The darkness crept in like a disease, spreading across the land slowly, as if agonizingly taunting the students at Duel Academy. The students walked to their dorms and made rest for the night, preparing themselves for the special event Dr Crowler had prepared for the following day. Alexis Rhodes was brushing her hair, preparing herself for the night's rest. Chazz Princeton was looking through his deck, trying to think of more ways he could beat the slifer slacker in a duel. Atticus Rhodes stepped out from his bathroom, fully clothed with a towel over his shoulders and his hair dripping wet. He walked past the desk with a picture of his little sister Alexis and a rose next to it, and then stopped, smiling at it. Syrus Truesdale was lying on his stomach in his room, smiling happily while drawing pictures of the Dark Magician Girl. Tyranno Hassleberry was sitting by the window and looking out at the moon. Jim Cook was sitting in his room, talking softly to his crocodile that slithered across the floor near his feet. Blair Flannigan sat at the foot of her bed, taking her shoes off after the long day. Jesse Anderson lay on his stomach on his bed, patting Ruby gently on the head. Jaden Yuki lay on his bed, staring up at the roof, excited about what was going to happen tomorrow.
A sudden scream ripped through the school dorms, catching the attention of everyone. Jaden jumped off his bed, rushing to the blue dorm where the scream had come from. He ran into Jesse first, literally. As Jesse exited his room he was knocked to the ground by the brunette, who apologised and helped him stand, then they continued running, meeting up with Alexis and Syrus, before approaching the dorm room the scream had come from.
"I-Is it safe to open the door?" asked Syrus, stuttering and cowering near Alexis, who looked just as afraid. Jesse nodded at Jaden and Jaden gulped slightly, reaching for the door handle.
"Who knows Sy" he answered and opened the door slowly to reveal a dark room and a male student sprawled across the ground and a dark figure crouching by the window. All four of them gasped, catching the attention of the mystery person who turned to look at them as long hair flew by the force, revealing the identity as a woman. She grabbed the last of the objects then jumped through the window, the window smashing into a thousand little pieces and she began falling. Jaden gasped and tried to yell out to her, running to the window and watched her fall, then land on her feet without a sound, then ran off into the distance.
"Jay! You're hands!" exclaimed Jesse as he ran to Jaden, yanking him away from the window by his shoulder then grabbed his hands, examining the blood that was trickling across his palms. Jaden blinked a few times then looked down at his hands.
"Oh, I didn't even notice..." he stated and Jesse sighed, raising one hand then gave Jaden a good thump on the head. Jaden winced from the pain then his eyes widened as he began muttering 'Ow' repeatedly. Jesse sighed again.
"Now you notice the pain... typical... come on, I'm taking you to Miss Fontaine's office" muttered Jesse, pulling Jaden by his wrist to the infirmary. Alexis and Syrus waited there to tell any passersby what had happened and Atticus and Chazz, who had arrived during the incident, took the male student to the infirmary.
"The cuts weren't that deep, and we managed to get any shards of glass out, so these last few stitches should hold it together but we'll bandage them up just in case" stated Miss Fontaine as she put in the last few stitches into Jaden's hand. Jesse sat on the chair nearby as he watched Miss Fontaine deal with Jaden.
"Well that's good!" exclaimed Jaden, rubbing his other stitched up hand on the back of his head, then winced from the pain in his hand. Jesse began chuckling at him as Jaden turned to pout at his best friend.
"Sorry, it's just your expression was hilarious!" explained Jesse as he continued laughing at the brunette who's pout only grew. Miss Fontaine finished bandaging Jaden's hand then let him go, following Jesse out the infirmary and they split ways back to their dorms.
Jesse walked down the passage to the Blue dorm when he stumbled across a girl walking with a large buff man. He only caught a glimpse of her, but her long golden brown hair blew lightly in the breeze and her pale skin looked almost white due to the night. She was being shielded by the big man, who wore a suit and had tan skin and black, shortly cropped hair. He wore glasses and was holding the girl in a tight, protective grip. The girl opened her eyes against the breeze and locked onto Jesse's for a split second. He found himself mesmerised by innocent lavender eyes. Then the girl and the man disappeared behind the wall.
Jesse stood there, dumbstruck for a few minutes then began walking back to his dorm. Who was that girl? Jesse just couldn't shake her face from his mind, and as he lay in his bed, trying to fall asleep, he kept seeing images of that girl. He didn't even know her name and he couldn't stop picturing her, what the hell was wrong with him! Jesse rolled onto his side, growling slightly as he lightly punched his pillow then rested against it, finally falling asleep.
Jaden couldn't stop thinking about the thief. Who was she? Why was she stealing? So many questions entered his mind, but he was certain of one thing, the thief was female and had knocked out a male student, so she was a skilled fighter and it would be tough to defeat her. Jaden sighed to himself, and then pulled the covers over as he closed his eyes, willing himself to fall asleep.
That next day at about noon, Dr Crowler called everyone to the meeting hall for an assembly. Everyone sat in their seats that they normally sat in for class, chatting and gossiping as usual. Jaden yawned loudly and let his chin hit the desk as he struggled to stay awake like always. Jesse chuckled at him and then looked forward at the assembly, resting his chin on his hand. Alexis was sitting nearby and was writing some notes from her previous class and Chazz was sitting next to her, looking at his duel monster card. Hassleberry was sitting on the row behind them and was chatting to Syrus and Atticus. Jim and Blair sat on the row in front of them, Blair was busy drawing on her notepad and Jim was looking forward at the assembly attentively.
"Now, listen everyone! I have an announcement to make to you. Yes, it is true that there was a break in last night and a student was hurt and had some of his belongings taken, but I assure you there is nothing to fear. My other announcement is that we have a new student from the Southern duelling academy. This duellist is the best in their school and has been chosen to represent their school here at Duel Academy. Please welcome Kyah Lutan" stated Dr Crowler as the big man approached the stage, then walked to Dr Crowler.
"Huh? That guy's Kyah Lutan? That sounds like a girl's name" stated Chazz which caught Jaden's attention as he began refraining laughing.
"Poor guy..." Jaden muttered while trying to keep his laughter quiet. Dr Crowler listened to the large man, and then nodded, looking worried.
"It appears Kyah isn't with us at the moment, I wonder where on earth the little rascal went..." muttered Crowler as the man suddenly turned and glared at him, making Crowler freak a little, "I-I mean little angel!"
The man then smiled, turning back to the crowd of children with his arms crossed over his chest. The door suddenly opened and the golden brown haired girl was standing there, puffing badly and then began running down the stairs on her toes. When she reached the bottom of the stairs she jogged to the stage and rushed to the man and Crowler. She wore the Obelisk blue jacket which was short and unbuttoned, a lavender short sleeved top and a navy tight skirt that went just a little above her knees. She wore black high heeled boots that went halfway up her calf.
"Where on earth were you Kyah?" asked Crowler as he approached her. Kyah giggled and stuck her tongue out at him.
"I was exploring, what do you think?" she answered and then saw the man approach her.
"That was dangerous Miss Kyah. Remember what happened the last time you did that" said the man and Kyah pouted at him.
"The last time I went exploring I came back fine Jarrod... the time you're thinking of is the only one you know of!" she answered, pulling a smug look at him which caused Jarrod to sigh. This caused laughter from all the students as Kyah giggled along with them at Jarrod who just straightened his tie on his suit. Crowler sighed in frustration. Great, another student similar to the slifer slacker.
"Hi everyone! I'm Kyah Lutan and I come from South Cross Duel Academy! I look forward to my stay here and I look forward to being friends with you all!" said Kyah as she waved at everyone in the crowd. Jarrod cleared his throat, catching her attention.
"Oh, and this is Jarrod, my big softy bodyguard!" she said, smiling and patting Jarrod on the shoulder.
"A bodyguard? Why would she need one?" asked Hassleberry as he leaned forward so he was near Jaden and the others.
"Maybe she's from a rich family or something?" suggested Alexis and Jaden shrugged his shoulders.
"Or maybe she was kidnapped or something when she was little?" suggested Blair and everyone shrugged. Who knew?
After class, the group walked through the halls and were chatting to one another as Jesse walked amongst them, his arms folded behind his head and his mind lost in thought. He felt like hitting his head against the wall repeatedly for allowing a complete stranger to do this to his mind.
"Wait! Jarrod!" called a female voice and they all stopped, looking forward as Jarrod walked out of another passageway to appear before them, but he just kept walking in the direction he was going, not even noticing them. Not long after, Kyah appeared, running after him and trying to call out to him. She stopped suddenly, noticing the group, then smiled, waving.
"Hi guys! Sorry about Jarrod being so cold, hang on, I'll be back once I sort him out!" she stated and then turned back to run after Jarrod but gasped as her feet hooked together and she fell to the ground. She pushed herself up and then blushed in embarrassment as the group began laughing softly. Kyah dusted herself off, wincing for a second, and then ran after Jarrod, calling out to him. After a little talking she ran back to the group and stopped before them.
"Your knees, they look painful" stated Syrus and Kyah looked down at her knees. She shrugged her shoulders.
"Meh, I fall that often because I'm clumsy that I barely notice anymore. Anyway, I'm Kyah Lutan, nice to meet you all!" she introduced herself and the group smiled.
"I'm Alexis Rhodes, this is Syrus Trusdale, Tyranno Hassleberry, Blair Flannigan" started Alexis and then she was cut off.
"I'm Atticus Rhodes, Alexis's older sister, this is Jim Cook" continued Atticus.
"I'm the Chazz! Chazz Princeton" stated Chazz as she folder his arms over his chest.
"I'm Jaden Yuki!" stated Jaden as he gave her a thumbs up, then silence fell over the group and they all turned to look at Jesse, who blinked a few times, looking around.
"H-Huh? Oh, I'm Jesse Anderson" he finished, a light blush forming as he rubbed the back of his head. Kyah giggled then gave the group a thumbs up. Syrus then looked up at Jaden.
"So Jay, what're we going to do about that thief?" he asked and Jaden blinked then looked at Syrus.
"I don't know Sy, but she's going to be tough to take down" he answered and Kyah blinked in confusion, and then frowned.
"Did you just say she? And thief?" she asked and Jaden turned back to look at her.
"That's right. We had a thief break into a student's room and steal some of his belongings and we saw it was a girl" answered Alexis and this caused Kyah to frown more.
"Why? Do you think you know her?" asked Jim, making everyone gasp and look at him, then back at her.
"I think I may... You see, there was a break in at my place a few years ago, 6 to be exact. We happened to catch the thief and it was a girl called Black Lynx. I ended up befriending her and I tried to help her out, but 3 years ago she vanished without a trace. This person sounds a lot like her" she stated and then looked out to her right, watching Jarrod talk with more of the teachers.
"You befriended the thief?" asked Hassleberry and Kyah nodded.
"Much to my parent's disgust... She was my only friend back then" answered Kyah and she looked down at the locket around her neck.
"Was that from her?" asked Syrus, pointing at the necklace. Kyah blinked at Syrus, then back at the necklace.
"No, this was a necklace my parents bought me, but it has a photo of me and Black Lynx in it" she answered and continued facing to her right.
Suddenly laughter could be heard, making everyone look around for the source of the noise. Kyah's eyes widened as she gasped in horror, recognising the laughter. Everyone instantly looked at her.
"It can't be... why is that bastard here?" she muttered, taking off quickly, running as fast as she could into the forest.
"Come on guys!" yelled Jesse as everyone nodded at him and they all ran off after Kyah. Once Kyah finally stopped deep in the forest she glared forward at the man, dressed in black leather on a motorcycle. The rest of the gang stopped behind her, watching the scene.
"You certainly took your sweet time" stated the man and Kyah growled at him.
"Hunter... Who did you sell him to!" she yelled back to him, causing Hunter to crack into hysterical laughter.
"I've told you before, that's privileged customer information, I can't tell you" he stated, stepping off his motorcycle and standing about 20 metres opposite Kyah.
"Then how about I beat it out of you, how'd you like that?" she offered, which caused Hunter to laugh more.
"You? Beat me? Hah! I'd like to see you try you rich spoilt princess!" taunted Hunter.
"Princess? Is she a princess or something?" asked Syrus and Kyah turned to look at them.
"I'm not, it's just a nickname he's given me, I just come from a rich family" she explained then turned back to look at Hunter.
"HUNTER!" exclaimed a loud female voice, echoing through the forest. Kyah gasped, looking to her left and Hunter cackled into laughter. Kyah turned back to look at Hunter and growled.
"You wanted this to happen, didn't you!" asked Kyah, growling at him. Hunter just smirked and folded his arms over his chest. Tree branches suddenly started cracking and Kyah ran to her left as quickly as she could, reaching forward and grabbing a black blur that jumped out into the clearing. She wrapped her arms tightly around the black blur and suddenly both her and it connected with the ground, rolling repeatedly then laying on the floor.
"Kyah!" exclaimed Jesse, watching in horror as the rest of the group gasped. Kyah had her arms wrapped around the waist of a girl with long dark blue hair and pale skin, dressed entirely in black. Kyah winced in pain as the girl began thrashing about madly, hitting Kyah across the head with her elbows.
"Black Lynx! Please don't! I know what he's done, but this isn't the way!" exclaimed Kyah, being lifted slightly by the girl as she stood on her hands and knees.
"Kyah? Is that you?" asked the girl, looking down slightly to see Kyah look up at her and smile.
"Well, isn't this a sappy friendly reunion..." muttered Hunter as Black Lynx looked forward at him, growling ferociously, then snarled, thrashing again to get to Hunter but Kyah's grip on her tightened, causing Kyah to be hit repeatedly and they rolled some more until Kyah was able to pin her down.
"Stop! This isn't the way! Lynx, I know how you feel!" exclaimed Kyah as some blood trickled down her face and fell onto Lynx's cheek.
"How can you possibly know how I feel! He was my brother! And he sold him!" she snarled, thrashing to get away from Kyah and she got a hand free, which flew up, punching Kyah under the chin and she rolled back off Kyah and onto her stomach as Lynx jumped up, running straight at Hunter. Kyah looked up, gritting her teeth and gasped, watching the scene.
"No! LYNX!" she exclaimed as the scene seemed to play in slow motion. Black Lynx jumping up to tear Hunter's throat and Hunter smirking at her. The gang was just stuck, watching in shock as Black Lynx looked ready to commit murder and Kyah's shriek echoed through the forest.