Phoenix: Sorry for the late update! I was in Rhode Island for a few days and had to finish up other stuff :P. So anyway, just to let you guys know, I don't like nor am good at writing out duels. I'm just keeping them short, but I'll tell you who wins in the end.

Chapter 8: The Rise of Red Eyes

"Wow, look at this!" Kari exclaimed as she held up a necklace with a blue charm on it to her neck. It was a dragon.

"It looks very nice on you," Téa said as she looked at Kari in the mirror. They were shopping around Domino City today, since it was a weekend. Yugi, Tristan, and Joey were there too, but Yugi and Joey ran off to a card store and Tristan didn't want to be stuck shopping with the girls for "stupid and girly clothes". Téa was the only one with Kari.

Kari bought it and the two then set off to other shops. They both twirled around in clothes, tried dancing in shoes, and doing any of those happy moments that happen in movies while a great song is playing. Pretty soon they were carrying a lot of shopping bags. Téa and Kari were walking along the street when they ran into someone. Literally.

"Hey, watch where you're going!" The person said.

Oh, great. That sounds like…

"Wait, I know you! You're Kari, right?"

Yep. That's her.

Red eyes were staring into Kari's blue ones. It was Akina, the girl from the park. Kari had dueled against her and won, which was the first duel that she had summoned Blue Eyes White Dragon in.

"Yeah, that's me. And you're Akina." Kari said as she stood up from bumping into her. She also noticed that Akina was holding a lot of shopping bags.

"I would challenge you to a rematch, but I don't feel like it today. So I'll let you off the hook."

"Why?" Kari challenged. "Scared that you'll lose again?"

Akina got a look of surprise on her face. It was as if even suggesting the idea that she could lose was a joke to her. There was obviously some obnoxious ego that you wouldn't want to mess around with.

"No, it's just that I was on my way to buy the last pair of these really great shoes that I saw on TV. And I don't want anyone else getting them first!"

"Wait, I think I know those. I want them really bad. There's only one pair left?" Téa cut in.

"Yeah, and they're mine!" Akina said as she pushed her way through and marched down the street.

"Follow me," Téa said as she pulled on Kari's arm. "I know where the store with the shoes is."

Téa had dragged Kari all the way around the block, to the street parallel to the one they were just on. They came to a halt once they reached a shop called "All the Right Shoes". And sure enough, brown extremely comfy looking sandals sat on display in the front window.

"Hey, that's the last pair!" Kari said as she rushed inside. "And they're really cheap, too!"

Téa ran inside after Kari a little too late because, God knows how, Kari had already swiped the shoes from the display stand and brought them to the counter. She swiped a credit card and happily grabbed the bag with her new box of sandals off the countertop.

"Alright! I got the last pair!" Kari exclaimed. Soon Yugi, Joey, and Tristan entered the shop, right in the middle of Kari celebrating for…just a pair of shoes.

"Jeez, where's da party?" Joey said.

"Look at my new shoes!" Kari held up the bag, which you could see right through, to show the three boys.

"You mean you got worked up just for those?" Tristan said as he raised an eyebrow.

"Maybe we should just go walk around some more…" Yugi sweat-dropped.

"Okay!" Everyone agreed as they started out of the store. They walked around for a little bit and then stopped at the park for a rest. To break the silence, Kari started conversation.

"Come to think of it, Akina wanted these shoes too." Kari stated simply.

"Yeah. She was probably let down when she found out that they were sold." Téa nodded in agreement.

Kari sat there for a moment, then got up. "Let's go get lunch. It's around noon and I'm starving."

And then another accident.

Kari was on the ground again that day, wondering who she just bumped into this time. She was bound to have her leg broken all over again after just having it fully healed. Her shopping bags were scattered everywhere.

"Who do you think you are, bumping into me again? Why can't you just-"

Kari looked up to see Akina in the flesh yelling at her…again. She stopped midsentence because her eyes saw the bag with that last pair of sandals that she wanted so badly.

"You were the one who bought the last pair?" She said in disbelief. "That's it. Duel!" She activated her duel disk that was on her arm, slipping in her deck.

"Wait," Kari said. "I got those shoes fair and square! Besides, don't you remember that I don't have a duel disk?"

"Actually, ya do." Joey stepped forward and reached into his bag. "See, Yugi and I were lookin at cards, right? And we found this duel disk on sale and we thought we should get it for ya, for bein such a great pal to us and all." He held out a brand new duel disk and handed it to Kari. She hugged them in thanks and quickly strapped it onto her arm.

"Alright, let's do this!" She said as she turned to Akina. I can't believe she got so worked up over shoes…

And so the duel went on. Kari had 1400 Life Points, Akina 2400. Akina was head by a thousand points. On top of that, Kari was wide open for a direct attack. And it was Akina's turn.

"Now I'll sacrifice my Wind Angel and Alchemic Angel so I can summon…" She dramatically threw down a card onto her disk. "…my Red Eyes Black Dragon!"

"Copier, that's MY trump card!" Joey leaped up and shouted.

Both Akina and Kari ignored, with Kari doing a double-take at the hologram. "How did you get such a rare card?"

"A friend," Akina said coolly. "A friend who gave it to me because they thought that it might be destiny."

Just like me and Blue Eyes… Kari couldn't help thinking. If I could have just summoned it, I would have won.

"Now, Red Eyes, attack!"

Kari's life points dropped to zero. She closed her eyes and accepted defeat. She then picked up her bags that she neglected to clean up before and started walking away.

"Where do you think you're going?" Akina said. "You owe me those shoes!"

"What? No I don't! You never said that if you beat me you could have them!"

"Oh, did I forget to mention that? Well now you know, so hand them over!"

"Never!" Kari said childishly. She started running out of the park and down the street, with Akina on her tail. From where Téa, Yugi, Joey, and Tristan stood, you could hear the two arguing and shouting at each other from a mile away for those shoes. The gang just stood there, laughing, and waited for Kari to come back here once she lost Akina. And so the end-of-the-episode music played…

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