Cristina's Pov~
I felt very compelled to write another chapter because your review were all so nice! *_* This is the second to last chapter before I take a break because of the Thanksgiving weekend, but you never know! Please review and give me feedback!
The blurring of images had token a while to get use to, but the thrill of the speed was amazing. Just being able to go this fast without getting in trouble was extraordinary! No limits…well, there are, but you get the idea. My heart was pounding, but it felt good. It made me feel more connected with my cards. Drawing every card made me feel like my life was on the line, and just a feeling to crush my opponent. Though, I didn't want to crush my opponent completely; just give him a hard time. His red duel runner was usually right next to me or in front, but never back; I made sure of that. I didn't want him to have an advantage if he was in the back and give me a false sense of hope. His azure eyes were cautious, scanning every card carefully, keeping a poker face all the time. His face hardly showed emotions or a sign of overconfidence; I couldn't say the same for myself. He played each card like it was life or death, and it seemed like life or death… Despite his poker face and his level-headed attitude, I could tell when he was teasing or is playing around. It was very hard, but I think I know Yusei Fudo pretty well…His style of dueling was different, compared to me. He doesn't act on impulse. It seems like he is trying to be one step ahead of me. He always has this little smirk when he draws a card; I noticed, and his Synchro summoning had…ticked me off. These summoning really… riled me up. They were amazing and all, but I haven't been in a duel where one man has Synchro summon monsters more than 5 times… His monster's attacks were vicious, but I dodged most of them, almost losing my momentum. I summoned Uria. I did my best to make Uria stayed. Hell, I made sure that he stayed. Yusei had summoned his remarkable Stardust Dragon. Although, having two dragons on the field was sort of bad; our signs started to burn, but it felt oddly at peace. It made me feel more alive than normal and I started to laugh. It was not a rude laugh, but the laugh of enjoyment. The duel had progressed and I was so relaxed. I don't know how long I had dueled Yusei, but all I know is my bike had smoke coming out of it and I was thrown off of it, but only a few feet. I blinked my eyes rapidly and shook my head before sitting up. I forcefully took off my helmet and looked at the running figure of Yusei. It… killed me, knowing that I lost, but...
"Hey, Cristina, are you okay?" I heard Yusei asked as I looked at him and smiled sadly before looking down at his hands.
"Define okay…" I said, before sighing, "I'm fine. I am going to be sour about it. Losing isn't something I can brush off and fix it with a smile…thought, I have learned something from it…"
"What's that?" Yusei asked, helping me up as I smiled brightly at him.
"I know that you will beat Jack Atlas with no problem…"
"It's good to know that I have your support."
"You always have my support. But…" I punched him hard on the shoulder as he groaned, "I still want my revenge."
"Of course." He muttered, rubbing his arm and looked around. I blinked at him in confusion before looking back at the crowd who were just yelling in excitement, though, it looks like they had been hit by a hurricane a little; was it because of our duel?
"I haven't noticed that before."
"So you listened to me…"
"Well…I haven't heard good advice like that ever since I was told not to mix pop rocks and Coke." I mused as he chuckled, "Let's go, the sooner I get out of here, the sooner I can get into better clothing." I walked over to my bike and made it perpendicular to the floor. I moved the smoke away and coughed a bit. I heard the announcer talking, but I ignored him to my fullest. I rolled my bike around and towards the place I had entered.
"It suits you." He complimented as I blushed a bit and grinned.
"Such a charmer, Yusei…" I muttered, picking up my helmet and waving it to the crowd.
"You lost!" Leo whined, hugging me around my waist, "I thought you were going to win!"
"Yeah, well…it's fine with me." I said with a shrug, pushing him away slightly so I could put on my jacket, "Wait…I thought you were going to cheer Yusei on?"
"I wanted to cheer you on!" He argued as I raised an eyebrow, "…I was sort of cheering Yusei on…"
"Right." I said, patting his head and stretched, "Well, at least I don't have to worry about Jack, Yusei can take care of him; I know he ca-…why are you smiling like that?"
"You did it!" Leo yelled, pointing a finger at me, "You did the smiling thing!"
"What smiling thing?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.
"Whenever you watch those weird romance movies, you have this weird smile; you are doing it when you mentioned Yusei!" Leo said with a grin, "You like him-"
"I do not! I-I just respect him as a duelist!" I said with a pout, crossing my arms.
"And I wear make-up in my sleep." Leo said sarcastically, "You like him-"
"Brat!" I shouted, getting him in a headlock and rubbing his head furiously, "Stop saying such words!"
"Y-you're in denial-"
"You're lying-"
"Cristina!" Yusei said, busting into the room that made me a little petrified.
"Yusei, knock next time-*why so serious?" I asked, tilting my head at him and letting go of Leo.
"You have to get out of here." Yusei said, walking a bit closer as I raised an eyebrow, "Meet up with Luna down the hallway and leave."
"Wait, why-"
"Does it have to do with that weird tattoo thing?" Leo asked.
"That's why you guys have to get out of here, like now." Yusei said and I narrowed my eyes; if it really has to do with the marks, why is it better to separate? "I am thinking it's not good for signers to be near each other. Think of what happened during my duel with Akiza and ours."
"All right, but do you know what's going on?" I asked, walking towards the door.
"I'll tell you once I talk to Goodwin-"
"Are you serious? That guy is a bit of the strange side." I said as he looked at me.
"I just need to know why we have these marks on our arms, and my gut is telling me he knows about it." He said as I sighed and nodded.
"For now, head towards Blister's place and don't stop." Yusei said as I nodded and opened the door and looked at Yusei, who was already running.
"Let's go meet up with your sister." I told Leo as he nodded and started to run down the hallway with me…
"Hey, hey; I see them!" Leo shouted as I saw Luna and the others leaving the spot.
"Guys." I called out, catching up to them and stopping a little, panting a bit, "Did you get the news from Yus?"
"Yus?" Leo questioned as I ignored him; that was a dumb move on my part.
"Yeah, we did. We better stick close." Yanagi said as I nodded and started to walk with them.
"Stop right there!" Someone said as I groaned by the appearance of people in black suit. They all had black shades and kind of looked the same.
"You weren't planning to leave, were you?" The short clown asked as I narrowed my eyes.
"What if we were, clown-face?" I demanded, putting my hand near my pouch.
"If you attack us Cristina, I am afraid that I will have to use force." Lazar said as I saw some of the men in suits putting their hands on their holster, "I am sure that Mr. Goodwin would want you to stay and enjoy the rest of the tournament." He started to chuckle and I had enough. I walked up to him and glared at him.
"You tell Goodwin that we are sick of his stupid games and telling us what to do." I said, pulling out one of my knives and pointing at the small body man.
"Hey, did you know that Yusei has friends back at the Satellite?" Lazar asked calmly. I grabbed his coat tightly and pushed him away, "I heard that they were missing a few days ago… I hope nothing BAD happens to them."
"Are you asking for a death wish?" I demanded as Lazar glared.
"I think it would be best if you returned to your seats now." Lazar said harshly. Oh, man. This guy is gonna get it. I started to walk towards him until, a guy grabbed my arm. I glared at the suit before getting out of his grip harshly.
"You are so lucky that there are rules against killing." I muttered, walking back to the arena.
"There's the golden boy." I said, seeing Yusei pull up…
"I wonder if Goodwin told him what he wanted to know." Tanner said, crossing his arms. Jack pulled up and I glared at that white duel runner… If only looks can kill…
"All right, it's time to activate…the speed world field spell!" The announcer said as I slouched back into my seat, "This is the moment…Will Jack Atlas continue to reign as the king of turbo duels, or will he be dethroned by Satellite shooting sta. It's time to find out!"
The lights quickly turned from red to green as the duel started, Jack a little up ahead than Yusei… I bit my lip and hoped that Yusei would be the victor…
The duel had started to get more crazy, as purple clouds had started to come, but I sort of ignored that; bad choice…a red…figure had appeared.
"Is that…" I couldn't finish my sentence as my mark started to glow very brightly, and so did Luna's. "What is the crimson dragon doing here?" I stared at my mark as it started to get brighter and I was soon blinded by light…then…I was in this red…circle of a bubble.
"Why am I floating?" I asked and looked over to see Akiza and Luna, "What's going on?"
"I-I don't know." Akiza answered truthfully as I groaned.
I looked down and saw… "Yusei…! And Jack! Weren't you guys just dueling?" We suddenly appeared to a tall castle-like structure.
"Cristina, I am getting scared." Luna said as I nodded, a bit speechless. I saw people bowing down to this bright red object in the sky. We passed them and were currently over the…satellite? And that was not even the weirdest part; we are following a yellow line-platform. I raised an eyebrow as I saw a streak of purple flames.
"Cristina, look there." Akiza said as I resisted the urge to say a smart-ass comment; I was already looking down; I saw a shape of a spider and shivered, "Is that a giant spider surrounding New Domino city?"
"I think so…" I said. I saw cards appearing and narrowed my eyes; are these idiots really dueling? Though…I don't mind… I saw Jack attacking Stardust dragon and then a purple thing surrounding Yusei.
"Yusei." Luna said as I bit my lip.
"I think he's hurt, really." I told them, "It's like when you duel people, Akiza."
"Yeah…" Was all she said.
I blinked and smiled at the big screen in front of me.
"Why are you smiling?" Leo demanded, "You were gone and now you are smiling?"
"I am smiling because… Yusei won!" I said with a big grin, "No big deal." I stood up and cheered loudly, waving my arms, knowing that he might not see me from this far, despite the fact that there are no people, but that wink and smile in my direction makes me think otherwise…