Finally, Yusei managed to get into the garden: Roses. Thousands of them. Some were red, some were pink. But strangely, most of them were white. 'But Aki loves red roses,' thought Yusei. 'They're her favourite.'
"QUIT SPLASHING ALL OVER ME, WILL YA?" Yusei heard a voice call. Curious, he walked over to another rose bush, were 3 old Duel monsters cards ALIVE were painting the roses.
"Well, it wasn't my fault!" said one that looked like Avian. "Burstinatrix pushed me!"
"I did no such thing!" Burstinatrix snapped back.
"Shut up!" said Celtic Guardian. "I heard yesterday the queen wanted to behead you! … FOR BAD COOKERY!"
"Um…Pardon me?" Yusei asked, tapping Celtic Guardian's shoulder. "Can you lot tell me why you're painting the roses red?"
"Huh?" the three cards asked stupidly. "OHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Well," Avian started off. "The fact is, sir, we planted the white ones by mistake! And the queen loves red ones! If she finds out and raises her anger…it's off with our heads!" Yusei gulped and clinched his throat.
"BAD NEWS!" Burstinatrix shouted. "THE QUEEN!"
"THE QUEEN?"
"THE QUEEN?"
"The queen?" Yusei asked. The three cards panicked and bowed face flat on the floor. Yusei peeked around the corner to see who the queen was: he couldn't believe his eyes.
A beautiful woman he recognized wore the same beautiful Victorian dress, only it was puffy with rose petals as its decoration. She wore a large crown on her head and a long royal robe. "Aki…Izayoi…" Yusei blinked. Right next to her was a king looking like Bruno. 'BRUNO? WHAT'S HE DOING WITH AKI?' Yusei thought angrily. 'Heh. If Aki doesn't want him any more, she can behead him!'
"STOP!" Aki shrieked, bringing her fan service behind her to a halt. Aki looked and glared at Yusei with her fire-hazel eyes. "Bruno," she asked. "Who is this?"
"To tell you the truth, I have no idea," Bruno grinned back. Aki glared at Bruno.
"You're an idiot…" Aki hissed.
"I love you too, dear," said Bruno.
"FOOL!" the queen yelled, and hit Bruno across the head. She pleasantly walked up to Yusei and said: "You're name might be…?"
"…Yusei, your majesty," said Yusei bowing. 'Come on,' he thought. 'This might not be the same Aki you know.'
"I see," said the queen. "And what are these?" she asked, pointing at the cards.
"I don't know," said Yusei. "They're no business of mine." The Queen's face went red with fury: "OFF WITH HIS HEAD! OFF WITH HIS—"
"How dare you?" Yusei snapped. The Queen stared back in surprise, followed by a chorus of gasps.
"Consider, my dear," said Bruno, "he's just a boy." Aki frowned and shouted at Bruno: "TURN THEM OVER!" Bruno panicked and quickly obeyed, turning each card face up. The three cards panicked and bowed to the queen.
"What have you been doing to my roses?" Aki asked. "Who's been painting my roses red? WELL?"
"It was his idea!" the three cards said at once. "It was not! It was yours!"
"SHUT UP!" Aki shouted. "Off with their heads." Everyone walked away, whilst Yusei said: "I won't let you die. Follow me." The three cards obeyed, and hid in a bush. No-one could find them. Yusei walked off down a path looking around the garden, when Aki came around the corner and made Yusei stop by surprise. The couple stared at each other for a minute or so until the queen finally said: "Can you play croquet?" Yusei looked at her and nodded. "Come along then." Carly the rabbit quickly ran to Yusei and shoved a flamingo in his hands, whilst passing the queen, she bowed and handed her the flamingo. Yusei frowned sharply, and looked around the game.
The cards were bent over as they were the hoops, and hedgehogs were passing under them. 'I guess they are part off the game,' he thought. He turned to another area where the queen was yelling randomly: "Off with his head! Off with her head! Off with their heads!"
'This isn't how I imagined this at all!' Yusei thought. Suddenly, a large grin and two eyes appeared in one of the bush trees. Yusei stared as the same duck from before appeared in the tree. "Hi there!" it grinned. "How are you finding the game?"
"Not good," said Yusei, shaking his head impatiently. "This is not how I'd picture this! I mean, what's happened to everyone today?"
"I told you," said the duck. "We're all mad here!"
"Yeah, well I'LL tell you who's mad!" Yusei shouted at the top of his voice. "The only person who's mad here are the same people, who act like complete strangers, are completely stupid, AND THE ONES WHO ARE LAME ARE THOSE WHO SHOUT 'OFF WITH YOUR HEAD'!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" A shriek came from behind Yusei. Yusei turned and gasped with fright as he saw Queen Aki frowning with absolute fury. "I-I—I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING! I just lost my temper and—"
"ENOUGH!" The queen shrieked. "OFF WITH YOUR—"
"Consider my dear," King Bruno interrupted. "How did you know it was him? Can we have a trial…first?"
"TRAIL?" Aki snapped.
"Just a little one," said the King. "It'll be quicker, quicker than you can say: 'Time marches on its stomach'." The queen sighed. "Very well." Yusei sighed with relief as the cards carried him to the courtroom.