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Outside [[Heartland Academy]], [[Yuma Tsukumo|Yuma]] has just Summoned "[[Gagaga Girl]]" against a Duelist with "[[Mokey Mokey]]". [[Vector#As Ray Shadows|Ray]] comes in, saying that there is trouble. He grabs Yuma by the arm and drags him away, cancelling the Duel. "Gagaga Girl" pouts before disappearing. At the [[Super Secret Number Card Investigation Club|Number Club]], Yuma is promptly smacked in the face with a thrown shoe upon entering (Ray himself barely ducking the improvised projectile). Ray describes how he thought it would be a good idea if the club had a mascot (cheerleaderin the dub). He initially suggested that [[Tori Meadows|Tori]] be the cheerleader mascot because of how she had seen the most "Numbers", but changed his mind in favor of [[Cathy Katherine|Cathy]] because Tori does not know how to Duel. This indirectly caused a brawl between both girls. [[Rio Kastle|Rio]] shows up shortly after Ray is done relaying the events that started the argument, and [[Bronk Stone|Bronk]] suggests that Rio be the cheerleadermascot. Rio challenges Cathy to a Duel, but the latter refuses, since Rio is [[Reginald Kastle|Shark]]'s sister. [[Caswell Francis|Caswell]] comments that the cheerleader mascot idea wasn't such a good idea after all, while [[Flip Turner|Flip]] disagrees with Bronk's suggestion. Bronk, in turn, gets angry at Flip for that remark, while Yuma warns him not to get involved in the argument. A fight ensues between the Number Club, with Yuma trying to calm everyone down. [[Astral]] appears behind Yuma, watching the argument. [[Girag]], watching the spectacle outside the classroom, decides to use this opportunity to make a move against Yuma.

At Yuma's house, Astral addresses his concern about the argument. Yuma, who is looking through the cards in his Deck, but Yuma brushes it off, saying that close friends getting into arguments isn't a big deal, as they'll make up the next day. Astral hopes that Yuma is correct. The next day at school, Yuma sees Tori avoiding Cathy after walking into the classroom. At the hallway, Bronk is eating a donut, but stops short after seeing Caswell and Flip, much to Yuma's shock. Yuma comments that his friends are still mad at each other, but sees Rio walking by. He manages to catch up to her, but immediately stops when she asks him if he wanted something in a threatening tone. After school, Yuma, still disappointed at the situation at hand, and Ray walk home. Ray offers to Duel Yuma to cheer him up, but the latter refuses. Girag appears behind Yuma and convinces him to hold [[Friendship Games|a sports tournament]] to help defuse the situation, but Yuma must also compete and if he makes it to the finals, he must lose to make everyone else feel better. Yuma and Ray accept, but Yuma becomes suspicious, because he did not know who Girag was before. Girag manages to cover this by telling Yuma he is his biggest fan. Yuma and Ray decide to tell everyone about the Friendship Games.

The next day, Girag opens the tournament. The Number Club and Rio have gathered in front of Yuma, Ray and Girag, while Shark sits by himself far away from them. After Yuma does the opening announcements, everyone else voices their displeasure at being at the tournament. Yuma encourages everyone that they'll leave happy after the tournament. Girag explains the rules, which are that everyone plays in teams, and for each win, the team gets a point. The top two teams with the most points will advance to the finals. He pairs off Yuma with Shark, Flip with Caswell, Bronk with Rio, and Cathy with Tori (in the dub, the team names are "Too Cool and the Fool", "Nerd Herd", "Beauty and the Bronk" and "Grrr-l Power", respectively). Tori and Cathy are displeased at the pairings, while Bronk is satisfied with his partner. Ray adds that the winner will get to be named the cheerleader mascot for the Number Club, which seems to please Cathy. Girag picks a card from a ballot to decide how the first round will be played. The card is "[[Sky Diving - Sky Drop Duel]]". Flip and Caswell are dropped from an airplane, clutching on to "[[Flipangutan]]" and "[[Crashbug X]]", respectively, while Shark stands on "[[Submersible Carrier Aero Shark]]". Shark commands "Aero Shark" to attack Caswell and Flip. Yuma, hanging on to "[[Zubaba Knight]]", congratulates Shark on a good job. Ray, dropping in next to Yuma, declares his team the winner.