After hearing Yukina's story, her friends wanted to help her out now more than ever. However, there might be a problem with that now.

"Felix!" Cindy called as she and Kent came running in.

"We just got your message! What's so urgent?!" Kent said.

"This! Look what I found on my door!" Felix said as he held up a letter. "It's from Yukina!" They both took a look and they couldn't believe what they were reading.

"My friends, I'm sorry. I have to figure out how I'm going to beat Raika on my own. I need to figure out how to bring out the real power of my deck like my father did. This is goodbye."

"She... She left?!" Cindy said. None of them could believe that Yukina would just leave like that after they offered to help her. "Why? How could she just leave like that?"

"I don't believe this! You just don't do that after having an emotional moment like that!" Kent said. "We've got to do something! We've got to go after her!"

"My thoughts exactly." Felix said. They aren't just going to let their friend leave them like that. That's why they're going to track her down and help her anyway they can.

...

A Train Station

With no time to lose, all of them got whatever they could and decided to go after Yukina. They even talked to Cray and told him what happened so he would help them out as well. Once they got to the right stop, they all jumped off at a station out in the middle of nowhere.

"You think this is it?" Cindy questioned.

"It has to be." Felix said. "We better get moving. We've got a long way to go." Knowing they still have some ways to go, the four of them got moving and headed into the woods. While they were all talking, Cray was caught up on what Yukina told them.

"So that's Yukina's story. Makes sense why she wants to get these guys so much." Cray said.

"Yukina always seemed so carefree. I never would have thought she had a story like that." Felix said.

"So, she's in Decker Village, her home. Right?" Cray questioned.

"Maybe..." Cindy said as she wasn't certain. "It's just... I can't think of any other place she would go with her feeling the way she does."

"Well, we've got to be right." Kent said. "The people at the train station recognized her and saw her get off at that station. We have to be heading in the right direction." They can only hope that they are or else they might never find Yukina.

"Why, Yukina? Why would she just leave us like that?" Cindy questioned as she didn't like that Yukina would leave them.

"She probably didn't want us to get involved thinking it would be too dangerous for us." Felix said. "That doesn't mean we shouldn't do something." They all felt the same way and knew they just had to follow after Yukina. What none of them knew was that someone was watching them. None of them were aware that they were being watched, but Cray suddenly felt something was off. It was like he felt eyes burning in the back of his head.

"Huh?" Cray quickly turned around to see what it was, he saw nothing. Whoever it was quickly hid themselves and avoided behind seen.

"Something wrong, Cray?" Kent asked.

"Did you see something?" Felix questioned as he looked and saw nothing.

"Must be my imagination. Better keep going." Cray said as he just brushed the whole thing off and kept going. Someone was stalking them, but who could it be?

...

Later

All four of them kept going, trying to find their way to Decker Village. They kept going until they ran into a bit of a problem.

"Uh-oh! Fork in the road!" Kent said as they road split in two different directions.

"Oh no. Not that." Cindy said as she looked at both paths, but it was impossible to tell which path was the right one. "Which way did Yukina go? Do you guys think we should try one path and get nothing, come back and take the other?"

"That would be a big waste of time." Cray said.

"Hold on! I just thought of something! Does anyone even know if we're heading in the right direction?!" Kent said as he just brought up a good point. "For all we know, Decker Village could be in the other direction! How do we even know we're going the right way?!"

"We have to be." Cindy said.

"What makes you say that?" Kent questioned.

"I can just feel it." Cindy said.

"That's not a good enough!" Kent said. "You mean to tell us we're walking around here with really no idea where we're even going?!"

"If you're so mart, why didn't you point that out sooner?!" Cindy complained as tension was starting to rise between them.

"Hey, take it easy." Felix said as he tried to keep the situation from escalating. "Maybe we should use this moment to eat something. We won't be able to do much if we're hungry." He suggested as he reached in his bag and pulled out some sandwiches. "Eat up."

"Ooh! Good idea!" Kent said as he took some of the sandwiches, but his choice was less than ideal to the others.

"Hey! No fair, Kent! You can't just take all the ones with meat in them! Take some of the ones with veggies in them!" Cindy complained.

"Too bad! I'm the biggest one here, so I need to eat the biggest!" Kent said.

"That's not how it works! If you're really so hungry, eat some of the veggies!" Cindy complained.

"No way! Rabbits eat veggies! Humans eat meat! Meat is real food, not any of that stuff!" Kent claimed with the two of them arguing back and forth about this whole thing. All Felix and Cray did was just hang back and ate of the sandwiches themselves.

"Are they seriously arguing about this?" Cray questioned with annoyance in his voice.

"Maybe we should just let them tire each other out." Felix suggested as they just stood out of this.

"You know what! Forget this!" Cindy said. "I'm going down the path I think is the right one, and I'm going to find Yukina!" She said as she walked down the path on the left.

"Fine! I'll take the path that is probably the real correct path!" Kent called as he walked down the other path.

"Are they serious? Babies." Cray complained.

"Actually, it's not a bad idea." Felix said. "Taking both paths could help us find something. Let's just try to message each other if we find anything." Cray agreed to that and the two of them went after Cindy and Kent. As they broke in two groups, the person was watching them like a hawk from the shadows.

"So, they decided to split apart; and they're looking for Yukina? Interesting..." She claimed as she would like to see more on how things playout.

...

Cindy and Felix

"Are you sure this was the right path?" Felix questioned as the two of them found themselves in a serious situation, walking along the wall of a cliff on a narrow path with it looking like a long way down.

"I was at first, but now I'm not so sure." Cindy said as she was suddenly getting scared and keeping herself pressed against the wall as much as she could.

"You just had to argue with Kent over something as silly as sandwiches and directions. None of that stuff seems to matter now." Felix lectured, but now might not be the best time for that. "Cindy, just don't look down and keep your eyes on the path ahead of you."

"Right. Don't look down and just keep looking ahead." Cindy said as she tried to keep moving. She tried her best to do just that, but she had a problem as a rock right under her foot broke off from the ledge and she was about to fall.

"Cindy!" Felix called as he reached out and grabbed her. He tried to hold on to keep both of them from falling, but it wasn't looking good. In fact, it looked like they were both about to plummet down, but they were both saved. Someone came rushing in and grabbed a hold of Felix.

"Hang on. I got both of you." She pulled with all of her might and was able to make sure both of them were safe.

"Oh man. That was really close." Cindy said as her heart was beating like crazy. "Thanks so much for the save." She said as they could now see their savior. It was a girl about their age with straight blonde hair. She was weary brown boots with navy blue pants. She wore a fuchsia shirt with a teal short-sleeved top.

"Sure. Lucky for you guys that I was close by, but let's have this talk on safer ground." She suggested and they both liked that. The three of them moved off the cliff and soon found themselves back on solid and stable ground.

"Thanks again for that. Who are you anyway?" Felix asked.

"You can call me Hana."

"That's a pretty name. That means "flower" doesn't it?" Felix said.

"It sure does." Hana confirmed.

"We sure are lucky you showed up when you did. Hey! Hana, are you from Decker Village?!" Cindy said.

"Decker Village? Never heard of it." Hana said. "I like to come out here because it's peaceful. I like to look at the animals and gather some plants that can be helpful for medicine and such. Why are you looking for it?"

"We have a friend there that needs our help." Felix said.

"I see... I like to help, but I have something else to take care of." Hana said. "Just go and follow that path there. That path is usually safe. Try to be careful. I might not be able to help you out again."

"We will. Thanks again." Felix said as he and Cindy pulled themselves together and got moving. "By the way, Hana..." Felix turned to her again, but he saw that she was already gone. It was like she just vanished. "Where did she go?"

...

Kent and Cray

"And I'll tell you another thing!" Kent claimed as he and Cray were making their own way through the woods, but he still seemed rather annoyed from before. "That girl has a lot of nerve mouthing off to me! I helped her get stronger! No gratitude!"

"Will you can it already?!" Cray said as he reached the limit of his patience. "Did you forget why we're here?! We're here to find Yukina and Decker Village! If you have energy to waste time with this nonsense, you should be more focused on finding Decker Village!" When Cray shouted Kent like that, it got him to behave and realize how foolish he's being.

"Yeah... I guess... Maybe I did... Argh! This whole thing is nuts!" Kent shouted as he lost his patience as well and just kicked a stick. That stick ended up flying into the bushes and hit something that was hiding in there. "Hey! Who's there?!"

"Ow... Watch it." The person that came out was Hana and that stick ended up hitting her in the head.

"Oh! Sorry about that!" Kent said.

"Who are you? What are you doing out here?" Cray questioned. Hana ended up giving them the same story she gave Felix and Cindy. "So your name is Hana, but you don't live around here?"

"That's right. What are you two doing out here?" Hana said.

"We're looking for someone! You wouldn't happen to seen Cindy, Felix, or Yukina; would you?!" Kent asked.

"How is she suppose to know who you're talking about?" Cray questioned.

"Sorry, but I haven't seen anyone else out here except for the two of you." Hana said. That's what she's claiming, but Cray isn't so sure she can be trusted. However, they didn't get the chance to question it as they ran into a dead-end with a log in the way. "Oh. This could be a problem. Looks like we'll have to go around."

"Nope! Just leave it to me!" Kent said as he's saying he can move it.

"Can you really move that thing?" Hana questioned.

"Just watch! Just like my Heatsoul deck, I can't be stopped!" Kent said as he grabbed the log and tried getting it to move. It looked tough, but Kent used his incredible strength and was able to move it. "Booyah!"

"That's incredible. You sure are strong. The Heatsoul deck must be right for the likes of you." Hana said.

"You know about his deck? Are you a duelist?" Cray questioned.

"Huh? I don't duel. What are you talking about?" Hana claimed, but Cray had a feeling there was more to the girl than what meets the eye.

"Well, let's get..." Kent was about to step forward until he heard a hissing sound and noticed there was a large snake right near him. "Snake!" He shouted as ran for it and the snake actually chased after him. "Down, boy; or whatever!"

"Kent!" Cray called as he raced to help him, but something else did. Cray spotted something fly right past him and between Kent and the snake with the snake being scared off. "What was that?!"

"No! Leave me alone!" Kent called as he kept running, but Hana grabbed his arm.

"Hey! It's okay! The snake is gone!" Hana said.

"Oh... I wasn't scared." Kent claimed, but he didn't notice that something wasn't right. Cray did and he knew it had to do with Hana. Thanks to Hana knowing the area, the three of them kept walking down the path and kept moving. It wasn't long until they spotted Felix and Cindy just ahead of them. "Felix! Cindy!" Kent called and they noticed them.

"Hey!" Felix called as they all regrouped.

"I'm glad to see you both are okay. I thought I heard shouting earlier." Cindy said.

"Yeah. We're okay." Kent said.

"Looks like you all found your friends." Hana said.

"Hana! You found them?!" Cindy said. "I thought you said you had something to take care of."

"I did and it's done, but I ran into your friends here and I thought I help them out." Hana claimed, but Cray started to get suspicious.

"You're a real help, Hana. You seem to know the area pretty well." Felix said. "You think you can stick around a little longer and help us out until we find Decker Village and Yukina?"

"Sure." Hana said as she agreed to help them out, but Cray didn't trust her. Kent didn't notice it, but Cray remembered that Hana claimed she didn't see anyone else out here.

'She said she didn't see anyone else earlier, but she clearly knows Felix and Cindy.' Cray thought as he doesn't trust her. Something clearly wasn't right and it had something to do with Hana. They don't know anything about her. 'Who is this girl?'