You thought that I left all of you didn't you. Sorry that I haven't updated in so long. What would you do if your parent's chided you every five minutes to get off the computer and to do errands? You don't exactly have a good argue. ….
Plus, there's homework. I'm talking to my fellow students who actually care about the rest of their educational life. Would you make me throw all my studies away and update? You probably would, but think of it this way. If I don't get good grades, I don't get to update.
Now, you tell me. Would you prefer a late update, or no updates at all?!?!
If you think I own both Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh GX, I'll tell you one thing. I can't draw a proper stick person. What makes you think I can draw the handsome and anorexic Jaden Yuki, or the beautiful and metabolically crazy May?
Oh, and Merry Christmas. Think of this as a late Christmas present. And happy New Year. Barack Obama 4 ever!
Golden rays of sunlight crept in the room as May woke up. Her eyes fluttered open as she yawned and stretched. She had a good nights sleep and was ready for her new adventures in Duel Academy! She looked out the window and at the island. It looked beautiful!
The academy stuck out like a sore thumb between the lush brown trees and the gorgeous shore! May couldn't wait to reach the island, but a sick feeling twisted in her stomach. She would be here without any friends. When she went to Johto, she looked forward to meeting Drew, but here (other than her Uncle) she knew no one.
The boat slowly reached the shore and May jumped of waving goodbye to the cheerful sailors. They waved back as well and the boat swam away from the shore of Duel Academy until it was only a tiny speck.
May gazed at the ocean lovingly. She loved the ocean. She wasn't as water fanatic as Misty, but for some odd reason, the ocean made her feel at home. May took a deep breath in and let it out with a content sigh.
She turned away from the sparkling sea and towards the forest. She raised an eyebrow as she spotted a woman-around her thirties- carrying many bags of groceries. May winced as this reminded her of the time she went shopping with Dawn…Boy, did she regret it.
May ran over to the lady deciding to assist her.
"Excuse me? Do you need any help with those bags?" May asked kindly. The lady looked at her with grateful eyes and handed a few of them to her.
"Thank you!" The lady and May continued their way to the Academy.
"I'm May, and you?" May asked starting a polite conversation.
"Ah! You're the girl we've been expecting. I'm Dorothy. It's a pleasure to meet you. I would've shook hands with you, but as you can see we're both holding groceries." Dorothy laughed heartily. May smiled. She seemed like a nice woman.
"I would've hugged you if it weren't for the bags. By the way, what are the bags for?" May asked looking at the groceries.
"That's for the cafeteria. I'm sure your Uncle has informed you about our current dilemma? Well, someone's been stealing our food supplies and we needed more. I'm the cook of the school. You do no want to meet an angry mob of hungry students!" Dorothy shuddered. May was highly reminded of Ash. One hungry Ash she could handle, but hundreds…She would need to call a Hogwarts' house-elf for that. Scratch that. Maybe all the House-elves.
"The cook, eh? I remember my Uncle saying something about you being the best cook ever," May commented. It was the truth too. Dorothy blushed.
"Not too many people think so highly of me. I have very few friends…" Dorothy trailed of. May smiled at her brightly.
"Well you have to add me to that list!" she said smiling. Dorothy squealed.
"If it weren't for these bags I really would have hugged you!"
"As soon as we drop these off I'll give you a hug." The two ladies laughed as they made their way towards the Academy.
"Finally! The kitchens!" Dorothy placed the groceries she held on the floor and she switched the lights on. May placed the groceries she was holding on the floors as well.
"Now I'll hug you!" Dorothy embraced May tightly. May was reminded of her mother as she hugged Dorothy back.
"Do you know where I can find my uncle?" May asked as Dorothy let her go and tended the boiling water on the stove.
"He should be in his office. Up the stairs third door to your left. Bye May! Good Luck!" Dorothy waved to May and May waved back heading out the door and up the stairs. She looked around the hall.
"Did she say left or right?"
May saw a student with blond hair walking through the hall. May decided to ask her for directions. She seemed to be a student since she had a uniform on…
"Um…Excuse me?" May called out to her. The blond girl looked at her with an inquisitive face.
"Yes?"
"I'm looking for the Principle's office."
"Are you new here?" The girl asked her.
"I guess you can say that. I'm May," May introduced walking up to the girl and holding out her hand. The girl looked at her outstretched hand for a moment before shaking it.
"I'm Alexis! The office is right there!" Alexis said smiling and pointing to a large wooden door. May smiled back at her and thanked her before walking through the doors.
"Uncle Sheppard?" she asked looking at the chair. Whoever was in it had their back faced to her. The chair turned to reveal her father's best friend.
"May? It's good to see you." Sheppard gave her a warm, fatherly embrace.
"Are you doing well?" he asked holding her arms length away. May gave a noncommittal jerk with her head. Her Uncle gave her an understanding look.
"I know what you mean. Things haven't been going to well. Now do you want me to explain what I called you here for?" May nodded again and sat down in the seat in front of the desk. Her uncle explained everything about the Shadow Riders and the key keepers. May absorbed the information like a sponge.
"So since I don't know how to duel, you want me to take care of these minions that the Shadow Riders can control?" Her Uncle nodded confirming May's doubts.
"Yes! I want you to be on constant alert. I will introduce you to the key holders later on. Right now I want you to go to your new dorm. Your belongings should already be up there. "
"I left them at the beach by accident!" May said worriedly hoping her belongings were alright. She had very important things in there. Like the ribbon she and Ash won…The pendant Misty gave her. She was so caught up in helping Dorothy.
"Don't worry. Dorothy made sure that the belongings were put safely into your dorm. You barely stepped into the school and you're already helping around." May laughed. It was in her nature to help people.
"Here's a map, so you won't get lost." Sheppard handed her a map and May thanked him.
"I'll see you later Uncle Sheppard," May said waving good bye and backing out of the office.
May looked at the map carefully. She could never read a map if her life depended on it. She fondly remembered the times in Johto where she held the map upside down. Then, she shuddered as she remembered she walked into an angry Totodile!
May looked at the map once more before heading straight ahead. Next, she took a left turn and climbed up a few stairs. She reached a door (red colored) and knocked. She was hoping her roommate would be there. The door opened to reveal a boy with blue hair. She gaped at him. She didn't think she would have to have a second grader as a roommate.
"Yes?" the boy asked. May's voice finally came back to her.
"Err…Is this the Slifer dormitory?" she asked sheepishly. The boy nodded.
"Do you mind pointing out where the girls' dormitories are? I'm a new student…" May trailed of looking at the 'boy' helplessly. He gave her a knowing smile.
"It's downstairs. By the way, my name is Syrus Truesdale." The boy held out his hand for her to shake.
"I'm May Maple! It's a pleasure to meet you Syrus!" May shook his outstretched hand.
"The pleasure's mine May. See you later," he said as May walked downstairs.
"He was a nice…boy. Stupid me! Judging people before I get to know them! Stupid maps. They should have a GPS system installed instead!"
May jumped off the last step of the stairs and walked in to the girl dormitory. She gasped as she closed the door behind her. Everything was red and gold making May feel at home. It reminded May of Hogwarts, which was her home too, mind you. There was a crackling fireplace and 6 different beds.
A girl sat on her bed reading. It was Alexis!
"Hi Alexis!" May greeted. Alexis looked up from her book and smiled. The fire illuminated the room making it toasty and warm.
"Hi May. I didn't think I'd see you again this fast!"
"Me neither. So you're in this dorm too?"
"Not exactly…You see, I'm actually in the Obelisk blue dorm. The only reason I came here was because of this boy that was annoying me in that dorm."
"I see. So how is it here?"
"It's like home! Everyone-make that very few people- are nice! Just so you know, we're the only two girls here!" May gaped at Alexis. The only two girls! Sure, May liked her privacy, but it sounded horrible being the only two girls in the dorm!
"Where's every other girl?"
"Well, all of them have been here for years and it doesn't take much time for them to move to higher dorms."
"Oh…Well this should be fun!" May squealed happily like a little five year old. Alexis joined her squeals.
"Have you met anyone other than me?" Alexis asked curiously. May nodded.
"Yup! I've met a boy named Syrus and Dorothy, the cook."
"I know both of them. Syrus is a really nice guy. He shares his dorm with a guy named Chumley and a guy named Jaden. Jaden is supposed to be the best duelist on the Island!"
"Really?" May asked her interest rising. This school was cool.
"Yup! He's beaten everyone he's dueled except Zane, another really good duelist. Jaden still prefers the Slifer dorms. "Suddenly, May laughed.
"What?"
"Look at us! Gossiping like fan girls! Let's talk about some other things other than boys." Alexis laughed as well.
"Alright then…"
"My god! We've spent nearly an hour talking. I've got to go back to Sheppard's office," May said hurriedly.
"Wait a minute, why?"
"Well, he wanted to introduce me to the keepers of the keys." A look of realization dawned over Alexis's face.
"So you're the girl that's going to help! Well, let me introduce myself as one of the keepers of the keys. Alexis Rhodes, at your service." Both girls laughed as Alexis did a mock bow.
"We should both be going now," Alexis said grabbing May's hand and dragging her out of the dorm.
"You're all here. Now we just have to wait for Alexis and May!" Sheppard said.
"What is the world coming to? Jaden early and Alexis late. Now that's just weird," Chazz commented earning a yawn from Jaden. Everyone sweat dropped.
"Sorry we're late, we lost track of time," Alexis said panting slightly letting go of May wrist and sitting down on the chair next to Zane.
"Ah, Alexis! I've seen you've already introduced yourself to May! Well, six more people to introduce now May."
"I'm Zane Truesdale," said a boy standing up and holding out his hand for May to shake. May shook at and he smiled warmly.
"Your Syrus' brother, aren't you?" May asked. Zane's eyes hardened a bit, but his face held the same warm smile as he nodded.
"I'm Bastion," another boy said grabbing May's hand and shaking it professionally.
"Pleased to make you acquaintance Bastion," May said in response.
Everyone glared when they heard Bastion mutter something suspiciously similar to," Finally, someone with a brain!"
"M' Chazz….Chazz Princeton," Chazz said lazily, without holding out his hand. May nodded in a cool manner.
"I am Professor Banner; it will be an honor to teach a gifted student."
"Who ever said that I was gifted?" May asked giving the Professor an incredulous look. He laughed at the look on her face.
"No one did, but I can tell that you are gifted with modesty at the least." Sheppard laughed loudly punching his desk and howling. Everyone gave him an odd look.
"Ahem…You didn't hear anything," he said sitting on his chair and looking away.
"Professor Crowler," Crowler said shortly without looking at her.
"Pleasure to meet you," May said sarcastically causing Chazz to snort, but Crowler didn't notice.
"How would you know if it's a pleasure to meet anyone?" Crowler asked her sharply.
"You just do it to leave a friendly impression, and some people do it for the heck of it," May answered shrugging. Crowler gave her an approving look and she smiled childishly.
"I'm Jaden," a brunette boy said with a warm smile holding out his hands. May delicately lifted hers mesmerized by his eyes. It was as if she could get lost in them. They shook hands, and when he let go, May could still feel a weird tingle.
"Good, the introductions over. I explained everything before so you can all go back to your dorms if you wish. May, like I said before, I want you to be on alert constantly. Not just you. The rest of you as well. There is danger lurking in ever corner of the school." Everyone nodded their heads and left the room.
"So what's up with you and Zane," May said nonchalantly as though as if she were merely asking about tomorrow's weather.
"Nothing!" Alexis answered, a little too quickly. May sent her a mischievous smirk and Alexis blushed furiously. You would have to be as dense as Ash not to notice the two at it. It was like a staring contest.
"Right…"May said turning towards her dorm. In no time at all, they were joined by Syrus and a rather 'large' boy.
"May! Don't judge people!"
"Hey May! This is Chumley," Syrus said running over to her. The boy, Chumley, ran over to her as well, but it seemed as if this was a lot of exercise for the poor boy. The others shot him slightly disguised sympathetic looks.
"Hi-pant- May- pant!" Chumley said exhausted as he bent down to pant.
"Err…Hi Chumley. It's nice to meet you! How are you?" May asked worriedly as Chumley took out his inhaler. After using it he sat down and went to sleep.
"He's an enthusiastic person…" May commented, looking at Chumley a little nervously. All the others laughed. Soon, after realizing May hadn't insulted him, she joined the laughter.
"What's so funny? " Zane asked Alexis, walking up to her.
"Oh, nothing!" she said trying to keep a straight face. But, this went unnoticed by Zane as his eyes landed on Syrus. Both teens looked at each other for a moment and then they looked away.
May sent Alexis a questioning glance. "Later," she mouthed while Zane wasn't looking.
"So May…Sheppard said you owned Pokémon…Can we see them?" Alexis asked trying to change the subject. Everyone looked at May eagerly. She grinned at all of them.
"Alright then…Skitty go!" May called throwing a pokéball in the air. Skitty jumped out and landed on one of its nimble feet. Everyone gasped and Alexis squealed.
"It's adorable!" she exclaimed bending down to pat Skitty. Skitty backed away.
"You're scaring it Alexis! It's obviously a shy and scared Pokémon!" Bastion exclaimed bending down next to Alexis. She smacked him for calling her scary.
"Does he always pop out of nowhere?" May asked Alexis so Bastion could not hear her.
"Sometimes…"
"Hello there kitty cat! My name is Bastion…" Bastion whispered to Skitty in his freaky accent. Skitty jumped on his head and started pulling at his hair.
"Oh no! Bad Skitty!" May said looking horrified at her Pokémon's behavior. Skitty jumped off Bastion's head and into Zane's arms.
"At least it isn't trying to kill Zane," Alexis said smugly to Bastion.
"It didn't like you either!" Bastion retorted causing everyone to laugh. Skitty purred as Zane stroked its' back with his nimble fingers.
"Cool! Is that a Pokémon?" Jaden asked walking up to the group. It was mid-afternoon and the sun was blazing hotly. Not one cloud was there to protect everyone from the UV rays and of it weren't for pollution, we wouldn't need the clouds because the ozone layer could've taken care of that! DIE GEORGE BUSH, DIE!!
Skitty, apparently, seemed to grow tired of Zane, so she squirmed out and threw herself on Jaden's head. May and Alexis had to grab onto each other to stop themselves from falling. Skitty was ruining Jaden's hair-all the while making it look like a nest.
"Skitty, I think that's enough," May said taking Skitty off Jaden's head and into her own arms, sctratching it behnid the ears with a soft smile on her face.
"Yeah, so do I," agreed Jaden trying to flatten his hair. May laughed and freed one hand from Skitty's grasp to ruin Jaden's hair even more.
His hair was silky ((similar to her own) and felt like velvet in her hands. Jaden was having these weird urges to tell her to continue. Luckily (but not for the fans of this story), May took her hand out and started scratching Skitty's favorite spot.
"Hey!" he said indignantly running his hand through it, still trying to make it look presentable. At the moment, it would look only presentable to a homeless bird.
"Sorry. To funny to resist," May said in between laughs as Jaden gave her his crooked grin. Syrus glanced uncertainly at Skitty, who fell out of May's arms and neared him. It purred and rubbed itself against Syrus' leg.
"Don't worry Sy, it won't bite. But I can't guarantee anything about your hair," she said sending Jaden's hair an amused glance. He rolled his eyes, but smiled. As long as that Skitty wasn't anywhere near his hair, he'd enjoy Skitty's childish company.
Skitty leapt away from Syrus and onto a passing by Chazz.
"Ah! Get it off me! I'm dying!" Chazz screamed overdramatically. as he ran around the hall trying to get Skitty off.
"Skitty! Return," May said calling it back into its pokéball.
"What was that?" Chazz asked composing himself. Chazz hated unexpected surprises- that weren't for his benefit- and could get very irritated.
"A Pokémon," everyone said simultaneously. Chazz growled.
"I hate those things! Or at least the one that mugged me for my hair!"
"Do you have any Pokémon that you can control properly?" he asked May rudely. She sent him an annoyed glance and she huffed. She was highly reminded of Drew at the moment. She decided to release her anger on him as she would on Drew. Too bad Chazz wasn't as 'cool' with Pokémon as Drew was.
"Of course! Blaziken, take the stage!" Blaziken jumped out of its pokéball and stood in front of Chazz. Chazz paled. Alexis cackled. Everyone sent her worried looks. Even Blaziken!
She coughed and looked away silently. Everyone rolled their eyes except an amused May.
"Are you sure that I can't control my Pokémon?" May said looking smugly at Chazz.
"No- I mean yes- I mean you can," Chazz said looking at Blaziken with fearful eyes.
"Okay Blaziken! Stop being so serious!" May said to Blaziken. Instantly, it started cracking up while pointing at Chazz.
"Oh very funny!" Chazz said annoyed.
"Yes…yes it is," Alexis choked between gasps of laughter. Chazz huffed testily, annoyed by the turn of events.
"So May. Can you show us how you do your coordinating moves?" Zane asked looking at Blaziken in wonder. Honestly, Zane wasn't impressed to easily. It took a lot of talent to get the "wow" look in his eyes.
"Sure thing! Blaziken, in the air and use fire blast! Then, use sky uppercut!" May commanded. Blaziken jumped up in the air and released a steamed beam of fire. Then, it struck the fire with its arms and cut it up. The harmless flames fell to the ground and Blaziken landed in front of Chazz.
"Wow…It's so cool!" Chazz said in awe looking at Blaziken. Blaziken stood in its "hero" pose.
"Goodness! Is that a compliment I hear?" Alexis asked Chazz. He glared and looked away. Alexis rolled her eyes. Chazz was a very sarcastic person, and nice remarks were very rare from him. However the remarks weren't extinct. They were hidden behind either fear or jealousy.
Chazz wasn't jealous of not having a Blaziken though. He did not want to burn himself or risk getting stomped on by a Blaziken.
"Return Blaziken," May said withdrawing a smug Blaziken.
"Wow May! You have awesome Pokémon!" Syrus remarked. May smiled at the young teen. He seemed sensitive and had a lot of compliments inside his tiny form.
"Thanks Syrus!" she said jovially.
"So May…Have you ever played duel monsters?" Jaden asked. May frowned slightly, but shook her head. She hoped Jaden wasn't the gloating type just because he was a really good duelist. Actually, one of the best. She hated people like that. Drew was sort of an exception since he was a good person at heart-even thouh he didn't show it. However, Jaden didn't seem like the bragging type so May just went on instinct and hoped he wouldn't gloat.
"It's the best game ever!" he exclaimed. He was sort of disappointed that May didn't already know what the game was, but it didn't concern him right now. Today, he would teacher her everything about Duel Monsters! ...Well, maybe not everything, but some things.
Suddenly the lunch bell started ringing…
You better review if you want updates. Now, as for my anonymous reviews….
llola:- Are you sure it was that awesome if I had to re-type it? Wow….Thanks a whole bunch for reviewing! Man, things like that just touch your heart. (Wiper "real" tears away")
llola567:- You're a different lolla, right? Well, whatever. It's still a review. Now, this is the reason why I am re-writing my story. First of all, I was so inexperienced back then with my writing. Now, I have mastered a few more techniques. One is called, "proofreading."(Audience gasps!) But, thanks for the review and the nicely said critique!(Don't know if that last sentence made sense)