Viper here. I want to apologize for not updating for a while. Today, I'm thanking shadowstar92 for adding this story to her favorites. I deleted the second half of this chapter because I still have to figure how the second duel of this story's going to go. Little White Comet suggested some sites to help me out with that, so hopefully I'll figure it out soon. This chapter also doesn't have a POV. I really hope you enjoy it!
Judai woke to the sound of knocking the next morning. He shuffled over to the door and sleepily stuck his head out. He didn't see anyone, but there was a package sitting by his door. Hastily written in marker, the word UNIFORM was scrawled on the top of big cardboard box.
Sighing, he bent down to pick it up and went back into his room. He was still tired, so he dropped the box on his bed and collapsed onto the creaky spring matress next to it. Before he could fall back asleep, however, that alarm clock that Judai was sure was cursed shreiked its annoying alarm.
Growling, he got up swept the offending device to the floor and stomped on it comically. It shut off without getting broken, amazingly. "Guess I'm awake now," he said to himself.
He opened up the box of uniforms and found seven red vests, white long-sleeved t-shirts to wear under the vests, and black jeans. This looked awfully familiar...
It bothered Judai because he couldn't remember where he saw this uniform before. He spent several long seconds trying to figure out where it came from. There was one detail that was off, Judai knew, but he couldn't remember what it was. He eventually gave up trying to remember and just shrugged the thought away.
He quickly got dressed and pulled on his boots. Then, he snatched his card holster from the desk it was sitting on and stepped out into the hall. For once, Judai was actually early, something he thought would never happen to him in million years. There were only a few people out and about.
Judai decided to go visit Marie to see if she was okay. She reassured him of her complete recovery by smacking him with a pillow and cussing him out for waking her up early. Her wierd behavior had completely vanished.
They went to class, and even Greg was awake and feeling well enough to attend, even if he kept throwing Marie dirty looks. The other students didn't mention the duel that had injured Greg, and nobody reminded them. Regular classes passed slowly and normal things happened.
And so, everything fell into a kind of lull for a few days. Everyone was back to normal, and it was like the duel between Marie and Greg never happened. Judai slept in class, Asuka lectured him, and Marie spied on the two whenever she could. It had become a kind of routine, and it seemed like the Crimson Dragon was just a bad dream.
But it still lurked on the edges of Judai's and Asuka's minds. They still thought about it, whether they realized it or not. That dragon wasn't something to be forgotten and left alone to grow progressively worse.
It wasn't long before the Crimson Dragon made its second appearance.
This was kind of a dull chapter because it's like the calm before the storm. After the next duel, things will pick up again. I personally can't really stand being boring for long, so more interesting things will happen after this.