Chapter 18: The problem with Fangirls

It was early in the morning and the bleary eyed Slifer students had just sat down for breakfast. Professor Banner stepped in front of the tired students and cleared his throat. "Children please settle down, I have an announcement to make! Chumley stop eating with your mouth open!"

Banner waited as the rest of the Slifers stopped chowing down on their breakfast, before pushing the small figure forward. "Now everyone please help me in welcoming our newest transfer student Blair Flannigan" The smaller boy looked around wide eyed before pulling the big green hat he wore down over his eyes.

"Well Syrus it looks like you no longer hold the title of shortest Slifer," Haru commented through a mouth full of eggs.

"Yeah he's shorter than me, and dresses weirder than me. If I didn't know any better I would think he's trying to steal my title as sidekick" Syrus muttered as he looked the new kid up from head to toe.

"Don't worry, it will take a lot for that to happen," Haru snorted.

"I can't believe my meal was interrupted just to introduce a new transfer student," Chumley grumbled.

"Oh be nice Chum it's not to often we get new students in the middle of the school year" Damian said cheerfully as he stood up. "As the student representative of this dorm I would like to give you a warm welcome to the Slifer Red dorm," he announced moving towards the new student.

"Subtle as always I see" Haru smirked.

Blair looked at the green haired by as if he was crazy and took a step back as he neared. "You'll find this is the most accepting of the three dorms. We don't tend to Judge since we've all been in your shoes at one time or another"

"Wait Damian" Banner interrupted. "You don't understand"

"What's not to understand professor?" The dorm head asked pulling the smaller boy to him. "I'm just trying to…." With a great pull the smaller boy managed to get out of his grasp before hiding behind the teacher. "Make Blair feel at home."

"That's just it, this isn't Blair's home," Banner sighed. "His scores on the written exams were all near perfect"

"So what you're telling me is he's only staying here for a few days while the chancellor gets everything in order" Damian said deadpan, having realized his mistake. He gave the newcomer a polite smile "I'm sorry i scared you." He bowed before making his way back to the seat next to Haru's. The Kaiju duelist nudged him and gave him a sly smile.

"Nice going"

"Well now that the introduction is out of the way Blair you can take the empty room on the first floor while you await your transfer papers" Banner said patting the boy on the head. "Now why don't you say hello to your fellow dorm mates for the time being".

Blair stepped forward and cleared his throat and said. "Hello," in a tone that could only be heard by the closest table.


After breakfast the students of Slifer, Ra and Obelisk gathered in the main hall for an announcement from the chancellor. Most kept to their respective groups, chatting about the usual topics. Soon enough Chancellor Sheppards face appeared on the big screen drawing everyone's attention.

"Settle down everyone," he addressed the students. "Chumley do you need to bring food with you everywhere?"

Most of the slifer dorm turned to see the Koala duelist in the midst of chowing down on a grilled cheese wrapped in foil. "Seriously how do they keep noticing me so easy?" he grunted, wrapping the rest of the sandwich and putting it away.

"You're not exactly subtle big guy" Syrus smirked.

"Now everyone, in case you aren't aware we have an important series of duels coming up against our rival North Academy. Last year our representative was Zane Truesdale, and he handed them quite the defeat. This year I expect the same out of whoever we elect to represent us."

Syrus leaned over to Blair who he had noticed was staring at Zane who was over in the corner. "Hey Blair did you know that Zane is my big brother?"

"Really?" The smaller slifer asked turning to look at him with wide eyes. "It must be amazing to have such a powerful duelist as your brother."

Syrus nodded. "Yeah he's cool, but mom said I got the looks," he said casually with a shrug warranting a snort from Haru.

"Now as of recently we've had requests from both East and West Academy to enter so we shall be having a single elimination singles duel for the title this year. On another note Eiji Hayata and Sarah Ouvere from the Obelisk dorm have been selected to participate in the doubles finals automatically due to North Academy and our school being the only ones to meet the deadline this year. As of yet we have not chosen the representative for the singles division, so if you hit the books and duel really hard you might just be the ones to represent us!"

The screen shut off and the chatter resumed around the hall as the students discussed the news. Haru seemed to have a look of irritation etched across his face. "That bastard got into the School Duel and didn't tell me? Now I have to be the representative or he'll think he got the leg up on me."

"I seriously doubt that, Eiji doesn't seem like the kinda person to hold that sort of thing over someone's head. Besides even if you get chosen you'll probably have to duel Zane again and that turned out so well the first time," Syrus remarked sarcastically.

"Thanks for bringing that up Syrus" Haru growled. "What makes you think Zane even wants to be the representative this year?"

"Because he's amazing…." Blair said quietly as Haru could have sworn he saw the boys face get red.


"Amazing?" Haru pondered as he and his two compatriots walked around the courtyard. "That's kind of an odd word to use. Especially the way he said it."

"Well he wasn't wrong, like I said Zane did beat you" Syrus reminded him.

"It was kinda close though" Chumley added as he watched the look of irritation return to Haru's face.

"That's true," Syrus agreed noticing his choice of words was not the best. "What do you say we hang around the dorm since its the weekend and all?"

"Sounds good to me" Chumley agreed.

"I want to go find that transfer student, something seems kinda off" Haru suggested. "He was acting really weird during the assembly"

"Sounds interesting enough, let's go," the other two Slifer's agreed before the trio set off for their dorm.


Little did they know that the new student was already helping himself to the sights of the island as he ran to and fro looking for something, or perhaps someone. The new slifer watched as Zane left the main campus building. He gasped basking in how cool the Obelisk was. But as he walked forward in an attempt to talk to the Kaiser,

"Look what we have here." Blair turned around to see two Obelisk boys smiling down at him. The first had shoulder length red hair tied up into a ponytail, while the other had spiky white hair with green streaks.

"You lost?" The ginger asked.

"Because if you are we would love to show you around!" The white haired boy smirked before pulling out a couple duel disks and throwing one at the slifers feet. Blair stumbled trying to make a break for it, but was blocked by the two obelisks.

The ginger Obelisk laughed. "We never said you had a choice."

"Would you mind not picking on my underclassmen?"

The two Obelisks turned to see a green haired boy wearing the second year white and red Slifer blazer. He had a kind expression on his face but something seemed to tell the duo that he was anything but friendly.

"Who the heck are you?" The white haired boy asked.

"Damian Everhart resident second year Slifer, pleasure to meet you" Damian introduced himself.

"Stay out of this Slifer Slime. Unless you want to get what your 'Underclassmen' has coming to him, it's none of your business!" The ginger yelled.

"Slifers have to look after each other, so you sorta made this my business when you decided to pick on my friend here," Damian shrugged, his smile turning somewhat eerie.

"Fine if you want this beating so bad I'll end you then go after the little-" the white haired one started to say before the three noticed Blair had run off.

"Well looks like your just going to have to settle for me today boys" Damian laughed.

"Shut up, I'm going to make you wish you had never messed with Troy Shelton," the white haired boy growled.


Meanwhile Haru and company had just made it into view of the dorm when they noticed something.

"Guys look!" Syrus said pointing towards a small figure running across the grounds. As they looked they recognized Blair who after running across the dorm grounds before disappearing behind a large stone pillar.

"What's the he doing?" Chumley wondered aloud.

"Acting sketchy in my opinion" Haru frowned as he felt his suspicion grow. He took off running after his new dorm mate.

"What the? Where are you going?" Syrus called after him.

"Following up on a hunch!" Haru called back.


Blair eased his way across a long tree branch that overlooked a Balcony on the top floor of the Obelisk blue boys dorm. Quickly and quietly he jumped down and made his way into the room, unaware of the pair of eyes that was watching him nearby.

'First Blair makes that weird comment about Zane, the blush, and now he's sneaking into a Obelisk room? Now I know somethings up' Haru thought as he checked around him for onlookers before scaling the tree himself. With surprising grace the Kaiju duelist managed to arrive on the porch with little to no sound just as the little one had just a minute before. Haru watched as the smaller Slifer opened up the desk drawer next to the bed and pulled out a deck box before cuddling it against his cheek.

'Ooook….. This is a bit excessive even for a fanboy" Haru muttered.

"C'mon guys lets get upstairs"

Haru turned and saw three Obelisk's accompanied by Zane walking towards the door below them. "Shit," he sighed before running into the room were Blair was still cuddling the deck.

Blair jumped at the sudden movement and turned to face him. "What are you doing here?"

"No time to talk" Haru grunted grabbing the boy by his arm. "Trespassing is a punishable offense if your caught, so c'mon," he urged. The two glanced over to the door as the trio of voices grew nearer. "Listen I'll explain when we're not here, now let's move" Haru growled as he tightened his grip.

What happened next even surprised Haru. As if it was in slow motion Blair gasped as he fell to the floor and a loud click filled the air. Haru's eyes widened as long purplish black hair spilled out from within the confines of the hat. Blair seemed to have become very frightened at the prospect of her secret being exposed.

"Oh….. Oh boy" Haru gulped. "Your a girl aren't you?" He watched as Blair grabbed the hat and ran out the balcony door jumping onto the tree branch and sliding down the trunk to make her escape. "Shit why didn't I see it sooner?" Haru said rubbing his eyes.

"Hey you! What are you doing here?"

"Shit, and now I'm left in this compromising situation" Haru raised his hands above his head and turned around. Three obelisk boy enter the room followed by Zane who stood in the doorway blocking his escape.

"Hey Zane look who we caught sneaking into your room" One of the boys called.

They turned to see the deck box still open on top of the desk. "And he was ruffling through your cards to!"

"Listen there's a reason why all of this happened" Haru tried to explain as he turned to see Blair disappear into the distance.

"Save it slacker! Were taking you to Dr. Crowler"

"Oh he would have a field day with this one" Haru grumbled as he took a step backwards toward the door.

"Oh no you don't" One of the Obelisks yelled jumping on his back while the others tackled him from the front. "Dr. Crowler, Help! Help!"

As this was all going on Zane made his way over to the open deck box and noticed a hairclip on the ground. Putting two and two together he let out a short whistle that caused his three compatriots to stop for a moment. "Let him go." Zane commanded

"What?" the Obelisks gasped.

"See I told you!" Haru grunted from beneath the pile. "Have you always had a problem with obsessive fangirls?"

"Girls on this island are surprisingly tame honestly, this Hairclip is rather familiar though" Zane replied. He shot Haru a look that told him now was the time to scram. The Obelisks moved off of him and he made his escape, leaping off the balcony. "Good to see you again Zane" he called up to the balcony as he left the building. "I need to tell the guys about what I just discovered" he muttered to himself as he ran toward his dorm.

As he passed a nearby tree the familiar face of blair popped out from behind it. "You won't be telling anyone anything…" she spoke, now in her own voice. "At least while i have something to say about it."


Troy:2000-0

Damian smiled as the holograms on the field vanished and the white haired boy dropped to the ground in defeat. "While that was fun I dont think its worth all you made your deck out to be." The green haired boy laughed.

"Shut up," Troy growled as his glance turned to his companion. "Get him Rich, my loss was a fluke there's no way he can beat the two of us back to back"

The ginger boy smiled as he picked up the duel disk. "I'll avenge your loss Troy, and make this Slifer pay for talking back to us."

"Oh goodie another one" Damian smirked as he activated his duel disk once again. "Try not to disappoint me like your friend did."

Duel!

Damian:4000

Rich:4000

"Superiors first if you don't mind" Rich said as he drew. "First I'll summon Marauding Captain in attack position!" An older blonde man in a cape appeared duel wielding two swords in front of him.

Marauding captain level 4 (1200/400)

"And when I normal summon Marauding Captain I can special summon a level 4 or lower warrior type monster from my hand so I special summon Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke to back him up!" In a poof of smoke a man in a green cloak wearing a set of silver armor appeared and did a backflip before pulling two kunai from his belt and holding them at the ready.

Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke level 4 (1800/1000)

"I'll end with a facedown! Your move"

"Alright then" Damian said taking his draw. "I'll normal summon Mid-Shield Gardna in attack position!" Appearing in front of the second year Slifer was a man with long brown hair kept together by a green and white bandana. He wore a white shirt and brown pants along with a blue and gold shield attached to a glove on his left hand.

Mid-Shield Gardna level 4 (100/1800)

"See I told you it was a fluke there's no way a good duelist would summon a monster with 100 attack in attack position," Troy laughed.

"I assure you he won't be staying like that for long" Damian told him. "Mid-Shield Gardna's effect activates, allowing me to switch him to face down defense position!" The brunette warrior disappeared as a reverse card appeared in is stead. "Now I activate the effect of my Subterror Behemoth Stalagmo from hand, when I flip a monster facedown and I control no face up monsters I can special summon it in defense position. As he placed the card on the tray an enormous cluster of stone that seemed like something with wings curled up over it appeared on his field.

Subterror Behemoth Stalagmo level 10 (2800/2100)

"And now do to his effect I can flip him face down as well" The giant cluster of stone disappeared and was replaced by a reverse card just as gardna had beforehand. "I'll set a card and pass my turn for now" Damian concluded.

"Your flip monsters are just a gimmick, there's no way they can stand up to a well thought out strategy!" Rich declared as he drew for turn, "I activate Stop Defense! Now all your facedown monsters are forced into attack position!" A light flashed as Damian's set cards returned to being monsters as the cluster of rock formed into a giant dragon like creature with wings, and Mid-Shield Gardna flexed its' muscles.

"Stalagmo's flip effect activates now, allowing me to discard a Subterror monster then draw two cards! I'll discard my Subterror Nemesis Warrior for cost." The subterror duelist drew two additional cards.

"That won't matter! I tribute my Marauding Captain and Sasuke to summon Gilford the Legend!" As the blonde knight and the shinobi disappeared a more muscular man took its place. This new monster had long brown hair and wore a metal horned mask, along with a silver chest piece and cape. He took the sword that was strapped across his back and stabbed it into the ground in front of him.

Gilford the legend level 8 (2600/2000)

"Now comes the effect of my facedown Call of the Haunted! Now I'll revive my Marauding Captain to defend Gilford. Return to duty Marauding Captain!" A gravestone appeared next to gilford as Marauding captain began to dig its way out of the ground.

Marauding captain level 4 (1200/400)

"Then comes this! The A Forces! Now for every warrior monster I control each of my monsters gains 200 attack so each will be gaining 400 for the turn," Gilford and Marauding captain both began to swell with an unknown energy.

Gilford the legend level 8 (2600-3000)

Marauding captain level 4 (1200-1600)

"Marauding Captain attacks your Mid-Shield Gardna!" The blonde knight pulled out his second sword before sprinting across the field and destroying the shield warrior.

Damian: 4000-2500

"Yeah!" Troy cheered. "Take it to him!"

"Next comes Gilford who will attack your stone behemoth!" Rich commanded as the muscle bound warrior pulled his sword from the ground before jumping into the air and cleaving the stone monster down the middle.

Damian:2500-2200

"And that's going to end it for me this round. I hope I didn't scare you to much," the ginger Obelisk taunted.

"Quite the opposite actually, if anything you helped me along towards my victory," Damian told them showing no signs of stress. "I'll start by playing the spell cost down, now by discarding a card my monsters are all reduced by two levels. Now I can normal summon Subterror Behemoth Stygokraken in face down defense position." A reverse card appeared in defense position in front of him. "Now I activate Book of Moon then Book of Taiyou from my hand allowing me to flip my monster face up and your Gilford facedown." The defense position card disappeared as a blue black and white sea serpent with long red tusks appeared in front of them as gilford fell to his knees and disappeared .

Subterror Behemoth Stygokraken level 5-3 (1400/2600)

"Another low level monster? What are you playing at exactly?" Rich asked.

"I'm glad you asked, because when Stygokraken is flipped face up I can destroy a set monster you control, so say goodbye to Gilford and 200 attack for Marauding Captain as well," the Slifer responded. Rich's set card burst into pixels while energy seemed to be sucked out of Marauding captain.

Marauding captain level 4 (1600-1400)

"Your monster still isn't strong enough to defeat mine so I'm still safe!" the ginger obelisk yelled.

"Now comes the effect of the card I discarded earlier Subterror Nemesis Warrior. When I flip a Subterror Behemoth monster face up while he's in my graveyard I can special summon him." As he said this a man with purple hair, wearing goggles and a set of green armor appeared before him wielding a long jade blade.

Subterror Nemesis Warrior level 4 (1800/1200)

"Battle! Nemesis Warrior attack his Marauding Captain!" The green warrior gave him a nod before running across the field and slashing the blonde warrior, destroying him instantly.

Rich: 4000-3600

"Now Stygokraken go in for the direct attack!" He commanded as the sea serpent's horns began to glow before releasing a beam of energy directly at Rich.

Rich: 3600-2200

"And would you look at that in the course of one turn I tied the whole thing up. Perhaps you should be the one who's scared," Damian laughed. "I end my turn, returning Stygokraken's level back to normal."

Subterror Behemoth Stygokraken level 3-5

"Grrrr" the Obelisk growled as he drew. "I summon Dark Blade in attack position, and due to the effect of my spell he gains 200 attack." A warrior clad in the blackest of armor covered in spikes appeared before him carrying two swords.

Dark Blade level 4 (1800/1500)

Dark Blade (1800-2000)

"Attack his fish with Darkest slash!" The warrior charged across the field but as he was about to strike down Stygokraken the beast was engulfed in a bright light along with Nemesis warrior. "What?" He gasped.

"I activate Nemesis Warrior's second effect! On either player's turn I can send a Behemoth whose level is equal to or less than the total of stars my Warrior and Stygokraken have to the graveyard then special summon it by sending both to the graveyard." Pulling a card from his deck he removed the two monsters from the field before placing the new monster on the field. "Through this effect I summon Subterror Behemoth Voltellurric in face down defense position!"

"I'll continue my attack!" Rich declared as the black armored warrior charged at the new set card.

"Bad idea my friend because now you're facing down a monster with 3000 defense" Damian shook his head. As the warrior neared he was greeted by a large dragon like creature outlined in black with two separate pairs of wings. Its head began to glow as it let loose a volley of electricity sending the warrior back to Rich's side of the field.

Subterror Behemoth Voltellurric level 9 (1900/3000)

Rich:2200-1200

"Damn it" Rich growled.

"Now realizing you picked a fight you couldn't win huh?" Damian laughed "Dont worry ill make it quick. I draw!" He drew his next card. "First I activate Smashing Ground, destroying your Dark Blade. Next I switch Voltellurric into attack position and I'll have him attack you directly, Static Shockwave!" The dragon like creatures head began to glow just before it let loose a blast of pure electricity directly at his opponent.

Rich: 1200-0

"How could we both lose?" Troy whined banging his fist on the ground. "To a Slifer no less?".

"Well I'm no ordinary Slifer actually," Damian snorted as he bent down to pat them each on the shoulder. "There's a reason why I'm dorm representative."

"Dorm representative?" Rich asked. "You mean the trio that got elected just before this year got started? The three strongest duelists on the island just under Zane?"

"Yup one and the same" Damian nodded."In all fairness I could be in Obelisk by now, but I made too many friends in my dorm, so I couldn't bring myself to do it. I'll let you two off with a warning if you don't go telling your friends what happened here today. I like to keep my skills on the down low. Deal?"

"Deal! We weren't going to tell anyone we lost to a Slifer anyway, we would never hear the end of it."

"Good, and if I find you picking on my underclassmen again I won't extend you the same courtesy again, understand?" He gave them both a smile that oozed menace.

"Yes sir" the duo gulped as they took off into the blue dorm.

"Oh I just love when we get new transfer students," Damian yawned as he headed back towards the slifer dorm. "It always makes the island so lively."


Later that night Alexis made her way to Zane's usual thinking spot after she had been contacted by the Kaiser earlier. "Wow Zane a cold wet dock. You must take all the ladies here when you like them" she snarked.

Zane rolled his eyes at the comment but decided not to pay it any heed. "Lex I found Haru in my room earlier today and my deck box was open."

"That seems sort of out of character, he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would go through another persons deck unless he was asked" Alexis frowned.

Zane held out his hand, revealing a small wooden hair clip with the picture of a chibi duel monster on it. "That's what I thought too, then I found this laying on the floor next to where my deck was."

Alexis eyed the accessory and looked at Zane in confusion. "That's a girls hair clip, so someone else was there with him then?"

"Well Syrus told me about someone who transferred into the red dorm today, a boy named Blair." Zane told her. "From what I observed from the assembly, along with the name I put two and two together and figured out that Blair is actually a girl."

"So what do you plan on doing about it exactly?" Alexis asked.

"Simple I'm going to confront her about it and see if my suspicions are true" Zane said walking past her.

"Straight to the point as always I see" Alexis sighed. "But why tell me?"

"I just thought I should let you know" Zane remarked with a hidden smirk. "After all it involves your boyfriend and his shenanigans."

"Not you too," Alexis groaned as she facepalmed. Zane just kept smirking as he walked away.


Back with Haru, the Kaiju duelist had just about made it back to his room before he stopped at the door hearing the sound of a not too familiar voice inside. "Syrus I swear to god I told you not to invite anyone into the room while I'm not present" Haru growled as he pushed open the door. He froze as he saw who was inside and he squinted his eyes "You!".

Inside Blair was having a conversation with Syrus and Chumley, her hair now completely tied up beneath the hat once again.

"Oh hey Boss" Chumley greeted.

"Ah! You!" Blair gasped as she pointed at the newly arrived slifer. She bolted across the room and grabbed him by the sleeve before escorting him out of the room leaving both Syrus and Chumley rather confused. After leading the kaiju duelist to the shore that Haru had dueled Syrus on all those weeks ago she stopped.

"Alright Blair what the hell is going on here? First you sneak into Zane's room and cuddle his deck, then it turns out your a girl, and to round it all up you left me to take the blame for your actions too. There better be pretty damn good explanation for this!"

"Listen Haru, I'm sorry but you need to keep the fact that I'm a girl a secret I can't have anybody know" Blair said.

"Alright I'll bite. Why?" Haru asked.

"You don't need to know, nobody does. You got that?" Blair persisted.

"Fine I'll force it out of you then" Haru said withdrawing his duel disk that he had managed to retrieve just before they left the room. "Duel me!"

"Why? What will a duel solve?" she asked.

"Well I have two methods of getting what I want, and since I'm not too fond of fighting girls this seems to be the only option," Haru told her.

"Fine, if you win I'll tell you the whole story, but if you lose you have to forget about my secret," Blair nodded as she pulled out her academy issued duel disk.

Above them Syrus and Chumley watched from atop the cliff attempting to listen in on the conversation. "Hey guys whatcha doin?" Damian asked as he made his way over after noticing their strange behavior.

"Well Blair and Haru are about to duel, we're not exactly sure why at the moment" Syrus explained.

"Must be serious," Chumley added.

"I may be able to answer that for you" a voice said as the three slifer students turned to see Alexis and Zane walk up as well. "Blair isn't really a guy she's a girl. The cameras in my room caught her sneaking in and fondling my deck."

"You have cameras in your room? That's rather excessive don't you think?" Syrus said.

"You don't know fangirls Syrus" Zane remarked. "And I hope you never have to."

"The camera didn't show why she went through all this trouble though" Alexis added looking down at the two combatants below.

"Well if I know Haru that's what this duel is for" Damian laughed. Down below both sides had inserted their decks into their duel disks and seemed to be ready to get the duel underway.

Duel!

Blair:4000

Haru:4000

"Alright let's get this over with" Haru said as each drew their starting hand.

"Alright indeed!" Blair said as she drew for turn. "Get ready to fall in love!" She placed a card on her disk. "I summon Maiden in love in attack position." Haru watched as a young girl with long brown hair wearing a yellow dress appeared before him. The monster wore a dreamy expression as if like the card implied she was in love.

Maiden in Love level 2 (400/300)

"She's cute!" Syrus exclaimed. Chumley muttered something under his breath warranting a snicker from Damian.

"Ok so your monster is obviously hiding something" Haru said as he drew and looked at his hand. "I normal summon Kaiju Legend Condor in attack position!" The giant bird Kaiju flapped its wings whipping up a whirlwind before settling down on Haru's field.

Kaiju Legend Condor level 4 (1900/1500)

"I'll set a card. Attack with skydive swoop Condor!" He commanded as the giant bird flew upward before diving down at the young girl pecking at her.

"Oh my poor helpless maiden," Syrus sighed.

"Who said she was yours?" Chumley countered.

"Really? You guys are arguing over a duel monster card?" Alexis sighed.

Blair:4000-2500

Something odd happened as the maiden only seemed to fall over onto the ground instead of being destroyed.

'You may have broken her heart Haru, but she lives to fight another day, because while she's in attack position she cant be destroyed by battle!"

"I see. So while she has that monster on the field the damage she takes from Haru's heavy hitters will at least be reduced" Damian said. "Interesting."

"I wonder if that's all that monster does" Zane pondered.

A small screech echoed in Haru's ear as he looked to see Mothra sitting on his right shoulder. "Whats up?" Haru asked.

The duel spirit nodded towards the opposite side of the field, and Haru noticed Condor had not returned yet. He watched as the giant monster settled down next to the maiden with curiosity in its eyes. "The fuck?"

"Are you alright my lady?" Condor seemed to ask in a voice that Haru had not expected. A british gentleman.

"Maybe, maybe not," she replied looking away shyly.

"What the Hell? He can talk and he sounds like a freaking stuck up obelisk? Condor you're supposed to be in attack position not making googly eyes at the competition!" Haru yelled.

"What is he talking about?" Syrus asked looking down at the monsters who seemed to be acting normally.

"Perhaps he's just getting into the duel a little to much?" Chumley shrugged

"While not what I would normally expect, love is a strange force" Blair laughed. "If you're confused as to why this is happening perhaps I can clue you in. When Maiden does battle with a monster she places a Maiden counter on that monster after the battle."

"Maiden counter?" Haru frowned.

She wagged a finger. "You'll find out what it is soon enough. But first it's my turn so let's not get ahead of ourselves." She drew and looked at her hand. Placing a card beneath her monster she smiled, "I play the equip card Cupid's Kiss on my my maiden."

Both players and the onlookers watched as a small cupid appeared with bow in hand before kissing maiden on the cheek.

"Now I'll have her attack!" She pointed at Condor who still had a dreamy expression on its face.

The scenery changed to that of a flower patch as the maiden ran through it in slow motion, "Oh ! Please come out I have something I want to give to you!" She called out.

Condor seemed surprised at her actions and pushed her over with his beak. She slowly sat up and looked at him sadly. "Why did you do that?" She placed her head in her hands and began to weep.

"My lady" Condor said nuzzling her neck. "I apologize, if there's anything I can do just ask."

The maiden smiled and blew him a kiss, "Ok" Condor used his beak to help her up. "I'll take you up on that offer, see that mean man?" she pointed at Haru.

"Yes my lady."

"Take him down please."

"Done," Condor agreed as he took off into the air before swooping in to attack Haru.

Haru covered his face as the Kaiju began to peck at him. "Damn it Condor you're a Kaiju you're supposed to be above this lovey dovey crap! She's just using you to get to me!"

"She can use me anytime," Syrus said.

"I dont think I've ever felt this way about something other than grilled cheese before" Chumley said dreamily.

"You two have issues," Zane deadpanned.

"This isn't going to go well for Haru, with that equip spell none of Haru's monsters are free from the control of Maiden," Damian said.

"Sorry Haru but when my Maiden takes damage from a battle involving a monster with a maiden counter Cupid's Kiss activates! Now I can take control of your monster, and while sure it costs me a bit of life points you're about to feel it just as bad!"

Blair:2500-1000

Haru: 4000-2100

Looking through her hand the maiden duelist retrieved two cards and placed them in the spell and trap slots on her disk. "Since I took control of your only monster, I believe these two set cards will do just fine for my turn."

"Well I'm still ahead by more than a thousand, but the effect of that maiden doesn't bode well for me in the long run if I don't end this quickly" Haru thought as he looked at his new card. "This might have to do for the time being, I normal summon Farou Island Shaman in defense position." The native old man in the giant headdress appeared tapping his staff into the dirt.

Farou Island Shaman level 2 (500/500)

"Next I activate the spell Double Summon from my hand! Since Shaman acts as a two tributes for the summon of a Kaiju monster I'll use his effect to Tribute summon Kaiju Legend King Kong in attack position!" The great ape appeared in his regular fashion before beating his chest in a show of dominance.

Kaiju Legend King Kong Level 9 (2600/2300)

"Hate to do it to you Condor, but betrayal is not an option when it comes to this duel. Kong attack him with Static shockwave!"

"I'm afraid not! I activate the both of my set cards, The first being called Loving Embrace allowing maiden to gain attack equal to another monster I control until the endphase." Maiden jumped on Condor's back before beginning to swell with energy.

Maiden in love level 2 (400-2300)

"Why? I'm not attacking your maiden" Haru asked.

"That's what you think, but my second trap says differently it's called Defense Maiden" Much to Haru and Condor's surprise maiden jumped from his back and took the full force of Kong's electric discharge bearing it as much as she could. "See? It redirects your attack from Condor to maiden" Blair explained. "And you know what that means."

Blair:1000-700

The maiden fell to her knees after taking the attack, crying. Condor covered her up with his wing as he glared daggers at Kong. "How could you attack a defenseless maiden? Do you have no honor?" he scolded.

"And now this is happening again" Haru rubbed the bridge of his nose in irritation. As the onlookers seemed to look down at him with concern.

"Is he hallucinating?' Alexis wondered.

Kong stopped and looked down at the maiden as two cartoon hearts appeared in his eyes. Picking her up gently he moved her up to his face. "I'm so sorry, I'll do anything to make it up to you," he apologized to the maiden. "Please forgive me."

"Anything?" Maiden looked at him through teary eyes. "I really can't think of anything at the moment, but I'll keep that in mind," she said giving him a wink.

"Only say the word my darling," Kong responded in a voice similar to Condor's.

"I can't believe this is actually happening to me right now" Haru groaned. Blair smiled at his discomfort, "Since Kong now has a Maiden counter he's mine for the taking." The onlookers watched as Kong took his position back on Haru's side of the field.


Syrus smiled as he and Chumley watched. "I want one, how can I get a Maiden counter?"

"Me too, I want one too!" Chumley agreed.

"Uh guys you know she's just a card right?" Alexis asked them slowly.

Zane smirked. "Try to remember who your talking to," he remarked. "When we were growing up together Syrus often told me he was going steady with Dark Magician Girl."

Syrus 's cheeks turned red at this revelation.

"Oh really Syrus?" Damian laughed. "I've had a fair amount of card crushes in my time here but I've never gone steady with any of them."

"Sy, did she break your heart?" Alexis teased. "Or did she tell you it was time to see other monsters?"


"Alright here I go!" Blair drew her card. "First I'll activate Supremacy Berry from my hand to give my life points a much needed rejuvenation!"

Blair:700-2700

"Continuing on I activate the equip spell Happy Marriage! This card works about the same way Loving Embrace does, but this time Maiden is about to tie the knot. That is if Condor decided to say yes" The maidens wardrobe changed from a yellow dress to that of a white wedding dress as she once again jumped on the giant birds back. Somehow Condor had gained a top hat and a tuxedo.

"It would be my honor," Condor nodded as wedding bells began to ring in the background.

Maiden in love level 2 (400-2300)

"Oh god what did I get myself into" Haru groaned

"Now lets have her pay a visit to Kong!" The maiden ran towards kong who stopped her with a small poke from his pointer finger, Knocking her down and reducing Blairs life points by a small margin.

Blair:2700-2500

"Kong how could you do that? You said you would do anything for me!" She whimpered sobbing into her hands.

Kong shook his head before rushing to her aid, "Your right, I'm sorry my love command me!"

"Really you two?! I suppose I shouldn't be suprised by your track record, but now of all times?! " Haru yelled.

"Alright that's better!"

"What is your wish?" Kong asked picking her up in his hand.

"I Wish…" she pointed towards Haru. "That you would beat up that mean boy over there."

"With pleasure" Kong said throwing a punch directly at Haru.

"Sorry but I'm going to have to stop you there! Go Defense Draw!" As the fist grew nearer it was stopped by an invisible barrier that surrounded Haru. Haru then drew a card.

"You saved yourself from Kong's attack but you're still going to take damage from Condor." Maiden's glance shifted back towards the giant bird "Well don't just stand there hubby get 'em!"

"At once my love," the bird replied as it flew across the field and delivered several sharp pecks to Haru's life points.

Haru:2100-200

Happy at her progress Blair took off her hat and untied her bandanna, letting her long hair cascade downward. She sighed happily. "You can't beat me Haru! I'm dueling for love".


"Well then I guess you were right, Blair is a girl," Damian exclaimed seeming rather surprised.

"Dueling for love?" Zane frowned. "Doesn't she mean dueling with love?"

Alexis rolled her eyes, "I didn't think you would be this dense. Think about it zane" She held up a couple fingers. "She puts on a disguise, tricks her way into the school, then breaks into your room?"

Syrus' eyes lit up as he realized what she was saying, "She's in love."

"That's an understatement," Alexis nodded. "But yeah she's head over heels, and it's for you Zane."


Mothra appeared on Haru's shoulder once again and let out a small shriek.

Haru sighed. "Yeah I know playing two gullible idiots like those two against her was a bad idea on my part. But thats in the past and I can't dwell on that right now." He took a deep breath as he drew. He smiled as his new card gave him a good idea. "Looks like you'll have to teach these two the price of betrayal girl."

"What are you so happy about?" Blair called.

"You'll see" Haru returned. "I activate the spell Monster Reborn to revive my shaman from the graveyard" He declared as the tribal monster appeared once again before them. "Now since he was special summoned via monster reborn I can still use him to tribute summon a Kaiju from my hand and I know just who that will be. Arise Kaiju legend Mothra!" As the tribal leader disappeared the benevolent deity of infant island appeared with a flap of her wings.

Kaiju Legend Mothra level 9 (2800/2500)

"Mothra!" the two captive monsters cried in panic.

"Uh I know this looks bad… but" Kong began to explain.

"Save it" a stern female voice said as a tan skinned young woman appeared beside Haru. She wore a blonde komono with a brown outline. She wore her sandy-blonde hair up in a ponytail and two rather large butterfly wings were attached to her back. Haru gave her a look of confusion as he was not familiar with this form "Mothra?"

"Yes dear I've manifested my power in such a way that you would feel more comfortable with. But the full explanation can wait for another time, for now leave these two to me" the spirit patted him on the shoulder before turning into a ball of light and merging with her duel monster card. Both Kong and Condor seemed to be visibly shaken as a golden aura formed around mothra.

"We're in for it now" Condor whimpered.

Haru watched as this occurred and laughed, "Thanks Mothra I knew I could count on you, So lets get those two knuckleheads back on the right team shall we? I play the spell card Red Bamboo Countermeasures! Now for every monster you control I get a native token, and since you just so happened to steal two of my monsters you have exactly three." Three natives appeared beneath mothra bowing their heads in respect.

3× Native token (500/500)

"And with three tokens on the field I'm free to use any of Mothra's effects. I'll tribute two tokens, and that allows me to destroy all your spell and traps, then you take 300 damage for each destroyed. Mothra began to whip up a whirlwind of yellow powder that shattered both of Blair's equip spells.

Blair:2700-2100

"And since your Cupid's Kiss is no longer in play both of my monsters are about to return to my control." Both Condor and Kong made their way back to Haru's field still incredibly intimidated by Mothra's golden aura. "Go Mothra! Attack her Maiden in Love!" The giant moth's antennae began to glow as a rainbow beam shot out, passing through the maiden and directly at Blair.

Blair:2100-0

"Glad that's over" Haru sighed as he deactivated his disk.

"Alright I guess I have to tell you my secret then…." Blair sighed looking up at him.

"Nah I figured it out half way through the duel" Haru shook his head. "And I think our observers did to"

Feeling extremely nervous, Blair turned to see Zane and the rest of the group walking up behind her.

Alexis smiled and glanced at the Kaiser. "Sure did, it's clear love is on her mind Zane"

Blair got to her feet quickly, "Zane you're here!" She blushed a little, "I guess you figured out that I was the one who snuck into your dorm room." She lowered her head in embarrassment. "Honestly I've been in love with you ever since I first met you".

"She is kind of the picture definition of a fangirl isn't she" Haru muttered.

"We met at nationals didn't we?" Zane nodded.

"That's right" Blair said lifting her head to face him. "It was just after you won the championship match, and at that point I promised myself I would do everything in my power to be with you".

"I remember what you said to me. If I trained really, really, really hard I can get into Duel Academy just like you, and look I did!" Blair smiled and held out her arms. "Now that I'm here we can get married!"

'That escalated quickly' Haru thought as he, Syrus and Chumley began to laugh at the prospect.

"I'm not joking you know" Blair told them defiantly. "I didn't come this far just to give up"

Alexis smiled slightly at the girls determination. "Listen Blair that's not how love works. You just can't sneak your way into someone's heart." She nodded to the girls deck. "Take your maiden for example, she used tricks to get love, but in the end she ended up alone and in can't use disguises and schemes to find your soulmate Blair. You have to be upfront and honest with them"

"It sounds like you're trying to get rid of me" Blair growled fixing the obelisk girl with an evil eye, "You probably just want him all to yourself".

Alexis began to back away from her, smiling nervously. "Zane a little help here?"

The boy known as Kaiser stepped forward to intercept the advancing slifer girl. "Blair, as flattered as I am with your affections, right now I'm only in love with one thing, and that's dueling."

"Dueling?" Blair asked as Zane pulled something from his pocket. He took her hand and opened it before placing the barrete she had lost earlier in her palm.

"It's time to go home Blair."

Damian stepped between the two of them as tears began to well up in the young girls eyes. "With all due respect Zane she is a part of this Academy, and a member of my dorm, if only temporary. I don't think you have the authority to just send her home even if your the top student here".

"As much as I respect your opinion Damian Im doing this for a reason. Blair shouldn't be here because she's not old enough yet, she's only 11," Zane shook his head.

"11?" Damian asked turning to look at the young girl. "But she has the skills of a top of their class Obelisk".

"Is that a compliment towards her, or an insult towards Obelisks?" Haru snarked.

"I guess I should thank you for saving me from those Obelisks earlier" Blair said turning to look up at Damian.

"Don't mention it, Slifers need to stick together. There's a lot working against us here so having each others backs is the least we can do" Damian said patting her on the head.

The next day the group all made their way to the docks to wait for the ferry home for Blair. Oddly enough they were met by a small yacht with the Industrial Illusions logo on the side.

"Uh where's the ferry?" Alexis asked looking around the docks for the boat.

"Oh yeah I forgot to mention something" Haru smirked. "I called in a favor from industrial illusions"

"Industrial Illusions? Who do you know that works at Industrial illusions?" Blair asked.

"The boss is sort of my adopted father" Haru said awkwardly. He turned to see Zane glaring at him.

'What did you do?" The Kaiser asked.

"I pulled a few strings and had Blair's grades show up on Chancellor Sheppard's desk. He was so impressed that he decided to accept her as a permanent student here so long as she keeps her grades up."

"YOU WHAT?!" Zane shouted, losing his composure. He quickly regained it as everyone turned to stare at him, before deciding to ignore his outburst.

"Really?" Blair asked happily. "you did that for me?"

"While the duel we had made me rather uncomfortable, I was still rather impressed by your skills. I figured since Syrus is moving up in the world, I need a new protege to teach my secret techniques."

"Hey! You said she wouldn't replace me as your sidekick" Syrus complained.

"You're still my sidekick Syrus, I'm just taking on another project that's all." Haru assured him.

Zane grabbed him by the shoulder and pulled him away from the group. "I hope you know what you're doing, because if I find her in my room a second time I'm not going to be so understanding. I deal with fangirls harassing me enough at home. I do not need one here. Especially not a little kid."

"Dont worry Zane, I would never dream of letting her bother you again, and besides age isn't really a factor. Rebecca Hawkins was U.S duel champion around the same age. " Haru pointed out.

"I guess you're right about that at least," the obelisk sighed.

"Damn, First I got Crowler to ask for my help then I got you to admit I was right. Something must be going my way at this rate." Haru grinned.

"Don't get used to it, all streaks have to come to an end at some point" Zane rolled his eyes. "Just make sure you keep her out of my room, Someone fondling my cards is enough for even me to feel uncomfortable."

"Roger wilco" The Kaiju duelist nodded

Haru turned to walk back to the group, and was nearly knocked over as Blair embraced him. He grunted as he looked down at the small Slifer girl. "Really this isn't needed, I'm just glad i have another strong duelist in the Slifer dorm with me".

"I'll be under your care then," she giggled looking up at him. 'My prince'.

There was a giggling sound in the back of Haru's head as Mothra's human form appeared standing beside him. "You sure know how to pick your friends don't you child?".

'I guess you could say that' Haru thought. 'What's so funny by the way?'

"You'll find out soon enough Child" The spirit laughed

So after some deliberation between silver and I we decided to keep Blair around to have a female presence in the red dorm. Additionally I plan on changing her deck to suit her sticking around for the long haul. If you have any ideas feel free to message us. And stay tuned cause next chapter we have the first of a two parter to see who gets to duel in the singles tournament for the School Duel. As always keep it showy.

-Red

Blair sticking around was an idea proposed by Neo-Warkid4 and I will be looking to him for ideas in the Future. Thanks for your help.