Yubel honestly thought it was cute seeing the genie blush as she did at his comment. She couldnt help but giggle at the sight. Jaden glanced to his protector with a amused look then to Yugi again. They were on their merry way for the next duel be it from Yugi, Jaden or Joey. 

Managing to walk out the forest and into a nice clearing, Joey feels nothing but optimistic about an upcoming duel. He punches his own hand with a grin. "Okay, bring 'em on! I'm itchin' to duel and I'm takin' on the next player we see!" He suddenly jogged ahead to a cliff, seeing the ocean with the wind going through his long blonde hair, and blowing at his clothes as he felt the cool air. It was a nice air as the sun was shining bright. Within that time, Joey seemed to be reminiscing to the point he seemed almost unreachable for a moment or two. Yugi saw it and glanced to Shadow. 

"Y'know, I'm not so sure Joey's up to this." Tea pointed out as Jaden looked a little confused from the look he was making. "Yeah, there are tournament-level players here. But don't you think he's smart enough to realize..." Tristen said next as he drawled off to look at Joey who looked to his friends and waved to them, grandstanding. "Here I stand, the next Duel Monsters champion!" Wheeler announced. All groaned, Jaden and Yugi shook their heads. "He needs a reality check." Tea pointed out with a nod in agreement. Joey seemed to be back in his own little world, looking back to the sea as seagulls cry overhead against the shining white clouds, as Joey stands there lost in thought. As he's stood there, Yugi, Tristan, and Téa have caught up, and all of them are having a quiet moment. Jaden is the first to hear the noise, and points it out to the others. "Hey! Look over there!" 

The others look where he's looking, and see duel arenas where three of them are visible, spaced across the landscape and the tournament is in full swing.  "Duel Monsters stadiums! Look at 'em, they're all over!" Jaden bounces with excitement, Yubel just giggles at the scene before her of her young friend being excited about the simplest of things. Yugi was excited too but not as sky rocketed as Jaden was. He was amazed to see it. "You said it! Lots of dueling going on!"

Joey looked to the Dueling arenas to see them all and took a deep breath and seemed to have steeled himself. "Right! Im goin' in!" "You sure you wanna do this? If you lose, you give up your only star chip." Tristen warned, making sure his friend was completely ready for this. Joey's confidence evaporates, and he crouches into almost a futile position. "Gahhh...!" He whines, knowing he can't and that his friends were right. Yugi went over and rested a hand on his shoulder. "Don't panic. You can do this, Joey. You do know that, don't you?" Yugi asked, trying to give him confidence. Joey looked to his best friend with slight defeat. "I hope you're right, Yugi. This'll be my first official duel, and I can't afford to get knocked out at the start!" He told Yugi of whom walked in front of him and crouched to be as face to face with him as best as possible. "True, but not everyone here is a pro. I'm sure you can find someone on your level." Yugi assured. 
Joey seemed to feel a little better and smiled, looking at his cards. "An', I guess I should think about which field my cards're best suited for. They're mostly monsters and fighter-types. I guess that makes this meadow region my kinda turf!" Feeling more confident and willing to Duel. 
Jaden clapped a hand on his shoulder. "Atta boy!" "That's right, Joey. See? You know what you're doin'!" Yugi beamed. Just then they coud over hear.... "You lost crybaby, now give me your star chips!" The group looked around. Tea looked miffed. "A voice that [i][b]annoying[/b][/i] could only belong to...[b][i]Mai[/i][/b]!" 

Indeed, Mai is standing over by a meadow arena with a big 10 on the side, gloating over her victory. Her opponent is upset. "It's not fair, you cheated somehow! How could you know what your cards were when they were still facedown!" Her former opponent accused. Mai looked coolly at the kid. "I'm [b][i]psychic.[/i][/b] And you're," as she winks to the kid "done." The opponent walks away, crying into his sleeve. Mai laughs out loud then gasps, spotting Yugi's group. Jaden looks sad for the kid who dueled Mai then looked back to Mai. "Well. Look who's here!" She greets them. Joey looks at Mai's gauntlet with awe. "Wow. Mai's already won two more star chips." 

Mai's eyes glint, she has a nasty plan while she looks to Yugi. Then she turns fake-friendly. "Hey, Yugi! Are your duels going well?" She asks, its hard to tell if she is faking for she is pulling the friendly behavior like a pro. Tea is giving Mai the evil eye. Yugi answers with calm reserve. "I'm making progress." Mai makes her way as she picks up Yugi's gloved hand and looks at the stars. Tea glares even harder. "Take her!" 
Yugi looks suddenly confused and slightly panicked. "Huh?!"
"Knock her out of the contest and [b][i]off the island[/i][/b]!" Tea insists. Yugi doesn't really know what to do. He glances to Shadow for help. Mai smiles."Mmm! You know, I'm [b][i]definitely[/i][/b] in the mood for a duel right now! So get ready, because I choose to challenge... [b][i]you[/i][/b], Joey!" Mai suddenly was serious as she points to the tall blonde. He now looks a little panicked and flustered. "M-M-Me?!"
Mai nods. "Do you have the guts to accept?"