Chapter 1: The Next King of Games-Drake's POV
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh GX only the Original characters of my creation. I do not own the links posted in the story nor do i own content the links lead to.
A/N: In my story Chazz's dad is Seto Kaiba. Why? One, it fits with the rest of the story? Two, don't you think those two are very much alike and you know what they say like father like son. Other charcters are related to the original cast of Yu-gi-oh but that will be explained later.
Just to let everyone know...there will be slight changes in character development, language, the plot, card effects and other stuff you might realize is different. I will put this before every chapter so won't forget this.
Drake lay in his bed staring at the ceiling, hands behind his head. He had been up for some time now, he wasn't sure how long. Drake turned over on his side to look at this clock, which read 5:23 A.M. He wasn't sure why he was up. It was the day his best friend took the dueling portion of his entrance exam. He was supposed to feel excited and happy. But he didn't feel anything. It felt like any other day of the week. He was glad to know his friend would be at Duel Academy soon. At least Drake thought he was glad.
Drake got out of his bed and walked into his bathroom. He didn't bother to turn on the lights in the bathroom. He just stood there looking in the mirror. He looked at the solemn expression on his face. He moved his jet black hair out of his eyes. Even though the lights were off in the bathroom his blood red pupils shone bright mirror. (This is what Drake looks like. Imagine him with BLACK HAIR and RED PUPILS instead of PURPLE .com/spots/anime-guys/picks/results/91306/u-hv-coafag-crush-on-fictional-anime-guy (the pic of the guy with 98%)).
Drake looked at his chest in the mirror. He was pretty muscular to say he was only 15. He looked at the scar that went across his body, from his right pectoral muscle to the bottom left part of his six pack abs. Drake traced the scar with his middle finger on his right hand. He also traced the other scar that went from the top right part of his six pack to the bottom.
Drake left out the bathroom and back into his dorm room where he went into the closet. He grabbed a white under t-shirt and some black basketball shorts and put them on. Drake walked over to this night stand to get his phone from off the charger. He then looked over to the upper corner of his room to see his sword and shield lying against the wall. He went over to pick up his sword. It was a magnificent sword, a long sleek metal blade, an elaborate blue hilt, and an equally elaborate sheath. (the SECOND pic of the sword and hilt on the page NOT the FIRST. Imagine the sword without the little logo on the blade. /blog/2009/10/01/master-sword-hylian-shield-replicas/).
He looked at the shield which was shaped somewhat like a diamond. The shield had a blue trim surrounding the center of the shield which made of a type of steel that resembled glass. (Imagine this shield with NAVY BLUE trim INSTEAD of RED. ).
Drake walked away from his weapons and headed to his door. He opened the door and walked out of his room into the hallway of his dorm. Drake walked down the dark hallway into the dark lobby where he sat on the couch in front of the flat screen on the wall.
'Why the fuck am I up so early?' thought Drake.
Drake lay down on the couch, looking at the ceiling fan, watching the blades spin around.
'I wonder if Jacob is up? Probably not, he's probably snoozin'…like I should be doing'
"You're up early, that's a first" said a voice
Drake rose off the couch to see where the voice had come from. He looked towards the hallway to see someone in a white t-shirt and black jeans, with black messy hair and bright green eyes, leaning against the wall. (.com/spots/anime-guys/picks/results/213631/girls-love-like-anime-guysdoes-boys-like-love-anime-girls (the pic of the NO percentage)).
"Hn." was all Drake said.
"What are you doing up so early anyway?" asked the guy who began walking over to the couch Drake was laying on.
"I should be the one askin' you that James." replied Drake.
James walked over to a lazy boy reclining chair and sat down.
"I've disciplined myself to wake up at 6:00 every morning." said James pulling the lever on the side of the chair causing it to recline back. "So what's going on?"
"Not too much, seeing how it's early as fuck." Drake said
"You know what I'm talking about." stated James "What's going on with you?"
"Hn." said Drake.
"You've…changed" James paused before adding the last word. "Aren't you happy that your friend is taking the dueling part of his exam today?"
Drake remained silent for a few seconds after James' question before he finally answered "It's cool."
"That's not what I asked" stated James "I asked were you happy that your friend will be coming here soon. Or are you at least excited or some sort of emotion?"
"Hn."
"You've changed"
"You said that already"
"It's true" stated James.
"People change, it's part of life" retorted Drake
"Not as drastically as you." said James, his voice starting to rise. "Everything about you has changed. You've changed mental, emotionally, even physically." James motioned his hand towards Drake's hair.
"Hn."
"Is that all you have to say?" James voice now even louder than it was earlier. "What's happened to you. You've been like this ever since I saw you the week before school started last year. Everything about you is different. Your hair is black now and your pupils are red now, and I know you didn't dye your hair and you don't wear contacts, so explain"
Drake remained silent, only looking at James in the eyes. His eyes were filled with concern and emotion.
"So you aren't going to answer me then?" asked James "Fine then, at least answer why you've become so cold towards everything. You don't give anyone any type of emotional response and when you do I can tell it's forced."
"Are going to keep asking me questions or am I going to have to keep ignoring you before you go away?" asked Drake.
"Fine." said James getting up out of the chair walking back to the hallway. "I'm going to get ready for today. You are coming to the dome to help out with the exams right?"
"I'm coming but not too help"
"You have to help otherwise they won't let you come"
"Please, you really think they are going to need everybody who comes?" asked Drake "If anything they will only need about 25% percent of everybody who comes to help."
"…ok" replied James as he turned and walked down the hallway.
Drake pulled his phone out of his pocket and looked at the time. It was 7:13 now (damn where did the time go), the sun was starting to rise. Drake put his phone back in his pocket and got off the couch. He walked to the entrance door of the dorm, opened it and stepped outside. The wind was blowing but Drake couldn't tell if it was hot or cold outside. It just felt like wind blowing in the morning time. Drake started walking on the dirt road to the main building on campus. He looked out at the ocean as he walked. The sun was raising over the ocean, reflecting light off of the water, making it a true sight to see. Well it would've been, if Drake actually cared about the beauty of the scenery. He continued walking until he reached the door of the school.
'The doors are probably locked' Drake thought to himself.
Drake pressed his right hand against the door. The door became engulfed into a purple-black mist, which Drake walked through. Drake passed through the mist, which immediately dissipated after he walked through. He was now inside the school building.
'Now where would those written exam test scores be' thought Drake. 'Most likely Crowler's office. He is the one over the entrance exams.'
Drake walked from the door to the hallway on his right. He walked down the hallway until he reached the stairs.
'His office is on the 3rd floor I think' thought Drake walking up the stairs.
Drake continued walking up the stairs until he reached the 3rd floor. He walked down the hall looking at each door until he reached one that read
Dr. Vellian Crowler
Department Chair of Duel Strategies
Head of Obelisk Blue Dorms
Drake turned the doorknob which was surprisingly unlocked. Drake walked into the office and took a look around the room. It was a pretty plain office. The desk sat in the middle of the room, and there was a bookshelf on the wall behind it. There was a stack of papers on the desk along with 3 books spread across the top of the desk. Drake walked over to the desk and picked up the stack of papers.
'Here we go, the test scores' Drake thought as he flipped the scores 'Hm?'
Drake stopped on the score of an applicant named Bastion Misawa.
'96/100, huh? That's the highest score I've seen so far.'
Drake flipped to the end of the stack of papers until he found a paper that was for Jacob White
'100/100. Figures, he was a fuckin' genius.' Drake thought.
At that moment he heard the doorknob began to turn. Drake quickly put the papers back on the desk and went into the corner of the room, hidden by the shadows. He formed a portal of shadows under his feet which he sunk into as the door began to open. Once he was completely submerged into his portal he began to rise again. Drake looked around to see he was outside the school building, back on the dirt path leading to the Ra Yellow boy's dorm.
'Who the hell was that coming in to the room?' Drake thought 'Oh well I found out what I wanted to know.'
Drake pulled out his phone and checked the time. It was now 8:28, so he decided to text Jacob, Drake figured he was either already up by now or waking up.
To: Jacob
U ready?
Drake continued walking to his dorm when a few seconds later his phone began to vibrate again. He had just received a text message from Jacob.
From: Jacob
Of course. You're gonna be watching the exams right?
Drake was about to text back when he saw James walking out of the dorm with the same clothes he had on earlier only with a Ra Yellow blazer on that was unzipped.
"I thought you were going to the dome?" asked James
"Yes I am, oh worrisome cousin of mine." said Drake
"Well it's 8:30 now and the ship leaves for city at 9:00" pointed out James
"You don't think I know that?" asked Drake with sarcasm dripping from his voice.
"Obviously you didn't because you aren't dressed to leave."
"It will take me all of 5 minutes to get ready. Stop worrying so much, your hair will turn grey."
James sighed and shook his head before saying "I don't know why I bother. I guess I will see you on the ship, that's if you make it there in time." James started walking the opposite direction of where Drake was facing and headed towards the docks.
'It's 8:33 now' Drake thought looking at his phone 'I'll be ready in time.'
Drake walked through the doors of the dorm and walked through the lobby. He walked to his dorm room 108 and opened the door. Drake closed the door behind him and grabbed a black t-shirt out of his closet along with some lightly faded jeans. He took off his white t-shirt he had on and slipped the black shirt on, and took off his basketball shorts he had on and pulled his jeans on. He went into the bathroom and brushed his teeth. When he came back out he looked at the time. It was 8:39 now, so Drake grabbed his yellow duel blazer and threw it on, he didn't bother to zip it up. He grabbed his black and yellow Converses and tied them hurriedly.
He opened his door and walked back into the hallway; he closed and locked his door and headed back to the doors of the dorm. He opened the doors and walked outside back to the dirt path in front of the dorm. Drake looked towards the docks which were on the left side of the island. He was about to walk when he noticed 3 girls with white academy shirts with blue trim and blue miniskirts walking towards him.
The girl in the middle of the group had long blonde hair that stopped in the middle of her back and had light brown eyes. The girl on the right had black hair pulled back into a short ponytail with dark brown eyes, and the girl on the left had shoulder length dark crimson hair with dark grey eyes.
"Hey Drake!" said the girl on the right with the black hair excitedly.
"Hey Drake" said the girl in the middle, a little more calmly than her counterpart.
"Hmph." was the girl on the left said before crossing her arms and looking away from Drake's direction.
"What's up Alexis and Mindy." replied Drake
Drake turned his head to look at the girl who hadn't spoken, who was still not looking at Drake.
"Nice to see you too Jasmine." said Drake with a smirk on his face.
"Hmph." replied Jasmine.
"Are you going to the dome to help with the exam today?" asked Alexis.
"I'm going to watch if that's what you mean." stated Drake truthfully.
"Well since we're all going to the same place let's walk together." suggested Mindy.
The four of them walked in the direction of the docks to the head to the ship.
"So," Drake said walking on side of Mindy "how do you girls like the school so far?"
"You say that like you've been here WAAAYYY longer than us, you're a freshman too" replied Jasmine.
"I like it." said Mindy "It's a lot cooler and more fun than middle school. Plus the boys are way cuter here."
'So she still likes every male that passes her way. I don't know why I thought that would change over one summer.' thought Drake.
"I think we're in for an interesting and intense four years here." said Alexis turning her head to look at Drake.
Jasmine began to walk ahead of the group, continuing to ignore Drake's question.
"What about you Jasmine?" Drake called out with a smirk forming on his face "What's been going on in your life. Still date that asshole?"
Jasmine stopped in place and turned around marched up to Drake.
"You're one to talk about being an asshole." scoffed Jasmine
"I never said I wasn't." said Drake
"I'm glad we both agree on something."
"So when are you going to break up with that loser?" asked Drake
"No time soon. Sorry you'll have to wait a little longer" said Jasmine sarcastically.
"I'm not the one waiting." said Drake smugly with his smirk that never left his face "you're the one waiting to find a reason to break up with him, so you can date me."
"YOU ARE SO FULL OF YOURSELF" yelled Jasmine. "BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NOT EVERY GIRL WANTS TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND OR HAVE ANY KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU."
"You're right" said Drake calmly "Just 96% of the girls do, including you."
"YOU'RE SO ARROGANT, I CAN'T EVEN STAND TO TALKING TO YOU." yelled Jasmine.
"I thought you liked arrogant guys. Your boyfriend rides his own dick so much, I'm surprised he's not pregnant." said Drake.
Alexis and Mindy burst into a fit of laughter at Drake's comment only to be silenced by Jasmine glaring daggers at them.
"He's not arrogant" was all Jasmine replied.
"So you think I'm arrogant yet you don't think this guy is arrogant" said Drake motioning to someone walking up.
The guy who just walked up was about Drake height with outrageously spiky black hair and light black eyes wearing a long blue duel blazer. He walked up and wrapped his arm around Jasmine's waist.
"Jasmine what did I tell you about associating with Ra Yellow losers like this guy?" asked the guy whose arm was still wrapped around Jasmine's waist.
"Fuck you too Chazz."said Drake in his typical emotionless voice.
"What was that, you second rate Ra Yellow duelist?" asked Chazz with a hint of irritation lining his voice.
"Second rate?" said Drake with his trademark smirk coming back "If I'm a second rate duelist you must be third rate. You know I can duel circles around you."
"But which one of us is ranked higher? Last time I checked I was in Obelisk Blue and you were a lowly Ra Yellow." Chazz pointed out smugly.
"Last time I checked the rankings at this school were bullshit. You know as well as I do, the dorm rankings aren't based off skill, they're based off connections. The only reason you're in Obelisk Blue is because your daddy built the school, Kaiba*(see author's note)." said Drake stressing Chazz's last name.
"Keep telling yourself that if that's what allows you to sleep at night." said Chazz
"Now Chazz you know if this school's ranking system was based on skill more than half the people in Obelisk Blue would be in Slifer Red, including you."
"Wanna bet?" asked an aggravated Chazz.
"Are you challenging me?" asked Drake in his voice that seemed void of all emotion. "You remember the last 3 times we dueled? I pretty much demolished you without breaking a sweat."
"Uhhh guys" chimed in Alexis "we don't have time for this its' 8:50 now, the ship leaves in 10 minutes."
Drake stepped passed Chazz and Jasmine and turned to look at the group Obelisk Blue students.
"I guess we should hurry." said Drake turning to walk towards the docks again.
"You're lucky we don't have enough time to duel. Otherwise I would've put you in your place as the second rate duelist you are." said Chazz from behind him.
Drake stopped but didn't bother to turn around and face him.
"You don't even believe that yourself Chazz." stated Drake as he continued walking.
As the group of them made their way to the line loading the ship, Alexis walked up to get even with Drake in line.
"Hey, I wanna talk to you once we set out for the dome." said Alexis.
"Hn." was Drake's reply.
After Drake and Alexis boarded the ship, the two of them headed to the front of the ship and looked out into the ocean. The ship began to leave from the dock not long after the two of them reached the front of the ship.
"So what do you think these applicants are gonna look like? asked Alexis turning to look at Drake.
"I don't know to be honest. I know my best friend is going to kick ass though." replied Drake who continued to look out at the ocean.
"You're best friend? So that's why you decided to come." inquired Alexis.
"What are you trying to infer?" asked Drake
"I mean you normally wouldn't care about something like this, yet you're here. I knew there was a reason for you coming."
"Yea, we're going to flip this school upside down."
"Do you think he will pass his dueling portion of the exam?"
"Hell yea I do. He got a perfect score on his written part. He can probably fail the dueling part and still get accepted into the school."
"Is he good?" asked Alexis
"He's never lost a duel since he started playing the game of Duel Monsters." stated Drake.
"Wow. So have you two dueled before?" asked Alexis
"Yea…he kicked my ass…brutally." said Drake.
"Wow." was all Alexis could say.
"He's pretty much the best at everything he does. He never really puts forth any effort into anything yet he gets better results than people who put 100% into the same thing."
"Well I'm sure he's a real cool person." said Alexis turning her head back to look at the ocean.
There was a long silence after Alexis' statement until she decided to speak up again.
"So when did you and Jasmine fall off? You two used to be best of friends in middle school during our 6th and 7th grade years, but then 8th grade you two didn't even associate with each other." asked Alexis.
"Chazz happened. She says she stopped associating with me because I changed. If either one of us changed it was her." replied Drake indifferently
"I really don't care for Chazz dating my cousin." Alexis confessed. "But that's who makes her happy…I suppose."
"Hn."
"I thought at one point you two might've liked each other." said Alexis
"If there was any chance of a relationship between the two of us, it's gone." said Drake stoically.
"I'm going to be honest, I was jealous of how close you and Jasmine were in middle school. Especially 6th grade." said Alexis.
"Why is that?"
"Well" said Alexis who was beginning to blush "I had a huge crush on you in 6th grade."
Drake raised eyebrows at hearing Alexis' confession.
"Well I'll be honest too. I had a big crush on you in 6th grade too." said Drake stoically.
"Really?"
"Yea. I thought you were the most beautiful thing walking" said Drake in his passive voice.
Alexis began to blush even more and she put her head down to try to hide the redness of her face.
"So what happened to your crush on me?" asked Drake.
"I guess I got over it in 7th grade. Remember I said I thought there was something between you two." said Alexis.
"I got over mine in 7th grade too." replied Drake.
Before Drake realized it, the ship was stopping to let the people off to go to the dome. He had been in deep conversation with Alexis he didn't realize that the time flew by. Drake pulled his phone out to check the time. It was 9:30 so Drake decided to text Jacob again.
To: Jacob
Are u here yet?
Almost immediately after he sent the text he got a reply from Jacob.
From: Jacob
I'll b there in like 2 mins. I see the dome comin' into view.
Drake walked into the line to disembark from the ship and slowly inched his way down. He sent Jacob another text message.
To: Jacob
I got some news u might be interested in. I went through some files the skool and you got a perfect score on ur writing part of ur exam.
Drake continued his way down the line to disembark. Once he finally reached the ground he felt his phone vibrate with another message from Jacob.
From: Jacob
That's cool :D …but…how did u find these files 0.o
And how did u not get caught?
Drake walked into the lobby area of the dome and then headed to the stands part of the dome. He walked down the stairs until he reached a row that was about halfway down from the bottom and halfway from the top. Drake took a seat in the first chair in the row next to the aisle. Some of the duels had already started. Drake thought the exams started at 10:00, so why were there people dueling already. He didn't really give it second thought so Drake decided to reply to Jacob's text message.
To: Jacob
Don't worry about how I found that stuff. Anyway r u here yet?
From: Jacob
Yea I'm in line to check-in.
To: Jacob
Text me when you get inside.
"So you made it here I see." Drake heard James' voice say from behind him.
James walked down the stairs until he was standing on the same row Drake was sitting on. James looked at Drake with a look of amusement.
"Yea."
"Is that all you have to say?"
"Yea"
James sighed and shook his head.
"You could at least pretend to want to talk to me." said James
"I could, but then I would give you the idea I actually care what you have to say." said Drake coldly.
"I can't wait until I get the old Drake back." said James
"This is why I don't like talking to you, you always tie whatever we talk about back to me. I don't know what's up with you and Jasmine insisting I've changed." said Drake.
"That's because me and Jasmine are the only ones who really knew you before the cold, shell of a person before me." said James.
"Whatever." said Drake getting up from his seat. "I'm outta here."
Drake moved past James before turning his head and saying "When you want to talk about something other me, come find me."
Drake continued up the stairs and back into the lobby, taking his phone out to send Jacob another text message.
To: Jacob
U inside yet?
From: Jacob
Yea…
Drake walked into the restroom and stepped into a stall. He opened his phone back up to reply to Jacob.
To: Jacob
What section are you sitting in?
Drake locked the door to the stall he was standing in. He stood there waiting for Jacob to reply when he felt his phone vibrate.
From: Jacob
Section H row 115.
Drake made a portal of darkness appear under his feet and began to quickly submerge into the darkness. Once he was complete submerged he quickly resurfaced. He was now in the stands area of the dome behind a rail where a blonde hair guy was sitting down.
"There you are…I've been waitin' on you for a long ass time" said Drake.
The blonde haired guy turned around and stared at Drake with his black pupils locking with Drake's eyes. He wore a black t-shirt and some dark denim jeans.
"You got here over here freakin' fast" pointed out Jacob.
"That's the wonder of dark powers." said Drake with almost no infliction in his voice.
"Do you go around using those all the time? I don't use my lightning or earth powers until it's absolutely necessary."
"Hn. It doesn't matter. If anyone were to see I'll just erase their memory"
"You figured out how to erase only certain memories? Last time you could only erase all of people's memories" asked Jacob
Drake chuckled in his mind at what Jacob said. The fact that he thought Drake had spent his time figuring out how to only erase certain memories from people was truly a hilarious thought. Well he figured it was supposed to be hilarious. He didn't feel like laughing though.
"Who said I figured that out" replied Drake, once again with no infliction.
"I see you're even more sarcastic now than you were back then."
"You thought I would be less sarcastic than I was back then?"
"To be honest…no" said Jacob
Jacob was the more serious one of the two of them. Of course Jacob was hilarious himself at times and also just as sarcastic as Drake when he needed to be, but overall Jacob was a more serious person. However, Jacob wasn't uptight serious, he was just a sort of chill type of serious, which is probably why Drake and him got along so well. Drake didn't care for uptight people.
"Jacob White please report to exam field 2. Jacob White please report to exam field 2." was announced over the PA system.
"I would tell you good luck but you won't need it for these 3rd rate proctors they have here." said Drake pointing to the previously mentioned practice field.
"Really" said Jacob, his voice lined with skepticism "I heard the proctors were really tough."
"Hn. Please you won't break a sweat beating these guys. It's only these people with little skill at the game who have trouble. I've seen your skill firsthand and I know you will be fine." said Drake
"If you say so" Jacob said getting up from his seat.
Drake watched Jacob walk out the doors into the lobby. Drake stepped back a few steps and looked around him to see if anybody was watching him at the moment. He submerged into his darkness portal again and resurfaced back in the restroom stall he had been in earlier. Drake unlocked the restroom stall and exited the restroom. He walked to the doors that lead to the stairwell and opened the door.
Drake began to walk up the stairs. He figured he would watch the duel from the upper level rather than the lower level. Drake walked until he reached the doors for the 3rd floor. He walked through the doors and walked to the rail overlooking the exam fields. He saw Alexis leaning on the rail looking at the practice duels, standing next to someone with long blue-black hair.
"Hey Alexis" called Drake as he walked over to her. Drake stood on the left side of Alexis opposite of the older looking guy with the long blue-black hair.
"Hey" said Alexis with a smile on her face. "What are you doing up here?"
"Just thought I would enjoy the duels from up here."
Drake looked out at the exam field Jacob was on and saw that his duel had already started. Jacob had a Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon on the field and one face down card. The proctor had a Dark Blade on the field and one face down card on the field.
"Well that kid is pretty good. He already has a pretty strong monster on the field this early in the duel." said the guy to the right of Alexis.
"Wow Zane, you giving compliments. It must be a cold day in hell" said Drake.
"I agree with Zane, that kid is good. I just wish I could see what he looked like from up here so I'll recgonize him when I see him. I can't see much from this angle." said Alexis.
Drake moved his attention away from Jacob's duel to another exam field. He saw another guy with black hair, dueling a proctor with a faded blue duel blazer and shades on. The applicant had a Vorse Raider on the field in attack mode and one face down card. The proctor had a Big Shield Guardna and a Gear Golem the Moving Fortress in defense mode.
The applicant's life points were at 3200 and the proctors were at 1900. The applicant activated his face down card which was Ring of Destruction and equipped it to his Vorse Raider. The trap card destroyed his Vorse Raider and dropped both players life points by 1900 (the attack points of Vorse Raider) reducing the proctor's life points to 0.
Mild applause was heard around the dome as the applicant defeated his proctor. Drake looked to the left to see Jasmine, who just kissed Chazz, walking to the water fountain. Drake left his position next to Alexis and over to where Jasmine stood. He stood behind her as she drank from the water fountain. Drake wrapped his arms around Jasmine's waist, causing her to jump from shock. Jasmine turned around and pushed herself out of Drake's grasp.
"Do you get some sort of pleasure out of bothering me?" asked Jasmine.
"Only the pleasure I get from knowing you get pleasure when I bother you." said Drake
"Don't flatter yourself." said Jasmine. "You can't do that kind of stuff. I have a boyfriend and you know people love to gossip. Imagine what people would say if they saw what happened a second ago."
"They would say Jasmine finally came to her senses and started dating Drake." said Drake.
"Haha. Do you spend your free time coming up with this material?" asked Jasmine coldly.
"Come with me." said Drake ignoring Jasmine's previous statement.
Drake walked to the lobby area on the third floor of the dome. He walked to the area where the restrooms were located, then took a right in front of the doors that lead into the restrooms. Drake continued walking until he reached a hallway. Drake, still being followed by Jasmine, walked down the hallway taking the turns around the corners, only stopping once they were in a completely secluded area.
"Here, now we can talk without you having to worry about people gossip." said Drake as he leaned on the wall and crossed his arms, looking Jasmine in the eyes.
"Who said I want to talk to you?" asked Jasmine icily.
"You did, by following me here." stated Drake.
"Hmph." said Jasmine looking away from Drake, crossing her arms.
"Are you upset because I was right and you do want to talk to me?" asked Drake.
"Hmph."
"I'll take that as a yes."
Jasmine looked back at Drake, her arms still folded. She stared at Drake with a look that could've killed someone, if looks could kill.
"Do you really think you can read me like an open book?" asked Jasmine.
"We were best friends for 2 years. I know everything about you, your likes, dislikes, secrets, pet peeves, which is why I don't understand how you date someone like Chazz." said Drake.
"You always find a way to bring Chazz into a situation." said Jasmine "Are you jealous?"
"Kind of like how you always bring how I supposedly changed into a situation. And no I'm not jealous." said Drake.
"You have changed and it sounds like you're jealous to me."
"I'm not happy you date that douchebag" said Drake honestly "but I'm not jealous because I know you wish you could be with me over him. If anything I think he's jealous of me, but then again most guys are."
"You are so ARROGANT." said Jasmine disgustedly.
Drake began to smirk as he looked at Jasmine who seemed to get even more upset when she saw his smirk.
"And what the hell is up with you and this smirk? What the hell are you smirking for? Nothing is funny? God, I hate that smirk of yours with a passion." ranted Jasmine.
"I think you hate the fact that you like my smirk so much." said Drake, smirk still intact.
"I can't stand you, I don't even know why I put up with you anymore Drake." said Jasmine.
All of a sudden a loud roar of applause, cheers, and chants erupted from the area containing the exam fields.
'I'm guessing Jacob kicked that guy's ass pretty badly. That's the only reason I can see for such a large amount of applause." thought Drake as he changed his view to look down the hall.
"Drake." Jasmine said quietly "Please change back to the way you were."
Drake turned away from Jasmine and began to walk down the hall leaving her where she stood. He stopped a few steps away from where he had been standing and extended his right arm and spread his fingers as if he were telling someone to stop. A portal of darkness appeared in front of him.
"Drake…the way you are now…does it have anything to do with the training you did the summer after 7th grade. I noticed your dark powers had gotten a lot stronger from the time 7th grade ended and the beginning of our 8th grade year."
Drake answered Jasmine, still facing away from her. "Yes."
"Please, change back. For me."
"People change Jasmine, some for the better, some for worse. I'm a lot stronger than I ever was before my summer of training. Besides I can't change back…even if I wanted to." said Drake coldly.
Drake stepped into the portal which disappeared promptly after he stepped into it. The portal opened back up and Drake stepped out. He was on the basement floor of the dome in front of the door that led to the stairwell. He leaned on the door and crossed his arms.
'Change back. If she only knew I did what I did for her.' thought Drake.
Drake saw someone with blonde hair walking up to him with a duel disk strapped to his left arm, wearing a black t-shirt.
"Didn't I tell you, you would be fine" said Drake with his usually no infliction voice as he opened the door to the stairwell
"Yea that duel was easy as hell."
"Told ya. That guy fucking sucked." said Drake
Jacob and Drake walked up the stairs until they reached the doors to the lobby. Drake stopped in front of the door and didn't open it.
"I'll hit you back later. I got some business to attend to." said Drake
"Okay that's cool. I'll text you later." replied Jacob
"Cool."
Drake held his right arm out in front of him, hand spread as if he were showing someone the number 5. Black mist appeared in front of him in the form of a portal. Drake walked into the portal which disappeared after he stepped through. The portal reopened and Drake stepped out. He was back in the secluded hallway he was just in with Jasmine, only to see she was nowhere to be found.
'She must've left' thought Drake.
Drake walked his way down the hallway until he reached the main area of the third floor. He walked back to the area where the exam fields could be seen where he saw James standing next to the water fountain. Drake walked over to James and leaned against the wall next to the water fountain.
"I see you talked to Jasmine." said James.
"Hn."
"I can tell, it's written all on her face."
"Hn."
"You can't keep locking us out Drake, let us help you."
Drake turned his view to look at James in the face. The white Drake's eyes turned black and his red pupils turned black too (basically his eyes were all black). He stared into James' eyes which flashed electric blue (kind of like Drake's eyes just instead of all black it's more of an electric blue).
"The path I walk is one I have to walk alone and I don't expect you or her to understand. Nothing that you or Jasmine do will change that." said Drake.
Drake's eyes turned back to their normal state and so did James'. Drake got off the wall and began to walk away. Drake walked over to the door that lead to the lobby area of the third floor and stood next to it.
'Let's see what Jacob is doing now' Drake thought.
Drake closed his eyes and focused his dark energy to try to pick up on Jacob's energy vibe.
'Here we go found him' Drake thought.
'Really,' Drake heard Jacob think 'a department chair. That's not fair. Of course we will see how good this kid is. But I don't think he'll be able to win'
'Is that so' Drake thought.
'What the hell? I'm hearing voices in my head' Jacob's voice said in Drake's head
'Relax dude, it's me, Drake' Drake thought.
'What the fuck dude? You can read minds?'
'No I can't read minds I can only talk through thoughts. I can only talk to people who have element traces. Which means I can only talk to you and my cousin James, it's a really limited technique.'
'Can you teach me how to do this'
'No sorry only me and James can do this technique…but you can talk back with us like you're doing now'
'Why can't I do this technique' questioned Jacob
'It's something that uses my darkness powers and since James' light abilities are opposites to my dark abilities that's probably why he's able to use this technique as well.'
'Wait…you said you can't read minds but you're having a conversation with me in my head' Drake heard Jacob's voice say 'how does that work?'
'I can't read minds, because I can only use this with you and James. But I can hear your thoughts' responded Drake.
'So you can't read OTHER people's minds but you can hear MY thoughts'
'Alright I get it I'll stay out of your thoughts. I'll only use this technique if it's a dire emergency.' Drake's voice said
Drake left from Jacob's thoughts and began to lean back on the wall behind him, slipping his hands into his pockets.
'What the hell is wrong with James and Jasmine?' Drake thought 'I'm fine the way I am. I'm a lot stronger than I ever was.'
'Oh well those two will keep worrying no matter what. I going to have to show Jacob the ropes next week .'
Drake was stood against the wall silently for a while, just thinking, when suddenly his thoughts were broken by cheers and applause that seemed to erupt out of nowhere. Drake walked over to the rail to see what had just happened.
Apparently some kid with brown hair had just beaten Dr. Crowler in a duel.
"Aw man" Drake heard someone behind him say "did you see that? That kid just destroyed Crowler."
"I know right" Drake heard another voice behind him say "I wonder what dorm he's going to be in."
'So Crowler got beat by an applicant huh?' thought Drake 'Interesting. Who is this kid?'
Drake took his cell phone out to look at the time. It was 12:00 on the dot. Drake walked back to his spot on the wall he was previously leaning on. Drake formed his portal of darkness under his feet and quickly submerged. When he resurfaced he was back in his dorm room.
'I'm pretty sure Jacob left by now. Plus I don't feel like staying to watch anymore duels.' thought Drake.
Drake walked over to his bed and got on top of the covers. He lay there staring at the ceiling.
'Well at least I know Jasmine feels something for me. Question is, why are my feelings feel so…suppressed?'
Rather ponder over the answer to the question Drake closed his eyes and decided to rest. It had was only noon and it had already been an eventful, long day.