Hey look I'm updating YEAH! Well I won't blab too much so here's the chapter.

Chapter 5

"Hey what's eatin' ya, Sy?" a concerned Jim asked his light blue-haired friend.

Syrus was looking off into space and completely ignoring his lunch and the world around him. He was thinking about what had happened earlier today.

The second Syrus read the name 'Jaden Yuki' off of the piece of paper in his hands, his mind went completely blank. He had prided himself in knowing every name and face that was a regular at D.A. Academy. This was unordinary because Syrus had no knowledge of who this 'Jaden' person was. He had no idea what the guy looked like, sounded like, or hell even smelled like. Syrus only saw one solution to this problem.

"Hey Mr. Millner, you gotta sec?" Syrus approached the teacher at the end of class. He was getting to the bottom of this.

"Yeah Syrus, what seems to be the problem?" Mr. Millner asked. He was slightly distracted by his students packing up and heading to lunch.

"I was wondering if you could help me out," Syrus handed the scrap of paper to his teacher. "I don't know who this person is and…" Syrus trailed off. He figured that his teacher would understand.

He did. "Oh, Jaden? Yeah, I had a feeling you got him. It didn't look like you recognized the name."

Syrus was confused. "Is he a new kid or something?"

Mr. Millner smiled and shook his head. A small chuckle made its way past his lips. "No, no he's not a new kid or a transfer student. He's been here since the beginning of the year. He even entered the same year you and your friends did."

Syrus was shocked and even more confused. How could this even be possible?! He'd been here this long and never once noticed this guy? "Well who is he then." He couldn't help the slight annoyance that crept into his voice.

Mr. Millner didn't seem to pick up on this. "Jaden sits in one of the middle rows. I think he sits there because he thinks I can't see him there. He's a smart kid but way too shy for his own good. I made this project specifically for him," he sighed but smiled none the less. "I figured that it would get him out of that shell of his. I want him to make at least one friend. That's why I said that this project called for partners and not groups so the kid wouldn't feel overwhelmed."

Syrus' eyes softened. He could relate to this guy. Growing up in the shadow of an older brother who was pretty much good at everything had caused Syrus to grow up into a self-conscious and nervous kid. He only recently was able to evolve from that thanks to the help of his friends.

"Do you think you can help me with my little science project Syrus?" Mr. Millner asked. He was looking at him. He was digging around in his desk for something. He then produced a royal blue lunch bag from one of the drawers and sat it on his desk.

Syrus sighed and ran his hand through his baby blue locks. He then pushed his glasses up on his face. It was a nervous habit of his. "I'll do what I can but I don't know…"

Mr. Millner looked up from his lunch bag and smiled at his student. "Well that's the best I can hope for isn't it? Mr. Millner gave out another chuckle and gave Syrus a mock salute then proceeded to eat his lunch signaling the end of the conversation.

Syrus walked out of the classroom way more confused and nervous than ever.

A snap of the fingers in his face jolted Syrus back to reality.

"Syrus? Hey buddy are you alright? We've calling your name for five minutes." Jim said worriedly. He had leaned forward to look in Syrus' face.

Syrus shook his head to clear it. He smiled. "Yeah Jim, I'm alright. Sorry."

Jesse cocked his head to the side. "What's up Sy? You've been like that ever since we got here."

Syrus looked around. He and his friends were all sitting under the same tree they always sat under outside on nice days. His vision panned and took in the scenery. The courtyard was completely empty except for them. Syrus didn't even remember walking out here. This showed how deep in his thoughts he was. He was thinking about Mr. Millner's request.

"Hey guys, can you help me with something?" Syrus asked cautiously.

All of his friends gave him their full attention. Well accept Blair, who was too busy checking herself out in her compact mirror to really pay attention to anything.

"Well I got paired with this guy in world history right?" Syrus started.

All his friends nodded for him to go on. Axel grunted.

"Well I didn't know who the guy was so I asked Mr. Millner and he said that the guy had been here the whole time which is weird because I know everyone. Then he told me that the boy was shy and that he wanted me to help him make friends and stuff and I said okay because I didn't know what to do and I kind of felt bad and I sympathized with him. Now I don't know what to do because I said yes without thinking and—"

"Okay Syrus calm down." Alexis said calmly. Syrus' words were coming out of his mouth too fast and he was starting to hyperventilate.

Syrus took a deep breath then took off his glasses to clean them. He rubbed the glass lenses with the hem of his shirt then put them back on to perch on the bridge of his nose. He looked up at Alexis who was smiling at him reassuringly.

She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Now, start from the beginning. Slowly this time."

Syrus nodded in conformation and began again. "I got paired with a really shy kid in my world history class for a project and Mr. Millner wants me to help the guy make some friends by pairing him with me and I just don't know what to do."

"What's the guy's name?" Jesse asked.

"Jaden Yuki." Syrus answered.

Alexis snapped her fingers and gave an 'ah ha'. "I know who that is. He's that kid who's always bent over his desk drawing or writing or something. He's got brown hair and brown eyes. He's actually kind of cute if you can get a good look at him, but he always has his eyes hidden behind his bangs."

At the mention of cute guys, Blair attention was drawn from her own reflection in her mirror. Her full attention was now on Alexis and Syrus.

"Hey Lex, you said this kid had brown hair and eyes right?" Jesse said, he wasn't looking at her though. He was looking off to the side.

Alexis looked at him and furrowed her brows in confusion. She answered none the less. "Yeah…?"

"And you said he's always hunched over a notebook, yeah?"

"Uh…Huh…?"

"Well I think I found your guy." Jesse said. His statement was followed by him pointing his finger across the courtyard. Everyone turned to follow Jesse finger; even Axel.

Sure enough, a boy was sitting under a nice shady tree similar to the one they were sitting under. His two-toned brown hair covered his face and his back was lent up against the trunk of the tree. His body was curled over what looked to be a black notebook. The boy's hand was moving around the page in jerky movements. He looked to be drawing. He fit Alexis' description to the tee.

"Hey yeah that's him!" Alexis said excitedly. She shook Syrus so hard that his glasses almost fell off. She looked down at Syrus with a funny smile on her face. Syrus decided that he didn't like that smile at all. "Hey Sy, why don't you get him to come over here? That'll help won't it? And plus if you do it won't be so awkward when you go to class tomorrow."

"Hey yeah go for it Sy." Jim encouraged. Being the ever friendly and social person he was, he was always up for meeting new people.

Axel grunted in what everyone deuced as approval.

Jesse was unusually quiet. He just stared across the courtyard at the boy with a goofy smile on his face. This raised Syrus' suspicions but he chose to ignore it for now. "Are you guys sure this is a good idea?" Syrus asked apprehensively. He wouldn't feel very comfortable if a complete stranger came up to him and started talking to him. But he couldn't think of anything else so…

"Yeah Sy, I'll be fine. We aren't going to hurt him or anything. We just wanna talk." Jesse said. He still had that goofy smile on his face. Syrus thought he saw Alexis give him a look but he couldn't be sure.

"Yeah Syrus, invite him over." Blair said, finally making herself a part of this conversation.

"O-okay…" Syrus finally agreed. He stood up and made his way over to the brown-haired boy. He didn't think this was going to end well…

Okay well that was it. Don't worry I should be posting another chapter next Saturday. But this time it'll be in Jaden's POV.

Hmm… Why do you think Jesse was smiling like that….?

Guys I know I said that this is going to be a spiritshipping fic and I know that it's kind of starting to look like an anikishipping fic. But DON'T WORRY! This is STILL a spiritshipping story. I just want Jaden to feel comfortable around the guys and I want his friendship with Syrus to develop a little more. Then I'll move on to the JesseXJaden parts okay?

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