Chapter 6
Yes! Finally the second last chapter is here! But don't fear, the notes at the end of this chapter explain what happens next! (It's the last chapter of the main story) Well, Sartorius is being included! I wonder where did Jaden get that set of rules for the final game… a mystery in itself:D
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Warning: Hilarity, extreme claustrophobia, and rejection… and as always yaoi hot boys making out and maybe more ;) drunken people and such is the like also!
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Fallen leavesChapter 6
Adoration
(Claustrophobia 4)
When Zane returned to the world of consciousness a rather bizarre sight greeted him; everyone was standing over them forming a circle of concerned faces, even Sartorius was amongst the worried people. "If I'm in heaven, I'm gonna complain to the management" he stated sullenly, before he realised that Aster was among his angst-ridden friends. Slowly he made to sit up, but winced as he felt the world spinning, groaning as he sat up, he looked at Atticus with a serious look on his face. "Atty, I want you to go into orbit and stop the earth rotating on its orbital axis", the brunette nodded and stood up, ready and willing to take care of Zane's wishes.
"Atticus, sit down" Alexis snapped, pulling her brother down by the jacket, "how are you feeling now Zane?" she said placing a hand gently on the blunette's shoulder, "I'd be fine if the world would stop spinning" he said slightly more harshly than he had intended to.
Alexis nodded sympathetically before she stood up, "okay Jaden, I think it's okay for you to say the next game" she said happily to the brunette who was already climbing onto the coffee table. "Ladies, gentlemen, and Sartorius" Jaden said shooting a venomous look at the almost naked man sitting next to Aster. "The last game will be… Seven minutes in heaven" he said popping on a reading monocle as he read the title of the game from his crumpled up piece of magazine. "Hey, Jaden is that my 'girl world' magazine?" Atticus said noticing the familiar piece of paper that Jaden had been reading from the whole time. The small brunette looked around with shifty eyes, trying to find something with which to divert the drunken obelisks attention. "Oh my gawd, Zane's blinking!" Jaden squealed
Causing Atticus to face Zane with wide, worried eyes. "You didn't tell me you could blink!" Atticus wailed grabbing onto the terrified Obelisk blunette with a vice-like grip. "Atticus, look! I just walked out the door" Zane shouted quickly, as soon as the words had escaped from his mouth the brunette had let go of Zane and sat in front of the door. Slowly he began to wail like a five year old that had lost it's shiny red balloon at a funfair.
"Anyway…" Chazz said quietly trying to return some sense of normality to the room, which for the raven-haired slacker was quite hard, since he had left his clothes outside on the ground in front of his part of the dorm. (A/n: yes folks, Chazzy-dearest was nude when Atticus had him making out with Aster… scandalous ) "We should begin the game, because, well, I think that the sexual tension in here could be cut with a butter knife" he said seriously, 'that and I need some action' he added mentally to himself.
"Alright, who wants to go first" Chazz said as he pulled on a pair of black jeans he got from the closet where the game would be played. Noone gave any indication of wanting to be the first to participate in 'Girl World's' (so ingenious it was evil) game. "Fine!" Chazz snapped, "If nobody wants to pick whom they're going in with, they're going in with Atticus," he said smirking evilly at the innocent partygoers, who were now trembling in obvious fear. "How about we draw names out of a hat?" Jesse said as a way to save everyone the torture of being locked in a confined space with the drunken disaster that was 'Atticus Rhodes'.
Chazz seemed to ponder over this idea for a moment, playing with the theory, he for one had almost instantly regretted the Atticus threat when he realised that he could possibly become a victim of it, seeing as he and Jaden weren't exactly on speaking terms right now. "We'll do it," he said smugly, in a tone that suggested that he, the 'all-powerful and all-knowing Chazz Princeton' had come up with the idea, rather than Jesse.
"Okay, does anyone here have a hat?" Alexis said loudly, already knowing the answer, a mass, simultaneous, shaking of heads told her that nobody had one. "Actually…" Chazz muttered as he walked into his closet and began to root around. He pulled out a dust-covered, black, cowboy hat. Chazz ignored the looks that he received over owning such a ridiculous hat and handed it to Alexis, "what, I got it from Slade and Jagger when I was younger, they were going through their 'broke back mountain' phase and when it ended I got a lot of cowboy memorabilia". Everyone present slowly backed away from Chazz once they realised that his brothers were gay and Chazz didn't know, and rather than tell him such an important detail, they all thought that it would be funnier that when Chazz got home a little early at Christmas he'd know himself.
Once everyone had written their names down on a piece of paper and popped it into the hat, Alexis began to shake the hat to mix up the pieces of paper. "Alright, Jaden you come up and pick a name from the hat please" she said gesturing for the brunette to stand next to her. "So I just pick two names out, right?" Jaden said loudly, making sure he knew exactly what it was that he was doing, Alexis nodded and the brunette pulled out he first name. "Syrus" Jaden said reading the name out loud, "and…Atticus" he said as he read the second piece of paper he fished out.
Syrus perked up when he heard his name… "me and … Atticus… holy crap" the bluenette squeaked as he saw the brunette approach him menacingly. He ran to Zane, "Save me nii-san" he pleaded, "I'll give you a power bond" he said tears running down his face. Zane's face was a cold, emotionless mask as he watched his little brother being locked in a closet with one of the academy's most sex-crazed teenagers. Only one flash of sympathy hit him, "gods speed Syrus" he whispered as he began to chat with Aster about the price of household bleach.
"Hi Atticus" Syrus whispered as he saw the brunette slowly approaching him in the darkness. "You know, I've been in love with him since I joined the academy" he muttered as he grabbed the bluenette by the shoulder. Syrus squeaked like a mouse that had been caught by a hawk, "three long years" he muttered as he pulled out a bottle of whisky wrapped up in a brown paper bag and began to gulp it down.
"So Atticus you love Zane eh? I bet that's just the booze talking" Syrus said quickly said as he backed away from the sound of the brunette's approaching footsteps. "I do, and y'know what, being locked in a closet with Zane's little bro is the closest that I'll ever get to being with him" the brunette muttered eerily to himself as he almost tripped over a pair of Chazz's cowboy boots. Syrus ducked down beside some neatly stacked shoeboxes and stayed silent as he watched Atticus steady himself before he continued searching for the bluenette.
Soon the time was up and Atticus hissed as the light from the room blinded him, "Hassleberry!" Syrus wailed as he dashed out of the closet, "it was horrible, Chazz's closet is full of moth's" the bluenette wailed. Hassleberry raised an eyebrow at his little boyfriend, Syrus noticed it, "oh and Atticus was trying to molest me as well" he said happily, glad to be out of that moth-ridden hell where 'the Chazz' stored all his black (and strangely western themed) clothes. Zane stared at his best friend in disbelief, Atticus was sitting at Chazz's coffee table with his brown paper bag of whiskey, glaring at Zane as though he wished for nothing more than the offending teen to melt into a viscous black-clad puddle of smexiness for neither acknowledging nor reciprocating his blatantly obvious feelings.
"Alright Lexi, pick the next pair" Zane said as he crossed his fingers behind his back and ignored Atticus's venomous stares as he hoped and pleaded with his new god Ra that he would be locked in with Aster. "Hassleberry and…" Alexis said loudly, "God-Dammit Ra, we had an agreement!" Zane roared as he kicked Jesse repeatedly "the next name better be Syrus" Hassleberry said shaking a fist toward the blonde. "Uhm… sorry to disappoint you Hassleberry" the Alexis stated calmly, "it's Sartorius actually" she said quietly wincing at the high pitch screech that emanted from the dinosaur duelist. "Why is he screaming Aster?" Sartorius said leaning down to whisper to the silver haired teen, "uhm, he's just happy to be going in the closet with you" Aster whispered back, hoping that Sartorius would miss out on the fact that he was lying.
Chazz shoved the tanned duelist into the closet with Bastions help after he daringly attempted to escape through Chazz's closed, double-glazed window. Sartorius calmly walked in and looked down at the concussed teenager with a smirk. "Jaden explained to me what you youngsters do inside a closet during this game" he said slyly as he approached the dinosaur duelist. "Uhm, soldier, what exactly did Jaden tell you we do?" Hassleberry said as he saw a pair of luminous eyes approach him in the dark, even in the dark he could sense the older man smirk. "It was actually quite entertaining" he said with a hint of glee in his voice as he said it, "he said that we have to mate in this insect infested closet," Sartorius said as he shooed away a moth that had the nerve to land on his shoulder.
Hassleberry flinched as he felt the former society of light leader brush up against him, he could feel the cool flesh of the bluenettes leg against his own bare thigh, Syrus had been nice enough to bring his three-quarter length pants but his torso was still naked.
Everyone in the bedroom looked up as they heard Hassleberry scream behind the closet door, "I swear to god that Jaden better watch his back when I get out of here" the tanned duelist screamed feebly, and suddenly everyone heard an unpleasant 'thud' as Hassleberry fainted from whatever it was that Sartorius had done.
"It wasn't me," Sartorius mumbled as he saw the tan duelist crumple in a heap upon the floor, the cause of which was an unknown stench emanating mysteriously from exactly where the light leader was standing, still clad in only a pink, sequined, thong.
"Holy shit, is he dead" Jaden said loudly as he dragged Hassleberry's unconscious body out of the closet, "actually, he has a concussion, I know this, I'm a doctor" Atticus said in his British accent as he attempted to examine the unconscious boy's nether regions before he was stopped by both Alexis and Syrus. "How am I supposed to become a vet if you won't let me examine this giant racoon" Atticus said as he gestured at Jesse who instinctively flinched at the mention of his name. Everyone present considered backing away but Alexis was so used to this that she already had the first name for the closet game picked.
"Bastion…" the blonde said smiling brightly, as she did the only thing that she knew how to ensure that she was the one to go in the closet with Bastion… she cheated. "And me" she said smiling ignoring the little piece of paper in her hand that read 'Zane'. Bastion's face had turned righter than a Slifer red blazer as he stood up and nervously held a hand out to Alexis and helped her down from the coffee table. Everyone was silent as the two headed into the closet. As soon as they were gone everyone approached the door and began to listen in on the conversation.
"So, um, nice day to be locked in a closet, eh?" Bastion said nervously looking at the blonde. "Well, having good company always helps she said as she moved toward 'Bazzy'. "Alexis, I , uhm," Bastion began before he felt Alexis hand brush against his chest as she reached up to lightly touch the Ra's face. "I like you too Bastion" she whispered as she felt his lips brush against her own, and in that moment Alexis knew that out of all the guys in the academy she was knew she had picked the right one. Bastion wasn't arrogant or a crazed fan boy, he never really harassed her or treated her differently and that's exactly what she had wanted.
Bastion couldn't believe it, he was in a closet making out with the girl of his dreams, he opened one eye and peeked around the closet, upon arriving at the conclusion that there were no hidden cameras he finally realised that this wasn't some sort of elaborate prank organised by Eishiki or America. He felt the blonde moan into the kiss and just as he was about to risk second base the closet door swung open, basking the new couple in light.
"Oooooooh!" was the unanimous response of everyone that wasn't in the closet. "What are you guys doing?" Alexis screeched once she realised that Bastion had stopped the kiss, before she could even try to get angrier a loud effeminate screech rang throughout the room. Atticus stumbled forward and began to point at Bastion "he has had his innocence shattered", "the witch kissed my friend" he said pointing at Alexis. The brunette continued to scream, "witch" until Chazz stepped forward and explained to him what had happened. The brunette's eyes widened as he finally realized exactly what had happened, he marched in a straight (ish) line toward Bastion, "come on, lets take this outside wise guy" the brunette said as he attempted to swing a fist at the rather frightend Ra yellow, but the brunette only succeeded in smacking himself in the face.
As the brunette fell to the floor, Alexis pulled out the first name of the closets next victim, a loud thud signalled that her brother had hit the floor headfirst, she pitied Zane, and tomorrow it was the bluenettes turn to deal with him.
"Alright, Jesse, and…" the blonde started as she allowed Aster to pull out the next name, "Jaden" he said sounding rather surprised that the two kept getting paired up together, it was actually quite entertaining when he thought about it.
Chazz looked at Jaden, a vein could be seen throbbing on the ebony-haired teen's forehead as he came to the conclusion that this game had to be rigged. Jaden threw his boyfriend a 'Revenge-time, ya big jerk' look as he led Jesse by the hand into the closet.
When the door closed, both Chazz and Syrus made their way up to the door, Sartorius decided to follow them, nobody seemed to notice that he was still only clad in a teeny, tiny, barely there white thong, and a pair of white cowboy boots.
"Well Ja-…" Jesse started, tugging on his shirtsleeves lightly before Jaden pounced on him. He pulled the blunette into a deep kiss, his eyes watching the keyhole of the closet, hoping that a certain onyx eyed teen could see him. The brunette slipped his tongue into the bluenettes mouth, and explored the sanctity of Jesse's mouth.
Beyond the door Sartorius burst into a fit of uncharacteristic giggles, "it's like Jaden's making out with himself" he said doubling over in laughter, "it so weird" he said gasping for breath, Aster winced as he was seeing a lot more of a certain part of his manager than he ever needed to.
"He is so dead when I get him" Chazz growled as he took Sartorius's place at the key hole, he could see Jaden shoving his tongue down that blue-haired prats throat, that was something only 'the Chazz' should ever experience.
When he saw Jaden slowly unbutton Jesse's shirt he was ready to blow.
Jaden slowly began to unbutton the bluenettes shirt, a small smile playing on his lips as he did so, once the shirt was open he began to kiss the soft skin at the base of Obelisks neck. Slowly sucking the skin, the brunette smirked when he saw a small bruise form where he had been working. He slowly moved lower along the bluenettes chest when the door swung open and the two looked up to see a smiling Chazz, "time's up boys" he said, the tone of his voice mean't that he was seriously pissed. That was exactly what Jaden had wanted.
As Jaden walked nonchalantly out of the closet, Jesse quickly buttoned up his shirt, missing a few buttons along the way; he scurried out of Chazz's way, avoiding eye contact with the livid teenager.
"Alexis, do this and get this stupid game over with" Chazz snapped as he sat down on his bed, hoping that this night would end so he could beat the living daylights out of Jaden. (And maybe some common sense into him while he was at it.)
Alexis smiled weakly and nodded, this moment was the whole reason that tonight had been organised, to get Zane and Aster alone, and now it was time. The blonde pulled out two names at once, she ignored the fact that they said, 'the chazz' and a scribble that mean't Atticus, "Zane and Aster" she said smiling sweetly as Zane had a smiled on his face that would've made the Cheshire cat jealous.
He followed Aster toward the closet and that was when he remembered something very important, it was the reason that he didn't like Atticus's plan in the first place.
Y'see ladies and gentlemen, Zane Truesdale had a bad case of claustrophobia, ever since he was a little kid. Zane, ever the adventurous child, had thought it would be a good idea if he climbed into the washing machine when he was playing hide and go seek with Syrus, and of course after ten minutes Syrus got bored and went to watch TV. Zane had been stuck inside the washing machine for an hour and a half; his mother had only found him when she was about to do some laundry.
Ever since that day Duel academy's best student had a fear of confined spaces and tropical scented washing detergent, but right now it was the 4foot by 4foot closet that was freaking him out. As he was slowly pushed toward the closet he began to sweat and panic, "hey, maybe we should rethink this" the bluenette squeaked trying vainly to get out of this. Alexis shook her head, as Bastion did the most logical thing he could, he grabbed Zane by his ear and rather forcibly began to drag him inside the closet. Just as Bastion was about to close the door, he felt something land on his back, "Alexis, help me" Bastion shrieked as he felt teeth sink into his shoulder. Atticus had woken up and the brunette did not take kindly to someone dragging his Zaney into a closet without him.
Zane paced around nervously within the confines of the closet, having completely forgotten that the object of his affections had been locked in there with him. The bluenette wrapped his arms around himself and slowly began to shake, "are the walls closing in?" he said walking away from the walls, "oh god, I think they are" he said as he slowly began to hyperventilate. The blunette whimpered in fear when he felt a hand patting him on the back soothingly. "It's alright Zane, nothings happening" came the soft, rich voice of Aster. Zane found himself blushing at the younger teen's touch, and suddenly he realised that this was his last chance to tell the sapphire-eyed teen how he felt.
Zane readied himself as he grabbed Aster by the wrists and faced him. The bluenette gulped, as he finally found the words he had been looking for all this time.
"Aster, I've liked you since the first moment I saw you" Zane whispered, and he slowly pulled the silver haired teen into a deep kiss. When he pulled away from Aster, he couldn't help but look away from the teen, even though he knew that his face couldn't be seen in the dark anyway, as he awaited his love's answer.
Zane braced himself, cursing the inevitable silence that had followed his words. He jumped when he finally heard Aster speak. "I'm really sorry Zane, but I'm in love with someone else" he started, "I haven't been able to bring myself to tell him" Aster said quietly, avoiding the blunette's intent gaze. "Who is it?" Zane said barely able to hide the disappointment in his voice, "Atticus" Aster whispered blushing lightly as he did so.
At that instant Zane felt his heartbreak, without even meaning to his best friend had stolen the heart of his first love. Without another word Zane pulled open the door of the closet and stormed out and into the bedroom. Everyone present shouted "Congratulations" to him, the were all ignorant of what had really happened. Alexis was the first to notice that something was wrong and the smile faded from her face.
"Zane, are you…" was all she got out before Zane stomped past everyone and out of the room. As he passed through the party he grabbed a half-empty bottle of rum with him.
Once he was safely back in his dorm room Zane slowly began to cry, a feeling of self-loathing and disgust slowly engulfed him, at this moment in time he felt so stupid, how could he not have known that the silver haired boy had no interest in him?
Slowly Zane unscrewed the cap of the Rum and took a swig.
In the morning he'd take the first boat out of the academy and begin his career in the pro-leagues, leaving the memories of what had happened tonight, nothing but a bad memory.
Tonight he would cry, and drink, it'd help him get over the silver haired duelist.
There was one small fault in Zane's plan.
What had happened that night at the party had caused irreparable damage to him?
On top of him losing out on his first love, Zane was destined to fail in the pro leagues, and soon all of his confidence in his ability would be gone. The person known as 'Zane Truesdale' would dissapear and the world would welcome with open arms the ruthless, emotionless, duelist known as 'Hell Kaiser'. Any trace of Zane would be washed away in his wake.
So for his last real night as Zane Truesdale, he would drink away the sorrow that was haunting him and in a few short hours he would leave the academy that he had called home for the past three years.
I feel so Sorry for poor Zaney, he lost Aster! I planned it to end like this since the beginning, Gomen!
I swear, by the end of this fic Atticus will have the world's worst hangover ever:D Well that was the last main chapter; next is mah epilogue and the chapters that readers request with some paring's that you choose! Tell me what extra chapters you want and which characters you want in you're review ;) I'll even write lemons if ya ask! Don't be shy!