Chapter One
Roux Matuko
"Excuse me, Miss Matuko? Would you care for a drink before we land?" the stewardess smiled sweetly down at Roux, bending down and tucking her hands between her thighs, as if she were a kindergarten teacher talking to a small child.
Roux pulled her eyes away from the window, her arms resting on the arm rests, her legs crossed and her back relaxed against the comfortable first- class airplane seat. She thought about a drink and she smiled and nodded. "Yes, please. A glass of white wine would be great, thanks."
"Certainly." The stewardess contorted, wearing the same smiled, and smoothly she walked down the aisle towards the front, now looking back, even for a second.
Roux could read her mind like a book. She knew the stewardess was wondering why Roux was on a plane going to Domino City, the Duel Monster capital of the world. It was the same thing her agent had said to her before she left Osaka.
"Domino City? Duels monsters?" he was repulsed for some reason. "Why would you do that?"
Her ex-husband had been just as curious when she told him she was going to start modeling for Duel monster advertisements. He wondered who or what had possessed her to do it. She hadn't told him too much, just her childhood passion for dueling had grown on her once again.
It happened when she was rooting through her storage closet looking for the other shoe to her pair of sneakers, and she found her old photo album. She took time to look through it, and found her old deck of dueling cards, along with pictures of her old childhood friend Joey Wheeler, who, as she remembered, had a fine passion for duel monsters.
A little less than three weeks later Roux read in the paper that Domino City was holding a Battle City tournament and immediately Roux was interested. Without consulting her agent or anyone, she sent in an application form, and could not hold in her excitement when she received a letter two weeks later informing her that she had been accepted.
About five days before she would board a plane to Domino City, she told her agent about it, and how she would stay for a few weeks for the tournament. Although her agent thought it was a strange idea for a super model to participate in the Battle City tournament, but because she was so excited about it and she deserved a vacation, he told the agency that she wouldn't be doing any shoots for awhile, wished her luck, and told her he was rooting for her.
So here she was, on the plane for Domino City, excited about the tournament, eager to meet new people, and hoping to be challenged and win some rare and good cards to add to her deck.
The stewardess returned with Roux's glass of white wine, and Roux sipped as she thought more and more about the upcoming tournament. Even though it was a week away she hoped she could get in some practice.
Roux also remembered that Maximilian Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters, lived in Domino City. She knew him quite well, he was a good friend of her ex-husband. Before she left Osaka she wrote him a letter, saying she had been accepted into the tournament and that she hoped to see him while she was in town.
In half an hour, the stewardess collected Roux's wineglass and asked her to put on her seatbelt, for they were landing soon. Roux smiled down at the lights of Domino City, sparkling in the darkness like candles millions of candles.
Roux smiled and rested against the seat as the plane began to drop downward into landing, and she thought about what an exciting experience this would be.
Roux Matuko
"Excuse me, Miss Matuko? Would you care for a drink before we land?" the stewardess smiled sweetly down at Roux, bending down and tucking her hands between her thighs, as if she were a kindergarten teacher talking to a small child.
Roux pulled her eyes away from the window, her arms resting on the arm rests, her legs crossed and her back relaxed against the comfortable first- class airplane seat. She thought about a drink and she smiled and nodded. "Yes, please. A glass of white wine would be great, thanks."
"Certainly." The stewardess contorted, wearing the same smiled, and smoothly she walked down the aisle towards the front, now looking back, even for a second.
Roux could read her mind like a book. She knew the stewardess was wondering why Roux was on a plane going to Domino City, the Duel Monster capital of the world. It was the same thing her agent had said to her before she left Osaka.
"Domino City? Duels monsters?" he was repulsed for some reason. "Why would you do that?"
Her ex-husband had been just as curious when she told him she was going to start modeling for Duel monster advertisements. He wondered who or what had possessed her to do it. She hadn't told him too much, just her childhood passion for dueling had grown on her once again.
It happened when she was rooting through her storage closet looking for the other shoe to her pair of sneakers, and she found her old photo album. She took time to look through it, and found her old deck of dueling cards, along with pictures of her old childhood friend Joey Wheeler, who, as she remembered, had a fine passion for duel monsters.
A little less than three weeks later Roux read in the paper that Domino City was holding a Battle City tournament and immediately Roux was interested. Without consulting her agent or anyone, she sent in an application form, and could not hold in her excitement when she received a letter two weeks later informing her that she had been accepted.
About five days before she would board a plane to Domino City, she told her agent about it, and how she would stay for a few weeks for the tournament. Although her agent thought it was a strange idea for a super model to participate in the Battle City tournament, but because she was so excited about it and she deserved a vacation, he told the agency that she wouldn't be doing any shoots for awhile, wished her luck, and told her he was rooting for her.
So here she was, on the plane for Domino City, excited about the tournament, eager to meet new people, and hoping to be challenged and win some rare and good cards to add to her deck.
The stewardess returned with Roux's glass of white wine, and Roux sipped as she thought more and more about the upcoming tournament. Even though it was a week away she hoped she could get in some practice.
Roux also remembered that Maximilian Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters, lived in Domino City. She knew him quite well, he was a good friend of her ex-husband. Before she left Osaka she wrote him a letter, saying she had been accepted into the tournament and that she hoped to see him while she was in town.
In half an hour, the stewardess collected Roux's wineglass and asked her to put on her seatbelt, for they were landing soon. Roux smiled down at the lights of Domino City, sparkling in the darkness like candles millions of candles.
Roux smiled and rested against the seat as the plane began to drop downward into landing, and she thought about what an exciting experience this would be.