Disclaimer: see chapter one

Chapter 50: Uniforms and Surprises

After his blazer, jeans and shirt hits the bathroom floor with a rustling sound, Yusuke unfolds his new uniform and puts it on. First was the black dress shirt with a turtle neck. Next was the black pants and black belt. Then, he placed the dark blue boots and followed by the dark blue trench coat with white threads.

The ex-Slifer walked towards the mirror and stared at his reflection. He pushed his hair back, picturing himself with grease hair again. He somehow detested that look at all. He smiled, 'I think I could get used to this.' He thought

"Yusuke!" he heard Kari calling him from outside, "Are you done, yet?"

He answered back, "I'll be out in a sec, sis!" he picked out his old Slifer uniform and remembered his old days as a Slifer Red student. He remembers having to wake Jaden, Syrus and Chumley up, so they wouldn't be late for class. Nudging Jaden from sleeping in class. Having lunch in the Slifer cafeteria. Plus hearing Syrus and Ryoko's little arguments, which he and Kagome had to be the referees.

Opening the door he stepped out. Kari greeted him, "Wow Yusuke," Kari breathed, "You look great in a blue trench coat!"

"Thanks," Yusuke said, "Where's my stuff?"

"They're at the cafeteria," Kari replied

The door to the girls' bathroom opened and Kagome and Kira came out, already changed to their new uniforms.

"Hey girls, you look…" Kari was did a double take on Kira, "Kira, how the hell are those!?!" she yelled, pointing at the blue leggings that Kira was wearing underneath her blue skirt.

"If you must know there called leggings," Kira replied in a matter-of-fact tone. "And they match the color of the skirt, don't you think."

"We tried to take some sense into her, but she's too stubborn," Kagome said.

"But, you can't wear those!" Kari said, pointing at Kira's leggings

Kira crossed her arms to her chest and snorted, "Why? Last I checked it wasn't against the rules to wear them, now is it."

"You'll be made fun of if you wear those."

"Yeah and I'll be making fun of myself, if I have to wear this goddamn thing without it!" Kira retorted, pointing at her skirt, "Besides, it's too short for my taste."

Kari threw her arms in the air in frustration of her sister's tomboy attitude, "Fine, whatever let's get go to the cafeteria!"

Yusuke raised his eyebrows, "Why's that?" he asked

"Because there's a meeting for the new Obelisk students to meet other Obelisk students." Kari replied. "Alexis and Catherine went without us, now let's go."

The four Obelisk students walked all the way to the cafeteria. As they opened the door, the place was pitched black.

"Where are the lights?" Yusuke asked.

Kari went for the light switch and turned it on, "SURPRISE!" the Obelisk students yelled.

Yusuke and the girls were all shocked at this. "What the hell's is going on!?!" Yusuke demanded. The cafeteria was covered with balloons and decorations.

"Don't tell me you guys forgot what today is?"

They turned to see Kelly, Bastion, Syrus, Jaden, Ryoko and Chumley walking towards them, with smiles on their faces.

"Just take a good look what's on the banner," Bastion suggested, pointing at the banner that read: HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY HIKARI, KAGOME, YUSUKE, AND KIRA!!

It clicked into the ex-spirit detective's head that today was his, his sisters and cousin's birthday.

"Oh crap, I guess that the preparations for the Field Test was clouded in our minds that we forgot our own birthdays," Yusuke laughed as Yumi appeared by him and shook her head disappointingly, "How could you forget your own birthday?" she murmured

Yusuke nervously laughed, "Shut it, Yumi," he muttered.

Professor Banner walked towards them, with his cat, Pharaoh, in his arms, "Happy Birthday, kids."

"Thank you, Professor Banner," Kagome bowed.

Just then, Alexis and Catherine, who had her vest unbuttoned, showing off her black tanktop, came by carrying a huge chocolate cake towards them, with Jasmine and Mindy following them, "Okay guys, are it is," Alexis announced.

"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Hikari, Kagome, Yusuke and Kira! Happy Birthday to you!" they all sang.

"Oh my god! Thanks you guys!" Kari said, with a smile. Just then, a pair of hands came and covered her eyes, "Guess who?"

Kari pushed the hands away and turned to meet with Zane, who was behind her with a smile on his face, "Happy Birthday Kari," he said.

Kari smiled, "Thanks Zane," she said, pecking his cheek.

"Now enough with the mushy shit and let's cut the cake!" Yusuke and Kira said in unison.

The cake was cut and people started getting some, along with other food, like chips, sodas and dumplings. Chazz was lying on the wall, with his arms crossed to his chest and his eyes closed, uninterested with what's going on.

Chazz opened his gray eyes and spotted Yusuke in front of him with a grin on his faces, "Here you go, Chazz," Yusuke said, handing the spiky haired duelist cake.

Chazz narrowed his eyes, remembering the most humiliating defeat that the former Slifer Red student gave him, "No thank you," he said, in a cold tone, "Now beat it, slacker."

"Oh come on, you're not still defeat that I handed you earlier, are you?" Yusuke inquired. "I had to do it, because you and your thugs were picking on an innocent person. Plus I couldn't allow you guys to get away with it."

Chazz twitched his eyebrows, in annoyance and turned away, "Humph!" The gray eyed Princeton walked away from Yusuke, wordlessly.

"What a grouch?" Yusuke muttered as he went and ate the cake.

-..-..-.

He was storming out of the cafeteria, muttering curses about a certain black haired slacker, "Stupid slacker…giving me cake out of pity that he HUMILIATED me, with a one turn kill and ranked higher than me in the fields test," Chazz said. "That punk! Not only him, Jaden, too. Those slackers gonna pay!"

.-..-..-

After the birthday celebration…

"Thanks you guys!" Kagome said, walking her friends, Kelly, Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Ryoko and Bastion towards the door.

"No problem," Jaden said, "I had no idea that it was your and your cousins' birthdays today at all."

They got to the door, "Bye you guys!" Kagome waved

"Night Kagome!" the others said.

They walked away from the dorms. "Boy that was fun!" Jaden commented.

"That's because you ate almost half of the cake, Jaden," Syrus said.

"Seriously, I have no idea how could you put that much in your mouth," Ryoko said.

"Hey, I have a huge appetite, that's all," Jaden defended.

They stopped at a two way path, "Well, I guess I'll see you guys later," Jaden said, to Bastion and Kelly.

"Goodnight," Bastion said, as he and Kelly walked from the Slifers.

-..-..-.

Yusuke walked through the hallways, while holding his stuff and was amazed. He felt that he was living in a castle, kind of like his days in Demon World. But it was a little different with humans living here, then demons, not counting his sisters.

"Yusuke, wait!"

Yusuke whirled around and saw Kari walking towards him, "Hey sis, what's up?" he asked.

Kari stopped before her brother, with a rectangular gift, wrapped in green wrapping paper, in her hands, "Here," she said. Yusuke took the present and was going to open it, "I wonder who it from is," he said

"It's from Keiko," Kari said. This made the new Obelisk student stop as he was going to open the present. Yusuke could feel all hurt, anger, betrayal and hate that he concealed one month ago has resurfaced inside him. Yusuke snorted, "Is that so," he said in a cold tone.

Yumi appeared beside the black haired Obelisk, "Damn it, can't she take a hint," she muttered. Yusuke marched towards the nearest trash can.

Yusuke slammed the present down the trash can, "Yusuke!" Kari screamed as Yusuke dusted out his hands, with a satisfying smile on his face, "Why did you do that!?!"

Yusuke crossed his arms in a stubborn way, "Because I'm not fall for her little game, anymore," he said, in a cold tone, "I'd expect her to leave me alone for the rest of my life, too."

Kari knew that Yusuke was angry with Keiko, but she thought that it would have dissolved within the month for him to talk with her. Kari wanted to yell at her brother for being such a first-class jerk to her best friend and a Grade A idiot for believing that Keiko has been playing with his emotions since the very beginning.

"But if you want to be friends with her then I'm not gonna stop ya," Yusuke said, as he walked away from his sister.

Kari sighed, thinking that it didn't go as expected. Little did Kari know, a pair of cobalt eyes had watched the whole thing with a shocked expression on her face.

-..-..-.

Yusuke made it his new dorm room, which was room '216', which it was in gold writing. He opened it and turned on the light.

"Hey, who told on the light!?!"

Yusuke's eyes widened, recognizing the voice, 'It can't be…'

Yusuke turned to see that the owner of that voice was no other than a shocked Chazz Princeton.

"What the hell are you doing here, slacker/jerk!?!" the Obelisk boys yelled in unison, pointing at each other. "What do you mean 'what am I doing here?' I live here!" they said, in unison

"Wait, YOU live here!" Chazz inquired, pointing at Yusuke.

"That's right."

The Obelisk boys turned to see Dr. Crowler behind Yusuke, "Dr. Crowler," the boys said.

"You see, boys, for the rest of the year, you two will be roommates," Dr. Crowler informed.

"WHAT!" the Obelisk boys yelled, "Me, roommates with HIM!" they yelled, pointing at each other.

The Obelisk boys glared at each other, "Stop saying the same thing as I am, slacker/asshole!?!"

Dr. Crowler sweat dropped at the two boys arguing with one another, "Boys!" he squeaked for two of his Obelisks to shut up and looked their dorm headmaster, "This would be the perfect way for the two of Duel Academy's best duelist to get to know each other. Maybe, this way, you Chazz," he said, looking at the gray haired duelist, "Could learn a thing or two from Yusuke, here. So you won't fail me, by losing to another Slifer Slacker, again."

Chazz growled, remembering what happened during the dueling exam, "Yes sir," he seethed.

"Now that's settled, I'd expect the two of you to get along with one another by the end of the month."

"Not gonna happen, teach!" the boys grumbled in anger

Dr. Crowler tired ignored the boys' statement, "Good night, gentlemen," he left the room and Yusuke to close the door. Yusuke looked at Chazz and sighed, "Look, I hate this as much as you do, but Crowler's right. We'd have to get along sometime. So what do you…?"

"…Ha, me get along with you!" Chazz snapped, pointing at the ex-spirit detective, "That day will come after when Hell freezes over, Slifer Slacker!"

"In case, you forgot," Yusuke said, "This Slifer Slacker beat you in just one turn this morning, so basically you're making fun of yourself." He said, pointing at Chazz, "Now, you're the slacker."

Chazz groaned, remembering the defeat that Yusuke handed him, "You're despicable." He muttered.

In Ra Dorm

-Buzz- -Buzz-

"I wonder who could that be," Kelly said, as she went for her PDA communicator on her bed and answered it. But got a blurry screen, "Come by the pier, alone." Went a distorted voice

Kelly narrowed her eyes, 'I wonder who could that be…' she thought.

A few moments later, Kelly approached the pier and looked around, "No one's here…" she murmured.

The cold air came and made her shiver as a tear came down her cheek, 'Brother, I miss you.' She thought

"Why hello, Ms. Kelly Storm." Came an unfamiliar voice

Kelly was alarmed as she turned to see a young man with long blue and white hair, blue eyes and earrings was standing right in front of them. This guy's face was pale white and was wearing a white robe.

Kelly took a step back from the stranger, "It's okay, Ms. Storm, I won't hurt you," he said and hold out his hand, "I'm merely a friend."

Kelly stiffed, "Ho…how did you know my name?" she asked.

The man closed his eyes, "Kelly Storm, Ra Yellow student, Age 13, Hair Blond, Eyes brown, Height 5'1 and Weight 40kg. Father, mother and brother dead and lives with an aunt in Japan." The man opened his eyes, "As you can see, Ms. Storm, I know everything about you."

Kelly twitched an eyebrow, 'Gees this guy is creeping me out,' she thought.

"Forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself," the man said, bowed, "My name is Saiou Takuma. You see, Kelly, the reason why I called you here is that, I know that you've lost your dear brother, Raven Storm, in a motorcycle accident, am I right?"

Kelly stiffed, "That's right," she said, trying to be brave.

"You're trying many ways of moving on with your life, right?" Saiou inquired, "I can help you with that, my dear."

Kelly blinked, "You can?"

"That's right," Saiou said

Kelly asks, "What do you want?"

Saiou nodded, "How about a duel?"

"A duel?"

"That's right," Saiou said, "To see your skills."

"Okay," Kelly said.

-..-..-.

Yusuke was walking out of the Obelisk Dorm, needing to get some fresh air.

"I didn't expect you to be here."

Yusuke turned to see Kagome and Catherine walking towards him, "I guess that you two couldn't sleep, huh?"

"Yeah." Kagome said.

Just then, there was an explosion by the pier, which alarmed the three Obelisk students, "What was that?!" Catherine asked.

"I don't know, but let's found out!" Yusuke said as he and the girls turned running.

They ran to the pier as they saw a familiar figure on sitting down on the ground, "Kelly!" Yusuke ran out to the blonde.

"It's all right, Mr. Urameshi."

Yusuke stopped, 'That voice…'

The Obelisk turned to see Saiou before him, "Saiou!" Catherine called out.

Yusuke and Kagome looked at the brunette with confused looks on her face, "Wait Catherine, you know him?" Yusuke asked.

Kelly got up on her feet and looked at Saiou with a smile, "That was a good duel, Saiou," she said and looked at Yusuke, who was giving her a confused look, "Kelly, what are you doing here?" Yusuke asked

"I called Kelly here to test her dueling skills, Yusuke," Saiou said. "And I see that you, Kagome and Catherine are adjusting pretty well with your new lives. Now getting to the business at hand, Kelly here possesses a gift that's similar to Ms. Maxwell, over here. The ability to levitate objects at will."

"Like telekinesis?" Kagome said and looking at Catherine, "You have that kind of power."

"Okay, I think that people around here have some explaining going on here," Yusuke said.