Chapter Two
When Shou Found Out
~later that day~
Asuka answered a question asked to her by Professor Chronos during class. Sitting in the front row seats in the middle section of the class were Jaden and Shou. Asuka, having finished her answer correctly, looked at Professor Chronos, who had just clasped his hands together in praise.
"Bellissimo!" said Professor Chronos. "A superb job! It was a task far too simple for Obelisk Blue's Signora Asuka, was it not?"
"It's just the basics," Asuka replied, sitting back down into her seat.
Professor Chronos looked around the class.
"Now then…" he said, his attention focused on Jaden and Shou. "Signore Marufuji!"
Shou stood up quickly in his seat, replying nervously.
"Y-yes, sir!" said Shou.
Professor Chronos smiled, making Shou a bit more nervous.
"Please explain to us what field magic does," Professor Chronos said.
"Um…f-field… magic is…" stammered Shou. "Well…err…umm…"
"Even a kindergartener knows that kind of stuff!" someone from the class, specifically Obelisk Blue remarked.
The Obelisk Blue section of the class began to laugh, Manjoume (who was also in the class) snickered as Shou's face flushed from embarrassment. The Ra Yellow section began to laugh as well, though quietly, Daichi (also in the class as well) just stayed quiet. Jaden looked at Shou, smiling reassuringly to him.
"Don't worry about it," Jaden reassured. "Just calm down, Shou."
Shou stayed still, frozen from embarrassment. Professor Chronos looked at Shou, smiling somewhat from the reaction he expected.
"Very well, then," said Professor Chronos. "You may step back."
Shou sat back down in his seat as Professor Chronos went on about his reaction.
"To think that you were unable to answer the very basics among basics!" Professor Chronos said, shaking his head. "Well done, Osiris Red. You've shocked me…"
About the majority of the class laughed at what Professor Chronos said. Shou looked down as the class laughed.
"I know what it is, but I just had stage fright…" Shou said, his cheeks slightly tinge with red.
Jaden grinned and decided to give a remark himself.
"But Professor, knowledge and actual combat are two unrelated matters, aren't they?" he asked. "I mean, I'm one of the Osiris Red, as well, but I beat you in a duel, Professor!"
Professor Chronos gritted his teeth as Jaden laughed and bit his handkerchief he took out really hard to prevent himself from doing something inappropriate during class.
"Mamma Mia!" Professor Chronos said through his teeth.
The Osiris Red section of the class as well as a few from the other two began to laugh at Professor Chronos's reaction. Jaden held up a V sign, having noticed the looks on him. Asuka looked at Jaden, intrigued by his behavior.
~later~
Daitokuji was now explaining to the class what alchemy was as he sat down behind the podium, petting his cat in his lap.
"Well, alchemy is literally creating metal, particularly gold, from items without metal, but…" he explained as he continued to pet his cat. "…in a broad sense of the word, it's a skill where you attempt to transform and shape ordinary substances into complete substances-nya."
A/N Okay, hands up if you're thinking of Fullmetal Alchemist after hearing Daitokuji speak of alchemy. C'mon! Be honest! I know I'm thinking of it!
Jaden watched drowsily as the professor continued his explanation. Blinking a few times, he shut his eyes and opened his mouth wide as he let out a loud yawn, small tears welding in the corners of his eyes. Shou looked at Jaden, happy what he did.
"Aniki, thanks for earlier," Shou said, Jaden looking at him with misty eyes.
Jaden rubbed his eye as he looked questioningly at Shou.
"Huh?" he said. "Thanks for what?"
Shou blinked.
"'What'?" repeated Shou. "You know…"
Daitokuji finished his explanation and looked around, his smile ceasing as his attention was on Shou and Jaden. Jaden's eyes widened, now alert as he spotted the professor looking at him and Shou.
"Shh," said Jaden. "If you keep chattering, you're going to get it from the teacher again, Shou."
"Marufuji-kun," called Daitokuji.
Shou quickly stood up from his seat nervously.
"Y-Yes, sir!" said Shou.
Daitokuji smiled at Shou.
"Could you fetch Pharaoh for me?" asked Daitokuji.
Shou looked perplexed, beads of sweat rolling down the sides of his face from anxiousness.
"P-Pharaoh…?" Shou said questioningly.
Daitokuji smiled.
"My cat-nya," he answered.
Shou looked at him owlishly before jumping up slight at a loud meow and the feeling of something rubbing against his leg. He looked down and saw a fat cat, Pharaoh, rubbing against his leg.
~meanwhile~
Somewhere within the Main Academy Building in an office room, Professor Chronos was writing on a paper with a quil, gritting his teeth at the events that happened earlier that day.
"How dare that dropout humiliate me like that!" He said to himself, placing down the quil on his desk. "If you think that I will leave it at that, then you're sadly mistaken."
Professor Chronos folded the paper neatly and placed it inside an envelope. Taking out something from his desk's drawers, he stuck it onto the envelope as a makeshift seal. He grinned as he looked at the envelope; its topmost flap now sporting the makeshift seal that kept it closed…a pink heart.
A/N For those of you who have figured out why this fic is AU, you should probably know why I used a heart seal. For those who haven't figured it out, you'll find out why I used a heart seal instead of a kiss. Kudos to those who can guess why it's a heart…and no, it's not a KH reference.
~later~
Shou ran into the locker room, panting as tried to catch his breath. First he got on a bad start with Professor Chronos (thankfully Jaden backed him up), and now he was late for gym, seeing as the locker room was empty…save for one person looking through their locker. The person seemed to have heard Shou's breathing and looked out, closing the door to their locker.
Shou blinked as he saw it was Jaden.
"Looks like I'm not the only one who was late…" thought Shou.
Jaden blinked as he zipped up the top to his gym uniform, looking at Shou questioningly. Shou noticed the look Jaden gave him.
"What is it?" Shou asked.
Jaden tilted his head to the side.
"What are you doing in the girls' gym…more importantly, why are you in the girls' locker room?" Jaden asked, Shou's expression growing nervous.
"T-this is the g-g-girls' gym!" stammered Shou. "Hold on…Why are you in the girls' gym and the locker room?"
Jaden blinked and bent down to tie his shoes.
"The same reason you should be in the boys' gym and locker room seeing as you're not in your uniform yet," answered Jaden. "C'mon, Shou, I can't help you out every time. Be glad this room's empty save for me."
Shou blinked and looked at Jaden closely. He realized something about Aniki looked different. One, was his gym uniform being a pale violet color, lilac to be specific, two, Shou just noticed how slender Jaden really was due to the uniform's somewhat close fit on his body, and three, for a guy in the girls' locker room, he seemed rather calm. It would've taken Shou a few minutes to put two and two together, but since he didn't have the time, he just asked another question.
"Why is your uniform the color of the girl's uniform?" Shou asked.
Jaden finished tying his other shoe and looked up at Shou, blinking a few times before realizing something.
"You mean you don't know?" asked Jaden. "I'm a girl."
Shou's eyes widened as he froze still, his gaze still on Jaden. It took a full minute and a half for him to understand what Jaden had just said. Even after Shou understood what Jaden just said, the shock had a huge impact on the poor blue-haired boy that his eyes rolled back into his head and he fainted afterwards. Jaden winced as Shou fell back onto the ground, unconscious.
A/N What were you guys expecting? Sheesh, I DID say this fic was AU. After that, this part is practically made up by me (save for the dialogue from Professor Chronos in the locker room)…so I don't really expect much from this.
Jaden looked at Shou concerned and ran out of the locker room to go fetch the school's head nurse, who just so conveniently happened to be the gym instructor as well. The moment Jaden left the locker room, it was empty save for the unconscious Shou. At that same moment, Professor Chronos appeared, sneaking into the locker room with secrecy. He looked around cautiously and then began to open every locker, searching for Jaden's locker.
Having been told by Samejima about Jaden, as well as some of the Duel Academy staff, Professor Chronos could not be any more confused and angry. If it hadn't been for Jaden's decision to stay in the Osiris Red dorms, Professor Chronos would've had to deal with the dropout being in Obelisk Blue. Still, he didn't want to take his chances and today's earlier events made him want the dropout immediately out of the Academy.
"Where could that dropout's shoes be?" Professor Chronos asked himself.
Professor Chronos kept searching through the lockers, stopping when he spotted the unconscious Shou Marufuji. Smirking, he went back to searching through the lockers.
"As expected of a dropout," Professor Chronos thought. "Where are they?"
Professor Chronos opened the next locker and stopped.
"Ah, here they are!" he said, having spotted Jaden's red shoes within the locker, a name label confirming that they were the right ones.
Professor Chronos sniggered and placed the letter right on Jaden's shoes, grinning widely afterwards. He then left the room quickly, not wanting to be caught. After he left, Jaden entered the room with an older woman, somewhere around her mid-twenties with short, maroon-colored hair with a thick spike of said hair popping out and hung over the right side of her face. She had dark gray eyes and wore the same uniform Jaden wore with silver, lilac-gem earrings and lipstick the same shade of maroon as her hair.
"He's over here, Ayukawa-sensei!" Jaden said, directing the woman over at Shou.
Ayukawa gasped at Shou's unconscious state.
"Oh, my!" she said. "What happened?"
Jaden laughed nervously.
"I told him about…ya know…after he ran into here," said Jaden. "He didn't know this was the girls' gym until I told him and after that…yeah…"
Ayukawa sighed and picked up Shou. Jaden looked at Shou concerned.
"What are you going to do?" Jaden asked.
Ayukawa looked at Jaden as she placed Shou on her back.
"I'm going to take him to the infirmary," said Ayukawa. "Just stay put and don't worry about class today, I'll let it slide just this once."
Jaden nodded and watched Ayukawa walk away with Shou on his back. Jaden sighed and turned to his…no, her locker. Opening it, she stopped and blinked as she spotted a heart-sealed envelope.
"What's this?" she said.
Picking the envelope up, Jaden opened it and took out the letter, beginning to read its contents.
"'From the first time I laid eyes on you, I liked you,'" Jaden said, narrowing her eyes. "Great, someone who thinks they're funny…Wait, there's more…"
Jaden continued to read the letter.
"'Tonight, wait at the back of the boys' dorm,'" she said. "I wonder who's it from…hold on. Ryou Marufuji…I wonder who's that."
A/N Is it Ryou or Ryo? Damn, this just makes it confusing now that I remembered Bakura!
~later in the infirmary~
Shou opened his eyes slowly, getting used to the bright light. After a few more blinks, he sat up and looked around, stopping when he saw Jaden sitting by the side of the bed he was on.
"Oh, you're awake," said Jaden.
Shou nodded and looked around.
"Where am I?" he asked.
"You're in the infirmary," said a voice.
Shou blinked and turned, spotting a maroon-haired woman walking and stopping by Jaden's side. She smiled at him.
"The name's Emi Ayukawa, I'm the gym instructor and head nurse here at the Academy," she said.
Shou blinked; his memory somewhat blank.
"What happened?" asked Shou.
Ayukawa waved it off.
"Oh, nothing," said Ayukawa. "You just fainted."
Shou nodded and looked at Jaden.
"Oh…well, I had the strangest dream," said Shou.
Ayukawa looked at Shou questioningly before staring at Jaden.
"You don't say?" she said. "What was it about?"
Shou rubbed the back of his head.
"Well, it had to do with Jaden," said Shou. "He told me the strangest thing… that he was a girl."
Ayukawa looked at Jaden and then at Shou. Jaden rubbed the back of his head.
"Actually…that wasn't a dream," said Jaden.
Shou blinked and looked at Jaden with a perplexed expression.
"Then you mean…that you're really a…" Shou trailed off.
Ayukawa finished for him, "A girl?"
Shou looked at Jaden, who nodded.
"Seriously?" asked Shou.
Ayukawa placed her hand on Jaden's shoulder and nodded.
"She's right," said Ayukawa. "Jaden Yuki is 100% girl…but the same might not apply to her wardrobe and behavior. Someone who didn't exactly care for the mistake on her forms…"
Ayukawa stared at Jaden sternly, who smiled nervously. Shou blinked and looked at Jaden, everything that happened yesterday and earlier today coming together. That's why Jaden needed a separate room—that's why he was asked by Daitokuji if he wanted to borrow his room in the meantime—that's why his father would have taken him out of Duel Academy. Shou's eyes widened.
Jaden laughed awkwardly and rubbed the back of his—scratch that, HER—head. Shou understood everything now…
"I'm rooming with a girl?" he exclaimed.
Jaden laughed.
"Relax, Shou!" said Jaden. "This doesn't change anything!"
Shou looked at Jaden with a somewhat stern expression.
"Like hell it doesn't, Aniki—er, Aneki!" Shou snapped, correcting himself on the name he gave him—her, ugh!
Shou had his hands on his head, slightly annoyed. Jaden sighed, this was going to take a while…
~later that day~
In the Osiris dorms, Shou sighed as he looked up from where he laid on his bed. Today's events had him exhausted and somewhat nervous. He sighed and turned to the side. Hayato overheard his sighed and looked down at him.
"What happened?" he asked.
Shou sighed again.
"Oh, just something about Jaden," Shou answered.
Hayato nodded and got back up into his bed.
"So you found out, huh?" asked Hayato.
Shou's eyes widened and he immediately sat up…regretting it instantly when his head hit the bottom of Hayato's bunk bed.
THUD!
Hayato winced at the impact whilst Shou rubbed his head. After a few seconds, Shou appeared by the side of Hayato's bed, his hands on the bed.
"You mean you already knew about Ani-I mean, Aneki?" asked Shou. "When was this?"
Hayato turned to face Shou.
"When you guys were out at the duel fields," Hayato said, placing his fist under his cheek. "Daitokuji-sensei explained it all."
Shou nodded.
"But why didn't he tell me?" he asked.
Hayato sighed.
"Well, he assumed you already knew…somewhat," Hayato explained. "I mean, you hang out with Jaden all the time."
Shou nodded his head slowly.
"Oh, I see…" said Shou.
Hayato looked around before looking back at Shou.
"Speaking of Jaden, where is she?" asked Hayato.
Shou jabbed his thumb at the door.
"In the bathhouse," said Shou. "Daitokuji-sensei's keeping watch for her seeing as not only are they giving her a separate room, but her own bathhouse as well."
A/N Just to keep you from asking questions about that, so there! Ha! One step closer to keeping this story without conflicts about that! And don't argue! Manjoume got one made for himself when they were building his room, remember? Pfft...I have future plans for that!
Hayato sighed.
"Well, Jaden is a girl and not to mention the only girl in the Osiris Red dorm," said Hayato. "Hell, she's the only girl not in Obelisk Blue."
Shou blinked.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
Hayato looked down at Shou with a surprised expression.
"You mean you don't know that, too?" asked Hayato.
Shou laughed nervously and scratched the side of his head idly. Hayato sighed and shook his head.
"I thought you would've notice by known since there haven't been any girls in any of the dorms except Obelisk Blue," said Hayato.
Shou blinked with curiosity.
"Why is that?" he asked.
"Shut up, I'm about to answer that," snapped Hayato. "All female students that are accepted into Duel Academy are automatically placed in the Obelisk Blue dorms regardless of whether they have the skill necessary to have been accepted into dorm."
Shou nodded and placed his hand on his chin.
"So that means…Jaden was supposed to have been in Obelisk Blue?" asked Shou.
Hayato nodded and said, "Exactly."
Shou looked down and sighed.
"I wonder why she decided to stay in Osiris Red when she had the chance of a lifetime to be in Obelisk Blue…?" said Shou.
"That's because I like it here and I have friends like you in this exact dorm," replied a voice.
Shou looked at the door and saw Jaden, wearing lilac and white sweat pants and a sweatshirt, toweling her wet hair as she closed the door. Feeling rather satisfied with the answer, though with a question in mind, Shou smiled and jumped off his bunk bed.
"Hey, Aniki-er, Aneki," said Shou.
Jaden smiled at Shou and walked over to a chair by the bunk bed. Sitting back down on the chair, Jaden continued to towel dry her wet hair. Shou walked over to Jaden and looked at her, now having caught her attention as she looked up at him.
"What is it, Shou?" she asked.
Shou rubbed the back of his head.
"I want to know…how did you managed to get into Osiris Red?" asked Shou. "Aren't you supposed to be in Obelisk Blue?"
Jaden nodded.
"Yeah, I am," Jaden answered, taking the towel off her head and began to shake off the excess water in her hair. Afterwards, she looked at Shou and asked, "Remember when I told you about the registration form?"
Shou nodded as Jaden continued to answer his question.
"Well, I was late as you already know," said Jaden. "When I went to check in with the lady, conveniently the gender box on the application form was blank and she filled it out for me. She must've thought I was a boy…"
Shou nodded as he remembered the entrance exam day. When he first saw Jaden, he could see why the lady would've mistaken her gender…and the naïve tone in her voice didn't help either. Jaden continued on with her explanation.
"When I went to register, the lady was in a hurry," said Jaden. "Seeing as I was the last one, she decided to register me herself and used the application form to fill in most of the blanks and made guesses on certain things save for the important ones, which she called my dad for. And from there on, I was registered into Duel Academy officially as a guy."
A/N Hope that doesn't make this confusing, if it does…just go along with it until I can fix this or get help from someone!
Shou nodded, understanding how Jaden got into Osiris Red. Though, a question popped into mind again.
"When did you find out about being registered as a boy?" asked Shou.
Jaden crossed her arms and placed her hand on her chin.
"When I got the uniform," said Jaden. "Though I didn't exactly mind, I'm actually used to this. It was my dad who minded. I mean, this hasn't been the first time something like this happened so my dad calls now and then to check on me."
Jaden mushroom sighed.
"Guess he must've called Samejima and found out about the mistake," said Jaden. "Well, there you have it."
Shou nodded and watched as Jaden stood up from her seat. She walked over to the desk and opened a drawer, taking out the envelope she received today. Opening it to read the letter, she spoke out loud.
"Who's Ryou Marufuji?" she asked, looking over at Shou, noticing the look on his face. "Is he a relation of yours?"
Hayato, having heard Jaden, looked at her with a surprised expression.
"You mean you don't know who Ryou Marufuji is?" he asked, Jaden shaking her head in answer. "Top of the Third-Year Obelisk Blue, Ryou Marufuji."
Shou looked down.
"The students refer to him as the Kaiser, the Emperor of the Duel Academy," said Shou.
Jaden blinked.
"So you know him?" she asked.
Shou nodded and sighed.
"Yeah…he's my brother," said Shou.
Jaden looked at Shou, astonished.
"No way…too cool!" said Jaden.
Shou placed his hand underneath his chin.
"Easy for you to say," he sighed. "Why'd you ask?"
Jaden walked over to Shou and handed him over the letter.
"I found this in my locker after Ayukawa-sensei took you to the infirmary," answered Jaden.
Shou adjusted his glasses and read the letter. His eyes widened and he exclaimed.
"E-eehh?" said Shou. "Aniki got a love letter?"
Hayato blinked and looked at Jaden, smirking.
"I don't see why anyone would send her a letter," said Hayato. "I could understand if it's a girl since she looks like a guy, but for a boy…pfft! She lacks assets, if you know what I mean…"
Shou blinked and looked over Jaden, blushing slightly after realizing what he did. He hoped that Jaden didn't see. And just as luck had it, Jaden didn't notice. She was too busy glaring at Hayato.
"Shut it, Koala-man!" snapped Jaden.
Hayato snickered as he realized Jaden didn't fully get the tease. Jaden crossed her arms and waved at Shou to continue.
"Keep reading," she said. "And isn't it supposed to be 'Aneki'?"
Hayato snickered.
"Not with that appearance, it isn't," remarked Hayato. "You're more boy than girl."
Jaden glared at Hayato, who was smirking at the fact that his teasing was getting to her.
"Never mind, call me whatever you want," she said. "Now keep reading."
Shou nodded and continued to read the letter, coming upon the sender's name. His eyes widened as he let out another exclamation. Jaden yawned, rubbing her eyes as she felt bored.
"So, what's up?" asked Jaden.
Shou looked up at Jaden as he held out the letter, pointing at the name.
"This isn't my brother's signature," Shou said, looking over the letter again. "Or even his handwriting at all…in fact…he's not one to send letters! He's one to receive them!"
Hayato grinned and looked at Shou.
"How'd you know?" asked Hayato.
Shou blushed slightly as Jaden looked at him curiously.
"Go on!" she said.
Shou stuttered a bit before answering, "He used to make me help him make the list of girls he was going to reject."
Jaden tilted her head to the side.
"Which was…?" asked Jaden.
"All of them," Shou said automatically. "What I'm trying to say, it's not like him to suddenly be attracted to a girl."
Hayato looked at Jaden and snorted.
"Let alone a girl who has no assets and could pass for a guy," he remarked. "I don't even think anyone else knows you're a girl minus us, Daitokuji-sensei, and maybe a few others."
Jaden scowled at Hayato, her eyes widening as she finally got what the koala-resembling boy implied earlier and the current moment. She covered her chest with her arms and scowled at Hayato, her face being a brilliant shade of red.
"Well, excuse me for lacking assets!" snapped Jaden. "It's not my fault I'm a little underdeveloped!"
Hayato burst into laughter, causing Jaden to growl. Shou looked nervously at both of them.
"Little?" said Hayato.
Jaden stomped her foot, her expression darkening.
"It's not funny, Koala-man!" she snapped.
Hayato waved it off.
"Relax, I'm just teasing you," said Hayato. "And I'm laughing at the fact that it took you a full 10 minutes to realize what I meant by 'assets'."
Jaden's face burned red from embarrassment and anger.
"What do you mean by that?" Jaden growled.
"Exactly!" Hayato said, laughing afterwards.
Hayato continued to laugh as Jaden, oblivious as she is (and why Hayato was laughing), scowled at him.
Shou sighed and grabbed a change of clothes and a towel. He opened the door and shut it behind him, leaving the fighting duo inside the room be.
"Best not to get dragged into their fight," Shou said, making his way towards the bathhouse.
As he walked towards the bathhouse, he could help but wonder who gave Jaden the fake letter. Sighing, Shou shook his head.
"Guess I'll never know," he said.
~meanwhile by the Obelisk Blue Dorms~
Professor Chronos gritted his teeth as he hid within a bush in the back of the boys' dorms, specifically behind the boys' bathhouse. Having been waiting for a good amount of time for Jaden to come, Professor Chronos was enraged when the gender-mistaken dropout had yet to come. His plan was nowhere near close to completion.
Jaden was supposed to have come, having received a love letter from the most coveted person on Duel Academy. Professor Chronos knew that fact about Ryou through experience, having seen the letters the Kaiser has received as well as the number of crying girls he's rejected. The blonde-haired professor gripped the camera in his hand that he was going to use on Jaden had that dropout arrived to use as evidence to report her for late night trespassing around the boys' dormitory…which girl's are not allowed to intrude unless invited and that's only during the day! It would've been the perfect plan!
Busting the dropout for humiliating him by luring her into trespassing Obelisk Blue dorms late at night by the boys' dorm…
"And by the boys' bathhouse no less!" thought Professor Chronos. "That would've gotten her expelled!"
Professor Chronos growled and sighed, deciding to wrap it up. That gender-mistaken dropout wasn't coming. Either she guessed it was a fake, had no interest in romance or guys… or it could be she's…
Professor Chronos placed his hand on his chin.
"That would explain the gender-mistaken identity, but I don't think that's it," he thought. "Hold on…she's friends with Ryou's brother, Shou…should've known."
Face palming at a milestone he should've seen, Professor Chronos snuck out of the bushes and ran into the dead of the night. (A/N I've always wanted to type that down! XD)
~meanwhile, back at the dorms~
Jaden had managed to get Hayato out of bed after using an insult related to his koala-resembling appearance. Hayato, having had enough with the 'Koala-man' nickname and the insult having went a little too far, decided to show his roommate how serious he can be. However, he didn't know that Jaden took self-defense (to be explained in later chapters) and was caught off guard when she grabbed onto his arm and judo threw him onto the ground. Hayato, on the ground and in a daze, was helpless as Jaden crawled onto him and begin to try and grab him in a headlock, seeing as she couldn't exactly do that while he was standing. She wasn't exactly tall by anyone's standards, barely an inch taller than Shou and exceptionally shorter than Hayato, but a hell of a lot more agile than him.
Luckily, Hayato snapped out of his daze and grabbed Jaden's hands to prevent her from taking any shots to his face or grabbing him in a hold. Thankfully, her small height's advantage turned the tables on her when it came to reach.
In the mean time outside, Shou, wearing a blue and white sweatshirt with sweatpants, walked back towards his room, toweling his blue hair. He stopped in front of the door and reached for the knob.
"I wonder how Hayato-kun and Aniki are doing?" he asked himself.
His question was answered once he opened the door… Shou stared at the rather compromising position his friends were in, Jaden sitting right on top of Hayato, both staring into each other's faces (though he managed to miss the enraged look on their faces). He dropped his towel as his face turned red, not realizing that the reason that his friends were in that position was all because of Jaden.
Having heard the door open, both Jaden and Hayato turned to the door and spotted Shou. Hayato noticed Shou's red face and mentally cursed as he realized their compromising position. It wasn't what it looked like…no really, it wasn't. Had Shou been in here only a few minutes ago, his face wouldn't have been red and he would've been helping Hayato get Jaden off him. Before Hayato could say anything, Shou did the only thing a good person (in an anime/manga) would do in this situation…close his eyes and apologize.
"Sorry to intrude!" Shou said, immediately walking out of the room, closing the door behind him.
A/N I'm serious! Almost every person who walks in on people in a compromising position in a manga or anime, always have this reaction! I've seen it in Kamichama-Karin, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya…I'm not sure but MAYBE Chibi Vampire and Ouran High School Host Club…sorta when Haruhi's Dad walks into the house when Tamaki's on top of her. That…was hilarious. And, if not, then they react with violence!
Jaden sweat dropped and looked at Hayato.
"What the hell was that about?" she asked, about to give Hayato the noogie of his life (the most painful one, in his opinion seeing as he was just feeling it now).
Hayato growled in annoyance, having just about it and the pain being somewhat unbearable. Embarrassing, actually, since it was coming from a first-year who was a good amount shorter than him…and a girl no less! Not that he was exactly annoyed with that…it was just plain embarrassing since the only thing he had managed to do was piss her off. Also, the only thing he could actually do at the moment was hold her back to a small extend to avoid her wrath. Apparently, it wasn't working anymore, and with nothing else in mind, he decided to give up…but not until she was off of him!
"Shou!" yelled Hayato. "Get your ass back in here and get this crazy kid off me!"
~meanwhile outside~
Shou had his back to the door, his face cooled off from the 'supposed' embarrassment. Having his name shouted by the big, koala-resembling boy, Shou had no idea in hell on what to do. Luckily for him again, Daitokuji walked by carrying his cat, Pharaoh, having heard all the commotion and especially the loud 'THUD!' from when Jaden threw Hayato on the ground, he decided to check it out. Spotting Shou's anxiety, Daitokuji did the only thing anyone would do…open the door after moving Shou out of the way.
Daitokuji and Shou looked into the room and their gaze froze of the fighting roommates. In the battle between Jaden vs. Hayato (as Shou finally realized), Jaden was surprisingly in the lead…and currently giving Hayato (who had managed to get off the ground and was currently standing) a full noogie (A/N Like the one Conan usually gets in Detective Conan) as she sat on his shoulders with her legs locked around his neck as a precaution to avoid being pulled or thrown off easily.
In a chibi-like manner, Shou in a referee uniform blew a whistle and held up a sign with the current score for round 1.
Round 1:
Jaden: WIN (Chibi-Jaden holds up a V-sign)
Hayato: OWNED (Chibi-Hayato gets tackled by Chibi-Jaden)
As Jaden proceeded to mash her knuckles into the large boy's scalp, whom was currently trying to pull her off, Daitokuji walk up to Hayato, his back to everyone including Jaden's, after giving Shou, Pharaoh.
"Take…it…back…!" Jaden said through clenched teeth.
Suddenly, Jaden was pulled off of Hayato by the back of her sweatshirt. This caught her off guard and startled her to some extent.
"Eeek!" she cried out.
Shou and Hayato (after recovering from Jaden's assault) both blinked owlishly after hearing Jaden shriek. It was the first thing they've seen-er, heard from her that actually made her seem like a…well, girl. Jaden looked to her side as she was pulled higher than she even was to face Daitokuji.
"What's going on-nya?" he asked, his smile making Jaden nervous.
Jaden, her resilience recovering quickly as she spotted Hayato, started flailing around as Daitokuji held her up high.
"Ugh…just you wait, Koala-man!" yelled Jaden. "When I get down from here, I'm gonna make you take back that 'no assets' insult!"
Hayato was taken aback as Jaden started clawing at the air in the direction he was standing in…sort of like a cat. Shou and Daitokuji were also taken by surprise at Jaden's cat-like behavior. As if to accentuate her behavior, a pair of imaginary brown-colored cat ears and a tail sprouted on Jaden along with the elongation of her canine teeth. Tail up and ears bristled accompanied by a hiss, there was no mistaking Jaden was angry.
Daitokuji smiled, an idea popping up in mind. Seeing as Jaden was in a cat-like fury, he decided to tease her a bit. Propping her down on the floor, he patted her head.
"Nice kitty," he said, catching Jaden by surprise, once again. "What would your father think-nya?"
The ears, tail, and elongated canines combo disappeared as Jaden crossed her arms and diverted her attention somewhere else. She had been outsmarted with the mention of her father.
In another chibi-like manner, Shou, still in uniform, blew his whistle again and held up the current score of round 2 (which was actually the same sign he held up earlier…only it was the opposite side of it).
Round 2:
Daitokuji: WIN (Chibi-Daitokuji was grinning as a Chibi-Jaden looked away from him as she had her arms crossed while she stood by his side)
Jaden: K.O. (Read first score of round 2)
Hayato: STILL OWNED (Chibi-Hayato was not pleased)
A/N Not that I don't like Hayato, it was just too irresistible! Besides, about the cat-look combo…no, I'm not making Jaden part cat! Sheesh! It's actually an anime gag for comedic affect when a person acts like the animal that matches their behavior. It's a one-time comedic affect…like in chapter 84 in volume 14 of Skip Beat! When Kyoko was returning Shou…hold on! Shou…dang, I just barely realized that and I had 15 volumes checked out from the library just a week ago and I still have them! As my friends would say, slap yourself. I would, but my nose… is currently bleeding (damn allergies!) and it's barely 10 in the morning! This sucks…
Daitokuji ruffled Jaden's hair as Shou and Hayato walked over to them.
"Why can't we all get along-nya?" asked Daitokuji. "You are going to be living in the same dorm for the next year or so until further notices…"
Daitokuji pushed Jaden towards Hayato and stared at them.
"Now, apologize to each other," he said.
Jaden and Hayato looked away from one another as they sheepishly apologized (though not really meaning it fully) to each other. Daitokuji smiled and nodded before proceeding to walk out of the dorm after taking Pharaoh from Shou. Shou watched the professor close the door behind him and stared at his roommates, both whom were avoiding each other.
Shou mushroom sighed.
"This is going to be a long year…" he thought.
A/N If you're wondering why this chapter is shorter than the first, it's because this was actually part of the first chapter. And let me just tell you, that this with the first chapter together made 34 pages and over 16,000 words. I still can't believe I wrote that much…well, now you know what makes this story AU if you hadn't figured it out from the first chapter. Tell me what you think and constructive criticism is always welcomed, but flames aren't.
Review if you wish or have a request involving this story's AU capabilities (no OCs or relatives that are related to Jaden aside from parents, dammit!). Remember, I'm only doing this to a certain point on that request, why? Well, I might actually add a shounen-ai (if I don't gender bend anyone else, which is anything but my agenda/story plans) pairing that I actually enjoy and can actually see happening and it involves older siblings…you should know who I'm talking about, if not…whatever. Also, I hope you're not bored with this story, I mean, it's my first Yu-Gi-Oh! GX fan fic, so go easy on me if I make mistakes.