Wow, I am really surprised by the amount of people who was happy with my decision to make a multi-chapter ending section. I thought there would be hate comments and all, but...you guys were a lot more mature and understanding than I thought. Thank you all.
That said, I have another announcement to make! At that start of June, I'll be on vacation, so I won't be back for a while, so in a matter of speaking, this might be the last chapter before I go on vacation!
Disclaimer: Mage of Hope doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh series, only the OCs!
Deep within some deep woods laid a large, grassy mountain that held a secret cavern from within. Inside that small cavern resided a young woman in a miko kimono, surrounded by candles that lit up the dark cavern as she silently prayed to herself.
A small cold whirlwind and a light jolt of lightning shot down from behind the miko woman before two men appeared, kneeling down before her.
"You have called us, Mistress Sarina?" one of them spoke.
"Yes, Frost and Thunder. Jaden Yuki and the others will arrive to this city before long," explained the miko named Sarina. "The two of you are to mobilize in an effort to lure Jaden to us."
The one named Frost protested politely, "I don't mean to challenge your words, but I alone am enough for such a task."
"That should be my line," said Thunder.
"No, you two are not," stated Sarina firmly. "I believe Master Sartorius has informed the two of you of their extraordinary power. You must bear in mind to ensure that you do not underestimate them."
"Yes, Mistress!" both subordinates exclaimed, understanding their task.
Tossing two envelopes towards her subordinates, Sarina said, "These are for the both of you. Take those cards with you. Use those when yours powers are not enough against them. Now, out of my sight!"
Opening up their envelopes and spotting one card from each, the two called Frost and Thunder glanced at once another, agreeing to cooperate before leaving in the same manner in which they came; a cold whirlwind and a lightning bolt that was left from where they once knelt at.
Later...
The ferry ship that carried all of the students of Duel Academy finally arrived at the docks of Domino City hours later after departure ever since early that morning, arriving somewhat in the early afternoon. It took a few minutes, but the students all gathered in one huge group after leaving the ferry ship.
Jaden could barely contain her excitement the moment she stepped into the grounds of Domino City. "We're here! We're here! We're here! Domino City! You know, I didn't have any time sightseeing during the entrance exams, so I'm really all pumped up to explore the city! How about you, guys?!"
She turned around and saw Syrus and Hassleberry supporting Bastion, who looked exhausted and ready to vomit. Apparently, Bastion tended to be seasick and not very good at staying in sea.
"Ugh...I'm ever so glad that I don't have to travel by ship all the time," groaned Bastion, rushing to find the nearest trash bin.
"Testing, 1, 2, 3! Testing!" announced Bonaparte, trying to grab everyone's attention through a megaphone. "We will now review our plans for today, everyone!"
"My apologies, Vice Chancellor," interrupted Sartorius politely. "Me and my group have important matters to attend to, so we'll be acting on our own accord."
Lowering his megaphone, Bonaparte seemingly wanted to protest, but held an expression of understanding afterwards. "Is that so? Alright, then."
Bowing his head at his superiors, Sartorius said, "Well, if you excuse us..." The second he turned around to head for another direction, the rest of the Society of Light followed after him without question.
Glancing over at the remaining students that weren't part of the Society of Light, Crowler questioned Bonaparte, "There's no sense in looking after just them, now, is there?"
"Yes, that is true..."
"Uh...We're standing right here, you know!" pointed out Jaden, thinking they were being rude.
"Ahem! You may use this day today to do as you see fit!" Crowler proclaimed before leaving along with Bonaparte.
It figures that the two selfish adults would leave Bastion, Hassleberry, Syrus, and Jaden alone to attend to their own needs, but it didn't seem like the group of friends didn't mind as much, as they had already anticipated something like this would occur.
"Seriously, what is going on with that Society of Light?" wondered Bastion, getting back on the main subject.
"Well, this stuff's been going on for a while," reminded Hassleberry.
"Whatever the case is, now I've got places I want to go, so getting to do what we want to gives us a warm welcome!" chirped Jaden. She was so excited, she might as well run around the city as part of her sightseeing tour.
"Jaden! Jaden!" called out Syrus, holding up a guidebook about Domino City. "I bought a guidebook! Let me give you the tour!" 'And a date at that!'
'Oh, no you don't! I'M the one going on a date with her!' thought Hassleberry before pulling out his own guidebook from his pants pocket. "Jaden! Go on a d-I mean, go on the tour with me and me only! You won't regret!"
"What?! Are you trying to get in between me and Jaden? Fat chance!"
"You're just worried I'll guide her better than you!"
"Really?!"
Seeing as his two fellow Ra Yellow friends would be at one of their pointless bickering about Jaden yet again, Bastion looked around to see if there was any interesting places to go to when he spotted Aster passing by.
"Aster," he called out to the silver-haired Pro Duelist. "Out of all the people in Duel Academy, you're the only person who knows him best, so wouldn't you know what he's up to? After all, he is your manager, isn't he?"
"No, he isn't right now."
Flashback...
During one of the days Aster remained in Duel Academy, he visited Sartorius one stormy night n the new Society of Light dorm building, standing near the entrance of Sartorius' room while the owner of said room was placing tarot cards to perform another divination.
"I had thought that you would be coming here before long," spoke Sartorius, not even bothering to look at the Pro Duelist.
"Just what are you trying to do, Sartorius?" questioned Aster harshly, crossing his arms. He had no reason to be kind to his so-called manager anymore, especially after learning he's been fed with lies and deceit for a very long time.
Instead of answering his question, Sartorius changed the subject with another question. "Aster, why is it that you still remain at the very academy that you despise?"
"Because I thought I would see you if I was here."
"That's not the true answer, and you know it," corrected Sartorius. "The real reason is because it has become your destiny."
"My destiny?" Confused, but then recalling the reason why he wished for confront Sartorius, Aster snapped out of his confusion and demanded, "Hey, don't try and pull any mind games with me! Tell me what I want to know! Just what is it you're planning to do?!"
"My own reason for coming to this academy is the same," explained Sartorius. "Our stagnating destinies have begun to be swept up in a swirl of rapid change. It was the one who overcame the fates I had predicted that brought that swirl forth within this academy."
"Jaden Yuki?"
"Yes. All the pieces concerning her have begun to come into place. Even I am but one piece before fate. As long as we are both pieces, the relationship between us must also be equivalent, Aster."
"Don't give me all that talk!" snapped Aster, growing impatient. "What I want to hear about is this Society of Light you're forming! And why the hell you didn't tell me anything about it! Isn't that the kind of friendship we have?! Or maybe the reason why you couldn't tell me is because of the fact that the Society of Light is some...some sort of brainwashing cult that should burn in hell!"
"Aster..." A tear trailed down Sartorius' face, yet he refused to allow Aster to look at the once respectful man. "If you do feel friendship towards me, then you must be silent for now and follow the guidance of fate. Eventually, your time will come."
"...I don't. I can't," spat Aster, referring to the friendship part. "But, I will agree to wait. Just know that I'll be keeping my eye on you."
Leaving, Aster didn't bother giving Sartorius another glance, and the older man was relieved that he didn't.
"Just what is Sartorius thinking?" wondered Bastion.
Smugly, Aster replied, "I'm sure a duelist of your caliber is incapable of understanding how it is that Sartorius thinks."
"What?! How rude!' argued Bastion. "I may be in Ra Yellow, but I'm sure with improvement over my skills, I'll eventually get into Obelisk Blue properly and-"
"Then, why is it that you haven't been targeted by the Society of Light yet? You know, Sartorius told me something interesting. He said that he would get every valuable duelist into the Society of Light, one by one. He tried Jaden, but she's a precious gem and so powerful, his efforts have failed. He also tried that Hassleberry guy, but he proved far resistant to the brainwashing area. Wouldn't that mean that the two non-brainwashed students of this school are far more powerful and useful than you?"
"Wha-?!" Unable to come up with a rebuttal, Bastion turned to his friends for some backup, only to find that they were gone. "Hey! Where did they go?! Jaden! Syrus! Hassleberry!"
While Aster and Bastion were having their own serious conversation, the other trio had already ran off to explore to their heart's content, starting with the nearest tourist spot; the docks.
"Look! It's a famous Battle City landmark!" cried out Syrus. "It's where Yugi and Joey-"
"-Dueled to the death!" finished Hassleberry, interrupting Syrus midsentence and wanting some of the spotlight in escorting Jaden for her tour. "It's a duel of romance and friendship! According to my guidebook, Marik handcuffed them to this pier!"
"No, Marik chained their ankles to this anchor!" corrected Syrus. "Let me do all the guiding, Hassleberry! It's clear you don't know what you're talking about! After all, I'm not the one who got the guidebook from the discount booth!"
"Yeah, right! I'm Jaden's guide!" argued Hassleberry.
"No, I am! But if you want to show me off, you'll have to beat me in a duel, first! And let me warn you, I've gotten a lot stronger than the last duel I won."
"Gh-! Talk about sticking onto that one match..." grumbled Hassleberry, recalling the memory of when he first lost to Syrus on that one duel to win Jaden's heart. "I'm winning the next one! In fact, why don't we re-live the past? Just you, me, and an anchor!"
"Hmph! You'll be eating those words before long!"
"Hey, hey...Don't fight while we're still on the field trip," urged Jaden, trying to calm them down. "How about the two of you both be my guides? Pleeeaaase?"
It took no less than 5 seconds for the two Ra Yellow students to succumb to the power of Jaden's puppy dog eyes. Truly, they have no resistance whatsoever.
'No one can resist her cute puppy dog eyes...' thought both Hassleberry and Syrus, covering their eyes and redden faces in shame.
"Oh, yeah! There's a place I wanna check out!" cheered Jaden eagerly. "Let's go, go, go!" She locked both her arms around one of each of the boy's arms, thus being stuck in the middle as she dragged the two happy boys away.
Minutes later, the trio arrived in front of the infamous Kame Shop, the game shop that not only belonged to Solomon Muto, Yugi's Grandpa, but was also home to Yugi Muto himself. Because of Yugi's popularity and status as King of Games, the small game shop was an infamous landmark and just now opened for the day in the time they arrived.
"Whoa! So this is the Yugi Muto's house!" squealed Jaden before running up to open the door, only to find it locked. "Huh?! It's locked!"
"Well, it just opened for the day," reminded Syrus, pointing to the schedule sign in front of the door. "Maybe the shop's almost ready."
The sudden movement of the door springing open along with the chiming bells caused Jaden to jump back as an elderly old man resembling Yugi popped out. "Yugi! Have you come home? Oh...it's just three young lads."
"Whoa! Is that the legendary Solomon Muto?!" gasped Hassleberry, amazed.
"It has to be! There's no one as old and resembling to the King of Games as him!" said Syrus before realizing how somewhat offensive his comment was. "Er...no offense or anything!"
"That's Domino City for ya! So full of legends!" said Jaden.
"Excuse me, sir?" Syrus and Hassleberry walked up to the elder man politely...before basically shoving their guidebooks up to his face and bombarding him with questions.
"Sir, are you really Solomon Muto?!"
"Are you Yugi's grandpa?!"
"Do you know where Yugi is?!"
"Can we meet him?!"
"Do you have all sorts of rare cards?!"
It was somewhat strange at the moment that Jaden was the only one out of the three not involved in Syrus and Hassleberry's frantic questions whenshe herself was excited to come to the city. Then again, it could just be that she was being polite.
"Excuse me?" called out Jaden, raising her hand, causing Hassleberry and Syrus to cease their questions for now. "Is Yugi home right now?"
"Yugi's off on a journey at the moment," replied Solomon, who was close to fainting from the amount of questions that was previously bursting at his face. "I don't know where he is. But you know, there was a mysterious aura within Yugi, and I thought I felt it just now...Anyways! Who are you three?"
"Oh! I'm Jaden Yuki!" introduced Jaden. "And these are my two friends, Hassleberry and Syrus! We're students from Duel Academy! We're in the city right now for our field trip!"
"Oh! Duel Academy!" exclaimed Solomon. "I've heard so much good about it! Well, Yugi isn't here at the moment, but you're free to come into my game shop!"
Accepting his offer, the three students soon found themselves inside the Kame Shop, gazing at all of the cards neatly displaced from common to rare-type cards. There were other games besides Duel Monsters such as board games and toys, but it was mostly a Duel Monsters card shop nevertheless.
"You must really love Duel Monsters a lot, Gramps!" said Syrus, looking over at him.
"Thank you," said Solomon. "Oh, come to think of it, something strange happened a while ago that caused the cards' pictures to fade away. It really had me scared back then!"
Remembering the story about the Shadow Riders as told by Jaden, Hassleberry replied, "You oughta thank Jaden right here! It was thanks to her fighting the big boss of some bad guys last year in a duel that all of Duel Monsters was saved!"
"But you weren't even there to see it," pointed out Syrus.
"Oh? Really?" Solomon turned to Jaden, who was busy admiring not only the rare cards, but the super cute ones as well.
"Huh?" Snapping out of her fantasy for cuteness, Jaden looked at the game shop owner. "Oh, yeah. I did."
"Yup, yup, yup! She's the best duelist in Duel Academy!" bragged Syrus.
"In that case, I should do something in return for all your hard efforts, eh?" suggested Solomon. "How about...a tour around the city? You youngsters are only here for a few days anyways, and since this city must be new to you, it would be awful if you got lost!"
"Yay!" The trio immediately agreed, raising their fists in the air.
Exploring around the plaza, the four of them entered a few of the random shops to check out the things being sold, not buying a single thing as they were just there to sightsee. Once they finished, they decided to grab some lunch at a café called Almondo, which just so happened to be near the exact spot where Yugi had his first duel against a Rare Hunter.
Later...
Hours later, the group was still roaming around the unexplored parts of the city with Jaden and her friends showing no sign of fatigue, unlike Solomon, who looked ready to collapse at any second. They already went through many stores and landmarks according to the guidebook that listed a lot about Domino City and still, Jaden and her friends were eager to explore more about the city in which the King of Games grew up in.
"Come on, Gramps! Hurry up!" urged Jaden as she and her friends were growing ahead of Solomon.
Stopping to take a break, Solomon panted and watched as the three young tourists were sprinting ahead of him. "Honestly, they really are energetic youngsters! But still, it would mean that Yugi's become that much of an inspiration to everyone-AAH!"
A mysterious man suddenly electrocuted Solomon from behind, knocking him unconscious before taking him somewhere else.
About a few minutes later, Jaden noticed that Solomon wasn't with them and grew concerned. "Huh? Uh...where'd Gramps go? Okay, let's split up and look for him!"
Nodding in agreement, the three ran off into three separate directions, hoping to further increase their chances of success if they split up to cover more ground. Within a few minutes of running around, Jaden felt an uneased power at hand and saw that the skies were now covered by gray clouds, only, she had a feeling that it wasn't going to be stormy.
"What's this...feeling I just had?" wondered Jaden out loud before noticing Winged Kuriboh flying up to her face. "What's up, Winged Kuriboh?"
Much to Jaden's surprise, Air Hummingbird also appeared right next to her. "Look up there, Jaden. The cause of the trembling air and the skies just now is because of that."
What the Duel Monster was referring to was the four, large monarch-like Duel Monsters that surrounded the entirety of Domino City, almost as though resembling as the city's guardians. Because most people couldn't see Duel Spirits, it was a huge surprise for Jaden to spot them as well as ponder about their current existence.
"Look around. It's as though someone had put a barrier around the city. These Duel Spirits are just embodiments of this barrier. Unless the barrier's link to the one who put it up is severed, we Duel Spirits will be unable to leave this city."
"But...who would do such a thing?"
Meanwhile...
Unfortunately for both Syrus and Hassleberry, they haven't found a single clue about Solomon's whereabouts and they happen to run into each other during their search. Personally, they would have wanted to run into Jaden instead, but they had the short end of the stick in their path. Still, it wouldn't hurt to exchange information.
"Did you find Gramps?" asked Syrus.
"He's not here," spoke Hassleberry.
"Then, I'll go towards the direction Jaden went, so you go look into those dark alleys and-"
"Hold up! First, don't tell me what to do!" Hassleberry argued. "Second, no way am I going into dark alleys when they're obviously a lot of trouble! And third, you're just using that excuse to go and team up with Jaden! Nice try, but I ain't letting that happen! YOU go search those dark alleys by yourself, unless you're too scared to, just like you're too scared for a rematch!"
"What?!" Syrus grew agitated and argued back, "I'm not scared! And besides, you know you lost to me!"
"I've been quiet about it until now, but that match was a draw! I thought you'd feel worse if I beat you back then, so I went easy on ya! And if I held back, that meant I was technically stronger than you from the very beginning! Ha!"
Syrus was unsure whether or not this was a bluff, but he was still mad at Hassleberry and wanted to knock the cocky grin off his face. "Oh, yeah?! Let's settle this with a duel, then!"
"Gladly!"
Before both of them could engage in a duel, a sudden sharp object flew at them and struck the ground near them. Frightened by the ambush attack, both males screamed and clung onto each other for dear life. It wasn't until seconds later that they realized the awkward position they were in and immediately backed away from each other.
Cautiously, as though the sharp object was a bomb, Syrus picked it up, discovering how cold the object was. "Huh? It's Gramps' bandanna, and it's stiff cold! ...How is this physically possible?"
Out of nowhere, Chazz walked up to the two. "Hey, some weird pair told me to tell you guys something. If you want to get its owner back, head towards the roof of that building right there. And that's it for me."
While watching Chazz walk away, Hassleberry pondered, "Do you think that means Gramps was attacked by someone...?"
"Obviously, he was kidnapped!" corrected Syrus. "Come on, we gotta go save him!"
Both boys hurried to the top of the building, bursting through the doors with only the safety of Solomon in their minds. Once they arrived at the exact location, they looked around and saw no sign of anyone, but they did recognize the place through the guidebook.
"Hold up," said Hassleberry. "Isn't this...? Isn't this the building where Yugi and Kaiba formed a dream tag team?"
"Hey, look! Two duel disks!" pointed out Syrus, running towards the two duel disks that laid on top of a glass-sided floor. "Hey, back in that tag team duel, what were the stakes of that duel?"
"Apparently, the losers were sent to the Shadow Realm once they lost," replied Hassleberry, picking up one of the two duel disks.
"Oh, come on! That's a myth! I bet the losers were sent to jail and never seen agai-A BOMB?!"
When Syrus picked up his own duel disk off the ground, a rectangular-like box with some sticks of dynamite were attached underneath the glass floor, freaking out both Syrus and Hassleberry.
Before the two could make a run for it, a man called out to them. "Careful! Don't make any sudden moves!"
Another man from behind added, "You'll go out with a bang if you get away from there."
Standing up back-to-back, Hassleberry and Syrus met their opponents face-on. One man was wearing a beanie hat, a fur coat, and had a goatee, while the other had purple hair.
"Who are you guys?!" demanded Hassleberry.
"And why do you look like Joey Wheeler, only with purple hair?" questioned Syrus towards the purple-haired man.
"See, I told you that you resemble that guy too much!" said the goatee man.
"Shut up, Frost!" shouted the purple-haired man. "I'm Thunder, and my partner over there is Frost!"
"Fine, whatever! Where's Gramps?!" demanded Syrus.
"Oh, him? He was never even here. He's exhausted in some alley."
Jumping onto the glass-sided floor, Frost stated, "As a matter of fact, we from the Society of Light have been given orders to capture and take you somewhere."
"Why? And are you working with Sartorius?" asked Hassleberry.
Thunder shrugged. "Well, something like that. We're from another faction within the Society of Light called the Light Brigade. But...well, it's a hassle to explain more, so let's just settle this with a duel."
Nodding, Hassleberry and Syrus activated their duel disks along with their opponents, beginning the start of a four-way duel.
"DUEL!"
Later, with Jaden...
"Gramps! Grandpa Muto! Where are you!" called out Jaden, bypassing people and continuing to run around in random directions. When she passed by an alleyway, however, something caught her eye and she retraced her steps, finding Solomon laying against a bunch of garbage bags. "Gramps!"
At the sound of her voice, Solomon woke up, slightly injured from the ambush attack he suffered earlier. "Huh? What am I doing all the way over here...?"
Helping Solomon to his feet, Jaden removed some of the garbage bags in front of him and gently clasped her hand around his. "That's what I wanna know, too."
"Last thing I remember, something hit me from the back, like a lightning strike, and-Huh? My bandanna's gone!"
"Jaden."
Looking up, Jaden saw Aster, who was walking over to them. "Oh, Aster! Hey, Gramps! This is Aster, and he goes to my school! And-"
"Yeah, can we save the chat for later?" said Aster, looking up at the skies. "Jaden, don't you feel something? It's faint to me, but I can...see huge shadows surrounding this city that have brought forth an intense feeling of oppression. After my duel with you, I've been able to see strange things once in a while."
"Oh! Does that mean you can see Duel Monster Spirits too?" wondered Jaden.
"Hmph! That's ridiculous!"
"Oh, yeah? Then explain the four huge Monsters behind those buildings!"
"...They could be holograms. Really, REALLY huge holograms."
"Seriously? That's a bunch of-"
"Jaden, Seto Kaiba was the one who designed the duel disk and built the hologram system," pointed out Aster. "It really wouldn't be farfetched for him to add a lot of details such as huge transparent Monsters twice the size of buildings!"
"But-"
"Jaden, just look up there!" said Aster, grabbing her shoulders and turning her around so she could see what he was looking at.
Jaden wanted to protest more about the difference between Solid Vision and Duel Monster Spirits, but now she was focused on something strange on top of another building. It looked as though a duel was taking place, as evident of the Duel Monsters facing in opposite directions, but one certain, recognizable Monster caught her attention.
"That's...Dark Tyranno! Is Hassleberry in a duel?! Come on, guys! Let's go!"
"Me? Why me?" asked Aster. "I only came to you to exchange information. I want nothing to do with-"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever! Let's go!" Jaden grabbed ahold of Aster's arm and began to move...only to find Aster stronger than her and being unable to proceed further with him stubbornly staying in place.
This went on for a few more minutes until Aster sighed and walked off towards the building, dragging a happy Jaden along with him with Solomon following after. "I'm only doing this because I'm curious as well, alright?"
"YAY!"
Once they were close to the building's area, the three of them noticed that the clouds have dispersed and the four guardian Duel Spirits have vanished. "The guards surrounding the city are gone," pointed out Aster.
"Jaden Yuki! Aster Phoenix!" called out Frost, who was standing on the other side of the road not far from them. "I've come to relay a message!"
"Who are you?" asked Jaden.
"I'm one of the Four Emperors of the Light Brigade working for Mistress Sarina: Frost!"
"Sarina? Sartorius' sister?" Aster asked.
"Sartorius has a sister? Wait, what's the message?" wondered Jaden.
"Oh, it's real simple. It's just that we've got your two friends after beating them in a duel, and that if you want them back, you'll have to come find us!" With the message delivered, Frost crackled in maniacal laughter before he vanished in a strong, short storm of wind and snow, leaving nothing but silence.
"...How is that physical possible? It's the end of spring, and the snow has already stop-"
"Aster!"
"What? Too soon?"
Skit: Moody
In separate sections of the Mizuno Jewelry Shop, Hassleberry and Syrus were checking their wallets, trying to find a cheap piece of jewelry to give to Jaden while they were sightseeing the shop inside. Most of the jewelry sold inside were highly expensive, and they knew that Jaden, being the tomboy she is, would be less interested in girly stuff like jewelry, so they had to find something both cheap and simple.
At last, they found the jewelry they were searching for and rushed towards Jaden, who was looking at a bunch of gemstones on display out of pure curiosity. "Jaden!" they exclaimed, presenting small jewelry boxes in their hands. "I have something for you!"
Both boys glared daggers at one another, determined not to lose in this love war of theirs while Jaden glanced back and forth, being in the middle between the two. "Uh...what's going on?"
Deciding it was now or never, they both exclaimed, "Here, take it!" Both opened their boxes at the same time, presenting...mood rings.
"..."
"...HEY!"
"Wh-?! Why do you have the same item as I do?!"
"I should be asking the same thing!"
"Ah!" cried out Jaden, causing both boys to look at her worriedly. "I got it! I'm sorry! I should have realized it sooner! How could I be so insensitive?"
'What? Does Jaden finally understand my intent? Will she accept me?' wondered both Hassleberry and Syrus, hoping she might pick one of the two.
"Of course! It all makes sense! You two are a couple!"
"WHAT?!" both boys yelled, flustered and shocked.
"The arguments couples usually have, spending time together, dueling, and now the rings! But...isn't a bit too early to get married? Or, are they rings to signify the start of your relationship?" wondered Jaden.
"No, no, no, no! You've got it wrong!" cried out Syrus.
"It's okay! I get it! Don't worry! I'm not against same gendered relationships! In fact, I find yaoi real cute!~" squealed Jaden. "Aww...if only they had a yaoi fanclub back at Duel Academy!"
"They did! Last year!"
"Wait, Duel Academy had a yaoi fanclub?!" shouted Hassleberry, surprised.
"Oh! Don't let me stop you! Carry on!~" chirped Jaden, skipping off to the exit.
Desperately, Hassleberry and Syrus ran after Jaden to stop her and clear up the misunderstanding, hoping that she would understand.
"Hey, boys! You need to pay for those!"
...Right after they paid.
Skit: Misunderstanding Games
"Ahh! I feel so much better!" sighed Solomon, exiting the bathroom in the arcade called Big Web. Because there wasn't many customers today at Big Web, the group decided to take a break and play some of the arcade games.
He heard the familiar cheers and name-calling from the three students he was accompanying, and while it was good to see spirited youngsters, he did hear...a few strange sounds.
"Ah! Ah! Oof! Ack!"
"Gh-! Gah! Tah! Aaah!"
'Those sounds...no, it couldn't be!' thought Solomon, horrified as he rushed forward. If those sounds truly confirmed his suspicions, then he needed to stop this insanity.
"You kids! What do you think you're-?!"
To Solomon's surprise and relief, Hassleberry and Jaden were just playing a two-player fighting game, having selected a different fighter each while Syrus waited his turn, cheering on Jaden.
Okay! I was in a rush due to packing for my vacation, but here it is! Hope you guys enjoy until I get back! Read and review!