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Chapter 7: Getting Aquatinted.


The bright blue color shines from the sky. The sunlight beams down to the ground where everyone was resuming business as usual. Everyone was enjoying their days, but today's not the case for Yasuko. She isn't used to the whole city around her, and she wants to take the extra time of exploring around, but of course, there are small things that she must do for Diana.

So far, Yasuko stops by in a grocery store to pick up some errands for herself and for Diana. She picked up a bag of flour and baking mix for pancakes. Yasuko pays her grocery and stuffs them in her gym bag as she exits the store, only for her to be bumped behind by someone, causing her to spill all her groceries on the floor.

"Omph! You idiot!" Yasuko shouted. "Now look what you've done!" Yasuko hurries over to come to collect everything that was on the ground.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Yasuko turned around and finds the same girl with pink and purple hair that she sees for some time now. "Oh, Yasuko, I didn't know that you were here?" said Zuzu.

"Zuzu, what gives the right to bump heads with me," Yasuko. "And nice to see you shopping on diet." Zuzu seems infuriated and before could even retort, Allie suddenly pops out of nowhere and gives Yasuko a hug.

"Yasuko!" said the red-haired girl. "Hi!" While Allie hugs her, Yasuko felt slightly disturbed by the feeling of anyone touching her again. The little girl wrapped around her waist. The fact that a person making any touch contact with her seems to get on her nerve.

"Hey there." Yasuko gives a pat on her head. "Allie, is it?"

"Mm-hmm." Allie nodded. "What are you doing here?"

"I was walking by, picking up some errands," Yasuko replied. "What are you and Zuzu doing here?"

"I went to come to pick this up." Zuzu held a grocery bag in front of her.

"Why?" Yasuko asked.

"None of your business," Zuzu scowled and turned her head away to avoid Yasuko's narrowed eyes.

"Hey, that was very rude," said Allie. "Zuzu, she helped Yuya save us from when we were hostages, you could at least show her gratitude." Zuzu was sure that Allie was right. Even though it was only Yuya who saved them, Yasuko did the best that she could, but then again, it was her fault for escalating the duel. Her gaze softens and looked at Yasuko, but it didn't hold any positive side. Their eyes matched on how they look at each other.

"Yeah, I guess you're right," said Zuzu. "It's just…Why are you always like this? Being rude to people? Or you just don't like attitude?"

Yasuko turns her head away from Zuzu. "There's a difference between annoyance and hating something that doesn't deserve to be hated," she answered. "But I do hate a lot of things."

Zuzu got confused on which "stuff" she hates. "Like what?"

"Like too much work or too many things," Yasuko answered. "But why do you have a grocery bag?"

Zuzu smiles generously that she reminded her of something she was supposed to do back at the school. "It's for me, really, but Yuya and the others wanted some ice cream too," she said.

"Couldn't those guys get ice cream of their own and not have a girl help get it for them?" Yasuko questioned. "Cause I'm guessing they're a pain in the butt for being so lazy."

Zuzu laughed after Yasuko said that. She had to agree on one thing about the boys back at You Show. "I know, right?" she continued to laugh that made Yasuko nodded in agreement. They both seem to hate getting stuff for the boys if they couldn't do it themselves

"Where are you heading?" Yasuko questioned.

"Back to You Show," Zuzu answered.

"You Show? The Duel school that you and Yuya talked about?" Yasuko inquired. "Why did you join You Show?"

Zuzu was caught by surprise on Yasuko's question. "Eh?" she inquired.

"I mean, why did you join You Show? Your dad could've put you in a different school, and yet you chose to attend the one Yusho built?" Yasuko asked. "God, saying Yusho and "You Show" is a lot confusing when I'm saying it out loud."

Zuzu seems to understand something a little about Yasuko. She knows that Yasuko doesn't have any particular interest for Duel Schools and that Yasuko has no benefit for making an appearance, but she can't help but wonder why she is so curious about her duel school.

"Why you asked?" Zuzu questioned.

Yasuko looks the other way. "I just don't quite understand why there are Duel Schools? Sure, they teach you a lot of Dueling techniques, but I just don't see why anyone would want to join them in the first place?"

Zuzu is starting to see the bigger picture that Yasuko doesn't. It would seem that Yasuko doesn't quite grasp the reason why there are Duel Schools in the first place. She never thought of even applying for one before. Maybe that's why she is very hesitant in the tag-team when Yuya gives her the spotlight. It would seem that is the reason why she is questioning her about the Duel School that she and Yuya both go to.

"You've never done that before," asked Zuzu. "I mean, applying for a Duel School?"

Yasuko shook her head. "Nope," she answered. "Not really." She turns her head back to face Zuzu. "I just don't quite see why there needs to be one when everyone can just learn to Duel first hand."

Zuzu raises an eyebrow. "Is that how you've learned to Duel in the first place?" she continued to ask more questions about Yasuko; she doesn't know more about Yasuko or how her life has been.

"Maybe," Yasuko responded.

Even though Zuzu and Yasuko are still not on good terms, it'll be helpful for Zuzu to give her something to know about the Duel School that she goes. "When I was young, my dad and Yuya's dad often talk about wanting to build a duel school together where they can have everyone be just as happy as the audience who watched Yuya'a dad," she explained in detail. "I mean, I wasn't even sure about attending Duel School at first," she admitted.

"Really?" Yasuko asked, intrigued.

Zuzu nodded. "But when I saw Yuya's dad duel in front of the stage, I was amazed by how he made everyone smile with just his dueling alone. And that's when Yuya got into the Dueltainment business, so if he thinks he can duel like his dad, then I want to become a duelist like my own dad." Zuzu holds a beaming smile thinking to the day when the You-Show Duel School first opened. "It was a struggle at first, but we managed to get through."

Allie joins in as well to explain to Yasuko. "I joined two years ago," she said. "I didn't really think of You-Show at first. I was thinking of going to Reginal Duel School because I was always told that I have a pretty face, but when I heard about how fascinating You Show was, I just can't help but to join in and become just like Yuya. He's a funny guy, but he's amazing."

Yasuko glances between Allie and Zuzu. "And I supposed Tate and Frederick want in because of Yuya, right?" she assumed.

Correctly, Zuzu nodded. "Tate just entered after Yuya's match with Strong Ishjima," she answered. "Hey, why not you come with us back to You Show?" she offered if Yasuko is willing to join her. "Maybe…if you want… I can show you around the places that we do, the things we work on, and a lot more."

Yasuko didn't know how to feel about Zulu's sudden change to her attitude. She thinks if she has the time to do that and checks the time that there still plenty to come by until her curfew.

"Sure, I've got nothing else to do," said Yasuko.

And so, the three girls walked back to You Show duel school through a route that Zuzu mentioned whenever they go to the school. The river streams next to them as Yasuko, Zuzu and Allie walk back to You Show. The area was so calm that nobody doesn't seem to be using this route when dusk was in the sky. While they were walking, Yasuko decided to start a conversation with Zuzu and Allie.

"So, what got you interested in dueling?" Yasuko asked Zuzu.

"Well, I got interested when I was five," Zuzu started to explain about her past. "My dad was a duelist and he was really good friends with Yuya's dad.

Yasuko raises an eyebrow, wondering about her relations to Yuya. "So, you and that clown guy are childhood friends then?" Yasuko inquired.

"Yeah," said Zuzu. "I've known Yuya for a long time."

"You mind if I have an ice cream?" Yasuko requested, which Zuzu agreed to do so. She lifts her bag up for Yasuko to pick one and she did. Yasuko takes an ice cream and peels the top seal like a banana and bites on the cold frosty treat.

"You and Yuya know each other for how long?" Yasuko asked.

"Since kindergarten," Zuzu replied. "I've known him that long to know who he is."

Yasuko figures how she saw Zuzu blushing when Sora talked about being Yuya's girlfriend. "Whatever and what about that Sora kid?" Yasuko asked, chewing her ice cream bar. She wondered about Sora because she hasn't seen him in the past two days ago.

"He's doing alright. Sora's a very good duelist. I mean, he can make a Fusion Summon despite not being a Leo student," Zuzu stated.

"Wait, Fusion Summon?" Yasuko inquired. "What do you mean?"

Zuzu turns up to her. "Sora did a Fusion Summon on a duel against Yuya," she revealed.

This is surprising for Yasuko. Normally, nobody wouldn't take her own advice because some of them would be, as Yasuko would describe them by other people, dumb to even listen to them. "What? Yuya dueled Sora?" she questioned. "So, he actually took my own advice for once."

Zuzu nodded. "And I've been thinking about doing a something like Fusion Summon too." That's another surprise for Yasuko because she never knew that Zuzu was interested in doing a summoning method. In fact, Yasuko never saw how Zuzu dueled considering that she is a duelist. She does not know what is Zuzu's specialty in her deck. She knows that Zuzu can duel, but she may get a chance to see how Zuzu plays in duels.

"Really?"

Zuzu nodded. "Yeah, I've been hearing a lot about Fusion Summon, and it seems to be interesting," said Zuzu. "The same goes for Synchro or Xyz, but I don't think I can pull it off."

"That's rather better to learn not by the books, but by dueling itself," said Yasuko, "I just happen to learn any one of them after dueling." She eats the last bit of her ice cream bar. She throws the wrapping into a garbage can disposal and slung her gym bag closer to her. She glances at Zuzu with curiosity. She wonders about Yuzu's opinions on other summoning methods that could interest her. "Have you had any thoughts about Synchro and Xyz Summon?" Yasuko asked Zuzu.

She looked ahead, pondering her thoughts about Synchro and Xyz summons. "I'm not sure about those really," said Zuzu, looking at the ground, pondering deep in her thoughts. "Hey, Yasuko, I've been meaning to ask you, can you do Synchro and Xyz summon?" Zuzu questioned,

Yasuko only shrugged as her excuse for an answer. "Maybe, or maybe not." Yasuko turned to Zuzu, looking at her directly in the eye. "I'm just a person who duels."

"But don't you have any goals? Any plans?" Zuzu queried. "I mean, do you want to be a pro duelist?"

Yasuko raises an eyebrow at the idea of being a professional duelist. She wasn't even sure if she wanted to be a pro duelist just how everyone else wants to be. The last time she tryout to be a pro, she never passes the entrance to advance. "I'm…not quite sure really." Yasuko gives a shrug for an answer. "I don't have any specific goal for dueling, like I don't duel for money, fame, or thrill. I duel because I duel, nothing more or nothing less…" she answered honestly, having no thought about that goal.

"Is that so?" Zuzu asked.

"I don't really know," said Yasuko, shaking her head that she may disagree with her opinion. "All I know is that dueling helped my problems whenever there are things that I can't handle. It's just necessary."

"But what do you do for fun?" Zuzu continues to press on with her questions.

Yasuko is starting to be more uncomfortable. She never had an actual conversation with anyone before. Usually, she would just talk short and let her mind wander off to something. "Sleep and parkour," Yasuko answered.

"Now that's not fun when you're going to bed or sprain your ankle all the time," Zuzu said blankly. "How about dueling? Can you duel for fun?"

Yasuko blinked once, confused about what Zuzu was referring to. "Duel...for fun?" Yasuko repeated.

"Yeah," Allie smiled. "We don't duel just because we duel for winning or losing. We duel for fun."

Yasuko looked down a bit, thinking about what Zuzu and Allie were talking about. Dueling for fun? Can she ever think of that than just dueling for nothing? Allie looked at her confused when she sees how Yasuko didn't react to her comment. She held that same stern looks on her face that made Allie ask her a question that snapped her out of her thoughts.

"What's wrong, Yasuko?" she asked out of concern.

"Oh, it's nothing, I've just been…" Yasuko looked up and pause when she spotted something. She gasped and brought Zuzu down next to Allie

"Hey what is it?" Allie asked, but Yasuko shushed at her, and then looked up to the road above them. Zuzu and Allie followed her gaze and saw two of Sawatari's friends walking on the road above them while they carried the plastic bag and a lunch box.

"I never seen Sylvio all fired up." Yasuko recognized that green haired boy as Yamabe, her first opponent since the tag team duel.

"You know it," said the brown-haired boy. "He went all saying things, 'When I get my hands on Yuya Sakaki', it sure not gonna be pretty huh?"

"Yeah, it sure sounds like he's gonna be attacking that guy's weak spots to make him lose focus on the duel." Yamabe nodded his head with a smirk.

Zuzu and Allie gasped in shock, while Yasuko narrowed her eyes in suspicions. They heard how Ootomo said, "Oh man, look at the time, it's best we hurry, after all he gets even more selfish when he gets hungry." Yamabe nodded and they began to run faster.

"Well, I guess my welcome has gotten me an enemy," said Yasuko, standing up.

Zuzu stood up with an angry expression on her face. "Sylvio, you damn coward…" She began to run to follow them, leaving Yasuko with a worried and scared Allie.

"Hey, wait!" Allie called, as she followed too, causing Yasuko to sigh heavily.

"Damn it, now I'm gonna be late," Yasuko complained before she runs after them.


Yasuko, Zuzu, and Allie managed to follow them to a port near the city district. The sun was starting to go down even further, and the sky was turning even darker. The girls stood behind a few boxes outside of the warehouse while Yamabe and his other pal entered a warehouse.

Zuzu looked towards the doors with narrowed eyes. Yasuko was leaning against the wall. Allie looked at her, troubled by her sudden change to go after Sylvio's goons.

"What are we doing here?" Allie asked Zuzu. "Shouldn't we go and warned Yuya about what they're planning to do?"

"She's right you know," Yasuko agreed with the little girl. "We've already confirmed his location, so we should be heading back and tell Yuya that Sylvio is going to pulverize him again," Yasuko suggested; however, Zuzu looked at the door, ignoring and Yasuko.

"When Yuya and Yasuko dueled against Sylvio, they gave it all just to help me so now it's my chance to return the favor," she thought as she narrowed her eyes. Zuzu was so lost in her thought that Yasuko took a step forward and placed a hand on her shoulder to get her attention.

Zuzu turned back to her and saw the serious look in her eyes. "Zuzu, whatever you're planning; don't," Yasuko cautioned. "If you go in there and they start to gang up on you, then it'll be too late."

"I know what you mean, Yasuko," said Zuzu. "But I can't just let them do that to Yuya."

Zuzu then held out the bag to Yasuko, who took it with a confused look on her face. "Yasuko, I have to do this on my own, so please go back to You Show without me."

Yasuko looked at her as her eyes widened, "Hey, wait, Zuzu, you can't just—"

Before Yasuko could protest, Zuzu already ran out from behind the boxes and ran towards the ports of the warehouse.

"Zuzu!" Yasuko called to her, but she didn't listen. She looked at her running figure with an irritated look on her face. "Son of a…that girl's just a pest as that Yuya boy," she said. Yasuko stuffs the bag into her gym bag and held Allie's hand. "C'mon now, let's go." Yasuko insisted.

"But, what about Zuzu?" Allie asked.

"Don't worry about her, she can take care of herself," she assured to her, but murmured to herself, "I think."

At the same time, unnoticed to Yasuko or anyone else around the hanger docks, there was a masked person standing on the roof of one of the warehouses looking at LDS building in the distance. He heard someone come running in his direction and turns around and look down to see Zuzu running toward the ports of one of the warehouses. His eyes widened behind his goggles when he saw the girl's face.

"It can't be… what are you doing here?" He wondered.


Yasuko and Allie took a jog to You Show, but Yasuko had other ideas. Since she doesn't want to do the running all the time, she held Allie's arm, taking her back to the bus stop that they just past.

"Hey! What are you doing!?" Allie shouted.

"We're going to be waiting," Yasuko answered. Allie looked up to her in shock and wrenched her hands out of her arm.

"But why!" Allie protested. "We have to save Zuzu! She may be in danger!"

"Just hold your horses," Yasuko said calmly. "There's no need to rush into things if Zuzu is going to be dueling Sylvio." She then looked her duel disk for the time. "Come to think of it, I bet Sylvio would never play dirty if he dueled a girl."

Allie looked shocked that Yasuko was relaxed while Zuzu is going to be risking her life. "But we can't wait here forever!" Allie exclaimed. "We have to warn Yuya!" Allie breaks off to run away, but Yasuko held her back by the shirt, gripping tightly as the little girl tries to break free from her grasp. "Let go of me!" Allie cried. "We have to go warn Yuya!"

No matter how much Allie struggles with her grip, Yasuko holds on firmly, but not strong enough to hurt the child. "And we will," Yasuko replied in her same calm voice. "We just need a better transportation to reach to You Show on time." Yasuko makes a glance at the little girl. She could see how desperate she must be to get back to You Show. She then checks back at her duel disk for the time. "I've been taking the bus more often than walking or running, so if I'm right then it should be coming arriving… right about…" Yasuko didn't need to finish because the sound of the bus stopping at the station.

"There, see." Yasuko pointed out. "What did I tell ya?" Yasuko grabbed Allie's hand and walks inside. "This is the last bus schedule for the day before it goes back to the station, so we have time." Yasuko and Allie entered the bus and takes the seat near the front while the driver closes the door and leaves.


The sun was nearly gone and there was barely any sunlight left in the sky. As the bus drove past a crossroad, Yasuko checks the ice cream in the bag while Allie sits next to her. There were barely any passengers on the bus in this late hour. Yasuko and Allie can't be sure how long will the bus will get to a station that's close to You Show. All they can do was wait until Yasuko could see the street that leads to the school. Yasuko unzips her gym bag to check the ice cream bag. She's been constantly checking on the ice cream so that it doesn't ruin her bag by the time they get to the school.

"Let's hope the ice cream doesn't melt in my bag," said Yasuko.

This seemed to shock Allie that she doesn't care of what happens to Zuzu now that she's alone with Sylvio and his friends. "That's what you're worried about?!" Allie exclaimed.

"Since Zuzu gave this stockpile of frosting, I have to make sure the ice cream doesn't melt," Yasuko replied. "I can't have all that frosting stains in my bag." She looks out in the window, watching the streets go by. "If it melts and if they melt in this bag, then they're going to owe me."

"You're worried about the ice cream being melted while Zuzu is in danger," Allie stated. "What kind of person are you?"

Again, Yasuko tries to give the little girl reassurance about Zuzu's well-being. "I'm sure Zuzu is fine," she assured. "I bet that Sylvio wouldn't want some girl to take the push of him again after I beat him in our last match."

"You sure did crush him in that tag team," Allie reminded her.

"I was handicapped because Yuya was pulling me back all the time," Yasuko commented.

"But do you care about Yuya?" Allie asked her a question. "At first, you seem to hate him."

Yasuko blinks in surprise. Sure, she finds Yuya Sakaki to be irritating as hell to her perspective, but at the same time, she can admit that he does have a heart. "I don't hate him," Yasuko replied. "I just don't like people with obnoxious manners." She looks down at Allie in her eyes. "Honestly, I could feel sorry for how Zuzu puts up with him."

Allie tilts her head. "But Yuya's your friend, isn't he?" she asked.

Yasuko's face turned down when Allie said that. The word 'friend' made her turn her head away from Allie's gaze to look at the seat in front of her. Her face turns to a bit sulky when Allie wonders if she had any people she considers as friends. Deep down, there was this gap in her heart that waged her from being like all the others. To be honest with herself, she never actually made any real friendship. She never even got to know anyone she met personally.

"I don't have friends," Yasuko admitted. "I never did."

"What?!" Allie gasped in shock. "You mean you don't have a single friend?"

With a shake of her head, Yasuko gives an ominous reply. "Never." Yasuko looks at the window that looks like time moving so fast in movies. "You wouldn't understand. I was adopted; I never really…fit in well. When Chloe took me in, she brought me to Japan, and after that, I've always been by myself for most of the time except for my mom," Yasuko continued to explain without looking at Allie.

The little girl felt like her heart was starting to grow heavy when Yasuko is explaining to her. Allie thought that she wouldn't understand her, but at least she's enough to make her listen to her story.

"When I was… six, maybe…seven…" she tried to ponder what she can remember much about her childhood. "I was practically alone. I had no one. The only one that I ever had contact with is my mom. She kinda took me in so to stay. I was raised in a small little village called Wangkou. I don't even remember anything about my real mother, or my real father… I don't even know if I have a brother or a sister."

As Yasuko continues to talk about her past, Allie's face was growing sadder that she felt sorry for the girl. "Not even one?" Allie asked.

"Pretty much," Yasuko answered.

For a while, Allie looked at Yasuko with sorrow. She didn't know that Yasuko has no one to rely on or be with since she came to the city, or maybe, her entire life. Despite her attitude to people like Yuya or Zuzu, Allie can see that she is fragile. Anyone who lived in a life of solitude could be painful.

She thought of one thing to do something right and looked up at Yasuko. "Then I'll be your friend," Allie declared.

Yasuko lifted her head and looked down to the little girl by surprise. "Huh?"

"Since you did your best to save me and Zuzu and all the others back at Leo Institute, I'll be your friend," Allie smiled, as she grabs her arm to hug her. "That way, you'll never be alone."

Yasuko couldn't help, but to be surprised at the little girl's attitude at her. Normally, the children would've just ignored her because she may be a bad influence due to her anti-social behaviors, according to some parents, but Allie was making her way to be a friend that she never had. She doesn't know what to say to the child; she just stares down on her like she was some kind of a lost cat. Before she could say anything, the bus let out a jerk that rocks the entire seat as Yasuko looks ahead. "Oh look, we're here," Yasuko called.

Allie looks outside and recognized the road that leads them to the You Show Duel School. "Alright, now come on!" Allie insisted as she tucks Yasuko's sleeves to get her going. Yasuko grabs her gym bag as she and Allie both exit out of the bus as the vehicle drives off. "Come on, it's this way!" Allie pulls Yasuko's sleeves to run down the street to where she can be able to see the big sign ahead. Allie and Yasuko waste no time to sprint as fast as they could to You Show Duel School.

On the other side of the street, Yasuko happens to notice a very big sign on top of one of the buildings across the street. She turns to it and finds it read:

You Show Duel School

"Wait a minute? This is You Show Duel School? Looks like some kid's indoor playground if you ask me," Yasuko commented on the school's design. She couldn't tell if this was really a school or some indoor playing field. All there was a red staircase pole, a yellow swirly slide, some tunnel glass on the roof, and a cage rooftop.

Yasuko walks across the street before she stops in front of the building and pushed the doors open. Unlike Leo Institute's big hallways, the school was practically smaller. There were no comfy couches or resting place like LDS. It looks like it was an office break room.

"Yuya!" Allie called to him.

Yasuko turned to another corner and saw four boys; Yuya, Sora, Tate, and Frederick all waiting in the lounge. They saw them running; however, Allie tripped and was about to fall, Yuya quickly moved towards her catch her before she could fall to the floor while Frederick caught the plastic bag, she had lost her grip on when she tripped, and Yuya manages to catch her.

Yuya looked at Allie who was catching her breath, "What's the big hurry, Allie?" Yuya asked her before he turned to Yasuko, who just entered the lounging room. His face turned to a glare when he sees her back in You Show. "Hey, what are you doing here, Yasuko?" he said in a ruder manner. Yasuko was narrowing her eyes to see that his grudge hasn't even changed since today.

"You're still pissed about what happened at school?" Yasuko inquired.

"Of course, I was angry!" Yuya exclaimed, pointing at her. "You just smacked me to the ground and left me there!"

"I don't like being called ape, home-boy," Yasuko pointed out as she opened her gym bag and throws the bag full of ice cream to the Frederick, who catches it. Frederick and Sora investigated the bag, but they had a disappointed expression.

"Oh man, the ice cream has melted," Frederick complained.

"Oh man, what a waste," Sora whined, wobbling the melted ice cream bar.

"Are you kidding!?" Yasuko exclaimed in anger. "I've been making an ice cream delivery for Zuzu and this is what happened to me?" Yasuko scowled at the other direction, profiling her anger to the one girl who made her deliver the melted sticky treat. "Damn it Zuzu… you owe me," she murmured lowly, but Yuya heard her.

"Where's Zuzu?" Yuya asked. "Wasn't she supposed to get them?" Yuya then looked at Allie, and when he saw her eyes, he got a bad feeling when he saw tears gathering in her eyes. "Allie, what's wrong? Did something happen to Zuzu?"

Allie started to sob as tears started to run down her cheeks. "Zuzu is in danger!" Allie sobbed.

"When we were walking, we overheard one of Sylvio's goon squad planning on making a drop to us for humiliating them in the tag Duel, so she went out to Duel Sylvio," Yasuko explained the situation to Yuya. He grabbed Yasuko's shoulders and looked her in the eyes. Yuya got worried, remembering how Sylvio's friends had taken Zuzu and the kids hostage before their tag duel, so even if Zuzu won they would most likely use her against him.

"Where are they?" Yuya demanded.

"It's in the harbor, warehouse 52," Yasuko stated as she wrenched Yuya's hand off her shoulder.

"Alright then! Let's go!" And with that, Yuya sprints out of the lounging room with a bewildered Yasuko behind.

"Hey wait! Do you even know where the harbor is?!" Yasuko called, but he was already long gone, much to her annoyance. "Dumbass," she muttered before she bends down and places a hand on Allie's shoulder.

Yasuko isn't sure of how she can handle a crying child, but she is doing her best to keep Allie calm. "Hey," she said. "Don't be sad; stay positive and remember; good things come when you stay positive, alright?"

Allie smiled wanly and rubs her eyes to wipe her tears away. "Okay." And with that, Yasuko grabs her gym bag and runs after Yuya.


The sun has completely set at the horizon and the street lights have lit up. When there was a night like this, Yasuko wished she would be back home, but it's obvious that Diana's going to be mad since the situation got to her. She turned around to a corner to where the harbor was. Breathing in and out of her mouth, she grows more exhausted to find the boy who ran ahead without her.

"Damn it…" she panted in exhaustion. "Where the hell is he?"

"Yasuko!" Yuya's voice can be heard from somewhere, calling her. Yasuko turned to the source and she finds Yuya running up towards her. He was exhausted too. His sweat ran down from his forehead and drops to the ground like a raindrop.

"Did...you...find...Zuzu?" he asked, panting at the same time.

"Are you an idiot?" Yasuko retorted. "The port's that way!" She pointed her hand to show Yuya the direction of where the port is.

Yuya nodded and raised his fist up determinedly. "Alright thanks, now we've just got to go and save Zuzu," Yuya proclaimed; however, Yasuko has a different answer for that.

"Uh, not we…" Yasuko announced. "You."

From that answer, Yuya held two hands in shock that Yasuko is not coming with him. "Huh?!" he gasped. "Why not?!"

Yasuko had found out something that comes to her mind and shifted away from Yuya. She held her left arm and smoothed it uncomfortably to gather the courage to tell Yuya. "I… have a curfew," Yasuko answered.

"Is some curfew not worth Zuzu's well-being?!" Yuya exclaimed.

"It's already sunset and if it gets darker, Diana is going to be very angry about me, so… I'm no good if I have to make it back before dark." Yasuko didn't answer to any more questions or having any comments about her actions as she turns towards the opposite direction and walks away but Yuya paused her by grabbing her shoulder.

"Hey, I need you to help me in this one," Yuya declared, but Yasuko glance at him.

"Not this time," Yasuko declined. "This isn't like that tag team duel we've done back there, this is personal, and you have to confront him alone, for your Zuzu."

Yuya stared at her in shock that she is refusing to help him. "But Yasuko…" Yuya didn't say a word when she removed his hands off her shoulder. She turns back to gaze in his red eyes with her blue eyes to show her support.

"I'm sorry I can't help you right at this moment, but I have faith that you will make it, or to say the least, fail," she told him. "Either way goes, good luck, Yuya." And with that Yasuko walks away from him, leaving Yuya in disbelief.

"Yasuko…" Yuya sympathized.


By the time it was night, Yasuko was sure enough to believe that Diana is going to be very angry with her leaving out in the night. She paced herself by jogging until she can see Diana's house and started walking towards the house. She removes her shoes and enters the house. Once inside, Yasuko drops off a couple of errands on the counter for Diana.

"I hope that Diana didn't notice that I was this long gone," said Yasuko.

"I did." Diana's voice nearly gives her a jump, yelling in surprise that Diana is already waiting for her with an apron strapped on. "Where have you been, young lady."

Yasuko tossed her bag down and looked at Diana. "I was sightseeing the city." She made up an excuse, using her agenda as the only excuse for the cover.

"And it took ya almost all day just to something in the city to make pancakes?" Diana interrogated.

"Pretty much," Yasuko shrugged. "I couldn't count how many this place has considering that this is still relatively new to me," she excused.

Diana sighed heavily, holding her head, and shaking it at the same time. "You and your antics," she said. "I wonder how your mother ever put up with this."

Yasuko took her time to ponder her thoughts together and instead, she shrugged as an answer. "I don't know," she said. "I guess she's used to it."

"Mm." Diana hummed before she points her spoon at the kitchen. "Anyways, help yourself with some of the alfredo pasta I made, hope that would satisfy your journey."

Yasuko bowed her head slightly. "Thank you: I promise it will never happen again," she vowed.

"Don't worry," Diana assured. "You kids always tend to be late most of the time, just don't stay too late after curfew," Diana pointed her spoon at Yasuko, "otherwise there won't be any dinner for you with you miss it."

Yasuko nodded. "I understand, Diana Luciana."

A smile formed in Diana's face as she patted her head. "Good." Yasuko blushed slightly with when Diana is treating her like a kid. This was embarrassing for her because she usually does this to Allie but coming from her caretaker is a bit humiliating. She hates people treating her like a kid. "Anyways, I'll be going to bed soon, so good night." Diana walks back in the kitchen with Yasuko following.

When they entered the kitchen, Yasuko sees a plate of alfredo on the table as Diana removes her apron before looking at her. "By the way, have you thought of a Duel school you would be applying?" she asked.

"No," Yasuko answered.

The caretaker is intrigued about Yasuko not choosing to enter a Duel School. "Oh, and why not?" Diana asked again.

"Because I don't have any particular interest in those things," she replied which gets Diana to ask her more questions despite not wanting to.

"But you're a duelist, are you not? How were you able to duel if you didn't go to a duel school?" she asked, but all that Yasuko could give was a shrug.

"I don't know," said Yasuko. "I'm just good at it. I mean, sure there are some expectations, but I don't think it's my thing to even be a part of that system."

Diana placed her apron on her counter and turns around while leaning back with a gleeful eye. "Well, Chloe once told me you were always engaging in duels to solve your problems, but you never duel for the fun of it, so I thought maybe…if you want, I got you some copy of the duel school applications in your room across the city so that I can leave you to have some thought of it, and then if you feel like joining, you can talk to me about it."

Yasuko didn't seem to mind, but she doesn't want Diana to choose a random Duel School for her. She wouldn't even want to look at what kind of duel school they have considering that they each follow a specific code of order. "But are you willing to let me if you approve one just in case?" Yasuko questioned.

"Well…" Diana looks at the ceiling. "Chloe said you didn't get along with anyone at your school, and seeing how this city brought your attention, I may allow you to enter, but I want you to ask yourself this: what do you want out of joining a duel school? Is it for the thrill of dueling? Or something more?" Diana questioned Yasuko's s true motive for joining a duel school in the first place.

"I guess I'll decide for myself," said Yasuko.

There were no more words to exchange as Yasuko grabs a fork to eat the alfredo while Diana goes upstairs to clean herself.


Yasuko could only think about some shut eyes until the sunbeams on her from the window again. She removes her deck from her duel disk and lies it on the table. She puts down her crystal pendant keychain down on the table next to her deck.

"Someday huh?" said Yasuko, more likely to herself. She looks over the pile of papers that were on her desk. It was very bizarre to see so many applications for a duel school across the city that is not as big as Tokyo. At least it's not like Tokyo where it would be too much to look over.

For the rest of the night, Yasuko checks on some of the duel schools based on the applications that Diana printed. She crumbles up the ones that were worthless and follows a code that everyone follows. After looking over and researching, her eyes feel like they are about to fall over after reading the applications and "little" research on the duel school.

She happens to come to the last application that was on the bottom. The application of You-Show Duel School. She picks up the "You Show" application form. She thought back to the words from Allie and Zuzu. They told her that dueling is fun, but she wasn't sure to believe that. She thought that dueling was her way of solving problems. Dueling for fun seemed illogical to Yasuko. She doesn't even know or believe in fun. But then, Diana was suggesting something else about dueling. She pondered all of this information to what would dueling be about.

"What do I want out of dueling?" she wondered. Yasuko can't decide for herself and places the application form down on her table before grabbing a towel and leaves her room.

In this small house bedroom, the darkness from the night sky blankets everything from the closet to her keychain on the desk. While it may seem like for hours in the dark, something was illuminating the room. The bright light shines from Yasuko's keychain. The crystal pendant keychain started to glow like a nightlight. The glow was so bright that it turns the entire room into day. As the keychain glows, something was also glowing. A selection of certain cards from Yasuko's deck are illuminating along with the keychain. The glow lasts for only another moment before the crystal keychain stops glowing along with the cards that were shimmering inside the deck.

By the time Yasuko returned to the room all washed up and cleaned, there was nothing wrong or suspicious about what just happened last night.


Alright, still trying to build up the game here, originally, I was going to make her come across the school, but then again, I thought maybe it would be weird and bad to not try and break character. Anyways, if you wonder how I'm going to tell you about the past, I'm going to break it down little by little. There will be more details of the past life I have planned.

If you managed to continue reading at this point, I hope you enjoyed it so far. What do you think? Does it need something to improve? I know it tends to get boring because of the long chapters, but I like reading big novels and stories and tend to make them almost the same length. So stay tuned, the next chapter will be the start of the LDS vs You Show soon.