Chapter 6: Goddess of Blue

A sigh of relief escaped Soren's lips as the last of the classes came to an end. He remained seated next to his friends, watching as a majority of students began to leave. Even though it was only the first day of classes, Soren already felt bored just having to sit through them. Isn't this supposed to be a school for Elite Duelists? Why are we being retaught the basics? He thought as he turned to face his acquaintances, and as he did he noticed Wisteria getting up to leave as well.

Seeing her reminded him of their earlier duel, as well as her sudden interest in him. Wisteria bade him farewell with a sultry smile, her twin tails swaying lightly as she continued on her way toward the door. Soren remembered the piece of paper that she had managed to slip into his palm earlier as he watched her leave the room.

His eyes narrowed in anticipation as he took it out of his pocket. As he unfolded the white sheet, his gaze settled on the small chunk of neat, eloquently written text. Something so beautifully written must have taken quite a bit of time to put together, he thought as his gaze trailed over the text.

As he continued to read his suspicion of what was to come only deepened itself. It was a simple enough letter that requested his presence later that night at a certain location, but it was the location Wisteria had picked that confirmed Soren's suspicion, Girl's Dorm.

So she wants to see me again in front of the Girl's Dorm tonight? Yeah, this sounds like a great idea. He brought a hand to his chin, mulling over what possible motives a girl he just met would have for setting up such an elaborate meeting. Well whatever she wants to see me for, there must be a reason she couldn't just say it in this note. Any further thoughts he might've had were cut short as Jasmine snapped her fingers to get his attention.

"You gonna sit there all day? Come on, we want to introduce you to Alexis." She said, pulling his arm lightly.

"If you wanted to hold my arm all you had to do was ask." He said. Jasmine tightened her grip at the comment, eliciting a quiet gasp of pain from Soren, and continued pulling him along.

Soren looked forward to see the blonde girl beside Mindy. "So you must be the goddess these two worship." He said jokingly as he extended his hand.

"I wouldn't really call myself a goddess..." Said the blonde beauty with her soft, sweet sounding voice as she returned Soren's gesture. "...but you can call me Alexis." She finished as her hand firmly grasped his own.

She certainly seems humble, despite the high praises Mindy and Jasmine were giving her. "And you can call me Soren. I must say you're a bit different from what I've heard of you. Certainly more down to Earth than I was expecting."

"That just makes me wonder what these two have been saying about me." She replied, crossing her arms.

"Oh, they didn't really say anything regarding you're personality. They mostly went on and on about your appearance. Now I see they weren't exaggerating." Soren said as he felt a sudden chill ran down his spine. Even without turning to look at them, he could tell that the two girls behind him were most likely glaring daggers at him.

"Don't worry, aside from the feeling that something unpleasant might happen to me if I started chatting you up, you don't strike me as a girl who worries too much about finding a relationship." He finished in an attempt to avoid an untimely demise. He wasn't too sure of what Mindy might do to him if he tried sweet talking Alexis, but he had a feeling that Jasmine would have no problem introducing him to the ground.

"You're right about that, I'm more concerned with honing my skills as a duelist. Speaking of which, your earlier duel was rather interesting." She said.

"Really? Then I must have put on an exciting display of skill!" He said with a proud smile.

"Not exactly." Alexis replied. "It has more to do with the cards you were using."

"Yeah, in case you didn't know, you're using a deck that everyone saw take on an Ancient Gear Golem and win!" Chimed Mindy, as she and Jasmine stepped beside Alexis.

"A similar one yes, but Jaden's deck isn't bad either, if a bit unbalanced." Soren's casual mention of the boys name seemed to earn the curious gazes of the three girls standing before him. "What? Is there something wrong with me?" He said, examining himself for any abnormalities.

"You mean aside from your silver tongue?" Jasmine asked dryly under her breath. She cleared her throat and began to speak audibly. "I didn't know you were friends with that guy." She said looking to where he sat.

"Saying we're friends might be stretching it a little." Soren replied.

"Well if you're not friends, what are you?" Asked Mindy.

"'Rivals' maybe? I mean I did lose to him, so of course that means I want to duel him again." Soren answered casually, looking down toward the front row of seats where the other hero sat, conversing and laughing with a short, blue-haired boy and another Slifer student that Soren could only describe as large as he couldn't see his face.

"And what did you think about that Wisteria girl?" Asked Mindy.

"She seemed... interesting to say the least. She was certainly lucky, if nothing else. Although now that you mention it, she was acting rather friendly toward me, considering we'd just met." Soren answered.

"You hear that Jasmine? Friendly." She repeated that word with emphasis. Jasmine did not react to Mindy's teasing, but instead shot Soren a glare that said I will get you for this. He smiled innocently at her and gave Mindy a thumbs-up, a motion which she returned. Alexis simply sighed at the event that was taking place before her and the group began to walk toward the exit.

As they walked the path leading out the main gate the three girls took to conversing among themselves, while Soren stared into the distance. Sorens classes were finished for now, but he still had one more thing to take care of before the day was done.

CHAPTER 6 END