Before I start, I want to say sorry for the delay. Between being back at college, and playing Tag Force 5 (awesome game- but now I know why people hate Synchro Summons, with their bullshit abilities) I've been away from my fan fics. So, here's chapter 29…damn, I never thought I would get this far.

P.S.- I just recently found out about the new series- poor Kazuki Takahashi, they just won't let him quit will they.

Chapter 29- Bros Before Amazoes


"So tell me again what we're doing up at this ungodly hour, and at the Slifer Red dorm no less?" Naruto asked his frival, glaring at him with tired eyes. Misawa smirked as he and the blonde walked up the rickety stairs of the small, rundown dorm.

"Well, wouldn't you like the chance to prank Judai?" Naruto perked up like he'd downed a few coffees and grinned.

"Oh hell yeah! Nice to see you didn't let Prank-275-XO-Z ruin the idea of pranking for you!" Misawa's face went blank at the dreaded words.

"I have no recollection of Prank-275-XO-Z nor am I aware of its existence." He said in a robotic monotone; Naruto sweatdropped.

"Oi, oi, it wasn't that bad." Misawa turned his head in a slow, steady motion, like something out of a horror film.

"Oh no, it wasn't bad- it was despicable!" The genius stressed the last word, crossing his arms as he did so. "The things you put me through that day- what did I do to deserve that?" Naruto shrugged.

"Dunno, can't remember." He said, casually picking his nose. Misawa twitched, before resting his hand on the door handle to Judai and Co's room.

"Whatever- let's just do this." The two of them snuck in, and Naruto smirked at the sound of snoring.

"Almost makes you hesitant to wake them, doesn't it?" Misawa looked at him, before he returned the smirk.

"Nah." They chimed, and Misawa switched his duel disk on. Naruto raised his own, looking at it and wondering just why Misawa had insisted on bringing it. What kind of prank did the genius have in mind that would require their duel disks? For his friend's sake, he hoped it would be worth it. He didn't exactly appreciate Misawa waking him up so early today (then again, he never really had) since he'd had a long night last night, what with explaining his past to Asuka. That's not to say that it went badly; she had taken the news surprisingly well in fact, never once questioning the truth of his words. It was just emotionally draining to have to explain it all again. Then again, Misawa had most likely dragged Naruto along with him as a form of revenge. It wasn't his fault that he was so happy he could sing last night- it was Misawa's fault for being asleep in the first place.

He was rudely yanked from his reminiscing by the sound of cannon fire. The noise rang right in his eardrums, and with a startled yell he fell over. Holding his hands over his ringing ears, the blonde glared at Misawa, who was standing next to a 'Barrel Dragon' holograph. Naruto wasn't the only one to have been surprised, as the three Slifer's in the room were rudely awakened.

"Man, you scared me!" Hayato complained, peering down at them from the top bunk.

"What was that, so early in the morning?" Shou asked. Naruto pushed himself to his feet, restraining the urge to shove 'Barrel Dragon's' card down the other Ra Yellow's throat.

"What the heck is it?" Judai wondered from his position on the floor, his legs still on the bed. Misawa laughed and took a few steps forward. "Misawa! Naruto too!"

"Did I wake you all up?" He asked, staring down at Judai. Judai stood up, rubbing his eyes tiredly.

"Y-You woke us up, all right…"

"In that case, let's start our early morning intensive duelling training at once!"

"Wha?"


"Un, Deux, draw!" Naruto watched blankly as Misawa had the three Slifers drawing cards from their decks, next to the ocean of all places. "Un, Deux, draw! Un, Deux, draw!"

"Un, Deux, draw. Un, Deux, draw." The tired Reds mumbled sleepily, looking like they'd rather be doing anything other than what they were.

"Why so early in the morning like this?" Judai complained, looking at Misawa meekly, continuing to draw despite his moaning.

"Misawa-kun's kinda scary…" Naruto snorted at Shou's words.

"Please, Misawa's as scary as a Kuriboh." He drawled. He was watching the spectacle from a rock, sitting with his left leg crossed over his right, his head resting in the palm of his hand. Hayato took notice of one of Shou's drawn cards, and grabbed the younger boys hand to look at it.

"Oh! That's 'Thunder Nyan Nyan', isn't it?" Shou chuckled and held it up.

"It's my idol card! I've actually only put one in my deck." Hayato also chuckled and pulled out a card of his own.

"It's the same for me." Naruto took an interest in their conversation (he had nothing better to do) and lethargically strolled over to them. His face turned green when he saw the card in Hayato's hand.

"So, you really like them older, huh?" Shou questioned.

"It reminds me of my mom back home." Hayato said sheepishly. "I have it there as a charm." Shou turned to Judai.

"Hey, you have one too, right, Aniki? A favourite idol card?" Shou, as always, wanted to hear Judai's input in the current conversation.

"Well, for me, they're just the cards I like!"

"What about you, Naruto-san?" Naruto raised a brow.

"I suppose it would be 'Akatsuki- Konan' considering I don't have any other female monsters." He said, deciding to play along with them. He heard a 'humph' in his head, and he knew he wouldn't hear the end of it from Haku.

"HEY!" Misawa yelled, approaching the group angrily. "What are these 'idol cards' of yours? Do you think you'll win against those Eight Stars with girls on your mind?"

"Did he say girls?" Shou asked, unsure as to what the genus meant.

"We're not battling the Eight Stars though…" Hayato added, Naruto nodding in agreement, before shaking his head rapidly.

"Hey don't lump me in with a couple of losers like you!" Naruto pointed at the two dramatically, his brow from anger.

"But didn't you lose your key, Naruto-san?"

"Yeah, but I won the next time! And at least I actually had a key at one point!" Not liking how the subject was diverging off topic, Misawa refocused the conversation.

"If you're making your decks seriously, then you shouldn't even have one of those impure cards!" Misawa's expression shifted slightly, before he blushed and shook his head. "Anyway" he continued with renewed ire "idol cards are things that the weak have!"

"But, when you have a card like this, you'll be cured when you're in a pinch!" Shou informed him cheerfully, still holding 'Thunder Nyan Nyan' up.

"To be fair, 'Konan' and 'Thunder Nyan Nyan' are decent cards." Naruto commented, but he was ignored.

"STOP IT!" Misawa yelled, causing Shou and Hayato to fall over. "If you clear your mind of mundane thoughts, even a pinch will also feel refreshing! Wipe away your bad thoughts, and now, practice! Practice."

"I wonder if Misawa-kun isn't interested in girls." Shou whispered, and Judai smiled slightly.

"He's the Last Samurai, you know."

"Wha?" Shou, Hayato and Naruto shared each other's confusion, looking at Judai, stumped.

"I don't really get what you mean…" Hayato said sitting on the ground, with his cards scattered around him. Having had enough with this whole situation, Naruto turned around and walked away.

"Yeah, I'm gonna leave now. I have better things to do then practicing drawing. Seriously, you been taking training tips from Taizen?" Misawa frowned as Naruto left, but shook his head slightly and continued his coaching.

"Un, Deux, draw!"

Later in class, Naruto and Asuka were sitting next to each other. Naruto felt somewhat awkward after the night before, but he was still happy to sit next to her. He was unsure about how to act now that they were actually together, but when she greeted him like she would any other day, he felt a bit more relaxed about the matter. It didn't stop him growing a bit nervous when she held his hand under the table, however.

'Seriously, you made out pretty heavily yesterday, but this is enough to make you nervous?' Naruto forced his expression to remain as it was, but internally he growled at Yami.

'Shut up.'

'Oh man, you have so put me in my place. I'm speechless.' Yami drawled sarcastically.

'Oh leave him alone.' Haku admonished the dark spirit. 'It's cute.' She giggled.

'Guys aren't cute.' Yami added indignantly. Naruto decided to ignore the voices in his head ('We're not going anywhere you know!') and looked at Daitokuji as the man spoke.

"Hmm…I wonder what's happened here-nya…" The bespectacled man glanced around the room, his body language slightly deflated. "Have you heard anything, everyone? My, everyone is absent without notice-nya…" The door behind his desk opened, and Naruto looked on with interest as an attractive woman holding a duffel back entered. Naruto winced as Asuka's grip tightened when she saw him staring at the woman, and he looked away, whistling innocently, "Huh? What's the matter?" The cat lover leaned in as the woman whispered in his ear. "That's Kawada-kun's bag, isn't it?"

This led to the key bearers- plus Shou, Hayato, Chronos, Ryou and Naruto- searching the forest for Kawada, and the rest of the missing students. "So, everyone ended up vanishing in this forest, huh?" Judai said, taking in the scenery as they walked.

"I knew it…" Misawa muttered. "There's no doubt that the Eight Stars are on the move."

"I hope everyone's all right-nya…" Daitokuji said, his tone laced with worry.

"Hey! Anyone!" The group started calling out, trying to get some kind of response from anyone that might be nearby. After who knows how long, they came across a strange sight.

"Ok, this is strange, even by our standards." Naruto deadpanned, looking at the huge colosseum that he doubted had been there before.

"What is that?" Judai asked.

"It's a colosseum." Naruto told them. "In ancient times warriors would fight for an Emperor's amusement, and if he wasn't…well let's just say there wasn't an encore." He sweatdropped when he saw them looking at him in amazement. "Oi, don't look so shocked; I learnt about them when I was in Italy." When their looks didn't change his brow twitched. "Buchi culo." He muttered in Italian. He noticed Asuka blushing slightly, assumingly from his use of a different language. With a smirk, he turned to her slightly "Stupito, piccola?"

"What did you call me?" She glared, and Naruto shook his arms wildly.

"Hey- Stupito means amazed!" she had the decency to look embarrassed by her misconception.

"Let's check it out!" Misawa declared ignoring the small exchange, and they ran towards the large structure. Once inside, everyone was shocked at the sight of students who appeared to be working on construction. Something else seemed to catch Shou's attention, judging from the small gasp he let out.

"That's Kawada-kun!"

"Who?" Naruto asked. "Where?" He tried to see where Shou was looking but to no avail. However, he did see someone that made him facepalm V2. "Oh sweet Ra." Evidently, Manjoume saw it too.

"H-Hey! Look over there!"

"Professor Chronos!" Shou yelled. The man turned to them and muttered something, seeming not to be of his own mind.

"C-Come to think of it, I haven't seen Professor Chronos either-nya…" Daitokuji muttered, holding his hand to his mouth nervously. Suddenly, a loud growl startled them, and Naruto turned to see a tiger growling at Judai.

"The fuck?!" he yelped, stepping in front of Asuka ever so slightly, only to be pulled back by said girl. While the tiger began to chase them, Naruto swept Asuka into his arms and jumped into the stands. He let the girl down, and they watched with worry as the others ran around, desperately trying to escape the beast. "The hell is going on?" Naruto wondered bemusedly.

"We need to do something!" Asuka said, worried for their friends, but Naruto waved her off.

"Trust me, if that tiger wanted to kill them, they wouldn't be out running it."

"Professor Chronos!" Daitokuji screamed. "What is going on here-nya?!"

"Well, that tiger brought us here-nya." He explained deliriously. Eventually, the group had been chased up a stone column, which they hung on too for dear life. Naruto's senses kicked in, and he looked to the other side of the stands to see that a woman had appeared in the arena.

"That's right. Thanks to them, this coliseum you see here is finished. I give you all my gratitude." Naruto blinked when he gave her a good look over.

"Damn, she's ripped as hell!" He muttered, taking in her appearance. She wore white slip-ons, somewhat baggy black trousers with white strips down them, that were bounded by belts below the knees and spiked rings near the ankles, and a green-grey top that only covered her abdomen and half her breasts. On each arm she had gloves, though one had belts and a spiked ring, while the other had a duel disk. She also wore belts around her waist, and around her neck was a spiked collar; Naruto had to wonder what the point in all of the belts was. Her auburn hair was tied up in a high tail that arced down near her mid back, and adorned on the right side of her face were two scars, like claw marks.

"Objection!" Naruto called across, catching the woman's attention (and the exasperated anticipation of his friends) "Coliseum's don't just get built in a few days; that's just not possible. I bet half of this place is cardboard!" The woman twitched angrily, before she noticed his appearance. A grin crossed her face as she eyed him up.

"Ah, you're the one that Akio was obsessed with, for whatever reason. I should thank you for getting rid of him- if he flirted with me one more time I was going to gut him myself!" She gave a predatory smirk and held up her duel disk. "How about you and I have a little duel, I want to see your strength for myself."

"Nah." Naruto said uncaringly, picking his nose as he responded. "Don't wanna. Besides, I don't have a key anymore. Get one of those guys to duel you, miss Eight Star Assassin."

"WHAT! She's one of the stars?" Shou yelled. Ignoring him, she shrugged of Naruto's refusal.

"Everyone!" She called cheerfully, and the collected students group together in a line. "Thank you for your cooperation! Thanks to you, a splendid coliseum was built!"

"SERIOUSLY! Naruto yelled. "Seven people built a coliseum? Are you freaking kidding me?!" Ignoring him this time, she gave the boys 'compensation', except Chronos, who she refused to reward because he gave her the creeps.

"That can't be! That is unfair, is it not!" The tiger, out of nowhere, landed next to the woman, and growled at Chronos. "Oh, my! You're scary! O Dio!" The Professor wailed.

"Hey!" Judai yelled, having at last climbed down from the pillar. "Who the hell are you?!" The woman walked into the centre of the arena, her tiger standing beside her.

"I am Tanya, head and descendant of the great Amzoness Tribe! And, as the whiskered boy stated, I am one of the Eight Stars."

"I knew it…" Judai muttered.

"Amazoness, huh?" Shou said as Hayato stood next to him "I know of them…"

"I've heard that there's a tribe of just women somewhere in the world…" Hayato added.

"So" Asuka muttered "they're real, it seems."

"Yes." Naruto muttered. "But how do they have children?" Asuka stared at him blankly.

"That's what you're thinking about?" She shook her head, and Naruto shrugged.

"Well it's a legitimate question…"

"We'll conduct a sacred battle in this coliseum, with the keys to the eight Spirit Gates at stake!" Tanya declared. "Still, though, only one of your men will be able to battle me." She smiled.

"Oh I get it." Naruto said loudly. "You beat guys up and rape them! That makes complete and utter sense." Tanya's smile dropped and she sent a nasty glare the blonde's way. It was close to being matched by the glare Asuka was sending her.

"What's that about?!" She asked, indignant at being left out.

"Don't worry Asuka; at least you won't get raped." Naruto gave her a comforting pat on the shoulder, and Tanya's glare sharpened. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and opened them again with a smile back on her face.

"Those of you who are the men I speak of- except you" she pointed at Naruto, just flipped her off "-step forward!"

"I'll go!" Judai declared, and Manjoume was right behind him in volunteering.

"No, I will!" Misawa declared, stepping in-between the two Slifers. The last male was facing away, staring at a wall instead. Naruto sweatdropped, wondering why on earth Daitokuji had been given a key at all.

"Hmm…" Tanya mused, holding a finger to her temple in contemplation. "You don't look too bad, but-"

"Shotacon!" Naruto called down, his hands curled around his mouth in an attempt to make his voice louder. The finger clenched into a fist, before relaxing. She stared at the trio for a few more seconds, until she smirked and pointed.

"You!" Judai and Manjoume walked away, the latter muttering in frustration. Asuka humphed and crossed her arms, something that Naruto thought was adorable. Not that he'd ever tell her that; he liked his face arranged the way it was, thank you very much.

Misawa and Tanya faced off in the arena, the genius standing with confidence in his stare down with the Amazon. "What's your name?"

"I'm Misawa Daichi!" Tanya smiled, her eyes narrowing. Naruto pulled his phone out, toying with it in his hand. Asuka raised a brow at this, but when he gave no explanation she decided she didn't want to know.

"Break a leg, Misawa!" Judai called, in a way he must have thought was encouraging.

"Don't let down your guard!"

"We'll be counting on you too!"

"Don't let her touch your thing!" Naruto yelled. Misawa's brow twitched and Tanya glared at him again. Naruto shrugged when Asuka gave him an exasperated glance. "What? If someone touches you in a way and place that makes you uncomfortable, then that's no good." He shook his finger, shaking his head along with it. Tanya's face twitched in restrained irritation, her fists shaking by her sides.

"Don't worry; he has that effect on most people." Misawa told her, his voice as dry as the ground they were stood on, before he turned serious. "I've been prepared for this day for a long time."

"Do you have your rape whistle?" Naruto asked "'cause if not, then you're not prepared." Ignoring him, Misawa began to open his jacket to reveal his jacket-deck-holder thingy.

"I'm going to win, count on it!" In response, Tanya held up two decks in each of her hands, once they'd unclenched.

"Here, I have two decks that will decide your outcome. One is a deck of knowledge, and one is a deck of courage. I'll let you choose your own destiny." Misawa didn't even need a second.

"Naturally, I'll play against the deck of knowledge."

"Very well." She shoved the deck into her duel disk and powered it on with a feminine chuckle.

"I'll face you with my new deck, and banish you from this island!" Misawa pulled out said deck and switched his disk on.

"I forgot to tell you, but this duel isn't a Duel of Darkness." Tanya informed him, much to the group's surprise.

"What, what do you mean?" Misawa asked.

"I don't want your soul! I want you!" Misawa's eyes opened wide.

"EH!" Tanya clasped her hands together, a dreamy expression creeping up on her face.

"In other words, if in win, I'll take you home back to my village as my groom!"

"Your groom?!" Misawa yelped, his face a mask of terror. A few beeps could be heard, before a phone toned.

"Yeah, is this 119? I'd like to report an Amazon Shotacon, who wants to marry a minor." Naruto said into his phone. "Oh, and she has a tiger- hello? Huh, they hung up."

"Why are you saying something so nonsensical? In that case, what happens if I win?" Tanya held her knuckles to her face, wiggling on the spot.

"Well, if you do, I'll be your bride, Misawy!"

"BWAHAHAHAAH!" Naruto fell to the floor, laughing his head off, "Misawy! Hah! I'll have to remember that! Fucking Misawy!" He stopped laughing when Asuka kicked him in the side.

"What was that?!" Misawa asked, baffled- after glaring at Naruto that is.

"What is she thinking?" Asuka wondered in bemusement. Recovering from the pain in his abdomen, Naruto stood back up.

"Well, she's probably thinking of rocking Misawa's world in a complete and utterly illegal act of depravity and having his kids, before she and her village sacrifice him in some kind of sick ritual to their demon god." Everyone stopped and looked at the blonde incredulously. "Hey, Misawy! It'd kind of suck if you were ritualistically sacrificed! So don't lose, ok!" His tone was mocking, but Naruto was, in all honesty, worried for his frival. Women could be forceful when they wanted something, which Naruto could himself confirm from his own experience.

"I don't plan on losing!" Misawa declared. "Nor do I intend on making you my bride!"

"That's the way, Misawa! Show her your Last Samurai soul!" Judai cheered. He and the others had made their way into the stands and were sitting where Naruto and Asuka had landed earlier.

"Leave it to me!"

"Misawy, take me!"

"Ok seriously, you're fucked up lady!"

"DUEL!"

"I'll make the first move!" The Amazon declared. "It's my turn; draw! I summon 'Amazoness Swordswoman' in attack mode!" A muscular woman with tan skin, wild hair, bikini-esc armour and a huge curved sword appeared on the field.

#Amazoness Swordswoman- Warrior/Earth Lvl: 4#

#Atk/Def- 1500/1600#

"I'll place one card facedown, ending my turn!" Misawa looked down at his duel disk.

'I have yet to use this deck in an actual battle, so this will be a test run. This deck was created to duel Naruto, but what better time to test it than now!' "My turn; draw!" Misawa swiped a card from his deck, and revealed it "I activate the continuous spell card 'Dimensional Fissure'! This card sends cards to a different dimension instead of to the graveyard when they leave the field!"

"Huh, what does he mean by 'different dimension'?" Shou asked, confused as always. Though, to be fair, Misawa wasn't one for speaking directly- he never was to be honest.

"He means that cards will be removed from play- or banished- when they leave the field, instead of put in the graveyard." Ryou explained, once again cluing in his little brother.

"Next, I play the spell card, 'Cross Soul'! It allows me to select one of your monsters, and use it as a tribute in a tribute summon!" Misawa declared with a smirk. Tanya's eyes widened.

"W-What?!" She watched as her 'Swordswoman' crumbled to dust, it's spirit rising into the air. Misawa smirked, and then picked out a card from his hand.

"Now, come forth o' Lord of ice and snow, 'Möbius the Ice Emperor'!" The spirit took the shape of a large humanoid figure in white armour and a blue cape.

#Möbius the Ice Emperor- Aqua/Water Lvl: 6#

#Atk/Def- 2400/1000#

"W-Wow, it got chilly all of a sudden." Judai stuttered; rubbing his arms as a sudden cold wind blew over them. Daitokuji sneezed…right into Manjoume's hair.

"Eurgh!"

Asuka rubbed her exposed arms, and a jacket was draped over her. Blinking in surprise, she turned to see Naruto in just a shirt. She sweatdropped when she read the slogan on the shirt- 'Your opinion is irrelevant because you are a twat and I hate your face'. Despite his rude shirt, she blushed slightly at his thoughtfulness, but frowned as she noticed his shivers. She decided not to say anything, knowing how stubborn he could be. "Thanks." She said simply instead.

"Now, 'Möbius's' effect activates!" Misawa continued with his turn. "When this card's tribute summoned, I can target up to two spell or trap cards on the field and destroy them- so say goodbye to your facedown!" Tanya took a step back as her trap was revealed, and quickly destroyed.

"Sweet card!" Judai cheered, staring at Möbius with awe. Daitokuji nodded in agreement.

"Yes, the 'Emperor' monsters are quite the powerful set of cards indee- achoo nya!"

"Stop sneezing in my hair!"

"Möbius the Ice Emperor', attack her directly!" Misawa ordered, and 'Möbius' obliged. A fierce blizzard washed over Tanya, and she grunted as her life points dropped heavily.

#Misawa- 4000#

#Tanya- 1600#

"Oh my, it would seem that you've messed up my plan! Way to go, Misawy!" Naruto sweatdropped.

"This chick is crazy…" Misawa crossed his arms with a smirk.

"I end my turn!" Naruto jumped when Tanya squealed.

"My! So cool! It's so incredible, the confidence of a man!"

"Great, I thought I was done with fangirls this week." Naruto groaned. Asuka twitched from the mention of yesterday's events.

"At least she's not focused on you." She muttered, clutching his jacket tightly. Naruto looked at her in confusion.

"What was that?"

"Nothing."

"I get it now, Tanya." Misawa smirked, staring at Tanya confidently. "That clichéd strategy of yours, trying to seduce me to slow my pace down. But, as you've just seen my strategies are impregnable! You're pink beam is of no use!"

"The hell is he on about?" Naruto muttered, receiving a shrug from Asuka.

"It's my turn, draw!" Tanya declared. "I summon 'Amazoness Blowgun Soldier'!" On the field appeared a well-built woman with tanned skin and long blue hair. She wore skimpy armour, and wielded a blow pipe.

#Amazoness Blowgun Soldier- Warrior/Earth Lvl: 3#

#Atk/Def- 800/1500#

"Just watch, Misawy! Your icy rejection will not put out my flames of love!" Tanya squealed in a girly voice.

"Would you just hurry up, I have things to do today." Misawa said impatiently. He would have been more annoyed with her attitude…if Naruto wasn't three times as annoying on a daily basis.

"From my hand," Tanya's called strongly as she took a card out of her hand. "I now activate the spell card, 'Amazoness Curse Master'! It switches the original attack of one 'Amzoness' monster with that of one of my opponent's face up monsters!" Suddenly, 'Amazoness Blowgun Soldier' had 2400 attack points, and 'Möbius' had 800.

"No way! She's flipped their attack around!" Shou fretted, watching with wide eyes.

"Go, 'Amazoness Blowgun Soldier'!" The amazon blew a dart from her blowgun, destroying the icy monarch.

#Misawa- 2400#

#Tanya- 1600#

"Turn end." She declared smugly.

"Impressive!" Misawa muttered. "To think that she's one-upped me so easily."

"It's a love strategy." Tanya told him. "Women are more skilled, you know!"

"Don't toy with me!" Misawa said, not at all impressed with how his opponent kept acting. "What's your groom deal, and your bride deal?!" He was starting to sweat, and even his long tempered patience was beginning to strain. "You and I are both enemies! We're fighting for the destruction of the world, aren't we?!"

"What destruction of the world?" Tanya smirked. "Love is undying! I'll open your heart, which won't even open with your key to the eight Spirit Gates, with my own key!" Naruto sweatdropped and glanced at Asuka.

"Do you have any idea what she's blabbering on about?" She looked at him dryly.

"What makes you think I know?" Naruto shrugged.

"Dunno…Say, can I have my jacket back now?"

"…No."

"This is nonsense…" Misawa muttered, feeling a migraine coming along. "Are you really smitten with me?"

"I am smitten!" Tanya said, wriggling on the spot.

"What's gotten you smitten?!" The genius asked in confusion; the absurdity of the whole situation was actually starting to get to him.

"Isn't it obvious? It's that manly face of yours!" Misawa twitched.

'I think she just might be worse than Naruto is- but then again I'm probably just used to his antics. No, she's more like Shou and Hayato; only interested in superfluous things like looks. There's no way she could like me so easily…it's just a distraction technique.' He tried to convince himself, but a small, hidden part of him wanted to believe it. Unlike Alexander and Naruto, he didn't currently have anyone who liked him in a romantic sense- heck nobody ever had. A small part of him was jealous of them, but every day he ruthlessly buried it under tactics and equations. This duel was no different.

"My turn, draw!" He announced, his composure beginning to return. "I summon 'D.D. Scout Plane' in attack mode!" A small robotic orb with arms emerged from a blue portal, and hovered in the air above Misawa.

#D.D. Scout Plane- Machine/Dark Lvl: 2#

#Atk/Def- 800/1200#

"Now, 'D.D. Scout Plane', attack her 'Amazoness Blowgun Soldier'!"

"Eh, but they have the same attack?" Shou said out loud, confused yet again. Manjoume smirked and crossed his arms.

"Hm, Misawa must be growing desperate." He said smugly, causing Naruto to roll his eyes.

"As if Misawa would do something without a plan." He murmured, watching his friend with full faith that he would win. The two monsters collided, and both were destroyed by battle.

"I end my turn." Misawa said, and a blue portal appeared before him, and to everyone's surprise 'D.D. Scout' emerged from it once again.

"What?" Tanya asked, shocked to see it once again. Misawa smirked at her confusion.

"Heh, during the end phase of the turn that 'D.D. Scout Plane' was banished from this dimension it is special summoned in attack mode. With 'Dimensional Fissure' in play, my 'Scout Plane' will continue to return to the field, no matter how many times you try to be rid of it!" He closed his eyes, pleased with his strategy, but he nearly fell over when Tanya squealed once again.

"Amazing! I'd expect no less from you, Misawy! I'm so glad you're showing me your manly spirit! It's my turn" she continued in her deep voice, causing Naruto to sweatdrop. "draw! I summon 'Amazoness Paladin' in attack mode." A cloaked woman with long blonde hair that escaped the confines of its hood emerged by Tanya, holding a sword before her impressive breasts.

#Amazoness Paladin- Warrior/Earth Lvl: 4#

#Atk/Def- 1700/300#

"This card's attack is raised by 100 points for each card on my field with 'Amazoness' in its name." 'Paladin' brandished its sword and its attack raised by 100.

#AP Atk-1800#

"Now, 'Amazoness Paladin', attack his 'D.D. Scout Plane'!" 'Paladin' raised its sword and swung it down on the machine, destroying it again.

#Tanya- 1600#

Misawa- 1400#

"Net, I'll place two cards facedown, ending my turn." Yet again, 'D.D. Scout Plane' emerged from a portal. Ignoring this, Misawa stared at his opponent with a serious expression.

'She's far from simple-minded, despite how she might occasionally act, so I have no doubt that those two cards will spell bad news for me if I attack recklessly.' He decided to bait her, to see if he could coax some kind of reaction from the amazon. "Show me your true nature!" He demanded. Tanya smiled and looked him in the eyes.

"I'm showing it, aren't I? I have all along." She brought her thumb to her mouth and gave him a hooded stare. "I've been frantically thinking about how I'd be able to turn you around, Misawy. I'm trying to make you like me, aren't I?" Misawa gasped and took a small step backwards. Tanya placed one hand over her heart, and pointed at him with the other. "You're a handsome Emperor, while I, Tanya, am an Empress!" She ended her statement with a blush and finger fidgeting that reminded Naruto of a certain Hyuga. "We really have to do our best to merge our empires together." She giggled and clutched her hands to her chest. "And so, Misawy, do your best too!" Misawa gasped again and clutched his hand over his heart, staring at her with wide eyes and a blush. "Open the reversed card of your heart, Misawy." A goofy grin spread across Misawa's face, his serious manner dropped completely.

"Sh-She's cute…" He muttered. 'Tanya.'

"Misawy's face looks kinda off." Judai mused, staring at Misawa in confusion. Seeing the look on Misawa's face- a look that he had seen destroy the brain of many a man- Naruto decided to step in.

"MISAWAAAA!" Everyone jumped as Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs. Misawa blinked and turned, the dreamy expression faltering slightly. With his teeth grit so hard that it stretched his face, Naruto stomped on the wall of the stands with one foot, and pointed at the genius. "I SWAR TO RA IF YOU LOSE TO THAT PEADO I WILL SUBJECT YOU TO SOMETHING TEN TIMES WORSE THAN PRANK-275-XO-Z!" Misawa's face went blank, and violent shivers wracked his body.

"I have no recollection of Prank-275-XO-Z nor am I aware of its existence." His eyes fluttered rapidly, and he held a hand to his head. "What the hell was I thinking? I was about to lose on purpose, because some woman fluttered her eyelashes at me? UNEXECPTABLE!" He roared, throwing his head back, his hands on his temples. Tanya's eyes widened and she took a hesitant step back.

"Mi-Misawy?" She stuttered, but Misawa ignored her.

"I see now, Misawa declared, his face once again concentrated. "If Naruto hadn't have snapped me out of my foolish mind set, I would have charged on ahead an activated your trap cards!" With a narrowed gaze, Misawa placed a hand on his deck and yanked a card from it. Glancing at it, he smirked. "Excellent. First of all, I play the spell card 'Double Summon', which means I can summon two monsters this turn! My first monster will be 'D.D. Survivor' in attack mode!" A figure in a rough, ragged cloak emerged from a black portal, and landed in front of Misawa.

#D.D. Survivor- Warrior/Dark Lvl: 4#

#Atk/Def- 1800/200#

"Next, I play the spell card 'Sacred Serpent's Breath'! When I have two monsters on my side of the field, I can activate its first effect- adding one monster from my graveyard or banished zone to my hand!" Asuka's eyes widened.

"Of course, brilliant!" She blurted out, and Shou and Hayato looked at her with furrowed brows.

"What's brilliant?" Hayato asked, and the Obelisk turned to them.

"Think about it, what's the only monster in Misawa's banished zone?" The two Slifer's looked at each other, and their eyes widened in realisation.

"Of course, that card!"

"I tribute 'D.D. Scout' to bring back 'Möbius the Ice Emperor'!" Returning from the dark depths of an alternate dimension was 'Möbius', looking as magnificent as ever, bringing another frozen breeze with him. Asuka clutched Naruto's jacket closer; glad she didn't give it back; though he'd in all probability give it back to her anyway.

"Achoo-nya!"

"Eurgh it's on my face!"

#MtIE Atk-2400#

Misawa swept his arm to the side, before pointing it at Tanya. "And remember 'Möbius's' special ability? When he is tribute summoned, I can choose two spell or trap cards on the field and destroy them!" Tanya stumbled backwards in shock.

"Not again!" She despaired as like before, her facedown cards were removed in an icy gale.

"All right! That's our Misawy!" Judai cheered along with Hayato and Shou.

"Stop calling me that!" Misawa yelled back. Asuka looked at Naruto with raised brows, seeing his self-satisfied smirk.

"How did you know what was happening to him?" She asked.

"Easy- I saw that look on Ero-Sennin's face enough to know that any guy with that expression loses all sensible thought processes, and usually it occurs when women are involved." Asuka smirked as she remembered last night.

"I can attest to that."

Tanya gulped as she looked back at the towering 'Emperor', and the mysterious 'Survivor'. "Mi-Misawy! What about our love?!" Misawa closed his eyes, his expression becoming haggard.

"Tanya…I don't know if your feeling are true or not, but either way, thank you. You're the first woman to ever make me feel like I'm someone of worth- and I'll forever be thankful of that." He glanced back at Naruto who nodded, then back at Tanya "But I can't afford to lose this duel, not when my closest friend has placed so much faith in me! In other words, I believe that the correct phrase here would be 'Bros before Amazoes'! 'D.D. Survivor', attack 'Amazoness Paladin'!" The cloaked man rushed at the cloaked woman, and the two destroyed each other. Misawa couldn't help but notice the parallel. "Now, 'Mobius the Ice Emperor' attack her life points directly! Imperial Ice Burst!" 'Möbius' raised its arm where cold wind circled around it, before firing it at Tanya.

"Noooooo!" She screamed as the cold blast buffeted her form and carried her off her feet.

#Misawa- 1400#

#Tanya- 0#

Before his Duel Disk could even power off, Misawa ran towards Tanya to help her up, but he stopped when she began to glow purple. "T-Tanya?" Her body began to change, growing white fur and bending down, before she transformed into a white tiger. "H-Huh?" Misawa gasped, along with everyone else. "Tanya, you're…"

"Thank you for the duel, Misawy, and your kind words." She turned around and left the arena, with the other tiger following her. Misawa watched her walk away with a twitching brow.

"So…I was almost entranced by…a tiger?!" Back in the stands, Naruto burst into laughter.

"Bwahaha! Jeez Misawy, I didn't know you were into that sort of thing!" Misawa span around with a fierce glare aimed at his frival.

"Shut up!" He yelled, and Naruto sat back with a grin.

"Why don't you make me?...Uh, Misawa, I was just kidding you know. H-Hey pal, I-I didn't know you could jump that hi- ah not the face!" Naruto rescue from a face pounding came in the form of Manjoume placing his hand on Misawa's shoulder.

"No, she was a fine woman, wasn't she?" Misawa looked at him, before watching Tanya's retreating form.

"Yeah…she was."

"Still a bit of a peado tho- ow the face! Hey, I need this for romancin'! Tell him Asuka."

"…Hit him a few more times, Misawa. Maybe he'll learn to shut up for five minutes"

"Oh, what the hell?!"

Chapter End


Ta-dah! Again, sorry for the wait, but my reasons have been given; though another reason why it took a bit longer is that I really didn't want to write this duel, as I couldn't be bothered to think of a way for Misawa to win- it also wasn't that fun to write. But then, when I was thinking of a new deck for Tag Force, I had the idea to give Misawa a new deck- the one he was preparing to use against Naruto.

Recently I've noticed that I've been neglecting Misawa maybe a bit too much, which goes against the reason I made him a main character in this fic. I like Misawa, and I hate how the show treated him, so I was upset when I realised that he was slowly taking a back seat. This chapter is to make up for that.

Also, I've been planning on Misawa winning this duel back when a reviewer suggested that Naruto threaten Misawa with a prank to snap him out of his love trance- so in chapter 14 I established Prank-275-XO-Z, a prank that mentally scarred Misawa so bad that the mere mention of it would snap him out of his trance. So yeah, that pointless filler chapter that no one liked wasn't? Turns out it wasn't so pointless after all now, doesn't it? Who says I can't plan ahead?

So yeah, hope you like this chapter, hope Misawa's strats live up to his character, and I hope you'll tell me what you thought. Until next time!