"Hei Alexis is it alright if we don't hand this peeping tom to the Academy?", ask her friend Jasmin the girl with the brown hair.
"As I said... I'M NOT A PEEPING TOM!!!" shout Syrus.
"But you're an idiot"
"Gigguk" hearing it Sy can't help but to jolt, he can't refute her mockery.
It's true that he was being an idiot, believing in fake love letter, moreover that fake love letter isn't address to him but to his big bro Jaden.
Because of that, he was tangled in this problematic situation with the girls.
"Stop it Jasmine, more or less he was a victim" say Alexis.
"You're too kind Alexis" reply Jasmin, as she gave up talking about Syrus.
"Even so I ca- who is it!!"
Alexis suddenly heard noises near the bushes, her friends Jasmin and Mindy become alerted because of her words and the sudden noises.
"Is that you Jaden Yuki?!!" Shout her, asking a question.
But there isn't any reply, but the sound of the swaying bushes is getting louder.
"Whoever you are, show yourself!!" Shout her.
Looking at the bushes who swaying frantically, making her friends and Sy panic and fearful.
"Don't tell me... there's really a bear in the academy?!" Say Jasmine, as her body trembles.
"Isn't that only a rumor?" Ask Syrus.
"Well..." Jasmine didn't know how to answer back.
Rumors or not, it is undeniable truth that The Duel Academy is surrounded by forest.
Even though the school has informed that there are no wild beasts around the school to the students.
But they also notify the students to careful when they explore the island, and also forbid the students to go to a certain part or location on the island.
So yeah, give or take, despite the grandeur, Duel Academy or the island it was stood on is dangerous.
"Shush! Don't make it worse" remind Alexis.
Fed up about the disturbing bushes, she decided to unravel what cause the bushes trembling violently.
"You two stay here!" tell Alexis, as she begin to walk toward the bushes.
"Don't Alexis!" said Jasmine, cling her hand to Mindy's wrist.
Her friends shout, begging Alexis to not go for it.
"Alexy... come back! Let the boy do it for you!" Shout her friend Mindy to stop her.
"Huh?!" surprised Sy.
"Yeah! Mindy is right!!"
But Alexis, as she didn't hear it, keep walking toward the bushes.
"You're a boy, why don't you go for it?!" Ask Jasmine.
"E- eto..." Syrus scratches his head while smiling rather goofy, as he was embarrassed.
"Ahh! You chicken!" Shout Jasmine frustrated.
"I'm not!!" Refute Syrus.
While they're still bickering, Alexis already arrived in front of the violent bushes. But...
"It... stop?"
Like she says, the bushes stop swaying violently, even the disturbing sounds already ceased.
"Strange..." Alexis held her chin, confused and curious.
"Alexis!!!"
"Watch out!!"
"Get away!!!"
Before she heard her friends and Sy's warnings, suddenly a black shadow jump from the bushes, trying to strike Alexis.
Fortunately, with her quick reflex, Alexis manage to dodge the strike.
"Kuh!" Albeit, she fell to the ground, her rear kissing the face of the earth.
PLETAK!
A heavy sound was heard, in front of her, something hit the ground with a heavy impact, making a fist-size crater.
Looking at it, Alexis become afraid, if she's not quickly dodge it, surely she would be hospitalized, worse dead or crippled for life.
With rough breaths and beating heart, she looks up.
"Y- you..."
With unbelievable gaze, she noticed the one who attack her.
Silverish-white hair, white skin like a fresh dairy milk, deep blue eyes like the ocean.
"Isshiki... Sakura?"
...
Few minutes ago,
Sakura is in her room, browsing all the cards she collected, while trying to build a new deck.
"Done" tell her as she put her new build deck into her new bought deck box.
Unlike Yuji's simple designed leather deck boxes, Sakura's deck box is not made from leather, it was pink colored, and had different Kuriboh images printed on it.
Looking at her new deck and deck box bring her joy, as she smiled upon it.
Ring~ Ring~
But her joy disturbed by an incoming call. Without further ado, she checked her PDA.
On her PDA, she noticed that it was Yuji who call her.
"Hallo?"
"Ah, Sakura? You haven't slept yet?"
"No, not yet"
"That's good, you see-"
Yuji told her about what happens before when he's dueling Jaden, and told her about Syrus who's being kidnapped, and them that would meet the kidnapper behind the Obelisk Blue girls' dormitory.
"Alright" she nods her head.
"Notify the security or the teachers that assigned to the girls' dorm, don't go to the point of meeting, it'll be dangerous"
Sakura nod.
"Okay, thank you for your help" say Yuji, as he ended up his call.
Sakura nod, then she looks at her PDA.
Simply put, Yuji's message to her was
[Please, help us save Syrus]
After the call, she quickly put all the remaining cards away into a black case.
Then, she walks toward her bed, and take a metal bat from under the pillows.
"Alright. Now, let's scout the area"
...
Alexis is looking at the silverish hair figure, behind her stood a pale moon illuminating her figurr, creating an undescribable mystic charm on her.
Even so, Alexis didn't lower her guard, with fierce eyes, she bravely asked her.
"What are you doing, Isshiki?! That was very dangerous of you!"
Sakura tilt her head, "Dangerous? That's rich coming from a kidnapper"
Alexis were puzzled by her reply, "Kidnapper? Me?"
"Umu" nod Sakura.
Just then, Alexis' friends and Syrus running worriedly toward her.
"Hm? Aren't you Yuji's friend?" Ask Syrus rather puzzled.
Looking at him who is free and didn't cage, chained or bondage, Sakura tilt her head a bit confused.
One of Alexis' friends yelling at her, "Are you out of your mind?!! Why did you attack Alexis?!"
Sakura held her chin, "To Beat her?" Tell her nonchalantly.
"Beat... why are you doing this?!!" Shout Mindy.
"I was told by Yuji that his friend are kidnapped and waiting for him-"
"Yuji?! You mean Yuji Kusanagi?" This time, Alexis are the one who asking.
Because she didn't call for Yuji, but Jaden.
Sakura nod, "Yeah"
Hearing her reply, Alexis let out a deep relieved breath.
"Isshiki right? Actually-" she then told Sakura of what's happening, the reason why she held Syrus hostages (not kidnap him), and why are he with them now.
After a long chat and exchanging information, Sakura nod and bow apologize to Alexis and her friends.
"It's alright, if I were in your shoe I also would do the same" say Alexis smiling, forgiving Sakura.
"Thank you" say her flatly.
She then glared at Sy coldly, like glaring at a repulsive creature. Her cold, icy glare makes him trembles in fear.
"Pervert... die" Tell her casually.
"I'm not a pervert!!" Refute him.
"Then idiot"
"..." Syrus becomes quiet, as he can't refute her words.
Jasmine let out a deep sigh, "Alexis is really kind, isn't it?"
"Isn't that what makes her great?" Reply Mindy.
"Yeah! I think so too!!" Shout Syrus.
"Why are you the one who's answering?!" Yell her to Sy, "Then again, what you said is right" nod her.
While the two of them talks about Alexis, she herself narrowed her eyes, her gaze focused on the coming boat across the lake.
"Here they come" tell her.
Hearing her word, all of them look toward the direction Alexis gaze into.
Under the pale moonlight, and atop the calm lake, two boys sailing to here with a simple wooden boat.
On that simple wooden boat, a boy with dual brown colored hair stood up.
"Sy! Are you alright?!!"
