A/N: I OWN NO PART YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS!

Chapter 29: The Hiring Duel

When we arrived, she gave me revolver like duel disk and left me before I entered. Malcolm said as I began my approach, "If Lawton was still here, Kalin would be nothing and be defeated with one attack."

"I'm looking for work here," I told him.

The three thugs from earlier approached me. "You're that girl from before," she stated.

"Alright, I'll hire you. If you prove yourself by defeating these three," Malcolm agreed.

I nodded and we drew our cards. "If you don't mind, ladies first," I called and drew my card.

"I summon Angel's Shield (Attack 700/ Defense 1300) in defense mode and set two face downs," I declared. "That ends my turn."

The first thug drew his card to begin his turn. "I summon Fuse Ray Blaster (Attack 1600/ Defense 800) in attack mode. But I can't attack on the first turn because it's a battle royal."

The second thug began his turn, "I also summon Fuse Ray Blaster."

"That activates the effect of my first, which inflicts 800 points of damage at you," the first thug stated and my life points fell to 3200.

"I end my turn," the second thug finished.

The third thug drew his card. "I summon another Fuse Ray Blaster to deal you 1600 points of damage," he declared and my life points fell to 1600.

"There are more than enough bullets remaining," one of the thugs said. "Give up, girlie."

"I have some things I need to take care of here," I told them. "And don't think I'm one to give up. After all my time on this planet, there's one thing I've learned. You have to keep fighting no matter the situation. So I'll stay here all night dueling if it takes that long."

"You know, there are no girl duelists around here. You'll be all alone," Malcolm responded.

"Dueling is dueling. I don't care if I'm the only girl," I retorted and drew my card to begin my turn. "I summon Angel Monk (Attack 1500/ Defense 2600) in defense mode. Now when Angel Monk is in defense mode, I can draw two cards from my deck. If one is a monster card, I can summon it in attack mode though it can't attack this turn." I drew my cards and looked at them. "I summon Angelic Coach (Attack 1500/ Defense 1500) in attack mode. But she won't be around for long. I tune Angel's Shield with Angelic Coach to synchro summon. Rise from the light, Angelic Light Dragon (Attack 2800/ Defense 2700)!" My dragon roared in pride and they looked at it in awe. "And since Angelic Coach was used to synchro summon, Angelic Light Dragon gains 1000 attack and defense points (Angelic Light Dragon: Attack 3800/ Defense 3700). Now I activate its effect for each one of you. This allows me to destroy up to two of your monsters and deal you damage equal to their combined attack points. But I'm going to use this ability for each one of your monsters giving dropping each of you to 2400." The assault succeeded and they're life points dropped to my saying. I then ordered Angelic Light Dragon to attack the first thug who fell onto his back in defeat. "Then I activate The Extra Light! By discarding one card from my hand, I can special summon one light synchro monster from my extra deck in attack mode. So I summon forth, Angel Demon Striker (Attack 2500/ Defense 2800) in attack mode. Angel Demon Striker, attack the second thug directly!" The attack succeeded and his fell to the ground. "Then I activate Circle of Light! I can double one light attributed synchro monster's attack points and allow it to attack again!"

"Huh?!" the third thug exclaimed.

"So I target Angel Demon Striker for its effect (Angel Demon Striker: Attack 5000)! Angel Demon Striker, attack the last one directly!" I ordered and the attack dropped the final thug to 0. I set the duel disk back in its holster and said, "Even girls can duel."

"Can I hire you to defeat Kalin?" Malcolm asked.

"I was hoping you would ask me that," I replied, keeping my face emotionless.

Third Person POV

Akiza, Bruno, Crow, Jack, Yusei, and the twins were out searching for Era. Yusei was worried since they had been searching all day and they couldn't locate the angel.

"Where did she run off to this time?" Crow wondered.

"I don't know, but I'm planning on finding out. And when I do, I'm going to talk to her about doing this," Yusei replied.

"Doesn't she get the rules of your promise to the Crimson Dragon?" Jack asked.

"But she also probably left on her own to keep the promise to Yusei's father, Jack," Akiza reminded them.

"That doesn't matter at the moment," Yusei responded. "I made a promise to our lord and I'm not planning on breaking it any time soon. So I'm not stopping until I find her."

"Let head to the garage," Luna suggested. "Maybe she left a note or something that we just didn't notice."

"Maybe," he agreed.

"Don't worry, Yusei. We'll find her," Akiza reassured.

"I know," he responded.

They arrived back at the garage and began to look. Yusei walked passed the desk and noticed something. The drawer was open the slightest bit and he knew he had closed it. He opened it and saw a crinkled up piece of paper. He read it.

"Find something, Yusei?" Crow asked.

"Yeah, and I'm going to get Era," he stated and ran out with the note in hand. He flew into the air before the others could say another word.

. . .

Malcolm called as it reached sunset, "Come meet my sensei." Era stepped up.

"A girl? You must really be desperate," Radley mocked, laughing.

"You would be surprised how strong a girl can be, Radley," Era told him making him stop laughing and look at her curiously.

"Well, you'll still be beat by Kalin," Radley responded.

Kalin walked up. "So I see you again. It's been a long time. Have you come here to help me punish myself?" he asked.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Malcolm asked, shocked along with the rest of the surrounding people.

"Kalin and I go a long ways. I would protect him, Jack Atlas, Crow Hogan, and Yusei Fudo while they lived in the Satellite. I tried to help Kalin when he was going too far but he wouldn't listen," Era explained. "Protecting people is my job and I won't be done with this job until the end of my life. So Kalin, I'm going to help and protect you just as I did all those years ago. And I'll protect this town as well."