Marie's POV, first person

I had never seen Miss Tenjouin act like that. It had kind of scared me to see her so angry. It made me wonder why. Was it because I told her about the new student that was supposed to be arriving sometime within the week? Or was it because I bothered her at half past ten at night? I didn't think so, considering Miss Tenjouin often took walks on campus after hours.

Still, it wasn't one of the older students who told me about the newcomer. It was Principal Thompson himself who told me.

(flashback)

I was running down the hall to my next class, late as always. I just happened to run into Principal Thompson. Literally. My books went flying, and I went down. Principal Thompson had to struggle to stay on his feet. As he was helping me pick up my books, he looked worried about something.

"Is something bothering you, Mr. Thompson?" I asked, only mildly curious. I really just wanted to get to class without an issue.

"Can you keep a secret, Marie?" he asked, glancing up at me with a worried expression on his face.

"Sure," I answered, not really knowing where this was going.

"There's a student that's going to be coming here soon. He's a transfer student from Domino City."

"Why does this need to be kept a secret?" I asked.

"He used to go to the famous Duel Academy not far from Domino City. You know, where Miss Tenjouin used to be a student at."

"The school that only accepts the best duelists in the world?" I wondered, my jaw dropping. "Why would he want to transfer here?"

"Well, here's the thing. I checked his records at Duel Academy and it's true that he attended that school...ten years ago. He graduated with the same class as Miss Tenjouin."

"What!"

"Shh! There's more. Even though he was a Slifer Red student with low grades, the records ranked him as the best duelist in that academy."

I didn't have anything to say to that, since it was also true in my case.

"But this isn't even the most disturbing part," Mr. Thompson continued. "He looked exactly the same as he did ten years ago!"

Now I was sure Mr. Thompson was joking with me. "Mr. Thompson, thank you for the interesting tale, but I'm late for class, so if you'll excuse me..." I shuffled to get around him.

"Marie, I promise I'm not lying. I wish I was. I'll even show you the practice duel tape and show you the picture I found."

"I really have to get to class, Mr. Thompson," I said, thinking that Mr. Thompson was finally going crazy from not having enough sleep. I always knew coffee messed with the mind.

"If you come to my office, I'll write send a message to your teacher excusing you from this period," Mr. Thompson offered.

Finally, some good coming from this seeming mental breakdown. "Sure," I answered, giving in.

(end flashback)

You could imagine my surprise when it turned out to be true. Mr. Thompson asked me to keep an eye on this new student when he showed up, since he was so suspicious. I figured I would go ask Miss Tenjouin about him since she might have known him, but her little fit of rage stopped me from doing so. Well, I couldn't tell anyone else about this (not that they would believe me anyway), so I was just going to have to deal with it by myself.

I'm a little anxious about how this turned out. If anything's off, please let me know and I will try to fix it.