Hey people! Okay, I have a couple of things, well actually just one thing, to mention before I start this next chapter. I would like to say that I am really sorry, but there won't actually be any full decks in this chapter. However, there will be cards mentioned, and there will be hints about what kind of deck Alyssa has. I don't actually have a deck of my own, so I am having a little trouble constructing one for Alyssa, so please bear with me here. If you have any advice for me, I would be happy to take it. Anyways, I would like to thank the following people for their reviews:

Atemfan1: Well, you'll just have to see who comforts her. As for the deck, sorry.

Flamij: It should. If it didn't, then I wouldn't be able to continue the story. Well, I could but then Alyssa would have to go all emo, and that's no fun.

Agent of the Divine One: Oh yeah, and who better to help her then her friends.

SpanishPirate: Thanks. I started to tear up when I wrote that chapter, so I hope it was good.

Nigsea: Thanks. This chapter will be longer.

Also, the start of the chapter will feature third person point of view. This is so that I can show you guys when the rest of them were thinking and doing after Alyssa left the room. I will then switch it back to Alyssa. Also, Solus is Solum. I was accidentally spelling his name wrong. Yeah, I'm stupid, what else is new?

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh 5D's, Solum or Solum's deck. Those two belong to Agent of the Divine One.

Chapter Nine: This Is Worse Then Physics Class

Third Person P.O.V.

"Alyssa, wait," Ruka said, but Alyssa just kept walking. Ruka got up to follow her, but Solum placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I know you want to help her, Ruka, but I think that Alyssa just needs some space at the moment," he said, while Ruka just nodded before sitting beside Rua.

"Poor Alyssa. I wish there was some way we could help her," Ruka said sadly.

"You still want to help her after she lied to all of us?" Tanner said, looking stunned.

"Yeah, I do," Ruka said.

"I want to help her too," Rua said, looking rather calm.

Tanner just looked at the two like they had lost it, "Come on you guys. You can't be serious. She lied and you still want her here? Why?"

"Well, first off, it's not like she has anywhere else to go, Tanner," Ruka said, "and secondly, it's the right thing to do. No matter what she did or didn't do."

"Frankly I don't blame her for keeping something like that a secret," Yusei said, "Especially the way you were treating her, Tanner."

Now Tanner just looked confused, "What do I have to do with this?"

"You haven't been making her stay here exactly pleasant," Yusei said.

"That, and think about it from her point of view. She was probably scared because she didn't know where she was, and she didn't know if we could be trusted, so she just kept the information to herself," Yanagi said, "Which, I would just like to say, was very smart of her."

"Alyssa can be hot tempered at times, but if there is one thing she isn't, that would be a liar," Solum said, "On the off chance that she does lie, it's to protect someone else. She only lies to protect herself when absolutely necessary."

As this debate went on, Ruka had quietly slipped out of the room to go check up on Alyssa. Something told her that the guys would still be at it when they came back.

Alyssa's Point of View

After a sold five minutes of crying, I had finally run out of tears. I slowly stood up, using the sink as support, and looked at my reflection.

'Okay, Alyssa,' I thought to myself, 'Get it together. You don't know what is going to happen once you go back into the living room.'

"Oh, who am I kidding? They'll probably kick me out," I said.

Knock Knock

I felt my muscles stiffen in anticipation. This was it. Someone was here to tell me to leave. I sucked in a deep breath before I spoke, "Who is it?"

"It's Ruka, Alyssa. Can I come in?" I heard Ruka say quietly.

"Yes, just give me a second," I said before turning on the cold tap. I quickly washed my face and dried it. I glanced into the mirror. I noticed that my eyes were still red rimmed, but there was nothing I could do about that. "You can come in."

I saw the door open a bit before Ruka poked her head into the room. "I just came to see if you were all right."

"I'll live," I said while trying to smile but not exactly succeeding, "So, how mad is everyone?"

"Tanner's a little peeved, Rua was surprised but now he's calmed down, Yanagi is proud of you for being smart and not telling us anything like that and Yusei is, well, I don't exactly know what he thinks about all this," Ruka said.

"So, they aren't mad at me?" I asked in bewilderment, "So, does this mean that you guys aren't going to kick me out?"

"What? Why would we do that?" Ruka asked, "Alyssa, you are like a sister to me and there is no way that we are kicking you out."

"But I lied to you guys," I said, still not being able to wrap my head around the fact that I wasn't being kicked to the curb.

"Alyssa, that is over and done with. Now, forget about all that," Ruka said, looking rather stern for an eleven year old.

Just then we heard a crash which was followed by lots of shouting.

"Maybe we should go downstairs and check to make sure that the house isn't being destroyed," Ruka said, "You coming?"

"Um, uh, sure, I guess," I said, hesitating some what. I knew that Ruka was telling me the truth about the guys reactions, but what if she was down playing them a bit?

I followed Ruka out of the bathroom and down the stairs. Ruka stopped short in the doorway to the living room. Wondering why she stopped, I saw that Tanner had a rather large dictionary in his hand and Solum was standing close to where Ruka and I stood watching. The other three were trying to get Tanner to put the book down.

"Hey, Solum, why does Tanner look like he wants to throw the book at you?" I whispered quietly to him, trying to draw as little attention to myself as possible since it looks like no one else had noticed Ruka or I yet, even though Tanner could probably see us.

"Because I told him that he was just some washed up ex-duelist who doesn't have the faintest idea what he's talking about," Solum said back.

At hearing that phrase again, Tanner pulled his arm back and let the book fly towards Solum. However, Tanner has about as good of aim as I do, and the book hit the wall three feet away from Solum before it fell to the ground. There was silence for a whole two seconds before Tanner started to go towards Solum with a look in his eye that wasn't to pleasant. Luckily for Solum, it looked like Yusei had had enough. He put a hand on Tanner's shoulder and spoke to him so quietly that I couldn't hear what he was saying. What ever it was, however, it seemed to work because Tanner calmed down rather quickly.

"Um, does anyone mind telling us what that was all about?" Ruka asked.

"He started it!" both Tanner and Solum said at the same time, while pointing at the other.

I just looked at them. They sounded like two five years olds who had done something wrong, but wouldn't admit to it. Oddly enough, I started to giggle which slowly progressed to a laugh.

"Mind letting us in on the joke?" Solum asked.

I just shook my head. They would all think I was crazy if I tried to explain it. Just then, the clock in the kitchen struck eleven.

"We had better hurry if we want to make it to the card shop before it closes," Rua said, now looking rather panicked.

"It's only eleven in the morning," I said, rather confused.

"Yeah, but on Sundays the card shop only stays open until one," Rua said, while practically pushing people to the elevator.

"It's going to take two hours to pick out a deck?" I asked, not really believing that. If only I knew how hard picking out a deck was, I wouldn't have said anything.

"How long have we been here?" I asked in a rather whiny voice that made me shudder inside. I never whined.

"Only half an hour, Alyssa," Yanagi said, "Come on. Try to have some fun."

"Yeah," I said, looking around at all the cards and packages that lined the shelves, "That definitely isn't going to happen."

We had only been here half an hour and I was already to leave. Unfortunately for me, no one else was and Rua was bound and determined not to let me leave until I had a deck. Rua and Ruka were now picking packages of cards off the shelves rather quickly, Yanagi was telling Solum about some kind of new deck and Tanner and Yusei were just looking at cards.

I flopped down into the nearest chair. I was pretty sure that if I saw another duel monster card I would lose it. Rua had been giving me cards like crazy.

"Physics class goes by faster then this," I said while rubbing my temples.

"It could go by a lot faster if you took some interest in it," Yusei said. Great he had heard me talking to myself. This day is just oh so perfect.

"Yeah, except I have no idea what the heck I am supposed to be looking for," I said.

"Well, is there a specific kind of deck that you want?"

I suddenly had a rare idea. Sophie was always talking about her wind deck, so maybe I could make a deck like that.

"Is it possible to make a fire type deck?" I asked, hoping that this would be of some help and hopefully get us out of her faster.

"Yeah. You could also base your deck around some monsters," Yuesi said but then continued when I just looked confused, "You build your deck with cards that will be able to bring out your main monster or monsters, since some people have more then one."

"I guess that makes sense," I said while thinking about it some more, "Okay, and I know the cards that I want to base it around." I pointed out a card that had the picture of a dragon in front of a volcano on it. The name said Choas End Dragon.

"That's a cool dragon," Rua said, when he notice the card that I was pointing at, "We could make a deck around that card right Yusei?"

Yusei nodded, "Yes we can, Rua."

"Awesome! Alyssa, when you have your first duel, can I be your opponent?" Rua asked.

I looked at Rua and just had to smile. He looked like he had just been told that he could have all the duel monster cards in this store. "Yes, you can, Rua."

"Sweet!" he said while jumping up and down.

I just sat there and smiled. Maybe this day wasn't so horrible after all. 'Yeah, way to jinx it,' I thought to myself dryly.

So, that is the first part of the card shopping trip. The last half will be in the next chapter, and there may even be a duel. I'll see. Anyways, thanks for reading. See you all next chapter.