I am so sorry for the late update! I couldn't update because something happened to my account, and 'A Ball Can Change You' was deleted... And I couldn't make it again, because apparently some infraction happened...

Well, here you go!

On To The Story

Today is the 8th of September. That means, it's the day of the 'ball'. Blair was suspicious as to why they had to bring their duel disk.

"Maybe there is going to be a duel at the end..." Blair wondered to herself. She sat up from her bed, and stared at the black dress, along with its accessories.

"Talking to yourself again, Blair?" Cindy asked, waking up. "Kind of... I'm going to help at the ball. Want to come?" Blair asked, stretching her arms. "Nah. I'm getting ready for my date, remember?" Cindy said, yawning.

"Already? It's only 6 in the morning, when is he coming?" She asked, stepping out of her bed. "At 7:30." Cindy answered, standing up.

"That's early. Well, you go get ready. I'm going to the beach." Cindy nodded, and went to the bathroom. While she did that, Blair quickly slipped into her clothes, and left.

When she got to the beach, a few people were already there. She only recognized a few of them. Mindy, of course, Jasmine, and a few more Obelisk Blue girls. Then, she saw a blonde, picking something up.

"Alexis?" She called, causing the blonde to look over to her. When Alexis saw Blair, she smiled. "Hey, Blair. Helping?" She asked, placing the decorations on a table. "Yeah. What are you doing here? I thought you didn't like going to these things... and you're helping!" Blair exclaimed.

Alexis laughed, before shrugging. "Mindy and Jasmine dragged me here. I would have fought them off, but Chancellor Sheppard said I had to." She explained, sighing. "Well, poor you... I came here on my own will. Do you want help?" Blair asked, glancing at the decorations.

"You'll help? Thanks... Can you hang these up there?" Alexis asked, giving her some ribbon, and pointing to four poles, which were connected above. "Of course..." Blair took all of the ribbon, and bit her lip.

"This might take a while..." She mumbled to herself, before climbing up with a ladder. After an hour of nearly falling, and asking how to hang them up, Blair finished, and wiped sweat off her brow.

"Well... It did take a while." She said, climbing down the ladder. "Great job, Blair!" Mindy praised, decorating the DJ table. "Thanks!" Blair replied, waving.

"Need anymore help?" Blair asked Alexis, who looked pissed. "Kind of... I don't see why I need to do this for Chancellor Sheppard though... Anyway, putting my problem aside, can you help me make the food?" Alexis asked.

"Food? Sure! I love doing these things... So, do we head to the kitchen now? I mean, since most of the new kids are boys, and some of the best students here are boys, food will go by fast later." Blair said, wiping sand off of her shorts.

"You're right... Let's go." Alexis said, before the two walked off to the kitchen.

"Great, what do we do now..." Blair asked, looking at all of the uncooked food. "Jasmine gave me a list of what we have to make. She also told me everything should be in a cookbook around here..." Alexis said, looking through the cabinets.

"You mean this book?" Blair asked, holding up a book. "Yeah! Let's see, what's on the list..."

"Fruit Kabobs

Burgers (Vegan, Meat)

Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Fried Dumplings (Vegan, Meat)

Fried Shrimp"

Alexis said, outloud. "And the list goes on and on." She said, looking at the list. "That's fine. What seems hardest?" Blair asked, flipping through the book. "On this... Maybe the burgers..." Alexis answered, tilting her head.

"Okay, then let's start!" Blair said, smiling.

Later...

"Well, that took a long time." Blair said, looking at all of the food. "Yup... It took hours..." Alexis started. "Four hours, to be exact." Blair corrected. "Yeah... And we finally finished everything on the list." She finished.

"What time is it?" Blair asked, cleaning up the counter. "Well, you arrived at the beach at around 6:30... Then an hour later you finished the decorations, so that's around 7:45... And it took us another fifteen minutes to get here from the beach, so that's 8:00... And it took us four hours to finish, so it's noon." Alexis said, adding the numbers.

"There should really be a clock in here." Blair said, washing her hands. "Well, we have five hours to the ball, so get all of this food down to the beach..." Alexis stated, sighing. "By doing what? Haul all of the food down there, one by one? It would take another four hours." Blair complained.

"I thought about that before. So we had a cart." Alexis left the room for a minute, before coming back. Bring all of the food out to the hall." Alexis instructed. Blair nodded, and she took the fried food out to the hall. In the hall, was two carts, with enough room to bring down all of the food.

When they god the food down to the beach, it was decorated. Everywhere. "Whoa... We leave for four hours, and it's already finished." Blair joked. "Let's set up the food table." Alexis said, bringing the cart over to a long table.

Blair and Alexis set the table, and just finished before they heard a voice from behind them.

"Hey! Alexis! Blair!" The voice yelled. Alexis sweat dropped, while Blair laughed at her reaction.

"Jaden, what are you doing here?" Alexis asked. Jaden shrugged. "Me and Jesse were talking about duelling, and we saw the decorations. So, we decided to stop by." He answered.

"If Jesse was with you, then where is he?" The blonde asked, causing Blair to try and go to the other side of the table, to perfect a plate.

"He's over there," Jaden replied, pointing behind him. Sure enough, the Crystal Beast user was behind them, leaning against the cliff, looking up. Blair blushed, remembering their moment yesterday.

'"What?" He asked her. Blair only pointed up. "That cloud... It looks like one of your monsters..." The image of Sapphire Pegasus flashed through Blair's mind.

"Yeah... It looks like Sapphire Pegasus!" Jesse smiled at the sky, while Blair stood up. She looked down at him, for a second, and saw him smiling right at her.'

She shook her head, and went to placing the last plate. "Jesse!" Jaden called. Blair bit her lip, and tried to hide underneath the table. "Blair? What are you doing?" Alexis asked, catching her. "Oh, just um... I dropped an earring." She said, ducking beneath the table.

"But you weren't wearing any-" Alexis started. "It was in my pocket!" She said, from under the table. "Nice job on the decorations." Jesse's voice was heard from underneath the table. Blair was shaking from underneath the table.

"Those ones?" Alexis asked, pointing to the ribbons. "Uh, yeah." Jesse answered, glancing over to the ribbon. "Blair did those. Talking about her, did you find your earring yet?" Blair hit her head on the table, causing Jesse to jump.

"Uh- Yup! Found it..." Blair said, emerging from behind the table. Blair pretended to put something in her pocket, before blushing, and walking away.

"That was... odd." Jesse said, watching Blair disappear from behind a tree. "She wasn't acting like that earlier... Why don't you go after her, Jesse?" Jaden suggested. Jesse stared at Jaden as if he said he liked dancing in ballerina tutus.

"What? Why me?" He asked. "Well, I kind of want to ask Alexis something..." Jaden hinted. Jesse opened his mouth, as realisation hit his face. "Oh... Well, see ya, buddy! Good luck being alone with Jaden, Alexis!" He joked, before running off.

Jesse disappeared into the forest, where Blair ran off. "Blair!" He called. Jesse sighed. "Why am I doing this..." He mumbled to himself. He was actually quite curious why Blair ran off. Maybe it was because of him. Jesse blushed, and furrowed his eyebrows.

"Blair!" He yelled again. "Uh..." He heard a voice say, from behind a tree. He ran to the voice, and looked behind the tree, to see Blair, with a scratch on her face.

"Hey, are you okay? You're bleeding..." He asked, with concern flowing through his voice. "I-I am?" She asked, with confusion written on her face. Jesse shook his head, and brought her hand to her cheek, where the blood was flowing.

"Oh. I am..." Blair said, staring at his hand, which was still really close to her face. Jesse realised this, and pulled his hand back.

"Like you said, see you tomorrow." Jesse said, before walking off, to who knows where.

Later, when Blair had returned to her dorm, she had a message on her PDA.

"Hey, Blair. Thanks for the help today," The video said. Blair quickly recognized the voice, as Alexis's, even though she wasn't looking at the video, but looking at her wound.

"Mindy has sent messages to everyone, but I'm just making sure you got it." Blair looked at the PDA. 'I got a message?' She thought to herself, 'I wonder what's in it...'

"And the message said, that Chancellor Sheppard wanted to make things... interesting. All attending students must bring a mask, their duel disks, and the invitation." The video ended, and Blair groaned.

"Now, where am I going to get a mask? It took me a while to even get the dress..." Blair said, wincing, as the medicine poured into her scratch. Blair heard a knock on the door.

She walked over to it, and opened the door. When no one was there, her eye twitched. "Again..." She muttered. She looked down, wondering if something would pop up, like the invitation had.

And what do you know?

On the floor, was a box. And on the box, was a note.

'Hey, Blair! I heard everyone had to attend with a mask, so this is a special present! Say bonjour to Cindy for me!'

Blair smiled, and picked up the box. She brought it in, and opened it, slowly. Inside, was a beautiful black mask, matching her outfit for later.

She glanced at the clock.

'4:30'

Blair's eyes widened. "It's already 4:30?! I've got to get ready..." Blair took the dress and its accessories, and ran to the bathroom.

At The Beach

When Blair got to the beach, people were already arriving. She sighed, and straightened her dress, before walking towards the crowd.

When she got to it, she recognized someone. "Alexis? Is that you?" She asked with uncertainty. That someone turned around and smiled. "You bet... Blair?" Alexis asked. "Uh-huh..." She said, biting her lip.

"So, did Jaden ask you out yet?" She asked, out of the blue. Alexis blushed, and looked at the ground. "So he did!" Blair said, smiling. "Yeah... He's over there talking to Jesse. Blair's gaze turned to Jaden and Jesse.

Jaden was wearing a black button up shirt, with a red vest. He was wearing black slacks, and his mask looked like Avian's.

Jesse was wearing his normal white shirt, and had a blue blazer, with a similar design as the Obelisk Blue boy's uniform, without sleeves. He was wearing black dress pants, and his mask looked kind of like Ruby's face.

Blair had to admit, Jesse looked handsome. "Well, what are you doing here? Talking to me, go get your date!" Blair said, nudging Alexis.

"Ah..." Alexis hesitated. Blair sighed, and dragged Alexis in between Jesse and Jaden, and let her go, before walking away.

Blair stopped, when she was out of seeing distance, and watched the scene. She saw Jesse shake his head, and walk away. She watched as Alexis and Jaden talk, before Jaden, with hesitation, kissed her.

Blair was about to say something about them to herself, before she got tapped on the shoulder.

She looked over to whoever tapped her, and blushed. "Hey there!" His southern voice said to her. Blair smiled at him, even if she felt like fainting. "Hey, Jesse." She said, glancing at Jaden and Alexis, who were talking again.

"They're cute together..." Blair mumbled, hoping Jesse wouldn't hear. "Jaden and Alexis? They sure are... I was wondering why Jaden didn't ask her out before." Jesse said. Blair leaned back, against the rocky cliff.

"I hope to be in a relationship someday... You know, not some one-sided love or anything... It's amazing to see the sparks between two people and-" Blair stopped, when she realised she was ranting in front of Jesse, she looked over to him, who was looking up.

Jesse looked like he was deep in thought. Blair opened her mouth, and was about to say something, but nothing came out. She was about to walk away, when a slow song came on. She was frozen, with her back towards Jesse.

Jesse snapped out of his thought bubble, when he heard the song. He slowly turned to Blair, who was frozen in place.

He touched her shoulder, causing her to jump. "Y-Yes?" She asked, facing him. "Um..." Jesse furrowed his brows, and looked around nervously. "Do you want to dance?" He asked, holding out a hand.

Blair looked at his hand, before taking it. "I would love to..." She said quietly. Jesse led Blair to the dance floor, where couples, including Jaden and Alexis, were already dancing.

Jesse and Blair slowly danced around, trying not to bump into anyone else.

As Jesse and Blair moved, Blair smiled to herself, and closed her eyes, savouring the moment.

When Blair opened her eyes, she looked up at Jesse, who was staring at her through his mask.

Blair and Jesse were staring at each other, and smiles slowly showed on their emotionless expressions.

Jesse let out a silent gasp, when Blair laid her head on his chest. He smiled at the movement, and brought her closer.

When Jesse brought her closer to himself, Blair's eyes widened, and she was thankful, that he couldn't see her blush.

"Jesse..." Blair whispered, against his chest. "Hmm?" he answered.

"Why did you ask me to dance with you...?" She asked, quietly.

Jesse blushed, and looked down at the girl in front of him.

Blair slowly took off her mask, without breaking the dance. Jesse did the same.

The two continued dancing, as they held their masks. "Well..." Jesse started.

Blair waited patiently for his answer, while he was finding the words. "I don't know... I guess, I just really wanted to ask you."

"Really?" Blair asked, with hope in her eyes. Jesse nodded, resting his chin on her hair, gently.

Jesse felt her smile against his chest, which made him grin, and close his eyes.

Near the end of the song, Blair looked up at Jesse, with a look in her eye.

It was as if she was asking him to do something, without speaking.

Slowly, Jesse and Blair leaned in.

Blair's eyes fluttered closed, and Jesse closed his.

Screech!

Blair and Jesse jumped apart, blushing.

"Ahem! Now you'll find out why duel disks were required! Everyone go to the forest clearing, where Chancellor Sheppard is waiting for you. Chop chop!" Crowler yelled into the microphone, causing everyone to cover their ears.

Jesse and Blair quickly ran to the clearing, with their duel disks strapped to their arms.

"First battle... Jaden Yuki vs Chazz Princeton!" Chancellor Sheppard said, as the whole class got there.

Blair quickly dragged Jesse away, over to a tree.

Blair and Jesse placed down their masks, before Jesse talked. "What's wrong?" He asked. Blair sighed. "It's nothing... I just..." Blair mustered all of her courage up, and kiss Jesse, passionatly.

When Blair and Jesse broke the kiss, milimeters away from each other, Jesse smiled.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" He asked, quietly. Blair smiled. "Of course."

Click!

They heard a noise, and they looked around. They saw Alexis with a camera.

And to think... It all started with a ball.

The End!

This took so long for me to do! It's not even that long, too...

Really bad ending. Well, later, my new story comes up...

Here's the main information...

Name: Medieval Rival or Medieval Love?

From: Yu Gi Oh 5Ds

Summary: Aki Izayoi and her bother and sister are the rulers of the New Domino Kingdom. And ever since three years ago, Aki has given up on dating, marriage, or anything related to men. Will this random stranger help her? Or will he just get killed by her? Set during Medieval Times.

Well there's your sneak-peak.

Love you!

JK Writes