[color=#ffbae8]"Hey, what are you getting all flustered for? Has my baby brother never had a girl cling to his arm before~?"[/color] Rui teased Sora when she saw how bashful he was being. She also said something along the lines of [color=#ffbae8]"C'mon, don't think I haven't noticed you spending time with... that..."[/color] but had trouble remembering who the person he'd spent time with actually [i]was[/i]. It's not just the name; her face, her status, it's all gone. There was just a gaping hole of Rui being aware there was [i]something[/i] there, but being locked out of accessing it.

Before the situation got any more awkward, or rather, to make things even more so, a small child approached the sibling duo. She recognized both Rui and Sora as commanders, but Sora was quick to shoot her down. [color=cornflowerblue]"Yeah, we both are Sakura. But I am not exactly in the mood to battle. I am spending time with my big sister here."[/color] he said. 

[color=#ffbae8]"What are you saying, Sora?"[/color] Rui chastised him. [color=#ffbae8]"This is the perfect chance! We practiced, didn't we?"[/color] she continued. Sora still seemed hesitant.

[color=cornflowerblue]"Yeah, I know this could save me, but I don't want... I couldn't... Not with such a young child."[/color]
[color=#ffbae8]"She's a commander, just like us! It doesn't matter how old she is. C'mon, Sora! You can do this!"[/color] she tried convincing him. Rui didn't seem all too concerned, unlike her brother. She'd step in and take the challenge herself, but Rui was worried about him. He needed to get a win, to buy himself some time. Rui was strong; she could find and defeat opponents by herself... but Sora needed every edge he could get. Eventually, Sora was convinced by both her and Sakura. The three of them moved to a less crowded, more remote location and Sora opened the battlefield with his opponent.

The child- Sakura- was clumsy. She didn't know too well what her cards did and often played them in the wrong order. Sora, while not the most experienced himself, had a basic idea of what his deck wanted to do thanks to practicing with his sister. He made sure to protect his life cards, slowly build up an advantage and never leave himself in a position to lose. A more experienced player could've exploited the holes he still left in his strategies, but Sakura was much too fresh to recognize and take advantage of them. Soon enough, it was Sora's victory, his previously blackened coin returning to its golden luster.

[color=#ffbae8]"You did it!"[/color] Rui happily exclaimed, hugging her brother after his victory. He didn't seem nearly as happy as her, though. Sorra wrangled himself loose from Rui's grip and walked over to the child, crouching down to meet her at her height. He tried to console the small child, though the Avatar, Blaze, actually did the most of the work by saying:

[color=crimson]"It's alright. Come on, Sakura. You're going to win the next battle for sure! And this battle was good training, right? Let's train some more on our own before the next battle."[/color] Sakura seemed to cheer up pretty quickly after that. She thanked Sora and gave him a respectful bow. Rui clasped Sora's hand with both of hers.

[color=#ffbae8]"See? She'll be fine. You shouldn't worry about her so much,"[/color] Rui said, trying to be comforting even though her words were cold. [color=#ffbae8]"Wolf must be exhausted... so let's not worry about battles anymore today, okay? Let's just enjoy the rest of our day!"[/color] she cheerily said, trying to lift Sora's spirits. In the process, Rui ignored the little girl there with them. She didn't seem to care much about her, whether intentionally or not... it was hard to get a read on her like she was now, with her attention so squared on Sora.

[color=#FFF83B]"You're being scary again, Nee-chan..."[/color] Lumia muttered to herself, unbeknownst to her commander.