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"Hm, that outfit doesn't suit you at all." Ai deadpanned.

'Huh? I think this looks pretty good!" I was exasperated with the Ignis. He had been rejecting every outfit I tried on and this one looked pretty good on me!"

Yusaku came in the room. "Riku, there you are! I've been looking for you everywhere! But, that outfit looks nice on you…" He looked away

'See!?" I started flailing my hands around. "He likes it! It doesn't matter what you think, Ignis!"

"Oi, I was only trying to give you fashion tips!" Ai protested, but quickly got distracted by something behind him. "Oh, Yusaku, are you by perchance...blushing?"

"Huh?" I quickly turned around but Yusaku had his back facing me.

"It's just hot in here. I'm surprised you're not sweating, Riku. Come on though, we're going to be late for school."

He left then with me staring at him behind him. He did seem kinda sweaty...That might be because he's too poor to afford AC though.

"Riku," I called. "At least see how you look in the mirror first! Then you will thank me for my genius advice to you!"

"Fine, then," I walked up to the mirror. I have to say, I looked really cool. My chocolate brown hair was swept to the side at the bangs. It showed off the golden stripe in my bangs. back of my hair lay straight. It didn't reach my shoulders anyway. I wore a green T-shirt with a jet-black leather jacket. My jeans were ripped. In short, I looked like your typical rocker kid. That would distract everyone from my true self, which is exactly what I wanted.

I was afraid that everybody would make fun of me for who I was. It had happened before in my world. Riko had to stand up for me then. I never revealed who I really was except to my twin sister Riko.

But I wasn't so worried about that with Yusaku. I didn't know why, but he was just so easy to talk to.

"Riku, we're going to be late!"

"Coming!"

"Are you sure they won't think I'm weird?" I asked my ever calm and collected friend.

"Maybe they will, maybe they won't," Yusaku answered. "We'll have to see about getting you a uniform though."

"Well, yeah!" I exclaimed. "I'll be the odd one out of the whole school!"

"Geez, don't worry so much," Yusaku tried to calm me down while looking at something in the distance. "Nobody at school bothers me about anything and I might as well be an alien to them!"

"But you're actually cool!" I stated, flailing my hands. "Compare yourself to me. See any difference?"

"Who says your not cool again?"

"What?" Yusaku's off-hand comment caught me off guard. "Literally everyone! Why do you ask?"

"Nevermind…" Yusaku trailed off, looking at a flock of birds in the air. "Anyway, we're pretty close

"Huh?" I looked at Yusaku goggle-eyed-and I noticed something. Yusaku seemed a lot more relaxed than he is usually shown in the anime. "Hey, Yusa-"

"Yusaku! Riku-kun!" A voice called out to us from the front. Takeru was running to us, waving wildly.

"Yusaku, you've got to hear this!" Takeru panted once he got to us. "The Duel Club is closing down permanently because of you!"

"What?" Yusaku and I simultaneously said.

"No fair! I wanted to join!" I whined.

"Let them," Yusaku stated in a bored tone, surprising both Takeru and me. "It's not like I was officially in the club, to begin with. Naoki Shima just dragged me there."

"Yeah, but still, you could at least go to the meetings…" I muttered.

"Not like I had enough time!" Yusaku exclaimed, rolling his eyes. "I had more important things to do than attend club meetings."

"Like what?" A fat boy was suddenly face-to-face with us, surprising all of us. We were now at the front of the school. The boy had scraggly seaweed green hair and was at least a head shorter than all of us. His face was long and you could see the rolls of fat from his arms and legs.

"Yo, Shima-san" Yusaku greeted him. "What brings you here?"

"Only eavesdropping on your conversation!" Naoki burst out.

"Rude…" I whispered and Takeru giggled.

"Hey!" Naoki faced us. "This is not a laughing matter. The Duel Club will have to close because so many people quit. We wouldn't have been closing if only Yusaku came to the meetings, but without him, we're one short-"

"I'll join," I interrupted, surprising Naoki. "I want to learn to Duel better, so I will definitely support this club you have!"

"You'd really do that?" Naoki got tears in his eyes as he started hugging me. "Thankyouthankyouthankyou-"

"Get OFF!" I shoved him away from me. I really hated when people I didn't know hugged me. My action caught Yusaku's attention.

"Sorry, sorry," Naoki apologized as he stood up and brushed off the dust from his pants. "Anyway, we have school to get to! Come on!" And with that he ran ahead.

"You seem so timid, but you can be pretty bold, huh?" Takeru commented.

"Yeah, that's what's so strange about me!" I smiled.

"I don't think it's strange. It's nice to be able to stand up for yourself like that…" Yusaku mumbled.

I blinked. "O-ok then. Nobody's ever said that to me before."

And at that moment the bell rang. We all headed inside.

"Everybody, please welcome our new student, Kobayashi Riku!" The sensei gestured for me to enter. I went to the board and wrote the kanji of his name down. All was quiet except for the squeaking of the chalk against the blackboard. I made a quick about turn and bowed.

"Hello everyone. My name is Kobayashi Riku, but just Riku is fine. I like dueling and sweet things. I look forward to working with everyone!" I said quicker than I should have. Everyone's staring was making me uncomfortable. "Um…"

"Since Kobayashi-san doesn't have as much money as maybe some of you, he doesn't have a uniform yet." The sensei explained. "Kobayashi-san, my name is Aisatsu-sensei. You can sit next to...ah, Yusaku! There's an empty seat next to him. Yusaku, rai-"

"No need, I know him already," Yusaku interrupted. I quickly scampered to my seat, still unnerved by all the girls staring at me and all the boys sneering at me.

The lesson was over in a flash. I understood most of what was being taught, giving me the look of being smart. That was good, at home nobody bothered me because I was a "smarty-pants". It was soon time for lunch. I got my lunch box and stood up, only to be met with an army of girls.

"Riku-kun, where do you live?"

"Riku-kun, how do you get your hair so shiny?"

"Riku-kun is so handsome that he must be a model in disguise!"

"Marry me, Riku-chan!"

"Uh…" I froze up. I never realized how crateh girls in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS were. I was now getting a first-hand experience and was being showered by marriage requests.

"Leave him alone." Yusaku interfered, while being on the other side of the room. Takeru was beside him, snickering quietly. "He's new right? Give him time to adjust."

"WHY SHOULD WE!?" They immediately screamed at Yusaku, making everyone cover their ears in pain.

"Three reasons," Yusaku answered, holding up a finger. "One: He doesn't even know you yet." He raised another finger. "Two: If you all mob him like that he won't ever consider you." He raised the last finger. "Three: He might not be into girls anyway. You never know. So leave him alone."

His speech left the girls speechless. They all just ran out the door to lunch.

Takeru whistled. "Way to handle that situation!"

"Thanks," Yusaku high-fived him. "Come on, Riku-kun. Let's go eat. We also need to find a username for you if you want to help us in Link Vrains."

But more important things were on my mind as we walked out of the stuffy classroom. Not interested in girls? How did Yusaku know that?