Normally Tsukiko did not like other people telling her what to do. Like her brother, she preferred others not to worry about her since she could take care of herself. It was obvious that she did not take care of herself earlier and allowed herself to become so weak conditioned in the eyes of others that she mysteriously collapsed after Michelle's finishing blow during the duel. However, when she came to after the explosion had lifted and the dust had dissolved she didn't feel a thing other than a little lethargic.
Angelo gently placed his hand on her duel disk to stop her from putting it all the way back on "you don't need to duel me. I would like to talk if you don't mind, after all I came here to relax just as much as you did. It would be nice to simply talk to someone for a while and learn more about the students ill be working with." She wanted to flare up out of anger and yell at him for saying that since she didn't need anyone's help when it came to her health. She thought she could take of herself and that certainly did not change when Angelo prevented her from putting her duel disk back on. She closed her eyes and gave off a very long and deep sigh as she let the long breath she took refresh her lungs and let the oxygen settle so that she could attempt to relax without her behavior acting like a short fused timebomb. She knew that Angelo meant well, but it only caused her more adversity when she couldn't comprehend the reason behind why she collapsed earlier.
She remembered she did get up earlier to prevent herself from having to take a cold shower, but it wasn't that much lack of sleep. The fact was is her body shouldn't be this tired after a duel. Something else must have transpired during the duel which took its toll on her body, but she didn't quite know what it was. If she tried to bring it up she knew no one would believe her that she heard her brother's voice and felt his presence when he was clearly not there. Just like when her 'Void Dragon' card flashed right in front of her eyes. Maybe that is what it wanted her to see, but what was it wanting her to look at. She thought to herself as her bitter face still somewhat showed throw her charismatic lightened mood. Ugh, this makes absolutely no sense. What did this card want to show me? I don't understand what was so important from that memory that it just wanted me to re-experience it again. I'd rather just have that memory disappear completely.
Tsukiko kept 'Void Dragon' which she pulled out of her deck gripped tight between her two fingers as she examined the card. There was nothing unique about the text on the card. The fact it glowed when she entered the indoor pool area confused the hell out of her, but maybe it glowed because Michelle knew who her brother was and possibly who she was despite not showing it earlier. She felt like Michelle knew a little more than she was giving hint to about that incident. Why would she even ask about it if she didn't have some kind of knowledge about it? She heard that there was a tragedy during the final round. Some mysterious devious duelist had shown their true colors in the Finals and severely injured one of the duelists and then during the final round there was a tragedy that happened but her father's company covered the whole thing up with the help of the media. I have some questions of my own for Michelle. My main question is how did she know about the accident during my brother's duel and how did she know about my brother dueling in the World Circuit? Something just doesn't add up with her at all.
Tsukiko decided that she would think about that later. She would allow Angelo to talk with her for awhile, but he wasn't to ask about certain issues because she would not give him the answers he wanted anyway. There are just some things she just didn't want to talk about and what happened earlier with Michelle was one fine example of what she wanted to bury in her mind for now. A bit disappointment that Angelo was acting the same way the other people were she acknowledged him and then took a seat where he did sit down right beside her which did make her a little nervous because she never had a boy sit that close to her aside from her brother. She would not even allow Hayato to sit that close to her, because she knew Haas might make fun of her about having a boyfriend when it wasn't like that all. She hardly even knew Hayato and he was barely just an acquaintance. For the face she hardly even knew him and find very strange that her brother was cooperating with him like he was trusting him which was certainly unusual about her brother. Unless he felt something about Hayato that connected him to himself he wouldn't have agreed that easily so that had to be the answer.
"Lucky that you got to go to school. I, on the other hand, was home schooled not ever getting the chance to make any friends. My father thought the outside world was a bad influence on the Ikushirou family name and he didn't want to be bringing in any outsiders to control our company." Tsukiko started off as she sighed deeply very disappointed and also somewhat lonely though she never admitted it herself. You could tell from her eyes that the girl was troubled even though she tried to hide it under her tough attitude of hers which sometimes came off as very cold depending on the circumstance and situation. Her attitude could change quickly which was directly affected by the situation at hand. She could easily go from laughing to screaming in anger that she wanted people to leave her alone. Despite the empty look in her eyes which was full of melancholy she decided to press on with her speech. "If you're asking, am I the daughter of Sakama Ikushirou then yes I am. My father used to run a multi-billion dollar company which is affiliated with Duel Monsters. I'm from the Heart of Duel Monsters which is Domino City. It is where I was born and raised. I don't want to go into anything about my father, because I do not like talking about him at all." She paused after she mentioned that she didn't want to talk about her father.
One would ask why does she not want to talk about her father, but judging by that scowl on her face which looks like animosity devoured her happiness it was apparent that her father probably wasn't an honorable man. Which was nothing short of the truth. In fact, Tsukiko had an extreme dislike for her father, but she didn't abhor him like her brother did. Her brother even tried to kill their father, but he could never go through with the act. She knew that he couldn't bring himself to be on her father's level. Her father was a terrible person, but that was another story for another time. Thinking about her father right now probably was not the best idea considering how on edge she was earlier. "The current owner of Ikushirou Enterprises is..." She paused for a moment as she almost blundered on the fact that was being kept a secret. The company was investigating itself for possible leaks inside the company and to divulge the details on its corruption during the World Circuit. To protect the heir of the company, their identity was kept secret where a substitute took over the company in their place though always consulting with the owner of the company.
It was probably noticeable that Tsukiko had a very deep history that was wrought with misery. The way the girl looked gave clear indication that she was hiding things about herself that she didn't want others to see, but no one really knew why she was shielding them from those things. The look of despair on her face embolden with a sharp tongue indicated that her past greatly affected not only her character, but what kind of person she wanted to become making it harder to achieve that goal. After all, the girl was a mysterious silver haired maiden who was pretty much an amnesiac when it came to her past. For some reason she had forgotten almost everything about her past other than the few shards that remained in grasp for her to touch. Not really any of those memories were ones she wanted to recall and she was a bit suspicious if this was her father's doing. She had heard about a project her father worked on which drove people into complete despair allowing them to wield their entire dueling power and harness the complete capacity of their dueling spirit. A terrible plan he was hatching which she knew wasn't going to flower anything that was good. She wondered if that's why her brother entered Duel Tower. To see if there was a link between his father and Duel Tower, but she knew he wouldn't ever say anything about it because he really hated his father.
Brushing all those thoughts aside for now she would focus on trying to enjoy herself with Angelo though it was very difficult when her mind ran wild with curiosity. It was very hard to focus when she wanted to know the meaning behind everything that was happening to her. Was it all predetermined or was it just mere coincidence decided by the threads of fate? "Sorry if I'm losing focus. I just have a lot of things that are on my mind at the moment. Feel free to tell me about yourself if you want. I'll try to listen." Her hesitation was giving hint that something was really bothering her, but she wouldn't say what it was. She took a drink of her orange soda which was still on the table as she took her duel disk on the table and set it on the floor underneath her chair sliding 'Void Dragon' back into her deck. Perhaps getting that card out of her hand would help ease the tension, but unfortunately nothing really changed. She still felt a little strange and her mind still was occupied with all these things she didn't have her answers to.