"Yusho!" Yoko burst into the bathroom and ripped open the shower curtain.

The man froze, shuddering at the sudden intrusion of cold air against his wet skin.

"Yoko. What are you doing?"

"Come on! You have to see this!" the woman grabbed his wrist and pulled.

"Whoa! Hang on! What's this about?

"If you follow me, you'll find out. And you need to find out! So stop resisting, and let's go!"

"Go where? I'm a little busy…" Yusho motioned toward the running water.

Yoko huffed, placing her hands on her hips.

"Yusho Sakaki!" she barked with authority. "You listen to me. There is something that you need to see, so get that cute ass out of the shower and into the front room. Move it!

The male stared at her for a moment before a small chuckle escaped him.

"Well, when you put it that way…"

"Hurry! No!" she cried when she saw him reaching for the shower faucet, startling him. "There's not time for that!"

"…But, Yoko…"

"Come on!" she grabbed his wrists and pulled.

He let out a small yelp as the action caused him to slip on the ceramic floor. Then he nearly fell flat on his face as Yoko's pulling caused him to catch his foot on the lip of the tub, causing him to briefly think that he may not make it out of here alive. He didn't even have any time to relax after his near mishap; once his feet hit the bathmat Yoko wasted no time in immediately dragging him from the room, causing him to stumble once again.

"Whoa! What about my towel?" he protested.

"No time! Gotta hurry!" she panted as she rushed down the hall.

"But I'm naked…"

"I prefer you that way," she stopped and winked at him, causing him to flush a light shade of pink as he let out an amused burst of air from his nose. "Now. Look at the TV!"

He blinked at her sudden change in subject matter, but followed her order nonetheless. The duel at the stadium was being televised today, and while that was nothing to truly shake a stick at, the style of today's duel was...

"Is…is he…?"

"Uh huh," Yoko nodded with a smile.

"Really?"

"Mhm."

Yusho stared at the screen as one of the duelists on the field hopped on top of his monster and used it to catapult into the air in order to grab an Action Card that was perched on a ledge in the Action Field.

"Astounding!" the duel's commentator exclaimed. "Graysen Tyler seems to have the upper hand yet again in this duel! Yes, folks! Like it or not, Tyler appears to be implementing the same style of dueling as his fellow pro-duelist, Yusho Sakaki, who, just earlier this season, debuted this new style, which he coined as 'Entertainment Dueling'. Up until now, Sakaki has been the only duelist to use this new method, despite the negative feedback from many in the crowds; however, this style seems to have caught Tyler's eye now. Many of the other pros in the circuit have expressed their dissent over Sakaki's new tactics, but Tyler clearly wanted to try it out for himself! Will more of the pros follow suit?"

"Wow," Yusho breathed as he stared at the screen.

"Look at that," Yoko beamed. "People are starting to copy you."

"Yeah…"

"I knew it was only a matter of time before people realized that Entertainment Dueling was the next big thing," she nudged her boyfriend. "I mean, I have noticed more people cheering now. You started something."

"Yeah. Wow. I never expected anyone else to want to try it."

"Why wouldn't they?" Yoko raised an eyebrow. "You make it look like such fun. You've brought a new element into the world of dueling. I think you may have officially pioneered a new era of dueling, Yusho."

"Yoko, don't be ridiculous!" he gave an embarrassed chuckle as he felt his cheeks heat up. "It's way too early to decide that. It's just one other person, after all."

"Come on, Yusho. Don't be so modest. You already have one copycat. I'm sure that means others will soon follow suit now that one person has stepped forward to follow in your shadow."

"You think?" he blinked.

"Mhm," she nodded. "Graysen Tyler is definitely not as good as you are, but he's clearly a fan of yours. I think you may have to start upping your game if you want to stay ahead of the friendly competition, though, Mister Pioneer."

"Stop it. I'm not a pioneer."

Yoko cocked an eyebrow and shook her head.

"Fine. Don't believe me," she shrugged. "But when everyone else starts wanting to run around the field in grandiose form to impress the crowd, don't say I didn't tell you so."

Yusho gave her a coy smile.

"But you have started something."

"We'll see."

"We've already seen!" Yoko gestured toward the television.

"One whole person!"

"And you inspired him to do it! You, Yusho. You did that."

"I suppose I can't argue with that, but…"

"No buts!" Yoko stopped, a smirk gracing her lips. "Unless we're talking about yours, of course."

Yusho raised his eyebrows in amusement.

"I'd rather talk about your butt, to be honest."

"Ooh," she batted her eyes. "But yours is so…exposed."

"It wouldn't be if you would have just let me grab my towel."

"Excuse me? Do you really think that I don't want your butt exposed?"

"I'm going back to my shower now," Yusho turned and headed back down the hallway.

"Oh, sure. Just leave so that I have to clean up the puddles you've left on my floor!"

"Hey!" Yusho guffawed as he turned back to face her. "You're the one who dragged me out of the shower in the first place!"

"Well, it's not my fault that you were showering at such an important moment," she gave a facetious shrug.

Yusho smiled.

"Important, it was."

"Very," she agreed. "Now get going, Yusho. I mean I hate to see you go, but damn. I love watching you leave."

"Stop it!" he laughed again as he trekked back to the bathroom.

"I can't. You're just so yummy," she sighed.

"Yoko!"

"How am I embarrassing you? We're alone in the house."

"Stop it, you!"

"Whatever," Yoko smiled. "Have a nice shower, my yummy pioneer."

Yusho shook his head; however, as he closed the bathroom door and re-entered his still running shower, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride. Someone was using his style of dueling. He truly had never expected that others would want to use it, but he wasn't going to complain or stop them if they wanted to do so. He hadn't really been trying to start a new trend. He had just wanted to entertain. And now it appeared that others also wanted to try their hand at the same brand of entertaining as well.

It was amazing. It was crazy! He was flattered. He didn't know how far Entertainment and Action Dueling would go, but he was excited that he would get to be along for the ride.