Okay, even though I wrote it, this chapter annoys me. =( Why? a.) It's main focus on Chandra. b.) It's ssssoooo boring! c.) Kinda predicable if you ask me. But, I couldn't just leave Chandra in the dark about Judai. Dunno why since she's not that important a player yet, but I figured I might as well get it out of the way. Plus, this chapter provides a little background on her in case she does become a main character in the future. If you want, you could skip right over this chapter. I don't mind. I don't think it's that important, but I also don't want to take it out of the story. The next chapter will be better (I hope anyways), because I'll make Chandra duel. But before I can do that, I have to figure out what her deck is going to be. That would help a bit, right? ;)

Chandra had to double check and triple check with the people around her to make sure that what she just saw really happened. They seemed just as shocked as she was. Judai took out Heath, who was an Obelisk. Despite the fact that Heath was probably one of the worst Obelisks in the school, that didn't mean that he was easy to beat either.

Judai dueled like a seasoned pro! Her parents would love to hear about him, being scouts for the pro league and all. She would have to tip them off. It was a wonder that he wasn't scouted before, really. And it seemed impossible that he would be in any other dorm besides Obelisk. Chandra decided to ask him about it.

Once Judai was close enough for Chandra to hear, he said, "I won! Guess that means you have to find your opponent now."

"Question."

"Shoot."

"If you're this good at dueling, why are you Slifer?" Chandra demanded.

"Oh, that's easy. I like red." Are. You. Serious? But that wasn't all Judai had to say. "Plus, I'm too busy sleeping to really know what's going on in class." So basically, this kid was in Slifer pretty much by choice? Because it was pretty obvious that he would be in Obelisk if he actually tried in class. Judai was a weird one, to be sure.

At that moment, Judai's stomach decided to put in a comment of its own.

"Oops. That's what I get for skipping breakfast, I guess. Are they keeping any grub out here?" Judai asked, looking around the crowds, hoping for a random food cart.

Chandra sighed and whipped out her cell phone to check the time. It was almost half-past twelve, which was right about lunch time, but everyone was too excited about the tournament to really remember to eat. So there was an all-day buffet set up in the cafeteria of the school for any hungry duelists.

Before Chandra slipped her phone back into her pocket, Judai noticed the little device. "Hey, aren't cell phones against the rules?" He didn't sound like he meant to tell on her, but it was still annoying that he saw it. (A/N: Like he's one to talk. *eye rolls* Does he forget that he also has a little red cell phone hiding in his room somewhere?)

After all, it was the phone that Chandra used to contact her parents. And if her parents were normal people, yes, her cell phone would be confiscated. But since her parents were pro-league scouts, Chandra was allowed to keep her phone because the higher-ups in the school board wanted Chandra to tell her parents all about how wonderful the duelists in their school were and get as many kids from the Duel Academy as possible into the pro leagues. It made the school look good, so nothing else mattered, apparently.

"It's lunchtime," Chandra said, making Judai completely forget everything else for the moment. "Come on, I'll take you to the food."

"Oh, sweetness!" Judai cried.

She led him back into the school and it wasn't long before they found themselves in the vast cafeteria, where a few students lumbered around with a tray of food in hand. Since there was next to nobody in there, it was really quiet, almost silent.

"Well, Judai, I brought you to the food, but now I have to go," Chandra said. She was really anxious to find out who Judai was, but asking him outright probably wouldn't get her the answers she wanted. "I want to get my deck ready for my duel, ya know?"

"See ya later, Chandra!" Judai called over his shoulder. He was already half-way to the food carts.

Chandra just shook her head slightly and went to her room, which was conviently not far from the cafeteria. Once safely inside, Chandra breathed a sigh of relief, pulled her phone back out of her pocket, and punched in her dad's number. He was supposed to be on a day off, so he was the most convenient to call.

"I'm kinda busy, Chandra!" her dad snapped into the phone. "Is it something important?"

"I might just have an interesting case for you," Chandra answered. This caused a loud sigh to come over the phone's reciever.

"Get to the point."

"Have you ever scouted a guy named Judai Yuki before? He sounds so familiar, but I can't remember where I've heard of him."

"That sounds Japanese," her dad said, impatiently waiting to see where Chandra was going with this.

"It probably is. And he mentioned going to Duel Academia, the famous one on Academia Island, if that helps any."

"Hm, Duel Academia, a duelist named Judai Yuki... Got anything else on him?"

"Well, he duels with an Elemental Hero deck."

"Ah! I remember now! And the correct way of saying his name is Yuki Judai, since he's Japanese. That was probably throwing me off. Why do you want to know about him? Have you seen him?" Chandra's dad exclaimed, getting excited.

"Yeah, why, who is he?"

"Only the best duelist to ever attend Duel Academia, despite the fact that he wore Osiris red! I got one of his duels on record at home, and it's the most incredible thing I've ever seen. He'd be a huge hit in the pro leagues, an instant success! The only problem was, he disappeared right after his graduation ten years ago, so I couldn't even get a chance to talk to him."

Chandra's phone slipped from her numb fingers in shock. "Ten years ago?" she asked quietly. It was obvious that she was more than surprised by that tidbit of news. After a few seconds, Chandra noticed her dad's voice still coming out of the phone on the floor and scooped it back up before stammering, "Uh, you know, I have something I need to do dad!" Yeah, like call a psychologist. Or an exorcist. They deal with ghosts, right? "I'll let you go, bye!"

She hung up abruptly, cutting off her dad's alarmed protests. Now that she thought about it, Chandra knew where she had seen Judai before. She had watched the tapes of his duel with her dad, over and over again. Being only six at the time, it wasn't surprising that Chandra couldn't really remember him that well.

All of the pieces fit. It was Yuki Judai that Chandra had watched on the TV with her dad. The same Yuki Judai that was attending this school, looking like he hadn't aged a single bit in a really long time.

Then, just as soon as the shock came, it passed. Chandra completely got over the weirdness of the situation and just accepted it. After all, what good was it to spaz over something that wasn't going to change? She shrugged to herself and let out a sigh.

For as long as she could remember, Chandra had always been like that. She just accepted whatever weird thing came her way. Like when her deck started talking to her. It was pretty surprising at first, but then it just came naturally, and this wasn't any different, really.

Well, if you did read that, I hope some of it was funny at least. The way I ended the chapter was sudden and really flat, but like I said before, this chapter just bugs me to no end. I can't even explain why I kept this chapter. Oh, well.