[u][b]Kei's Location[/b][/u]

[color=9C5F25]C'mon... wake up already!"[/color] Kei was still urging his unconscious opponent, but no matter how hard he tried, the big lug couldn't be shaken awake. He raised his thumb to his mouth and bit down on it lightly. [color=9C5F25]"This is bad... I'm going to need to need to call an ambulance,"[/color] Kei told himself. He took out his phone, dialed the emergency services and gave as detailed of an account as he could. They told him to stay put and watch the other person's condition in case it got worse, so Kei hadn't much of a reason to do otherwise. He rose to his feet again, knees still a little shaky and looked around the area.

There, he spotted it. A figure dashing behind a corner just as soon as Kei turned his head to look in their direction. [color=9C5F25]"...! Hey, wait a minute!"[/color] he tried to call for them, mustering up his strength to run after. When he'd made it to the area he saw the shadow from, though, nobody was there. Even if somebody had been, Kei wasn't sure he still had the strength to chase after them. Whoever the shadow was, though, had to wait; Kei felt his phone buzzing. Thinking it was the emergency services he quickly pulled it out again, only to find a text message from Aiya.

"I might be little late, someone collapsed at work after a duel. An ambulance had to be called. I'll be stuck answering questions for a bit. TTYL"
Kei's brow furrowed. [color=9C5F25]"me too"[/color] he quickly texted, then followed it up with [color=9C5F25]"some guy acting all weird. I won the duel and then he collapsed and i feel rly tired now"[/color]
Kei was about to pocket his phone, then changed his mind. He sent one more text: [color=9C5F25]"can we meet up tmr? I need 2 talk about this"[/color]

Kei walked back to the unconscious person and slumped up against a nearby wall. Duel Disk still on his arm, he fetched his favourite card from his graveyard. Putting it up towards the sky again, Kei mused to himself: [color=9C5F25]"Something weird's going on, Partner... and I have this really bad feeling about it."[/color][hr][b][u]Earlier...[/u][/b]

The regional champion, Shinrei, was talking over the phone as he walked the streets of Kaleido city. [color=CBCDCF]"Are you sure it's here?"[/color] he said. [color=CBCDCF]"There's nobody around."[/color]
[color=#ffffcc]"Very odd,"[/color] the voice on the other end said back. [color=#ffffcc]"The big guy should've been going back-and-forth in the same area for a few days now. They're simple in the head, from what I've gathered; it'd be strange for them to abandon their territory."[/color]
[color=CBCDCF]"Slipping out of winner's interview for this wasn't easy... you'd better not be wasting my time,"[/color] Shinrei growled and continued to patrol the area. When he passes by a side-street he briefly glances into it. There he saw a young boy shaking a large man on the ground. Shinrei narrowed his eyes as that wasn't all he saw. Blinking to make sure it wasn't a mirage, he could tell a faint outline of [i]something[/i] around the boy, while the man on the floor had nothing at all. Shinrei backed off for a bit, ready to duck out of sight at any moment as he continued to observe. Quietly into his phone, he said: [color=CBCDCF]"You said our target was a big, hulking man... not some frail kid out of grade school."[/color]

[color=#ffffcc]"What do you mean?"[/color] the voice on the other end said. [color=#ffffcc]"Your quarry should be- ...Ah. How odd... I don't know of any kids in [i]that[/i] condition..."[/color]
The boy had called an ambulance and started to take a look around, which Shinrei took as his cue to leave. He heard a voice calling out behind him, but ran much too quickly to be caught. Once safe, he focused on his phone call again. Shinei said: [color=CBCDCF]"I don't care who my opponent is. I'm not showing any mercy. Every last one of them will pay, including him."[/color]

After this declaration, Shinrei cut the call. The emergency services would be here soon, and from the looks of it, that boy was intent on waiting on them. He couldn't confront him now. But Shinrei knew what they looked like, so all he had to do was wait for his opportunity later. Criminals always returned to the scene of their crime... and that boy would be no exception.[hr][center][h1][b][u]Prologue:[/u] End[/b][/h1][/center]