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Turn 2: Adjusting to School life
'This school is weird.'
The room was shrouded in darkness. The blinds were closed for the night and prevented any of the early morning sun from penetrating into the room. Silence also engulfed the room, except for the occasional snore from its inhabitants. The faint figures of two males sleeping on the two beds in the room were visible through the darkness.
…
…
"3…2…1…"
"Good morning!!" A female voice yelled.
Lights suddenly sprung to life in the room and the curtains flew open.
"Wha!?!?!" An Aussy/British accent yelled as its body leaped out of its bed and onto the floor.
The other figure sat up in his bed.
"What the hell is this!?!?" Jack yelled.
"It's morning!!" The girl said with a smile on her face. She was wearing the Ashford uniform and had long, blonde hair and was quite busty. She also has bright blue eyes and fair skin.
"Oh great. Isn't a bit early in the chapter for me to have to deal with fangirls?" Jack said sitting on the floor in his sleeping clothes, a vest and boxers which exposed his toned arms. (A/N I hate those arms… Put a shirt on Jack!! Quit showing off…!)
"Good morning, Milly? Right?" Yusei asked.
"Yup." She smiled completely ignoring Jack.
"You know this mad woman?" Jack asked turning to Yusei.
"Yeah. I met her yesterday." Yusei then turned to Milly. "So, what brings you here?"
"Well, since I'm the Student Council President and you are a new student at the school I'm here to give you the grand tour of the school!"
Jack huffed. "What am I? Scrap metal?" He mumbled under his breath. He then got up off the floor and grabbed a towel. "I'm hitting the showers."
"Yeah, let me bathe first and then we'll go on the tour." Yusei said walking over to the cabinets and taking out his own towel.
"Wait!" Mill quickly said. "Before you go, I should tell you--!"
Jack opened the door before she could finish. His towel fell to floor at he saw what was waiting outside the door.
Get lost Eleven Scum!!
We don't want you here! Go home!!
Go crawl back in your Eleven hole!!
How dare you disgrace the King by staying with him!!
Go to HELL!!!
Leave we Brutanians alone!! (Yes, I know what I just typed there.)
These lines and more hateful words littered the wall outside of Jack and Yusei's room. Jack's fists tightened in anger. Yusei then came to the door.
"Whoa…" He said.
Jack grinded his teeth and then slammed his hand on the wall and yelled. "Who the hell did this!?! Get out here now!!!"
Boys from the dorm began flooding into the corridor in their sleeping clothes, each one wiping the sleep from their eyes.
"What's going on?" One asked.
"What's with all the shouting?" Another said.
"What is this?!" Jack yelled pointing at the wall.
Commotion filled the corridor. Some boys were laughing, while others boated about their piece being the best. Eventually one came forward.
"What's wrong Jack? Words not hateful enough for you? After all, you are a Britannian so you should be looking down on that Eleven punk as well."
Jack's fists clenched more in anger. Damn it!! Goodwin, next time I see you… You're dead! He turned around and said. "You spelt Britannian wrong…" And then made his way down the stairs.
"I told you it was spelt with a 'Q'…" One of the boys said as they cleared out of the hallway.
"What's with Jack?" Milly asked. "He seems to have a problem with the way they're treating you."
"He… uh… is less critical towards Elevens than the usual Britannian." Yusei answered as he began to leave the room.
As soon as Yusei left the room, "Hmm… You're hiding something Yusei…" Milly said quietly to herself as she sat on one of the chairs in the room.
Milly remained in the room and waited for Yusei's return. As he entered, her eyes followed along his body, taking keen interest in it. He was covered in remnants of water and his only covering was the towel wrapped around his lower body. Milly's eyes followed his toned, muscular arms up to his chest and down to his abs. She then followed him as he turned around and her eyes slowly went down his back.
"What the hell is this, a strip club?" Jack said standing by the door with his towel wrapped around his waist. "We're not here for your viewing pleasure, so get out."
Milly just ignored him and continued staring at Yusei.
Jack growled. "Perverted girl, stop ignoring me! Get out already!" he yelled, only to be ignored again. "That's it."
Jack grabbed the back of her chair.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Milly said.
"So now you acknowledge me." Jack started. "But it's a bit late now."
The chair skidded across the floor and out of the room, with the door slamming behind it.
"You know Jack, you could try being a little nicer to her." Yusei said.
"What for? As soon as we find that Momentum, I'm getting the hell out of here." Jack said drying up and grabbing his usual attire. His hands were already on his jeans and white and violet jacket.
"Jack, Ashford uniform." Yusei reminded him.
Jack growled again as he looked for his uniform.
The door opened to Milly sitting down on the chair in front of it. Yusei came out. He was wearing the Ashford uniform, with the shirt open exposing his black undershirt with the red symbol.
"Now, about this tour…"
"Yeah…" Jack said resting behind the wall.
"Ok then! Let's go!!" Milly said standing up and cheering. She them began to make her way down the stairs.
"Someone's energetic…"
As the trio left the building, a loud noise echoed through the campus. A shout. Not only a shout, a scream. Yusei had only heard it once before, and that was when someone 'misplaced' Jack's Red Dragon Archfiend a long time ago.
Jack looked in complete shock after leaving the building. He stared at the spot next to Yusei's Duel Runner. He then turned to Milly.
"You!!" He said pointing at her. "What is the meaning of this!?!"
"What?" She asked.
"How do you mean, 'What?'?! What happened to my freaking Runner!?!" He yelled.
"Did you have a vehicle pass?"
"A what?"
"You have to get a vehicle pass if you want to keep a vehicle on campus. If you don't have one they confiscate it until you get one." Milly explained.
"Now how do I get one of these 'Vehicle Passes'?" Jack asked.
"You normally get it while applying to enrol in the school." Milly began explaining.
And Goodwin comes to the rescue again… Jack mentally growled sarcastically.
"And takes a couple of weeks to process." She finished.
"A couple of weeks!?!" Jack said. "Just great."
"A couple of weeks? You got mine for me on the spot." Yusei said, directing the comment at Milly.
"What?" Jack asked. "You're telling me, I got my Duel Runner, Jack Atlas's Duel Runner, confiscated and you just gave a pass out to Yusei?!"
"Well, I could get one for you two…" Milly said raising index finger to her chin.
"Well what are you waiting for!? I want my Runner back ASAP!!"
"You know, for someone who usually pleases a crowd, you're quite demanding." Milly said. "I'll see what I can do, but first… The Grand Tour!!"
"What's with this tour anyway?" Jack asked. "I could have looked at a map if I wanted to find out where everything is."
"It's to get you used to the school and its surroundings. Also you have to choose which club you're going to join when the day's over."
"Figured there'd be a catch." Jack said. "So, what are you waiting for? Start the tour already!"
"Ok then! Come on Yusei, the closest building is the swimming complex!" Milly said grabbing his hand and pulling him away from the building.
Jack sighed as he slowly began to follow. "Shouldn't have just stayed in Satellite in the first place…"
The trio walked into the large complex. The smell of chlorine filled the air, reminding anyone in the room that there was a pool there. The retractable roof was open and light shone in from the morning sun. Across the large pool were the changing rooms/showers and there were stands lining the walls. There were also three diving boards at the head of the pool, each at the different height, going from shortest, tallest and the mid-height on the other side. The sound of light crashing water told the trio that there were currently people from the swimming club in the pool practicing.
"This is the swimming complex. This is also where the swim club meets. If you join the swim club, you'll get to go on swimming trips and --."
Jack interrupted Milly explanation. "Enough. You sound like an infomercial. What are you gonna say next? 'Join for just 3 payments of 19.95'? We get it. Just show us the club places and if we have questions we'll ask."
One of the girls in the pool swam to the side and pulled her upper body out of the water, holding it up with her arms. She had long brown hair which flowed down to her back and deep onyx eyes. She also appeared to be quite busty. Her skin was smooth and an almost glowing white.
"Oh Jack! Why don't you join the swimming club?" She asked batting her eyes.
"Not interested." Jack said as he turned his head to look away.
"If I wanted to join," Yusei started.
"Shut it you filthy Eleven! We don't want an Eleven like you in our club!" The girl immediately spat at Yusei. "The invitation's towards Jack only!"
"Mary, if he wants to join, maybe we should let him?" An orange haired girl said. Her hair travelled down to her back and she had green eyes.
"Shut it Shirley! We're not letting an Eleven into our group." The girl said before swimming off.
"Next." Jack said.
They moved over to a large clearing. In this clearing, there were two markings along the grass, one for Football (soccer for those who use that term) and another for Rugby/Britannian Football. (American Football. Hey, I don't think America exists in the Code Geass world. I think where it should be, that's where Britannia is.)
"The Football teams use these fields to train." Milly said as they watched the players on the field.
A group of them then stopped practicing and walked to the trio.
One of them removed his helmet and looked at the two new students. His brown hair fell down on his face, which was covered in sweat from his morning training session.
"So, the great 'King of Duels' thinks he has enough to join us?" He said pompously. "Careful you don't get your delicate fingers hurt!"
"Oh yeah!?" Jack said removing his shirt. "I'm going to show you how it's should be done. Let's go Yusei."
"Whoa, who said anything about the Eleven? We don't want that criminal here! He even has a mark to prove it!" The boy quickly said.
"What's wrong? Afraid the 'Eleven' and person with delicate fingers are going to get you?" Jack asked.
"Fine then, you're on! Just know, you asked for it." The boy said putting his helmet back on.
Jack and Yusei were at the 50 yard line. Jack was only wearing his vest and the uniform pants where as Yusei was still wearing the whole uniform.
"You sure you guys don't want any protective equipment? This is a contact sport!"
"Just get in formation already. First to score wins." Jack shot back.
"Ok then, let's go!"
"29! 33! 96!"
"Just get on with it!" Jack said.
"Hut…"
The boys scrambled as the ball flew into the quarterback's (that's his name right?) hands. He quickly stepped back to throw the ball but…
BAM!!
Blonde rushed him and tackled him down.
"Hand it over." Jack said grabbing the ball.
The team looked on in disbelief. One single man was able to by-pass their whole defence and take down their quarterback like it was nothing. Even the quarterback lay on the ground for a few moments with widened eyes.
Jack tossed the ball the Yusei. "Go long."
"Got it." Yusei answered as he took his position.
"You ready?" Jack called out.
"Y-yes!"
"Go!"
Yusei immediately tossed the ball back for Jack and dashed to the side. The players rushed towards Jack at full force.
Oh come on. The thugs in Satellite were tougher than this. Jack thought as he raced to them.
Bam!!
He took down two of them and continued running. Yusei had made a considerable distance between him and Jack as Jack dodged the oncoming attackers.
"Hey Yusei, head's up!" Jack yelled as he threw the ball at Yusei.
Yusei picked up his pace as he leaped up to catch the ball.
"Get him!!"
The players' attention quickly turned to Yusei. They rushed onto him like flies to an open wound. Yusei shoved one player aside to be rammed by another. He quickly leaped back from the hit, rolled and got back on his feet.
Who are these people!?!?
"Don't just watch him!! Pile!! Pile!!"
They made one, final attempt at Yusei. Three players rushed towards him, each coming from a different angle. Yusei immediately stopped running.
"Why'd he stop…?" One said unconsciously.
"Don't ask?! Just get him!!"
The whole team's attention turned to Yusei, who just stood motionless as the three came towards him.
"Go Yusei!!" Milly cheered.
Suddenly,
Fwap!!
Brown flashed as the ball was no longer in Yusei's possession. All eyes looked up as the ball was now mid-air above him.
Fwap!!
Another colour flashed. Blonde. Jack leaped into the air, grabbing the ball and dodging the players from the other team. By the time he landed, he was across the goal line (or whatever).
"That enough for ya?" Jack said dropping the ball to the ground. "Or are you still afraid I'll get hurt?"
The team just looked stunned as the quarterback removed his helmet. "Fine. You can join the team…"
"No."
"What?!" The team yelled.
"But we need you!! You're awesome!!"
"No. This is not my game." Jack answered walked back to Milly for his shirt.
"What are you talking about? You beat a whole team!!"
"I just watched what you were doing before we came and guessed the rest." Jack said as he put his shirt back on. "Plus if I was to join, the team would just get worse."
"Wha…?"
"A team is the same as a deck. Every card needs to flow for it to work. If one card enters which can not work with the rest of the deck, it throws the whole deck into disarray and can be the difference between winning and losing." Jack explained. "Work on your teamwork, not individual ability."
"Alright then, if what you're saying makes sense, why were you and the Eleven so good together?"
Jack was already walking away when the question came. "Quit questioning me."
Yusei didn't even bother asking about joining. He soon followed Jack.
"Hey, girl?! I thought you were supposed to be leading this tour?!" Jack called as he continued walking towards the main building of the school.
"Hey, wait up!"
"Jack, where are you going?" Milly asked.
"I'm not interested in joining a 'club'." Jacks imply said. "So let's just go find a duelling club so I can join, beat everyone, and get on with my day."
"I have to agree with Jack." Yusei said. "It's obvious that none of the clubs are 'Eleven' friendly."
"Wait, I know a club you could join Yusei." Milly quickly intervened.
"Which one?"
"It's a secret~!" She smiled. "You'll have to wait to find out~!"
"Oh great." Jack commented. "Let me guess, he has to go through the whole tour for him to get there?"
Milly nodded.
"Whatever. Let's just hurry up and get this over with."
The trio walked through a long corridor with large windows littering the side. Light poured through the windows and illuminated the corridor with natural light.
"As you know, this is one of the main buildings of the school which houses the classes."
"You know, we do go to school here." Jack said.
"Many of the clubs are also in these buildings." Milly continued with a smile.
As the trio neared a corner, two girls came around it. Each was wearing an Ashford Uniform. The girl on the side had long brown hair which was tied in a ponytail. She was of average height and fair skinned. The other was a red-head with combed down hair. She had blue eyes and a frail look about her. As they walked by each other, the red-haired girl dropped something. As it floated down to the ground, it caught Yusei's eye and he stopped to pick it up.
"Hey, she dropped this." Yusei said.
"Hey!! Kallen!!" Milly yelled. "You dropped your handkerchief!"
The girl assumed to be Kallen turned around rather lazily, as if it was a hassle to even do that. As she turned, the sight of Yusei with his hand stretched out to her was now visible. She smiled and advanced to Yusei. As she opened her mouth to talk,
Bam!!
The kerchief flew from Yusei's hand.
"You filthy Eleven!" Kallen's 'friend'. "She can't use something and Eleven touched! How dare you even pick it up!" She then grabbed Kallen's hand. "Let's go Kallen!"
And with that, she began to drag Kallen away.
A soft, "… Thank you." Was heard as Kallen disappeared along the corridor.
"Let's get back to the tour."
"Ok! Now to the cooking club!" Milly said happily.
Jack stood in the centre of a group of girls. Each girl around him was on the verge of fainting and giggles and shrieks filled the air. Girls of all types, tall, short, long hair, short hair, An annoyed look was plastered on his face and a pink apron was pinned onto him and a wooden spoon in his hand.
"Kyaa!!" A girl screamed. "I can't believe Jack Atlas wants to join our club!!"
"Never." He said throwing off the apron.
"No!! Jack!!" Hands pushed forward towards him.
Fwap!!
Jack was out the door. Yusei and Milly's hair blew in the wind as Jack skid passed them.
"What are you two waiting for? An invitation? Let's get going before they follow me!" The blonde said before dashing forward.
He trio walked down another hallway. The air was filled with tension as passing students shot glares at Yusei.
"Science club," Milly said as they walked by a class.
"Next." Jack immediately said.
"Sowing club,"
"No."
"Dueling Club." Milly said stopping in front of the door.
As the two Duellists looked to the door, they were greeted by a sign.
No admission to the Eleven and King Atlas.
We prefer not to be beaten senseless.
"What!?! No!?" Jack yelled.
Bam!
His fist slammed on the door. "I know you're in there!! Open up!"
"G-G-Go away!! You're too strong for us!!" A voice called back.
"I don't care with you! Open up!!" Jack yelled back.
"N-N-No!! We admire you but… You'll damage our self esteem!" The voice yelled again.
Jack growled at the comment.
"Ok. Next is the …-."
Jack cut off Milly. "Just skip to the end. I'm tired of all this club business."
"Yusei, are there any other clubs you're interested in?" She asked.
"Not really. Seeing as the Duelling Club isn't accepting members." He answered.
"Ok then!! Follow me!!" Milly yelled grabbing Yusei's hand and stringing him towards the end of the corridor.
The trio were outside again. The wind blew slowly on them and the trees to their sides swayed along with them. The trees lined the walkway on which they were on and low trimmed grass was visible passed them.
"Hey, remember what the guy from the football club said, about you two having teamwork, how do you two work so well together?" Milly suddenly asked.
Jack and Yusei stiffened for a split second. They hadn't thought this out thoroughly, though Yusei had given it a little though.
"You see," Yusei started.
"Let's just say we bonded last night, ok?" Jack cut in.
Milly stopped and thoughts began pouring into her head.
The blinds were closed and lights off. Heat and passion filled the room as blankets on one of the beds moved vigorously. Moans and groans could be heard as…
"God, not in that way!!!" Jack snapped Milly out of trance.
"You sure?" She asked smiling.
"Damn perverted girl…" Jack growled as he continued along the path.
They're hiding something… Milly thought. And I'll find out what.
The three stopped in front of a large building. The brownish bricks of the building made it stand out from the rest of the school, as well as its detachment from it. The building had large, crystal clear windows also. It just seemed extravagant and you could feel that it was not just a building by being near it.
Milly took a few steps forward and spun around. She then threw her hand up and with a grin said, "Welcome to the Student Council Clubhouse!"
"Clubhouse?" Yusei muttered. "Makes me wonder what a serious building for it would be like."
"So, you wanna join Yusei?"
"You sure they'll let me in?"
"Why wouldn't they?" She asked.
"Seeing as everyone seems to dislike my little friend." Yusei said pointing to his criminal mark.
"Oh don't be silly! That's nothing. I can get you in easy."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I am the student council president after all!"
"So how exactly do we 'join'?" Jack asked. "Is there some paperwork or something?"
"Nope. All you have to do is attend a meeting. Today's a special day so all clubs are having a meeting at 5. Whichever meeting you are at determines your club." Milly explained. "Now come on! Time for the clubhouse tour!" And with that she grabbed Yusei's hand for a second time and pulled him into the building.
"… This is getting annoying…" Jack said as he followed.
The clubhouse was huge. It had many rooms, a meeting room, kitchen, dining room, lobby, conference room (and yes, a different room from the meeting room) and others. The luxurious feeling the radiated from the outside was amplified when they reached inside. You could almost feel more important as you walked through.
"So, what do you think?" Milly asked.
"This is quite the place. It's almost as fancy as the twin's apartment." Yusei said. Rally and the others would love to see this.
Jack was tailing behind. For the whole tour, he went almost unnoticed, though he wasn't really bothered. He then noticed a door. Something just told him to ask, "What's behind here?" Before he got a reply, his hand was already on the door.
"Wait, don't open that door!" Milly quickly said.
Too late. The door creaked open as Jack stepped in.
Inside, there were two people sitting at a table. A slim boy with black hair and purple eyes and a girl with long, brown hair with her eyes shut. She was smaller than the boy and was no doubt a few years younger. There were about six chairs around the table. A door was towards the side of the boy and a window to the back of the girl. There was other furniture in the room and trinkets littered the tops of them.
"Hey, you. Your name's Lelouch, right?"
"Lelouch… What's going on?" The girl asked.
"Don't worry. It's just one of the new students. It's actually Jack Atlas." Lelouch said to the girl in a comforting tone.
"Really…?"
"Why don't you just open your eyes and see for yourself?" It sounded more like a command than a question.
"I… can't." The girl said rather sheepishly.
"Why not?" It was Yusei this time.
"Oh, Yusei, you're here too..." Lelouch said.
"Y-Yusei?"
"Yes. Yusei Fudo. So, why can't you open your eyes?"
"She's crippled in her legs and can't open her eyes thanks to trauma." It was in a 'ok now get out' tone. Milly then caught Lelouch's eyes. "Milly, what's the meaning of this?"
"Oh, I was just giving them the tour. Yusei's going to join the Student Council!"
"Really? Welcome to the club!" Lelouch said smiling with a hand extended.
Yusei smiled and they shook hands. He then went around the table and sat across form Lelouch. "So, who are you?" He said softly touching the girl's hand.
She flinched at first, but slowly loosed afterwards. "I'm Nunnally Lamperouge."
"So you're Lelouch's sister?" Yusei said. "Interesting how someone like Lelouch who ditches class has a sister like you."
"Ditch class? Lelouch?! You're ditching your classes!?"
Lelouch glared over the table at Yusei. "Thanks…"
Milly laughed and even Jack chuckled as Nunnally scolded Lelouch on his habit.
A male then raced to the door. He came from outside the room. "Is it true!?"
All attention turned to the blue haired boy.
"What?"
"That 'he's' going to join the student council?!" Rivalz said pointing at Yusei.
"Yusei? Why not?" Milly asked.
"But he's an eleven!!"
"You're Japanese?" Nunnally said turning to Yusei.
"Yes. I'm from Satellite, near New Domino city."
"Isn't that a New Domino dump?"
"More or less."
"Wha?!?!" Rivalz yelled.
"What's wrong Rivalz? I'm kinda excited that Yusei's joining the club." Milly said.
"You're…!? Really…!? Whaaaaa!?!!" He said as he ran away from the door.
…
"What's wrong with Rivalz?" Nunnally asked.
"I have no idea." Milly said.
"So, Nunnally, how was your day?" Yusei asked.
Nunnally's head turned to Yusei. "Classes today were good. My English teacher gave us some hard homework and Lelouch is supposed to help."
"Wow," Milly said quietly to Jack. "Nunnally sure took a liking to Yusei quickly."
"That's Yusei for ya. He has a way of bringing people together." Jack said to Milly.
The other door opened. A lady with white skin and a maid's uniform walked in. She had a light brown eyes and dark brown hair. The uniform consisted of a white apron, and dark blue dress underneath. She had two cups of tea in her hands.
"Here you go Lelouch and Nunnally." She said. "Oh, Miss Milly, you brought company?"
"Yes. Yusei here is going to join the council." Milly smiled.
"Oh, nice to meet you Yusei." She said bowing.
"Hey."
"Sayoko, could you bring us some more tea?" Milly asked.
"Coming right up."
"Why'd you bring three cups?" Milly asked when Sayoko came back.
"I'm still here you know." Jack said sitting down at the table.
Yusei and Nunnally were talking while Sayoko got more tea. The two had been talking about Yusei's past and experiences. Nunnally was really intrigued by the Duels and the people he duelled.
"You beat your security?" She asked.
"Yeah. On multiple occasions." He replied.
Jack sipped the tea. "Hmm… The taste is quite different from in New Domino…"
"You're a fan of tea?" Milly asked.
"What about it?" Jack said. He sounded much more calm and collected now.
"I would have never thought so." She said smiling.
"Hn." Was all that came out as he took another sip.
"Hey, where is everyone?" A female voice said outside the door.
"We're in here."
The door opened to the same orange haired girl from the pool. She was now wearing the Ashford Uniform.
"Oh, Shirley!"
"Lulu?" She said as she entered the room.
"Of course that would be who you see first." Milly said turning around to her.
A blush slowly rose to Shirley's face.
Wow… It's that obvious? Jack wondered as he continued to drink his tea.
"Yusei and Jack? Why are you two here? Are you joining?"
"Yeah. Then again, it's not like many other clubs are extending open hands to me." Yusei answered.
"I guess so." Jack said.
"Well, welcome to the club! I hope you feel welcome, and you have any problems, you can come to me for help!" Shirley assured.
"Will do."
"Milly," Jack said. She actually turned to him that time. "Does anyone other than student council members come here?"
"Not really. Most they'd do is come to the door to deliver something."
"Ok."
"Why you ask?" It was Shirley this time.
"…"
"Oh, you saw them?" She said.
"Them?"
She pointed to the window.
Jack got up and looked.
Worse choice ever.
"There he is!!"
Jack looked down to see what looked like half of the school outside the window. People of all kinds, boys, girls, even teachers were there. Signs, banners, even a billboard or two were visible, all covered with encouraging words to Jack, trying to convince him to join clubs.
"Jack!! Join the swimming club!! You'll look sooo good in a swimsuit…"
"The football club needs you!!
"You still haven't finished your entry meal yet!!"
"Come on Milly! Quit hogging Jack!!"
Jack slowly backed away from the window as the noise outside escalated.
"What's wrong? Isn't this what you became King for?" Lelouch asked. There was a slight intonation in his voice, as if he knew something Jack thought he shouldn't. "The attention of the crowds, your name being chanted, you every move being watched."
"Lulu!"
Jack growled at Lelouch. His fists clenched in anger at the statement, and at the same time himself. He shot a glare at Lelouch and walked out of the door.
"Now why'd you say that Lulu?" Shirley asked frowning. "You could have at least tried to make him feel welcome."
Lelouch flinched at the comment. "Oh," He said putting on a sad look and scratching the back of his head. "I didn't really mean to…"
"Don't worry, he just needed some air." Yusei finally said. "So, how do you pass the time here?"
"Well, we usually hang out here." Milly answered.
"If you want, we could Duel?" Lelouch asked.
"Lulu!"
"It's ok. I haven't Duelled in a while." Yusei said reaching in one of his back deck boxes.
"Go easy on me, ok? I haven't had this deck for long." Lelouch said taking out his deck.
The two placed their decks on the desk.
Duel!!
Lelouch vs Yusei
Yusei: 4000 LP
Lelouch: 4000 LP
"I think I'll let you play first." Yusei said.
"Ok, I draw!" Lelouch drew from his deck. He stared at his cards for a few seconds. "Ok, I summon Marauding Captain." He played the card on the desk.
Marauding Captain, Level 3, Warrior, 1200/400
"And I use its effect to special summon Command Knight."
Command Knight, Level 4, Warrior, 1200/1900
"Command Knight's effect activates, giving all Warriors on my field 400 attack points."
Marauding Captain, Level 3, Warrior, 1600/400
Command Knight, Level 4, Warrior, 1600/1900
"I play a card face down and end."
"My turn. I draw!" Yusei's eyes glanced at his hand. "And I'm going to summon Speed Warrior in attack mode."
Speed Warrior, Level 2, Warrior, 900/400
"The turn Speed Warrior is Normal summoned, its attack points are doubled. Now, Speed Warrior attacks your Command Knight."
"Sorry," Lelouch said with a smirk. "But Marauding Captain effect makes it that if you target another warrior on my field, the attack target is changed to it."
"What's the difference?"
"Not much. Except that I activate my trap, Reinforcements. It gives a monster on the field and extra 500 attack points."
Marauding Captain, Level 3, Warrior, 2100/400
Lelouch: 4000 LP
Yusei: 3700 LP
"Ok. I set three cards face down and end." Yusei said.
"This is how you spend your time?" Shirley asked.
"Looks cooler with Duel Disks." Yusei replied.
"My turn, and I summon a second Command Knight. You know what that means, don't you?"
Command Knight, Level 4, Warrior, 2000/1900
Command Knight, Level 4, Warrior, 2000/1900
Marauding Captain, Level 3, Warrior, 2000/400
"Now, I attack you directly with Marauding Captain."
"My Scrap-Iron Scarecrow trap activates, negating the attack."
"Ok. Now, Command Knight attacks you directly."
Yusei: 1700 LP
Lelouch: 400 LP
"Lulu! You're beating him!"
"Now my other Command Knight, attack Yusei directly."
"I activate my Graceful Revival trap card. This lets me bring back a level 2 or lower monster from my graveyard. So Speed Warrior makes a comeback." Yusei explained.
"But Command Knight still has more attack than Speed Warrior, so it's heading right back to the grave."
Yusei: 600 LP
Lelouch: 4000 LP
"Your Turn." Lelouch said smiling.
Yusei's eye's closed in thought. If I don't get the right card, the duel's over… His hand floated over his deck. Come on… "I draw!" A smile came to Yusei's face. "I'm sorry Lelouch but the duel's over. I'm now summoning Junk Synchron!"
Junk Synchron, level 3, Tuner, Warrior, 1300/500
"And I'm using my Junk Synchron to bring back, Speed Warrior!"
Speed Warrior, Level 2, Warrior, 900/400
"And I'm tuning my Junk Synchron to my Speed Warrior. Clustering stars will call upon a new force! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Show yourself, Junk Warrior!"
Junk Warrior, Level 5, Synchro, Warrior, 2300/1300
"And now, I activate my spell card, Half shut! This card halves your Marauding Captain's attack and in exchange, it can't be destroyed by battle."
Marauding Captain, Level 3, Warrior, 1000/400
"So now, my Junk Warrior attacks your Marauding Captain."
Yusei: 600 LP
Lelouch: 2700 LP
"And now I activate my trap card, Synchro Halo! I can only activate this card when a Synchro monster I control attacks and fails to destroy the opponent's monster in battle. My monster's attack is doubled and it bets to attack again."
Junk Warrior, Level 5, Synchro, Warrior, 4600/1300
"Junk Warrior, take out the rest of his life points!"
Yusei: 600 LP
Lelouch: 0 LP
"Yay! Yusei won!!" Milly cheered.
Lelouch smiled, placed his hand on the desk and stretched his hand out across the deck. "Good duel. I'd expect nothing less from you."
"Thanks." Yusei said returning the handshake. "You're not too shabby yourself." Yusei's eyes glanced down at Lelouch's hand. Another Marauding Captain? Why didn't he summon it? That would have stopped me from attacking… What was he planning?
Jack was lying on the roof of the building with his hands at the back of his head. Luckily, no one on the ground below say him. The wind blew softly through his blonde hair as the sun came down on him. The view from the roof showed the whole school and even some of the surrounding area. The view was more green in this area than New Domino, though a city just as developed in the background. Trees decorated the campus along with short, well kept grass which made it's was around the buildings. He sighed as he continued to hear the crowd below chanting his name and crying out obscenities at Milly for not giving him up to them.
"Why won't they just go?" Jack said to himself with his eyes closed. "I'm not the Jack Atlas you want. I'm not that kind of guy anymore.
"…"
"I know you're there." Jack said, still with his eyes closed.
"I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you." A female voice said as she opened the window which Jack used to get on the roof. Her hair blew in the breeze. "I came to tell you that the meeting's starting now. You are joining, right?"
Jack sat up and looked at her. "What about it?" He then got up and walked to the window.
"Now, before we start the actual meeting…" Milly started. Everyone was seated at the table. Large windows allowed light to pour in the room, and onto Yusei, Jack, Lelouch and Shirley's face. It came on Milly, Rivalz and Nunnally, who isn't actually a member but still came to meetings, backs. "I'd like to introduce and welcome Yusei to the student's council!"
Claps filled the air, until Jack silenced them.
"I'm joining too you know."
"So now, let's get on with the meeting."
"Hey, stop ignoring me."
"I was thinking that we should hold a festival soon, maybe for Yusei's joining of the council."
Jack pushed his chair back and stood up. "Damn it! I, Jack Atlas, will not be ignored like this!"
"Jack! Calm down!"
"Hey!! What's with all the commotion?! What's going on?"
"Nunnally, everything's ok."
"Jack you should really sit down."
Yusei laughed. Reminds me of the good old days with Kiryu (Kalin in English) and Crow…
And so ends the chapter! Sorry for the wait, I'm a lazy updater and am used to taking my time to write. I'll try to update sooner next time. So, what do you think? Good, bad?
I actually encountered a problem when doing Yusei during this chapter. Mostly cause in the Japanese version, he's more resistant, defiant and angry towards injustice and negativity (e.g. in the Facility, he almost growls at the Judge when the marker is put on him) but in the English, he more or less just lets it wash over him and doesn't really let it affect him. The real problem is that I watch both... So I was kinda torn between which one I should portray.
Also, I have a poll on my profile. I'd like to find out your opinion on something.