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I'm so sorry for taking so long to update.
Really, I am. Okay, I won't do the whole emoticon thing I did last time. It was kind of stupid…Okay, so I included one. I had to. :P
"Zane?"
It really was Zane, on a hangglider, zooming towards them.
Zooming at them, actually.
"Look ouuuuuuuuuuuuut!"
BOOM!
Jaden and May coughed, sand in their eyes and mouth. After the dust cleared away, Jaden and May were shocked to see Zane…
…wearing a Hawaiian shirt, with bright red shorts.
"Well, hey there, strangers. You new here?"
Jaden and May looked at eachother with raised eyebrows.
Okay, what the hell is going on?
"Um…Zane, don't you remember us? Jaden and May?"
It was Zane's turn to look confused. He put his finger and poked his cheek numerous times.
"Jaden and May. Jaden and May…Sounds familiar. Wait, aren't you two on that TV show?"
"What TV show? Zane, what's wrong with you? What are you wearing what you're wearing?"
Zane looked at his outfit and grinned. "What do you mean? I always wear this."
Now I am officially weirded out.
"Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. What's going on here?"
Zane, or who they assumed was Zane, sent them a weird look- one they wanted to duplicate very badly.
"I don't get it. Why are you two so confused? And why would you know the way I act? We've never met before."
Jaden decided to do something so stupid, it could've gotten him killed.
He pushed May forward- savoring the hand to back contact- and said,"May loves you, and she heard you were coming here."
And then, hell broke out.
But before it had the chance to break out, it FROZE!
"Jaden's right."
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"I am?" Jaden asked, suddenly confused.
She's supposed to be weirded out and yelling. This is supposed to be my way of getting back at her for making me think so much. Why is she so okay with this? This isn't fair!
Zane looked like he could cry.
"Some loves me. This is good news. I'm gonna bring you home to mommy so we can get married."
Jaden quickly walked in front of May. "Um…That's not necessary. She just wanted to say hi. "
May looked up, eyes shining in sudden glee, a smile playing on her face.
He was being protective of her relationship status.
That could mean…
She suddenly felt very giddy, like she could do anything she wanted.
"Well, then…Hi," Zane said, waving. May waved right back.
"'Kay. Thanks. Now can you explain to us where we are? We're kind of lost."
"Sure I will. Just give me a few minutes. The big one is coming." Then, Zane ran off towards the ocean. A group of giggling girls huddled together, from where he was last standing. They were kissing the ground and other fangirl nonsense.
"Whoever this guy is looks like Zane, but acts like Atticus," May murmured to a smiling Jaden- smiling because he was on verbal terms with May again.
"I think you're right. You get the feeling when we see Atticus, we're gonna meet Mr. Icy?"
"I know it. Let's wait for him to finish his wave so that we know where we are first."
"Right, then…So…Why don't we sit down over there?"
Jaden pointed towards a spot where the harsh sun was more lenient on, next to some palm trees.
"These place looks like one of the Hawaiian Islands."
"Yeah, it does actually."
The two weren't wrong- not that they were in Hawaii, but the area was very similar. The ocean sparkled, as if someone dropped thousands of gallons of sparkling mineral water in it.
The sun was nice and warm. As the devil made you do bad things, the sun made you fall asleep.
People were all around the island, wearing bathing suits, having picnics, and swimming around.
It was perfect.
Way too perfect.
"Remember how when we were around those Shadow Idiots, we felt that odd aura?" Jaden inquired. May nodded.
"You feel it here, too, don't you?" she asked, continuing his question.
"Yeah. This place is too good to be true."
"Some further investigation is necessary. Maybe knowing where we are might be nice, too."
"Guess we can enjoy the island until then. But stay on your guard. I don't want you getting hurt."
When Jaden turned his face away, May beamed to herself.
Suddenly, a bunch of fangirls started stampeding towards them.
"Uh…"
"RUN!" May grabbed Jaden's arm, and the two started running for their lives, as if there were rhinos after them.
And that was so close to being reality.
May took a quick turn behind some tree and pulled Jaden next to her. The fangirls stopped, confused, looking around.
May and Jaden didn't dare breathe, just in case the fan girls had super hearing.
Eventually, the fangirls all dispersed, so May and Jaden could breathe again.
"Phew, what was that for?" May asked, not realizing that she was clinging on to Jaden's arm.
In all honesty, Jaden didn't care if the circulation in his arm stopped.
Slowly, May loosened her grip on his arm, but didn't let go.
"Why don't we sit here? I'm not too keen on going out there again."
"Guess Zane'll just have to wait."
The two caught their breath, sitting there, thinking about what the hell just happened.
"I don't get why those fangirls were after us…" Jaden said once more. "This really is an alternate universe. It's like all the things that didn't happen in Duel Academy happen here."
May gasped. "That's it. That's exactly what this place is! The opposite of our normal world."
Jaden frowned. "No wonder Zane was acting the way he did. But then, if this was an alternate universe, how come the sun still shines like it did in Duel Academy? The only thing that changed is the fact that there are people actually on the beaches, and not in class."
"Maybe it's vacation time?"
"Don't know. This is all really confusing."
"Why don't we go off and check?"
"But…the fangirls!"
May giggled. "Don't worry. I won't let them eat you alive."
Jaden rolled his eyes, but got up from his sitting position. May had yet to let go of his arm.
The two walked out from behind a tent, only to see Zane running towards them, topless.
"Ew. I think I might need to burn my eyes out."
"Just be happy it's his shirt is the only thing that's gone," Jaden said, in his mind, happy that May didn't find Zane attractive.
Or she just thought of him like a brother.
Whatever.
As long as her attention was not on him.
"Where'd you guys go?"
"Fangirls," was Jaden's only answer.
Zane nodded sympathetically. "I totally understand. I deal with them all the time. Well, you're lucky you have a girlfriend. She can ward them off."
Before May or Jaden could say anything, Zane advised, to May,"I suggest you stay on your guard. These girls will rip your eyes out…literally."
"Um…Thanks for the warning. I'll feel safer in bed."
"Speaking of beds, do you guys have anywhere to stay?"
Jaden and May looked at eachother, then back at Zane. "No, actually."
Zane grinned. "Well, why don't you stay at the hotel. Next to that old, run down academy."
When Jaden and May heard the word "academy", they immediately looked towards where Zane was looking at.
May and Jaden were shocked at how bad the academy looked. It really was old and run down. It looked like there was a fire or something like that. Half the academy was burnt while the other half fell on itself.
"Sure. Thanks for the offer…"
"I own the hotel. So you guys can stay for free, since you're one of my admirers," Zane said, grinning at May and sending her a wink.
May felt last night's dinner coming up.
"Right…"
"I'll lead you to your rooms now, if you'd like."
"That'd be great," Jaden said. Zane nodded, and a fangirl threw him a shirt- reluctantly.
May let out a breath. The problem of topless Zane, over. The problem of how the heck they were gonna find the next portal and get out, they were still working on it.
"'Kay, then, here is your room."
May and Jaden looked into a room. It was a decent room, a window with a view of the ocean, a bright cerulean paint job, two leather sofas on either side of the room with a flat screen TV in the middle. And a dining table right next to the window.
Made for romantic dinners.
May gulped.
"Sorry I couldn't get you one of my more better rooms," Zane apologized sheepishly. "They've all been booked."
"It's perfectly fine," Jaden said. "We're grateful."
"Yeah, we are. Thank you so much."
Zane smiled, waving it off. "No problem. It's been a long time since I've seen folk like you around here. I'll see you guys downstairs, in the ball room. Everyone's coming out because we're having the full moon tonight. It's nothing big so you can wear casual clothes. Later, dudes."
Zane walked out of the room, closing the door.
"I never want to hear him say 'dude' again." May shuddered.
Jaden only yawned. "I think I wanna take a nap before we go to any parties. And a shower."
"Mmm, good idea."
"I think I'll take the nap first." Jaden led down on the sofa and curled up.
May only smiled at him. He looked like a little boy. Hair messed up, jacket half falling.
Yet at the same time…
He looked really, really handsome.
His bangs fell over his eyes. His jacket looked like it should've been taken off. His shirt hinted at a muscular figure underneath.
I need a shower. A nice, warm shower.
May sighed to herself. She walked into the bathroom. It was HUGE. There was a freaking Jacuzzi the size of a pool and a shower stall.
"Jacuzzi it is."
May took off her old clothes and folded them, putting them aside. Then, she turned on the water in the Jacuzzi, and let it fill up before slipping in.
"Mmm." She let out a breath contently, pouring in some lilac oils. It was nice, forgetting all her problems, just sitting there.
However, her mind didn't stay blank for long.
Her thoughts strayed towards Jaden almost immediately.
Jacuzzis…weren't they something for couples?
May immediately felt her face grow red and the thought and slid underwater.
No. Just no.
Then, she started thinking about where the next portal could've been.
It could've had something to do with the hotel. Maybe it was somewhere in there.
Or, maybe it was at the old Academy.
That's probably exactly where it is.
She put that in the back of her mind, making a note to tell Jaden the thought.
Jaden.
She covered her face with her soapy hands.
Everything involved him. She couldn't land here with Syrus, could she? It had to be the guy she was crushing on.
After her bath was done, she got out of the bathroom in a bathrobe, her old clothes in her hands. She walked into one of the bedrooms to put them away in the closet, only to find a row of dresses.
"Wow, these are beautiful…"May murmured to herself, running her hand over one of the silk ones. Zane really thought of everything.
She decided to put on one of the sun dresses.
The one she was wearing had a tie on strap- to put around your neck and tie. The fabric itself was midnight blue. The neckline was flat, and the dress wasn't too long or too short, keeping May looking modest. The dress pinned itself up at the bottom, overlapping, giving it an elegant look to it.
May twirled around in the mirror, liking the way she looked.
Then, she realized…
"Oh, darn it, I haven't got my straightner with me…" Her hair retained its natural curly look.
May rolled her eyes. Well, one thing had to go wrong. At least her hair was conditioned and tamed. IT didn't look half- bad…
But what if Jaden didn't like the way she looked?
You know what? I don't CARE!
It's what she told herself, but she really did care.
May walked to the otherside of the room, where she threw her fannypack and her clothes. Out of her fannypack, she took out a bracelet.
It was an old Pokéball bracelet, Ash had gifted her a few years ago. He knew how much she liked to party, and how she couldn't wear her fanny pack to hold her Pokéballs, so he bought her a stylish bracelet, that went with any dress.
Inwardly, she thanked him for it. It was one of the best, and most useful presents ever given to her.
She put on all her Pokéballs and turned around to check herself. But as she turned around, she noticed something.
The closet on the side of the room she was on didn't hold dresses, but suits.
"Now why would anyone put suits in…" Suddenly, it came to her.
There's no way…
She fast walked out of the room, to look around. Not another bedroom in sight.
…I'm sharing this room with him.
And then she realized there was only one bed.
You have to be effing kidding me.
She felt her face heat up once more, at the thought of being in the same room…
…on the same bed…
"So you finished?"
May whipped her head around, startled slightly, but let out a breath in relief seeing as it was only Jaden.
He had his arms crossed, and he was smiling, surveying her dress.
She felt her face heat up even more.
"Yeah."
Jaden and May looked at eachother for a second, then looked away, leaving an awkward silence.
"So, I guess I'll take a shower now."
"'Kay. I'll meet you in the living room when you're done."
May quickly walked past Jaden, brushing against his front, her already face heating up a billion times more.
"Oh, by the way, May?"
"Yeah?" she asked, turning around.
It took all of his courage just to say this.
"You look really nice."
And then he fled to the bathroom.
A/N- Thank you SO much, you guys. Funnily enough, it took me two hours to write this story. :P Twenty minute until curfew. But I felt so guilty.
I actually thought up of a good new plotline. =D So except an update...in less than a month.
Consider this an early Christmas present. I might update on either Christmas or New Years...I'm not too sure.
Keep bugging me, and I just might make either of those my deadlines. ;D
I expect one kajillion reviews. xP I didn't edit, so don't yell at me. I was too eager to update the story.