for my release, and they let me go. I've stayed with him ever since.
"So long story short, in my dueling within the games I don't need to hide behind anything. I've faced all of my duels by facing all of my enemies in the face. That's a lesson I've learned the hard way, a long time ago. KH, Matt, and I are different from everyone. I don't have to shoulder anything. I fight for victory, my life, and my freedom."
Matt sighs, "Yeah, that's how it happened. I believe you know how it happened with Brother KH. Right?" Melody nods, "He told me, Zoë eavesdropped, and then I told everybody. But he never mentioned anything about you two." Matt said, "Maybe he forgot about us after graduation and decided to go on his own; that's the day we disbanded our group. Koe and I stayed together, KH left us. He and I worked in a comic shop, even though I had more money, I still wanted some to support him."
Foxy sadly sat next to Koe, "I know this Sister Sarah-Catherine Wingates… she's my mother's cousin once removed." Koe gasped in sudden surprise! "I was there when that church burnt to the ground 9 years ago in America. I saw someone there in front of that church, I couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl at first, I only saw the back of that kid's head which was full of hair of some strange color the fires distilled. When the child turned to run in some direction, I noticed some white facial cream on the right cheek."
Koe quietly said in surprise, "That kid was me!"
Foxy continued, "That's when I decided to see if she was okay, I found her body, being crushed by burning debris, I begged to god to help me rescue her when I saw the cross. Then the strangest thing was the cross has glowed a bright color, I suddenly got stronger and was able to drag her out to safety. I barely knew CPR but I was able to get her back. When we heard about the child being arrested for killing a bunch of thugs, I felt sorry that I wasn't there to stop him."
Koe asks her, "What happened to Sister Wingates?" Foxy sighed, "She was generously transferred to the Vatican to continue her work."
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating mind
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of meKH has never had lunch with another girl about as old as him in his life, and Zoë's really pretty.
KH got up and handed Zoë a small envelope. She opened it and it revealed…
She shrieked, "$100 bucks? That's 25 times more than I wanted you to pay for!" KH replies, "It was a delicious sandwich. Thank you." Zoë sat there, dazed.
Foxy stood up in surprise, "A tenth of a grand for a lousy sandwich made by Zoë? He must've really loved it." Komatsu asked, "What's wrong with that girl's cooking?" Foxy sighed, "Sadly nothing, the ones who cook in the hotel are practically everyone, we take try to find who gets cook for mealtime."
When everybody got back onto the trolley, KH said to his childhood buddies, "Come on home with me, dudes." Both boys replied in unison, "Huh?"
Koe objected, "No way! You're just doing because you want the girls to yourself!" Matt followed, "And if I still know you, you are never in the mood for other stuff!"
KH decided in a few silent seconds, "I'll make you a deal, I'll let you stay in the hotel, free of charge, and you must let the girls decide to befriend you or not. Then if any of us need a 'pick-me-up' we can do whatever activities we like doing together."
Koe asked, "What?" Matt replied to KH, "In that case, I'm in!" Koe asked in a higher voice, "WHAT?"
Fly high! Suzaku miracle, Lah...
The legend is beginning to unfold.
The real me unfurls.
("Wo ai ni")
...lead me to you.
(Awakening spirits...)
...begin to shine to another world.
For the sake of my beloved,
now what can I do?
There aren't any dreams that won't come true!
I truly believe.
I'm absorbed in the breath-taking adventure
that lies between Heaven and Earth.
(Smile and say "Hello")
Watched over and protected by you
(Love is the shining constellations.)
I remember another miracle.
A once in a lifetime encounter.
Please engrave it on your soul.
Because I think that love will
always be our salvation.
For the sake of my beloved,
now what can I do?
There aren't any dreams that won't come true!
I truly believe.
(Open into infinity…)
The trolley became too crowded on the inside. Zoë growled at KH, "Don't stand so close!" KH defended with a sneer, "It's too cramped, I can't do anything about it!"
Zoë pulled out a small notebook and jotted something down, KH noticed this first and asked her, "What are you writing down?" Zoë replied, "Inner Soul Duelist Powers of the others; so far I've got your Environmental Adaptation Transformation, my Disguise Morph, Melody's Arwen Summon, and Foxy's Mana Side." KH asks, "What? That spell with your purse and lunch bag you did wasn't a new one for you?" Zoë answers, "No, it was a magic trick from that Lonely Blue Magician Girl disguise."
Foxy moans, "I really envy those two; KH has been alone with two guys and never bothered to have a girlfriend in his later life. Zoë has stuck around with us without a boyfriend in her life." Koe nods, "She should understand people like us better, after all I am what they considered her, yet she's cute." Matt face faults, "Zoë's with Brother Kuro-Horo now, let it be her choice, like he said."
Zoë suddenly looked out of it, her head landed into Kay's shoulder. He became worried, "Are you okay?" Zoë replied, "Oh, sorry… I pulled an all-nighter after the craziness last night… spent learning the first of my Inner Soul Duelist Powers… and trying to prepare for the tournament today…" KH asked, "After I turned into two different girls–– I mean, after all that? I slept like a log."
She got back to snoring upon his shoulder…
Kuro-Horo went thinking to himself 'Man, Zoë has been busting her butt to try to get stronger after that humiliating defeat I handed her.' As he continued watching her seemingly sweet, solemn, gentle position, he wanted to get away, but there was no way to do it. 'She looks so cute, but being in her shoes, I should stay out of this.'
Suddenly, the trolley just made an emergency stop; pounding Zoë's body against KH's, and waking her up abruptly!
Getting furious with the man, Zoë growls, "Stay away from me!" KH got angry and growled back, "How can I? It's too crowded!"
The crowd pushed each other around, forcing the two arguers to squeeze into each other! Zoë's head suddenly got filled with warm fuzzy thoughts, 'Hey! His chest–– What the?' As did Kuro-Horo, 'Hey! Her breasts–– Uh-oh!'
Zoë got the wrong idea, Kuro-Horo was sharing the same anger with her! In unison against each other they both said in anger, "How dare you take advantage of me? Me? What about you? I can't help it; I'm too healthy for this! Oh, really?"
Helen was about to end this argument when the trolley started to move again, forcing Zoë's behind to fall directly into a position within KH's privates!
Melody got nervous, "Oh no! They're going to knock each other out again!"
BAM!
Tammy groans, "Too late."
As they got back to the hotel… Helen scolds the two younger Duelists, after they recovered from each other's clobbering attacks, "You two should stop fighting, and try getting along." Both of them apologized to the older and more experienced Duelists, "Sorry, Aunt Helen."
Zoë said to KH, "I'm going back to bed early now." Koe asks KH, "Have you ever thought of going to Y.U., KH?" KH paused and sighed, "It may soon be a lost cause, Komatsu. Otherwise, I'm stuck on this rock they call Earth, no where to go but here."
Then the extremely faint memory of the young girl flashed in his mind, he asks Zoë, "Hey, Zoë; Are you aiming for Yu-Gi-Oh University? If you are, than why?"
That struck Zoë, making her stop in her tracks. She turned to him to speak, "I am. I can get into it anytime soon because of my dueling progress, but as you can see the uniform, I'm still an Obelisk Blue from Duel Academia, but I've got the grades to get out any time I want including now, but I still have to attend for graduation. As for 'why'… I'm not going to tell you!" She stuck her tongue out at him!
Kuro-Horo just smiled, "Okay, if it's a secret, you have a right to keep it. After all, I kept the secret that these two are male friends of mine since childhood, and you just found out today."
Then he yawned as he relaxed against a tree, looking up at the stars.
To be continued…