Chapter Thirty-Two
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A Sight He Never Wanted Her To See...
Chazz let out a heavy sigh as he plopped down in his seat for class.
"Chazz..." a fellow Obelisk blue stident approached him,"Where do you think you're sitting?"
"Uh...my seat?" he stated. He gave them a blink and a raised brow-
"Sorry...but that's not your seat anymore." said the other student,"Now move!"
"What are you talking about!?" Chazz huffed,"Of course this is my seat, it says so right here-what!?" He looked down and blinked to find that his name plate had been replaced by Bastion Misawa.
"No way...this is...all wrong!" he stated,"I don't belong over there with those losers!" he huffed," ! This is a mistake right!? Tell these guys I belong up here!"
"Oh, but you don't Chazz." the teacher stated cruely,"And you haven't since you lost that duel to...oh who was it again?" He pondered,"Oh right...Jaden Yuki... A SLIFER!"
"Ah-"Chazz gasped softly and gritted his teeth.
Jaden Yuki...
He grumbled as a flash back image played in his mind of that wild brunette and Connar together.
Him again...!
"Grrh..." he let out a quiet growl.
"So tomorrow, you are going to be put in a face off duel against Ra Yellow, Bastion Misawa." Crowler stated,"If you lose to him as well, then you two, will switch dorms!"
"You mean I'd...become a Ra Yellow!?" he huffed.
"Yes, very good." chuckled as he clapped his hands together,"That is what demoted means! Now if only you could duel as well as you listen..." he sighed.
The class room began to fill with laughter which became more than Chazz could bare. After his phone call with his brothers that morning and this thrown onto him now, this day just wasn't going well for him and he ran out in the midst of the taunts and laughter.
"No...This won't be it!" he stated," I won't be a Ra!"
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"All right, All right." Jaden sighed,"Maybe it wasn't a foul, Bastion."
"Jaden...over the center field fence usually isn't." said Syrus, which was then responded to by the light giggling of Connar Rose who Jaden was carrying on his back, piggy style.
"Jaden...I can walk by myself you know!" she pouted.
"Listen Connie you twisted your ankle, the nurse said you should be staying off of it." Jaden argues.
"Yeah, and you won't stay in the infirmary, you don't want to go back to your room- we kind of don't have any other choices here." said Syrus.
"Darn right I don't wanna stay in the infirmary!" Connar said in a huff,"I got enough of that place with the dorm incident, I don't want to be in there longer than I have to be," She huffed,"And it's too early to lock myself in my room, I'd be boooooored~!"
Syrus heaved a defeated sigh and shook his head as both Jaden and Bastion responded to Connar's playful whining with light hearted laughter.
"Look...I play like I duel." said Bastion continuing the earlier conversation,"With formulas!"he beamed,"See I find that science, statistics, and geometry play a role in everything that we do in life."
"Spoken like a true nerd~" Connar teased, giggling as she nestled her face in the back of Jaden's coat collar.
"...Says the girl who scores perfectly on every written exam, ." Bastion rebuted and she blushed as she got caught in her own accusation.
"Eew. you nerd!" Jaden and Syrus laughed.
"It's called studying!" she stated,"It helps a lot for those who are failing their tests!" she teased back.
"...Yeah. And it's also what nerds do~" Jaden teased and she huffed in a stubborn pout, being left helpless in his hold against his back.
"So..."Syrus blinked,"Does this mean you have a formula for everything, Bastion?"
A seemingly normal question which was soon met with the seemingly concerning laughter of Bastion Misawa.
"And, here we are~" He chimed happily as he swung open the door to his room, allowing the three Slifer friends to gasp as they took in his walls that were decorated in numbers and theories.
"And where is that?" the three asked with wide eyed curiosity.
"My lab." he stated,"You know, my work shop...AKA my dorm room!" Bastion grinned,"That area over there is for traps, this one here is for spells...well...you get the idea." he chuckled,"Most of these I've memorized and as you can see I am running out of room, soooo~" He hummed as he pulled out a couple cans of paint, some brushes as well as white rags,"Mind helping?"
Connar was placed in a corner of the cleared out room to elevate her wrapped ankle while she watched the three students have a painting and cleaning party which she was kind of jelous that she couldn't be a part of and chuckled.
"Check it out, I'm Michael Angelo~!" Jaden joked as he swabbed the brush back and forth on the ceiling, and as he tried to clarify his joke he wobbled a bit off balance which led him to drop the brush that then smacked Syrus right in the face.
"Oh dear..." Bastion sighed.
Meanwhile Connar was trying her best to hold in her laughter.
"You do realize...this means war, Jay."
"Uh-Oh~ SyRy is maaaaaaad~" Connar snickered and hid behind her hands.
"Aw, come on Sy, it was an accident!"
But Syrus wasn't having it. He turned and lifted the full pail of paint from the floor and prepared to swing it at Jaden.
"Oh no...someone better do something!" Connar flailed her arms and prepared to take cover, as an enraged Syrus could never be stopped.
"That's enough!" Bastion snapped as he slapped his cleaning rag against the floor,"Now give my that paint!"
Bastion got his paint all right. A white ocean wave of it into his face. This time, not even Connar hold her laughter once Jaden started.
"Grrrh...funny is it~?" Bastion growled as he reached for the now paint saturated rag and slapped Jaden with it, making Connar burst out harder. Before they knew it there was a whole sword fight going on rag versus paint brush and the dynamic motions caused a half full pail to go flying which then landed on Connar's head, leaving an echo of gasps in the room.
"Oh no!" Bastion called out as he rushed over to the girl who couldn't move much with her ankle wrapped up, let alone defend herself from the sneak attack.,"We've attacked poor defenseless Connar!"
"You got paint...in my hair..." She grumbled and began to tremble.
"Uh-oh Jaden, you better run!" Syrus stated as the girl slowly hobbled her way up to her feet with clenched fists,"She's really mad now!"
"Oh no!" Jaden laughed as he took a few slow steps away,"An outraged Connar is gonna limp after me! I better slow walk for my life-Ahhhh~!"
"That's just messed up, Jay!" Syrus laughed as he watched the scene unfold of Jaden moving in slow motion while Connar limped in his direction.
"You Ass hole!" she huffed,"Hold still so I can kick you in the ass with my busted ankle!" she declared and hobbled a little faster. As if a sprained ankle was gonna stop the pink haired beast from geting her revenge.
"HaHaHa, My you truly are fierce, Ms. Connar!" Bastion chuckled,"But you really should stay off it! Here, allow me, my dear~!" he grinned as he handed her the rag and lifted her into his arms bridal style laughing,"I shall be your legs...now let's get him!"
"En Guarde~!" she giggled.
"Ahhhhh!" This time Jaden screamed for real and took off running as the new tag team chased him down.
"Aww, come on guys, I can't breathe!" Syrus heaved as he laughed,"Wait up!" and soon ran after them.
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The four new found friends continued their chuckles as they made themselves comfortable at a table in the Ra Yellow Cafeteria.
"HaHa, man I don't think I ever had such a good time Painting~!" Jaden grinned as he stuffed his face with the food Bastion gladly shared with them,"You're all right, Bastion!"
"Yeah." said Syrus,"And so is Ra Yellow's food!"
"Oh you flatter us." Bastion chuckled,"But I'm sure it's not that much better than Slifer's." he grinned placing down fresh lobter on a platter.
The two male students gasped in happy excitement where as Connar nearly cried tears of joy.
"Ahhh~ I LOVE sea food!" Connar giggled.
Lobster~ Lobster~
She beamed.
Oh how long has it been since I last had Lobster~?
She squealed and giggled cutely.
"Trust me, the closest we get to lobster is our dorm cat's breath!" Jaden beamed, he prepared to reach for it, but the plate was soon slipped immediately from his reach.
"Yoink!" Connar giggled and prepared to dig in herself.
"Hey what gives!?" Jaden asked as he tried to reach back and she kept slapping his hands away.
"I call dibs!" She stated,"I mean it man you better back off or I will not hesitate to stab you with a fork!" she joked poking at him with a spare plastic fork she got from the table settings.
"Oh what, come on!" Jaden laughed," Whatever happened to sharing is caring!?"
"Seriously Connie...you wouldn't really stab us with a fork...right?" Syrus chuckled as he tried to reach for the plate as well but received the same treatment as his brunette room mate.
"Don't test me." She huffed," I gave my uncle a nice poking with a fork for stealing one of my cocktail shrimp once, and I slept like a princess that night~"
"Take it! It's yours!" Both males surrendered with both hands up in defense allowing their female friend to savor the first bite before she finally decided to let them help her eat it.
"Hey...speaking of bottom dwellers..." Syrus stated between bites,"What were you talking to Crowler about back at the game?" he blinked.
"Actually, he wants me to test to be an Obelisk." Bastion said.
"Woah, are you serious?" Jaden blinked.
"Is that why you were cleaning up your room?" asked Syrus.
"Because you're switching dorms!?" Jaden added.
"Ahh...well..." Bastion looked down a bit shyly and Connar beamed excitedly.
"That's amazing, Misawa!" She beamed.
"Yeah man, you deserve it!" said Jaden,"Congrats Bastion!"
"Again, you flatter me..." he chuckled.
"And why shouldn't we?" Connar blinked and smiled sweetly in his direction which took him by surprise in a shy blush.
"You did score top of are class, after all." she stated.
"Yeah, I saw you duel during the entrance exams!" said Jaden,"You were awesome!" he grinned,"You'll totally pass Crowler's exam and be in Obelisk Blue."
"Well...I thank you." Bastion chuckled.
"You're welcome! Now if you'll excuse me~" and like a bottomless pit, Jaden was at it once again.
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The night was calm around the Obelisk Blue Dorm. Though it couldn't be said for Chazz Princeton, within its walls.
"Got it, Chazz?"
"Yeah..."
"I can't hear you~"
"I said Yes, I understand." he huffed.
"Well, you had better." said Slade,"The Princeton Brothers have a plan, and your brother and I are following through with our ends of it!"
"And you had better be following through with yours, Chazz!" said Jagger,"Just think of it, Little Bro. The world of Politics, Finance, and Duel Monsters! If we can control them all...then we can control the entire world! So be the best!"
"The Future of the Princeton family depends on it!" said Slade,"It Depends on you!"
With that the monitor of the screen shut off and Chazz sat up, stewing on the couch in his room.
Be the best?
He huffed alone with his thoughts as he stood and walked over to his window and looked out.
How can I be the best...with lucky punks like those guys out there?
Outside in the night Chazz could make out four silhouettes in the darkness. Jaden and Syrus seemed to be running up ahead, waving their arm for someone to follow. A Taller male walked over into the dim lighting with what seemed to be an unconscious body in his arms. Bridal style. It looked like Connar. Chazz gasped softly as he tried to get a closer look at her condition.
It looks like her ankle has been wrapped...
he thought to himself.
I wonder what happened?
However no one seemed to be panicking this time unlike before when he last saw a similar scene with Connar in that state. So he assumed this time she must simply just be sleeping.
Wait...what is this?
Chazz blinked.
Bastion is carrying Connar in his arms? And He's heading off to the Slifer Dorm for the night?
"Hmmm..."
Then his Dorm Room will be empty...
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Late into the night. Chazz made his way out to the Ra Dorm. All was silent as everyone was asleep. He explored the halls for a moment in search of Bastion's room when he came across a door with furniture piled up outside of it.
What am I doing?
He thought to himself and ran his hand through his hair in frustration.
But then...Do I have any other choice...?
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Connar yawned and let out a squeak as she stretched , carefully pulling herself out of bed and hopping outside onto the deck to sit. It was early morning. The sky was lighting up, but the sun had not yet risen. She sat hanging her legs through the railings and kicking them back and forth carefully.
I must have crashed on Misawa's floor while they finished the rest of the clean up...
she thought to herself as she stretched.
I woke up with his Ra Yellow Jacket draped over me like a blanket...
She blinked.
Bastion Misawa...he seems pretty nice, doesn't he?
"And pretty handsome too! Did you get a load of his accent~?" a familiar female voice giggled in Connar's ears and she huffed with red puffed cheeks.
Not now, Dark Magican Girl!
"Awww come on~" the female spirit guide would come and go as she pleased. But mostly it seemed she did so just to partake in a little gossip from time to time.
I guess even duel spirits get bored, huh?
Connar chuckled.
It gave her a sort of big sister feel whenever Dark Magician Girl would drop in for a visit. It was nice.
"Hey, what's that...do you see it?"
"Huh? What's what?" Connar blinked as she asked out softy and took a peek at the direction the aparition was pointing to, and her blue eyes went wide as she noticed what appeared to be a familiar ash haired male decked out in Obelisk Blue running back quickly to his dorm.
"Wait...isn't that Princeton?" she blinked,"I didn't know he got up this early...how odd. I wonder what he's doing?"
He seemed to be coming from the Ra Yellow Dorm... and that scene made Connar feel incredibly uneasy.
No...Princeton?
she thought to herself.
What have you done...?
To Be Continued