Once again I'm back. I really the grand total of three reviews, actually I liked them and I expected to actually have like zero by the time I wrote my second chapter. So thank you. But people were wondering why Naruto is 'N'. That's because I never really watched the subbed episodes of the show as a kid and everyone duelist has like an English name and then a Japanese last name (i.e. Jaden Yuki). So instead of giving Naruto an English name I just changed it to the first letter of his real name. Although more of that will be revealed later.
I still don't own either Naruto or Yu-gi-Oh
Ever since the duel with Chazz, things had been pretty lax at the Academy for N and Jaden. Sure, they had gotten in trouble with Crowler every day, but that was pretty pathetic in itself.
The duo was walking into class at an extremely slow speed. On the third day, N had convinced Jaden that being on time was overrated. Ever since then they had shown up 10 to 15 minutes late to every class. N was arguing with Jaden over which was better his Black Feather Beacon or Jaden's Hero Signal.
The continued the conversation all the way through the classroom right past a furious Crowler, who they seemed completely oblivious to. "N Uzumaki and Jaden Yuki! Why are you late?" Crowler screamed at his 'slacker' students.
N rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Sorry Professor Crowler, I got lost on the road of life," he shot his brunette friend a grin, "and Jaden is just late."
"Hey! That is not true… I was caught up in a duel!" Jaden shouted in a vain attempt to dodge detention.
Crowler adopted a look of false innocence, "Who were you dueling Mr. Yuki?"
"I was dueling myself to see who could eat more. Don't worry teach, I won the duel," Jaden's answer forced a howl of laughter from the class. Syrus had tears in his eyes and n was rolling on the floor. Even some of the more stoic students like Bastion and the 'Queen of the Obelisk Blue' were chuckling to themselves at the remark.
Eventually Crowler continued with his lecture, this caused both of the Reds to fall asleep. They were awakened by a stuttering Syrus. "It does the thing… T-that affects the other thing…" His rather timid response caused a wave of laughter to erupt from the class.
'Looks like Crowler is picking on the Reds again. I am so lucky that he has never called on me,' N thought to himself as he watched Syrus with pity at his humiliation.
"You see class, this is why the Slifer students are known as 'slackers'," Crowler stated in a matter-of-fact tone. Many of the other Slifers, N and Jaden included, adopted frowns or scowls. They may be in that crappiest dorm on the island, but that didn't mean they were trash.
Jaden stood up for his friend, both literally and figuratively, "You shouldn't be so hard on him. I mean I beat you and I'm in Slifer."
N turned to Bastion, "Five bucks says that Crowler freaks out."
The dark-haired boy turned to the blonde, "Ten and you're on."
'How dare that slacker beat me? I am one of the greatest duelists to ever grace the world! I must get rid of him, but how?' Crowler's mad thoughts ran from childish kidnappings to large hit men in dark trench coats pretending to be Shadow Duelists. His thoughts were interrupted when one of the students asked him the real answer because they were all terrified by the creepy grin that their teacher had adopted.
"Yes well Alexis Rhoades, can you tell us the answer?" Crowler asked the blonde haired girl. As expected she gave the correct answer. It wasn't a surprise to N. While, he spent much of his time sleeping in class he was still quite perceptive. He knew that she was the best female duelist on the planet and also a genius.
Almost immediately after her answer was given the bell rang, the class moved from their seats. Jaden turned to Syrus, "What's our next class?"
Syrus palmed his face at the question. Every day so far, N or Jaden had asked him what their next class was and it never changed, gym class was always after Crowler's Duel Theory class. "After Professor Crowler's Duel Theory class is Gym with Miss Fontaine."
A feral grin broke across N's face. He, like many of the other male students in their class, enjoyed watching Miss Fontaine. The red head was incredibly attractive. 'Her rack is almost as big as Baa-chan's… almost.' While he retained few memories of his time from the Elemental Nations, he remembered some things; like his death.
N took off his jacket and duel disk and placed them in locker 236 and he then put on his gym clothes. Jaden had placed his stuff in locker 274 and Syrus' was in locker 273.
The class walked out onto the gym field. It was an open air stadium with grass turf covering its floor and a track around the perimeter.
A whistle blew and the class turned to face their busty teacher. She was wearing a tight fitting white and blue jacket that most of the women from Obelisk Blue wore. "Okay class, two laps around the track for a warm-up."
N rolled his shoulders back and sprinted forward. While he never excelled in learning, he was always good at physical activity. The entire class was at least a lap behind him when he finished.
Jaden and Syrus were shocked at their friend's athleticism. So far in gym class they had never actually done any true work outs and had never seen N full out sprint.
"N, what was that?" Jaden asked his blonde friend with an incredulous look, a look that was shared by the majority of the class.
"That was nothing. I can run a mile in like two minutes and forty-two seconds."
Miss Fontaine was shocked at the notion. "There's no way. That isn't humanly possible." (A.N. I have no idea if that is possible or not, but I can't do it and I'm pretty sure someone like Usain Bolt could so…)
"Wanna bet?" N asked his teacher with his trade-mark grin. He then lifted up his pants, showing his weights. He took them off and dropped them whish left deep indents on the turf, "How many times around the track makes a mile."
"The track is of regulation size, four hundred meters; four times around will make a mile."
He set himself into a tracker runner's position, "Time me." He then shot forward with incredible speed. He was used to incredible work outs. After his first underground duel almost killed him, he needed to be physically stronger to survive and he worked himself to the bone ever since then.
'He completed his first lap in under a minute. It might be possible that he could do it…' Fontaine thought as she looked at the watch. The entire class watched in awe, but little did they know that they were also being watched.
Professor Crowler had developed a devious plan to rid himself of the brunette 'slacker'. He had to make sure that no one saw him place the fake love letter from Alexis, which was actually written by himself, in Jaden's locker. 'It's perfect the fool will come to the Girl's dorm without thinking of the consequences and then he will be expelled for walking into the Girl's Dorm.'
The rest of the people in the gym were watching the bi-colored blonde sprint around the track. He was on his third lap and was already under a minute and a half. 'He might actually do it,' several of the males thought in awe. The girls of the class were in more than awe, 'That's so hot…' was the universal thought of girls as they watched N sprint around the track.
Not much later the blonde finished. Many of the girls were hoping to see him covered in sweat, but received none of it.
"How are you not sweaty, like at all?" someone from the back called.
N simply rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "I've always had great stamina. A mile is nothing for me. It takes at least five for me to get sweaty." His statement was finished with a chuckle from the Blackwing duelist and amazed looks from the class. Many were trying to doubt the statement, but they had just seen this Slifer run a mile in under three minutes. Nothing could surprise them anymore.
Miss Fontaine was shaking her head. She, as a medic, couldn't grasp as how this was possible, but she had seen it. There is no higher proof than that.
"Go hit the showers," she told the class, "We are done for today."
The class erupted into cheers and the boys lifted N off the ground for getting them out of having to go to gym class that day.
The boys entered their locker room. N pulled his stuff out and put it back on as did Jaden and Syrus. Syrus had found a letter in the bottom of his locker.
Dear Jaden,
I love you. I have loved you ever since I first saw you. Please I beg of you, come to the Obelisk Blue girl's dorm so that we can be together forever.
Love, Alexis Roads
Of course, Syrus was so overwhelmed at the notion that he forgot to notice that it was addressed to Jaden, or why Alexis was interested in him.
He then ran back to his dorm room as fast as he could, so that he could get ready. N and Jaden walked back to their dorm for dinner. They were discussing new ways to play a trap card when they reached their dorm.
Professor Banner had cooked a full meal once again. N had made a request that Professor Banner make ramen for him. Of course Professor Banner obliged much to N's delight. They finished their meals and went back to their room to duel each other.
Meanwhile
Syrus ran up to the Girl's Dorm and heard voices come from an extravagant-looking building of to the side. It was a bath house.
Three girls remained in the bath house. Alexis, Mindy, and Jasmine were discussing about the boys at the Academy.
Jasmine was the first to speak up, "Bastion Misawa isn't bad, is he?"
Mindy nodded in agreement, "Yeah and he's really smart too. Although, if we are going by looks I would have to mention N from Red. You know the guy who ran a mile in under three minutes today. He has the body of a God." Jasmine adopted a look of lust.
"That was something wasn't it? And if anything he said about that stamina is true… then my inner pervert would be forever pleased." Her comment brought blushes to the other's faces and a slight nosebleed to her own.
Jasmine turned to their aloof blonde-haired friend, "Do you have anyone, Lexie? Chazz is interested in you…"
Alexis looked at her friend, "Chazz is a worm of the highest degree. However, I guess Jaden from the Red Dorm isn't that bad. He's a good duelist if his match with Crowler is anything to go by as well"
Then Mindy moaned in frustration, "Why do all of the good-looking guys have to be in lower dorms that us?" A question shared by her peers.
In the bushes, a man clothed in black held a camera hoping to get images of his eternal bane, Jaden Yuki. Crowler was upset when instead of the slacker he found his fanboy, Syrus Truesdale. "Curses! I cannot get Yuki expelled if he isn't here!" However his thoughts were shared out loud.
"EEK! A pervert is out there!" someone screamed from the bath house. In a naturally state of defense, Crowler cowered deeper into the bushes and put his hand protectively over his crotch.
Luckily for him, the towel-clad girls found one blue-haired boy instead. They were able to quickly subdue the small boy with their feminine fury. Syrus quickly found himself tied to a chair with three angry girls standing over him.
"Why are you here, pervert? Are you trying to peep on us?" Mindy shouted at him. His look of fear darted from her to Alexis, the person who sent him the love letter was staring at him angrily. 'This was not like my fantasy at all,' he thought in fear, 'It's a nightmare.'
Realizing it was best to deny that notion; he shook his head furiously and mumbled something about a letter.
"What letter?" Alexis asked him.
He pulled the letter out of his pocket and showed it to her, "It's the love letter you gave me in gym class today."
Alexis grabbed it and frowned as she read the letter. She then passed it to Jasmine who read it with a snort. "It's a fake and whoever sent it wasn't very good. My name is spelled R-H-O-A-D-E-S not R-O-A-D-S. Anyway, it's not even addressed to you. It's addressed to Jaden. So for all we know it's a cover-up because you actually wanted to peep on us."
Her cold tone sent her friends into a wave of anger against the small Slifer.
Syrus was fretting now, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it at all. It thought…" his apologizes were cut short by a wave of tears. Of course, no girl could see a boy cry. It was pathetic, but it was working. Mindy's anger was beginning to turn into pity and Jasmine felt sorry for the small boy. Alexis, however, was not swayed into pity. Her mind was planning to use this as an opportunity. She was going to use this to duel Jaden.
"Give me your phone."
At the Red Dorm
"So what is the score?" Jaden asked N after their 49th match that night. His thoughts then turned to his blue-haired friend. He hadn't seen him since gym and he wasn't at dinner.
"Let's see," N then pulled a piece of paper out covered in tally marks, "N 24 wins, 24 losses, and one tie. Jaden 24 wins, 24 losses, and one tie."
They both hung their heads. 'We're still tied. One more match will decide it,' as they readied themselves for one last match, their thoughts were interrupted when Jaden's phone rang. In it was a message from Syrus, or at least his phone.
Jaden,
If you ever wish to see your friend Syrus again you will report to the Obelisk Girl's Dorm.
'Syrus!' Jaden thought to himself in worry. "N, Syrus is in trouble!"
His fellow Slifer grabbed the phone and checked the message. He then turned to Jaden and nodded. "I got your back let's go."
They grabbed their duel disks and ran out the door. 'Is Jaden that much of a target that they would kidnap Syrus to get to him?' N thoughts then ran to who would kidnap Syrus to get to Jaden. Images of Chazz and Professor Crowler ran through his head.
When they approached the Dorm they were met by three figures, who were standing, and one who was tied up. As they approached the group, their figures came into light. It was Alexis and her followers, Mindy and Jasmine, if N remembered right.
"What's going on? Why do you have Syrus?" Jaden demanded.
Alexis stepped forward, "We caught him walking around while we were in the bath house, an offense that is worthy of expulsion. However, we should make this interesting. We shall duel and if I win you are all going to be expelled for walking into the Girl's area, but if you win, you can all go free."
"Deal!" Jaden said as he put his deck into his duel disk.
"No don't! You could get expelled!" Syrus yelled to Jaden and N.
N raised an eyebrow, "You would rather have us leave you to a group of upset women?"
Syrus paled at the thought.
The Duelists then paddled out into the middle of the lake. Both stood on boats with their groups. Jasmine and Mindy were watching Alexis as she activated her duel disk. Syrus, who was still tied up, was looking at Jaden while N sat in the back with his legs propped up on the seat.
"Why are we dueling over water?" Syrus asked N.
"Dramatic Effect," The Blackwing duelist suggested with a shrug.
"I'll go first!" Alexis said as she looked at her cards. In her hand, she had Etoile Cyber, Fusion Gate, Polymerization, Raregold Armor, and Mind on Air. "I set one card and summon my Etoile Cyber." A red clad monster appeared on the side of the field with the numbers 1200 and 1600 for its attack and defense flashing along with a face-down card.
"Sick monster, Alexis," the elemental hero duelist commented as he drew, "But be ready 'cause there is a storm coming."
"I summon the Elemental Hero Sparkman in Attack mode. Now attack Etoile Cyber!" the blue and yellow monster charged an electrical attack and released it.
""I activate the spell card, Doble Passe!" Alexis shouted, "This card allows me to take your attack directly." (Alexis Life points 4000-1600=2400)
'Why would she do that? I mean it saves her monster but still her life points would be higher if it was destroyed…' N thought with a frown.
" Now I choose to use Doble Passe's second effect. Etoile Cyber attack Jaden directly."
The red monster dashed forward past Sparkman and hit Jaden. His life points fell to 2200. (4000-1800)
"How?" he asked,
"It's Etoile Cyber's effect. Her attack increases by 600 whenever she attacks."
Alexis drew another card to start her turn. "I start out by summoning my Blade Skater to the field." The blue and white monster spun around the field, "Now I use my field spell, Fusion Gate. With this I don't have to use Polymerization to summon a fusion monster. All I have to do is remove the cards from play instead."
The field began to change as her two monsters combined. When the light faded a figure remained, she wore blue and red cloths and had a visor across her face. "Now Cyber Blader destroy his Sparkman!" The woman dashed forward and cut the electrical-themed hero down as well as Jaden's lifepoints (2200- (2100-1600) 500= 1700).
"I think I'm also gonna use that field spell of yours. Go Avian and Burstinatrix! Combine into the Flame Wingman!" The two monsters removed themselves from the field as a new figure stood with 2100 attack points.
"I now activate the spell card Kishido Spirit; with this my monster cannot be destroyed when it battles another monster with the same attack. Go Flare Wingman!" The monster flew forward and slammed its dragon-like arm into Cyber Blader. Both monsters stood still.
Alexis spoke up, "You should know that my Cyber Blader cannot be destroyed by your Wingman since they have the same attack."
Alexis draws a card only for her to activate it, "I equip my Cyber Blader with Fusion Weapon. This card increases her attack by 1500 points." A weapon appeared on the arm of Cyber Blader which she used to destroy Flare Wingman (1700- (3600-2100)1500= 200).
Jaden drew a card. "I summon the Elemental Hero Clayman in Attack mode. Then I activate the spell card Monster Reincarnation, so by discarding a card from my hand I can bring back Sparkman. Then I fuse them with Polymerization. Come Forth, Thunder Giant!" A new monster appeared. It was yellow and purple in color and had several electrical pylon, like Sparkman on its back, and a chest piece that looked as if it contained lightning. "I now activate its effect. By discarding one card from my hand, I can destroy one monster on your side of the field." Cyber Blader was struck by a bolt of lightning, leaving Alexis wide open.
"Elemental Hero Thunder Giant, attack Alexis directly," Jaden finished the duel with his monster's attack (2400-2400=0).
"He won? He beat Alexis?" Mindy looked starstruck. She had never seen anyone beat Alexis before.
"That's game!" Jaden shouted. He then turned to N and Syrus, "Let's get out of here and go home."
N nodded and began to paddle the group to the shore while the Obelisk girls stood silent in shock.
