I'm not too good at writing duels, besides it would have been pretty pointless to do so anyway, since that's not the focus of the story. I guess there wasn't much going on in this chapter, but the next one will, so I hope u keep reading. thanx 4 ur reviews, they make me happy!
The day of the party arrived and Judai was a no-show.
"I thought he might come." Rei said disappointed.
Asuka, Sho, Manjyome, Rei and Kenzan were together at the party, everyone had just one thing on their mind, where was Judai?
"I'm going to get some air." Asuka announced. She was feeling suffocated. Were they really going to graduate not talking to each other? She hoped not, but she didn't really see a way out of the situation they were in.
"Oh ok just hurry back for the duel." Rei told her.
"Duel? What duel?" asked Asuka surprised.
"Oh that was the surprise. We're going to have a tag duel." Kenzan said and at the exact same moment it was announced on the loud speaker.
'And now it's time for our main attraction! Everyone pair up with someone of the opposite sex and let's start this duel!'
Immediately all the boys rushed to Asuka's side wanting to be her partner. She felt a bit overwhelmed and started to walk out the door when she bumped into a latecomer.
"Look everyone Asuka-sempai chose Judai-sempai as her partner!" someone said.
"Oh my god, Asuka and Judai together!" exclaimed Junko and Momoe.
Asuka and Judai were speechless. They had not planned this!
"Ah…no…we…this is a …" but nobody would let Asuka or Judai say anything.
"But I wanted to be Judai-sama's partner." Whined Rei.
"Then that would beat the idea of having the undergrads duel the seniors." Kenzan pointed out.
"Who cares?" Rei told him curtly.
Kenzan sighed.
The duels got underway.
Asuka was the strongest female duelist in school and Judai was the best male duelist, but would they work well in a team?
Hardly.
Judai was playing solo and ignoring Asuka for the most part, making the blonde girl angry. That didn't mean that they lost though and through all they made it to the finals where they were going to face Kenzan and Rei.
"Isn't this fun Judai-sama?" Rei gushed.
"Hmm? Yeah I guess." Was his absent-minded answer.
"Ok let's start this." Said Kenzan.
Nothing changed, Judai kept ignoring Asuka's cards and she was beyond pissed, but luckily for Judai, Rei had a trick up her sleeve or else he would have been one dead guy.
"…with this card we can switch partners.." Rei was saying. "Do you want to change partners Asuka-sempai?" she asked her slyly.
"With pleasure, I am tired of being partners with someone like him." He could hear the contempt in her voice, what had he done?
Rei was beyond happy.
Kenzan was disappointed. His undergrad vs. seniors duel was ruined.
"Let's show them what we've got." Asuka told him menacingly.
'I'm scared.' Thought Kenzan.
Asuka was being ruthless, she was angry after all, and Judai just kept angering her more.
Why was it that all through the duels he had ignored her and her cards, but was using Rei's? And how come he was treating Rei with such kindness but didn't seem to care about her?
She unleashed her signature move, which provoked more than just a point reduction to the other side.
"Wow I hadn't seen that move in a while. I still remember that first time, I was impressed. I thought you were one interesting girl." Judai told her smiling.
He was smiling, so that meant that he was still that same boy under that scowl.
Asuka smiled back. "Yeah, I thought you were pretty interesting yourself."
Suddenly it was as if they were in their own little world remembering the good old days.
"Sorry Rei, but…" Rei's card was destroyed and she was forced to go back to her original partner.
Asuka and Judai high fived each other and finally, after all that, Judai was using Asuka's cards.
They won the duel and shook hands, but stayed like that longer than they should. When they realized that, they let go embarrassed.
"You know I was wondering where the Judai who enjoyed duels had gone." She told him.
"Yeah about that…sorry I was being such a jerk."
She smiled at him.
"It's ok as long as know that you haven't really changed."
He didn 't quite understand what she meant, but he smiled back. It really felt good to duel for fun, and not have to be worrying about life and limb.
He looked at Asuka; she was still smiling.
She turned around and gave him a thumbs up sign. She had been running away but now she could finally say she'd resolved all her issues.
She knew what she had to do.