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Cat: This story is in Yuzu's POV. Please give me some artistic licence. If i put some stuff that isn't in the anime in here, don't flame. There would be no point in reading, if it was just the anime in words.

Chapter 5- An Aspiring Apprentice? Shiunin Sora's Peculiar Persuit!

"Ehhh? So he's at your house right now?" I asked, trying to hide my giggles. I had to admit, I was super impressed with this kid, following Yuya around. Apparently, Yuya woke up this morning to Sora eating breakfast in his house. Not even I could do that for long (not that I've ever tried, of course). Next thing I know, he's right behind us. Wow, talk about commitment.

"Anywhere you go, I follow, shishou!" he chimed happily. Ok, maybe not commitment, more like obsession. I frowned slightly, luckily no one was looking at me to notice.

"Pendulum summoning is amazing, I've never seen anything like it!" he continued, after Yuya pointed out that he was never his teacher in the first place.

"Can you ask him to do it for me, nee-chan?" he asked me. So what, I'm the go-between!?

"Why should I do it?" I complained, leaning back slightly. This kid was going to make us late for school again and, this time, Yuya hadn't planned it on purpose.

"Because, teacher might do it if his girlfriend asks him," Sora smiled.

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"G-Girlfriend?" I asked, desperately holding down the urge to smack this kid on the head. That was going to haunt me for weeks.

"What? Did I get it wrong?" he asked, innocently.

"You did!" we both yelled, towering over him. Was it just me, or was he trying to distance me from Yuya by making things awkward?

"Why would I be with such a crude-"

What?

"-Strong-"

He's saying that in a mean way…

"-Girl like her?" Yuya pointed at me, to make sure there was no mistake. It was like he and Sora had taken an axe, then a chainsaw to my tree of self-confidence. That made me mad, as Yuya found out the hard way.

I smacked him over the head with my punch-line fan, even though there was no obvious punch-line. I stormed off, pretending to be mad but secretly trying not to cry.

"Why does he have to say it like that? Who does he think I am?" I hissed, continuing the walk alone. However, neither boy seemed to care.

"Hey, I'm sorry about this morning," a familiar voice called from behind the bench I was sitting at, about to eat my lunch.

"Save it," I said sourly, knotting my lunch back up again, about to move to another space.

"Aww, come on, you know that won't work!" Yuya smiled, standing up and following me. Desperately, I tried to lose him but he kept showing. From behind chairs, tables, doors, bins. I couldn't escape.

"This is slightly hypocritical," I sighed, as I gave up and dumped myself back on the bench we had started at. "You yell at a little boy all morning about following you and how annoying it is; then you follow me!"

"Oh come on!" Yuya swung his legs. "At least I don't go around accusing people's girlfriends- I mean! Friends who are girls- as girlfriends!"

I smiled slightly, any other girl would take his word slip as a hint. But I knew better. It was just a word slip. And that's what made me laugh.

"But I really am sorry," Yuya said, in rare seriousness. I blinked. "For what I said. You know me well enough to know that I didn't mean it like that. It just came out wrong and I didn't want Sora to get the wrong idea."

"Nah, it's ok," I smiled, as he opened his bento and pulled out a fried shrimp on his chopsticks. He was about to swallow it whole when-

"Shishou!" the annoying voice cried from behind the bench we were sitting at.

Wasn't he supposed to be at school?

And then, the demon appeared under his desk. We both screamed loudly, earning ourselves both detentions. Sensei didn't even think twice about the kid under the desk.

The sun was setting as we plodded back along the pavement. Yuya stared intently at it, an aura of despair drifting off him. I hadn't seen Sora for the rest of the day, after the desk incident but Yuya had seen him everywhere, including the bathroom.

Yikes.

"Hey, Yuya, how long are you gonna stare at the floor like that?" I asked. "Don't bring that gloomy expression to our duel school!"

I spent my time trying to cheer him up. This kid was seriously depressing him. I don't think that even I've put Yuya in such a mood for so long. However, I knew that this kid was just going to keep coming back and becoming the bane of Yuya's life. And also mine.

And, the little brat was back, speak of the devil. Sitting with Ayu, Futoshi and Tatsuya at the Duel School. He hadn't even enrolled, how did he get in?

"Yuya, seeing as he's your apprentice, that means he'll be enrolling here, right?" and there was my dad, right in there.

I wasn't surprised when Sora started to beg to duel Yuya. He was so desperate, sparkles started flying round him. Urgh, gross.

"Sure, just once is ok," I smiled falsely, just to stop Sora sparkling.

Then, even Yuya caved.

"Fine, but if I win, there is no more of this teacher nonsense and you will stop following me around!"

"Sure! So, does that mean that if I win, I can call you teacher and follow you around everywhere?"

Woah, I'll hand it to the Leo Duel School and their technology. It really does rule. Using the new technology that Yuya had won, several new fields were available to us, instead of the flat plain and the traditional Japanese temple.

Instead, Yuya and Sora were standing in a wild-west setting, all the stereo typical bars and wooden houses, with shutters and rocking chairs on their porches. It looked like it came straight out of an old cowboy movie.

"What is this? It's so boring! I hate these kinds of things!" he whined. Ungrateful brat. Did he hate the Wild West scenario? Or was it that there were no visible action cards in sight?

Then, it all changed to a world full of sweets. My father would jump off a bridge if Sora asked. It annoyed me slightly. If I complained about the setting of the duel, my father would swap me on with someone else.

"He's so adorable!" my father cheered, down the mic, as Sora announced that he loved this duel field and thanked him for it. Shut up, you're embarrassing yourself, Dad!

"Duelists locked in battle!" I cried.

"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" Tatsuya cheered.

"They storm through this field!" Futoshi punched the sky.

"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of duelling!" Ayu announced.

"Action…" Yuya began.

"Duel!" he and Sora shouted. And so, the game began.

"He looks like he's actually pretty good…" I muttered. Then again, what did I expect? This kid could have gotten into Leo Duel School and to get there, you have to be loaded and skilled. But, seeing as Yuya had beaten Sawatari, he should scrape through.

However, Sora was different from Sawatari in the fact that he had the most adorable deck ever. They were all really cute toys and, even I have to admit, I wanted to hug them.

"Kawaii!" Ayu and I both cheer. I admit, they were cute but I mainly did it for the benefit of the younger girl.

"Yuya-nii-chan! In front of you!" Futoshi screamed, pointing at the large pool that Yuya was about to ride into and did. They hung in mid-air for a second, blinking, then landed with a splash. Both he and the hippo surface, gasping for air and clutching the side of the pool.

Hey, when did Yuya pick up that Action Card? I wondered, as he evaded Sora's attack. Wait, did he deliberately fall in the pool to get it?

"That's correct!" Yuya cheered to Futoshi and Tatsuya, who had voiced what I was thinking.

"Yuya! In front of you!" my dad and I yell, for a second time, as he crashes into a chocolate Swiss roll-like building.

We all sighed, I was relieved that Yuya hadn't made a complete idiot of himself. But I think my dad was more worried about the walls of the school building, hidden under the duel programming.

"Is that an action card?" I yell, as Yuya brandished yet another card with the letter A across the back.

Yuya watched as Sora balanced on top of his two monsters, in order to reach an action card. Ok, that was a little harsh, I thought, as Yuya grabbed the card that Sora had desperately been reaching for.

It was the first time Yuya had consciously summoned it, without it being stolen. For some reason, I didn't count the Pendulum summon against Sawatari as a proper summon, seeing as Sawatari summoned it too. Yuya was against odds in that duel. However, this was just for a bit of fun. Well, maybe he didn't see it that way but it wouldn't be the end of the world if Yuya lost. Well, actually, it could be the end of his sanity if he lost… Even so, the Pendulum summon still took my breath away.

"Wow, that was amazing, Shishou!" Sora cheered, from the roof of the candy house he was sitting on. Did he realise what position he was in?

He obviously realised that a little too late, as the dragon charged in and attacked his lion. The explosion sent Sora flying off the roof and onto a pile of jelly beans and marshmallows.

"Is he alright?" Ayu asked quietly, as Sora didn't move.

"Yuya, don't you feel sorry for him?" I asked, staring over at my childhood friend. Now that I really thought about it, Sora reminded me a bit of, well… Yuya actually. When Yuya was younger, he was just as clingy and picky about everything. Not to Sora's level but still, similar.

Was it just personalities clashing slightly?

"Huh? But this is a duel!" Yuya replied to me. Before he could say any more, Sora's laughter floated to our ears, sending our eyes back on him. He had woken up, or stopped his act and was laughing hysterically as he lay on his back.

Sora drew and smiled. "Now that I have this card, I can show you the full strength of my deck!"

So, what, does that mean he hadn't been playing seriously?

My heart almost stopped when I saw his spell card.

Fusion? Fusion? As in, super-rare because-it's-so-old fusion?!

I never really liked the concept of fusions. Monsters are moulded together to create a new one? This might just be me, but in a way, it's kinda creepy. Another thing about fusions is that, even though their powerful, the monsters are rarely pleasing on the eye.

As Sora easily proved by summoning a bear that had been ripped apart by scissors. Great, that was definitely going to haunt my sleep for the next few nights. I was seriously creeped, and so was Ayu, who was clutching my skirt in fear. The boys, of course, were awed.

"Now, shishou, I'm going to show you what happens when I get serious!" Sora announced.

Who is this kid? I wanted to ask, as Yuya pulled a brave face.

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