"Did you see the prize from last night's game show?" A female student asked as they all stood in class just before school.

"That champion sure is amazing," Yugi stated with a smile.

"If he keeps winning, his prize will just keep getting bigger," Tea added.

"The first week is 10,000 yen," A male student told them. "The second week is 20,000 yen. If he wins the tenth week, that'll be 100,000 yen!"

"That's amazing!" Miho gashed. "I wonder how much that champion's won?"

"That's no good, Miho-chan," Tristan told her as he walked up. "You mustn't dirty yourself by falling for this guy. Because it's best for humans to live steadily, bit by bit. Getting money so quickly, he'll be driven out of society. And finally, all that's left is to end your life at the guillotine."

"Hey, guys," the tomboy girl greeted them as she walked in the door.

The group turned towards with smiles as well.

"Good morning Joanna," they all greeted.

Joanna went to her set next to Yugi when the classroom door at the front opened up and in walked the teacher making the students move to their seats.

"Order," was the call as the students stood up. "Respect."

The students all bowed to the teacher.

"Good morning," the teacher greeted with a bow of his own before they all sat back down. "Today I will introduce a new friend to all of you."

"A transfer student?" a lot of the students asked.

"He's Fuwa Ryuichi-kun," the teacher told them after writing the name on the board.

"Please 'ta meet ya," Fuwa greeted with a smirk.

"It's him," Joanna whispered to Yugi making the spiky haired teen to look at him. "The Game de Get show champion."

"That's right," Yugi agreed also in a whisper.

"The defending champion!"

"Yup, that's right," Fuwa agreed with them. "Just to get it out of the way, I don't give out signatures. And to the ladies, I know I'm handsome, but...Please don't think you can be my girlfriend. I have no interest in kids."

Joanna just rolled her eyes thinking of someone else who was worth her time and attention. He sounded more arrogant than he was on the TV.

"Ryuichi-kun is so cool," Miho quietly cheered.

Tristan had heard her and was now glaring at Fuwa.

"So, Fuwa-kun's desk will be..." the teacher started.

"There!" Fuwa said as he threw his bag onto a desk that is next to Yugi's and it landed up right.

"Hey," the teacher said. "I will decide you seat."

"Sensei," Fuwa said as he turned around. "It's game time."

"Wh-what?" the teacher asked confused.

Joanna almost growled at the way Fuwa was trying to act.

"Rule is simple," Fuwa told him as he held up a coin. "I will flip a coin while you decide heads or tails." Joanna clinched her fists under the table in anger. "If you win, Sensei, I will sit where you want. And ya can have this coin, Sensei." Fuwa flipped the coin up and caught before slapping it down on the back of his hand. "Now."

"Heads," the teacher said.

Fuwa removed his hand from where it covered the coin and revealed that it was tails.

"Tails," Fuwa told him. "Too bad. I win."

Teacher sighed as he slump while Joanna was glaring at Fuwa.

'I haven't even gotten to know this guy and already, I already hate him,' she thought with surprise.

"Nice to meet you," Yugi greeted him. "I'm Mutou, Yugi."

"Let's get along," Fuwa suggested with a smirk that put Joanna on edge.

...My Line...

"Hey," Miho spoke at lunch as she stood in front of Fuwa. "Since you appear on TV, does that mean you can meet actors?"

"Yeah," he answered as he looked at her. "They're all stupid. I have no interest in them."

"But, you really are amazing!"

"In one week you can get 100,000 yen!"

"How much have you received so far?" Miho asked.

"How am I supposed to know?" Fuwa answered in the form of a question. "I spend the money immediately."

"How Wonderful," breathed Miho. "Way too cool."

Joanna rolled her eyes from where she stood with Tea and Tristan.

"Oh, for the love of Ra," she muttered in annoyance, crossing her arms.

"Miho-chan...what's she see in that stinky guy?" Tristan asked.

"You certainly want to hit him from behind," Tea added.

During lunch, Joanna was looking over the last of her school work when a student came by.

"Hey, Joanna. You want to go a round of Duel Monsters?" He asked.

"Sure."

Fuwa overheard this and thought to watch the whole thing.

"Alright, I'll go first. Dragon of Darkness, and I'll put him in the lake." The male student said.

"Ok. Mmm, I play Gem Knight Sapphire in the Mountains in Defense Mode, and place a card face down." Joanna said.

"Just in Defense mode? But you do know Dragon of Darkness has gained a power up, and Sapphire won't gain any more defense from the mountains, so I attack!"

"And you walk right into my trap. I play the face down Mirror Force. When one of your monsters declares an attack, all attack position monsters you control get destroyed instead." Joanna said as Dragon of Darkness was discarded.

"My turn. I draw. And a good card at that. I play the spell card Double Summon which allows me to summon 2 monsters and I choose Gem Butterfly and Gem Knight Emerald. Next I play Polymerzation to fuse Emerald and Sapphire to Fusion Summon a real heavy hitter, Gem Knight Zirconia, with an attack of 2900. And being wide open, you take a direct hit and life points go to zero." Joanna said proudly.

"Ahhhh..." The male student said in exasperation.

Fuwa then walked over to Joanna with a high and mighty attitude.

"You're pretty good at this. Why don't you enter tournaments, you can get a lot of money, get famous, and all that junk." He said with a smug tone.

Yugi was watching this and for some strange reason, he didn't like that Fuwa was flirting with Joanna.

DING DONG DING DONG!

Joanna let out a sigh as she and the group followed Miho wondering where she was going. The young tomboy fought off the urge to roll eye her eyes in annoyance as the lavender haired girl reached out to touch Fuwa hand. Of course, this action had him looking at her in surprise and a bit of annoyance.

"Hey. Miho is a Virgo, AB blood type. How about you, Fuwa-kun? I think we're highly compatible."

Joanna pulled out a book from her bag and buried her face in it while trying to also find away out of joining the others. But Fuwa spotted her and walked over to the tomboy.

"Do ya want to eat anything?" Fuwa asked making the blonde haired girl to roll her eyes. "I'll treat."

He waved his hand at the restaurant behind him which had the others all looking at it before looking back at him.

"The food in this restaurant looks good!" cheered Miho.

"Umm...this place looks expensive," stated Yugi. "Will it really be okay?"

"Seems ya don't know a thing 'bout me," Fuwa stated as he turned around to walk towards the restaurant. "C'mon."

Joanna felt her left eye twitch as a dong was rung.

"Congratulation," the dong ringer said. "You are the 10,000th customer since the opening of this restaurant. All the food and drink today will be free!"

The others all stared in surprise as he looked back at him.

"Dat's how it is," he told them with a smirk.

"Wow!" cheered Miho.

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"Compensation prize."

"Is there really one in there?"

Joanna was back to reading her book in the back of the group as they walked up to some kind of stand for prizes.

"Hey!" Miho called as she looked back. "Let's go that! We just now got tickets, after all."

"We get three chances, right?" Tea asked.

"Alright," Fuwa said as he looked down at Yugi. "Wanna duel me?" Yugi looked at him confused. "The rule is simple. The one who wins the A prize wins. The loser will do whatever the winner tells him. Well?"

"O-okay," agreed Yugi.

The group walked up tot he stand where Yugi moved to turn the wheel.

"Get the prize, Yugi," Tea told him. "Huh?"

Out of the wheel came a small white ball.

"Oh, compensation prize," the stand owner said as he handed over said prize to Yugi. "One tissue."

"Alright," Fuwa said as he walked forward and pushed Yugi out of the way. "I'm next."

Joanna just looked for a brief moment to see Fuwa turn the wheel and a golden ball came out of it.

"There it is!"

"Congratulations! The special prize is a trip to Italy!"

"That's amazing!"

'What the hell?' thought Joanna. 'Is this guy for real? Or is he favored by luck? If he's not then I can't wait till his luck runs out.'

The group walked away from the stand after Fuwa was given the tickets.

"Looks like I win, Yugi-kun," Fuwa said as he held the prize up.

"I lost," laughed Yugi in good nature. "I guess I really can't beat you, Fuwa-kun."

"I can't believe there's a person like you, Fuwa-kun!" A random person said.

Joanna let out a sigh as she went on walking away from the group not wanting to know what Joanna was going to say or ask or do for that matter.

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"That guy..." growled Joanna the next as the five of them all sat in a cafe without Yugi. "No matter how lucky he is, he's pathetic as a human!"

"Who?" Miho asked.

"I'm talking about Fuwa," answered Joanna. "Fuwa Ryuichi."

"Oh," sighed Tristan. "So you finally awaken, Joanna. I'm...I'm so happy!"

"Really?" Miho asked surprised. "He seems nice. Right, Tea?"

"More then I thought," Tea answered with a smile. "And the little bit abalone from yesterday's Chinese was good."

"Don't turn traitor for food!" Joanna yelled at her.

"He's arrogant, not to mention the whole time he was around he kept flirting with me. Need I say more?"

Tristan cackled while Joanna grimaced at her though he figured her hatred for the guy has something to do with yesterday.

"Yugi sure is late," Tristan said to change the subject. "What's he doing? He's usually early."

"Yugi isn't coming today," Tea answered him. "He said he agreed to have a game with Fuwa-kun."

"Wh-what?" Joanna asked shocked.

Once getting regaining control, the blonde stood up from her set and moved to head out the door after throwing down money for her drink.

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It was been about three hours since Joanna left the cafe and right now one could find her rushed through the town looking for Yugi and Fuwa. However, she ended up meeting the others outside of a building before Joanna opened the door.

"Yugi!?" Joanna called only to pause in surprise when the pool balls almost hit him. The three fighters looked over at Yugi who had fallen to his knees. "Yugi!" They rushed over just as he fall forward only for Joanna to catch him. "Are you okay?" Yugi mumbled some words that they couldn't hear before Joanna glared at the other teen. "Fuwa! How dare you do that to Yugi!" Joanna passed Yugi onto a couch with Tea before glaring at Fuwa. "Are you with Kaiba or something? Because you coming to our school can't a coincidence."

"Well, at least one of you is smart enough to figure that out. I just came for some amusement that he promised, but so far, I'm not seeing it." Fuwa gloated.

Tristan was next to try to harm Fuwa only for him to hit a light fixer that fall on top of him.

"Fools," Fuwa laughed. "Still don't get it?" He looked over to where Yugi was still on the ground. "I'm protected with my powerful luck. Guys like ya can't even touch me."

"Hey!" Tea called out. "What are you thinking?"

"How mean!" Miho joined in. "I thought you were a nicer guy than this, Fuwa-kun!"

"For every ounce of luck there's a good douse of karma waiting to happen," chimed Joanna with a growl.

"What are ya commoners prattling 'about?" asked Fuwa which only made the blonde to growl. "Just be glad I let ya hang out with me. Gotta know yer place."

Fuwa laughed while Joanna just held Yugi closer to her so he didn't anything stupid.

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Right now the gang was at the Game Shop where Tea and Miho were cleaning Yugi wounds. Joanna stood off to the side in Yugi's room thinking about how to dishing out a nice helping of bad karma on Fuwa without it back firing on her.

"Put up with it," Tea told him.

"Yugi-kun, you're a big boy, right?" Miho asked.

"Yeah, but..."

Tristan, who was sitting at Yugi's desk, noticed an envelope setting on so he picked it up and looked at it.

"Yugi," he called. "It's a letter from the TV station."

"Grandpa must have left it for me," Yugi stated thoughtfully. "Can you read it?"

"This...!" Tristan yelled in surprise. "This is a request for you to appear on Game de Get Show!"

"Really?" Joanna asked as he stood up and moved to stand behind Tristan.

"Why me?" asked Yugi with a raised eyebrow.

"It says they want you to challenge Fuwa," Tristan went on.

"I don't think so," Joanna growled as she moved to sit next to Yugi. "That sorry excuse for a man is getting nowhere near Yugi again."

The others all looked at her, surprised that she could get hostile towards some one else without them being in the same room as her. The Spirit of the Puzzle, who was watching everything through Yugi's eyes, smirked at her protective nature towards Yugi.

That night she heard Yugi went off to see Fuwa, so she left to stop him, but found Yugi on the ground with Fuwa above him.

"Hello Joanna-chan." She heard his voice as if he knew her.

"Fuwa. Don't call me that like you know me." The tomboy growled.

"Ah, I don't understand why ya would waste your time with a loser like this guy. You have talent as a duelist like Kaiba, yet it may get rusty if you're around losers, or worse you may lose or get unlucky. You should be among the favored, like me." Fuwa said arrogantly.

"You make me sick," Joanna growled next. "I hope that Anubis will give you an eternity of torment for everything that you've done!"

This had Yugi looking at her either shock while Fuwa just glared at her.

"Mutou, Yugi?" Fuwa asked. "A pathetic guy that don't even live up ta da rumors."

"You don't have to do that," Yugi told him as he stood up.

"I just want a game with Yugi," Fuwa stated.

"But...that..."

"Ya sure are nice, Yugi," Fuwa told him before he kicked the boy out of nowhere.

"Yugi!" Joanna yelled in shock and disbelief while Fuwa placed his foot top of Yugi's head.

'Where's the other face? Maybe if I remove the skin from his face, I can see another face then.'

But Joanna saw the puzzle lite up before Fuwa walked out which allowed Yami to take Yugi's place. Joanna who was the only one there in the room now walked up to him with a small smile.

"Be careful Yami," she told him which had their eyes locking with each other.

"Your not going to watch?" he asked as he tilted his head with a confused look.

"I'm sorry, but I can't," she answered while looking a bit sad. "I have to get home or my aunt will freak."

Yami just nodded his head though he was a bit upset that she won't be watching the Shadow Game. Giving one last small smile, Joanna placed a kiss on his cheek before walking out leaving a blushing Yami behind.

...My Line...

The next night found the group together watching the show at the Mutou home.

"Big money! Game Da Get Show! TV viewers, this week..."

"Damn...Fuwa, that bastard. Today will be his tenth win." Tristan said.

"Now finally the champion. The game is the same Electric roulette. The challenger have gotten two and it should be a piece of cake for the champ." Fuwa smirked as he pressed the button to the roulette only for it hit 1. "Oh! What? It's a one!"

"That can't be!"

Joanna started to laugh as the irony of it all and that sweet, sweet karma came back and bite Fuwa in the ass big time.

"Unbelievable! The miraculous champion has lost!"

"What? The Chair broke!" Tea said in shock

The tomboy only laughed harder when the chair that Fuwa was on broke apart.

"Fuwa-kun's lost his luck it seems," Yugi stated with a smile while his friend where holding her sides as she tried to catch her breath.

"I...ha...love...ha...karma...ha" laughed Joanna. 'Thank you, Ra!'