Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!
The morning after Jaden's duel in the abandoned dorm, everyone was still asleep at the Slifer dorm. Then a military style van pulled up the the front of the building, a bunch of uniformed guys jumping out and climbing the stairs. This, of course, woke Banner as he exited his own room to see what the commotion was, gasping at the newcomers. "The Disciplinary Action Squad? They only show up when someone is really in trouble! And they're headed straight for Jaden's room!"
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Up in our hero's room, he and his best friend were sound asleep until a knock at the door was heard. "Open up!" a female voice called. "Open up right now or we'll bust down this door!"
"Jaden, I think we have trouble." Yubel informed, checking to make sure she could fall back on her own powers, given a chance.
"Seriously?" Jaden groaned, sitting up. "After last night? Hope they brought an army."
"Don't worry, we did!" the voice called, the door flying through the room and out the window as soldier-types stormed in. The woman who was talking before glared at him. "You must be Jaden, and that must be Syrus." she hissed, glancing up t the middle bunk, where Syrus was startled awake.
Jaden's hand crept toward his disk and deck. No hostile moves until they make one. he ordered telepathically. Yubel nodded her understanding. "Yeah, and why are you guys here?"
"That will be made clear at the interrogation. You'd best come with us."
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"Suspended?" the Slifers gasped as they were "read the charges" so to speak.
"That's what I recommended, yes." the DAS woman replied. "You knowingly trespassed into the abandoned dorm. An anonymous letter from one of the faculty confirms it."
Jaden's eyes flashed gold, glancing to the screan on his left. "Anonymous my ass. Crowler sent that letter, and he's had it out for me since day one." he declared. "My friend Sora and I can confirm this, as we have fake love letters written by him."
"Oh? And what makes you think it's my handwriting?" Crowler asked smugly.
"I have one of the tests you graded with your personal notes. If we compare, I'm sure the writing will be a match. Like I said, Sora and I both have a letter."
The door behind the two boys slid open, and Sora entered. "Not to mention, I have a recorded conversation in which Crowler set the match up between Jaden and Chazz during the tests just to humiliate the former." he added, holding up a disk.
"When did you have time to record that?" Crowler squaked.
"Hid a listening device in your pocket when I bumped you in the hall last week." Sora replied casually. "So as you can see, Crolwer's word is more than a little biased."
"Indeed." Sheppard replied, nodding. "Very well, a full investigation will be put into effect on this matter, but that doesn't change the fact that both Jaden and Syrus entered the dorm."
"Besides Crowler's word, where's the evidence?" Sora demanded. Immediately, Sheppard's head was replaced by recorded footage of Jaden and Syrus exploring. "Jaden, Yubel, how the actual FUCK did you miss a camera?" the wind duelist demanded. Both couldn't meet his gaze. "Sorry guys, you're on your own. I'll swing by with the letter Jaden mentioned in a few." he called, abandoning the Slifers to their fate.
"Well, with that out of the way, there is still the matter of punishment." the DAS woman said, trying to get everyone back on track. "You two broke one of the biggest rules on campus, and you must be made an example of."
"But what kind of example are we setting?" Crowler asked. "That we're a bunch of iron-fisted tyrants? No, since we're a duel school how about a tag duel?"
"I actually agree with Crowler on this one." Sheppard admitted. "Win, and you're off the hook. Lose, you'll be suspended for the rest of the semester."
"I'm game." Jaden shrugged, looking to his friend, who hadn't said a word pretty much since they entered.
"Perfect, I'll make the arrangements!" Crowler declared, his screen turning off.
A couple minutes later, the boys were walking down the halls. "Alright, this'll be a breeze!" Jaden cheered.
"Yeah, a breeze." Syrus replied quietly.
Jaden would have asked what was wrong, but a fist connected with his head a second later. "What did you do, you total idiot?" Sora demanded.
"Someone's cranky." Jaden noted.
"Your fault." the wind duelist hissed. "Your little tantrum last night woke up whatever was sleeping on the island. You think someone isn't going to take notice of that and try to capitalize on it? I've been running around all night putting up safeguards to keep all of us from triggering the apocalypse... again."
"It's not like I started what happened back in the day." Jaden argued. The pair continued on like this while Syrus slipped away.
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"Any luck?" he asked as Alexis and Chumley came back from trying to convince Sheppard to let one of them be Jaden's dueling partner.
"Sorry, we tried our best, but Sheppard wouldn't budge." Chumley explained.
"But if I'm Jaden's partner, we'll lose for sure!" Syrus wailed.
"What's the big deal?" Sora asked. "I've seen you duel, you'll be fine."
"He's right, Sy." Jaden replied. "Besides, there's no one I'd rather have as my partner."
"Ge, thanks." Sora said dryly.
"You're my second pick, though." Jaden quipped back before turning to his short friend. "Anyway Sy, we're gonna go out there, duel our best, and win."
"That sounds like a duel coming on," Sora sighed, "which means I should split before things get messy. See you guys later."
"See you, Sora." Jaden replied, watching his pal walk off.
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Once he was a good deal away, Sora sighed. "They're never gonna win if Syrus doesn't get out of that slump. Think we should ask around?"
"Might wanna start with Bastion." Wynn recommended, "He's got all the info on pretty much any duelist here."
"Good plan, let's move." Sora said, jogging toward the Ra dorm. Locating his target quickly, he called out, "Yo Bastion, got a minute?"
"Ah, Sora." Bastion greeted. "To what do I owe the pleasure?" Sora explained what was going on with the tag duel and Syrus. "I see, it probably has something to do with Zane." the equation nut theorized.
"Zane? I've heard that name before." Sora muttered, trying to recall.
"I imagine so," Bastion replied, 'Zane Trusedale is the top third-year Obelisk in the school, as well as Syrus' brother."
"I think I get the picture." Sora sighed. "Big brother's shadow is rather imposing."
"Indeed." Bastion nodded along. "I do have data on his deck, if you're interested."
"Of course. Lead the way." Sora replied, following his fellow Ra to his room.
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Later that evening, Sora was searching for Jaden. All the info he needed, Bastion had willingly given, and with it what Jaden needed to know to beat him. Heading back toward Slifer, the wind duelist noticed Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley all standing in a shallow area of the ocean. "The hell?" he asked, starting to make his way down. That was when he saw Alexis, and soon after her companion.
"You dropping out?" Zane asked coldly.
"Well, umm... Yeah, kinda." Syrus admitted. Sora set his jaw.
"Well it's about time." Zane shrugged. Sora's fist clenched, wind swirling around it.
"You're his big brother, how can you say that?" Jaden demanded. A smirk fell on Sora's lips.
"Because I know him." Zane shrugged, getting a small gasp from Alexis. That tore it.
A huge gust of wind knocked Zane on his ass. "Bet you know it all, right Zane?" Sora spat, revealing himself. "You and me. Now." he declared, throwing on his disk and loading his deck.
"No way Sora, he's mine." Jaden complained.
"Back off." Sora spat, wind swirling around him, giving him an even more menacing aura. "I could care less how powerful he is. No one talks to my friends like that."
As Zane got up, he glared at the enraged duelist. "I've heard of you, Sora Cliff." he muttered, getting to his feet. "Do you really think you have what it takes to beat me?" the Obelisk questioned, his dragons roaring behind him.
"We're about to find out." Sora replied, Eatos and Wynn appearing by his side, glaring daggers.
Well, this is going to be intersting. But... I'm cutting it off here cause I can't find Sora's deck at the moment! Write the next chapter as soon as I find it, promise! So what did you guys think? Good? Bad? Not enough? Leave a review and I'll see you all next time!