CHAPTER 10: The Maiden in Love

Monday

Time 19:00

It had now been a week since there was the duel between Red Hat and Zane. No one knew of the duel except the two of them, and their friends who were there as spectators. Apparently, no other students knew about the duel, it seemed strange to Red Hat that none of the Obelisk Blue teased him about his first loss. But Zane hasn't really talked about this whole thing. In this way, the respect Red Hat had for Zane also increased.

While Red Hat kept going over this story, he was in his room working on his deck. " Blimey, the duel with Zane pushed me to my limit, he really earned the title of strongest at the Duel Academy. The duel with him rekindled that flame inside me with the desire to give everything. The duel against Alexis and Bastion wasn't bad either. Bastion is a strategist as Jaden says, while Alexis is different from the other girls of the Obelisk blue, I was really wrong about her." thought Red Hat. " Alexis and Bastion will be strong and take dueling seriously unlike most people here, but so far only Jaden and Zane can give me the challenge I seek. And now, even though I've been beaten, I have another goal to aim for in addition to becoming stronger. Get ready Zane, next time we duel, I'll win." He thought as he held his deck in his hands and a smile on his face.

After he finished working on his deck, he decided to go to the dormitory cafeteria to have dinner.

"Hey, Red Hat, come on we saved your seat." Jaden called sitting as usual with Syrus and Chumley.

As soon as Red Hat was seated, the small group got ready to start eating, but I had to wait when all the students were called by Professor Banner.

"If I could please have everyone's attention! Eyes forward students!" Banner called. " Chumley stop chewing with your mouth open! " All the students will stop eating, turning their gaze to their professor. " Good, now please join me in welcoming a new transfer student, Blair Flannigan! " The professor stepped aside to show the new student. Blair surveyed the other students for a moment, before turned to his shoes with his oversized hat hiding the expression in her eyes.

" I had to stop chewing for a transfer student? " Chumley commented not happy about having stopped eating.

" Oh man, he's smaller than me, dresse goofier than me, my sidekick gig is up. " Syrus commented.

"I don't understand what you have to complain about." Red Hat thought.

" Be nice." Jaden smiled at Syrus before getting up from his seat and addressing the new student. " Blair! welcome to S-L-I-F... Something Slifer! " Jaden shouted loudly as he threw his arms up in the air.

Blair just stood there looking at him thinking he was crazy, while the rest of everyone focused their attention on Jaden.

"It won't be the usual routine way of welcoming, but it's definitely Jaden way of welcoming." Red Hat thought as he chuckled under his breath.

" We're the best dorm on campus! See, here we're not a bunch of stuffy, egg-headed, grade A gettin' brainiacs!" Jaden said.

" Jaden, wait, you don't understand. " Banner interrupted him.

"What I don't understand Professor Banner? I'm just trying to help Blair feel at home." Jaden explained as Blair backed away from him shyly hiding behind Banner.

" But this isn't Blair home, at least, not for long. He scored nearly perfect on all his entrance exams. " Banner revealed.

"Ooh ..."

"You see, it is Academy policy that all transfer students start out at Slifer, but with his high marks, he'll be moved up to Ra yellow within a few days. " Banner explained.

Jaden laughed upon hearing the news. "Yeah right, and next you'll be saying he's gonna move into our dorm room cuz of all extra space."Jaden smiled to his friends. " I Just love this guy."

Syrus and Chumley, after looking at each other in amazement, stood up. "Good one." They said at the same time.

"I agree. Blair, you can stay with Jaden during your time with us." Banner said. "I just wish there was another room. Because I think it would be difficult for you to be in their room with four people. Too bad there isn't another room with enough space." Banner added giving a little look at Red Hat.

Red Hat listened to the entire speech, even noticing his professor's gaze. "I see where Banner is getting at. Actually, even I don't think four of them would fit in that room with the space they have. I don't like what I'm about to do at all." Red Hat thought before getting up from his seat. "Excuse me professor?" He called the teacher.

"Yes, Red Hat?"

"I don't think Jaden's room can hold a fourth person. Since I don't have a roommate, Blair can come and stay with me." Jaden, Syrus and Chumley were shocked by what their friend had said, that they their mouths opened so wide that they seemed to reach the ground. Banner, on the other hand, smiled because Red Hat understood his message.

"I agree. It's nice of you to offer yourself for this. Blair will transfer you to Red Hat's room instead of Jaden room." Banner said. "Go on, why don't you say hello to your new roommate?"

"Hello." Blair said in low voice.

Once dinner was over, Red Hat escorted Blair to his temporary room. Red Hat didn't like the idea of having a roommate, he preferred to be alone most of the time, the only exceptions being Jaden and sometimes his friends.

"Wow…I didn't expect your room to be so…big." Blair admitted quietly. He put the bag on the floor before wandering around the room curiously.

"Thanks, I guess." Red Hat answered. "Do you prefer to sleep up or down?" he asked.

"I'd rather sleep upstairs." Blair replied trying to be friendly with the new roommate.

" Ok, do as you like and if you need anything you can ask me." Red Hat said trying to be at least a little hospitable even if it didn't suit him.

"Hey listen I'm going to the bathroom." Blair said pointing to the small bathroom inside the room. "You know to wash me and all. I'll even keep ther door closed! So don't come in!"

Red Hat nodded, yawning. "Ok, meanwhile I'm going to sleep, ok? Goodnight..." He said as he got on top of her bed without even taking off his hat.

"But do you sleep with your hat on?" Blair asked curiously.

"I never part with my hat." Red Hat replied with his eyes already closed, even if the hat hid them from him. " Let's just say I'm fond of it, it helps me remember something important. "

"If you say so." Blair replied, scooping up some items out of his bag before running inside the bathroom and slamming the door shut.

While his temporary roommate was in the bathroom, Red Hat thought back to his own words he had said a moment ago. "Some of the people closest to you will end up betraying you." At the thought of those words, the image of that person, the image of his mother, the memory of when she left him came back to him. Red Hat pushed those thoughts away before falling asleep.


Tuesday

Time 8:00

The next day, all the students were in class, all lined up in their own colored sections, to hear an important announcement. Everyone was talking to each other wondering what it was about. At that point Chancellor Sheppard face appeared on a monitor silencing everyone. "Settle down people! Attention please! Chumley, stop chewing with your mouth open!"

All students had their attention on the image of Chancellor Sheppard transmitted on the monitor.

"Good. Now, the big match up against our rival school, North Academy, is coming up. Last year, Zane, our student representative whooped'em good! And this year I want to win the School Duel again! "

Many students, including Blair, looked up to the strongest duelist in Duel Academy with admiration and respect. Many male students were muttering about his superior abilities, while the girls were muttering about how handsome he was. Two students in particular, two Slifers, Jaden and Red Hat, not only looked at Zane with a look of respect, but there was a look of defiance in their eyes, they both wanted a rematch against him.

Noticing Blair watching him, Syrus cupped his hands around his mouth and whispered to him in a low voice. " Hey, Blair, did you know Zane is my brother? "

"Really?" Blair turned to him in surprise.

"Yeah, he's pretty cool, but mom says I got the looks." boasted Syrus proudly.

" Now, we still haven't decided on who's going to represent us this year. So, if you keep hitting those books and dueling hard, you may be the one who gets the honor. " Chancellor Sheppard concluded his message, the monitor shutting down with the Duel Academy insignia above it.

"Alright! Did you hear what he said? It could be me in this match!" Jaden exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Hey, or me!" Syrus reminded, crossing his arms, offended. "But, we might as well face it, Jay. It'll probably be Zane who gets the spot again."

"How come?" Jaden wondered as he turned to Zane.

"Because he's amazing." Blair replied, as he watched Zane with much interest, like fans when they meet their idol. Which confused Jaden and Red Hat.

After classes

"Amazing? What's that got to do with it. It should be about who's the best." Jaden was complaining about Blair last comment with his friends as they walked out of the main building.

"Zane did beat you in a duel Jaden." Syrus reminded to his friend when he had challenged Zane to a duel. Needless to say, it was Zane who won it.

"Yeah, but it was a totally close match." Chumley said while he defended Jaden.

"That's true." Syrus replied. "Hey, Red Hat, you may not have defeated Zane in a duel, but you managed to beat Jaden, maybe they'll choose you?"

"Even if they make it, I'll turn it down." Red Hat replied, as he and Jaden noticed Blair walking away. "Blair?" At that point Red Hat stepped away from the group to follow him. Sorry guys, I gotta check something out."

"You sure you don't need help?" Wondered Jaden a little concern for his friend.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Red Hat replied as he walked away.

Finally, Red Hat followed Blair into the Obelisk blue boy dormitory, hidden behind a pillar, when he saw that Blair had climbed a tree, stepped onto a sturdy branch, then jumped onto the window of the room in front of him.

"But what is he doing? Why did he come right here?" Red Hat wondered, before climbing the tree as Blair had done, hiding behind the balcony window of the room where Blair had entered.

The room Blair entered was very large compared to her dorm, it had a plush bed, a large plasma TV, a desk with a couple of chairs, and a couch. If all the rooms were like this, they looked like five-star hotel rooms catering to the rich tastes of the obelisks. "Great, the Obelisks are as weak as duelists, but they live as if they were in a resort. To add to the reasons of the list because I can't stand them." Red Hat thought with disappointment.

He watched the entire time as Blair reached into the dressers near the bed for a deck case and pulled out some of the cards inside. "What in the world he is doing?" Red Hat wondered, before seeing Blair rubbing the cards against his cheek. "Ok, now it's too weird for my taste." Red Hat shuddered at what Blair was doing. As he continued to wonder what Blair was doing, he noticed that one of the cards he was rubbing against his cheek was Cyber Dragon. "Wait a minute. That's Cyber Dragon. And in the entire Academy, only Zane owns those cards. That means this is Zane room!" Red Hat realized.

"Come on Guys! Let's go chill at Zane room!"

Hearing that voice, Red Hat turned to see Zane walking back to the dormitory, with three more obelisks following him.

"Oh man, if we get caught we'll be expelled for sure." Thinking of this Red Hat I rush into the room catching Blair attention. "I don't know what you're doing, but we have to get out of here. Otherwise they'll kick us out of here."

"Where did you come from?" Blair demanded.

"Same way as you did, but let's leave now." Red Hat said. Just outside in front the door, laughing voices could be heard. Hearing those voices, Red Hat took Zane cards out of Blair hands and put them back. He then took Blair hand so that they would leave. "Blair, hurry up soon." Red Hat said, helping Blair up the tree they entered, Blair then jumped off holding hands on head to keep hat, as Red Hat closed the window so no one would notice someone had entered, then jumped off the tree as well. At that point Red Hat and Blair started running to get as far as possible.


Time 18:00

Meanwhile, Red Hat and Blair found themselves on the cliff near the Slifer red dormitory. After they escaped Zane room, they hid in the forest, but after, Blair escaped from Red Hat. Red Hat didn't care that much about what had happened, but he was confused by what Blair had done with Zane deck, he decided to forget about it and went back to his room. After a few hours his PDA rang. Red Hat checked, and had received a text from Blair himself telling him to meet at the cliff near the dorm that's how they got here, With Red Hat having quite a few questions for Blair.

"Listen, Red Hat… I thank you for helping me today, but please don't tell anyone what happened." Blair said.

"But why did you sneak into the Obelisk blue boy's dorm?" Red Hat asked.

"Because I wanted to meet Zane." Blair replied.

"What the hell is your brain telling you? Why the hell do you want to know Zane so much? After all, if you really want to know him, you shouldn't have done such a thing."explained Red Hat.

"It's none of your business!" Blair replied blushing a little.

Red Hat had to keep from laughing at Blair's red face. "Do you really want to know him that much?"

"Oh yeah, that's my greatest wish." Blair replied. "But seriously, please don't tell anyone about this." he added.

Red Hat understood that there was something he was hiding, but preferred not to get to the bottom of this story yet. "Okay, I won't tell anyone about this."

"Great!" Blair replied smiling. "We'd better go back, it's almost dinner time."

"You're absolutely right. Today is Fried Shrimp Day, too." Red Hat replied.

They both started walking back to their dormitory. And just like Red Hat said, it was fried shrimp day, the food that all of the Slifer Red dorm adored. In fact, they found everyone in the cafeteria. The first thing they saw as they entered the cafeteria was Jaden gobbling down on fried shrimp. Of all the students in the dormitory, he was the student who liked them the most for sure. Red Hat could only laugh at his friend appetite, while Blair was amazed at the boy hunger.

"But does he always eat so much?" Blair asked with a bead of sweat rolling down his forehead.

"Yeah. Jaden has such an appetite that he seems to have a black hole in his stomach." he joked.

After they sat down at a table to eat their fried prawns too. Jaden approached his friend asking where he went with Blair today. Red Hat came up with the excuse that he had to help him find Blair cards that he lost in the forest, luckily Jaden believed it right away. After supper they both went back to their room.

"I'm going to take a shower. Don't you dare look!" Blair said seriously.

"Okay, I get it. No need to remind me so many times." Red Hat replied as he lay down on his bed. "Just a few more days and then he'll move to Ra yellow." He thought.


Wednesday

Time 7:30

Red Hat was still sleeping on the bed wearing his hat as usual. While Blair who seemed ready to go out was worried about something as he tried to wake up Red Hat.

"Hey! Hey, come on! Hello!?" Blair yelled at Red Hat as he tried to wake him up. " Wake up! Aw, come on! Get up already! Pleeease... " Blair took back his last words before correcting himself. "... Oops. I mean, get up man! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! " He yelled aloud managing to wake up Red Hat, which put him in a foul mood.

"I get it, I'm get up now, but stop yelling." Red Hat complained about being woken up.

"Ah, finally, you're up." Blair said ignoring his complaints.

"May I know what you want to for wake me up early?" Red Hat asked still half asleep.

"Listen, there was this... *cough* I mean, listen man, there was this cat, and it stole my barrette!" Blair began to explain.

"Did you say a cat? It must be Pharaoh, Professor Banner cat." Red Hat answered, before asking one thing that had confused him. "Did you say that he stole your barrette?" He asked thinking he had misunderstood, being still half asleep.

Blair retracted his last words before correcting himself. "Uh, I-I mean, it stole something important! I'm going after it, and I need your help!" Blair asked Red Hat, even though his request seemed more like an order.

"What? Do you want me to look for Pharaoh? It's impossible to find him! I don't even know where he's hiding, it would be like looking look for a needle in a haystack!" Red Hat complained.

"If you have the strength to complain then you have the strength to help me to find that cat." Blair declared as he dragged Red Hat out of the room.

Time 8:00

Some time passed, and their search for Pharaoh led them to the Abandoned dorm, where Blair thought she saw Pharaoh enter. Red Hat reluctantly stepped inside. The building was in disrepair, with shattered windows, the curtains were torn, and floorboards that were so badly damaged that you only had to step on them to make a noise. Slifer red dorm was in better shape than this place by comparison. The worst thing was that entering that place was strictly forbidden by the Academy, if they found out they would certainly expel him.

"Wh-what is this place?" Blair asked Red Hat even if he was a little scared.

"This is the abandoned dormitory. Let's hurry and find the Pharaoh, if they find us in here, we will be expelled." Red Hat explained at the very least as he quickened his pace.

"H- Hey! Don't leave me behind!" Shouted Blair as he tried to stay as close to Red Hat as possible. "Maybe we should turn back."

"Look, since you forced me to come here, now we might as well look for Pharaoh, so let's get moving." Red Hat said not happy about doing this.

"I'll just forget about my barrette... *cough* I mean that thing of mine. So we should hurry up and..." Blair couldn't finish the sentence because he was startled by the feeling that something had touched his back. Ah! What the...!? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKK!" Feeling scared, Blair jumped so hard that his hat fell off his head. "Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew! Something just touched my back!"

"Blair what are you d-d ..." Red Hat turned to see what Blair was up to, but unable to finish the sentence for the sourprise of what he had just seen.

Blair touched herself his head only to realize she was no longer wearing her hat, her face turned completely red as she thought of an answer to give to Red Hat who watched with a gaping mouth and a shocked expression. "Ah, um... He he he heh! Uh... I can explain everything... It's just that I'm actually..." Those were the only words she could say, here she was interrupted by Red Hat.

"You are a girl!?" Red Hat asked while he was completely shocked.

Blair had no choice but to reveal everything at this point, even though she looked like she was about to cry. "Since you saw me, I'll be honest... " As she explained her face blushed. "The truth is... I'm... I'm a girl. Um, it's a long story, but I'm pretending to be a boy." Blair confessed. "Anyway, please... Please don't ask me why! And please don't tell anyone! I can't afford to be thrown out the Academy right now! Please, please, please! I'm begging you!" Blair pleaded after putting her hat back on.

Red Hat was still shocked by the unfolding of events that he stood there as motionless as a statue.

"I'm not gonna leave you alone until you say "Yes! " !" Blair threatened him.

Red Hat didn't know what to say, he found himself lost in thought. "Why should I help her. I don't even know her very well. All I have to do is report her to Chancellor Sheppard, it's not my problem anyway." But seeing Blair face that looked like it was about to cry, he suddenly remembered a memory from the past that was very old compared to the others, which he hadn't thought about for a long time. It was a memory from him as a child who had argued with his mother, unlike the other memories which made him angry at the thought of her, this one still seemed to convey some joy. Because in that memory, he and his mother had argued, with her telling her she wouldn't leave him alone before she said yes, Blair own words. But in the end the two had clarified and then embraced, that's how that memory ended. Back to reality, Red Hat walked over to Blair, knelt on one leg, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Blair, I will protect your secret, whatever the cost." Red Hat said giving her a warm smile.

"...! You mean it! Thank you so much Red Hat!" Blair thanked him with a flushed face. "I am so glad that you're my partner!"

Red Hat could only sigh at what awaited him now. "Anyway it's better if we leave here, I don't think Pharaoh is here anyway."

"Yes, let's get out of here, I'm tired of staying in this kind of house of horror." Blair agreed, as she took Red Hat hand and for this reason he blushed a little too, as they left the abandoned dorm.


Time 10:00

The couple had left the abandoned dorm. As it was getting late for class, Red Hat had suggested that she skip today's class, but Blair was against it, she hated skipping class, so she dragged Red Hat with her to class. The professor they had at the time didn't like their delay, Blair apologized for both of them, told them that Red Hat had helped him because he wasn't feeling well. The professor then decided to let them get away with it this time, but they shouldn't have to repeat their delays in the future. In the end, Red Hat reluctantly had to stay in class because she found it boring and would rather be on top of her bed sleeping, the only one who was happy to be in class was Blair.

Time 19:00

After class, the duo returned to the Slifer Red dorm, along with Jaden and his friends. After dinner Blair took Red Hat with her to the cliff near the dorm to talk, making sure it was just the two of them.

"So why are you pretending to be a boy?" Red Hat asked, wanting to know why Blair had lied about her gender and wondering what might make her do it.

"You know it's rude to ask a girl her secrets? Look I can't just tell you." Blair replied.

"Can I know why you do it? Since I'm your partner now may I know?"

"No! You don't need to know why! Nobody does, you got that." Blair answered angrily.

Red Hat was exasperated by her answers. "Well, then why don't we settle things with a duel?" He asked pulling two duel disk out of the backpack he had brought.

"A duel? How will that solve anything?" Blair asked.

"Because Jaden always tells me, cuz in a duel the truth always comes out. Besides, I want to see how you duel. After hearing that you got the maximum score on the entrance exam, I'm curious about what you can do." He laughed after giving him an answer that didn't seem in her character. "Who knows, maybe being with Jaden is changing me." He thought, laughing.

"Fine, but if I win, you keep quiet without me having to explain myself." Blair asked before they start.

"It is fine for me." Red Hat responded by activating its duel disk. "Let's begin."

"I'll show you that a girl is not to be taken lightly." Blair replied activating her duel disk.

DUEL

Red Hat: 8000 LP

Blair: 8000 LP

"Ladies first. I draw!" Blair said as she draws.

Hand 6

"Get ready... to fall in love. I summon Maiden in Love in attack position!" (Atk: 400 – Def: 300) On Blair's side of the field, a pretty girl had appeared, in a puffy yellow and white dress, with long, wavy, flowing brown hair. "With this I end my turn."

Hand 5

"Very well. Now it's my turn. I draw!" Red Hat draws.

"I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer. (Atk: 1800 – Def: 700) Kycoo attack Maiden in Love!" Kycoo charged and punched Maiden in Love, who fell to the ground as he appeared to be in pain from the blow he just received.

Blair: 8000 – 6600 LP

"You may have broken her heart, but she lives to love another day!" Blair said. "See, as long she stays in attack mode, her special ability keeps her from being destroyed."

"I bet that's not all, is it?" Red Hat asked sarcastically even though he knew the answer.

Blair smiled cheerfully at his question. "You guessed. See, Maiden in Love have another special ability too, any monsters that attack her get a Maiden counter." She explained as Maiden in Love threw to the monster of Red Hat a small heart that had sprouted in front of her.

"I set a card facedown and end my turn." Red Hat ends his turn.

Hand 4

"Well moving on." Blair hummed as she draws.

Hand 6

"All right, I attached the equip spell cards, Cupid Kiss to my Maiden!" A little cupid-like angel appeared next to Maiden in Love kissing them on the cheek, making her blush slightly. "And now, I'll have her attack your monster!" Maiden in Love ran slowly to the other side of the field. As she approached Kycoo, he moved at the last second, knocking her to the floor.

Blair: 6600 – 5200 LP

"Sorry man, but I forgot to tell you something. When Maiden in Love attacks a monster with a Maiden counter, the effect of Cupid's Kiss is activated, causing me to take control of your monster." She explained as Kycoo crossed over to Blair's side of the field.

"Do you know that this strategy is somewhat counterproductive?" Red Hat asked her.

"It's true that cost me some life points, but it's about to cost you a lot more." She replied. "And now, Kycoo, attack him directly!" Under Maiden's control, Kycoo attacked Red Hat directly.

Red Hat: 8000 – 6200 LP

"I set two cards face down and end my turn." Blair ends his turn.

Hand 3

"My turn, I draw!"

Hand 5

"So far none of the moves she's made have been impressive, but maybe she's just holding back, so maybe I should do the same thing to see what she does next, For now, I'll take the bait." thought Red Hat. "I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior. (Atk: 1600 – Def: 1000) When Breaker is normal sumoned he gets a spell a spell counter that increase his attack points of 300. (Atk: 1600 – 1900 – Def: 1000) Breaker attacks Kycoo." Breaker readied his sword to strike the Red Hat monster that was in the opponent's side of the field.

"Stop where you are! I activate a trap! Go Defense Maiden!" Blair interrupted by playing one of her cards face down. "I can only activate this card while there is a face up Maiden in Love on my side of the field. Now your attack instead going to Kycoo is directed to Maiden in Love." Blair explained while Maiden in Love got in front of Kycoo to shield with his own body for Breaker's attack.

Blair: 5200 – 3700 LP

"And as before, now Breaker also receives a Maiden counter." Blair reminded him. Meanwhile Maiden tossed Breaker a small heart as she had done before.

"I end my turn with a card facedown." Red Hat ends his turn.

Hand 3

"Before my turn comes, I activate the other face down card. The continuous trap Solemn Wishes. Now every time I draw a card, I gain 500 life points. "

"None of the cards he had left set before were great, I guess now I can stop holding back." Red Hat thought a little disappointed.

"Well, it's my turn again. I draw."

Hand 4

"Thanks to Solemn Wishes I recover 500 life points." Blair said as a healing green aura formed around her.

Blair: 3700 – 4200 LP

"Now I activate Pot of Greed and draws other two cards. And since I drew again, Solemn Wishes effect activates once again."

Blair: 4200 – 4700 LP

"I summon White Magician Pikeru in attack mode! (Atk: 1200 – Def: 0) Then I activate the equip spell card Happy Marriage on Maiden in Love! This card can only activated when on my field there is a monster that is owned by you, now Maiden get the attack points of that monster. So now Maiden in Love gains as many attack points as Kycoo. (Atk: 400 – 2200 – Def: 300)" Blair explained, while Maiden had a wedding dress as well as her attack points which increased. "Ahhh! Much better!" Blair said as she pulled off the bandana with the hat that was keeping her long hair hidden. "First, though, I use Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy the first face-down card you placed." Blair pointed as a strong gust of wind blew destroying the Red Hat card which revealed itself to be Magic Cylinder. "And without that card, I can now attack with Maiden in Love!"

"Sorry to spoil your party, Blair, but you forgot that he had another card face down, which I activate now! Go Mirror Force! Now all your monsters in attack mode are destroyed!" Maiden in Love attack went into a mirrored wall, which reflected Blair attack against all of her monsters which were destroyed.

"Oh no, blimey, it wasn't supposed to end like this. I end my turn." Blair ends her turn.

Hand 2

"Well, it's my turn. I draw!" Red Hat draws.

Hand 4

" I activate Graceful Charity, first I draw three cards then I discard two. (discards Magician of faith and Torrential Tribute) Now I Banish Kycco the Ghost Destroyer and Magician of faith to special summon Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning! (Atk: 3000 – Def: 2500) "

"It's not going to end well here at all." Blair stated.

"Black Luster Soldier and Breaker, attack Blair directly!" The two Red Hat monsters slashed Blair with their swords taking away all of her life points

Blair: 4700 – 2800 – 0 LP

Red Hat walked over to Blair, extending his hand. "Did you get hurt?"

"Yes... don't worry, I'm fine." Blair replied. "But what happened to you, at a certain point of the duel you looked like someone else." Blair asked him.

"Oh, that, don't take it badly, it's just that I was holding back with you from the beginning of the duel to see how you played, hearing those rumors about you." Red Hat answered simply.

"What!? How dare you treat me like this, you don't know it's really rude to lie to a girl." Blair replied angrily with her face slightly red, because she had lied to her.

"Come on, Blair, I told you I'm sorry." Red Hat apologized, since he was already fed up with this situation.

After a few seconds of silence Blair started talking again. "Ok, you're forgiven, after all I thank you that at least at the end of the duel you were serious with me, I don't think most people would have done that." She explained. "I guess I have to tell you my secret now." She added.

"No, Blair forget it, even if I won the duel there's no need for you to tell me your secrets if you don't want to." Red Hat told her, not to make her feel uncomfortable.

Blair shook her head. "Instead you deserve to know, not only because you won the duel, but also because I dragged you into this story."

"If you say so." Red Hat nodded and got straight to the point. "Why did you pretend to be a boy?"

"Well, is for..." At this point Blair began to stammer for a while. "The reason I came here is for Zane!" Blair admitted.

"Did you come all the way here to see Zane?" Red Hat was really confused now. "I don't understand, if you wanted to see him there was no need to sneak into his room?"

"I know what I did was wrong, and I thank you again for helping me." Blair thanked him again. "Well…it's not that kind of situation." Blair tried to explain as she blushed. "it's just… well, I'm in love with Zane!"

"In love!?" Red Hat didn't know what to make of this revelation.

"Yes, it's true!" Blair had a lovesick expression as she clasped her hands together. "We met at Nationals where Zane was declared the winner! He told me to get stronger, so I did! And I'm in love with him!"

"Never seen such a fan." Red Hat thought, not wanting to tell him these things so as not to offend her. "Well that's great, I guess?" He really didn't have the faintest idea of what to say to her. "I'm sorry, but if you want love advice, you're talking to the wrong person."

"Oh, that's okay! I already know all I need to known about love anyways!" Blair said.

"Well, that explains why you were in his room here. But why did you disguise yourself as a boy?" Red Hat asked her.

"I can't tell you that, I'm sorry."

"Don't worry, it's your choice whether you want to tell me or not." Red Hat consoled her.

"Please don't reveal this to anyone. I want to confess my love to Zane, but I need to prepare myself for that. In the meantime, please help me protect my identity."

Red Hat had his expression blank the entire time, that as she stared at him Blair worried, that he would reveal his secret. But seconds later, he repeated the same action he had done in the abandoned dorm, he got down on one knee at Blair height placing a hand on her shoulder and giving her a sweet smile. "I told you before, you remember. I will protect your secret." Red Hat stated once again.

Blair was bursting with joy at Red Hat answer who ended up hugging him for a few seconds.

Red Hat was completely paralyzed, because a hug with this affection was something he hadn't felt in a long time. He awoke from the paralysis when Blair moved away from him to talk to him. "Thanks Red Hat, thank you. Now we are in this together, partner."

"How about we go back to the dorm?"

"Yes, maybe we have to return." Blair replied.

Thus, the duo decided to return to the Slifer red dormitory.

Time 20:00

An hour had passed and Red Hat and Blair were in their room, also because they didn't want to worry anyone since it was night and it was getting late.

"Hey, Red Hat, can I ask you a question?" Blair asked as soon as she got out of the shower with her pajamas already on.

"Sure, ask." Red Hat replied as he worked on his deck on his desk.

"With your skills, you're better than most of the students, why don't you come with me and get promoted in the dorm, we'll both make it to the Obelisk blue. With the skills you have you should already be." She pointed out.

"No thanks, I'd rather stay at Slifer Red. Not only because most people there are self-centered and conceited, but they buy their position and think they are the best they believe they have the right to treat others badly." Red Hat replied.

"Actually, you're not entirely wrong." Blair agreed with him. "One of them threw his drink on me treating me like the garbage can." Blair explained, hearing this Red Hat got angry with them for treating her like that. "But I retaliated by paying them back with the same coin, I secretly poured a bucket of water on them and then I ran away." Hearing this story they both ended up laughing.

"Well, I usually go head to head with them to show them who they really are." Red Hat said.

"Well, as long as I'm staying at Slifer red, I'll keep an eye on you, just to keep you out of trouble. Jaden told me a little about you, so I'll give you a hand. After all, we're partners." Blair said before leaving to bed.

"Precisely because we are now partners I must be more careful to protect you." Red Hat thought before going to bed too.

Here is the chapter with Blair. I was eagerly waiting to make this chapter. What do you think? I used Tag Force 3 first episode of disguised Blair along with some part of episode 20 The Maiden In Love as well to let Red Hat know the secret of her identity. Except for the part where they were found in Zane's room in the Obelisk blue dorm. I know there was the duel against Chazz and Syrus, but I didn't include it because I had to fit it into the timeline of the series with Chazz gone. I intend to use other episodes of Blair in disguise and as a girl, but I will adapt them to be with Blair disguised. A clarification first, all the dialogues I've used up to now including this one, are taken from the series and from Tag Force. I intend to keep Blair longer than the show did, Although then I'll have to do like in the series and have Blair come home later I'll have her come back as we all know. That's all, let me know what you think in the comments.