FIRST OF ALL: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MY LOYAL READERS. I HOPE YOU ALL GET GOOD PRESENTS AND HAVE FUN.

AND SECOND: SINCE IT'S CHRISTMAS, I'VE MADE THIS CHAPTER A LITTLE LONGER THAN USUAL. ENJOY.

MOONLIT BADGER, YOUR CHARACTER IS BACK!

Chapter 6: Security Threat Part 3.

Dawn broke on Viktoria City. The bright orb burned in the horizon. Rays of light shone in between the tall buildings.

In VN:Live office, Lyn sat at her desk working hard on an article she was assigned on for the VN magazine.

"Hey, Lyn."

She looked to see Zack standing before her wearing a black t - shirt with the initialr J.J. Kingver branded in white on the chest, which she figured was replacing the red hat he was wearing the other day, and torn black jeans.

"Hey, what's up," she smiled.

"You'll never guess who's been chosen to broadcast Faltren's tournament," he said in a disappointed tone.

"It's Nako, isn't it?"

Shiri Nako was the golden girl of VN. She was given all of the best stories and she adored being the top dog. So much so that she had recently started giving false information on her reports to boost her ratings. She managed to keep her job by sucking up to the boss.

"Not any more. The big guy's giving the job to you," he sighed.

"You make it sound like a bad thing."

Zack said nothing. He sat on the edge of Lyn's desk and let a few moments pass before speaking again. "Chris is going to come by later, he'll be your parnter from now on."

"Why not you? Are you sick of me already?"

"It's not up to me." Zack paused for a moment before continuing. "You have no idea how lucky you are Lyn. You've been promoted three times in the past year, and I've been stuck here with the same job for six years."

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get a break soon."


"HEY, LEE! WAIT UP."

Outside the Battle Stadium, a tall boy with blonde hair stopped at the entrance, and a brown haired girl ran up beside him.

"What's the rush Tiffany?"

"Did you talk to Tasha?"

Lee thought for a second, trying to figure out who she was referring to.

"Oh, you mean that girl from yesterday? Yeah, I found her at the park."

"And...?"

"Just wait and see. She'll show up here later, I'll bet my life on it"

They both entered the Stadium and to Tiffany's surprise she saw that Tasha was already there waiting for them.

Tasha strolled over to Tiffany who was with the blonde boy from the day before. She was slightly annoyed that the boy was able to predict her return to the Stadium. She swore to herself that she wouldn't go back but there was something about him that interested her; a sense of danger or something similar she felt coming from him.

"I knew you'd come, but I didn't think you'd be here before us," the blonde stated, scratching the back of his head.

She wasn't as predictable as he thought she was.

"I'm Lee by the way. And your name is Tasha right?"

He held out his hand for her to shake. Tasha crossed her arms in front of her chest and glared at him in silence. He lowered his hand and flashed a smile at her instead.

"Oh, you're probably wondering how he knew your name. I told him yesterday. Lee and I are good friends so I asked him to go see if you were okay because you seemed a little upset," Tiffany chripped.

Just like the previous day, Tiffany was unusually happy and it only annoyed Tasha more. She wondered how Lee, who seemed like a fairly grounded guy, could put up with somebody with such a bubbley girl like her.

"Well, if isn't Tiff, Lee, and Tasha." A man approched them and greeted them in each in different ways.

"What's up, T," Lee grinned as they tapped their knuckles together.

T then ruffled Tiffany's hair as she smiled happily which made her look like a puppy dog. He reached for Tasha, which she assumed was to do the same thing, so she backed away a little and looked away, hoping he would get the hint. He did.

T pretended to clear his throat to break the akwardness between them.

"So Tasha, I see you've become friends with Lee and Tiffany. An excellent choice if you don't mind me saying. They're good people to have on your side."

All she did was nod in response; it was the only thing she could do. Even if she hardly knew anything about them, she would need at least one friend to help her in the city. And since her first choice was definetly not Tiffany, her only other option was Lee. She would simply have to put up with the annoyance.

"Well I better head back to the office. I just came by to greet you kids 'cause I saw you coming in," T laughed, pointing at a security camera behind him.

He turned and left down a long corridor.

Tasha stared at the camera for a few seconds before turning to Lee and Tiffany.

"What's with all the cameras in this city?"

Tiffany looked at her confused. "What do you mean? They're just plain old security cameras."

"But why are there so many? I've noticed that there are a lot more than there needs to be out on the streets."

"Hmm." Tiffany thought for a second trying to think of a reasonable answer. "Well, it's understandable. I mean, with Viktoria City being so big and famous, there's going be some pretty bad people looking to do some dirty dealings."

"But I've seen the kind of measures Cy Comm would go to in order to keep the city safe. Last night a saw a guy get arrested, and afterwards I decided to stroll around the block, and there were a lot of officers on patrol. If there's that many officers already on the streets then surely there's no need for the cameras."

"That's a good point. I've never noticed it until now. What do you think, Lee?"

Lee said nothing. He simply stood in silence with his eyes glued to the floor.

"Lee?" Tiffany repeated, concerned about her friend's silence.

He quickly looked up and grinned. "I've just remembered, I have somewhere I need to be."

"Oh, okay. I'll come with you," cheered Tiffany.

"Nah, that's alright. You two stay here and have fun. Maybe you could even have a duel together," he said turning for the exit.

"I'll see you later, Lee," the bubbley brunette called after him.

Tasha watched him leave with narrow eyes. There it was again. The feeling of danger coming from the blonde.

'He's definetly hiding something. I'll bet my life on it.'


A boy named Grey, who had sea green hair that reached mid way to his neck, wearing an unbuttoned white coat that resembled a lab coat reaching down to his thighs with a black shirt underneath, light brown slacks, and black and white trainers, strolled along the back alleyways of the city.

He stopped at the sound of faint laughter. His pale green eyes were fixed on a young man leaning against the wall.

He had scruffy black hair, wore a red headband and a red shirt underneath a long black leather jacket, black army pants tucked into large black biker boots.

"You're trespassing on my turf, mate," he said with a thick Austalian accent. "You better have a good reason for it."

Grey stood his ground. "It's a free city. I can go where ever I want."

The man burst out in a fit of laughter. "Free city? Yeah right. So I take it you're lugging around that old thing as a fashion statement," he said, indicating to the duel disk on Grey's arm.

It was the older model other than the smaller one that was issued out at the Battle Stadium.

"You know, you can get a more travel sized one at the Stadium. Or could it be that you know what newer duel disks are really used for?" he said with a smug grin.

Grey scowled at him and actived his disk.

"So you want to fight, aye?" The man stood upright and faced Grey.

It was then that Grey noticed a duel disk strapped to the man's belt. It was an older model just like his.

"You've just made the biggest mistake of your life," chuckled the man as he unstrapped his disk from his belt and attached it to his arm and activated it.

"DUEL!" they both called.

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