"I still can't believe Jaden passed his exams."

Selene leaned back on her chair, balancing on its hind legs as she pressed her knees against her desk. Gently rocking back and forth in the chair, she looked up towards the bright lights that hung overhead. Falling back onto all four legs of the chair, she dropped her feet down to the floor.

"You know this Jaden Yuki?" Zane inquired, turning back to look at her from his balcony. Strange, he hardly ever had that much curiosity in a specific person. Still she answered him.

"He's my little cousin," Selene responded, standing up from her chair and pacing around the large dorm room. It was extremely tidy, the only thing out seemingly out of place was her olive green bag, which she had thrown onto his bed earlier.

Walking to the edge of the room, she pushed the half ajar glass door further open, stepping onto the balcony. Leaning on the railing beside Zane, she watched as the pearly white ship began to approach the harbor. The one that carried the incoming first-years.

"Remember when we were in their shoes?" Selene mused, laughing a little. "You were already so confident, I wasn't sure how. I was a bit nervous, wasn't I?"

"A bit is putting it lightly," he remarked with a bit of a scoff. He thought of the quiet girl he met those years ago, who was trembling when they talked. Now, she could hardly be quiet for more than a few seconds.

"But look at us, we're in our third year now," she continued cheerfully, appearing to ignore his remark. "And you're taller than me now."

She raised her hand over him, as if to measure his height. It wasn't fair that he grew from half an inch shorter than her to seven inches taller than her. It was the only thing she could hold over him, literally, in their first year. Still, she took it in stride. And so did he, as evidenced by the faintest of upturn on his lips. She dropped her arm, leaning on the railing towards the view.

"Well, if Jaden could beat Crowler, we're sure to have an interesting year aren't we? Oh!-" she exclaimed, standing straight up- "and your brother is in the first year class too, right?"

Zane didn't respond, his gaze remaining fixated on the view of the harbor.

"Not very chatty today, hare we? You can't be that upset at the first years. Besides, even if she went to Duel Academy's middle school, Atticus' sister is a first year too, right?" Selene pressed her finger to her lips. "Or maybe, you want to duel Jaden, Kaiser?"

He shifted ever-so-slightly. So subtly most might not have noticed the change. However over the years, she had learned to pick up small signs from him. The Kaiser wasn't very expressive after all, he had an invulnerable image to maintain in front of others. He had to, before for his younger brother and now for the academy.

"Of course not, I don't bother with such trivial matters," he answered simply, his eyes fixated on the ship docking in the harbor.

"That's what you say, but how do you feel?"

He ignored her comment. As he often did with her offhand remarks. She didn't mind though, in fact she only laughed whenever he chose to ignore her. She found something humorous in it.

"The opening ceremony is starting soon," he said. "You should really go."

"It doesn't matter," she said, brushing loose strands of her dark hair behind her ear as they came about with the breeze. She let out a heavy exhale, focusing on the blue clad figures that littered the garden below the balcony. "They say the same things every year."

"You're the number two student in our year, you must set a precedent for others," he replied, folding his arms. She noted his new white blazer had finally fit him, unlike his old blue blazer.

"You know the number two title doesn't belong to me," she said in an almost joking fashion. But despite her lighthearted, cheerful tone, she was serious.
"Regardless of who it really belongs to, you are still one of the top students in our year."

"Ugh- alright, alright." She tilted her head, giving small exhale. "If you're going to be so insistent maybe I'll consider going."

The two stood in a comfortable silence. She quietly took in the view that she had become accustomed to over the years. Beyond the green covered rocky cliffs was the dark sea, glistening under the sun and forming a sharp contrast with the bright sky. Although it was fall, summer hadn't completely left the island yet as they took in the warm sunlight.

After minutes of standing in silence, she sharply turned on her hell. Her sudden movements caught Zane's attention from the corner of his eye. Turning around, he saw her walk towards the glass doors back into the room still slightly hanging open.

"Where are you going?" he asked as she pulled the door further open.

Without missing a beat as she held the door, she said, "To get ready for the opening ceremony, of course. If I'm to set a good example, I might as well look good doing it."

With a small laugh, she winked at him before walking inside. Grabbing her bag which she carelessly threw on his bed earlier and quickly threw it on her shoulder. He watched as she exited his room, letting the door fall closed as she made her way out. It had become quiet again.

Turning back to the view, he sighed.

"She's so ridiculous."

So I'm watching yu-gi-oh gx for the first time in seven years. It brought me back to my first fanfiction. My first fanfiction, published on this site, was yu-gi-oh gx. Here I am, rewriting fanfiction that is seven years old out of shame. It was just, so bad.

Also, even though I'm using the English names, I'm going to be sticking largely to things from the original Japanese! Mostly because the 4Kidz version will forever hold a place in my heart.

Hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I'm going to enjoy writing it!