~Ari~

More wandering around town; Joy. I've been keeping my eyes out for Yugi or Joey, but so far, I haven't seen them. I walk over to the other side of downtown, where not too many duelists are around. "What now?" I ask Sabrina.

"I don't know. Wait for someone to challenge us, find Yugi or Joey, find Marik, I really don't care." She says.

"Thanks for being such a big help." I say sarcastically

"No problem."

I start wondering when Marik will actually show his face around us. What if he's already among us? Could he be breathing down my neck now? No, he wouldn't face us unless it was absolutely necessary. "Hey, you!"

This snaps me out of my thinking. I look over to see a girl about two years younger than Sabrina standing about three feet away. She has shoulder-length brown hair, green eyes, and wears a pink t-shirt along with a jean skirt. "Can I help you?" I say.

"Aren't you Sabrina Cafford?" she asks.

"Yes." I say.

"No, you're not." Sabrina says.

"Shut up. What do you want me to tell her? That I'm +5000 years old and I live within your body?"

"Fine, do what you want."

My attention goes back over to the girl, "That's good; I wanted to challenge you, even though I don't see myself having a chance of winning. My name is Kanae, and how about we have a duel?" the girl says.

"Sure thing Kanae. Want to wager one Locator Card?" I say.

"That sounds great. But, I'll warn you, my deck is pretty good."

"We'll see."

The Duel Disks transform and the duel is ready to begin. Kanae has the first turn. "Okay, first I'll play Fairy's Gift in attack mode and equip her with the Elf's Light card, giving her an attack power of 1800! That ends my turn." She says.

In my hand, I have; De-Fusion, Magician's Valkria, Dark Magician, Mirror Force, and Meteor of Destruction. "Alright, I'll play Meteor of Destruction to drop your Life Points to 3000. And then I'll play one card face-down, along with a monster in defense mode. Your move." I say.

"Thank you. Oh, look, another Elf's Light card, this will give Fairy's Gift an attack power of 2200. And now my Fairy, attack her face-down!"

"Not so fast. I activate Mirror Force to redirect the attack!"

This destroys her Fairy's Gift. I draw Pot of Greed. I then activate that. I draw Monster Reborn and Dark Hole. "I flip Magician's Valkria face-up and have her attack you directly!" now Kanae's Life Points are at 1400. Kanae plays Dark Witch in attack mode and has her attack Valkria, bringing me to 3800 Life Points.

I draw Dust Tornado and set it. I activate Dark Hole, which destroys her Witch. She sets one card face-down and plays Shining Angel in attack mode. Shining Angel attacks me directly, bringing me to 2400 Life Points. I draw Trap Hole, "Okay, first I'll play Dust Tornado to destroy your face-down and then I'll play Monster Reborn to bring back Magician's Valkria and have her attack your Angel!" I say. Her face-down was Mirror Force. Kanaes's Life Points are at 1200 now.

"I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn." She says.

I draw another Meteor of Destruction and play it, dropping her to 200 Life Points. I end my turn from there. Kanae draws, "Now it's time to introduce my rarest monster, I sacrifice my face-down monster to summon the Dark Magician Girl!" she says.

"Dark Magician Girl?" I say.

"Yep, she's new. The next generation Dark Magician I suppose." Kanae says.

With the duel continuing, Dark Magician Girl attacks Magician's Valkria, which brings me to 2000 Life Points. I draw Feral Imp and set it. Kanae draws and then destroys it. I'm not sure if I'll be able to last within a monster on the field. I draw to find that it's Brain Control. Yes, that's perfect! "I play Brain Control, and with a cost of 800 Life Points, I can take control of your Dark Magician Girl! Now, attack her directly!" I say.

The attack brings Kanae to 0 Life Points. I win! "Aww, but my Dark Magician Girl was unstoppable!" she says.

"Maybe so, but no monster is invincible. That was a great duel by the way." I say walking up to her.

"Same here! It was an honor to face a champ like you in a duel! I guess I owe you my Locator Card and Dark Magician Girl, right?" she says holding them out to me.

"Thanks. You're a good duelist, Kanae. I hope our paths will cross again." I say taking them.

"I sure hope so. But next time, I'll be more prepared!"

"Right."

I say goodbye to her and walk off. It was nice to have a normal duel for once, but this doesn't mean our business with Marik is over.

Sorry about the wait (even though it was only two days) but I got pretty busy lately. And don't ask why I named her Kanae, because I needed a name and Kanae was a character from another anime I was watching, so I just went with that.