Katsuki was honestly surprised that the other Commander decided to stop her from walking away after hesitating for a moment that seemed to go on for a century. On top of that, the girl used the word 'overwhelming' to describe her. Overwhelming. She was used to hearing words such as creepy, robotic, emotionless and monster. However, no one had described her as 'overwhelming' before. Because of that single word, Katsuki started to become interested in the girl in front of her. [color=darkslategray]"Sure."[/color] She answered when the girl proposed going to a café. Wait... Talk about it? What was there to talk about? The only thing Katsuki wanted was battling, not talking about battling or about any of their lives. Although the café the girl chose was way too crowded, just as the library was. But if she only needed to stay there long enough to battle and win, it would be alright. That was what Katsuki thought, but then the girl started introducing herself. Why would she do that? It didn't matter at all. After one of them would win, they would disappear out of each other's lifes. That was what Katsuki hoped that would happen.

[color]"Katsuki is not interested in any of you. She just wants to fulfill her wish. Isn't that right, Katsuki? Katsuki?"[/color] Sunako said exactly what Katsuki was thinking. She really was the best friend Katsuki could wish for. She also was her only friend, which Katsuki was fine with. [color=darkslategray]"Sunako is right. I'm fine with waiting in silence."[/color] Katsuki confirmed. Then the girl, who carried the name Rui, finally said that she was going to leave Katsuki alone... if Katsuki would win their battle. Now, she had to absolutely win the battle. [color=darkslategray]"If I can get you to leave me alone by agreeing to the wager, then I'll agree to it."[/color] It wasn't a good idea to just walk up to any Commander close to her after all. This Rui seemed to be a pain. Although it was nice that for once, someone wasn't scared of her. [color=darkslategray]"We have a deal. I just want to win this battle and get it over with."[/color] Katsuki continued. 

At some point, they finally received their drinks. [color=black]"Katsuki! Katsuki! This means that we can start the battle, right? Right, Katsuki?"[/color] Sunako yelled enthusiastically. She started jumping inside of her card and throwing fists in front of her. [color=black]"We'll kill you two in an instant!"[/color] For the first time since meeting Rui, Katsuki forced a soft smile on her face. [color=darkslategray]"That's right, Sunako. We'll beat them easily."[/color] Katsuki said to Sunako in the same robotic voice, while staring at Rui. [color=darkslategray]"Let's open the battlefield."[/color] Katsuki said.[hr]Sora felt so happy that he had a friend like Natsuko by his side. She seemed to be happy for him from the bottom of her heart that his relationship with his sister started to become better. That's how it seemed for Sora. But then she started talking about battling and fear started to rise within Sora. [color=cornflowerblue]"Ow yeah! It must have a really calming effect that soon you will be done with Nexus and you won't have to worry about the consequences anymore. Although it must be quite scary as well."[/color] He said, forcing a smile on his face. She was acting weirder than normal. What did she have in mind? What did she want to tell him? He had absolutely no idea.

[color=cornflowerblue]"Wait... What? You want to battle me? But... we are friends. Why would you want to battle me? I mean... What if I would make you lose Nexus? I wouldn't be able to carry that guilt with me for the rest of my life! And you have a lot more experience with the game than me, so it's much more likely that you are going to beat me... and I am finally back in the safe zone of two coins again. If you beat me, I'll be out of that safe zone again. I don't know if I feel comfortable with that. Why can't we just battle strangers and win Nexus together? That will be good for both of us, wouldn't it?"[/color] Sora said, trying to get out of having to battle Natsuko. He put a hand on Natsuko's shoulder and pulled the girl closer to him for a hug. [color=cornflowerblue]"I'm scared of having to battle you, Natsuko. Because I don't think that I have enough experience to win against someone like you."[/color] He took a deep breath. No matter the reason, he didn't like having to refuse her. He didn't want to hurt her feelings. Should he say yes to the battle anyways?

[color=springgreen]"She thinks battling Sora will make her wish come true? It has something to do with Sora, doesn't it? For some reason, she HAS to battle Sora in order to get her wish fulfilled. Is it like that? If that's the case, then I have to warn Sora. He shouldn't battle her."[/color] Especially because Ema her reaction revealed that it wasn't a wish she would enjoy. So it couldn't have been a wish that Sora would enjoy either. He couldn't let her to that to Sora.