I am very, very, very sorry! (How many times have I said that now since I've started this story? ^^') I was only planning on taking some time off so I could update my other story, but then when I went to continue this one, I noticed that I was completely stuck. Tires-spinning-in-the-mud sort of stuck. So I'm sorry for the horribly late update. But now it's here; hopefully you like it. I've decided to develope Asuka's character more in this one. Nothing else really happens, but in this point of the story, there isn't too much I could do otherwise. I could do a whole bunch of duels, I suppose, but that would lose it's touch after a while. So this was the best solution I could come up with. Besides, there aren't a lot of Asuka chapters, so I figured I'd give her more attention for now. And thank you to Taeniaea and KaletheSilverRaven (love the name, by the way) for becoming the newest followers to this story, despite my unreliable-ness. A special thanks to p94832716 for favoriting, and also to all of my other viewers who have probably been wondering if I dropped off the face of the earth.
Asuka was sitting in front of the glowing computer screen, checking out stats for all of her students late into the night. She smiled softly as she read Judai's progress. He'd beaten an Obelisk and about three Ra students on his first day. Asuka would've been sorely disappointed if he hadn't, considering his personality.
The next student that Asuka looked up was Chandra Adams. She had only dueled once, but Asuka was genuinely surprised to see that she did at all. Normally, due to Chandra's "special case," she wasn't even forced to duel for the exams. It seemed weird the the girl would duel of her own free will, considering she hadn't since the day she arrived at North Academy.
And not only had she duelled, but she won! What happened to make her change her mind? That's when Asuka knew. Chandra met Judai. It would be really hard for someone not to love dueling with Judai around. It was pretty much impossible, considering his boundless enthusiasm for the game.
Asuka was just glad that Judai seemed to be enjoying himself. After everything that happened at Duel Academia, it was a wonder why Judai didn't snap a long time ago, really.
At the time, Asuka really hated Judai when he withdrew from his friends. She always wanted him to be the strong one, the one that was always optimistic no matter what happened. And when Judai avoided everyone, Asuka felt that all the years that they had been friends meant absolutely nothing to him.
Even when he left during graduation, Asuka still hadn't completely come to term's with Judai's new personality. But over the years since then, Asuka realized that she was just being selfish. She thought about all of the times that Judai had saved her, and the Academia. When things looked bad, he was always there to fix it. Any normal person would've collapsed from the strain a long time ago.
She felt ashamed for ever feeling mad towards Judai, especially after knowing that he was just trying to protect her and the others by keeping his distance.
But now, Judai was given a second chance. A new duel academy, a fresh start. Unfortunately, it looked like Judai was going to have to play the hero again. Asuka's smile dropped when she thought about the Crimson Dragon. To be honest, the matter often slipped from her mind.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Judai saved countless people over and over again, and now he was going to have to do it again! It wasn't fair! And although Judai would never admit it to anyone, Asuka knew that Judai was sick of playing the hero too. But he'd never say it. He'd just defend everyone like he always did.
Well, it wasn't going to happen. Not again. This time, Asuka was going to save Judai. After all, it was a teacher's job to protect their students, right?