Like I said, chapters will be getting much longer starting with this one. Ciroh's real deck will be revealed in this chapter. It will be explained why he used a different one in the chapter. Also, there will be no more flashbacks for a while.

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Ria sighed. "I hope that Senem wakes up as himself."

Surynia put her hand on Ria's shoulder. "He'll be fine, Ria. Look, you've been here for two days straight. He'll be okay."

"I hope so, but I'm still staying."

"You'll be missing classes again."

"Whatever."

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Ciroh hadn't been able to sleep for a long time, partly worrying about Senem but mostly trying to figure out why he kept seeing someone outside his room at night. The person seemed to have a girl's figure, but it didn't make sense that to him the person would be a girl because the dorm over there was pretty strict. He figured it was nothing and lay back down.

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The next day, Ciroh and Surynia were talking after class when Ria, who was dragging Drio behind her, came running up.

"Senem's up guys!"

"Senem? Or the demon?" asked Ciroh.

"Don't worry Ciroh, I'm fairly sure it's Senem." Drio was still brushing dirt from his blazer after being dragged around.

"Well then, let's go visit him Ciroh," Surynia said.

The four walked to the nurse's office. When they got there, Senem was sitting up waiting for them.

Senem's expression was purely auspicious. "It's gone, Ci! The demon is gone!"

"That's great, bud. When can you go back to class?"

"In about a week. But I can duel in like two days. Not that that will be easy if I can't get outta bed for another week."

Ciroh then turned to the others. "Can you guys leave for a sec? I hafta tell Senem something in private."

The others promptly left, Ria for the first time in days (besides when she got Ciroh and Surynia).

Even though the others were gone, Ciroh still whispered. "Ria has been waiting here with you for the past three days. I think you should give her a thank you gift or something."

"Umm… okay. She runs the same deck as you right?"

"What? No, I run a Fire deck. Crowler just asked me to use hers because he didn't want you to lose too badly, which you obviously didn't."

"Okay then… that's nice of him. Anyway, I think I know the perfect card to buy her. Can you go buy me a Manticore of Darkness card? I'll pay you back."

"Manticore of Darkness? That card is like $40!"

"I know. Also, I need you to pay the extra $25 for a holographic engraving."

Holographic engravings were a new sales ploy being released by Kaiba Corp. Pay $25, and you could get your monster to be holding up a sign with the engraving for the first time the card was placed face-up on a Duel Disk. It was not a bad idea.

"Wow, that's a large investment. What do you want it to say?" Senem whispered something to Ciroh, causing Ciroh to smile, nod, and walk out.

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Ciroh came back the next day with the Manticore of Darkness. He slipped it to Senem just before the others walked in.

Senem turned to Ria. "Umm… Ria, I have a gift for you since you stayed with me all this time." He handed her the card.

"Oh wow! This is awesome! But how did you…?" She then saw Ciroh smiling and mouthed 'thank you'. Ria hugged Senem a little too tightly, causing him to squirm. "Sorry. I'm going to put this in my deck." Ria ran out.

Surynia turned to Ciroh. "That was really nice of you, Ciroh. I think you deserve a gift too." She then leaned in and kissed him.

Ciroh could only smile, but then thought he saw that girl again. He finally decided to confront her. Well, at least when I finish with this, he thought.

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Ciroh ran up to the girl, who decided not to run away. "Hey you! Why have you been following me?"

"First of all, my name is Seria Jorum, so that you don't call me 'you' anymore. Second of all, I've been following you because…I'm in love with you!"

"Why didn't you just tell me then?"

"Because you're going out with that bitch, Surynia."

Ciroh reddened. "Hey! Don't call her a bitch!"

"Fine, you want me to stop? Then you'll hafta duel me, but if you lose, you dump her and go on a date with me!"

"I accept. No one calls Surynia a bitch and gets away with it."

Ciroh: 4000

Seria: 4000

Seria drew. "I'll start with this: Graceful Charity! I draw three cards, and discard any two cards in my hand! So I'll discard Axe Raider and Swordsman of Landstar. Then I'll set a monster and throw two face downs before I end."

"I play Heavy Storm to start."

Seria watched as her Trap Hole and Magic Cylinder were destroyed. "Not bad. But not good enough!"

"I'm waiting."

"For what?"

"Well, usually when someone says 'But not good enough!' they are gonna do something awesome. So I'm waiting for that."

"Oh, no I'm not doing anything."

"Okay then, I play Gaia Soul the Combustible Collective in attack mode! Attack her defense!"

"Hah! That's my Sangan! I get to bring my Karate Man to my hand!"

"Well it was worth it, because you still lose 1400 LP due to Gaia's effect! I'll end now."

Ciroh: 4000

Seria: 2600

"Hmph! I'll draw. Now I play my Karate Man and throw two face downs. I'll activate Karate Man's effect, doubling his attack points, although he's destroyed at the end of this turn. I'll attack your monster and activate Reinforcements, so he now has 2500 ATK, enough to destroy your Gaia! You can go." Seria's Karate Man was destroyed anyway, as promised.

Ciroh: 3500

Seria: 2600

"Okay, I draw. I remove my Gaia from the game to Special Summon Inferno! I still have my Normal Summon too, so I also summon Solar Flare Dragon! Now then, my two monsters, attack her directly!"

"Not so fast! I activate Waboku!"

"Fine, I'll end my turn by throwing a face down, but you lose 500 LP due to Solar Flare Dragon's effect."

Ciroh: 3500

Seria: 2100

"I draw and summon my Red Eyes B. Chick! Now I'll use its effect to sac it for my Red Eyes Black Dragon! Attack his Inferno!"

"You activated my trap, Infernal Gamble! When my Inferno is being attacked, I first pay 1000 LP to activate this card. Next, I roll a dice, and the number I roll is divided into your monster's attack points for the turn." Ciroh rolled the dice, and it landed on 4. "That's a 4! So your Red Eyes has 600 ATK for this turn, meaning you lose not only 500 LP from the point differential, but also another 1500 due to Inferno's effect!"

"Woah. I end."

Ciroh: 3500

Seria: 100

"It's my move, so I'll just attack with my Inferno! That's game!"

Ciroh: 3500

Seria: 0

"Oh man. I can't believe I lost. I'm never gonna get a date."

"Don't worry Seria, I'm sure there's a boy out there who would take you on a date. I'm taken though."

"Thanks for reassuring me, Ciroh."

"No problem."

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Ciroh's real deck has been revealed! Well not much of it, but some at least. I wonder what Senem's engraving says.

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