In celebration of the 10th chapter, there is also the intro to my first fanfic. It will be there for now on as the story goes and yes I don't own it. Enjoy.
Chapter 10: Home Running!
A day after the Jinzo and Narutaki incident, Professor Banner called Chancellor Sheppard about what happened to Davis. After receiving the call, Sheppard called the entire faculty and arranged an emergency meeting via video chat. The faculty included Chancellor Sheppard, Professor Banner, Professor Sartyr, Dr. Crowler, and Miss Fontaine.
"I'm sorry for bringing you all in so abruptly, but Professor Banner has brought it to my attention that Davis was targeted by Narutaki again," Sheppard explained. "Twice now he's snuck onto the island and immediately targeted Mr. Davis Eitoku for his cards." Everyone but he and Professor Banner, gasped at this.
"Is he okay?" Miss Fontaine asked worriedly from one screen.
"He's fine, but barely." Professor Banner answered on another.
"Where is Narutaki?! Let me at him! No one harms my Obelisk students and gets away with it!" Crowler yelled from a third screen. Guess he might have change of heart for Davis now that he's in Obelisk Blue now.
"Unfortunately, he escaped before we had a chance to catch him." Banner answered making Crowler be a bit miffed. "What's more, however, is that we learned that Narutaki used to be one of the workers of the Avenger Project Davis' mother worked on. They argued on the idea of the cards, so Narutaki left the project to start his own and thus he created this dark Bartmen/ villain deck, somewhat similar to Davis'. My only concern now is how we'll protect Davis from him."
"Well, of course we'll have to enhance our security and patrols for the D.A.S." Miss Fontaine replied. "We can't allow such brazen attacks against our students! It's our duty as teachers not only to educate our students but protect them while they're under our care!"
"I agree," Professor Satyr nodded. "What is Señor Eitoku's condition now?"
"Well, it could've been a lot worse but it was pretty bad," Banner shook his head. "Narutaki has the ability to create Shadow Games. Those villains are absolutely vicious in battle. He's still bedridden, but he's stable. Give him some rest and food and he'll be dueling fit in no time."
"It seems Narutaki is capable of getting on and off the island at his leisure," Sheppard frowned. "If that's the case, he likely knows all of the docking points on the island as well as the security measures we take to ensure the safety of our school and students. Somehow, he got that information."
Crowler silently gulped, remembering that it was he who hired him to come to the island in the first place. He had given the man that information so he could arrive and wander the island unnoticed so to complete his job.
"But that doesn't matter at the moment," Sheppard continued. "As of now, I am ordering the D.A.S to start focusing on any holes that our security systems might have. I want all of you to review the security around each of your dorms and fill out a report on any areas that may need improvement and suggestions on how that may be done."
"That will be a long report," Banner sighed. It was no secret that his dorm was by far the shabbiest and the least secure.
"In the meantime, I'll leave for the island right away." Miss Fontaine said. "After all, I am the school nurse."
"I shall depart as well." Sartyr added. "Even though Davis is Obelisk Blue, he was a former Ra Yellow, and as his former Headmaster, I'll do whatever I can to help."
"I'll go as well." Crowler got in. "He's one of my Obelisks, and I'm certainly not taking this lying down."
"Good," Sheppard nodded. "Dismissed."
(Cue in Climax Jump Den-Liner Form)
Narrator: There came a day unlike any other. A boy named Davis Eitoku appeared with an unusual Deck. Within it are the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers. With this Deck, he will start his journey, facing enemies and befriending allies along the way.
jikan no nami wo tsukamaete
imasugu ni yukou yakusoku no basho
genkai mugen iza tobikome Climax Jump!
ii jan! ii jan! sugee jan?!
ii jan! ii jan! sugee jan?!
kanaetai yume ga aru nara
shinjinakucha negatta hibi wo
Catch the wave
mayoisou na toki kanarazu
omoi no tsuyosa ga michibiku
KIMI ga nozomu mirai sude ni In your hands
hajimari wa itsumo totsuzen
unmei wo tsurete yuku Time tripin' ride
fukannou koete tsukami toru sa Climax
kawaru koto wo osorenai de
ashita no jibun miushinau dake
dare yori takaku
kinou yori takaku
Climax Jump!
ii jan! ii jan! sugee jan?!
ii jan! ii jan! sugee jan?!
A week later, Davis was feeling almost better. Turns out that a couple of days at the infirmary and a couple more for rehab were all it of now, the school's doors are re–opened to the students and as of now, Davis was clear to go. Well, not exactly. He and his class were in the gym playing tennis. Although, Davis was not playing. Miss Fontaine wanted to him relax for just one more day before he can play sports again. After all, you can't be too careful. Davis was sitting in the bleachers watching his classmates play tennis. Jaden and Syrus were playing against Jasmine and Mindy while Alexis was going against Rachel.
"Man… this is boring… I can't just sit and do nothing…" Davis sighed. At that point, Stinger appeared.
"I know, but we're not taking any chances on your recovery." Cassie said.
"Right, right," Davis sighed.
"Just try to relax okay? Take it easy." May advised as she appeared. "That fight with Narutaki really has taken its toll on you."
"And think of it this way," Felecia offered her two cents. "You get to watch Rachel and her friends work out in those lovely tennis uniforms. Blue is certainly her color."
"Ugh… shut up, Felecia." Davis groaned.
Meanwhile, Syrus and Jaden were having trouble against the Obelisk girls. Well mostly Syrus, Jaden was just frustrated with playing the game altogether.
"Come on, would someone tell me what does tennis have to do with dueling?" He asked as Syrus returned the ball.
"Everything!" Mindy replied. "Taking turns, thinking on your feet and the more you play…" She paused for a moment to hit the ball in the air, heading right for Jaden. "…the better you'll do!"
"In that case…" Jaden leaped into the air to deal a powerful strike, but at a bad angle as the tennis ball curved away from the court he was at to the neighboring one, and it was about to hit someone… and Davis noticed.
"Rachel! Watch out!" Davis yelled.
That was when a blur came from one of the other courts and appeared in front of Rachel, swinging a blue racket which smashed the incoming tennis ball away with impressive force. But the ball was going for... Davis!
"WAUGH!"
*BONK!*
Meanwhile, the one who blocked the shot was now visible, a young man with brown hair wearing a tennis uniform made for Duel Academy, landing a few inches in front of Rachel.
"Thank you…" Rachel said in half–surprise to the guy in front of her.
"Rachel!" Jasmine and Mindy came over to check on her. "You almost got creamed, are you okay?"
"Yeah, would you like me to carry you to the nurse?" The brown–haired guy said, turning to face the girls, flashing Jasmine and Mindy a grin… which ensnared them right off the bat.
"No thanks, I'm fine." Rachel politely answered.
"Davis!" Alexis cried out as she noticed what happened to him.
Davis was on the ground clutching his coconuts and grunting in pain. "ssssshhhhh...ahhhhhh...ssshhhh...aahhhh...sssshhhh...aaaahhhh...sssshhhhh"
"Huh?" Rachel blinked, turning to the source of the noise. She immediately spotted Davis there making that noise. "Oh my gosh!" Rachel gasped, running to see if Davis was okay. He had just gotten out of the infirmary! He didn't need yet another injury put onto him!
"Pow! Right there!" Bartman OOO laughed.
"Shut up Bart. No one should have to suffer through that," Rocket snapped at her fellow Avenger.
"Davis, you okay? Where does it hurt?" asked Alexis. "Are you coughing up blood again?"
"No…" Davis groaned, curled in a fetal position. "I… think I lost my ability to… (bleep)…"
"…what?" Alexis blinked blushing heavily.
"Did he say that he lost his balls? I don't get it." said Luffy.
"SNK! BFFFF!" Bart snorted at the comment. Luffy still doesn't get things like this.
"Davis!" Rachel cried, reaching the pair and the spirits. Jaden and Syrus weren't far behind. "Are you okay?"
"Unnnngh," Davis groaned. "…why does this hurt so badly…?"
"Can you stand up?" Alexis asked.
"I'll try…" Davis got out.
So with the help of Jaden and Syrus, Davis slowly got up and managed to slowly sit down. Meanwhile, Rachel took a few minutes to go to the infirmary to get an ice pack from there and came back. "Here, put this on ya." Rachel said. Davis put the ice pack between his legs.
"ssssshhhhh...ahhhhhh...ssshhhh...aahhhh...sssshhhh...aaaahhhh...sssshhhhh" Davis got out.
"Man, that's gotta hurt," Jaden winced.
"Yeah, and with a ball that's going Mach five, I don't blame ya." Syrus nodded sympathetically. "Are they still there?"
"I'm gonna… kick his… ass." Davis groaned out.
"Hey? You alright?" The group turned to see the guy that blocked Jaden's shot and hit Davis there.
"Do I look alright to you?" asked Davis.
"Eh heh heh heh heh heh," the guy chuckled in sympathy. After all, no guy purposefully went after 'them' unless they were the dirtiest low down fighters out there. "Sorry about that man. I was just so busy protecting Rachel I wasn't paying attention to where the ball was going. You know what I mean, right? The knight's got to protect the princess after all."
"Excuse me?" Davis asked in confusion.
"Looking out for my first draft pick Rachel of course!" the guy grinned, his teeth actually sparkling in the sun.
"Uh…" Davis got out not sure how to respond.
"Excuse me?" Rachel raised an eyebrow. "Have we met?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. Harrington Rosewood's the name. I'm an Obelisk Blue like you." Harrington smiled.
"Oh," Rachel nodded. "Okay, thanks for the save even if you did smash a tennis ball into my friend."
"No problem."
"Just watch where you're aiming next time…" Davis got out. "Douchebag." he thought to himself.
"Right…" Rosewood chuckled sheepishly. "I'll keep that in mind."
Rachel, now in her school uniform, was walking away from the infirmary, once again having to escort Kurogasa there to get him checked up. If he were healthy when he took that hit then he'd just need some ice and walk it off. With his previous condition though, a minor checkup to make sure it wasn't going to lead to anything more serious was a good idea. He didn't want to go, but Rachel could be persuasive when she wanted to be.
"Rachel, I'm going to be fine. I just need to walk it off." Davis assured her.
"And I'm saying it couldn't hurt to have Miss Fontaine do a check," Rachel retorted.
"Right, right," Davis sighed.
"Rachel!"
The pair looked ahead and saw Mindy, Alexis, and Jasmine approaching the pair. Mindy looked like she was so excited she could explode which likely meant that she had a juicy piece of info to share. Jasmine looked a little bit more apprehensive. That in itself was odd since she was just as much of a chatterbox as her friend. Alexis was...well, just usual.
"What is it you two?" asked Rachel.
"We were doing some digging into that total hottie that was checking you out!" Mindy giggled.
"They did the digging, not me," Alexis cut in.
Ignoring her friend, Mindy continued, "And what we found out was pure gold! Harrington Rosewood is the heir to the Rosewood chain of sporting goods stores! He's handsome, rich, suave, and has an oh so yummy body!"
"Best of all, he's totally into you! Can anyone say 'perfect boyfriend'?" Jasmine added.
Davis' eye twitched.
"I dunno," Alexis shook her head as she knows what Davis had in mind. "I don't think Rachel's tastes go for a guy like him."
"Have I ever been wrong about this?" asked Mindy with a huff.
"Well there was that one time in prep school…"
Suddenly, Syrus ran past them, looking very flustered. "Oh man oh man oh man!" He said, dashing back and forth across the hallway. "Where's the lousy tennis team?" He then noticed the Obelisks and started to jog in place. "Alexis, do you know where the tennis team meets?"
"Out on the courts, Syrus." She replied. "Why?"
"The most unfair thing is happening! Dr. Crowler's making the tennis team captain, Harrington Rosewood boss Jaden around as punishment for hitting Davis!" Syrus said before running off again.
"Huh? But it was Rosewood that hit me," Davis frowned.
"We better go and see." Alexis sighed.
"Service!"
At the tennis courts, Rosewood was giving Jaden a major workout plan as he kept serving tennis balls at him with amazing speed. Sure Jaden was able to keep up with him during the first few minutes but he was just about at his limit. Now he was having a hard time keeping up as Harrington kept serving faster serves than Jaden could react most of the time.
"Man… I thought we're just gonna play tennis… not run… speed drills…" Jaden panted. As soon as more tennis balls came in, Jaden continued to hit the tennis balls, despite feeling like his heart about to burst out of his chest. "Man, he's not letting up!" Then as Jaden was going to swing at another serve, he tripped on a stray tennis ball.
"Come on Jaden, no pain, no gain!" Harrington said. "You gotta hustle to build those muscles! You need to sweat to become a threat! If you don't pick up the pace, you'll never win the race!"
"Man and I thought the Paradox Brothers were annoying." Jaden muttered. Out loud, "Alright, enough with the rhyming clichés, I get it!"
"There's no letter 'I' in the word 'Team', Jaden!" Harrington said, making some kind of strange pose. "It's the very first rule in tennis!"
"Even when you're playing singles?" Jaden asked confused with the logic.
"Moving along… I think it's time to work on your forehand and backhand. I think 1000 strokes each should help make tennis more your racquet!" Harrington joked. "Get it? Racquet? Racket?"
Syrus, Alexis, Jasmine and Mindy were currently watching over at the sidelines.
"I get it; this guy's a total nut." Syrus stated. "The clichés, the crazy practicing…"
"You know, now that I think on it, he is a bit obsessive." Jasmine added.
"Let him obsess… over me!" Mindy said, oblivious to the previous two statements.
"Oh Mindy" Alexis groaned while she facepalmed.
Meanwhile, Jaden continued his practice until he swung off–balance, knocking him down, and sending the tennis balls rolling towards two sets of feet that belonged to Rachel and Davis.
"Well…" Jaden said, feeling worn out again. "At least I'm done… on the first ten."
"At least the ball didn't hit me," Davis mumbled. "How you feeling Jay?"
"Tired." Jaden said as he got up from the floor. "That Harrington dude is wearing me thin here."
"He must like making you work like a horse," Rachel told him. Jaden just nodded.
"Let me talk to him, maybe to get off your case a bit," Davis offered.
"Thanks man."
Rachel helped Davis to where Harrington was resting. "Harrington. I need to talk to you," Davis shouted.
"Oh, what do you need my fine man?" Harrington asked. He then proceeded to ignore him for his friend. "Ah and the lovely Rachel. Why are you here?"
"We are here to ask if you can lay off all the hazing you're doing on Jaden," Davis stated, his right eye was twitching in annoyance.
"Excuse me; I was talking to Rachel not you."
"Hey, don't talk to him like that," Rachel said. "He's a good friend of mine."
"Rachel dear, I don't see why you're hanging out with this person. I mean he only got into Obelisk blue recently. It's not fitting for you to be hanging around him."
"Excuse me?" Davis frowned.
"You were a Ra Reject until a little while ago before Miss Fontaine took pity on you," Harrington chuckled dismissively. "You're the lowest rank to us guys on top. Best you know your place and stick with girls on your own level. Rachel belongs with the upper crust… like me!"
"Hey!" Rachel cried with a frown. "Don't argue over me like I'm a possession!"
"Listen you son of a bitch," Davis frowned. "Rachel can hang out with me if she likes. I like having her for company and I want to keep having her around since she's fun to be with and actually cares. And there is nothing you or any of you snobs up in Obelisk Blue can do to change that!"
"Then we'll duel!" Haarrington growled. "The loser of the duel has to give up on Rachel! The winner gets to become her boyfriend!"
"HEY!" Rachel cried.
"Well, I'll duel you just to get you to shut the hell up," Davis frowned. "If Rachel wants a boyfriend, I really doubt she needs boys dueling over her. She just needs to take her pick."
"OK, then you won't be afraid of dueling me?" Harrington questioned.
"Like hell! Anywhere and anytime, pretty boy!"
"Davis, you don't have to do this…" said Rachel. 'Though it is sweet that you're dueling for me. It's like out of Mindy's novels, for some reason!'
"I have to, Rach. This guy thinks you're a prize to be won. I'm gonna set him straight."
'Hell Yeah!' shouted Rocket.
The boys had to hold off while they got Duel Disks and cleared their battle space. It turned out that they were going to use the baseball field as their dueling zone, because Harrington is using a sports-themed Deck. Harrington was standing on the pitcher's mound while Davis was at home plate. Both had their Duel Discs strapped on and both looked ready for a fight. Rachel was on the sidelines, ready to cheer for Davis. Of course, this might be her chance to try and make some progress on the boyfriend front in regards to her former Ra Yellow/ current Obelisk Blue crush.
"Get ready to be hit out of the park!" Harrington grinned.
"Spare me" Davis sighed.
"DUEL!"
Davis: 4000
Harrington: 4000
"'I'll start this off!" Davis declared as he drew his sixth card. "I play Double Summon letting summon twice this turn! So now I summon Rocket and Felecia in ATK mode!" The catgirl (4/ATK:1400/DEF:1200) and the technolgical Avenger (4/ATK:1550/DEF:1400) appeared.
"Ready to show this fool how to really respect girls?" Felecia asked turning to Davis.
"You bet. And he's gonna learn the hard way." Davis nodded. "But not until next turn since I went first."
"Not to worry. We'll get him soon."
"But don't let your anger blind you." Raquel advised.
"I know…" Davis muttered to himself. Out loud, "I'll end there with a facedown! Let's see what you got pretty boy!"
"Heh! Kid's stuff!" Harrington laughed. He then drew his card. "First, I'll put two cards facedown before I play one monster face down in defense position. After that, I'll hand it over to you."
"Gee, that move just screamed expert," Davis huffed as he drew a card. "Okay, I'll first play a card face down. Next I'll summon Ben 10 to the field!" The said hero appeared (4/ATK:1600/DEF:1500). "And then I activate his special ability, which lets me put him back into my Deck and replace him with an "Omnitrix" monster. So I choose Crashhopper!"
When Ben used that ability, in his place was a new alien. It was really a grasshhopper-like being with the Omnitrix symbol on its stomach (4/ATK:1700/DEF:1000).
"Now Crashhopper will attack your facedown card! And when he attacks a DEF positioned monster, he does piercing damage!" Davis explained.
"Here I come!" Ben said as he charged forward with his head, literally. He really crashed into the card. It was only there for a moment, revealing a turtle with what seemed to be a UFO on its back. The monster groaned before it shattered into holographic shards and vanished.
Davis: 4000
Harrington: 3500
"Oops! You got my UFO Turtle!" Harrington laughed. "Now I get to summon a Fire attribute monster that has 1500 attack points or less. So, I pick the Ultimate Baseball Kid!"
In place of the turtle, a kid wearing a red baseball uniform and holding a spiked metal bat appeared. His bat was resting on the ground and he had a catcher's mitt on, indicating that he was in defense mode (3/ATK:500/DEF:1000).
"Well, then Felecia will take him out!" Davis continued.
"I don't think so!" Harrington countered. "I'll play Negate Attack to stop your batty monster from destroying my Baseball Kid. Secondly, I'll play the magic card Inferno Reckless Summon! This lets us both summon all copies of a monster on our fields. I pick the Baseball Kid!"
"I don't have any copies of any of my monsters on me now so go ahead," Davis answered.
In flashes of light, there were three Baseball Kids on Harrington's side of the field while the three Avengers were on Davis' side. As the two new Baseball Kids swung their bats in practice though, their attack points jumped straight up!
Ultimate Baseball Kid x3: (3/ATK:500 - 2500/DEF:1000)
"Surprised?" Harrington asked with a grin. "My Baseball Kids get 1000 attack points for every other Fire aligned monster on the field! It's a surprising ability that let me beat lots of opponents like you!"
Davis grimaced. Harrington had him outmatched in power. "I'll set this card facedown and end my turn," said Davis.
"My turn," Harrington grinned as he drew his next card. "Okay, I'll switch my one Baseball Kid into attack mode," The Kid in question took off his catcher's mitt and picked up his bat, taking the same position of the other two. Now all three were ready to attack and they had the power to take down all three of Davis' monsters in fell swoop. "For my next trick, I'll summon my pal, Battle Footballer!" In a flash, there was a robot standing who looked like a cyborg football player. Even though it looked like it was supposed to be on a football field, it looked intimidating enough for this fight (4/ATK:1000/DEF:2100).
"He won't be staying long though since I'm going to send him to the graveyard," Cameron explained. The machine vanished in a haze of light. "When I do that, my Baseball Kids use their second special ability! Hit some home runs boys!"
The three Baseball Kids eyes seemed to alight with fire as they reached into their pockets and pulled out baseball-sized bombs. Tossing the bombs up, the Baseball Kids hit the bombs and launched them like a true athlete. The projectiles rocketed past the Avengers before exploding near Davis himself.
"Wagh!" Davis cried as the impact shook him.
Davis: 2500
Harrington: 3500
"Davis!" Rachel gasped.
"Hey, he's okay," Harrington laughed. "Don't worry about him Rachel. Instead, why don't you worry about what you're going to wear on a date with a real man like me?"
"Can you please shut the hell up?" Davis asked as the smoke cleared. His life points started going down as the mess from the attack fades away. "So your Baseball Kids pack a punch."
"You should see them in battle!" Davis laughed. "Baseball Kids, attack those wimpy monsters! Spiked Grand Slam!"
The three Baseball Kids raised their weapons and charged at the Avengers with the intent of creaming them all in a single swing, "Not so fast! I activate Rocket's special ability! I can negate the attacks and gain Life Points equal to the attacking monster's ATK!" Davis announced.
With that said, Raquel stood forward and created a force field that absorbed the attack of one of the Kids.
Davis: 5000
Harrington: 3500
"Glad you had me, huh Davis," Raquel asked.
"Yeah." Davis replied.
"Eh, so this goes on for one turn longer and you now have more Life Points now," Harrington shrugged. "No big deal."
"Sometimes a turn can change the outcome of a game. Are you done?"
"Sure, it's your turn. Not like it matters."
Davis drew his next card and he looked at it...
"THIS IS IT!"
BGM: Anything Goes!
"He called it!" Jaden cheered. "Harrington's done!"
"I'll play Double Summon. So I summon Bartman OOO and sacrifice Felecia to summon J2!" Davis announced.
Felecia vanished to be replaced by a tall man in silver armor (6/ATK:2400/DEF:3200) and the silhouette of a man appeared and on his waist was a belt with a rectangular box that had three circular slots. He took out the traffic light coins and inserted the coins in the slots. Taking the scanner from the side of his belt and scanned them making three chiming sounds. "Let's Ride!"
HAWK! TIGER! GRASSHOPPER! TATOBA!
TA–TO–BA TATOBA TA–TO–BA!
The silhouetted man became surrounded by spinning colored Medals which accompanied the transformation. Images of the three Medals he was using appeared. Hawk was on the top, Tiger was in the middle, and Grasshopper was at the bottom. The three images then combined into one large crest which flew backwards and into his chest. His body then became enveloped in energy which swiftly hardened into solid armor. Becoming Bartman OOO (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2000).
"Then I activate OOO's special ability. He gains 100 ATK and DEF for every monster on the Field and I count seven. Bart, do your thing!" Davis shouted.
"Right!" Bart took out his Medal Scanner before swipes it onto his belt for a finisher.
Bartman OOO (4/ATK: 2000–2700/DEF: 2000-2700)
SCANNING CHARGE!
He then jumped and, as three circles corresponding to his Medals appear, went through them before ending with a powerful kick at one of the kids, destroying it in the process.
Davis: 5000
Harrington: 3200
"If I can recall, you now have two Baseball Kids now, which means they're getting weaker!" Davis stated.
"NO!" Harrington cried.
Ultimate Baseball Kid x2: (3/ATK:2500 - 1500/DEF:1000)
"Then J2 and Crashhopper will take care of the other two! Let them have it!" Davis ordered.
"You heard the man, Zane. Let's go!" Ben said as he headbutt into the second Kid, destroying it as well.
Davis: 5000
Harrington: 3000
"OK!" J2 said he charged into the last Kid and gave a powerful punch at it, with the same thing happened to the last two.
Davis: 5000
Harrington: 1100
"No way!" Harrington cried. "My A-team!"
"And let's not forget about Rocket! Finish him!" Davis commanded.
"Ulp!" Harrington gulped.
Raquel flew then towards Harrington and charged up her Repulsors. "Take this!" Rocket shouted as she shot a barrage of that attack on him.
"EEEK!" Harrington cried as his counter went down.
Davis: 5000
Harrington: 0
BGM END
"Game over," Davis grinned as the holograms faded. "Looks like I win."
"Darn it," cursed Harrington. "Guess you win a girlfriend."
"I just won a duel. Whether Rachel wants me to be her boyfriend…is up top her," said Davis. "I just don't like it when people treat my friends like a piece of property to be won in a game." Rubbing the back of his neck, Davis began walking back to his friends. At least he wasn't coughing up blood or curled up in fetal position again.
"Sweet duel Davis!" Jaden cheered.
"Yeah, way to play!" Syrus cheered as well.
"Thanks…" Davis smiled weakly.
"This is so romantic!" Mindy squealed as Davis finally stopped to meet with his friends.
"Yeah…" Davis blushed. "Sorry about that. I just don't like people getting treated like prizes, objects, or personal property. It just feels really shallow when that sort of thing happens. And the people who do it are especially shallow."
"Well, you should still be rewarded," Rachel smiled. A hopeful gleam entered her eyes while a rosy blush took her cheeks. "So how would you like to be my boyfriend for the day?"
"Huh?!" Davis gasped, leaning back. "Did I hear that right?!"
"This is your chance Davis!" Felecia spoke, fading into sight. "Remember everything I taught you and it will be a night to remember!"
"Sure did!" Rachel smiled. "And as my 'boyfriend', you should take me out someplace nice!"
"Uh… I, uh–" Davis stammered blushing heavily. This was really all too surreal for him. He's practically taking her out on a date since Rachel is going to have some fun with the boyfriend idea. Eventually, Davis calmed down and said, "Well… okay. Where do you wanna go?"
"Well, there are a few nice little areas where we can grab some sweet stuff," Rachel shrugged. "I don't know about you, but gourmet cooking gets old after a while."
"I bet. Well, I think I know the best place to go."
"You do?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah, during the first days here, I explored around the island a bit, and there's a seafood shack down at the beach not far from here. It's really nice especially when it's at night when you got paper lamps lit up hanging on the roof of the shack and have outdoor torches lighting up the place too. Sort of like a luau."
"Oh. I didn't hear about that," Rachel blinked, honestly pleasantly surprised.
"Professor Satyr said that he and Banner cooked it up one day to try and bring more seafood to the Slifer Reds since the food budget was a little lacking. The Slifers and Ras love it since it's like having a beach party whenever they want." Davis explained. "I guess with gourmet cooking, no one in Obelisk Blue noticed."
"I guess not. Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Rachel then grabbed Davis' hand and then ran out of his room with him in tow.
And so, they went over to the beach where the seafood shack and of course, the Slifers and Ras there were more than happy to welcome the Obelisks to the beach party the other two dorms always have. And of course, Professor Banner and Professor Sartyr were there. Everyone had a great time. There was some Hawaiian music to go with it; awesome seafood to eat thanks to Professor Sartyr, heck, even one of the students who was Hawaiian by ethnicity, did a luau fire dance for the crowd. All in all, Davis and Rachel had a great time.
It was now almost curfew and Davis was taking Rachel back to her dorm. Alexis had to admit that she had a fun time. Despite how 'low–class' the event was in the words of the rich Obelisks, she had more fun there outside of a duel than anywhere else on the island. Professor Satyr was quite the cook and Professor Banner was an exceptional host and was able to tell some good stories at the fireside. The atmosphere was friendly and warm, making conversation easy since the invisible wall between the dorms seemed to vanish there.
"That was fun," Rachel admitted with a smile. "We ought to do that again sometime."
"Well, Satyr and Banner hold them every weekend except around exam times," Davis shrugged. "You know you're welcome."
"I might take you up on that," Rachel agreed as they now stopped at a crossroad with one path leading to the Obelisk Blue Boys Dorm and the other to the Obelisk Blue Girls Dorm. "Well, this is where we parts ways."
"Yep, sure is."
"Before I go though, can I see your Duel Pilot for a minute?" She asked.
"Uh… sure." Davis said taking his Duel Pilot out of his pocket and giving it to her. Rachel then pressed her finger on various parts of the Duel Pilot screen. After several seconds, she handed it back to him. "What'd you do?"
"Oh, I just gave you a small thank you present." Rachel smiled. "See ya later." And with that, she began to walk off.
"Yeah, see ya." Davis waved and with that Rachel left. Wondering what she did, he turned on his Duel Pilot to look at the screen and he was a bit flabbergasted at what he saw. He looked at Rachel walking away and back at his Duel Pilot a couple times. "No way… did she really–" Felecia at that point appeared and looked at the Duel Pilot.
"Yep, she did. She gave you her number. Good job, my apprentice, you've done well." Felecia said as she disappeared. Davis just stood there for a while, trying to take this all in. And then, the next words in his mind practically says it all.
'Best. Day. Ever!'