Wow guys! I got a HUGE response for this story. Along with many compliments and encouragement, so I just want to say thank you all for your support and I'm glad you all like the story so much! I'll be accepting OCs for one more chapter, and if I still have teacher roles that need to be filled, I'll fill the spots in with my own characters. There are some new characters in this story, just so you know. I'm not sure if I'll get all the new OCs in this chapter though. There were a lot. Anyways, on with the chapter!

Orientation

The day before the term started, Aki held a very informal student and staff orientation for Arcadia Academy. The orientation included a tour of the school, locker distribution, gym uniform distribution and a reception for just the students. Before the reception began though, the students were introduced to some new staff members.

"Alright Arcadians, I'd you to meet your History and Geography teachers; Professor Ariyashi and… Satoshi-sensei." Aki introduced as two men stepped forward, both strikingly different from each other in appearance and manner.

Professor Ariyashi was fairly built and had fair skin. He had dark brown, shoulder length hair that was somewhat spiky on top and had hazel eyes. He was dressed quite sophisticatedly in a dark brown shirt and black blazer with black cargo pants and knee high black boots. If you looked closely, you could see a couple wristbands peak out from underneath the cuff of his sleeve on his left wrist.

Satoshi-Sensei was a little different. He was extremely tall. Towering, if you will. He was fair and had short red and gold hair waved up in the front. He had a long scar over his left arm. He wore less sophisticated clothes; a red sleeveless t-shirt, a red vest with orange trim, red fingerless gloves, light blue jeans, a black belt and red sneakers. He looked like he was on fire.

Both men stood next to each other, so the contrast was enhanced just that much more. They seemed to know each other though. Hopefully they got along…

"We also have two more staff members you all should become familiar with. They aren't teachers, but they are still important to the school and should be treated with equal amounts of respect. We have the male guidance counsellor Fudo Ryuusei, and the Supervising Attendant Shimotsuki Setsuka." Aki introduced accordingly.

Everyone in the room already knew who Ryuusei was. Anyone who didn't know of him lived under a rock. He was the biggest public scandal the signers ever faced. No one thought Yusei and Aki were dating, not even their closest friends had a clue about it. Somehow Aki had wound up pregnant, with no boyfriend to speak of. She had claimed she was still a virgin even though she was clearly pregnant. She wouldn't say who the father was throughout the entire pregnancy since she was sticking with her story of still being a virgin. But when Ryuusei popped out, he was the spitting image of Yusei with a touch of Aki here and there. According to Jack, when Yusei first saw the baby his face was "As pale as milk, snow and mayonnaise mixed into one bowl". Both signers continued to plead their virginities to the media until they were finally driven to getting medical evidence of it. Aki had already gotten hers months before Ryuusei's birth when she had a 'female' exam and they found her maidenhead still intact. Yusei's evidence was a little harder to get, but he managed to come up with concrete evidence that he was a virgin.

There are three popular theories to the story of how Ryuusei came to be. A) Aki and Yusei paid a couple doctors to fudge the virginity evidence. B) Ryuusei was a 'toilet-seat-baby'. C) Aki was a reincarnated Virgin Mary and Ryuusei was a gift from the Crimson Dragon. There were people who believed C) and were waiting for Ruka to bear either Jack or Crow's child any day now.

Aki and Yusei had agreed to raise Ryuusei together platonically. The now 19 year old boy was almost a Yusei clone except his hair was all black except for his red bangs and his eyes were shaped like Aki's. He wore a purple blazer with silver and trimming over a white dress shirt and white dress pants. The outfit was a sample Arcadia Academy uniform. Many of the less dignified female students started to drool at his sight.

Setsuka was equally as attractive, but much less warm looking. MUCH less. She was also quite a contrast to Ryuusei. She had pale skin, long black hair kept in a braid, and icy eyes. She wore the female version of the Arcadia Academy uniform, the only difference being the pants were a pleated skirt. Most of the students agreed she made a VERY good Supervising Attendant based on looks alone, and yes, there were some guys drooling over her too.

"Alright Arcadians, we'll leave you to it! Please try not to… blow anything up…" Aki and her psychic humour.

After Aki cracked her little joke, all of the teachers and staff members cleared out of the student lounge room and left the students to mingle.

Some students were complete social butterflies. Jeff was making it a point to make sure he introduced himself to every student in the room.

He approached a certain pinkette who had huddled herself in a corner of the room where there were two chairs, one she had sat in herself and one that was occupied by Xerxes.

"Hi! I'm Jeff." He greeted, sticking his hand out to Hino and giving her a dashing smile.

Hino hesitated before tentatively taking his hand and lightly shaking it. "Hino."

"What a lovely name! It matches your personality I bet." He complimented. Xerxes, observing the conversation gave a roll of the eyes.

Great, one of those outgoing, overly charismatic guys that want to get in your pants. "Yes, and I'm sure plain ole' Jeff matches yours too." Hino jabbed, hoping he would go away.

Jeff gave a obviously playfully fake wounded look as he sat down on the coffee table in front of the chairs, facing Hino. "Ou. Hey now, I'm just trying to be nice. Let's start over."

"Can't you tell by the uncomfortable look on her face that she wants you to leave?" Xerxes interjected rather coldly and unsparingly.

Jeff stood up and turned to Xerxes. "Wow, Sunshine. You got a mean bite!" He exclaimed at the icy teen.

Xerxes raised an eyebrow at him. "Don't push it Lancelot, I'm a lot meaner than I look." She threatened.

"But you already look pretty mean." Jeff stated dumbly.

Xerxes' lip twitched into a small smirk. "Exactly."

Jeff stared for a minute before he blinked and shrugged. "Terribly sorry to have made you uncomfortable Hino. Perhaps we can get better acquainted some other time when your more comfortable with me. Until then, adieu." Jeff parted with a gallant bow before heading off toward a group he had already acquainted with success.

Hino turned to Xerxes and mouthed a very grateful thank you, to which Xerxes just gave a polite nod. Hino had a feeling her and Xerxes would get along just fine.

Alexianna, Kheika and Takeshi had formed a group circle, allowing Jeff to enter the group after he escaped his disappointing encounter with Hino and Xerxes. In the group as well were Vanitas and Zebel.

Vanitas was a tan boy with spiky black hair and green eyes. Though he was small in frame, he was quite muscular and wore a black shirt with a cross on it and some blue jeans. What captured your attention the most though, was a small scar on his right cheek that just seemed to glare at you whenever you looked at him directly. He also had a comical wrist band that had 'YOU MAD BRO?' written on it with black capital letters.

Zebel a boy with black spiky hair that was a little more spiky on the left side of his head and light red eyes. He wore blue and black headphones around his neck over a white muscle shirt and black short-sleeved jacket with blue streaks on it. He had a blue belt worn on his black cargo pants and he also wore white sneakers.

Both boys seemed to be enjoying themselves in the group with the others, though Zebel was tapping his thigh and didn't look like he would let up anytime soon.

"How'd it go?" Kheika asked the slightly distraught charmer known as Jeff.

"Could've been better." Jeff admitted, giving a blasted sigh as he tried to expel his stress from the greeting and focus on the group of people at hand. "What's been going on over here?"

"Oh, not much. Just chatting." Alexianna replied with a delicate smile. Her eyes flickered red as she made eye contact with Jeff, who returned her smile more broadly and leaned into her a little more, making their interactions much more intimate.

Takeshi observed Alexianna with much discomfort, having figured out that attracting people must be part of her psychic abilities and not approving of what she was doing to Jeff. Nobody was that magnetic. Not even Ryuusei, and he was pretty magnetic.

"So, you're a frenchie?" Jeff asked Alexianna dreamily.

"Yes, I am." She answered sweetly before dropping her smile, her eyes flickering a little before settling to her natural indigo blue eye colour again.

Jeff was startled and faltered a little before holding his forehead as if he had a dizzy spell. "That's… cool."

Takeshi slightly scowled at the french girl and crossed his arms before walking away from the group. Nobody should be messed with like that, no matter how much of a sleazy flirt he or she may be.

"What's with him?" Zebel questioned the others in the group.

"No idea- Okay, you have GOT to stop tapping, it's driving me up the wall!" Kheika exclaimed, clearly annoyed by the fidgety boy.

"S-sorry, I can't help it…" Zebel gave apologetically.

"Oh, well, I'd appreciate it if you'd try to keep it under control." Kheika gave a little less aggressively.

Over on the other side of the room was a group of three girls that Takeshi had decided to join after storming off. Cleotra and Grace two of them, and were engaged in a conversation about different authors they liked while another girl by the name of Stephanie sat with them but didn't talk.

Stephanie was quite tall for a girl, but still shorter than grace by a little bit. She resembled a model, with lightly tanned skin and catlike sapphire eyes. She had beautiful, waist-length black hair with crimson highlights that shone individually whenever the light hit them. She had MANY tattoos in the shape of dragons on her left leg, right bicep and all along her midriff. She wore a black cropped tank top that revealed her tattoo on her midriff, black shorts which revealed the tattoo on her leg, black knee-high boots that added 2 inches to her already towering figure, black wrist-length fingerless gloves and a black leather jacket she currently had slung over her shoulder, so that her tattoo on her arm was visible. Most interestingly though, was a silver dragon pendant that she wore on a black cord around her neck that looked like it had been worn for years.

Takeshi approached the group a little tentatively before he introduced himself after the three girls noticed him.

"Hi… I'm Takeshi…" he introduced himself slowly.

"Hi Takeshi, I'm Grace." Grace greeted kindly.

"Cleotra." Said girl nodded with a little wave as she announced her name.

Takeshi looked over to Stephanie, who took a moment to introduce herself.

"Stephanie." She said quietly, and tried to mimic Cleotra's nod.

Takeshi gave a small smile to the three girls and sat down to join them.

Cleotra and Grace jumped right back into their conversation about authors, assuming Takeshi might join in. However he decided to turn to Stephanie and engage her in conversation.

"So… How did you… End up… Here..?" Takeshi inquired.

Stephanie tilted her head a little, enchanted by Takeshi's slow pace of speaking. Looking at him, her initial nerves about being around so many people faded a little. He seemed extremely friendly and… trustworthy.

"Chancellor Aki asked me to attend while I was on shift at the restaurant." Stephanie replied.

Takeshi blinked and tilted his head in curiosity. "You… Have a job..?"

Stephanie nodded. "Mhm."

"Wow… I never would have guessed…" Takeshi gave, somewhat surprised. "Stephanie-"

"Please," Stephanie cut off, "Call me Steph."

Takeshi smiled, knowing he had already made a friend.

END

I know I didn't get to really expand some of the characters, but at least I managed to introduce all of the new ones (I think/hope)! Please review and tell me what you think! Just a warning, if your OC is in this story and you don't even bother to review, your OC will most likely fade into the background or just not get mentioned anymore. Sorry, that bothers me. A lot.

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