[hider=OoC] The following is a collaboration between me and Ploxerdon. Mutual agreement go! [/hider] Fubuki turned her head as the man she had bumped into grabbed her arm. The stature of the man was a bit foreboding, but he seemed to have been pretty aggravated about her bumping into him. "A pack of cigarettes...?" she asked quietly as she silently tried to move away. No wait, this man was asking for a duel It was the perfect time to let her test her new deck. Silently switching out her normal deck for the test deck, Fubuki moved to accept before another person intervened in response. Something about everyone being in the tournament... So he was involved as well? "Yeah.. you heard me right, C-I-G-A-R-E-T-T-E-S. You know, the things you smoke? You just ruined my last one, so you gotta pay if you lose" Aono said mockingly to Fubuki, a sly smile on his face. "Me and this lady are going to have a duel... like it or not." he said, turning towards Alexander with an irritated look on his face. "Your beating can wait till the tournament..." he continued, signaling for Alexander to go away. "I know what a cigarette is." she said coolly, brushing the hair in front of her face aside. "I still refuse to buy cigarettes, seeing as how I'm a minor and all. I will, however, take you up on that duel." Activating her Duel Disk, Fubuki moved into an open area nearby. "Since I seem to have done you wrong here, you should have the first move." "Oh.. in that case I could perhaps smoke one of your cards after smoking you?" Aono asked mockingly with the same sly smile as before, drawing his cards from his deck. "Normally I would say ladies first, but you damaged my property, so I will go first then." He said with a more serious tone, as he drew another card from his deck. "The name is Aono by the way. Aono Kyra." He calmly stated, as he placed a monster card face-down. "Lets see how you can dance!" He shouted out with a relaxed voice, trying to make the duel less awkward. "Erm... Alright. My turn. Draw." Fubuki said, taking a card from her deck and glancing at her hand. "I summon Kuribandit in attack mode." she stated, playing the card. A little Kuriboh with a headband and an eyepatch materialized on the field in front of her. "Well isn't that a cute little critter." He mockingly said, looking at the Kuribandit in front of him. "Kuribandit. Attack the facedown card." she continued, ignoring Aono's remarks. "Sorry my lady, you will regret that!" He claimed, as his card flipped over, making a mysterious warrior appear. "Meet D.D. Warrior. She will drag your cute little Kuribandit into the void!" He said with a sly smile on his face as both cards disappeared. "If you surrender now, a kiss on my cheek will be enough." he said, testing the will of his opponent Fubuki sighed and shook her head. She messed up- she should've just left Kuribandit to let her activate it's effect. Oh well. Setting two cards from her hand face down, she motioned for her opponent to continue. "Well then.. My turn, Draw... Uhm... Alright..." he said, looking at his newly drawn card, thinking for a while. "I'll guess I will just do this then." he said calmly as he placed another monster card face-down. "Hereby I end my turn.. Lady... Lady... You haven't introduced yourself yet, what is your name?" Aono asked with a gentle voice while ending his turn. "Fubuki. Fubuki Motorei." Fubuki responded, drawing a card from her deck. "Alright Fubuki.. Nice to meet you. Lets see what you got." Aono stated in turn. "I summon Raiden in attack mode." she said, playing the card from her hand as the monster materialized on the field. "I activate Raiden's effect. I'll mill two cards from my deck, and if there are any Lightsworn monsters among them Raiden gains 200 point in attack." "Ah, I see.. you are playing Lightsworn then... I have beaten a lot of those guys, it gets a bit tedious after a while." Aono said mockingly. Fubuki silently sent two cards from her deck to the Graveyard. A Patrulea and... Reasoning. Darn. "I'll attack your facedown card with Raiden, then." she said, a small smile on her lips as she directed the monster to attack Aono's facedown card. "It seems you fell for my trap again... This time you used your effect first... Nice move." He said, as he revealed his face-down, D.D. Assailant. A mysterious looking lady appeared with a big sword in her hand, dragging both herself and Raiden into the void, as both cards got banished. "That's a pity, now you can't use him for the summoning of your Judgment Dragon." he laughed. "You didn't see the Patrulea...?" she asked herself before motioning back to Aono. "Alright then Miss Fubuki... Let's see you handle this!" Aono shouted as he drew another card. "It's time for the true power of the Goblin Black Ops!" he claimed, playing Goblin Black Ops in Attack Position. The same sly smile appears on Aono's face again, as he points towards Fubuki, making Goblin Black Ops charging Fubuki. Fubuki winced as the goblins all mobbed her, smacking her once before returning to their original position. "Well, you are lucky, as my Goblin Black Ops gets switched to defense mode, making him vulnerable." he smiled as his Goblin Black Ops switched to defense mode. "After I take you out, Perhaps I could... Take you out for a date?" he asked with a mysterious tone in his voice, not making it clear if he is actually serious or if he is just joking, as he makes the signal with his hand ending his turn. "No thanks." Fubuki smiled, a cold chill emanating from her face as she drew her card. Well, this could work. "I activate the effect of Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos. By sending it and one Fire monster to the grave, I can destroy one card on the field." she explained, sending it and her newly-drawn Infernoid Piaty to the graveyard. "And my target? Your Goblin Black Ops." A giant pillar of flames immediately engulfed the monster, incinerating it into nothingness. "Not my poor Goblin Black Ops! You shall be missed, young goblins!" he said with a dissapointed look on his face. "That's all for me. I end my turn." she stated, motioning for Aono to continue. "About the date... I was just kidding. Unless you want to give it a go, I guess. I wouldn't mind getting to know such an interesting person." he said with a charming smile as he drew another card. "No response." Fubuki said, glaring at him for his lecherous speech patterns. Aono started to smile as he placed another monster in Attack Position. "Meet Mataza the Zapper. This baddy won't attack you once, but twice!" he stated as he started to laugh. "No thanks. I activate my facedown card, Breakthrough Skill!" Fubuki responded. "I'll negate the effect of Mataza, thank you very much." "Aww come on... couldn't you at least let me have fun for once?" He complained, as he forced his Mataza to attack the opponent. Fubuki winced as Mataza's blade sliced through her, lowering her Life Points even further. He was still at 8000 and she at... 5400? "Well... You know, you don't have to answer right now. You will have enough time to think about a potential time the coming weeks." he said with the same old smile back on his face. "Well it's your turn again... Play your cards wisely, or else you will end up losing this turn!" he boasted, as he started to laugh, ending his turn. "My turn. Draw." Fubuki said, a grin forming on her face. "Funny you should say that, actually..." "Oh... You are finally going to attack me this turn?" Aono said jokingly. "Probably, yes. I activate Reasoning! I assume you know the effect, so call your number." "Of course I do.. I've battled so many of those copy and paste Lightsworn decks- I know most of your monsters are Level 4... so I declare Level 4!" He shouted, hoping that Fubuki would get a Level 4 soon. Fubuki smiled as she began to mill cards from the top of her deck. Infernoid, Infernoid, Monster Gate, more Infernoids... "That was like... 10 cards so far... I guess you ran out of luck?" he asked, flashing that same sly smile again. And then a Kuribandit. Funny she should run into it again. "I'll Special Summon Kuribandit in Attack Mode, since it was different from the level of the Monster you called." Fubuki stated before continuing. "Well... at least you have some luck there... After milling all those monsters... Wait a second, those aren't Lightsworns?!" Aono exclaimed, noticing that he wasn't actually facing Lightsworns at all. "I activate the effect of Infernoid Piaty. By banishing two Infernoid monsters from my hand or Graveyard, I can Special Summon it to my side of the field." Fubuki said, banishing Infernoid Patrulea and Infernoid Antra from her Graveyard. "I shall also activate the effect of Infernoid Attondel, which lets me Special Summon it from the Graveyard by the same effect. Last but not least, I'll Special Summon Blaster from the grave by banishing another two Fire monsters from the Graveyard. Luckily, all Infernoids are Fire, so that isn't much of a problem." she stated, banishing two more Patrulea, a Harmadik and Piaty to summon both of those monsters onto her side of the field. "Battle Phase. I attack your Mataza with Attondel. Response?" Aono stared at Fubuki in disbelief, his mouth agape as he shook his head no. Smirking, Fubuki's eyes flashed light blue for a split second before she continued on. "Nothing? Alright, I activate the effect of Infernoid Attondel. If it destroys a monster by battle, it can attack once again during this Battle Phase. I attack with Attondel, then Piaty, then Blaster. Game set and match. Good try, though." Fubuki smiled as she returned all of her cards back to her Deck. Aono stood there silently for about a minute, processing what just happened, before he began to talk again. "Well, Miss Fubuki.. It was a honor to duel you. I hope to see you see again. I don't know if it will be in the Palace, the tournament itself or a date.. You never know what happens." He said, before winking at Fubuki, returning to his sly smile, as he walked away entered the limousine he was supposed to sit it, still surprised by that combo of Fubuki's. Fubuki sighed and shook her head. Too close. Definitely too close. If she hadn't drawn into Reasoning, that Duel could've gone sour really quickly. Returning her Duel Disk to it's default position, Fubuki turned and noticed a boy asking for a location. "Erm... We're in Regno Ricco... In America..." she said warily before bowing her head. "Excuse me." Fubuki followed before moving into a limousine, making sure not to pick the one that strange Aono fellow had entered earlier. ---- Joseph smiled as another person entered the limousine he was sitting in, waving to him as he took a seat nearby. A male. Phew. He could be a bit more relaxed around other guys. Though, he seemed to ba Japanese in origin. Interesting. "Hey, nice to meet you. Name's Joseph. Joseph Marshall." he said, taking the initiative and extending his free hand towards the guy. "Given that you're here, I expect we'll be seeing a lot of each other for a while."