A/N: OK so, I realize there is barely any Syrus interaction in this chapter but I intend to change that in the next one. Sorry if this story is a little boring. Anyway, here's the next chapter, hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh GX or any of the characters.

Rini jumped out of bed as soon as her alarm clock went off. She hurriedly went about her morning routine, then grabbed her deck and bolted out the door for class.
"OK, I've gotta pay special attention today! Today I'll find out exactly what it is Syrus likes and I'll be that girl!" She thought excitedly as she flew down the hall. "He won't be able to help loving me back!!"
Rini skidded to a stop in front of her classroom and bolted inside and up to her seat as fast as her legs could carry her. As usual, she was early, but unlike usual, she was extra early today and was the first one there.
Dr. Crowler looked up from his desk and gave a small smile.
"Ah, Miss Yumi, early as usual. Not that I'd expect anything less from one of my Obelisk Students. Bonus points for dedication to your work."
Rini smiled at him.
"Thank you Professor." She quietly replied politely. Crowler nodded and turned back to his work.
It wasn't long before other students piled into the classroom and Rini scanned each and every face until at last, just before the final bell rang, the person she'd been waiting for stumbled through the door after his best friend.
", , nice save. You just barely made it." Crowler said irritably. Then he mumbled something under his breath and cleared his throat.
"Alright class, today I'll be teaching you the importance of a good defense. First things first..."
Rini tuned Crowler out as she starred at her love interest.
"OK, lets see. Syrus likes Alexis right? Why? What is it about her that he likes?"
Rini turned her gaze on Alexis and studied her.
"Well, she's tall; much taller than Syrus. What else? ..... Well, her chest is.... a little large... but all guys love that about girls right? Hmmm.... she's blonde..."
Rini picked up a strand of her own purple and blue hair and sighed. Her hair wasn't overly short, but it wasn't nearly as long and pretty as Alexis' either. Rini dropped her hair and rested her chin in her hand, choosing to stare at Syrus again.
"I know I'm not Alexis Syrus... but why can't you lie me the way you do her. I'll bet you'd like me if you just gave me a chance. That's all I want, just one chance...."
Rini starred at the small blunette way below her for a long time. She smiled when she imagined him turning around and starring back at her. The image was so real.
Wait a minute.
The image was real. Syrus had turned around and was starring back at her. Rini's heart skipped a beat. Then she noticed the look on his face. The questioning look was tainted with one of mild amusement. Rini then looked around and noticed everyone else in the class was starring at her as well. She immediately felt her face flush.
"Why are they all starring at me?" She thought nervously. Then she noticed Dr. Crowler starring at her as well with a raised eyebrow.
"Well Miss Yumi?"
Rini swallowed and felt her face heat up more as her body tensed.
"I um... I'm sorry professor... I didn't hear you." She replied timidly.
Crowler looked down at Syrus, the person she'd been starring at and frowned. He then looked back up at her and sighed.
"I asked why it would be unwise to end your turn without any monsters or cards on your side of the field?"
Rini swallowed again. It was the most simple question imaginable, and she knew the answer, but still she felt her hands skake slightly in her lap.
"Because then your opponent can attack you directly on their next turn." She replied as bravely as she could. Still her voice shook a little.
Dr. Crowler eyed her for a moment, then finally nodded and turned around.
"Very good Miss Yumi. That's right."
Crowler walked a few steps, then stopped and looked over his shoulder.
"Miss Yumi?"
"Yes sir?"
"You're an excellent student. Don't let yourself get distracted by.... trivial things."
Rini's face flushed bright red again and she sunk down a little in her seat.
"Yes sir..."

Rini got up and bolted for the classroom door as soon as the bell rang. She wanted to get out of the classroom and leave her embarrassing moment behind as quick as possible.
She wasn't however quick enough to avoid it all together.
"Hey Rei! Wait up!"
Rini groaned softly and stopped, turning around to see he friends walking towards her.
"Hi Jaden." She said unenthusiastically.
"Hey." He replied with a smile. "I was wondering something."
Rini felt her stomach knot, knowing exactly what he was going to ask.
"If you don't mind me asking, what did Crowler mean about you being distracted? I mean, so what if you fell asleep, it was just one time! I do it all the time."
Rini felt her cheeks heat up worse then ever and she unconsciously stole a quick glance at Syrus, horrified that he was starring back at her expectantly as well.
"I-I wasn't asleep." Rini studdered, trying her best to sound brave and indifferent. "I was just.... thinking about something. And I didn't hear ask me a question."
"Ooooooh." Jaden replied in, what he thought was, comprehension.
Alexis, who was the only one who hadn't missed the glance shot at Syrus, glanced at him herself, then looked back at Rini as realization dawned on her.
"Rini." She said carefully, making sure to measure her words correctly. "This... thing you were thinking about, it wouldn't happen to have been something in the classroom was it?"
Rini's eyes widened slightly.
"How did you....?" But she then stopped and shook her head. "It um... I mean, well... maybe."
Alexis smiled, a tinge of sympathy in her eyes.
"You know, maybe that thing wouldn't be so distracting, or bother you so much, of you just told someone about it." She said suggestively. Rini almost choked.?
"What? No! I-I can't! Please Alexis, you can't either! Please!"

Beside them, Jaden and syrus looked absolutely lost as they looked back and forth between the two girls, trying to keep up.
Alexis smiled again.
"Alright, if you don't want me to say anything, I won't But I really think you should consider it Rei. trust me, it'll make your life a lot easier. Besides, maybe it'll be worth it."
Rini heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed.
"Yea, I'll consider it." She replied absently. "Anyway, I've gotta go.... do something. I'll catch you guys later though OK?"
"Yea sure! Later Rei!" Jaden replied enthusiastically.
"Later Rei." Alexis added.
"Bye." Syrus said simply.
Rini ignored the stinging feeling of Syrus' lack of enthusiasm towards her and waved to her friends before turning and leaving.

Rini stood in front of her bathroom mirror and sighed.
"You've got to do this Rini!" She told herself bravely. "It's the only way!"
So without another thought -- for fear she'd change her mind -- Rini took down her hair and got to work.
It was around six pm when she was finally finished and Rini looked herself over with a sigh. She added the final touches, then climbed down off the footstool and got changed. Once all that was finished, she grabbed her Obelisk Blue coat and left her dorm to put her plan into action.

Jaden looked at his watch for the fifth time in the last fifteen minutes and sighed.
"I wonder where she is." He asked, beginning too grow a little worried now. "She said she'd meet us here at five-thirty... and she's over half an hour late."
Alexis looked around the hall and walked over to look around the corner. Nope, no sign of Rini. She walked back to the others and shrugged.
"I'm sure she'll be here soon."
"Yea, well if she doesn't soon show up, we're gonna miss the movie." Chazz replied in annoyance.
"She'll be here." Alexis insisted.
"I hope she comes soon." Syrus said with a sigh.
Alexis looked around at her friends. Among the group were Jaden, Chazz, Syrus, Bastion, and herself. Rini was supposed to meet them all for a movie, but she was nowhere to be found. Alexis gave a heavy sigh too.
"I hope so too."
Just then someone rounded the corner and everyone turned with smiles, thinking it was Rini. But taking one look at the girl, they saw it wasn't her at all and turned away again with sighs.

Rini turned the corner and saw her friends. She smiled at them when they turned to her, but they soon looked away again with moody sighs. Rini paused in her walk.
"Are they mad at me for being late?" She asked herself worriedly. "Oh well, only one way to find out."
Rini walked up to her friends and stood beside them with a smile.
"Hey guys. I'm ready."
The group turned to her and looked her over with confused looks.
"Ready for what?" Chazz replied snobbishly. "Who are you?"
Rini was taken aback.
"Huh? I-I'm... it's me, Rini."
everyones mouth's dropped open as they starred at her in shock.
"Rini!?!?" They all exclaimed at once. Rini smiled and held out her arms in a 'ta-da' fashion.
"Yep. The one and only."
The others all exchanged looks before turning back to her.
"Gee Rei.. you look uh... different." Jaden said slowly.
Rini's smile widened.
"I know. Good huh?"
"Um.... not exactly the word I was thinking..." Alexis replied carefully. Basion and Syrus simply starred.
"You look ridiculous." Chazz stated bluntly.
Rini frowned.
"I do?" She asked a little shocked as a few tears of embarrassment glazed over her eyes.
Alexis growled and gave Chazz a good whack upside the head.
"OW!" Chazz wailed, rubbing his sore head. Alexis turned back to Rini.
"No sweetie, you look fine. Come on, let's go."
Rini's frown didn't disappear and she didn't move. Alexis sighed.
"Don't mind Chazz, you know what he's like. You look fine, really."
Rini's frown still stayed but after a while, she reluctantly moved and followed her friends."

Rini hung back a little as she watched her friends walk ahead of her a ways. When she knew no one was looking, she looked down at herself.
"I bet I do look ridiculous." She thought with embarrassment.
She had gone out and bought a new outfit, some high-heels -- which put her a good few inches over Syrus now -- and blonde hair dye. It was the hardest thing she'd ever had to to, dying her hair -- which she'd always been very fond of.
Her outfit had also included a push-up bra. While Rini had a considerable cup-size for someone of her stature, she hardly had the chest size Alexis did. Thanks to her new bra, she now looked closer. Rini's skirt was a little shorter than what's she'd normal wear, but not short enough so it looked bad or put out the wrong message. Also, her shirt dipped a little on the front and her jacket matched her skirt. None of the things were something the girl would normally wear, but they were supposed to be high-end fashion.
Rini had also bought long, blonde hair extensions and brown contacts to cover her crimson eyes. She wasn't particularly fond of Alexis's eyes, but if Syrus liked them, then she would learn to put up with it.
All these things, she was sure, would make Syrus notice her. But so far, all any of it had gotten her were strange looks from her friends and a whole lot of embarrassment. Rini sighed heavily.
Ahead of her, Alexis paused in her conversation with Chazz and Jaden and looked over her shoulder when she heard a depressing sigh. Rini was starring at the ground while she walked and looked ready to lock herself away forever. Alexis frowned sympathetically and excused herself from her conversation to fall back with the small girl -- who evidently looked rather tall with her huge heels on.
"Hey, why the long face?" Alexis asked with a smile. Rini looked up and forced a smile of her own.
"Nothing. nothing at all."
"Uh-huh." Alexis replied in disbelief. "People don't sigh or look like that unless there's something really wrong. C'mon Rei, you can tell me."
Rini looked back down at the ground, but she let her face smile drop.
"I really do look ridiculous don't I?" She replied unhappily. Alexis gave her a lopsided smile.
"No, not don't. Really. It's just.... different, that's all. You look nice and all, but... you just don't really look like you."
Rini looked up at Alexis.
"That's what I was trying to do." She replied with a frown. Alexis frowned too.
"But why? You're so pretty just the way you are. And it really makes me sad to see you've done that to your hair, it was so pretty. Blonde is so.... common. But you hair is... was something specail."
Rini looked forward.
"I don't want to be special.... but I do miss my hair.... but I had to do it, because then-"
Rini stopped and looked down. Alexis immediately caught on.
"Rei." She said softly, making sure no one else heard. "You don't have to be someone else in order to make Syrus notice you."
Rini blushed slightly but didn't look at Alexis.
"Yes I do." She said sadly. "I've liked Syrus for almost as long as I can remember, but he's never noticed me.... Most times he barely acknowledges me as a friend, and I've known him for years, long before we came here..."
Alexis felt indredibly guilty for Rini but she couldn't think of anything else to say.
"I'm tired of being myself.... I wanna be more like you Alexis. He actually likes you..."
Alexis laughed lightly.
"Uh heh.... as flattering as that is Rei, think about it. If Syrus did like you this way, don't you think it's a lie? I mean, he'd be liking the person you were pretending to be, not who you really are."
Rini's frown deepened.
"At least he'd like me...." She whispered softly. Alexis sighed.
"Alright Rei, you win. But I have to say, I really think what you're doing is a huge mistake. In the end, you're only going to end up hurting yourself."
Alexis walked ahead then and rejoined the others, giving Rini all the space she needed to think her comments through.

Rini plopped down on her bed and kicked off her heels with a relieved sigh.
"This is going to be harder than I thought..." She said aloud. "How do people wear these things all the time? I'm glad we only went to the movies and not a party or something, I don't think I'd be able to stand in those things any longer!"
Rini starred up at the ceiling and pictured Syrus' face when she'd first appeared with her new look.
He looked surprised and a little shocked. Maybe even a little curious. But definitely not interested.
"OK, so that didn't work. I'll have to try something else."
Rini yawned and got up to change into her PJ's before settling into her bed to sleep.
"Tomorrow..." She said sleepily, closing her eyes. "Tomorrow I'll move on to plan B."