Iroha passed by the small shops near her school as she checked to see what the fuss was about and saw one shopkeeper dueling a kid and ending up losing as she sighed and walked by as the small boy with round glasses, Flip Turner, looked at her before grabbing a lollipop from the shop he dueled as she walked down the street before receiving a call from her little sister and she flipped when she realized that she was a bit late as she picked up the speed and began running.

"Oh man, I forgot Ui, Nemu and Touka had an appointment today, I thought it would be next week, Astral did I update my calendar?" She asked as Astral looked at Flip who had a dark aura around himself before answering Iroha.

"No, I saw that you placed the date on the last year calendar instead of this year." He said as Iroha smacked her forehead. "That explains it!" She said as she ran to the hospital.

After the appointment, Iroha brought her little sister home and let her rest with a hot towel on her head and some warm tea before Ui was asleep and Iroha had the chance to catch up with her work before Astral helped her due to being invisible and seeing other people's notes to help her catch up.

Then, Iroha went to bed with no problems sleeping after the whole the whole traffic jam from two nights ago and she slept peacefully through the night with Astral watching her as the night went by quietly.

Then her alarm woke her up and she got ready for school before meeting up with Bronk and Tori as they discussed Astral which made Bronk look confused at Iroha. "Astral?" He asked as Iroha nodded and pointed to where Astral is but she remembered that they couldn't see him. "Yeah, that's his name and to be honest, I think it fits him but sometimes he can bug me and try to eat my food but sometimes I think it's sweet."She said blushing.

"F-Forget what I said!" She said blushing before Tori teased her about her falling in love while Iroha told her to knock it off.

Tori felt a little jealous of Iroha, not because of her old crush on a boy she got over but her feelings for Iroha were rising.

As they chatted away, a new voice joined in as they looked to see Flip walking in with a bright smile and a bouquet of roses for Iroha as she took them with a confused smile. "Oh! I almost forgot, I wanted to give you this card." Flip said as Iroha saw it as Baby Tiragon and before she knew it.

She was being lifted away from Flip by her friends which really confused her before Bronk began to speak. "Iroha, we'll be late for class!" That's when Iroha looked at her watch and saw the time and sped off, leaving her friends in the dust as Flip growled at his failed attempt as he watched Iroha run to her class.

"Sorry we pulled you away, that kid's been nothing but trouble." Bronk said as Iroha tilted her head to the side like a cat would as Tori began to explain about Flip and all the pranks he pulled as Iroha nodded before they head down to class.

Throughout the day, Flip has been randomly popping up everywhere, trying to give Baby Tiragon to her but she tried to avoid him, well the one place he avoided was the girl's locker room because he would be in serious trouble if he stepped foot in there.

"You seem to keep your guard up, and not to mention that you look tired from today." Tori said as she handed a water bottle to Iroha who looked really tired from all the avoiding, her hair was out of its usual style and draped over her shoulders while she had the golden key around her neck as sweat dripped down her face either from the running in PE or from Flip.

She took the water bottle and drank half of it before taking it away and taking in deep breaths before it was time to head into the lockers and change to head home as Iroha changed into her uniform and placed her shoes on before grabbing her bag.

She didn't bother tying her hair up because of her being tired and being cautious of Flip trying to give her the card, Astral watched out for her as she walked home and to her room where she plopped down on the bed snuggling into her pillow as she hugged it, admiring the plush comfort.

"I wanna sleep right now but I have to get the mail and I have to cook dinner for Ui and me but I don't wanna." Iroha whined as she got up before smacking her face lightly to wake herself up as she walked outside to the mailbox and got the mail before going back inside and sorting through before she saw one with her name as she opened it and saw the Baby Tiragon card Flip tried to give her before rubbing her eyes from the sudden wave of tiredness on her before she took one last look at it.

It was the Baby Tiragon card Flip was trying to give her and she let out a ragged sigh before she began to cook dinner when she got a text from her little sister about her stay at Touka's and she was happy to say that her little sister was okay with her friend and she cooked dinner by herself.

Iroha cooked the dinner she had in mind which was Miso soup, a type of dinner she perfected instead of hamburger steak, Astral wished to have tasted the food she made before she finished up and cleaned the dishes as she headed up to her room and dressed for bed as she plopped down and let the sleep take over.

The next day wasn't good, she woke up feeling okay and all, she packed her lunch she cooked and began to walk to school like usual, when she got to her classroom Caswell spoke with her about the pranks she pulled but she wasn't the type of person to pull pranks and everyone in class knew it because she doesn't get jokes on April's Fools Day.

Iroha felt a little sad that Caswell didn't believe her when he showed her the pictures and she left the classroom with tears before running out of the school before Tori and Bronk were mad at Caswell for hurting Iroha's feelings and left to find her.

Iroha sat at a bench and poking her food with the chopsticks she had in her bento but she didn't feel like eating after what happened at school when she walked in, she wrapped the bento up and placed it back in her bag as she sat back and let the sun warm her up which was comforting.

Before a voice broke the silence and the nice little nap she was going to have as she groaned at the sight of Flip. "Rough day huh?" He asked as she nodded with a groan because her peaceful nap was disrupted. "And not to mention, you disrupted my nap I was going to have and now I'm awake." She groaned rubbing temples as Flip apologized.

"Well since you're awake, why not have a friendly duel? A quick one and I'll be on my way." He said as she agreed to the friendly duel to have with him as she brought out her duel disk and duel gazer before inserting her deck into the duel disk and Flip started his turn with a facedown monster and ended his turn.

"I summon Aromage Rosemary in Attack Mode so I can return her to my hand to Special Summon Fallen Angel of Roses due to her effect." Iroha said as she received Aromage Rosemary back in her hand and Fallen Angel of Roses appeared.

"Now, I attack your facedown monster!" She said as Fallen Angel of Roses used the thorny whip to attack the facedown and saw what it was.

"I take it that you're an expert on flip summons, right?" She asked as he smiled and moved his glasses up a bit before activating Porcupine Fish's effect by giving her 400 points of damage as she activated her Trap to be Nature's Reflection.

"Sorry, but Nature's Reflection let's me bounce back the damage you tried to inflict back at you." She said as Flip took the damage before ending her turn with two facedown cards as Flip summoned another facedown monster as Iroha summoned Rose Lover in Attack Mode as she attacked the facedown with Fallen Angel of Roses first before Flip activated his flip effect.

"With Chew-Bone's effect in play, I can summon up to three Chew-Bone Juniors from my deck and onto your side of the field." He said as her monsters were destroyed and replaced with the three Chew-Bone Juniors as she looked at Flip like he was waiting for her to do something as she had no choice but to XYZ summon a monster with the exact same level and it was the Baby Tiragon card.

She XYZ summoned Baby Tiragon and it looked a little sad at her before she knew exactly why, the pitiful look on Baby Tiragon, the pictures and the duel.

This was a trap set up for her and she stepped in it.

Flip activated his trap and he got to summon an XYZ monster from her deck and it was Utopia as both Iroha and Astral looked shocked and scared at the same time when Flip took their number card that was used to duel Shark and beat him.

"Hehehehehe! Sorry Iroha, but your Utopia is now under my control and it will stay like that as long as Ultra C is equipped to him!" Flip said as Iroha groaned at the sight of her monster on her opponent, Utopia had a sorrowful look on his face.

Then Flip began to be under the influence of the number before Astral dropped to one knee, grunting in pain.

"Astral?" She called out as he looked at her with a weak look as a cocoon of blue light enveloped him as she rushed over but got shock on her right hand where the skin turned red and stung badly as she clenched it but it stung badly.

"I activate my spell Double Summon! I get to summon two monsters to the field!" She said before wincing at the pain her hand drawing a card as she cried in pain when she summoned her two monsters which were Aromage Rosemary and Rose Warrior of Revenge as she Synchro Summoned her Black Rose Dragon as he laughed before activating a trap called Traitor Fog but she activated her trap, Trap Jammer, as his trap card shattered and Iroha cried through her clenched teeth as she gripped her scorched hand.

"I...roha...protect Baby Tiragon..." Astral called out to her with a weak voice as she looked at him with tears in her eyes before switching Baby Tiragon into Defense mode as it smiled at her before growling at Flip.

Iroha hissed at the pain when she set down two facedown cards which made Baby Tiragon look at her along with Black Rose Dragon before Tori and Bronk saw her and Tori had rushed over to her. "Tori, be my hand." She said as Tori helped her.

'Iroha's right hand is scorched and she's losing but she has facedowns which meant that she had a plan brewing within.' Bronk thought as he watched the duel and looked at how bad her scorched hand was.

It looked completely red like she stuck her hand in boiling water and a little scorched as well as Tori drew a card and Iroha remembered why she needed to protect Baby Tiragon. "I summon Blue Rose Dragon in Attack Position and now Baby Tiragon, use your overlay unit to activate your ability!" She said as Baby Tiragon ate one of its overlay units before Blue Rose Dragon grabbed it and then activated her spell card.

"Next! I activate Harpie's Feather Duster! It destroys all of your traps and spells! Guess you didn't think of that Flip!" She said as every trap and spell was destroyed before Baby Tiragon and Blue Rose Dragon attacked Flip directly before gaining Utopia back.

"Now Black Rose Dragon and Utopia, attack Flip directly together! Rising Sun Black Rose Attack!" She said as Black Rose Dragon and Utopia attacked together and Flip lost the duel before Astral emerged from the cocoon like a flower blooming.

"Astral, you're okay." She whispered before he saw her injury and frowned upon the injury before she smiled. "It's nothing." She said as she walked over to Flip and helped him up. "Hey, that was a pretty good duel and not to mention never try anything like that again." Iroha said as Tori grabbed her arm and began to wrap her hand up with bandages.

"Next time, maybe think of something other than the flip side, value the things in life. It's hip!" She said as Flip started bawling and hugged her.

"Th-Thank you! That's the nicest thing that someone has ever said to me! You keep the card Iroha, I'm turning over a new leaf!" Flip said as the card began to glow and Baby Tiragon came out of the card tumbling before Iroha picked up the tiny monster in her arms as it chirped.

"Observation #8: Glasses are hip." Astral said as Baby Tiragon licked Iroha's hand that was scorched which caused Astral to smile at the small monster before they began to head home and enjoy the rest of the afternoon where the classmates apologized for doubting Iroha even Caswell apologized.

Iroha forgave them all and headed home.

'I hope something like that doesn't happen again...I was worried about Astral...do I...No! I can't have feelings for someone I met only three days ago, small steps first.' She thought as she walked home by herself as Astral floated beside her while Baby Tiragon slept on Iroha's shoulder.

'I wonder what to cook for dinner...' Iroha said as she tapped her chin before snapping her fingers. "Pineapple Upside Down Cake!" She said as she got the ingredients out and began to bake it as Ui came in with Akari as they cake was done before they all took a bite and froze.

"This is soooo fluffy and delicious!" Akari said as Ui nodded her head before they finished up and Akari went home before Ui had her treatment for the night and was asleep as Iroha finished the dishes and headed up to her room and changed into her pjs before plopping into her bed and snuggling to the comfy bedspread with Baby Tiragon.

Astral watched her sleep as always.

"Night Iroha." he said before kissing her forehead.