As Johnny went further into the meadows in an attempt to find a good spot to lookout for challengers, he found a tree that looked simple enough to climb. Grabbing hold of one of the tree's sturdy branches he climbed up and sat down. The view was beautiful enough to see for what seemed like forever. The breeze was cool and ran through him. "It seems almost too beautiful to think that this will soon be a bloodbath."

As he made his way back to the meadows, Johnny found another tree and sat on it's branches. Looking up at the clouds, he lied down getting his energy back to full levels for the next confrontation.

Johnny notices Minato coming in his direction. Still laying down on the tree branch, he tilts his head over and just looks at the newcomer blankly. After a short pause Johnny asked "So what brings you to this tournament, might I ask?"

Johnny's expression remained blank as he pulled a card out of his back pocket. He showed Minato the Mist Valley Apex Avian card. "This card was the deck master of the last person who engaged me in a duel. They're dead now. I really don't think you want to end up like them. You may be 'hokage', but that doesn't mean you're the best here. Hokage is ninja terminology on top of it and frankly I don't have a greatest bonds with any ninjas I ever met, considering they destroyed my village + the person's whose deck master I had was a ninja as well. If you know what's good for you I'd not challenge me. However, I see you as a worthy adversary though. How about you do as I am and look up at the clouds? They're awfully fluffy today. It's rather relaxing." Johnny's head went back to looking up at the clouds.

"Heh. You're pretty fast on your feet" remarked Johnny. "Its nothing against you personally but I just have no care for the likes of ninjas. I came into this tournament out of revenge but now that the task is complete I feel content and like I can enjoy the more peaceful things. Like clouds, for example. Nature in general is a beautiful thing I haven't admired in a very long time. Let's take awhile to rest and embrace it."

"Exactly." replied Johnny. "I've been on a vengeance hunt for 2 years now. Although it's not completely resolved I still feel better knowing I got an eye for an eye. The rest of those who killed my village and family are still out there. If I make it out of this tournament alive, I'm going to find them and end what they started all that while ago. Until then though, I need to relax. It's been a long time since I've felt my mind this free of revenge." He pauses for a moment. "I wonder just how many people are in this tournament and what their stories are as well. I wonder what events have taken place in the lives of others to lead up to this one catastrophic tournament. I know little about this tournament, yet I intentionally joined for the sake of avenging those who I loved. I wonder what others in this tournament are fighting for."

Johnny knew he was right. Minato truly was very wise in his words. "I'm not sure if dueling will solve the revenge in total, due to the fact that you really have no part in the destruction of my valley" replied Johnny. A cool breeze moved through the air. The clouds looked absolutely beautiful, despite the fact that it was a battlefield waiting to happen. "You rush too much into battle. You're too hasty. Sometimes you just need to sit back and let things unfold the way that they should. Jumping into battle every time you see an opponent is a sure fire way of getting you killed."

Johnny jumped off the tree branch and activated his duel disk. "Well, there's no harm in in. Why not." It'll help pass the time. My goal in this tournament is already complete, so life or death doesn't matter to me. I doubt I'd ever be able to restore Mist Valley the way it is. Let's go, Hokage."

Johnny looked to Minato in a pause as he could see himself slowly fading. His deck master started to disappear and became just an ordinary card. "Heh.. at least I avenged you.. mother and father.. family.. village." His path was at an end. He knew well that not all ninja were terrible, but he now had a reassurance for certain. "Take care Minato.. strive on and do not lose. Make the last living member of Mist Valley proud to die by your hand.."

After what had felt like an eternity of walking Tyson had finally come across a glorious, thriving meadow full of nocturnal life. He glanced down at his watch and noticed the time, he had been walking for a few days he wasn't sure how long it had been since he had left the train.

Tyson had long felt the urge to sleep but had resisted it as he had not felt safe but now, in this big wide open space he somehow knew everything was going to be alright, it was like some voice inside his head was telling him so.

He looked around for a shelter of some sort, anything he could sleep in or under. The best thing he found was a tree, a tree of all things. As he lay down against the solid bark of the tree Tyson began to wonder why he had been nominated for this tournament to the death, he couldn't remember no matter how much he had tried.

Minutes later Tyson had fallen asleep.

Kat walked into a meadow, cautiously looking around the whole way. There were a couple of people in the vicinity, but not a lot, plus it was a large area. Kat decided this would be a good place to stay for a bit, so she began to lie back against a tree. Looking around again, she saw a body lying on the ground across the meadow. This scared Kat a lot, because even though she knew this was a very dangerous place, it just didn't seem real before now. Kat made a mental vow to herself, promising herself the same thing wouldn't happen to her. She could feel the heat of confidence starting to well up within her.

After waking from a long, long sleep Tyson found himself covered in bugs both big, small, hairy and disgusting.

"Argh!" Tyson exclaimed as he removed the bugs from his now wrecked shirt, he knew it wasn't a good idea to sleep under a tree!

Getting to his feet in a hurry Tyson started walking, as to where he did not know.

Kat had sat down next to a tree thinking. She knew that if she waited, maybe she could wait for everyone to just kill each other. But what if that wouldn't earn her a spot in the finals? Plus, she couldn't just sit there forever. Plus the heat she was feeling throughout her body felt weird, she felt ready for a fight. Kat started trying to think of why she felt like this, for this was really out of character for her, but she couldn't think straight enough to actually figure it out. As Kat got up, she saw a guy in glasses walking close to her, who hadn't seemed to notice her. Kat quickly walked towards him. "H-hey you, wait a sec." she said to the man

Tyson turned around as he heard a voice behind him, he turned to see a small woman with beautiful green eyes wearing black leggings and a red t-shirt.

"Why hello there" Tyson replied to her.

Kat wasn't sure what to do next. Part of her wanted to just run away and hide, but Kat knew she couldn't do that here, it'd only get her killed. No, she had to take action before someone else did. Kat looked down at her feet, her hands fidgeting. After about 15 seconds of this, she started to speak, her eyes still not meeting his. "I..I challenge you to a duel."

Surprised by her sudden determination Tyson actually felt insecure for a second or two, like the strength of his deck and his heart was not enough to win him this match. But then suddenly a spirit appeared by his side, it looked like his favourite monster Elemental HERO Ice Edge! He looked at his challenger and didn't see any shock in her facial expressions. "How in the world.. Am I hallucinating now?" Tyson thought to himself.

The spirit turned to face Tyson and nodded. Tyson understood exactly why it was doing this. It wanted him to duel, it wanted to show its strength. As Tyson turned his view back to his challenger he finally replied with "Okay I accept but be prepared, I am going to give it my all!".

Tyson's Red Duel Disk activated.

"Al-alright." Kat said, grabbing her deck. She was really unsure that she was even ready for this, but she knew she had to be. She activated her green duel disk to symbol the start of the duel