A/N: Just a heads up, there are going to be a few OCs in this fic. They have technically been introduced already, and they are going to play a major role in this story.
I'm sorry if original characters are not your cup of tea, but they're here anyway.
The entrance of Duel Academia was clearing out as many of the more studious students have gone to class. Asuka, Fubuki, Shou, Manjoume, and Rei were waiting by the stone figures that stood by the walkway.
Kenzan was dashing towards the group, "I'm seriously sorry I'm late-don!"
"It's fine. You're the furthest one from the school building." Asuka said.
Crossing her arms, Rei said, "While we were waiting for you, we decided on who goes where. Try not slow me down, slow-poke."
"Wait, what's going on?" Kenzan asked.
"We've formed pairs on who gets to go with who. Kenzan-kun, you're going with Rei-san to the lake; Fubuki-san is going with Manjoume-kun to the shoreline; and Asuka-san and I are going towards the pier." Shou said.
"Well, that sounds good and all, but why does Fubuki-senpai have a ukulele with him-saurus?"
"When does he not?" Asuka sighed.
"Hey, this instrument is instrumental to what we are doing today! Right, Manjoume?"
"I guess…"
"And! If there is even a slight chance I end up having a singing contest with the siren, I wanna be ready!" Fubuki said, giving the ukulele a light strum. Asuka let out another sigh.
"Ignoring my brother's antics, are you all prepared?"
"Yeah! I've got my duel disk and everything-don!"
"Um, Kenzan-kun, she means do you have earplugs."
"No. Why-saurus?"
"You don't know?! Sirens have a singing voice that can lead harden sailors to their deaths!" Rei said.
She dug around in her pockets and handed earplugs to him, "You can use mine. I don't think ladies are dumb enough to be enchanted by some silly song."
Kenzan didn't respond to the backhanded gesture. He gave his thanks for the earplugs—begrudgingly.
The group was about to set off into different directions until Manjoume spoke up.
"Huh? Is that—?"
"I should have slept on it first…" Judai thought as he hid behind a tree.
His friends were right outside the school. He knew that they would try to deal with the source of the rumor. They always tried. However, this is something Judai needed to deal with by himself.
"If there was a diversion, I could get past them."
Judai couldn't wait for them to leave. If they wanted to find the "siren" by covering the entire island, then they have to split up in different directions. One of them would notice him, and he still couldn't bear to see them after the Dark World—after avoiding them for so long.
Winged Kuriboh flew out of Judai's deck. "Kuri, kuri!" Winged Kuriboh said.
"Huh? Partner, what are you—?"
Winged Kuriboh flew towards the group and caught Manjoume's attention. Manjoume ran after Winged Kuriboh and everybody else turned their direction towards him—away from Judai and the school's entrance.
"Thanks partner!" Judai thought as he ran past the group.
Judai just need to get something from the school's shop. He hoped that he would get there in time.
After Manjoume's sudden dash, Fubuki told everyone else that he would take care of him and ran off after him. The rest of the group left for their respected directions.
"You know, you don't have to wear those until we get closer to the lake!" Rei yelled.
"Well, there are some things other things that I don't want to hear-don!" Kenzan yelled back.
"Oh, how rude—wait, did you hear that?!"
"No, I'm still wearing these!"
He could, however, feel the ground shake, and he saw the bushes move. Kenzan and Rei slowly stepped away from the bushes. They feared that they may have awoken a large, wild animal that was native to the island.
The bushes shook again.
They both held their breath.
Suddenly, something blue jumped out.
"Kaito?!" Rei recognized him.
It was another student. He was as tall as Rei, and he had short, black hair with leaves and twigs sticking out of it. The blue student Kaito had droopy eyes and a slightly embarrassed face.
"Ah, Rei-senpai! I'm sorry for scaring you. I thought I heard a male voice around here..."
"I suppose you heard me-don." Kenzan with his earplugs removed stepped forward.
"So it was you!" Kaito's calm demeanor drastically changed. "You're the one who wanted to take away my sea maiden!"
"Wha—?"
"Don't make any excuses! No man walking around the island during class hours isn't looking for her. And it appears that you even brought your duel disk! Well, I wouldn't be a man if I didn't fight back!" Kaito brought out his own duel disk, and lowered himself into a dueling position.
"Wait, why aren't you challenging me? You don't think that a lady can fall for a maiden?"
"They could," Kaito said, regaining his former form. "but I know you're head-over-heals for that Red upperclassman. This man, however, looks like he has fallen for her! So I challenge you, sir, to a duel!"
"I'm not too sure-saurus..."
Rei whispered in Kenzan's ear, "Humor him. I've never seen him fired up like this. And at this point, I don't think he'll go down without a fight"
"But we've gotta—"
"Don't worry! Kaito is only in the Blue dorm because of his grades. He even uses a fish deck! He'll have no chance against a dinosaur deck."
"Fine… I accept your challenge-don!"
"DUEL!" They said.