Mr. Hawkins rushed out soon as Dice arrived, claiming he was late for an appointment. (we all know he wanted to get away from rebecca!). Dice wandered into the living room, where he met Rebecca.

the girl had blonde pigtails and wore bright pink pjs with white lace. She was small, about the same height as Yugi. Her thumb was in her mouth and her other arm clutched a worn teddy bear tightly. She stood still, looking him up and down.

"Hey, Rebecca. Sup?" He nodded down at her. She stared, blinked, then turned and scampered back to her bedroom and toys. He shrugged, flopped down on the couch and turned the TV on. "Freaky kid." He muttered.

A few seconds later, she came back, grinning around her thumb. He looked sideways at her. "What?"

She popped her thumb out. "Jiichan says you're really good with games. Almost as good as Yami Mutou."

Dice seethed at that name. "I'm 10 times better than him."

Rebecca smiled. "Goodies! That means you'll play a game with me?"

Seeing the Duel Monsters deck in her hand, he nodded. "Sure, kiddo. Maybe I'll even teach you a thing or two. You wanna go first?"

Rebecca frowned. "No, I only play Duel Monsters with Yugi when he, Yami, and his grandpa come to visit my grandpa. I just wanted to show you my deck. They're much prettier than Yugi's." She smiled.

Hesitantly, Dice took the face down deck and turned a card over. He gasped in horror. It was Psyche the Dark Clown, and he was wearing a frilly pink tutu surrounded by little red hearts. He turned over another card and another, horrified. The brat had colored over her entire deck to "make them pretty".

Seeing he was speechless, Rebecca took her cards back. "So, will you play with me?"

That woke him up. "What game do you want to play?"

"I don't wanna play a game. Teddy does. He wants to play Pretty Pretty Princess."

Duke sweat dropped.

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next chappie: chuck e cheeses! oh, the horror! the horror! and we finally meet up with yami, yugi, and his crew!