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Chapter 2

Roommates Can Be Disastrous

It was approaching four o'clock when the bus came to a stop in the parking lot of the Mountain Park Resort. Students were woken up by their partners or by the yawns and cheers of other students.

"We made it Yug!" Joey cheered happily. He looked down at his tri-colored haired friend. Yugi was still asleep propped up against Tea with a bit of drool coming out of his mouth.

"Um Yugi it's time to wake up." Tea said gently nudging Yugi.

Yugi blinked and sat up wiping the drool from his mouth on the back of his hand. "Wow! That was a long trip."

"Ya!" Duke said stretching his arm missing Joey's head by an inch. He turned to see Ryou and Serenity already up and moving about as they gathered up their bags. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't feeling a pang of jealousy towards the albino.

Yami Bakura had opened his eyes when he felt the bus stop. Serenity was still asleep so he gently shook her shoulder. She gave a soft moan of disapproval for being moved. Yami Bakura smirked. "Come on its time to wake up." He said shaking her shoulder again.

Serenity yawned and sat up. "Okay. Have a good nap?"

"Yes I did." Standing up he offered her his hand to help her stand. They grabbed their bags and waited in the line of students in the aisle waiting to get off. Slowly the line shifted allowing them to get closer to the doors. As they stepped off the bus a cool breeze hit them.

"Ah that feels nice after being cooped up on that bus." Serenity said as the wind played with her hair. Yami Bakura stood next to her when a strand of Serenity's hair tickled his cheek. He blinked trying to regain his composure.

"Alright students! I'm sure you all remember the rules about the hike. Now the forecast calls for rain Wednesday so we want to make it as far as we can and back before the rain hits and slows down our hike. Now stand next to your partners and get in line. Before we go in just a few pieces of information. We will all be mustering at 7 AM in the lobby to begin the hike. Take this night to unpack, enjoy the pool or gym, and rest. If you want to you may eat at the restaurant by the pool." A teacher shouted over the students' heads.

It took a moment for everyone to find their partners and another moment to get in line. Serenity and Yami Bakura stood near the middle away from others who were near the back much to Yami Bakura's approval. The teacher led them across the parking lot and up the stone path to the front doors of the resort.

Serenity stared up in awe at the huge five story building in front of her. The front entrance drop off area was held up by four large tree like pillars with a wooden roof. Around the base of the trees were mosaic patterns of blue, green, white, yellow, and brown that spread out to the lobby doors. As the 40 students walked inside many gasped as they looked up.

The lobby sat in the center of the building and upon looking up its ceiling ended at the roof of the building. Large glass and silver chandeliers hung high and low from the many rafters all resembling fake candles. To their immediate left and right were the spiraling staircases each leading to all of the four upper floors whose room doors could be seen from down below. Four sets of elevators sat behind the large wrap around cherry wooden desk where a young woman with pitch black hair was sitting scribbling something onto a book or paper Serenity could not tell from where she stood. As the group began to crowd into the large area the woman looked up with a smile.

"Ah you must all be the Domino High School group I was told about. I'm Miss Kinsley one of the hotel attendants. How many are in your group?" Miss Kinsley said as she walked out from behind the desk.

"My name is Mr. Parsy and there is 44 of us in total." Responded the first teacher to who had spoken on the bus.

"Ah that works out perfectly! Each room has two beds and one full bathroom. How many female rooms and male rooms will you be requiring?"

"Five female rooms and seventeen male rooms, please." Mr. Parsy replied. Miss Kinsley nodded and began making room keys while the teacher turned back to his students. "Okay, I'm going to ask all of you who chose who they were rooming with to step to the left and those without roommates to step to the right."

Serenity quickly ducked into the group on the right keeping out of sight of Tea. Eight students stood in the group opposite of Serenity's. Yugi, Joey, Duke and Tristan were four of them. The rest were females who were whispering excitedly that they could get paired together. Serenity saw Tea standing on her tip toes looking around the rest of the class. She slipped behind Ryou going unnoticed by the brunette. One of the other two teachers handed the eight students room keys before they vanished into different elevators. Mr. Parsy took a clipboard from the last teacher and lined out a few names before looking up.

"Alright, none of you are allowed to complain who you are roomed with after I assign you to your roommate. You didn't take advantage of our offer so therefore you have no one to blame but yourself. We'll start off with our most junior in the group. Serenity Wheeler you're roommate will be Clarissa Martin. Please take your room keys from Mrs. June and head on up."

Serenity let out a silent breath of relief which did not go unnoticed by her assigned partner who remained silent. Stepping out of the group she almost made it to Mrs. June before her wrist was grabbed. Nearly jumping out of her skin Serenity turned around. Tea looked down at her curiously and had a slight look of hurt in her eyes.

"Hey, I thought you and I would've roomed together? Why didn't you say anything?" The questions sent Serenity into a mental panic as she tried to think of a believable lie.

"I'm sorry Tea, I didn't see you and I thought maybe you were going to room with one of the more senior girls. I guess I was too excited about the trip that I didn't think about it." Serenity plastered a sweet, innocent, and apologetic smile on her face hoping that it wouldn't crack and reveal what she was really thinking.

"Oh, it's okay, don't worry about it. I guess I should've asked you earlier when they told us. I was caught up in the excitement as well. I guess I'll see you later then." Tea smiled in return unaware that the girl before her was thanking the stars that she bought her lie.

"Ya, okay. See you Tea." Serenity was released from Tea's grip and turned to face Mrs. June who was handing a white credit card looking object to a girl with ebony locks. Walking up to the graying haired woman she took her key with the number 303 etched into it and adjusted her duffle bag on her shoulder. On the way to the elevator she passed Ryou smiling up at him. He returned it with a half smile before looking ahead, arms crossed, wondering who he'd be paired with.

"So, you're Joey's sister. I heard a lot about you." Clarissa stated as Serenity entered the elevator. The freshman looked up at her roommate and was met with a pair of sparkling emerald eyes. Clarissa had a heart shaped face and a very broad smile.

"Ya I am. Nice to meet you." Serenity replied holding out a hand. The older girl took it and shook it her black and green polished nails contrasting with her pale skin.

"By the way, don't let my outfits scare you. I just wear stuff like this so I don't blend in outside of school. I like to be different. I hope this doesn't bother you," Clarissa gestured with her hands to her outfit. The girl was wearing a dark gray t-shirt with the name Avril Lavigne in green along the top and the words 'The Black Star Tour' in black in the bottom right corner. A pair of black baggy cargo pants with green trimming around the pockets and cuffs covered her legs. A pair of white sneakers that barely poked out from the pants contrasted the dark colored outfit.

Serenity stared for a moment. Her thoughts were interrupted by the ding of the elevator signaling they had reached the third floor. As she stepped out after Clarissa she looked at the girl up and down once more. Serenity noticed now that the girl's hair, which was pulled up into a high ponytail, was dyed blue at the tips. The way this girl dressed was different from everything she grew up with. A smile crept along her face.

"No, I don't mind. It's different from what I'm used to but this, it's a good different. You stand out and you don't seem to care one bit. I like that." Serenity said honestly as the two entered their room.

"You know I'm seeing the beginnings of a beautiful friendship with you." Clarissa stated as she dropped her bags at the foot of one of the twin beds. Her white teeth flashed a smile towards the auburn haired girl who returned one just as brightly. Clarissa began to explore the room poking her head into the bathroom, closets, and the "kitchen" area. "Wow, the school went all out at this resort huh? Walk-in shower, a full fridge, a microwave, flat screen TVs, and nice comfy beds."

"Check out the view from the window!" Serenity exclaimed as she pulled back the curtain further. Clarissa hurried to stand next to Serenity and stared out in awe at the sight. Directly below them was a large pool with white lounge chairs all around it. Beyond that was a garden in full bloom the multitude of colors giving it an inviting feeling. As the girls' gaze traveled beyond the garden they saw nothing but trees and several hills in the distance. It was a never ending sea of green all the way to the horizon where the sun was coming close to beginning it's end.

"I would hate to get lost out there. One of the guys was saying they sometimes have to send out search parties for people who go out there and wander off the trail. They said there's false trails out there too which makes it even worse if you do get lost." Clarissa stepped back from the window turning her attention to unpacking her green duffle and red backpack.

"I don't think I would be able to handle being lost on my own. I'd go insane." Serenity giggled as she too turned away from the scenery. The sound of music playing from a mini-speaker from Clarissa's iPod had her look up with a grin. She knew that song.

Yami Bakura was beginning to grow impatient as five more pairs left the lobby to their rooms. All he wanted to do was shower, change, and lay on his bed with headphones blaring music into his ears. There was nothing better to do until the next morning. Maybe he'd go swimming in the pool if his roommate annoyed him at any point. Sending anyone to the shadow realm was off limits at the moment. The disappearance of a roommate with no one else but him in the room would set off red flags in Yugi and his friends' heads. He wasn't one to take unnecessary risks.

"Ryou Bakura, you'll be in a room with Aaron Eskut." Mr. Parsy stated as he drew a line through the two names. Yami Bakura breathed with relief now that he could finally get away from the group. Tea had tried chatting with him after Serenity left but she gave up when he didn't grace her with replies. Now he realized why Serenity was so relieved not to be paired with the friendship twit. Taking his room key from the shorter female teacher he made his way towards the elevators.

"Hey hold the door!" A thin shaggy blonde haired male shouted as he hurried towards the elevator carrying four backpacks. Yami Bakura pressed the door open button on the controls and watched as his new roommate ran in. "Thanks."

Yami Bakura hit the close button before pressing the three to take them to the third floor. The boy next to him kept shuffling around noisily trying to adjust his bags. One of them hit the elevator floor and the boy let out a curse. Yami Bakura rolled his eyes in annoyance. If this was a prelude of what was to come he might have to start sleeping outside.

"So, your partner is really cute. Do you know if she's single?" Aaron sounded hopeful as he looked to the other male.

"No." Yami Bakura responded keeping the growl out of his voice.

"No as in she's not single or no as in you don't know?" Aaron tilted his head curiously as the elevator dinged. The white haired teen grabbed his bags and walked off the elevator without a response. Looking down at his key he made his way to room 304. As he entered the room, Aaron was struggling with his bags back at the elevator, he heard singing and music in the room next door. His eye twitched in annoyance, this was going to be a long field trip. Throwing his bag on the bed closest to the window he began to take off his boots as Aaron finally managed to get into the room.

"Here's to never growing up!" Serenity and Clarissa finished singing before falling into a fit of giggles on the floor as the song ended. The two had danced crazily and sang loudly with the song not caring who heard. They had forgotten about unpacking until they both sat back up.

"Well that was fun." Clarissa wiped a tear from her eye as she began unpacking her clothes. She turned the volume down ever so slightly on her speaker. As the next song came on she could hear Serenity humming along to it. "You have to be the first girl in this entire school to actually like me despite me being crazy."

"You're not crazy. Trust me, I've met some crazy people, you don't come close." Serenity didn't pause in her unpacking as she thought back to Battle City and the nightmares it had caused her. "I'm glad you're the way you are. I can't stand half the way these other girls are."

"Aw, thanks! So, new topic, do you think Ryou Bakura is cute?" Clarissa asked a mischievous glint in her eye as she looked back at Serenity. The auburn hair girl stiffened ever so slightly and looked up at the curtained window.

"Well, uhm, I suppose he is. I don't know if I can call him cute or not though. He's my brother's friend." Serenity let out a breath she had been holding to keep her voice steady.

"Ah I see. For some reason you two look like a cute couple when standing next to each other. I saw what you two did on the bus earlier. I was sitting two rows behind you. Very good acting if I must say. You almost had me convinced, yet I don't think your brother would let you have a boyfriend just yet would he?"

"He can be very overprotective at times so I don't think I'll be allowed to date for a while. It's one of the things that annoys me at times. He tells me to be strong but he never gives me room to grow. It can be suffocating at times."

"Hm. What about Gardner? Are you two friends or something? She didn't look happy that you weren't roomed with her. I'm guessing your brother tried to put her up to it?" Clarissa placed a stack of t-shirts in a dresser next to her bed.

"I wouldn't doubt it. I love my friends but, I constantly have this feeling that I don't belong. They even shun Ryou at times. He and I are like the runts of the litter. We're part of the same group but since we aren't the same as the rest we don't quite fit. Tea, she can drive people crazy if you hadn't noticed."

"If you're referring to all those friendship speeches then yes, she drives the whole school crazy. I was on the wrong end of one of those speeches after I punched my so-called friend after she slept with my ex. Apparently as a friend I should forgive and forget her actions. As if, I may have forgiven her but I will never forget the betrayal, hurt, and rage."

"I didn't room with her because of the speeches and the fact she never shuts up about Yugi. All she talks about is whether she likes him as a friend or more than such. Then she'll babble on about how she has to help him find something. She once scoured the Internet for whatever it was until 3 AM on a school night and got huffy with all of us when we were chipper the next morning. If it isn't friendship or Yugi she's blabbering about it's how badly she want's to become a professional dancer." Serenity zipped up her empty duffle bag and sat on her bed facing Clarissa's back.

"That must get really annoying. So back to your hiking partner, because I'm having fun watching you squirm when I talk about him," Clarissa chuckled while sitting on her now cleared off bed."Do you think if you ever got the chance you'd ask him out?"

In the next room over Yami Bakura was drying his hair as he stepped out of the bathroom in just a pair of jeans. Aaron was rummaging through one of his four bags. Clothes, body wash, books, and CDs were some of the items littering the floor and the bed. Yami Bakura walked past him to his own bed having already unpacked. Picking up the dark green shirt he'd left out he pulled it on before laying on the bed.

"Ah ha! There he is!" Aaron exclaimed as he pulled out an action figure of some sort. He set it on the pillow before organizing his items into the dresser drawers. He let the drawers slam shut mercilessly every time and item was put inside.

"Is that really necessary?" Yami Bakura growled as he untangled his headphone cables.

"Is what necessary?" Aaron asked letting a drawer close loudly once again.

"That!" Yami Bakura glared turning his head to do so.

"Sorry. So, you never answered my question. Is Serenity single?" Aaron continued what he was doing making sure the drawers made no noise at all.

"Why does it matter to you?" Yami Bakura's eyes narrowed at the lanky blonde.

"I was hoping to ask her out. I mean she is the sister of one of the greatest duelists!"

"Is that the only reason you like her?" Yami Bakura sounded disinterested praying the fool he was roomed with would shut up.

"Well, pretty much ya. I mean being able to date her would mean hanging out with the the King of Games and his friends."

"Then you're an idiot. Her brother would tear you apart. Besides, I don't think she dates people who sleep with dolls." Yami Bakura closed his eyes about to hit play on his iPod via the headphone cable when Aaron's voice cut him off.

"It's a Star Trek action figure not a doll. Oh, one other thing. I hope you don't mind sleeping with some lights on. I'm terrified of the dark." Aaron laughed sheepishly. Yami Bakura's eyes snapped open widening in horror.