Thanks for all my reviewers! I'm a bit unsatisfied with this chapter but I'll just have to wait and see if you like it...

stephanie - You like my story that much? That's so sweet!

The Terminator - Thanks for all the information you've been giving me. I really, really, really appreciate it! I will put maybe a full duel in the nearby future. I'm saving it for something.

SxT - Thanks for the compliment! I will try and put more description. I hope I can do it. Did you like the Saiyuki grabbing Toru's arm for the entire duel? I put that in just for you. I hoped you liked it.

l33t k1w1 - Thanks for the compliment (how many times have I begun these sentences with 'thanks'?). I'm glad you liked it. I just checked my email and saw that you emailed me Shobu's card details. Thank you so much! Sorry for the delay but I rarely check my email. Thanks for the info on the announcers' names.

Kausi - Hakuoh's not in this chappie though. Sorry to disappoint you. I'll try to put him in the next one.

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Duel Masters

The Pink-Haired Girl with the Huge Round Glasses

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"Wasn't that entrance too grand?" Norihiro asked with a slight frown.

"Master pressured me into it," Yui replied, mimicking his frown. She was in normal day clothes. "He said I should be as grand as Hakuoh so that I can be called worthy to take his place." She did this with an index finger in front of her, as if stating a fact. "He made me practice those jumps and flips so hard that I fell asleep on the trapeze once. If Akio wasn't there, I would've died by falling!"

Yui, Norihiro and Reiko were back at the Temple. They were in a dark room that had a small pool of water in between two huge stone tables. These tables were obviously used for dueling. A huge number '1' was painted on the ceiling. It was Reiko's domain.

"You fell asleep on the trapeze?!" Norihiro bellowed. Yui cowered to the corner comically. "YUI! WHY THE HECK ARE YOU SO CARELESS?!"

"I-I don't know!" Yui cried. She then pressed her index fingers together, looking nervously at Norihiro. "You know me... I love sleeping..."

"SO DOES YOUR BRAIN!"

"Are you implying that I'm stupid?" Yui said, teary-eyed.

"Norihiro, stop being mean," Reiko scolded. "Yui wouldn't have been Temple Champion if she was dumb."

"Thank you Reiko," Yui told the older woman, starry-eyed.

"Yui."

The three looked up, suddenly serious. Master emerged from the shadows with a sadistic grin on his face.

"Yes Master?" Yui said, stepping forward.

"That was a good duel and a grand entrance," Master said sinisterly. "I saw Shobu Kirifuda's reaction. He is hooked. He wants to duel you now."

"Really?" Yui said with a neutral expression. "I see..."

"And Yui, if you're thinking of meeting Shobu Kirifuda, make sure he doesn't know it's you."

Master left. Yui's eyes were bright, happy. Norihiro stared at her.

"You're planning on meeting Shobu?!"

"Yes!" Yui said excitedly. "Isn't that cool?"

"What if he finds out?"

Yui took glasses out from nowhere and put them on. They were huge, round and thick. She looked extremely like a geek. Her eyes weren't visible anymore and the light reflected off the thick glasses. She struck a pose, her chin in between her right thumb and index finger.

"Don't I look mysterious?" she said in a 'mysterious' way.

"Nerd's more like it," Norihiro said, crossing his arms across his chest and glancing at her warily. Reiko was sweat dropping.

"Are you seriously going to go out like that?" Reiko asked.

"Why not?" Yui said, looking at a mirror and admiring herself. "I simply look dazzling!"

"Like I said before, you were never good at choosing disguises," Norihiro muttered to himself.

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"Shobu!" Mimi cried, running towards him with Kintaro at her heels.

"Hey Mimi!" Shobu called with a huge grin. "And Kintaro!"

"I decided to tag along with Mimi when she said you two were going somewhere," Kintaro said with a grin as he and Mimi stopped in front of Shobu. They were in a busy street. "What are you doing here again?"

Mimi sighed exasperatedly. "Kintaro..."

"We're meeting Norihiro and buying him some more cards," Shobu replied. "He just went home to grab his deck and tell his mom where he's going. Saiyuki, Rakudah, Toru and Jimirah went back to their homes. Knight went back to his office. I don't know where Hakuoh went, back to his home too I guess. Saiyuki and Rakudah were gonna come but then they remembered that they had errands to run for their parents."

"Shobu!" Norihiro called, waving as he ran towards them. Upon reaching them, he gave them his usual bright smile that made girls screech. "Hey there! Did I take too long?"

"Not really," Shobu said cheerfully. "Let's go!"

They headed towards one of the shops. Norihiro was smiling mysteriously though no one noticed.

You're meeting the Temple Champion though you don't know it, Shobu...

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Omi had his sun glasses on, sitting on top of a wall that lead to Knight's building. He looked at his watch and continued to wait.

Yui's exhibition match should be finished by now... What's taking that man?

He suddenly perked up and saw Knight's car headed towards the building. Smiling, Omi jumped down from the tall wall and landed without any difficulty to the ground.

Here I go.

Knight stopped in front of the gate. Omi approached his car and Knight rolled the window down.

"Can I help you with anything, kid?" Knight asked.

"Your office was closed but I made a meeting with you before. You, however, cancelled because of certain things. I am assuming that you have time now since I have a very limited offer and I don't plan to prolong it," Omi said in an extremely formal manner.

Knight looked extremely stunned and re-assessed this boy's age. He didn't sound like a mere boy.

"Who are you?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Omi Saito at your service," Omi said with a curt bow. "Do you remember me?"

Knight looked extremely surprised. This was Omi Saito, one of the current riches families in Japan and Germany?! He never expected him to be this young! He looked like a mere boy!

"I'm sixteen," Omi said dryly, as if reading his mind. Inside though, he was already smiling.

This Knight is so predictable. Yui has no need to worry about him.

"I mean no offense but you don't look sixteen," Knight said slowly. Omi looked at his nails.

"Most people say so," he said with a shrug. He then looked at Knight sharply. "When I get a growth spurt, you will be one of the first people informed, Mr. Knight."

Knight's lips were a thin, horizontal line. This boy took offense easily. Unfortunately for Knight, this boy's proposition may be something he needs.

Omi was laughing mentally.

Ooh... He gets scared so easy! I am such a perfect actor! Yui-chan, you have nothing to worry about. This Knight-person is obviously no trouble at all. And with my family's business backing me up, he will be playing into the palm of my hand.

(A/N: Ooh... Who could ever think Omi-kun was a bit manipulative? Say 'aye'!)

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A black/dark blue-haired?! teen?1 (not sure if he's a teen or what) looked up at the bright sky with a scowl. Another perfect day. Pheh.

He had been watching the exhibition match of the new Temple Champion. Who would've thought she was going to be a girl? A girl replaced Hakuoh.

Maybe Master likes feminine people. The thought made him sick. He was glad he wasn't feminine.

And again, Shobu Kirifuda ran up to the Champion, creating a scene. The Temple Champion's reaction shocked him though. She helped Shobu to his feet and they conversed normally without any shouting or yelling. The new Temple Champion was actually nice.

So what? That simply means that she hasn't been in the Temple long enough.

But was that a good thing or a bad thing?

Someone suddenly slammed right into him, making him fall over to the ground, along with the person. He groaned before looking at the person, preparing to glare and yell his lungs off. He, however, was momentarily left speechless.

The woman was extremely beautiful. She had blue hair, a lighter shade than his but not as light s Hakuoh's, and a curvaceous body. The feel of her body pressed against his made him blush a little.

"Sorry!" the woman said, standing up immediately. The teen(?!) almost protested. She offered a hand to him. He, however, just stood up.

"I don't need your help," he muttered gruffly. The woman raised an eyebrow.

"Well, sorry. I was just trying to help. What's eating you anyway?" she said, crossing her arms across her chest. "And what's this?"

She suddenly held up his deck. He quickly placed his hand in his pocket. His deck was missing. Looking back at the woman, he saw that she was flicking through his cards.

"A darkness civilization deck... I see... You play Duel Masters?"

"Give it back!" he demanded hotly. He tried to grab it off her but she brought his deck out of his reach.

"I'm not giving it to you unless you tell me who you are, you rude person," she said with a mock pout.

"I don't need to give you my name," he yelled, temper rising. "I'm going to get it myself!"

The woman, however, positioned his deck on top of a drain (those holes on the side of the road).

"Tell me," she said, eyes glinting dangerously. He glared hard at her before looking away.

"Kokujo," he muttered.

"What?" the woman said, her ears enlarging comically/anime-style. "I didn't hear you."

"Kokujo!" he yelled, glaring at her again. The woman smiled and thrust his deck into his hands.

"That's all I needed," she said with a grin. Kokujo looked stunned.

"That's it? You could've asked for more things, why didn't you?" he asked, not bothering to hide his confusion.

"Like I said, your name's all I needed," the woman said with a smirk. "Nice to meet you Kokujo."

She walked off.

"Wait!" Kokujo yelled. "That's unfair! What's your name?"

"Reiko!" she called back, grinning. "Until next time Kokujo!"

Reiko smiled to herself.

He is kind-of cute, in a dark way. His deck was good though but not something Yui should overly worry about.

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Shobu looked around the shop with interest. It wasn't Pop's shop. They decided to go somewhere esle, without Pop knowing though. A card outside the display was lying on the glass. Shobu reached out to touch it. Someone also reached for it though, causing them to touch hands.

Shobu quickly looked up and freaked and screamed. The person who owned the hand he touched was a girl wearing huge, round and thick glasses. Her eyes weren't even visible because the of the glare the glass was giving off. She had pink hair tied in a braid and she was looking directly at him. It was disturbing, to be honest.

"Did I scare you?" she asked with a tilt of her head. Shobu was trying to regain his breathing. Mimi, Kintaro and Norihiro ran to them. The three looked at the girl and sweat dropped. Norihiro, however, was groaning mentally.

Yui!!! I told you not to wear those blasted things!

"N-no," Shobu said in response to the girl's question. "I-I was just stunned. Um... Who are you? You like Duel Masters?"

"Yes, I do like Duel Masters," the girl said. You couldn't see if she was smiling honestly or not since her eyes were invisible, courtesy of the glasses. "My name is Yui Koumyouji."

"I'm Shobu Kirifuda," Shobu said, getting over his shock. "This is Kintaro (don't remember his surname) and this is Mimi Tasogare and that is Norihiro Shungen."

"Hey," the three greeted.

"Nice to meet you," Yui said with a bow. She looked at Shobu. "'Shobu Kirifuda'? Weren't you that guy who defeated Hakuoh?"

"Yeah," Shobu said, placing his hand on his head and laughing nervously. "He is a great duelist."

"Really? He should be since he's the Temple Champion," Yui said. "I'm new at Duel Masters. I just started playing three weeks ago. I'm not that good."

"Norihiro here is new as well," Kintaro said, jerking his head towards Norihiro. Norihiro smiled at her, his eyes soft though no one noticed except Yui.

"Hey Yui, why don't we duel?" Shobu said excitedly. Norihiro looked sharply at his cousin.

"I'm sorry Shobu but can we do so another time? I'm a bit out of practice with all the schoolwork I'm doing," she said, bowing apologetically.

"Schoolwork? How much schoolwork do you do?" Mimi asked.

"A lot," Yui replied, her lips smiling. (A/N: They think she's about their age.) "But we will duel someday Shobu... That I promise."

And it's a promise I'm more than willing to keep.

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Was Kokujo a bit OOC? I haven't really seen him that much since I missed a few episodes of the anime. Can anyone tell me what his personality is?

Sorry if this chapter is a bit short. Like I said before, I wasn't too satisfied with it.

Chisakami Saiyuki