Chapter 10: Crazy Schemes

{Maiami Harbor: June 14th, 2014, 7:20pm}

She stared in confusion for a few moments as they watched one another, curious, but also unsure on whether or not to talk or merely walk away and pretend it never happened. Yuzu frowned, glaring at the boy and whipping out her fan in an instant, bashing him over the head as he hissed in pain and rubbed the sore spot. Yuto knew then and there that he had been mistake for Yuya – the red-and-green-haired boy from earlier – and he wanted to clear it up, but Yuzu, the pink-haired she-devil as he was now going to call her, wasn't going to let him get a word in it seemed.

"YOU DAMN IDIOT! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!" she boomed, causing him to wince, his sensitive ears not liking the volume.

"Would you calm down, and let me explain!" he defended, but she whacked him over the head again.

"No! You dumbass! What if that guy had hurt you! And what were you thinking doing whatever the hell it was that you did to your Duel Disk! Not to mention you also could have hurt everyone in here! I get that you're an entertainer, but that doesn't mean you have to brutalize and scare the hell out of people!" Yuto blinked.

"Whoa! Wait! I didn't…" Yuzu bashed him over the head again.

"Okay, she's not Ruri, but she hits like her…" he thought as he rubbed the sore spot on his head.

"Yuya Sakaki, I swear! Sometimes I don't know what to do with you! What did you do to your hair? Why are you in that costume? And why are you wearing colored contacts? Not to mention where did you get a Phantom Knights Deck? Were you trying something out for when Halloween got here? And when did you learn to Xyz Summon?!" she demanded as he gaped at her before taking in a deep breath.

"I've always known how to Xyz Summon! It's what's taught at my school!" another whack.

"Don't make up a bunch of lies! We're not teaching Xyz Summoning at You Show! Are you going behind our backs and learning at LDS or something?! I want to know now!" she snapped at him, raising her fan again and he sighed as it connected to his head.

"For a paper fan that thing hurts like hell!" he thought in dismay as he considered how he was going to explain this.

"Hey! Would let me explain before you hit me again!" he shot back, glaring as she sighed.

"Start talking…" Yuto sighed in relief as he rubbed the sore spot on his head.

"Firstly, I'm not Yuya Sakaki. I'm not wearing a costume or anything, this is my normal clothes, I don't wear contacts because my eyes are gray not scarlet… and where I come from, my school taught Xyz Summoning as the main method! Which is why I use them!" he replied.

"You're not…. Yuya? Then why do you look like him?!" storm-cloud gray met periwinkle.

"You got me there, I have no idea! I came here looking for someone and I thought you were her for a moment but being closer to you, I know that you're not her," he explained, not liking that he had to say so much to someone who was a stranger.

"Who are you?" the boy shifted.

"I don't think introductions are a good idea… you see… a lot of really bad things are going on and getting you and your boyfriend wrapped up in this mess is not a good idea," he stated as Yuzu glared.

"Yuya is not my boyfriend!" gray eyes looked her over.

"But you like him, don't you? Or is it more than that? Do you love him?" he probed as Yuzu went red-faced.

"I-I… why should I tell you?! I don't even know your name!" the boy sighed, rubbing his temples in exasperation. Interdimensional travel was far more stressful than movies or books made it out to be, that was for sure.

"Because, to anyone who cherishes someone, the behavior you take on when he's in danger is plain as day. You may not want to admit it, but you're in love with him," he said bluntly.

"He's my best friend…. we've always been there for each other, and we grew up together… so… to me Yuya is very important, without him I feel like I'm missing a piece of myself." Yuzu admitted this as the black-and-lilac-haired boy nodded.

"That's what my missing person is like to me…. she's everything to me…. and my best friend whose helping me find her," he spoke softly at this moment and Yuzu frowned a bit.

"Well, just don't go attacking randomized people. That's no way to get anything done without dragging more people into it or causing trouble for others!" storm-cloud-gray eyes looked to her and Yuzu smiled.

"Thanks, I'll try to remember that…. but…. those idiots deserved it," he admitted.

"True, and thank you for helping me, by the way, I'm Yuzu Hiiragi." The pink-haired girl held out her hand and Yuto eyed her momentarily and then took it.

"Just call me -"

"YUZU!" a familiar voice called out for her frantically and both of them looked up.

"That's Yuya!" Yuzu stated as a small chime like noise rent the air as her bracelet started glowing, startling the two inside the warehouse as it flashed brilliantly and Yuto disappeared. Instantly Yuzu was looking around, confused and shocked by the boy's sudden disappearance as a shout came from near the door.

"Yuzu! Thank god! I was trying to find you!" scarlet eyes looked to her, glowing in the dim light of the warehouse and startling her slightly.

"What's wrong with his eyes? Why are they glowing?!" a thrill of terror went through her as his arms came around her and he held her close, causing Yuzu to freeze before she realized that it was indeed Yuya who was holding onto her. The scent of cinnamon and oranges clear as day and the warmth of his body close to her own as he continued to hold onto her.

"Y-Yuya? I…" she stared into scarlet eyes, still gleaming a bit in the dim light as the boy looked to her.

"What is it Yuzu? Are you okay?" he asked, concern clear in his voice.

"I-I'm fine…just a bit spooked is all…" she found her words failing her as she compared the boy still holding her to the one she'd just encountered and who had disappeared before he could tell her his name.

"Let's go home okay? It's late and I don't think you wanna deal with your dad yelling about staying out all night," he said as he grabbed her hand in his, and she noticed for the first time how fragile his hands felt.

"Yuya?" her voice trembled a bit.

"Hmm? Is everything okay?" he asked, scarlet eyes looking at her as the moonlight showed on them a bit.

"Y-Yea…I just…" her eyes burned a bit as he squeezed her hand, pulling her close as they started to walk.

"I'll take you home, you won't have to go by yourself," Yuya promised as he looked into her eyes.

"Thank you…" he nodded.

"Don't mention it."

{Sakaki Household: June 16th, 2014, 6:45am}

Fourteen-year-old, witch-in-training, Yuya Sakaki was having a bad day, and he knew it was going to get worse. He had gotten up earlier than normal to attempt a few new spells he'd been practicing and had somehow made a serious blunder in one of them. At current, he was sitting on his bed in his room with his mother staring at him with her hands on her hips, looking slightly amused but a bit worried and scolding at the same time. When he'd called her up here, she had expected him to have turned his lamp into an owl again or something along those lines; however, she hadn't been expecting what she'd gotten instead. The boy sighed in defeat as she looked him over, knowing that this was indeed, going to be a long day.

"How on earth did you manage this one?" Yoko asked.

"I don't know! It just happened!" the boy whined.

Yoko would be the first to admit that raising a child was a tough job – especially alone – however, raising a child who could also do magic had other, and much more daunting challenges, such was the case right now with the shout for her to come upstairs not three minutes ago and what it had resulted in. she sighed, looking at her son's predicament and then shaking her head.

"You were practicing transformation magic again, weren't you?" green eyes looked to scarlet and the boy slumped a bit where he sat.

"Yea, but not on myself…" he muttered in dismay.

Currently, Yuya was sitting upon his bed, wearing just his pants and his orange t-shirt, with his choker and pendulum crystal on. However, he hadn't done something as frustrating as giving himself a snout – which according Yoko she herself had done once or twice several years ago – but the situation was just as bad. He sat upon his bed, in a distraught state because he had managed to give himself animal appendages. Laid out behind him was a long, sleek, green tail with a slightly red tuft at the end, and twitching occasionally at the top of his head were a pair of very apparent, green feline ears with some red tufts inside them as well. Yuya hung his head, ears twitching as he thought about how long it would take for this to wear off.

"Well, this is a fine mess you've gotten yourself into Yuya. I can't change you back to normal with this one. You'll have to wait for it to wear off," she said.

"WHAT?! But that could take forever!" Yoko shook her head.

"It takes one week at most, but these aren't permanent. You'll just have to live with them until then," she told him as he had a look of horror upon his face.

"I can't go to school like this!" Yoko sighed.

"Finish getting ready and come eat. Once you have we'll go from there, but we'll have to find a way to hide them," she said as the boy laid his ears down flat, causing them to blend in with the messy state of his hair.

"Okay…" he went over to the dresser and grabbed his wrist warmers before tugging them on and grabbing his belt and putting it on before getting his deck and Duel Disk which were pocketed.

"Sora isn't here today, so don't worry. Now, come down stairs and we'll eat, and I can explain to you what you'll probably need to expect from the spell you've managed to put on yourself," Yoko said as she went down the stairs and then looked to her son and saw him slip down the fire escape pole in a swift motion before landing gracefully.

"That was weird…" he shook his head, ears twitching once again.

"You should expect that for as long as the spell lasts. Your senses will be heightened, as will your reflexes, stamina, agility, and maneuverability. You gave yourself cat ears and a tail, so you're basically a Nekojin until further notice," she told him as she sat down a plate of pancakes and he looked to her before starting to eat.

"Great…. if people didn't think I was a freak before at school, they will now…" Yoko sighed.

"You aren't a freak, but hiding those ears and tail are going to be tricky. What I would recommend doing is putting your tail around your waist under your shirt, and I would use your goggles to pin your ears down," she told him.

"My ears are gonna be killing me…" he reached up and rubbed one of them, finding it strange, but somehow his body accepted it like he'd always had them.

"When you have the time, go into one of the stalls in the restroom, take off your goggles, rub your ears a bit and put them back on. Just don't get caught!" Yoko stated.

"I'll do my best…you're supposed to come by the Duel School today, right?" the blonde-haired woman nodded.

"Yes, I am. So, be on your best behavior!" she told him.

"I will…" Yuya finished his breakfast and stood before thinking.

"Something wrong?" she asked.

"I was thinking about putting a hole for my tail in the waist band of my pants in case I have to let it come out from under my shirt…I can do that much with magic…" Yuya went back upstairs and Yoko sighed.

"Honestly, that boy…"

Yoko set to cleaning the dishes as Yuya tried to modify his clothing a bit for the tail before finally getting it right as he came back downstairs, tail hidden by his shirt and ears pinned by his goggles he went over to her and she nodded, approving of it and being thankful that the boy's shirt was a longer one so it would hide the hole in the waist of his pants before he gave her a hug and went to the door, sliding on his sneakers before grabbing his school bag and jacket and pulling it on as he waved goodbye and Yoko replied with her own goodbye before he was gone. As soon as the door shut, Yoko took in a deep breath and looked to a picture on the wall of the kitchen of Yusho and Yuya when the boy was about nine or so.

"Yusho? What am I gonna do? I don't know how to tell him the truth, and I promised Yaya I would when he came of age…" Yoko sighed, defeated at current and went back to doing her dishes.

{Maiami Junior High School: 8:00am}

A faint sting came from Yuya's ears during science class and he ignored them, knowing they would eventually go numb and he wouldn't feel the pain of them being pressed down much longer. Yuzu had noticed that he was fidgety today; however, her thoughts on his strange behavior didn't last long as her mind went back to the strange boy she'd met only two days ago when she had confronted Sawatari. The boy seemed kind enough, but he did have a rougher side to him it seemed, and she still wasn't sure what to believe when it came to how much he and Yuya favored.

Except for the hair and eye color, they were identical – the darker haired boy may have been an inch or two taller than Yuya – and even had a slightly similar vocal tone, but the dark-haired boy had a sharper, coarser tone that suggested a great deal of pain and suffering had been placed upon him at some point in his life while Yuya's voice was light, youthful, and jovial: it was innocent. Periwinkle eyes glanced towards the red-and-green-haired boy who was trying his hardest to pay attention in class, occasionally fidgeting or glancing towards the window while Yuzu merely smiled. That was a good way to describe Yuya, innocent and full of warmth and light, but that other boy who looked so much like him wasn't innocent and he was darker than the boy she knew so well.

"Yuya is so innocent, bright, and warm like the sun, but that other boy feels like the sunset, he's still warm, but there are cold spots around him, like he's suffered greatly…he felt like the twilight hours…" Yuzu frowned, wondering why she was using sunrises and sunsets as ways to describe two boys who were almost one-hundred percent identical and looked back to Yuya who groaned silently, biting his lip and looking a bit uncomfortable as the teacher kept lecturing until it was over. The second the teacher dismissed them, Yuya vanished from sight only to return a bit later looking a little bit more comfortable.

"Are you okay Yuya?" she asked as he sat back down.

"Yea, I wasn't feeling well this morning so I kinda went and splashed some water on my face…I guess it's just me being anxious for no reason is all…" he gave her a smile and Yuzu frowned.

"People don't get anxious for no reason! Is something going on?" she questioned.

"Not really, I just…. like I said… I wasn't feeling well this morning…" he ignored her at that point and Yuzu sighed.

"Okay, if you say so…"

Classes went on like that for the entire day, Yuzu watching Yuya's strange behavior, noticing his constant fidgeting, and comparing him and the other boy almost constantly. She sighed in defeat as the day ended and they went to their Duel School and sat in a lecture on summoning methods again. The entire time, Yuzu was completely zoned out, the younger children chatting to her father on how they had already gone over all of this and knew it already, but Shuzo informed them that refreshing one's memory was the best way to make sure no one messed up in a tournament where not doing something right counted.

Sora had begun combining vanilla ice cream with vanilla custard at one point during the class, offering Yuya some, but he refused, not wanting to be smacked by Yuzu's fan only to find out that the girl was completely out of focus and hadn't even heard the conversation with him sitting next to her. Yuya felt his ears twitch a bit and he sighed as he adjusted his goggles, not wanting to reveal the extra appendages to his friends as Shuzo continued with his lecture. Their next topic was Fusion Summoning, which Sora – their resident Fusion expert – began to explain how it worked and what the set up was like only to use doughnuts to do the explanation alongside his custard and ice cream. Yuya sighed in defeat as Shuzo began his tirade; however, it was at this moment that the question of Synchro Summoning was brought up, and Shuzo jumped into the explanation for a few moments. And then, Yuya heard something from Yuzu that he had never expected.

"Dad, what about Xyz?" she asked.

"X-Xyz?" Her dad gave her a confused expression while everyone looked to her, dumbfounded by her question.

"You haven't taught us about Xyz before, have you?" she questioned.

"N….no, I haven't. I can't teach something I haven't done. Even the LDS only just started teaching about it." Yuya felt a strange, creeping chill go up his spine as Yuzu glanced his way.

"Yea, he's right…" started Tate while the pink-haired girl looked down.

"Why are you suddenly interested in Xyz Summoning?" Shuzo asked.

"N-No reason…" Yuzu looked to Yuya and for just a second she saw that boy where he was, and he rose an eyebrow.

"Eh? What? Is something wrong?" he asked her.

"Ah…no, nothing…" she gave him an anxious look.

"Right…. There's no way Yuya could use Xyz Monsters. But…" Yuzu's thoughts were interrupted.

"An ambush! Yuya would never do something so craven and cowardly!" stated a familiar voice in outrage. Yuya's keen hearing recognized it instantly.

"Gongenzaka?!" he was on his feet in an instant and heading out of the classroom.

{Outside of You Show Duel School: 4:20pm}

Noburou Gongenzaka stood at the front steps of the You Show Duel School, towering over the people who had come up making accusations towards his best friend. the gall they had to show up unannounced and began making a series of randomized statements about Yuya Sakaki of all people attacking Sylvio Sawatari had set him ablaze within from pure anger at the sheer mordacity these buffoons seemed to have.

"What is going on here?" asked Shuzo as he and the others exited the front of the building.

"Oh! Principle! I, the manly Gongenzaka, was in the middle of running to temper and harden my legs, when I saw these three spying into You Show Duel School. I approached these three ruffians and questioned them! They inexcusably claim that Yuya, late last night, ambushed them while they were unaware!" Gongenzaka turned his attention back to none other than Jetson, Nakoto, and Jiko who stood there with smirks upon their faces.

"Ambushed?!" Shuzo questioned as Yuya felt a startled look come upon his face.

"Me?" Jiko stepped forward.

"That's right, don't tell me you've forgotten! You came in there wearing all these dark beat-up clothes, you had a different Duel Disk, and you used Xyz Summoning to beat up Sawatari!" he stated.

"I didn't do that! I was looking for Yuzu the whole time!" Jetson smirked.

"You did manage to wash that hair dye out pretty damn quick, but I guess for a side-show-freak that wouldn't be too hard to do," he told him as Yuya glared, a hiss almost escaping him.

"Showing my feline traits and my magic right now is a very bad idea. I need to stay calm and not let these bastards get to me," Yuya thought as the three continued their jeering.

"We were there, and we saw you with our own two eyes! In fact, there were four…no…five people who saw you!" stated Nakoto.

"Five people?" the three nodded.

"Yep, myself, Jiko, Nakoto, Sawatari, and Yuzu Hiiragi," said Jetson.

Yuzu felt a sharp sting go through her chest at the statement. True, she had witnessed someone who favored Yuya, but that boy and him were not the same people, and she knew that deep down, but her mind seemed to not quite be able to register it. Nonetheless, she had no desire to let Yuya take the fallout for this.

"Is that true, Yuzu? Did you see Yuya there as well?" asked Gongenzaka as she stared at him in confusion.

"What did you see?" she looked to her father.

"The perp's face! Obviously! She saw the face of Yuya Sakaki, the person who attacked Sylvio Sawatari, the son of the next Mayor of Maiami City," stated Jetson as Yuya looked at the cruel expressions upon their faces.

"That's all hearsay! Yes, there are four people who had time to find a victim to pin an accident on and make up a huge problem when only they were there, and Yuzu probably overheard you and came to set your sorry tails straight!" Yuya snarled as Gongenzaka looked at the boy as did Shuzo and the children.

"Interesting coming from your mouth, you little freak!" Tate and the others stepped forward, standing in front of Yuya.

"That's a lie! Big brother Yuya would never do such a thing!" said the blue-haired boy.

"It was Sawatari who was going to attack him! I overheard the entire thing with Yuzu! She sent me ahead after we heard it to Duel Sawatari in order to give him a piece of her mind!" Allie stepped forward, and Yuya commended her bravery.

"Wait, so Yuzu dueled, not Yuya?" asked Shuzo.

"Yup!" Allie kept a stern look on her face.

"And her opponent was?" he asked.

"Sylvio Sawatari!" Allie confirmed this without hesitation.

"But that means…. the one who ambushed them was Yuzu?!" Shuzo shouted in confusion, hands on his head.

"Wrong!" said the three children.

"We keep saying it was Yuya Sakaki. He attacked Sawatari, not the little Princess." Scarlet eyes narrowed at the three.

"Don't call her that! she doesn't need someone to come and rescue her! She can handle herself just fine!" Yuya snapped. Yuzu looked to him.

"Yuya…."

"Poor Sawatari, he was so banged up, they put him in the hospital. They even say he might never Duel again," stated Nakoto in dismay as Yuya felt a lick of magical energy curl affectionately over his cheek, brushing across his skin in a manner that reminded him to keep his anger in check.

"Anger leads to magical bursts which can hurt non-magic users. As a witch whose now of age, I'm supposed to keep that in check and make sure that normal humans are safe around witches like myself. If I lose control of my anger at this point, my magic is gonna do something really bad…but I know for a fact that they're lying…" Yuya thought.

"Be honest, you three don't really know what you saw! You're just telling us this because you've convinced yourself that the person who attacked Sylvio Sawatari was me." Gongenzaka placed a hand upon Yuya's shoulder.

"You may have eye witnesses, but do you have evidence? Anything physical?" he questioned as the three froze up.

"Judging by your expressions, I'll take that as a no." Jiko looked to them.

"The doctors have said that his injuries could be life threatening, if something happens to Sawatari, you'll be held responsible," he said sharply as Yuya stared and then turned to Yuzu.

"Yuzu, come on, you saw everything, right?" scarlet met periwinkle, and the girl flinched, looking down.

"I-I did see, but…." She started.

"What? Yuzu, come on please!" he begged her, and she took in a deep breath.

"I saw a person who favored Yuya, but his hair was black, and his eyes were gray. That guy was taller than Yuya and looked older than him too," she stated.

"Favored me?" she nodded.

"There were some drastic differences, but facially he did look a lot like you," she admitted, and almost couldn't bear to see the look of disbelief and betrayal on Yuya's face.

"You think I did this too, don't you?" she shook her head.

"No! I just said that he favored you! Like I said! His hair was black and purple, and his eyes were gray! He was almost three inches taller than you are and a bit bigger in build than you are! Your voices weren't even the same!" she defended as scarlet eyes glanced down.

"So, this is what a witch hunt feels like…" Yuzu watched the boy shiver a bit, biting his bottom lip in a harsh manner as she felt an unbearable ache develop in her chest at seeing that expression on his face.

"You do know that the police will arrest you if its proven that you're guilty." Yuya glanced to Yuzu and Shuzo frowned.

"Kids, please, explain to me what's going on from the top!" Shuzo stated as a black car pulled up and the group looked to a woman in a dark puce suit with golden jewelry on stepped out of the car. She was tall, slender, pale, and elegant with dark magenta hair and crystalline-blue eyes.

"I would be happy to give you an explanation." Shuzo looked to her.

"You're…. from LDS?" he asked.

"Yes, I am Henrietta Akaba, the chairman of the board of directors."

"Why are you here?" questioned Shuzo as he kept a stern look on his face.

"Why, to discuss this situation without applying false blame. Now, shall we head inside?" she began walking into the building and the others followed, Yuya keeping a sharp glare on the woman's back.

{Office: 5:15pm}

Henrietta Akaba took a seat in the simple office-waiting room of the You Show Duel School and looked at the people around her. Naturally, she did believe what the boys had said had some genuine merit to it; however, her son, Reiji, did not believe it entirely as he had no doubts that Yuya was innocent – why she wasn't exactly sure – nonetheless, she was here to root out the problem, and in exchange for doing something about this mess, she had a price already in mind. Her pale gaze went to the boy standing closest to Shuzo, the creator of the Pendulum system, the son of the most well-known Dueltainer in the world: Yuya Sakaki.

"Everything the boys said is true. One of our students, Sylvio Sawatari, is indeed in the hospital, and he did testify that he was attacked, and the perpetrator was Yuya Sakaki," she said as Shuzo thought of the words.

"Well, Yuya? Did you really?" scarlet eyes gave the man a look of disbelief and Shuzo almost flinched.

"He probably feels like this is a witch hunt…knowing what he is, I can't say I blame him…still, I can't find it in myself to believe that he'd do this…"

"I didn't do it! I would never do such a thing!" Yuya snapped, his mind recanting one of the firmest beliefs of his practices: harm none. He had been raised to believe that if one must defend themselves, then, by all means do so; however, outright attacking someone viciously, was not part of the beliefs he'd grown up with, and doing something of this stature was not within the practices of witches or their wiccan cousins.

"I, the manly Gongenzaka, believe my friend, Yuya. Don't you guys?" Gongenzaka's statement ended with him looking at the children.

"Of course!" stated Frederic.

"Right. What about you Yuzu?" Gongenzaka nodded and then asked this question to the pink-haired girl who stared in surprise before looking to Yuya who sent her an almost dismissive look.

"He's testing me…if I don't help him…he could be in serious danger…we…made a promise, and I know that he didn't do it…someone else did, but…" scarlet eyes met her own periwinkle ones and she took in a deep breath.

"I don't either..." she stated, nervously as Yuya took in a deep breath.

"I don't know what Yuzu saw, but I didn't attack Sawatari. That's not something I believe in doing." Yuzu felt her eyes widen and she smiled, letting him know that she understood.

"Well, well. It seems they're very close. It seems unreasonable to ask you to hand Yuya over. But, we cannot back down from this either," Henrietta stated.

"Excuse me?" the woman settled her firm gaze upon Shuzo.

"If rumors spread that an LDS student lost a Duel, the school's reputation as the Number One Dueling School would be severally tarnished," she said.

"But our Yuya wasn't the one! So, do you plan to imprison an innocent child?!" Shuzo glared back at the woman, determined to defend the boy.

"That doesn't matter anymore! The problem is that LDS' appearance has been ruined! We will wipe away this indignation by having our schools fight one another!" she declared.

"A Dueling contest?!" Shuzo questioned.

"If you should manage to win, we will overlook the little incident with Sawatari. But, if we should win instead…we of LDS will take possession of your You Show Duel School. And Yuya Sakaki will become a student under our tutelage," she stated.

"WHAT?!" Henrietta looked at the fourteen-year-old boy who stared at her in shock.

"Yes, you, the inventor of Pendulum Summons will become a student at our school. And once you've perfected the method, with your consent, you will become the figure head for the new format of Summoning with us as the banner it stands under," she explained as Yuya gritted his teeth.

"Like hell lady! I am not your lapdog!" the woman eyed him.

"He's a rather handsome and spirited boy…. he has a lot of power and untapped potential residing within him…I can see why Reiji is so interested in learning more about him…" she hummed.

"That remains to be seen, Yuya Sakaki…." Gongenzaka glared.

"So, clearing your own name isn't enough for you?! You think you need to steal someone's Duel School? Their secondary home?! And take one of the best students it's got as your own?!" he roared as Henrietta hummed.

"Yes, it would seem so." Shuzo narrowed his eyes at the woman.

"Chairman Akaba, I've heard that you've been buying out many Duel Schools around the globe. Are you suddenly after acquiring You Show Duel School as well?" he asked as the woman smiled.

"I wouldn't doubt it if you also arranged the attack in question." Henrietta looked at Yuya when he stated that.

"Dear boy, if I did so, that would make you…. how did you put it? Oh yes, that would make you my lapdog. Personally, I think you're more akin to a feral cat or a wolf than a lapdog," she stated.

"Shut up!" Henrietta smiled.

"Personally, I think the opportunity would be splendid. Many of our students look up to you Yuya, and would like to use Pendulums as a mechanic to summon. You are the creator, and here, at this little shack of a school, your talents and capabilities are being wasted! As I said before, you would perfect it before we released it to the others for wide-spread use," she said. Yuya ground his teeth together.

"I am trying to stay calm, but by Osiris, this woman is really pushing the wrong buttons." The thought crossed his mind temporarily as Henrietta gave him a once over.

"Getting that information together, spreading it worldwide, would be in the best interest of both our schools, therefore merging is best," she told them.

"Pendulums can't be used without specific cards…" she nodded.

"We could easily create Pendulum cards for every archetype out there, but it would be Yuya who would still be the creator, the founder of the method, and the one that everyone would look up to and admire," she said with a smile as Yuya settled a stern gaze upon her.

"And once we join the schools, I can do a more thorough investigation into what Yuya Sakaki is exactly…Reiji shared a few snippets of his findings with me…and if that boy is what we think he is…then there are so many more potentials awaiting...if he's willing to become a lance that is…for all we know…he could be an enemy to myself and Reiji…" she thought and then Yuya spoke up.

"Duels aren't meant to be used as tools for fights! They aren't merely symbols of power! They're here for a purpose and we shouldn't misuse them…" Yuzu looked to him.

"Yuya…" scarlet eyes narrowed on the chairwoman of the LDS, almost glowing with emotion.

"However, I won't let anyone else steal away this school or the Pendulum Summons I've created! You Show Duel School is the school my father created to teach Entertainment Duels! Not for power hungry, self-centered skinflints who don't know when to step back! And think they can have whatever they want if they flaunt money and power!" Henrietta stared in interest at the boy a glare on her features.

"Well said, Yuya! I, the incarnation of man, Gongenzaka, am in agreement! I shall fight alongside you, my friend, to protect our Duel School!" Gongenzaka declared as Sora jumped down behind him.

"But, you're an outsider, aren't you?" Gongenzaka seemed to go rigid, realization falling on him as he stood there, slack-jawed and looking almost as if he was cut out of white paper.

"Gongenzaka? You gonna make it?" Frederic poked the large youth while Sora approached Yuya.

"If we're gonna fight together as a Duel School, wouldn't it be best to use Yuya, Yuzu, and me? After all, I wanted to fight against LDS students," Sora stated.

"Y-You dare to banish me! The manly Gongenzaka?! I-I-Inexcusable!" Henrietta frowned.

"It would seem that the students of this school all feel the same about this matter," she said.

"I, too, feel the same as them. We won't…" the students along with Gongenzaka stood behind the principle.

"Give you our Duel School!" they declared as one voice before Henrietta sighed.

"Then… shall we get started?"

{…..}

Everything's about to change…

{…..}

Author's Note: there's some more on chaos coming in, Yuya has given himself cat ears, he's been framed – kinda -, LDS is on the move, and Reiji Akaba seems to know something about our Pendulum inventor. Things just get more and more exciting, don't they? Well, tell me what you guys think.

Sincerely,

ShadowDragon94.

Trivia:

Nekojin are people with cat ears and tails and feline-traits in Japanese mythology. Other types include Nekomata, and Gotokuneko.

In many witch covens and wiccan beliefs they always return to the earth what they take, and harm none. I personally know a few witches and wiccans and they aren't how Hollywood has portrayed them, at least, not all of them are. If you want a far more genuine example of what witches or wiccans are like watch: Practical Magic.

Skinflint means: miser, collector, accumulator, squirrel, and or scrooge. It's a very old term and comes from the 1800s.