Chapter 2 - Mimi's Pov

"Well, we'll leave you to it, Shobu." Says Rekuta, finally looking up from his gadgets. "Yeah! Good luck today!" Syuki adds, giving her boyfriend a light kiss on the cheek. "Thanks guys!" Shobu grins, "I'm gonna win this!"

He punches the air, causing Syuki to roll her eyes. She hates it when he gets cocky, but although she'd never admit it, Rekuta and I knew she still found it adorable. "Come on, let's leave these two to get it on in private," I joke, winking at Rekuta, already making my way to the door as my short friend sprints after me, giggling like a toddler. "Shut up!" Syuki groans, but she's too late – we're already gone.

"SHIT!" I exclaim, "I totally forgot!" I say as soon as we're around the corner. "Go get our seats, Syuki'll be there soon, and I'll be back a bit later." I shout at Rekuta, running down the hallway in the opposite direction before he can stop me.

I slow down my pace once I'm confident that Rekuta isn't gonna follow me, and I keep going until I reach one of the dressing rooms reserved for the temple. Inside, I quickly change into the robes I'm supposed to wear to protect my identity from the dualists when I run errands for the temple. I feel so horribly guilty for lying to them, but there's not much I can do about it.

It was only a short walk to Toru's dressing room from there. I felt myself blush as I noticed his entourage leaving. The three girls looked like they were trying to expose as much flesh as possible. Well….I don't know. Who am I to tell Toru who to hang out with? There were plenty more like those three, throwing themselves at him. If I had my way, he'd never look at any girls, besides me..

I felt my heart race as I swing the door open – you didn't have to knock on a dualist's door if you were from the temple. Unfortunately, his days of falling off his chair when I surprised him were behind him, and he didn't look up from his cards. I used to love it when he did that – his sexy, mysterious aura momentarily shattered. I let myself stare at him for a moment. He had the perfect amount of muscle; not a weakling, but not someone you'd go around looking for a fight with…and his shaggy green hair…I had dreams about running my hands through it while making out with him. Jesus Christ, I'm creepy.

"Toru," I say, disguising my voice and stepping forwards so that the door can close behind me. "The Master wanted me to give you these cards." I continue, holding the envelope out to him. "These are extremely powerful creatures from the nature civilisation. The Master trusts you will find them useful." I continue. Toru stands, turns, and takes them from me.

"Thanks."

"It's not me you should thank."

"Whatever."

I turn to leave, as I have other dualists to talk to.

"Wait," he says.