It was Friday. Time to initiate stage 1 of the plan. Since some of Yuya's friends were away and some didn't go to their school he only had Zuzu and, as far as he knew, Varsch to hang out with, so it shouldn't be too hard to turn Yuya's friends on him. However, first thing's first, they had to make certain no one else would want to be Yuya's friend once he was alone. And to do that Varsch would need to dig up some dirt on him. There had to be something he could use to his advantage.

"Hey."

Varsch snapped out of his thoughts as Zuzu sat down next to him.

"Oh hi, how's it going?"

"Fine, did you finish last night's homework?"

The two of them spent the next few minutes discussing small things, nothing really important. Then just after the bell rang, Yuya came dashing through the door. He appologised to the teacher, who simply rolled his eyes, unconcerned.

"Did you oversleep again?" Zuzu groaned. Varsch was certain to note the frustration in her voice, he could definitely use that.

"Yeah." Yuya laughed sheepishly, placing a hand behind his head. "So anyway." He said as he sat down. "I was wondering if you two wanted to stay over tonight, my mom was really wanting to meet you." He said to Varsch.

"Sure I'd love to." Said Zuzu with a cheerful smile.

"Why not?" Varsch shrugged.

"Great!" Yuya exclaimed happily.

The rest of the day went on as normal and the three of them met up after school to walk over to Yuya's house together. Varsch wasn't exactly looking forward to this little sleepover, however, he saw it as a perfect opportunity to find out more about Yuya. Hopefully information he could use against him.

When they got to Yuya's house, they went straight to his kitchen where his mother was cooking. Varsch didn't think much of Yuya's house, it was tiny in comparison to his and no where near as well furnished. But he smiled and complimented it whilst in the presence of the others.

"Hello Zuzu, lovely to see you." Yoko said, smiling at the young girl. Zuzu smiled back and said it was good to see her to. "And you must be Varsch." Yoko said, turning to him.

"Correct, it's such a pleasure to meet you." Varsch said, some of his natural charm slipping through. He took Yoko's hand and gave it a quick kiss, then turned to Yuya. "Why Yuya, you never told me you had such a beautiful sister."

Yoko blushed at his compliments and started fussing over his awkwardly in the way most girls do. Zuzu giggled at Yoko's enthusiasm, while by contrast, Yuya was looking for a lever that could open a trapdoor in the floor, he was so embarrassed.

"So anyway." Yoko said, finally calming down. "Why don't you guys hang out in Yuya's room while I make dinner."

"Sure mom." Yuya said, pleased she wasn't embarrassing him anymore. "Come on." He gestured for the others to follow. The three of them trooped upstairs behind Yuya and into his room. It wasn't anything special, at least to Varsch, there was a bed, and a desk with a few pieces of paper and some pens, a chair and table, and a poster on the wall. The man on the poster had some similarities to Yuya, Varsch began to wonder if the two were related in some way.

"So what do you guys want to do first?" Yuya asked. Zuzu said something to him but Varsch wasn't listening, he was too busy looking at the poster, trying to figure out who it was.

"Varsch?"

A hand suddenly shot out in front of his face, alerting him to Zuzu's attempt at talking to him.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Oh, I was just wondering who he is." Varsch said, pointing at the poster, "I've never seen him before."

"Oh, that's my dad," Yuya said, sounding really proud all of a sudden. "He's the greatest entertainment duelist ever, and someday I'm going to be as good as him."

"Yuya!" Yoko yelled from downstairs. "Can you come here for a minute."

"I'll be right back." Yuya said as he left the room. As soon as he was gone Zuzu turned to Varsch looking very serious.

"Listen Varsch, Yuya's father kind of, disappeared a few years ago and he's kind of sensitive about it. Just thought I should warn you."

"Oh really, that's awful." Said Varsch, feigning sympathy. He went and sat next to Zuzu on the bed. "What happened?"

"Well…" Zuzu wasn't sure if she should say anymore, it wasn't really her place to tell. But on the other hand, someone had to warn Varsch so that he wouldn't accidentally bring it up without realising. So in the end of her mental battle the side that told her to tell won out and she told Varsch all about how Yuya's father disappeared on the day he was going to fight the sledgehammer and how people thought he was a coward and use to bully Yuya about it, so he started distracting everyone by clowning around and using it as a way to cope with losing his father. Varsch listened intently, but not for the reasons Zuzu hoped. She was hoping he would listen and be careful not to mention anything that might upset Yuya, when really he was listening and planning to upset Yuya. He wasn't sure how yet but he was certain this new information would come in handy with his plans.

Zuzu finished her story just as Yuya came back, he told them his mom had finished making dinner and they could all come down and eat now.

Time skip…

"Wow, your mom sure can cook." Varsch said as the three of them returned to Yuya's room. They'd eaten and gotten changed by this time and were each sat on their sleeping bags.

"Yea." Said Yuya. "So what should we do now?"

"Uh. Share stuff?" Varsch suggested, praying they would say yes, he needed to find out more about Yuya.

"Share stuff?" Yuya said, looking perplexed.

"Yea um… Well that's what I'd heard friends did at sleepovers." Varsch muttered, pretending to be embarrassed. "But see I've never been to a sleepover before so…"

"Woah wait." Zuzu interrupted. "You've never slept over at someone else's house before?!"

"Um… Well I didn't have many friends in my old village, and they all thought sleepover's were too girly." Varsch explained. Zuzu and Yuya both looked at him sympathetically.

"Well we don't really care what other people think, so let them think this is girly if they want, it doesn't matter." Said Yuya.

"So there's really nothing that bothers you?" Varsch asked.

"Well I… I don't like when others mess with my friends, or anyone really. And I hate it when people duel selfishly, dueling should be about having fun and making people smile." Yuya replied.

"Interesting…" Varsch muttered.

"Okay your turn." Said Zuzu, pointing at Varsch.

"Huh?"

"Well you said you wanted to share stuff." She smirked, making Varsch slightly nervous. "I would like to know more about your life in China."

"Oh," Varsch sighed, pleased she asked a question he could work his way around. "Well as I said I lived in a small village, though my family owned an incredibly large mansion on the outskirts, cause my father's incredibly wealthy. I often felt like the other kids in the village only wanted to hang out with me for my family's cool stuff."

"Oh I'm so sorry to hear that." Said Zuzu, while she and Yuya both looked at him with pity. Little did they know, Varsch had enjoyed every second of people using him for his stuff, for the thrill of breaking their hearts was always worth it.

"Okay! My go." Yuya cried. "Zuzu, tell me something you hate."

"Hm…" Zuzu thought about it for a moment. "I guess I also hate it when my friends are in danger." She paused for a moment then added, "Also uncool music."

Yuya burst out laughing at her last comment, and eventually the others joined in. Though not for the same reasons.

"Okay so it's my turn again." Varsch said. "Tell me Yuya, do you have any secrets you've never told anyone?"

"Um." Yuya suddenly backed up a bit looking nervous. This caused Varsch and Zuzu to both acquire evil smirks.

"Come on Yuya." Varsch said evilly.

"Tell us…" Zuzu added.

Yuya whimpered nervously for a bit before sighing and giving in. "Okay I'll tell you but please don't laugh. I went to this camp one summer when I was kid and they put on this performance at the end for all our parents and friends, and when it was my turn I was really nervous…" Yuya paused momentarily, not wanting to reveal anymore, but when he looked at Zuzu and Varsch's evil faces he knew he wouldn't get out of this. "I was so nervous that I threw up on stage." Zuzu gasped. "And then when I tried to run I slipped on my sick and fell backwards into it." He lowered his head, remembering how embarrassed he'd been. "When I left the next day I swore I'd never speak of it again."

There was silence for a few moments before Zuzu and Varsch both fell over laughing their guts out.

"Stop it!" Yuya cried, blushing a deep crimson.

"Oh sorry Yuya but it's just so funny." Zuzu choked out, still overcome with laughter.

"Yeah, you don't have it on video by any chance?" Varsch asked, secretly hoping he did.

"No!" Yuya denied, however the look in his eyes told Varsch he was obviously lying, he smirked inwardly, knowing this was defiantly something he could use to his advantage.

"Okay, okay, your turn Yuya…" Zuzu said.

The three of them continued with their unusual game for a while and Varsch was pleased to find out so much about Yuya, he promised to keep it a secret, but of course, had no intention of keeping that promise.

After a while both Zuzu and Yuya fell asleep, giving Varsch the opportunity he'd been waiting for. He quickly went over to Yuya's desk and began rifling through the drawers, looking for anything he could use in his plan. He quickly and quietly searched the entire room but came up totally empty. He was on the verge of giving up when he noticed something on the floor under the desk. He bent down to pick up the item and, on further investigation, found it to be a book. He opened it and on the first page was written the words: The journal of Yuya Sakaki. Varsch stared at it for a moment, before his face twisted into the largest smirk he'd ever had. He quickly shoved the book into his bag and snuck out of the room while the others slept. He made his way along the hall till he came to a room with a large computer. He sat down and logged on, ready to prepare the next stage of his plan…