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(Japanese Smile Bomb)
In a crowded city, as I bump shoulders, I'm alone. On an endless prairie, as the wind whistles by, I'm all alone.
Which one is it that makes me want to cry more, I wonder. Marking it with twin circles, I feel a bit more grown-up!
It must be, that when I run into these terribly difficult walls, and unexpectedly, for whatever reason, The courage and power to break through rises up from within, All because of how, when I run into these terribly difficult people, they show me kindness, I bet!
Thank you very much!
Chapter 6
"YOU KNEW THAT!" Yusuke screams at Chazz, after learning from Alexis that dueling in the Obelisk dome, off hours and ante rule is against the rules in the academy. The duel was done by both Chazz and Jaden at midnight. Chazz knew that rule and he intentionally didn't say anything, "You jerk, I'm gonna kick your ASS!" Yusuke roared, lunging after Chazz but was tackled down by Alexis, and with Syrus aiding her to restraining the raging Slifer, "Lemme go, Alexis, I'm gonna show Chazz here, the true definition of the word, PAI-" however Yusuke was cut off, when Alexis put her hand onto his mouth.
"Yusuke, keep your voice down, they'll heard you and get all of us will get expelled here." Alexis told him and restraining him at the same time
Chazz grunted and jumped on the stage, "We're leaving!"
"Hey, where are going? We're not through yet!" Jaden snapped
"Yes, we are! You're a sorry duelist, you defeating Dr. Crowler is a fluke!" Chazz spat leaving the room, "Come on, Jaden we have to go now!" Syrus said and restraining Yusuke at the same time
Jaden stomped the ground in frustration, "Damn it! I had this guy on the ropes."
A few moments later, campus came into the arena and found no one there.
Outside the school, Alexis had to drag the little ticked off Yusuke, while Syrus had the drag out the stubborn Jaden out.
"Yusuke, I'm going to let you go if you promise to calm down, Understand!" Alexis said, with her hand onto Yusuke's mouth and an arm wrapped around his waist.
Yusuke nodded and with a mumbled 'uh huh!' in reply. Alexis then let's go of the former spirit detective, "Gees, did anyone tell you that you can have a very strong grip on a guy?" he asked
Alexis crossed her arms and glared at Yusuke, "And did anyone tell you that you have a very loud mouth?" and glanced at Jaden, "You can be very stubborn, Jaden."
"Only about my duels!" Jaden said stubbornly
"Thanks for showing us the exit!" Syrus said
"Sorry that you didn't get to finish your duel with Chazz." Alexis told Jaden
"No problem, I knew how it would end anyways!" Jaden showing his Monster Reborn spell card.
Yusuke realized what Jaden would have done, "You mean to tell me that you would have used that spell card to resurrect that Flame Wingman to finish off Chazz?"
"That's right!" Jaden replied
"Hey wait a minute, Yusuke! How did you know that?" Syrus asked
"Oh I had a feeling Jaden would do that considering if he wants to finish Chazz that fast." Yusuke explained
"I guess duel strategizing must run in the family." Alexis said, "Because I've seen how Kari predicts these moves in her duels."
"Wow, that's amazing!" Jaden exclaimed
"You know, now let's get the hell out of here before someone see us." Yusuke said as begun to walk away, "See ya, Alexis!" the boys said walking away
Alexis looked at the boys, 'This should be an interesting year!'
The next morning Yusuke got out of his room and spotted Jaden and Syrus walking downstairs, "Hey guys!" Yusuke said to his next door neighbors and running to greet them
"Hey Yusuke!" Jaden said
"Good morning!" Syrus said, "You're not still at that Chazz almost got us expelled, right?"
"A little, Sy! I still have a little urge to beat the living crap out of him." Yusuke replied
"Oh is that a fact, little brother!" came a voice that freaked Yusuke out
The boys turned to see Kari and Alexis behind them, "What has Princeton done this time?" Kari asked
"Well he almost got us expelled by forcing Jaden to duel him at midnight, with an ante rule!" Yusuke replied
"But, it's against the rules, didn't Princeton say anything!"
"Nope!" Alexis and Yusuke said in unison
A vein appeared at Kari's head, "He didn't!" she said, with malice, 'I'm gonna waste that bastard!' Kari dashed away to find Chazz and beat him up.
"Where did Kari go in such a hurry?" Syrus asked
"Uh oh!" Yusuke and Alexis said in unison
"What do you mean by 'uh oh!'?" Jaden asked
"Knowing my sister, she'll give Chazz a beating fit for a prince!" Yusuke said running after his sister
"And that's not a very good sign!" Alexis added running behind Yusuke, with both Jaden and Syrus following
Kari dashed through the Ra and Slifer students, until she found Chazz walking away from his dormitory, "GET OVER HERE, PRINCETON! I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!" she roared in the same tone of voice as Yusuke's "Get out here, Hiei! I'm gonna kick your ass!"
That roar freaked Chazz out as he turned to see a very pissed of Kari, "Hey Hikar…" Chazz was cut off when Kari punched him hard on the right cheek, meeting him fly back a bit and fall to the ground.
Kari walked over to her fellow Obelisk duelist and grabbed him by the collar, "I heard that you almost got Alexis, my brother and his Slifer friends expelled is that true?"
Chazz was shocked to hear that, "Please Hikari, don't tell anyone about that!" he begged
Kari smirked, "Don't worry, Princeton! I'm not going to say anything at all. But, there's the thing of getting my brother expelled and what really pisses me off is that someone tries to make a family member of mine miserable. Now, I'm going to give you a beating fit for a prince!" she said and following a gulp from Chazz.
Just then Yusuke and his friends were running at the direction where Kari ran to and found the brunette Obelisk walking and humming calmly, with her hands in her pockets. They stopped running because of this, "Hey guys!" Kari greeted
"Hey Kari, why are you so calm?" Jaden asked
"Because I had my stress been relieved!" she replied
That scared both Yusuke and Alexis, "Please tell me that Chazz is still breathing!" Alexis said
"Well, last I checked he was sleeping in one of the trash cans by his dormitory."
"Oh no!" Yusuke said as he ran with the others following him
They came across a trash can with legs and feet up out of the can, "Why do I get the feeling that Chazz is in there?" Jaden asked
"Let's ask questions later and get him out of there!" Yusuke said
Both Yusuke and Jaden got Chazz out of the trash can and found the Obelisk duelist unconscious and bruises on his face, "Whoa, your sister really did a number on him, Yusuke!" Syrus said
"Yeah no kidding!" Yusuke said and gently patted Chazz's cheek, "Hey Chazz, wake up, you jerk!"
Chazz regained consciousness, "Hey Chazz, are you okay?" Jaden asked
Chazz looked at Jaden, "Jaden, can you tell me the story about bunny?" he said then followed him get unconscious again and with everyone sweat dropped at this.
Later in the afternoon, Dr. Crowler, who Jaden defeated in the entrance duel, was giving an oral pop quiz in dueling.
"The characteristics of cards in duel monsters are composed in three types of monsters cards, which are normal, ritual, effect, token and fusion. As for spell cards, which are quick-play, continuous, equip, ritual and field. Finally, Trap cards, which are continuous, counter and normal." Alexis explained, "Counter trap cards are used to negate the effects of other effect."
Dr. Crowler applauded her, "That was perfect, Alexis! I would never expect anything less from my Obelisk blue duelists!"
"The pleasure is all my, Dr. Crowler!" Alexis said then sitting down
"Now, who should I choose next!" the Doctor said eyeing around the classroom then spotted Yusuke, "You Yusuke Urameshi!" the former spirit detective got up in attention, "Yes sir!" he said
"Please explain what a monster card is? In a way you would like."
"Certainly, a monster card is the basic card used to attack your opponent. Monster Cards are categorized by type and attribute. There are 20 different types of monsters like Aqua, Beast, Beast-Warrior, Dinosaur, Dragon, Fairy, Fiend, Fish, Insect, Machine, Plant, Pyro, Reptile, Rock, Sea Serpent, Spellcaster, Thunder, Warrior, Winged Beast, and Zombie. There are also 6 different attributes like Dark, Earth, Fire, Light, Water and Wind. Type and attribute affect each monster's ability to Attack and Defend. Like Miss Rhodes has pointed out there are many cards of monster cards like normal, which coded yellow, fusion coded purple, ritual coded blue, effect monsters coded orange, and as for tokens they're in place of monster cards." Yusuke explained
Everyone, including Dr. Crowler's jaws were dropped at this, "Tha-that w-as pe-perfec-t fo-r a Slifer!" Dr. Crowler said
Chazz, who had regained conscious a few hours ago, was surprised at this, 'No way, how can a Slifer Slacker know this much? Than again, he is Hikari Urameshi's brother!'
Dr. Crowler got out of his surprise phase, "Good job, Mr. Urameshi! Or should I call you, Yusuke? That was so perfect; after all you are the brother of one of the second most top female duelist in this school!"
"Thank you, Dr. Crowler!" Yusuke said glancing over to his sister, who was smiling at him, 'Good job, baby brother!' she thought
"Yusuke, you can sit down now, son!" Dr. Crowler said
"Right!" Yusuke said sitting down
"Now, who's next?" Dr. Crowler said looking around and eyed Syrus, "You Syrus Truesdale!"
Syrus rapidly got up, "Yes sir!"
"Explain to the class what a field card is, please!" he commanded
Syrus was a little nervous, but the word, 'little' in this case was an understatement, "It's the thing ...that affects the thing, which affect the thing..."
"Even pre-duelists know the answer to this question, you Slifer Slacker!" said a random Obelisk duelist, which started laughter from most duelists
Yusuke glared at the duelist, 'Jerk!' he thought
Kari glared at the Obelisk duelist, "You better watch your back after back class!" she snapped quietly so the duelist could hear, which scared the living hell out of him, knowing that Kari is going to give him the biggest beat down of the century
"I know this it's a..." Syrus was trying to think of the answer, which took a while
"Relax Sy!" Jaden told him
"Yeah, you totally got this!" Yusuke added
Syrus felt bad about himself, "It appears you don't, please sit down!" Dr. Crowler commanded, which he did, "Now does anyone know the answer?" he asked, 'Preferably, someone who actually knows the answer and isn't wearing red, of course.' he thought shaking his head slowly and with people laughing
"I blew it! I made all the Slifers look bad!" Syrus said
"You know somethin', teach." Jaden said, which caught both Yusuke and Syrus's attention, "You really shouldn't be making fun of us, Slifers like that."
"Huh!" the doctor said
Yusuke looked at Jaden to see if he was crazy or something, 'Uh! Oh!' he thought
"I mean I'm a Slifer and I beat ya. So, when you make fun of us, you are really making fun of yourself!" Jaden said which frustrated the doctor and added small snickers from Yusuke, Alexis and Kari.
'That's it! I won't tolerate this slacker at my school, for another second I'll see to it that he's taken down!' Crowler thought in frustration
Later after school, Yusuke was praising Jaden for making Dr. Crowler a fool in his own class.
"Oh man, Jaden that was the most creative thing that I've ever heard!" Yusuke gagged, "Serves Crowler, right though for making Syrus look bad in front of the whole class."
"Hey Yusuke, the way you answered Dr. Crowler's question, it sounded like you knew that question off head, how did you know that?" Syrus asked
"Well Kari tutored me, just last night!"
"Wow, your sister's sounds like a nice person, I mean she even stood up for us, Slifers!"
"Yeah she's good people!" Jaden said
"Yeah, she always had my back when we were kids." Yusuke said
"Hey Sy!" came a familiar voice and the Slifers turned to see Kari, holding a beaten down Obelisk student by the back of the blazer, who was crying. Kari threw the Obelisk student on the ground and stepped on his back, "Apparently, this scumbag has something to say to you, concerning the question that Dr. Crowler asked you and his quote, while you were trying to answer Crowler's question, 'Even pre-duelists know the answer to this question, you Slifer Slacker!'." She glaring that the crying Obelisk and grabbing his wrists, then pulling them back, while having her foot onto the back, "Starting apologizing, before you're armless," Kari threatened as she pulled the arms back a bit, making the Blue student cry in pain, "Okay, I'm sorry!" he cried
Kari let's the Obelisk go, "Now, beat it, before I change my mind about your postponed execution!" she threatened as the Blue student made a run for it
"Gees Kari, why'd ya do that!" Jaden exclaimed
"Yeah it wasn't that bad," Syrus added
Kari snorted, "Well, I can't help, when someone bullies someone, smaller and weaker than themselves." She said, simply, "It only shows their cowardliness and fear when someone bigger and stronger than them comes along.
Later at night in the female Obelisk dormitory, Kari was in her room, reading a book, while lying on her bed. Just then there was a knock on her door, she put the book down and got off the bed. She then walked over to the door and opened the door to see Alexis behind the door.
"Hey Lex, what's up?" Kari asked
"Oh nothing!" Alexis replied, walking into the room and Kari closing the door, "We found Zane Truesdale's little brother, Syrus by the dormitory."
"What was he doing here?" Kari asked
"Well he claimed that he was received a love letter from me, but something is a bit fishy here. I know that Syrus isn't the perverted or lying type, but how is it that fake letter got into his grip. The funny thing is that the letter was for Jaden Yuki, I wouldn't know where the letter came from."
Kari grunted, "It must be Dr. Crowler's work."
"What how could that be possible?" Alexis asked
"Don't tell me you haven't noticed up till now, Alexis!" Kari said, "Look at it this way; he made that fake letter to Jaden to get him expelled from this school. Think about it, he used his own deck when he was dueling Jaden, so he could fail him. But, in the end, Jaden won the duel and Jaden brought that up during class, which made Crowler very frustrated. So, frustrated that he made a fake love letter that was made from you to Jaden. My guess is that he hated the thought of him a teacher in the Obelisk Blue rank can be defeated by a first-year Slifer Red like Jaden, while using his own deck."
"That would make since, but I'm curious." Alexis said
"Curious about what?"
"Curious about Jaden's skill, I want to know if he defeating Dr. Crowler's deck was a fluke or skill, for myself. So, I told Jaden to come over by the dormitory and used Syrus as bait."
Kari jumped off her bed and glared at Alexis, "You what!" she roared, which scared the blonde, "Now, hold on just let me finish okay!" Alexis said trying to calm down the brunette, "When Jaden comes over here, Mindy, Jasmine and I say that he's trespassing as well, I'll duel him and if he wins then he and Syrus will be free but if I win then we'll report them."
"Okay Rhodes, you're gonna start eating baby food again, VERY shortly!" Kari threatened, cracking her knuckles
Alexis put her hands in defense, "Now Kari, there's no need for violence!"
Kari grabs Alexis's collar, in fury, "Then, tell me that wouldn't make me throw you out the window, with the window closed!" she threatened
"I really didn't mean that we would actually report them, just to get Jaden's determination up that's all. So, just stop cracking those knuckles and leave my teeth alone." Alexis said with a nervous glee and laugh
Kari smirked, "Okay Alexis, I like that deal but make no mistake if this little stunt of yours gets those Slifers expelled, then.." she formed her right hand into a gun-like pose and a small blue light appeared in at the tip of her index finger. Kari fired then blast at a vest and the vest shattered, "Get the point!" she said
Alexis let out another nervous laugh and glee, with a sweat drop at her temple, "Yeah sure, I'd really hate to be at the end of that spirit gun blast." She said, as Kari let's go of her collar
"Hey, why such an interest in Jaden anyway?" Kari asked which caused the blonde Obelisk duelist to show a little blush on her cheeks, "Uh! Nothing just curious, that's all!" she replied trying to hide her blush from the brunette. Kari got close to Alexis's face and she could sense something totally different about the blonde-brunette. Alexis eyed Kari, "What?"
Kari smirked, "You have a little crush on Jaden, don't you?"
"What! How could you say such a thing, Hikari? I don't have a crush on Jaden!" she said, which was totally a lie, because she did have a little crush on the Slifer brunette
"SUUUUUURRRRREEEE! You don't!" Kari said, which caused Alexis to blush madly, "Listen Urameshi, I don't have a crush on Jaden and that's that!" she yelled, with an anime vein on her temple and shark-like teeth
After the duel between Jaden and Alexis, Jaden pulled a win out of the hat.
"I'd keep my word, if I were you three," Yusuke said, as he rowed the boat to where both Jaden and Syrus were.
"Yusuke, what are you doing here?" Jaden asked
"Hey, who's this!" the black haired Obelisk asked, pointing at Yusuke, "And he looks remotely like Kari." the red head Obelisk added
Yusuke got out a camera, "I've got the deal and duel on tape and I'd suggest you three keep your promise otherwise my sister is going to deal with you."
"Is that a threat, Slifer Slacker!" the red head Obelisk spat, ready to pounce
Alexis glared at the red head, "Shut it, Jasmine!" she snapped and glanced at Yusuke, then crossed her arms disapprovingly; "I can't believe how little trust you have on us, Yusuke Urameshi!"
The two Obelisk girls' eyes widened, "Wait a sec, Lex!" the black haired Obelisk yelled, "You're saying that this Slifer is………"
"………Yusuke Urameshi, a.k.a. Great Urameshi and related to Kari." Jasmine finished
Alexis nodded in reply, "That's right," she said, "You see, Yusuke is Kari's younger brother!"
"Brother!" the two yelled in unison
"On man!" the blackette said, "We're dead!"
"Not necessarily, Mindy," Alexis said, "If we keep quiet about what happened tonight and if Yusuke doesn't show the tape to Kari, then we won't die by Kari's hands."
"Hey Yusuke, how did you know where to find us?" Syrus asked
"I followed Jaden and don't even think about saying that I'm trespassing in your dormitory because I'm not anywhere near it and I like I said if one word about both Jaden and Syrus being here, I'll show this tape to Kari and she'll think of a suitable punishment!" Yusuke threatened
"Now Yusuke, come on now, I was only kidding!" Jasmine begged
"Yeah, we'll shut up about what happened tonight!" Mindy added
"Now that's what I'd like to hear!" Yusuke said, with a triumphed smirk
"And how do we know that Yusuke not going to give that tape to Kari?" Jasmine asked, suspiciously
"Please, I'm not the type to break promise, deliberately!" Yusuke retorted
"I believe we can trust Yusuke not to give that tape to Kari." Alexis said
"But Alexis……" Jasmine started
"Jaden beat me in a duel fair and square there's nothing to it."
"Actually it was more than that, it was close," Jaden said, in a matter-of-fact, "Yeah, you got game!" he added, which surprised Alexis a bit
"Later!" the boys said as the row away
As the Slifers were rowing back…….
"Gees Yusuke, did you have to blackmail them by lives?" Jaden asked
"I did what I have to, Jaden," Yusuke said, in matter-of-fact, "I'd hate for you two to be booted out school."
"But the deal was already made."
"And you'd never know that they might double-cross us," Yusuke said, "So, I'd have to make some more insurance to be safe. Always be prepared for anything!"
The next morning, Yusuke got up from his bed and later got into his Slifer Red blazer and walked out of his room.
"Hello Yusuke!" came a very familiar cherry, yet annoying voice to Yusuke
"Oh no! Please Botan, I don't have time to deal with you, so leave me alone!" he yelled, glaring at Botan, who was in her pink kimono and floating on her oar, "I just wanted to see how you are doing, that's all." she said
"Well, if you came for me for a new case, you better tell pacifier breath that I already put a resigning letter about two days ago. Go find a new spirit detective, I'm done!" Yusuke said, beginning to walk away
"Well for your information Koenma already found your letter and he wasn't very happy about it." Botan said, making Yusuke stop, "So what! I couldn't care less what that toddler thinks! I'm done fighting demons and monsters. In case you forgot, I'm living a new life with my friends and school and I'm enjoying it every last bit."
Botan sighed, "I know, Yusuke but don't you miss your old friends in Japan?"
"Well yeah of course I miss you guys!"
"You miss..."
"No! Not one bit!" he said with anger and walked away
Botan sighed, 'While she misses you as well, Yusuke and she still cares about you even though you didn't say goodbye to her when you left.' she thought
Just then Jaden and Syrus walked out and to their surprise saw Botan floating on her oar.