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Chapter 13 - The Gift of Surprise
"LLLAAAAVVVIIIISSSSS!!!!!!"
It was mid day as a voice cried out in despair. The owner of said voice ran throughout the corridors of the classrooms, passing a few students on his way but none were the one that he was searching for.
"LAVISS!!" cried the voice again as he continued to run. Looking around frantically, he ran a corner and soon spotted a couple of Ra students walking by. "HEY!! HEY!!" he cried as to get their attention "Hey! Do you happen to know where Laviss is!? It's really, really important!!"
The Ra duelists looked at each other before one of them spoke.
"That's that one red head girl that's always hanging around Bastion… right?" he said
"YEAH!! YEAH!! Do you know where she is!?"
The Ra shook his head along with his friends "No, haven't seen her."
The person groaned and continued his search for the red head "LAVISS!! LAVISS!!"
The Ra looked at the frantic duelist as he disappeared around the corner "What's up with him?" he said out loud. His friends shrugged as they heard the duelist from the other corridor.
"LAVISS!!" the person cried as he ran out the building "LAVISS!!"
Coming outside, the duelist ran at the speed of light but he soon stopped as he spotted one lonely duelist walking in the opposite direction in which he was going. His eyes widen as he identified the duelist and in no time did he ran towards the person.
"LAAAAAVVVIIIISSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The lilac eyed girl looked over at who was calling her name, but she didn't get a good look at the person as she was tackled to the ground by that said person.
"LAVISS!! I FINALLY FOUND YOU!!" cried the person as he lay on top of her
The red head tried to shake her dizziness off; though that only took a few seconds before she narrowed her eyes in annoyance "Jaden…" she said as calmly as she could "Why… in Ra's name… are you… SCREAMING MY NAME!?"
The Slifer looked confused for a minute but then suddenly he remembered why he wanted searched everywhere for her "Oh yeah!! LAVISS IS IT TRUE THAT YOU SAW CHAZZ LEAVE!!"
Laviss winced as Jaden screamed in her ear "Volume Jaden!! And will you… GET OFF OF ME!!"
Jaden titled his head before he realized that he was still on top of her. "Sorry!!"
The red head shook her head and took his helping hand "Now what were you saying?"
Jaden looked at her with the utmost serious face he could possibly make "Is it true that you saw Chazz leave the island."
Laviss couldn't help but raise a brow at the Slifer "Jaden… did Alexis tell you this?"
He shook his head "I heard it from Sy, who heard it from Chum, who heard it from the guy that sits next to him in Banners class, who heard it from his best friend, who overheard another guy telling it to another guy, who heard it from an Obelisk from his girlfriend, who she said that she heard it from a bunch of Ras, who they overheard a couple of Obelisks talking to someone's cousin's sister's best friend, who heard it from this guy who's sister is friends with Mindy, who heard it from Alexis."
Laviss just looked at him, speechless, as he panted from his none stop sentence. "… What did you JUST say right now!?"
"Didn't you listen!?" exclaimed Jaden, but groaned as he saw the Ra shake her head
"Can't you shorten it?" she asked
"Ok…" Jaden took a deep breath before letting it out "I heard it from Sy."
"Oh." said Laviss as Jaden nodded dumbly "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE!?" she cried making the Slifer winced
"I did!" he retorted
"Yeah, along with useless information that I didn't need to know." she said as she crossed her arms "Besides, how in the world were you able to remember that, let alone saying it?"
Jaden shrugged his shoulders "I don't know."
Laviss let out a definite sigh "Jay, you do know that was six days ago… right."
"I know."
"Then why are you asking me now?"
"Uh… see the thing is… I kind of… forgot… to ask you about it." Jaden said as he put one hand behind his head "I kept on forgetting, but that was until I remembered today to ask you."
The Ra sweat dropped at the Slifer's response "THAT'S why you've been screaming my name for the past hour!"
"I just needed to know, from you, if it was true." he said sincerely
Laviss' face soften as she looked at Jaden "It's true, Jay."
Jaden sighed as he nodded "Well this just great! I've lost my dueling rival!! Where am I gonna find another one!?"
The Ra inwardly smiled as she heard her friend 'Seems he can make even the saddest moments happy.' Looking at the Slifer an idea came into mind "What about Sy?" she suggested
He shook his head "Nah. Sy would be scared to death if I say he's my new dueling rival."
"Hm… you got a point there." she said "And it can't be Bastion, as he's preparing for his own duel with you."
"Yeah… HEY!! What about Zane?"
"I doubt Zane would want you to be your dueling rival." Laviss said in disbelief "I mean its not that you're good enough Jay, but I think he would be annoyed at the fact that you would want to duel him day after day."
"Then… who?"
The Ra thought for a minute before saying "Alexis?"
Jaden contemplated about it but then shook his head again "No… I mean Lex is good, but I don't want her to be my rival."
"Why?" she asked as she raised a brow "`Cuz she's a girl? Is that it?"
Jaden looked at the Ra before waving his hands defensively "NO!! NO!! You got it all wrong!! It's not like that!! I mean I wouldn't mind if my rival was a girl!! It's just that… well…. I mean… its not that I hate girls… but… I mean I've seen some who are great duelists and all… and they rock too… it's just… w-well it's just…"
Laviss looked at Jaden oddly as he kept rambling 'O…k… this is getting weird.'
But soon Jaden stopped talking as he had a great idea popped in his head "Hey!! What if you were to be my dueling rival!?"
The red head stood there, gaping at Jaden. She was shocked and surprised at what he said. Never in a million years would she think that he would even suggest her to be his rival.
"What about it Lavs?" he said excitingly ignoring the fact that she was gapping at him "I mean, I've never seen you duel and I've been wondering what your deck is. I've seen almost everyone else's, but never yours… so what do you say? Will you?"
Laviss gulped and stared at her friend "Uh… mm… well Jay… I would like to… but… uh…"
"But what?" he asked, oblivious of her sudden nervousness
"Well… it's just… um…" Laviss quickly looked for something or anything that would drive Jaden's mind away from asking her to be his dueling rival. But she came out empty as she saw nothing of interest… or anyone that would help her situation.
"HEY LAVISS!!" cried out a voice
'BINGO!!' she thought was she saw Alexis coming their way. "Hey Lex!! What do you need!?" she said rather happily as she was more than glad that the Obelisk had shown up
Alexis gave a wave at the two as she joined them "Laviss, Chancellor Sheppard told me, he wants to see you in his office."
She mentally thanked Sheppard and began heading towards his office "Thanks for telling me Lex." she said as she turned to the puzzled Slifer "Sorry Jay but I gotta run."
And no sooner did she leave the two behind a trail of dust. What nobody noticed was that a strange shadow was following her all the way up to the Chancellor's office.
Clouds roamed the sky as one black haired student came out from the gigantic forest of the island, his eyes settling on the Slifer Dorm. Adjusting the strap on his shoulder, he made his way over to the two story building. That was until he spotted the small Slifer sitting on the stairs of the Dorm.
"Hey Bastion" said Syrus as he spotted the Ra. Bastion nodded his head at him as he gave his hello. "What brings you out here?"
"I was wondering if you've seen Laviss today." he said hopingly. But Sy shook his head making Bastion let out a sigh of disappointment. He looked around the premises to find any sign that might lead him to his missing friend. "But maybe, wherever she is, Jaden's probably with her." he suggested
This caught the boy's attention "What do you mean?"
"Well, Jay wanted to ask Lavs something. So he began searching for her. For the past hour or so he's been calling her name out loud. As far as I've heard, he stopped yelled. So I'm guessing he found her... that or he's eating somewhere. "
Bastion let the information sink in and looked around once more "Can you tell me in what direction Jaden left."
"Uh…" Sy thought about it for a moment before pointing in the direction where the bridge, that connected the road to the Slifer Dorm, was. "He went that way… and, I think, headed to the classrooms."
"Thank you." Bastion said as he followed the Slifer's directions
As he crossed over the bridge Bastion couldn't help but look down at his side at the brown bag that he carried. He readjusted the strap that was attached to it and made his way to where Jaden might be with Laviss. It wasn't long before he encountered another familiar face whilst coming towards the classrooms. Once he spotted the familiar Obelisk he jogged his way over to her.
"Alexis, you wouldn't happen to know where Jaden is would you?" he asked
"Jaden? I just saw him… I think he was heading to his dorm." she said
"Was Laviss, be any chance, with him?"
"Well she was with him." she said as Bastion gave her a questioning look "I saw her with him, but only for a little while since I was told by Chancellor Sheppard to tell her that she was need at his office."
Bastion nodded at the Obelisk "So she's with Chancellor Sheppard."
"Yeah, and she might be there for a while. The Chancellor seemed… anxious… well somewhere along those lines." she said and lowered her sight to the bag that he carried "If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to talk to Laviss?"
"Oh… well I just want to give her something." he said as he tried to put the bag out of view
"Can I ask what that something is?" Alexis said with a sly smile
"Nothing much, just a few pieces of paper that she forgot." he said smoothly
The blonde didn't seem convinced as he kept the bad out of her sight. "So… you're looking for Laviss JUST to give her a few pieces of paper." she raised a brow "Those must be very important if you're doing all of this."
"What are you getting at?" he asked suspiciously
Alexis shrugged her shoulder innocently "Nothing. I'm just saying that those papers must be important for you to be looking for Laviss at this very moment. When you could've waited until later on in the day to give them to her; like after dinner or something."
A light shade of pink appeared on Bastion's face. He turned his face away so Alexis wouldn't see him, but the Obelisk knew too well of what Bastion was trying to do "I… I just want to give her, her papers right now so as I won't forget to do so later on." he replied back
"Yeah… you don't seem like the type to forget something important." she grinned
Bastion gave a fake cough as he turned his back to her "Goodbye Alexis." he said as he headed to the Ra Dorms.
Alexis shook her head as she saw the Ra walk away from her. Once he was out of her sight, she sighed and made her way to her Dorm.
Laviss slightly leaned against the wall and took a minute to catch her breath. She let out a huge sigh as she faced the Chancellor's door. Looking both ways of the corridor, she saw no one there.
'Weird… I thought I saw someone…' Laviss shook her head as to get rid of the idea of being perused
Pushing herself off the wall, Laviss looked back at the door again. Walking towards it she knocked three times and entered the room once she heard a 'come in' from within. Inside she saw the cheery Chancellor behind his desk.
"Ah! Laviss, we've been expecting you." said Sheppard as he stood from his desk.
"We've?" she said as she scanned the room. Her eyes then landed on a guy that stood in the back of the room.
His back was facing her as he stood facing a painting that was hanging on the wall. Whoever that person was had long black hair tied in a low ponytail and wore a long blue jacket with black slacks and shoes.
Her eyes then widen as she saw the man turn around.
"Hey, Laviss." said the man as he smiled at her
Sheppard smiled as well as he looked at the two "Well I'll leave you two to be." he said and soon headed for the door
Laviss could only stare at the man in front of her, though it wasn't long before she uttered two small words making the man smile even greater. "Kiba… kun."
And that's about what Sheppard hear before closing the door.
A few hours later…
"WHY!? WHY!?" cried out Laviss as she dropped herself dead on the blue covers of the bed she was on. "WHY LEX!? WHY!?"
Alexis shrugged her shoulder as she saw the whining Ra crying over her bed "You tell me, and we only have like a few more days till you leave."
Laviss groaned "DON'T REMIND ME!!" she cried from her position
Alexis could only sigh as she sat near the female Ra, patting her back in comfort "Don't worry, besides you'll be back earlier… right."
"I don't know." the red head then stood up as she switched positions from the bed to the carpet floor. "All I know is that I'm going to hell once I leave the island!"
The blonde couldn't help but raise a brow at the Ra's words "Is your family really THAT bad?"
"No, it's just… well…" Laviss let out a huge sigh was she turned her head to the Obelisk "One of my brothers isn't really fond of my father… and well… lets just say one should always leave the room when the two are in the same room. It's especially bad when it comes to Christmas."
"Wow…" was all Alexis could say, but she wasn't convinced with her answer "But that CAN'T be the reason why you're so distressed."
"You're right… well actually that's part of it…" Laviss said as she played with her fingers
"Well… then what's the other part?" she asked as she saw the girl tense up. What confused her even more was the smile that she received from Laviss.
"Let's just stick with it being hell for now." she said before standing up
Alexis looked at the Ra as she near her bedroom balcony. 'What are you hiding Laviss?'
The sky was about to set as yellow boots kicked the dirt off the ground. It was a little while later that the lilac eyed girl left Alexis' lavish bedroom. Laviss could only laugh inwardly whenever she visited Alexis' room.
'So prim and clean, like royalty.' She shook her head as she thought of that.
It wasn't that she was jealous of her... to live in an overly furnished dorm. No, living in a place like that would only make her feel uncomfortable. Laviss lowered her eyes as that thought reminded her of her home… which brings her back to the issue of her returning back there.
Laviss looked up at the sky as she ran her fingers through her red hair. There was a reason why Laviss visited Alexis and that was to regain any sanity that she had left from her conversation in Sheppard's office… the conversation she had with her brother.
Flashback
"Kiba… kun." mumbled Laviss as she hear Chancellor Sheppard close the door
"Yo!" but that was about as much as he could've said as he was being hugged to death by the red head
"I can't believe that you're here!!" she said as she felt him returned her hug
The one named Kiba chuckled as he looked down at the 15 year-old "I missed you too Laviss." he said as he separated himself from her
Laviss smiled greatly and took a look at her brother once more "I can't believe it… I just can't believe it!!"
"Well I can't believe that you're in a skirt…OW!!" Kiba said as he nursed his injured shoulder "Why'd you do that for!?"
"Did you HAD to bring the skirt into the conversation!" she said, obviously ticked off
"Well you know I couldn't resist." he said and flashed her a smile
Laviss had to stop the urge of rolling her eyes at her brother. It was then that she noticed something different about him since the last time she saw her brother "Hey! You actually got your ears pierced." she said as she looked at the beige fanged earrings dangling on both of his ears "How did you manage that without being murdered by Koi-kun?"
"For your information, I'm 22 and a grown man, "Koi-kun" doesn't control my life."
"Yeah… except for those… I don't know, few years where you still live in his house. Which by the way, you still do."
"Hey, the house is big and he would feel lonely if I left." Kiba said in a baby voice "Besides I got him to negotiate with me on getting these bad boys."
"Which would be?" she said as he shrugged his shoulders
"Meh… only to serve him for an eternity."
Laviss couldn't help but a raise a brow at him "Yeah right. The day you serve him for an eternity is the day Koi-kun and father would get along."
"Sheesh I was only kidding. Didn't have to bring in Koi's everlasting grudge on your father." he mumbled
"So what's the real reason?"
Kiba grinned as he pressed his forefinger onto her forehead "I'm. Not. Telling. You." he sang as he poked her at each word he said.
The Ra twitched with annoyance. She tried swatting her brother's hand away, only to meet with air as he pulled away. "So why are you here?" she said while rubbing her forehead
"I'm just here to relay a message." he said as he walked over to Sheppard's desk and started to fiddle with the name plate that was on the desk
"A message?" she said surprised "From?"
"Koi and the craze nutcase." he said as he went around the desk and sat himself on the chair
"Why didn't they just phone me?"
"Don't know. Besides, I wanted to see you as well. So in actuality this benefited the three of us."
Laviss took the time to let what he said sink in. That and watch Kiba spin around in Sheppard's chair like a little kid "What is it?"
Her brother stopped spinning around as she asked. He leaned forward against the desk with his fingers laced together. He paused for a second or two before he looked straight forwards and told her "You're coming home early for your winter break."
"WHAT!!?" Laviss yelled as Kiba winced at her tone
"I knew you would do that. Why didn't I come prepared." he whined as he cleaned out his ears, making sure that his hearing was still in tack
"What do you mean that I'm coming home early!?"
"I mean it like I said it. Now will you please come down?" Kiba pleaded
Laviss breathed in and out before she balled up her hands into fists and slamming them down on the desk. "WHY? Just tell me why!?"
Kiba's faced soften as he saw his little sister get frustrated "You really don't want to come home with us?"
The red head looked confused, but shook it off and looked straight into her brother's eyes "Don't even go there… just tell me."
"Alright…" he said as he stood up from the chair "Koi and the craze nutcase thought it would be best to… get yourself acquainted with some people in order to… let say… to better you in meeting people outside our family."
Disbelief crossed Laviss' face as she scoffed "You're kidding me! That's why!"
Kiba shrugged "Basically."
Laviss could not believe at what her older brother said; she just couldn't. She placed a hand over her eyes and groan "Please tell me that I'm going to come back early."
"Can't say if you will. Besides, it's not going to be THAT bad. The people you're gonna meet are really nice-"
"Yeah and who don't know I'm alive." she said
"Well you're going meet them, whether you like it or not." he said though the only thing he heard from her was a loud band.
Kiba just smiled as Laviss had her head against the desk.
End of Flashback
Laviss could not resist sighing as she kicked the dirt once more. "I can't believe this." she said as she continued her way to the Ra Dorms.
Closing the door of her room, Laviss looked around her room to see Sonic Shooter floating above her bed. She crossed the room and laid on her bed, facing her monster spirit as he turned over to see her.
"What's wrong?" Shooter asked
"Nothing…" she responded lamely
"Sure…" he stressed as he crossed his arms together "Nothing my butt. Look at you. Clearly there's something wrong, you just don't want to talk about it."
"Shooter, please don't start. Ok, I just had a… bad day, if you can call it that."
Shooter looked at the Ra before shrugging "Fine, I'll go along. But if you wanna talk, I'm here you know."
Laviss nodded her head "I know S-"
But she couldn't finish her sentence as a loud knock was made on her door. Lifting her head up, she turned to Shooter and made a motion with her head. Getting the message, he disappeared from the room.
Knowing that Shooter was gone, Laviss stood up and headed over to her door. She opened the door only to find no one.
'Strange…' she thought only to feel something bump her feet.
Looking down she saw a small box wrapped in green with a red bow on top. Picking the package she turned it around only to find a card sticking out with her name written in silver cursive with a blue paw print next to it. Laviss took a step outside and looked both ways of the corridor but found no one around.
Laviss looked down at the package once more and smiled as she re-entered her room. Hearing the door close, did a shadow popped up from the corner of the corridor. The figure stood in the darkness for a while before blending with the shadows of the hallway.
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