A/N: I messed up in the chapter 3. Kenzan did have cards on the field. That's all edited now, so I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Tree branches were knocked aside and the grass was crushed underfoot. Asuka and Shou ran, trying to catch up with Judai, but he was much faster than the two of them who has been running far longer than he had for the day.
The two lost him. Shou suggested that they look for the others and tell them what they had found. They walked towards the lake since it was the closest to where they were, but they encountered something they didn't expect.
"What's going on here?" Asuka asked.
"A duel?" Shou replied.
Rei walked around the field and said, "Yeah, but what are you two doing in the forest? Aren't you guys supposed to be on the other side of the island?"
"We wanted to talk to everybody. We think Judai is involved." Asuka said.
"What?! He fell for that siren?!"
"We don't think so, but we were chasing him around here earlier." Shou said.
Asuka asked why Kenzan was dueling, and Rei explained what had occurred while they were traveling to the lake; she also expressed how she felt. Rei was concerned. She worried about the way she acted before the duel and the fact that Kenzan isn't doing as well as she believed he would.
"You shouldn't worry. What you said was minor compared to what other duelist have done before," Asuka said.
"And Kenzan-kun has strong offense and defense; he won't lose." Shou said.
"I'm not worried about whether or not he loses. I'm worried about how long we've been here! I think Kenzan forgot that we had to look for the siren, and I'm a little scared to go off on my own and miss the ending of the duel." Rei began to mumble, "I did encourage it after all."
"How about Asuka-san and I go look while you watch the duel." Shou suggested.
"No! I can't let the upperclassmen do all the work. It would shame the underclassmen of the group." Rei protested.
"How about we watch the ending of the duel, and then we all can look around the lake together." Asuka said.
Rei agreed reluctantly. She truly did not want to push her responsibilities to her upperclassmen, but she couldn't win against them. They had gone through more than she and were more persuasive. Rei felt useless.
Judai noticed Asuka and Shou arriving at the field, but Judai didn't leave his spot like he originally planned. The duel distracted him as well.
"Judai, we should be going." Yubei said.
Judai realized that no matter who was going to win they are going to see him when the duel ends. It was fine. He wasn't really interested in dueling anymore. He plans on running when a monster gets destroyed. He thinks that the shattering effect would be an effective cover.
Kenzan may not have any monsters on the field, but Judai knew he could turn it around.
His opponent's next turn is the last turn that Big Evolution Pill would be in effect. Kenzan needed to make it count.
"Draw! Alright! I normal summon Ultimate Tyranno-don! Go Ultimate Tyranno!"
Ultimate Tyranno stomped over to the 1500 attack point Cure Mermaid. The monster shattered and Kenzan waited for buzz to signal the duel's end—
"I activate my set card: Soul of the Pure! Thanks to this card I recover 800 life points!"
—but Kaito held on with 600 life points. Undeterred, Kenzan continued his assault with Ultimate Tyranno's monster effect. Alector, Sovereign of Birds shattered, and Kaito's life was down to 200. Kenzan ended his turn.
"You've gotten a good draw, but I won't back down!"
Kaito was about to draw, but he heard rustling in the bushes.
"There you are Kaito! We've been looking all over the island for you!" A student in full blue panted. Two Blue students awkwardly maneuvered though the bushes. One was wearing the blue coat uniform while the other was wearing the white jacket uniform.
"What are you two doing here?"
"Kaito, you need to go back to class. Your test scores are slipping. You'll drop to Ra Yellow at this rate!" The student in the white jacket said.
"He's right! Stop looking for the mystery singer. This crush of yours has completely changed you." The other student said.
"I refuse." Kaito drew his card and continued, "My search for my maiden is the only thing that is keeping me going. I won't stop until I have her!"
"That sort of thinking is a huge turn off!"
Everyone in the group turned to Rei.
She continued, "I can see where your friends are coming from. You have changed, and it's not for love. It's an obsession! Right now, you are so insecure that you have to show off to someone who isn't even here. You are hiding your true feelings behind your so-called 'love'!"
"I—" Along with everyone else, Katio was taken aback, but he then replied "—like you even have the right to talk about obsessions and love! What about that red student?"
"I don't have to go on island-wide searches to prove that I love him. My whole life does not revolve around him; I am not like you!"
"But are you not thankful for his saving your life? In that other world, did he not go out and try to help get you medical supplies? Would you not be here today if it wasn't for him?"
"I—" It was true. In that other world, she got sick, and Judai was one of the people that got her medicine. Rei had nothing to counter his accusations.
"—Do you even consider yourself a man for bullying someone else? Why don't you stop and get back to our duel-saurus?" Kenzan spoke up.
Kaito turned back to the field and said nothing as he set a card face down to end his turn.
Big Evolution Pill's effect ended and was sent to Kenzan's graveyard. He drew a card, but it wasn't a card that could negate his opponent's face down card.
"Ultimate Tyranno is gonna give you a direct attack-don!"
"I activate Windstorm of Etaqua. This card changes the battle positions of your cards. You won't be able to attack me for this battle phase!"
Judai hoped that no one had noticed him; he wanted to test out his plan before putting it in motion. Judai climbed down the nearby cliffs and activated his duel disk.
Red hair fluttering in the wind, a beautiful mermaid materialized with a soft hum. The duel monster sat, much like the artwork from the card, on the cliffs before turning to Judai.
"How the hell did I get summoned outside of a duel?"
Judai wasn't expecting that. Then again, he shouldn't base a spirit's personality on the card.
"I summoned you to help me with a problem." He said.
"That is usually why people summon monsters. Go on." The mermaid said sarcastically.
Judai explained how his powers worked as well as his situation to the duel monster. He requested her to sing to another student in order for the rumors to die down.
"So, you wanna play matchmaking with me and some brat? Well, too bad, I can't sing."
"I thought all you guys can sing."
"I'm a mermaid! Our kind doesn't sing! We drag voyagers to their watery graves by messing with them or their boats. Ugh, I hate being confused for a siren."
"Judai, why don't we teach her to sing?" Yubel suggested.
"Oh, hell no! I got enough mermaid pride to not need some silly songs to kill men."
Yubel and Judai groaned in frustration. Then, Winged Kuriboh flew around with a suggestion.
"How do you feel about lip-syncing?" Judai translated.
"I don't oppose it. You do all the singing and talking, and I just have to sit around and move my mouth, right?"
"Right."
"And then I can kill the kid."
"What? No! I'm gonna tell him that the two of you can never be together, and I take you off my duel disk."
"Ok, kill him emotionally. Got it."
Judai sighed, "Please, don't use the word 'kill'. Let's just practice for a bit, yeah?"
A/N: I'm so sorry for the late update. School is ending soon, and I'm getting ready for graduation and finals. I've also been procrastinating on my studies by watching ZEXAL. :P I haven't seen any of the series past 5D's, so I've got a lot of catching up to do!