Hello and welcome to the fourth chapter of my story. I know it's been a while since I last updated but I'm not planning on stopping for a while.
I do apologize for the gap in months. I've been busy with work and real life things (And Persona 5 haha), but now I'm back.
That said, I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 4: Rakaia Insulted: Enter the Dragon
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Afterquite a confrontational first day, a new morning had dawned over the Island of Duel Academy. The sun was shining brightly above as students from all ranks from Slifer Red to Obelisk Blue were preparing to begin another day of classes. However two Slifer Red students in particular were off to a late start this morning. Rakaia and Yukito left the dorm in a hurry, rushing to get to class on time.
"Come on Yukito, we're gonna be late if you don't get a move on" Rakaia panted as he increased his running speed.
"Me? I'm about to pass you" Yukito replied as he sped up, running at Rakaia's pace. "Besides you're the one who overslept, not me" he finished.
"…How about we just try to get there on time instead of pointing fingers?" Rakaia hastily replied. The two Slifers began to sprint upon getting close to their destination, quickly dodging the other students who were already on time and waiting to begin their day until Yukito managed to bump into another student, knocking them both to the ground.
"Oww, sorry about that" Yukito apologized, rubbing his forehead with his eyes closed in pain. He could hear several other students including Rakaia laughing as he slowly got to his feet. He opened his eyes to find that a hand was extended towards him to help him up. It was an Obelisk Blue girl who was obviously trying her best not to laugh he took her hand and she helped pull him to his feet.
"Thanks! Sorry about that" Yukito said, nervously grinning still rubbing his forehead. He took in the sight of the girl whose hand he was still grasping. She had shoulder length blonde hair and large blue eyes. "Are you okay?" he asked her, spotting for a moment that her own forehead wasn't red like his own.
"Oh don't worry about me, I'm alright" she cheerfully replied, smiling at him. "My brother on the other hand…" she continued, gesturing to a Ra Yellow boy on the ground next to her. "…Could probably use some help" she awkwardly finished.
"Oh, sorry about that" Yukito repeated as he released the girl's hand and helped her sibling to his feet. He had short dark brown hair, blue eyes and he wore a long sleeved yellow jacket and black pants. As he got to his feet he frowned at the his sister.
"How come you didn't help me up first?" he asked, rubbing his own forehead.
"Because you've got two perfectly good legs that work just fine" she replied, giggling with a hand over her mouth.
"Some sister you are, just wait until you fall down next time and see if I care" the boy fired back.
"Such a gentleman, it's no wonder you're so popular with the girls" his sister sarcastically responded. "Maybe you could learn something from your Ra Yellow friends about how to treat a lady" she finished, not paying attention to a duo of Ra Yellow boys laughing at what they had just heard.
"Jeez Melody, you don't have to embarrass me in front of everyone"
Rakaia jabbed Yukito's arm with his elbow and nodded in the direction next to him as he turned his head to face Luna who was waving at the two of them.
"Good morning Luna!" Rakaia and Yukito greeted at the same time, turning to awkwardly face each other after saying hello to the Obelisk Princess.
"See, Damien they know how to talk to girls and they're Slifers" the sister continued, clearly not concerned about embarrassing her brother in front of the three other students in front of them. While Rakaia and Luna were still speaking to each other Yukito noticed Iris who was by herself with her arms folded, waiting for class to begin. He waved at her after catching her eye but he was met with an icy stare from her before she turned her head to avoid looking at him.
"Uh oh…What if she's still mad at me for what happened yesterday?" Yukito thought to himself, still looking over at Iris. "Don't think for a second that this is over between me and you. We'll definitely be dueling again" Iris's words echoed in his mind.
"Um Luna…Iris isn't still upset about our Duel yesterday, is she?" Yukito nervously asked as he turned to face Luna who was in deep conversation with Rakaia. Luna gasped at the mention of her friend's name and put her hand to her mouth.
"That's right, I forgot to tell you guys what happened last night" she said in surprise. "Alexia and I were heading back to the Dorms and we ran into Bryce and his little group, ready to start something with Iris when she was all by herself" she finished.
"I'm starting to like those guys less and less every day" Yukito replied, crossing his arms and staring over at a group of Obelisks all laughing around Bryce. Rakaia nodded as he frowned and glanced over at them too.
"Damn elitist jerks, just who the hell do they think we are?" he said, gritting his teeth as he shot a glare at Bryce and Hugo. "I say we go pay them back for talking down to us yesterday" he added, punching his fist into his other hand.
"Umm, what exactly are you guys talking about?" Damien spoke up. He took a quick glance over at where Rakaia was glaring and his jaw dropped at the sight of Bryce and Hugo. "You're not thinking about challenging Bryce are you?" he asked. "That guys unbeatable, you'd only wind up embarrassing yourselves" he added.
Before Yukito, Rakaia or Luna could respond, the bell rang for classes to begin. As everyone present began to proceed to their respective lessons Hugo pushed past Rakaia, bumping his shoulder with his own and smirking at him as he sped up past him. "Hey runt, where's that hot sister of yours?" he quickly taunted. Rakaia and Luna glared after Hugo as he turned his back to the both of them and sped up to join Bryce as they met with Cassidy.
"You know what? I've had just about enough with that guy" Rakaia said with both his fists clenched. Yukito, Rakaia, and Luna headed into the same room followed by Damien and his confused sister and took their seats, ready for another long day in the classroom. Bryce, Hugo, and Cassidy sat in rows above Yukito and his friends, smirking down pleasantly at the trio.
"Looks like the little fool and his friends seem to be enjoying themselves…" Bryce smugly muttered to the two sitting next him. "…At least for now that is" he finished.
"Wait a second…Aren't they missing somebody?" Hugo asked, scratching his head in confusion. He quickly looked around the classroom and spotted Iris sitting by herself. "Ahh, there's a familiar face, and it's a pretty attractive one too" he finished, smiling lustfully at her.
"Ugh, would you please control yourself Hugo? You practically drool over those girls every time you lay eyes on them" Cassidy snapped at him, finally having had enough of Hugo.
"Me?! I'm not the one who doesn't shut up about that Slifer freshman" Hugo fired back at her, looking down at Yukito. "Ever since the guy challenged Bryce you went on about him non-stop" he said.
"That was because I was surprised he'd actually do that, it's funny he didn't know who Bryce is. If he did I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have challenged him in the first place" Cassidy responded.
"Oh he'll be regretting that very soon" Bryce said. He turned his head and faced Hugo, fixing him with an icy stare. "And you'll be regretting your words if you don't stop mindlessly spewing them whenever we see those girls. Cassidy's right, I've also had enough of your prattling…Do. I. Make. Myself. Clear." he finished, clearly putting fear in Hugo's eyes as he emphasized the last part of his sentence.
"I'm sorry…I'll keep it under control" Hugo said nervously, backing away in fear. Cassidy smiled as she watched, clearly amused that Hugo was put in his place.
"Good. Now then, I have something I want you both to do for me after class…." Bryce said in his normal tone as he dropped his icy look at Hugo.
Hours later
After their classes had come to an end, the students left their respective classrooms, all free to begin their evenings. Yukito, Rakaia, and Luna were heading towards the Duel Arena with the intention of getting some practice for Yukito's upcoming match with Bryce. Luna explained to the both of them what had taken place between Iris and Bryce's gang.
"...And then we found out that he's a part of this group called the Three Kings" Luna finished. Yukito stopped for a moment with his mouth open, his jaw dropped in shock. "You mean to tell me that there are two more guys like him that haven't lost once since they've been here?" he asked. Luna nodded and turned to face Rakaia who crossed his arms and frowned.
"So I guess this means we've gotta put in as much practice as we can so you don't lose your match in a couple of days" Rakaia said. "To tell you the truth I'm actually looking forward to seeing them go down, starting with that Bryce kid" he finished, his frown was quickly an exited grin, oblivious to the look of admiration Luna was giving him.
"Well said little brother, very well said" called a voice from behind them. They turned to face Alexia who was clapping her hands with a smile on her face. "Now you're starting to sound more like a mentor" she finished, clapping Rakaia on the shoulder.
"I do sound pretty cool don't I?" Rakaia replied with a laugh, making Yukito and Alexia sweatdrop.
"Hey Alexia, where'd you go last night? We missed you in class this morning" Luna asked.
"I just took a walk before I decided to go back to bed. I didn't come to class today because I've had a massive headache for most of the morning" Alexia explained. "Don't worry, I'm feeling much better now that I've had some time to rest" she added, before Rakaia could ask her how she was doing.
"Did you see Iris on your way here? I tried to say hi to her this morning and she pretty much gave me the cold shoulder" Yukito asked as they resumed their trip to the Duel Arena, Alexia accompanying the three of them.
"No, I haven't seen her since the other night" she answered. "Just give her some time to herself and I'm sure she'll come around" she advised.
"Ohhh, I hope we run into her today anyways" Luna said cheerfully, grinning to herself. "I think the two of you would make a great couple" Luna finished. Yukito coughed and sputtered as if he was choking after hearing Luna's statement about him and Iris. Rakaia slapped Yukito on his back a few times so he could breathe easier.
"Jeez Luna, don't go saying stuff like that. You're gonna make the kid choke every time he sees her" Rakaia said. "I don't know about a couple, but I'm sure she'd make a great dueling opponent" he finished as Yukito recovered his breath.
"Oh come on Rakaia, don't tell me I'm the only one who could see them getting together" Luna cheerfully replied, still grinning at the prospect of matchmaking the two freshman. Anime-style stars shined brightly in her eyes as she began to daydream.
"Iris hasn't even said a word to me since we dueled each other though" Yukito began to protest, but Rakaia held up a hand to stop him. "Save your breath kid…" he said, exhaustedly sighing"."...Once Luna gets an idea going in her head it's pretty much useless trying to talk her out of it" he finished.
Meanwhile in the Duel Arena
The Arena was apparently empty with the exception of Iris who was alone sitting in the stands, apparently lost in deep thought with a puzzled expression on her face. She let out a deep breath as she leaned her head back and stared off into space.
"I still can't believe that boy…Trying to act all nice and waving at me earlier" she thought to herself. "It's like he just completely brushed off the fact that I still have a score to settle with him…I could've been one of those Obelisk Kings I heard about when I got here" she thought, crossing her arms and frowning. She pictures Yukito waving at her again this morning and rested her head on her hand.
"Still…" she thought. "I'm not going to stop until I'm the best I can be" she finished.
Footsteps could be heard from the opposite side of the Arena. She quickly stood up and watched where the noise was coming from, curious to see who else decided to come to the Arena and if she could maybe get a Duel in before the end of the day.
"Well well, what do we have here?" an obnoxious female voice called. It was Cassidy who was followed by Hugo, both Obelisks wearing smug grins. Iris shot an icy glare at the both of them as she clenched her fists. "Look Hugo, it's the failure from yesterday" Cassidy said, pointing at Iris. Hugo chuckled and crossed both his arms, pleased at observing the tension between Cassidy and Iris.
"What do you want? Are you ready to finish what you started last night?" Iris asked. "Where's your precious leader? I'm surprised you walked to this place without him" she finished.
"Oh very funny, but you won't be joking for very much longer" Cassidy said with a fake smile. "I was hoping we'd find you here, I'm ready to finally put you in your place" she finished.
"You need to be taught a lesson in respect for your superiors. And who better to teach you than the two of us?" Hugo added. "Maybe afterwards you could have a second chance with us" he finished.
"Oh no Hugo, I think we're past that point" Cassidy said, cutting across him.
"Yeah, we're way past that" Iris said. "Congrats, because that's the one thing you and me happen to agree on" she finished.
"Well, since we're done with the formalities…How about we get down to business?" Cassidy replied, pulling out her Duel Disk. "You took the words right out of my mouth" Iris responded as she took out her own Duel Disk. The three Obelisks stepped into the center of the Arena, ready to Duel.
"Heyyy! Iris!" a female voice called. She turned around to face Yukito, Rakaia, Luna, and Alexia entering the Arena.
"Oh how precious, your little group of morons came to watch you get destroyed" Cassidy mockingly stated in a fake baby voice.
"Luna? What are you guys doing here?" Iris asked, clearly surprised to see Luna and friends. Her eyes lingered on Yukito especially for a moment before she returned her attention to Luna.
"We came here to get some practice in for Yukito's Duel coming up" Luna answered. "More importantly, what brings you here?" she asked. Iris opened her mouth to respond but before she could answer she was quickly cut off by Cassidy.
"It doesn't matter why she's here, both of you are going to pay for last night" Cassidy cut in. "I'm especially looking forward to seeing you get crushed 'Princess'" Cassidy continued, pointing at Luna. "You're another Obelisk reject who doesn't seem to know her place" she finished with a smirk at Luna.
"Yeah, both of them are gonna pay" Hugo chimed in. "But I gotta thank you for once runt…" he continued as he looked Rakaia directly in his eyes. "…For bringing that hot sister of yours to watch a real man get things done" he finished, smirking down at Alexia.
"Rakaia…Relax…" Alexia said warningly to her brother as he tried to move towards Hugo. She placed her hand on his arm and glared at Hugo who smirked at her, clearly happy he succeeded in getting both siblings attention.
"Yeah, Rakaia don't sweat him, he's just a loser trying to get a rise out of you. He's not worth it" Yukito said.
"We missed you in class today by the way, Hot Legs" Hugo continued. "If you wanted to play doctor, I would've been happy to keep you company" he finished.
"That's it…I've had it with you and your fat mouth" Rakaia said turning red with anger. "You and that Barbie reject next to you are the ones about to get taught a serious lesson" Rakaia continued, cracking his knuckles, Iris and the others stared at him in surprise.
"I'll shut your annoying mouths right here, right now, on my own" he finished. Everybody stood in silence as they watched Rakaia climb up the center of the Arena.
"Iris step aside... I'm gonna enjoy this" he said in a fierce tone that displayed he wasn't playing around. Iris quickly stepped down upon seeing the fury in Rakaia's eyes.
"Hehe, you might want to count again runt. There's two of us and only one of you" Hugo said, gesturing to Cassidy. "I don't care how tough you think you are, you can't beat the two of us at the same time" he finished as the both inserted their decks into their Duel Disk's.
"That's why it'll be a two on two Duel" Luna said as she stood next to Rakaia and activated her own Duel Disk. Rakaia dropped his furious glare for a moment to smile at Luna. She smiled back and nodded at him, letting him know that it was time to get serious again.
"Hey Rakaia, heads up!" Yukito called. Rakaia turned to face his friend as tossed his Duel Disk to him. He quickly and effortlessly caught it before inserting his own deck into it.
"Hehe, looks like I'll be able to crush the Princess herself and shut this annoying Slifer up. This is gonna be fun" Cassidy said, smirking at the two of them.
"Fun for us you mean" Luna cut in. "You two are going down!" she finished.
"Yeah...Get ready to catch smoke!" Rakaia added.
"Let's Duel!" shouted all four Duelists.
Looks like Rakaia's patience has been worn out. Will he and Luna be able to win this Duel together? Find out in my next chapter.
Yukito Hokori and Iris Setsuna are my own Original Characters.
Rakaia Meiyo, Alexia Meiyo, and Luna Kazahaya are Rakaia the Dragon Duelist's Original Characters.