Requested by my good friend Corinne, Sawatari Shingo is here! Enjoy!

Timeline wise, this chapter happens before Gongenzaka's but after Sora and Yuya's.

(I AM SO SORRY for letting this story sit for so long! D: And with a probably out of character Sawatari too…)

...Surprisingly, this is the longest chapter yet at 1082 words, so yay~! :D

"You'll see! I'll beat the whole thing!" Sawatari drew himself up haughtily, glaring down his nose at Yuya as the other Duelist struggled valiantly not to laugh. "I will!"

Yuya nodded quickly and grinned at the affronted look on Sawatari's face. "Sure Sawatari, I bet you'll manage it." Cue the smug smirk that was the Sawatari trademark. Yuya couldn't help himself then, failing to withhold his strangled chuckles.

Sawatari huffed and crossed his arms. "Oi, what's so funny?"

Yuya coughed once and waved off the somewhat indignant question. "Nothing, nothing...heh...anyway, good luck Sawatari. I have to go, or I'll be late for Duel School."

"Duel School…? Ah, yes! That reminds me...I shall be accompanying you, if you don't mind!"

Midway through turning away from Sawatari, Yuya's movements ground to a stuttering halt before he suddenly spun back around to stare at the other teen. "Whaaaa...what…?"

Sawatari smirked. "Did you not hear me correctly? I said that I'll be joining you at You Show Duel School today. LDS is closed...something to do with the plumbing I think. And hey, this way there will be witnesses when the great Neo New Sawatari triumphs over those animatronic abominations!"

Yuya stared a moment longer, then groaned and moved to rub his face with both hands. He knew a pointless argument when he saw one. "...Fine. You can come."

Sawatari's smirk became nearly blinding.

"...Yuya. What's he doing here?"

Yuya cringed. Wonderful, Yuzu had already noticed the intruder. Now he was sure to receive the fan later. "Erm...he wouldn't take no for an answer…?"

Yuzu crossed her arms and glared murderously. Yuya squeaked and cowered.

Sawatari snorted and made an offhand wave in Yuzu's direction, seemingly unaware of the almost tangible air of malice the girl was giving off. "Oi oi...I'm not here to steal any You Show secrets. I merely wished to have an audience present when I beat the game that's been giving the rest of you all so much trouble."

A single pink eyebrow rose. "Oh really…?" Yuya sighed in relief as the air seemed to suddenly lighten and slowly inched away from Yuzu while Sawatari held her attention. "In that case...Ayu, Tatsuya and Futoshi aren't coming in today and my dad is going to be late. You can stay until he comes to start class." Yuzu turned and motioned for Sawatari to follow. "The sitting room's this way."

Gongenzaka stood beside the couch Yuya and Yuzu now sat upon, watching in amused silence as Sawatari eyed the game now open on his Duel Disk.

For all the bravado he'd been showing since Gongenzaka had arrived a few minutes prior, he certainly wasn't showing it now.

Swallowing nervously and trying not to look at the unsettling bear on-screen, the normally flamboyant teen selected the New Game option and sat in uncharacteristic silence while the game loaded.

When the office appeared, Sawatari snorted in contempt. "Hmph...doesn't seem all that scary to me."

Yuya grinned knowingly to himself.

Sawatari flicked open the cameras and surfed through the rooms, pausing on the stage to get a look at the animatronics. "These things were what had you jumping the other day, Sakaki?" Switching his gaze to Yuya, Sawatari chuckled mockingly. "And here I thought you wer-GAH!"

Glancing back down proved to be a mistake...as all three animatronics were now staring directly at him.

'A-a-are they...glaring at me?!'

Sawatari abruptly closed the camera-

-And released a strange squawking-screech as several rings rang out, deafeningly loud in what had just been a near silent game.

Yuzu descended into a fit of giggles and Gongenzaka chuckled under his breath, but Yuya lost it completely, doubling over where he sat and nearly choking on his laughter as he clutched at his sides.

"O-OI! Shut up!" (Sawatari would later vehemently deny that he had been blushing.)

Yuya only laughed harder, nearly drowning out the recording as it began to play.

"Hello? Hello?"

10% Power, 4AM

Sawatari glanced up at the other three Duelists in the room, trying to stop their quiet laughter by throwing them an aggravated glare.

It didn't work.

Grumbling under his breath, he looked back down, turning on both door lights...and immediately closing both doors as he saw Bonnie and Chica glaring at him in the dim glow. "Oi, why are they being so aggressive?! I thought Night 1 was supposed to be easy!"

"Having trouble Sawatari?" Yuya grinned at him good-naturedly.

Sawatari glared at Yuya yet again, completely forgetting to check the doors for the two animatronics… 'Cheeky little...' "No! I'm just fine!"

Sawatari huffed, Gongenzaka stood quietly with small smile, and Yuya and Yuzu exchanged grins…

...And all of them were suddenly aware of the silence.

The desk fan wasn't humming.

Sawatari looked down, a look of horror slowly filling his face. "Uhhhhh…?"

0% Power, 4...5AM

He had a moment to see that the office was pitch-black and watch the clock change to 5 AM before loud music suddenly filled the room. Startled, Sawatari and everyone else (except for Gongenzaka) jumped in their seats.

Turning the camera toward the left door, Sawatari squeaked at the sight of a grinning set of teeth and eyes that flickered in the darkness...then abruptly vanished, leaving the office even blacker.

Sawatari sat frozen, helpless to do anything as he heard heavy footsteps coming closer and closer…

...Before a brown, top-hat wearing animatronic bear leaped up onto the screen with a deafening, distorted screech, its head and arms flailing before the game cut to static.

Everyone in the room found Sawatari's reaction to be absolutely priceless.

He flew a good two feet in the air (if not three!) with a room-shaking shriek, landing directly on his behind beside the chair he leapt from. Yuya barely managed to catch the Duel Disk that had been flung straight at his head, nearly dropping it as he fumbled with it.

There was silence for all of three seconds.

Yuya and Yuzu ended leaning on each other, laughing as hard as they were, it was the only way they could remain upright. Even Gongenzaka couldn't help himself, doubling over as he descended into a fit of chuckles that violently shook his large frame.

Sawatari sputtered indignantly...then launched full-throttle into one of his most well known rants. ""W-when my papa hears about this…!"

Yuya, Yuzu and Gongenzaka laughed all the louder.

Sora poked his head in the door, completely confused. "...What'd I miss?"

...Crap, Yuzu's here when she should be in Synchro...ummmmmm...hemmm…

...Let's just pretend that there was a week or so delay between the Single Duels round and Battle Royale of the tournament so there's a window where she'd still be in Standard…

Oops...XD

Was Sawatari in character at least…? -_-,

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! :)