[Chapter 3: A Duel in Love!]

Dr. Crowler's Class!

Misaki sat next to Alexis as Mandy sat next to her while Anna sat next to Misaki and Jasmine sat on the other side of Alexis who was standing up answering a questions that Dr. Crowler AKA He-She had asked.

"Duel Monster cards can be grouped into normal monster cards, fusion monster cards, ritual monster cards, effect monster cards, trap cards, and spell cards," Alexis stated to explain, "Trap cards can be dived into normal traps, counter traps, and continuous traps. Spell cards can be separated into normal spells, continuous spells, equip spells, quick play spells, ritual spells, and field spells."

"Perfect," Dr. Crowler song, "well, done Alexis. Of course, I wouldn't expected nothing less from one of my blue Obelisk."

"Yes, Dr. Crowler," Alexis said as she sat back down.

Misaki felt like growling because of how rude and pathetic Dr. Crowler was.

"Now who should we question next?" Dr. Crowler asked as he looked around the room. "You! Syrus Truesdale!" Syrus shot up out of his set making Cole feel sorry for him. "Explain to the class what a field spell is please?"

"Um…a field spell is the…thing that effect the thing that is…Uh," Syrus tried to get out, but was to sacred to.

"Even preschoolers know the answer to this you Slifer Slacker!" an Obelisk called out to him making the other Obelisk blues and the Ra Yellows to laugh.

"Poor Syrus," Misaki whispered so only Anna, Alexis, Mandy, and Jasmine heard her.

"No," Syrus said, "I know it's…uh…uh, uh."

Misaki smiled when she saw Jaden whisper to Syrus to try and calm him down, but it didn't work.

"I think not," Crowler said, "sit down. Now would some one please give me the answer that's not wearing red. Thank you."

Misaki growled lowly when once the Obelisks and Ras laughed and she saw Syrus hang his head in shame.

"You know something teach?" Jaden asked, "you really shouldn't go and make fun of us Slifers like that."

"Huh?"

"I mean I'm a Slifer and I beat chya, so when you make fun of us your really make fun of yourself," Jaden told him.

Now both Ra Yellows and Slifer Reds laughed at the comment that Jaden said while Dr. Crowler looked like he could blow up at any minute.

'I will not tolerate that Slacker at my school for another minute,' Crowler thought, 'I'll see to it that he's taken down.'

Next class!

Misaki looked up front towards a Professor she hadn't seen before till now holding a fat cat.

"As some of you student's know my name is Professor Lymen Banner," the Professor said, "I special in some of the lesser tactics and in the world of Duel Monsters. Some that even a few see to be unnaturally…"

Misaki stated to zone out thinking about what Atem told her in her dream last night hoping to RA that it's not the shadow games that's making kids vanish off academy island till she heard the Professor speak again.

"Syrus!" he called.

"Yeah?" Syrus asked as he stood up.

"Do me a favor and grab Pharaoh would you?" the Professor asked him.

"Uh, Pharaoh?" Syrus asked in confusion.

"Unless your mentoring as a stretching post."

"Meow."

Syrus looked down to see the cat that the Professor had brought with him which made Misaki smile a bit and before they all knew it was time for their next class; PE. Oh joy. NOT!

{Me: I hate PE! Jaden: I hate it as well. Me: That's because you prefer to sleep. Jaden: Hey…True. Me: Oh good RA.}

PE!

Misaki let out a sigh she stood with the rest of her class waiting for their PE teacher or as Joey loves to call them the Peacis. {Me: PE Maniacs} Misaki stared in shock when her dorm instructor walked out and stood in front of them.

"Hi everyone," the girl dorms instructor said, "I'm Fonda Fontaine and I'll be your gym instructor for the semester. Are you ready to sweat?"

'Oh dear Ra,' Misaki thought, 'help me?'

Girl Dorm!

Misaki was talking to Alexis and Anna about duel monsters when they heard Jasmine and Mandy calling out to them.

"Hey, Alexis, Misaki, Anna," Jasmine called, "want to chill in the Obelisk waving pool?"

"No thanks," Alexis answered, "we wave and the guys rave. I'm not in the mood for a game of tackle Macro Polo."

"Dido," the two friends agreed.

"Hello," Jasmine said, "Girls Dorm. No guys allowed. Remember?"

Anna, Misaki, and Alexis looked each other before shrugging and then followed Mandy and Jasmine to the Obelisk Blue Girl hot pool. Where they relaxed after their first day in school though to Misaki it was hell on earth and she almost was wishing to be fighting the Shadow Realm again. Almost.

"Can you believe what that Jaden kid said to Dr. Crowler in class today?" Jasmine started in, "he's some nerve to talk to a teacher like that. Completely disrespectfully. Don't you think Misaki?"

"Actually, I thought it was kinda of cool," Misaki said dreamily.

"It seems that some one has a crush on a Slifer," Anna teased.

"ANNA!" Misaki yelled as she turned beet red.

Alexis cackled while Mandy and Jasmine looked at her in surprise.

"What him?" Jasmine asked, "cool?"

"It could be if he had the talent to back up that talk maybe," Mandy answered.

Misaki turned her back on them to look out of the windows.

"I think he just might, but I won't know for sure till I duel him myself," Misaki told them.

Misaki, Anna, Alexis, Jasmine, and Mandy stood up when they heard the other girls yelling about a boy on the girl's campus while Alexis, Anna, and Misaki went to go get dressed Jasmine and Mandy walked out of the dorm to talk to the boy.

Inside the Girls dorm!

Misaki stood next to Mandy and Alexis while Jasmine and Anna stood on the other side looking at the boy who was cought trespassing with a bit of a glare though she was shock to see that it was Syrus.

"A love latter from Misaki?" Mandy asked, "you've got to be kidding?"

"Yup," Syrus said with a smile, "ask her."

"Um…like hello," Jasmine started, "Misaki is like really tall and your really short, she's really good at dueling and your really not, she's really hot and…"

"But it's true," Syrus interrupted, "just tell them Misaki." He then started to fish around in pockets pulling out an envelope. "I have the note right here. Look, see."

Jasmine took the envelope, opened it, pulled out the latter, looked over it, and then held it out for the other four to read. Misaki read over the note once before looking back Syrus.

"Syrus, my name's not even spelled right there," Misaki told him.

"You first name's not Masiki," Anna said with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry Syrus," Mandy apologized, "but I think some one is yanking your chain here."

"So then you don't love me?"

"Hey, wait a second?" Jasmine asked as she reread the latter. "This note is made out to Jaden Yuki."

"What?" Syrus asked before Jasmine showed it to him. "Jaden, but…ah. So I can't even get a fake love latter."

"I'm sorry Syrus," Misaki told him.

"Me, too," Syrus told her.

"I don't buy it," Jasmine said as she looked at the other three.

"What?" Mandy asked.

"He could have written the note to have an excuse to come here," Jasmine answered.

"What are you saying?" Mandy asked, "that we should report him for trespassing then?"

"But I was invited," Syrus told them, "I swear."

"Girls just what on earth is going on down there?" a voice sounded.

Anna, Misaki, and Alexis looked at the other girls.

"Down," Alexis told them, "hurry."

"Alright, what's up?" Miss. Fontaine asked as she came into view.

"You guys are heavy," Misaki heard Syrus say.

"Beg your pardon?"

"Maybe your just brittle."

"Geez, we're sorry Miss. Fontaine," Alexis apologized, "we'll make sure to keep a lid on things."

"Well, I should hope so," Miss. Fontaine told them, "it's nearly midnight and I have parodies in the morning."

They watch her walk away before Jasmine and Mandy got up off of Syrus to stand next to Alexis, Misaki, and Anna.

"So what now?" Jasmine asked.

"I'll tell you what now girls," Misaki said, "mmm. I say we use Sy as a kinda of bait to find out what we were wondering about before. Just how good Jaden really is and I think I just know how to get him to show us his best."

Outside the Girls dorm!

Misaki stood with Anna, Alexis, Jasmine, and Mandy with her duel disk as Syrus stood in between all five girls, so Jaden can see him when he arrived. Misaki smirked when she saw a boat and the two-tone haired boy in it pull up and just like she thought he jumped out of it and onto the girl's campus.

"Hi Jaden," Syrus greeted him lamely.

"Hey," Jaden greeted back, "so what exactly it going on here?"

"Well, uh, to make a long story short," Syrus stated, "I'm basically a big loser."

"Your friend here trespassed into the girl's campus," Jasmine told him.

"It that true Sy?" Jaden asked.

"Hey, it's not like that," Syrus tried to defend himself.

"And now that you're here Jaden," Mandy said, "your trespassing, too."

"That's right," Misaki agreed, "so if you don't want us to turn you in then your going to have to win your freedom by beating me in a duel right now."

"But if you turn us in we'll be expelled," Syrus told her.

"Don't worry Sy," Jaden told him, "I won't let that happen. Now let's duel Misaki."

Lake!

Misaki, Anna, Alexis, Mandy, and Jasmine got in one boat while Jaden and Syrus got into another and sailed out onto the lake before they stopped and Jaden along with Misaki stood up in the boats, ready their duel disk, loaded their decks, and drew their hands.

"I hope you know what your doing Jaden?" Syrus asked.

"Ready?" Misaki asked Jaden.

"Oh yeah," Jaden answered.

"DUEL!"

Jaden: 4000

Misaki: 4000

"Get you game on Misaki."

"Here we go," Syrus mumbled.

"Alright," Misaki said as she drew her sixth card and looked at it. "Let's see. Raise up Cyber Hero Glyde!" A boy in all brown appeared onto the field (Atk 1200) as Misaki picked her next card. "I'll place one card face down and end my turn."

"Time to throw down," Jaden said as he drew his sixth card. "First." 'Yeah.' "I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman. And I'll have him Atk your Cyber Hero Glyde!"

"Hold it right there!" Misaki called out to him, "I active the trap card Doble Passé."

Misaki braced her for the Atk that went around her monster and Jaden looked shocked that Misaki would sacrifice her Life Points to protect her monster instead.

Misaki: 2400

"Doble Passé change your monster's Atk to a direct attack on me," Misaki told him, "and now my monster that you were about to Atk get's to rage a direct Atk on you!"

She watched as her monster started to ran across the field.

"Great," Jaden stated.

"Oh," Misaki said in surprise, "when Glyde Atk's some one directly and he's the only one on the field her Atk points increase by 600."

Glyde raised his arm making Jaden and Syrus gasp when his hand changed into a gun before firing it at Jaden with the Atk.

Jaden: 2200

"That Aki is some thing else," Jaden stated, "sacrificing her own life points just, so she can get to mine."

"So are you impressed?" Misaki asked.

"Impressed?" Jaden asked, "I think I'm in love."

"Your sweet," Misaki told him thought she felt like blushing. "to bad I have to crush you. Now then where were we?" Misaki drew her next card and looked at it then her hand. "Oh. I play Net Agent Chaud Blaze in Atk Mode!" A young boy with a two-tone hair and bright blue eyes appeared onto the field. (Atk 1500) "And I activate the magic card Polymerization." Misaki held up the card to show Jaden. "This let's me to fuse together Cyber Hero Glyde and Net Agent Chaud Blaze to summon forth...Cyber Hero Protoman!" A new Navi appeared onto the field with long silver hair and wearing all red with bits of black. (Atk 2100) "Now Protoman Atk Sparkman with Sonic Boom!"

Protoman lifted arm up and just like Glyde his hand changed only into a sword and he hit Jaden with the Atk.

Jaden: 1700

"Well, so much for him," Jaden mumbled.

"Way to go Misaki!" Mandy cheered.

"Yeah," Jasmine agreed, "you've got him now. I knew when this kid beat Dr. Crowler it was just luck."

"I wouldn't be so sure girls," Alexis told them, "Jaden, just might have something up his sleeve."

"This is starting to get interesting," Anna agreed.

"Well, it would be my pleasure to prove you wrong," Jaden told them, "my drew." Jaden drew his new card. "I active the field spell card Fusion Gate! Now I can summon fusion monsters without a polymerization card. And I'm going to summon this one." Misaki knew what monster it was before he even showed her the two monsters that make it. "Elemental Hero Flame Wingman."

"Ok looks like it's going to be a Fusion monster against a Fusion monster," Misaki pointed out, "uh, Jaden? That's fine by me. Although since they have the same exact Atk points their just going to destroy themselves."

"Now after I play this they won't," Jaden told her, "I active the spell Kishido Spirit. Now Wingman can take down any monster that has the same Atk points as him and not be destroyed. And this to his super power once he destroys your Cyber Hero Protoman you take damage equal to his Atk points. Now go Flame Wingman and Atk Cyber Hero Protoman!"

'Some one hasn't done their homework,' Misaki thought.

Misaki watched as Wingman's Atk collided with her Protoman who just lifted up his hand and blocked the attack, but he wasn't destroyed.

"What?" Jaden asked surprised, "how did he survive my Wingman's Atk?"

"Simple," Misaki answered.

"Huh?"

"Protoman's special ability makes it where if I remove Cyber Hero Glyde from play then he can't be destroyed by an opponent with only one monster."

"But then that would mean…"

"Neither of us lose any life points," Misaki finished for him.

"Well, I guess you've got me," Jaden told her.

"Oh, when I get you, Jaden believe me you'll know it," Misaki told him before she drew her next card. "Like right now for example." Misaki held up a spell card with a picture of Megaman had his hand turned into a blue sword. "I equip my spell Cyber Sword."

"Uh-oh," Jaden stated, "I think you better brace yourself for this one Sy, old buddy."

"Go Protoman Atk the Wingman with Cyber Slash Atk!" Misaki ordered.

Protoman lifted up his sword and charged before slashing at the Flame Wingman destroying it with ease.

Jaden: 200

"Uh-oh," Misaki said, "your life points are looking pretty low. Hope you haven't unpack your bags here yet?"

"Yeah," Mandy agreed, "cause if you lose your both are going to get expelled."

"We are?" Syrus asked.

"That's now going to happen Sy promise," Jaden told him.

'You shouldn't make promises you can't deliver,' Misaki thought.

'I hope I didn't just make a promise I can't deliver,' Jaden thought, 'the only card I have out is Fusion Gate, but there's still a chance I can win. Just depends on what I drew right here, right now.' "Here goes!" Jaden drew his next card. "Perfect."

"Huh?"

"I play the Elemental Hero Clayman!" Jaden announced, "raise up!" a monster made out of clay appeared onto the field. "And now I active Monster Reborn! So come on back Elemental Hero Sparkman!"

"What difference well he make?" Misaki asked, "my Protoman has way more Atk points then him. Your Sparkman won't stand a chance."

"He won't, but with Fusion Gate special effect I can fuse him and Clayman together to summon Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!"

Misaki watched a huge ass monster appeared out onto the field.

"Hate to break it to ya, but my Protoman's Atk points are still higher at 3600," Misaki told Jaden.

"Yeah, I know, I know," Jaden stated, "but one of Thunder Giant's abilities is he can destroyed any monster whose original Atk points are less then his own."

"The original Atk points?" Misaki asked.

"That's right," Jaden answered, "the Atk points without any kind of enhancement."

"But before I played Cyber Sword his Atk points where just 2100," Misaki said in shock.

"Exactly, and that's lower then my Thunder Giant's, so your Cyber Hero Protoman is automatically destroyed!" Jaden told her while Misaki watched as her monster was destroyed by Jaden's monster's ability unable to do anything. "And the coolest part of it Misaki, I still have his Atk left to use one you. Voltaic Thunder!"

Misaki braced for the attack that took the rest of her life points while her friends watched in shock.

Misaki: 0

"Misaki?" Jasmine asked.

"What just happened?" Mandy asked next.

"Yeah," Syrus cheered.

"Alright!" Jaden also cheered before looking at Misaki and a his pose. "Looks like that's Game."

The boats where now setting side by side as Misaki and Jaden faced each other.

"Well, a deal's a deal," Jaden told her. "I won, so we get off free."

"Ok guys," Misaki said with a smile, "I won't back out. We'll keep quiet about what happened tonight."

"Well, if you ask me?" Jasmine asked, "I think we should turn both of them in right now."

"Well, no one asked you," Misaki told her.

"Misaki."

"Jaden, beat me in a duel fair and square and that's all there is to it," Misaki told her.

"There's more to it then that," Jaden stated making them all look at him, "it was close. Yeah, you've got game Misaki." Jaden then sat down before he started to row away. "Later."

Misaki watched as Jaden rowed away with Syrus back towards the other shore.

'Even if I did win I could never turn those two in,' Misaki thought, 'this place a lot more fun with them then without.'

"You did well Misaki," Alexis praised.

Anna looked at Misaki who was still looking out after Jaden who was now out of sight.

'I never seen Misaki act this way before,' she thought, 'I wonder is she actually falling for that Slifer?'

Misaki turned to her friends with a smile.

"Alright girls let's head back," she told them.

"Agreed," Alexis second before she grabbed the paddles and started to row back to the dorm.

Misaki's Dorm room!

After saying good night to the girls, Misaki walked into her room to get ready for bed. When she was dress in her black tank top and faded blue torn mini shorts and climbed in bed, but she was unable to get sleep. Misaki looked up at the ceiling thing about that duel with Jaden and almost cried out in shock when Cyber Hero Protoman appeared transparent standing next to her.

"You need to get to sleep Misaki," he told her.

"Easy for you to say," Misaki mumbled under her breath before she looked at him and said more loudly. "Sorry I couldn't stop Jaden's monster from destroying you in the duel, Protoman."

"Don't worry about it and get some rest," he ordered before disappearing.

'Whatever,' Misaki thought before sleep over came her.