Alright, another chapter. I've been getting some Mary Sue vibes from some of the reviewers, so I'll do my best to avoid that. Anyways, thanks for the continued support! I'm warning you all now that I'm probably not introducing any new characters for a while, simply because I want to get the plot rolling a bit before I throw in some plot devices. Now, on with the fic!

Lies and Deception

The rest of Hino's classes had gone pretty much the same as first period. Just the four of them in the class. Jeff sitting next to her in each one. Him being surprisingly helpful yet annoying at the same time. It was pretty repetitive until sixth period.

As it turned out, every student in the school was in this class. Aki apparently had the plan to teach all of them about psychic control and help them expand their abilities all at the same time so that the group grew together and learned from each other. Hino was glad that it wasn't a mistake and that she actually had a class with Xerxes. She really couldn't complain after the day she had been through.

"To give a little demonstration of the kind of work you'll be doing in this class, Alexianna has generously offered to be today's guinea pig and show her abilities to all of you." Aki announced as she beckoned Alexianna to the front.

Everyone was dead silent and completely focused on Aki and Alexianna, which was surprising, seeing as they were all a bunch of moody, misunderstood teenagers, some of which couldn't stop fidgeting, i.e. Zebel.

"Alexianna, would you please show the class your unique ability you have?" Aki asked the girl as she stood in front of the entire class. The french teen nodded as Akiza continued. "I have discovered, after recruiting and meeting some of you, that some psychics have other talents besides making damage and duel monsters real. Alexianna is a perfect example of this." Aki announced to the class and turned to Alexianna as she finished her blurb, gesturing to the dark-haired girl to start using her powers.

Alexianna's eyes started to flicker red as she focused on Aki. The teen girl smiled and Aki started to fall into a trance, visible to the class. Aki smiled hazily and leaned in toward the girl, who started to get a worried look on her face. She stopped smiling after a bit and tried to tone down her powers, but seemed to have trouble doing so and decided to completely break eye contact with the Chancellor, who stumbled after being cut out of her dream state so abruptly.

The class gasped in unison and whispers broke out as Alexianna looked at the floor, embarrassed. Aki regained her composer after a few seconds and turned to her volunteer with a proud smile on her face. "That was very good!" she merited the teen.

"Wh-What? I lost control, how was that good?" Alexianna asked out of confusion.

Aki shook her head at the girl. "You always had control, because you knew how to stop. Imagine if you couldn't break off your magnetism? I'd be on the floor drooling over your feet right now! You're at a great starting point, now we can focus on how to control the level of intensity and strength your powers have." Aki explained to Alexianna, who started to perk up a little.

Takeshi frowned at the comment made by the Chancellor. Alexianna knew how to control her powers perfectly well, he had seen her mess with Jeff's head just yesterday. Now she was pretending to be clueless? Alexianna was really starting to get on his nerves. Especially with the way she smiled being so pretty… Did he just think that?

Alexianna scanned the room as Aki started explaining how having a good starting point with psychic powers was important, the teen girl's eyes landing on Takeshi, who was also looking at her. Another flutter took over her stomach as she returned his stare. There was something about Takeshi that allured her. She found him entrancing and extremely intense and… attractive. Thinking about him made her stomach flip-flop. He was so… mysterious. She wondered if he possibly found her attractive. The way he stared at her though didn't really have an I'm-attracted-to-you-so-I'm-going-to-admire-you feel to it, it was more of a I'm-observing-your-every-move-in-case-you-do-something vibe. It was… odd to say the least. She would have to talk to him about it.

Aki had Alexianna try her powers on her again, except this time, Alexianna had to focus on a specific goal in her mind while applying her powers. Her goal, she chose, was to get Aki to admit the truth behind Ryuusei's conception. Alexianna focused on Aki as her eyes flickered red. Aki started to fall into a deep dream haze. Her eyes drooped and her shoulders slumped as she smiled at Alexianna.

"I had a… a… a one night stand… a DRUNK one night stand… with… with… Yusei…." Aki slurred. Alexianna became overcome with shock and her powers faltered once she pieced together Aki's sentence.

Aki fell back on her butt from dizziness. Her head spun and she could barely make out the student's gasps and chattering. It took her a while to settle and once she did, she looked to Alexianna with a puzzled look on her face. "What happened?"

"You told us… that you and Yusei-sensei had a one night stand." Alexianna explained, still half in shock.

Aki's eyes widened as she turned to the class and gave them an apologetic look, her face bright red and flustered. "I'm so sorry you all heard that. Uh… please keep this information to yourselves. Class dismissed."

Everyone left the classroom either stunned or gossiping about the new information. They all had the intention of keeping the Chancellor's secret – well it wasn't so secret now – to themselves out of respect to her. They did all owe it to her after all. She worked her butt off trying to create this school for them so they could have a safe place to go to everyday to learn and make friends.

Hino went with Xerxes to one of the many student lounges in the building to get away from everything and just hang out.

"How were your classes?" Hino started off the conversation.

"They were okay. Most of my classmates are intolerable. And yours?" Xerxes replied.

"Oh, about the same. Guess who's in my age group class?"

"Don't tell me. Lancelot?" Xerxes gave sympathetically.

Hino nodded, her expression annoyed to say the least. "He sat next to me in EVERY class!"

"I'll make sure to write a eulogy for the funeral." Xerxes jested, getting a chuckle out of Hino.

The girls talked some more about their classes before cracking into their homework. They remained in silence for the rest of the time in that lounge.

/

Alexianna was in the library, looking for books on famous Renaissance painters with the assistance of Cleotra. After she found a suitable book for what she was looking for, she started to head back to her dorm room to do some homework.

As she turned the corner out of the library, she accidently ran into Grace, causing the blonde's books and papers to go flying everywhere.

"I'm so sorry!" Alexianna exclaimed as she started to help Grace pick up her things.

Grace batted Alexianna's hand away from her stuff. "Whatever, it's fine. I've got it." Grace gave harshly.

Alexianna was taken aback. She had pegged Grace for being a sweet girl, which Cleotra had assured her she was. Why was she being so cold right now?

"Please, let me help-"

"I said I've got it!" Grace asserted as she finished gathering her papers and rushed into the library.

"Strange…" Alexianna muttered.

Alexianna continued down the hall and passed a janitor. The janitor was a scrappy-looking, thin-faced Chinese-American. He held a melancholy disposition in his baggy blue jump-suit that had a sewed-on name tag that read 'Anthony Chumo'. The man seemed a little odd.

He waved his gloved hand at the teen as she passed and she gave a smile in return, trying extremely hard to make sure her powers didn't activate.

She turned a corner to find Takeshi observing a painting in the hallway. Alexianna immediately jumped back behind the wall she turned and hid from the teen boy's sight. After a while she stuck her nose around the wall and watched him.

He stood pretty close to the painting, regarding it with an intrigued air. She gathered from his expression that he was trying to figure out it's message. The painting itself was of a row of small, Japanese girls, all in white, lacy dresses, their hair curled and pinned to cascade down their backs. They were all on a bridge looking over the railing and pointing in different directions, all except one. One of the girls was looking out at the observer of the painting. She was holding one of the pins that was supposed to be in her hair and looked like she wanted to through it over the railing of the bridge. She was like all the other girls but she didn't want to be.

Alexianna , intrigued by the painting as well, started to turn the corner and joined Takeshi in observing it. She tilted her head it and gave a slight smile as she admired the piece of artwork.

Takeshi looked back at her and did a double take. "It's interesting, isn't it..?" he asked slowly.

Alexianna nodded at him. "It's beautiful." She added.

"I wouldn't say that…." Takeshi disagreed.

Alexianna frowned at his comment. "You don't like it?" she asked.

Takeshi fully turned toward the teenaged girl. "I guess I don't quite relate to the girl... I don't understand the painting as well as others might…"

Alexianna gave a nod of understanding before letting a new frown settle on her face. "I do."

"Really?" Takeshi gave sceptically.

Alexianna was surprised at his jab and gave him a slightly offended look. "Is that so hard to believe?"

"You just seem to enjoy your powers a little too much to feel any resentment towards them…" Takeshi accused, becoming harsh towards her.

She raised an eyebrow at him. He barely knew her, how could he say something like that? "What makes you say that?"

"The student reception… I saw what you did to Jeff…" Takeshi answered, spewing a disapproving tone all over his words.

Alexianna took a step back from him in disbelief. "You thought that was intentional?"

"It certainly seemed like it…" he replied just as offensively.

Her face contorted into hurt and sorrow as she took another step back from him. "You don't even know me. You really think you have the right to accuse me of something like that? You really feel like you can just assume that I like to mess with people's heads for fun when you haven't even had two conversations with me yet? You're not even willing to give me the benefit of the doubt?" She lectured, very upset at what was unfolding.

"Well I-"

"I would never do something like that! You have no idea what it is like to have a power that you can barely control and not only does it affect people in the worst possible ways, it makes them hate you, see you in a bad way. I've been called so many things that actually hurt, that actually mean something! Manipulative, inconsiderate, selfish, fake. I hate this! Because things like this happen!"

"Alexianna-"

"No! You didn't even bother to try and get to know me first. You didn't check to see if you were right or not. I'm sick of people like you! I can't believe I actually had a crush on you!" She scolded him, along with admitting her developing attraction. She shook her head at the now very shocked boy and turned to leave.

Takeshi grabbed her arm as she walked away, but she shrugged him off. "Don't talk to me." She said dangerously serious. She walked away toward her dorm briskly, her eyes warming with the brew of sadness.

Takeshi was left standing there, mouth agape, watching her leave. He felt guilt sink down his throat and into his gut. He felt awful.

/

Kheika was in her dorm room, finishing up the last of her homework, when she heard a knock at the door. She opened it to find Jeff standing there holding a flower with a note on it.

"Hi! Is Hino here?" He greeted and asked.

Kheika shook her head pityingly. "No, she's not. And even if she were, I don't think she'd accept that little gift you have there." She opinionated as she gestured to the items in his hands.

Jeff just smiled at her. "I just has class with her and she talked to me all day. I think I'm making headway with her." He triumphantly announced.

Kheika flopped her head to the side as she raised an eyebrow at him. "She told me she barely made it through the day because she had to put up with you. She's dreading the rest of the year because she'll have to sit next to you 7 hours a day, 5 days a week."

Jeff frowned, genuinely hurt by Kheika's words. "What are you saying?" he asked her.

She gave him a sly smile as she moved into him. "Set your sights elsewhere."

Jeff, visibly becoming extremely uncomfortable, tried to back out of Kheika's grasp. "I-I don't know about that one…"

Kheika grabbed his hand, forcing him to drop the light pink rose and card poem he was holding and pulled him back toward her. "What's the point of pursuing her if you have no chance of ever winning her over?' Kheika tried to open his eyes metaphorically speaking.

This hit him hard. He could tell Kheika was coming on to him, and she was pretty cute. Besides, she did have a point. Hino obviously didn't like him. Perhaps he should give Kheika a chance…

He looked into her brilliant, blue eyes and gave her hand a gentle squeeze. "I guess you're right." He admitted.

Kheika smiled genuinely at him and brought him into her room. He went to go sit down, and while she closed the door, her back turned to him, she smiled devilishly at the scheming lie she had told him.

END

So, we have a bit more of an idea who the not-so-nice people are. I know Hino and Xerxes didn't have much screen time and Alexianna did, but it'll flip-flop between different characters ALL the time. I'm also not the most regular updater so please forgive me for that fault. I'm happy I managed to introduce a new character, though his part in the story is rather small.

Review please! Or I'll kill a character. I have the power to do that y'know.