"Do you know a guy named Aragami Rouga?" Gao asked with a serious look on his face.

"I've seen him once, but I don't know him personally. Didn't he leave school a day after he had that buddyfight?" Yuna asked curiously.

"Yeah.. I wonder why," Gao said.

"One turn victory huh..." Yuna mumbled as she recalled the conversation she had with Gao.

"Hm? What was that?" Tasuku asked.

"Nothing. Just thinking about that one match between Gao and Aragami," Yuna brushed off.

Tasuku's face suddenly dropped into a light frown. "You weren't there during the match were you?"

Yuna shook her head as she her thoughts continued to linger through her head.

"Gao won the match in one turn with frustration. His friend, Kurodake Tetsuya I believe, had a match before Gao did and lost. I'm not so sure what they were buddyfighting for, but it was certainly not a regular buddyfight," Tasuku said.

Yuna shrugged and looked over at Tasuku, securing the slightly loose bandage on his cheek. 'I already know about that... And it does get annoying if all that person talks about is to win everything..' Yuna thought.

"Well, if you look at it this way, Aragami buddyfights for victory and strength nothing else. Gao on the other hand... not so much about the victory, but for the fun of it," she replied. "Wouldn't that clash together at certain points? I still wonder though, why was it Gao and how did they meet?"

"I think I saw them at Castle the last time I flew there," Psy piped in.

The two students looked at the dragon curiously, urging him to go on.

"Gao was with Kiri that day, teaching him how to buddyfight along with the manager at Castle. That Aragami guy was there watching the practice match and I have no idea what happened next," he said.

Yuna sighed.

"That guy really needs to stop picking fights.." Tasuku said, shaking his head.

"Tasuku-kun, don't trip now. We're at the escalators so look ahead," Yuna said bluntly.

Tasuku opened his eyes after his foot slipped from the first step, grabbing Yuna in the process.

"AHH! OOF..!" the two exclaimed.

"Owww... Grab onto something else next time.." Yuna told the boy.

Tasuku smiled sheepishly. "My bad.. You know, you make a pretty good cushion," he told the girl, pulling her cheek.

"Qhuit it," she managed to say.

Pushing his hand away from her face, Yuna pushed Tasuku off herself and stood up, brushing her uniform. The girl held her hand out to Tasuku and smiled at the boy. Tasuku stared at her for a while and smiled back grabbing her hand to get helped up. The boy then yanked her over to him and hugged her.

"At least I wasn't as stubborn as you were back then," he whispered.

Yuna stood there shocked, relaxing into his body and softly smiled. "You're still as straightforward as ever.." Yuna stated, resting her head against his.

"TODAY'S MATCH IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN KODO NOBORU AND THE STUDENT COUNCIL, SHIDO MAGOROKU! THE MATCH WILL BE STARTING IN 20 MINUTES, SO BOTH CHALLENGERS, GET READY!" Paruko announced.

"She's as hyped as ever I see..." Noboru mumbled.

The boy looked forward only to see his challenger smirking at him and signaling him to come over.

"Now I think about it, how do you manage to not get swarmed by fans?" Tasuku asked curiously.

"I hide from everyone's line of sight and sometimes wear a disguise. Also, if there's nowhere to hide I use my buddy skill and just walk on roofs. School is different. They create mobs, but don't actually come near me," Yuna said, shrugging a bit.

Tasuku bursted out laughing and wiped the tears away from his eyes. "That's interesting. Anyways, I'm going to go to work now. I'll talk to you later," Tasuku said finally calming down.

"Right.. Bye and don't go falling into more traps," Yuna told the boy.

"It was not on purpose," he pouted as he walked off.

"We should head over to the arena now then," Natsumi said.

Ayden stared at the two girls for a while and then looked over to the side.

"I saw that, Tomomi! You can come with us if you like!" Natsumi invited.

The girl just let out a 'hmph' as she closed her eyes while Yuna just shook her head. Natsumi walked up to the lone girl and decided to pull her along with the two.

"Let's go!"

Yuna stared at the two worryingly and decided to follow as Ayden struggled to break free from the bubbly girl's grip.

"Let go of me already!" Ayden grunted as she finally shook free.

Yuna sighed and bowed down to the girl.

"Don't be too harsh on her. She's just really..... active."

Ayden stared at Yuna and heaved out a sigh. "Stand up. There's no need to bow down," she mumbled, looking away.

"... Hey, isn't that the student council and that kid you sat next to yesterday?" Ayden asked, pointing over to the two boys.

Yuna stood up straight and looked over at the direction she was being directed at. "I wonder what's going on..?" Yuna asked instead of saying.

Noboru had a disappointed and slightly frightened face while Magoroku had a smirk plastered across his lips. Yuna frowned at the sight and took a step forward only to be stopped by both Natsumi and Ayden.

"Don't bother," Ayden told the girl.

"You can just ask about it later," Natsumi added in as both girls directed Yuna away and steered her to the arena.

"I'm going to sit somewhere else now, so have fun finding your friends," Ayden waved off as she headed off towards the lower seats on the left.

"Hm, she seems to never open up to anyone," Natsumi said with a disappointed look on her face.

"You could always try to get her to open up," Yuna said, waving over at Hanako and motioning the girl to follow her.

"Yeah... That's true, you're right!" she exclaimed happily, following Yuna towards the group.

Yuna just shook her head with a small smile on her face. "Hello! Looking forward to today's match?" Yuna said.

The group gave a grin and nodded.

"I can't wait to see Noboru take this arena down with his dragon knights!" Gao exclaimed.

Yuna laughed as the boy fist pumped into the air followed by Tetsuya, Kuguru, and Hisako screaming out 'YEAH!'

"Save your energy until the match starts. Noboru's going to need all the support he can get," Yuna advised the group.

Everyone looked over to the girl curiously and then flashed a big smile.

"Yeah, she's right," Kiri said.

"HERE COMES THE CHALLENGERS OF TODAY'S MATCH!" Paruko announced.

"I certainly won't go easy on you, Noboru, even if you are an elementary student, " Magoroku stated slyly.

Noboru frowned at the older student and looked at his core deck.

"Just calm down, Noboru, and do your best. You're your own person and you don't need to listen to the student council-" El Quixote was cut off by his buddy.

".. I know already. You don't have to repeat," Noboru said frustratingly.