Yay! Eighth chapter! This chapter's going to be a bit weird but I will try to make my next one better!

Listen people, I have MAJOR exams coming up so I might not be able to update for at least a week... I hope... I'll try to do what I can to be able to update this story. I am going to have three days full of school pressure! I hate pressure! Really, really, REALLY hate pressure!

Aqua Child - You don't want Jimmy Three-horns in the Tournament? But... but... Um, thanks for the info on the announcers.

Red Butterfly - You're another one who doesn't want Hakuoh in the Tournament... But thanks for putting your confidence in me! Okay... Pressure... Take a deep breath... I'm all right now. Um, sorry but I don't like Benny Ha Ha much so I might not put him in this. I'll think about it. If I do put him though, he's going to be Mimi's obnoxious brother. Besides, I haven't seen the Japanese version but I know that there are differences from the dubbed version.

Deathliger - You think that was a great chapter? Thank you! Reiko and Kokujo WILL duel someday but not in the Tournament. Do you like Reiko? Thanks for the info again!

The Terminator - It's all right. You've already given me so much card info. Thanks for the information about Kokujo and Hakuoh. Boy George is the adult baby that has a pacifier on his mouth with a manly voice. The "baby" in the pink clothes.

l33t k1w1 - You liked it? I thought people were gonna think it's a bit OOC with Toru.

Kausi - When I heard Jimmy Three-Horn, my first thought was 'Hakuoh'. It kind-of reminds me when I first saw Hakuoh, my first thought was 'Ryou Bakura'.

Lady Sapphira - You really like my fic? Thank you! I could HUG you! HUGS!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Duel Masters

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Duel Masters

The Competition Starts

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Yui frowned. "What do you mean by 'might'? You're not sure?"

"If the former First and Fourth Guardians are joining, there is a huge chance that he will as well... Wait, there's one entry coming now! This might be him!"

Omi and Yui waited in anticipation. The name then registered. Omi and Yui read the name in chorus.

"Jimmy Three-horn."

"I've never heard of that surname before," Yui said thoughtfully. Omi shrugged.

"I guess Hakuoh isn't joining. Apparently, that was the last entry."

Yui sighed with relief.

"If he joined, I would have had to defeat him," Yui said seriously. "And I don't think he's one to be easily defeated. I wouldn't want Shobu to see my skills before we duel. And I certainly wouldn't want Hakuoh to know it's me."

"Do you even know how Hakuoh looks like?" Omi asked. Yui looked thoughtful.

"Erm... No."

"Well, you can breath easily now Yui," Omi said with a bright smile. Yui nodded.

"Omi, just try not to let me face Koshiro Kokujo and the two former Guardians." Omi gave her a salute.

"I will do my best Yui!"

"Thanks."

(A/N: Can you see my plan here people?)

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"Immortal Baron Vorg! Todome da!"

The audience roared as Shobu held his hand up. He had one his duels in the many rounds. Rakudah and Saiyuki had been taken out already but they had dueled really good before they were taken out. It took Rakudah four duels before he was taken out. It took Saiyuki six. Jimirah had just been defeated by Mimi. They had finished a few moments before Shobu's latest win. The ones remaining in the competition now are Shobu, Mimi, Toru, Kintaro and Yui. Everyone was a bit surprised that Yui was still on except Shobu. He justified that they have never seen her duel. In fact, they really haven't since every time she had a duel, it was the same time as Shobu. During the duels at this stage, duels were held in different rooms. Mimi, Jimirah and Shobu happened to share the same room, to their friends' relief. But Yui was in another room. Shobu and Mimi being their longer friends, Rakudah, Saiyuki, Kintaro, Toru and Norihiro watched Shobu's match instead of Yui's. Yui said she understood completely and told them not to worry.

"Let's go to Yui's match! Maybe she's not yet finished!" Rakudah exclaimed. Shobu and the others nodded and went to the next room.

Yui had one shield up, the same as her opponent. It was her opponent's turn. He snickered.

"Prepare yourself nerd! You're gonna loose! Phantom Fish! Break her shield!"

Phantom Fish attacked her shield. When it broke, the card returned to her. It was a Shield Trigger.

"Break his shield!" Yui yelled. "Todome da!"

The opponent got thrown to the ground. Yui sighed.

"That was close," she said, meaning for the others to hear her.

"Great job Yui!" Shobu yelled. Yui looked at him and gave a peace-sign.

"Thanks Shobu! You won your match?"

"Yeah!" Shobu said, rubbing his nose. Yui approached them and looked at Mimi and Jimirah.

"What about you two?" she asked.

"I won," Mimi said with a bright smile.

"Yay Mimi!" Yui cheered. "Sorry Jimirah."

"I'll win next time," Jimirah said confidently.

"Where's Mr. Knight?" Yui asked, looking around.

"He's busy," Shobu answered. "He'll watch later."

"Mikuni has a duel next door," Mimi said. "Let's go and watch!"

They all went next door to Mikuni's duel. They found him dueling none other than Kyoshiro Kokujo!

"Oh hello Shobu, Mimi, everyone," Aizen greeted.

"Who's winning?" Shobu asked.

"Can't you tell?" Aizen said grimly.

Kokujo gave a maniacal laugh before yelling, "Todome da!"

Mikuni was defeated. He then noticed Shobu and the others.

"Hey Mikuni!" Shobu greeted with a wave. Mikuni gave a small wave back.

"I just lost to evil genius over there," Mikuni said, jerking his thumb at Kokujo.

"Hey Kokujo!" Shobu greeted, waving at him.

"Hmph. Whatever," he said and went out of the room. Yui had watched him curiously.

So that was Kokujo... He really looks like one of those evil genius types...

"Hey Yui."

Yui snapped out from her trance and looked at Shobu.

"Yui, I would like you to meet Mikuni, the former First Guardian of the Temple, and Aizen, the former Fourth Guardian of the Temple. Guys, this is Yui Koumyouji."

"Pleased to meet you," Yui said with a bow.

"Why didn't Hakuoh join?" Mimi asked curiously.

Mikuni and Aizen looked up at the ceiling. Mikuni was whistling while Aizen was scratching his cheek with a finger.

"Um... Well... Hakuoh doesn't think that he's ready to face the world," Aizen explained, a bit nervously.

Not ready to face the world? Yui thought.

"Oh, okay," Shobu said, disappointed. "I wanted to duel him again."

I don't, Yui thought grimly. At least not yet. I don't even know why an invitation was sent to Hakuoh. I guess it was Omi's father's wish.

Yui saw Norihiro looking at her from the corner of her eye. She looked at him and Norihiro quickly got the hint.

"Shobu, I'll just get some snacks," Norihiro said with a sheepish grin. "I'm a bit hungry. Do you want any?"

"No thanks," Shobu said. "Anyone want snacks?"

"I'm on a diet," Mimi said sadly. Saiyuki nodded.

"Ditto."

"I just ate," Kintaro said.

"Same here," Rakudah said.

"We're not hungry," Toru, Jimirah, Mikuni and Aizen said in chorus. Norihiro smiled mentally.

"I'll go ahead then," he said.

"Actually, I'll come with you," Yui said. "I haven't eaten for a while. We'll see you later?" The others nodded and she and Norihiro left them.

"Norihiro, I need to ask a favor from you. Make sure that the others don't watch me when I duel," Yui said, her eyes flashing briefly through the glasses.

"Of course," Norihiro said, serious. "I would've done it without you asking."

"Thank you."

"Yui, what would you have done if Hakuoh joined?" Norihiro asked.

"I would've defeated him," Yui said, expression serious. "And if he found out who I was... Well... Let's just say I plan not to let him tell anyone about his discovery."

Norihiro nodded and saw the seriousness in Yui's face. They were silent for a moment until Norihiro broke the silence.

"Hey Yui, when I said I was hungry, I really was so I'll just get some snacks quickly," Norihiro said with a sheepish grin. Yui nodded with a smile.

"Don't let me stop you," she said cheerfully. Norihiro grinned and went off towards the direction of the food court.

Yui got out of the hall and into a small corridor that was a bit hidden in the shadows. She hummed softly as she waited for Norihiro.

"Hello dear current Temple Champion."

Yui visibly stiffened as her eyes widened. A hand emerged from the shadow behind her and took her glasses off. Recovering from shock, Yui quickly turned around and snatched her glasses.

"Hey! These are mine!" she said, eyes dark with hatred.

(A/N: Have you ever imagined that she hates someone? Besides Master?)

"They hide your beautiful eyes. You must dispose of them," the voice said.

"I didn't ask your opinion," she spat, eyes narrowed.

Yui stiffened, eyes wide as everything around her seemed to stop. The owner of the hand and the voice emerged from the shadows. He was a tall, handsome man with long silvery-white hair and violet eyes. He smirked down at Yui. Yui stood shocked in place.

"W-what do you want?" Fear was present in her voice though she tried to hide it. The man laughed.

"Oh my dear, how could you ask that? I'm simply here to visit you," he said with a charming smile though his eyes showed cold amusement. "How are you and Norihiro?"

"Stay away from him," Yui cried. "He is an innocent. Don't get him in trouble or else!"

"Or else what?" he taunted. "What would you do Yui? Cry on me?"

Yui's eyes widened and she lowered her head, on the verge of tears. The man smiled and touched her cheek, noticing with satisfaction that her form was shaking in fear. He then gently lifted her chin, making her face him. Her eyes were tearful though she held her tears in check. Everything then went back to normal. The man smirked.

"Your friends are coming. I'll see you soon." With that, he went back into the shadows. Yui was still trembling and she put her glasses back on with shaky fingers.

"Yui, where's Norihiro?" Shobu asked as she stepped out of the corridor. She gave them a smile. They didn't see how fake it was because her eyes were covered.

"He went on ahead. I just had to go to the restroom."

"We decided to come," Shobu said happily. It was just him, Rakudah, Kintaro, Saiyuki and Mimi. The others were nowhere in sight.

"How could we not when your stomach protested so loudly?" Rakudah said with a wary glance at Shobu. Shobu sweat dropped and placed an arm behind his head.

"Hehehe."

Yui looked at Shobu and smiled gently at him.

Oh Shobu... In the very little time I've been your friend, you grew so much on me... I'm sorry for all the things I'm doing. I hope you can forgive me. I just wish I can defeat you. It's the only way to protect you from Master. If you lost, he won't be interested in you anymore and you would live more peacefully but...

But I want out of that Temple as well that's why I'm hoping you could defeat me. If you did, Master would forget about me. Is that so selfish of me as a friend?

She then remembered the mysterious man.

He mustn't get to my friends and only family. He is nothing but trouble. I even fear him more than I fear Master.

I'm sorry Akio. I lied. I was defeated more than just one time in dueling. I've been defeated by three people already in fact, including Master.

And this man is one of them. He is my nightmare come to life.

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Mimi noticed that Yui was so silent. Yui was mostly silent but not silent to the point that it's disturbing. Mimi dropped behind the group to talk with the slightly taller girl.

"Hey Yui, why are you so quiet?" Mimi asked.

Yui seemed to look up in surprise. She then smiled. "I'm always quiet Mimi."

"Not this much," Mimi said with a shake of her head. "Is something wrong?"

Yui sighed deeply, not knowing what she was doing. As they walked near a shadowed corridor, the light reflecting Yui's glasses disappeared for a moment. Mimi's eyes widened.

Her eyes are pretty... But they're so sad!

Yui seemed to notice Mimi staring at her. "What is it Mimi?"

Mimi nervously waved her hands in front of her. "Nothing, nothing."

"If you say so," Yui said though she sounded doubtful.

They were soon at the food court. They say Norihiro buying something from one of the shops.

"Oh hey guys!" he called. "Changed your minds?"

"Shobu here needed to eat," Kintaro said, smirking at Shobu. Shobu sweat dropped yet again.

"Okay," Norihiro said cheerfully. After buying their food, they all sat around a table.

"By the way Yui, if you don't mine me asking, how old are you?" Mimi asked.

"I'm sixteen," Yui answered automatically.

"SIXTEEN?!"

Not being able to help herself, Yui laughed. "How old did you think I was?"

"Our age," Saiyuki said, her look a bit confused. "You look one year older than us at the most."

"Your height doesn't look sixteen," Rakudah said thoughtfully.

"Speak for yourself Rakudah," Saiyuki said with a frown.

"It's all right," Yui said, smiling genuinely. "I get that a lot."

"So that means your older than us," Shobu and Saiyuki said, leaning towards Yui. Yui sweat dropped.

"Yes," she said, chuckling. She placed her chin on her hand, her arm propped up. "You are very amusing."

Saiyuki suddenly paused. She heard that somewhere before. She suddenly remembered.

Norihiro said the exact same thing to me, with the exact pose... And her smile... I wonder what her eyes color is... Maybe she's... Naa. It's just coincidence that she and Norihiro are a bit alike. Besides, if they are related, I'm sure they'll tell us, right?

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The man who previously met with Yui appeared in a dark mansion. Black-cloaked figures approached him in greeting.

"Master," they welcome with a low bow. The man crossed his arms across his chest.

"All of you, I want the current Temple Guardians closely watched. Disperse."

The cloaked figures disappeared. The man smirked and chuckled evilly.

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Ooh... Who is this mysterious guy? Well, the rest would be revealed in later chapters.

I just missed the episode where Hakuoh and Shobu duel! I could kill myself! I was sleeping and I missed it! And I was waiting for that episode for so long! Now I'll never see it again!!! I hope they repeat it again first before adding the new 52 episodes or (I hope not) remove it. I don't think I'll see Hakuoh again in the next 52 episodes! (I don't know why, I just feel it.)

Anyway, what I meant with the question about who knew Hakuoh was Jimmy Three-horns was which characters knew who Jimmy Three-horns was? Any ideas? The Terminator said Shobu and Mimi. Lady Sapphira said Mimi and maybe Kintaro. But did the others know about it too? This is a big issue for me so...

Let's just pretend that only Mimi and Shobu knew, okay? I'm sorry if I'm going against the show but I really need for there to be only a really small amount of people who know.

Chisakami Saiyuki