Love Hurts (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal)

TEASER

(Somewhere in Heart Land City...) Yuma: Aw, man, this is *just* my luck! I get my *third heart piece*, and *then*, *it won't fit*!! (Yuma's heart frame and the heart piece that won't fit sit on a concrete bench, with Yuma and Tori bending over them. Astral hovers overhead, tilted to look straight down over their shoulders. Yuma stands up, clawing his hair in frustration.) Yuma: Why me?! It's not like I *swiped* the thing, I *won it*, fair and square!! Tori: I dunno what to *say*, Yuma, hearts have a funny shape. (She pops open a small holographic screen, which shows different shapes of heart piece and how they fit together into a heart frame.) Tori: Maybe the piece you have isn't the one you need to complete the puzzle. See, there could be *tons* of combinations. Yuma: *Tons*?! So what're you saying, I might have to win a *thousand pieces*?! Astral: Not to pile it on, but... heart pieces are not the only thing we're here to win, if you recall. Yuma: Eheheh... Astral: As you said, our main goal entering the Duel Carnival is to retrieve Number cards. Yuma: When did I say that?! I never said *that*! (Astral looks away, ignoring Yuma's diatribe, and sees...) Yuma: I want heart pieces! I *love* heart pieces! I-- (A holographic targeting system is aiming at Yuma as he rants.) Anna: Target acquired. Goodbye, Yuma! (She fires a rocket from the rocket launcher mounted on her shoulder-- straight at them! Astral gasps, then so do Yuma and Tori, alerted to their peril!)

(Opening)

ACT 1 <<1:50>>

(She fires a rocket from the rocket launcher mounted on her shoulder-- straight at them! Astral gasps, then so do Yuma and Tori, alerted to their peril! Yuma grabs Tori's arms and tackles her out of the way; the rocket hits where they were standing and explodes.) Yuma: Look out!! Tori: Ah!

(From atop the building from which the rocket was fired, the explosion's big enough that it looks like a direct hit. Their cherry-haired attacker lowers her rocket launcher. As the dust clears, her duel gazer's holographic targeting sights Yuma and Tori in the rubble, unharmed.) Anna: Ugh! Just missed 'im!

(Yuma's still crouched protectively on top of Tori, and looks toward where the missile came from.) Yuma: Rrrgghh! This *augmented reality* is getting a little *too* real if ya ask me! Tori: Augmented reality?! This is *real*, Yuma! Yuma: Euh?

(She lifts the rocket launcher again; it's as big as she is, and matches the cherry red and light pink of her outfit.) Anna: One more time! (She fires again, and again and again.)

(Yuma and Tori are just standing up. They see three more rockets incoming! Yuma grabs Tori's hand and they run for it, rockets exploding behind them.) Yuma: This way! Come on!

Anna: Stay still, wouldja?!

(Yuma and Tori are running from the scene.) Yuma: Astral! Whaddaya see, whaddaya see?! (Astral somewhat smugly floats behind them.) Astral: From what I can tell, you're under attack. Yuma: No joke, genius! (Another explosion hits to their left.) Yuma: Quick, Tori, this way! Tori: Right!

(The holographic targeting system sees them dash around a corner, and tracks their movement through the wall.) Anna: You can run-- (She sets down her rocket launcher, and straightens up. She's a girl with two shades of red hair, fiery orange on the bottom and shiny cherry red on top, in a sleeveless, sporty, and futuristic dress in two shades of pink.) Anna: But you can't hide, not from my hovercraft! (The rocket launcher folds out a few attachments, and she hops on; it's now a one person flying vehicle that hovers on two small circular fans. She revs it up, and, after a moment--) Anna: And we have, liftoff! (She yaws back, off-balanced, then zooms forward, out of control, out into the open air beyond the building. Then she falls straight down, screaming, then manages to fly at last, frothing up the water behind her as she zips across a normally-still pond, and she's still barely in control. She rocks her upper body, trying to keep the craft's nose down, but it climbs higher and higher. Then, not looking ahead of her, she gets clobbered by a streetlight. She huffs, and keeps flying, soaring around a corner; her turn goes so wide that she kicks off the side of the building ahead, before soaring off down the street and swooping after Yuma and Tori, who are still fleeing.) Anna: There is no escape! Tori: Aaah! She's right behind us, Yuma, what're we gonna do?! (Astral floats next to Yuma.) Astral: I suggest running faster. Anna: Ha! And now I've *gotcha*! Yuma: Look out! (She fires another rocket from the front of the craft. Yuma grabs onto Tori's hand again; she blushes slightly, distracted right before Yuma pulls her to the side, out of the path of the rocket. It blows up the sidewalk where they were, knocking them off their feet.)

(She catches up to them again, indoors somewhere.)

(And again, she finds them in a dark sewer tunnel...)

(And at the top of a tower...)

(And she flies along beside the roller coaster they're on...)

(And finds them even when they're both dressed up as the famous TV superhero the Sparrow...)

(Finally, Yuma and Tori climb a green-painted ladder that leads to the top of the shallow, domed, pink-and-orange-checked roof of a pavilion set atop a narrower cylindrical pillar of a base, connected to the city by tubes around the bottom and multicolored walkways around the top that arc across the open sky to upper stories of nearby buildings.) Yuma: There! We made it! (They both look about ready to collapse.) Yuma: There's no chance that she'll find us way- up- here... (But she has.) Anna: I wouldn't be so sure!! (They look up.) Anna: Any last words? 'Cause now's the time-- (Just then she loses her balance on the hovercraft and falls off; she and the hovercraft crash down on top of the dome behind them. Yuma and Tori aren't quite sure what just happened.) Anna: Uuuugghhh...

ACT 2 <<4:07>>

(Yuma and Tori aren't quite sure what just happened. They stand on top of the dome opposite the girl who just chased them all over town with a flying rocket launcher then fell off and knocked herself out.) Yuma: Uh... you okay? (She jumps up, bazooka aimed at the ready.) Anna: Quiet! I'm taking you out! You *know* you have it coming! Yuma: Hold on! Why do I have it coming? I don't even *know* you! You sure I'm the one you wanna blast? Anna: Ha! I'm *absolutely* sure, I'd never forget *you*-- Yuma Tsukumo! (She takes off her gazer; her eyes are yellow.) Tori: Huh?! Hold on, is that *you*, Anna? Yuma: A-anna? Tori: Yeah, Anna Kaboom from school, don't you *remember*? She transferred out two years ago. Yuma: Doesn't ring a bell... (Anna seethes at that, then explodes.) Anna: So I'm easy to forget?! Is that what you're suggesting, Yuma?!?! (Yuma falls back on his rear, and the barrel of the bazooka is a few feet from his nose. He hurriedly tries to appease her.) Yuma: No, no, I remember now! It's crystal clear! I could never forget someone so *charming* as you! Tori: Wait, so why *exactly* are you after Yuma, Anna? Anna: I'm after him because I want to get my revenge! Yuma and Tori: Get your revenge?! Anna: Got that right! (blushing slightly) For what he *did to me* back then. Or *didn't do*... Yuma: Huh?! Anna: Ya see?! Right there! That's the problem!! You're completely and totally oblivious! Oh, just *shush*!! (She turns away in a huff.) Tori (think): I *think I know what's going on here*... Anna: You... you never noticed me. Yuma: Whaddayou mean?! Why should I have *noticed* you?!

(Flashback. In VO, Anna describes these pranks with the utmost lovestruck fondness. Yuma strains to pull his shoes out of his school locker, but they've been glued down. Anna watches from around a corner. Both look younger and smaller.) Anna (VO): Because I put glue on the bottom of your shoes! (Change flashback. Yuma's duel screen has been vandalized by what might be pastel or paint marker, with red hearts and curlicues all over the screen, green squiggles around the sides, and a few yellow stars and more red hearts on the back. Little Yuma looks very dismayed, and little Anna is once again watching around the corner.) Anna (VO): I scribbled notes all over your duel disk... (Change flashback. Yuma's trunks split down the seam, revealing his underwear. The other little boys point and laugh; Anna watches from around a corner.) Anna (VO): I cut little holes in your gym shorts! (Change flashback. Yuma holds a big rice ball in each hand, a bite out of one; there's a big, round stone between his teeth. Anna watches from around a nearby corner.) Anna (VO): I hid rocks in your duel fuel! (End Flashbacks.)

Yuma: Really? *You* did all those things to *me*? Wow! Y'know, you'd really think I'd *remember* all that! Anna: You're telling *me*! How could you not know I was head-over-heels in *love* with you? That's why I was trying to get your attention... but nothing I did *worked*. *Then*, I had to transfer to another *school*!! Tori: Ohh... Anna: I asked you to meet me after class... I waited, and waited, but you never showed up.

(Flashback. Little Anna, gowned in white, stands under a large tree. The sunlight at her back is harsh, bright white.) Anna (VO): *That's* when I made a solemn vow. (Little Anna closes her eyes, head bowed; she's given up. He's not going to show. Then, her sorrow turns to fury-- End Flashback.)

Anna: I'll get you for this, Yuma-a-a-a-a!!! (She punches at his head, and barely misses, punching a large dent in the incredibly non-durable concrete or plaster of the roof under him.) Anna: And now it's time for payback! So get ready, *Yuma Tsukumo*-- 'cause I'm here to collect! (She picks up her blaster. Yuma somersaults and handsprings back from her.) Yuma: Uhaaaaahhhh! Wait! Just hold on a sec! Before you start collecting anything, maybe there's *another* way to teach me a lesson! Ya know-- by doing something that'll *really* make me suffer! (Tori looks anxious.) Yuma: Like *beating me in a duel*! Tori: Huh?! Anna: A duel, huh? Tori: Yuma, Anna wants to *blast* you, not *duel* you! She'll never *go* for it! Anna: Works for *me*. Tori: Whaa?! Anna: Let's *do this*! (She lets the bazooka drop at her feet, and clicks her duel screen into place.) Anna: It just so happens, I've *always known* how much you like dueling. So I *thought* you might suggest this! (Tori sighs with exasperation.) Tori: At least he's *safe* for now... Anna: *However*, if I win our match, then you have to become my boyfriend! Tori: Aaahhh?! Anna: Cool? Yuma: No way you'll be *winning* so that's *fine with me*! Tori: *Yuma*! Anna: All right, then let's get started! Yuma and Anna: Duel disk, extend and set! Duel gazer, activate! (Their duel disks shift into place; all three, both duelists and Tori, adjust their gazers, and they light up. The world turns slightly purplish in an upward rain of green numbers.) Computer: Authentic Reality Vision Link established. (Both duelists start with 4000 lifepoints.) Yuma and Anna: Now, let's duel! Astral: Human love is such a peculiar thing... *and* packs such serious firepower... (Tori now looks *very* anxious about this duel...) Anna: Ladies first, in *this* match-- so here I go! It's my-- draw! For my first move, I'm summoning Rocket Arrow Express! [Rocket Arrow Express 5000//L10/] (From a rippling portal behind her, out zooms a bullet train with a big, sleek plane mounted on top, tracks appearing ahead of it as it zooms through the air around the duel.) Yuma: Aaah! It's got five thousand attack points!! That train's gonna derail my duel! Astral: How is Anna able to summon such a strong monster on her first turn? Anna: This card can only be summoned when I have no other cards on my field. So since my field was *empty*, voila! However, to keep this card *out there*, I'll have to send five cards from my hand to the graveyard every turn. Yuma: Five cards every turn?! Yaah, I dunno what you're up to, but I don't like it *one bit*! (Astral lounges in the air above Yuma's head.) Anna: *However*, I can't attack on the turn Rocket Arrow Express is summoned, and when it's on the field, I can't place any other card facedown, *so*... I end my turn! Which means you're up, Yuma, so *bring it on*! Yuma: Right! Here I go! I draw! Astral: Yuma! Rocket Arrow is too powerful to take down this turn! Yuma: *Right*. So I'll just set the stage for *next turn*, then. First up, I'm placing one monster facedown in defense mode! Then I'll place another card facedown and end my turn! (Gameboard. Turn 1. Anna's lifepoints 4000 / Yuma's lifepoints 4000. Anna's hand 5 / Yuma's hand 4. Anna has Rocket Arrow Express on her field, and Yuma has a set monster and a facedown card.) Anna: Playing hard-to-get, areya? *I'll* fix that! I draw! I choose to discard *zero cards*, which means Rocket Arrow's wrecked! (The train, just then passing behind her, explodes.) Astral: Oh, my...! Anna: Next, I'll place five cards facedown, and then, *end* my turn! Yuma: What?! Why'd'ja get rid a' that *super powerful monster*?! Now you left yourself totally *defenseless*?! Astral: I guess love *does* work in mysterious ways. Anna: Now, *come on*, Yuma, and give me your very best shot! Yuma: All right-- you want it, you *got it*! My turn! I draw! First up-- I summon Gogogo Giant! [Gogogo Giant 2000//L4/] Yuma: Now Gogogo Giant attacks you directly!! Astral: Ah! Yuma: And if it hits, you'll be taking two thousand *giant* points of damage! Now, *go*! Astral: Wait, Yuma, what about the five facedown cards she has out?! Anna: I destroy all five facedown cards on my field! Go on-- get lost! (All five of her facedowns shatter.) Astral: What?! Anna: And now, I'm gonna summon to the field Snowplow Hustle Rustle! (Gogogo Giant is paused mid-attack.) Anna: I'm allowed to summon it when you attack me directly, simply by destroying *all the spell and trap cards* that I have out on the field. But enough *talk*-- let's just *plow ahead*! [Snowplow Hustle Rustle 2500/3000/L10/] Yuma: Whoa, twenty-five hundred attack points! Gogogo Giant, quick-- call off the attack! (Gogogo Giant lowers the foot it was about to stomp down on Anna.) Anna: Oh, you're not getting off *that* easy, Yuma! Snowplow Hustle Rustle, I'm activating your special ability! (Snowplow honks its horn. The five facedowns she destroyed appear out of a magic circle and line up on the field.) Anna: *Now*, you take two hundred points of damage for every spell and trap card I destroyed to summon it! Yuma: So with five cards destroyed, that's a *thousand points*! (Snowplow mows down the cards, and blows them out its side vents as snow; Yuma's caught in the middle of a small blizzard, and his lifepoints fall to 3000.) Yuma: Uuuuaaaggghhhh...!!

Tori: Yuma!

Anna: A thousand down, and three thousand points to go!! Yuma: So Anna *planned* this move from the very beginning? Astral: That *does* seem to be the case... Anna: Yes!! I'm *so* gonna win this and then you'll be mine!! So let's hurry up and finish this! Astral: You must be careful, Yuma. I have a hunch Anna is setting up something big. Yuma: Uh-huh, I know. I just hope we can stop whatever it is! Oh, wha' do I *do*?!

Tori: I dunno, but I hope you figure it out!

Anna: Moving on! My draw! And-- (looks at her card) Hmm! It's *just the card I wanted*! Go, "Special Schedule"! Thanks to this spell card, I have the *green light*, to summon one machine-type monster with three thousand or more attack points from my graveyard in defense mode! (Rocket Arrow Express comes zooming out of a magic circle in the sky, tracks already appearing ahead of it.) Anna: So *all aboard*-- 'cause Rocket Arrow Express is now *back*! [Rocket Arrow Express /0/L10/] Yuma: And it's like I'm *tied to the tracks*! Astral: Two level-ten monsters, this is not good! Anna: I know in years past, I could never get your *attention*. But I have a hunch-- that this next move *will*! I now overlay level-ten Rocket Arrow and Hustle Rustle! (The overlay streams are golden yellow, the galactic spiral bright red.) Anna: And with this overlay network, I can now summon, an Xyz monster!! Appear!! Superdreadnought Rail Cannon! (The wheels spark on three sets of tracks. It blocks out the sun, it's so tall and broad. Yuma looks up at it incredulously. It's a huge tower of a train.) [Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max 3000//R10/] Yuma: Three thousand attack points?! Astral: So *this* is what she has been angling for! Anna: But the best part of this *choo-choo* is the change it undergoes when I activate its ability! (One of its overlays swings out of orbit and strikes the top of the tower like a comet.) Anna: But don't take *my* word for it, see for yourself! (Thin, shimmering grooves light up across its face, and the green panels of its facade start reconfiguring themselves.) Anna: Once per turn, by using one overlay unit, you now take two thousand points of damage!! (A huge cannon and a shining sort of bird head have appeared out from behind the panels. The barrel of the cannon extends, three stages, and locks into place. The barrel lights up bright white-purple, and it's aimed right at Yuma.) Yuma: Gotta say, that thing's pretty cool-- but it'd be a lot cooler if it weren't pointing at me!! Anna: Now, Superdreadnought, unload on Yuma! Go-o, Cataclysmic Cannon Kablooie!! (The cannon releases a beam of ultraviolet blue-purple, and Astral floats out of the way; Yuma isn't so lucky.) Yuma: Waaaaaaaaaahhh!!! (Yuma's lifepoints plummet to 1000.)

Tori: Ahh...?!

(Yuma flies several feet and lands on his back.) Anna: Yeah, yippee!! I'm winning, I'm winning, I'm winning! (Yuma gets up again.) Anna: There's just one thousand lifepoints left before you lose, Yuma! Yuma: Rrrrgghhh... Anna: And once you've lost, you know what that means! For the rest of your life, you're all mine!

(Tori looks very anxious about this.)

Anna: So *whaddaya say*, handsome? Let's make that dream come true! Go, Superdreadnought! Attack Gogogo Giant and *win this duel* for me! (The giant train rolls slowly forward, straight at Gogogo Giant.)

Tori: Oh no!

(Yuma faces it down, teeth clenched...)

ACT 3 <<13:30>>

(Anna's giant train-mounted cannon is aimed right at Yuma.) Anna; Go, Superdreadnought! Attack Gogogo Giant and win this duel for me!

Tori: Watch out!!

Yuma: It's cool! 'Cause I play, the trap card "Overlay Buster"! Now my monster gains five hundred attack points until the end of battle. (Gogogo Giant flexes both arms; its attack points rise to 2500, and it's shimmering gold around the edges. Dreadnaught still hits it, which is enough to lay Yuma out, but he still has 500 lifepoints.) Anna: Clever move, Yuma; so you survive *this* turn. But I promise, you won't survive the next one! Yuma: Ya know, I hate to admit it-- but with Superdreadnought's special ability, Anna may just be *right*! I have to take that train off the tracks; but with it hauling three thousand attack points, it won't be easy! (Astral's face floats down into Yuma's view, upside-down.) Astral: It will not, but it *is possible*. (Yuma's sitting on the ground, and Astral's sitting upside-down in the air directly above him, so they're face-to-face, upside-down.) Yuma; Then what're you *waiting for*, tell me how! Astral: I cannot just *blurt it out*... (Astral floats upward and away, upside-down.) Astral: ...At least not without a proper *drum roll*... (Yuma sits up.) Yuma: A *drum roll*? ... I *got it*! (Yuma lifts himself on his hands, swings back and flips in the air, back onto his feet.) Yuma: It's time to high-five the sky! (draw) Here we go!! Draw! First I summon Zubaba Knight! [Zubaba Knight 1600//L3/] Zubaba Knight: Zubaba *Knight*! Yuma: Next I summon-- Rai Rider! [Rai Rider 1200/1400/L3/light] Yuma: Heheh-- then I overlay level-three Zubaba Knight and Rai Rider! (The overlay streams are yellow and gold, the galactic swirl shines bright red.) Yuma: And now that I have, I can build the overlay network and Xyz summon! (The two streams shoot into the center of the spiral galaxy.) Yuma: Now-- here's the *drum roll* you asked for, Astral! (Yuma's new monster plays a snappy snare roll. It's a little guy with a red sombrero and a whole drum set belted around his hips; the one he's playing on, two smaller to either side, and two big drums behind.) Yuma: I summon, Temtempo the Percussion Djinn! [Temtempo the Percussion Djinn 1700/1000/R3/] Anna: Ha! He's only got one thousand defense points! Yuma: Yeah, that's true-- but it's his special ability that you should *really* be worried about, Anna! (An overlay flies into one of the big drums.) Yuma: Ya see, when Temtempo uses one overlay unit, your Xyz monster *loses* all of its overlay units! Anna: It does *what*?! Yuma: And then for every overlay unit that was sent to the graveyard, Temtempo gains five hundred attack points! (Temtempo happily rocks out on his drums; he now has 2200 attack points.) Yuma: Toldja he could *jam*. And jam *up* Superdreadnought, 'cause now you can't use its ability! Astral: Correct. And since Temtempo is in defense mode, we will not take battle damage either. Yuma: I now place two cards facedown and end my turn! (Anna's fist shakes with anger.) Anna: But don't think you're ending this duel! Make all the moves you want, Yuma, but I'm going to win you yet!!

ACT 4 <<16:05>>

Anna: You're *not gonna beat me*, Yuma! You can make all the moves you want, but I'm still going to win you yet!! (draw) It's *my turn*! I draw! And first, I'm activating the equip spell known as "Train Connection"! Now, by banishing two level-eight-or-above machine-type monsters in my graveyard, I can equip Train Connection on a machine-type monster, and double its attack points so I can *really* stay on track! Yuma: Yeah, *I'll* say! (Superdreadnought hovers up from the three trains it was sitting on; the two trains from Anna's graveyard, Rocket Arrow and Hustle Rustle, drive underneath and become Dreadnaught's new wheels. It sets itself down on top of them, and its attack points rise to 6000.) Yuma: Six thousand attack points?! Anna's *really* outdone herself *this* time, Astral! Astral: And I do not even think she is done yet. Anna: And I've got *more* news. Due to Train Connection's effect, when the equipped monster attacks a monster in defense mode, if its attack points are greater than *your* monster's defense points, the difference is dealt to *you* as damage! Yuma (frantically counts on fingers): Carry the one, subtract the remainder, divide the square root-- ah! I'll take five thousand points of damage if your attack gets through!! Anna: That's right, which would mean that-- the duel's over and you're mine, sweetums!

(Tori reacts with worry.)

Yuma: Igghhh... Anna: Aww, don't tell me that you're going to *cry* like that time before! Yuma: *What* time before? Anna: Oh, you remember! When I took your card!

(Flashback. Little Anna sits high in a tree, waving a card.) FB Young Anna: If you want your card back, Yuma, you'll just have to come up here with me! (Little Yuma is standing below, key around his neck, calling up to her.) FB Young Yuma: But I'm afraid of heights! Come on, give it back! Anna (VO): I was just playing *around* with you, but then you started *tearing up*! FB Young Yuma: Come on, give it back to me, wouldja! (End Flashback.)

Tori: Wait a sec...

Yuma: But I'm not *afraid* of heights. Anna: Well you were back then! Yuma; Was *not*! I was only afraid of spiders and the dark and toes! Anna: Guess I'll just have to jog your memory-- by knocking some sense into you! You're going down!! Yuma: Ugh... Astral: That is not a good thing to hear. Not when you only have a mere five hundred lifepoints remaining. Yuma: You are *not helping*, Astral! Astral: Then again, if you had the right *facedown cards*, that could be *great* news. Yuma: Huh? Anna: This is it, Yuma! You're all mine! Yuma: Ha! Of course! Anna: Go, Superdreadnought Rail Cannon! Attack Temtempo!

Tori: Oh no!!

Anna: *Bash* that little drummer boy! Yuma: I don't think so! I'm playing the trap, "Gamushara"! (Pronounced 'gum-SHAH-ruh'.) Yuma: With this card, my monster switches from defense mode, to attack mode. Anna: Only twenty-two hundred attack points?! Come on! You know that's not enough to beat Superdreadnought! Yuma: I know that it's not, Anna; that's why I'm playing this next card, too! I activate the trap, "Mirror Mail"! Now my monster's attack points become the same as *your* monster's attack points! (Temtempo drums rapidly as he grows into a giant. He now has 6000 attack points, just like Superdreadnought.)

Tori: All right Yuma, way to feel the flow!!

(The eyes gleam on Superdreadnought's birdlike figurehead. Temtempo keeps jamming, and sound waves spread from his drums. In a big, smoky explosion, Superdreadnought keels over; then it explodes again, raining down around Anna.) Anna: Uugghh! (When the dust clears, the field is empty; both giant monsters are gone.) Anna: No way...! Yuma: Oh, and another thing-- thanks to the trap card Gamushara, since your monster was destroyed, you take damage equal to its attack points, which is *six thousand*! (A big cannon sticks out of the card. Anna only has four thousand lifepoints.) Anna: Uh-oh! Yuma: Now-- do your thing, Gamushara! And let Anna know what it's like to be on the *other* end of a cannon blaster! Anna: Ohhh...! (The blast hits, propelling Anna backward.) Anna: Aaaaaaahhhh...! (Anna's lifepoints fall to 0; she hits the ground on her back. A holographic screen declares Yuma the winner. He jumps up and down.) Yuma: I did it!

(The virtual field dissolves. Tori smiles with relief. Anna winces on the ground, sits up and pulls off her gazer.) Anna: No way...! I lost. But *ho-o-o-o-o-o-ow*?!?!?! (Yuma and Tori walk across the field to meet her.) Yuma: I'll *tell* ya how, Anna; 'cause ya brought a *giant cannon* to do a job that a lesser monster could've done. Anna: Rrrgghhh!! Yuma: Kinda like how you went *way overboard* trying to blast me earlier, when all you needed to do was ask me to talk. (Anna sobs and pounds her fists on the ground.) Anna: No-o-o-o-o!!! Tori: Umm, I dunno if it's the right time to say this, but... (Anna growls at her; Tori shuts up.) Anna: Rrrrggghhh!! (Tori hesitantly continues.) Tori: Wasn't the person you liked name *Kumo Tsuyuma*, rather than *Yuma Tsukumo*? (Anna perks up.) Anna: Uh?? Yuma: Kumo Tsuyuma? (Anna silently racks her brain.) Yuma: Oh yeah, I totally remember him. He was that kid who cried a lot and was really afraid of heights, right? (Anna gasps.)

(Flashback. Instead of Yuma pulling on the shoes glued into the locker, little Anna watches another kid, with dark brown hair and a light blue shirt, about Yuma's height. Instead of Yuma finding his duel screen drawn all over, it's the same brown-haired kid, starting to cry. It wasn't Yuma with the seam cut on his swim trunks, or standing at the bottom of the tree either, but the brown-haired kid named Kumo Tsuyuma. End Flashback.)

(Anna lights up; they're right! Astral curiously floats closer. Then she realizes that they're all peering at her.) Anna: Ah! Well it's *your fault* for having a similar name! *I hope* that you've learned your lesson! (She marches away righteously and climbs onto her rocket launcher, hovering into the air.) Yuma: Hey! *Wait a second*! What about my heart piece?! Anna: Heart piece? What's that? Yuma: It's what you give me when you lose a duel! Anna: Well, *tough*; I don't have one. Yuma: Ah! Hold on, are you telling me that you're not even *competing* in the Duel Carnival?! Anna: *Please*, I've never even *heard* of it! (She flies away; Yuma is practically hopping up and down with anger.) Yuma: Well ya shoulda told me that from the get-go!! Aw, man, what a complete waste a' time! Tori: I had a hunch something was fishy from the very start. Yuma: Hmm? Tori: I mean why would a girl ever like *you*? Yuma: *Hey*, I'm *likeable*! Astral: It is a shame to see her go, though. Yuma: Huh?! (Astral sits up in the air, legs crossed.) Astral: After all, those who duel for love duel with great passion. Yuma: Oh *yeah*? Well I'd love if you'd keep your theories to yourself!

(Anna is soaring over the city, up among the monorail tracks.) Anna: Yuma Tsukumo... cute. Mmmhmhmhmhmhm! (Then she runs into one of those monorail tracks, face-first. She scowls, touching the spot on her forehead where she hit, and gets angry!) Anna: Ugghh! I blame *you* for that, Yuma Tsukumo!! And I'll get my revenge!!

END <<21:47>>