Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!
Sora sighed as he walked down the halls toward his last class with Banner. "Least it's the fun one, eh?" he asked his companions.
"Yeah, Banner is the best." Jaden agreed.
"Ten bucks says he blows himself up again." Alexis joked.
"No bet." The boys deadpanned.
"Anyway, what do you guys wanna do after classes?" Syrus asked. "I heard there are some new card packs in the shop."
"Nah, my deck is already perfect." Sora shrugged. "It's me who needs to get better."
"Wow, that's deep." Alexis muttered in slight awe. "Wait, what do you mean you need to get better? You're the best student in Ra, except for Bastion."
Sora shrugged, not answering as he held the door for his friends. "Something on your mind?" Wynn asked, appearing over her boyfriend's shoulder with her signature worried look.
"Can't you sense it?" Sora replied quietly. "There's an ancient power somewhere on the island. I just don't know which one."
"Well whatever it is, it's sleeping so there isn't anything to worry about." the duel spirit pointed out.
"Even still, we should probably talk to the Power Couple. They might know something we don't." Sora suggested, turning when he noticed Banner come into the room.
Fifteen minutes later, Sora broke his stoic exterior as he laughed with the rest of the class when one of the test tubes started to fizz violently until.
BOOM!
Cue the laughter as Banner coughed slightly. "Well, with our explosion quota filled for the day, I think I can safely say Class Dismissed." Everyone let out various reactions of joy as they grabbed their various materials and headed for the door.
"Jaden, a word?" the wind duelist requested, jerking a thumb toward the stairs.
"I'll catch up with you guys later." Jaden called, splitting from Syrus and Alexis. Coming up the stairs to find Sora waiting, he asked the obvious question. "What's up?"
"Something feels off about the island. I was wondering if either of you knew anything?" Sora replied.
Yubel appeared next to Jaden and shook her head. "I can't say I know anything. But you're right, something does feel off. Jaden, does it feel familiar to you at all?"
"It does, now that you mention it." the hero duelist muttered, his brown eyes turning golden. "I know who's here. I know I do, but I just can't remember." he said after a second.
"Must be locked somewhere in your head." Wynn suggested. "Somewhere you haven't had access to from your past life."
"Probably." Jaden sighed. "Anyway, are you guys free to come to the Slifer dorm tonight? Syrus, Chumley, and I were gonna try a game for telling spooky stories." the hero duelist offered.
Sora glanced over at Wynn, who shrugged. "Sure, we're free. When should we swing by?"
...
Jaden wandered the halls after classes after he and Sora had split for the day, trying to find something to do. "Hey Yubel, wanna head to the roof for a while?" he asked suddenly.
"I don't see why not." the dragon girl replied, following her boyfriend up the stairs before stepping onto the balcony. "So is there a reason you wanted to come up here? Or just look at the view?"
"Just the view." Jaden replied with a shrug. The couple sat in silence for a minute before Jaden broke it. "Why did you lie to Sora?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" Yubel asked.
"Your third eye narrows when you lie. It's how I always know." Jaden explained. "So what? Do you not want him involved?"
"It's... a long story." the dragon girl admitted.
...
While Jaden was on the roof, Sora made a beeline for the duel arenas. "Hey, did you hear about the Duel Giant?" the wind duelist heard someone mention behind him. His interest captured, he pretended to look out the window while listening in. "I heard he got another Obelisk student last night." the student gossiped.
Serves those damned elitist pricks right. Sora couldn't help thinking.
"Yeah, and I heard he only duels Obelisks, and he uses the ante rule." another added.
Sora tensed. "Wynn." he hissed.
"I heard." the spellcaster spirit replied with equal venom. "Shall I find Jaden?"
"Please do, I'm going to see if I can determine this Duel Giant's identity. I'd better look at bullying targets first." he replied, muttering the last sentence to himself. Taking cards from your opponent's deck, absolutely despicable. If Jaden doesn't fry him, I will.
A half hour later
"Sora can not be happy." Yubel declared, following Wynn and Jaden to where the former said. They came on a fuming Sora.
"Let me guess, no progress?" Jaden asked dryly.
"I'm not giving up." he replied. "I'll keep searching tomorrow. For now, let's head to Slifer. You were going to do some sort of game involving scary stories?" Jaden nodded, grabbing his friend by the arm and pulling him along.
And done! Wait, upon further inspection, this is slightly out of order. Oh well, I can bend it to fit back how I want! So what did you guys think? Good? Bad? Not enough? Leave a review with your thoughts, flames will be responded to with Yubel. See you all next time!