Chapter 22: Not-So-Cool Green Eyes
"Hey, Matt. You're early."
"I hope that's okay. Class got out just a few minutes early, and I thought if I stopped by early, then I can get back to my room a little early tonight."
Rory shrugged. "Well, come on in. I'm just finishing up some homework for Pr. Dawkins' class."
Rory and her roommate Lili kept a much more average room than the stereotype. Most people expect college women keep perfectly clean rooms where everything is always in the place it's supposed to be. In reality, women are only marginally better than men on average. Rory and Lili were good examples; their hampers overflowed and spilled clothes on the floor, books sat on their desks and chairs instead of the bookshelves, and plastic bags from Wal-Mart tied at the straps in lieu of actual trash bags. But the carpet was visible and mostly clean, and so visitors could enter without stepping on anything.
"Professor Dawkins?" Matt repeated with befuddlement. "Oh, Erica! Right. She's a teacher now. I keep forgetting that."
"We call her Pr. Dawkins," Lili said dryly from her position lying atop the top bunk. "Or Ms. Dawkins. It's less rude that way."
"Good point. Sorry." Despite being the teaching assistant for one of Lili's classes and being currently ranked No. 2 in the Academy, Matt still felt like a little kid around Lili, always being chastised for one thing or another.
He looked around the room and took note of the few posters the girls put up. Whereas he had posters of his favorite Duel Monsters cards and a whole lot of movie and comic book posters, Rory and Lili only had posters of bands and Seto Kaiba, the hottest duelist of all time according to consensus among Rory's suitemates.
"Always a pleasure to see you, Lili. How have you been?"
"Fine," she said curtly.
"Okay." Trying to get any kind of real conversation with her, he looked at her arm, which resembled a crossword puzzle. "What's that tattoo design called? Sunday New York Times?"
"That's funny," she replied without cracking any kind of grin. She finally sat straight up—she was short enough to do so without bumping her head into the ceiling—and looked straight at Matt. "Is it true a senior was sent to the hospital after a duel?"
Matt chuckled nervously. "Word really gets around here, doesn't it?"
"It's not a big place," Rory pointed out.
"Yeah. Well, Naoto has a lot of the same symptoms people get when affected by the God Cards. No one's sure exactly what happened, but I did notice some extraordinary energy from his Exodius card during our duel. If I had to guess, I'd say it has something to do with his condition."
Lili mockingly asked, "How does that seem like a logical conclusion to you?"
"You had to be here last year."
She wasn't thrilled with that response, but she had heard from a lot of upperclassmen who talked about how frightening it was when all the duelists suddenly fell into comas. "Is it true he was out in the middle of the woods?"
"No. He was closer to the back edge of the woods. Not sure why, though. Dr. Nagell said something about Naoto having heart problems for a long time, and he's a very quiet and introverted guy, so my best guess is he wanted to hide his suffering from everyone else. Too bad that meant he passed out with no one else around, but at least one of the police officers found him."
"Is he going to be okay?" Rory asked.
"I'm sure he's fine. Dr. Nagell said he's in no immediate danger, but he will have to tone down the excitement for a while. He may be on bed rest for a bit."
Lili snickered to herself. "I guess that means you're not going to be reclaiming your throne."
Matt shrugged. "I really don't mind letting Naoto be Number 1 for a while. Admittedly, it sucks a little bit, but at least I've still got time to climb back up before I graduate. And I've only fallen to Number 2. Bryan's the one who's really upset. He's down to Number 3 now, even though he's already beaten Naoto in a duel."
Exhausted and still waiting for Rory to finish her homework, Matt plopped down on the lower bunk next to the plush menagerie (i.e., a lot of stuffed animals). He noted how comfortable it was. Either Rory brought her own mattress to school, or she just took better care of it than Matt did of his when he was in the Red Dorm. Or maybe he was just so tired that any mattress would feel amazing now.
"Don't fall asleep now," Rory joked. "There are rules against that."
"I'm just resting my eyes."
Lili scoffed. "What are you? Fifty years old?"
"Forty-six, thank you," Matt joked back. He was suddenly aware that he really could fall asleep, and so her reached over to the dresser and grabbed the Duel Deck that rested by the head of the bed. "Is this your deck, Ro?" It was. "You've got some nice cards." He stopped to read the effect written on one of them. "I really like this one. White-Horned Dragon. That's got a pretty decent effect to it."
"It works sometimes," she agreed. She was silent for a moment before asking him, "I don't suppose you can explain the Monty Hall problem* to me? This thing is so counterintuitive." Erica was teaching the Probability Applications course, which Matt already completed successfully. But when Rory looked to him for a response, she saw him completely unconscious with his left arm over his head against the wall and his right knee bent over the edge of the bed. "Really? You're asleep already?"
"Is he?" Lili leaned over the side of the top bunk and got a Spider-Man view of Matt's awkward sleeping position. "Like a freakin' baby. Want me to wake him for you?" She had a dirty grin and already had in mind four incredibly mean ways to wake him.
"No. Just let him sleep."
"Okay," Lili consented, really quite indifferent to the situation. "His leg is going to be so heavy when he gets up."
Rory stood from her desk and lifted Matt's leg onto the bed and pushed them both farther in so he wouldn't fall. She also pulled his shoes off and noted that he was not as tall as he looked when he dueled.
"Where are you going to sleep?" Lili asked.
"It's my bed, isn't it?"
Matt awoke naturally at six o'clock. Unsure where he was, he sat up quickly and banged his head on the support bar underneath Lili's bunk. He heard wild, stifled laughter in response, and he had to squint to see beyond the glow of a TV screen. Rory was holding a stuffed bear to her face to silence her laughter; she didn't want to wake Lili by accident.
When she finally got control of herself, she suggested, "Watch your head." Then she had to use the bear for cover again as she rolled onto her back and resumed laughing.
Matt couldn't see what was so funny, but he was also nursing a small bump on his head. "How long was I out?"
"Since eight last night."
"I slept here?" She nodded. He dragged his hand across his face. "Oh, man. I'm sorry." To himself, he added, 'Kasumi's going to kill me.'
"It's okay. You must have really needed it."
"But I was supposed to tutor you."
She waved him off. "Why do I need your help? You're only Number 2." She giggled when he finally broke a smile. She smiled brightly at him while he stood up and stretched, the increased blood flow helping him wake up.
"You should get going," she told him. "If you can be quieter on the way out than you were getting up, you might even be able to leave the dorm without anyone realizing you were here all night."
"I like that idea. Don't want to answer a lot of stupid questions, do I?"
"Nope. I guess we'll reschedule my lesson?"
He just nodded and pulled her small body into a friendly hug that lasted just a bit too long. "I'll see you later, Ro."
"Here we go!" Bryan said excitedly as he loosed his grip on the ball. It floated up ten feet and arced broadly as it traveled a total forward distance of only fifty feet and landed right by Cary's feet. "I call that The Beast of Talwar. You like it?"
"Why are you pitching?" Cary asked, always able to stay on topic.
"Because few are as nimble as I am in the infield."
"Except a monkey," she replied snidely.
"Well, we don't get a whole lot of monkeys in intramural softball, so I have to do it." He caught the ball when Cary threw it back to him and assumed his pitching stance. "Guess what I call this one." He took one step forward and threw the ball almost identically.
"Twelve Foot Arc?"
"No," he replied with a hurt look on his face. "It's called In the Hall of the Mountain King." He resumed his gleeful expression when she returned the ball. "Get ready because here comes the bane of all softball players: Fried Green Tornado!" He tossed the ball again, and as far as Cary could tell, it flew identically.
"I can never tell when you're joking."
"You know, you could be more supportive of your pitcher. You don't want to destroy my confidence right before softball season."
"Registration isn't for another month."
"And preparation is the key to success. I think Nietzsche said that."
"No, he didn't."
Bryan frowned. "Oh. Maybe I read it on a fortune cookie. Either way, we'll be the best team because we aren't waiting until the last minute to start practicing."
The weather was generally nice on Academy Island, but today was a particularly sunny day in late February. As long as everyone stayed on the quad in the sunlight, the temperature was actually very nice. Lots of people were out on the quad throwing a Frisbee, reading a book, or swinging sticks around, but it was still too cool even to consider lying out just to take in the sun.
When the softball duo saw Matt on the quad, they both had the same thought.
"You probably don't want to be here, being Kasumi's best friend."
"I want to hear what he has to say." She looked angry when she said it. Not angry like a guy at the bar whose drink you spilled, but angry like a woman who knows you're doing something you shouldn't but doesn't want you to know she knows.
"Hey, bro. I need to tell you something."
"Yeah, yeah. Did you sleep with Rory Ruiter?" There was no subtlety with Bryan.
"Quite literally, yes," Matt replied with that quick wit of his. Then his smile faded and he asked, "How did you know that? I was just coming to tell you."
"It's a small campus."
"I'm finally starting to figure that out." He looked to Cary and said, "I guess you heard that, too?"
She gave the slightest of nods. "Despite the rumor, I'm guessing you just fell asleep while you were tutoring." Matt wondered how she figured that out, and she replied, "You're not as smooth as you think you are. Why were you making a house call, anyway? Shouldn't tutoring happen in your office or the library?"
"She's a friend," Matt reminded her. "I used to visit your room all the time. Despite the number of times you told me to get out. Even before Kas and I started dating. All that happened last night was I fell asleep because I'm tired between work, classes, dueling, and two look-alikes running around stealing cards, and…" He turned his gaze and his finger to Bryan. "I am totally mad at you for not telling me you were coming out here to practice for softball!"
"Wanna play now?" Bryan offered, holding the ball in front of Matt.
Matt's expression instantly reverted to his carefree look. "Yeah." He ran over to Bryan's bag and grabbed his spare glove so he wouldn't have to run all the way back to his room. Even though she was constantly snarky, Cary also believed Matt didn't really do anything; she knew him better than that.
"One more question," Bryan said as he threw the ball over to Matt. "Does Rory's room smell as great as she does?"
"Like a freshly baked cinnamon roll."
Cary moaned, "Oh my god."
Rory enjoyed reading in the sunlight, just leaning up against a tree and soaking in the sunlight, although she caught herself looking up with fair frequency to watch Matt playing Catch with Bryan and Cary. She giggled when Cary very obviously threw the ball with the intention of hitting Matt, but he grabbed the ball from the air and pointed in her direction.
"Something funny?"
Rory jumped and turned to see Kasumi glaring down at her. She thought about saying that Kasumi needed to wear a bell, but she didn't want to upset her. Now that she saw Kasumi up close, she realized exactly how fit she was. Her thighs were solid enough to play baseball with, obvious because Kasumi wore form-fitting pants.
"Hi, Kasumi," Rory grumbled.
She just made a face. "I heard my boyfriend spent the night with you yesterday."
"He fell asleep while we were studying. That's all."
"I don't doubt it. I think you spread that dirty rumor to get me to dump him." It wasn't true, but Rory could see how Kas jumped to that conclusion. "I want you to leave my boyfriend alone. Stop hanging around him. Stop flirting with him. Don't make me angry." With a more menacing scowl, she added, "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
Rory wasn't sure how she could get to her feet and hide behind the tree quickly enough. She did climb to her feet and quickly realized that she was only an inch shorter than Kasumi, even if she was outweighed by thirty pounds. She decided to approach Kasumi as she would a bear; try to look as big as possible. She took in a deep breath and held it in her chest for a moment, and then her face started to swell.
Because that's where Kasumi open hand landed. Rory never even saw Kasumi's hand move before she was slapped hard across the face. She could feel that would leave a bruise.
"I can't believe you just slapped me," Rory uttered.
"You're lucky that's all I did. Maybe now you'll think twice before telling my boyfriend that you're in love with him."
Unable to help herself, Rory uttered in barely a whisper, "No wonder he likes me more."
Kasumi didn't intend that one. Her hand formed a fist and flew forward without any conscious effort. But before it hit Rory's face, something long and thin popped her fist and then popped her stomach. Kasumi recoiled just enough to miss striking Rory; Rory stumbled and then quickly scurried away to put the tree between her and Kasumi.
"Care to try that again?" Lili stood there, boldly pointing a cane at Kasumi. She was well practiced in stick fighting—martial arts using small sticks as weapons—and she was practicing on the quad when she saw Kasumi slap Rory the first time. Despite being much shorter than Kasumi, Lili wasn't intimidated.
Kasumi was well trained in judo, and the competitive part in her wanted to return the throbbing pain in her hand to Lili. But they were already starting to draw a crowd, and she was only really mad at Rory. She silently decided not to find a reason to hate Lili, too. Lili came to a similar decision, only ready to retaliate and not to attack.
But neither of them knew the other's intentions. They continued to watch one another, still tensed and ready to fight until…
"HAA!" Kasumi and Lili both hopped backward as someone large and heavy hit the ground directly between the two of them. Logan Wilson raised his head slowly and dramatically as he pointed each his empty scabbards at the fighting women, flexing his bare arms as he did so. "This looks like fun."
"What the hell do you want?" Kas grumbled. She knew Logan and his legendary level of arrogance. She was not impressed by his muscles or his over-clocked desire to fight.
"I just want in on your little fight," he said with a falsely innocent voice. More menacingly, he said, "It's just too bad the first people I've seen with any moves are girls."
"You afraid to hit a girl?" Lili taunted him.
He smirked. "Not at all."
Kasumi was able to scoff at the part of her that wanted a fight by scoffing aloud at Logan. "I won't let you bait me into a pointless fight."
Loudly and derisively, Logan replied, "Blasphemy! There's no such thing as a pointless fight. Only a pointless sword." He tilted his scabbards to remind the girls that he wasn't using swords, but simply scabbards that had no points at the end. "Get it?" Kas and Lili both groaned, and that's when Logan made his move.
First he batted Lili's cane away and followed by swiping at her with his other scabbard. Lili's grip wavered, but she held the cane and managed to step away from Logan's attack. Kas reacted to the movement, and Logan was quick to turn back around and swing at her midsection, quickly followed by an upward slash to keep her from spinning in toward him. Kas and Lili instinctively began to fight back, but Logan's swordplay was quick, strong, and positioned well enough to keep both women from getting close enough to hit him.
At first. Finally, Kas weaved her way in and thrust her fist into Logan's belly, and that stunned him just enough for Lili to knock him on the back of the head. But Logan was hard-headed enough to regard pain like that as a triviality. He jabbed one scabbard behind him and connected to Lili's ribcage, and then he swept Kasumi's leg from under her and dropped her to the ground, quickly dropping with her and pressing the scabbard to her neck.
"That was fun, wouldn't you say?"
Then he dropped one of his scabbards and released his pressure on Kasumi. "Ow, ow, ow!"
"What did I tell you about making trouble?" Mitsuro grunted. She had a solid grip on Logan's left arm, pulling it far enough behind him to stress his rotator cuff and pressing into his back to prevent him from breaking her grip.
"Always offer peanuts commensurate with—UGH!"
"See?" Mitsuro as she added pressure to Logan's arm. "You always have to say something witty and stupid. Now, if the next three words out of your mouth aren't 'I'm going inside,' the fourth word will be 'Ow, my crotch. You've kicked me in the crotch.' So… What do you have to say?"
Though his face showed his pain, Logan's reply was, "Are you related to that guy from Unthinkable?"
Across the quad, Cary noticed Kasumi's body language as she approached Rory, but she didn't bring it to Bryan's and Matt's attentions until after Kasumi hit Rory. The trio hurried across the quad, slowing down to watch Logan's crazy interlude, and coming to a stop a few yards from where Mitsuro subdued Logan.
"Kas knows karate, Lili does stick fighting, Hayley's crazy, and Mitsuro's just a badass," Bryan summed up. "Has it occurred to you that the women at this school can all kick our asses?"
Matt succinctly replied, "Yep."
"Does it turn you on a little?"
"You know that's right."
Matt was upset that Kasumi struck a friend of his over a little jealousy. Cary convinced him to cool off for a while and let her have the first go at talking things over with her best friend. While Mitsuro dragged Logan away by his ear, Cary approached and asked Kasumi what was so important she had to hit Rory.
"She's so smug," Kasumi answered. "She's trying to steal my boyfriend and doesn't even see the problem with that. I just want to choke her until her cute little cheeks pop."
"You've been watching too many Starburst commercials," Cary replied. "Hitting her is only going to make the situation worse by getting Matt to sympathize with her. Why don't you just challenge her to a duel?"
"A game? Seriously?"
"You'd be surprised how cathartic a duel can be. And it's significantly less likely to draw battery charges."
Kasumi's face fell as she considered Cary's idea. It was, indeed, a less illegal alternative to violence and would leave her feeling less crappy about beating up a small girl. The only issue was: "I'm not that good a duelist."
"You're a great duelist," Cary argued. "You are so much better than you or your jacket give you credit for," stroking the yellow fabric to visualize her point. "And this will be an excellent time to prove it." Kasumi pointed out that Rory is a freshman prefect, and Cary replied, "So were you."
And that's how Kasumi ended up activating her Duel Disk just yards away from Rory.
"Just remember the stakes," Rory requested.
Kasumi scoffed. "Oh, I'm not worried, little girl. Let's just duel."
Rory picked her cards off her deck. "Fine by me. Shall I start or do you want to?"
"I'll go," Kas snipped. "I'll set one monster and put a card face down."
Rory rolled her eyes at such a simple start to the duel. "I'll use its effect to summon Cyber Dragon (5/2100/1600) straight to the field." The metallic, serpentine dragon was very familiar to Kasumi; it was the same monster that helped make her boyfriend the top-ranked duelist in school. "Because that was a Special Summon, I can also summon Spear Dragon (4/1900/0)." This dragon had blue scales and a beige underbelly, but most notable was its long, pointed nose that gave it its name. "Spear Dragon will attack your monster." The blue dragon stabbed its nose through the defending monster, which was revealed as Masked Dragon (3/1400/1100), a white-scaled dragon. "My dragon deals piercing damage when it attacks."
"I know that," Kasumi snapped. "I'm not some dumb rookie." She sneered as she picked a card out of her deck. "I also get to summon another Masked Dragon (1400) from my deck."
"I'll have Cyber Dragon attack that one." The metallic dragon released a burst of plasma from its mouth and incinerated the Masked Dragon. Masked Dragon's destruction allowed Kasumi to summon any dragon with 1500 points or fewer. This time, she chose a small, red egg (1/800/500). It began to crack, and the head of a black dragon with red eyes peeked out.
Rory just smiled. "A Red-Eyes Black Chick. I'm not surprised. It's your turn."
Kasumi 8000 – 800 – 700 = 6500: Rory 8000.
"Then maybe you predicted this move, too," Kasumi said as she started her turn. "I'll send the Chick to the Graveyard to summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon (7/2400/2000)." This near legendary dragon was tall and powerful, with an almost skeletal appearance with horns and claws protruding from every major joint. Its wingspan was wide enough to carry a dragon twice its size, and its red eyes shone bright enough to illuminate the deepest darkness.
"That's a well-supported card," Rory noted. "And a great one in the history of the game."
"Stop patronizing me. The Red-Eyes isn't as obviously powerful as the Cyber Dragon, but it brings great potential. I'll activate my facedown Dragon's Rage." The glow from the Red-Eyes became even more intense and fire began to spurt in small wisps from its jaws. "Now I'll attack Spear Dragon (0)." Spear Dragon switched to defense mode after it attacked earlier, and now Kasumi's Trap card gave all her dragons piercing damage as it released a giant fireball from its mouth. "I'll set another card and end my turn."
Kasumi 6500: Rory 8000 – 2400 = 5600.
Rory smiled softly as she drew, but her friendly demeanor was not interpreted that way by her opponent. Kasumi was certain Rory was antagonizing her via overconfidence. No one was giving Kasumi even one chance in a million to beat Rory, and that only made Kasumi angry. She was eager to prove that she was still near Matt's level, and beating Rory was just Step 1.
"I'll start with Graceful Charity to draw three cards and discard two. Now I'll activate Polymerization to fuse my Cyber Dragon with a second Cyber Dragon in my hand." Two identical serpents fused as if by some magic force. The result was a two-headed mechanical dragon with a single, larger body, but the heads were no longer identical; one was pointed with an amber gem on the forehead, and one was beveled with a blue line drawn across the cheeks. "My Cyber Twin Dragon (8/2800/2100) can attack twice."
"I know that!" Kasumi yelled back. "Stop treating me like I don't know this game."
Rory held her hands in front of her—the international sign for "I'm unarmed." She said calmly, "I'm sorry. I'll quit giving a play-by-play." She simply pressed a button on her Duel Disk and watched the half of her dragon with the amber gem lunge toward the Red-Eyes and destroy it. And then the blue half lunged to attack directly. Rory set a single card and ended her turn.
Kasumi 6500 – 400 – 2800 = 3300: Rory 5600.
"Hah!" Kasumi laughed as she drew her card. "I'll play Premature Burial to revive my Red-Eyes (2400) from the Graveyard. And now I'll use my facedown Metalmorph." As the Red-Eyes stood, it was coated entirely in metal. "Now my Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon (7/+2700+2300) will attack." Her metal dragon formed a fireball composed of molten metal, but it grew even larger before spewing toward Rory's monster. "Metalmorph increases my Metal Dragon's (+4100) attack points by half the power of your monster. That means playing a strong monster against me is just going to hurt you." She chuckled to herself as Rory's twin-headed dragon exploded in a hail of fiery shrapnel.
Rory just smiled. "He is powerful," she agreed.
"Shut up. Take your turn."
Kasumi 3300 – 800 = 2500: Rory 5600 – 1300 = 4300.
"You asked for this with your bitchy attitude," Rory said when she drew. "I'll activate Curse of Anubis." An Egyptian casket appeared on the field topped with the statue of a jackal-headed beast. The casket opened and spread a cloud of dust; the dust forced Kasumi's Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon (-0) into defense mode and dropped its defense to zero. Without a word of mockery, Rory placed another card from her hand on the Duel Disk. "I'll summon Cyberdark Horn (4/800/800)." This was a metallic monster with a body like a spinal column, wings like blades, and four horns on its framed jaws. A Hunter Dragon—that sleek dragon with the razor-sharp scales—emerged from Rory's Graveyard, and Cyberdark Horn (+2500) attached to the dragon's body to draw its strength.
"I forgot about your machines and their stupid ability to equip dragons."
"That they can," Rory agreed. Without another word, she pressed the button for her Horn to attack Kasumi's Red-Eyes (0). All four horns pierced the metallic dragon and reached through to the back of the holographic field, right next to Kasumi. That was the visual representation of piercing damage.
Rory didn't say anything. She simply dropped her arms to her side and extended her right hand. "Friends?"
Kasumi 2500 – 2500 = 0: Rory 4300.
Kasumi growled with frustration. Once again, she lost to someone she should have been able to beat. And not only that, she lost their bet. Had Kasumi won, Rory agreed to stay away from Matt for good. But when Rory won, she earned the right to have Matt tutor her in the Red Dorm after dinner instead of being restricted to his office hours.
She turned her back on Rory's handshake.
"I figured not," Rory replied dryly.
That was just enough to push Kasumi too far again. She turned quickly and threw her fist toward Rory's face. Rory flinched, but the fist stopped when it connected to an open palm, which was connected to an arm much bigger and bulkier than Kasumi's.
"What is wrong with you?" Matt yelled. "You lose a duel and decide to beat up the winner?"
"That's not why I'm mad at her!" Kasumi screamed back.
"I know why you're mad. You don't trust me."
Kasumi pointed angrily, as she screamed, "She won't just butt out of my life!"
She made a move for Rory again, but Matt sidestepped to stay between the two women. His movement, however, pushed Kasumi off balance. She never fell, but she thought Matt pushed her, and she instinctually came back and connected to his face with her fist. As Matt's head turned with the force, his glasses flew off his face and he slammed onto the ground.
Kasumi just stood there in shock, aghast at what she just did. Matt slowly sat up and rubbed his face with the back to his hand to see if he was bleeding. He was not, but the entire left side of his face felt like a tennis ball under his skin.
Bryan, who was finally struck speechless during that ordeal, glanced at Cary. "I'll take him if you take her." She just nodded and walked over to Kasumi, offering to escort her back to her dorm. Bryan helped Matt get to his feet.
Lili stepped up and handed Matt his glasses. "Thanks," he said softly. She just nodded and gave the slightest smile—her way of thanking Matt for defending Rory.
Kas felt the anger bubble again when Rory followed Bryan and Matt, but Cary quickly told her, "Let it go. You'll just make it worse." Kasumi started to rationalize her actions, but Cary interrupted her. "I know. It was an accident. Both of you cool off, and then you can apologize."
That was fun. I hope you enjoyed it, not in the sense that it needed to happen but in the sense that it was exciting.
Congratulations go out to tiramisu19 for correctly answering my trivia question last week. He earned the opportunity to introduce some dueling cards into this story. Look for them in the next chapter.
Speaking of the next chapter, this week is a special week: There are two new chapters! Keep reading!
Credits:
Darius Mantzios...tiramisu19
Jason Maxim...Maxim and Knight
Nathan Zislaw...Mavrik Zero
Hillary Delaney...Nodqfan144
Lili Von...Happy2BMe
Carter Jade...Jaden2010
Mitsuro Itachu...Titanic X
Sean Bivins...DarkVestroia2
Naoto Kurotsuki...Kurotsuki Haru
Hayley Wilson...TeamRocketDiva
Maikeru Stone...onyxshade7
Victor Rocks & Abel Shinzou...Iron-Arm-V
Alister Kazama & Jessica Parks...ZaneKazama001
Synthia Spencer...Madly Chessur
Leila & Linear Lockhart...Windraider
Romulus Malligan...Maximus1
Logan Wilson...MercWithTheMouth13
Everyone else so far...YamiRuss