Hey everyone! (//Smiles\\) Well, this week has seemingly turned around since the weekend. Last night (Wednesday), I got my car back, and it's running perfectly. Apparently, the bobcat hit and run did about 800 bucks worth of damage. At least the insurance picked up part of the tab, other than my deductible, which was cool. Other than that, not much else has happened, lol, other than the jokes going on around work about me being called a bobcat slayer now. That and now my new name is "Bobcat Johnson." Silly people, lol.

Hopefully, and I stress this heavily, I will be able to post next week while on vacation. If not, I apologize in advance. I was told by my step mom, whom booked the room and all, that there is internet access, so as I said, I should be able to post. Again, I apologize in advance if it doesn't happen.

Last time around, Marie lost to Zane in a climatic ending of their duel, but the couple gained Zane's respect at the least. A new day has arrived, with Illidan already getting distracted, hehe. What will this day of meeting the students bring, and the bigger question is, can Illidan and Marie survive them?

Alright, it's now time for the best part of the morning! Review time!

Metal Overlord 2.0: Heh, yes, he has good priorities. True, Crowler already doesn't like Illidan, but one has to wonder why, lol. Lol, you never know, the two may have at it eventually. Thanks about the Marie and Zane match. I made it as intense as possible, and had it look like it could go either way. True, Zane's strategy is simple, but effective. You never know, Aster or the Light of Ruin could show up… or I could have went around them seeing how I didn't know about it when I began this story, lol. Thank you for the comments once again.

Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. Yeah, she lost the duel, but it's alright. Cool that that's the same site. I get a lot of my research material from there and the other site I mentioned.

x-knight20: Thanks for your comments. Yeah, Marie did pretty good against Zane, but it was a close duel.

Isis the Sphinx: Lol, yes, that's the same thought I had when I saw it on T.V. for the first time (end of season 1 for GX). Thank you, and yeah, poor Marie didn't win, but she was close at least. Hehe, yes, cute ending sentences. I'll try and remember about the not everyone is married comment.

ardee: I think the fact Zane won threw everyone off. I was sort of saying Marie would throughout the three chapters, only to setup an upset win for Zane, lol. Very true, the main villain seems to always take the lead early with the hero nearly losing before making a miraculous comeback. Yes, there was a suggestive ending, hehe. That ending and a few other parts of this story sort of made me reevaluate what to rate the story, and I think T is the best rating for it. True, Illidan hasn't lost a duel within my stories, but as I've indicated previously, when him and Marie are alone, he has lost duels. I know, that's like saying it happened, but I didn't say it or show it. But you never know with this story. Illidan could lose, or he could go straight to the top again! Lol, you'll just have to wait and find out. I can understand the thing about not liking GX. My mate wasn't too fond of it herself early on, but I've grown to like it. The first season was really slow to start with, but when it got down to the Shadow Riders, I really started enjoying it more. Thank you for you comments.

Alright, that's it for this session. Thank you to all that read this story and to those who review it. I love knowing how people react to my chapters, which helps me a lot in writing up newer chapters. Thank you all again, and I hope to see lots of reviews soon. I hope you all enjoy this new chapter. In it, it'll reveal a little something for the future. Enjoy!

Chapter 12

Zane was patiently staring off towards the horizon as he mentally chided Illidan and Marie for being late. "Where are they?! They know the students will be here this afternoon, and it's already twelve-thirty!"

Taking a calming breath, Zane quickly replaced his anger with calmness and only focused on the sea. The sea always seemed to calm him, no matter what happened in life.

A few moments later, he heard a set of footsteps approaching him. Turning to look over his shoulder, he saw that it was Illidan and Marie finally arriving.

"About time the two of you got here. The students will be arriving in the next hour or so." Zane casually said with his back to the two and irritation definitely hidden within his voice.

Both sheepishly rubbed the back of their necks, and uttered "We're sorry."

Sighing, Zane turned to face the two to find both dressed in their school uniforms that had been issued. Illidan wore a black set of khaki pants, along with a black undershirt and finally his large red and white jacket that matched Zane's. Marie meanwhile wore a solid red skirt that went to her mid thigh, and had on a white and red mixture uniform top.

"Why do the girls get skirts anyways?" Marie asked with a furrowed brow.

Zane simply shrugged as Illidan blurted out "They look better on them than guys."

As always, Marie smacked him in the back of the head with a strong right hand, making him clutch his head. "Ouch! Why did you do that?"

The only response Illidan got was a soft growl and a glare, one that said "It goes without saying."

Zane slightly sweat dropped at the entire situation and finally said "Anyways, I guess now we can get ready for the students since we're all here now."

The other simply nodded and walked into the Slifer Dorm. Once in, they checked over the paperwork that listed each student and had each of their information, along with which room they were assigned to.

About thirty minutes later, Illidan stood up and stretched from reading his papers and announced "Tomorrow, I want to interview each student individually, so they can get to know me. You should do the same Marie with the girls."

Glancing up, Marie just nodded and returned to her reading. Looking over at Zane, Illidan simply said "Zane, you can do the same if you feel like it."

Thinking momentarily, Zane replied "No thanks. All the students that are returning already know me, and the few that don't will hear of me through all the rumors and gossip. I think I won't worry about it for now."

Shrugging, Illidan turned his eyes out the window to see a ship approaching the island. "Well, well, looks like it's time for the students to arrive at long last."

Both Marie and Zane put down their paperwork to see Illidan was correct. A large white ship, which seemed far off, was slowly coming closer and closer to the island.

Uncrossing her legs and standing up, and then smoothing out her skirt, Marie stretched her arms and yawned, saying "I guess we should gather up our paperwork then and get ready for them. They'll be here soon."

Zane finally stood up and nodded and simply grabbed up his paperwork. Marie and Illidan did the same and trio headed out of the dorm. After a five minute walk, they three were down at the dock waiting for the ship to pull in.

Thirty minutes later, with the help of some a few tug boats, the ship docked and the ramps were placed up to the ship. By this time, the Chancellor and all of the other headmasters arrived at the docks. Each was dressed up in their school uniforms, hoping to greet the students warmly.

A few minutes after the ramps were made secure, the wave of students started pouring off of it. There were students wearing red coats, some with yellow coats, and some with blue coats. All seemed to be happily chatting to someone about the trip and what they expected to do, or something or another.

One student caught Illidan's eye specifically. This student wore a red jacket, which ranked him as a Slifer. He had brown hair that was flared out to the left of his head for some reason, and his bangs were a little long. His light brown eyes seemed to be filled with great happiness. The thing that really caught Illidan's eye was the golden pendant around his neck. It was a circle like pendant with a red eye in the middle and had some kind of odd cut out shapes within the circle.

"A Shadow Charm!?" Illidan silently asked himself.

A small blur soon appeared beside the person Illidan was staring at. It was faint at first, but Illidan could definitely tell it was something real. Immediately, he noticed it looked like a brown fur ball with purple eyes, small white wings on it's back, and small green arms and legs. Each of it's fingers and toes were yellow claws.

"Interesting… He has a Duel Spirit, and if I'm not mistaken, he has Winged Kuriboh as his Duel Spirit."

Glancing over at Marie, he saw she was staring at the same student. Smiling inwardly, Illidan realized this was the student the Chancellor had spoken of. This student was the one who had saved the school, and literally saved the world from the Sacred Beasts. This student had done the impossible, and yet was so very carefree.

Looking back up at the student, he saw he was talking with a shorter boy with light teal colored hair, which was semi long, but was puffed out a little. He wore glasses and had green eyes, and was also wearing a red coat.

To the other side of the brown eyed student was another whom had black hair, wore a black coat, and had dark brown eyes. The thing that really stuck out to Illidan about this student was the three Duel Spirits surrounding him. Each seemed to be wearing what looked like pink bikini briefs. There was a yellow spirit, along with a green one, and a black one.

Thinking hard for a few moments, Illidan finally identified the three spirits as Ojama Yellow, Green, and Black. Looking back up, he could tell the spirits were highly annoying the student, who seemed to be whispering to them to leave him be. Illidan only lightly chuckled at the annoyed face of the student whom seemed distance himself from all the others.

Many other students continued to pour off of the ship, with each of the headmasters and the student teachers welcoming the students. After the ship was emptied out, the students were separated out and sent to their individual dorms.

Illidan, along with Marie at his side and Zane in behind, led the group back to the Slifer Dorm. Once out front, Illidan spoke up, saying "Alright, students, first of all, we're going to now issue out your rooms. When we call your name, come forward and we'll tell you which room you're in. Once you find out, you can head on to your room. Also, at six tonight, we will have a dinner in the cafeteria, so please, all of you come to it due that there will be announcements made then."

Slowly, one by one, the students' names were called out and each left to go to their rooms. After an agonizing hour, all of the students were gone and up to their rooms. Illidan, Marie, and Zane each let out a sigh of relief as they headed back to the dorm lounge.

"Well, that's over at last." Marie said as she sat down.

Sitting down as well, Zane grumbled "I never knew that teachers had this much work to do before. I wish now I had headed for the Pro League, then I'd have zero paperwork and one-hundred percent dueling."

Lightly chuckling at Zane, Illidan only replied "Ah, it wasn't that bad. Besides, we can't rest long. We have to go give the order to the cooks, unless we're going to cook."

"Uh, Illidan, I hate to tell you, but there are no cooks here at Slifer…" Zane said with great hesitation in his voice.

Illidan and Marie both stared at Zane wide eyed, saying "WHAT!?"

"Wait, what do you mean no cooks!? How can a dorm not have cooks?!" Marie asked in complete shock.

Sighing slightly, Zane replied "Well, you see, only Obelisk Blue has official cooks. Ra Yellow's Headmaster is the cook for the Ra Dorm, and well, Professor Banner was the cook here before you came along."

Turning to Illidan wide eyed still, Marie asked "What are we going to do!? We have sixty or so students to feed, and no cooks!"

Facing the door now, Illidan replied "We'll just have to make do. The three of us will have to just whip something up right quick. I can't be too hard. I can fix them some stir fry, Marie, you can make some rice, and Zane, fix something for dessert."

"You're kidding, right?!" Zane asked in complete shock.

Looking back over his shoulder, Illidan simply said "Do I look like I'm kidding? We have only a few hours before dinner, so we have no time to lose."

Illidan walked out of the room, leaving both Marie and Zane grumbling. The two quickly followed behind Illidan to the kitchen and began making dinner.

Within two hours, Illidan had fried up enough chicken and vegetables to feed the students. He smiled at his masterful work and placed it on plates.

Marie had managed to make rice and tried to stir fry it with some more vegetables, but only managed to burn the rice along with her vegetables. As she scrapped the rice and vegetables out, she gave a strong glare at Illidan, whom was lightly chuckling at the mishap.

Zane in the meantime had managed to make a series of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry cakes, each with different kinds of frosting. In all, he had managed to create six cakes.

Wiping away the sweat, the three checked the time to see it was only thirty minutes before dinner. Quickly placing the food into a warming oven, the three left and quickly cleaned up, hoping to get freshened up before dinner.

At six, the three returned to find the students just coming in. Together, the three dispensed the plates of food, which was just enough for all the students.

As they began, each could hear complaints, numerous ones at that, about the rice being burnt. Illidan could only stifle a chuckle as he watched Marie grew angrier and angrier with each.

At long last, about five minutes into the meal, the student with a black coat stood and cried out "This slop sucks!"

Anime flames seemed to encircle Marie as she stood with fire flashing in her eyes and fists clenched. In a furious voice, one which no one in their right mind would challenge, she yelled "SHUT UP AND EAT IT, BEFORE I CRAM IT DOWN YOUR THROAT YOU IMMGRATE!"

The student was quite shocked and immediately sat back down, instantly shoveling in the burnt rice on order. Marie slowly sat down and glared at Illidan and Zane, whom were both trying desperately to not laugh. The glare instantly made both regain their composure as they just simply ate their own meal.

Finally, dinner ended, the dishes were collected, and the students waited to find out what the announcements were. Seeing they were waiting, and most likely wanting to head back to their rooms, Illidan quickly moved to the front of the cafeteria and gave a sharp whistle to get everyone's attention.

Once he saw he had their full attention, Illidan smiled and said "Welcome students to a new semester. I'm sure everyone is excited for it to start."

In the back, he heard one student say "You bet I am."

Smiling slightly more, Illidan motioned for Zane and Marie to join him. Once they stood at both his sides, Illidan continued on, saying "To start with, I'd like to introduce myself and the rest of the staff. I am Illidan Stormrage, the new headmaster here at the Slifer Dorm. Beside me is my wife, Marie Stormrage, headmaster of the girls' dorm here as well. And many of you I'm sure know him, but this is Zane Truesdale, whom graduated last year from this school, but has come back to be our student teacher."

Seeing everyone seemingly nod, Illidan continued on with "Since this is a new semester, myself and Marie will be having interviews with all of you. There will be a list posted tomorrow stating what the times are for the interviews. They are all tomorrow, so check the list around noon in the lounge. We want to get to know all of you, and make each of you feel welcome here."

"Tomorrow night, there will be a movie, one which me, Marie, and Zane will pick. We'll try hard to pick a good one for you all. Finally, if there are any questions or you wish to talk, everyone is more than welcome to speak to any of the three of us. We're always available to talk."

Formally bowing, Illidan ended with "Thank you all for your patience. That is all for tonight."

The entire group of students all stood up and slowly left the room. At long last, the room was empty, leaving the three staff members sighing.

"That went well, other than the complaining about the cooking, as usual." Illidan finally managed to say with a smirk.

Marie gave him a death glare instantly and went to choke him, but Illidan knew what was coming, and instantly ran for safety.

"GET BACK HERE ILLIDAN SO I CAN KILL YOU!" Marie screamed as she chased him around the tables.

Zane only simply sighed, mentally saying "And they're supposed to be the headmasters…"

Finally after twenty minutes of giving chase, Marie gave up and grumbled "I can't help it the rice burnt…"

Smiling softly, Illidan came up behind her and gathered her up into his arms, embracing her softly. Resting his head in the crook of her neck, he crooned "It's alright my love. You're still learning, like all of us. Just have patience."

With a bit of sarcasm, he slowly added "With this wonderful group, you'll get lots of practice at it."

Marie only sighed and then softly chuckled, replying with "You're right. I hope they have plenty of antacids though, or stuff to cover the burnt taste up with."

At this time, Zane cleared his throat, making the two realize immediately that he was still there. Illidan released Marie from his embrace and said "Sorry about that. Anyways, let's get this place cleaned up. We have a long day tomorrow, and need some rest for it."

Together, the group a load of dishes to the kitchen and began washing, rinsing, and drying the dishes. Once finished, the three wiped down the tables and swept and mopped the floor. After two hours, the group finally finished and breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally finished, the couple left for their house behind the dorm while Zane headed down to the lighthouse to stare out as usual before bed.

Marie flung herself right onto the bed and let out a muffled groan. "I wish Seto had warned us about the cooking part. Then I should have said screw this and just come as your wife." she mumbled as she turned over.

Shaking his head at his wife, Illidan smartly said "You know that'd never have satisfied you. I think you made a smart decision to work for Kaiba. Besides, you'd be bored out of your mind within an hour of being here without something to do."

She only sighed once more as Illidan slowly snuck onto the bed. Marie had her back to him, so he easily landed on top of her, instantly pinning her. She quickly realized it as she tried to move, but Illidan held her down, letting off a small growl in her ear. A small tingle ran up and down her spine as she realized what Illidan wanted, which was what she wanted ultimately as well.

Little did the two know that a person on the island was watching the small house from a distance.

In the silence of the night, the figure whispered "I've finally found you two. Now the real fun shall begin."