Update! WOOT! Sorry about the wait, I got lost in the franticness of school starting again, but I'm hoping to be a little more consistent now. I'm going to try and update every Sunday starting now! Enjoy!

Chapter 2: New Friends

"That would be me." Akiza announced as she nervously raised her hand. The boy with the weird hair flushed pink from embarrassment.

"Oh, hi! I'm Yusei, pleased to meet you." He greeted as he walked over and shook her hand.

"Likewise. I'm Akiza." She said a little sadly as she returned his gesture. Were they pretending to like her and be interested in her? "I think I'm going to head back to my room now." She informed as she began to walk away, obviously crushed.

"Wait." Sherry called as she grabbed Akiza's hand. They were in the hall now, where the others couldn't hear them. "They're nice people, I promise. They aren't pretending to like you, Yusei would never do something like that, Luna was just being hard on us and making sure we welcomed you. We would've welcomed you anyways. Please stay!"

Akiza looked back at the group where Luna was chewing Yusei out for what he had done. Leo and Crow were hiding behind a caf table and Jack was just sitting there like stone. For some reason, she longed to be in their group of friends. She didn't know why, but she wanted to. She turned to Sherry and smiled.

"Okay." Akiza said. She turned towards the group and smiled as she walked back. Sherry followed, a soft smile playing on her lips.

"Akiza?" Luna sounded shocked. Akiza plopped herself next to Jack and Crow and smiled at the teal-haired girl.

"Sorry, just needed a little breather. I'm good now though." She announced as she crossed her legs.

Luna smiled and started bouncing up and down in excitement. Crow smiled as he sneakily put his arm around Akiza's waist and Leo tried to calm his sister down. Jack was still as stiff as he was when Akiza first met him, but Akiza noticed none of it. Yusei was staring at her in what seemed to be wonderment, like he had never met someone like her before. His gaze was captivating and she couldn't help but get locked into his cerulean sea of sight.

The rest of the afternoon consisted of Luna directing the group like a tour guide, Jack being cold and distant, Crow trying to hit on Akiza but her not noticing it and Yusei keeping his eyes on the new arrival to their group. Akiza learned quite a bit about each individual in the group and felt she could call them good acquaintances.

Luna and Leo decided to split off and go back to their respective dorm rooms and Crow and Jack got into a rather large argument over who was a better duellist and decided to get their decks and duel. Sherry decided to turn in early and get some sleep.

"But it's only 6:30!" Akiza protested.

"I know, I'm really tired though. I'll see you when you get back to the room, okay?" Akiza nodded and Sherry gave her a quick hug and winked as she left.

Akiza and Yusei were now all alone. Sherry had left them off in the sports field on the bleachers. There was a slight breeze, but it was still quite chilly out. Akiza held her arms in an attempt to keep herself warm with little success.

"You look cold, do you want my jacket?" Yusei offered.

"Oh, no I'm fine!" She protested but he took the garment off and wrapped it around her shoulders anyways. She blushed a little and grabbed the edges of the jacket and pulled them over her arms. "Thank you."

Yusei nodded in response and shifted a little closer to her. "It must be scary coming to a new school where you know absolutely no one."

"Yeah, it is." Akiza agreed, feeling a tad bit uncomfortable with the new topic.

Yusei nudged a little closer to her and wrapped his arm around her back. "I want you to know that you can always come to me if you need anything, I'm your friend."

Akiza couldn't help but smile at the warm and friendly gesture. "Thank you, Yusei." She thanked as she rested her head on his shoulder, half out of kindness and half because she was still cold.

From a distance, a certain blond duellist stood and watched the two teens exchange with a grin on her face. She had known from the moment they met that Akiza would be a good candidate for Yusei after what Misty had done to him, and her plan to get them together was already working. She turned and headed towards her dorm room, still bearing the grin until she bumped into something, or rather someone.

"Hey Sherry." The all too familiar male voice spoke. Sherry slowly lifted her eyes to find Bruno was the obstacle in her path.

"What do you want?" She snapped at him, not at all happy with his presence.

"Oh, nothing. Just needed some fresh air, then I saw you and thought I'd say hello." He explained kindly. She scoffed at him and stuck her nose up at him.

"Well, you've said your greeting, now leave me alone." She spat as she shoved him out of her way and briskly headed toward her destination. Bruno rolled his eyes and grabbed her arm, causing her to pull on his arm in an attempt to escape.

Bruno pulled her into him and trapped her in his arms. "I told you I was sorry! Why can't you forgive me?"

Sherry let a tear leak from her eye them started flailing her entire body to try and break free, but to no avail. "Because! You hurt me more than any guy ever has! And for what? Some cute little redhead with a pocket-book!" she exclaimed.

Bruno released the french duellist and watched her run away as his heart filled with guilt. Once she was out of sight, he let the water in his eyes drain down his cheek and drip onto the grass on the ground. "I'm sorry." He murmured as he walked towards his friends dorm room.

Akiza awoke the next morning with a smile on her face. She got dressed in her school uniform and did her hair up in a bun. She gathered up all her things and went out into the front room to find Sherry asleep on the couch. She checked the time; 7:30. School didn't start for another hour and a half! She decided to hit the cafeteria where she found Luna talking with a dark haired girl who wore goofy glasses.

"Hey Luna!" Akiza called as she approached the table Luna was at. Luna smiled up at her new friend and returned her greeting.

"Hey Akiza! Meet my friend Carly!" She introduced. Carly smiled nervously and gave a small wave.

"Hi, I'm Carly." She greeted in a small voice. Akiza smiled at her and shook her hand.

"Nice to meet you Carly, I'm Akiza." She sat down next to Luna, across from Carly and got out her schedule and school map. "This is where my first class is right, Luna?" She asked the very knowledgeable student.

Luna smiled and nodded. "Yes! You have first period with Jack, Leo and Yusei, so you wont be alone. They'll be able to show you how to get to the class. No worries!" Luna chimed. Akiza nodded in relief.

"Who do I have in the rest of my classes?" Akiza asked as she showed Luna her schedule. Luna read the paper over and named off who out of her friends were in each of her classes.

"You have second period with Crow, Yusei and I, third with Yusei and Carly, fourth with Yusei, fifth with Leo, Carly and Yusei and sixth with all of us!" Luna answered cheerily.

"Do I have the exact same schedule as Yusei?" she pondered out loud. Luna nodded and gave Akiza a knowing look. Akiza blushed.

"Aw! Do you have a crush on Yusei?" Carly blurted and immediately covered her mouth afterwards.

Akiza's blush deepened. "No! He's just my friend-"

Akiza was cut off by a group of students bursting into the cafeteria. The three girls turned to see who it was. Luna and Carly started whispering and giggling as they walked in. Akiza just gawked at them. They were the most beautiful people she had ever seen! The first was a boy with long, red hair that looked faded and piercing green eyes, he seemed to be the leader of the group. He wore a lot of black and grey and had a gold locket around his neck. He was followed closely by a younger looking girl who was almost an exact copy of the boy including her clothes and locket, except her eyes were much lighter in colour and looked friendlier, Akiza assumed they were siblings or cousins of some sort. The girl was closely followed by a boy with dark green hair that was shorter than the leaders hair. His eyes were peculiar, they seemed to change in the light. He wore his school uniform, except the colours were changed, black and white, with black as the more prominent colour. Akiza saw a flash of something shiny under his shirt as he passed her. Beside him was another boy with creamy white, medium-length hair and light brown eyes. He was the best looking out of all the people in that group by far. His uniform had also been changed to the same as the boy with the green hair. On the other side of the leader was another girl with black hair and aqua blue eyes that seemed quite unforgiving. Her uniform was white and black, with white as the prominent colour instead of black. The last person she recognized from when she first got to the school, the boy from the principals office. His uniform was also white and black with white as the prominent colour. He walked closely behind the entire group. The group sat down at a table near Akiza's and got out their own food. They started socializing and one by one they each glanced at Akiza, the leader held his gaze on her for a while before returning his attention to his group again.

"Who are they?" Akiza asked Luna and Carly, who were still giggling and gossiping over the gorgeous teens.

"They're the most popular kids in this school!" Carly exclaimed. "They call themselves; 'The Angels'!" Luna swooned at the sound of their group's name. Akiza looked over at the group and caught the leader guy looking at her again.

"Who's the guy with the long, red hair?" Akiza inquired, assuming Carly knew a lot on these students.

"That's Takami, he's the head of the group. The girl with the red hair is his sister Kichimi, they're like genetic copies of each other!" Carly squealed. Akiza nodded, her gaze still on the group.

"What about the others?" Akiza questioned.

"The other girl with the really dark hair, that's Kimimi. I know, her name is odd; her parents made it up themselves especially for her. It means 'empress' and 'beautiful'. She's the richest out of the bunch too, hence the 'empress' part of her name. She's also the meanest too. One time, she took a kids lunch, and shoved it all down his shirt for no reason at all, she just felt like it. All the guys are in love with her too, I don't get why though." Akiza nodded and motioned to the green haired boy.

"What about him? He seems really depressed, any back story to that?" Akiza asked.

"His name is Satomi. He's the smartest one in the group. He acts more like a brother to Kichimi than her actual brother, and him and Takami are best friends. They've known each for years. He isn't depressed, that's just how his face is. Even when he smiles he looks sad, I wouldn't worry about it." Akiza nodded and fanned the still unconscious Luna, who woke after a few seconds of Akiza's aid.

"And the other two?" Akiza inquired again.

Luna decided to answer this time. "The blond is Harumi, he's unbelievably funny! But he always gets into fights, especially with Jack. I wish they would just get along! Him, Kichimi and Kiyomi are the only ones that even speak to us, and we're the only other people besides Misty's group that they even talk to!" Luna exclaimed.

"I'm assuming Kiyomi is the white haired guy?" Akiza announced.

Carly nodded before melting into a puddle of gush. "He's the dreamiest guy ever!" Luna squealed. "He's extremely nice too! Everybody loves him!"

"I wish he would leave that snotty group and come hang out with us! Kichimi too!" Carly exclaimed.

Akiza laughed at the two girls and barely noticed that Takami and his followers had approached their table. She looked up and smiled at them.

"Hi, I'm Akiza." She greeted.

Takami stuck his hand out to her and gave a hint of a smile back. "Takami. It's a pleasure."

"The pleasure is all mine, I assure you." Akiza responded politely as she took Takami's hand. Takami gazed into her eyes and captured her attention, forcing her into his lock.

"You're very polite, I like that." He complimented.

Akiza blushed at his forwardness. "Thank you."

"Tell me something," Takami started, "What is a beautiful, polite, rich girl like you doing with a bunch of grease monkeys like Jack and Yusei?" he asked her. Her blush deepened. She was shocked at his words and his gaze was making it hard to concentrate on what was going on. Luna and Carly where frozen in their seats, gawking at the scene happening before them.

"I… I-" Akiza stuttered.

"Don't get me wrong, Yusei is a perfectly nice guy and Jack is definitely a character, but you are so much better than them. You're worth much more than these two girls here as well, a blubbering gossip and a controlling book-worm." Luna and Carly glared at the snob. "I have an offer for you, Akiza. Come be a part of our crowd. We'll have a uniform made for you and you'll become extremely popular and loved. You're grades will never slip *wink*, and you'll be able to have any boy you want. What do you say?"

Akiza was so shocked and frozen she could barely manage to breath, let alone process what was happening. Takami noticed her behaviour and smirked. "I'll give you until the end of the day to give us your answer. We hang out behind the gym afterschool. We'll be waiting there for you. Ciao Bella." Takami finished and kissed her hand before directing his crowd down the hall outside the cafeteria.

Carly and Luna turned to Akiza, excitement and worry written all over their faces. "What are you going to do?" Luna exclaimed.

"She's going to become an 'Angel' obviously! It's the highest of the high! The best of the best! She'd be insane if she didn't become part of their crew!" Carly pointed out.

Akiza, recovered from her frozen state, started to shake her head. "No, I don't think I will be in their clique." She informed.

Luna and Carly went wide eyed. "What?" The shouted in unison.

"I said I'm not going to join their crew." Akiza repeated.

Just as the two shocked girls dropped their jaws, Jack, Crow and Yusei entered the room and approached the three girls table. Carly immediately snapped out of her surprised state and her full attention was on Jack, almost the exact same thing happened to Luna until she noticed her brother wasn't there. Her features fell a little but it was barely noticeable and she hugged each male teen with a great amount of enthusiasm. Akiza looked up at the boys and noticed Yusei giving her a soft smile, which caused the previous nights occurrences to filter into her mind again.

FLASHBACK

Yusei had walked her back to her dorm room, his arm still around her back and her figure pulled in tightly to his chest.

"Goodnight, Akiza." Yusei whispered before pecking her lips extremely lightly and opening the door to her room for her. She blushed wildly as she entered the room, and turned to close the door, but something in her mind told her not to.

"Would you like to come in?" She asked the young boy. He smiled softly and shook his head.

"I didn't mean to lead you on, I see you as a sister, Akiza." He informed awkwardly.

She giggled at his behaviour. "I know Yusei, it's obvious you have feelings for someone else, and even if it wasn't, I'd still be able to tell. The feelings mutual, I just thought you could use a hand getting the grease on your face and hands off." She admitted.

He stood there for moment, a puzzled look playing on his features before shaking his head and stepping into the room.

FLASHBACK END

She giggled as the memory subsided in her mind and she returned to the present reality, where Crow had already managed to snake his hand across her back and onto her hip. She felt comfortable in his hold, but she barely knew him and didn't think that starting something with him would be a good idea. She returned her attention to Yusei whose eyes were now on his crush. Again, Akiza giggled at him. She then noticed Carly and Jack. He acted extremely different around her, like he actually felt emotion. She mentally laughed at how easy it was to read this groups actions and feelings, until the focus of the group was on her.

"Guess what guys? Akiza was just asked to become an 'Angel'!" Luna announced.

Everyone gasped, even Jack. "And she said she's not going to join them!" Carly chimed.

Akiza flushed a bright red and tried to hide herself in her arms. Crow tightened his grip on her and tried to get her to uncover her face. "It's okay Akiza, we're happy you're choosing us over them!" Crow told her in an attempt to make her feel better.

At that moment, a girl with hair darker than Carly's walked into the cafeteria with two girls; one with short, blue hair and one with longer, caramel hair and a guy with long, silver hair who was practically attached to the girls hip. They approached the group, the dark haired girl leading them with a sneer on her face.

"You must be the famous, new Akiza." She declared.

Luna turned to the dark haired girl, rolling her eyes in the process. "What do you want, Misty?" she asked exasperatedly.

'So this is Misty?' Akiza thought. Crow pulled Akiza in closer to him protectively.

"I heard that she got asked to join 'The Angels', I wanted to know if it was true or if Harumi was just yanking my chain." She informed.

Akiza stood up out of Crow's hold and nodded at the clearly pissed-off girl. "It's true." Akiza declared.

Misty's face reddened at the news and she huffed after stomping her foot. "What the hell!" she shouted before walking away like a 5 year old who just threw a temper tantrum and didn't get what they wanted. The guy and the blue haired girl chased after her, most likely wanting to try to calm her down. The other girl stayed though.

"What is it Stephanie?" Carly asked her.

Stephanie turned her attention towards Akiza. "Are you Sherry's roommate?" she inquired. Akiza nodded. "Could you tell her that I'm really sorry and that I hope she can forgive me?" Akiza nodded again and Stephanie thanked her before leaving to find the rest of her clique.

Akiza was confused and curious, but decided not to ask any questions, she could just ask Sherry herself later. For now, she would just hangout with her new friends and enjoy her first day of school.

END

A LOT longer than I expected, but there's nothing wrong with a long chapter, right? The more the merrier I say! Review please!