Hey, King Spike Rules here and this chapter will focus on the aftermath of Yuki's duel with Sara, along with what she had told him about Aoi. Who also has something to think of with what their doing against the Sin Duels as a whole.


Chapter 12: Building Paths.

Yuki looked up at the hospital that he was told where Aoi was at and took a deep breath as he saw the sun was now in the middle of raising to the skies. It had been only a couple hours since his duel with Sara and the only thing on his mind was to find Aoi, insuring his safety was the single thought that was running through Yuki's mind while he walked through the automatic doors and went straight to the main desk as he saw a nurse sitting there.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for some one." he told the nrse as he said Aoi's name and also what room number he would be in. She smiled as she typed on the computer and then said he was all clear to head upstairs to the room. Yuki thanked her and headed to the elevator, taking the short trip to the fourth floor and stepped out as he headed right for Aoi's door. Yuki looked at the door and just stared at it, waiting for moments as he worried what Aoi could be thinking after he was left alone and then attack while also having been the one that put him in danger. As he looked at the door and ponded on what he should do, his phone suddenly rang and quickly answered it, "Hello?"

"Dude, come in already. I can see you through the door window." Aoi's voice came out from the other line and Yuki's eyes widen as he looked at the door, realizing there was a window, which he had missed do to his single minded thought over what he should do with what Sara had told him. He blushed as he reached for the door and opened it, walking in as he saw Aoi sitting in a hospital bed and shut the door as Aoi said, "So, you faced her for my honor huh?"

"H-how do you know about that?" Yuki asked as he was left shocked and wondered how he could have learned of something like that so soon.

"Sara texted me and told the whole thing, with you getting to be a draw and every last detail." Aoi said as he took out his phone and showed Yuki the text, causing him to sigh out loud before plopping on in a chair as he groaned out loud.

"She's going to be a problem, isn't she?" Yuki asked out loud as he looked up at the ceiling and allowed his mind wander as he wanted the answer to his won question, but he already new it and so he looked from the ceiling to Aoi as another question popped into her head as he asked, "Why didn't you call me and tell me you were here?"

"Sara said you need to be tested and I shouldn't give you the heads up." he said as he looked from Yuki and then looked at the wall as he remained silent, as if thinking of something that could ruin everything about their friendship and then looked down to his hands as he gripped it tightly for a few seconds as he said, "I-I lost to her without effort and then she dueled you to a draw, and I don't think she was doing her best." These last few words caught Yuki by surprise and he was now lost in thought as he realized he might have been right. Seeing the look on Yuki's face made Aoi quickly think of something and then he smiled at him as he said, "H-hey, I'll be out of here tomorrow. Want to get something special to celebrate?"

"O-oh, ummm. Sure." Yuki said as he gave him a half-hearted smile for a few seconds before looking away from him and they remained in awkward silence for a few moments before Aoi picked up the remote to his t.v., tossing it to Yuki, who looked at him confused.

"Go ahead, pick a show and we can watch it together." Aoi said as he gave Yuki a sincere smile and Yuki was taken aback from it as he smiled back at him, taking hold of the remote as he began to look through the few channels they were given to try and find something for them to watch together as friends.


After dueling with Yuki and letting him know were Aoi really was, Sara was back in her room, resting from the long duel and recovering from all the shocks she had gotten through out said duel. Having the day off helped her in the resting when there came a knock at her door.

"Sara, it's ten. You should really be getting up." came a woman's voice from the other end from the door and Sara's eyes flicked open before shutting with a groan following instantly afterwards.

"Alright, one second aunty." she said as she let out a long yawn and slowly sat up, stretching out her arms and allowing the blanket to fall, revealing herself to be sleeping in the nude. She continued to stretch out her arms and yawn out loud as threw the rest of her blanket off of herself before standing up. She took a quick look at her body in the mirror, looking for any burns from the shocking she had the night before and smiled as she saw she was unharmed from it. She then went to her dresser and opened it, looking through it before pulling a pair of panties and slipped them on which was followed by quickly with a pair of short shorts along with a tank-top. She then took another quick look at herself in the mirror and smiled as she winked at herself before saying, "Looking good." She then left her room and it was then that she could smell her aunts cooking, which made her smile wider before heading right for the table.

"Good morning sweetie." her aunt said smiling at her as she had finished plating their food and was just sitting to eat hers as Sara sat across from her, looking at her meal and smiled as she began to eat.

"Good morning." she said with her mouth full and her aunt let out a long sign as she was watched her eat a few more bites before taking hold of the hot sauce onto her food. She then took another bite and smiled as it was to her liking, eating a little faster then before drinking some of the milk she had next to her.

"So, you came home late last night." she said as she slowly ate her meal while Sara continued to stuff her face, looking at her aunt with wide eyes, shocked at what she said as he aunt added, "How was your duel?" This left Sara even more shocked as she stared at her, remaining silent for a few moments as she seamed to be in deep thought while her aunt continued to eat her food slowly.

"Oh, great. ummm, h-he was better then I ever hoped." Sara said as she smiled and blushed a little bit, but she could not tell why she suddenly felt that way by simply talking about a duel she had recently. Her aunt noticed this and smiled as she continued to calmly eat her food while Sara slowly ate the rest of her meal as the room filled with silence once again.

"Well then, I hope you two can duel again one day soon." she said as a smirk formed on her face while Sara blushed even more, confused on why she was acting this way and confused on why her aunt was enjoying her embarrassment as much as she did. The two then finished the rest of their breakfast in silence until Sara was the first done and placed her plate in the sink before heading back to her room while her aunt watched her enter the room. Sara locked the door the second she entered the room and then went to her computer, turning it on as she typed on it a little before coming to a secret icon on her computer. She smiled as she began to type on the keyboard and then looked at the screen as a shadow figure appeared on the screen in front of her.

"Are you ready for your match later this week?" the figure asked while using a machine to talk to her and Sara smiled wide as she licked her lips from excitement.

"Sure am, and I have a new fire in my belly for the Sin Duels." she said as she looked at the figure and they began to nod as a response.

"That's good, because the fans are ready to watch you in action and defend your championship." the figure said as Sara let out a giddy laugh a little while she looked right at the screen.

"I bet those creeps can't wait to see some of young, hot bod while I cream some random guy who things he's all that." she said as she leaned back and placed her hands on the back of her head, lounging on her chair as she closed her eyes and seam to be relaxing while the figure just looked at her more.

"It was your choice to join us and be ready, since the tournament will be soon." the figure said as the screen then went black as Sara looked from the ceiling to the computer and saw that the conversation was over.

"Yep, I know and I was fun." she said as she returned to look at the screen and let out a sign as she felt something build inside her stomach as she sat back up, grabbing her deck sleeve from on the desk and opening it as she took out Queen of Flames: Volnica. Looking closely at the card and she began to think about it as a thought popped into her head, 'Why does this card make me feel, like I'm on the wrong side?' Sara let out another sigh as she looked at the card more and continued to ponder on what this card meant.


Back in the secret lab, the man in a suit was in a chair instead of being in front of the screens as he seamed to be in deep thought over something he had heard recently. As he leaned his hand on his head and looked at something on the computer, he pulled out his phone and answered it.

"Hello?" he asked as he held the phone to his ear and listened as he let out a sigh while hearing the other person tell him something, and his annoyed expression seam to start fading as the person on the other lined talk. After listening to everything they had to say with a smile on his face and remaining silent the whole time, he said, "Excellent, set up the brutes all over the city and this will allow us to take out Shadow Fox, and then we can have the third card we need for the Master." He then hung up the phone and grinned from ear to ear as he stood up from his desk, walking from it to a wall and placed his hand on it, suddenly activating a secret panel and a secret door opens up. He stepped inside and lights began to turn on while he walked, showing human look figures in giant tubes with wired poking out of all over and seamed to be deformed in some way. He walked along all of these things until he arrived at a set of steps and he looked up while the last light turned on, showing a female humanoid in the tube and he grinned as he placed his hand on the tube as he said, "Soon, my sweet. Soon you will be free from this prison and then you can burn the whole to the ground for what they had done to you." He smiled while having his hand on the tube and smirked wide when her right hand seam to move in response to his words, showing they seamed to have a little consciousness inside them at the moment.


The sun was starting to set over Central City as Yuki had left the hospital and let Aoi rest, promising him to see him the next day where they can have lunch to celebrate him getting out. But with every step Yuki was taking, his mind was far from a simple place as the words Sara had said were stuck with him ever since the end of their duel and he couldn't help but feel off from the whole thing as he walked up to the train station. Waiting for it, he took a deep breath from all the thinking he was doing for the last day and he seamed to have come up with a decision while the train came into the station.

"I can keep putting him in danger." he said to himself as he stepped onto the door and took an open seat made by someone who was leaving the train. As he sat there, with his hand in his lap and his mind seaming over it's confusion as he said to himself, "I'm sorry Aoi, I won't be coming to the celebration." The train doors closed and began to roll down the tracks as he hung his head down and remained just in his own mind for the rest of his trip.

TBC.


Well, that is it for this chapter and I know the person in a tube thing has been done to death by just about every anime with action. But I had too and it will be fun now that the guy has more info out there. Also, please leave a review and vote, since bu Digimon and My Hero Academia both have one.