Hello, again.
This chapter centers around the simple question: Do you really think that Isabella's background as a bounty hunter that is more or less immune to most of the law would really keep Crowler from trying anything again? So, ultimately, the canon punishment duel of Jaden and Syrus vs the Paradox Brothers is going to be settling things between Bella, Kaiba, and Abigail.
As for the disclaimer: If anyone thinks that I own anything besides the OC and the main idea, then I have no idea what your doing on this site. I don't own Yugioh GX or Fairy Tail.
Going Public for Good.
Alexis lightly groaned a bit as the sun's light crawled onto her face. Getting up, she noticed where she was and what she was sleeping on, and wondered a bit before seeing Bella sitting up on the bed in the room, drawing on a sketchbook. Remembering what happened the night before, she somewhat hesitantly asked "Bella?"
Bella stopped moving, tensing at the sudden noise. Pulling the sketchbook to her chest, she slowly turned her head around to Alexis. Well, it would have been Bella, if the eyes and small smile didn't get Alexis to realize just who was in control.
"Soul-Bell?" she corrected herself, this time getting a small nod in return. Relieved at least at the fact that Soul-Maul was replaced from command, Alexis asked "Everything OK, Bell? You need anything?" However, just then, a pounding from the door sounded, causing Alexis to jump a bit, Soul-Bell to curl up and watch the door in fear, and Bastion to wake up from his place on the floor with a start. "This is the Disciplinary Action Squad! Isabella, you are under campus arrest!"
Alexis quickly had Bastion move to comfort Bell as she opened the door, only to find two big men in full black and a younger girl standing in front of them. Oh boy. We got trouble, but didn't Professor Banner say we wouldn't have to worry about getting in trouble?
"Miss Rhodes?" the girl asked in slight surprise. "What are you doing in this dorm?"
"I could be asking you the same thing, seeing as last night, after explaining the situation, Professor Banner had said he would explain to the Chancellor everything. So, especially with Bella being both Soul-Lock and... indisposed... at the moment, you shouldn't be here." answered Alexis, confused. But it wasn't for long as the D.A.S. Leader mumbled loud enough for her to hear "But... the tip..." and a couple of other members brought down Jaden and Syrus.
"Ma'am, here are the other two for arrest." the one holding Jaden said. "However, they attempt to resist."
"Because Professor Banner should've explained things by now, so you have no right to do this!" exclaimed Jaden, right before said professor cam out and explained the problem. "I'm afraid that Chancellor Sheppard never got my message last night, so I wasn't able to let anyone know until this morning."
"Wait," asked the D.A.S. Leader. "so Isabella is really Soul-Lock, Professor? And they're telling the truth?" Two nods later, and she says "Would you be willing to corroborate their story to the Chancellor?"
"Okay, but if you don't mind, please leave Ms. Rhodes and Mr. Misawa here with Ms. Bella. Unfortunately she's suffering from a rather extreme case of PTSD, as confirmed by Mr. Pegasus himself." said Banner. "You can leave someone to record their own parts of the story if you wish, but be careful around Ms. Bella."
"And above all else," Alexis stated, booking no argument. "Do not touch her deck OR her sketchbook!"
Surprised by Alexis' reaction, the D.A.S. Leader dumbly agreed and stayed behind while having her squad members escort Jaden, Syrus, and Banner to the Main Building and Chancellor Sheppard. But it was once she was allowed inside the room that she discovered just how bad Bella was.
Fake coughing, Alexis gets her attention back to the situation and says "Bastion, Bell, this is the leader of the Disciplinary Action Squad. Apparently someone led her to believe that you didn't hire Bella for a job there, Bastion, so she came to arrest Jaden, Syrus, and Bella." Getting a "What about Professor Banner's message?" and a shy and fearful body curl in response.
"Apparently the Chancellor never got it in time." explained Alexis.
"Now Professor Banner, Mr. Yuki, and Mr. Truesdale are being escorted to explain things to the Chancellor while I interview the two of you." said the D.A.S. Leader. "If you don't mind, I'll start with Ms. Rhodes."
With her simpler answer, although Alexis did attempt to limit the graphic nature of the experience, the D.A.S. Leader attempted to get Bastion's part of the story, only to have Bell latch onto Bastion, not wanting him to go. Thankfully, for her, Bastion didn't actually need to move from his spot by her to explain how he hired Bella's help for investigating the Abandoned Dorm and the subsequent cage and encounter with Titan. When he gets to the conversation with Pegasus, Alexis interrupts with "I think that's all you really need. Anything beyond that, you're going to have to talk to Pegasus first."
Realizing she wasn't about to get anything else from them, she acknowledges Alexis' statement and then heads out to talk with Sheppard, leaving the three alone.
After a bit, Alexis asked "Bell, do you think I could see some of your artwork?" Bell looked a her a bit before lowering her legs, with her sketchbook laying on top. Taking this as a sign of allowance, Alexis sat down with Bastion and Bell and then looked at the current picture that was up. And boy was she surprised.
"I know how you feel, Alexis." Bastion said. "Bell here could get a job as a Card Designer if Bella decided to leave the life of a hunter."
*****[Basically, she had enough practice, both inside Soul-Bell and out, to have a College level of art skill.]*****
He then gained a thoughful expression be he asked Bell "Does Pegasus actually know about this?" The two were surprised to discover that he in fact did not. But their surprise was lessened when they remembered Bella's attitude to just about everyone. She wasn't the most trusting of people.
"There's also the fact that he didn't really get the chance to actually ask in the first place." Lucy said. "So it would've been a lot harder for him to learn than just trust issues."
"Which makes it where I should've asked a long time ago," said a voice from the doorway. "if what I just heard was anything to go by."
Turning back to the door, they saw that for some reason, Pegasus had came to the Academy in person.
"I thought that it would be beneficially for me to be here to help with all the red tape something like this will bring up." he explained. "Now tell me, who's the one that is upset at Bella-girl this time?"
"Well, Professor Crowler has been trying to mess with her ever since her acceptance into Duel Academy." said Bastion, somewhat confused. But then he got an 'I just realized something' look and said "You don't think..."
Only to get a nod from Pegasus, who said "It wouldn't be the first time a similar issue happened. Not the slaughter, nor the personality switch, but someone trying to set her up because of some excuse or other." Turning around, he said "At any rate, seeing just how good Bella-girl's sketches are is going to have wait. Need to make sure Crowler's attempt isn't going to work." and then left them alone.
While it wasn't long before Soul-Bell, let alone Alexis and Bastion, felt hungry, leading Bastion to head to the Ra Dorm to ask his Dorm Head, Satyr, for some food to bring over, it took about an hour before any of the others returned. Although the news they brought wasn't quite something any of them quite like, but were grateful it wasn't anything worse.
"Thanks to Pegasus, two of us are to duel Kaiba and Abigail Tevaka in one week," said Jaden. "and one of us is to use Bella's deck for it. Thankfully it's just a matter of doing our best instead of actual winning."
"What about expulsion?" asked Bastion.
"N-no expulsion." said Syrus. "It's m-more detention/exhibition."
"Well that's helpful." mused Mirajane, somewhat sarcastic. "But who's to duel, and who's to use us?"
"Also, didn't you explain what happened?" asked Levy, confused that they were still getting punished.
"This isn't because of going into the Abandoned Dorm." explained Banner. "It's apparently because Bastion was the one that hired Bella. So, officially, the main rule that was broken was not alerting me or Ms. Fontaine to what you all were planning on doing. As your Dorm Heads, you are currently our responsibility. Bastion didn't need to do that once he became Bella's client."
"Hmmm." pondered Makarov.
"What is it, Master?" asked Mirajane.
"I think, for this, it should be Jaden and Syrus." said Makarov after a little bit. "With Syrus wielding us." Before the others could try and argue, he continued. "Alexis was a victim in all this, and I think we could be more helpful working alongside Jaden's Heroes. Also, Syrus could use a boost in confidence." That got some of the others to start laughing.
"Hahaha! Like he'll get anything BUT confidence while around us!" said Lucy, laughing at how much of an understatement Makarov's explanation was. Upon seeing Jaden, Syrus, and the others still confused, she explained how it's a daily occurrence back in their home that the guild would be in a guild-wide bar brawl, unless something major happened. So pretty much no one could really stayed shy or timid for long around them.
"Well then," said Banner. "Since it seems that you've managed to figure that out, and in time for class as well, I'd suggest you kids go ahead and take care of your classes. Then, once classes are done, you'll have free time to focus on preparing for your duel." After getting Bell's attention, he says "Ms. Bell, for the time being, it would probably be easiest to stick with Jaden. I'm sure you would probably prefer Bastion, but it would be easier for everyone, including you, if you were primarily with some in the Slifer Dorm. At least until Ms. Isabella comes back. Okay?" which she nods, agreeing.
Sorry about how this chapter went. Couldn't really figure out how to make this any better.
Also, as a personal request, I would like ideas for cards for Abigail's deck, which is based around songs. Right now, only got two basic ideas from RWBY and Scooby Doo and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery. First is 'Red like Roses' to summon Team Rwby out, and the second is most likely a field/spell card based off of 'I was Made for Lovin' You.'
However, anything that's either rap, scream-o, or a downright depiction of evil (i.e. Walking Dead/Aliens vs. Predator/Nightmare Before Christmas) will automatic be ignored/deleted. ONLY exceptions are JT Machinima 'PVZ GMW' 1 and 2 and 'Crash Bandicoot.' Anything more classic, epic, or a bit more for kids will be welcome.
She's one of the good guys, but isn't afraid to get her hands dirty, so she's NOT ABOUT TO START LIKING EVIL!
Please let me know what you let think. But try and keep questions about updates to a minimum, please? I'm trying to do a form of rotation with all my stories, so I won't be quite able to do updates all that often.