A/N: It's been five billions years since I updated. Just kidding. Anyways, I just wanna thank you all for reviewing, faving, following, or heck, even clicking on this silly story! It means a lot to know you all enjoy my mindless derps.
Now, before we begin, this chapter was actually requested by my mom some time ago. I, uh, made the choice to read her ProbableImpossibilities' "One Million Points" which resulted in her shipping Vector and Rio…Immensely. So, she asked if I could include some form of it in this story…I complied since I had no idea what to give her for Mother's Day. So this is her late present. :P
Also, if Whitewolf997 doesn't mind, I took their suggestion of Vector being humiliated to the point of no speaking…and uh, included it in this chapter. So, I hope you enjoy this. I really tried my best, haha.
Warnings for this chapter would be some possible OOCness, light/hinted (aka no actual characters getting together) Gorgonicshipping, and…Vector just…being really embarrassed.
I don't own Zexal. Hopefully you'll enjoy it~!
School Shenanigans
Chapter 4 - Vector Shingetsu has a crush?
Vector, or formerly known as Rei Shingetsu, was not particularly a school person. Why? He found it a waste of time.
So, when he, along with the Barian Emperors, had been revived as normal humans, they had been expected to begin attending some form of school.
All of them, except Vector, went to Heartland Academy. And that was because he considered school useless. Well, partially.
The second reason was he didn't want to be known as the clumsy yet positive Rei he was not.
However, everyone, excluding Ryoga, persisted that he return, and after a while, he begrudgingly came back to the academy.
Of course, many people claimed "Rei was back!" but the former mad prince was quick to shoot down those news. Instead, he claimed he was the "better, cooler" twin of Rei and that his "brother" was currently attending another academy over in Spartan City.
All of his classmates save the ones who knew the truth, fell for the trick and eventually began to stop comparing him to Rei.
That was a relief, but the carrot head still did find attending the academy a waste.
Of course, it was more entertaining than moping about in the Kamishiro mansion like he had for the first weeks.
Maybe he enjoyed it more because he got a kick out of being able to mess with Shark more often, or perhaps it was because he got to see….
Vigorously shaking his head in an attempt to rid those thoughts, Vector gazed downwards to see if he had put his uniform on correctly.
After a quick scan, he exited his room, grabbing his backpack on the way out.
A yawn escaped his lips as the carrot head sat and slid down the rail of the stairs, giggling a little upon seeing he passed Shark climbing down the stairs. When he heard the tentacle haired male began to shout several angry words, his giggles turned into laughter.
Upon reaching the bottom, he jumped off and turned back to see Shark glaring at him. He responded by flashing a cocky grin.
The carrot head proceeded to pace towards the kitchen where a man with light blonde hair, otherwise known as Mach, stood, making breakfast. Durbe was beside him, watching intently. Meanwhile, Rio rested against the bar-like structure, having a failed conversation with Alito and Girag as both were too focused on eating a bowl of cereal to notice she was talking. Lastly, Mizael stood near the entrance, sipping a cup of tea like he did almost every morning.
"Morning, my loyal subjects! Your king has appeared!" Vector immediately greeted, attempting to tease the members in the room. However, this backfired as all of them save Mach and Durbe, gave the orange haired boy an odd look.
Then, the only female began to chuckle, and the purple eyed boy could feel his face heat up slightly. Gazing away, the carrot head immediately scuttled to the side when Ryoga entered.
Unsurprisingly, the other Barian emperors had returned to consuming their morning items, much to the relief of Vector.
Watching the group with curiosity, the former mad prince saw Durbe approach the female twin, handing her a plate of what looked like an omelet.
"Thank you Durbe," she replied sweetly and began to munch on her food. All the while, Ryoga watched, narrowing his eyes at the former knight every now and then. However, he said nothing.
Rolling his eyes at the scene, Vector spun around and exited the Kamishiro residence, intent on heading off to school already.
When he stepped outside, the Shingetsu boy beamed at the beautiful weather. He began his journey by strolling down the street, taking in the pretty scenery around him.
It was peaceful, and the boy was glad he had decided to go alone. However, a few minutes into his walk, he noticed a certain black haired boy trudging in the distance. Squinting, Vector realized it was the young duelist, Yuma, but unusually, the light haired male known as Astral was not with him.
Eh whatever.
"Hey Yuma-kun!" he called after the boy as he took off running towards him. "Hold up!"
A slightly alarmed Tsukumo teenager froze and gazed upwards to find the carrot head almost crashing into him. However, at the last minute, Vector dodged and stopped a few inches away from the younger boy.
"Uhh...hi Vector," the black haired boy greeted, waving awkwardly.
"Say….where's Astral?"
"O-oh him? Um, he wasn't feeling well so my mom let him stay home," Yuma replied casually, avoiding eye contact with the former mad prince.
"Ohhh I see~. Well, don't worry Yuma-kun, 'cause I'm sure Astral will be okay in a jiffy!" Vector chirped in a light attempt to ease the concern he spotted in his companion's eyes.
A slight laugh escaped the Tsukumo teenager as his small smile evolved into a full-on grin.
"I guess so!" he chimed, somewhat returning to his usual silly attitude. "Come on! We should get going 'cause I don't wanna be late for school."
"Alright, alright," the purple eyed male muttered, waving his hand in dismissal before he took off running. "See if you can catch me, Yuma-kun!"
"H-Hey!" the Tsukumo teenager cried, chasing after the carrot head in response.
This continued for a few minutes as the two unknowingly approached Heartland Academy with each step, but before they could arrive, the black haired duelist finally caught up to the Shingetsu boy. However, right at that moment, he lost his footing and collapsed onto the carrot head, knocking the rather light schoolbag that belonged to Vector into the air.
To make matters worse, the contents, which consisted of papers, flew out of the bag and gently began to shower around the two teenage boys.
Yuma, upon realizing he was on top of the carrot head, flinched and crawled off, only to stare around in awed surprise at the sight.
On the other hand, Vector immediately began to grasp all the papers, hopeful the other duelist wouldn't spot that paper.
Eventually, he had a majority of the escaped papers in his arms, but sadly, he hadn't found that one.
To make matters worse, the black haired boy noticed a slightly crumpled paper and picked it up curiously. Unfurling the sheet, Yuma began to study it but widened his eyes upon realizing what the paper hid.
"V-Vector," he spluttered. "Why do you have a pictu-"
"Shh!" hushed the orange haired male as he ripped the paper from the Tsukumo boy in embarrassment. "No one's supposed to know..."
"Vector," pouted the black haired duelist in annoyance. "What do you mean?"
The former Barian emperor paused as he gave his companion an incredulous look.
Was he serious?
Regardless, the Shingetsu male tried to abandon the conversation as he took off walking, purposely ignoring Yuma and his question.
"Vectooooor," whined the former WDC Champion as he followed after. "Why did you have a picture of you and Rio kissing?"
Freezing, the former mad prince felt his face turn an unbelievable shade of red that could put a ripe tomato to shame.
At that moment it seemed the Tsukumo boy caught on, "Vector...Do you like Shark's sister?!"
"N-No," stuttered the carrot head in a horrible attempt to cover his deep dark secret.
"You're lying!" Yuma huffed, clenching his fists. "You do like her, huh?"
A sigh escaped Vector's lips as he turned to face the black haired duelist. Closing his eyes, he felt his cheeks burn, "Just...Just a little."
"Vector!" the young boy cried, placing the palm of his hands against his cheeks as he stared at his companion with wide eyes. "Shark's not gonna like this when he finds out!"
The former mad prince hadn't meant to snap but unfortunately did as he abruptly snapped open his eyes and glared daggers at the tanned boy, "Don't you dare Yuma!"
The black haired boy flinched at his friend's sudden change in attitude but slowly nodded in reassurance, "I-I'll try not to."
"Hmph, you better not, Yuma-kun~, or I'll do some pretty mean things to Astral~," Vector threatened but masked it with a singsong voice.
"Hey! Leave Astral outta this!" The former WDC champion cried, pouting angrily at his companion.
"Then, don't tell Shark. Okay, Yuma-kun?" The orange haired male replied, grinning almost immediately.
"Okay, okay! I promise I won't."
"Good."
With that it was quiet between the two when the Shingetsu boy finally remembered they had been heading to Heartland Academy.
"Come on Yuma-kun! Let's be the first ones to school today so everyone can have heart attacks when they find out you were early!" Vector teased, grabbing his companion's arm and dragging him along.
Yuma glowered at his friend but complied.
The two took off, and Vector could only hope that the black haired boy would indeed keep his promise.
Vector sat by his lonesome, yawning to himself as he looked through the pages of the book he held in his hand. He was waiting for class to end as he somewhat eavesdropped on the conversation Yuma and Kotori were having.
It was standard stuff he supposed. The black haired duelist was just talking about how his roommate was improving on his culinary skills. Kotori was just nodding, making comments every now and then.
Boring stuff really.
Stifling a yawn, the orange haired boy closed his eyes, lightly reflecting on his conversation with Yuma that morning.
He really hoped that idiot would be able to keep his mouth, because if not, Vector would be in loads of trouble with Ryoga. Plus, he would probably be humiliated by the other Barian emperors, including Rio herself, and that was something he really didn't need.
"Come on, Vector. We still have more classes to go to," he heard someone call his name suddenly and snapped his eyes open to see students exiting the room. However, Yuma and Kototi stood side by side, next to his desk.
"Right," he muttered, grabbing his belongings and immediately following the two childhood friends, being quiet as they continued their conversation.
He was thankful as it left him to his thoughts once more. The former mad prince's thoughts flickered back to the ice queen, Rio.
Why did he like her?
Of course, she wasn't ugly. In fact, she was really pretty. Not smoking hot, but she wasn't bad for what she was.
Perhaps it was her personality? No, he had told himself often, but he didn't find himself quite believing that most of the time. He did admit she was annoying at times an-
"Bye Yuma, Uh, Vector!" the Shingetsu boy heard the green haired girl as she was immediately swept away by the former gladiator, Alito.
A few moments, after the two were gone, the Tsukumo teenager sighed and shook his head, "I wish he wouldn't take her while we were talking..."
"Sorry Yuma-kun!" the orange haired mockingly apologized as he stood where Yuma's childhood friend had previously stood.
The tanned boy gave a pout but gazed forwards, nudging his companion moments later with a goofy grin, "Hey Vector, is that your girlfriend over there?"
Glaring at the boy, the carrot head averted his gaze to find the female Kamishiro twin walking with the gray haired Durbe as her brother stalked behind the two with an unreadable expression.
"Shut up!" he immediately growled afterwards, feeling his cheeks flush a dark tint of red.
Yuma laughed, obviously amused at his friend's reaction.
"You said I couldn't tell anyone, but you didn't say I couldn't tease," the tanned boy remarked, only grinning wider when Vector huffed and turn away.
"Fine, you wanna play that game? Let's talk about how you totally wanna smooch Astral!" the carrot head teased as he turned back to his friend, smirking when the younger boy recoiled; his face colored beet red.
"I don't wanna smooch Astral! And don't bring him in to this 'cause I'm teasing you over your crush on Rio!" the dark haired boy immediately cried a little too loudly, not noticing the errors of his words.
However, moments later the Tsukumo teenager realized what he had just said as he placed his palms against his mouth in embarrassment.
"AH! I'm sorry, Vector!" he immediately apologized, but the carrot head had begun to stare at the ground; his face having drained of any color at all.
People were looking at the two, but much to the Shingetsu boy's relief, none of the crowd knew the two.
"Vector likes Rio?" the orange haired youth heard a voice say in a mixture of amusement and confusion.
Well, except for one….Life really didn't like Vector at the moment.
Timidly, he peered around to find the proud figure of Mizael standing behind him; a giant ugly smirk on his face."
"What?" the carrot head asked, immediately trying to match the dragon tamer's smirk with a frown. "Of course, I like her. She's pretty nice...and annoying...but my point still stands."
"Oh so you think she's pretty?" the blonde mocked, somehow grinning wider when Vector placed his hands against his face, blushing harder.
"That's not what I meant," he muttered moments later.
"Of course not."
Vector was to retort when the black haired boy grabbed his wrist and dragged him away from the older male.
"Come on, Vector-kun," Yuma stated, obviously attempting to end the already uncomfortable situation.
For once, the carrot head allowed himself to be taken away as the dragon tamer laughed at him, obviously amused.
This was certainly payback for the times he teasingly called him "Miza-chan the princess."
Staring at the ground, Vector didn't notice that his companion had led him to his next class.
"Here Vector-kun," his friend informed the carrot head as he took a step back and waved. "Bye! See you at lunch!"
Nodding, the former mad prince entered the classroom without another word.
The Shingetsu boy stood beside a chattering Yuma and Kotori as they headed toward the group that consisted of Yuma's school friends.
After the whole incident with Mizael, the orange haired boy had decided to avoid the Barian Emperors all together and just hang out with Yuma and the Numbers Club.
"Come on," he heard the black haired duelist call as he approached the group whom were busy eating and chattering away. Sitting in the last empty space left, Vector completed the circle of friends that made up the Numbers Club. Around him sat the young teenagers that he had previously created a false friendship with. Regardless, when they saw him, they gave a quick wave before returning to their conversation.
Remaining quiet, the former mad prince turned to find Yuma already stuffing his face with food as Kotori tried getting him to slow his intake.
"Hey! Can we join you~?" the Shingetsu boy heard a familiar as well as female voice sing.
Looking up from his food momentarily, the tanned teenager of the group furiously nodded his head.
"Sweet!" Vector heard and upon gazing upwards, found the blue haired ice queen, Rio. She stood in her uniform with Durbe at her side while her twin, Ryoga, stood behind her.
Swallowing, the Tsukumo teenager faced his companion with the carroty hair color and asked, "Hey, can you move a little so we can make space for Rio, Shark, and Durbe?"
"Of course, Yuma-kun!" the former mad prince chirped as he proceeded to ask the others of the group to make space. They complied and eventually there was a gap large enough to fit three people. Immediately the three former Barian Emperors sat in the space.
Durbe was the farthest away, sitting next to Yuma, whom had begun picking off of Kotori's food when she wasn't paying attention. Ryoga sat in the middle, obviously to create some space between the fairy duelist and the ice queen. Finally, Rio was situated next to Vector, greeting everyone in a cheery tone.
Upon this realization, the carrot head began to gaze downwards, taking a small bite from his food every now and then.
"Vector, are you feeling okay?"
"Hmm?" he responded, his eyes looking up to meet the magenta ones of Rio's. Nodding his head, he replied nonchalantly, "Yeah. Just uh, tired."
Furrowing her eyebrows, the ice user tilted her head upwards as she proclaimed proudly, "You were full of energy this morning!"
"Well I'm all burnt out. Staring at Shakky Poo's ugly face takes a lot out of me," the orange haired male countered in response, smiling a little when he noticed the male Kamishiro twin glare at him.
The blue haired girl rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to respond when she was cut off.
"My, Ryoga, I didn't figure you would like Vector as a suitor for Rio," commented the blonde dragon tamer known as Mizael. He stood over the somewhat large group, smirking at Vector. "Though in all honesty, I think Durbe would probably be better."
The boy with the tentacle hairstyle froze for a millisecond before turning to look at the only one standing, "What do you mean?"
"This is rather amusing. I'm assuming you didn't hear what Yuma said this morning, huh?" the blonde replied nonchalantly, ignoring the glower the former mad prince gave him.
Immediately, Shark turned his attention to the black haired boy who had been looking away, trying not to intervene.
"What did you say, Yuma?" The former king hissed in a questioning tone.
"N-Nothing."
"Nothing? He only means he exclaimed to everyone that Vector likes your sister."
"What?" Both of the twins were heard saying; Rio in surprise while Ryoga in anger.
Vector by this time had started to make his escape when the former princess yanked him back into the group, staring at him harshly.
"Is this true?" the twins asked loudly, practically staring into the carrot head's soul.
The mad prince kept his gaze downwards, so embarrassed and unsure how to respond. Everyone, and he meant everyone, was staring at him. The Numbers Club had expressions of shock, confusion, or both. Yuma, however, was gazing downwards; a look of shame on his face.
Perhaps it was all the stares, but the former Barian immediately tugged away from Rio's grip and stood up, immediately running away.
He ignored all the cries for him to come back and quickly rushed into the restroom, hiding in one of the stalls for protection.
Now that he was alone, Vector exhaled several times in an attempt to calm himself down. After much persistence, it worked, and while he felt relatively better, the boy didn't want to go back.
Not only did Mizael reveal the carrot head's crush to a crowd, he did it in front of her. Without his permission!
His breath had increased once more, and the teenage boy just wanted to punch everything in sight.
"Vector? Are you in here?"
The carrot head froze as he recognized the voice to be no one other than the ice queen's. He remained silent, hopeful she would leave.
However, he heard several shuffles, and then, he heard her once again, "There you are!"
Gazing upwards, he saw the blue haired girl peering at him from the top of the stall and nearly flinched.
Damn her…She just couldn't leave him be.
Automatically, he turned away and tried focusing on anything but the female Kamishiro twin that was peeking at him from the top of the other stall.
"Can we get out of the restroom now? I don't wanna be in here," she whined after a few moments, obviously not comfortable in their current environment.
Begrudgingly, the carrot head exited the stall as well as the restroom with Rio trailing behind him. When she wouldn't leave, he turned to face her with a dull expression.
"Are you okay?"
He didn't response.
Huffing, the ice queen gave him a disapproving look to which he ignored. He already felt humiliated to the point of not speaking. However, the boy failed to notice the sudden smile that formed on Rio's mouth as she began to approach him. Suddenly the orange haired male felt the blue haired girl's hands on his chest as she planted a kiss on his cheek.
The Kamishiro girl then pulled away grinning and walked off, waving to Vector. Placing his hand on his cheek in an awkward fashion, the carrot head felt his face redden for the millionth time that day. It didn't help that several lingering girls had caught the sight and had proceeded to start gushing over how cute the scene was.
Now embarrassed to the point of no return, the carrot head gazed down.
Today was such a humiliating day…But at least he got a peck from Rio…
Mizael and Yuma were so going to pay though.
That he knew for sure.
A/N: *slinks off to corner* Read, review, pity poor Vector(?), throw me a bone, or not. Also, next chapter we return to Yuma and Astral (and learn what Vector's revenge shall be O_o).
All I have to say is next chapter is literally the reason I started this story. So, look forward to that.
I'm also still, and probably forever, taking requests for a chapter. And if someone wants the Gorgonicshipping to be a thing (besides my mom…and me to an extent...), I guess say so? I dunno.
Anyways, thanks for reading and bye! See you next chapter! C: