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Chapter 25 - Best Friends

Bastion had his head down as he walked away from the Slifer Dorm. Alexis' words kept replaying inside his head. It didn't make sense to him. Why would her words affect him so much?

'Maybe it's because it's true.'

The Ra let out a growl. Ever since Laviss was gone, he had gotten this voice inside his head for quite sometime. But lately it's been getting really annoying; to the point where he would space out and not pay attention in class.

'Just go and talk to her.'

Bastion scoffed. Like he would ever listen to it. The thing has been saying that since the past week and right now he wished that the voice had a body so he can kill it.

'How about... instead of wanting me dead you can… oh I don't know… TALK TO LAVISS!'

'Yeah that's a great idea! And then after I'm finish we'll get the guys together and have Jaden to do Crowler's homework… LIKE THAT'LL EVER HAPPEN!' Bastion slapped his forehead. Great, now he's talking back to the thing. The boy sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Jaden's plan did have some outcome out of it. It made him go even crazier than he already was.

'I know what'll make you less crazy?'

'If you say 'Go and talk to her' then I surely will go insane.'

'What is so bad about talking to Laviss?'

'It's just… I don't know!'

'Do you hate her?'

Bastion stopped in his tracks. 'I don't…know'

'You don't know?'

'NO, I DON'T KNOW! Look how do YOU know that there is even a-'

'Please… have you SEEN yourself this past week!'

Bastion grumbled "Stupid voice…"

'You know I can hear you.'

The Ra fumed even more as he walked. He didn't know what to do anymore.

'You should-'

'DON'T say go talk to her!'

'You really are dense.'

Bastion stopped once again 'What's that suppose to mean?'

'Seriously if you can't figure it out… then maybe you aren't the genius that everyone proclaims you are.'

The black haired duelist didn't move from his spot. What was the stupid voice getting at? What was he missing? Was there something that just blindly past him? Bastion contemplated what the voice said again. 'Tell me what you mean.'

'Nope. You gotta figure this out on your own. Good luck!'

'NO WAIT!'

Bastion growled. The one time that he needed that voice to be here, it just up and vanishes! The boy sighed. Maybe he can figure this all out. Bastion dropped his head. But that was easier said than done. He at least needed one clue to what when on. And he knew that none of the guys would give him one.

Bastion pinched the bridge of his nose. It all pointed to one solution. He needed to talk to her. That was just it.

The Ra sighed and started towards the Ra Dorm. He picked up his pace. He didn't want her to be busy, or worse sleeping. He was done waiting. He had to know by tonight.

Once he'd gotten to the Dorm, he entered the building and ran past the few Ras that were scattered throughout the corridors. He finally reached her door; the plaque with 2a on it shined brightly against the brown wood.

Bastion took a deep breath and then knocked on the door. He waited for a few moments before the door opened. And as soon as he saw her, he spoke to her quickly as if he would suddenly forget as to why he was there.

"I need to talk to you." he said

Laviss stared.

It wasn't long before she realized that she was still staring. She gave a subtle cough before turning her head. 'Why would he come here? Last time I checked he was still angry at me.' But all her thoughts were pushed aside as he spoke again.

"Look… I know that we've… we haven't been on the greatest terms since the past week." said Bastion as he shyly scratched his head

Laviss gave him a look "Misawa, stop beating around the bush. Just tell me what you need."

"I need to speak to you Laviss." he said anxiously

The red head sighed and looked back inside her room "You know now isn't a good time. I'm kind of busy right now. Maybe some other time." she said as she closed the door, but Bastion put his foot in between.

"Please Laviss." he pleaded

Laviss mumbled something inaudible. Though Bastion could only get a snippet of what she said. Something along the lines of 'Gee that's great'. But Bastion couldn't tell if that's what she really said.

He narrowed his eyes and pushed the door back "Look, don't lie. I know you don't have anything to do."

"On the contrary Misawa I do. Thanks to a certain Slifer." she said, mumbling the last part to herself. "Good bye." she said with no feeling. She then kicked Bastion's foot back and shut the door with the lock on.

Bastion jumped up and down and held his foot. He bit down on his lip as he didn't want to scream bloody murder outside Laviss door. Who knew that she could kick and hard at that!

'Well… now I know better than to get her angry.' he thought as he put his foot down

'Well she did mange to break down Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley's door down.'

Bastion groaned. "Great… it's back again."

'Gee… thanks for the warm welcome.'

'Look why don't you leave. I really don't want a sarcastic voice in my head right now. I have enough problems as it is.'

'Hey you should be HAPPY that I'm even back!'

'Why should I!' Bastion heard the voice chuckled. He soon became weary of what the thing was about to say to him.

'Hm… and here I was gonna help you get your girl back.'

The Ra blushed at the sudden comment. 'She NOT my GIRLFRIEND!'

'Yeah, yeah sure she isn't.'

'What's your plan?' thought Bastion, wanting the subject changed

'Oh… NOW you want my help.'

'Please… just tell me.'

The voice stayed silent. Bastion was about to believe that the voice was bluffing in having a plan and just left him standing there like an idiot. That was before he heard it again.

'I'll only give you some ideas… the rest you gotta do on your own.'

Laviss sighed and leaned against her door. She put a hand to her forehead while she came back to her desk. "I'm so sorry Zane." she said as she picked up her P.D.A.

"Was that Bastion?" he asked

"Yeah that was him, but I think he's gone." she said. The Ra waited for a few seconds before she nodded "Yeah… for sure he's gone."

Zane raised a brow "You sure?"

"Well I don't hear him banging on my door." she said. She turned her head as if she wasn't sure about her statement

"Laviss." he said as he got the girl's attention "How about I leave you be?"

"Why?" she asked

"So you can talk to him." The red head dropped her head. "You have to talk to him, Laviss."

She lifted her head and gave the Obelisk a weak smile. "Even if I could I would, but right now isn't a good time."

"And why is that?" asked Zane

Laviss sighed "Three words: Jay and Crowler."

"What does Jaden and Dr. Crowler have to do with this?"

"Well for one… I'm gonna kill Jaden." she said

Zane stared at the Ra. He was about as clueless as Jaden was during one of Crowler's exams. "What?"

Laviss had the urge to slap herself. She forgot that he didn't know of Jaden's plan. "Never mind."

"Listen Laviss, just forget drop everything that you were about to do and go talk to Bastion."

"You DO know what time it is… right?" she said as she looked back to her side table. The clock read 10:45.

"Yes. But is your friendship more important than whatever it is you were going to do?"

Laviss was about to answer yes, but she didn't. She glanced at her homework, then at her door and sighed again. She knew Zane had some point... but the idea in itself scared her a bit. She knew she wouldn't get a change to speak to the stubborn Ra. He wouldn't let her.

"Laviss." Zane said, taking her out of her thoughts

The red head groan. Zane will only nag her about it if she didn't do it. "I'll… go and… talk to him…" she struggled to say

Zane gave her one of his rare smiles "I promise you, you won't regret it."

"Yeah… well… better be worth it when I enter Crowler's class tomorrow."

"I promise you it will be. If not, then I'll get you a bag of candy. " he said "I'll see you tomorrow." she grumbled

"Fine… I'll see you later." Turning it off, Laviss threw the P.D.A. on her bed without a care. The red head didn't know what to do at this point. Sure she said to Zane that she would talk to him, but how? Laviss shook her head. She might as well do to his room and see how things work out. She stood up and headed towards the door but stopped. She looked back at her clock. It read 10:50. It was getting late. Would he even open his door to her? After all, he was more than pissed off when she last left him. She grasped the doorknob in her hand.

But is your friendship more important than whatever it is you were going to do?

'Zane has a point. Crowler can go screw himself. My friend IS more important than the mountain of work that he gave me!' Laviss cringed 'Ok… that middle part sounded soooo wrong on sooooo many levels.'

Laviss shook her head. She was getting distracted. What she needed to do was to talk to Bastion. With that in mind she turned the doorknob. But before she could take a step outside, she was face with Bastion, who looked like he was about to knock as his fist was in mid air.

"Laviss…" said Bastion, surprised and put his hand besides him

The red head inclined her head "I-"

"I'm sorry for the way I've been treating you." he said quickly. The Ra bowed her head. She let out a smile at the irony, but Bastion didn't noticed. Instead he thought of the worse possible case. "I'm serious. I'm not joking in any matter." he added

"I know." she said, lifting her head up.

Bastion gave a look of relief. But that face was gone and was replaced with worry and started to fidget around. Laviss was quick to notice, but she didn't get a chance to question him as he interrupted her.

"Doyouwanttotakeawalkwithme?" he quickly

She gave him a confused look. "What?"

"Do you... want to… take a walk with me?" he repeated slowly

That caught Laviss off guard "A… walk?" she said. Bastion nodded. "Where?"

"Anywhere you want."

Laviss gazed over Bastion before she moved her eyes on her door "Can I ask why?"

"No reason." said Bastion. Laviss moved her eyes away from her door and gave him a yeah-right look. He inwardly smiled. He knew she wouldn't go with him on that idea. He might as well tell her. "I just want to know what happened." he said softly

Her end of her lips twitched and she stepped out of her room. Bastion moved backed a little as she closed the door behind her. "Alright, let's go."

The night was calm as Bastion and Laviss walked around their dorm. However, with the beautiful night, the two of them didn't exchange words. Laviss mostly fidget with her skirt as a small breeze past them.

'Stupid skirt.' The red head glared daggers at the yellow fabric that went around her.

Her eyes went to Bastion, who was looking everywhere but her. She didn't blame him. The air around them was uncomfortable, but at least they weren't arguing with each other. Well not so much argue, but at least Bastion wasn't yelling at her.

Laviss sighed and stopped in her tracks. Bastion saw her and stopped as well. He looked around and saw that they weren't far from their Dorm as he thought they were.

"Do wanna know now?" she asked as she pulled back Bastion's attention

"Yes… that is if you still want to keep on walking. I can wait until you're ready." he said

"N-no… I'm ready." said Laviss as she closed her eyes. She knew better that he wasn't only going to be shocked. "Ok… well… after Jaden won, I sort of ran off… don't ask why, even I don't know. I just did."

"Then?" said Bastion

Laviss turned around but didn't dare look at him in the eye "Then… these two guys came up to me and… started to…"

Bastion frown. He didn't like that cliffhanger. There were just about several things guys would do to a girl. And the ones that he was thinking of weren't very pleasant to him. "To... what?" he said with concern

"They started beating the crap out of me." Laviss kept her eyes on the ground. She didn't want to know what Bastion's reaction was. It seemed like eons before she heard Bastion's voice again.

"A-Are you… are you alright though?" he asked. Laviss nodded and still kept her eyes on the dirt path. "They… they didn't do… anything like… t-take advantage of you, right?" she shook her head. "W-Who found you?"

Laviss scrunched up her face. She didn't know why she did that but she did as she answered "Zane."

Bastion was glad that she wasn't facing him. That way she wouldn't see the anger that was raging in him. He glared at the trees that surrounded them. His fists were clenched tightly that they started to turn white. Taking a deep breath slowly, Bastion bowed his head. "I'm sorry." he said quietly

Laviss lifted her head up. "For what?" she asked. But the second she raised her head she froze in place. Her lilac eyes couldn't tear away from the tears that were running down Bastion's face.

"FOR NOT BEING THERE WHEN YOU NEEDED ME! I HAD A FUNNY FEELING THAT YOU WERE IN TROUBLE! BUT I SHOOK IT OFF! I KEPT TELLING MYSELF THAT YOU WERE ALRIGHT! BUT WHEN I FOUND THAT YOU WEREN'T PRESNET AT THE END OF THE DUEL… I THOUGHT THAT YOU DIDN'T CARE! I DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT THAT! I JUST DID! THAT'S WHY I LOCKED MYSELF IN MY ROOM! AND WHEN I HEARD THAT YOU LEFT… THAT MADE MATTERS WORSE! DURING THOSE FIVE DAYS THAT YOU WERE GONE… I JUST WORKED MYSELF TO DEATH! JUST TO GET YOU OFF MY MIND! AND WHEN I RECEIVED THE MESSAGE ABOUT YOU… AND WHEN JADEN AND THE OTHERS CAME… I FELT THAT IT DIDN'T MATTER TO ME! SO WHEN YOU CAME… T-THAT JUST… T-THAT JUST... I-IT JUST…"

Bastion dropped to his knees with his head down. Laviss didn't make any movement on comforting the boy. She closed her eyes so she wouldn't look at him. "Misawa…" she whispered while he moved his head up. Laviss saw his eyes had started to become red, yet she ignored it as she came closer to him. "Stand up." Bastion rubbed his eyes and did what she said. "Look… I didn't want you to be hurt. That only makes me feel miserable. I can't stand seeing one of my friends cry, especially if he's my best friend at that." she said while wiping off his tear stains

"H-how can you say that! I didn't do anything… to make myself a best friend. I just got mad to the point of yelling and ignoring you… before I realized that you had trouble to deal with by yourself."

Laviss gave a small chuckled before she spoke "Stop talking like an idiot Misawa, that job's taken by Jaden."

"But-"

"Being my friend is all that I ever wanted from you." she interrupted him "Yeah, you did yell at me, but that didn't mean that you never stopped being my friend." Laviss paused for a minute before she started opening Bastion's blazer. "I know… because you were still wearing this." she said, indicating his Water Dragon chain that hanged over his green shirt "You kept your promise… you never took it off."

Bastion wiped off the rest of his tears with the end of his sleeve. Looking at her, he felt as he would cry again, but he had enough will to not to. "Will you please… stop calling me Misawa?"

Laviss smiled "Sure… but there's one thing I want to give you."

Without any thought Laviss wrapped her arms around Bastion's neck and lay her head against his shoulder. "I'm so proud of you for dueling your best against Jaden… it's just too bad that you didn't get to be the school's representative for the School Duel."

Bastion put his arms around her waste and let out a smile. "That old thing… it doesn't matter. All that does is that you're with me again."

Laviss smiled too as she hugged the Ra boy even tighter.

'Told ya I'd get your girl back.'

Bastion twitched as he heard the voice come back 'You know you're ruining the moment.'

'Hey be grateful for what I did! Besides I'm not ruining the moment... that would be you.'

'What are you talking about?'

'Have you seen your girl-'

'SHE NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!'

"Bastion… are you ok?" asked Laviss as she saw the Ra frowning

'Hope I didn't do anything to make him mad.' she thought

Bastion shook his head and looked at Laviss in his arms. "Uh… its nothing. Just… nothing."

Laviss raised a brow "You sure?"

"Positive." he said

The red head nodded. It was a good idea that she didn't pry into it. After all, she didn't want another argument to come between their friendship. She also didn't want to come face to face with another of Jaden's plans. Laviss shuddered at the thought. No, defiantly not.

The red head was just glad that she and Bastion had patched things up with each other.

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