Damn, its been awhile. And to you my dear readers/reviewers (at least the ones that haven't given up on me and this story)

I'M BACK!

So I'll skip to my excuses of being away and give you the chapter that you guys have been craving for... 9... months... (please don't kill me~)

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh Gx, just my Oc

Chapter 41 – Duel Monster Spirit Day (part 2)

Dark gray orbs shifted back and forth frantically. Fear and anxiety flooded in quickly as they peeked behind the door they were hiding in. Loud cheers and cries of merriment filled their ears. It was easy to say that no one would mind their presence or even take note of them. Slowly, they took a small step from behind the door.

Two steps...

Three steps...

Four...

"HEY! I FOUND THEM!"

A small shriek was let out and a blur of blue quickly went back behind the door. The duelist started breathing hard and clutched a lock their hair. Closing their eyes, the wait to be found was impending. Seconds ticked away into minutes. Heaving breathing went in toe with their heart rate; pounding as if they running in marathon. What seemed like hours were merely three minutes before two eyes slowly unveiled themselves.

Gray eyes look behind the door and saw no one coming. A sigh a relief came out. They were still safe.

"Will you get on with it!"

Laviss cried out in surprised and clutched the doorknob as her life depended. Shooter snickered as the poor girl tired to get her wits together. The gray eyed girl gritted her teeth and tried to make him stop with a glare. But that only proved to be futile as her glare wasn't much of a threat; with her being overly flustered with the situation. Bro shook his head and crossed his feathered arms. They've been like this for almost twenty minutes! He didn't think it was THAT hard for Laviss to gather herself and walk out the Ra dorm.

They were able to get her out of her room with little problem; seeing as all of the Ra students were outside spending their time at the festivals. It was getting her outside the building that was proving him difficulty. Every time Laviss got herself a bit of courage to go out it was always dissolved by random shouting or someone coming close to the door; which ended with her hiding behind the door.

Bro sighed. At least she's not running all the way to her room this time.

"Shooter if you don't shut up I'm seriously taking you out of my deck and never summon you again! Not only that but I'll also destroy your card as well!" Laviss cried.

"But ha-ha-ha... y-you ha-ha-ha-ha...it's...ha-ha-ha-hah!"

Laviss dropped her head as her monster kept laughing at her. Her shoulders trembled with anger. It was frustrating for her to go out, but with Shooter laughing his guts out, the Ra had it. It wasn't even remotely funny. She wanted to go outside, but the thought of being humiliated had crossed her mind multiple times. It didn't help that Shooter was laughing at her. She bit her lip. That was exactly what she didn't want happening and what's been keeping her rooted behind the front entrance of her dorm.

Shooter continued. "I... ha-ha-ha-ha... I... ha-ha I mean... ha-ha-ha...you-" He fell back and cracked up even more. She couldn't take it anymore.

"That's it! I'm done! I don't want to do this anymore." she said, stomping her way back to her room.

"No! I'm... ha-ha... I'm sorry Laviss! Ha-hah... I'm sorry!" said Shooter, though his apology didn't seem genuine from the small chuckles he still let out.

The Ra ignored him and made no notion of stopping. Shooter soon felt guilty for laughing at the girl. He honestly didn't mean to laugh at her. He slowly turned to Bro and see if he could fix the mess he made, but all he received was a glare.

The winged monster nervously chuckled. "I-I didn't mean-"

"Save it." Bro sneered "You just couldn't put how delicate the situation was in that tiny brain of yours, couldn't you."

Shooter frowned. "I didn't think-"

"That's right you don't." Bro ignore whatever Shooter retaliated with and looked to where Laviss left. He rubbed his temple; he slowly felt a headache coming at him. Why does he always make things complicated for me! He had half a mind to kill the purple monster, but in his current state that wasn't possible.

"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!" cried Shooter.

"No." He blurred out and walked away from the duel spirit. He needed to undo the damaged the stupid bird did to their mistress before the day was over. He didn't particularly want to spend his day on Earth being with a shut-in Laviss.

"Is this even a good idea?"

Bastion waited a few seconds in silence before he got nothing. The boy groaned and hit his head against the mirror in front of him. He would've thought the idiotic voice would've answered. But that's just how the voice was: stupid, useless, and a pain in the ass.

"Maybe I shouldn't do this." he grumbled. The Ra lifted his face away from the glass and stared back at his face. He had a dark thick line going down his right eyes, the tip of his nose was colored in black, and whiskers adorned either side of his cheek.

After Laviss had left him, he wandered around the Ra festival on his own. Only he wasn't having as much fun as he planned. The thought of Laviss not being with him kept him from enjoying the festivities. That's when the stupid voice input the idea of him dressing up. He immediately rejected the idea, however; the voice in his mind told him the possibility that it might make Laviss smile and have her at his side. He rolled his eyes at the incompetent idea. There was no way he was going to dress up in a ridiculous outfit, he was beyond that. Besides, he didn't want to look like a fool in front of her.

But the voice did make one good point that made him do it.

He looked down at his costume. "It'll make her smile." he mumbled. And then frown. "But not with this costume!" Bastion wanted to murder the voice. Most of the costumes for the Ra students were gone, but he was lucky he managed to get one.

However, it wasn't one he wanted to wear.

'It looks good on you. Honest.' The voice Ra growled. Oh how much he would pay for it to be real and have it die by his bare hands. 'Besides, girls love cats!'

"That may be, but have you forgotten WHO had this monster in their deck!"

The voice said nothing and left Bastion to glare at his reflection. His face softens as he thought about Laviss. What would she think if he went outside wearing this? Would she hate him? Would she think of him as a fool? His thoughts were endless.

'She's not going to hate you. Besides it's not like she ever said "Never wear anything Tania had in her deck or I'll stop loving you forever!"...right?'

"True..." Bastion said. He paused for a moment before blushing. "Especially that last part!"

'You'll never know what she'll think if you don't step outside. Besides, you know her better than that. She isn't heartless.'

Bastion sighed. It did have a point, but he didn't want to disappoint Laviss anymore. He had enough of his brainless mistakes. After standing for a few minutes more, he let out another sigh and picked up the head piece of his costume.

"I just hope Jaden and the rest won't make much of a fuss about this." he said as he arranged the final pieces to his outfit.

"ZAANNEEE!"

Everyone in the area winced at the high pitch call. They all watched as a group of girl ran together calling out the third year Obelisk.

"ZAAANNNNEEEEE!" The girls cried in adoration as they tried to find their prince.

"Shit." Zane muttered. He slowly backed away from the group of people he was with. He was lucky his fangirls haven't spotted him in the crowd... yet.

The boy quickly ducked down when he saw one of the girls look in his direction. He then moved slowly behind an Obelisk student, who was large enough to hide him. He didn't think his fangirls would be after him today. Zane mentally kicked himself, he should have known better.

As the girls began to regroup themselves, the teal haired boy made a run to the forest. He ran as fast as he could. He didn't care if the girls spotted him; he knew that he could out run all of them. Though that would only provide a few hours of safety for him before they find him again. Zane glared the ground. What did I do to deserve this?

After five minutes of running through the trees, Zane slowed down his pace and scanned the area. There were no fangirls. That was good. He stood still as his ears picked up the sound of laughter and soft music north-west of him.

His eyes lit up. The Ra festival! Without any other thought, his feet quickly headed over there. He knew he would be safe there if anything.

The music he heard faintly started growing louder by the second as he kept walking. Before long, Zane reached the yellow festival. He kept a low cover as he walked amongst his fellow duelists. The festival was smaller compared to the Obelisk Blue; which made it harder for him to hide anywhere. He kept an eye out for anyone he knew to hide him from his rabid fans, especially a certain red head. But his search for safety made him lose track of his surroundings; causing him to bump into someone.

"I'm sorry." he said. But as he took a good look at who he ran into, he couldn't keep his face from chuckling. "Bastion?"

Said Ra cursed under his breath. He didn't think he would be found by one of the guys so quickly. He glared at the Obelisk, who hasn't stopped laughing at the sight of him. "What?" he growled.

Zane shook his head. "Sorry, I just... I didn't know you were going to," the boy cleared his throat from his slight laughter. "I didn't know you were planning on dressing up." he said as he took a good look at his Amazoness Tiger costume. He raised a brow at his choice of costume. "Mind me asking why you-"

"It wasn't my idea!" he said quickly. "I mean... err... this..." Bastion lifted one of his giant paws and covered the top part of his face. "This was... the only costume they had left."

"And... what has Laviss said about your... costume?" he asked slowly.

Bastion removed his paw and looked worried. "She... she hasn't seen it yet."

"You've been hiding from her?" Zane said with a small hint of humor.

"Not exactly." The Obelisk gave him a look "I haven't found her to say the least." Bastion said and started sweating with fear. "She wasn't in her room nor have I seen her here." He lifted his arms to indicate the festival.

Zane knew where the worried duelist was getting at. "Calm down." he said to the fidgeting Ra. "She's probably with Jaden or Alex-"

"GIVE ME THAT CAMERA ATTICUS!" The two turned around and saw the blonde duelist run after her brother, who was laughing while taking pictures of his angry sister. Both boys stood silent as the two Rhodes siblings ran around the Ra festival.

Bastion slightly glared at the older boy. "You were saying."

Zane pinched the bridge of his nose as he heard his best friend tease his little sister. Why was he friends with the idiot, he didn't know. Several people around them laughed at the siblings' silly antics and encouraged Atticus to play keep away from his sister.

The brunette spotted the teal haired boy and grin. "Hey Zane!" he cried and made a bee-line behind him. "Mind shielding me from my `lil sis?"

"ATTICUS!" Alexis yelled as she made her way to the three.

Zane side-stepped, revealing the boy out in the open. "Not a chance."

"You're so cold Zane!" he cried and made his way into the forest. Alexis was not far behind, screaming his name in rage.

Bastion tapped his foot. Zane knew what he was thinking and ran hand through his teal locks. "I'm sure she's with Jaden or maybe one of her other friends." The Ra frowned. The mention of 'other friends' reminded him of Dimitri. He growled. Just the thought of that prick angered him.

"She's going to be alright, Bastion." Zane calmly took the glare he received from the boy. "It's been days since the last Shadow Rider. I doubt they would strike today, especially with the large crowds of people all over the island." The Ra didn't lift up his glare. "Look if it makes you feel any better, we'll check the Slifer festival and see if she's there."

Bastion scoffed but followed the Obelisk out of the Yellow festival, nonetheless. He hopes that she was with Jaden. Danger seemed to follow his fellow Ra, no matter what.

"Come on, just one more step."

Shooter sighed loudly as he watched Laviss walk cautiously to the door. But that earned him a glare from Bro; immediately shutting him up. Laviss timidly reached out to grasp the metal handle, but her hand stopped mid-way.

"You're almost there, just grab the handle." said Bro.

Laviss bit her lip. She took in a big gulp of air and shot her hand to the cold metal and ripped the door open. As soon as the door was open she jumped backwards, bumping into Bro's hard chest in the process.

Bro nodded and place his hands on the Ra's shoulders. "It's okay. See? There's nothing to it," he said reassuringly. The girl nodded dumbly as Bro took a hold one of her clawed hands in his. "Now all that's left is getting out the building."

Shooter lamely followed the two as they walked through the maze like hallways. After several minutes of pleading for his life, he was forgiven for his insensitivity but that was the only thing Laviss made easy. Even though he was forgiven, the Ra made her mind to stay inside her room until the next morning. It took all of Bro's cunning wit and somewhat begging to get her to go outside. That's if and only if Shooter didn't speak for the next several hours. Bro couldn't be more pleased with the situation. Shooter glared at his companion, who had a small spring in his step. He was seriously enjoying this silence more than he thought.

The three soon came to the front entrance of the Dorm. It was then that Laviss stopped in her tracks. Bro noticed and tugged her hand. "You promised Laviss." he warned. Shooter bit one of his claws as he hovered over his mistress and annoying companion. He lifted his hand to say something but the glare he received from Bro made him shrink back and stay quiet. Harpie's Brother lingered on Shooter for a moment before he went back to Laviss. "Come... there's nothing to be afraid of."

"But-"

"What did we talk about?" Laviss looked away from her duel monster. Bro tugged on her hand. "I can't hear you." The red head muttered several words under her breath. Bro gave her a look. "Laviss..."

"No one's... going to take notice, if not care what I'm wearing." she mumbled louder.

"And?"

"And..." Bro eyed her hesitation and motioned her to continue. "It... doesn't matter what they say as I shouldn't care."

"Exactly. And if it makes this situation any better, I'll personally take care of those who do say something about your attire-"

Laviss became surprised. "BRO!"

"At least the male humans." he compromised. She gave him a hard look. "I'm just trying to lighten your mood. You're making this more difficult than it really is."

"But-"

"Laviss." The Ra jumped as her monster grabbed her chin and made her face him. "Even if they do say something, you have nothing to be ashamed of. If anything, I think you look great."

"Yeah, that's because she's matching with you." Shooter mumbled.

Bro cast a glare to the monster. "What was that?"

Shooter shook his head, implying that he said nothing. The teal haired girl groaned before she was pulled by Bro. Her hear raced as he took the knob in his hand. Time slowed down, for the Ra; each second was agonizing as her monster slowly opened the door. She shut her eyes as the door was opened midway.

Music filled her ears as she waited for some sort of pain of sudden expectation. After a few seconds of nothing she opened her eyes and saw groups of people out and about the festival. She shyly looked around and noticed that no one was looking her way. In fact everyone seemed to not care that they were standing at the dorm entrance. Everyone was too busy having fun to pay any attention to them.

"See, nothing to worry about." Bro said as he led her outside.

Laviss nodded as the two walked amongst the crowd of students. Cries of joy and laughter were in every which way. The red head slowly grew a smile on her face. That was until she spotted two Obelisks and a Ra looking their way. Growing self-conscious, she had half a mind to turn back to her Dorm. However, she couldn't go far because of Bro holding onto her hand.

"Don't worry about them." he muttered. "Just relax and ignore them."

The Ra nodded again and gripped his hand tighter. As they passed by the on lookers, Bro managed to glare at the gaping students. Frighten by the intimidating face, they went about their business; making Bro smirk underneath his mask. "See?" he said.

The girl blinked. She was a bit embarrassed that her duel monster had a point. Her apprehension of being outside was nothing more than a silly worry. A small flame of confidence grew inside. She left Bro's hand and grabbed his arm instead. She was going to have fun no matter what. She took off with Bro. With a sharp turn, she pulled her and her duel monster towards one of the gaming booth.

Shooter groaned as he was left behind. This just wasn't his day.

"Dark Magician Girl attack FlameWingman and end this!" cried the blond.

Jaden grit his teeth. This match wasn't what he had planned. Not that it was fun but being humiliated and hated by the crowd just wasn't what he had expected. He took a look at his life points, which were at 800. He wasn't about to lose to her; whoever she was. "I activate a trap, Staunch Defender!" The card brought out a rainbow light, enshrouding FlameWingman in it.

The girl stood confused. "Why do that? That's just going to force all my monsters to attack."

He smiled and raised his hand up. "I play my next trap, Hero Barrier!"

Another light shined onto FlameWingman as Dark Magician Girl's attack came. It caused a small explosion on impact but did neither damage to Jaden nor his monster.

The Dark Magician Girl narrowed her eyes as the attack did nothing. But it wasn't long before she understood what he was doing. She rubbed the back of her head and stuck her tongue out playfully. "Ah! You got me good there!"

"I don't understand. Chazz care to explain how she'll get out of this?" Syrus said as he held up the mic to the XYZ Dragon cosplayer.

"She not going to get out of this." the black haired duelist responded. He was slightly annoyed by the idiotic question the Slifer asked him. "Hero Barrier blocked her Dark Magician Girl's attack. Now Staunch Defender forces her two Valkyries to attack FlameWingman."

"But he's way stronger than they are. This doesn't look good for her."

"Let me put it to you this way. No." Chazz said bluntly. In response to Chazz's comment, the crowd cried loudly in anger. Several of them calling Jaden a monster and other names for not letting the girl be the victor of the duel.

"Sorry but I play to win!" he retorted to the crowd. "FlameWingman destroy the two Valkyries!" Both Magicians were quickly destroyed by his monster. The girl winced as her life points went from 2000 to 1000.

"Now FlameWingman's special ability is activated; dealing damage equal to Dark Magician Girl's destroyed monster's attack points." commented Chazz.

The Dark Magician Girl dropped to her knees as Jaden's Elemental Hero wiped her life points to zero. The girl smiled sadly for a moment before she happily said, "Thanks for the match Jaden." She stood up and gave him the peace sign.

Jaden returned the gesture with a smile of his own. He shook his head as she then turned her attention to her fans. "It's hard being the bad guy." he said slowly as the crowd still favor her even though he was the winner of the duel.

"You know... sometimes the girls like the bad guys." The boy turned his head and saw Alexis with Zane and Bastion. "I-I mean, so I heard." Alexis said with a blush.

"Of course." Jaden said, oblivious to the Obelisk's behavior.

"Now the only question is... who was that girl?" Bastion asked.

"Really, you'd think we would've seen her around." Zane added.

Jaden nodded. He glanced at the girl once more as she began talking to some of her fans. He didn't know why, but throughout the duel he felt a familiar air come about the girl. The Slifer narrowed his eyes. She had to be someone they knew. It didn't make sense for someone off the island to come today just because of the festival. Without any thought he muttered, "Lavs?" in a daze.

Alexis and the others looked at him in surprised. "W-What did you just say?" she asked.

The boy blinked several times before he shook his head. "Sorry." He chuckled. "I don't know what made me say that." The guys looked at each other with concern. "I mean, Lavs didn't even want to dress up as the Dark Magician Girl, when Atticus suggested that she could do it instead of you Lexi."

"Y-Yeah..." the blond hesitated. "But I haven't seen her seen her since this morning." She then glanced at the lone Ra. "And since she not with you, I'm guessing that you haven't seen her for quite some time, right Bastion?"

The boy nodded. "Indeed; however, Jaden has a point. That can't possibly be Laviss." he said and took a glance at the cosplayer, who was talking animatedly to a few boys. He gripped the fabric surrounding his hands. "I bet my life on it." he whispered.

Alexis inwardly smirked. She herself looked at the blonde as well, who was now hugging her fans. That's not her? Or you hope it isn't her?

"Yeah! That can't be Lavs!" Jaden cried "There's no way it can be her!"

"What about me?" Jaden and the rest turned their heads around and saw two people in costume.

One of the two stood out prominently as he was a really tall man dressed up as Harpie's Brother. It made the girl, next to him, seem small in comparison. Yet her costume wasn't subtle to not take notice of her. Long green hair, tied in a high ponytail, went over her blue tight covered shoulders; which had feathers billowing out all the way down to her wrist. Matching bird claws were on both her hands and feet. Everyone froze as they gawked at the two, more so at the male and his realistic costume.

It was a few seconds later that Alexis managed to get out of her stupor and yell, "LAVISS!"

At the sound of her name, Bastion shook his head but that did little help as he continued to stare at his red head friend. Everyone hesitated at the fact that the person dressed as Harpie Queen was presumptively to be the Ra they knew. However, Bastion's eyes fell to the person next to her. He looked dangerously close to the real card, but he didn't mind that. It was his hand holding Laviss' that bothered him.

"Why didn't you tell us you were dressing up!" cried Alexis and went in to hug the Ra. Bastion mentally thanked the Obelisk as she broke the link between their hands. "I can't believe this! No wonder you didn't want to dress as the Dark Magician Girl, you already had a costume of your own! And we match too!" She gleefully grabbed Laviss' clawed hands and twirled around with her.

"And... who is this?" Zane asked pointing to the guy that stood by the girls.

Laviss froze as Alexis let go of her to explain the newcomer. The Ra mentally cursed. She didn't think about the guys meeting Bro; actually the thought of the possibility of her friends seeing her duel monster completely escaped her mind. "U-Um... ah... this... this is...err..."

"Jesse." Bro blurred out. Laviss could only gape at him as he gave out 'his name'. Shooter, on the other hand, couldn't keep his mouth shut and laughed his guts out. Jaden took note of the floating spirit behind them but said nothing.

However, Bastion wasn't satisfied with just a name. "And... how do you know Laviss?" he said with a bit of malice.

The Ra's tone of voice didn't go unnoticed by Bro but he answered his question calmly. "I'm an old friend of Laviss."

"Old friend?" Bro nodded. "Funny, she's never mention you before."

The duel spirit smirked. "No surprise there. Laviss is very secretive when it comes to her personal life. She takes after her older brother in the aspect."

It took a moment for Laviss to get her head back to the conversation and nudged her monster. "Br-err... Jesse." she hissed through her teeth. "Behave."

"So what is an old friend of Laviss doing here?" asked Zane casually.

"Well, after certain events that has occurred to my dear Laviss." Bastion glared at his choice of words. "I've been recommended by both her father and eldest sibling to check out things and see if she doesn't get into trouble... again."

"I don't get into trouble." Laviss grumbled. "Trouble usually finds me."

"So, you're her bodyguard for today." Alexis summarized.

"Correct." he responded.

Zane leaned in next to Bastion and whispered. "Now you don't have anything to worry about." Bastion glared at Zane. He didn't like the fact a new face has appeared, more so a suppose old friend of Laviss. The red head might not be talkative about her family and life outside of Duel Academy, but if this Jesse character is an important person in Laviss' life, she would have mentioned him at least once in conversation. This all seemed a little too suspicious for his account.

"Well, why don't we show you around the Slifer Dorm?" Jaden suggested, breaking off the awkward tension amongst them. "Lavs, you haven't done that yet, right?"

"Uh... no..." the red head muttered. "But... before that, I just need to have a word with... Jesse." Laviss grabbed Bro's arm and quickly began walking away from the gang, before any of them said anything to them. When Laviss saw that they were out of hearing range, the girl released the duel monster and glared. "Why the hell did you choose that name! Out of all the fake names you could think of, you had to use that one!" she hissed.

"It was the first one that came to mind. Just be glad I managed to save the both of us from explaining the truth." Bro ignored her fuming face. "It shouldn't matter anyways. I'll be gone before tonight. They'll never see me again."

"But what if they-"

"They won't. Don't worry. It's not suspicious. Jesse is somewhat a common name, so there's nothing to note of another Jesse on this planet. At least for today." Laviss still didn't feel reassured about the whole idea. "Don't be so paranoid. It's just for one day."

"But..."

Bro raised a brow at her hesitation. "What is it?"

"I'm not comfortable with you using that name..." she mumbled. Bro stared down at Laviss' fallen head. Before he could say anything to make things better, Jaden's voice rang out to them.

"Hey Lavs! Jesse!" The red head cringed as the brunette screamed Bro's suppose name. "You coming or what!"

Laviss gave her monster another glare. Bro sighed and took her hand. "Just bare with it." he pleaded.

The girl let herself be taken back to her friends, but her glare didn't lift. There was no way for her to cope with the fact that he was using that name. Just the thought of the name broke her heart, but to have it be used in this manner. It was too much. Laviss gripped Bro's hand and hoped the day would go by fast.

Nightfall came fairly quickly; however, not as quick as Laviss had wanted it. The gang managed to give Bro a small tour of the school. Not like he needed it, seeing as he had explored the land on his first week being with Laviss. Still, he took it and asked an occasional question, making it appear that he didn't know anything of the island. And just like Bro, none of the guys gave much thought of Jesse... well almost all of them. Bastion couldn't help but feel off by Jesse and it wasn't because he kept holding onto Laviss' hand the entire time they were together. There was something not right with him. He couldn't place what it was, but he just didn't like Jesse.

At the end of their tour, the guys headed back to the Slifer Dorm, where several of the students had placed small bonfires in front of the building. Both Mindy and Jasmine smiled to each other and ran to one of the fires.

"Harpy Ladies in the house!" cried Mindy with her hands in the air.

"But no pictures. Lexi and Lavs won't allow it." Jazz added as she wrapped her arms around her best friend and posed.

"You would do the same if you had a brother as annoying as mine blackmailing you with it." Alexis retorted.

"I wouldn't mind if my brother was Atticus." Jazz said dreamily with her hands clasped to her chest.

The girl cringed. "Jazz! I'm right here!" The black haired girl paid no attention to the blond as she went off into la-la land.

"I have an idea." Atticus said jumping up from his seat on the ground. "How about we do something fun?"

"L-Like what?" Syrus asked nervously. Like the rest, he was scared of what Atticus had planned as fun for them.

The boy smiled innocently. "Truth or Dare!" Within a millisecond, half the group said no to the Obelisk's idea. "Aw! Come on you guys! Don't be so lame!"

"Atticus, as much as I admire your enthusiasm, there's no way you're making me play that game." Laviss said.

"I think I know of a way to make you play." the brown haired boy said slyly. Laviss backed away from the older boy; she didn't even want to imagine what he had in mind.

Bro shook his head at his mistress's friends. They're more interesting to say the least. He chuckled. But, before Bro could voice his opinion of them, the duel spirit felt a sudden chill run down his spine. Ignoring the cries of the groups protest on not wanting to play the game, Bro turned around and examined his clawed hands. The two appendages were slowly loosing color as well as becoming transparent. Times up, I suppose.

"What about you Jesse?" Bro turned to face Atticus and his smiling face. "You in or out?"

The monster shook his head. "As much as you would like me to, it's well past for me to take my leave." Laviss quickly looked at Bro and gave him a look at that said don't-you-dare-leave-me-now. Bro could only send her an apologetic shrug.

"Aw! And I was really looking forward to this because I wanted to know what embarrassing things you had to say about Lavs."

The red head glared at the Obelisk, but Bro held her back before she could do any damage to the boy. "I'm sorry, but I doubt you would get anything out of me by playing that game. I'm quite loyal to her and wouldn't dream of overstepping that border just for your amusement."

Bastion raised a brow. "And... you're JUST a friend."

Bro inwardly smiled at the boy's concern and answered, "I am." He then turned to the rest of the guys. "It's been a pleasure to know you all. I feel Laviss is in good hands."

"Yeah! Nice to meet you too Jesse!" Jaden cried after Bro's retreating figure. "Hope we meet again!"

Bro stopped before smirking on his own. "We will... one way or another." he whispered. He gave them a half wave before making his way to the forest. The Slifer was confused as to why he suddenly stopped, before he watched the monster disappeared in the darkness.

"Come on you guys! It'll be fun!" Atticus asserted.

Alexis made a face of hesitation; against her own good she would play just to appease her brother. She then looked at Jaden, Jasmine, Mindy and Syrus. No doubt the first three were in; Syrus would only need Jaden's word, for the little Slifer to play. She then glanced over the other side of her, the ones who were more inclined to not play: Zane, Bastion, Laviss, and Chazz.

The girl sighed. This was going to be a long night.

"Alright! Let's get this game started." cried Atticus happily.

Laviss made a face as she sat between a reluctant Zane, and a pestered Bastion. Next to the Ra was a peeved Chazz, with a gleeful Mindy, and a somewhat-apologetic Alexis. Jaden was all smiles next to her with Syrus, Atticus and Jasmine, who ended the small circle they made around one of the smaller bonfires.

"Now, I know everyone's played this before... or at least knows the jest of it." He eyed Bastion a little before continuing. "As the rules state, we'll have a penalty for those who don't want to answer a question, or back out from a dare. And that is..." Atticus paused for a moment before he said, "going up to Crowler and confessing your love to him, after you lay one on him." Everyone stared at him in horror. The boy smiled.

"You can't possibly believe that we'll actually go through with that if we back out!" cried Laviss, her face still scrunched up at the thought of kissing the he/she.

"Oh you will." Atticus said sincerely. His face then darken as he looked at the red head. "I'll make sure of it." Everyone shivered as a chill went down their spines. "Good to see everyone's reaction is in accord. Now, who wants to go-?"

"Oh, oh! Can I go first! Can I! Come on I have the best dare ever!" cried Jaden with his hand in the air.

"Alright Jaden you can go first."

Jaden cheered before he rubbed his hands together. Everyone stood still as they wondered what the Slifer had thought up. But they were more concerned that it wouldn't be them that would have to suffer whatever Jaden planned. "Okay! I choose Zane!" he said, pointing to the teal haired boy across him.

"I'm not playing." Zane muttered.

"What? Then what have we been arguing for the past ten minutes!" Atticus cried.

"I'm not playing." he said again, this time with more force.

He sighed. "Okay, fine. If you want to be a chicken, then you're more than welcome to do so."

"Your childish banter isn't going to make me play."

"Come on Zane." pleaded Alexis. "Look I'm playing and so is Lavs-"

"Who says I'm playing?" the red head said with her arms crossed. "All you got me to do is sit here-"

"You want me to take you to Miss. Fontaine?" she threatened. Laviss glared at the blond before going quiet. "See? She's playing." Zane could only stare at Alexis in disbelief. "Just humor my brother for now, please?"

He gave Alexis one more look before glancing at his idiotic friend, who was grinning like a fool. He let out a deep sigh and said, "Fine..."

"Alright!" cried Jaden.

"Truth."

The boy's face fell. "WHAT? NO!"

The Obelisk glared at the Slifer. "I'm already playing this stupid game. I'm not going to do anything you're thinking up."

"But, but, but-"

"Just ask a question, Slacker!" Chazz cried.

The brunette dropped his shoulders in disappointment. "Fine." he said reluctantly. The boy thought about his question for a moment before asking, "Is that your real hair color?"

Zane's eye twitched. He didn't know whether the Slifer was honestly asking that question out of pure honesty, randomness, or to irritating him. Either way it was pissing him off. "Yes." he said through his teeth.

"Well that was a waste." Atticus muttered. "Your turn, Zane."

The Obelisk looked at him. "Atticus-"

The brunette smiled wildly and screamed "DARE!" without hesitation. "Unlike you, I can take anything like a man!"

"Is that so?" The end of his lips twitched as he stared at his best friend. "I dare you to stop flirting with girls for the whole day, tomorrow."

Atticus dropped his jaw and ran up to Zane. He took his shoulders and started shaking the boy. "I CAN'T! I'LL DO ANYTHING BUT THAT! ANYTHING BUT THAT!"

Zane smirked. "Whatever happened to taking anything like a man?"

"YEAH BUT YOUR DARE IS CRAZY!"

"Atticus, just do it!" cried Alexis. "It'll do you some good to stop harassing girls all day."

The boy turned to his sister and gave her a really bad puppy pout "But sis-"

"You don't have too." Zane said nonchalant. "You could always confess to Crowler and kiss him."

Atticus groaned before stomping the ground in protest. "That was meant for you guys, not me!"

"Just be glad he didn't say a week." said Alexis.

"Now that would be just cruel." Laviss added.

Zane a ghost of a smile appeared on his face before he leaned next to her and whispered, "That was my first thought, but he wouldn't stick to his word if I actually said it." Bastion glared at Zane as he made Laviss giggled with whatever he said.

"F-fine... I'll... do it." Atticus said painfully.

After several rounds of embarrassing dares and truths spoken out, it went back to Chazz, who looked beyond bored with the stupid game. The boy had half a mind to skip his turn and walk back to his room. Not caring what Atticus had to say. He really didn't have the mentality to go on. But before he could do anything, Alexis quickly stood up and ran to him; whispering feverishly in his ear. Everyone was surprised by the blonde's sudden behavior, more so when Chazz looked at her weirdly.

"Why do I have to ask that!" Alexis whispered in his ear again before Chazz's mouth went from a thin line to a goofy smile. "All right, Laviss, truth or dare?"

The Ra eyed Alexis as she went back to her seat. She didn't like the smug grin she had on her face. "I… don't know…"

"Just choose." he said impatiently.

"Okay, okay... um… dare?"

Alexis and Chazz looked at each other before the blond smirked. "I dare you to ride on Bastion's back whenever you need to go somewhere; starting tomorrow, until the end of the next school year."

Both Laviss and Bastion stared wide-eyed at the Chazz. "WHAT!" they screamed. The two looked at each other and blushed before breaking off their gaze.

Flushed in red, Laviss glared at Alexis. "W-Why do I have to-?"

"It's a dare Lavs." she taunted. "There's nothing to it, you just do it… unless of course… you want to-"

Her lilac eyes went big. "Like hell I'm kissing Crowler!"

Alexis snicker. "Well then there's your answer."

Laviss bit her lip. She had half a mind to back out on both the dare and the penalty, no matter what the cost was. But that gave her the 0 thought of Atticus. She slowly glanced at the boy, however; that was a dumb move as his mouth slowly turned into a creepy smile. The red head shudder. She didn't want to admit it, but the boy could be scary sometimes. Seeing no safer option, she dropped her head. "I-I… I'll… do it." She then covered her face. Not wanting to see everyone's faces, especially Bastion's. "You're so gonna pay for this Lexi." Laviss muttered behind her hands.

"Ha! I doubt it. Besides, I think it's worth it." she said with a grin.

Laviss took a moment to herself before she slowly lifted her head and raised a brow. "Oh really?" Alexis nodded with confidence. There was nothing the Ra could do to her. It was a win-win situation for her. She had the Ra in her h-

"I dare you to kiss Jaden-" Everyone froze. "on the lips."

The red head stood up and placed her hands on her hips. Her lips twitched upwards as she stared at the blond across from her. Alexis could only gape like a fish out of water. Jaden blinked owlishly for awhile before a small tint of pink appeared on his cheeks.

Atticus was then up from his seat, grabbed the Ra, and pulled her into his chest. "I LOVE YOU LAVISS!" he cried. The Ra didn't mind the brunette's antics as she was far too happy with her own dare.

"B-but-" Alexis stuttered.

"You gotta do it sis!" Atticus said turning around to address her. "And I say after Lexi's smooch, we call the game to a close."

"Second that." Laviss added.

"W-wait… wait a minute!" The two looked at Alexis, who was fully red-faced. "Who said anything about me, k… k-kissing him now?" Atticus smirked at his sister's small speech impairment.

He and Laviss looked at each other before the Ra said, "I did."

"No. All you said was I had to k-kiss Jaden. You never said when I had to do it." It took a moment for Laviss to get what she had said before she slapped her forehead.

"Doesn't matter," Atticus said. "You still have to do it." He then put an arm around her shoulders and smiled greatly. "And I'll personally make sure you do."

It was then Alexis' turn to bury her face in her hands and mutter, "You're so gonna pay for this Lavs."

After reminding everyone of their dares to be done the next day or in Alexis' case, a small song, from her loving brother, that she's going to be kissing the Slifer in the upcoming week, the guys said goodnight to each other. Zane, Atticus, Alexis, Laviss and Bastion separated themselves from the Slifers and walked back together. It wasn't until they reached the bridge, that they separated again. But not before Laviss gave Zane a small hug and dodged one coming from Atticus.

The red head waved at them goodbye before she turned around and looked at Bastion; or his backside at least. Laviss cleared her throat, the uncomfortable silence coming back in more ways than one. "W-We should go." She muttered. The girl only saw the back of his head bob up and down, followed by a "Right". But it was so soft-spoken that she couldn't really be sure that he said anything to begin with.

The voyage back to their rooms seemed longer than it was. Even with the quick pace the two had, it wasn't fast enough to get to the dorm and end their awkward night. When they finally reached the Ra Dorm the two hastily muttered "Goodnight" to each other and ran to their rooms.

Laviss slammed the door after her and threw herself on the bed. The cool sheets pressing against her hot face was more than enough to say that the awkwardness was still about in the air. She groaned. There's no way tomorrow will be any better. Her mood didn't improve much when she heard Shooter coming in, laughing his ass off.

She buried her face deeper in her sheets. Yes, tomorrow, without doubt, won't be any better.

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