Disclaimers: see previous chapter
Chapter 1
At the front office, Dr. Crowler was seating his desk, in his office on the phone talking, "You must have be mistaken about Yusuke Urameshi." He said, "If he was skipping classes, then he won't be in the top 10 percent of his first year class! He's doing fine in this school, we haven't had any complaints from his teachers yet, about him giving lip to his them, stealing things from students or starting fights, with the other students."
"Please Dr. Crowler, I've known that punk for a very long time," said the person, on the other line, "He must be up to something that could destroy your school's reputation."
Dr. Crowler rolled his eyes, "And Please Mr. Iwamoto, it appears that you're mistaken," he said, "Listen, ever since that boy has first came to this school, he's shown high marks on his tests and his dorm supervisor has been bragging about him, along with his fellow Ra Yellow students…."
"WHAT!" Mr. Iwamoto interrupted and yelled, "HE MUST HAVE CHEATED IN THOSE PROMOTION TESTS THAT YOU GIVE YOUR STUDENTS OR YOU GUYS ARE GOING TOO EASY ON YOUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL CAN YUSUKE URAMESHI CAN PASS A TEST OR DUEL TO SAVE HIS LIFE!"
The Ph.D. was now angry, "NOW YOU SEE HERE, YOU CRETIN," He yelled, "I WOULD NOT BE YELL AT OR HAVE YOU TALK DOWN ON ONE OF YOUR BEST STUDENTS HERE AT DUEL ACADEMY! AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION, HE'S THE SECOND ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN HIS DORM THAT FINISHES HIS POP QUIZ AND HE'S GOTTEN PERFECT SCORES ON EVERY ONE THEM, SO THERE IS NO WAY THAT YUSUKE MUST HAVE CHEATED! PLUS, EVERY QUESTION THAT I'VE GIVEN HIM, HE'S GOTTEN RIGHT! HE MIGHT BE PROMOTED TO OBELISK BLUE, NEXT YEAR, ALONG WITH HIS ELDER SISTER AT THIS RATE!"
Dr. Crowler could hear Mr. Iwamoto sighing in frustration, "Dr. Crowler, if Urameshi is the second one, in his dormitory that passes, then the person, who he seats with must be the one, who he looks at the answers from and finishes first and that's why he's able to finish second and get every answer."
Dr. Crowler rolled his eyes at that comment, "Mr. Iwamoto, I'm afraid that can't be possible."
"What do you mean by that?"
"The person that finishes before him, seats far away from him, unless Yusuke has a very long neck, I can't accuse him of cheating."
"But…" Dr. Crowler could hear some fighting noise in the background, "Hello!" called a different person than before
"Hello, who may I know whose speaking?" Dr. Crowler asked
"This is Mr. Lee Takanaka, head of the teachers of Sarayashiki Junior High, whose this?" said the person replied
Dr. Crowler cleared his throat, "This is Dr. Vellian Crowler, department chair of techniques here in Duel Academy and supervisor of Obelisk Blue."
"Did I just here you say you're from Duel Academy," Mr. Takanaka asked, "I had three of my students transfer there."
"So, that so, who are there names?"
"Oh let's see, Yusuke Urameshi, Keiko Ukimura and Ryoko Lyon are their names," Mr. Takanaka replied, "How are they doing?"
"Well, as you know both Yusuke and Keiko are in the Ra Yellow ranks and Ryoko is still a Slifer Red and doing outstanding, as well."
"That's great," Mr. Takanaka commented, "I always knew that those kids would excel, especially Yusuke. I'm surprised that he's doing even better than I expected, if he's a Ra Yellow. I pity the teachers that ever underestimated that boy."
"Well, we teach our student to reach their best potential here at this school."
"So, Yusuke is in the top students in his class?"
"Exactly, as well as both Keiko and Ryoko."
"Well, I'm not surprised that those two girls have done that well. Well, I guess I'll be talking to you real soon, Dr. Crowler."
"Yes, me too, Mr. Takanaka," the doctor said, hanging up the phone.
In class, Yusuke Urameshi of Ra Yellow takes notes in class in Professor Banner's class. It's been a month since Yusuke and Ryoko's duel at Obelisk arena. Jaden, Bastion and Yusuke are still the top three best 1st year duelists in Duel Academy. Keiko has become the one of the best female Ra Yellow duelists. Jordan, Alexis's cousin, still doesn't trust any girl, besides Alexis or Kari at all and no one but Alexis, Kari and Zane knows about it and lacks in confidence in his dueling skills. Chazz is still a bullying jerk and still wants a rematch with Yusuke, Jaden and Keiko for his humiliation. Ryoko and Kagome are known as the best female Slifer Red duelists. Yes, it was a good life for him, the perfect life that he could never get in Japan.
However, his pleasant quietness was INTERRUPTED by a certain snore coming behind him. Yusuke glanced at a boy wearing a red blazer and brown hair sleeping in class AGAIN! The Ra Yellow duelist was so annoyed, 'Oh no, not again!' he thought rolling his eyes, 'Why does Jaden always sleep in class?' Of course, Jaden still sleeps in class. It not only annoys Yusuke, with his snoring. While taking notes, Kagome's peace is interrupted and she glares at the brunette, who seats right of him, sleeping again, 'Augh! If I had to choose between Inuyasha's cocky behavior and Jaden's sleeping in class, right now, I'd go with Inuyasha's behavior.' She thought, 'Why does he keep sleeping in class?'
Kagome nudge Jaden to get up, "Jaden, wake up," She whispered and getting annoyed at the same time, "Jaden!" the nudging didn't work, 'That's it!' she thought as she rammed her elbow to Jaden's ribs hard, "OUCH!" Jaden yelled for everyone to hear, including Prof. Banner, as he was waking up.
"Jaden, is something wrong?" Prof. Banner asked, "You need to see the nurse!"
Jaden looked at the professor; "Uh just hit my ribs at the table, again that's all!" he lied and glared at Kagome
'Not again!' Syrus, Jordan and Ryoko thought shaking their heads in disappointment
'Jaden was sleeping in class again!' Alexis, Kari and Bastion thought looking at the brunette Slifer
'What does he do at nights?' both Yusuke and Keiko thought glancing at Jaden
'What a slacker!' Chazz thought glaring at Jaden, who was sitting down
"That smarts!" Jaden snapped
Kagome glared at him, "Well, if you stop sleeping in class then I wouldn't do that now would I?" she whispered
"You're just as worse as Keiko, I swear!" Jaden said
Unfortunately for Jaden, Keiko, who was sitting next to Yusuke, heard what he said and decided to get Jaden for that later. The brunette then eyed at Yusuke, who was taking notes, 'It's still hard to believe that this is the same person that used to skip class. I guess that I have to see his improved skill in a duel with me.' She thought, 'Plus, I'd like to face that Cyber Blader of his, also and to see a way for me to destroy her.'
Later was lunch hour in Duel Academy.
"Hey Yusuke, wait up!" Keiko called out chasing after Yusuke, who was walking and talking to Jaden, Ryoko and Syrus.
After listening to his girlfriend's voice, Yusuke turns around in reply, "Okay, you've got my attention, Keiko." He replied, "What is it?"
"Well, I was wondering if you would like to duel me?" she asked
"Why?" Yusuke asked
"Because it's been a while since we dueled, you know."
"Yeah, that's a good idea!" Jaden exclaimed
After a while, Yusuke and Keiko faced each other with their duel disks on their left arms, with both Jaden and Syrus seating on the grass and watching from the sides.
"You ready?" Yusuke asked
"Oh yeah!" Keiko replied
"Let's duel!" both duelists replied (Y: 4000/K: 4000)
Keiko drew her first card, "I'll summon UFO Turtle in attack mode!" a turtle with an alien ship for a shell appears on the field (A: 1400/D: 1200), "Then, I'll toss three facedown cards and end my turn!" she declares
Yusuke draws his first card, "Raise, Dark Knight!" a knight in black armor, with spikes, appears on the field ready to strike (A: 1800/D: 1500), "Now, I'll have my Dark Knight attack you UFO Turtle, with Dragon Blade Strike!" Dark Knight charges towards UFO Turtle and quickly strikes down the turtle with his sword. (Y: 4000/K: 3600)
Keiko smirked, "Thank you, Yusuke!" she said, "Destroy my turtle was actually what I wanted you to do, Backfire!" an image of the trap card leans upward.
"Damn it!" Yusuke cursed, "I hate that trap!"
"That's right!" Keiko said, "It drains 500 from your life points!"
"That's the same card Keiko used on Chazz!" Syrus exclaimed
"And she's going to use it on Yusuke!" Jaden added
A circle of flames appeared around Yusuke and rises up at him. Yusuke screams as the flames burns 500 damage to his life points. (Y: 3500/K: 3600)
"Now, the special power of my UFO Turtle activates!" Keiko said
"This allows you to summon a fire monster from you deck in attack mode, whenever it's destroyed in battle!" Yusuke said, "I know how the card works!
"That right!" Keiko said, "Now raise, Woodborg Inpachi!" a robot with tank wheels appears on the field (A: 500/D: 2500)
"Okay, no big deal, I'll just lay this card facedown and end my turn!" Yusuke said, putting the card in inside the slot facedown
Keiko draws her card, "Okay I'll summon Gaia Soul the Combustible Collective in attack mode!" A brain like monster with one eyeball appears on the field (A: 2000/D: 0), "Now Gaia, incinerate Dark Knight with your Flame Breath!" Gaia breaths fire at the dragon master, sending it to oblivion (Y: 3300/K: 3600), "It's your turn, Inpachi!" the brunette declared, "Attack Yusuke's life points with Fire Strike!" Inpachi shoots fire at Yusuke.
"Not so fast!" Yusuke said, "I'll activate my face down trap, Call of the Haunted! Which allows me to summon one monster from my graveyard to attack mode and I'm reviving Dark Knight from the graveyard!" Dark Knight returns to the field (A: 1800/D: 1500)
"Now Keiko's Inpachi's attack is deflected!" Jaden exclaimed
What Jaden predicted was true, Inpachi's attack was deflected back to it and destroyed in the process. (Y: 3300/K: 2300), "But thanks to my trap, you're drained 500 points of your life points and I'll end my turn!" Keiko declared (Y: 2800/K: 2300)
Yusuke draws, "Good because your monster is destroyed at the end of your turn!" he declares as Gaia is destroyed, "Yeah and don't forget about my trap, Yusuke!" Keiko said as Yusuke said drained of 500 of his points (Y: 2300/K: 2300)
"That won't matter because Keiko is wide open for a direct attack!" Syrus said
"Oh no!" Ryoko cried
"Now, I'll summon Pitch Dark Dragon in attack mode!" Yusuke declared as he puts his monster in the spell and trap slot.
"Hey, hold on, Yusuke!" Keiko said, "That's a monster and you're playing it like a spell card!"
"That's right, Keiko!" Yusuke said, "My monster has a special ability to be used as a equip spell card, remember?" he asked
Keiko recalled Yusuke's quote from class, while back, 'some monster cards that can be used as equip spell cards.' (A/N: A quote from TNYU!), "Oh yeah!" she muttered
"Now I'll equip Pitch Dark Dragon to my Dark Knight, increasing it's attack and defense points by 400!" a black pitched dragon appears on the field besides Dark Knight (A: 900/D: 600) and Dark Knight jumps onto the dragon's back (A: 2200/D: 1900)
"Now Dark Knight, attack Keiko's life points directly with Dragon Storm Slash!" Yusuke declared as the black dragon spread his wings and flew towards the brunette.
"Oh man, Keiko's life points is going to take a huge hit!" Ryoko exclaimed as the Dark Knight hits Keiko with his sword (Y: 2300/K: 100) and returns to his master
Keiko clutches her stomach, "You okay, Keiko?" Yusuke asked in concern, "Maybe, we should call it quits!"
Keiko glared at Yusuke, "No, we're finishing!" she spat
Yusuke sighed, "And you call me 'stubborn'!" he muttered to himself, "I'll end my turn!"
"Just one more attack and Yusuke will win the duel!" Jaden exclaimed
Keiko drew her card, "I'll activate Monster Reborn to revive my Gaia Soul the Combustible Collective!" she said, as Gaia returns (A: 2000/D: 0)
"What's the point of summoning him for?" Yusuke asked, "It's weaker than my Dragon Knight!"
"I know," Keiko said, "That's because I'm sacrificing him and all of the cards in my hand to summon Infernal Incinerator!" she declared, followed by loud gasps from Jaden and Syrus, "Infernal Incinerator!" Yusuke yelled as Gaia disappears in a whirl of fire and replacing it was a giant bug-like fire monster with spikes (A: 2800/D: 1800), "Don't forget, because my trap is out you take 500 damage of your life points!" A swirl of fire appears around Yusuke and engulfs him (Y: 1800/K: 100), "Then, there's monster's power that increases by 200 for every monster you got on the field!" (A: 3000/D: 1800) Yusuke grimaced.
"Now Infernal Incinerator, attack Dark Knight with Fire Storm Blast!" Keiko commanded as a fire blast was let out of the monster's mouth and towards Dark Knight, "Now the special power of my dragon activates, Keiko!" Yusuke declared, "You see, whenever the monster that its equipped to is attacked, this dragon is destroy instead!" the fire blast hits the black dragon and destroys it.
Keiko grunts, "I'll end my turn!"
Yusuke drew, "I'll summon Mataza the Zapper in defense mode and switch my monster in defense mode!" the samurai appears kneeling on one knee and Dark Knight does the same, "And that would end my turn!"
Keiko she drew and smiled, "I'll activate the spell card, Soul Absorption!" she said, "Whenever a card is removed from play, I gain life points. I'll activate my facedown spell card, Soul Release which allows me to remove from play up to 5 cards from either players' graveyard. So, I'm removing Pitch-Dark Dragon, UFO Turtle, Woodborg Inpachi, Monster Reborn and Gaia Soul the Combustible Collective that five cards. So, would mean that thanks to Soul Absorption, I gain 2500 life points!" (Y: 1800/K: 2600)
"Oh man, Yusuke almost had her!" Syrus exclaimed
"Yeah, but you know what they say, Sy!" Ryoko said, with a smile, "Almost doesn't count!"
"Now, let's try this again!" Keiko said, "Infernal Incinerator, attack Dark Knight with Fire Storm Blast!" the monster shoots a fire blast at Dark Knight incinerating it, "That should do it for now!"
Yusuke draws his card, 'Damn it, all I can do is play defense for now!' he thought, "I'll summon Gearfried the Iron Knight in defense mode!" Yusuke said as the iron clad knight kneels on one knee with his fore blade blocking his head (A: 1800/D: 1600), "And that should do it for now!"
Keiko draws her card and looks at it, 'A monster, I could summon it and take out his two monsters leaving Yusuke wide open for a direct attack, but if I want to see that Cyber Blader then I'd have to start toying with him.' She thought, "Okay, Infernal Incinerator, attack Gearfried with Fire Storm Blast!" the monster blasts and destroys Gearfried, "And that's it!"
Yusuke draws his card, "Okay, I'll summon another Gearfried in defense mode!" another iron clad knight appears in the same position as the last one (A: 1800/D: 1600), "Then, I'll lay two facedowns and end my turn!"
"Poor Yusuke, "Syrus said, "All he can do is play defense!"
'Why do I get the feeling that Keiko is only toying with Yusuke?' Jaden thought
Keiko draws her card and looks at it, 'Damn it, another monster but I want to see that Cyber Blader!' she thought, "Infernal Incinerator, attack Fire Storm Blast!" she declared as her monster prepares to blast away Gearfried
Yusuke grunts "Hold it, right there I'll play my face down card!" he declared as a ring with red bombs are planted onto the monster's neck
"It's Ring of Destruction!" Keiko exclaimed, as she grimaced the auto-kill ring on her monster's neck, "That's right!" Yusuke exclaimed as he could see the grim look on his girlfriend's face.
"All right!" Syrus cheered
"Ring of Destruction?" Ryoko cried, "That would mean……"
Keiko grunts, 'If I know Yusuke, he'll play Ring of Defense to block the damage to his life points, just like last time.' she thought
Flashback (Keiko's POV)
It was three days before Yusuke's departure to Duel Academy, Yusuke and I were dueling by my family's diner. Yusuke was losing badly because he was at 300 life points, with Obnoxious Celtic Guardian and Gearfried the Iron Knight and two facedown cards, while I was at 2300, with Infernal Flame Emperor and Molten Destruction and Ultimate Offering out.
"Yusuke, don't let Keiko beat you too bad!" my dad cheered
Yusuke looked at him, "Gees, thanks for the encouragement, sir, I really needed that!"
"Okay Yusuke, multiple choice, you got one monster staring you down, do you a) throw in the towel, b) beg for mercy or c) running home to mama?" I asked
"I'll go with d) none of above, 'cause I've got a trap out!" Yusuke said, activating his trap card, which happened to be Ring of Destruction.
"Ring of Destruction!"
"Exactly, with Ring of Destruction out, I can destroy one monster that's in attack mode and both players take damage equal to the attack points of the monster."
"But, the duel will…" before I knew it Yusuke had another face down card, which I knew it had to be Ring of Defense.
"Next, to prevent me from getting any damage, I'll activate Ring of Defense!" I knew that he would play that combo, his best combo, yet.
End Flashback (Normal POV)
"Next, I'll activate other my face-down card, Ring of Defense!" Yusuke declared as another steel ring, sporting four shields, spun vertically before Yusuke, "I guess, I'll win another duel between us, Keiko!" he said, with a smirk
"I won't be too sure about that, Yusuke!" Keiko said, with a wide grin and her index finger pointing to the sky, "Huh?" Yusuke said
"Activating face down card, Spell Shield-Type 8!" the brunette declared as the image of the trap card was brought up.
"What does that card do?" Jaden asked
"It has two effects," Ryoko replied, "One is to negate any spell card effects targeting on a monster on the field and the other is to negate any spell card effect, by discarding one spell card to the graveyard."
"Now, by discarding one spell card from my hand," Keiko explained as she discarded a spell card, "I can negate the effect of your Ring of Defense spell card, both of us take damage." She added as the steel fan disappeared right before Yusuke's eyes, "Well, it looks like this duel is going to end up in a tie, Keiko," Yusuke said, with his arms in an I-don't-know shrug position and the auto-kill ring placed around Keiko's Infernal Incinerator's neck is detonates and destroys the monster
Keiko looks at her monster, which was being blown up by Yusuke's Ring of Destruction, 'It looks like I'm not going to see Cyber Blader today.' She thought, with a smile (Y: 0/K: 0)
"It's a tie!" Ryoko said as the images disappeared
"It looks like you have your work cut out for you, Jaden!" Syrus said, looking at his best friend/fellow Slifer Red duelist
"That's what makes duelin' so great, Sy," Jaden said, looking at his the blue haired Slifer with a lopsided grin, "Going against tough opponents and becomin' stronger in each duel!" and looked at Yusuke and Keiko, who were walking towards them, "That was a great duel you guys did!" Jaden said, thrusting his two fingers towards the arriving Ra Yellow couple, "Thanks Jaden, I did learn from the best, though!" Yusuke said, snatching the back of his head and a goofy grin.
"Yugi?" Ryoko asked
"Yeah!"
Keiko eyed Jaden, "Uh! Jaden?"
Jaden looked at his fellow brunette, "Yeah?"
Keiko walked towards Jaden, "Remember in class, after Kagome woke you up?"
"Yeah?" Jaden replied, which fellow by Keiko taking off his duel disk attached to her left arm.
WHAP! WHAP!
"OUCH!" Jaden yelled, putting his hands on top of his head, which formed two lumps, and glared at Keiko, "What did you do that for!" he yelled
Keiko returned the glare to her fellow brunette, "Exactly, what did you mean by Kagome is just as worse as I am?"
Jaden remembered what he said, after Kagome woke him up, "Well, your blows makes getting hit by a baseball bat look like fun. That's besides the point that you hit me on the head with duel disk. Do have any idea how much that hurt, you crazy..." Yusuke and Ryoko, knowing Keiko for a VERY long time, slapped Jaden's mouth before he could say anything that would aggravate the Ra Yellow brunette and would make her hit Jaden, even more and pulled him back away from her.
"Jaden, ex-nay on making Keiko very pissed with you-ay," Yusuke whispered to Jaden's ear, remembering all those time that Keiko had to hit him, very painfully hard, in Japan.
The bell signaling that lunch was over had rung, "Hey guys, lunch is over!" Syrus pointed out
Yusuke and Ryoko let's go of Jaden, "Right, we better get a move on before Dr. Crowler gives us detentions," Yusuke said as he and the others left to the building
Meanwhile in Duel Academy, Alexis and Jordan were walking in the hallways.
"So Jordan, how was your lunch?" Alexis asked her cousin in a cheerful tone
Jordan looked at Alexis, with a grin, "Lunch was great," he replied, "Thank you for having a lunch for only us, Asuka-onee-chan!"
Alexis couldn't help but smile warmly at her nickname that Jordan gave her, which mean to him, 'Big Sister Alexis'. Alexis was always been the big sister that Jordan could never have, in a lifetime. She always protects him from harm's way, never let's anything happen to him and always has his back.
"Is Chazz picking on you, again?" she asked, in a threatening and venomous tone
Jordan had a grim facial expression, "Yeah, he almost forced me into a duel, with an ante rule, with him and keeps calling me a 'Slifer Slacker', 'Slifer Slime' and 'Slifer School Scum'."
"Is that so," Alexis said, in a serious tone, 'It looks like I have to get Kari to help me on this.' She thought as she opened the door for Jordan and herself
After class………
"Hey Jordan, I believe we had a duel arranged, after school today." Chazz said blocking the exit with his two goons, for Jordan to pass
"But, I can't duel an Obelisk and I'll lose for sure," Jordan replied, cautiously "Besides, dueling with an ante rule is illegal in this school and I love my cards."
"Aw…it's that cute," Chazz teased and turned to his friends, "Hey, did you guys get that the Slifer Slacker doesn't want to duel me, because I'll lose his cards and he wove his card too." He said in a baby talk tone, which was followed by laughter
"I bet his mommy gave him those cards," sneered the blunette Obelisk goon
"Yeah, I guess that's why he doesn't want to part with them, yet," added the brunette Obelisk goon
"Maybe, that must be it," Chazz said, then laughed and felt something hit the back of his head, "OUCH!" he and his friends turned to see a fifteen-year-teen boy, with black hair and brown eyes, wearing a Ra Yellow uniform, throwing the rock up and catching it, constantly and with a smirk, along with a brunette fifteen year old girl, wearing a female Ra Yellow uniform, doing the same thing as her Ra Yellow counterpart, "Leave him alone, Chazz," the boy said
"Why don't you mind your own damn business, Yusuke?" Chazz said, glaring at the Ra Yellow
With one more toss and catching of the rock, the brunette, with Yusuke, returned the glare, "Is picking on someone, weaker than you, what you call business?" the girl asked
"You've got some lip going there talking down to Chazz that way, Keiko," said the blunette Obelisk goon
"I guess, it's from hanging from that Slifer Slacker, Jaden Yuki," the brunette Obelisk goon added
"You two, mutts aren't the to talk considering that your master has been beaten by two Slifer Slackers and one Ra Reject," Yusuke sneered, pointing to Chazz, "So, if I were you two, I'd keep my mouth shut on who, you two call a 'Slifer Slacker' to, before you get publicly humiliated like your master did." Keiko added
"Watch who you're callin' mutts, you Ra Rejects," the brunette Obelisk said which resulted a rock thrown at his temple by Yusuke, "OUCH!" he yelled and growled, "Okay, punk……" he charged at Yusuke, totally oblivious that, a blue gloved fist came and punched him in the face, sending him flying back to inside the building. Jordan got out of the way from the Obelisk, who was flying towards a wall and hits on impact, rendering him unconscious. Chazz and his other goon looked at the one, who was responsible for knocking the brunette to the wall and they were frightened at the sight. The sight of a female Obelisk with dark brown hair and eyes to match and had a angry and serious facial expression as she lowered her fist, "Princeton, I see that you have a hard time controlling your dogs," the girl said, "It almost mauled my little brother."
Chazz was shaking in fear, "H-Hikari, I'm so-sorry," he said, "He doesn't know any better, I'll tell him right away and it won't happen again." He begged
Kari glared a thousand daggers at Chazz, "That's not the only thing, pissing me off, Princeton," she said, in a threatened tone to the gray haired Obelisk, "The other is that you're picking on a Slifer, AGAIN!" she roared
"We weren't picking on him, Hikari," the blunette goon lied
"Yeah, we were only playing with him," Chazz added another lie, "That's all!" he added, which resulted another rock thrown to his temple, hard, "OUCH!" he yelled and glared at the person, who was responsible for thrown the rock, other than Yusuke and Keiko. The person responsible was a fifteen-year-old girl, with blonde-brownish long hair, with hazel eyes and with a very angry and serious facial expression, wearing the same thing as Kari, "That's a lie, Chazz," the girl spat, "You picking on him!"
Chazz's glared narrowed, "You stay out of this, Alexis!" he spat, which caused Alexis to throw another rock at his head, "If it concerns you bullying my cousin, Chazz, then I won't stay out of this!"
Chazz's eyes widened, "He's your cousin!" he exclaimed
"Yeah, he is!"
"Hey Lex," Kari called as she was cracking her knuckles, "You mind getting your cousin out of the building?"
Alexis knew what the brunette was going to do and thought that Chazz and his goons deserve what was coming to them, "Sure," she replied as she walked past the Obelisk boys and got her cousin out with her, "Kari, go right ahead," she said with a smirk and Jordan went close to her.
"Thank you," Kari said, walking towards Chazz and his goons while cracking her knuckles.
Jordan looked at Alexis, "Hey Asuka-onee-chan, what's Kari going to do?" he asked
"She's going to give Chazz a huge dose of pain!" Alexis replied, in a matter-of-fact tone as sounds of punches and crashes were heard in the background
"My sister is always doing that to him," Yusuke added, "But, the dumb-ass and his mutts keep coming back for more ass-kickings." He added
"Oh, hey Asuka-onee-chan, I'm going back to my dorm, right now." Jordan said, as he was walking off, "Okay, I'll see you later," Alexis said, waving off to her cousin
Keikoeyed Alexis, "Hey Lex, there's something that has kept bugging the hell out of me."
Alexis looked at the Ra Yellow brunette, "Yeah, what is it, Keiko?" she asked
"Well, your brother, Atticus…" Keiko said, that freaked the blonde brunette duelist, "Yeah, what about him?" she asked, with her right eye twitching nervousness
"Well, I haven't seen him so far I've been here," Keiko replied, "Did he drop-out of this school?"
"Should we tell her," Yusuke whispered in Alexis's ear, in a tone that Keiko would not hear, so she wouldn't be graping at him for keeping secrets away from her
Alexis sighed, "Guess we have to," she replied, "Okay, he mysteriously disappeared a long time ago at an abandon dorm out in the forest."
"Oh sorry," Keiko said, feeling guilty that she just had to bring that up
Alexis shook her head and smiled at the brunette, "No need; besides I'll already know aboutYusuke's days as spirit detective of the earth, so I guess it was only fair that I should tell you what happened. Only ones who knows about this is besides us is Zane and Kari."
"So, you got any leads?" Keiko asked
"No, not yet,"
"You'll find him, don't worry," Yusuke said
"Yeah and we'll be the ones helping you find him," Keiko added
"Thanks guys," Alexis said
"No problem," Yusuke said, "It's just returning the favor for those temper controlling lessons that you and Kari gave me."
"Yeah," Keiko said, "To my surprise, it's actually working. At home, Yusuke had sometimes having a hard time controlling his temper."
"By the way, Keiko," Alexis said, "Did they find the freak, who tried to have his way with you in Japan?"
Keiko shook her head, sadly, "No, not yet though."
"Are you sure that your parents are cool, with you staying here at Duel Academy, even though they find this pervert?" Alexis asked, with uncertainty
"Yeah, they said that with both Kari and Yusuke here, I'm in good hands."
"I'm glad, that you're staying as well, Keiko."
"Yeah, same here," Keiko said, "By the way, what does 'Asuka-onee-chan' mean, because that's what Jordan called you?"
"It means 'Big Sister Alexis,' and only Jordan is allowed to call me that," Alexis replied
Kari walked out the school, while dusting her hands and let out a 'humph' and towards her brother and friends.
"Uh! Kari, how bad did you beat up Chazz and his goons?" Alexis asked, hating to think that her fellow female Obelisk Blue duelist had actually killed them.
"Well, let's just say that they won't be able to pick on any Slifers for the rest of the time they're here," Kari replied, with a lopsided grin
"Hey guys!" came a familiar voice
The gang turned to see Kagome running towards them, "Hey Kagome," Alexis greeted
"Hey I've got some good news to tell you guys," Kagome said, with excitement
"What is it?" Yusuke asked
"Well, Chandler Shepherd had talked to me, saying that for the past mouth, I've been here that I've been doing well in my class and decided that I'll be put in the Ra Yellow ranks," Kagome said
"That's great, Kagome," Kari commented
"Yeah, of course I have to duel someone in my ranks to do get that promotion."
"So, who's your opponent?" Keiko asked
"Well," Kagome put her finger on her cheek to think, "Chandler Shepherd didn't explain, who will be my opponent and will be a challenge."
"If that's the case, Kagome, then your opponent might be either Jaden or Ryoko," Yusuke said.
"Jaden, are you kidding me," Kagome said, "The guy can't even stay awake in class, Yusuke. I don't think that he'll be my opponent."
"I wouldn't be too sure if I were you," Alexis said, "Jaden has beaten three Obelisks, including myself and tied with a Ra Yellow, which is Yusuke, here. He is considered one of the best duelists around this school."
"Must be luck is how he's able to defeat three Obelisks," Kagome sneered.
The comment got Alexis very mad, "That wasn't luck it was skill! So, don't talk down about him!" she barked
"Okay, okay, calm down," Kagome told her, as she was pushing the air between her and the fuming Alexis.
Alexis sighed, "Yeah whatever…"
Later at the Slifer Red Dormitory, Kagome was preparing her deck for her promotion duel, 'I wonder if I should put this neat card, Chaos Wingweaver the Angel of Destiny.' She thought and came another thought, 'I wonder if Alexis has a thing for Jaden, she did make it obvious when talked about how much of a slacker Jaden is and how him defeating the highest students in a duel was plain luck. If that's the case, I wonder how Jaden feels about Alexis as well, does he think of her as just a friend or more than a friend.'
