Crashing through the foliage Kyira refused to slow down. Her light brown hair whipped in her face and her bangs thrashed wildly. It would take a long time to fix them up again, but she just had to know if there really was something out here. Skidding to a stop on the sand of the beach her eyes darted around for…for what?

Sighing she slid down to the sand, panting. "I know I saw something…" she said to herself, looking up and down the beach.

"That you did." a cold voice chuckled.

Spinning around, Kyira leapt to her feet. "Who are you!" she shouted, eyes wide with shock.

Back amongst the shadows of the trees stood a figure, though Kyira could barely tell he was there, let alone know what he looked like.

"Someone you will regret having ever met." the voice cackled.

Kyira tensed, glaring back at him. "Why's that?" she hissed through her teeth.

"You knowing I'm here is already too much. You can't be allowed to go back." he declared.

"Let's just see you make me!" Kyira yelled and took off sprinting down the beach, though common sense just had to remind her that she was already tired and not the best long distance runner in the world.

Panting hard she finally forced herself to stop. "I…I think I lost hi-!"

Her sentence was stopped with a high pitched gasp. The figure had reappeared from the trees and was standing in front of her. "You can go the easy way, or you can attempt to duel your way out, not like it'll do you any good."

Kyira's eyes felt like they would burn through this man. She just wanted to scream, but her breathlessness prevented that. Fatigue was catching up with her.

"Duel," she managed to hiss and reached for her cards. Maybe she could get out of this situation, if only by luck this one time. Her tired hands shook and her cards dropped to the sand, scattering.

"No…" Kyira groaned, reaching in vain for the cards that lay scattered out in front of her. At this particular moment she felt more exhausted than ever, and let out a final sob of defeat. Her eyes dropped shut, her weary frame fell to the sand, and everything became black.