A/N: Here is chapter 10! Wow, we're getting into the final stretch here. I hope you all are liking this one. There's a lot of you reading so I hope I am not disappointing you.

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Yu-Gi-Oh GX nor the song with which this story shares a title.

Dana POV

Another two months went by without anything too significant happening. I got to talk to my parents and Jason every so often. Matthew was still in America and I still haven't spoken to him since all this started.

They were making progress in the investigation, and they said that they should have this all figured out by the end of the year.

That gave us a month. The last month of the school year had started and my friends and I had been having a great time getting to know one another.

Kenzan was a perfect boyfriend. He was a gentleman and he surprised me with dates on various occasions. I had never had a boyfriend before, but I could get used to the feeling. I loved spending time with him as we learned more about each other.

Even if a lot about me was something I couldn't tell him

One class that a lot of us had together was tag team dueling. It wasn't too difficult or advanced, but it was required.

I took my seat next to Bastion in my tag team class. We were reaching the end of the term and therefore, we were going to be starting our project soon.

"As you all know, the final project for this class is to create tag team decks to use in a competition. As the task is to create tag team decks, you will all work in pairs to create them.

"The pairs are as follows: Jaden and Chazz." As expected, Chazz started complaining but nobody was listening. It seemed that Jesse was upset too, but he said nothing. The professor continued to list pairs.

"Jesse and Hassleberry." It was my turn to be upset. I would have loved to be paired with Kenzan.

I glanced at Bastion, who was sitting next to me. Neither of our names had been called. Maybe we would be partners. That would be nice. Bastion held his promise and, to my knowledge, hadn't told anyone about my secret.

Bastion smiled at me before the professor continued. "Bastion and Atticus." I felt Bastion freeze. I suppose he was happy with this considering his small crush on Atticus. He turned towards me, his face flushed. I gave him a smile before the professor said the last pairing.

"Dana and Aster." My eyes fluttered at the sound. Aster? Well I guess it could be fun. "I expect all the partners should get along just fine." At this Chazz restarted his complaints. The professor wasn't in the mood. "Mr. Princeton, sit down. Mr. Yuki is your partner whether you like it or not." Chazz shut up, surprisingly, and slouched back in his seat. "You are to get together on your own time to do this project. With that, class is dismissed."

Nobody hesitated to get up and leave the classroom. I started to get up but then stopped when I saw that Bastion had not moved. I laughed silently and shook his shoulder. "Come on lover boy." He shot me a look that told me to be quiet.

I managed to get him to stand up and he walked out of the room with me. On the other side of the door Kenzan was standing there with Aster and Atticus. Immediately Atticus ran up to Bastion. "Hey, partner," he said with his normal excitement. "What's say you come over to my dorm around six so we can get a head start on the project?"

"Sure, Atticus, I'll be there." I was surprised that Bastion managed to hold himself together. Atticus walked away as I gave a hug to Kenzan.

"Hey, Dana," I heard Aster's voice from behind Kenzan. "Be at my dorm at 6." He then walked away without giving me a chance to confirm his request.

"Ok, Aster, I'll be there." Even though Aster was clearly out of earshot.

Class ended and I made my way back to my dorm before heading over to Aster's dorm. I sat at my desk doing various assignments when there was a knock on my door.

It was probably Kenzan, surprising me again.

I opened the door, "What are we doing this time, Ken-"

"Hey, Dana, long time no see."

Kyper pushed past me and closed the door.

Not him again. Anyone but him. Ever since last time, I thought that maybe I was done with him.

He closed the distance slowly. "Don't you remember. I said I'd visit you again. And here I am. Why don't we pick up where we left off?"

He wrapped his arms around my hips pushing his body into mine. I tried to push away from him, but he held on stronger this time.

"Now, now, don't struggle." When I tried to pull away again, the smile on his face faded and he shoved me. I fell to the ground and he immediately pinned me down. He held my wrists down with his hands and settled his legs between mine so I couldn't kick at him.

"It seems you haven't told anyone, just like I told you not to. That's a good girl. I'm here to reward you."

His mouth drifted down to my neck and I struggled against it. It was unnatural and I wanted it to stop.

"Stop. Stop. Please!"

"Dana, is that anyway to act? I don't think so." He continued. "Don't make me angry, or you won't like what happens."

I was still tense, but I stopped struggling.

He continued his ministrations for a little longer until his phone rang. He got off of me and answered it. "Hello." He paused, listening, then his face turning to an angry one. "They what!" He took the phone from his ear. "Sorry, sweetheart, I have to take this. But we'll continue this another time."

He left me there on the floor and left as if he'd done nothing wrong.

There was nothing I would have done to protect myself this time and I;m sure if he had not gotten a call, I would have been at his mercy.

Or lack there of.

I walked to Aster's specialty dorm away from the rest of the dorms. It wasn't too long a walk, but I didn't much like walking by myself.

It wasn't long before I reached his room. He opened the door when I knocked. "Come on in." He had a glass in his hand and he took a drink of it before going to sit at his desk.

I took a few steps into his room and took in the scene. He had a huge room. Bigger than my Ra dorm room. It had silver walls. And book shelves lined the corners. The desk Aster sat at was a dark mahogany. Hand carved no doubt. Lastly, I evaluated his bed. It was a large bed. Too large for just Aster. But the sheets were blue, I don't particularly like blue.

"Are you gonna stare at my bed all afternoon or are we gonna work?"

I snapped from my trance, "Oh yeah. What are we doing?"

Aster put down his papers. "Okay, what's up Dana?"

"What do you mean? Nothing's wrong." I gave a little laugh but I wasn't very convincing.

Aster smiled. "Come on, Dana. I'm not stupid. Something's up."

I couldn't tell him about Kyper. He couldn't get involved. None of them could. I had to think of an excuse. "I don't like the blue sheets. I've never really liked blue." I said hoping his bed would suffice as an excuse.

"Yeah, I never really did either, but I'm not one to complain about trivial things." He changed the subject. "We are supposed to create two tag team dueling decks. Apparently industrial Illusions is doing a contest where we create sufficient tag decks and Pegasus will pick two and manufacture them."

"Well that shouldn't be hard. We do have a professional duelist on our team." He laughed softly at that reference. "I'm sure you've seen all kinds of decks we can reference to build our own."

"I know a few things. And if I get stuck, I have a boyfriend who knows just as much as me."

We both laughed. Zane was indeed a skilled duelist but he was also in this competition. Even if it was Aster, Zane wouldn't help his opponent.

"Well we might as well get started."

We hadn't been working very long but had made good progress. "I think it's time for a break." Aster suggested and I had to agree. He walked over to his mini fridge and pulled out a green bottle and poured himself a glass of the red liquid. "Want some wine?"

"No thanks you. Aren't you a little young for alcohol?" Aster laughed again.

"It's a habit. And what they don't know doesn't hurt me." He took another drink.

I got up and walked over to his stereo. "Is it okay if I start up the radio?"

"Please, silence is painful."

I played with the dials on the stereo but I couldn't seem to figure out how to turn it on. Aster noticed because he came over and offered to help. "No no I think I can get it."

He put his glass down. "Just let me do it. What radio station do you like?"

I admitted defeat and started to move but as Aster stepped forward he tripped over something. Before I knew it, I was on my back on Aster's floor being pinned down by Aster.

We stayed like that for a while, me frozen. My mind flashed back to only an hour before, when Kyper had me pinned down.

Aster was looking at my face for a second before he stood up. "Sorry, Dana." I heard him, but i couldn't move. I was too scared. I knew Aster wouldn't do anything to me, but it was the memories and the ever present threat on my family that scared me.

"Dana?" My silence was now concerning Aster. I pulled myself into a sitting position. I had to say something. I looked up at him and opened my mouth to say something, but I couldn't. I looked away from him.

"Dana what's wrong?" His demeanor had completely changed from the one I was used to. He knelt down to be eye level with me. "Do you think that just because of a small accident that means that you're cheating on Hassleberry?"

That wasn't it at all. I finally managed to say something. "There may be many things ruining my life at the moment but cheating on Kenzan is not on my mind right now."

He sat down next to me. "Ruining your life? Dana, what is that supposed to mean."

Maybe I should have thought about that for a moment before saying anything. How was I going to work my way out this one?

"What's going on?" Aster was genuinely concerned. "You've never acted like this. Something serious is going on." Say what you want about Aster Phoenix, but he was very observant. He knew when something was wrong.

I wouldn't say anything. He got an idea. "This doesn't have anything to with when you were attacked, does it? Has he done anything since then?"

"No, he, I mean, no, I . . ." That was enough to tell him.

"Dana! Why haven't you told any of us? If you're being harassed, we need to do something about it. Tell Chancellor Sheppard or someone."

"No Aster, I can't do that. I can't let any of you get caught in the crossfire too." There I go again, talking without thinking.

"Crossfire! Dana, what is going on? What are you not telling me?"

There was no way I was getting out if this one. I ruined it. I was going to be risking Aster along with the rest of my family, but he obviously wasn't letting me go until I told him. And I couldn't tell him a lie. He would know if I wasn't completely true. Was I really about to let all of this out to Aster? Aster Phoenix, the youngest pro duelist, the person with a reputation as ruthless and unfriendly. There person I barely knew and wouldn't be talking to right now if it wasn't for this project. And yet, why did I feel like I could trust him like I knew him my whole life. If anyone could handle anything the world through at him, it was Aster. He's already been through too much.

"Dana, you can trust me. Please let me help you."

Well this was certainly going to change whatever relationship we had, but I was in too deep. "It's a long story. I guess we will start with this. My name isn't Dana Lawrence."