A,N: Well here is the next chapter. It is one of the long ones. But hope you like it anyway. Some of the cards in the duel, is something my friend RobertDimascio helped with. So don't want to take the credit for all the self-made card in this duel. But I do wonder if you realize who the twin wolfs who is used in this duel is a reference to. 😊

Zaira's p.o.v.

I ran and I ran. Yuma was right behind me by some inches, but sadly Bronk, who was on his skateboard by the way and I found that hardly fair, was in front of both of us.

"I am not losing this race" Yuma proclaimed. I snort at that. Bronk did as well.

"Really? But losing is what you do best Yuma" Bronk said and grinned.

"Aren't you forgetting something" I sneered "I am in this race too". Bronk grinned.

"Oh yeah that is true Zaira, but like always you get second place, just before I win it again" Bronk bragged. I sneered and tried to run even faster.

"We will see about that" I yelled and were some inches in front of Bronk now. However then we arrived at a staircase and Bronk jumped up on the railing and had smooth sailing from there. Yuma and I had to rush down the stairs.

"Ahr, why do I always agree that he can use his skateboard" Yuma complained.

"You proclaimed you could run faster than it remember?!" I sneered and tried catching up to Bronk. "Now less talking and more running".

However sadly none of us catches up to Bronk, because of a sudden cat who appeared at the end of the staircase. I quickly managed to jump over it, but Yuma on the other hand was not so lucky. He tripped, which caused him to bump into me and we both fell to the ground.

"Look on the bright side, you two are on first place for losing" Bronk yelled at us and left towards school. Yuma sneered angrily.

"Hmm next time" he said annoyed. I was also annoyed, but for different reasons.

"Yuma" I said in a sweet voice. The boy looked down at me.

"Yeah what is it Zai?" he replied. I sneered angrily

"Move your lazy corpus from my back!" I yelled and Yuma finally realized that he was lying on top of my back and that I had hit the ground pretty hard here. He got quickly off and was holding a hand towards me. He was grinning a little.

"This resembled our first meeting Zaira" He then said and helped me up "Times flies hu?". I grinned a little.

"Yeah it sure does. At that time I was this thief and had a cold icy personality" I replied. Yuma grinned and hit me a little on the back.

"Yep and now you have a mix. A ice queen with wolf temper" he replied.

"I shall show you temper" I sneered and was about to grab him, when another voice interrupted me. It was coming from the top of the stairs.

"Ahr out of my way, can't stop, can't slow down" and Yuma and I only managed to look up, before a boy, who apparently was rushing down the stairs, slammed into us and we all three went flying through the air.

I got slammed to the ground again and was lying on my stomach. Seconds later Yuma and this new guy both landed on top of me, which kicked all air out of me.

"Why in the world can't I be on top for once!" I yelled angrily after I could breathe again.

Yuma apparently heard me and tried getting this kid of us. A minute later we were all three sitting on the ground. I was gasping a little for more air, while Yuma was yelling at this new guy who ran us over.

"Hey watch it there pal!". This new kid was looking down at the ground and was scratching his hair. He grinned sheepishly.

"Um sorry about that" he said and looked up at us.

I sneered in an angry tone. He could say a million of apologizes and I wouldn't care. Didn't people know by now that run me down would have serious consequences. Yuma looked even worried at me. I was about to get up and grab this kid, whoever he was, and properly knock some senses into him. However, before I could and did, I was staring into these two purple eyes. They were sparkling and I just couldn't do anything but stare into that purple gaze. It was like I was lost in them, and it looked like the boy was lost in gaze as well. We were apparently both lost in the moment. Like nothing mattered anymore. Then I got hit by reality pretty hard.

"ZAIRA!" yelled Yuma like hell. I had a feeling I went deaf. "And also you new kid. Stop staring at each other. It creeps me out".

I shook my head a little. The boy on the other hand got quickly up and was now pointing at me.

"Wah!" he yelled shocked and then continued in a more normal voice "You are.. You are.. Zaira asta Wroom right? One of the 4. best duelist in the WDC. It is such an honor".

He was suddenly shaking my hand a lot. I looked puzzled at the boy. He looked like a normal first year student. He was dressed in a school uniform similar to Yuma, while wearing blue jeans and had a sand colored school bag strobed to his one shoulder. He was having carrot orange hair who was spiked up a bit. My eyes narrowed. He looked so familiar for some reason. There was something with the way he looked. I was sure I had seen it somewhere before.

"Yuma Tsukumo!" he then yelled and made me go out of my trance. He was looking at Yuma now. "The one and only duel carnival champion. I have dreamed of this day". He took Yuma's hand now and shook it like hell too.

"I am Ray and I am a big, big fan of both of you" he continued. Yuma smiled awkwardly. He was apparently not used to have fans. I only snort at him.

"Mistress, you will be late for school" I could hear Cy suddenly say inside my head. I nodded a little and grabbed Yuma.

"It was nice meeting you.. Ray or whatever, but Yuma and I are late for class" I replied coldly. We began leaving, or more like I dragged Yuma.

"I can never tolerate my two idols to arrive late for class" this Ray guy suddenly yelled and grabbed both mine and Yuma's hands. "We just have to go the Ray way to school!".

And before we could do anything, like refuse, he rushed away with us.

Time skip.

Okay I was not fond of 'the Ray way'. I was not fond off it at all. These shut cuts as Ray called it, was just filled with danger. I was amazed that we survived at all. First we took a shut cut over some roof tops. I survived being former thief and all. Yuma was not so lucky. He was floating, almost dragged, by Ray at that point. Then we went through a restaurant's kitchen. My hair got hit by liquor and was almost about to get burned off. Yuma got his mouth filled with food. Lucky him. Then we went through the server, and junkyard, and a garden with angry dogs. Well I could go on. When we finally arrived at the school, we were both beat. Yuma had actually passed out. I think it was because he was almost drowning in the sewers. Ray finally let go of both of us and opened the door to the classroom. I was too tired to realize where we actually were at that time.

"And now to introduce to you. The best things that had ever happened to your school" began Ray yelling out loud and clear. I sneered inside. Okay so sneaking inside the classroom was no longer possible. Grr! Ray suddenly grabbed both me and Yuma again. Yuma was still out of it. He was really dizzy. Everyone was looking at us. "Zaira Wroom, placed Nb 4 in the duel carnival, and the champ Yuma Tsukumo!".

I finally noticed where we were. Tori, Bronk and the rest of Yuma's classmates, was looking at us. Mr. Kay was teaching apparently.

"And who in the world are you?" Mr. Kay asked Ray. The boy smiled happily.

"Oh sorry I forgot to introduce myself. I am Ray. Ray Shadows, and this is actually my first day, so I was sure to be on time" Ray explained. Mr. Kay facepalmed.

"Well if on time means 20 minutes late" he then said and sighed. Ray didn't look so good. He smiled awkwardly.

"Um Ray" I said a little irritated and was trying to keep myself from going all violent on that kid. I was not gonna beat people up. At least not in front of the teachers. "This is not my classroom. I am a second year student. I am wearing a green uniform. You, a red one. So if you will excuse me..".

I was about to leave when Ray had grabbed my hand and looked pretty determined.

"Well then I have to bring you there then" He said quickly "As your b.. biggest fan, I can't let my idol down".

Before I could do or say anything, Again, he rushed off with me. I did notice that Yuma was left in Tori's arms and that all students were looking after us, as Ray rushed down the hallways with me, towards my classroom. Again 'The Ray way'.

I survived! At least I was not dragged through anything, like a kitchen or a junkyard this time. Ray rushed through the hallways and I was quick to tell him 'Not this way' so we arrived at the classroom 5 minutes later. However all the students we meet on the way was slammed down, literally! I hope they were all okay. Like last time Ray opened the classroom, and made my introduction, before I could stop him. I sighed deeply inside and hoped this was a day Shark had decided to skip school. However when Ray grabbed me and showed me in front of the whole class, I noticed Shark some seats away. I sighed again. Shark would properly make fun of this for a long time. When Ray finally was finished, he waved at me and said he would come get me at lunch. I was like "Grr!" inside. I had the urge to beat him up right here. He was just so.. so hyper! A hyper goofball, which I think I will call him from now on. I hoped that would irritate him as much as he did me. It also didn't help that the teacher in our class was Miss Sayuri Sakaki. She just hated that people were late. I got a week's detention. Figures. At least I figured both Yuma and Ray properly had as well. I snort and walked over to my seat beside Shark. He was having that smirk on his face.

"You look beat, who was that weird kid just now?" He questioned and took my hand. At least he was worried and not laughing at me. I sighed.

"Yuma and my new fan" I replied and snort "He is a hyper goofball, and don't ask what happened okay. I look like hell". Shark chuckled and nodded. No sweat boyfriend, who lies and says 'No you don't' I sighed. Damn you Shark.

"You really look like hell" He then said and smirked "But you know I don't care about that. I love you anyway". I looked surprised up at him. Okay, Shark won that point. I smiled. I forgot his honesty has some sweet points as well.

"I love you too" I said "Pray that you never take the Ray way to school".

Shark looked really puzzled at me, but I didn't want to explain myself. I placed my head at the table. I was just so damn tired.

Yuma's p.o.v.

"Ahr thanks to that new kid Ray, I got a week of detention" Yuma complained in an angry tone and ate some of his rice balls "Only good news is that Zaira properly have as well. What is with that guy though? He is just so friendly".

Yuma and his usual group of friends was sitting at the school's roof and was eating lunch together. They could look down at the school's tennis course actually. Tori smiled.

"Ray is your fan, you can't blame him Yuma, he wants to be your friend" She explained. That only made Yuma more angry.

"Well who said I want to be his" he sneered back.

"Yuma, there you are" said a voice suddenly and he took a deep breath for not losing self-control.

This new kid Ray had once again appeared, and Yuma really wished he would go away, so he could enjoy his lunch in peace. Ray smiled happily beside him. Yuma just ignored him. However he did notice that Ray looked around on the group.

"Oh I have forgotten to introduce myself" He said and bowed "My name is Ray shadows. I am the new transfer student. You must all be Yuma's friends. It is an honor to meet you". He shook their hands. Yuma snort a little.

"You didn't have to do that, you already introduced yourself at the classroom" he mused a little angry. Tori sent him a angry look.

"Yuma be nice" she sneered at him. Yuma looked really offended.

"I am being nice" He replied "He just don't need to repeat himself". Ray ignored that and looked around at the little group, with a big smile.

"Um hold up, the champ is here, but where is Zaira? I though you all hanged out" He questioned. Tori smiled an awkward smile.

"Well Zaira does whatever she wants. Sometimes she hangs out with us, sometimes not" she replied. Yuma snort a little.

"Yeah and since she is not with us, I figured she is with her boyfriend, somewhere" Yuma said and stuffed his face even more. Ray looked really puzzled at them.

"Boyfriend?" He questioned "I didn't know that the fourth best duelist had a lover".

"Yeah well she does" Yuma replied coldly "My friend Shark. He is a second year student. Just like Zaira. They have be together since after the carnival".

"Oh I see" Ray said happily "Then I will go out and find her".

"Ah wait Ray" yelled Tori at him, but he was already gone. Tori looked angry at Yuma "Yuma you could at least stop him". Yuma just snort.

"Why? I wanted him to leave" he said confused. The others sighed.

"You know full well what happens to someone who interrupts Zaira and Shark's date Yuma" Caswell began and Flip continued "Yeah remember the last guy who did that. He got beaten up like hell". Yuma frowned a little.

"Wait that guy was me" He said in an angry tone. Bronk grinned a little.

"Yep and that is our point" He said "Everyone from school knows that you shall never disturb these two when they are together after that. I just hope Ray is gonna be okay".

Yuma mumbled something about that he didn't care. Then they could hear sound of yelling and screaming. Yuma looked down from the edge of the roof. At the court was a good looking guy standing and he was surrounded by girls.

"Who is that?" Yuma questioned.

"Are you serious?" Bronk replied and looked at him "That is only the pro duelist Devon Knox". Yuma looked at the hotshot. He was a pro?

"That is right, he is teaching a special dueling class today" Caswell added.

"If you take it, you will get to duel Devon" Tori also added. Yuma smiled.

"Oh that is pretty sweet deal" He proclaimed "Dueling a pro. That would be an insane duel. Imagine me beating a pro". In that moment the key flashed and Astral showed.

"Yes, keep dreaming" he replied.

Zaira's p.o.v.

Around the same time.

"I didn't know you could cook" Shark said and eyed my lunch box in front of him.

I chuckled a little by that. I had decided to make my own lunch box some days ago. After all Shark could cook surprisingly good. I found out one of these nights we had been out dating, and we both didn't want to spend money on a fancy dinner. Shark had invited me home, saying he would make dinner then. I was really surprised by that sentence, but well figured he had to learn to make food for himself, since he lives by himself. I wondered if he ever cooked for Rio? Before she was hospitalized. After that I decided also to learn that skill. I got Tori and grandma to help me. They said I was a hopeless case, but in the end I at least ended up making a decent lunch. (with a lot of help of course) There were rice, some dumplings and some veggies.

"Well grandma taught me" I began and turned a little red "You shall not be the only one providing food here".

Shark hummed a little at that. He looked at his own box. Rice, pieces of chicken and lettuce was shown. We were sitting at one of our secret spots at school. Or secret spot, everyone at school knew it, but because of Shark and my reputation, no one dared to disturb us when they knew we were here. We were sitting on a bench surrounded by bushes, and a tree in the horizon. I eyed him a little.

"What about.. we share lunch?" Shark then asked "I wouldn't mind a taste".

"Really?" I said a little stunned "But I haven't tasted it myself and maybe it is terrible or too spicy and you might..". Shark interrupted me by putting a piece of chicken in my mouth with his chopsticks.

"You talk too much" He replied and smirked "Now eat, we only have this lunch break, and seeing you faint is not something I want to see". I swallowed the food and glared at him. Shark just ignored my glare.

"You are so gonna get it for that" I replied. Shark grinned and opened his mouth.

"Fine fire away. I am pretty hungry" he said. I rolled with my eyes and put a sticky piece of rice in his mouth. Shark was thoughtful for a moment before swallowing.

"Not bad. A little salty, but not too bad" he then said "I like it". I couldn't stop smiling. I took some myself.

"Yeah you right, salty, but eatable" I replied. Shark hummed.

"You don't believe me?" He questioned and grinned. He took my hand "But mind feeding me a dumpling?".

I rolled my eyes and gave him what he wanted. In return he feed me as well. It was actually pretty sweet moment. Eating together. Seeing Shark smile every time he feed me, while looking into his blue eyes. It was rather romantic. I just felt so happy right now.

"Hey Zaira chan, what are you doing?" said a voice suddenly and I spit out the rice corns I had in my mouth.

Some hit Shark in the hair. However right now I think he didn't care. I had just placed some rice in his mouth as well, and now he was choking like hell. I turned angry around towards the boy who had popped out from bushes suddenly. Ray! Ray shadow! The carrot haired boy waved at me.

"What are you doing here?!" I sneered and grabbed him around the collar and pulled him out of the bush. Ray looked a little surprised at me.

"Um well I wanted to see you and hang out" he said in a worried tone. Oh I was so gonna give him something to worry about. I dropped him to the ground.

"Does it look like I want to hang out?" I sneered and cracked my knuckles.

"Now that you mention it" Ray said and rubbed his hair a little and smiled sheepishly "Is this a bad time? I can come back later". I sneered coldly.

"No, not at all, you just jumped in and destroyed my date" I replied coldly "For that I am pretty grateful". Ray backed a little away.

"Um I can sense a lot of tension here. Maybe it would be best if I left" He said.

"Hold it!" I said and grabbed him again "I can't let you leave. Not before I have shown my gratitude for choking my boyfriend. Hope you like black and blue. You will be wearing it for a while".

Then I kind of beat him up. A little while later I returned to Shark. He was drinking a lot of water, but he was not choking any longer.

"Come let's find another place to be at" I replied and packed my lunch away.

"Hmm fine by me. Did you beat him up to much?" He questioned and took my hand.

"No, he can walk" I said and grinned "But I think he got the message. Never disturb my date and that fan boys shall watch me from afar". Shark chuckled.

"I love you" he proclaimed and kissed my cheek "My fierce wolf".

"And my fierce Shark" I proclaimed and hugged him. In the background was Ray lying on the ground, groaning in pain, but still smiling happily.

"She is Zaira alright. That's how it goes when you take the Ray way".

Normal p.o.v.

Time skip.

Yuma and his friends were inside the gym and were dueling Devon Knox. Or Yuma's friends were dueling him. Yuma was sitting at the side line while Bronk and 4 other duelists were dueling as a team against him. Yuma looked grumpy at the duel.

"That is no fair. Why don't I get to duel Devon?" He complained. Tori snort at him.

"You forgot to sign up for his class remember" Tori reminded him.

Yuma sighed. Devon used a combo with his monster "Benkei" and in the end he defeated all 5 students in the same turn. The pro smiled and even though they lost, they would still get autograph pictures of him. Every girl, who were watching went crazy and wanted an autograph. Devon smiled and said he would sign them later. He wanted some lunch first. Then he left. Yuma looked after Devon. He really cared about his fans.

"Getting to duel a pro much be awesome" Yuma then said out loud.

"Yes, it would be quite the opportunity indeed" Astral pointed out. Yuma sneered.

"Right, I can't let this chance slip away from me. I got to find a way to duel him" Yuma yelled determined. However he was not fully sure how.

"Your wish is my command" yelled a voice suddenly and an orange haired boy was looking at him from the tribune. Yuma's eyes narrowed. It took some time for him to realize it was Ray. Mostly because of the giant blue eye and bloody nose who was stuffed with paper. He was holding a bag of ice at his eye, but were still smiling.

"I couldn't help overhearing you wanna duel Devon Knox" Ray continued.

"Um Ray what happened to your face?" Yuma questioned. Ray just shrugged.

"Well um Zaira didn't want to be disturbed on her date" he replied. Tori looked in horror. Yuma was not so sure what to say. Zaira had clearly gone easy on him. Yuma had seen her beat up people and they were in a lot worse condition than Ray here.

"Well Zaira hates getting interrupted on that" Yuma then said "Now you properly don't want to stay Zaira's fan eh? Or mine". Yuma were hopeful on that last part.

"Are you kidding?" Ray yelled up happily "She is awesome. She is that epic, fierce wolf duelists from the WDC. If she didn't go all wolf like on me, she wouldn't be Zaira, one of the idols I idolize. Zaira literally gave me her autograph in my face. I couldn't be more happy. However no more talk, I need to get Devon Knox to duel you Yuma, the champ. Just leave it to me and the Ray way".

Then he rushed away. People quickly moved out of the way. Ray with his stuffed nose and ice back was properly not a beautiful sight to be seen. Yuma eyes widened.

"Oh but the Ray way can only mean one thing. Big trouble" he replied.

"Hmm" hummed Bronk then suddenly "He is something alright. I never heard one of Zaira's fans that wants to get beaten up by Zaira. She is gonna have a hard time getting rid of this one". Tori chuckled by that.

"No kidding" she replied and grinned.

In the meantime inside the gym's locker room, was Devon standing. He was on his way over to his sports bag, to get some lunch and something to drink. There he sadly encountered Girag, who brainwashed him with the "Barian's force" card. He should now duel Yuma Tsukumo and his wolf girl protector. All in the name of Barian world.

Zaira's p.o.v.

Time skip.

I was standing around on the school grounds doing nothing important. I just had finished my first day of detention, and was waiting for Yuma and the others. Shark, my boyfriend had gone home for the day, even though he had suggested to wait for me after detention, but I had refused. I knew Shark wanted to go see his sister Rio at the hospital. I didn't want him to wait on me for that reason. We agreed on talking over the phone later that evening though. I sighed annoyed. What took Yuma so long? Hurry up already. I want to go home! I tapped impatiently with my foot, and wished something would happen soon.

"Hey Zaira chan!" yelled a voice suddenly and I growled annoyed. Everything but That! I cursed myself inside when Ray rushed towards me from the school's main gate. I didn't want him here. Didn't he learn his lesson last time?

"Hi Zaira chan. I am so happy you are still here!" Ray said enthusiastic which really made we wonder what was wrong with this boy.

I literally beat the hell out of him, and then he was just coming back for more, smiling like that. Did he want to get beat up?!

"Hi.. Ray right?" I then said coldly. The boy looked happily at me. It kind of looked like an interesting expression with that black eye of his. Not that I regret anything.

"Oh Zaira my Idol remembers my name" he then said in a happy tone. I sighed.

"So why are you here dork? Didn't you learn your lesson yet?" I then said and clenched my hands a little. Ray actually nodded eagerly.

"Yeah of course I did" he then said "Never to disturb you on your date right? However you are not on a date right now, so that means we can hang out right?".

I was staring at him. Really staring. Those words really took me off guard. Normally a fan of mine, who were persistent and bugging me, never bothered me again after I beat them. They kind of stopped being my fans after they found out my true nature. Ray on the other hand was apparently not one of them.

"Um what are you even doing here Ray?" I then questioned. I wanted him to go away. Ray looked stunned at me for a moment.

"Oh yeah, I should find Devon Knox, so Yuma could duel him" he then said sheepishly "I better get going or I will never find him. See yer later Zaira chan. Maybe we can hang out then".

Then he ran away while waving his hand at me. I waved a little halfhearted back here. I didn't actually know what to do in this awkward situation. Soon Ray was gone though. I sighed relieved and looked at the main gate again. Yuma must soon be coming if Ray was done with detention. What I didn't know however was that Ray in that moment ran into Devon, and hell was loose.

I waited a little more, and then finally Yuma arrived from the detention sector. Since we were in different classes, we also had detention differently. I snort coldly.

"It was about time" I sneered "I have been waiting forever. Oh and what's that about Ray telling me he should find Devon Knox, so you could duel him Yuma?".

"Oh you met Ray" Tori then said and smiled "What do you think?".

"He is something right?" Bronk added. I sneered in annoying's.

"No he is a hyper goof ball" I then said "Who apparently can't take a hint that he shall stay away from me". At that Bronk and Tori just grinned a little.

"Will someone tell me what's going on here?" I asked. Tori began explaining about this pro duelist Devon Knox and why Yuma wants to duel him. I sighed deeply when Yuma actually had made Ray go out to find him.

"Yuma you are a big pain in the ass you know that" I then said. Yuma looked angry.

"Hey I didn't ask him to do this. He just did it" he replied "And you are the one to talk, you beat him up". At that I just shrugged. I didn't deny that one.

We began looking around for Ray and Devon now. Bronk and Tori was yelling Ray's name. Yuma and I on the other hand just hoped he wouldn't show. We had enough of Ray and his Ray way for one day. Astral was floating beside us, but wasn't saying anything. Then suddenly a scream filled the air.

"Wasn't that Ray's voice?" Tori uttered shocked.

We all ran towards where we had heard the voice a minute ago. We arrived at the tennis course only to find Ray in a duel with Devon Knox. Devon had just beaten Ray, and he was lying pretty beat up on the ground now. It didn't make it better, with the injuries I had added today. I clenched my fists in an angry matter.

"If you don't want more, then lead me to Yuma Tsukumo and that protector wolf girl of his" Devon then yelled. He looked like a maniac. Apparently none of them had noticed Yuma and I at the doorstep though. Ray shook wildly his head.

"No way! Yuma is a close personal friend" he then yelled "I am not letting anybody hurt him". I looked stunned at Ray. That was kind of brave of him.

"Oh no Ray!" Yuma yelled and rushed over to Ray's side. He lifted him slowly up from the ground now. I followed quickly after. Ray groaned weakly now.

"Yuma get out of here now. You are not safe. Devon is after you" he then said weakly. Yuma and I turned towards the duelist at the other end of the court now.

"Hey Knox if you want me I am right here!" Yuma then yelled.

"So you are Yuma Tsukumo?" Devon then said. It surprised me a little that he didn't know who Yuma was, since he was looking for him. "If you think your pals is in bad shape, just wait and see what I do to you".

A familiar symbol appeared on his forehead now. The symbol from Barian world. I sneered at that.

"Yuma look" Astral uttered shocked.

"I see it" Yuma replied "He is under the control of Barian world".

"When I am through you will shutter at the memory of this duel. Say hello to your new worst nightmare" Devon then said. Yuma snort and was about to activate his duel disk, when I stopped him. They all looked surprised at me.

"This guy's mine" I said firmly "I have personal issues with this guy".

"Um okay" Yuma then said puzzled "Why is that Zaira?". I snort coldly.

"He hurt Ray, who happens to be my fan" I said and clenched my fists "And no one hurts Ray, besides me that is!". The others sweat dropped a little at that.

"Ha-ha a little girl challenges me" Devon then said and laughed "Oh how cute, but you are not my target, so run along home to play with your dolls".

My eyes narrowed. The others looked from me to Devon. They knew I didn't like getting insulted.

"Mistress I am ready to bite off his head" I could hear Cy say "Let me at him!".

"Well Mr. Knox" I said in a cold tone "That wolf protector. That happens to be me. Still wanna chicken out". I was holding up Cy's number card now. Devon sneered.

"Well that changes things" he then said "Prepare for a world of hurt".

"Well time to shred some fangs" I replied and we both activated our duel disks and gazer.

The duel began. No one of us knew Girag was watching from the shadows though.

Zaira: 4000 lp's.

Devon: 4000 lp's.

"Ladies first. I draw" I then said and drew. Astral flew over to me for insider advice.

"Zaira it would be wise to proceed with extreme caution" he then warned. "Please be careful". I snort annoyed.

"Careful is not my thing Astral" I then said and looked over at my opponents.

After what the entail Astral and Yuma had provided me with, from their last encounter with Fender, I already knew to be careful. That said, careful was really not my thing. I looked at the card in my hand. I needed something to give me a head start. I could summon out Cy, but I just had a hunch I should save him for later. How the barian's worked so far, things could be unpredictable. I needed to be ready for any scenario. Maybe this one could help a little. I haven't tried this one yet.

"I summon out 'Wolf kid'" I then said "And since he is successfully summoned, I can special summon 'Beast wolf' from my deck to the field". Wolf kid and beast wolf appeared on my field now. Since Beast wolf was special summoned, Devon took 500 points of damage. I smirked a little.

"But I am not done yet. I activate the spell 'Wolf pack howling'. With it I can summon another wolf from my hand or deck, but it will be destroyed at the end phase. Say hello to 'snow the wolf warrior'".

A white wolf appeared on the field now from my hand. I overlaid all three of them to xyz summon my newest wolf "Werewolf king" to the field in def mode. He was this high defensive monster with 1000 att and 2400 def points. It was actually like a chess piece. A king, who wasn't as strong as the other pieces, but could bring out other wolves by using its Ou's. However I didn't want to use that eff just now. I had to see what the opponent was capable off first. The werewolf however howled a little.

"Oh yeah that will scare him" Tori then uttered happily. Ray nodded in agreement.

"She summoned an Xyz monster already" Bronk then added and smiled too.

"Do you think I am impressed?" Devon then questioned and snort "I have the power of barian world. There is no way to beat me".

I snort at that. He could have any weird power and he still wouldn't beat me. Devon drew and he activated the field spell "Training grounds". A lot of giant poles, almost resembling bamboo poles, appeared all around us now, and turned the tennis course into solid earthly ground. Now by sending two monsters from his hands to the grave, Devon could summon a lv 7 or above monster. He discarded "Panther warrior" and "Couch soldier wolf bark" to summon his "Couch captain bearman" to the field. It was lv 8. Then he activated the card "Bear's boot camp". with this card he could summon a lv 4 monster from his deck. Like his "Couch soldier wolfbark". Then he activated it's eff. He could summon the wolfbark from the grave, back to his field. I snort coldly. He might have some wolves and some beasts on his field, but nothing could replace my wolves in my deck. Then Devon activated his bear's eff. He could make all his monster's lv 8.

"So class what happens now?" Devon then asked with a smirk "Here is a hint".

I rolled my eyes. It was amazing what that barian brainwash could do with people. Those class references Devon used was getting pretty old. However he overlaid his monsters to xyz summon "Couch king Giantrainer". It was a rank 8 monster with 2800 att points. Devon then used his monster's eff. By using one Ou we apparently both had to shuffle our decks. After that we should draw.

"I'll say this is the fun part" Devon explained "The player who draws the card with the lower level, takes 800 points of damage". My eyes narrowed. The cards were all sent to the grave afterwards, so no benefits in drawing them either.

"Well let's do this" I then replied. We both drew and..

"I drew a lv 8, how about you girl?" Devon then asked. I snort and was holding up a lv 3 puppy wolf. Devon smirked evilly.

"Well then congratulations, you take 800 points of damage" he then said. I let out a little scream when a blast from his monster hit my chest, and I lost 800 points.

"That was fun, so why don't we do that again" Devon then said and activated his monster's eff. Another Ou got sent to the grave and we both drew.

"I really hate this" I then proclaimed and drew.

Devon drew a lv 8 monster again. I sneered in annoying's. Mine was "Armor wolf" who was lv 4. I got blasted with 800 points once again. Devon smirked.

"I have one Ou left" He then told me "So let's do it once more". I sighed deeply and drew. Devon was holding up an lv 4 monster.

"I drew a level 4 monster, but I bet yours are even lower" he then said and grinned.

"Guess again" I said and was holding up the ritual monster 'Lycanthrope'. It was lv 6. Devon looked rather shocked when his own monster gave him 800 points of damage.

"The lesson here is that you should never get cocky" I then replied. "But I guess you learned that the hard way". Devon sneered and got up from the ground now.

"I cannot believe that girl got lucky! She caused me to lose life points" Devon then yelled and turned around to look at me with an insane glare "You know girl, that last move you showed me, that you may be ready for my advanced class, and there is no way you are gonna pass the finals".

I just snort coldly. There were no way he would win over me, but by all means he could try. Cy growled in agreement in my deck case. That made me smile a little. Cy was always there to cheer me on.

"I have a very important lesson to teach you" Devon continued and smirked evilly "Yes I think it is time you learned that nothing can stop the power of barian world. I activate 'rank up magic barian's force'".

My eyes narrowed at that. This was the card Yuma warned me about. The magic card that ranked his monster up into a chaos xyz monster who was one rank higher. That and when barian's force was activated, they could steal one of the opponents Xyz monster's Ou's. One of the reasons I didn't summon out Cy in my first round.

"Go Chaos Xyz evolution" Devon now shouted "Barian power. Born of chaos, visit your judgement on this world of filth. Arise 'Cxyz couch lord Ultimatrainer'".

"He summoned his chaos xyz monster" Yuma uttered worriedly "Zaira might be in trouble".

I snort at that. The only problem here, was Devon believing he would actually win. I didn't care what kind of monster he summoned out. I actually didn't care that his monster now stole all my Werewolf's king's Ou's, or beat my monster. After all it was in def mode, so I took no damage. However I might have been a little too cocky there. Devon's next move actually surprised me a little.

"I am not done, my Ultimatrainer's eff activates" Devon now told me "By using on Chaos Ou, you have to draw a card. If it is a monster, that is lv 4 or below, you take damage duo to its attack points". I looked rather horrified at that.

"Wait what?" I uttered. Devon chuckled at that.

"You heard me girl" he replied and grinned "And I think I will use all 4 of my chaos Ou's, which means you have to draw 4 times in a row".

Without warning all the chaos Ou's on his field went to the grave, and a blast hit my deck. He was really forcing me into this. I had to draw 4 times in a row now. I sneered angrily.

"Mistress!" Cy shouted worriedly inside my head. He was also concerned here.

"The best part of this, is that you get destroyed, and it will all be thanks to the monsters in your very own deck" Devon now said and laughed like a maniac.

"You are wrong!" I said in a firm voice and got his attention. I continued "You really don't know me very well do you?! The bond I have with my deck, can't be broken by something so silly". At that Devon smirked evilly.

"Really now? By all means prove me wrong girl" he replied and chuckled "I am not the one who has to draw 4 times in a row now after all".

I rolled my eyes. He did have a point here. That didn't change my beliefs however. I still trusted my deck completely. I drew my first card. I drew another "Beast wolf" who was lv 4 and had 1200 att points at that. Devon smirked at that.

"What do we have here? A level 4, which means you take 1200 points of damage" he proclaimed.

I sneered angrily, when beast wolf suddenly attacked me, tossing me to the ground, and giving me 1200 points of damage, before it got sent to the graveyard. I groaned annoyed and got up on my feet. That had hurt. I just wasn't sure if it was psychically or mentally it hurt. After all my own deck attacked me.

"Now little girl. You still have three more draws left. So get to it" Devon said firmly.

"Fine!" I sneered and drew another card. Luckily this time it wasn't a monster, but the spell "Monster reborn".

Everyone sighed in relief. I took no damage this time. Devon sneered at that, stating I was lucky, but I knew better. My deck was just responding to me. That was all. However I still had 2 draws left. So I drew again..

"Oh look that is the wolf monster 'Bujingi wolf', and that is clearly a lv 4 monster" Devon said in a mocking tone.

I sneered at that. I knew that quite well. Bujingi wolf had 1100 att points, which means I was left with 100 life points. So once again my deck attacked me. I got tossed to the ground again, but I was sure I could see a regretful gaze in the wolf's eyes now. None of them wanted to hurt me. Then he disappeared into the grave as well.

"With only 100 life points left, your next draw should do you in" Devon said "How fitting, and here you said your bond with your deck wouldn't be broken. You are finished Zaira Wroom".

I groaned and slowly tried getting on my feet. I was banged up a lot, but I was not quitting this duel.

"Please stop!" I could suddenly hear Ray shout and he walked a little forward from the sideline. He looked beat up as well, but clearly not as much as I did. "I'll do whatever you want, but this duel has gone on long enough. Please you have to stop hurting Zaira".

My eyes widened in surprise. What did he think he was doing? Trying to sacrifice himself to bail me out? Was he crazy?! There were no way those brainwashed minions from barian world, would even consider this in the first place.

"Hey, don't meddle in my duel!" I sneered at Ray "I can handle it, so stay out of it!".

"But I.. how much more can you take Zaira?" Ray uttered in a worried tone "You are all banged up, and only have a 100 life points left..".

"Didn't you say you were my fan Ray?" I interrupted him and got slowly up on my feet "If you are, you should know I would never quit a duel. You shouldn't even be worried about me. You should be worried about my opponent!".

Ray looked stunned at me, but then he nodded. He was shouting encouraging words along with Yuma and the others now. Devon snort firmly at that.

"Hey Zaira, class is not dismissed yet, so don't make me write you up for chatting" he said. I rolled my eyes a little.

"Actually I think class is getting out early today" I replied in a cold tone.

Devon looked puzzled at me, but reminded me I still have to draw one more time. I snort at that and drew one last time. Everyone was waiting with a lot of suspense as I drew my last card. If I drew a monster under lv 4, I would take damage equal to their att.

"I drew lv 3, sleeping wolf" I then told everyone. Devon were very pleased now.

"Ha you drew a level 3 monster" he told me "That means it is over".

"You are half right" I replied and sent him a smirk "It is a lv 3 monster, but it isn't over. My deck came through to me. I won't be taking any damage, because sleeping wolf has 0 att points". Devon looked stunned at me now.

"0 att points. There is just no way!" he shouted. I snort back at him and sent sleeping wolf to the grave as well. Then I sent him a wolfy glare.

"So Mr. Knox, anything else you want to throw at me, and my wolf's?" I asked in a mocking tone "I told you my bond with my deck was too strong for you. If you don't have anything else to throw at me, I suggest you end your turn".

Devon sneered at that, but he didn't have anything else up his sleeve, so he ended his turn.

"Good, because now it is my turn to school you" I said firmly and drew "I will show you, why you don't wanna mess with me and my deck. That and I will show my fan Ray here, how a real duelist duels, by winning this duel".

I looked at my hand. I was currently having four cards in my hand, and only one of them were a monster card. I smirked at that. One monster was all I needed.

"I summon 'twin wolf brother of the light'" I shouted and a brown haired wolf boy with fluffy ears and tail in brown fur appeared.

He was carrying a sword on his back. It was a level 4 light monster with 1800 att and 1000 def point. Because he was summoned, I could instantly special summon his twin sister to the field from my deck. So I summoned "twin wolf sister of the darkness". She was also this brown haired wolf, with fluffy ears and tail, but were a girl instead. She also had the same att and def points as her brother, but were a dark attribute monster. Both of them had an interesting effect, but it wasn't needed for now. I just needed two lv 4 monsters. I overlaid them to xyz summon "Nb 24 Cyclone beast wolf", and Cy were not happy when he appeared on the field. He was roaring rather angrily at Devon chaos xyz monster. Maybe because he was the reason the deck attacked me earlier?

"Cy activate your special eff!" I now yelled "By using one Ou, Cy can destroy two cards on the field. I chose your training ground, and your Cxyz monster".

"I activate Ultimatrainer's eff. Now my monster isn't effected by your monster's special eff" Devon replied rather quickly and did just that. Cy couldn't destroy any of his cards on the field. Devon smirked now "You had your chance girl, but you blew it". I actually grinned a little at that, which properly confused everyone.

"No, you actually did exactly as I thought you would" I replied in a confident tone "After all you can only stop one effect once per turn". Devon looked rather shocked.

"Wow how did you figure that out Zai?" Yuma questioned puzzled. I rolled my eyes.

"I read the card Yuma" I replied and sighed "You do know it is allowed to read the text your opponent's face up monster has on the field right?".

At that Yuma turned a little red in embarrassment of that. I figured he didn't know. I placed one face down, so I was only having 2 cards in my hand. Then I looked at Cy.

"Cy are you ready?" I questioned inside my head.

"Of course Mistress. Let's show them what I can do" Cy replied firmly.

"Go chaos xyz evolution!" I shouted and summoned the familiar energies I used to chaos evolve "Appear now 'Chaos Nb 24 Cyclone beast chaos wolf'".

Chaos Cy was soon standing on the field, and let out a terrified roar. Devon didn't look so happy.

"Cy let's get our friends back" I yelled and used Chaos cy's eff.

By using one Ou, I could steal cards from either of our graveyards, equal to the monsters on the field. There were two, so I could take two cards. But I didn't think that was enough. So I used all Cy's Ou's to steal alias take 4 cards from my graveyard. I chose my spell 'monster reborn' and everything else was not so important, so I let Cy chose what cards to bring back. I soon had 'monster reborn', 'sleeping wolf', 'wolf kid' and 'armor wolf' back from my grave. The catch however was, that if I didn't use all the cards by the end of this turn, Chaos Cy was gonna be destroyed. Not that I was concerned. I was gonna win this turn. Also as an extra bonus, for every card I got back, Devon monster lost 500 att points, so it was only having 1800 att now. I used monster reborn however to summon "Lycanthrope" back from my grave. That was all I needed to kinda win this duel. Cy attacked and destroyed Devon's monster. Apparently he wanted to be the one destroying it, and Devon lost 700 life points. The rest of it, got reduced to 0 when Lycanthrope attacked him directly. He flew backwards and hit the ground pretty quick. I had won the duel

"Yes Zai you did it!" Yuma shouted happily as the usual gang surrounded me. They were all congratulating me on my victory.

"You were amazing Zaira. You and Cyclone beast wolf were completely awesome" Ray shouted happily and waved around with his arms in drastic matter. "First you were cornered. Then you came from behind and like 'whoosh' wow!".

"Hmm I think I like him mistress" Cy replied inside my head "He knows the right kind of awesomeness". I rolled my eyes a little at that. There were really not much you needed to say to please Cy here.

"Where.. where am I? What was I doing?" I could hear Devon say, when he slowly got up from the ground. The barian emblem had left his forehead.

"What you don't remember?" Tori questioned in a puzzled tone.

"Devon did not do this on his free will" Astral concluded and I nodded in agreement.

That until I groaned in pain and fell down on my knees. Everyone got rather surprised at that and turned quickly their attention towards them, but I pushed their helping hands away. I did have my pride.

"Zaira, you just collapsed, but you still refuse our help" Tori sneered and looked at me "You need to go to the nurses office now!". I shook my head. That was not the problem here. I was only.. I turned a little red when my stomach began rumbling.

"I'm hungry!" I sneered out and looked firmly at Ray "Ray go get my lunch!".

"Eh?!" everyone now uttered in unison. "You are only hungry!".

"Well someone interrupted my lunch break!" I sneered and looked at Ray "And I just have a major duel with barian world. I lost all my energy in that duel".

"Well yeah that is true" Bronk muttered "But you just got hit by all those attacks, and the only thing you are, is hungry? Talk about endurance". I rolled my eyes.

"Your wish is my command" Ray then suddenly replied and smiled a happy smile "Can't have my idol to be hungry. I will get your lunch. Does that mean we can hang out Zaira chan?". I growled at that.

"Don't push it!" I said in a cold tone, but then noticed all the others glare at me. I sighed inside a little "But you can still be my fan, if you like that".

"But you can hang out with me and my friends" Yuma said and smiled "You are after new here, and don't know many people here, and Zaira do hang out sometimes with us. How does that sound?". Ray lit up like hell by that.

"Great!" he uttered in happiness and gave Yuma a friendly hug. Then he grabbed his hand "You know what that means right? We are taking the Ray way to Zaira's classroom. I kinda forgotten where it is".

Then he ran away with Yuma dragged along once again. In the background you could hear Yuma yell up. Something about that he didn't duel Devon, but then him and Ray were gone. I sat down on the tribute with a smile. I was beat of course, but not as bad as I couldn't walk home. I looked up in the sky now. Ray was properly gonna make the school interesting at least.

A,N: Well that was that chapter. Hope you found it as fun as I did. Would love some feedback on what you think. The next chapter is mixed in with Art actually. Zaira and Shark also have a fight. Ray and Zaira bonds a little more. A certain character beginning with letter V, also shows.. sort of. And yeah a lot of interesting things happens. So hope you find it interesting.