It's been a while,huh? Almost a year in fact! Sorry! Motivate me!Well,I'll pick up where I left off I guess!

Chapter 3 of 'It's Just Not Fair' commencing...

Ch.3 Of paranoia, grudges, and the stupid government officials

"IMPORTANT: Meet me at the lighthouse, 8:00 PM sharp. Don't tell ANYONE. Make sure no one sees this or you coming to the meet."

That was all it had read, the message labeled 'important' left in three separate people's PDA inboxes. By now, most of the Academy noticed the young, black trench coat wearer's paranoia. His squirming in class, the dark bags under his eyes, his for once profound, musing look that sat on his face more and more frequently. But it went by unconcerned, under a label titled 'Chazz Princeton'.

He however, did not care. He did not notice. It didn't fall under 'paranoia' to him, no, it was just an afterthought, a loose, drifting cloud of a thought that he had never acknowledged formed. It was just a reoccurring inconvenience, it was a muse. But more than once a day did it find its way into his mind. But no, it was just a directionless arrow, a bullet without purpose or speed shot off by some bored sniper.

Jaden looked out his dorm window. The sun was setting, casting an enchanting golden glow on the island's grass and the ocean waves. He glanced at the digital clock on his desk. 7:20 PM. 'Is it always this light still?'Jaden wondered, his eyes drawn back to the twilight outside. "Jaden, when do we leave?"Syrus asked across the room from Jaden, sitting on his bed. "We can leave at 7:45 probably and take our time I'd guess."Jaden said, looking bored, but then brightening up. "Y'know...I think I have time for just one-" "No Jaden, no duels."Syrus interrupted, knowing where his card game obsessed friend was headed.

Jaden slumped in his chair, looking dejected. "But c'mon Sy..."He began to whine. Syrus remained still faced. There was no time for duels, knowing their luck some avenger from the Shadow Realm would appear and throw them into another arc! Jaden sighed. "Ok, fine, but we're making up for it tomorrow."The brunette added with a grin. His expression quickly left though as he noticed something. "Sy...why do you look so beat? Your shoes are pretty muddy and scuffed and your jeans have some random holes and tears in them...And one of your blazers is pretty drenched...What happened?"

Chazz Princeton stood on the pier, his face illuminated by the setting sun's golden rays. He remained motionless, the only sound seeming to exist was the lapping of waves and a few occasional seagulls. He had sent a message to the three witnesses of his illegal motion. Adrian, Syrus, and Jaden would all arrive at the docks shortly for the meeting he had needed to have. Though the first prank message was the only, and he viewed it as a scare tactic from Adrian, he still couldn't get something off of his chest. Of all the things one would have gone over, this was the most important message: How could a teenager with mediocre hacking skills hack into a global, high grossing, technology specializing company such as Kaiba Corp from a simple, nothing special computer?

Chazz wasn't in denial. He had known it for quite some time. Kaiba Corp had detected the breach in their network, they had known the actions the Princeton had taken, and they knew the data Chazz peeked at. But why? Why hadn't anything happened? He knew something should have. He knew that they knew, or at any time could access the data on what computer and where the breach had originated. Chazz thought over multiple possibilities.

Maybe they were waiting for something themselves. Maybe they were monitoring him. Of all the reasons, he just couldn't accept how Kaiba Corp took no action on his successful infiltration. He had accessed the duelist name logs, and even though he didn't and didn't want to, he could have accessed hundreds of people's personal information, phone numbers, emails, and addresses even! Someone could be targeting all the players' lives for all KC knew! But no action...WHY?

Zane and Alexis calmly sat in Zane's living room. They each had their decks out but weren't doing anything to do with Duel Monsters for the moment. They sat there, sipping drinks and lightly talking. They were both pretty relaxed. Silence wasn't so bad. The darkness of night had already fallen, but the two friends didn't show any sign of retiring. "Tomorrow we visit the KC branch right?"Alexis asked sitting on a couch adjacent to the one Zane sat on. He nodded and Alexis thought she heard a light 'mmhm' come from the stoic man sitting away from her whose eyes were fixated on the laptop screen below him.

Zane held the down arrow to scroll down on the page he was viewing. He leaned back, allowing his back to relax against the sofa and adjusted his light-weight black laptop on his lap. "So, did KC say anything?"Alexis asked, beginning to shuffle through her deck. Zane nodded, the dark blue locks of hair that framed his face gently moving with the motion.

Alexis was quiet again, waiting for Zane to hopefully evaluate. "They know who hacked in and who accessed our information." "Who?"Alexis asked, wishing that for once Zane wouldn't be so mysterious. Zane looked up from his laptop and Alexis swore she saw for a second a hint of amusement in the Truesdale's eyes. "Chazz Princeton."He said with a slightly amused tone, like it was obvious who would have done such a thing.

Alexis's eyes widened, though she was not surprised in the least. "Chazz? Really? He'd hack into Kaiba Corp and our personal information just to..."Alexis stopped. "Just to what?"She asked in wonderment. Zane hid a smirk that was dying to show on his face, but Alexis could still see traces of amusement in the duelist's eyes.

"Zane, what?"She asked. Zane shook his head and turned back to his computer. "Really Zane, tell me."She said. Zane ignored her and continued to browse the internet. Alexis was smart and knew Chazz liked her and she could most definitely put two and two together, but it seemed she thought Chazz had matured-or was too mature-to hack into a global business empire just to find out who her duel partner was.

Alexis stared hard at Zane for a bit, but then sighed and resumed shuffling her deck. The thoughts of what Zane knew the truth was dashed through her mind for a second, but she then inwardly sighed thinking Chazz was too grown up to do such a thing.

"Of course Kaiba Corp knows we entered. It's Kaiba Corp, a company that specializes in technology for one thing."Adrian said, unconcerned about Chazz's muse. Chazz clenched his fists and couldn't hold back an angry and irritated growl at Adrian's haughty seeming tone. "But why aren't they doing anything!"He yelled at the red head.

Adrian adjusted his glasses, still nonchalant. "Why would they? They can trace where the breach happened, which means they know it happened here at Duel Academy-a school. Which means it probably wouldn't be surprising to them if some adventurous teenage hacker wannabe tried his luck at the Kaiba Corp security."Chazz remained silent, still visibly angry.

"I get it."Syrus spoke up. "But Chazz does have a point. Even if it's an assumption of an adventurous teenager, why didn't they at least mildly investigate?"Adrian gave a slight grin as he looked at Syrus, his arms still crossed across his chest, giving him an all-knowing look.

"Maybe they did."He said smiling. "Huh?"Jaden asked. "How would they do that?" "The rep..."Chazz realized, his eyes wide. Adrian nodded. "Maybe so. Maybe they had the rep check up on this."The heir turned to the other three duelists. "Have any of you spoken to him or had any sort of contact with him?"The three stood silent in thought. "How about you?"Chazz snobbily asked.

Adrian continued smiling. "Hmph. The only contact I've had with him has been about Kaiba Corp and the tournament. All I really know is that he's from Neon City. I can't really say anything else about his persona." "I know you've done research on him."Chazz blatantly said. Adrian nodded. "I have, but nothing truly important to us or our reasons is to be found I'm afraid."He said, looking a little disappointed. Adrian turned to Syrus and Jaden. "How 'bout you two? Any chats with the rep?"Jaden nodded.

"He was sitting in on a class of mine the other day and sat behind me. I only talked to him about duels and working at Kaiba Corp though, that and how boring Crowler's class was and how we should just sleep."Jaden laughed. "He agreed." "Anything else?"Adrian asked. "Yeah."Jaden continued. "This one time I was walking out of the main building and he was sitting at one of the benches with a laptop. I asked him what he was doing and he told me he was monitoring his brother's cars. Apparently his brother is a racecar driver!"Jaden revealed. Adrian nodded. "Right, Casey Andrews. Racecar driver at the Neon City Speedway. Played football in high school and is married to a cop. Has one son."

"And that doesn't qualify as important?"Chazz asked annoyed. "Not to us."Adrian said. The glasses wearer turned to Syrus. "And you?" "Well, I talked to him out on that one grassy field hill place. Y'know, right at the edge of the woods? It overlooks the ocean? An-anyway, we were talking about how the view was nice and also about dueling. He mentioned how annoying older brothers should be and how people always think we need to live up to their expectations. He said we should live and be our own person." "So he knew you were Zane's brother. Not very unusual though."Adrian turned to the rich sulking Princeton. "Ahem?"He said. Chazz rolled his eyes.

"I talked to him once-about computers, it was right after you trashed mine."He growled, glaring at the three. "Anyways, he said some smart techy things and recommended some laptops to me. Also, he told me how to get better cell or PDA service out in the woods or anywhere else on the island." "Really? Why? How'd he know that?"Adrian asked, curious.

Chazz shrugged. "I wouldn't know. I guess it was part of his Kaiba Corp knowledge or his job or something. Maybe the Chancellor told him."Adrian looked intrigued and skeptical. "Maybe...or maybe someone told him something..." "Like I just said?"Chazz asked, irritated. "Or maybe he did some digging on his own..."The redhead continued. Then, Adrian spun around on his heels and began to walk away. "And where do you think you're going?"Chazz yelled after him. "Research."Was all the deserter said, leaving the three to disperse on their own.

"Yeah? What about them?"Atticus Rhodes stood on the beach along with Aster Phoenix and Bastion Misawa. "Haven't you heard? Rumors are that they're sending out another representative."Bastion said, his face serious. "It's true."Aster said, sounding like a sigh or something a bit incomprehensible. "They're sending another one, but this time form the main company itself in Domino City." "Really? Why?"Atticus asked. "Something about security protocol and duel disks and propaganda...Something along the lines of those reasons." "So a vague excuse really."Bastion said.

"Well, I guess we'll find out when he gets here."Atticus said, shrugging it off. "Yes, but it's still a bit strange."Bastion replied. "I agree, and I asked the rep that's here, C.J., if he knew about this guy coming. He didn't." "Now there's something strange."Atticus admitted. "Maybe he's just coming for a surprise inspection though." "I don't think so."Aster replied. "I'm probably overreacting but it's still a bit odd." "Especially considering the news."Bastion added.

"What news?"Atticus asked. "That's right, apparently there was a breach in the Kaiba Corp computer system. The data and personal information of some duelists in the tournament was accessed." "Really? Someone hacked into Kaiba Corp?"The surfer asked amazed. "It's really just a rumor, but it makes you wonder.."Phoenix said. Bastion nodded. "Yes, and now this unheard of visit..." "Wait, does that mean if we link these two together that they think the breach came from here?"Atticus asked. "It might.."Bastion said, sounding a bit like this information hadn't occurred to him. "Well let's just see what happens."Aster said. "I'm going to bed, see ya."With that, the Phoenix turned around and headed off the beach.

"He's right, it's getting late and we might get caught out after curfew."Bastion said in realization. "I'll be going too and I suggest you as well Atticus retire. See you tomorrow."He said, leaving as well. Alone, Atticus lingered on the beach a little longer, wondering how the information he had just received was so very important. After a bit, he turned and headed back to the Obelisk Blue dorms.

"It wasn't me."C.J said sternly into the phone. "I think it was Andrews. Keep a close eye on the Academy, any slip-up will be your fault. Make sure no one hacks in again you hear? Mr. Kaiba doesn't take kindly to bad reputation. Don't forget to keep working on the tournament. Oh yeah, and I'm sure you've heard but I'll be coming tomorrow. After that, you might need to take your leave. Goodnight Andrews."With that, the man on the other end of the phone hung up and C.J hung up on his end, sighing. "Great, someone managed to hack into KC and now some dog is coming to investigate the island and possibly even cancel or postpone the tournament. Things are looking bad."He said, then falling back onto his bed in the dorms. The next day didn't seem to be inviting at all.

!IMPORTANTE NOTE!

Ok, so one, you all know how my updates are excrutiatingly long-distanced. Once a year in fact it seems. So that's why I'm turning the crack level up.*readers gasp* If you've read my other story, 'Hospital Madness:The Untold Stories Of Our Heroes', you might have an idea of what is about to come. But when the authoress herself is getting a bit bored...man, you know there's a problem. So I'm about to add craziness along with some psychos here! Also, adding all this loco to the mix gives me a good reason to not actually have to make actual duel scenes. I mean, ACTUAL DUEL SCENES? With all the numbers and card knowledge and game rules? You're kidding me right? To all you good kind people who actually WRITE those things, I applaud you. Bow before you. *bows* That's some skillz yo.

Fin de Chapter! that was unexpected even for me. While Chazz and the crew wonder why KC isn't taking any action against the dirtying of their reputation, Kaiba Corp is quietly sending over a 'make it or break it' rep from the main company in Domino to find out what happened. While the tournament is at stake, Aster, Atticus, C.J, and Bastion anticipate with dread the coming of that man, all for different reasons. Meanwhile, away in Neon City Zane and Alexis are amused by Chazz's attempts to stalk Alexis, Alexis not getting guys all the while.

Next Chapter: Will the tournament continue? Who have Alexis and Zane run into? What trouble engulfs Aster, Bastion, and Atticus? And does the reappearance of the brunette haired masked man have anything to do with all the sudden turmoil going on?

It was the boy who cried wolf all over again. The sad, karmatic tale of a boy making up lies only to become subdued by one of them. This so, is the situation Mr. Princeton finds himself in. Only hacking once, he begins to find himself framed-by someone on the island nonetheless. It's not survivor, but it's truly not fair or good at the time being. Everything becomes intertwined as KC springs into action...along with some other 'friends.'