Hiya! Back for chapter 2!! Chapter 3 is done and under revision and should be posted shortly! Also be sure to look for my oneshot for Bleach! I won't give away the plot, but it involves Toshiro! So, read and review and don't forget to say 'hi' to Autumn-Angel-31 when you read her fan fiction too! (after you read mine of course :P)

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Chapter 2

My Introduction

I charged through the double-doors and ran down the hall, up some stairs and soon I was at the council meeting room. I opened the door and leaned on the door frame trying to catch my breath.

"I...made...it…" I panted in between my words

"Hotaru! You made it on time today!"

A voice chirped from behind a tall stack of papers, I stepped toward it and peered over the huge mound to see the person holding them up. It was one of my best friends, Akane Akihana, but I just called her Aki. She was a Ra Yellow and wore the uniform to match...well, sort of. She was a brunet with short cut hair that came down to about her shoulders and it flipped outward, her bangs framed her face, but she had died them a blonde color which made them stand out against her naturally dark hair. She wore a black tank top under her yellow Ra yellow blazer. The blazer itself was yellow with white trim and was cropped to about mid-waist. She left it open in the front she had the Ra yellow skirt to match. She also had several belts crisscrossed around her waist and a pair of white heeled boots that came up to her ankles.

"Hey Aki! What're you doing?"

Aki set the papers down on the desk with a thud as she raised her hand to forehead. She let out a sigh and then rested her hand on top of the tall stack of papers and gave them a pat.

"These are the rules and regulations for the duel event we're having, you know, the one with the champions?"

"They choose now to give us these? We asked for those weeks ago!" I let out a sigh in frustration and placed one hand on my forehead and the other on my hip

"Well, better late than never. Just put them over in the storage room until we get the champions settled in"

"You got it...say Hotaru...?"

"Hmm...?"

I turned toward her and noticed she was struggling to pick the stack up again.

"Gimme' a hand?"

She grinned and I just laughed and smiled at her.

"Sure thing Aki"

We spilt the stack up into two piles and we walked down the hall to the storage room. I unlocked the door and we stepped inside and set the papers on the near-by desk and then shut and re-locked the door behind us. We rushed back to the council room to prepare for the champions. We walked through the door and the rest of council members (all three of them) were busy cleaning and sorting things to make the room look more presentable for the champions. Aki and I joined them until finally the small room was clean enough.

It was a small room with a long wooden table stretching across the center of the room. surrounding the table were enough wheelie-chairs, chairs with wheels on them, for the council and some extras for the champions. We all took our seats and made small talk while the clock ticked away. It was 6:32 a.m. now, the champions should start showing up, we told them to be here at 6:45 a.m. so we could explain to them what we were going to do, why they were here, and to give them their class lists to use while they were at Duel Academy.

"So, Hotaru why were you late today?"

Aki gave me a wide grin as she leaned back in her chair waiting for and answer. I turned to face her and rested my arm on the cold wooden table.

"I actually got up early and I took my short cut through the woods, you know the one right?"

She nodded and then I continued to tell my story. I told her everything from the crocodile to my meeting Jim and when I was done she looked like she was about to faint.

"A-a crocodile?! Like 'criky that crocs' a beaut let's piss it off!' kinda crocodile?"

She imitated that famous croc hunter and I let out a giggle and nodded to her.

"Yup! He was even Australian!"

"How did you know?" She tilted her head to the side

"He had the accent and-"

Just then there was a knock at the door and I glanced at the time 6:40 a.m., a little early, but it had to be one of the champions. I stood up and primped myself one last time before opening the door. Sure enough, it was one of the champions. He had blue hair…a blunette? He had golden eyes too and he looked oddly familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen him before. None the less, I held out my hand to shake his.

"Hello! Welcome to Duel Academy!" I gave him a smile as he took my hand "Thanks ma'am, names' Jesse!" he was a very warm sounding person and I could tell he was going to fit in just fine here

"I'm Hotaru , please take a seat anywhere you like and make yourself at home. We'll start the meeting just as soon as the rest of the champions arrive"

He nodded and walked over and sat down near Aki and I could tell she was waiting to chat-up the newbie's. Well, that was one of the champions that I had to meet, only three more to go. I stayed near the door as one-by-one the rest of the champions began to arrive. The next one that arrived had a dark skin tone and dark hair and gold eyes, he was very toned, I could tell just by looking at his arms. Then just behind him was another one, he had reddish hair and glasses and he was an odd one. With Jesse, Axel, and the newest one Adrian that made three of the champions known. We had, north, east, and west so all that left was south, I wonder who-

"Hotaru!"

I heard a familiar voice call me from just beyond the door, I turned to face it and I wasn't expecting who was waiting just beyond the door frame.

"Jim? What are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here? What are you doing here? Are you a champion too?"

"Too? Your a champion? From where?"

"Sheila I'm from South Academy, an yea', I'm one of the champions"

It was then that I glanced down at one of his belts, and sure enough, strapped to it was a deck box. A sure sign to me that he was a duelist, though I probably should've guessed that he was a champion. Just by looking at his clothes it should've been painfully obvious that he didn't go to this school, I guess I was a bit...distracted, what with the crocodile and all.

"Hotaru, does this mean that your a champion too?"

I loved it when he said my name, it just sounded so cool when he said it with that Australian accent of his.

"No I'm not, I'm here to greet you!"

"What?"

I gave him a smile as I held out my hand to him.

"Welcome to Duel Academy!"

We both laughed as he took my hand in his, but instead of shaking it, he bent down and lightly kissed the back of my hand.

"Oh, my h-how formal.." I can't believe he just kissed my hand!

"Chivalry's not dead yet shela" he smiled at me and I blushed

I pointed him in the direction of Aki and told him to take a seat. He stepped through the door and sat down next to her and when she turned around from Jesse to check to see who had sat down behind her, the look on her face was priceless. I knew she didn't believe me and my story of a man-eating croc and a one-eyed Australian, but she had to believe me now. I chuckled under my breath as I made my way up toward the front of the room to talk to the champions. I stood at the head of the table and I tapped my hand on the desk to call their attention and then all eyes were on me...great, if there's one thing I hate more than mornings, it was public speaking, but then again who didn't hate that?

I cleared my throat and forced a smile on my face, the sooner I got this over with the better.

"Let me start off by saying thanks to all of the champions for coming such a long way from home just to be here at Duel Academy. You are the best of the best and we here at Duel Academy are honored to have you all here"

I kept going with the rules of the school, class expectations and about the assembly they would be appearing in later that day, among other things dealing with the school. Then I went on to talk about the tournament they were to be participating in. Though, I couldn't give them much information, I had put the papers for the tournament in the storage room...oh well, to late now I guess. I cleared my throat one more time and I thought for a moment trying to find the right words.

"Now then, as for the rules of the tournament, unfortunately there is nothing definite I can say as of this point-"

Before I could get out the rest of the sentence I was cut off by Adrian, the champion with the reddish hair and the glasses.

"Wait just a minute, what do you mean nothing 'definite'?"

"Well if you had let me finish you'd know why by now, wouldn't you?" I threw it right back at him with a sarcastic tone in my voice

"Right...sorry"

I heard some of the others in the room let out a chuckle as I started to speak again.

"Anyway, the reason is because the school board has just oh-so conveniently decided to give the rules and details for the tournament this morning when we asked for them three weeks age. So please forgive the inconvenience, but at the very least, you will all find out the details of the tournament at the assembly that will be held later today. Are there any questions?"

I paused and took a few calming breaths and waited a moment, when no one spoke up I continued.

"Well then, since there are no questions, I only have one last thing to discuss with you," I pulled out my student PDA and held it up to them, it was about this time I felt like I was teaching a class "You all should've gotten one of these upon arriving here on the island correct?" They all nodded and a few of them pulled them out to look at them "This is your student PDA, it can be used to check e-mail, help to keep track of your classes, I.M., and there is also a map of the school programmed in to make finding your classes a little easier." I smiled at them all again "So please don't hesitate to send me a message if you need anything, and please feel free to get the numbers of you friends here at D.A. or other members of the council. That's all for this meeting and I'll contact you once I've set the date for the next meeting. Thank you all again for coming out here and enjoy your stay here at Duel Academy!"

They all stood up and left the room, save for Jesse and Aki who were exchanging their PDA numbers from the looks of it, and then I shifted my gaze to Jim who was about to leave the room. I wanted to talk to him before he left, so I called to him.

"Hey Jim, hold up"

He stopped at the door frame and waited for me. I walked past Jesse and Aki and whispered into Aki's ear "I'll I.M. you later okay?" She nodded to me and I walked over to a waiting Jim.

"What's up Hotaru?"

"I thought that since our meeting earlier was a little 'rushed' I thought I could show you to your next class and we could talk a little more"

I blushed a little, I felt embarrassed asking him this soon after meeting him, but he just chuckled a bit.

"Sure, sounds good to me" I loved how he said vowels

I smiled as we walked out of the room and down the hall. While we were walking we made small talk and then, from what seemed like nowhere, Aki and Jesse came up from behind us. Aki tapped my on the shoulder and I nearly jumped out of my skin.

"BWA!" I yelped

"Hehehe! Geez Hotaru, you sure do scare easily!"

I raised my hand to my chest and patted the area where my heart was, trying to jump start it.

"Yeah...right. So what's up? I was gonna call you later"

"Changed my mind about walking around with Jesse alone so I told him how fun it was to scare you so we changed our minds and came back just for you!"

I clenched the bridge of my nose between my eyes and sighed

"Fine….just don't scare me anymore….EVER, got it?"

She chuckled at agreed, though I doubt she'll actually keep her promise….