CHAPTER 5: Yin's Smile

I stood at the platform of one end of the field, with Yin in the other. My classmates are of course, in complete havoc.

"This girl's in our class?" "How come we never know that?" "How does Yang know her name?" Whispers filled up the stadium. But then, Mr. Jake calmed them down.

"Yes, Yin IS in our class." He said. "She's even in the class photo, see?"

Mr. Jake opened his tablet and showed our class photo that was taken in April. I couldn't see it, but judging by their gasps she's indeed in the picture.

"Alright, let's luminise the decks!" Mr. Jake told us both to do so.

"Shine, sun! Burn, sun! Luminise, Scorching Sun Dragon!" I luminse my deck while I waited Yin, then she said:

"These… are the ones that will accompany you in hell. Luminise, Death Requiem." Yin's core gadget became a scythe and she drew six cards while sending two cards into the gauge.

I gulped. Her voice was like flowers, but her quote was hellish… What in the world is her deck?

"Buddy, fight!" Mr. Jake said. Seriously, without Yuna the whole atmosphere was actually boring.

"Open the flag! Dragon World!" I said while Flamewing grabbed the flag.

"Darkness Dragon World," Yin revealed her deck. "My buddy is Gate Guider, Gallows 'Gestus'." Then, a skeletal figure appeared behind Yin and laughed menacingly, making me shiver.

"I'll take first move. Charge and draw!" I drew a card. "I call Fireclaw Dragon to the center! Attack!"

Fireclaw slashed Yin hard, but the girl didn't move an inch and took it, dropping her life to 6."

I gulped. "My turn is-"

"Final Turn." Yin said without breaking a sweat.

I was shocked, along with the class. It was just to be her first turn… how?

"Draw, charge…" Yin quietly drew. "And draw. I cast Accel End to send the top five cards of my deck into my drop zone and gain 1 gauge."

"Then, I call Andino to the center, Stiju to the left, and Buddycall Gallows 'Gestus' to the right." Yin revealed a copy of her buddy and it flew to the right platform. "With its ability, all my Death monsters get an extra critical."

"I'll pay 1 gauge to cast Judgement Day." Yin casted a spell. "All my Death monsters gain an extra critical. Now, attack!" All three monster dashed to Fireclaw, but then they passed through it like it's invisible.

"Introducing 'Shadow Dive', an ability that attacks the fighter while ignoring the monster in the opponents center." Yin said. "Game Over."

For a brief moment, I saw Yin breaking into a smile. A smile of pure pleasure. An evil smile. Then, a total of 11 criticals punched into my body. If it ain't for Flamewing grabbing me in time, I would have fell into the ground.

"Game End, Winner: Yin Kurosaki." The robotic voice sounded.

"Yang," Flamewing asked. "You okay?"

I'm definitely not okay. I was killed in one turn, by a girl who is lurking like Death. No…

It feels like she's Death herself.

"…you okay?" Yin's soft voice broke my thoughts. She was standing in front of me, with Gallows behind her (in SD form).

"Yeah." I said. "Man, your deck is pure overpowered!"

"Sorry," Yin apologized. "I got a lil' bit excited and I-"

"Yin never killed anyone in one turn, ya know." Gallows interrupted. "You can say she's real excited to fight you."

"Eh?" I could only say one word.

"Thank you for the fight." Yin smiled. It was different from before, this time it's a really sweet smile. "Well, I hope I can see your true potential of your deck."

"…Yeah," I said. "Next time, for sure."

For the next few fights, I sat on the audience seats watching them. Halfly because of the humiliation of being killed in one turned, the other being thinking of her smile.

"Her smile…" I repeated. "Her smile…"

"Dude," Joey knocked me with her elbow. "What are you mumbling to yourself about?"

"…Nothing." I lied. "Just a bit sad."

"It's crazy, man!" Joey said. "A student that no one knew has such amazing Buddyfight skills!" Joey was really excited about this. "This is like a mystery anime!"

"In fact," Mark, who was sitting beside Joey said. "This is a fanfiction about an anime."

"What are you talking about?"

"Nothing."

"Jeez." Joey rested her arms behind her neck. "What's wrong with you two?"

I turned my head to scan the crowd, and I saw Yin sitting at the very corner. Apparently, she saw and waved at me, while I waved back.

"Actually, Yang." Joey asked. "How did you find out that she's there? You asked how many students are there in class because you are investigating, correct?"

Joey knew. Maybe she knew I'm the curiosity type that likes to investigate things.

"How you say?" I broke into a laugh. "You can say…"

I smiled. "its because of a chair,"