Gate Holder

Gate Holder is the second episode of Rio: Rainbow Gate!.

Plot
Rio is asked to train a new recruit named Anya Helsing to be a dealer. Anya is quick to point out that Rio owns a "Gate", one of thirteen rare cards that are wagered in battles with other "Gate Holders" to determine the strongest dealer in the world. Although her dealer skills are quite good, she is rather clumsy, causing some chaos in the casino. Meanwhile, a Gate Holder named Elvis comes to challenge Rio to a Gate Battle. Whist looking for Rio Elvis bumps into Anya who had dropped a tray of glasses, Elvis crouches down to help her only to cut his finger on one of the broken pieces. Anya puts a bandage on Elvis' finger to stop the bleeding the cut and walks off, Elvis then spots Rio and challenged her to a gate battle. Howard accepted Elvis' challenge on Rio's behalf and arranges a gate battle set on a giant roulette table. Although Elvis has confidence is his prediction of numbers, he ultimately loses to Rio when the bandage he was wearing on his finger comes off while throwing the ball, allowing Rio to guess correctly and win his gate.

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * Rio Rollins Tachibana
 * Mint Clark
 * Tom Howard
 * Anya Helsing
 * Elvis
 * Tiffany Abbot
 * Elle Adams
 * Ille Adams
 * Rosa Canyon