{{ All credits go to Kazuki Takahashi for the characters. Misguided ghosts is property of Paramore. I meerly created my OC. Special thanks to Clare Melvin to agreeing to post this as she is my roleplay partner as Jaden and various others. Reviews are appreciated, thanks!}}
Of course that didn't stop him from his old habits of being late. He had been up late thinking about the previous night, so he slept in. As he arrived to class late, he tried to sneak past Professor Crowler, but he was caught instantly.
As usual, Calypso was one of the first in class for a full on lesson day. The only thing that was a slightl downfall of the academy is that despite being a duelling academy, the government had to enforce that they learn four other critical topics to keep up with their education: English, Maths, History and PE were the selected subjects and much to Calypso's dismay, she had all of them today.
Crowler was the English teacher as well as duelling teacher and the class was studying Shakespeare when Jaden tried to sneak in unsuccessfully. "Jaden! Detention again, and sit over there next to Syrus if you will!"
Jaden huffed, annoyed that he had to have detention again, but it really bugged him that Crowler didn't want him sitting near an Obelisk. The boy sighed and gave Calypso an apologetic shrug. He couldn't do anything about it.
So he sat down next to Syrus but didn't pay attention to the lesson at all. It was Shakespeare - something Jaden had no interest in learning what so ever. So he happily slept throughout the lesson, catching up on some well needed rest.
Crowler smirked inwardly. He had the class how he wanted it, with the Obelisks reigning high!- ahem.
The class, minus Jaden, read through the story of Macbeth and how ambition and evil can spread through the heart. Either way, Calypso studied it and wrote down an extended response to his question and handed it in to him, as well as writing some small dot points for Jaden which she'd give to him later.
"Alright everyone, head over to the Gym where you all will have a choice of what to do! You have 15 minutes, except Jaden, you stay for five~" Crowler scowled.
Jaden woke up to the bell and yawed, stretching his muscles. Even though it was detention, Jaden decided to actually get some use out of it by talking. "So why exactly did you not want to sit in my normal seat? Did you hate me for sitting next to an Obelisk Blue?" He asked, deciding to figure out the truth.
"This is my new seating arrangement Mr Yuki, It's so I can have you all in order and I don't have to fight my OCD~" he stated smugly, trying not to grin. For the next couple of minutes, he scolded the child for being late and sleeping in his class before letting him out, partially because the PE teachers would have a fit if he wasn't there.
Everyone was getting changed into their PE gear for whatever they were going to do. Calypso found herself in blue short shorts and a Blue sweatshirt.
Jaden zoned out during Crowler's lecture, not wanting to hear his whiny voice. Once free, he dashed to the gym and quickly got changed. For some unknown reason, all the sports uniforms were the same colour. Therefore, Jaden also wore blue shorts and a white and blue t-shirt.
When he got out from changing, he joined his friends with a yawn. "Man I hate it when Crowler lectures. It makes me want to sleep all the time." He commented, trying his best not to yawn again.
Calypso was talking to Syrus and Chumley, who were joking about something and laughing together before Jaden came over and they grinned. "Hope you didn't fall asleep too bad~" Syrus stated.
Two teachers stood at the front and watched all the students come to together. "Class!" The male teacher yelled and everyone fell silent. "We have two choices for you. To the left, martial arts and combat! To the right, gymnastics~ Move!" Suddenly, everyone started to move. It was pretty obvious most of the guys moved to the left and most girls moved to the right, except for Calypso, who was happy to stand on the left with all the males. Even the teachers were surprised.
Jaden watched as everyone moved. He preferred martial arts any day. He was a little bit surprised to see that Calypso was with the rest of the guys. Some of the guys whistled at her, and Jaden had to try his best not to get irritated by it. He didn't want to seem overprotective.
Trying to forget about it, Jaden walked over to Calypso, smiling as he nudged her gently. "Should I assume you're not very flexible? Or you didn't want to be with the girls?" He whispered with a playful smirk.
Hearing all the guys whistle at her as she walked over made her roll her eyes. They had no idea what she was capable of. She smiled graciously when Jaden came over as well. "Oh, trust me, I'm very flexible. I'd just prefer fighting over flips~" she poked her tongue out at him.
"Alright girls, come over here~" the female teacher lead the girls over to the other end of the gym. The male teacher looked over at Calypso and the boys. "Alright, to see your strength, we're going to set some sparing tests today. It's okay if you don't know how to do martial arts; I'm looking to see overall strength."
Everyone nodded in response and got into groups of two as Jaden was forced to go get the equipment. Picking on Slifers were the teachers' favourite thing to do.
After Jaden got the equipment out, he moved over to Calypso with a grin on his face. "You don't mind being my partner now do you~? Especially after last night~?" He joked.
Calypso looked around to see everyone in pairs already. She looked over at Syrus and chuckled sadly. He was paired with Chumley; oh boy she hoped he had some hidden strength in him.
When Jaden arrived, she poked her tongue out at him and laughed. "I don't mind, just don't go easy on me~" she stated, her eyes glistening a challenge before the teacher picked who to go first.
Jaden was picked to go first and held up his fists as Calypso put on the equipment. "Okay - I'll try my best not to hit too hard~" He winked. The boy then hit the targets with his fists, being sure to leave a few powerful blows. He didn't like fighting that much, but he picked it up as self-defence.
Calypso laughed lightly as he hit the targets on her body and arms. He had a pretty powerful punch when he tried. He had one minute to show his strength and Calypso held her guard until the teacher blew the whistle. "Alright, it's time to see how the girl goes~"
The two switched places and Jaden put the targets on. "Don't hold back okay, Calypso?" Jaden winked. "I want you to give it all you've got." The boy knew that Calypso was powerful. He had a strong feeling about it, and Jaden wanted to see all the shocked faces as Calypso showed off her strength. It would probably be the best part of his day. At least, that is what he was hoping for. Jaden gave her a reassuring smile before nodding to let her know that he was ready.
She smiled gently, nodding lightly. "Alright, if you say so~" she closed her eyes for a brief moment, bringing her bearings together. The teacher nodded lightly that she could go.
"HYA!" SMACK. Thud.
Suddenly, Jaden was flung at least two meters in the air and fell with a thud as she pulled her leg down. She was so glad he was wearing padding but she rushed over to help him up. "Are you okay?!"
Jaden rubbed his head with a slight groan. "Holy crap..." He took her hand gently and slowly stood up. "I was NOT expecting that much power." He laughed softly. "Where did you learn that, Calypso? That's crazy!" He grinned, clearly impressed by her skills.
The other students and the teacher just stared at her, completely shocked by her abilities. They had no idea she could hold that much strength.
"I am so sorry!" She stated as helped him up, her touch surprisingly gentle. She chuckled nervously as everyone just looked at her. She wasn't used to so much attention at one time.
"I've been training for the past 2 years with a personal trainer~" well it was truth, there was just a LOT more to it.
Jaden laughed at everyone's reaction. "That was awesome!" He grinned as he gently rubbed his head once more. "That definitely woke me up!"
The teacher just continued to look shocked. "I uh.. No I wasn't expecting that, but that was very impressive!" When he saw the other students staring, he just waved them off. "Okay okay go back to sparing everyone!"
She smiled lightly and blushed a bit before smiling happily. "I'll go a bit gentler, okay?" She told him before stepping back a bit. She mainly focused on straightening her arm and perfecting her moves.
Jaden grinned as he held up the targets, luckily not being thrown up into the air again. Once the practice was over, Jaden and Calypso both put the equipment away.
"I had no idea you could be so strong." Jaden admitted with a smile. "I'll have to train to keep up with you." He winked.
She smiled shyly as she picked up the equipment and placed it over in the storage room where all the equipment was kept. She let Jaden lead her as she didn't know where to put it.
"I kinda have to be. Being a part of a huge company and everything, it makes targets towards many attacks~" she shrugged lightly. "You become used to the training after a while, no matter the circumstances."
Jaden frowned gently. "Targeted? Is that why you are keeping your identity a secret here? In case someone attacks you here?" He whispered softly so no one except Calypso could hear her. He felt scared for her. She had only just been in his life for a short while, and it worried him to think that someone would want to hurt her.
She shook her head lightly, an amused smile spreading across her lips. "No, not exactly. It's more so that I get a fair go at this school and teachers aren't intimidated into giving me high grades because of my status. Plus, rich people are usually envious of those with people with more power. Being in the obelisk Blue dorm, people do some nasty stuff to each other out of sake being better~" she shook her head. "I don't like being judged by my name, so I hide it."
He sighed gently. "I guess that makes sense. I just don't want to see you hurt, that's all." He gave her a soft smile, stroking her cheek gently. "I know that people in the Obelisk Blue dorm can be cruel, but there are a few who aren't like that - like Alexis for example. She's pretty cool."
Jaden then quickly removed his hand from her cheek, remembering that they were still in classroom, but in the storage space so they were lucky that no one could see it so they wouldn't be in trouble.
She nodded gently, smiling at his soft and gentle touch which instantly reminded her of the previous night. She giggled a bit. "it's not hard for me to be hurt, trust me~" she chuckled a bit before walking out and back over to the teachers who letting them all dismiss.
"Do you have a class next?" she asked him gently, gazing around at everyone.
Jaden looked down at his watch before shaking his head. "Nah. I got about an hour to kill before I gotta head over to math." The boy groaned. "I hate math. In fact I hate all subjects except lunch and practice duelling." He shrugged. "What can I say? I'm not much of an academic."
He looked over at her. "What about you? Do you have anything next?"
"ECC~ she replied lightly. "Extra Curriculum Class. To choose one, you have to be earning a constant score of 90 or higher to take it so I thought why not~" she chuckled. "I'm a geek like that~ But we get to choose the class so I don't mind."
She stretched her arms before walking over to the change rooms. "I guess I'll see you in an hour then~!"
"Yeah.. See ya!" Jaden waved her off before slowly walking into the boy's changing room. He sighed softly as he got changed; thinking about the ECC that Calypso was going to. He was barely passing, let alone getting a score of 90 or higher.
After finally putting on his red jacket, Jaden walked outside and looked up at the sky, deep in thought. He had a while to kill, so he sat by the big tree outside his dorm, near the harbour where the events of the previous night occurred. As he looked back on the night, he couldn't help but frown while pulling out a few books.
"How could that girl like a slacker like me?" Jaden whispered softly, honestly confused by the concept. She worked so hard and he just slept. He didn't seem worthy of someone like that. Chazz made it pretty clear that he thought the same thing too. Probably everyone did.
Jaden gazed at the books in his hand and gave a shrug. Maybe he could spend the hour studying. It would probably help his grades and maybe impress her a bit. Who knows? So the boy decided to spend that hour studying, trying to catch up on all the work he missed while sleeping and slacking off.
Calypso silently got dressed and put on her Obelisk blue vest and sat for a moment. She had to make it back inside and go to the end classroom of the corridor but she also had five minutes to relax and so she walked off and into the corridor, just thinking about everything.
Would the system been thrown off guard that an Obelisk blue could like a Slifer Red? Was it against the rules or was it normal? She knew that most of her colleagues like her looked down upon them but to her they were just normal people.
She decided to shrug it off and go to the ECC. She was actually really looking forward to doing it. When she arrived, there were maybe six people there all together. Drama was already taken and she was pretty disappointed about it. She looked about and saw her only option was.. Music. Awesome! Something she already excelled in!
She signed her name down to find that Crowler was going to be her teacher. She groaned mentally, now she had him for three classes. But she was intrigued to see what instruments her played. "Calypso, glad you take an interest for the musical art of sound~" she smiled warmly and he stood. "I'll show you our private room of music. I have a feeling you'll be teaching me more than anything this semester~"
Crowler took her to the music room, where several instruments decorated the walls as they sparkled in the bright light. "Here we are~!" The professor exclaimed. "I personally take care of the music room, which is why it is in the best condition possible." He smiled, clearly proud of his work in the music room.
"Now my dear, what kind of instrument do you play? Anything acoustic? Wind? Strings?" He asked, excited to have a bright student in Crowlers' music class. Of course he was also being very polite due to the fact that Calypso was an engaging, Obelisk Blue student. Crowler treated his Obelisk Blue's entire well, as he was their dorm parent. He was responsible for all the Obelisks, which was why he was so very protective of them.
It was also one of the many reasons why he would try to separate Calypso and Jaden as much as possible. Jaden was a lower rank, and he felt that the Slifer had no right to be with someone of a higher authority. It would be a waste of her potential.
Calypso was in absolute awe as she walked into the Music room. It had hardly been touched and you could tell of the perfect way it was left in. "Professor Crowler, this is impressive~!" she stated, walking around the room and gazing at all the instruments.
She turned around and looked over at her head teacher and smiled. "Well.. uhm, I play Piano, guitar, violin and I sing~" she blushed a tad. She liked to keep her musical genius private, because people always come up to you and ask you to do something to it once they find out.
"If you have any of those instruments or an instrumental of a song, I could play or sing for you~" she smiled lightly. "And would it be okay if we kept this private? I don't really want people to know I'm good at this~"
The professor folded his arms with a gentle smile. "Of course, we wouldn't want people getting jealous now would we?" He gently tool out a guitar and violin, and he gestured to the piano while pulling out a list of song instrumentals.
"Well as today is only the first lesson, how about you just show me what you can do on the instruments? Then we can work on them one by one in future lessons. How does that sound?" He asked, proud to have a musical genius in his class.
She grinned. Well at least she'd have some common ground with Crowler so the two could get along on some ground. "That sounds great professor~" she smiled generously before she moved herself over to the beautiful grand piano with a smile.
"If you've ever watched Pirates of the Caribbean Sir, then you'll recognise this~" and soon her fingers began to slide across the piano, first in the middle, then expanding to about two octaves apart as she closed her eyes and pulled herself into to the piece with a smile. Her fingers danced as her arms moved across, her playing having all key elements of music in it before ending it with a big and powerful final note.
She then moved herself and took the violin. The melody was soft and sad and sweet at the same time, like a feeling of letting a loved one go. She moved to how she played and inserted vibrato and staccatos when necessary. She was soft and slow when she finished with a gentle smile.
She then picked up the guitar and smiled, a memory suddenly coming to her. "Uhm, this is a song I wrote when I was little which I still really like. Please don't judge my voice by the song, I can do so much louder and powerful, trust me~" she blushed a tad.
Crowler just smiled with a nod. "That is perfectly fine my dear. I am all about expressing music in any form." The professor was impressed by the girl's talent. He had no idea she could be so skilled. Then again, she was one of his Obelisk Blue students. Of course she was talented!
As Crowler watched, he couldn't help but feel so proud of the girl. Originally he had been annoyed with her, choosing to help a slacker who had no hope of passing. But now he saw how talented she truly was, and he knew she had to put that to her full potential. The professor smirked slightly to himself. Now he had the perfect opportunity to make sure the Slifer slacker couldn't drag Calypso down.
She breathed deeply, placing her fingers to where they needed to be and slowly started to play the intro. it was a beautiful melody as played it, her fingers plucking and strumming a chord at the same time and when she started to singing, it came out soft and light, full of deep and raw emotion.
"But I'll be back
Don't try to follow me
'Cause I'll return as soon as possible
See, I'm trying to find my place
But it might not be here where I feel safe
We all learn to make mistakes
And run from them, from them
With no direction
We'll run from them, from them
With no conviction
'Cause I'm just one of those ghosts
Travelin' endlessly
Don't need no roads
In fact, they follow me
And we just go in circles
And now I'm told that this is life
That pain is just a simple compromise
So we can get what we want out of it
Would someone care to classify?
Our broken hearts and twisted minds
So I can find someone to rely on
And run to them, to them
Full speed ahead
Oh, you are not useless
We are just
Misguided ghosts
Travelin' endlessly
The ones we trusted the most
Pushed us far away
And there's no one road
We should not be the same
But I'm just a ghost
And still they echo me
They echo me in circles~"
She slowly played the outro, plucking the last two notes and resting before looking up and smiling. "So, what do you think?"
Crowler stood up and clapped eagerly. "My my! What talent you have!" The teacher grinned. "I will be perfectly honest with you. You are my best student! I have never seen such talent before and it is so exhilarating!" He smiled and moved over to her. This was where his scheming began.
"Now dear, with this course, there comes a lot of hard work and practice. It is expected that you come to the music centre after school to practice until study sessions begin." the professor grinned, knowing it meant the only free time she would have would be in the dorms. "I know it sounds rough, but I know someone as well gifted and hard working as you, will be able to handle it. Am I right?" He smiled.
Calypso smiled and chuckled slightly when he heard that she liked her music. She didn't really perform much so it was good to hear positive feedback from someone, especially someone who knows what they're doing. Maybe sometime soon she could even perform in front of the academy.
She gulped slightly when he told her that she had to be in here after school hours. she bit her lip, she wouldn't have any time to catch up with Jaden and her new friends.. But she really wanted to exceed in her subjects. She nodded lightly. Besides, she knew that she could handle and make time.. Somehow. "Yes sir. I can do this~" she smiled gently.
Meanwhile, Alexis decided to walk around and chill out by herself until she saw Jaden under the trees. She raised an eyebrow. Was he studying? "Hey~" she called out and sat next to him gently. "what cha doin?"
Jaden jumped slightly at the voice. "Oh, Alexis! Hey." He smiled before letting out a groan and tossing a book to his bag. "Ugh I'm attempting to study... It's not really working though. Books are just evil." He sighed, lying back on the grass as he folded his arms behind his head.
"What about you, Lex? Don't you have one of those ECCO thingys? You're smart after all." He asked, curious as to why she was out here.
"Well, I can help you out, one friend to another~" she smiled brightly and laid down on the grass next to him, pulling out a different book before looking at him and chuckling at his question. "Why would I want to stress myself? ECC is for people who are willing to learn more and academically be one of the top students. Bastion's doing it because he's a genius. I'd rather have some free time on my hands~" she smiled a little. "Now, tell me where are you having troubles?"
Jaden shrugged. "Calypso is doing it too. Suits her really well. She's a genius too." He then glared at the textbook. "Everywhere..." He sighed. "Lex I haven't paid attention to a single lesson. I sleep, remember?" He put his head in his hands and groaned, clearly annoyed at himself for slacking so much. "Agh I'm such an idiot. I don't even understand how I pass."
"Well, alright, let's start with English okay? Really simple. Do you play any sort of blood shed game besides duel monsters, because Macbeth is all about blood and fighting." She pulled the text book out and briefly began explaining the story of Macbeth in a way that he could understand; duel monsters style~.
Meanwhile, Calypso and Crowler organised a timetable for her so she knew when was theory and practical and when all her other classes were and she sighed. She had almost no time to herself at all. This was going to be challenging.. Suddenly the bell rang and Calypso packed her things. She had five minutes before she had class and decided to rest a bit, tightening her hair that was in a ponytail again.
Jaden looked at the book before nodding his head. "Oh! I get it! So Featherman and Burstlady feel guilty because they killed Sparkman and took the crown, like the three Kuribohs predicted!" Jaden grinned as they went through it with his duel monsters. "Oh that makes sense!" He sat back on the grass with a smile. "Thanks for doing this Lex. It means a lot to me. I'm just trying harder because... Well I don't want people to look at me and think that I'm just a joke, you know?"
Jaden hadn't even heard the bell ring. He was just so focused on trying to study. He just wanted to be smarter for Calypso so he didn't look like such a dumb ass in front of her.
"Within this time you went from knowing nothing to about half the story of Macbeth. That's impressive Jaden~" she smiled and sat up a bit. "How about, whenever we have this subject here, I'll help you and tutor you~" she smiled. "By the time the next series of test come around, nobody will think you're a joke!" she grinned and helped him pack up.
Calypso was glad that the music room was close to the maths room so she didn't have to walk far. So naturally, she was the first in class. She sat down by the corner and gathered her gear, feeling pretty exhausted already. At least this was her last class and then she could rest.. or did she have to go back to music?
Jaden thanked her for helping him pack up and they got up together, walking over to the maths building. "You would do that for me, Lex?" He asked, glad that he had someone who could help him. "That would be great! Thanks!" He gave her a friendly wink before entering the classroom.
For once the boy was actually early, due to the fact that Alexis had practically dragged him into going early, something Jaden wasn't use to. When he saw Calypso, he gave her a bright smile. However he remembered the assigned seating, and he moved over to where the Slifer Red's sat, on the other side of the classroom.
"It's no problem, really~" she smiled lightly as they came into class and Alexis said good bye and walked over to her seat in the Obelisk Blue section which was a row below Calypso. Calypso smiled back when he smiled at her. she wondered why he was here so early..
The teacher came in, (This time NOT Crowler) and smiled at everyone and hugged his cat. He looked a bit geeky but Calypso was fine with that. "Hello class, my name is Mr Banner, and this is my cat Pharaoh~"
All the Slifer Red's knew Banner and Pharaoh, as he was their dorm parent. Pharaoh was probably the only thing related to teachers that actually liked him. The cat meowed at the students with a gentle purr before jumping onto the desk. Pharaoh then crawled into a little ball before falling asleep. Jaden would have done the same thing, but he was trying his hardest to stay awake and stay focused.
The boy looked up to gaze at Calypso, but he wasn't surprised to see that she was focused on her own work. So he turned back to his work and went back to doing it as Banner explained equations on the white board.
Maths was pretty easy, write down an equation and solve it. At least that's all it was in her mind. By the time Banner had written all the equations out and different questions to complete. She had already done them, even the homework ones, thank god~ For most of the lesson, she found herself doodling in her maths book, decorating it with duel monsters, mostly Kuribohs.
It seemed like ages before the bell went and school was finally over..Maybe. Calypso sighed a tad and packed her things tidily, not really in the mood to do more music but would be happy to anyway~
Jaden had finished the in class work, but still had the homework ones to do, which was a bit of a bother. However, he didn't fall asleep in class which was a good start. Jaden smiled and walked up to Calypso as the left the classroom.
"Hey!" He grinned, placing an arm around her shoulder. "Do you wanna head to the docks today? Chumley makes amazing grilled cheese sandwiches, and I thought we could at the harbour." He suggested, not knowing of Calypso's new schedule.
Calypso walked down the stairs with Alexis and she grinned when Jaden came over and wrapped his arm around her. Boy this guy knew how to put her in a good mood! But she sighed lightly and moved out his arm reluctantly with a sad smile.
"Sorry, I wish I could but I guess this ECC has more requirements than I thought~ Maybe next time though okay?" she smiled warmly at them. "I'll talk to you later~" she smiled and walked over to the music room once again.
Jaden frowned as she dashed off, not even getting to say goodbye to her. "Well... Okay then..." He sighed softly, trying not to be too bothered by it. He was just hoping to have a chance to talk about what their kiss meant the night before. Were they official? Or was it just a fling for her? He didn't know. He guessed he would just have to wait until later to discuss it.
He looked at Alexis who just raised her eyebrow at his reaction, and he shrugged. "Do you wanna eat grilled cheese sandwiches? Could study at the same time I suppose..." He offered with a disappointed smile. It's not that he didn't want to hang out with Alexis, it was just that he got shot down so quickly.