Pocah: I surrender.

With those, an audible moan and groan could be heard from the crowd. I leaned back in my chair in slight shock, Taka scoffed and bonnie remained glued to the TV.

Yubie: …. Are you Serious?

Yubie asked as she tilted her head in confusion.

Pocah: …. Do I look like the joking type to you?

Pocah LP: 0

Yubie: All that bluster about spirits, your village, -and you're just giving up just like that?

Pocah: …..

Pocah: You won't understand what i'm going to say but I'll say it anyway.

Pocah sighed.

Pocah: This tournament, the duels, the people I met were all a spiritual Journey for me. A way to connect to the spirits of my past…

Pocah: I was never in it for the money or the 'love of dueling'. I wanted enlightenment.

Pocah said while staring the sky, there was a sincereness to her words that I could tell came from the heart. Nonetheless, I could tell these words were lost on yubie.

Yubie: You are a coward. If you really wanted enlightenment, you would've seen this duel to the end.

Pocah: Hmph, I don't care what you think.

Pocah: Plus, didn't you say you wanted me to surrender?

Pocah scoffed back.

Yubie: T-That was just bluster!

Yubie said with hesitation in her voice and a slight blush on her face.

Announcer: -A-And with that! Pocah tequila has forfeited the match! Yubie Kattobin is the Winner!

The crowd cheered and clapped for the two.

Taka: Well, that certainly was an experience. Kind of ended anti-climatically, though.

Bonnie: Oh! That was a bummer! I wish they had dueled to the end!

Cael: Eh… I don't think Pocah could've. That surrender was a spiritual move in her head but it was also a logical one. There wasn't much she could do after yubie slayed her beast.

Taka: Add to that having to listen to yubie drone on for a couple more minutes and I would've surrendered too.

Taka said and I chuckled. I then looked back at the screen and saw Yubie and Pocah about to shake hands. It was tense as they did so, With yubie's piercing glare and pocah;s stoicism.

As they got closer, Pocah outreached her hand and yubie grasped it, However Yubie pulled her in close in a move similar to a chest bump then whispered something in her ear. I would later find out that she had told her she wanted to duel again and for her to become stronger.

Announcer: Well the empress of darkness has done it again folks! Can we give them another round of applause!

Another cheer came from the audience.

Announcer: Now onto our next match! Neville Cannigan vs Ohsaka Matsushiba!

Taka: Oh boy! The main event! Can't wait for this!

The stands agreed with taka as there were more cheers for the announcement of ohsaka's duel than yubie's. Speaking of which, both yubie and pocah had left the field by the time of this announcement. I guess they were both desperate to put this duel behind them.

Bonnie: Oh Miss Ohsaka is about to duel! Are you going to root for your girlfriend, Cael!

Cael: S-She's not my girlfriend!

I exclaimed.

Taka: Yeah, Cael is in a committed Relationship with Ali!

Bonnie: H-He is?

Cael: N-No I'm not!

I replied.

Cael: (I feel like I just got double teamed there…)

Announcer: Now then Let's get this show on the road!

Announcer: On the left we have the kid of forests! The wildlife protector, the animalistic 'gladiator' of the dueling arena! - Neville Cannigan!

I looked closer at my television. I saw a shadowy figure coming through the left entrance of the arena. They were walking slowly as if to keep up the suspense of their own appearance. Eventually after a couple seconds they came out of the tunnel entrance and into the light. I finally got a good look at neville.

Neville was a slightly eccentric looking fellow. He had light brown skin, Blue eyes, was average height and dark black hair. It was his clothing that was…. Interesting to say the least. He wore a purple fur hat, with fangs from some animals tagged on the sides of said hat. He wore a V-Neck made of fur that only covered his abs, Exposing his stomach to the world. As you can guess his pants and shoes were also made of fur and they wrapped around his waist feet snugly almost like a fur blanket. He also had a tail attached to his lower back right above his bottom, giving him even more of an animalistic look. All of this fur was purple by the way, Making me wonder… What was the exact animal used for this ensemble?

Announcer: Now on the right we have, The Mystery mistress. The champion of Aikao! Ohsaka Matsushiba!

Ohsaka came out of the entrance in a less dramatic way than neville. She looked like her usually self, chewing her gum, having a cold stare and wearing her signature clothes - Yellow jacket, black shirt and yellow skirt, nothing extragant like neville.

She blew a bubble from her gum and then glared at neville.

Announcer: Now then let's get that trash talk out of the way! Say anything you want before the duel begins!

Ohsaka: Hmph, I've studied you, you know.

Neville: I've done research on you too, Champion of Aikao. Interesting in a war-torn country, you chose to still pursue such a venture!

Ohsaka: Yeah, And?

She said, slightly annoyed.

Neville: Oh, I'm not Judging you! I admire you!~ The strive to follow your dreams even in those conditions is great!

Ohsaka: Hmph. I'm glad you think so. Looking at your previous duels, You believe in the philosophy of 'Natural dueling' Where you apply real world rules of science and nature to the art of dueling.

Neville: Yep, Science, Nature and dueling all go together. Applying the principles of these things to my dueling has gotten this far and it'll bring me victory here!

Neville exclaimed.

Ohsaka: Well if you've studied me, you'll know I like to get straight to the point.

Neville: Me too!

They both took out their duel disks, Ohsaka's was yellow and brown with a simplistic design, having just small square slots for her cards. Neville's was also simplistic, being purple with white edges and with slightly bigger card slots. Both of these designs seem to match their personalities pretty well.

With both of their duel disks out they both looked at each other. Each of them having a good grasp of the situation and wanting to show their ambition for this duel. In a way both befitting for them, they both said:

Ohsaka and Neville: Duel!