"Who does this much math in Duel Monsters!?"

"Your Tag Partner!" Bastion Misawa sat across from Jaden in the Music room.

"And that, Misawa, is why I'm here." Wilona motioned the glass of milk towards the Ra Yellow Genius.

Even though Bastion took the glass, he stared in disbelief at the brunette across from him. "How hard is it to understand!? I've taken records of the last three Rival Duels and hypothesized that North Academy relies on Beatdown-based decks from each of their representatives! I predict that this year shall be no different! Our decks are flexible enough to include cards that will help control the board and assure our victory!"

Jaden stared at Bastion as if he started moonwalking up the sky.

"Yuki, Misawa said that he noticed the past North Academy Duelists used decks with a lot of big and powerful monsters. He wants you to manage your deck with more defensive cards and cards that change the field." Wilona translated.

Jaden looked over to Wilona before glancing back to Bastion. "Why didn't ya just say that?!"

"I did!" The Ra yellow Ace screamed before grunting. Jaden groaned and rubbed his head.

Meanwhile, the rest of the club watched the three.

"I totes think even Syrus had better compatibility than Bastion does as Jaden's partner." Grace casually sipped a smoothie after commenting.

"You're not wrong," Alexis noted. "Bastion plans meticulously while Jaden just goes with the flow. The only reason why they even made progress in the first place was because Wilona translates Bastion's vocabulary and Jaden's slang to each other."

"Does anyone find it a little disturbing that our president, who's known to be a little... ambitious..." Chumley chose his words carefully. "Is a person who knows how to uses words a little too well? Am I the only one seeing something scary about that!?"

"How is that scary?" Syrus looked up to his roommate.

They heard ringing. Soon, Wilona picked up her PDA and made a face.

"Ah! My next shift is coming up soon." She stood up. "I'll be going for now."

"No, we need you!" Bastion and Jaden cried out at the same time like two men desperately keeping a fire up in a barren and cold wasteland.

"At least their in sync for that," Gloria noted duly.

"You two have a collection of some of the school's best duelists in the room," Wilona motioned to the other members of the Music Club. "I'm sure more heads than one can do much more in less time."

Wilona fixed her cap before walking out the door.

[Tag Force: Heroes and Villains.]

Wilona put on her cap as she exited out of the shop door.

She went back towards the Music Club. Or... she would have. She happened to notice something obstructing sunlight, and it wasn't a cloud. Her eyes narrowed behind her glasses when she saw a giant, marshmallow-like duel monster towering over the school.

"Honest?' She called the spirit's name.

"Yes, Wilona?"

Without turning away, Wilona asked, "Is Yuki dueling right now?"

When the duel spirit didn't answer, Wilona turned to him with a smile as bright as an angler fish's light.

Despite being an incorporeal being, Honest felt both impressed and frightened that he could feel a chill in the air.

[Tag Force: Heroes and Villains.]

"Moki! Moki!" The rest of the Music Club cheered even when Jaden scored the finishing blow on Belowski.

"Come on, guys!?" Jaden cried out before looking back at his friends.

"But, like, I get!" Belowski looked up to Jaden. "The more Moki Moki tried to sog you out, the more revved up ya got!"

Jaden smiled before holding his fist up in victory. "That's right! I'm all pumped up now!"

"How wonderful."

The low tone words were much like Belowski's presence. However, if Belowski's presence could put people to sleep, those few words snapped the Music Club out of their slumber and broke into a cold sweat.

Jaden and the others turned to the entrance of the roof to see Wilona walking up to all of them with a smile akin to a camouflaged trap.

"It's great to see everyone relaxing after expressing how important it was that both Yuki and Misawa learned how to fix their decks." The pleasant tone of her voice only made everyone else flinch in fear.

Bastion stood up faster than he ever did in his life at that moment. "We can explain!"

Wilona let silence fill the air for a few seconds. Without dropping her smile, she spoke in a tone as sweet as honey on a bear trap. "By all means, Misawa. Please explain to me why after I spent the whole morning with you and Yuki, agonizing over your different linguistics and translating ideas neither of you could agree on, I now find everyone chanting like hippies and enjoying themselves watching Yuki duel? Why! If I didn't know any better, I would assume that all my hard work from a while ago was a complete waste of my time! ... I'd be very... upset..."

Bastion found it suddenly very hard to breathe. Was his collar too tight? Granted, it was never tight before this moment, "E-Er, yes! I will... begin... explaining..." He nodded several times too quickly. "ButSyruscanexplainitbetter!" The Ra Yellow yanked the smaller Slifer Red and dragged him in front of him like some attempt as a shield.

Wilona turned her gaze to the younger Truesdale. Syrus held fast! ... Or rather, he fell fast to the floor after he fainted under her gaze.

Bastion made the mistake of locking eyes back with Wilona. "I-I mean Dimitri can explain!"

"Dimitri isn't here right now!" Dimitri in a blonde wig and attempting a shrill voice called out. "It's is just I, Alexia Rhodes! Alexis's long lost twin sister!"

Brier couldn't raise his brow high enough when he looked to his fellow Ra Yellow. "Really?"

"Do you want to deal with her!?" 'Alexia' whispered harshly.

Alexis didn't like this development, especially when she heard Mindy beside her gasp and grab her hand. "Alexis, you didn't tell me you had a twin!"

"Mindy, you're a great friend, but please not now." Jasmine pulled the black-haired girl away with a sigh that came deep from her lungs.

Luckily for everyone involved, Wilona turned over towards the one dueling. Jaden did not feel lucky.

"How about you, Yuki?"

Belowski watched in awe as pretty much the one person immune to his powers succumb to a much more oppressive aura.

"W-Well, a-after you left, it kinda got crazy... and... and..." Jaden trailed off before looking over to the lazy student.

"Oh my!" Wilona brightened up as she looked over to Belowski. It was at that moment the Moki Moki duelist suddenly wished with all his might he was back at his bubble. "You're an Obelisk Blue! I know this is a bit much to ask, but would you like to join the music club?"

Her voice was sweet, but Belowski felt the aura of an apex predator staring him down the entire time. With how even his Moki Moki seemed to be trembling and holding each other tightly in this new person's presence, he could see why Jaden was acting the way he was. He also realized he didn't want to find out what would happen if he said no. Something told him his old, high-tech facility wouldn't be able to keep her out.

"W-Well, ya see, I totally got this thing where I put people to Snoozeville! Not even doing it on purpose, man—I mean, woman... sir?"

Without even moving her head slightly, Wilona raised her voice a little. "Dr. Crowler?"

"Y-Yes!?" The Obelisk Blue Headmaster stood up from where he fell as if waking from a nightmare. Correction: waking into a nightmare.

"That suit you're wearing: is there a size for this young man?"

And that was how Belowski joined the Music Club. Also, this was how rumors of an astronaut/alien floated around the school for the next few weeks.

[Tag Force: Heroes and Villains.]

Brier and Beauregard were walking down the hall.

"No way! The King of Games, Yugi Motou created that game!?"

"I know, right?!" The gentle giant of Ra Yellow was unusually boisterous with this topic. "It's amazing that he's able to even step into the gaming world even if he's not active in dueling anymore."

When they turned the corner, they spotted a group of Obelisk Blue students. The duo tried to look away and keep moving.

"Hey! Ra Yellow Losers!" The group soon surrounded the former duel giant. "Where do you think you're going?"

Brier narrowed his eyes. He recognized some of them during his Duel Giant phase. Even after losing to him, the guys were still acting like jerks?

"We're going to our dorms." Thanks to his duel with Jaden, Brier felt a lot more confident than before.

"I don't like his tone! You were humiliated the last time we dueled!" Right, Brier forgot about that as he returned the favor during his criminal phase.

Still, he didn't like how the Obelisk Blue mob were slowly enclosing him and Beauregard...

"Kohara! Colin!" A female pushed through the mob of Obelisk Blues like Moses to the Red Sea. "I need you two to help move some inventory back in the room."

"What?" The Obelisk Blue hassler looked over to Wilona. "Who the hell areHrk!?"

The pair of Ra Yellows cowered when they saw Wilona give off a glare that could pierce one's soul. This was more so for those that didn't know her.

"Come on," Wilona turned and started walking towards the club room. When she stepped towards a group blocking her way, her eyes narrowed. This action made the stupified Obelisk Blue Students move away.

The Duel Giant Pair hesitated for a second before running after her.

"W-What!? You're going to let a girl boss you around?!" The heckler tried to start.

This proved to be a problem as Wilona stopped moving and just stood frozen. A second passed and the heckler started to sweat.

Wilona turned around. The Duel Giant pair expected another glare, but what they saw was far worse: she was smiling towards the Obelisk Blue students. "Boss around a few people? Why would I aim for something so small? I would much rather aim for World Domination, then everyone would be my minion~."

After that, Wilona continued to walk off, leaving behind the stupified Obelisk Blue and taking her club members with her.

"Are you two alright?" Brier and Beauregard noticed the softer tone in their president's voice.

Beauregard looked down on the girl with disbelief. "I don't understand. Why did you help us?"

"You two need help. I simply gave it." Wilona paused for a second with wide eyes before sighing. The two swore they heard her whispering Jaden's last name in annoyance.

"But, you threatened to tell Crowler about us if we didn't do what you told us!" Brier shouted a little heatedly. The Brain of the Duel Giant remembered that night when he thought both Beauregard and he made it out of Jaden's duel scoot free. Then, they heard a recorded voice of both of them admitting to being the Duel Giant. Following that, they turned to see a girl whose smile seemed to darken the moonlight behind her.

"I find it rather easy to blackmail people here. You two aren't the first." The girl said that far too casually for anyone sane. "It's the only insurance that you will join my club, which is something I need for my true ambitions."

Despite being smaller than Beauregard, Wilona could pull off intimidating without anyone else's help. Yet, the two could tell that this time her glare was for someone not within the area, maybe even on the island. "I admit it's not orthodox. And if you hate me, then you are free to do so."

"I don't get you at all." Brier finally admitted. Here was a person who practically controlled their futures, but seemed to treat them better than a good majority of students and teachers. It didn't make much sense at all!

"Good. I rather not be predictable for my future. Unlike Yuki, who is simple enough for everyone here. I doubt we could handle another one of him." Back in the North Pole, Pegasus' 5th favorite duelist sneezed.

Wilona walked again. "I did need your help with moving some instruments. So come along, my time is your peril."

The two Ra Yellow Students followed after the girl. While they were afraid, something told them that their captor was much more complicated than she let on.

[Tag Force: Heroes and Villains]

"This time for sure!" Damon, a former jungle-man, punched his hand into the sea of sandwiches and picked one up. He opened and bit on it only to instantly regret it. "Bleck! Acorns and berries tasted better than this!"

To the jungle man's surprise, he spotted someone already handing him a bottle of water. It took him a moment to realize it was Wilona.

"T-Thanks?" The Obelisk Blue took the bottle and began drinking it.

While he did, Wilona folded her arms. "Taizan, I do not understand you. You are an Obelisk Blue, which means you are allowed access to the Blue Dorm's Five Star Buffet. Why are you always fishing for the one good sandwich in this pile of recycled leftovers?"

After he finished drinking, Damon answered, "I only ever got it once on pure luck. It was the best tasting food I've ever had! When I started to perfect my Miracle Draw, I figured that I could get the best sandwiches every time!"

Wilona closed her eyes for a second. She seemed like she understood the reason why Damon was— "It was easier to steal from here than in the blue dorms, wasn't it?"

"W-What? J-Just because the chefs use state of the art locks to put their equipment away doesn't mean..." Damon coughed. "I-I mean, it's not like some of the Obelisk Blue Staff spotted me, and I'm afraid they're going to recognize me..."

Damon decided to start drinking water again.

Wilona sighed again. After that, she handed him a wrapped item. The former jungle boy took the item, which was a PB&J sandwich.

"If you're that paranoid of someone spotting you from the dark, you can come over to the Slifer Dorms during lunch. For a reasonable price, you can get some food instead of chancing the cleverly-hidden secondary trashcan." The green-haired girl turned and walked over towards the employee's room.

Damon took a bite of the sandwich. It wasn't anything to boast over, but at least it was edible.

... Wait, did she call the sandwich pile a second trash can? She wasn't literal in that, right?

[Tag Force: Heroes and Villians]

Alexis Rhodes is an exemplary student, some of the best Duel Academy had to offer.

That was the case during the day.

It was past nine, yet she quietly snuck back to school. The Obelisk Blue moved with purpose, stopping at the door of her target: the music room.

Alexis opened the door and stepped in.

At that moment, a light took her by surprise.

"Sorry, Rhodes, I thought it was someone else." The bright light closed quickly. When Rhodes recovered a bit, she noticed a candle atop a table with books scattered nearby it.

"Wilona, you frightened me." Alexis felt her heart start to slow down from the initial scare.

"I have that effect on people," The blonde girl could feel the smirk on the green-haired girl's face even in the near-darkness. "Now, seeing as you still want to go through with this, how do we go about trying to find your brother?"

"Seika and Zane are doing their own research. I believe they're trying to find my brother and their friends by following a paper trail. But as we saw with the abandoned dorms, I doubt a world of duel monsters leaves a legal footprint." Alexis set the book on the table. "Which is why we might have to go the more occult route."

Honest appeared before Wilona, and the two looked over towards the book that was laid down.

The green-haired girl picked up the book and held it near the candle. "The Crimson Dragon? What does this have to do with anything?"

"That platform that sent us home back in the temple, it had a style of symbol that looked very familiar to this book. I brought it here for a start to our research." Alexis began. Granted, it was more of a shot in the dark than anything; this way they could start without needlessly risking their lives like they did last time. She then sighed before sitting down. "Thanks for helping me with this, Wilona. It means a lot."

Wilona sat down and opened up the book. "I know. I'd do anything for my family too."

Alexis noted that sounded more personal than she let on. Instead of asking, she sat down with Wilona as the two, along with Honest, began to learn about the Crimson Dragon.

[Tag Force Heroes and Villians]

The guitar was strummed in a way that it sounded like it was an amazing song. Or at least, it froze after the first verse.

"That doesn't feel quite right." Wilona set the guitar down and wrote on a scratch piece of paper. "Not only that, but I also can't find good enough words."

"Yo, Prez!" Grace walked through the door with her sister, Jaden, and Syrus. "Someone's here to see you!"

Wilona continued to scribble before asking aloud, "Who is it?"

"The Student Body President." Wilona looked up to see Seika smiling down on her.

"Ah, hello," The girl dropped her pen and stood up. "To what do I owe this visit?"

"It's about your membership," Seika folded her arms. "You've been given extensions, but your deadline for meeting the club requirements are coming soon."

With her tone, Wilona had a sneaking suspicion something was wrong. From what Zane said before, the president was a mischievous sort who only abused her power in harmless but fun ways. With those thoughts in mind, Wilona asked, "By soon... you mean today, don't you?"

"Aww phooey. I wanted to see the shocked look on your face." Seika sighed. However, Wilona's eyes did widen with alarm. "Anyway, I'll cut to the point. You've already been given special privilege by Ms. Dorothy, so there's no point in extending this even further. Luckily for you, your club just needs one more male Obelisk Blue student. I'm sure you can find one."

Wilona pressed a hand on her head. The reason why it took longer for her to find members were a mix of her work studies, and whatever adventures Jaden had dragged her into.

"Thank you for warning me," The purple-eyed girl slightly groaned.

"Great! Get me the fully signed paper by tonight! You can send it straight to Zane's room when you're done! I especially suggest to do it late at night when he's about to sleep or when he's eating dinner, whichever inconveniences him the most." Seika smiled while Syrus had this odd feeling that his brother's blood pressure rising.

The president hummed a tune while she left, leaving the four with Wilona.

"The club is going to get disbanded?!" Syrus asked.

"No, it's not. I worked far too hard to let it fall now." Wilona spoke out with determination, but put a hand on her chin to think about her options.

"You know," Grace spoke up. "We could ask Sora."

"Sora? Who's that?" Jaden and Syrus looked over to the Tyler Twins.

"Oh, I remember him! You mentioned he was the other Obelisk Blue besides Princeton that voted for Yuki and Truesdale." Wilona pointed out.

"He voted for us? Another Obelisk Blue?" Jaden and Syrus were understandably confused.

"Wait, but we've never heard of him even now?" Syrus raised his brow. "I wonder why he did that?"

"Who knows what goes on his head?" Gloria shrugged her shoulders. "But yeah, we could ask him to join the club. I doubt he's doing much of anything."

"May I be the one to ask?" Wilona asked. "It is my responsibility."

"Don't worry, I'll give him a call," Gloria picked up a flip phone and started to dial on it before walking out the room.

"I wonder what this guy is like?" Syrus looked up to Jaden.

"I wonder if he's a good duelist! If he bet on us," Jaden waited as Wilona tried to correct the betting part, "Then I bet he has great skills!" As he finished, he got his Duel Disk ready.

Gloria walked back in. "He's willing to meet us near the bridge closest to the Red Droms."

Everyone noticed the blonde twin's face. "You sound surprised saying that." The music club president noted with a raised brow.

"I half expected him to blow me off. I thought this kind of thing didn't suit him." Gloria put her phone away.

"Should I be worried?" Wilona raised her brow.

"Well, I guess?"

"Gloria, answering a question with another question does not inspire confidence."

"Sorry, Prez. It's all I can give ya. I don't know the shrimp as well as I should."

The Slifer Reds caught that comment by the blonde twin. Shrimp, as in he was short? But Wilona didn't have much time as she followed the twins out of the Music Room.

As the group of five entered near the bridge, they didn't see anyone nearby.

"So, where is this Sora person?" Syrus asked as he looked around.

Jaden and Wilona looked to the twins. However, the Tyler Sisters were looking over at the end of the bridge to the port. There was someone with an Obelisk Blue uniform. As he came closer, The Slifer Reds took in more detail. To their surprise, they spotted someone that looked a lot like... Syrus? He had shorter but similar colored hair as the younger Truesdale, and he also was nearly the same height as him.

"Wait, he's Sora!?" Jaden and Syrus cried out.

"Hello!" The Obelisk Blue waved with a smile as he approached the group. He stepped up to them with a smile and a candy sucker sticking out of his mouth. "I heard a lot about you from the twins! My name is Sora Perse!"

"What up! I'm Jaden and this here is Syrus!" The brunette quickly spoke up. "Let's duel, Sora!"

At that moment, Wilona stepped beside Jaden and pushed his duel disk down. "Before you do that, may I borrow Perse first? I do need a membership."

"Actually," The smaller Obelisk Blue pointed a finger up. "I would actually like to duel you, Ms. Konami."

Wilona blinked before pointing to herself. "Me?"

"Yep!" Sora gave a smile as he put his hands behind his back before pulling out a school duel disk. "I've already seen Mr. Yuki duel! He's amazing! You must be an amazing duelist to get someone like him and my friends to join your club!"

Amazing wasn't exactly a word someone would use to describe a blackmailer. Wilona coughed into her hand with a blush. "N-No, I'm not an excellent duelist. I'm here in Duel Academy to get a job in Duel Monsters, and I simply... recruited... Yuki here." The purple-eyed girl motioned to her friend.

"You're still amazing, miss! I wanna see how you duel!"

It was at that point that Syrus remembered something. "Now that I think about it: I've only seen Wilona duel once. Even then I don't really remember her deck." That was due to the stress of the test and other pressures during Wilona and Syrus' duel.

"We totes only saw her duel once, but then again, it was in a tag duel," Gloria mentioned before putting a hand on her chin. "Single duels are different, and Prez only played support to her the whole time." It seemed the blonde twin still had issues with the other blonde in the music club.

"Hey, now would be a cool time to see how well you really throw down!" Jaden spoke up. However, he worded it in a way that made it sound like he also didn't see Wilona duel. Technically speaking, he was somewhat injured and near unconscious when he watched her duel in a different dimension. Wilona was quietly surprised that Jaden was being delicate about their mission with Alexis.

"I'll join your club if you duel me!" Sora spoke with a smile like the candy he sucked on. That was the nail in the coffin as Wilona asked to borrow Jaden's duel disk.

As everyone got into position for the duel, Jaden asked the twins, "So what kind of deck does Sora have?"

"We never saw it." Gloria shrugged her shoulders.

"Alright, I'm ready over here. Are you?" Wilona asked from across the bridge.

"Yep!" Sora activated his duel disk while Wilona copied the same action.

"DUEL!"

Wilona: 4000 LP

Sora: 4000 LP

"You can go first!" Sora waved over to Wilona.

"Thank you for the offer." The green-haired girl was oddly monotone as she drew her card. In her mind, something wasn't quite right to her. "I'll play one card face down and end my turn."

Turn 2: Sora. Cards: 5.

"I guess we're about to find out what kind of deck Sora has," Jaden commented as Wilona ended her turn easily.

Sora began to draw his card. "Well, here I go! I summon Fluffal Leo in attack mode!"

The name sounded cuddly. However, what came out was, without a doubt, something that made Kuriboh looked boring and bland. It was like a giant plush lion toy.

Fluffal Leo

[Type: Effect Monster/Sub-Type: Fairy/Attribute: EARTH/Level: 4/ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200]

"Wow," Jaden gasped. "That's adorable."

However, Wilona seemed to raise her brow. Instead, she narrowed her eyes, not at the monster, but towards Sora.

Sora smiled as the toy did a little prance around him. "When Fluffal Leo attacks, he gains 500 extra attack points!" He pointed, and the toy did as Sora commanded, gaining attack points up to 2100.

"I flip summon my set monster! Come out, Mecha Bunny!"

Mecha Bunny

[Type: Effect Monster/Sub-Type: Machine/Attribute: EARTH/Level: 2/ATK: 800 DEF: 100]

The equally cute monster appeared before it was crushed by the bigger toy.

At that point, Wilona pointed over to the field. "When he's flipped summoned, I can target one card on the field and send 500 points of damage to its owner! I target Leo, so you lose 500 Life Points!" The destroyed debris of the rabbit started to levitate before shooting itself towards Sora.

Wilona: 4000 LP

Sora: 4000→3500 LP

"Was that always in her deck?" Syrus asked.

"I've seen it before. It's got a really good effect." Grace commented from the side. The two Slifer Red watched as Wilona continued her move.

"Now, Mecha Bunny's effect activates when he's sent to the graveyard by battle! I'm allowed to search my deck for another Mecha Bunny and place him in facedown position." Wilona grabbed the card and placed it to Jaden's Duel Disk.

"Whoa! That rabbit sure has a lot of tricks." Jaden admitted. He never saw Wilona play that card in her duel.

"That's one cool rabbit!" Sora admitted. "I'll play one card face down and end my turn."

Turn 3: Wilona: Cards: 5.

"Huh?" Syrus looked over to their friend. "Hey, what's with Wilona? She's staring pretty hard over there."

"Yeah, she looks out of it," Jaden noted with Syrus.

"I think she notices something off with Sora's deck," Gloria spoke up before everyone turned to her. "Despite how cute it looks, I think there's way more to the monsters in that shrimp's deck. Looks like Prez spotted it too."

"How would she do that? I thought Wilona kept saying she wasn't that good at dueling?" Syrus put a hand on his chin.

"She's learning how to duel pretty quick, but she's really good at reading people. I wonder..." Whatever Grace was about to reveal was cut short when Wilona drew her next card.

"I flip summon Mecha Bunny, and I once more target your Fluffal Leo! You lose another 500 life points!"

Wilona: 4000 LP

Sora: 3500→3000 LP

"Next, I sacrifice Mecha Bunny in order to summon Granmarg The Earth Monarch!" The field started to shake as a crack appeared and opened up on the bridge. A giant hand grabbed on to the surface. Soon, a towering creature climbed out of the earth and stood tall in the field.

Granmarg the Earth Monarch

[Type:Effect Monster/Sub-Type: Rock/Attribute: Earth/Level: 6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1000]

"When he's tribute summoned to the field, I can destroy one set card on the field! I choose your face down!" The earth monster raised his fist and punched the ground. The shockwave created by the punch destroyed set card.

"Next," Wilona brought up another card, "I play the Equip Spell: Power of the Guardians!"

At that point, everyone from the music club raised their brows. There was a rainbow aura that appeared and blanketed over Granmarg. At that point, Wilona pointed towards Fluffal Leo. "Now, attack!" The earth monster reared his fist back. "While equipped with Power of the Guardians, and when the equipped monster is involved in a battle, the spell gains one spell counter on it! (PotG:1) And with every counter, my monster gains 500 attack and defense points!"

(2400→2900/1000→1500)

The punch followed through and slammed the toy lion into dust.

Wilona: 4000 LP

Sora: 3000→1700 LP

"Oh, wow! That was pretty amazing!" Sora cried out after his monster was destroyed. "You destroyed my trap card and pretty much made me lose over half my life points on your second turn!"

"Man, I really want to duel Wilona, but she won't let me!" Jaden passionately spoke up. "And she kept telling me she wasn't good at this game!"

"Yuki, I keep telling you: I learned all these things in the dueling classes! Perhaps if you paid a little more attention, you'd probably give the older Truesdale a run for his money!" Wilona shouted before looking back to Sora. Yet, Gloria and Grace noticed that Wilona looked on guard with Sora. Silently, they admitted their club president had good instincts.

"I'll end my turn with a facedown," Wilona placed a card into the duel disk.

"You're really good!" Sora smiled sweetly. "I bet if you put your mind to it, you could be a great duelist!"

"Saw the yearly salaries of professional duelists; I wasn't bloody interested." Wilona narrowed her eyes.

Turn 4: Sora. Cards: 4.

"You're pretty funny, Wilona!" Sora laughed before drawing his card. He seemed to glance over to his cards before he picked up the one on his far right. "When I have no monsters on the field, I can special summon Fluffal Hamster to the field!"

Another cute and adorable creature waddled into the field.

Fluffal Hamster

[Type: Effect Monster/Sub-Type: Fairy/Attribute: EARTH/Level: 2/ATK: 400 DEF: 1050]

"If he's the only monster on my side of the field, I'm allowed to special summon two more Fluffal Hamster's from my deck!" As Sora exclaimed this, two more creatures rolled into the field and played with the first hamster in a manner that could pull heart-strings. "Now, I tribute summon all three monsters to bring out, Fluffal Dragon!"

The three hamsters curled together to form a creature that looked like a stuffed, Chinese red dragon. Like the other monsters, this one looked very adorable.

Fluffal Dragon

[Type: Effect Monster/Sub-Type: Fairy/Attribute: Light/Level: 10/ATK: 3100 DEF: 550]

"A level ten monster?!" Syrus cried out.

"Fluffal Dragon cannot be special summoned! It can only be tribute summoned by three monsters and if one of them is a Fluffal Monster! " Sora explained before he threw out his hand. "First, when he's tribute summoned, he negates all my opponent's face up spell and trap cards on the field!"

The adorable creature unleashed a roar that negated the rainbow aura around Granmarg, and it returned him to his original attack and defense points.

(2900→2400/1500→1000)

Sora continued on. "Not only that, but Fluffal Dragon also has a secondary ability! He gains attack points equal to one of the tributed monster's attack points!" (3100→3500) "Next, I play the equip spell: Stuffed Heart! This will give my Fluffal Monster 500 extra attack points!"

(3500→4000)

"Not only that," Sora raised his hand up. "The equip spell gives my Fluffal monster an extra ability! If I destroy a monster, I can deal effect damage equal to half of the destroyed monster's attack!" With him finished explaining, Sora pointed to Wilona. "Now Fluffal Dragon attacks! He's got a special ability that allows him to deal double the battle damage!"

"Hey, wait a second!" Syrus cried out as the dragon rushed for Granmarg. He quickly brought his hand up for counting. "The equip card will deal 1200 points of effect damage, but Fluffal Dragon will deal 3200 points of battle damage!"

"That means Sora's going for a one-round-knockout!" Gloria finished for everyone else.

Wilona pressed a card. "I play my trap card: Tribute for Sacrilege! I sacrifice Granmarg!"

Wilona's trap destroyed her own monster, but it didn't stop Sora's Fluffal Dragon.

"Why did she do that!? She left her field wide open!" Syrus cried out in shock.

Wilona threw her arm. "After sacrificing my monster, both players take effect damage equal to the monster's attack points!"

"What!?" Sora cried out.

The card started to glow and exploded in a blinding light that covered the field.

Wilona: 4000 → 1600LP (Winner!)

Sora: 1700→0 LP

"That was totally sweet!" Jaden cried out. "She sacrificed her monster to stop the attack and did damage to both of them before Sora could take the game back! You both dueled great!" The Slifer Ace pumped himself up.

Wilona sighed and spotted Sora walking up to her with stars in her eyes.

"Wow! That really was fun! Great duel!"

"Your cards were pretty scary despite how cute they looked." Wilona politely spoke up.

"Thanks, but you played really well! I wonder why you're a Slifer Red?" Sora tilted his head.

"I'm poor, Perse." Wilona sighed into her head. "I don't have the money to get a loan from Obelisk Blue. But I'm getting off-topic, may I ask that you join my club?"

"Sure thing!"

Wilona got his signature and hurried to the school office. However, in her haste, Jaden realized she still had his duel disk!

"Wilona! Wait up! I want to duel Sora next, and I need my Duel Disk back!" The brunette cried out as he chased after his friend.

"Jaden! Wait up!" Syrus cried out as he followed after his best friend.

With all the Slifer students leaving, Sora watched the Tyler Sisters walk up to him.

"So," Gloria folded her arms. "What changed your mind?"

"You two really didn't notice?" Sora's tone changed from his jovial nature to a more solemn air. "A pauper like her has a club filled with some of the most influential duelists in the school? The younger Truesdale, Alexis Rhodes, Bastion Misawa, and the infamous Jaden Yuki. That's not including all the other interesting oddballs she's collected." He listed with his finger before putting it down. "I wouldn't need to join if you two weren't obviously slacking. Oh, and if the club failed, it would be much harder to track everyone than it would be to keep them all in one area."

"We were not slacking! If I recall, we've had more to report than you for the whole school year!" The blonde twin pointed to Sora.

"And in all of those reports, you didn't notice the most interesting of them all," Sora narrowed his eyes towards where the Slifers left. "You are even close to her!"

"But she's made it clear she's going to this school for a desk job. She's basically a normal student and future civilian. Why would we report her?" Grace asked.

Sora sighed and put a palm to his face. "Did you two even do a background check for her? Do it. You're going to be surprised at what you find."

Sora tilted his head and whispered under his breath. "Even though I tried to keep up appearances, I have the feeling she saw through me before I even opened my mouth. I'll have to be extra careful with her."

Meanwhile...

Wilona eventually did finalize her club. She sighed in relief as she exited the office with Jaden and Syrus.

"Great! Now let's go see if Sora willing to give me a duel!" Jaden threw his hand up.

"Yuki?"

Jaden and Syrus looked over to Wilona with a weirdly contemplative face.

"Yeah?"

"... What do you think about Perse?"

Jaden thought about it while Syrus asked, "What do you mean?"

Wilona sighed for a second. "I... felt off about him."

"He was one of the nicest Obelisk Blue guys I've met! What was off about him?" The Roid Duelist asked.

"Hey, now that Wilona mentions it," The two turned over to Jaden. "I think Sora was holding back at the duel."

Wilona's eyes lit up. She knew from the start Sora was faking his personality, but she didn't point it out because she was confused as to why he was doing something like that in the first place.

"I get the feeling that he could have used a different combo, but instead used the one with Fluffal Dragon. I think I saw his eyes widen for a second when he drew his last card, but he didn't use it during his last combo." Of course the secret genius of dueling would notice the problem in the duel than the person himself.

"I just wanted to ask," Wilona spoke up. "Whatever his reason, he is entitled to his privacy. All I need him to do is appear in the club every once in a while, and we'll be alright."

"You know, maybe I should duel him! I wanna see if he's hiding some super-secret boss monster in his deck!" Jaden seemed to pump himself up before turning his duel-hungry gaze towards Wilona. "Hey, Wilona?"

"NO!" The girl turned on her heel and started walking away.

"Aww, come on! One duel! Every time I see ya duel, you bust out these cool cards!"

"I bought them from a pack, Yuki! They're not that special!"

"Wilona!" Jaden gasped in shock before racing after her. "You gotta treat your deck with more respect! What would Honest say!?"

Wilona wished she didn't have to deal with a duel-obsessed maniac for the next 3-4 years.

[Tag Force: Heroes and Villians]

A/N: So this was mostly just a filler chapter. I originally wanted things to relax from all the dueling, but this came out anyway. So welcome Sora Perse from Yugioh Arc-V! He officially appears in the story even though he's been referenced several times. The Arc-V characters in this story have a fun idea. I hope you guys will enjoy their sub-plot when they get down to it.

Next chapter, we start off in a very different place: we left off where Chazz went ashore. Let me just say that we're not done with the Spirit World.

Anyway, stay safe guys. Things are supposedly getting worse, but do your best to improve the world, or at the very least, your area. It's super easy to criticize it, but it's much harder to do something about it.

{Made Up Cards}

Fluffal Hamster

Fluffal Dragon: Both Hamster and Dragon were made to 'hide' Sora's other monsters in his deck.

Stuffed Heart

Tribute for Sacrilege: (This one is a reverse version of Altar for the Tribute.)