An alarm clock that Blister had left for me jolted me out of sleep, and I rolled off the cot while shutting it off. Glancing around the room with the silenced alarm clock in my hands, I chuckled, It's kinda sad that this is probably the nicest place I've stayed in years.

I changed in the bathroom into the clean clothes from the day before, once again peering at my reflection while fixing my hair, This mark screams 'I'm a Satellite who breaks laws'. Makeup would really be useful about now.

Splashing water on my face, I put the rest of my outfit on, then headed out to my runner. I wheeled it out into the alleyway, shut the garage as quietly as I could before navigating back to the stadium that had cursed me.

After a lengthy trip, I pulled up at the duelist entrance. The guard took one look at me before holding his hand out. Without hesitation, I gave him the invitation, which he studied for a minute or two. Leaving me with my thoughts, which was never a good idea, I'm glad that my helmet mostly covers the mark. Otherwise I'd probably not get into this event.

Finally he handed it back to me with a grunt, "Garages are down the hallway on your right."

Going slowly, I entered the building before getting off and pushing her. Following the directions wasn't hard with all of the signs, and I ended up in a group of ten lockers. One directly next to the door had an intricate lock on it, prompting me to go to the furthest one away from it in order to avoid the owner.

Looking around the one I picked, I put my helmet down on the tool bench before figuring out the locking system. Once Justice was secured in the one I chose, I followed the signs leading us to the starting point. Near the door that led to where the other duelists were I found the twins who had already bumped into Yunagi and Tanner. I bit back a smile as I looked at Leo, "Hey everyone."

Luna was wearing a coat and hat to hide that she was the real duelist, while Leo was dressed in her clothes with makeup on. I finally couldn't hold back a chuckle, let alone a smile, "Trust me Leo, the makeup is overkill. You are young enough that no one is going to think you are a guy."

He looked up at me, "Are you sure?"

"Most girls I've met normally don't wear makeup until they turn 13 at the least."

Pausing for a second, he then nodded sagely, "Okay...do you know how to get makeup off?"

Out of the corner of my eye I could see that my two friends who knew about my gender were trying to not laugh, "I think soap and water will work. But I don't exactly know, I've never worn any."


After Leo had gone into the bathroom to wash off the makeup with Luna's help (in the girls' bathroom to his eternal shame) we headed to the place where the platform was. The other duelists were all waiting there, and I could see a couple looking...glaring actually, at my mark. Shoving them all out of my mind, I stood in my assigned place on the far right end, with Leo standing between me and the other duelists (to my relief).

Before things could get awkward, I heard someone's voice yelling things above us. After about a minute of this, the platform started rising. The roar of the crowd was surprisingly loud, making me beyond grateful that my helmet was insulated to block out sound. It also made me wish that I was wearing my helmet right at that very second. The announcer called out our names, "Aki Izayoi, Commander Corta, the Professor, Bommer Geiger, Shira, Sir Ransborg, Luna, and Yusei Fudo."

Despite the applause that had happened as we were raised up, there was silence for a few seconds after my name was announced. When the silence was over, it was replaced by jeers and booing.

Leo looked up at me, "Your name is Yusei?"

"Yup."

"Why are they booing?"

I sighed, "Big marks mean that the person is a Satellite."

His small face was filled with his eyes, "You are from Satellite?"

"Yes I am. And they don't like that fact."

Our conversation didn't get much further before the biggest one of the other duelists walked forward and took the microphone away from the announcer, "I pity the fact that none of you are duelists. As duelists we see each other in light of how we treat our cards and each other. We respect each other no matter what until we are given a proper reason to not. Birthplace is not a proper reason, so he will have my respect until he loses it."

He marched back to his spot and tossed the microphone back to the announcer as Goodwin stood up. Apparently aiming to be dramatic, he spread his arms wide, "That is exactly why I organized this tournament. I wanted for everyone to forget about differences in position, age, gender and just become equal just as the duelists are."

Goodwin waved his hand and the bracket showed up on the screen;

Duel 1: Luna vs. B. Geiger

Duel 2: A. Izayoi vs. Sir Ransborg

Duel 3: C. Corta vs. Professor

Duel 4: Y. Fudo vs. Shira

With that, all of the other duelists went downstairs, leaving Leo and I to follow them. A worker was waiting for Leo, "I'll show you to where you need to be, Miss Luna."

Both of us followed her, and I stayed with Leo as we waited for the duel, "Remember, you are not dueling for yourself. This is a duel for your sister. You need to keep your peppiness under control, because that's not how she acts, okay?"

"I got this in the bag!"

Sure you do. And I'm a unicorn.

The announcer's voice came through, "Is everyone ready for our very first duel?"

Giving Leo two thumbs up, I backed up, "Break a leg out there!"

"Thanks Yusei!"

He rose up, and out of sight. Sighing one last time, I went to the duelist lounge and sat down to watch the duel with the other participants.


A/N: Thanks to Let's-Go-To-Vermont for reviewing on the first version of this chapter!