All right, readers! Here's the Valentine's chapter, just in time for Valentine's Day! Please enjoy and review! I like to take your feedback into consideration! Though I'm sure you'll love this chapter.
*Class, Tokyo University Duel Academy*
It was early in the morning and Shroud, Spiral and Naoto were all eating breakfast on the school's rooftop.
"Man, I can't believe it's Valentine's Day already!" Naoto exclaimed.
"Wait… Today is Valentine's Day?" Spiral asked.
"Uh, yeah." Shroud answered.
"So, did you make a decision yet?" Naoto asked and then gave him the twitchy eye.
"… Shit." Spiral realized.
"You still haven't decided? !" Naoto asked in shock.
"You try to focus on a love life during situations like the ones we went through the past month!" Spiral shouted.
"What are you guys talking about?" Shroud asked.
"It's complicated and I don't want to talk about it." Spiral wanted to keep his mouth shut.
"I don't think you have to do much of anything." Shroud interjected. "Not yet anyway. Well, since Hikari and Momo are Japanese, they don't expect you to reciprocate until March 14. Aura, on the other hand, is probably going to expect an answer sometime today."
Spiral and Naoto were surprised that Shroud knew that, and were scared because he said that out loud so casually.
"I can overhear you guys talk from time to time." Shroud explained. "If you're so confused, why not make a pro and con list?"
"... Huh, I didn't think of that." Spiral realized.
"Of course you didn't." Shroud condescended.
"All right, who shall we do first?" Spiral wondered.
"How about..." Naoto droned off until he thought of someone. "Hikari?"
"Okay..." Spiral began to think. "She's certainly not afraid to get up close and personal in several ways."
"Oh yeah." Naoto remembered some things. "She got in the bath with you during the first week of school and during the school trip in November, you two almost had sex. Ah. That felt like it was only yesterday."
"She's also got this aura around her that kind of just draws you in." Spiral added. "You know, kind of like Mizore or Mio."
"Next, let's take a look at... Aura." Naoto said.
"Well, she's refined, graceful and can always find a reason to smile." Spiral stated. "She also loves helping others. I guess you could say that she is quite motherly."
"Not interested in her money?" Naoto questioned.
"That would be really shallow, wouldn't it?" Spiral asked.
"... Fair enough." Naoto answered. "And lastly, we've got Momo."
"Let's see..." Spiral tried to think. "We've known each other since I was 2, she always knows how to cheer me up-"
"And let's not forget that awesome rack of hers." Naoto started to daydream.
"Naoto!" Spiral shouted at him.
"Sorry, sorry." Naoto apologized. "But that's a good thing, isn't it? You like big boobs, don't you, Spiral?"
"W-well..." Spiral started to blush. "I-I suppose but that's not a priority criteria."
"Anyway, have you made your decision?" Shroud asked.
"I don't know..." Spiral held onto his forehead. "I... I just can't decide on one. I know it's wrong to go with all three, but I just can't pick one girl over the other."
Naoto rubbed his head for a moment and then looked at his watch.
"We'd better get going to homeroom." Naoto suggested. "We'll have to think of something later."
Back in the homeroom class before the classes started, Spiral, Naoto and Shroud had returned and saw just about everyone accounted for, including Ms. Krystal. Ms. Krystal was wearing a beatufil red tupetop dress with a cut down the long skirt so some leg could move and be revealed. Naoto couldn't help but stare.
*She's married. She's married. She's married.* Naoto kept repeating in his head as he blushed.
"Happy Valentine's Day, kids." Ms. Krystal greeted them. "Hope that your special girl gives you a little something today."
"Uh... y-yeah." Spiral responded simply.
Shroud immediately took his seat since it was close to the door and Spiral and Naoto headed to their desks. They saw that all the girls in their class were already in their seats and eventually the two guys made it to their desks.
DING! DONG! DONG! DING!
The bell rang and everybody was in their seats. Ms. Krystal stood up and nearly every guy in class looked like they were drooling.
"Good morning, class! Today is Valentine's Day!" Ms. Krystal announced. "I hope you got something thoughtful for your special guys.. or girls. Whatever your preference is."
"Naoto." Spiral whispered to him. "Are you expecting anything today?"
Naoto did have a thought, but judging by his reaction afterward it didn't seem like a happy thought.
"Oh... sorry." Spiral apologized.
"It's not your fault." Naoto assured him. "I've just had bad luck with women."
"Yeah..." Spiral looked down.
Later that day when lunch was about to start, Momo came up to him holding something behind her back.
"Um... Spiral?" Momo tried to get his attention.
"Yeah." Spiral responded.
"Um, I had this-"
Hikari suddenly bursts right into their conversation.
"Hey, Spiral!" Hikari greeted nonchalantly. "It's just that today is Valentine's Day, so... um..."
Hikari was about to hand Spiral the boxed lunch... but he had suddenly disappeared for some reason.
"Order! The Inquisition is now in session!"
Momo, Hikari, Chan, Chun and Naoto turned their heads to where they heard the voice. For some reason, Spiral was tied up to a crucifix and surrounded by guys wearing dark purple hoods and masks.
"What the hell is this about? !" Spiral asked.
"The Inquisition finds Spiral guilty of breaking our blood brother's bond." The guy with the gavel said. "Which prohibits us from all chick stuff, like dating or feeling things."
"I don't recall joining anything like that!" Spiral shouted.
"How do you find?" The guy with the gavel asked the others.
"Guilty! Guilty!" The other cloaked students responded.
"Any last words for the defendant?" The 'judge' asked Spiral.
"'Last words'? ! What happened to the whole trial thing? !" Spiral questioned.
"Death penalty!" The 'judge' decided.
As they were doing God-knows-what to Spiral, the girls seemed confused as to what was going on.
"Umm... What's this all about?" Chan asked.
"Oh, that's the TTT Inquisition." Naoto explained. "Every school has one these days. They're just a group of guy students who women don't really like. They also resent those who are actually liked by girls."
"So, are you a member of this Inquisition, Naoto?" Chun asked.
Naoto felt like he was insulted. "... Actually, yes."
Spiral flew back into his seat with bruises all over his body.
"What the hell was wrong with those guys?" Spiral said.
"Hey, Spiral." Aura came up to the group. "Um... I... I just... Happy Valentine's Day!"
Aura held out a boxed lunch.
"I-Is that for me?" Spiral asked.
"Y... Yes, it's for-"
BANG!
Again, Spiral was whisked away by the TTT Inquisition and tied him to the crucifux again.
"Order! This Inquisition is now in session!"
"Again? !" Spiral shouted. "What did-"
"Guilty!" The 'judge' sentenced.
"Please don't do this! It's not his fault!" Aura yelled.
Everyone's attention was drawn toward Aura.
"Um... well, um..." Aura stuttered while twiddling her thumbs. "You see, I... Give me a second... I made it for..." She tired to find the right words...everyone staring at her made very uncomfortable... then she smiles cutely.
BANG!
"WE TORTURE FIRST THEN DEATH!" His eyes glowing red.
"AAAAAHHHH!" Spiral screamed in pain.
After the torture, Spiral and Aura were alone on the school's rooftop. Spiral looked like he was charred to a crisp.
"Spiral, are you okay?" Aura asked out of concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Spiral was obviously lying. "I was just burned at the stake was all."
Blood then falls out of Spiral's mouth like a waterfall. Aura then brought out the exquisite-looking boxed lunch she made.
"Well, I'm sure you'll definitely feel better after eating." Aura said as she handed him the meal.
"Thank you." Spiral took the meal and started eating it. "Hm, where did you learn how to cook?"
"Well, I grew up with little to do, so I would sometimes watch the servants cook." Aura answered. "I guess all that time inside the kitchen increased my knowledge of how to cook meals. But I was afraid to add anything beyond what was needed."
"Yeah, unless you taste it yourself first after adding any extra ingredients, it could kill them." Spiral stated. "It's something you learn after watching a lot of anime."
"Which reminds me, how come the Japanese think that sexual arousal causes nosebleeds?" Aura questioned.
"I don't know." Spiral answered. "It might be common in Japan, but that doesn't seem to be the case in Europe or America."
"And how come most of those shows always seem to have girls that can't cook?"Aura continued questioning. "That seems to be an anime stereotype."
"I can't answer that either." Spiral responded. "Wait a minute, how do you know this stuff?"
"Oh-um!" Aura was caught off guard. "I-I-I-I just-that's all that seems to be on TV these days!"
"..." Spiral didn't know how to respond to that and just felt like shrugging it off.
As those two were talking, Momo saw them and looked kind of sad.
Momo was walking down the hallway, holding what looked like a boxed lunch in her hand.
*I was hoping I could do this, but I'm not sure if I failed because other people kept interfering or my cowardice.* Momo thought to herself.
Eventually, she started to hear Spiral and Naoto talking to each other a little further down the hall. Momo quickly ran into a nearby classroom and peaked through one of the windows as the two walked by.
"Now's my chance." Momo whispered to herself.
"And so the truth is revealed."
Momo looked behind her to see the TTT Inquisition behind her in the classroom.
"Spiral has had 3 girls making lunch for him at the same time? !" One guy said. "I find that to be unforgivable! I say death to the traitor!"
Then all the other doors and windows opened to reveal the rest of the group. There were enough of thoes guys to fill an entire classroom.
"DEATH TO THE TRAITOR!" They all shouted.
"Hold on! It's all a misunderstanding!" Momo panicked. "I just... um... well... I..."
All the eyes staring at her made her feel uncomfortable. Momo just giggled and smiled cutely. Then the Inquisition started to march towards the direction Spiral went in.
"Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guily." They all muttered.
"Hey, what are you doing? !" Spiral shouted from across the hall. "STOOOOP!"
Later that day when classes ended and students were rising from their seats, Momo walked up to Aura and Hikari.
"Aura, Hikari..." Momo said. "I challenge you two to a Duel."
"Really?" Aura was a bit surprised. "What's the occassion?"
"Well... I..." Momo needed a moment to gain her composure. "The winner of this Duel has the right to Spiral's heart and the others must accept that outcome. I think we should settle this once and for all."
"It would probably put this rivalry to an end." Hikari said. "Either that or cause one of us to go in a jealous rage and kill the others."
Aura and Momo stepped away from Hikari, scared of what she just said.
"I'm kidding." Hikari chuckled.
The girls went outside and Lee and Asuka entered the classroom and went up to Spiral, Naoto, Shroud, Camaru and the twins.
"What are the girls up to?" Lee wondered.
"I think they said they were going to Duel to see which one has the rights to Spiral's heart." Shroud said.
There was an awkward silence as everyone's eyes opened wide.
"... What?" Shroud broke the silence.
"Shroud... You're supposed to keep people's crushes QUIET!" Naoto yelled at him.
"Are you saying Momo likes you?" Lee questioned.
"Are you saying Aura likes you?" Camaru then questioned.
Spiral was like "..." O_O
"Uh, hey!" Naoto tried to break up the awkward. "I'm sure it's not a problem as long as Spiral doesn't reciprocate those feelings, right?"
"Yeah, I guess that'd be okay." Camaru answered.
"You don't like those girls, do you Spiral?" Lee questioned.
"..." O_O
"... You... MANWHORE!" Lee shouted. "You like TWO girls? !"
"Actually, it's three." Shroud pointed out.
"SHROUD!" Spiral shouted at him. "You're not supposed to reveal stuff like that!"
"You didn't tell me." Shroud responded.
"IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS, YOU DIMWIT!" Spiral was severely irritated with Shroud.
"What is wrong with you? !" Camaru questioned Spiral.
"I'm just indecisive!" Spiral explained.
"Well, we'll help you come to that decision." Lee said. "Camaru and I challenge you!"
"To a Duel?" Shroud tried to clarify.
"Not this time." Lee answered. "We'll settle this like REAL men: A fistfight!"
"And if we win, you have to go with Hikari!" Camaru said.
"Why her-Oh, I get it." Spiral said.
"Really? Because I don't." Shroud expressed.
*This is all just SO stupid!* Asuka thought.
As everyone left the classroom, Asuka felt like somone was watching from the hallway. She went in that direction to see what was going on. She looked around and she definitely saw the person trying to hide behind the classroom doors.
"Lilith, what are you doing?" Asuka asked.
Lilith got out of her 'stealth mode'.
"I followed Hikari when she left this morning." Lilith answered. "It seemed kind of boring at the church without you guys. You know, I watched what people do on this 'Valentine's Day' and it's not at all what I thought it was."
"What did you think today was about?" Asuka asked.
"I thought it was where people had constant sexual intercourse until the day was over." Lilith stated.
"Where did you hear that?" Asuka felt like she had to ask.
"It was just... something... someone told me." Lilith responded. "Anyway, it seemed like things were eventful today."
"Yeah, they're all behaving like barbarians." Asuka expressed.
"What does that mean?"Lilith was a bit confused.
"The barbarians earned their women by winning in bloody battles against one another." Asuka explained. "This is why I don't really like guys. They act like animals."
"Is that why you like girls?" Lilith asked.
"I keep telling everyone I'm NOT LIKE THAT!" Asuka screamed.
Outside in the school courtyard, Momo, Aura and Hikari stood in a triangle formation for their free-for-all Duel while closeby, Spiral was standing across from Camaru and Lee. Naoto, Shroud, Chan, Chun, Asuka and Lilith were all watching the battles on the sidelines.
"I wonder who will end up victorious." Chun said.
"For which fight?" Shroud asked.
"Both, I guess." Chun clarified.
"Of the guys, it'd be hard to tell between them." Chan stated. "Lee was raised by wolves, Spiral was raised by ninjas and Camaru... come to think of it, I have no idea."
"This Duel is a Free-for-All." Momo reiterated. "All of us must have made a turn before any one of us can attack. When two of us have our Life Points reach 0, the one left standing gets Spiral."
"That sounds fair." Aura said.
"I still believe I'm going to win." Hikari gloated.
"Let's Duel!" They all exclaimed.
Momo (LP 4000) Aura (LP 4000) Hikari (LP 4000)
"I'll start this battle royale!" Hikari drew her first card. "First, I summon Astral Angel Niphia (Lv.4 1700/600) in attack mode!"
Hikari had summoned an angel with her pink hair in tied in a bun on the back of her head. The angel carried a scepter with a dark green jewel embedded on the top.
"Then I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn!" Hikari finished.
"I'll go next!" Momo drew her first card. "I summon Shinobi-Chihiro the All-Seeing (Lv.4 1600/1000) in attack mode!"
Momo summoned a female ninja with grey eyes wearing a sweater.
"Each turn, she can allow me to either look at another player's hand or face-down cards!" Momo stated. "I choose to look at Hikari's face-down cards!"
Chihiro's eyes opened wide and Hikari's face-down cards were revealed to be Beckoning Light and Starry Wall.
"And after the cards are revealed, I can send one of the revealed cards to the Graveyard!" Momo pointed out. "I choose Starry Wall!"
Chihiro then slammed her palm at the face-down Piercing Light Sword and destroyed it.
"I set two cards face-down and end my turn!" Momo concluded.
"My turn!" Aura drew her first card. "First, I summon Graceful Blossom Lion (Lv.4 2000/1000)! Since there aren't any Blossom Counters on my side of the field, I can Special Summon Graceful Blossom Swan (Lv.3 1500/400) from my hand!"
A pink and white swan with wings that looked like flower petals appeared on Aura's side of the field.
"Since my swan was Special Summoned this way, I can place a Blossom Counter on any card on the field!" Aura stated. "I place it on my Lion! Then I'll set one card face-down and end my turn!"
After that move was played, someone brought something up.
"I wonder how the fight between the guys is going." Chan expressed.
"Get down here, you son of a bitch!" Lee yelled out.
The spectators all looked toward where the fight was taking place and Spiral was standing on top of a lamp post with Camaru and Lee on the ground.
"Come down here and fight like a man!" Camaru demanded.
"'If the enemy can't touch you, he can't beat you'." Spiral quoted.
"This doesn't make any sense right here." Lee pointed out. "We could just wait here like sharks until your legs begin to fall asleep!"
"Hey, if Sly Cooper can do it, I can, too!" Spiral responded.
"I have a feeling none of this will end well." Chan expressed.
"Oh my God, that tears it!" Asuka spoke up. "I am going to put an end to all this shit!"
Asuka walked to the area that was inbetween where the two fights were taking place.
"Hey! Everyone!" Asuka tried to get everyone's attention, but no one responded. "ENOUGH OF THIS BULLSHIT!"
The fighting had stopped and everyone's attention had shifted toward Asuka.
"Do any of you know ONE of the reasons I despised guys?" Asuka asked. "Because they were idiotic barbarians who let their impulses get the best of them!"
"Not cool!" Some random male student said.
"And that is EXACTLY how you guys are acting right now!" Asuka enlightened. "ALL of you! Lee, Camaru, so the girls you like don't like you back. Do you know how often that happens to people? A lot more frequently than you think! Either move on or some second thing which I can't quite figure out! And you girls are fighting over the same man just like men did over particular women hundreds of years ago! I don't even know what to tell you girls because I am not good at this 'love' thing! And Spiral... to be honest, I'm not really mad at you. I mean, yeah, you have feelings for more than one girl, but at least you're not fucking them behind each others' backs."
"Is this true?" Aura asked.
"I don't want to talk about it." Spiral turned his head away. "... All right. One of the reasons I can't decide is... because I know two of you will be hurt if I choose the other. I haven't figured out the other reasons. I just... I just don't want anybody to be sad."
Everyone was just silent for a moment and then Momo walked up to the lamp post.
"Come down here." Momo politely said.
Spiral slowly climbed down the lamp post and set his feet on the ground. Momo then nudged her head a little bit at Aura and Hikari, signaling them to come over there with her. They both reached Spiral and after a moment, Momo gave Spiral a big hug. Most of the others weren't sure how to respond to what was happening before them.
"Don't worry about it, Spiral." Momo assured him. "We'll all figure it out somehow. I mean, you don't have to choose right now. You're only 15."
"... She's right, there's no hurry." Aura agreed.
"And we'll try to make sure that regardless of who you choose, the others will accept it." Hikari said.
"Thank you." Spiral said.
"I can't believe it took me all day to figure this out, but I think I may have figured something out." Naoto spoke up. "Spiral, what if you went out with each of the girls one at a time? Not like a date, but something along the lines of friendy alone time. That might help you figure something out."
"That's not a bad idea, Naoto." Hikari agreed. "How does that sound, Spi-?"
Everyone turned their heads to see the entire TTT Inquisition surrounding them.
"Inquisition, how do you find?" The leader asked.
"GUILTY!"
"It is decided! We torture for 36 hours, THEN DEATH!"
They all roared and Spiral quickly ran for his life.
Later that night, Hikari and Lilith arrived back at her home.
"Today was certainly an exciting one." Lilith smiled.
"Yeah, but all that exitement has worn me out." Hikari sighed. "I'm probably going to take a nice long bath."
Hikari went into the other room while Lilith fondly remembered what happened earlier today.
"Return to me."
English Voice Cast
Todd Haberkorn Spiral
Monica Rial Momo
Alexis Tipton Aura
Yuri Lowenthal Naoto
Maxey Whitehead Shroud
Laura Bailey Hikari
Caitlin Glass Asuka
Alison Viktorin Chan/Chun
Tom Gibis Lee
Kyle Hebert Camaru
Wendee Lee Krystal
Cherami Leigh Lilith
Preview
Hikari: Lilith, what's wrong? ... Wait, where is she?
Asuka: She might be stuffing her face with candy or something.
Spiral: I'm still being chased by those guys!
Inquisition: DEATH TO THE TRAITOR! ! !
Hikari: Next time on Awakening of the Soul! Lilith's Secret!
Asuka: Lilith has a secret? What is it?
Spiral: HELP ME!
Chan and Chun's Comedy Corner
Chan and Chun appear on a stage next to a microphone.
Chun: Heeelllooooo, Tokyo! Welcome to Chan and Chun's Comedy Corner!
Chan: And we remembered to bring the jokes this time!
Chun: In celebration of Valentine's Day, I decided to go with this particular joke.
Chan: All right, let's hear it.
Chun: So this girl goes on a date with this guy she wants to ****-
Chan: O_O
Chun: -but she's worried that her ***** is so big from ****ing so many other guys, so she takes a piece of liverwurst and shoves it up her ***** so that when he ****s her, it'll feel tighter.
Chan: I don't think we can talk about that joke here.
Chun: Chan, shut the hell up. Anyways, she puts the liverwurst in her *****, goes home with the guy, ****s him, everything seems fine. She wakes up the next morning and he's gone and left her a note that says 'Thank you for a lovely evening, however I don't think this is going to work out. P.S. Your ***** is in the sink'.
Chan: ... That joke was so crass and where did you learn those words? !
Chun: High school will teach you a lot of new words. That joke was still a better love story than Twilight.
Chan: Haha! Okay, that one was funny.
Hikari's Cards
Astral Angel Niphia
Fairy/Effect (ATK 1700 DEF 600)
Level 4/LIGHT
As long as this card remains face-up on the field; Your opponent cannot select another "Astral Angel" monster you control as an attack target. Once per turn; You can Special Summon 1 "Astral Angel" monster from your Deck in face-up Defense Position, and if you do, this card cannot attack this turn.
Momo's Cards
Shinobi-Chihiro the All-Seeing
Warrior/Effect (ATK 1600 DEF 1000)
Level 4/EARTH
Once per turn; You can either look at your opponent's Set cards or hand, and if you do, select 1 of the revealed cards and send that card to the Graveyard.
Aura's Cards
Graceful Blossom Swan
Plant/Effect (ATK 1500 DEF 400)
Level 3/WIND
If there are no Blossom Counters on your side of the field; You can Special Summon this card from your hand. When this card is Special Summoned by its own effect: Place 1 Blossom Counter on a card you control.