*facepalms* Okay, I admit I forgot Mindy's name because her and Jasmine are really forgettable for me, I deeply apologize if you like either of them, I just don't. Enjoy!
Karley...honestly could believe that Micheal would do this for Syrus, as the gay trans-boy always fought for his friends' happiness. Hell, he was the one who deliberately kicked a guy straight in the gut in Middle School because he had told Sammy that she would never get a Lover because she needed glasses to see, basically saying she would never be beautiful enough. No one had tattled on Mike that day, mainly because all of the gang knew that Mike was only defending a dear friend, especially Sammy.
The sound of a rowing boat broke Karley from her thoughts, she looked over to see Jaden Yuki's boat heading towards them. Karley did her best to hide the smile on her face, she loved how the Slifer boy was always there for his friends, even if it meant that something bad might happen to him. Karley truly thought it was noble of him, and it nearly broke her heart knowing what was to come in later Seasons. Perhaps there could be something her and the others could do to help him, especially in Season 3.
"Hey Jaden." Syrus greeted while Mike just waved. This caused Karley to smile, glad that Micheal seemed to have had already made friends with Jaden.
"Hey there Sy, Mike," Jaden greeted, giving a small smile. "So what exactly happened here?"
Mindy quickly spoke up in a furious tone. "Your friends here snuck into the Girls Dorm to see us bathing!" she accused.
At that moment, Sammy had had enough. "Um I'm sorry, but they were framed!" she exclaimed, glaring daggers at the airhead. "Not to mention that we all saw that Syrus was shocked to find out that he had been framed. Also, there's no way that Mike would be interested in seeing us bathing because he used to be a female as well, so he'd only see things that he knows we already have. So just shut up!"
Mindy gave an almost disgusted look. "Michael's transgender?" she asked, actually daring to ask the question that way. Karley knew this wasn't going to end well.
"What's wrong with that!?" Syrus demanded, to Karley's honest surprise.
"Yeah!" Jaden added furiously. "There's nothing wrong with being Trans, as long as you are being the best you you can be!"
Sammy nodded, looking like she was about beat the shit out of Mindy. Karley stepped closer to Sammy so she could grab her if she decided to try and start a fight.
"Anyway," Alexis said, desperately trying to - bless her heart - get them back on track. "In order for us to stay quiet about all of this, you have to Duel-"
"The both of us!" Karley cut in, walking up beside Alexis. She then looked at the younger Rhodes sibling with a sheepish smile. "If that's okay with you."
Alexis blinked, but then nodded with a small smile. "Of course, I'd like to see how you Duel." she agreed, then asked in a whisper to her. "You have your Dueldisk right?"
Karley smiled and nodded, then turned to Syrus and Mike. "So which one of you two wants to join Jaden in a tag Duel against Alexis and I?" she asked them kindly.
As expected, Micheal answered instantly. "I will! I even happen to have one of my decks and Dueldisk on me!"
Jaden blinked, but smiled nonetheless. "Alright! Then let's do this!" he exclaimed.
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Alexis and Karley: 0 LP Jaden and Micheal: 1400 LP; Jaden and Micheal WIN
Karley couldn't help but smile at the fact that they had lost, since it meant that Jaden, Mike, and Syrus weren't going to be expelled.
"Well, a deal's a deal," Jaden said smiling. "We won and you lost."
"So you girls have to keep quiet about this," Mike added with a grin.
Alexis nodded. "Alright guys I won't back down," she agreed. "We'll keep quiet about what happened tonight."
"Well if you ask me I think we should turn all three of them in right now!" Jasmine growled.
"Well no one asked you!" Alexis snapped.
Karley was surprised by the outburst, but smiled at it. Perhaps she shouldn't have blindly hated Alexis back in their world, because Alexis was really a nice person. Actually, Karley couldn't even remember why she hated Alexis in the first place.
"Anyway," she said. "We should all be heading back, it's getting late after all."
The others nodded in agreement, and Karley gave Syrus a sweet smile. "Make sure to stay out of trouble from now on, alright Sy?"
A light pink dusted the small boy's cheeks, and he nodded shy.
Mindy grumbled something inaudible.
"Don't start!" Karley, Alexis and Sammy snapped at her, and she clammed up.
"Later boys!" Sammy called as they rowed back.
"Later!" Mike called, and for a brief moment, Karley could have sworn she saw a transparent Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon standing next to him. When she looked again however, it was gone.
"What? What was that?"
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A few days later, Karley was walking back from a rough school day, when she saw something sitting by her Dorm room. It was a vase with six roses in it, three were lavender, and the other three were red. Karley smiled and picked up the vase, having a good idea who sent them with no tag.
"Ojama-using-idiot," she paused as she opened the door to her room. "Well, he doesn't use the Ojamas yet, but soon. You may seem harsh and cruel, but I know you're a kind soul deep down, and I love you for that."
With that, Karley shut the door.
Well, this took longer than I wanted to. Everyone, I'm being honest when I say that I tried my hardest to write the duel, but I just couldn't. I am so sorry if you're disappointed, but I promise that I will write duels for this story.
So, someone sent Karley flowers, roses to be exact. (Quick note: Lavender roses usually symbolize love at first sight and enchantment, and red roses of course symbolize love) I want to know, who do YOU think sent them? We know who KARLEY thinks sent them, but what about YOU?
Anyway, the next chapter we'll see what Nate has been up to. See you all then.
