Ani: (runs around in a circle scream her head off) NO!! NO!!!! NNNNNNOOOOO!!!!

Chazz: what the hell is wrong with her!?!

Angel: she had midterms! Damn teachers! Doing this to poor little nut cases around the world! BURN THE TESTS!!

Indi: ANGEL!!

Angel: yes Indi?

Indi: don't burn things again!

Angel: can't I burn our science teacher?!

Indi: ...just this once

Angel: YAY!! (runs off with flamethrower in hand)

Indi: since she's in a good mood, I guess this chap will be interesting! ANI!! DISCLAIMER!!

Ani: (stops screaming and looks at Indi) YAY!! LAWYERS!!

Lawyers: (wearing armor and are banging on the door) SUE! SUE! SUE!

Ani: ARMOR!! DAMMIT!! WAIT! I KNOW!! (pulls out box, opens it over Lawyers and lets the snow bury them alive) YOU CAN'T DEFEAT THE CRAZY PEOPLE!! MWHAHAHHHA!! We only own OCs and idea!

Chapter 21: Which Will he Choose?

"Sssssssoooooooooo," Tara said. "What do we do with all these passed out people?" she pointed to Hassleberry, Blaire, Alexis, Zane, Bastion, Atticus, Chazz, Jesse, Jim and Syrus. They had been out for a good 10 minutes after the conversation about the Halloween of BOOMS!! and they were getting worried. "Should I get my grenade again?"

"No" Kyle said. "Its Layla's turn." This caused Layla to grin evilly. "What are you thinking? Wait, I'm scared to find out!"

"It's nothing TO bad!" Layla said running into Chazz's, well, her suite. She stayed in their for a few moments and came back out with a bag of, well, I DON'T WANNA KNOW!! "This is gonna be fun!"

"Layla…" Jaden said, voice very stern. "Don't kill them alright!"

"Fine!" she said rolling her eyes as she started to rummage again. "AHA!" she pulled out something that looked flammable! O god. She went over to Zane, Atticus Hassleberry and Chazz and put something in their shirts. "STAND BACK LADIES!!" She pulled a match out of thin air a put the strings on fire and backed away really fast. She pushed back the others and grabbed her bag in the process. "As far as they know, Kyle did it. Agreed?"

"Agreed" Jaden and Tara said. "AND WHAT DID YOU DO!!"

"I don't agree!" Kyle shouted.

"You'll find out and you're out voted! Now, watch!" they waited a few seconds and then they heard little cracks "MWHAHAHAHA!!" Zane, Atticus, Hassleberry and Chazz all sprung up and started running around in pain. "DANCE PUPPETS!! DANCE!!!" Layla held out her hands to make it look like she was holding puppet strings. As the boys were screaming like preppy high school girls that just broke a nail, the others jumped up and saw the sight in front of them and started to laugh their butts off. "I LOVE FIRE CRACKERS!! MWHAHAHAHA!!"

"WHAT IN SAM HILL IS THIS!?!?" Hassleberry shouted. "GET IT OFF ME!!"

"HELP ME FIRST!!" Chazz shouted over him. "MY PERFECT CHEST IS GONNA BE GONE AFTER THIS!!!"

"WHAT ABOUT MY FACE!?!!?" Atticus shouted. "MY BEAUTIFUL FACE WILL BE RUINED!! WAH!!!" anime tears started to fall from his eyes while he was running around.

"KYLE!!!" Zane said more fire in his eyes rather than on his shirt. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THIS FOR?!!?"

"IT WAS LAYLA!!!" Kyle shouted, pointing at Layla who just looked innocent with a little halo above her head.

"LAYLA'S NOT THIS BAD!! NOT EVEN TARA!! YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO ALMOST BLEW UP A NEIGHBORHOOD!! AND JADEN WOULD NEVER DO THIS TO US!!" Zane retorted back.

"DAMN YOU LAYLA YU!!!!" Kyle shouted.

"RUN GUYS!! RUN!!!" Layla shouted, grabbing Jaden and Tara by the wrists and pulling them into the forest. "TRY AND CATCH US NOW!!!" she said laughing maniacally.

"JUST YOU WAIT!!" Kyle shouted, starting to run after them.

"PUT OUT THE DAMN FIRE KYLE!!" the four boys shouted at him.

"FINE!!" Kyle ran into Tara and Layla's room and pulled out a fire extinguisher. "HOLD STILL DAMMIT!!!" they all stood in a line and he set off the extinguisher. But it wasn't foam that came out, it was, well, I don't know, but it was white and wasn't supposed to be in there. It covered Hassleberry and the others from head to toe. Whatever it was it put out the fire and fire crackers pretty well.

"Thanks for the save," they said together. "BUT WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SPRAY US WITH!?!?" Kyle looked at the extinguisher label. He found what he was looking for. Contents: toothpaste. Kyle's eyes widened and he started to role around on the ground. "WHAT ARE WE COVERED IN?!?!"

"TOOTHPASTE!!"

"DAMMIT KYLE!!!" they started to shake like dogs to get the stuff off them.

"Wasn't my fault! It was in Layla's and Tara's room!" they walked off. But Kyle could have swore that he heard. "I need a shower!" from all of them. He looked at all the others who were left. "You guys enjoyed it though, right?"

"Yup!" Jesse said grinning. "It was pretty dang funny!"

"Uh mate?" Jim asked. "Where did the others get to?"

"I say by the speed at which they were going-" if I start to try and translate whatever the hell he says, my brain will explode! Just put in whatever you see fit! "-(scienceie talk blah blah blah) they must be pretty far into the forest by now. Who should go in and get them?"

"I better go and make sure my brother doesn't do anything rash while he's pissed." Syrus said starting to walk to the Slifer dorm.

"I'm gonna stay here and make sure Kyle doesn't blow anything up, again!" Jesse said folding his arms over his chest.

"AND I'M GONNA STAY HERE IF KYLE STAYS!!" Blaire declared while glomping Kyle.

"If Shirley doesn't get something to eat soon, I may be in trouble." Jim said walking to the cafeteria.

"And I have a test to study for." Bastion said walking back to the red dorm.

"Guess it's just me then." Alexis said with a sigh. She walked into the forest and walked in silence for a few minutes. "I wonder how far they got into this stupid forest!" just then, she heard some leaves up in a tree move. She ignored it and kept on walking. Boy, was that a mistake!

"HIYA!! Whatcha' doin'?!" Tara dropped upside-down from the tree while hanging by my knees and yelled into Alexis' ear. "Are you ok, or do you always fall on your butt and start shaking at a tree for no reason." It was true. Alexis was on the ground, one arm covering her face, her eyes wide with fear while she was shaking in fear.

"I'm fine!" she said in a huff while she stood up and brushed off her skirt. "You just scared the BuhJebus outta me!"

"Ya I tend to do that." she said chuckling. She loosened her legs and let herself fall. She landed on her head. "WHO PUT THE GROUND THERE!" she said clutching her head. "Anyways, what are you doing in here?"

"I came to look for you guys. Where are Layla and Jaden?"

"They went off somewhere."

"O" Alexis just let out a sigh of aggregations and started to storm off. "They can come back when they want!"

"YO!" Tara said getting up and running after her. "You're not jealous, are you?" she said narrowing her eyes in a playful way. "You are! But you shouldn't be."

"Really? Why?"

"Wait! I meant should be! I get the two mixed up! You should totally be jealous!" a dark cloud seemed to form over the two girls. "But that's cause Layla has known Jaden his whole life! They're way close! And you shouldn't feel that he's treating her better or likes her better and you totally love him don't you?" Alexis just nodded in agreement.

"You're right! They have kno-wait! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY!?!?" Alexis' face just got as red as a balloon. "I WASN'T AGREEING TO THAT!! I WAS JUST AGREEING WITH WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE THAT!!"

"Never said it was any different and you just made it so damn obvious it's sad!" Alexis let out another sigh. "Wait, it was a secret? Anyways, if you really love him, you should tell him how you feel before it's too late!"

"But he's madly in love with Layla! I can't compete with the way he looks at her! Do you see the twinkle in his eyes when she smiles! Maybe I should just go back to the original plan and ask out Zane!"

"Don't do that! He'll just think that you're trying to get over Jaden! Which you are, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT! You shouldn't try and force him to like you. Just be yourself and who knows! Maybe he will come to love you too! You would make a cute couple!"

"But why are you helping me? Isn't Layla like your best friend? If so, shouldn't you be helping her?"

"Her heart belongs to a lot of people. And Jaden's not the only guy. It's not that I don't want them to be happy together, I just think that the other guy would make her more happy. Not that there's anything wrong with Jaden."

"I think I get what you mean."

"Good cause I sure as hell don't know what I'm saying anymore!" Tara said putting her hands behind her head and walking off while Alexis just stared at her. "Well, you gonna go to your dorm or wait around for Jay and Lay?" Alexis snapped out of her trance and looked around. They were back to being in front of the red dorm.

"When the…" Alexis asked looking around. She shrugged and went to the cafeteria.

OOOOOOO

"I think that Tara finally stopped stalking us!" Jaden said looking around. He stopped looking and walked over to where Layla was sitting. They were at the cliff that Kyle brought Jaden before when he was still in the hospital. Layla had her legs crossed and her head in her hands while she stared off into the ocean.

"As much as I hate to say it," she said after Jaden took a seat next to her. "The old man is right. It was a bad idea for the four of us to be here together at the same time. The shadows won't be merciful! It's gonna be hard."

"I know Lay." Jaden said, starting to get the same far off look as Layla. "But, I can't really have fun dueling unless it's hard! Then I win to fast for me to enjoy it!" he chuckled.

"But Jay, things aren't gonna be as easy as they were before. Your friends will be in danger while with us. It won't be as bad as those life or death duels in the dark world, but it will still be bad! I mean, what would you do if, o, say the shadows took Alexis captive. How would you feel? Not like you were having fun now would you. And what if you had to choose between her and me! Would it still be fun!?"

"If I had to choose between you two," he took her chin in his hand and looked her in the eye. "I would choose you every time." He gave her one of his billion dollar grins.

"Thanks Jay!" Layla said giving him her smile in return.

OOOOOOOO

(just for fun, the next morning) (1)

It was just passed dawn when there was a loud BOOM!!! that rang out threw the air. Everyone in the Slifer dorm jumped out of bed. That would include Jesse, Jim, Kyle, Layla, and Tara, the others came running out as Layla came out of her suite in her pajama bottoms and a random T-shirt.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?!!?" she shouted.

"WE WERE GONNA ASK YOU GENERAL!!" Hassleberry shouted running up to her in camouflage pajama pants. "Did Tara blow something up again?!"

"I'M INNOCENT THIS TIME!! AND SOME OF MY EXPLOSIVES ARE MISSING!!!" Tara shouted running out of the room in pink pajama bottoms and a pink T-shirt. "AND THEY'RE C4'S!!!!" everyone's faces dropped. THIS WON'T END WELL!! "I WANT MY BOOM MAKERS!!"

"YO!" Kyle shouted running up to the railing. "JADEN'S GONE!!"

"Jaden plus explosives equals BAD!!" Chazz shouted.

"It wasn't Jaden!" Tara said defensively. "He knows not to take my explosives! Who else could have taken it?!" just then they heard a loud BOOM!!! coming from the woods. They all ran into a clearing to see Jaden jumping up and down near a fire. He turned around at the noise of gasps. His eyes weren't Jaden brown eyes, they were Haou's golden eyes.

"Looks like my funs over!" he said smirking. "Well, it was fun while it lasted." He looked over and saw Layla turning bright read from the feet up to her head as steam came out of her ears. (think old Loony Toons cartoons) "O shit!"

"HHHHHHHAAAAAAAAOOOOOOUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!" Layla shouted while her eyes turned bright purple.

"I'm gonna die." Haou said oddly calm as Hinata charged for him.

OOOOOOO

(1) planned to end it there, but wanted to end with something funny

Angel: MWHAHAHA!! That's not really a cliffie! I just felt like doing that! and I thank yumi2482 for the idea! and i don't know how bad C4's are, but the way she put it, it sounded bad!

Chazz: man! Can she get pissed!

Indi: that's an understatement!

Ani: I thought it was funny!

TOOTHPASTE FILLED EXTINGUISHERS IF YOU REVIEW!!

I think I need to be in an asylum for this stuff! -Angel