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Chapter 6

The guys met up with Syrus and Chum-Li as the staff was letting everyone into the Auditorium. All of the teachers had disgusted looks on their faces.

"Hey you guys here anything," Jaden asked as they took their seats.

"Sure did, everyone who was apprehended was suspended for two weeks." Ryan did notice that there were a lot less students then he had seen the night before.

"All students, may I have your attention please." It was Crowler, she was standing on stage, arms folded tapping he foot. "I think I speak for all teachers when I say, we are completely disappointed in all of you who attended that party last night. It was absolutely appalled at what I saw last night. To take advantage our leaving like that is an abomination of an excuse. It was up to me you would all be expelled . . . but," he paused, "it is not, it is up to Seto Kaiba," he said referring to mastermind behind Duel Academy. Crowler sighed heavily before saying his next words.

"Mr. Kaiba, believes in going outside the box to get what you want, and not letting any get in your way to power," Crowler said with less enthusiasm then he usually had when talking about Kaiba. "Mr. Kaiba would like to . . . reward you."

Ryan, Jaden, Bastion, Chum-Li, and Syrus all looked at each other, amazed at what they had just heard. Were they seriously about to get away with this?

"Your reward is a . . . ten day trip to . . . Aspen, Colorado," Crowler mumbled.

No one in the room made a sound. Was this actually happening, was the question on everyone's minds. And then all at once kids jumped out of their seats. Hugging each other, and dancing.

"Students, students, settle down," Chancellor Shepard said. After evryone sat back down, he continued.

"Although this is a great opportunity for all of us to go to America, there are two rules: One, anyone caught in the act disorderly conduct will be automatically expelled on the spot. Two, there is a fee of two-thousand dollars will have to be turned in by Friday for anyone planning to attend, so call your parents and have them wire you the money. We leave on Saturday.

After hearing that, Ryan's stomach sank. There was no way he had could get two-thousand dollars together by Saturday. He and his parents had had to save for nearly to years for him to go Duel Academy.

While everyone was leaving the Auditorium Ryan didn't move. Jaden noticed this.

"Yo' I'll catch up with you guys later," Jaden called to the others as they left. Jaden walked back over to Ryan and sat down next to him.

"Dude, what's wrong? You should be ecstatic," Jaden said trying to cheer Ryan up.

"Can't go," Ryan mumbled.

"What do you mean you can't go? All you have to do is call your par . . ." and then Jaden realized the truth. "You can't get the money together can you?" his face filled with concern.

Ryan remained quiet.

"Look . . . if it'll help I can loan you the money," Jaden said.

"No man, I can't let you do that, you barely even know me," Ryan said.

"I know I haven't known you that long, but I will always help a friend," Jaden said with a smile. Ryan looked at him for a long time.

"Okay," he said giving him a high five.

"Just make sure to pay me back," Jaden said as the two buddies left the room laughing.

Back at Ra Dorm . . .

Alexis was still asleep in Ryan's bed. She was dreaming. In her dream she was on a stage in a red dress dancing with a guy. She couldn't make out his face because the lights were dim. He spun her around and around, they were both moving elegantly across the stage. The dance was almost over. He guy spun her around one more time and took into a final bow, and then he . . . kissed her. She was awestruck. This wasn't apart of the dance, but the audience applauded anyway. After taking a quick bow, the guy rushed off stage, she chased after him. After a few minutes of chasing him she caught him. She spun him around, and to her disbelief, it was Ryan.

Alexis woke up in a cold sweat. "It was just a dream," she kept repeating to herself. Why did he do that? What was this supposed to mean. All of a sudden she could feel some thing rise up in her throat, she ran to the bathroom. After throwing up she decided to push the dream to the back of her mind and proceed to find Jaden.