The others were gone when I got back, which meant that they thankfully listened to me. Since I had nothing better to do, I plugged in my runner to the computer again to see what the performance level was like now. As I typed away, a voice hollered out, "So? How'd it run, Yusei?"

A smile spread over my face as I looked at the others, "It ran like a dream. I even dueled a member of Security for our freedom. He won't bother any of you again. As part of the duel we agreed that if I won he would say we aren't responsible. I think I angered him by beating him in a couple rounds."

Blitz sighed, "Either you befriend people, or you make a new enemy. I'm surprised that you even leave the hideout anymore."

I chuckled, "Someone needs to take care of you guys. Plus a lot of wise people said that you aren't living if you haven't made an enemy."

Nervin sighed, "True, but Satellite isn't safe for a female duelist. If someone figured out that you weren't a guy, you'd be in so much danger. Don't risk your safety for ours."

I sighed, "I've been taking care of myself for quite some time now. But I will keep that in mind."


What they said is right. It's the reason I can't work that the factory with them, and they know it. But that works to my advantage, because I have all day to work on my runner, and that is finally paying off.

The last time I dueled Jack, I didn't think that trap cards were at all useful, but I learned my lesson, adding spell and trap cards to my deck. As much as it disgusted me, Jack was right when he said that I needed them. It made my deck so much stronger. I didn't hate him enough to dismiss his advice, and Martha always said that if someone was stronger than you, figure out why and do the same thing.

I shot past Rally, then turned around and came to a stop next to her. She beamed at me, "That was your best time yet! Will it be enough to make it through the tunnels?"

Shrugging, I took off my helmet, "It better be."

We went back to the tent and I worked on the runner while we waited for the guys. To our surprised, they came back from work with nothing except bruises. Rally did her best to patch them up as I asked, "What exactly happened?"

Tank looked at the ground, "I wasn't looking where I was going, and I tripped over some jerk's foot. He just wanted an excuse to fight with someone."

Nervin sighed, "He's from the city. It's almost funny, they give us their worst, and we once managed to give them our worst, and they worship him."

I laughed, "Well, their so called king is about to get dethroned. Justice is finally fast enough to get through the tunnels."

The guys all perked up, "Really?"

Nodding, I got rid of the oil on my hands, "Yeah, we timed a run today, and it only took two minutes. Considering the real run is open for five minutes, I should make it with no trouble."

Rally smiled, "You should have seen it, that new chip makes Justice go so fast I could barely see it as it shot past. It was so cool!"

Just then we heard someone laugh. Tank groaned, "Not you again!"

Glancing over, I saw a trio of guys walking up to us. The leader spoke, "Because of you tripping over my foot, we all got our pay docked. So we are going to take some stuff from you to make up for the difference."

One of his cronies laughed, "Look at that runner, boss."

The third guy laughed as the boss looked at Justice, "A runner that nice shouldn't belong to trash like you. I think that if you give me that, I'll call it all even."

All three of the guys stood between the strangers and Justice, while I stood up to my full height (which wasn't much to be honest), "Good luck getting her away from us."

He noticed me for the first time, "And you are?"

"The owner and creator of this runner. If you want to get her, you'll need to duel me for her."

"Why thank you!"

Putting away my turbo deck, I pulled out the nearly identical foot deck. One of his cronies put on his disk for him, a sure sign of arrogance, while I detached my disk from my runner.

Both of us walked away from the tent, and got in position as our friends looked on.

He started out our duel, "I summon Chainsaw Insect!"

Chainsaw Insect-2400

"And then I set the spell, Revenge of the Ant-Lion, which deals 800 points of damage to you when one of your monsters is destroyed."

I looked at my cards, "I summon Shield Warrior in defense mode and set one card face down."

Shield Warrior-1600

He laughed, and I started hating opponents who laugh more than once in an hour. He drew a card, "I summon Pinch Hopper, but don't get too close to him, because I send one card to the graveyard to activate a spell."

Pinch Hopper-1000

"I used my spell Insect Costume in order to destroy my Pinch Hopper."

I laughed, "You do realize that due to your spell, you take 800 points of damage?"

He stared at me in shock as his life points dropped.

Life Points Lenny=3200

He shook it off, "I did that on purpose to summon a more powerful monster. Since Pinch Hopper was sent to the graveyard, I can bring out Metal Armored Bug!"

Metal Armored Bug-2800

"Then I remove two monsters from my graveyard and summon another monster, Doom Dozer!"

Doom Dozer-2800

I sighed, Power decks are all the same. Trying to force you into submission. He sent his Chainsaw Insect at me, "I activate my trap, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! It negates one attack per turn."

He glared at me, "Well then I guess that I'll just have to destroy your monster with my Metal Armored Bug!"

Shield Warrior was destroyed and the trap activated, taking away 800 life points.

Life Points Yusei=3200

He dramatically gestured to me, "Doom Dozer, shock him into submission!"

Life Points Yusei=400

I stayed in my defensive position, trying to not laugh at his antics, and also to not curse him out. Once I calmed down, I drew my next card, and felt relief as I saw that I now had everything I needed, "I summon Speed Warrior!"

Speed Warrior-900

"Next I activate the spell Double Summon, which allows me to normal summon one more time this turn. And the monster I summon is Junk Synchron!"

Junk Synchron-1600

"And now I tune my two monsters to each other to create Junk Warrior!"

Junk Warrior-2300

"And now I use the spell Fighting Spirit, which give my Junk Warrior 300 attack points for every monster on your field."

Junk Warrior-3200

"Now you can attack Chainsaw Insect."

Life Points Lenny=2400

"I activate Domino Effect, which destroys the same amount of monsters as cards I send to the graveyard. I'm sending Fighting Spirit and Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, which destroys your remaining monsters. And then comes the effect of your spell, which sends your life points downhill."

Life Points Lenny=0 Defeat!

I walked over to him, "Just so you know, you become a better duelist if you learn to rely on all of your cards together than on their individual strength. Trust in your deck and you will never lose."

He nodded, and the three of them left, much to my delight. I turned back to my friends, "Let's get started on our last minute preparations!"


A/N: Here's the second updated chapter! Thank you to Lets-Go-To-Vermont and PipeDream for reviewing on the original version of this chapter!