The Student in Red

Volume 1 - The Scarlet Newbie Saga

Chapter 2 – A Late Night Duel

The time currently was 6:30 in the morning. This was the average time students woke up to get ready for classes. The main building wasn't too far a walk if you left early, and over an hour was plenty of time to take care of everything you needed.

Of course, there were a few early or late risers, and currently, Konami (to his misfortune) was in the former category.

Konami was not one to intentionally wake up early. In fact, if anything, he'd sleep until noon just because he could. In addition, he also slept whenever he felt even a tad tired, or was simply bored, enough so that people question whether or not he has narcolepsy.

But that's neither here nor there.

The reason, or reasons, of Konami's early rise were floating around him as he walked towards the main building. His duel spirits, at some point, made it their job to wake him up on time, if not early. Sometimes the teen wonders if they simply do it to annoy him.

Key would simply poke him until the teen woke, and Mace would either shout in his ear or shake him. Dark Elf would whisper something, he never figured out what, that resulted in him taking cold showers after waking. As for White Dolphin...the red-capped Slifer suppressed a shiver. He did something that would guarantee him nightmares each time he woke him up.

He shook his head as a yawn escaped his throat. He's too tired to really care about what they've done.

However, this momentary distraction was all it took for something to happen.

Something collided into his side, nearly toppling him over. From the slight shriek he heard, whatever hit him did fall.

Regaining his balance, he saw a brunette Obelisk Blue girl on the ground where she fell.

"Watch where you're going, Slifer Red!" The girl exclaimed, sounding a tad dizzy. Holding back a sigh, the red-capped Slifer offered her his hand. "And just what do you think you're doing?" She glared at him.

"Being nice." He bluntly responded, still to tired to really put up with anything. "Offering you a hand up." He elaborated. The girl eyed his hand suspiciously, before hesitantly grabbing it. Of course, this led to her being promptly yanked up by the male.

"What the hell?!" She yelled, glaring even harder at the other teen. "If you're going to help someone up, at least be gentle with it!"

"Sorry." Konami muttered. "I'm really not a morning person." He spoke, yawning halfway through his sentence.

"Whatever." The girl rolled her eyes, crossing her arms. "Well, see ya." She said, leaving with a sigh. "Don't be late for class, Slifer Red."

With a shrug, Konami followed her, wanting to just get this day over with. He wanted to sigh. It was to early for this. Getting ran into by rude girls was not the way he wanted to start his day.


Apparently the lessons at this school are more or less crammed into one's head as much as physically possible. At least, that's what Konami felt like as Dr. Crowler had Alexis explain how many types of cards there were as a review from yesterday's lesson.

Being basic knowledge, she had no trouble with her explanation.

"In Duel Monsters, there are three types of cards, Monster, Spell, and Trap." She explained. "Monsters can be put into fours categories: Normal, Effect, Fusion, and Ritual. Spells can be put into six: Normal, Quick-play, Equip, Ritual, Field, and Continuous Spells. Traps can be put into three: Normal, Counter, and Continuous."

"Perfect! Good job, Ms. Rhodes!" The flamboyant doctor praised the girl. "But of course, it's to be expected from an Obelisk Blue, such as yourself."

"It's simply the basics." Was her response. Konami had to hold back yet another sigh. Konami could already see what was happening. Have an Obelisk, or even a Ra answer a roughly easy question, and the give a more difficult one to a Red, before laughing in their face if they got it wrong.

Konami had a feeling he'd be proven right, as Dr. Crowler then called onto Syrus.

"Mr. Truesdale." He called, less jovial than a moment ago.

"Yes?" The small boy jumped, obviously rather nervous.

"If you could, please explain to the class what Field Spells are." This actually surprised the red-capped Slifer. The question was rather easy. Not what's-the-effect-of-Pot-of-Greed easy, but definitely simpler than what he expected.

"Well..." Syrus began. "What a Field Spell...it can...Field Spells are..." Ah. So he has stage fright. Either the odd doctor knew this, or it was a very coincidental happenstance.

The jeers that began to erupt from the rest of the class didn't help, either.

'Yes, tell him how stupid he is, that'll help him, kids'. The Slifer thought sarcastically.

"It does make you wonder how he can duel with stage fright." Dark Elf commented.

"You got this, Sy!" Jaden spoke to the stuttering Slifer in an attempt to help him out. "Just relax, you can do it!"

Whether or not he could, Crowler decided that time was up.

"Sit down." The doctor spoke with a sigh. "I should have known you couldn't have answered it." He continued. "Congratulations, you have somehow lowered my expectations." Despite the disappointment in his tone, Konami noticed a very faint smirk on his face.

Syrus sat back down, mumbling something in a depressed tone.

"You're gonna say something, aren't you?" Dark Elf inquired.

'Yup.' With a small sigh, Konami stood up, raising his hand.

"Do you have an answer, Mr. Takahashi?" The odd doctor asked, a bit surprised.

"Yes, sir." Konami spoke. "Field Spells are - as the name implies - Spells that affect the entire field. Certain ones like Umi affect only specific types, or give boosts to certain monsters. Others, like Fusion Gate, or Mausoleum of the Emperor have certain special effects to alter the game play. There's no specific answer to the question, though, because the effect various from card to card."

At first, his explanation cause a minor clamor amongst the class. It seems the higher ranked students were too busy laughing at Syrus to even consider that a Slifer could answer the question correctly. Unfortunately, it didn't last long, due to the chuckling from Dr. Crowler.

"Good to hear, good to hear." Crowler praised. "I'm glad you know, but I knew that this was an easy question for you. After all, you're technically a Ra student, so you're a league above those Slifers." This caused Konami to raise a brow. If he was technically Ra, shouldn't he be living in their dorm? Before he could argue, however, Jaden piped up.

"Ya know, Teach, you shouldn't pick on us Slifers." Jaden spoke in a cheery tone. "I mean, I'm a Slifer, and I beat you."

The doctor glared angrily at the Slifer. Apparently, this was a rather large wound for him.

However, for Konami, this was an interesting piece of information. Maybe the teen was right, that rank really doesn't matter. If he could beat the self-proclaimed top professor, than Jaden was definitely a good duelist.

The red-capped Slifer let out a smirk. Jaden's been wanting to duel, so maybe he should give him one.


As Konami had hoped, the rest day was going by somewhat smoothly. Aside from Dr. Crowler's grudge against Jaden, that is. Unfortunately for any Slifers in that class, Jaden's previous outburst gave them all extra homework. Konami himself would probably complain more if his homework didn't consist of duel puzzles, something he actually enjoyed.

What he could complain about though, was his current predicament – he forgot where the gym was, and Physical Education was his next class.

Thankfully, it wasn't too hard to find the gym. Just go where the people in gym uniforms were going.

"I told you to follow the crowd from the beginning, Konami." Dark Elf reprimanded the red-capped Slifer.

'Aren't you normally telling me to stand out and be great?' He questioned the spirit, holding back a smirk.

"Don't be a smart-ass." The spirit huffed in annoyance.

'It'll be fine.' Konami reassured. 'So I'm a few minutes late. The worst I'll get is a few extra pushups.'

"So you're completely prepared?" This time it was White Dolphin who spoke. "Have all your things, know what you're doing?"

"Do you even have your gym uniform?!" Mace joined it. The questioning of his spirits gave him pause. He sighed and shook his head, before asking the coach – Obelisk Blue headmistress Fonda Fontaine, he found out – what he was supposed to do.

Much to his relief, he was still able to use his 'new student' excuse to get away with a few things, so he wasn't in trouble at least. All he was asked to do was hurry up, as well as yank out Syrus, who was still in the locker room for some reason.

As he went inside the locker room, he found out why.

"I've liked you ever since I first met you." Konami almost did a complete 180, preferring to do sit-ups in his jeans than see who he was confessing to in the boys locker room. Of course, Dark Elf forced him to keep moving. "I'll be waiting for you tonight behind the Obelisk Blue girls dorm...Alexis Rhodes?!"

Shaking his head, Konami finally walked in there and saw Syrus with a letter.

"So..." Konami spoke up, making the small boy jump yet again. "Is that really from Alexis?" At first, Syrus began sputtering, trying to come up with an excuse, before sighing and handing it over to the red-capped Slifer.

"I'm so excited!" Syrus perked right up. "A girl is in love with me!" As he began ranting, Konami read the letter. Several red flags popped up as he did.

First, Alexis of all people supposedly wrote something like this. Despite their one conversation, he felt as though she didn't act like this. Second, Syrus found this in the boy's locker room, and Konami doubted she'd risk sneaking in for any reason. Also, Konami remembered reading about a rule: students are not aloud to be out and about after a certain time – she could've easily asked for a date Sunday afternoon. Not to mention Jaden's name was on the paper, not Syrus's. And it wrote 'Signed Alexis Roads' on the bottom.

'Yeah, this is totally fake.' Konami decided.

"Are you sure this is for you, Syrus?" Konami questioned, sweat dropping.

"Of course!" Syrus smirked. "After all, who wouldn't want this?!" He gestured to himself. "Oh no!" He jumped once more. "Class is starting, we need to get ready!" And with that, he ran out of the room. Or would have, had Konami not put a hand on his shoulder.

"Syrus." Konami spoke seriously, lifting up his hat. "I just want you to know, that despite whatever may happen, there's still hope. Even if this goes badly, you can still find a girlfriend. Alright?"

Syrus looked at him like he had grown a second head. "Sure..." He said. "Anyway, we need to get going!" Finally, he rushed out of the room.

"He's even stupider than Jaden, isn't he?" Dark Elf questioned, appearing beside Konami.

"More like more naive." Konami responded.

"We're going to have to help him out, aren't we?"

"I'd prefer not losing friends within the first week."

"Fine, but let's get Jaden first. He might be useful in this." Konami responded with an affirmative nod. Thankfully, finding Jaden wasn't too difficult.

"We need to talk." Konami told his fellow Slifer.


A few hours later, they set off. After managing to talking with Jaden about his plan, the two of them walked behind Syrus as he went to the girls' dorm. The plan was something like this: keep close enough to keep an eye on the shorter Slifer, but far enough to stay out of sight (and hopefully out of trouble). Jaden would've rather walked with Syrus, but Konami was determined to see just what would happen. Besides, Syrus's presence alone should throw off whatever ideas were made for that night.

In addition, if they were just the right distance away and something happened, they could run in, grab the boy, run out, and lay low for a few days until everything blows over.

Even with that knowledge in mind, neither of the two Slifers expected to hear voices of several females shout "PERVERT!"

"What do you think that was?" Jaden questioned, concerned.

"Syrus may die tonight." Konami spoke solemnly. "But he'll die a lucky man." Jaden didn't know whether to freak out, or be confused, so they both settled on hurrying up to find Syrus.

It was a surprise to both of them when they found Syrus tied up and surrounded by Alexis and two other Obelisk girls.

"Think it's too late to grab him?" Jaden 'whispered' to Konami.

"Unless you want to shove over three girls who know what our faces look like." Was his response.

"Ah, Jaden, Konami." Alexis spoke upon seeing them, a tad surprised, but still held a stern tone. She was about to continue, when one of the girls pointed at Konami.

"You!" She said angrily. "You're that Slifer from before."

"You know him, Jasmine?" The other girl, one with short black hair, asked.

"Unfortunately yeah, I do, Mindy." The girl now known as Jasmine answered. "He's the guy that ran into me earlier!"

"You bumped into me." Konami retorted with a roll of his eyes. "You ran into my side, fell, I helped you up, and you left."

"You didn't help me up, you pulled me up like a sack of potatoes!" Any further banter was interrupted by Jaden.

"Wow!" Jaden said with a laugh. "Fell for ya and swept her off her feet! Way to go-"

"If you're done." Alexis cut in, looking rather annoyed. "I think we have something that belongs to you." She pointed her thumb towards Syrus, who was most likely keeping quiet so as to not make things worse for himself.

"What happened, Sy?" Jaden asked the tied up, boy.

"Well...it, um...it happened like this-" Syrus began before Jasmine cut him off.

"He peeked on us in the bath!" She exclaimed, looking angry at just the memory.

"What did you say?" Jaden responded, shocked.

"I didn't do it on purpose!" Syrus proclaimed.

"Syrus!" The red-capped Slifer sighed in exasperation. "When I said you'd find a girlfriend, I didn't expect you to search so proactively!" Despite being tied up, Syrus began struggling, looking as though he wanted to kill Konami. He struggled even more so as he saw the amused smirk on his face.

"Either way, he'll be expelled once the Academy finds out." Mindy mentioned, a mild look of amusement on her face.

"How about a duel?" Alexis proposed. "You win, and assuming this doesn't happen again, we'll forget all about this."

"Who'll be dueling?" Konami asked. However, before Alexis could respond, Jasmine stepped forward.

"We have two separate duels." The girl said. "If Jaden beats Alexis and you beat me, you can go, no questions asked. But, if you lose, whoever loses get expelled right alongside the pervert. Sounds fair?"

"Fine by me."

"I'm game!"

"Not a bad idea."

"It wasn't on purpose, I swear!"

A few moments later, the four duelists found themselves in boats in the middle of the lake as the duels were about to start.

"Why boats?" The red-capped Slifer questioned his opponent.

"Does it matter?" Was all she responded.

'Dueling in boats.' Konami felt the urge to roll his eyes. 'What's next, motorcycles?' He shook his head. Right now he needed to focus on this duel. He'd rather not be expelled within his first week, so losing was not an option.

DUEL!

Jasmine Makurada – 4000

Konami Takahashi – 4000

"Ladies first!" Jasmine called out. "Draw!"

TURN ONE – JASMINE MAKURADA

"Alright!" She began. "First, I'll start by summoning Harpie's Brother in Attack Mode!" Harpie's brother was tanned man with dark hair that spiked wildly, a red mask, red wings, and a long red claw on his right arm.

Harpie's Brother – Wind/Winged-Beast – LV4 – 1800/600

"I'll place two cards face down before ending my turn." The girl then smirked at the red-capped Slifer. "Try to keep up, Slifer Red."

"I'll do more than just keep up." Konami shot back. "Now it's my turn! Draw!"

TURN TWO – KONAMI TAKAHASHI

Giving his cards a brief glance, Konami began. "First, I summon Thunder Nyan Nyan in Attack Mode!" Thunder Nyan Nyan was a red-haired young woman with horns and pointed ears dressed in a leopardskin singlet. She had a teal skirt around her hips, and wielded a drum set of sorts.

Thunder Nyan Nyan – Light/Thunder – LV4 – 1900/800

"Now go and destroy her monster with-"

"Not so fast!" Jasmine interrupted. "I activate the Trap card, Windstorm of Etaqua!" A gust of wind shot forth, and Thunder Nyan Nyan knelt down, holding her drums as a form of shield.

"Windstorm of Etaqua." Konami murmured. "Changes the battle positions of all the opponent's monsters."

"Glad to see you've done your homework." Jasmine smirked. "So, you won't be attacking this turn."

"No." Konami agreed. "But I can place two cards of my own face down before ending my turn."

"Is that all?" The girl sneered. "Fine, then. My draw!"

TURN THREE – JASMINE MAKURADA

The brunette Obelisk let out a smirk. "Well, what do you know, Slifer Red, I might share your three-turn record." This caused the red-capped Slifer to raise a brow. "First up, I summon Cyber Harpie Lady in Attack Mode!" Cyber Harpie Lady was a woman with long red hair, green wings on her arms, and purple formfitting armor on her body.

Cyber Harpie Lady – Wind/Winged-Beast – LV4 – 1800/1300

"Next, I'll use Elegant Egotist, to Special Summon from my deck, Harpie Lady sisters!" Harpie Lady Sisters were a trio of women. All of them had golden formfitting armor and green wings, the only difference being their hair colors of blue, orange, and red.

Harpie Lady Sisters – Wind/Winged-Beast – LV6 – 1950/2100

"Impressive combo." Konami commented sincerely.

"It's more than impressive, Slifer Red, it's your end, for I activate Cyber Shield, bringing my Cyber Harpie Lady's Attack up to 2300!" The girl exclaimed. "Now go, my monsters! Destroy him!"

As Harpie's Brother zoomed in on Thunder Nyan Nyan to make way for the other monsters, his attack suddenly bounced off.

"I activate my Trap, Waboku!" Konami called out. "I'm safe this turn."

"Fine." Jasmine huffed out. "I'll place one more card face down before ending my turn. But I'll get you in the next."

"We'll see." Konami spoke, reaching onto his deck. "Draw!"

TURN FOUR – KONAMI TAKAHASHI

"Let's start with this!" Konami proclaimed. "I'll sacrifice Thunder Nyan Nyan!" The female monster was engulfed in a large blast of electricity. "Ruler of Lighting and Thunder, grace us with your shocking performance! Tribute Summon! Zaborg, the Thunder Monarch!" Zaborg was an extremely large man with silver armor and an aura of electricity around him.

Zaborg the Thunder Monarch – Light/Thunder – LV5 – 2400/1000

"What?" Jasmine gasped.

"That's not all." Konami smirked. "When he's Tribute Summoned, I must destroy one monster on the field. And I choose your Cyber Harpie Lady. Destroy her with your Static Shockwave!" Zaborg waved a hand towards the Cyber Harpie Lady. Seconds after, she was electrocuted by a bolt of lighting from the sky.

"Damn." Jasmine muttered.

"Don't forget, I can still attack! Go, Zaborg! Fry her Harpie's Brother with Thunder Clap!" Konami commanded. The hulking monster raised up both arms, before bringing them together for a single clap. The shock wave sped right to Harpie's Brother, destroying it.

Jasmine Makurada – 3400

Konami Takahashi – 4000

"I'll place two more cards face down before ending my turn." Konami finished.

"Alright." Jasmine spoke with a glare. "So you've made a slight comeback. Still too early to count me out, Slifer Red! Draw!

TURN FIVE – JASMINE MAKURADA

The girl scowled. "I'll place one monster face down, before switching Harpie Lady Sisters to Defense Mode, and then I end my turn."

"Alright, then." Konami piped up. "My go! Draw!"

TURN SIX – KONAMI TAKAHASHI

"I'll throw one monster face down-"

"No you don't!" Jasmine interrupted. "I activate my Trap card, Shadow of Eyes!" She exclaimed. "If put a monster in face down Defense Mode, this switches it to face up Attack Mode!" True to her word, Batteryman AA was flipped up to Attack position.

Batteryman AA was an orange robot-looking monster with a very thin battery for it's torso.

Batteryman AA – Light/Thunder – LV3 – 0/0

"Fine." Konami spat. "Either way, Zaborg, destroy her face down!" Once more, Zaborg's Thunder Clap destroyed Jasmine's monster. "And with that, I'll end my turn."

"Fine by me." Jasmine said. "But first, the face down you just destroyed was the monster Birdface." She said with a grin. "Whose destruction allows me to add one Harpie Lady to my hand." She did just that. "Anyway, now I draw!"

TURN SEVEN – JASMINE MAKURADA

Jasmine smirked at her new card. "I'm seriously getting tired of this." She stated. "First, I activate the trap, Hysteric Party! By discarding one card," Which she did. "I can Special Summon as many Harpie Ladies from my Graveyard as possible. Including the one I discarded, that makes two." Two more Harpie Ladies joined the Harpie Lady Sisters on the field.

"Next, I'll switch Harpie Lady Sisters to Attack Mode, before activating the Spell that'll begin your defeat, Triangle Ecstasy Spark!" The girl grinned. "This card-"

"Won't be activated, due to my Trap, Spell Shield Type-8! If I send one Spell of my own to the Graveyard, I can stop you from using one of yours!" Konami exclaimed, halting Jasmine's strategy.

The Obelisk Blue girl was stunned, if not a bit outraged. So far, this Slifer had countered all of her strategies. She hadn't even touched him yet, and he just outright stopped her key play.

"Fine!" She shouted, her rage coming out. "Harpie Lady Sisters, destroy his stupid Batteryman!" To the girl's absolute glee, the attack actually connected, finally dealing damage to the Slifer.

Jasmine Makurada – 3400

Konami Takahashi – 3050

"There!" She called out to the Slifer, before realizing something. "Wait, why aren't your Life Points lower? I just destroyed a zero Attack monster!"

"Check again." Konami retorted. "Batteryman AA increases it's Attack for each of it's kind on my side of the field. One Batteryman AA, One Thousand points."

"Damn." She cursed again. "Fine, I'll take it. Your move, Slifer Red!"

"Let's go, then." He responded. "Draw!"

TURN EIGHT – KONAMI TAKAHASHI

"I think I'll activate my Trap now: Raigeki Break!" He announced. "I discard a card!" Which he promptly did. "And I can destroy any one card on the field. Let's choose Hysteric Party."

Jasmine's eyes widened as a bolt of electricity from the sky struck her card, which also succeeded in destroying her two Cyber Harpies.

"No way." She muttered.

"Zaborg, you know what to do!" Konami shouted. "Destroy her Harpie Sisters!" Once again, Zaborg's Thunder Clap struck true, destroying yet another monster.

Jasmine Makurada – 2950

Konami Takahashi – 3050

"And with that, it's your turn." Konami informed.

"Alright." Jasmine mumbled. "Draw."

TURN NINE – JASMINE MAKURADA

Jasmine simply looked at the card in her hand, as well as what was on the field. All she had was this one card she drew, and it wasn't even a good one. Konami had a hulking behemoth of a Thunder monster and one more Spell/Trap. Plus, there's whatever he'd draw next.

With a sigh and a mild scowl, Jasmine simply placed her hand on her deck, symbolizing forfeit.

Forfeit!

Winner – Konami Takahashi

DUEL END

"You give up?" Konami questioned. "That doesn't seem like something you would do."

"You were simply lucky." The girl stated. "I was out of moves, and you were actually not that bad." She admitted.

"Kinda sucks, though." The Slifer teen muttered. "If it make you feel any better, you really could have beaten me on that third turn." He let out a smirk. "Guess I just have a bit too much skill."

"You got lucky." Jasmine insisted. "Miracle draw after miracle draw, I should accuse you of cheating!" She ranted. "Besides," She nodded her head towards Jaden's duel. "They've already finished. And, I hate to say this, but I might have lost within a couple more turns, anyway. So, you're free to go."

As the two of them rowed back to shore, the others were there, waiting for them.

"Way to go, Konami!" Syrus shouted, probably ecstatic at being free again.

"Thanks." The red-capped Slifer said with a shrug.

"Well, we won, so we're taking Syrus back." Jaden said with a surprisingly serious face.

"Yeah, yeah, you won, we lost, now scram." Jasmine yelled, apparently still bitter about her loss.

"Jasmine..." Alexis warned.

"Alright, alright, we're going." Konami said with a small chuckle. "We'll see you all later." Konami said in a friendly tone, before leaving with a wave.

"See ya, guys!" Jaden said, before he and Syrus began following him.

"Well, they were pretty interesting." Alexis spoke to no one in particular after the three had left.

"It's getting late. We better head back, too." Mindy spoke up.

"Konami owes me another duel. I won't be satisfied with this result." Jasmine muttered in a serious tone.

"So, it's 'Konami' now?" Mindy teased. "What happened to 'Slifer Red'?"

"Shut up, Mindy." The girl seethed, blushing slightly.


The three Slifers returned to their dorm. Jaden decided he wanted to celebrate how the day ended, so he invited Konami over to their room for the rest of the night. Jaden, Syrus, and Konami were sitting in a circle chatting about more or less random topics, whilst Chumley staying in his bed, though contributing to the conversations from time to time.

"Hey, I just realized something." Syrus piped up, interrupting Jaden's riveting tale about a contest he entered as a kid.

"What's that Sy?" Jaden asked, curious. Konami leaned forward slightly, curious as well.

"You!" Syrus exclaimed, aiming both a glare and an accusatory finger at the red-capped Slifer.

"Me." Konami repeated, uncertain of what his anger came from.

"You read the note, too! You could've told me it was fake!" He yelled.

"Technically, Sy," Konami began. "It was meant for Jaden. If you didn't see that or that her name was misspelled, I doubt anything I could've said would have made much difference." He shrugged.

"I was so excited, though!" He retorted. "I didn't notice!"

"If Alexis actually did send the letter, the fact that she would've had to have broken a few rules even getting in the room." Konami responded. "Plus, it was asking you to essentially break a dozen more rules. I personally wouldn't have listened to it."

"Kid's got a point, Sy." Chumley chimed in.

"Plus we got a freaking PDA." Konami continued his mini-rant. "Letters are kinda dated."

Syrus, hearing the logic, and realizing the mistakes he made in the last few hours, curled up in the corner.

"Don't worry, Sy!" Jaden, intending to be the voice of comfort spoke up. "You'll get someone or something someday!"

"Gee, thanks, Jay." Was his sarcastic response.

'Tell me, what are his odds?' Konami questioned his duel spirits with a sweat drop.

"He...might...have some chance." Was Dark Elf's reluctant response.

"Everyone has a chance." Key spoke, a bit more optimistic.

"Definitely not anytime soon." Mace said with a roll of his eyes.

"We could make it our mission to find him somebody?" White Dolphin suggested.

Konami shook his head, and decided to take action. "Sorry, Sy. We'll cut you some slack." The boy in the corner looked up at him. "Jaden grouped us together to hang out, so let's have some fun." With this, Jaden himself stood up.

"Alright, let's duel!" Jaden exclaimed to his fellow Slifer. Konami simply sweat dropped again.

"I was thinking more along the lines of watching some Kaibaman episodes. And maybe some of episodes of that SPHR show I heard so much about."

"Sapphire?" Syrus questioned. Konami shrugged.

"I don't know too much about it." The red-capped Slifer admitted. "It does have high review from what I hear, though."

"Well, I'm game." Jaden replied cheerfully. Konami was just about to hook up his PDA to Jaden's television, when Chumley spoke up.

"Hey, did you guys finish Crolwer's extra homework?" The other three Slifers all paused.

A chorus of 'OH CRAP!' was heard throughout the Slifer Red dorm.


In the next chapter:

"Wait, wait, wait." The red-capped Slifer spoke, halting the conversation. "What's this about a tag duel?"


Omake #2 – Questions to Answer:

Konami Takahashi was a man of many virtues. He believed in what was right and wrong, but also believed in fairness, second chances, and equality. It's not too much of an exaggeration to say that he'd be considered an outstanding young man to the eyes of many, some even going so far as calling him the perfect young man.

At the same time, though, he's still just that – a young man.

So, the next question the teen asked may or may not have been surprising.

"So, Syrus." Konami started, gaining the smaller boy's attention. "You've been swearing left and right you didn't purposefully peek, right?" After receiving an affirmative nod, he continued. "Well...what did you see?"

This caused the blue-haired boy's face to go as red as his jacket. "I didn't see a thing!" He vehemently denied, trying to hide his face. Unfortunately for him, this caused the taller teen to give him a rather predatory smirk.

"Ah, so you did see something." He said, humor in his voice. This accusation turned the boy into a stuttering mess.

"I...um...well...yes!" He admitted, his face blushing profusely, looking ashamed. "I couldn't see who..." He started. "But...um...they were pretty...big."

Konami made a sound of acknowledgment. "As long as this doesn't happen again, you'll be fine, buddy." Konami patted the smaller boy's back, attempting to be comforting.

"That's it?" He questioned, raising a brow. "Persistent asking and that's it?" He seemed a bit annoyed at the taller Slifer.

At this, Konami just shrugged. "Simply curious. But, to be honest, I was mostly just messing with ya." He even ruffled the smaller boys hair as if to prove it. And with that, the red-capped Slifer left, heading back to his room. But not before sending a message on his PDA.

"Sorry, Jazz. Sounds like he saw you." He sent. Just a moment later, he had a response.

"THAT DAMN PERVERTED SLIFER–MUNCHKIN!" This was followed up by another message. "Make him hurt!"

"I'll see what I can do. He's pretty easy to torment, so I'll think of something."


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Thunder Crush: I'm glad you think it's that good on the first chapter, but honestly, this was kinda inspired by a few similar stories. Unfortunately, his duel was the main focus of this chapter. Still, I'm glad you enjoyed.

Guest: Thank you for the complement. Your statements are correct, however, due to the circumstances, it'll be hard to input it into this story aside from teasers. Maybe in a sequel it'll have more of a spotlight.


Chapter two, done. Not gonna lie, writing duels are honestly a big weakness of mine, simply because I'm basing it off of the Tag Force games. I can't actually use one of my Tag Force duels, simply because complete snuff outs are boring to read unless it's for shock values, like on a new villain or something. So, I look at the deck recipes, and kinda, just, make the duels up.

If Konami seemed overpowered, I'm trying to work on that, but it's not easy. At least he got actual battle damage this time, though, and he spent his duel basically countering his opponent's moves, otherwise, he'd be the one being completely snuffed out. And to be fair, I ended the duel like I did because, unless Konami drew no more monsters, it'd pretty much be a slaughter. And if he didn't, it'd pretty much be a stalemate until she ran out of monsters, which then would most likely become a slaughter.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed, next chapter should be up soon.