Here's the next chapter. Wow, I'm starting to get a huge audience. I was getting low on audience when I first posted this... weird. Anyways, this is when things get real. Review please!

Jaylin was with her friends Carl, Ronda and Alexis. They were talking and laughing about different things like dance moves, something about Alexis' roommate having an accident this morning, and the new episode of Law and Order SVU. Jaylin enjoyed having company and talking with her friends. She also talked about her teacher Mr. Banner, enjoying him as a teacher since he seemed to be laid back. Alexis and Ronda agreed.

Chazz noticed Jaylin with her friends and came to her.

"Personally, if I was to choose uniforms, I would choose ones that didn't crawl up my ass," Jaylin said as the other girls laughed.

"Hey Jaylin," Chazz called out as Jaylin turned, gaining his attention.

"Yes?"

"That was a fun duel we had. I wanted to ask you, if maybe you'd like to do something tonight, if you have the time?"

"Oooo, first day and a guy's already asking you out," Carl smirked.

"Cut it, Carl," Jaylin replied plainly, then turned to Chazz, smiling. "I'm kinda already doing something tonight with the other guys, though you could tag along, if you wanted."

"What are you guys doing?" Chazz asked.

"Baseball's tonight, so we decided to meet together at Zane's place. He said I can bring a few friends along."

"Wait Zane? You mean Zane Truesdale?"

"Yeah. Why is everyone shocked about that? I mean you saw his bro Syrus talking to me and I did participate in the Junior Grand Pix."

"No offense, but you look nothing like when you were 11," Alexis reminded Jaylin.

"Fine," Jaylin said, sighing while rolling her eyes.

"You participated in the Junior Grand Pix? N-Never mind. I can see your point about Syrus. I'll join along," Chazz replied.

"Great! Zane's room is B453 and the game will start at six."

"Thanks."

Jaylin left with her friends as Chazz smiled, watching her joining and laughing with her friends. He began thinking, 'I'll give her time. She'll eventually grow into me.' He waited and arrived at Zane's dorm room at 5:50 to be there before the game started. Chazz knocked on the door. He wore his casual clothes, which consisted a black shirt and a pair of black jeans. When school was over, everyone was allowed to wear their casual clothes.

Zane answered the door, making Chazz feel nervous due to being face to face with the Duel Monsters pro champion, and the only one in Duel Academy. He was going to greet until...

"Hey Chazz!" Jaylin greeted with a bag of popcorn in one hand. She was wearing a black midriff under a red jacket with rolled-up sleeves, blue bell bottom jeans, and black tennis shoes. She ate some popcorn before continuing her talk. "You're here just in time."

Zane moved and let Chazz walk through, who complimented, "nice place you got."

"Thanks," Zane replied plainly.

Chazz noticed the rest of the guys in the room: Syrus Truesdale and Bastion Misawa. Jaylin had invited Bastion after inviting Chazz. Syrus seemed a little nervous with meeting new people, despite the fact they weren't mean or anything. Jaylin seemed to be the most social one of the group. She smiled and sat herself on the computer chair that was to be used to sit and watch the game on, spinning herself around on it.

"So Zane, when are your buddies coming?" Jaylin asked curiously.

"They usually come at the last minute. They should be here soon," Zane replied.

"Sweetness!"

"I guess until then, I can get more popcorn," Jaylin said as she scatted to the microwave and retrieved a package of the popcorn bag, wrapped in plastic, inside the box. She removed the plastic from the package and put it in the microwave, heating it up. "There's also drinks in the fridge." She pointed to the mini refrigerator.

"Did you just eat half of the popcorn?" Zane asked with widened eyes. Jaylin shrugged.

The room was larger than a regular room in the Slifer Red dorm or the Ra Yellow dorm with light blue wallpaper and white polka dots. Zane had the room to himself, so he had a single bed. There was also two computer chairs, a large computer desk big enough for two people with a laptop on it, a wide dresser with a small TV with the cable box on top of it, a Playstation 3 next to the TV, a window on the other side of the room, and a table in front of the window with a microwave, a box of popcorn and a mini refrigerator. It was no surprise that Zane would have all of this, being that his family was of old money. The students of Duel Academy being rich was never a huge surprise, especially since registering as a student of the school was expensive.

Chazz sat himself on the bed, which was along the far end at the left side of the room and across from the TV on the dresser. Currently, the TV was showing commercials, the baseball game appearing after.

"So, do you do this often? Join with a bunch of dudes to watch a baseball game?" Bastion asked.

"Oh yeah! My guy friends, in Domino City, and I practically watch every sports game known to man," Jaylin replied, then furrowed her eyebrows slightly. "Well, in Japan... you get the idea."

"Don't you invite your girlfriends too?"

"Only the ones interested. I know Tina gets into it, though she's in Domino City. Alexis and Ronda aren't really sports fans and Carl is busy studying."

"You didn't invite them to go fishing," Zane mentioned in a slight growling voice before Jaylin threw a popcorn kernel at his head.

"It was to cheer up Syrus and there's not enough room for three more people on one tiny boat, so cut the crap!"

"You should invite me next time. I have my own boat for if you want to invite multiple people," Chazz smirked.

"I guess that could work."

"Wonderful!" Bastion thought as everyone heard the door open, revealing Zane's friends.

"About time you guys showed up! Why is it that you three prove to be less responsible than even the Freshman and, I count, four of them?" Zane glared at them.

"You invited them? You never invite Freshman!" The guy with the light brown hair, bangs on the right side of his face. He also had dark-colored eyes, a narrow face, and was taller than the other two friends.

"They're my brother's friends. By the way, this is my little bro Syrus," Zane introduced, pointing his thumb at Syrus.

"Hi," Syrus greeted, waving his hand.

"Oh... okay, that makes sense," the guy with the darker brown hair pointing at each side and brown eyes.

"Who the rest of the kids?" the third friend with black-bluish hair, green eyes, and a more narrow face.

"Chazz Princeton," Chazz introduced.

"Bastion Misawa," Bastion introduced.

"Jaylin Yuki," Jaylin introduced, waving and showing her grin-like smile.

"I'm Tonyo," the guy with the darker brown hair introduced. "This is John..." he pointed to the guy with the light brown hair. "and Enas." He pointed to the guy with the black-bluish hair. "You dating any of these guys?"

"No," Jaylin replied with cocked eyebrows.

"She's single. She enjoys hanging out with anyone male or female," Zane said.

"Ah, tomboy?" Tonyo said, nodding his head with a smile.

"I don't know. I mean I enjoy hanging out with my guy friends, but I also put on makeup, enjoy dancing, cooking and wearing pink, as long as it doesn't clash with my clothes. I'm not sure if tomboy is a proper word to describe myself. I just like to do other things other than things that are stereotypically for girls," Jaylin said while laying on the bed and throwing a kernel of popcorn in her mouth.

"Really? Zane's a dancer himself, though he won't tell anyone," Enas smirked as Zane shot him a glare with pink showing on his cheeks.

"Seriously? Cool! I've never had any guy friends that were dancers before!"

"Don't get too excited. I only participated in dance classes, because Mom thought it'd help build my flexes and muscles," Zane said in a slight threatening voice, which told Jaylin he was embarrassed by it.

"It does, though that's not why I participated in dancing."

"Bet it was because you're a girl and just love dancing."

"Actually, it was because my dad's... friend of the family felt I wasn't participating in enough female activities," Jaylin corrected. She still didn't want to give away that she was adopted and her adopted father wasn't married yet, still currently dating. She would continually call her father's girlfriend friend of the family.

"You still say you're not a tomboy?" Tonyo smirked.

"I kinda lived a rough life back in the day, so I wasn't exactly acting... normal."

"Hey, the game's about to start, guys," Syrus said, pointing to the screen, which was showing the beginning title of the baseball game.

Jaylin went to get the popcorn she was heating up, being that she forgot to remove it out of the microwave. She opened the bag and gave the opened bag to Zane. Everyone watched the game, getting into it. Jaylin was especially getting into the game, being hyped up like she drank ten cups of coffee and a bowl of candy. Because of her hyperness, she would bounce on the bed with her body. She would also gawk up laughing loudly.

"Oh my god!" Jaylin cried out.

"Could you be anymore obnoxious?" Zane glared as Jaylin stood still rolling her lips in her mouth, then watched the screen.

Zane sighed, then looked back at the screen, seeing that their team caught the ball.

"Yes!" John cried out excitedly.

"What's the timer for?" Chazz asked.

"It's to countdown when the first play will end. Have you watched baseball before?" Jaylin asked.

"Well..."

Jaylin showed a perky smile, then said, "it's fine. You'll get the hang of it after a while."

Chazz didn't want to admit that he only agreed to come, so he could hang out with Jaylin and hopefully develop a relationship and go somewhere in the near future. It was kind of a stretch to be with six other guys, but it was fine. Jaylin seemed to be okay with this kind of hangout and hopefully hers and Chazz's relationship would go somewhere. That's what he was hoping for anyways.

When the commercial break began, the gang would usually talk, eat popcorn or duel on the ground to pass the time. Jaylin enjoyed dueling against Syrus, being that he was a very strong duelist. Three of Zane's friends never stood a chance against Jaylin, getting their butts handed to them. Zane didn't play, because he wanted to save his duel with Jaylin for later. He did notice how Jaylin played and knew he was going to have competition. He kept trying to brush that thought off, but knew inside that he already got himself a rival. Most of him was hoping that he wasn't just having high hopes for Jaylin being his first opponent to actually push him against his limits that was close to his age.

The game was over by the time it hit 8:00 and it was dark outside. Everyone laughed and still hung around after the game was over. Jaylin had an idea of playing a game called Story Cards. Each would draw a Duel Monsters card from their own deck and the higher the level the scarier the story. Zane found the idea stupid, though everyone agreed to play it five out of eight. Syrus had pulled out a level 4 Carrierroid, telling a story about a swamp monster that lured a boy into its grasp with a Dark Magician card.

"Are you freakin' serious?" Zane asked, looking bored out of his mind.

"Be nice. It was a level four story and it was kinda scary," Jaylin said, shrugging.

"No offense, but I disagree," Chazz said snobbishly as Syrus sighed, staring at the ground.

"Anyways, it's my turn!" Jaylin said, smiling as she drew a Winged Kuriboh. "Aw, looks like my friend likes to hang around with me, don't cha boy?"

"What's your story?" Enas asked.

"Well, this actually is based on a true story. When I was five, I would hear voices sometimes and when I would look, I would see people that were transcended. Sometimes I would find them in the graveyards, out my window, or in weird places. Though, that wasn't the weird part. Whenever I would come home, I would see monsters from other people's decks. I didn't know why and, most of the time, I was scared. One day, when I moved into my new home and I saw transcended monsters in my new house. I cried until my daddy told me that they were nice and I just had the gift to see spirits of the dead," Jaylin said. Everyone showed wide and blinking eyes. "Anyways... that's about it. I'd go farther, but it's only a level one."

"Did that really happen?" Bastion asked, looking at Jaylin as if wondering if she was pulling some sort of prank.

"I said based on a true story. Some of it isn't true," Jaylin partly lied. The things in her story did actually happen. The only part that was made up was seeing transcended monsters in her house. She actually saw them in tournaments her father would take her to. Zane sighed, drawing from his deck and pulled out his Five-Headed Dragon. Jaylin's eyes widened. "You actually HAVE Five-Headed Dragon!?"

Zane showed his smirk and replied, "I suppose I should give out my story, right?" Everyone looked at him and listened. "You asked for it. Have any of you heard of the abandoned dorm, besides Syrus?"

"Abandoned dorm?" Jaylin asked with huge curiosity.

"I thought you didn't want us to bring it up!" John said.

"Well, I might as well bring it up to these guys, since they're going to need to know this. Anyways, when I was a Sophomore, the Obelisk Blue dorm used to be over this direction," Zane explained, pointing to his door, which was farther right from the school. "There, you will come across what used to be the Obelisk Blue dorm, now called the abandoned dorm. You want to know why it's abandoned?"

"Why?" Chazz asked with curiosity.

"Because students began missing due to mysterious Shadow Games that would be played in there."

"That's a bunch of bullcrap!" Chazz scoffed. Jaylin's eyebrows rose though.

"You think so, but if you ask the older students, they'll tell you otherwise. About two years ago, three best friends got a hold of a forbidden book that the school would keep under lock and key. One was the smart one, one was the bad boy and the other one was the hacker. Together, with their talents, they were able to unlock the locked safe that contained the forbidden Book of Black Magic. Little did they know, the book had a security code that included a Shadow Game. They opened the book and the Shadow Game began. Darkness engulfed their dorm room and each of them were forced to play a Shadow Game. The dark one appeared before them and challenged them to an ancient Diaha match. Unfortunately, neither of them knew how to summon monsters, at least the hacker didn't. He instantly lost and was eaten by the shadows. They could hear the dark mist seeping into his nose and mouth, entering his blood system and the sickening sound of entering into his bones and vessels," Zane said. Everyone's eyes slightly widened and Jaylin turned slightly pale. "The dark one controlled his body and used him to play a dueling Shadow Game in a triangle duel against the bad boy and the smart one. The smart one lost, risking his life for the bad boy to gain a chance to win. It was then the two of them, possessed, dueled against the bad boy. The bad boy struggled with his monsters, spells, and traps to save himself and his friends. There was nothing he could do to save anyone, but himself. He won the match, but watched his friends become pawns to the dark one. The smart one, became Nightshroud and the hacker became Trueman. He was too weak to win back his friends, after winning to save himself, and ran from his room, saving everyone else from his friends' horrible fate. More teachers and students disappeared as well, since most of them didn't believe him and, the ones that did, were his other friends, teachers who believed in this stuff and lead the students out, or students that also believed in this stuff. The rest were never seen again. To this day... the bad boy... he began changing his ways and promised himself to never risk or pressure his friends into any dangerous situations ever again."

"It's a good thing I just went to number one and two," Chazz smirked. "I gotta hand it to you, that was scary."

"Unfortunately, that wasn't based on a true story. That actually did happen. I saw it with my own eyes. You can believe me or not, but if you ask a bulk of the Obelisk Blue Seniors, Juniors or Alexis, they'll tell you otherwise. In fact, for the past two years, any student that entered into the forbidden dorm have never come back alive. It's forbidden for a reason and anyone who attempts to go in and come back alive will automatically be suspended."

"Yikes," Bastion responded.

"Are you telling me that you actually believe in this Shadow Game crap?" Chazz asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"This Shadow Game crap took my best friends I grew up with since before I started school! In fact, one of them is Alexis' brother Atticus Rhodes! Ask Alexis. She hasn't seen her brother in two years!" Zane shouted in anger as everyone's eyes widened and jumped back, except for Jaylin. She seemed to be more understanding.

"I believe you," Jaylin said as Zane looked at her. She smiled sleepishly. "You don't have to prove yourself or anything. I believe that your story is true and I'm truly sorry you had to suffer like that."

Zane nodded, trying to hide a small smile that almost crept up. This was the first time he told that story and someone, who's never witnessed what had happened firsthand, actually believed it. Jaylin wasn't even mockingly saying that she believed the story. She meant it with all of her heart.

Zane sighed and said, "anyways, it's getting late. You should probably be heading back to your dorms."

"Good point. It was nice hanging around with you," Bastion said, smiling. He didn't believe Zane's story, but didn't want to farther the issue either.

"Whatever," Chazz scoffed. He smiled at Jaylin. "It was nice hanging."

"You too Chazz, and... I know you don't believe Zane's story, but will you try not making an issue out of it next time?" Jaylin asked politely.

"Fine."

"Thank you!"

"It was nice hanging with you kids!" Tonyo announced, stretching his arms. "Co'mon guys!"

"Coming!" Enas replied, catching up with his friend.

"Good night, Zane!" John said, waving goodbye as Zane waved back.

"Bye Zane," Syrus said before leaving.

"You should get going too," Zane said in a rather slightly softer tone, after everyone left.

"I will, but... I'm glad you told me that story, Zane," Jaylin said with a smile on her face. "I've... seen Shadow Games before myself, and please don't take it as me trying to mock you or anything. I really have seen them firsthand. The story I told earlier about me seeing spirits of the dead... that part was true. I have since the day I was born. The only other person I've met with the same gift is Yugi. I have these... abilities I've yet to understand and they can sometimes have... dangerous consequences." She took out a Winged Kuriboh card, holding it in her hand as her eyes glowed gold and began glowing gold herself. A transcended Winged Kuriboh came to Zane's view as his eyebrows rose and almost stepped back. "His name's Kuri."

"Kuri! Kuri!" Winged Kuriboh said.

"Can you do other things other than... this?" Zane asked, still looking surprised.

"I can, but I'd rather not. I've... I've hurt too many people due to lack of control. This is the only thing I can show you," Jaylin replied, petting Winged Kuriboh.

"Fair enough. I have to admit, you're full of surprises. So, Yugi taught you how to do that?"

"Pretty much. He's the best father I could ask for. He was the first person to understand me and face me when I was out of control with conjuring up Shadow Games."

"Wait, you can conjure up Shadow Games too!?"

"Yeah. I'd rather not try it again."

"Still... that has to be alot of power."

"Yeah... oh, I should be getting home," Jaylin said, seeing the time on the clock was cutting close to curfew. Winged Kuriboh disappeared and she headed toward the door. "Oh, and thanks!" She left out on her way to her dorm.

Zane stared out his window, showing a soft smile. For the first time in two years, he actually found someone that actually knew where he was coming from. There was always Alexis that would listen to him, though his three friends he still had could never really be the type he'd be open to and really understand the pain he felt. Jaylin was annoying and would drag him into situations, but had her soft sides too. Maybe there was more to Jaylin then meets the eye.

When Jaylin left the Obelisk Blue dorm in the middle of the night, she got out her cell phone and dialed a number. She peered at the right of the school, a little farther from the dorm she just exited out of, where the forbidden dorm was located. She put the phone to her ear, staring at that particular direction.

"Hello?" A male answered tiredly.

"Daddy, you think you can look into the forbidden dorm in Duel Academy? There's something Kaiba's not telling us and I get the feeling we're in for a big one. Two years ago, students had gone missing from the former Obelisk Blue dorm, located at the Southwestern edge of the island, from Shadow Games," Jaylin explained.