Disclaimer: see chapter one
Chapter 8: New Friends and Rivals
Kuwabara, Jaden and Syrus were walking along the cliff of the island, with Syrus sulking along the way, "Sy, you've been sulking since we've left the dorms," Kuwabara told him
"Yeah, don't tell me that you're still upset," Jaden added
"But Chumley said that us, Reds, are the worst," Syrus said, with a solemn tone
"Forget that," Jaden said, with a confident expression, "I like the color red and plus everything has to start somewhere, we just have to do our best here."
"Yeah, I guess you're right, Jaden," Syrus said, "I intend to do my best from this point on!" he declared with a flame background. Syrus turned to see Jaden and Kuwabara running to the school, "Hey guys, wait up!" Syrus ran to catch up the two boys
Elsewhere on the island, Yusuke and Keiko were walking still exploring without any of them saying a word to each other. Keiko decided to break the silence, "So, where do you live?" she asked
Yusuke eyed the brunette, "Domino……" he replied, simply, "I'm live with my grandfather."
"What happened to your parents?"
"Parents died, when I was a kid"
Keiko felt a wave of guilt hit her in the face, "Oh sorry," she replied
Yusuke shrugged, "That's okay, I didn't know much about my dad and my mom died when I was ten." He said
"At the entrance duel, where you dueled that proctor's real deck and won, you taught you how to duel?"
Yusuke grunts, 'What's with the questions?' he thought, "My grandfather, sister and two cousins told me."
In the female Obelisk dorm, Kari walked out of the dorm and looked around.
"Hey Kari!"
The brunette whirled around to see a dirty blonde haired boy and girl running towards her, "Hey Alexis, Atticus!"
The girl known as Alexis stopped, "I was looking all over for you," Alexis said
"Chillax Alexis," Kari told the blonde, "The Obelisk welcoming dinner isn't an hour till."
"Hey Kari, isn't that your brother?" Atticus asked, pointing ahead
Kari whirled around and spotted and gasped at her sight.
Kari's POV
I couldn't believe it, I see Yusuke, my younger twin brother with a girl, walking by the dorms. Yusuke knew that he wasn't allowed anywhere near Obelisk territory, without an Obelisk student or headmaster with him.
"Come on, guys," I said, "We better get the dumbass out of here, before there's trouble."
"Hey sis!" Yusuke greeted me
"Yusuke, what are you doing here?" I asked, with my hands on my hips
Keiko's POV
I'm studying at this girl and she looks a lot like Yusuke, I wonder if she's Yusuke's sister.
"Who's she?" the girl asked, pointing at me
"Oh yeah," Yusuke was snatching the back of his head, nervously, "This is Keiko Yukimura and Keiko, this is my twin sister, Hikari Urameshi, Kari for short."
Normal POV
"Older by two minutes…." Kari got to Yusuke and drilled her twin's head, "And I make sure that Yusuke never forgets it."
Keiko giggled, unaware that Yusuke was getting annoyed at his sister's fist pressed against his head and glared at his sister, "Kari. Cut. It. Out," he said, pushing his sister's fist away from him, "I hate it when she does that," Yusuke rubs his head
"My name's Atticus Rhodes," Atticus said and clasping Keiko's hands to his, "And it's nice to meet you." He said, kissing the brunette's hands and making Keiko blush, "Uh yeah!"
Yusuke grunts in jealousy at this, "Okay pal, that's enough!" he asked, automatically pushing Atticus away from Keiko
"I'm Alexis Rhodes and your name happens to be Yusuke Urameshi, right?"
Yusuke's eyes widened, when he looked at Alexis's face, "Yeah, what's it to ya!" Yusuke asked, in a rude way and glaring at the blonde and resulted Kari socking her brother's head, "I'm sorry for my baby bro's rudeness," she said, simply, glaring at Yusuke, "So what are you two doing here?" Kari asked
"We're only exploring the island a bit," Keiko replied
Kari's eyes wondered to Yusuke, who was feeling the lump on his head that Kari gave him, 'I'm guessing that Yusuke is trying to avoid this girl,' she thought, "Hey Kari, you want to come with us?" Yusuke asked, his sister
Kari shrugged, "Sure," she replied and turning to Alexis, "Hey guys, wanna join us?" she asked
"Sure, why not," the Rhodes siblings replied
In the school………
"I can't believe that you talked me into this," Miroku said, solemnly, walking in the hallways with Inuyasha, Kagome and Sango
"Because I want to check this place out," Inuyasha replied, "And because knowing you, you'll try to go to the girl's dorms and try to peek at them, if I'm with ya dragging you away from there." Kagome added
Miroku sighed disappointingly, "You never let me have any fun!" he sulked
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and something caught his eye, "Hey guys, look," he said
Miroku looked to see three figures that belonged to Jaden, Syrus and Kuwabara, "Hey there's Syrus and Kuwabara and who's the guy with the brown hair."
"Hey wait; he's the guy who defeated that guy/lady's Ancient Gear Golem," Inuyasha said, "Why would he be a Slifer afterwards? Come on!" Inuyasha ran off to meet with them, with the three following
"Inuyasha, Miroku, Kagome, Sango," Syrus said, "What are you guys doing here?"
"We can to check this place out," Inuyasha said
"Oh sorry, this is our new friend, Jaden Yuki," Syrus introduced, "And Jaden, these are our friends Inuyasha Taisho, Kagome Higurashi, Sango Taijai and Miroku Houshi."
"Nice to meet you guys," Jaden said
"Same here," Inuyasha said
The teens walked into the arena, "Wow, this place is pretty big!" Inuyasha exclaimed
"I agree!" Syrus replied
"Hey this here is our turf!"
The boys turned their gaze at two Obelisk boys walking towards them, "Yeah and you Ra Yellow Dweebs and Slifer Red Rejects aren't welcome!"
Inuyasha cracked his claws, "Oh really and what are you two weaklings are gonna do about it," he sneered
"Oh shit, you're a demon!" the blue haired Obelisk said, freaked out
"Oh easy, bro!" Jaden said, calming Inuyasha down, "Let's not resort to bloodshed."
"Hey you're that kid!" the blunette said
"Hey Chazz, we found the applicant, who defeated Dr. Crowler!" the brunette said
Just then a boy, that looked like he was fifteen, wearing a blue blazer, showing that he too was an Obelisk blue, walked on the stairs. This boy had black messy hair and dark grey eyes, which were glaring at Jaden.
"Hey!" Jaden greeted, "I'm Jaden and you're what Chuzz?"
The boy referred as Chazz growled at the Slifer brunette.
"Show some respect!" the blunette scolded
"His name is Chazz Princeton and he was the top duelist in prep-school. He's gonna be the next King of Games!" the brunette Obelisk explained, "The best duelist in the world!"
"Impossible!" Jaden said, crossing his arms
The two Obelisk boys were stunned, "What Impossible! How so!" the brunette Obelisk yelled
"See, the reason it's impossible is that I'm going to be the next King of Games." Jaden replies, which made the two older boys, laugh
"Oh yeah, this guy's a lot like Yusuke," Inuyasha commented Jaden
"A Slifer Slacker the next King of Games, that'll be the day!" the blunette gagged
"Can it, you two!" Chazz scolded, "Maybe the new kid is right, seeing that he defeated Crowler and that rare monster. I guess it takes some skill to do it."
"You got that right!" Jaden says
"Or was it luck, I guess we'll find that one out, right now!" Chazz added
"Bring it!"
"Gee you know," came a feminine voice, which freaked Chazz and his two followers, "If you three are asking for death you should have asked me."
"Hikari!" Chazz said, with a fake innocent tone looking at the brunette, who had her arms crossed glaring at the spiky haired boy, "I wasn't going to duel him, honest!"
"Yeah, you were," Inuyasha said
Chazz glared at Inuyasha, "Shut it, Ra Rodent!" he snapped
Inuyasha glowered at Chazz, "You're asking for a very painful death, little man!" he threatened and turned to Miroku, who wasn't by him and finding him in front of Alexis, clasping her hands to his.
Yusuke slapped his forehead, "Oh no," he said
"Please tell he's not going ask that." Kari said, with annoyance
"Ask what?" Keiko asked, without a clue what's going on
"You're about to find out," Yusuke replied
"He does this with every girl he sees," Kari added
Alexis was blushing as Miroku was holding her hands with his, "Um... Excuse me……" she stuttered, which was pissing Sango off, "What does he think……" she muttered
"Uh oh!" Kagome said, looking at Sango flaring up
"My dear what is your name?" Miroku asked, in a seductive tone
"Alexis Rhodes……" Alexis replied shyly
"Telling me that Miroku's not going to do, what I think he's gonna do!" Syrus said, with disgust
"He is!" Inuyasha said
"That's for sure," Kuwabara added
"Do what?" Jaden asked, without a clue what's going on
"Alexis, my dear, would you consider baring my child?" Miroku asked
"HUH!" Alexis replied, with a shocked expression on her face
"WHAT DID HE SAY!" Atticus, Jaden, Keiko, Chazz and his followers asked, actually more like yelled in a freaked out manner
"Tell me that you're joking," Alexis asked, with a shocked expression
Miroku shook his head in reply, "Nope my dear, I'm not joking," he said
"If that's the case, OH! HELL NO!" Alexis sucker punches Miroku's face hard, making the pervert him the ground, "I'm only FIFTEEN YEARS OLD, YA PERVERT!"
"Is he always like this?" Atticus asked
"Yes!" Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Syrus, Kuwabara and the Urameshi twins replied in unison
"And it always ends up like this, huh?" Jaden said, looking at the unconscious Miroku
"Humph" Alexis replied, "It's not like that the lecher didn't deserve it." She snapped, shaking the hand that she used to hit Miroku with
"You know, sis," Atticus started, "You shouldn't have hit the guy so hard in the face."
Alexis glared at Atticus and smiled, "Atticus, my dear brother." She said, in a sweet voice
"Yes"
"Sleep with one eye open tonight," Alexis seethed and turned her glare at Chazz
Chazz looked at Yusuke for a bit, 'This kid looks a lot like Hikari,' he thought and his eyes widened, 'It's him that punk with the rare card.' "Hey you!"
Yusuke looked at Chazz, "Yeah, what's……"
"Princeton, I didn't know you're eager to die, for challenging my twin brother to a duel are you?" Kari seethed
Chazz and his friends are freaked, "You mean that this kid's your twin brother?" he asked, pointing at Yusuke
"Now, that you mention it, that's why he looked familiar," the blunette Obelisk said
"Yeah, the Ra's Hikari Urameshi's brother," the brunette Obelisk added
"If you guys don't want to die, now," Kari started, "I'd suggest that you get out of here, before I rip out your guts and feed them to my pet vulture!"
Chazz clutched his stomach, "Yeah, yeah, okay, let's go guys!" he said, turning heel and walking away with his friends following him
"I'm sorry that Princeton bothered you guys, like that." Kari said
"Yeah, all of us Obelisks aren't like that at all, he's a jerk, especially with Slifers!" Alexis added
"That's okay!" Jaden exclaimed, "Besides, I come have beaten them in one turn!"
"Okay, we have to work on that over-confidence, a bit!" Syrus told Jaden
"Okay then maybe two turns!" Jaden said, with a sweat drop at the back of his head, "Or two and half!"
Keiko walked behind Jaden and socked him the head, "Stop acting so overly confident!" she spat
"Yeah, but that hurt," Jaden wailed, holding his head
Yusuke, Alexis and Kari just giggled at what Jaden had said, "What?" Jaden asked
"The Slifer and Ra welcoming dinner should be ready at your dorm as well!" Alexis said, with a smile
"Oh yeah, now I remember!" Yusuke exclaimed, "Hey guys, we better head back to the dorms, pronto!" Inuyasha told them
"Okay, see ya!" Jaden said as he and his fellow Slifer Red duelists out of the dome and the Ras left following them, carrying the unconscious Miroku.
Later, the dorm welcoming dinner had started, with some people staying in their dorms. In the Obelisk Blue dorms, Hiei was in his room studying his deck. Just then, there was a knock and the spiky haired duelist sighed in annoyance, "That better not be that fool, trying to get me to socialize with humans." He muttered as he walked from his deck and turns the door. And by fool he meant Atticus. He opens the door and to reveal it was Atticus, "What do you want?" he asked
"Come on, Hiei," Atticus sighed, "You can't possibly stay here, while everyone is there."
Hiei narrowed his eyes, "What part of 'hell no' didn't you comprehend, the 'hell' or the 'no'?" he asked, "And if you come back here asking the same idiotic question, I'll personally make your sister, an only child!" Hiei slammed the door at Atticus's face
In the Ra Yellow dorm, Yusuke was in his room, seating at his deck, putting together his deck, "Perfect, now my dragon deck is ready to go," he said, "Just need to find a victim to throw down with." A knock occurred on his door, "Oh wonder who could that be?" Yusuke walked over to the door and opened it to reveal Kagome behind it, "Hey Kagome, what are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question," Kagome replied, "You're not going to the Ra Yellow welcoming dinner, aren't you."
"Uh no!" Yusuke replied, simply, "I'm just putting together my new deck." Yusuke walked over to his deck, "Besides, you know that I don't attend to those things anymore."
Kagome sighed, "What about your new friend, Keiko?" she asked
"What about her?" Yusuke asked
"Well, Miroku's gonna be there and he'll try to……….."
"Kagome, let's go!" Yusuke said, pulled his cousin out the door with him. Kagome grinned, that she tricked Yusuke into coming to the welcoming dinner. Yusuke and Kagome got into the cafeteria, where a lot of the Ra Yellow students were.
"Yusuke!" Before Yusuke could realize this Keiko ran behind him and hid there, "Keiko, what's going on?"
Keiko pointed at Miroku, who was lying down on the table, with a bright red hand mark on his left cheek, unconscious, "Let me guess," Yusuke started, "Miroku groped ya!" Keiko nodded in reply, "It's true!"
The three turned their gaze to Bastion and Inuyasha, "We saw the whole thing," Inuyasha replied
"And she actually knocked the lecherous bloke out with one slap," Bastion added, pointing at Keiko
"Whoa!" Yusuke exclaimed and turning to Keiko, "You must be actually strong to do that! Plus, Miroku did deserve it." Just then, Yusuke's PDA machine started ringing and he picked it out of his pocket and answered it, and sees no face of the sender, 'Please come by the Obelisk girl's dorm,' the message said, in an unclear tone, 'And bring your duel disk.' With that the message was off.
"Yusuke, are you seriously going there?" Kagome asked
"Of course," Yusuke said, "I've finished with my new deck and I want to see the results of it."
-At the Slifer Dorm-
"You call this a welcome dinner," Ryoko complained, looking at the food, which were little fishes in a bowl and rice.
"Yeah so, what," Jaden was eating his food, "Foods, food!"
"You're an interesting guy, Jaden, you know," Ryoko said and noticed the Hinata was sitting at a table alone, "Hey Hinata, come over here!" she called
Hinata looked at the table where she was called, "You can't seat alone when your friends are over here!" Ryoko added
"Uh……sure," Hinata got up and walked over to the table where Jaden and Ryoko are, "Who's she?" Jaden asked
"Jaden, this is my roommate, Hinata Hyuga," Ryoko introduced
"Nice to meet ya, Hinata," Jaden started, "My name's Jaden Yuki."
"N…nice to meet you," Hinata said, taking her seat next to Ryoko. Just then, Syrus and Kuwabara were walking towards the table where Jaden is, "Hey guys!" Jaden greeted
Just then a man with long black hair, tied to the back, glasses with his eyes closed, wearing a white chemise and black pants, "Good evening, and welcome to Slifer Red," the man said in a German accent, "My name is Professor Lyman Banner, head monitor of the dorm. Now before we eat I'd like for all of us to talk about ourselves," he added and turning his attention to both Ryoko and Syrus, who were telling Jaden to stop eating.
"Jaden, come on," Ryoko told him, hastily, "He's said we have to stop!"
"That's right," Syrus added, "He said for us to talk about ourselves!" Syrus eyed his back, "He's coming Jay!"
When Prof. Banner came to the table where Ryoko, Jaden, Kuwabara, Hinata and Syrus were sitting, Jaden sweat dropped and stop eating, "So, since some of us don't want to talk about ourselves first then we'll eat first!" Prof. Banner said with a smile.
