Hi everybody. Back with Chapter 2 of this Fanfic. I apologize if any characters are OOC or anything of the sort. More characters (namely Blair, Jesse, and maybe some other OCs) will appear later.
Feel free to give feedback as to how I can improve on the story in the future.
Without further ado, here is Chapter 2. Enjoy!
"Is that…" Shirley started to mutter.
The suited figure started to walk down the docking stairs that led to the harbor. Shirley looked at him, mostly his face, because she thought the person looked familiar. When the person reached the harbor, he caught Shirley's glance, and stood in place.
'Is that person…Is it her?' he thought. He turned to face her.
"Ke…vin…" was all Shirley could say, in surprise, seeing her best friend after 10 years. Everyone else just stared at Shirley and the person in front of them, looking back and forth at the two.
"Kevin, is that you?" Shirley said, as she started to walk up to the suited person. No response was heard from him, still in shock that the girl was walking up to him. He was shocked that she knew, no, remembered him after about 10 years.
"Shir…ley…" was all he managed to say. Shirley started running toward the person in the suit. She was only a couple of steps away from the suited person, so she decided to take a leap of faith, and hope that he would catch her.
He moved to gesture that he was going to catch Shirley. 'Is this due to not having her face-plant on the concrete, or is this actually Shirley?' he thought. He caught the Obelisk Blue in his arms, while she embraced him.
"Kevin, I can't believe it's you. It's been a long time." Shirley said, trying to hold back tears of joy, and pressing her face into his chest.
"It has been a long time, hasn't it? I can't believe it. It's really you, Shirley." Kevin said. They remained like that, until…
"Hello. Other people still here." Chazz yelled, in an impatient tone.
The two reunited friends turned to the others.
"Sorry." Shirley started, as she wiped away her tears. "Everyone, this is Kevin. Kevin, this group here is all of my friends here at Duel Academy." Everyone waited a few seconds, since Kevin wasn't moving. Shirley didn't know that her arms were around Kevin's right arm.
"Kevin, why don't you go greet them?"
"I would…but there's one thing that's keeping me from doing that." He said, nervously while pointing to Shirley's arm, still gripping his right arm like a vice.
"Oh." Shirley said, letting go. "Sorry about that." Her face started to turn slightly red.
Kevin walked up to the group, and extended his hand.
"It's always a pleasure to meet some of Shirley's friends. Hell, any friend of Shirley is A-OK in my book." He said.
Jaden was the first of the group to shake his hand first. "Nice to meet you. I'm Jaden, by the way." Kevin walked by and shook everyone else's hand. (A/N: in case you're wondering of the order after Jaden, it went like this: Chazz, Syrus, Zane, Alexis, Atticus, Jasmine, Mindy, Bastion, and Aster.)
After introducing himself to the group, Shirley went back to being something like glue to him. He didn't mind though. How can he when he hasn't seen her in 10 years?
"So, what's with the suit?" Zane asked. Everyone stared at him, thinking that something had to be up. "Everyone was groaning when you came out of the ship." He reasoned.
"Yeah, Kevin. Why are you dressed up when everyone already had their blazers on?" Shirley asked.
"I thought you guys would know about that supposed 'star' guard transferring."
"Yeah. We know about him. Now that I think of it, I'm not sure if he was on the wrong ship." Shirley said, wondering the last part out loud.
"Well, I'm actually the supposed 'star' guard."
"WHAT?!" everyone said, surprised, even Shirley.
"Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Shirley asked.
"You never asked. Plus, I don't really like being considered a 'star.'" he explained.
"Why don't you like being considered a 'star?'" Syrus asked.
"It's just not my thing, I guess."
"But what about this?" Jasmine asked, showing him an article in a magazine showing his stats.
"Oh that. I'm not really a stats guy." he said.
"Back to my question from earlier," Zane said. "What's with the suit?"
"The suit? There's supposed to be some press conference introducing me or something. I'd skip it if I had a choice in the matter."
"And who set it up?" Shirley asked.
"Some tall woman with light blonde hair. At least that's what I think she looked like."
Everyone thought for about 5 seconds, until...
"Crowler." Everyone groaned.
"Oh, before I forget," Jaden started. "Crowler's actually a guy."
"Really? I could have sworn that this Crowler person is a woman, if not androgynous." (A/N: I do not mean to antagonize anyone who is androgynous. So please don't flame me. Now back to the story).
"Androgywhat?" Jaden asked, scratching his head. Alexis couldn't help but giggle a little inside.
"Androgynous means that…you know, we'll talk about what it really means later." Bastion said, seeing Jaden was going to be even more confused.
"By the way, what time is this supposed press conference?" Aster asked.
"Around 4:30. Why?"
"Well someone should show you around campus and where you'll be staying before you head to the press conference." Bastion completed.
"Don't worry about that part." Shirley said, while growing a small blush on her face. "I have that covered."
Everyone wondered why Shirley was blushing, but quickly dismissed it. Kevin got his stuff, and walked with Shirley before they were out of everyone's sight.
"Looks like the Master of Love is back in action." Atticus said, before Alexis and Zane hit him on the back of his head. Atticus was on the ground, face first and two bumps on his head.
"Not in a million years." Zane said, angrily and uncharacteristic.
"When will you ever learn?" Alexis grumbled, shaking her head.
"Guess we have a new couple on the island." Jasmine started.
"And they might be cuter than the best on the island." Mindy completed.
"And who would that be?" Jaden asked. Everyone who was standing, outside of Chazz and Alexis (for obvious reasons) fell, anime-style.
"You and Alexis." they yelled. Jaden and Alexis turned to each other, blushed, and looked away.
"No! Not my Lexi!" Chazz screamed, in agony.
"Whose Lexi?!" Alexis asked, in an angry tone while glaring at Chazz with dagger-eyes.
"No one's. I didn't mean you, of course." Chazz said, nervously, and with a crappy lie at that.
"But I do have one question though." Syrus said. Hassleberry grabbed Syrus by the collar and started to shake him.
"Spill it soldier. We don't have all day here." Hassleberry said.
"Put me down first!" Syrus wailed. Hassleberry put Syrus down, and Syrus was disoriented at first.
"Sorry about that soldier."
"None taken. But Kevin never gave out where his press conference was."
"Sy, he has a good reason not to." Zane said.
"Plus he did blush a little when Shirley was glued to his arm." Aster added in.
"It's best if we left them alone for a little while." Bastion said.
"Yeah. They have a lot to catch up on." Alexis said.
At that moment, Jaden's stomach starts growling, and everyone turned to look at him.
"Woops. So, who wants to head back and eat?" Jaden asked, chuckling a little out of embarrassment.
"Jaden, you and your stomach." Alexis groaned, humorously. Everyone laughed as they headed back to the Slifer dorms to eat.
To be continued…
Author's Notes:
Part 3 will reveal a lot more of Kevin's and Shirley's relationship.
It will also be mostly centered on the two of them, and have a specific POV.
I will try to get Part 3 up as soon as possible. Had a lot of free time, hence the quick update. Not sure if I'll be lucky the next time around.
