Secret or Misconception?

by KlonoaDreams

AU Jaden Yuki goes through life at Duel Academy…however, not all is what Jaden seems to be. Why do the guys feel awkward around Jaden? Is this Osiris Red holding a secret? Is it really a secret when all you actually had to do was ask? Fem!Jaden fic with a side of unintentional reverse-harem. DON'T ASK ABOUT PAIRINGS. STOP ASKING ABOUT UPDATES. THIS IS ON HIATUS! READ THE SUMMARY.

13. Turn 13

Chapter Thirteen

When They Met the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night...

~the next day~

It was just another day at Duel Academy…Classes had just ended, Chronos gave out a Duel Theory report, Jaden did feel the fall she took yesterday to the tailbone this morning, and there was whispering in the halls about last night…wait, what?

A group of three Obelisk Blue students were talking about with each other about last night's events. Whatever had happened seemed to have been not just that night, but others as well and it involved something about their rare cards.

Their whisperings echoed down the hall and caught the attention of a certain Osiris Red trio as they walked down the hall. The three stopped, having heard the Obelisk Blues' whispering.

"What's up?" asked Jaden.

The three Obelisk Blue students heard Jaden and turned their heads, spotting the Osiris Red. They gasped and walked away, annoying Jaden slightly.

"I don't really like it when they act all sneaky…" said Jaden.

Shou glared at the Obelisk Blue students as they walked away.

"Those Obelisk Blues are probably planning something again," said Shou.

Hayato looked at Shou and shook his head.

"No, it's probably because of those rumors, isn't it?" replied Hayato.

Both Jaden and Shou looked questioningly at the koala-resembling boy.

"Rumors?" questioned Jaden.

"It sounds like there's a duelist who's dueling against those Obelisk Blues," explained Hayato. "On top of that, he duels with the forbidden Ante Rule."

Shou blinked and held up his finger while Jaden just stared blankly at her roommates.

"Ah!" said Shou. "I heard those rumors, too!"

"I don't really know the details, but it sounds like that duelist is a giant who wears their clothes," Hayato continued on.

Shou nodded his head and said, "Uh-huh, uh-huh…"

"That guy only shows up at night," said Hayato. "That's why he's called the 'Giant Duelist of the Dark Night.'"

Jaden listened closely to Hayato's explanation on the rumor and arched her eyebrow in question.

At that current moment walking down the hall, was Professor Chronos. His thoughts were focused on the rumors going around. The fact that it involved his Obelisk Blue students had the blonde-haired professor concerned.

"This is bad-no ne…" said Professor Chronos. "To think that the Obelisk Blue students that I supervise are losing to this unknown duelist…"

Professor Chronos was reacting to this problem rather dramatic…somewhat.

"And by violating school regulations with the Ante Rule, no less!" he added. "If word gets out, I'll be blamed for not supervising them-no ne!"

Professor Chronos scowled and tightened his fists, pausing when he spotted a certain Osiris Red trio standing a few feet away from him in the hallway. An idea popped up in mind and the blonde-haired professor grinned widely.

"That's it-na no ne!" said Professor Chronos. "I'll simply push this onto them-no ne!"

Professor Chronos approached the Osiris Red trio, going unnoticed until he spoke.

"It's you Dropout Boys!" said Professor Chronos.

Shou, Jaden, and Hayato turned to see the blonde-haired professor walking towards them…smiling? This didn't look good…

"Aah!" exclaimed Shou. "Professor Chronos!"

Shou hid behind Jaden and peeked out as Professor Chronos stood in front of them. The blonde-haired professor stared at Shou, Hayato, and Jaden with a rather eerie grin.

"I am giving you all a special assignment-no ne," said Professor Chronos.

Jaden blinked questioningly at this.

"A special assignment?" she repeated.

Jaden looked at Hayato, who gave her a perplexed look. Professor Chronos continued on, still wearing the rather eerie grin.

"If you can fulfill this task well, you will be exempt from doing the report on duel theory!" explained the blonde-haired professor.

At the mere mention of being excused from a report, Jaden immediately perked up and grinned widely.

"Really?" she asked eagerly.

Shou blinked and looked at Jaden, perplexed.

"Eh?" said Shou. "This is dangerous, Aniki!"

Jaden blinked and looked at Shou questioningly. Professor Chronos's grin grew wider as he tried to catch Jaden's attention.

"Really-na no ne," he said. "Just look into my eyes-no ne. This should—"

Professor Chronos didn't need to say anymore as Jaden tightened her fists and stepped up.

"Awright!" said Jaden. "I'll do it!"

Hayato and Shou looked perplexed at Jaden before sighing in dismay. Shou placed his hands on his head while Hayato looked down. Once Jaden had her mind made up, there was no going back. She was too stubborn to do that, of course.

"Jaden…" said Hayato.

Jaden looked eagerly at Professor Chronos.

"So, what's the assignment about?" she asked.

Despite the fact that Jaden always made decisions for them, both Shou and Hayato couldn't help but think 'cute~!' when they saw the look on her face. The same went for Professor Chronos, but he immediately discarded that thought since he happened to have loathed the gender-mistaken girl and all Osiris Reds. The blonde-haired professor knelt down to Jaden's level, having been a good amount of height taller than the Osiris Red.

"At the moment, in this Academy, there is a fellow who challenges others to a duel with the Ante Rule-no ne," explained Professor Chronos. "You are to capture that person and expose their identity-no ne."

"You mean the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night?" asked Jaden.

Professor Chronos paled and backed away from the gender-mistaken girl. Jaden blinked as she saw the blonde-haired professor's nervous expression.

"A-Anyway, I've something to do," Professor Chronos quickly said before walking away. "Canzone…"

Shou, Hayato, and Jaden watched as the blonde-haired professor walked away, grinning widely and laughing somewhat awkwardly as he looked back at the trio over his shoulder.

"Thanks to this, it would benefit them to find that mysterious duelist," thought Professor Chronos. "Even if he loses and has his rare card taken, it'll work out well-na no ne! Sorassone…" (1)

Once Professor Chronos had walked out of view, Jaden pumped her fist into the air.

"All right!" she exclaimed. "Let's go find that mysterious duelist!"

Hayato had his arms crossed while Shou stared at his Aniki concerned and perplexed.

"But, Aniki…taking him up on this just has to be bad!" warned Shou.

Jaden blinked and looked at the blue-haired boy questioningly.

"Huh?" said Jaden.

Hayato nodded.

"It is Professor Chronos, you know…" remarked Hayato.

Jaden turned to Hayato wearing a clueless smile.

"What're you talking about?" Jaden asked, obviously not getting the memo both Hayato and Shou tried to tell her. "We'll be excused from doing that report, and I'll be able to duel this strong guy!"

Shou frowned and slumped.

"Geez…c'mon, Aniki…" whined Shou.

Hayato sighed and turned to Jaden as a bead of sweat rolled down the side of his head.

"It can't be helped," Hayato sighed. "It's Jaden, after all…"

Jaden looked up at Hayato as she had her hands behind her head. It was no surprise for the koala-resembling boy and Shou to see their female roommate wearing a blank and clueless expression on her face…however, it was quite depressing. The look on Jaden's face only showed how much naïve their roommate really was.

Both Hayato and Shou sighed in dismay. As said by the older Osiris Red, it can't be helped so they might as well see what the gender-mistaken girl had in mind.

"What's the plan, Aniki?" asked Shou.

Jaden diverted her chocolate brown eyes on Shou.

"Hm?" she said.

Shou closed his eyes and held up his fist.

"To find that mysterious duelist!" he added. "How're you planning to find him?"

Jaden held up her fists and closed her eyes as she smiled.

"Just leave it to me!" said Jaden. "I'll think of something!"

It took all of Hayato's and Shou's willpower to not fall back anime-style after hearing Jaden's resolution.

Sometime later in the duel arena,

An Obelisk Blue student with brown hair and brown eyes was dueling against a small-heighted Ra Yellow with dark-green hair. Both were at a 100-point difference in life points, the Ra Yellow being in the lead with 300. However, something was troubling the Ra Yellow as he looked nervously at his hand.

The Osiris Red trio had just entered the arena and were about to sit down in their seats when Shou noticed the current duel going on.

"Hey, that Ra Yellow's winning!" said Shou.

Hayato focused his gaze on the duel and smiled.

"Looks like a good game," Hayato commented.

Jaden turned her attention to the duel and watched closely. It was currently the Ra Yellow's turn and for some reason, the Obelisk Blue he was dueling was annoyed with how long he was taking.

"What's wrong?" yelled the Obelisk Blue. "It's your turn, you know!"

The Ra Yellow's breath hitched at the Obelisk Blue's outburst.

"Right!" he replied back nervously, looking down at his hand again. "Uh…"

Jaden looked closely at the Ra Yellow's hand from where she sat and spotted a certain card in his hand that piqued her interest.

"That's Earthquake!" said Jaden. "He's got some cool cards!"

Jaden smiled as she guessed the outcome of the duel.

"That should give him the win," she assumed.

Meanwhile down at the platform where the dueling duelist were,

The small-heighted Ra Yellow looked at his opponent's field, taking in the face-down card and 1200-ATK monster as he thought.

"I could just attack and win, but I'm also worried about my opponent's reversed card…" the Ra Yellow thought as he diverted his eyes at his hand. "I think I should definitely use Earthquake now to switch his Troop Commander into defense mode and then attack…But…"

The Obelisk Blue boy was getting annoyed with waiting for the Ra Yellow to make his move.

"Hurry and play something!" snapped the Obelisk Blue student. "I've been going easy on you, you know!"

The Ra Yellow trembled as the group of three Obelisk Blue students by the one he was dueling against started harassing him.

"Whatever you do, Ra Yellow, it's useless!" said one of the Obelisk Blues.

"There's no way you'll win, anyway," said another of the Obelisk Blues. "Hurry up!"

The Ra Yellow nervously looked at his hand as he hesitated to pick out a card in his hand.

"Um…" he said, trying to make his decision.

The Obelisk Blue was not amused and held up his fist as he scowled.

"Are you attacking or not?" snapped the Obelisk Blue. "Hurry it up!"

The Ra Yellow yelped and closed his eyes as he began to panic.

"R-Right!" stuttered the Ra Yellow. "I attack with my Mad Sword Beast!"

The Ra Yellow opened his eyes reluctantly. Jaden blinked and looked perplexed at the Ra Yellow.

"Wha…?" said Jaden.

The Obelisk Blue turned over his face-down card.

"Reversed card, open!" he said. "Reinforcements! With this card's effect, the ATK of one of my monsters goes up by 500 points! Go, Troop Commander!"

Troop Commander, a soldier-like monster, charged towards the small-heighted Ra Yellow's monster (ATK 1400) as a fiery aura emanated from it.

ATK: Previously, 1200

Now…1700!

Troop Commander slashed down on Mad Sword Beast and destroyed the beast-like monster. The Ra Yellow grunted as the destruction of his monster brought a small explosion that took a toll on his remaining life points, leaving him with 0 LP. He fell onto his knees despondently as Jaden looked at him, frowning.

"He had that duel won, too…" said Jaden.

"It would've been better for Kohara to see that, as well," said someone.

Jaden froze and slowly turned her head, sighing in relief when she saw that it was just her Ra Yellow rival, Daichi. Shou and Hayato looked at Daichi, who had his arms crossed as he looked out at the duel arena at the small-heighted Ra Yellow, Kohara.

"Misawa-kun!" said Shou.

Daichi continued on with his talk on Kohara, "He has skills, but when he's really dueling, he gets nervous and ends up losing."

Jaden, Hayato, and Shou focused their gaze on the small-heighted Ra Yellow as he was on the ground on all fours. The Obelisk Blue, Shuichi (2), he was dueling looked at him with a wide smirk.

"Do you think that a guy like you will be an Obelisk Blue, no matter how hard you try?" Shuichi asked in a taunting manner.

This provoked Kohara as he gritted his teeth, earning laughter from Shuichi and his friends.

"You should just hurry and give it up!" one of the Obelisk Blues remarked.

Kohara got up from the ground and walked away, paying no attention whatsoever at the laughing Obelisk Blues. Jaden watched the small-heighted Ra Yellow walk away from the platform and sensed something from within him. Winged Kuriboh popped up by Jaden's side and notified his appearance with a 'kuri kuri'.

"You felt that, too?" thought Jaden.

Jaden snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Daichi as he talked to her and her roommates.

"By the way, did you guys come to watch?" asked Daichi.

Shou looked at Daichi and replied, "We came to find some bad guy."

"Bad guy?" Daichi said questioningly.

Shou held up his finger as he explained.

"We're looking for the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night," said Shou.

Daichi looked at Shou and nodded in comprehension.

"Ah, I've heard those rumors," said Daichi.

Jaden narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms.

"Why is it that everyone but me has already heard of the rumors…?" Jaden muttered, diverting her eyes back on Kohara.

Jaden blinked as she spotted Kohara walking over to a taller and bigger Ra Yellow student. Hayato noticed the big Ra Yellow student and stared at him in awe.

"Whoa, he's a big guy!" said Hayato.

Shou looked at the Ra Yellow and wowed.

"Really is," Shou agreed. "Oi, Aniki, you don't think he's—"

Daichi blinked and smiled.

"Are you suspecting him?" he asked. "No, no."

Shou looked at Daichi questioningly.

"But a big guy like that's hard to find," protested Shou.

Daichi laughed before his expression turned serious.

"That's Ohara-kun," said Daichi. "He's no duelist; he's trying to be a game designer."

"I see…but…" said Shou.

Jaden stared at Ohara and Kohara as they walked out of the duel arena. Winged Kuriboh appeared on his partner's shoulder.

"Kuri kuri!" said Winged Kuriboh.

Jaden diverted her eyes on the winged furball, having heard his comment.

"Yeah, I don't feel anything from him," thought Jaden. "Besides…"

Jaden closed her eyes as Winged Kuriboh disappeared and poked Hayato in the stomach.

"Koala-man's a big guy," Jaden said perceptively.

Hayato took no offense from Jaden's remark, but he did gently swat away her hand and decided to poke fun at her in a brotherly-like manner.

"Shut it, flat-chest," said Hayato.

Jaden blinked a few times and looked at her chest. She patted it a few times and paid no attention to her friends' blushing faces as she did so. After coming to a conclusion with a slightly twitching eye, Jaden looked at Hayato.

"That's new and I'm gonna let it slide this time…" said Jaden. "At least it's better than 'no assets'…is it?"

Daichi rubbed the back of his head and cleared his throat to catch Jaden's attention. He decided to speak for himself and his fellow male acquaintances to avoid having Jaden do that…ever again.

"Ichiban-kun, could you not do that again?" asked Daichi. "Show some modesty…"

Jaden arched her eyebrow at Daichi before getting out of her seat and running down the stairs. Shou stood up and ran after the gender-mistaken girl, perplexed with her sudden actions.

"Huh?" he said. "Aniki!"

Daichi watched as Shou ran after Jaden before Hayato decided to follow them. The Ra Yellow sighed and rubbed the back of his head as a bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face.

"I swear, she's going to be the death of me…" thought Daichi. "And that's if her self-defense doesn't finish the job…"

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A few moments later in the hallway…

Ohara and Kohara walked down the hall, side by side, before being stopped by the group of Obelisk Blues Kohara had encountered in the duel arena. Shuichi, the Obelisk Blue who had just defeated him, scowled at Kohara and Ohara.

"Look, there's some Ra Yellows here walking in the middle of the hallway!" Shuichi declared.

Ohara looked nervously at the Obelisk Blues, to which Shuichi narrowed his eyes at him for.

"Times like these, you need to hand over the hallway!" Shuichi remarked before he held up his fist. "Or is that a math problem for you?"

Ohara just stared at them before looking down at Kohara as the small-heighted Ra Yellow tugged on his sleeve.

"Ohara…" Kohara said as he closed his eyes and stepped to the side.

Ohara nodded and complied with what Kohara had directed him to do by stepping out of the Obelisk Blues' way. Pleased and obviously satisfied with the Ra Yellow duo's cooperation, Shuichi smirked at them.

"Right, well, that'll do," he said before giving a rude and rather arrogant remark, "Now you know where you stand!"

Shuichi and his fellow Obelisk Blue friends all laughed as they walked past Ohara and Kohara. Ohara frowned as he watched the Obelisk Blues walk away as Kohara gritted his teeth.

A sudden 'THUD!' caught the small-heighted Ra Yellow and his friend's attention as they turned to see what had happened. Right on the floor face first, was the guy who had just insulted them. Standing around Shuichi aside from his friends and looking rather out of place, was an Osiris Red student with dual-brown hair, looking rather satisfied.

Jaden Yuki was obviously pleased with her actions that lead Shuichi to where he was now on the floor. Having heard his smug and smart-aleck remarks aimed at the Ra Yellows, Jaden decided to give the Obelisk Blue a piece of her mind. Which is what she exactly did…by placing her foot in front of the guy as he walked by, tripping him in the process.

Shou and Hayato had turned a corner when they had seen what just happened. Shou was about to yell out for Jaden when Hayato covered his mouth and pulled him behind the corner with himself. The blue-haired Osiris Red looked questioningly at the koala-resembling boy before he was motioned to stay quiet, to which he nodded reluctantly at.

Hayato let go of Shou and peered over from behind the corner to see what was currently going on.

"Just what are you planning, Jaden?" thought Hayato.

Jaden tried not to laugh as she stared at Shuichi, who was still on the floor, with a mock apologetic face…no really, she did. Especially when she said…

"Oh, my bad!" said Jaden. "Didn't see you there! You know…you should really watch where you're going."

Shuichi lifted himself up and turned his head to Jaden as she stared at him with a rather satisfied look in her eyes. He was not amused…especially since this was an Osiris Red who had obviously tripped him. He wasn't fooled with the fake apologetic tone in Jaden's voice. Neither were his friends and they decided to prove that by showing Jaden exactly who was more superior.

Jaden found herself slammed against the wall by Shuichi's black-haired friend, Tadao. For some reason, this action did not surprise the Osiris Red whatsoever and hell! She had expected it to happen! This was the very exact reason her father made her take self-defense…which is why Hayato had decided to leave this problem to Jaden and keep Shou from interrupting the current scuffle.

"How dare an Osiris Red like you trip someone like Shuichi-san!" snapped Tadao.

Jaden stared back at Tadao, unfazed whatsoever at being pinned against the wall. This action annoyed Shigeru (light-brown haired Obelisk Blue) and Jin (maroon-haired Obelisk Blue) as they helped up Shuichi from the floor. Shuichi glared at Jaden as the next words that came out of the Osiris Red's mouth made something within him snap.

"It's not my fault the guy's a klutz," remarked Jaden. "Don't go blaming it all on me just because he fails to pay attention—GAH!"

Jaden's eyes widened as Shuichi's fist came into contact with her stomach in the form of a rather forceful punch. Tears welded up in her eyes as the wind was knocked out of her while Tadao let go of her. Jaden fell onto the floor on her knees, holding her stomach as she coughed from trying to regain her breath.

It took all of Hayato's strength to keep Shou and himself from running towards Jaden's side. If Jaden can throw a guy like Hayato off the top bunk bed, then she could handle a few Obelisk Blues. Besides, if all else fails, they could always get Daitokuji and both Shou and Hayato knew that he would definitely not go easy on the Obelisk Blues.

Shuichi grinned smugly at the Osiris Red that stood in front of him on his (he doesn't know~!) knees. Jaden was not amused…though very much in pain, but definitely not amused.

"So he thinks he's superior over me, huh?" thought Jaden. "Hmph, bring it…"

Jaden coughed again and looked up at Shuichi with a defiant gleam in her eyes. This just annoyed the Obelisk Blue even more.

"You damn Osiris Reds…" Shuichi said through gritted teeth. "You should know your place!"

Jaden scowled at Shuichi.

"Screw you!" snapped Jaden.

And that just about crossed the line for an Obelisk Blue like Shuichi. Shuichi reached down and picked Jaden up by the shirt. He stared right into the Osiris Red's eyes as he tried to make himself look intimidating.

"You better take that back!" Shuichi said darkly. "Maybe if you do, I'll let it slide…"

Jaden spit on Shuichi's face and smirked at the shocked look he gave her. Jin, Shigeru, and Tadao all gasped, to which Jaden just rolled her eyes. Hayato face-palmed while Shou frowned…this wasn't going to be good.

This was exactly what Ohara and Kohara thought as well. They had seen everything from the moment Shuichi had been on the floor up till where Jaden had spat on his face. For an Osiris Red, Jaden was by far either the most courageous…or the stupidest one seeing as she had just provoked the Obelisk Blue's rage up to its peak. The next thing they knew, Ohara and Kohara were watching agape as Shuichi took out his anger on the Osiris Red.

Hayato and Shou stared wide-eyed as Shuichi decked Jaden and kneed her right in the stomach before letting her fall onto the floor. He glared daggers at the Osiris Red before kicking her to the side as she coughed just for a good measure. Jaden coughed and looked up at Shuichi, scowling at the smug grin he wore.

"I think that'll teach you to know your place, Dropout Boy!" Shuichi said in a self-satisfied tone.

Shou distanced himself slightly away from Hayato as he began to shake with rage. Screw self-defense! Hayato was about ready to snap had it not been for Jaden's next actions.

Jaden blinked and grinned as she started laughing, earning her strange stares from the Obelisk Blue students, her friends, and of course, the Ra Yellows. She pushed herself off the ground and wiped her mouth on her sleeve as she glared at Shuichi and his friends.

"You have no idea who the hell you're dealing with, don't you?" asked Jaden.

Shuichi scowled at Jaden.

"I thought I told you to learn your place!" Shuichi exclaimed as he tightened his fist and reached for Jaden with his free hand.

Jaden blinked and grabbed Shuichi by the wrist, startling the Obelisk Blue.

"I don't think so," said Jaden. "Guess you'll have to learn the hard way not to mess with this Osiris Red."

Shuichi gritted his teeth as he tried to pull his hand away from Jaden. Jaden reacted to this by pulling Shuichi closer and punching him right in the face, coming in contact with the Obelisk Blue's nose. Jin, Shigeru, and Tadao all flinched at the bone-cracking sound that came from the impact against Jaden's fist with Shuichi's nose.

"GAH!" yelled Shuichi.

Shuichi covered his nose with his free hand as Jaden showed no sign of letting go of his wrist whatsoever. Blood spurted out of his nose as he glared at the Osiris Red, who wore a serious expression.

"I warned ya," said Jaden.

Shuichi growled and lunged at Jaden.

"Why, you little—!" said Shuichi.

Jaden foresaw this little action and decided to retaliate before Shuichi had a chance by punching the boy in the stomach, kneeing him below the belt, and just to show that she was being serious, she judo threw the Obelisk Blue right onto the ground in front of his friends. Jin and Shigeru immediately went to Shuichi's side as they saw him keel over onto the floor. Tadao glared daggers at Jaden and yelled as he charged at her.

However, Tadao's reckless action just made it an even easier job for Jaden as she dodged and threw an uppercut, landing a nice hit on boy's chin. Tadao yelped and held his chin, leaving him defenseless as Jaden landed another hit with her fist. Only this time, it was right in the stomach and even more forceful than ever as this one sent the Obelisk Blue slamming into the wall.

THUD!

Tadao gasped out as he slid onto the floor, clutching his stomach as he tried to regain his breath. Jaden crossed her arms and looked over at the remaining two, unharmed Obelisk Blues.

"If you leave now, I won't hurt you," said Jaden. "Ready to take up that offer?"

Shigeru and Jin looked at Shuichi, whom was obviously not happy.

"What are you waiting for?" snapped Shuichi. "Get him!"

Shigeru and Jin nodded before running towards Jaden. Jaden sighed and shook her head.

"I gave you an offer and yet you refuse it," said Jaden. "You're gonna regret this."

And they did as both Obelisk Blues fled down the hall, sporting a couple of black eyes and a bloody nose. Shuichi scowled at Jaden and turned before following after Shigeru and Jin. Tadao trailed after his friends, not wanting to be left behind.

Jaden watched as the Obelisk Blues she just dealt with fled. She snorted and nodded in approval.

"Next time, pick on someone your own size!" shouted Jaden. "Bunch of wimps…"

Ohara and Kohara were still slightly shocked with the Osiris Red's actions. Why Jaden had done that, they didn't know. For now, going back to the Ra Yellow dorm seemed like a very good idea to them.

Jaden inhaled deeply and exhaled as she rubbed her stomach, wincing slightly at the pain. Compared to what she had to deal with in the past, this was nothing...then again, she was smaller back then so the pain would probably differ. Either way, for what it was worth, she just hoped that it taught those Obelisk Blues a lesson.

"Aniki!" someone called out.

Jaden blinked and turned her head as she saw Shou run towards her. She smiled and waved at him before he latched onto her waist.

"Aniki!" said Shou. "Don't ever do that again!"

Jaden laughed and ruffled Shou's hair as he embraced her.

"Sorry, Shou, but I won't make any promises!" said Jaden.

Shou tightened his hold on Jaden.

"Aniki!" whined Shou.

Jaden blinked and said, "Geez, Shou, I didn't think you'd get all worked up at me getting beat up!"

Shou looked up at Jaden perplexed.

"Worked up?" exclaimed Shou. "I was worried about you! Do you have any idea how much you scared me and Hayato-kun when you spit on that Obelisk Blue's face?"

Jaden rubbed the back of her head awkwardly as she stared at Shou's glaring face. She blinked and noticed a certain koala-resembling boy was missing.

"Oi, speaking of Hayato, where is he?" asked Jaden.

Shou blinked and looked back to see Hayato walking towards them wearing a satisfied grin. Jaden tilted her head to the side, wondering what could have made the koala-resembling boy so happy after what just happened. However, there were far more important things for Jaden to think about as she remembered why she had taken the beatings from the Obelisk Blues.

Jaden turned to see Ohara and Kohara walking away. She jolted slightly and ran after them, provoking a few surprised exclamations from Shou and Hayato.

"Aniki!" said Shou.

"Jaden!" said Hayato.

So much for trying to keep Jaden in for a small lecture…might as well leave that to Daitokuji once they get to the Osiris Red dorms. For now, Shou and Hayato trailed after Jaden as she called out to the Ra Yellows.

"Oi!" shouted Jaden.

Ohara and Kohara stopped in their tracks and turned to see Jaden running towards them.

"Wait a sec!" said Jaden.

Kohara stepped closer to Ohara as Jaden slowed down and stopped in front of them. Shou and Hayato caught up with Jaden and watched as she looked up at Ohara.

"Looks like you're that mysterious duelist," said Jaden.

Ohara was taken aback with Jaden's comment and stared at the Osiris Red agape. Kohara scowled at Jaden.

"What are you…?" asked Kohara.

Jaden placed her hands on her hips and looked at both Ra Yellows.

"Don't make fools out of those Obelisk Blues; just duel me!" said Jaden.

Hayato and Shou stared at Jaden, shocked.

"Aniki!" exclaimed Shou.

"Jaden!" Hayato said at the same time.

Jaden jabbed her thumb at herself as she looked at Ohara and Kohara. Kohara glared at Jaden.

"I don't really get what you mean, but just stop talking so weirdly!" said Kohara.

Kohara pulled on Ohara's sleeve and started to walk away.

"Let's go, Ohara," said Kohara.

"Right," said Ohara.

Jaden watched as both Ra Yellows walked away and blinked before crossing her arms. She smiled, earning stares from her roommates.

"Aniki…" said Shou.

"Misawa even said it wasn't him, you know," said Hayato.

Shou looked at Hayato.

"That's right!" said Shou. "Since he doesn't do much, I don't really think he's the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night!"

Jaden just stared out as Winged Kuriboh appeared on her shoulder again.

"Kuri kuri!" said Winged Kuriboh.

"Yeah, I know," thought Jaden.

"Oi, Jaden, Shou," said Hayato.

Both Jaden and Shou turned to the koala-resembling boy.

"What is it, Hayato-kun?" asked Shou.

Hayato laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Could I use one of your PDAs?" asked Hayato.

Shou arched his eyebrow at Hayato as Jaden lifted her shirt up slightly to look for the pouch on her hip. After finding it, she took her PDA out of its pouch and handed it to Hayato.

"Here…uh, why do you need it?" asked Jaden.

Hayato turned on Jaden's PDA as he replied, "Just sending some mail…and done!"

Shou looked questioningly at Hayato as he handed Jaden back her PDA.

"Hayato-kun, where were you when I was talking with Jaden?" asked Shou.

Hayato looked at Jaden and patted her head for once, earning a perplexed stare from her.

"Just doing Jaden a small favor," said Hayato.

Jaden blinked owlishly and placed her PDA back into its pouch.

---

Sometime later,

Emi Ayukawa walked down the hall, rubbing the back of her head as she read the message some random student had sent her. She stopped and sighed as she saw the reason for the sent message…right on the floor groaning in pain with bruises and bloody noses were a group of four Obelisk Blue students.

Apparently, right after Shou had run up to Jaden's side, Hayato was left with the fleeing Obelisk Blues that had just been beaten up by his female roommate. Having been vengeful with the way Shuichi had been with Jaden as well as his friends attempt to hurt her, Hayato decided to take out his anger on them, just to see how they felt when someone took it out on them.

Needless to say, Shuichi's nose was definitely confirmed as broken before Hayato had dealt with him, but that didn't exactly stop the koala-resembling boy from beating him and his friends up. Shuichi held his nose as he looked at Ayukawa, whom noticed the Obelisk Blue was sporting two black-eyes.

At first, Ayukawa was concerned…that was until another message was sent to her. After she read it, she looked at the Obelisk Blue boys and shook her head.

"Get up and follow me," said Ayukawa. "And if it hurts, just walk it off!"

All she got in response were a couple of annoyed groans before the Obelisk Blues cooperated and got off the floor. Ayukawa looked at the boys and shook her head again.

"Served them right for beating up a girl…" thought Ayukawa. "Jaden-kun is really lucky to have a friend like Hayato-kun…huh?"

Ayukawa read another message that was sent to her and paled slightly. She looked at the boys with a question in mind.

"Did a small Osiris Red with brown-hair do this to you?" asked Ayukawa.

A few embarrassed and pained groans here…

"And did you get beat up again by a different boy afterwards?" asked Ayukawa.

Silence…

Ayukawa laughed nervously as a bead of sweat rolled down the side of her head. She sighed and crossed her arms as she opened the door to the infirmary.

"I seriously need to have a talk with Jaden-kun one of these days…" thought Ayukawa. "Might as well call Daitokuji to tell him…"

And that's how Jaden (and her roommates) ended up having to sit through an hour-long lecture from Daitokuji as said professor helped her bandage up a few injuries and the cuts she received on the way back to the Osiris Red dorms. How she received the cuts…well…

---

~flashback~

"Give them back, Aniki!" whined Shou.

Hayato sighed as his roommates were at it again with Jaden playing keep-away with Shou's glasses as they walked down the forest. It was times like these, Jaden reminded Hayato of a little kid with her current playfulness.

"Come and get 'em, Shou!" said Jaden. "Haha!"

Hayato sweat dropped.

"Scratch that…Jaden is that little kid!" thought Hayato.

Jaden, not watching as she was going, was teasing Shou with his glasses and ended up tripping on a tree root. And in that process, Jaden ended up falling into a thorn bush and scaring the crap out of Shou and Hayato as she cried out in pain.

"Not again!" said Hayato. "Damn, she is a little kid!"

It was bad enough Hayato had to risk it and beat up the Obelisk Blues that had just been dealt with by Jaden after said Osiris Red took a small beating, but having her fall into a bush…a thorn bush to be precise! This just made everything just more stressful for the koala-resembling boy and partially for Shou.

Shou picked up his glasses from the ground that Jaden had dropped after tripping on the tree root and placed them on. Hayato tried to pick up Jaden as gently as he could out of the bush before propping her standing up. Jaden winced and let out a pained hiss as she took out one of the thorns lodged into her hands. Shou and Hayato helped her out by taking out the thorns on her back.

By the time the Osiris Red trio had made it back to the dorms (toolshed!), Daitokuji was waiting and when he saw Jaden covered in cuts and scratches, he sighed and went into his room before coming out with a first-aid kit.

~end of flashback~

---

Shou and Hayato tried to look away as Daitokuji continued held out Jaden's arm and rubbed an antiseptic over the cuts on her arm. Jaden sat on a chair in Daitokuji's room wearing nothing but a pair of red shorts and a black tank-top…the exact reason her roommates were looking away. This was the first time they've seen their female roommate in rather casual clothes like this, so who's to blame them if they find it a bit embarrassing to see her like that in them? Exactly!

Pharaoh rubbed against Shou as he meowed loudly. Shou blinked and bent down to pet the tabby cat as Daitokuji wrapped Jaden's arm with a white bandage.

Sometime later in the Osiris Red trio's room,

"Put on a damn shirt!" snapped Hayato.

Jaden, on the floor with Shou, blinked as she rubbed the back of her head idly while looking up at Hayato, who was in his bed on the top bunk. Shou placed a card down and ended his turn before looking at Jaden to notify her that it was her turn. Jaden looked at her hand and reached for her deck as she replied to Hayato's remark.

"Why should I?" asked Jaden.

Hayato growled and pulled the covers over himself. How Shou could deal with Jaden in nothing but a tank-top and shorts, he will never know, but all he knew is that he didn't feel comfortable around Jaden despite the girl being bandaged around the top area of her body save for her head (Ayukawa had paid a small visit after Daitokuji found out about the scratches on Jaden's back and called the nurse).

"Just because you have no assets, doesn't mean you can be around us in…in…that!" remarked Hayato. "Don't flaunt around what you have!"

Jaden scowled at Hayato and ignored him as she looked at her hand.

"I summon Elemental Hero Knospe in attack mode!" Jaden said as she laid down the card. "I activate Knospe's special effect! Since I have another Elemental Hero on my field, I can use Knospe to land a direct attack on you!"

Shou looked nervously at Jaden as she used the select group of cards from her deck she only used in casual duels like this. Reason to it was that they gave her more of an advantage had she used her full deck altogether.

Hayato sighed and decided to make the best of his time before he and his roommates went searching for the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night.

A few more moments had passed by when Shou had lost to Jaden's Elemental Hero Blume after activating Blume Sprout and sacrificing Knospe. After that, Shou sweat dropped as he saw Jaden go back to her usual game antics, only this time…she was actually focusing on beating Champion Cynthia instead of Red the Ultimate Trainer.

Some hours had passed and day turned to night when Jaden stood up from the ground in glee as she exclaimed her victor over Cynthia. This in turn woke up Hayato, who looked down at Jaden before reaching down and pulling the covers off a sleeping Shou, who was in his middle bunk bed. Shou woke up and glared at Hayato as the koala-resembling boy dropped his blanket over Jaden.

"I told you to put on a shirt!" said Hayato.

Jaden fumbled around under the blanket before holding up her finger and in a very childish way, she yelled out, "Never!"

Hayato and Shou sweat dropped and shook their heads as Jaden took off the blanket and ran over towards the door to put her shoes on.

---

~meanwhile in the Ra Yellow Dorms~

In a peculiar room,

A collection of cards were lain out on the floor in front of Kohara. Ohara sat on his knees by Kohara, watching his friend as he stared at the cards.

"Damn it all…" said Kohara. "Making a fool of me like that…"

Kohara looked at the cards he just laid out, a certain glint in his eyes.

"Those damn Obelisks…" cursed Kohara.

---

Sometime later,

Shou, Hayato, and Jaden sat behind a pedestal of some sort just outside the Main Academy Building. Jaden was currently folding up the sleeves to the jacket Hayato made her wear before they had gone out…one of his jackets to be precise. Apparently, Hayato didn't want his female roommate to walk out of the dorm wearing nothing but a tank-top and pair of shorts…even if she didn't have much of a choice with the current bandages she had on. He wasn't just gonna let her waltz out of the room like that!

So for his solution, Hayato lent Jaden one of his jackets and didn't let her step out of the room until she had buttoned it and kept it closed. The jacket went down to her knees, covering practically her whole body, making Jaden seem even smaller…well, smaller than Shou and that was something since they were about the same height.

More to the point and off that subject, the trio was waiting for anything suspicious that may lead them to the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night. So far, an hour has passed and no such luck…

Shou looked at Jaden as she finished folding up the jacket's sleeve.

"Aniki, is he really going to show up?" asked Shou.

Jaden looked at Shou and placed her finger on her lips to motion him to quiet down.

"Shh!" hissed Jaden. "Just be quiet and wait!"

Hayato frowned and looked at his roommates.

"While we're doing all this, I think it'd be better to finish those reports…" suggested Hayato.

Shou and Jaden stared at Hayato when a loud scream caught their attention (and scared the living day lights out of them). Out of the three of them, Jaden was the first to move and grabbed her duel disk from Shou, her deck having been in the pocket of the jacket she wore.

"Over there!" exclaimed Jaden.

Both Hayato and Shou stood up as their roommate ran towards where the scream came from.

"Aniki!" cried Shou.

Jaden ignored Shou and continued running. After a few moments, she came upon an Obelisk Blue student who was on the ground on his knees lamenting his loss.

"My…rare card's…" said the Obelisk Blue student.

Jaden gasped and ran over to the Obelisk Blue.

"Where'd that guy go?" asked Jaden.

The Obelisk Blue looked up and gasped. Jaden's eyes widened as she backed up.

"Aw, crap!" thought Jaden.

The Obelisk Blue had two black-eyes and a bandage over his swollen and bruised nose. It wasn't that his condition surprised Jaden…it was because this was the guy she just finished beating up earlier in the hallway after taking a small beating herself! Talk about a small world…then again, they were on an island.

Shuichi backed away from Jaden, not wanting to face another beating from the Osiris Red or the koala-resembling boy. It was bad enough Ayukawa scolded him for beating up a smaller student like Jaden, but leaving the consequences up to someone else…whoever that was; it sure as hell wasn't going to be Professor Chronos.

Jaden, getting over the shock, ignored today's events and asked Shuichi again.

"Where'd he go?" asked Jaden.

Shuichi nervously directed Jaden ahead, to which she immediately started running towards.

"Over there?" she asked.

Shuichi let out the breath he didn't know he was holding in as Jaden ran off. However, his bubble of relief was burst as a voice called out to the Osiris Red.

"Aniki!" exclaimed Shou.

Shuichi turned his head and his eyes widened as he saw Shou and Hayato running towards him. He immediately recognized the koala-resembling boy and cowered over as he repeatedly apologized for today's earlier events.

Hayato looked at Shuichi as he and Shou passed him and recognized the Obelisk Blue (it was kind of hard to forget the broken nose…).

"He's from this afternoon!" exclaimed Hayato.

Some moments later, Jaden spotted a large figure dressed in a bunch of Obelisk Blue jackets walking away in the forest and called out as her roommates ran after her.

"Hold it!" shouted Jaden.

The figure dressed in Obelisk Blue jackets stopped in his tracks as Jaden pointed at him.

"You're the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night, I take it?" asked Jaden.

Shou and Hayato stopped by Jaden's side and looked at the person that stood a few feet away from them.

"Whoa!" exclaimed Shou. "He's really huge!"

The Giant Duelist of the Dark Night turned around to face the Osiris Red trio, intimidating Shou and Hayato slightly with his size. Jaden immediately distanced herself from her roommates. Last thing she needed was another stunt that happened on the 'Duel Spirit' incident…Dear Ra, never again!

Jaden crossed her arms and stared at the giant duelist who stood in front of her. Shou tugged slightly on her sleeve to catch her attention. Jaden turned to Shou and noticed the anxious look in his eyes.

"Aniki, why don't we get out of here?" asked Shou. "I mean, this is bad!"

Hayato agreed with Shou, however, their female roommate…not so much. Jaden stared at the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night and smiled.

"Looks like I finally met you!" said Jaden. "Now, duel me!"

The Giant Duelist of the Dark Night stayed silent as Jaden stared at him. Jaden pointed at the giant duelist as she held her duel disk under her left arm.

"So you play with the Ante Rule, huh?" said Jaden.

Silence…

A light glowed in the jacket's pocket before Winged Kuriboh appeared and flew out onto Jaden's shoulder.

"Kuri kuri!" said Winged Kuriboh.

Jaden blinked and turned to face her partner, smiling when she understood his presence.

"I get it," she said. "You're believing in me and fighting with me, huh?"

Winged Kuriboh disappeared, to which Jaden took that action as a 'yes'. She smiled and reached for her deck in her duel disk. She quickly looked through her deck before choosing a card and looking back at the Obelisk Blue jacket-clad duelist.

"If I lose, I'll forfeit this!" Jaden said, holding up her card of choice for the duelist to see.

Shou looked at Jaden's card and gasped. It was her most cherished card…Winged Kuriboh.

"Aniki!" exclaimed Shou. "That's…"

Jaden smiled as she explained Winged Kuriboh's card value. As she did that, memories of the entrance exam day popped up in mind. Had her train never been late, she would have never met-er, bumped into the duelist who gave her Winged Kuriboh.

"It's a rare card I got from the King of Games, Yugi Mutou," said Jaden.

Shou and Hayato stared awestruck at Jaden. She never told them about that little detail and now that she has, it was shocking…Especially since she was putting the card up for bargain in an Ante Duel!

"Something so valuable…" said Shou.

Hayato looked at Jaden and recognized the look in her eyes.

"She's serious," said Hayato. "Looks like we won't be able to stop her now."

Shou looked at Jaden anxiously.

"Aniki…" said Shou.

The Giant Duelist of the Dark Night just stayed silent as he listened to a small voice that seemed to be coming off of from what might've been a headset.

"All right, but don't regret it," said the voice.

The giant duelist repeated what the voice had told him, earning an ecstatic grin from Jaden. Jaden tried to place on her duel disk, but had difficulty with the jacket's sleeve. Seeing as she didn't want to fold the sleeves again, she decided to screw it and placed her duel disk down before she began unbuttoning the jacket she wore.

Hayato stuttered as he watched Jaden take off the jacket he lent her and caught it when she threw it at him. Clad in nothing but the clothes she had on earlier, Jaden didn't care about her appearance and just reached down for her duel disk and placed it on her left arm so she could get the duel started.

"Let's go!" Jaden said as she held out her left arm, her duel disk activating.

The Giant Duelist of the Dark Night held out his left arm and activated his duel disk as well.

"Right!" he said.

Both Jaden and the giant duelist placed their decks inside their duel disk before they both said, "Duel!"

Jaden:

LP

4000

Giant Duelist of the Dark Night:

LP

4000

The Giant Duelist of the Dark Night reached for his deck.

"My turn!" he said, drawing a card. "Draw! I summon Giant Orc in attack mode!"

A giant, ogre-like monster with light, grey skin and a big bone his right hand.

ATK 2200

A bead of sweat rolled down the side of Shou's face as he stared at Giant Orc.

"To think he's already summoned a 2200-ATK monster…" said Shou.

"Well, after all, he has beaten all those Obelisk Blues," stated Hayato.

Jaden smiled as she remembered facts about Giant Orc. Once again, knowledge used when she's doing things her father would never approve of.

"I have got to stop thinking of him!" thought Jaden. "I'm still a little mad at him for the Twilight gift…"

Which had indeed been used as marshmallow fire and boy did those s'mores taste good! But more to the point, Jaden knew about Giant Orc and decided to reassure her roommates with what she knew about the monster.

"Giant Orc's a monster that goes into defense mode once it attacks!" said Jaden. "And his DEF is zero. That's far from a scary opponent."

The Giant Duelist of the Dark Night kept his composure and just said, "My turn has finished."

Jaden smiled and reached for her deck.

"My turn!" said Jaden. "Draw!"

The moment Jaden drew a card; a 'kuri kuri' notified her that it was Winged Kuriboh. She looked at her card with a serious expression.

"I'm counting on you so I won't have to give you to anyone!" Jaden said before holding it up. "I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!"

Winged Kuriboh appeared on Jaden's side of the field, giving a 'kuri kuri' in response as if to say he understood.

DEF 200

Jaden smiled.

"My turn's ended," she said.

The Giant Duelist of the Dark Night just stayed silent, earning a perplexed stare from Jaden. A few moments had passed before he made his move, to which he did slightly nervously.

"M-My turn!" he stuttered a bit. "Draw! I use Giant Orc to attack Winged Kuriboh!"

As the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night drew a card, Giant Orc charged towards Winged Kuriboh and swung his club-like bone up. Winged Kuriboh closed his eyes and shielded himself before Giant Orc brought down his club-like bone onto the winged furball, creating a small explosion.

Jaden shielded herself from the explosion and looked at the giant duelist, smiling.

"Thanks, Winged Kuriboh," said Jaden. "With this, Giant Orc goes into defense mode."

Giant Orc returned to his position on the field and switched to a defensive stance.

DEF 0

Shou held up his fist.

"All right!" said Shou. "Now she'll beat that Giant Orc!"

The Giant Duelist of the Dark Night stared at Jaden.

"How naïve," remarked the giant duelist.

Jaden looked questioningly at her opponent.

"Next, I'll summon Second Goblin in attack mode!" the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night said as he placed his card in a different slot on his duel disk.

Shou and Hayato looked perplexed at the giant duelist.

"Huh?" said Shou. "It's a Monster card, yet he's playing it as a Magic?"

A small, pale-maroon skinned goblin with a towel around his neck appeared on Giant Orc's back.

"Once a turn, this card can be equipped onto Giant Orc as an Equip card," explained the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night. "And it can return it into attack mode!"

Giant Orc stood up from his defensive stance and went into his offensive one.

"Eh…?" said Shou. "No way…"

"It's a well-planned combo," Hayato comment, having been observing the giant duelist's strategy.

Jaden stared at the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night (A/N Just bear with the name!) as he paused momentarily before finishing his turn.

"My turn's ended," he said.

Jaden reached for her deck.

"My turn!" she said, drawing a card. "Draw!"

Jaden glanced at her card and continued her turn.

"I'll activate the Magic card, Polymerization, from my hand!" Jaden said as she played Polymerization before grabbing two cards from her hand. "I fuse Elemental Heroes Clayman and Burstinatrix in my hand together…to summon Elemental Hero Rampart Gunner!"

Burstinatrix and Clayman both appeared on the field together, side by side as Polymerization began to work its affect on them and created Rampart Gunner.

"Defense mode!" said Jaden.

Rampart Gunner took her defensive stance with her gun-arm aimed towards the opponent she faced.

DEF 2500

"I activate Rampart Gunner's special ability!" Jaden said, smiling. "While this card's in defense mode, it deals half her ATK as damage to the opposing player!"

Jaden brought down her fist as the giant duelist was astonished with what he just heard. Rampart Gunner readied her gun-arm and launched her missile-like bullets at the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night, creating a small explosion. The giant duelist shielded himself as the attack took a toll on his life points.

Giant Duelist of the Dark Night:

LP

3000

The attack also blew off the tattered Obelisk Blue jackets the giant duelist wore, much to his dismay as he covered his face. Jaden stared at the giant duelist and laughed a bit as she not only recognized him, but she had also been right to whom she thought he was.

Shou tightened his fists and stared perplexed at the uncovered identity of the Giant Duelist of the Dark Night.

"Huh?" said Shou. "Ohara-kun!"

Hayato held up his fist as the person dueling Jaden was indeed Ohara.

"So, it was really him?" asked Hayato.

Ohara looked down nervously as he tried to figure out what to do.

"W-What should I do?" Ohara asked, his questioned being directed at something behind a rock nearby him.

Jaden tightened her fist and stepped forward.

"How about you just come out here?" Jaden snapped, pointing accusingly at Ohara. "Let's face off and duel the right way!"

Both Hayato and Shou were thrown off by Jaden's outburst. Ohara looked back nervously as something rustled in the bushes. A few moments had passed before a small-heighted Ra Yellow with dark-green hair jumped out from behind the rock. This surprised Jaden's roommates as they stared at the small-heighted Ra Yellow, perplexed.

"Huh?" said Hayato. "It's that Ra Yellow…"

"Kohara-kun?" exclaimed Shou.

Kohara smirked as he stared at Jaden, somewhat amused with a question in mind. Though, he couldn't help but wonder about the Osiris Red's current attire as well as the bandages that were wrapped around Jaden's arms and legs.

"How'd you find out?" asked Kohara.

Jaden smiled at Kohara.

"I didn't feel any soul from Ohara while we were dueling," Jaden replied before pointing at Ohara. "I thought it was like dueling with a puppet as an opponent."

Kohara gripped the headset he wore as Ohara looked at him.

"You're right," Kohara said as he took off the headset he wore. "He was just dueling as I told him to."

"And when I saw you duel this afternoon, it all came together," Jaden continued on, smiling as she did. "You're actually pretty strong, aren't you?"

Kohara stayed silent and motioned for Ohara to come closer to him, which he did. Shou looked questioningly at Kohara after hearing Jaden's statement.

"But then, why'd you do this?" asked Shou. "If you just dueled normally…"

Kohara scowled at Shou.

"If I could do that, I wouldn't be suffering!" snapped Kohara.

Kohara's outburst had silenced Shou and caught both his and Hayato's attention.

"It's not like I like being nervous," Kohara said as he held his wrist. "But when I stand in that duel arena, I feel pressured by my opponents…I end up not knowing what's what, and then I lose."

Jaden stared at Kohara as he placed his hand reassuringly on Ohara's shoulder.

"It's the same for Ohara," said Kohara. "Even though he's got a big body, he's afraid and gets treated like junk and stuff. Those damn Obelisk Blues, making fools out of us!"

---

~flashback~

Kohara and Ohara were both on the floor in their room, looking over the cards that were laid around them.

"Don't worry," reassured Kohara. "We'll get back at them, just the two of us!"

Ohara looked at Kohara as the smaller Ra Yellow placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Kohara-kun…" said Ohara.

Kohara grinned.

"We're going to crush those guys!" he said.

Ohara just stared at Kohara.

~end of flashback~

---

"So, that's why you used the Ante Rule on them…" said Shou.

Jaden stared at Kohara.

"Is there any point in doing that?" asked Jaden.

Kohara looked questioningly at Jaden.

"What?" he exclaimed.

Jaden smiled as she explained.

"If losing a duel is mortifying, you just need to put an effort in a fair-and-square duel to win!" she said, closing her eyes afterwards as she smiled ecstatically. "That way, dueling'll no doubt end up being fun!"

Kohara stared at Jaden as she smiled and laughed a bit. Somehow he found her current expression cute and that was when he snapped out of it. He shook his head in denial as he tried to ignore what Jaden had told him.

"Shut up!" snapped Kohara. "Shut up!"

Kohara scowled at Jaden.

"No matter what you do, we'll win!" said Kohara. "Let's go, Ohara!"

Ohara looked at Kohara and nodded before taking his position and reaching for his deck.

"My turn!" Kohara said as Ohara drew a card. "Draw!"

Ohara placed the card he drew next to the ones in his hand as he lowered them for Kohara to see.

"I summon King Goblin in attack mode!" said Kohara.

Ohara looked at the cards and played the one he finished drawing. A small, green-skinned goblin wearing a crown on his head and a rather majestic, red robe appeared on the field.

ATK 0

Jaden looked questioningly at King Goblin.

"His ATK is zero?" said Jaden.

Kohara continued his and Ohara's turn.

"Next, by discarding the Warrior-type monsters I have in my hand to the Graveyard, I'll special-summon Half Goblins…in defense mode!" said Kohara.

Two goblin-like monsters appeared on Kohara and Ohara's side of the field.

DEF 500 (both)

"I activate King Goblin's special ability!" said Kohara. "This card's ATK and DEF becomes 1000 points times the number of other Demon-type monsters on the field!"

King Goblin opened up his robes, revealing a strange vortex as both Half Goblins were sucked in. King Goblin closed his robes and tightened his fists as he roared, somewhat bigger in height than he previously was.

ATK: Previously, 0

Now…3000!

Jaden's eyes widened.

"What?" she exclaimed.

Hayato and Shou were astonished with King Goblin's sudden 3000-ATK (as well as height gain).

"It has 3000 ATK!" said Hayato.

"No way!" said Shou.

Kohara held up his arm as he directed King Goblin to attack.

"Go, King Goblin!" said Kohara. "Attack Rampart Gunner!"

Ohara mimicked Kohara, sending King Goblin right at Rampart Gunner. King Goblin charged at Rampart Gunner and punched her right in the stomach, sending her up in the air and destroying her.

"I use Giant Orc to attack directly!" Kohara said, thrusting his fist forward.

Second Goblin jumped off Giant Orc as he charged towards Jaden and brought down his club-like bone on her. Jaden shielded herself and yelled as the bone hit her.

Jaden:

LP

1800

Giant Orc returned to his position on the field and went back into his defensive stance.

"With Second Goblin's Equip card effect, Giant Orc is returned into attack mode!" said Kohara.

Second Goblin jumped up into the air in back of Giant Orc and used the towel around his neck to fan the bigger monster. After a few moments, Giant Orc stood up and was back to his offensive mode.

"My turn's finished!" Kohara said, grinning. "How's that? I'm actually strong!"

Jaden held up her fist and looked sternly at Kohara.

"No, all you're doing is just borrowing someone else's power to pretend you're strong!" Jaden remarked, holding up her left arm afterwards as she reached for her deck. "Doing that won't make you a real duelist!"

Kohara clenched his teeth as he glared at Jaden.

"My turn!" Jaden said, drawing a card. "Draw!"

Jaden looked at the card in her hand.

"From my hand, I activate the Magic card, Pot of Greed!" she said, drawing two cards. "I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode!"

Elemental Hero Sparkman appeared on the field.

ATK 1600

"Next, I activate the Equip Magic, Spark Gun!" said Jaden. "I'll equip it to Sparkman!

A gun appeared in Sparkman's right hand as Jaden activated the Equip card's effect.

"Spark Gun can change a monster's battle mode three times!" explained Jaden.

Sparkman aimed his gun at the monsters on the opponent's field and pulled the trigger three times, hitting both Half Goblins and Giant Orc. Said three monsters switched from their offensive to defensive stances. Kohara's eyes widened.

"What?" he exclaimed.

The gun in Sparkman's hand disintegrated after its three uses. Jaden smiled and held her hand up.

"I'm not done!" said Jaden. "The Magic card, Warrior's Return!"

Jaden turned over the card in her hand to show Kohara and Ohara as she explained its effect.

"This card adds one Warrior-type monster from my Graveyard to my hand!" Jaden said, picking up the card her duel disk ejected from the Graveyard before switching it with a card from her hand. "The Magic card, Polymerization! I'll fuse Clayman from my hand and Sparkman from my field together to summon Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!"

Clayman and Sparkman leapt up into the air together before Polymerization merged them together, forming Elemental Hero Thunder Giant.

ATK 2400

"I activate his special effect!" Jaden said as she held her fist up. "Thunder Giant can destroy a monster whose original ATK is lower than his own! Destroy King Goblin! Vapor Spark!"

Electricity crackled in Thunder Giant's right hand as he sent a wave of electrical currents at King Goblin, destroying the monster. King Goblin's destruction created an explosion that sent both Ohara and Kohara onto the ground. (3)

Kohara & Ohara:

LP

0

Jaden smiled as Shou and Hayato walked up to her.

"A-Awesome, Aniki!" exclaimed Shou.

Hayato couldn't agree more with Shou.

"An attack that was like swords clashing!" commented Hayato.

Ohara and Kohara pushed themselves off the ground and were both now on their knees. Kohara looked down with a somber expression.

"We lost," said Kohara. "Do what you like."

Ohara looked at Kohara.

"Kohara-kun…" said Ohara.

Ohara looked up at Jaden as she walked over to them.

"Please, forgive Kohara-kun!" pleaded Ohara.

Kohara turned to Ohara with a perplexed expression.

"Ohara!" said Kohara.

Ohara looked at his smaller friend.

"I was really happy when you got angry and worried about me over yourself," said Ohara. "That's why I wanted to do something to pay you back."

Kohara's expression softened as Ohara continued.

"As a duelist, I'm sure you'll really become stronger," said Ohara.

"But you're going to be a game designer, aren't you?" asked Kohara.

Ohara closed his eyes and smiled at Kohara.

"I don't mind," replied Ohara.

Kohara looked at Ohara, his eyes beginning to water at his larger friend's selfless response.

"Ohara…" said Kohara.

Jaden smiled as she stood in front of the two Ra Yellows and placed her hands on her hips.

"You're good friends, huh?" asked Jaden.

Both Ohara and Kohara looked questioningly at Jaden as Hayato and Shou walked up to her.

"Duelists need strength to fight alone, but friendship is important too," said Jaden. "Go."

Kohara looked perplexed at Jaden as she pointed two fingers at him and smiled.

"That was a fun duel!" Jaden said, tilting her head to the side as she winked at the small Ra Yellow. "Wanna do it again sometime?"

Kohara stared at Jaden as she held out her hand to him. He took her hand and was helped up by the Osiris Red off the ground.

"By the way, you won't have to worry about those Obelisk Blues," said Jaden.

Kohara looked at Jaden.

"Oh, I saw that…why did you do it?" asked Kohara.

Jaden crossed her arms and blinked before smiling widely.

"Because I can't stand around letting Obelisk Blues treating those they think are inferior to them," replied Jaden. "I took a small beating, but for what it was worth…I'm okay!"

Kohara nodded and stopped as, despite finding Jaden's actions rather thoughtful, he remembered Jaden's current attire and appearance. As his curiosity was piqued, he couldn't help but voice his question.

"What's up with the bandages?" asked Kohara. "Didn't they just punch and kick you around?"

Jaden blinked and looked at herself as she tugged on her tank-top.

"Oh, this?" asked Jaden. "I fell into a thorn bush on the way back—uh, what the heck?"

Jaden fumbled around under the jacket Hayato had just thrown over the gender-mistaken girl. Shou sweat dropped as both Ohara and Kohara looked questioningly at Hayato.

"What the heck, Hayato?" exclaimed Jaden.

Hayato sighed and shook his head as he crossed his arms.

"You shouldn't flaunt around like that," remarked Hayato. "Also, you still have no assets no matter how less you wear." (4)

Jaden growled under the jacket and pulled it off forcefully before she glared daggers at Hayato. Shou's face turned red as he knew what Hayato was implying while both Ohara and Kohara were both perplexed to what the koala-resembling boy meant by 'no assets'.

"Shut it, Koala-man!" snapped Jaden. "What do you care if I wear this? Ayukawa-sensei said that I'm not supposed to change out of this until tomorrow when I can take off the bandages!"

"That doesn't mean you can't put on a shirt!" retorted Hayato.

Jaden tightened her fists.

"What if I don't want to wear a shirt?" exclaimed Jaden.

"Then at least cover up!" replied Hayato. "Show some modesty!"

Shou sighed as Hayato and Jaden started to argue again…which was surprisingly the first time they've done in the past two weeks since they last did it. Shou noticed the looks on the Ra Yellows' faces and decided to let them in on one very common misconception revolving around his Aniki…

One small answer and a loud outburst later…

Kohara and Ohara stared at Jaden, shocked. One wouldn't blame them for reacting this way after today's events…especially since the Osiris Red who took a small beating before turning the tables was actually a girl! That just made everything rather shocking, confusing, and not to mention rather sweet since Jaden did it for them on her own accord and had not once complained about getting beat up.

Stunned by this, Kohara couldn't help but thank Jaden.

"Thank you, Jaden-kun," said Kohara.

Jaden looked away from Hayato as she had him in a headlock and turned to Kohara. She closed her eyes and smiled at him and his friend.

"No problem!" said Jaden.

Kohara smiled.

"Someday, I'll become even stronger, and I'll be a real duelist!" said Kohara. "Until then, wait for me."

Jaden opened her eyes and released Hayato, whom fell onto the ground face first. Shou walked over to Hayato and helped him up as Jaden walked up to Kohara.

"That's the spirit," said Jaden. "You can do it, can't you?"

Kohara laughed a bit as Ohara stood up from the ground. Ohara looked at Jaden and smiled before chuckling a bit as well. With that done, both Ra Yellows started to make their way back to their respective dorm as they waved back at their newly made friend.

"See ya!" Kohara called out.

Jaden smiled as she watched Ohara and Kohara run away. Hayato and Shou walked up to their female roommate before the latter just realized something.

"A-Aniki!" said Shou. "Now that I think of it…"

Hayato and Jaden turned to Shou.

"Looks like we'll have to write those reports, after all…" said Shou.

That definitely ruined the moment and snapped Jaden back into reality as she paled and looked up, groaning in dismay. Hayato laughed and placed his jacket over Jaden before he and Shou dragged her back to the Osiris Red dorms…hey, they weren't going to take any more chances to having their female roommate fall into another thorn bush!

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~the next day~

It was Saturday, the last day of the week and the day where one can kick back and lay about after classes…well, that is if they don't have any homework or such.

For Jaden, today happened to be a good day despite having to stay in after class once the lunch bell rang! Her cuts didn't scar, her bruises were barely visible, and her tailbone stopped hurting…all Jaden needed to do was to go to Ayukawa to get the rest of the bandages off and she was good to go. Along with that set of good news, Daitokuji gave the Obelisk Blues she had to deal with yesterday a month's worth of detention, which thankfully didn't get her and Hayato in trouble for beating them up thanks to Ohara and Kohara backing them up as witnesses to the incident… and Tome promised to make her a boxed lunch with her favorite dish: Fried shrimp!

So, overall, having to stay in class to finish writing the duel theory report wasn't that much bad…even if Professor Chronos had been the one to hold them back. Professor Chronos was confused after questioning Jaden.

"That mysterious duelist…wasn't there?" asked Professor Chronos. "That can't be-na no ne!"

Jaden concentrated on filling out the pile of papers that were given to her, quickly switching them out with a blank paper from the pile once she completely filled it out and placing it in the neat stack that was to her right. Shou was also doing the same as Jaden while Hayato watched them, having already finished his duel theory report.

"We looked for him, but since the guy was nowhere to be seen, you can't blame us, can you?" asked Jaden.

Professor Chronos scowled at Jaden and turned his back to her as he crossed his arms and held up his finger.

"Some of the Obelisk Blue students had their rare cards taken-no ne!" Professor Chronos stated as a matter a fact.

Jaden continued to move her pen (pencil, whatever!) over the paper quickly as she switched it with another one after she finished filling it out. She continued repeating this as she countered Professor Chronos's statement.

"They all probably have their rare cards!" said Jaden.

Professor Chronos looked back at Jaden over his shoulder.

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Meanwhile,

Outside the Main Academy Building, a group of Obelisk Blues were rejoicing in the return of their missing rare cards.

"Aah!" said one of the Obelisk Blues. "My Perfect Machine King's back!"

"Whoa!" said another. "Same here!"

"What a relief!" said a third.

Watching the Obelisk Blue students from a close, but unseen distance behind a pedestal of some sort, were Ohara and Kohara. They both looked at each other and smiled, having felt like they've done the right thing.

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Back in the Main Academy Building,

Professor Chronos was currently tilting his head to the side before tilting it to the other and so on, in confusion.

"What are you saying-na no ne?" asked Professor Chronos. "Tartar sauce! Tappriasi!" (5)

Jaden ignored Professor Chronos as she continued to finish her duel theory report. Unbeknownst to her, someone was paying a small visit to her dorm and room after having a small talk with Daitokuji. Daitokuji waved as Asuka Tenjoin walked towards Jaden's room with a key in her hand.

"Tenjoin-kun!" said Daitokuji. "You'll probably find Jaden-kun in the store or the infirmary after she's done with her report-nya!"

Asuka looked back at Daitokuji as she used the key in her hand to open the door to Jaden's room. She smiled and waved at Daitokuji.

"Thank you, Daitokuji-sensei!" said Asuka.

Daitokuji nodded as he bent down to pick up Pharaoh, whom had been rubbing against his leg.

"Just try to keep her out of trouble-nya!" said Daitokuji.

Asuka nodded and entered the room while she reached for the pouch on her hip to take out her PDA. After sending a small little message to her friends, Asuka looked around Jaden's room and sighed.

"I get the feeling you're not using your room," said Asuka. "And after all that waiting…"

Asuka crossed her arms and gave a small grin.

"So like you to do that," said Asuka. "Now where are your clothes…?"

And so began the search for Jaden's good clothes, which Asuka had surprisingly managed to find one…and it was a dress! There was a small note on the dress that caught the dark-blonde Obelisk Blue's attention. She picked it up and read it, finding it rather amusing. It was from Jaden's father, though the dress wasn't exactly from him, but some lady named Midori Hibiki. Asuka came to a stop on a name she found rather familiar and was shocked when she remembered where she heard it.

"How does Jaden know Kouyou Hibiki?" asked Asuka.

…Sigh.

"Knowing Jaden, I shouldn't be surprised for her to know the three-time Duel Monsters champion," remarked Asuka.

Asuka shook her head and continued to look around Jaden's room. After finding pretty much nothing else except for the dress (that she had a hunch that Jaden would immediately send back once she had the opportunity to) and the female Obelisk Blue uniform she lent to Jaden, Asuka folded up the dress and picked up the bag with the uniform.

Once she was done, Asuka walked out of the room and closed the door behind her, locking it afterwards.

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Sometime later,

Jaden dashed out of infirmary the moment Ayukawa had taken off her bandages and said that she could go. As she made her way out of the Main Academy Building and towards the store, Jaden wondered how Shou was doing seeing as she finished her duel theory report before him. Since Hayato was there with him, Jaden assumed that everything was okay.

If only she knew about the writer's cramp Shou was experiencing right now, then Jaden would've thought twice…or maybe not. This was Jaden, of course…who was currently waiting at the counter for Tome.

"Oi, Tome-san!" said Jaden. "I'm here!"

Tome walked out of the staff room behind the counter and smiled when she saw Jaden.

"Hello, Jaden-chan," said Tome. "So I take it you're here for your boxed lunch, right?"

Jaden nodded eagerly, to which Tome couldn't help but laugh a little at.

"Very well," said Tome. "Hold on one moment, I'll go get it."

Jaden nodded and watched as Tome made her way towards the staff room. Before the Tome had entered the room, she looked back at the gender-mistaken girl.

"If you want, you could try your luck with the Drawbread while you wait," said Tome. "Don't worry about paying, I'm buying."

Jaden blinked and turned over to the cart full of unmarked packages as Tome entered the staff room. The packages each had a light blue wrapper each with the Duel Academy's insignia on them and inside of them were many types of bread. A few students, some Obelisk Blues, a few Ra Yellows, and a couple of Osiris Reds, were by the cart as Jaden walked over to it.

One of the Obelisk Blues, a boy with dark-brown hair, stuck his hand into the packages as he randomly chose one before pulling out and opening it. He brought the bread he just finished opening and bit into it, cursing as it was not the one he wanted.

"Damn it!" swore the dark-brown haired boy.

A black-haired Obelisk Blue boy looked at his friend as he opened a package.

"Koroke bread again, Reizo-san?" asked the black-haired boy.

The dark-brown haired Obelisk Blue, Reizo, turned to the black-haired boy as he opened his own respective package.

"No, it was fried soba," replied Reizo. "So, what did you get, Taniguchi?"

The black-haired boy, Taniguchi bit into his bread and chewed questionably before he answered.

"Pizza bread," Taniguchi answered before swallowing.

Jaden waited impatiently for the Obelisk Blue students to move as they were in her way. Feeling as if she waited long enough, Jaden pushed through the boys, not caring about the anger she just provoked.

"Move it!" said Jaden. "There are others waiting, you know! You guys aren't the only ones here!"

Taniguchi and Reizo scowled at Jaden as she moved her hand deeper among the various unmarked packages. Reizo tightened his fist and walked closer to Jaden as she picked out a random package. As she opened it, the dark-brown haired Obelisk Blue was about to punch the Osiris Red when…

"Jaden-chan!" said Tome.

Reizo immediately froze and backed away from Jaden, not wanting to get in trouble with Tome. Taniguchi rolled his eyes at his friend's reaction. Fortunately for him, Jaden didn't seem to notice Reizo or his friend as she turned around. She was currently chewing on the bite she took from her bread, which she happily exclaimed what it was after swallowing.

"Oi, Tome-san!" exclaimed Jaden. "I got the Golden Egg Bread!"

Cue annoyed groans and insert a few swears from random students around the cart here…

Tome smiled at Jaden as the gender-mistaken dashed over to the counter where she was currently at, holding a black box in her hands. Tome held out the box to Jaden.

"Here you go!" said Tome. "One specially made handmade boxed lunch! Enjoy it with your Golden Egg bread, Jaden-kun!"

Jaden was about to accept the boxed lunch Tome held out for her when suddenly, the younger girl felt herself being lifted off the ground by her armpits by two girls. The way she was lifted up was in a very familiar, certain twin-like manner and the girls were none other than the very same two Obelisk Blue girls who had done this to her before a few days ago…Junko and Momoe.

"Abduction…" said Junko.

"…complete!" finished Momoe.

A/N Another Ouran High twin moment and I got the quote off the subbed version, so there!

Jaden did not like the sound of that as she knew from experience that this wasn't going to be good…well, for her, it wasn't. Her expression grew nervous as Junko and Momoe looked at her with expressions that suggested something.

"Not again…" whined Jaden.

Junko and Momoe looked at each other and giggled before dragging Jaden away. Jaden's eyes turned huge and shone with unshed tears as she realized, not only was she being dragged away against her will (again), but she didn't get her boxed lunch.

"Hey!" wailed Jaden. "What about my boxed lunch?"

As if on cue, Asuka walked up to the counter and took the boxed lunch Tome had in her hands. Tome looked questioningly at Junko and Momoe as they dragged away the Osiris Red student.

"What's going on?" asked Tome.

"Oh, just a little girls' day out," answered Asuka.

Tome turned to Asuka and looked at her questioningly. Asuka sighed and explained.

"It was something Momoe and Junko planned out after they discovered, you know," said Asuka.

Tome blinked and nodded in comprehension.

"Oh, so they found out about Jaden-chan," Tome said, putting emphasis on the 'chan' as if to point out Junko and Momoe's discovery. She found it amusing that Jaden was still thought as male and having heard Asuka, she couldn't help but ask, "So what have they got planned out?"

Asuka shrugged.

"Not really sure, they left me out of most of it," said Asuka. "If you want, I could give you some photos to show you."

Tome smiled and nodded as she said, "It would be nice to put something interesting in my album."

Waiting by the door with a currently struggling Jaden, were Junko and Momoe. They ignored the stared given at them from the students by the Drawbread cart. Feeling a bit impatient, Junko called out to Asuka.

"Asuka-san!" Junko called out.

"We're waiting for you!" said Momoe.

Asuka turned to look back at her roommates and their struggling 'hostage'. She sighed and turned back to Tome.

"Sorry, but I have to go," said Asuka. "See you around, Tome-san!"

Tome nodded as Asuka started to make her way towards her friends. The older woman smiled as she turned and walked into the staff room.

"Daitokuji and Samejima-san would probably want to hear about this…" said Tome.

Back with the Obelisk Blue trio and their hostage,

Asuka stopped in front of Junko and Momoe as Jaden continued to struggle.

"Let me go!" whined Jaden.

Momoe closed her eyes and grinned.

"No can do, Jaden-kun," said Momoe.

Jaden went limp and groaned in dismay.

"Can I at least have my Golden Egg Bread?" asked Jaden.

Asuka looked at Jaden perplexed.

"What?" Asuka asked.

Junko held up the package of bread that she had just finished taking out of Jaden's hand a few moments ago and gave it to Asuka. Asuka looked at the bread and then at Jaden.

"You got the Golden Egg Bread?" asked Asuka.

Jaden diverted her eyes on Asuka.

"Yeah, why you ask?" said Jaden. "What, you want some?"

Asuka stuttered a bit, to which Jaden grinned.

"You like Golden Egg Bread, don't you?" Jaden asked in a teasing tone.

Asuka blushed and turned away from Jaden as the door automatically slid open.

"D-Don't talk nonsense!" snapped Asuka. "I was just wondering—"

Jaden grinned at Asuka, not noticing that she was being dragged at this exact moment out the door by Junko and Momoe.

"Okay, I'll give you half," said Jaden.

Asuka followed after her roommates as she unexcitedly said, "F-Fine."

Jaden closed her eyes and laughed a bit before snapping back into reality. She looked up at Junko and Momoe with puppy-dog-eyes.

"Hey!" wailed Jaden. "Where are we going?"

Jaden got no answer as Asuka's roommates continued to drag her away into a certain direction. Asuka sighed as she tried to calm herself down from the excitement Jaden caused her by questioning her about liking the Golden Egg Bread. It wasn't that Asuka hated, it was the exact opposite and she was inwardly thrilled at Jaden sharing half her Golden Egg bread with the dark-blonde Obelisk Blue.

However, Asuka, being herself, wasn't just going to show her absolute glee over the Golden Egg Bread…even if the Drawbread cart only had one each day and the chances of drawing one wasn't exactly common and this chance Jaden had offered her half of it was one in a million (to Asuka). She had a reputation to uphold and no one was going to take her seriously again if they knew how she really felt about a certain type of bread. Fortunately for her, Jaden was the only one who knew (after recently discovering it through a simple question) and the Osiris Red always took her seriously…well, most of the time, she did.

As the Obelisk Blue trio exited the store with their Osiris Red hostage, watching them leave were two Obelisk Blues that Jaden had just encountered by the Drawbread cart. Taniguchi wasn't pleased…hell! He was frustrated with what he just saw! The same could apply to Reizo, though only partially since he was currently thinking of something.

"That lucky bastard!" said Taniguchi. "An Osiris Red like him getting dragged away by two A- and A+ girls!"

Reizo diverted his eyes on Taniguchi.

"Who was who again?" asked Reizo.

Taniguchi turned to his friend and held up his finger.

"Junko Makurada isn't that bad too look at and she has decent grades," said Taniguchi. "Plus, she's got a nice bust size, but not as nice as Momoe Hamaguchi's, so in short, an A-."

Reizo diverted his eyes to the side.

"And Momoe is the A+, right?" asked Reizo.

Taniguchi placed his arm around Reizo's shoulder.

"You're catching on, Reizo-san!" said Taniguchi.

Reizo narrowed his eyes at Taniguchi, to which the black-haired boy immediately distance himself as he smiled nervously. Reizo shook his head and crossed his arms.

"What about that girl whose name we don't know?" Reizo suggested.

Taniguchi arched his brow at Reizo.

"You mean that one who knocked you down with one kick just because you were flirting with her?" asked Taniguchi.

Reizo glared at Taniguchi.

"When you put it that way, it makes me want to punch you," remarked Reizo.

Taniguchi laughed nervously and cleared his throat.

"Anyways, she has a pretty face, I got to give you that," said Taniguchi. "But that's about it. She lacks curves and a nice set of hills, if you know what I mean. She would've look like a 12 year-old boy had it not been the uniform she was wearing and she could fight. So in all…I'll give her at least an A."

Reizo narrowed his eyes at Taniguchi.

"So just because she doesn't have any breasts or curves, you immediately dock off points?" asked Reizo.

Taniguchi waved it off.

"Yeah, yeah," said Taniguchi. "When you put it that way, you make it sound like that's a bad thing. I'm just saying you have your preferences, and I have mine, why do you care? Anyways, we don't know anything about her personality or anything at all of her except that she reject—"

"Didn't Tenjoin-kun go with them?" Reizo interrupted.

That just made something within Taniguchi snap.

"Say what?" exclaimed Tenjoin. "That lucky son of a—"

Reizo smirked in amusement and interrupted Taniguchi, "What's her rank?"

Taniguchi closed his eyes and started off his ranking.

"Asuka Tenjoin-kun outshines every girl I just mentioned," said Taniguchi. "First off, she's beautiful! She very nice and smart…and she has a great figure, unlike that mystery girl. In short, Tenjoin-kun's an AAA rank!"

Reizo nodded in conception.

"I have to agree with you on that," said Reizo. "Too bad Ayanokouji-san said she's not interested in getting into a relationship. And we all know how all the girls love him."

Taniguchi nodded.

"True, true, true," said Taniguchi. "So…you want to follow them?"

Reizo shook his head.

"No, let's not," said Reizo. "Let's go back to the dorm, maybe if we're lucky, we'll get to meet the mystery girl."

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Meanwhile,

"Let go of me, damn it!" snapped Jaden. "I heavily question why we haven't been stopped yet!"

Junko and Momoe continued to drag Jaden into the Obelisk Blue dorms. Junko, Momoe and Asuka couldn't help but question to how they haven't been discovered, the same went for Jaden. Jaden wasn't exactly quiet and her voice happened to echo down the hall, so why haven't they—

"What's going on?" asked someone.

Junko and Momoe froze as they slowly turned their heads back. Asuka looked back and blinked as she saw that it was just the Obelisk Blue girls' dormitory leader, Emi Ayukawa. Ayukawa looked questioningly at the group of girls and immediately focused her gaze on Jaden.

"What are you girls doing with Jaden-kun?" asked Ayukawa.

Jaden's heart leapt with joy as maybe there was some way out of this…and her world came crashing down as Ayukawa continued on.

"If you're going to drag her, at least do it carefully," said Ayukawa. "She just got into a fight with a few male Obelisk Blue students and took a small beating from them yesterday. And I just finished taking off the bandages from when she fell into that thorn bush an hour ago!"

Junko, Momoe, and Asuka looked at Jaden with wide-eyes in shock. They were so going to have a talk with her, but first, to Asuka's room! Junko and Momoe lifted Jaden off the ground and continued to drag her down the hall at a quicker pace. Asuka turned to Ayukawa, whom held up her hand.

"It's okay, I know," said Ayukawa. "Daitokuji told me, so you can run along and have your girls' day out."

Asuka nodded and ran down the hall after her friends. Why she ran…well, she wanted half of Jaden's Gold Egg Bread and the quicker she and her roommates got the Osiris Red in a custom made Obelisk Blue uniform, the quicker she could get that half!

And so began the condemnation of Jaden Yuki…oh, what fun shall Junko and Momoe have with their gender-mistaken Osiris Red friend!

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A/N End of chapter and this was supposed to have been updated five days ago, but I got sidetracked. I only got one word to say…Vocaloid…specifically, Magnet! Anyways, this chapter was kinda hard for me to type since I was bored and Jaden was only supposed to have gotten punched in the stomach but…yeah, let's not talk about that! Let's get on with the little notes so I can give a shout out to my reviewers who helped me! Also, Asuka is kinda tsundere when it comes to the Golden Egg Bread (it's bread-pan, whatever! It's the same thing!) And Midori and Kouyou are from the Yu-Gi-Oh GX manga, so read it if your want to know about them, or as Luka told Gakupo when he asked her a question, "Go Google it!"

(1) Don't know what that word is! I don't even know if it's spelled right since the person who subbed the video didn't know either, hence the '?' at the end of the sentence.

(2) I wasn't just gonna let the guy go nameless! I'm too lazy to refer to him as a nameless Obelisk Blue, so I looked up and gave him and his name. All the credit for the name 'Shuichi' goes to my good friend and reviewer, Luving Randomness—HIII! Anyways, here's the name list.

Shuichi: Means one lord and I thought it fitted because he was the leader of the group.

Shigeru: Means luxuriant and we all know how some Obelisk Blues have a superiority-complex…

Tadao: It means loyal man and it fits because he was the first to defend Shuichi when Jaden tripped and insulted him.

Jin: It means gold and I was running out of names, so I chose that!

(3) After realizing that Jaden could have won in the anime by just using Thunder Giant on King Goblin, I just had to do it! I wanted this duel over so I could get this chapter up already!

(4) Credit goes to Luving Randomness again for that since she knows that Hayato would SO say that! XD

(5) Same thing as (1).

And after reading reviews and getting some names with the help of Yuri n' Chuka and Luving Randomness…may I present to you, our comic relief guys!

Reizo Fuwa: First name means cool, calm, and well-groomed and we all know how that fits! Anyways, credit goes to Yuri n' Chuka who took the time to look for some names and gave them to me…and also a virtual watermelon! The Narrator is pleased…and so am I since we're both sharing a watermelon—never mind, he ate it all. Stingy…ah, I still got chocolate! Anyways, after me and Luving Randomness discussed some things, we decided on Reizo's surname as Fuwa since his personality fits Shotaro Fuwa from Skip Beat! Well, not right now it doesn't much because he's missing the arrogant part and some other things, but he thinks he's superior over anyone not in Obelisk Blue.

Taniguchi Morioka: First name and the 'rating girls on appearance' habit came off the same exact character with the same name in the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya…like hell I was going to give up this reference! I love that series and its genderbending version! Kyonko and Haruki FTW! As for the surname…got it off the werewolf guy from Rosario + Vampire, you know! Ginei Morioka!

Anyways, me and Luving Randomness agreed on it and as for the ranks I gave Junko and Momoe…I flipped a coin and counted how many times I got it before I gave Junko and Momoe their official rankings (in this story!).

Momoe was the first to get two A+'s and had three A-'s while Junko had one A+ and four A-'s…you can see how I decided who was an A+ and who was an A-…as for Asuka…dude! It's obviously going to be an AAA rank!

Hope you enjoyed this chapter and sorry if anyone was OOC! Remember my excuse! Comic relief! Hope this chapter didn't suck and I'm keeping an eye on you, A Neverending Dream of Flight for picking out the mistakes I made! Thanks for being such a good helper!

And remember! NO FLAMES! Constructive criticism is a yes and reviews are what keep me from giving up! Er, actually, they just make me happy and keep me from getting writer's block (which I probably won't get with this plot bunny, here…). And if you want to know when the next chapter's going to be up…gugure kasu! And for those of you who have never heard the term, it was on Luka and Gakupo's Go Google It duet! If you don't know what it means…don't ask! I'm either being random, or serious! Until then, wait patiently! And if you hadn't figured it out...the girls' day out chapter won!