A Gift and a Curse
Chapter 10
Me: I promised a lighter one, and that's what you got!
Angelica: Well it's certainly better than the last two.
Jesse: The rest are disturbed, it ain't gonna change unless you do something about it.
Jaden: And I thought my life was messed up.
Angelica: Oh, you have no idea.
Aster: Um...alright then...can you start?
Me: Sure, I was just getting to that.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX or any of the characters and settings, except Angelica Rose, Khartai, Fotiá, Neró, Gisa, Aéras, and Korísatanikí.
"..." Talking
'...' Thoughts
||...|| Spirit Talking
|...| Flashback
"Italics" Quotes
|Italics| Dream
/Italics/ Song
The small piece at the end is a part of the song "Pacify Her" by Melanie Martinez.
This chapter doesn't need a warning, but I'll just put a heads up. There is lots of romance, fluff, hints of yaoi and boy love(if you look hard enough), and some stuff that doesn't need to be pointed out right now. I know some of the stuff is going to be a bit corny, but that's what makes this romance.
Aster: *blushes* Um...ok then…
Me: You're too adorable when you look flustered.
Angelica: *glare* What?
Me: *gulps* Uhh…nevermind...on with the chapter!
Korísatanikí: Man...this is boring.
Me: No one asked you, so at least stay the hell away from this one.
?: Doesn't mean I won't be causing problems *smirks*
Aster: Oh crap…
Jaden: Who in the—
Me: You'll find out…
Chapter 10!
"1 Solar System"
"8 planets"
"1 Earth"
"7 continents"
"204 countries"
"And somehow…I met you." 3
*The next day…*
Aster slowly stirred from his sleep when he saw a light in the room. It was sunlight coming from the window, which meant it was already morning. He looked down to find Angelica peacefully resting in his arms, and couldn't help but smile. There were no nightmares that night, and they both slept perfectly, so maybe this day would be better than the last ones, it wouldn't hurt to hope. He slowly stroked the girl's bangs, feeling the soft hair slide through his fingers. He then leaned down and lightly kissed her forehead, and even though this wasn't his intention, it had woken the other up. She opened her beautiful sparkling eye, and looked at Aster with a smile.
"Hey...good morning, Aster." She said, and the older one gave a quick kiss on her cheek.
"Good morning, Angelica." He said tenderly, as they both sat up, and interlocked their fingers.
"That's actually the best I've slept in a while," Angelica said, "maybe you're a lucky charm."
Aster chuckled, "I wouldn't say that." He leaned closer, "I think you're my lucky charm though."
The girl lightly blushed and laughed nervously, "Do you say that to all the girls?"
"I'm not that kind of person." The other responded, "Sure girls are always following me, but they just do because I'm popular, and because they're like 'He's so hot!'" He mocked a fan girl's voice, and that made Angelica laugh.
"I know! Same situation here, except random boys and adults think I'd be good in bed with them." She gagged, even Aster cringed, "It's disgusting, not to mention I was forced to sell my body a long time ago, and I wasn't even a legal age to be doing that."
"That must have been hard." The boy sighed sympathetically, and Angelica nodded in return.
"Oh well, there wasn't really anything to do at the time. But I could never forget the greedy look on the men's faces when they saw me." Aster rubbed her hand softly, and she responded with a smile.
"On the plus side, some of them got arrested for contributing in illegal act. I had a teacher who got arrested, to which I wasn't really surprised."
"Why? He was a teacher." Aster asked, and Angelica shook her head.
"From what I've learned in all my years of being around this planet, not everything is what it seems. The teacher seemed nice enough, heck he even dressed up as duel monster one day," she laughed at the memory, "But I found him in a strip club, he was totally drunk and looked at the women as if they were giant statues of gold. Some student in my class followed me there, took a picture, and showed the rest of the grade. I mean, you can't blame them. It was a bit funny when he saw the photos taken, his face was priceless." She laughed again, and Aster looked a bit shocked.
"Didn't know you can be that evil." The girl looked at him, but then gave a genuine smile.
"I'm not evil. That teacher got what he deserved anyway, he had it coming. Besides, he's probably been released, or only has a few years left." She sighed, "All of that is in the past now. And now that I believe that I have a future, I plan to make it worthwhile." She suddenly hugged Aster, "I can't do it without you."
"And you won't." The other said, hugging her back, "I love you."
"I love you, too."
They pulled away slightly and kissed each other, enjoying the calm and loving moment. When they needed air, they broke apart, and smiled warmly at each other.
Something came to Angelica's mind, and she looked down, "What am I going to do about everyone else?"
Aster then remembered about the others, who were probably still not comfortable about the situation, he sighed, "Honestly, it depends. They are all different. Chazz is insanely stupid, Syrus is the type to be paranoid, Hassleberry is literally part dinosaur, Jim is calm, Axel is always aware of everything, Alexis is apprehensive, and Atticus is...well…I don't really know how to describe him."
"Hmm…" the girl thought, "Well...guess we'll just have to see what happens…"
"Are you sure? I don't want you to feel hurt." Aster caressed the other's cheek, and Angelica smiled.
"We won't know unless we try, right?" She said. The boy was still concerned, but he decided that she was right. He nodded.
"Alright. But I'll be by your side just in case." The other hugged him quickly again, before going to the bathroom to change. While she was in there, Aster decided to call Jaden in advance. He grabbed the device(don't know what it's called), and made the call. It took a while before someone picked up, and it was the duelist himself.
"What's up, Aster?" The brunette asked, and smiled, "You and Angelica got a good rest, huh?"
Aster blushed and was startled at the comment, "W-What?! D-Did you—"
"It's cool." Jaden assured, "Jesse and I went to check up on you an hour after you left, and we just saw you two together, so we let you be." The silvered hair boy sighed, but perked his head back up.
"Wait! Did you tell anyone?" He urged, and the other laughed.
"Of course we didn't! That's your job, not ours!"
Aster secretly felt relieved, then he focused to why he made the call in the first place, "Hey Jaden, I need your help in this."
Said duelist tilted his head in confusion, "With what?"
"Well…" Aster paused, "Angelica wants to talk to everyone else about what happened yesterday and…" he stopped, but Jaden didn't need anymore information to know what he meant.
"Oh...right…" He sighed, "We were talking to them while you two were gone. For the first half, they wouldn't believe a word we said. It took some time, but I think they understand, I'm not entirely sure though…you know how careful they can be, especially after…that…" he looked down, changing his mood.
Aster knew what Jaden was referring to. The incident where Yubel was going after Jaden, and that led to a lot of things that he still has trouble talking about. That's the reason why no one ever brings it up anymore, it had left a mark on all of them, though they choose to pretend as if it never happened. Even so, they all grew closer, and appreciated each other more. Jaden was more grateful than ever to have his friends, and he had even matured, but still kept his carefree like personality that drew everyone to him.
"Just…you and Jesse come with us, we might need the extra support." He replied, changing the subject a bit.
"Sure," Jaden looked up and forced a smile, "we'll be there. Later!" With that he hung up.
Just in time, Angelica had come out of the bathroom and looked at Aster with a smile, "What was that?"
"I was just calling Jaden to let him and Jesse know that we're going to the rest to talk." The older one said, "They'll be there, too."
"Alright then! Let's go." The girl took his hand in hers as they walked out the door, on their way to the Slifer Red Dorms.
*At the Slifer Red Dorms*
Jaden sighed as he laid back in bed, putting the device beside him. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to bring up what happened back then. Aster seemed a bit concerned. But he couldn't just forget, and act like it never happened. It always made him feel empty, and he would feel a bit sick. Just the thought of losing his friends again was devastating. And…
"Jesse…" he whispered to himself. That was probably the most frightening thought out of all of them, he didn't ever want to lose Jesse. If he lost his best friend again, he didn't know what he would do. Actually, the nightmare he had a while ago came rushing back, he remembered seeing Jesse cry for help, and he just faded away with one last word…
|It's your fault.|
Jaden felt tears forming, but tried his best to hide them. He just couldn't lose Jesse…
"Mornin' Jay!"
Speak of the devil…
Jaden didn't want to look at him, so he just took a deep breath, sat up, and tried to pull off his normal energetic attitude, "Hey Jess! Aster wanted us to stay here and help him and Angelica with talking to everyone else. You okay with that?"
"Sure. No problem." Jesse replied, but then he noticed that Jaden wasn't looking at him, "Somethin' wrong?"
"No!" The brunette replied, maybe a bit too fast, "Nothing's wrong!" He looked up and forced another smile. But Jesse knew that his smile wasn't real. He frowned.
"Are you sure?" He asked again, but just got a nod from the other, "Alright then…let's go." He turned and walked to the door, but before he could open it, he heard him.
"Jesse…?" Jaden said, and got up.
"Yeah? What—" Jesse turned around, but was stopped mid sentence when Jaden ran up and hugged him, almost making him lose his balance.
"J-Jaden?" He stuttered, looking at his friend with wide eyes, as he began to blush.
Jaden didn't answer at first, blinking away the tears in his eyes. But then he breathed out, and spoke, "Sorry…I just…" he pulled away and crossed his arms in an uncomfortable manner, "I don't know what got into me…and…" he looked at the ground, while emerald eyes were still staring at him in shock and confusion.
'Why did Jaden just hug me all of a sudden?' Jesse wondered, 'Was he thinking about something? That might explain his attitude. But…did it make him think about me?' He sighed, 'Well…it didn't bother me…it actually felt…nice…'
He walked up to Jaden and put a hand on his shoulder, making the brunette look at him in confusion.
"Y'know Jay…" Jesse smiled, "If you wanted a hug, you could've just asked. If it'll make you feel better."
Jaden smiled genuinely, to which Jesse was secretly thankful for, "Thanks, Jess…I don't know I just…couldn't help myself I guess…"
Jesse softly laughed, "It's fine, really."
For a few moments they stood there, not taking their eyes off each other. No words were needed at the moment. Jaden was appreciating his best friend's presence, and the fact that he was still here. He couldn't lose Jesse, and he wouldn't. He wouldn't let anything else take him again. That was a promise he had made to himself.
Finally, after many minutes of silence, there was a sudden knock on the door that made the two boys jump.
"Jaden? Jesse? Are you guys awake?"
"We need to talk about something."
They both glanced at the door, then at each other again.
"Isn't that Chazz?" Jesse whispered.
Jaden nodded, "Yeah, and it sounds like Axel is with him. He said they needed to talk with us."
"It's probably about Angelica." The other replied, and they both walked to the door and opened it to see, sure enough, Chazz and Axel standing there. But at the bottom of the stairs, they found everyone else, Syrus, Hassleberry, Jim, Alexis, Atticus, and Bastion.
"What's up?" Jaden asked, and Axel sighed.
"It's about yesterday. We feel that some people..." he glared at Chazz, "were overreacting."
"Yeah." Jim continued, "We wanna talk to the poor girl. It ain't her fault after all."
"Well, that's good." Jesse said, "Angelica and Aster are already on their way. So it won't be long."
"Okay then…" Syrus looked down, feeling a bit uncertain. They were all feeling the same. How were they going to apologize? Sure it would've been simple just to say sorry and move on, but it wasn't that easy, especially with how Angelica reacted yesterday. What if they weren't truthful? What if something went wrong? With all of these similar thoughts going through their minds, they hadn't noticed a pair approaching them.
"Hi, everyone."
They all jumped and faced the source of the voice, and as if thoughts were summoned, Angelica was standing there, with a faint smile, with Aster standing beside her as well.
Then a feeling of pity and guilt rushed through Chazz at the sight of the girl. He had acted so roughly towards her, without even asking for an explanation. How was he going to apologize? Especially considering the cold and blunt person he is, it wouldn't just come out normally.
"Angelica…" Alexis began, "We…we wanted to say sorry to you…for yesterday."
Bastion nodded, "We jumped to conclusions too fast. We should've waited for your reasoning."
Hassleberry joined in, "It's never right to abandon a soldier on the battlefield."
"We'd like to start over with you." Atticus said, "You know…get to know you more, as friends."
'Friends…' Angelica thought to herself, 'That's right…'
"I think you're a great girl." Jim added, "And now that we got the whole picture, we know you mean no harm."
"None of that was your fault." Syrus smiled, "We know that now. We're all really sorry for the way we treated you yesterday."
"We won't do something like that again." Axel said, "Rest assured, we won't be careless next time."
Angelica's smile grew brighter as she heard all those apologetic words. She knew they meant it, and that they were being sincere.
"Thank you all…for apologizing to me, and for believing in me. For believing that I'm not the monster you all saw." She said, and it made everyone smile back in relief. But then Jaden glanced at Chazz, who was still feeling uncomfortable, and hearing everyone else saying their apologies wasn't helping. The black haired duelist noticed Jaden's eyes on him, and sighed, knowing what the other was going to tell him. He walked past Axel, down the stairs, and up till we was standing a few feet away from Angelica. Aster was about to go up to him and scold, but the girl looked at him, telling him not to, so he stayed still, slightly glaring at Chazz. Angelica faced the boy in front of her again, feeling a bit nervous.
"I…" Chazz hesitated, then all of a sudden, he bowed in front of Angelica, shocking the rest around him, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry for attacking you the way I did yesterday, it wasn't cool at all! I should've just waited, but I just became angry and pushed you. I opened my big mouth like I usually do. Forgive me!" He said all these things without really thinking, but he couldn't just stand there and not say anything. Even for someone like him, harassing a girl because of a false assumption was low. Besides, Angelica was in a fragile state at the time, that only made matters worse. And when Aster has lashed out at him, it made him think about what he did. So it was now or never to say sorry.
Angelica blinked in surprise. She didn't expect Chazz to do this. From what she had gathered, he was usually a brutal person, who didn't really care about other people's feelings. But now he was bowing, apologizing to her truthfully. It actually brought a smile to the girl's face.
"I forgive you." She said, and Chazz stood up straight, "I forgive all of you. I can't bring myself to hold a grudge against any of you, nor can I blame you for the way you reacted. I'd probably react the same way. It's only natural, because nobody ever acts like a complete monster, at least…in normal people's standards." She giggled, "Point is, I'm not mad at any of you. And I'm really glad to have you as my friends." She gave off a bright smile, which made everyone feel assured, and they couldn't help but smile back.
Aster smiled as well, glad that everyone was alright with each other. He walked behind Angelica and put an arm around her shoulders, making eye contact with the girl. Then Atticus smirked.
"So…" he said teasingly, "are you two a thing? I'd really like to know~"
Alexis faced palmed, "Oh no…"
"What does that have to do with anything?" Aster deadpanned. Syrus looked at the couple in curiosity.
"I wanna know, too." He said, "Didn't you go to Angelica after she ran off? What happened after?"
"Not him too…" Jaden muttered.
"Yeah!" Atticus cheered, "You guys are cute together! I wanna know the details! It's love at first sight!"
"Aaaaannd…there they go." Jesse sighed.
"Stop being such a creep, lover boy!" Aster scolded. But unfortunately, that didn't go through Atticus's head.
"Come on!" The older boy said innocently, "This is a perfect match! What are you two planning to do together?" He thought about something, and then made a snap with his fingers.
"You know what I think?!" He exclaimed, "I think Angelica would make a great mother! Don't you~?"
Said girl and Aster both blushed furiously. Axel snorted and looked away, Jim covered his mouth with the back of his hand, Syrus had his hand over his face, Bastion was trying his best not to laugh, Chazz looked at Atticus in disbelief, Hassleberry smiled and faced the other direction, Jesse and Jaden were looking each other, trying not to burst out laughing at how embarrassed the couple looked, and Alexis walked up behind her brother and smacked him at the back of his head.
"Ow! What was that for?!" The taller one replied, "It was just a compliment!"
Everyone couldn't hold it in anymore, and they all burst out laughing at once. Jesse and Jaden were holding onto each other for support, Alexis just sighed in annoyance as everyone kept laughing.
"I swear…" she whispered.
"Th-Th-That's not funny!" Angelica shouted in embarrassment, her face still bright red, "Y-You don't just say that so casually!"
"Y-Yeah, you idiot!" Aster yelled, "We just got together! And you're here talking about that?!"
"What?! I didn't mean to sound rude! Lexi! Back me up here!" Atticus turned to his little sister, who shook her head.
"You're just being perverted, and creepy. There's nothing I could do for you." She replied, and backed away.
Jim then walked up to Alexis, "How do you live with this guy?" He whispered in her ear, and she shrugged in response.
"Beats me."
Angelica was still embarrassed after the comment. Of course, she knew the type of person Atticus is, but what threw her off was when he said that. How the hell does someone just bring that up?! 'Some things just can't be explained…' she thought.
*Later*
"You can do what?!"
"No way!"
"That's so cool!"
"How?!"
They were all sitting in the overly large room that Chazz had, and Angelica had just told them about her bracelet. The power it gave her over Earth, Fire, Water, Air, and Light. Normally, if people heard this, they'd laugh it off and think that it's totally unbelievable. But considering what the group had seen the past three years, they'd believe anything.
"Can you show us?!" Jaden asked eagerly, Jesse nodded.
"Yeah! It must be super cool!"
"Can you?" Syrus chimed in.
Angelica giggled at everyone's enthusiasm. She nodded, "Alright! Follow me!"
They all got up and followed Angelica outside, the wind was blowing nicely, and the sun was still shining. She took a deep breath, enjoying the cool wind brush against her face. Aster was behind her, admiring how the girl's hair flowed beautifully in the wind.
"First one…" Angelica turned around, grinning, "How about…" she looked at her bracelet, "Hmm….Air!"
She raised her hand, as the white gem began to glow brightly. The wind changed course, as it swirled around her like a tornado. Then, it lifted her up in the air, as she then pointed towards a pile of leaves that were scattered nearby. Wind picked up the leaves, as it went in a circular motion, following the pace of her moving finger. It went it many patterns, and even passed by the people at the bottom.
"Awesome!" Jaden exclaimed.
||I've never seen someone have the ability to do this.|| Yubel appeared beside him, ||Angelica really is something.||
Angelica then pulled a card out from her pocket, and the white gem glowed even brighter than before, she closed her eyes and lifted the card above her head, "Let the flow of wind guide you! As air itself parts ways in your appearance! Aéras, the Wind Goddess!"
A bright white beam shot out of the gem, as well as from Angelica's chest, as another tornado formed. Then, wings were shown through the storm of wind, as the tornado slowly disappeared.
Everyone below was in awe, as the goddess showed much maturity and wisdom in those shining grey eyes, and the wings that flapped against the air surrounding it. The gem in the middle of her wand was similar to the one on Angelica's bracelet, which showed their connection. The goddess looked down at everyone below, then at her original. Angelica nodded, and so did Aéras.
She flew around the group in circles, until they were lifted off the ground, and she led them towards the girl still in the air.
"We're flying?!" Bastion exclaimed.
"W-Woah!" Syrus looked down, a bit freaked out.
"Now this is amazing! Ain't it Sherley?" Jim looked at his pet crocodile, who growled in response.
"Can't say I've ever done this before." Axel said, "But this is pretty interesting to say the least!"
"Never been on a plane…" Hassleberry looked down, "But this is much better than that!"
"There he goes…" Alexis muttered as her brother was dancing in mid air.
Jaden laughed, "I haven't felt this in forever! This is so cool!"
Jesse glanced at the energetic brunette and smiled, "Couldn't agree more!"
Aster floated towards Angelica, and grabbed her hand, trying to regain balance. The girl chuckled, "Don't worry, you'll get used to it."
"I hope so…" Aster muttered.
Angelica looked at her bracelet again, and smiled, "Now then…let me show you Earth next!"
The green gem shone bright this time, as the ground shook slightly. Suddenly, a large rock pillar appeared out of the ground, followed by another one. She then brought her two hands, and clasped them together, making the pillars crumble. Vines began to come out as well, making tangles and patterns.
Just like before, she pulled another card out, and the green gem grew brighter in response, she closed her eyes, "Flowers bloom in your wake, the ground rumbles in your command, let matter know your presence! Gisa, the Earth Goddess!"
With the chant, came a large boulder, and a green beam of light cracked through the stone, and passed through Angelica. The whole rock broke down, and showed Gisa. She had kind green eyes and a band around her head made of leaves and some flowers. A bow was on her back, while in her hand was a wand with the green gem as well. She smiled warmly at everyone, and raised her hand. Flowers began to grow, blooming with many different colors, and as they grew, Aéras pushed her hand forward, making a large gust of wind blow the petals off, and making them scatter everywhere.
"So beautiful…" Alexis breathed, watching the flower petals float down.
"And romantic~" Atticus added with a smirk, which made the girl roll her eyes.
Jesse found himself looking at how the petals reflected into Jaden's chocolate brown eyes, how they mirrored the gentle float of each petal that passed, he mentally kicked himself and looked away though, afraid the brunette would have caught him, 'Dammit! Get a hold of yourself!'
Angelica hugged Aster's arm and sighed in content, this brought a smile to the boy's face. She then brought two more cards.
"I'm pretty sure everyone has already met these two, right?" She announced. Everyone thought for a moment, before smiling and nodding.
"Alright!" Angelica raised the two cards, "Fotiá and Neró! Come out!"
At the same time, the red and blue gems lightened up, causing two beams to come out of Angelica. She had gotten used to the feeling, so it wasn't painful anymore.
Swirls of fire roared as Fotiá came into view, with that recognizable stern face. Also, a large hurricane of water splashed away when Neró showed her mermaid tail and that childish smile. She was extra excited at the sight of the group of teens. She waved frantically, to which everyone waved back. Chazz gulped when Fotiá shot him a glare that meant, "I don't like you one bit."
"Looks like she still has a thing against you." Angelica giggled as she saw the look on the black haired boy's face.
"I'd be surprised if she didn't." Aster added.
"And what the hell is that supposed to mean?!" Chazz snapped back. The other boy shrugged in response.
"Go figure it out."
Chazz growled under his breath, wishing he could just knock him out. Of course, Fotiá already knew this, so she brought out her lava blade and pointed it towards him as a warning. Luckily, the duelist took the hint and slowly backed away.
"Okay guys, calm down!" Angelica said, "Fotiá? Neró? Why not show our friends some tricks?"
The fire goddess smirked, and the other goddess cheered. First, Fotiá made fireballs come out her hands, and shot them randomly somewhere. At that time, Gisa has rock pillars come out right on time, so the fireballs hit them. Then, Fotiá closed her eyes, and made a certain motion with her hands. As she was doing this, blazes of were forming, and later, creating a large dragon. They all gasped as the dragon roared, flying around in circles, then disappearing into the ocean near the cliff. The red eyed goddess glanced at Neró, who nodded, knowing she was next. So the mermaid dove down into the water, and shot out with a large stream following her. She laughed as water splashed against the people nearby, having so much fun showing off. The water followed the movement of her hands, following the rhythm of her fluid swings. Finally, Neró flew a good distance above, with the stream trailing nearby, she grabbed all the water within her hands, compressing it, and letting it all out in a large spray, making it look and feel like rain. Because of this rain, and the sun still high in the sky, a beautiful rainbow formed, leaving everyone in astonishment.
Jesse smiled at the sight, and didn't notice Ruby Carbuncle appear on his shoulder, "Rubbiiii"
"Oh hey Rubi!" Jesse said, "Wanna see the rainbow?"
The small creature nodded, and sat down. Winged Kuriboh also came out in it's spirit form, "Kuri! Kuri!"
"You too, pal?" Jaden asked, and the spirit nodded eagerly, resting on the boy's shoulder.
Angelica looked at the duel monsters and giggled, but stopped when she heard something. It sounded like...another dragon. She looked at the rainbow, and smiled again, Jaden, Jesse, and Chazz also noticed something.
"Hey...isn't that…?" Jaden breathed
"Rainbow Dragon…" Jesse finished, and saw the card glowing, 'Of course it would be you.'
Aster went behind Angelica and wrapped his arms around her waist, "This is beautiful, Angelica."
The girl blushed and chuckled, "I do my best. I've never actually done this, or shown all of this to anyone."
"Really?" Aster sounded surprised, "Not even in any of your past lives?"
Angelica shook her head, "Never." She closed her eyes and rested against the boy holding her, "But it feels great. Especially…with you."
Aster blushed, and kissed her forehead, "I wouldn't have it any other way."
They watched as the last drops of rain poured down, and Neró let out another childish laugh, playfully bowing. It would be rude not to clap, so they did, while they were slowly being lifted down until they reached the ground. All the goddesses waved, as the group waved back, then the four looked at Aster, and smiled at him, before disappearing into the cards, and Angelica's soul.
"That was epic!" Jaden exclaimed, and everyone agreed.
"That was probably a one in a lifetime experience. It's not everyday people can do that." Axel stated.
"No kidding. We were in mid air for crying out loud!" Syrus added.
Jaden nodded, but then a thought came to his head, "Wait a second. I wonder—"
"Ahem!"
They all turned to the attention to someone who had just arrived. It was Dr. Crowler, though he didn't look too happy, "I let you off the hook these past few days in consideration of the new student and her…conditions…" he glanced at Angelica for a split second, "but that does not mean you should just disappear from class for any longer! I suggest you get to them this instant!"
"Okay Crowler." Alexis said.
"As for you Angelica…" he looked at the girl, "You shall have your classes with Jaden and his friends, they will direct you to your assigned room. Is there any problems or complaints that you have?"
"Of course not!" Angelica beamed, "I love it here! I have no problem with taking the classes you spoke of."
"That's good to hear." Crowler replied, "If you have anything you need to say, just come to me or Chancellor Sheppard. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Dr. Crowler." The girl replied.
With that, the teacher left. Jaden let out a sigh of relief, "Man…I thought we'd be totally busted."
"We still gotta go to class, Jaden." Alexis pointed out, and the brunette groaned.
"Dang it…" he muttered.
Syrus looked at Angelica, "How can you be so…polite?"
The girl blinked in confusion, "What do you mean how?"
"You really don't know how Crowler really is?" Chazz scoffed.
"I do." She responded, "I just want to be polite. Can't be acting like someone who couldn't care less."
"Guess you're right…"
Bastion walked ahead, "We should probably get going, before he comes back to scold us again. I don't want to end up missing class either."
"We're coming." Jaden groaned, and Angelica giggled. She then turned to Aster.
"I'll see you after…" she said tenderly, walking closer to him.
"Yeah…" the boy smiled, and ran his hand through the white silver-ish hair. They both leaned in, letting their lips touch again in another kiss. Atticus was gonna go on another teasing session, but Alexis pinched him, so luckily that wasn't going to happen. Nobody said anything to ruin the moment. Chazz scoffed and looked away, while the rest were just staring and smiling.
When the two broke apart, they looked around and blushed, "Uh…"
"Don't mention it." Jim said, "It's fine."
"Let's go already." Bastion said urgently. They all rolled their eyes and took off, with Angelica blowing a kiss towards Aster before leaving. The silver haired boy couldn't get rid of the smile on his face.
'I must be the luckiest guy in the world.'
*In class*
Angelica entered the class with the rest, where Dr. Crowler was waiting for them, "Well, it's nice of you to finally join us."
"Excuse our interruption." The girl replied politely, the teacher nodded.
"Just try not to let it happen again."
People were whispering to each other, most likely about Angelica. As they sat down, Jaden overheard a conversation.
"You know, there's a rumor going around that Angelica and Aster are paired up."
"What?! Why her?!"
"Who knows? She is really pretty…"
"Idiot! Aster should be mine!"
"Pipe down would you? There are a bunch of girls like you who would want Aster as their boyfriend."
"Does it look like I care? Aster is too cute to be with a weirdo like Angelica!"
"Apparently, someone saw them walking towards the Ra Yellow Dorm, and they were holding hands."
"Grrr…it's not fair!"
"Are you jealous?"
"I'm mad that Aster Phoenix didn't choose me!"
Jaden sighed. He almost forgot about all of the fan girls that the pro duelist has. It wouldn't be surprising if most of them became bitter and jealous. Same goes for Angelica's fans…
Which brings us to the conversation Angelica overheard from the people a few seat away.
"Angelica looks so cute! Not to mention hot!"
"Oh save your breath, she's already with Aster Phoenix. Didn't you know?"
"Ugh! Seriously?! She goes for the popular boy?!"
"She probably just wants fame. And she covers it up by looking all innocent."
"That pro duelist is such a show off! What does Angelica see in him?! She should have been with me!"
"Why? So you can pull her into bed?"
"Shut your mouth! I'm not a player!"
"Sure…"
Angelica groaned and put her hand against her forehead in annoyance. This made the teens stop talking. The girl was frustrated that people thought of her like that. She was being ridiculed because of who she loves, and the boys who wanted a chance with her were just being jealous, 'What was I supposed to expect? Aster is a pro duelist, and I'm thought of as hot, pretty, and cute. Jeez...this is not going to be easy.'
Alexis was sitting with her friends, Mindy and Jasmine, who were also gossiping.
"I can't believe that hot Aster Phoenix is with someone else!" Mindy complained, "Plus, that Angelica just came to the academy! We haven't even seen her duel!"
"Alexis! Don't you think it isn't fair?!" Jasmine faced the blonde.
"You both are blind." Alexis responded, "I think they're perfect for each other."
"Are you serious?!" The two snapped back.
"Look," Alexis slightly glared, "You two think Aster is hot. From the way I see it, Angelica doesn't squeal like a little girl every time he comes near. Aster isn't like other boys either, he doesn't think of her as a toy, or a living decoration to make him look good. They both love each other, from bottom to top, and inside and out. There's nothing to it. So I would appreciate it if you would both stop complaining like five year olds and get over your crushes."
Jasmine and Mindy stood silent for a moment, before growling a little.
"And what about you?!" Mindy said, "What about Jaden? Shouldn't you get over your crush on him?!"
The blonde clenched her fists, "Jaden has nothing to do with this." She looked away.
"Whatever." Jasmine glanced in another direction.
Angelica knew what happened, she can easily probe into Alexis's mind to figure out what was happening. She sighed, 'This is not going to be easy…'
"Alright! Alright! Settle down!" Crowler announced, "Don't know what you students are babbling about this time, but pay attention!"
There were at least few people who weren't crushing on the two, that actually thought of them as a cute couple. So they ignored their friend's complaints and whines most of the time, and tried to tell them why they were a perfect match. But, there wasn't any chance that the jealousy would die down so quickly.
Now, the girls who were mad about Aster being with someone else did want something to happen, they all just waited. But, there were a group of three girls who have had a crush on him for the longest time. The leader, named Khartai(car • ti), who had magenta hair with red tips, and was in the Obelisk Blue rank, had run past Aster when they were both kids, wanting to talk to him ever since, but never got the chance because of his ever growing popularity as a duelist. That's the reason why she joined Duel Academy, to be a better duelist, to join the pro leagues, and to meet Aster Phoenix face to face. But now that Angelica has been paired up with him, her hatred grew.
"Damn that Angelica…" she sneered, "I'll get her…"
The girls were secretly planning something, raising their hatred towards Angelica, for being pretty, for attracting Aster, and for claiming him. Unknowingly, their dark emotions were attracting someone else…
||Oh? What's this? Jealousy and rage for Angelica? I can't have that. But then again…||
She laughed.
||If they want Aster so badly, I can help them with that…let's just hope my lighter half won't take this too personally…||
/Pacify her./
/She's getting on my nerves./
/You don't love her./
/Stop lying with those words./
*Author's Note*
I am officially a year older! Yay!
My birthday was on the 18th, I was planning on posting this chapter on that day, but I got caught up in a lot of stuff. So yeah...my bad…
Not done with the mask thing, still need the materials.
Anyway! I love how this chapter came out, except for the fact that people don't really like the new pairing…how could you not?!
Aaand…Korísatanikí is back and wants to do something else, just great. She even found someone to help her with it. The new oc, Khartai. I imagine her as someone who says "Finders keepers!" So yeah, because she went all the way to duel academy and has had the longest crush on Aster, she thinks he should be her boyfriend…yeah I know some girl in my old elementary school who used to be like this, so I guess you can say I based it off of her.
We're at the 10 mark! Woohoo! Did you like the fluff and corny quote? Poor Jaden and Jesse are still confused.
Thank you presea221. You are amazing! 3
Byyyeeee!