Ben looked over as he was finishing his meal and saw that a new girl had wandered over and was eating her food. She didn't seem to be particularly in the mood to talk...on the other hand Marie struck him as a shy girl and she needed to get a break from being one. Ben figured the best way to do that, and without bothering the new girl too much, would be for Marie too handle the intro and whatever conversation that followed. He tapped her on the shoulder and she look at him wish red cheeks as he motioned over silently to the new girl and she gazed at him with a confused look unsure about what to do so Ben started to use his hands in a mouthing motion to her and she blushed slightly harder which led Ben rolled his eyes and mouthed talk to her please as she breathed a deep sigh of relief. Ben figured the girl was shy but not dense but he let her off the hook because she was his pal after all. The young and shy Marie Anne nervously poked the girl's shoulder. "Uh...umm...h-hello there good morning." she began looking at the new girl with some hesitation unsure if she was going to get the short end of the stick for poking her gently on the shoulder.

Angelo was eating his breakfast of simple cereal smiling as he saw Everything happening with the others each person soon waltzing in and getting their own breakfast Thankfully Angelo got here early so he could avoid the very long line that had just formed. He watched as Brad came in running into the line after what looked like a jog and their was the fine lady Ethel leaving a table. Angelo waved to her with a smile knowing she would avoid him and his suspicion was right as she went to the table with Andre and Ben. Angelo had a whole class period to flirt with her so he didn't feel the need to get up. Once Angelo finished his bowl of cereal he went to work on his toast waiting to be told where the class would be taking place. Since the action dueling was out in a stadium Angelo had to assume that the turbo dueling would be taking place in an area similar to it...

"Hey wait..." Tsukiko tried to say something, but Hayate grabbed her and pulled her out of her chair. Tsukiko almost grabbed the person who snatched her like that and was about to put them flat on their back making them regret the fact they ever touched her until she saw it was a girl since she was wearing a skirt. Even though it wasn't a boy who just grabbed her and dragged her off the pulling on her reminded her of the day Angelo just grabbed her hand which made her slap him very hard. She wouldn't allow anybody to ever grab her like that when they were boy including Ben. She had to reach her hand to pull her skirt down since being dragged away by Hayate the way she was making almost what was underneath her which were her striped green and white panties show. Luckily she grabbed her skirt before it flopped upward so anything became visible was covered where she whispered to herself phew. The last thing she wanted was some unsuspecting pervert seeing what was underneath. "All right." Tsukiko sighed as she managed to break her hand free and decided to sit a table alone with Hayate. All she had to do was ask where she would have agreed without saying no toward her about sitting at the same table as her. She told Hayate to sit at the empty table she spotted toward the back with her if she wanted to talk to her. It seemed the girl had things on her mind and she was a little bit curious if it had anything to do with her brother yesterday who hauled her off which caught a lot of attention.

Tsukiko walked over and took a seat then invited Hayate to sit with her turning her cold eyes and scowl toward everyone else to leave them alone or they'd be sorry. When she threw her dirty look at some of the students who were thinking about sitting their they scurried off toward another table to leave the two alone. She wasn't entirely sure what Hayate wanted, but she didn't really want to talk about yesterday at all. She also managed to catch glimpse of Angelo where she buried her head downward so he couldn't see her silver hair very well. Seeing him disturbed her and the fact Hayate was with her was even worse, because he'd try the same old tricks again on her because another girl was present. She sighed to herself knowing full and well you can't teach an old dog new tricks. At least Angelo was too busy distracted with Ethel which was advantageous for Tsukiko. She could just sit there until class started and he wouldn't even spot her.

"You have a lot of nerve just pulling me off like that!" Tsukiko started because she was a little bit upset that Hayate would just go up and grab her like she did her brother. She was fortunate that Tsukiko saw that she was girl before she performed her maneuver, because had that not been Hayate they would have ended up flat on the back. Tsukiko was still a bit irritated though some of that annoyance didn't come from Hayate. It was from the rumors she had to put up with and the events of last night which wouldn't leave her head. Hopefully she could get a duel in later on and those memories would vanish like cookies from the jar. "So, what do you want anyway? You must want something if you had the gall to pull me away from the table like that." Tsukiko sighed deeply as she finished speaking toward Hayate. She wondered if it was questions about her brother or something else completely. Not like it was really any of her business anyway. She preferred to mind her own business and not get involved in her brother's affairs since they were none of her business in the first place.

Tsukiko crossed her legs at the table as she relaxed back in her chair. She wondered if Hayate was going to eat anything or if she was like her and her brother who only ate two courses a day which were lunch and supper. Tsukiko hardly ate breakfast because she preferred to diet to say nice and slim like she was right now. The last thing she wanted to do was gain weight from eating too much junk food though she did have a certain sweet-tooth for sweets. They were probably her favorite part of the meal, but she was limited on how many she could eat due to the fact she didn't want to spoil her diet which was perfectly fine-tuned so she wouldn't gain any weight. While she waited for Hayate to say exactly what she wanted she took out a piece of candy and unrolled the wrapper placing it in her mouth. She could both taste the sweet refreshing taste of the tangy flavor which danced on her tongue making her feel fulfilled. Such a great taste to satisfy the taste-buds. They had to be dancing happily inside her mouth as they savored every moment of the candy in her mouth as she swooshed it around with her tongue before she swallowed it.

Ignia had been alone for what seemed like minutes waiting for a responses from the principal whom seemed busy in that office of his when she suddenly had company. A guy whom was obviously older then her had come to join her outside of the principals office. Of course Ignia began her analysis of the gentleman. Blonde hair blue/green eyes a prominent nose but not too big. 7.65 out of ten. The guy had also greeted her so that gave him a extra .4 points for manners 8.05/10. Then Ignia decided to respond "Hello 8.05/10 how you doing" She said a grin appear on her face. Of course the guy was of interested considering it had just clicked in Ignia's brain whom he was. He had lost to Vincent. Ignia was about to say something else when she noticed someone was behind a pillar. However before she really had a chance to acknowledge the viewer. The principal finally decided he was ready to see them.

Of course Ignia was the first one in and she began her response to the old fellah's words. "No sir no trouble" She began before settling into her more intellectual persona. "Instead I am here with a formal request to switch specialisation sir, due to making a stupid mistake when I was writing my form" Ignia said before settling into a slightly less loud voice. "I really want to do turbo duelling sir but I fear I might of already missed the first lesson and be behind on the entire thing." She said her eyes glowing with emerald fire that showed her passion for the game yet also gave away her slight fear of failing when it was easily avoidable. "So please sir may I change my course?" Ignia finished bowing profusely to try and be humble in the presence of the most powerful individual in the academy in relative terms.

Looking up from his cereal at Haas's words, Nathaniel saw that his new buddy was playing Wind-Ups, at which Nathaniel gave a small smile. Wind-Ups were pretty cute, but they could also be very strong. Plus, it seemed Haas was really having fun with them, which was what really mattered in the end.

As Nathaniel prepared to pull a card from his deck to show to the table, a girl...? Yep, voice suggests girl. A girl, who Nathaniel thought looked actually somewhat familiar but couldn't quite put his finger on why, came from out of nowhere to take their silver-haired acquaintance away. Nathaniel wished he could say he was upset as he watched the two head out somewhere, but he was actually kind of relieved. That girl had such a negative aura around her. It really gave him the heebie-jeebies. Still, he can't help but wonder with a look of confusion on his face what that was all about. This was a weird morning.

"Oooooooookay."

Nathaniel then remembered that he still had a card in his hand, and he put it face-up on the table for Haas to see. It was the top card of his deck, which not-so-coincidentally also happened to be the newest addition to his deck as well: Performapal Rain Goat.

"So you run Wind-Ups, eh? Well, I run Performapals. Let's just say I know my way around a performance with these guys, if you know what I mean." Nathaniel said with a wink.

There were few times in life in which Brad had been actually ignored. His size contributed to that statistic. But if he was being honest, he much preferred that to being insulted. And seeing how the girl decided to rate the other guy like some prime piece of sirloin, maybe being ignored wasn't so bad. He didn't even want to think about what kind of rating she would give him.

Instead, he silently followed the trio inside the office, taking a moment to appreciate the beauty of the room. To his surprise, the best part was the smell. The aroma of the wood mixed with whoever was wearing a light perfume. Odds would suggest the secretary but Brad had met some fellows who swore by it. Considering how godawful guys could smell, a little perfume couldn't hurt.

Being the last one to arrive, he decided to wait his turn. So Brad awkwardly shuffled over to the side, doing what he could to avoid Little Miss Rater's field of view.

Both Leander and Michelle were slightly confused at Ignia's "8.05/10" rating, but Leander kept up his cheerfulness anyway and dismissed it as some weird greeting he hadn't heard of before. "I'm doing great, thanks for asking!" Leander replied.

"What's an 8.05/10?" Leander whispered to Michelle. Michelle merely shrugged and whispered back, "I don't know."

Before the conversation could really take off, though, the door to the principal's office opened. The two followed Ignia inside, where the principal listened to Ignia's words. When Ignia was done, Leander added, "I'm also here to change my class! Michelle here was kind enough to see what was wrong with my choice of Action Dueling, so we decided to change it to...." Leander paused there, realizing that neither of them had actually decided on anything. "What do I change it to?" Leander asked Michelle.

"Uh... Standard?" Michelle suggested. "That sounds good. Yeah, Standard it is!" Leander said cheerfully.

"Oh, and, uh, I'm just here to help him," Michelle said to the principal. "I don't need any class changes, thank you."

Hayate sighed "yeah i put my bowl here in advance but sorry that i dragged you away like that i mean it... sorry i thought you wanted to talk to someone else for once and i wondered if... you wanted to go around the academy with just me today... I um... wanted to have a girl's only day go around talk about things that may or may not be important to us..." Hayate apologized in a formal way and asked if she wanted to spend the day with her "I mean... it's fine if you don't want to but maybe you'd prefer my company over other people like um..." Hayate struggled with trying to come up with a example and took a spoonful of cereal sighing and started to complain about the amount of sugar inside of the cereal she is eating "You know they should give us the option to make our own food... i prefer cooking my own food... i have been doing it for 5 years now... and i kinda don't want to stop because i'm at a academy" Hayate quickly changed the subject and looked inside her bag to pull out a small box which contained a salad she made at home for the first week to consume "You want some salad? its important to eat your breakfast" Hayate offered Tsukiko with a kind smile while telling her that breakfast is a very important meal "I know you are older than me but i can't help but worry about people... but if you ever want to talk to anyone you can talk to me about your problems ok?" Hayate nodded as she attempted to finish her cereal waiting for Tsukiko to accept her salad or not she wasn't going to force her she is not her mother after all.
After finishing her cereal Hayate scratched her head wondering about classes and looked at Tsukiko curious about something wondering if she has any stories to tell "Say Tsukiko... you got any interesting stories about Shinrei...? or are those painful memories of the past i don't want to bring back painfull memories after all... I know Hayato wouldn't ask this kind of stuff but... I just want to know you a little better maybe we can become friends... some things maybe Hayato wouldn't understand since all he does is go "Oh is that so...?" "Yeah... I could understand..." "Don't let that get to you" "Is that such a big deal...?" but that's just how Hayato is" Hayate said with a concerned voice but decided to change the mood by finishing with a rather Cute Hayato impression making fun of Hayato but considering her voice is a lot higher than Hayato's it came out more adorably than insultingly but she was trying to get the point across that Hayato can't really communicate with other people that well especially understanding other people's problems and shortly after took out her blue-eyes white dragon from her deck and looked at it and had a strange nostalgic feeling looking at it softly muttering

"If you insist." Tsukiko sighed as she took the salad from Hayate where she started to eat it. She wasn't sure if she'd be able to finish it since classes were probably about to start pretty soon. She also recalled Hayate asking if she wanted to go anywhere. The offer was nice though they might get in trouble if they skipped classes. She would wait to see if there was any announcement on classes before she decided anything. Her day was not off to the best start today where she was bothered by Camryn though it was okay due to the fact she was a girl. Then Haas decided to invite her over to talk with his group though Tsukiko had no interest in talking to either where she remained quiet the entire time. When Haas pulled out his deck she thought the deck structure he chose was ridiculous, but before she could say anything she was hoisted off by Hayate before she could even in a word where she has been sitting ever since.

"You know they should give us the option to make our own food... i prefer cooking my own food... i have been doing it for 5 years now... and i kinda don't want to stop because I'm at a academy." Hayate quickly changed the subject and looked inside her bag to pull out a small box which contained a salad she made at home for the first week to consume. Tsukiko wasn't sure what to think of Hayate. She tried to come up with words to explain what kind of girl she was, but she had a hard time actually figuring out anything to refer to Hayate as. The first word that came to mind was "annoying" which was true except in a good sense. She wasn't as bad as the boys who were drawn into her flames of beauty. Well, it wasn't necessarily wrong that Tsukiko didn't think Hayate was a bit annoying though she was less irritating than some of the boys she had come across. "I suppose you're right about that." Tsukiko tried to add as she wanted to agree with Hayate, but her mind was so sidetrack that she didn't really hear anything she said about the school should allow students to pack their own lunches.

"I don't want to talk about my brother." Tsukiko said with hesitation as you could see in her eyes that something was really bothering her, but she hid it with her cold scowl that she continued to wear which was so freaky that it even scared Nathan. She remembered when she was pulled away from the table Nathan was relieved when earlier he looked almost like he'd seen a ghost. Such a rather cute reaction from a boy though Tsukiko didn't quite think of it that way. She knew Hayate wanted to hear what she knew about her brother, but right thinking about her brother just made her even more depressed. She almost felt like she was being neglected by him toward the point she felt abandoned which left her with nothing left to cling to accept the pain inside her heart. "Just stop talking about my brother, okay! He doesn't give a damn about me! I just want to be left alone!!!" Tsukiko said in anger as she slammed her hand down on the table in frustration. Her anger in her eyes prevented her from crying where the raging fire in her eyes dried up the tears before the you could roll down her face. She didn't mean to act like that in front of Hayate, but there was so much going on in her mind right now where it was about to explode. "Sorry..." She said regretfully as she took her palms off the table which she slammed hard onto it as she was in a standing up position.

"You're just trying to help. I know you want to know about my brother, but..." Tsukiko again paused where she couldn't finish her sentence. She didn't see her brother at all yesterday after class. After he took Hayate away that was the last time she saw him. She was kind of jealous that Hayate was taking her brother's attention away from her which filled her mind where she exploded like she did a moment ago. She wouldn't admit that was partial the reason she got so upset with Hayate. It wasn't her fault though since it was Ethel who tripped her and her brother was just being nice by not letting her hit the ground. It was the first time she saw her brother do anything nice for anyone in a very long time. "I just want to be left alone right now. I don't mean anything by it, but now's just not a good time for me. Maybe after class I might consider." Tsukiko said as she declined Hayate's invitation for a girl's day out. The idea was great in all, but she was so down today that she didn't think anything would brighten her day. Though she did say she would consider it after class meaning she didn't completely turn it down.

For once, Tsukiko actually felt a little bad turning the girl down. She looked as lonely as she did, but she just didn't want to be around anymore right now. After her rough day yesterday and her rough morning of listening to students insulting her by gossiping about her she had about all she could take from anyone. "See you in class, Hayate." Tsukiko said as she stood up from the table and walked back over toward the wall where she leaned against it. Unfortunately she was too upset to hear her imitate Hayato's voice and by the time she heard she had walked away from the table with a gloomy look on her face. Tsukiko looked very sad as you could see it in her eyes, but that cold expression on her face let people know to stay the hell away from her. I know Hayate was only trying to help, but now's just not a good time. I really feel like a victim refusing someone as innocent and cute as she is. I did get that motherly feeling from her, but I hope I didn't hurt her feelings. I don't even know why I care so much anyway... She thought as she turned her as she looked over toward her shoulder then pointed it downward where she would just stare the floor. Some people noticed her as they walked by and wondered how could such a sad girl look like she almost hated everything in the world.

EVERYBODY GET UP!!!

Cassie took her D-Ceiver and chucked it at the wall. It bounced off harmlessly. Not being a morning person she tried to fall asleep again. After years of early morning jogs enforced by her mother this was one of the few times she would get to sleep in and she wasn't letting it go to waste. However, after a few minutes of tossing and turning she sighed and rose from her bed.

After a quick shower she headed downstairs and grabbed a bowl of cornflakes. She passed on the coffee. As she sat down she noticed Venwyn's daily exercises.

Wow, that guy is a weirdo. Reminds me, gotta head to the gym after...

Downing her cereal she walked over to the weird ninja.

"Eh! Ninja boy! That's impressive and all but I bet you can't hold your own in a real physical challenge."

Once the rest of the first years in the room had said their piece, Brad stepped forward. "I'm not changin' courses either. I was just wonderin' about tha mail."

Brad awkwardly shifted his weight, not exactly thrilled about having to share personal information with his classmates in earshot. "I promised ma family I'd send them some letters. I didn't see anythin' about tha mail services on tha..." Brad gestured at his wrist-mounted D-Ceiver, unable to recall the name of the device. "...Beeper."

It suddenly occurred to Brad that perhaps he would've been better off asking a different staff member, as he looked down at the elderly headmaster. He must've been about the same age as Grammie and she hadn't exactly been 'all there' for a few years.

The principal looked up in surprise when two more figures emerged from the shadows. He had most certainly not been expecting another girl and boy to show up. But, the more the merrier, right? He'd most certainly welcome them with open arms if they needed anything. Jay had returned to his side and looked over the old man's shoulders at the children. She didn't seem to care all that much, simply being on the look out for whatever the principal might've needed. The ones our lovely headmaster noticed first also posed their questions first. First up was Ignia. She seemed to have a passion in her eyes, showing a burning soul desire to rectify a mistake she'd make in the past... In contrast, Leander didn't seem at all to be fired up over switching classes. They merely were doing so because their deck wouldn't allow optimal play in Action duels... The old coot didn't seem to like that second request as much. "Ah, Young lady... I see a burning lust in your eyes for the turbo duel. Yes... I founded the academy for excellent students such as you. I will approve of it..." the principal spoke to Ignia, then turned to Leander.

"As for you, young boy... If you'd please tell me, why does it matter? Your deck is not the most important thing in a duel, it is your heart... And you were always given the choice of buying different cards. However... If that is what you want..." they closed their eyes, and opened one of the drawers in his desk. The old man pulled out two sheets of paper, both Ignia's and Leander's student documents. "Both of you, I approve of. You will only be able to change courses just this once, however." They said, a sudden sharp glare being aimed at both of the students. The principal seemed to be serious in this remark, so it was probably best the two took their studies seriously. He took the quill and wrote both of their changed courses down, alongside scrapping the original.

Around that same time, Brad asked a fairly simple question. The headmaster gave them a patient smile again, the tense atmosphere from before fading. "Ho ho, Havin' some young 'uns that miss you already?" they remarked in a friendly tone, laughing just a little. "Do not worry. I had hoped all students recieved a message, but no worries! You can write letters and deliver them to the shop owners on floor six. Once per week, they send out the mail. You will also be notified if any mail is waiting for you." they answered, then looked over to a grandfather clock in one of the far ends of the room.

"My, My... Time flies by!" the principal cried out, seemingly shocked. "Classes are about to sart. If you'd please look at your 'Beepers'," the principal joked, obviously having taken a liking to Brad's little mistake. "you will see your class schedules. Oh, as for the miss that wanted to switch to Turbo Dueling..." The principal nudged Ignia over and pointed towards the enormous glass wall. "You will have classes there for the entire day. I will notify the teacher of your arrival." The specific thing the principal was pointing at seemed to be a building with a large, outdoor track next to it and also one inside it.

"Now, off you go!" The principal commanded, motioning to Jay who also gave a polite order. "Please follow me to the elevator."

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Whatever people were doing, their D-Ceiver would light up and beep. For all Turbo Duelists, they'd get the co-ordinates to the tracks. For all the rest they had their classes for the day. Once again, the most interesting people in the bunch all seemed to get the same first class again: Synchro Summoning. The class was up on floor 43.

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Ethel swallowed another spoonful of cereal when she felt sudden tapping on her shoulder. Her red eyes darted off to the side, revealing a... Nerdy girl, for lack of a better term. They had freckles and glasses on, as well as being rather reluctant to actually talk to Ethel. Ugh, if they didn't want to say anything, why bother her in the first place? They gave out a shy 'Good Morning', where Ethel had to roll her eyes to. "Hardly, but to you too I suppose." she commented. She looked forward to Ben, who had been acting a little clownish moments before. "If you'd wished to say something, ask me yourself next time." Ethel remarked, finishing the rest of her bowl in silence. Moments after, beeps came from her handbag. She pulled out her dark blue D-Ceiver to check what it was, that being, her drop-off point. Alright, she could deal with that. The girl picked herself up, quickly letting out "Excuse me." to signal she was leaving. Picking up the tray with her now-empty bowl resting on it, she went over to the kitchen staff to drop it off and gave a polite "Thank you." when they took it off her hands.

After wrapping things up in the cafeteria, Ethel moved to leave. She could've sworn to see a few strands of silver hair vanishing behind the doorway for a split second, but decided not to give it too much thought. Shinrei probably wasn't around anyway, so asking what the deal was earlier wouldn't be an option. She decided to tail after them anyway, though, just to be out of this place. For once, the bluenette figured to use the stairs for two reasons. The first was that she only had to go down three floors. The second, being that a crowded elevator isn't any fun. She took elegant and careful steps down the stairs, resting her soft hands on the crude metal railings. Truthfully, the stairwells were pretty barren and bland when Ethel looked around. It wasn't a pleasant descent at all.

Reaching the first floor, the girl waved to the receptionist to signal going off to Turbo Dueling and quickly passed through the sliding doors. Some students had chosen an elevator and were already ahead of Ethel, but she didn't care much. Walking along the sandy road with her hood pulled up, it took Ethel maybe like a minute or five to get to the building. It consisted of three parts from the outside: A long but short garage-like building, with a few entrances and gates built in. Presumably this is where all the Duel Runners were stored, but who knew what was inside the building. A little bit away was an enormous, enclosed arena. Presumably there is a large track in there, most likely meant for tournaments and spectator sport. Connected to the indoor area was an enormous, oval shaped riding track built into the sand. It stretched wide and had no walls, most likely because that is where all the riding practice would occur. A few basic benches were placed on it's side to oversee duelists riding their bikes.

The garage is where people were supposed to go, with someone leaning on the wall right next to the main doorway. They were dressed in a studded brown, form-fitting riding riding suit. Their short black hair was spiked from all sides, but it wasn't really stylized as much as it was uncombed. They had a pretty easygoing face, although their dark green eyes were pretty small. As for body build, they were actually quite tall. You could easily see them playing basketball with standing at 2 meters and 5 centimeters. They were also really thin, to the point you might start to think they purposefully starved themselves had their head not been rather average in form. He looked over to the students who were arriving, giving a friendly wave to signal where to go. Ethel followed, letting out a sigh at seeing such a non-serious looking fellow being the assumed teacher.

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Haas looked intently at Nathan's card, and also wanted to chuckle at the card's punny name. Rain goat? Come on, that was clever. He also overheard Nathan talk about performing, his own eyes brightening up. "No way, you're an entertainment duelist? That's so cool!" Haas replied with delight. "Aw, man. Now I kind of find it a shame I couldn't watch your duel, yesterday... Ehehe!" Letting out a bit of an awkward laugh, Haas dumped the rest of his flakes in his mouth and swallowed. Without chewing. In one go. "Since we're both in Earth, I hope we can learn a ton from each other!" he spoke with an eager grin. Seemed like the boy had taken a liking to Nathan already. Then both the Duel Tranceivers in their pockets would start beeping, and Has pulled out his standard red one to take a look. "Seems like I'm in Synchro summoning this hour..." he mumbled, rising up from his own seat.

"Alright, talk to you later Nathaniel!" Haas bid farewell, then dashed over to the kitchen staff with tray in tow. "Thanks!" they shouted after them when it got taken off their hands, then dashed off again. Up the stairs. AGAIN. Haas seemed to have a limitless amount of energy when fully rested, and it showed when they shot up the stairwell without breaking a sweat.

Once arriving in the Synchro class floor, Haas noticed the doors already being open. The lay-out of the entire class was pretty much the same, only the entire thing was painted in a light green and white to show the colors of Synchro Summoning. From the roof even hang a model of how one was performed, with three stars getting tuned with two rings. At the front sat a middle-aged, bald man with a stern face writing some things down. He was dressed classically, with a white buttoned shirt and similarly colored pants adorning his body. The shoes seemed to be an exception, colored brown. Upon hearing some footsteps, they looked up from the book they were reading and turned their head in the direction of the doorway. "Welcome. Take a seat anywhere, classes start soon." they told Haas, and probably any other student that would enter. Haas was kind of... Expecting more, rather than just such an average person. "Alright, sir!" He saluted, running up into one of the middle rows to take a seat.

Camryn's breakfast was interrupted by the beeping of her Transceiver. She glanced at it. "Oh, cool! Time for some Turbo Dueling!" She quickly swallowed the last of her coffee, having finished her cereal a few minutes ago, and headed towards the coordinates on her Transceiver. She figured that she could walk over to the garage, since it seemed like it was a nice day out. She was quite wrong; in the few minutes that she was walking, the temperature must have gone up by several degrees. At least, that's what it felt like. By the time she got to the garage, she was sweating awfully. She half sat down, half collapsed in the shade next to the garage. "Good god, how d'you people manage in this heat?! It's ridiculous!" She looked up at who she assumed to be her instructor. "And with all due respect, Sir, so's your outfit. No offense."

"Thank ya, sir," said Brad morosely, bowing his head. ...That was how you showed respect to the elderly, right?

As he followed Jay out of the room, he took a moment to mess around with his D-Ceiver, pulling up the now-updated class schedule. Synchro Summoning... Hopefully Angelo would be there, so he could talk about trading with the guy. Pulling out the lone Tuner he had, he pondered if it would be worth anything to the Dragunity user. More than Reptiles would... he figured, putting it back in his pocket.

He quickly thanked Jay but took a detour to take the stairs. The classroom was only a few floors beneath the principal's office, so he might as well try and squeeze in a bit more cardio. Training would have to pick up quickly if he wanted to get back into optimal shape.

"Yeah, talk to you later." Nathaniel said as Haas bolted off, surging with energy. Watching him so full of vim and vigor, Nathaniel thought the kid would make a pretty good Action Duelist, especially since he seemed to be into the whole entertainment thing. He used Wind-Ups too, which was popular with many audiences.

Still, it was strange. He said he was there yesterday when Nathaniel was dueling, which probably meant he was in the Action Dueling class, but Nathaniel didn't even notice him. The guy seemed so spirited, Nathaniel thought he would be pretty hard to miss. Or maybe Nathaniel's sense of observation was off. He should probably be more aware of what and who is around him from now on.

With that in mind, he took out his Transceiver to check his classes. Synchro Summoning. Speaking of which, looks like Haas was in that class as well. Frankly, if Synchro class is anything like Fusion class yesterday, then Nathanie was not looking forward to it. The material felt so basic that Nathaniel couldn't keep his interest. Still, it was only the first day of classes. Maybe the coursework will pick up and Nathaniel can find something that he can really sink his teeth into. Regardless, he had it today, which meant he has to go. So tucking his Transceiver back into his pocket, he stood up and took off.

On his way to class, he noticed a familiar face. "Oh, hey Brad."

Looking at the guy's face, he seemed to have had quite a workout. He was dripping with sweat, and his breathing was heavy and quick. It was quite the reversal compared to when they first met each other last night.

Ignia bowed "Thank you sir" in response to being allowed to change her course, after the principal finished what they was saying and motioned at their nurse to escort them out. Ignia decided to scoot she was hyped already and didn't need telling to go to her first turbo duelling lesson. (albeit her duel disc wasn't really compatible... great.) With Excitement betraying her face she was running to elevator to try and descend as quickly as possible. the wait of the elevator seemed a little antagonizing but it calmed her down and bit and she exited with a simple walk. Walking down the entrance hall. Ignia opened her D-Ciever to check the location of the turbo duelling area.

A few moments later she put the D-Ciever away her eyes looking at a building in the distance. She began her short trek over to the track. a short well dressed speck on the desert sands. That moved with almost fiery purpose towards a place they had never been to. Ignia acknowledge she hadn't ate the s'morning, she was probably going to keel over in pain later. hopefully she could eat before then. Ignia shuddered at the thought. Pushing it to the back of her mind as she walked towards the garage, the place the students where instructed to go on the D-Ciever.

Ignia saw the teacher, whom pointed at where the students where meant to go. Of course Ignia was resisting the basic instinct to tell the teacher they were a 6/10 (too old). She managed to resist it for long enough to put the teacher out of her vision. muttering under her breath "6/10." before Ignia proceeded to noticed someone in particular, T'was someone in a hood yes but Ignia knew that body shape. walking over Ignia spoke up with a sing song voice "Hey Ethel!" She cried with excitement in her voice, before changing to her intellectual one. "I guess you're here for turbo dueling as well I see" Ignia said her voice changed back to her regular one. "Guess your beat some people today eh?" Ignia said her eyes glowing with anticipation.



Vincent had been eating his breakfast alone away from all the excitement in the morning due to the fact he was a little tired. he had to admit that it was a little boring but oh well. Peaceful breakfast equates to the most nutritional start to the day of course, so it didn't really bother him that much in the long term. Never the less through all the brooding and watching of other people, Vincent D-Ciever finally vibrated with a notification of the first lesson, It was a synchro lesson, A style of summoning his deck didn't really preform at all. Vincent sighed under his breath as he got up and went to the elevator in order to travel up. he was in there with a few other students heading the same way as the Elevator ascended. Soon he arrived at the synchro classroom. Stepped inside and the first thing he did was eye the teacher with curiosity.

They looked so average. Vincent stood by the entrance just eying the room wondering if anyone would walk past worth talking to.

"Wow what a bitch. Don't mind her, I was just trying to see if she wanted to talk to someone quieter than myself. Thanks for trying Marie. Hey Henry do you know what first years like us do?" Ben asked as Henry looked over to his phone where he kept his schedule and he...ended up saying he didn't know anything. Well...this was awkward...what was he supposed to do for classes? It would seem his entire little team had NO IDEA where the hell they were going...maybe Andre would know where to go. But he wasn't at his seat anymore and he was putting his food away more than likely heading out to go find something to do himself or go to classes. Oh wow. It WAS going to be one of THOSE days wasn't it? Ben groaned and almost passed out onto the table again but he used his sheer force of will to make sure he didn't do so as he instead put up his hands and proclaimed, "Alright well FIRST order of business for us today is to find out what the hell we're doing!" Ben said with fake enthusiasm as he had no enthusiasm to give at the moment and decided it would be better to just keep his usual attitude at the cost of some of his currently precious energy reserves. Whatever he had to do to after all he had to find out one way or another.

Angelo grinned as he looked down at his D-ciever and saw where he would be taking the coordinates towards the tracks he got a move on quickly getting up and leaving the room. This was what he was waiting for and he was so excited to finally be on a track and turbo duel! Since Angelo was excited he decided to take the stairs. Once he was outside he was able to see the building and noticed the instructors were really thin apparently they had instructors of every extreme from that giant military guy to these skinny thin guys in track suits. Angelo saw that their was a garage on the outside and Angelo had hoped that his request for access to this garage was being processed so that he would be able to use it later on for his own duel runner. Angelo saw a few people had beat him to the punch but that didn't matter Angelo was ready and waiting to turbo duel with anyone that would have him as an opponent

Maisy perked up once she heard her D-Ciever finally beep, taking out the mauve device, she beamed, eyes shimmering. Synchro! Maybe now she'd learn some good combinations with her Fableds! Or learn that they were trash. Hopefully the former. Jumping out of her chair, she gleefully jogged to the classroom, stopping once she was outside. Taking a deep breath outside the door, she started thinking; This was going to be her method of summoning for a long, long time. Best she made a good impression with this teacher. Pulling a small bottle of breath freshener from her front pocket, she spritzed it inside of her mouth twice before she put it away, adjusting her red tie before she proudly walked in.

And promptly sat down. Success! She must have made such a good impression just sitting down without saying anything. This would be great. She hoped. One thing she was glad about was that the man teaching them was bald, as opposed to BaldING. Nothing was worse than a man who's lost his glorious hair who's trying to hide it by saying it was "Just Thinning" or having a tacky comb over.

Ethel managed to catch a glimpse of the sorrowful silver haired maiden as strands of her hair waved at her as she turned the corner out of Ethel's sight. Tsukiko had no idea that Ethel was right behind when she turned the corner and didn't think to look back. She headed straight for the elevator taking it to the room where Turbo Dueling was being held. Right as she was about to head into the class room she saw the boy who wouldn't leave her alone yesterday where she ducked around a corner to hide out of sight. She was a bit nervous after she saw him, because she wasn't sure if he was not going to bother her or not. She wanted to believe that he would just seek Ethel, but after her confrontation with him yesterday she wasn't so sure that was the case now. That was one of her life's unfavorable moments that she wish she could just erase from her mind.

She didn't appear back around the corner until she saw the hallway was clear. Perhaps he would be too busy looking for Ethel that when she entered she wouldn't have to say anything toward him. She wanted to convince herself of the fact he had an obsession that lead him onto Ethel, but after his actions yesterday she couldn't reassure herself of anything. Hopefully he's already bothering Ethel. Now, I just walk in go sit down and hopefully get some peace of mind without anyone unsuspecting prying. She thought as she was about to move until one of the other students approached her and asked what she was doing. Tsukiko couldn't tell her the truth, because that would be completely embarrassing. She wanted to show force to those who irritated her, but that might land her with a one-way trip to the principal's office.

Tsukiko decided before she would get the chance to answer her to make her way toward the classroom. She stepped into the entry way of the door then turn her back against the wall near the entrance inside the classroom. Tsukiko was going to wait until Angelo sat down so she could avoid having any contact with him. Though she lost track of him while she was busy hiding out of sight earlier. She didn't even see him get off the elevator either. Strange... Luckily, she managed to stay under the radar and avoid contact with him which brought her some sigh to relief. To her dismay, some of the students threw unusual stares at her wondering what she was up to.

"Hiding from your prince, Tsukiko?" One of the girl student's questioned as a wise crack toward Tsukiko which immediately hit her like a truck getting her attention. "Where'd you come from?" Tsukiko answered in surprised as the girl made her leap like a frog when she caught her preoccupied. That same girl she tried to avoid talking to earlier had caught up to her again. She shook her head with the cold look on her face and with grimace she denounced, "Yeah, maybe in their wildest dreams. I have no interest in the likes of someone like that." She demonstrated disinterest as she answered the girl hoping that people would stop throwing her unusual stares like they did when they passed by her in the hallway when she was hiding around the corner. If they were talking about Angelo they were absolutely insane. There was no way someone as forceful toward entry as him could ever flatter her by mesmerizing her senseless with their charm. She wasn't at all fooled by the gimmicks of those types as she had dealt with many in the past especially when she accompanied her brother during his journeys on the tournament.

The girl added as she passed by walking away from Tsukiko ending the conversation between the two, but before she made her way toward where she was going she added. "Well, tell your brother I said hi. Not often you get the chance to meet with the sibling of someone who is a celebrity. You certainly have that celebrity image set out for yourself just like your mother. Well, talk to you later after class perhaps." The girl concluded her conversation with Tsukiko as she walked away from the girl leaving Tsukiko with questions in her mind about how that girl knew not only her brother, but the fact that her mother used to be a celebrity though her real name was kept secret to avoid the media from swarming their place of residence.

She didn't see Angelo, the black haired girl she heard about named Ignia or the other student Brad enter the classroom which made her feel uneasy. Some relief since they weren't in the room, but she still wasn't too happy, because, if she was not mistaken, Angelo would be in the same class as her. Why do I have to get stuck in the same class as him... My day couldn't get worse, could it? She complained quietly when chills went up her spine with at the thought of that black haired girl she heard about earlier. She was praying he was not in the same class as her, but she turned her eyes to notice Vincent was in the classroom where her theory of her day getting worse came true. A worst case scenario for her where she tried to find the words to say not trying to draw attention to herself. Not him... Anyone but him... Dammit... No... She thought as she took a close look at Vincent who she thought was accompanied by the Ignia girl who gave her the willies, but when she looked around in the classroom she noticed she wasn't anywhere to be found. In fact, she didn't even recall her getting off the elevator when she saw her. Fortunately she took Angelo with her though she wasn't sure if Leander went with them. The only reasons she thought that, because she heard the two have been seen together before. Traveling companions? She questioned in her mind as she then caught the sight of another annoying person she met from the earlier day that she recalled seeing with the group.

To her demise, she also saw the friend-monger Leander who was just plain annoying since he wouldn't leave people alone until they said they were his friend and another person who she heard was named Brad. She wasn't entirely sure if they all entered the classroom or if any for that matter though she was hoping that neither Ignia nor Vincent were there. Besides, Tsukiko wanted to by all means avoid contact with the one they call Vincent after he gave her such a disturbing feeling yesterday that it reminded her of the times her father slapped her when he was trying to push her to use her full power. Hopefully that feeling wouldn't arise from the sight of him though there were distinguishing features about him that were comparable to toward her loathsome old man. She had to control herself or people would think she was a psychopath which what her brother called her a lot when she acted like a raging beast of mass destruction.

Fortunately, only Vincent was there though that didn't help the matter any. Tsukiko tried to avoid throwing Vincent glares of fear that gave the indication that she wanted him to disappear from very existence itself when and if she ever saw him. Her heart's pace stepped quite a few beats as a little bit of nervous shaking surged through her body when she thought about him. She wasn't entirely sure where Ignia was creeping about. That made her feel even more uncomfortable since she lost track of her. The rumors she heard about that girl if they were true then she didn't want to meet the girl at all. Dammit, stop it! She whispered to herself quietly as she noticed her body was getting the shakes like it were shivering cold and needed warmth to keep the blood flowing. Now wasn't a good time to be going into the fear stage, but the Vincent person terrified her so badly that he pissed her off to the point she almost just couldn't help herself. That duel from the other day and that ruthless onslaught attitude is the same way her father was which scares the hell out of her. She knew she had to keep those emotions in check otherwise people would think she's a very weird person. She took a long deep breath letting out a very long sigh as she managed to ease the dangerous tension that was running wild like a dangerous stray dog before it caused catastrophe in the classroom.

I don't understand... Why does that person make me feel like I'm being crushed to the point it's survival of the fittest? This is so strange since I know absolutely nothing about him other than the fact he's an egotistical jerk who uses titles to propel himself toward victory with. Tsukiko thought to herself as she continued to lean up against the wall trying to relax herself after that ordeal she went through a moment ago. A quite unpleasant one at that since it gave her memories of her own father that she would just best pitch away into the darkness. Though nothing ever came good of veiling unwanted memories that tormented you like a stretching rack. They would continue to tear at the mind until they pulled you completely apart. This was by no means any victory since she was just making a sound retreat from them for now, because she just didn't have enough will-power to confront them herself.

Tsukiko returned to showing her cold frigid winter frozen frown that blew over a very cold atmosphere to those in her surroundings probably giving a lot of students presence the impression that she was quite a bitch. Only girls who were as stubborn as an icicle on house roof during the cold winter night would look like that. She tried to ignore everyone in the room and unfortunately Hayate would also be an innocent victim of her current attitude since she didn't look like she was in the mood to talk to anyone. No one noticed the major shift in her mood where she closed her eyes and hummed toward herself as she waited for class to start. She really wasn't looking forward at all toward this Synchro Summoning class because she had a really bad feeling she was going to be paired up with either Angelo or Vincent during volunteering for Turbo Duels which made her grimace though she hid the expression inside her mind gross. Well, probably better than Miss Creepy Succubus who she heard addressed people by a number rather than her name. The kind of person that Tsukiko knew that didn't bode well if she even tried to engage into a conversation with the likes. Though getting paired with Angelo or Vincent sounded better than having that creepy girl eyeball her over if she got selected as her partner. She had heard the rumors about the new girl Ignia which gave her the chills. Today was going to be another nightmare for her, that was for sure.
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Meanwhile Shinrei and the others who were in transit through a white limousine had finally reached their destination. Another dark colored car with tinted windows just like the one they were in arrived as well. The license plates were the insignia from Ikushirou Enterprises so it looked like this was going to be business as usual. The car finally pulled up in front of the abandoned building where it came to a full stop. The old man and Shinrei stepped out of the vehicle where you could notice Shinrei was in his business attire rather than his school uniform. His business attire consisted of a black business suit, black duster like long coat and black shoes along with some very classy looking black shades. The car driver stepped out of his car, but was warned to be cautious since Shinrei sensed an unknown presence in the area which wasn't invited toward their meeting. He heeded his words as he went over opened their doors then went back toward the driver's door and leaned against it as the two got out closing the door behind him.

"It looks like he is here." Shinrei said toward the old man as he made his way toward the company vehicle that pulled up with another man dressed in similar like clothes except no black duster. The man leaned up against the car as he waited for Shinrei to greet this contact that he called out there. He noticed that Shinrei had a file with him which he didn't know what the contents were. "You know, I really want you to understand that I know about all you dirty snakes in my father's company. But lucky for you, some company just like you has arrived." Shinrei grinned as a large brown snake had finally came out of hiding which looked venomous and hissed at them like it was going to strike if they dare approached. The snake stayed where it was while Shinrei approached the figure who he was talking to. It appeared that this meeting wasn't going to go over well just by the words revealed by Shinrei at the beginning. Not that he would have any problems since it would be easy to explain a disappearance in the desert if it all came down to that. He was hoping that he wouldn't have to go that far and get what he wanted out of this individual.

"Sir Shinrei, you have to believe me. I didn't know..." The man said toward Shinrei where he noticed a very unpleasant suspicious dangerous look on Shinrei's face which interrupted his statement toward Shinrei. Shinrei was in no mood to hear his half-baked excuses about how he was used by his old man when he found out from another source that he was plotting something with a few other delegates of the company. The boy knew full and well that almost the entire board that was under his father's reign was completely corrupt looking for a way to divide the company by eliminating him and plotting to lure his sister into a trap after they disposed of him making it look like the academy was responsible for the crime which enraged him even more. It was one thing to try to threaten to take his life, but it was another to drag those who have no affiliation with the affair into his business matters. "Then explain to me these photos I received." Shinrei said as he received photos that were inside the envelop which he threw down on the hood of the limousine then grabbed the scumbag's head showing him the contents of those photos. In one of the photos was a detailed plan about luring him into the abandoned area of the academy where an assassin would be waiting. "And him..." He said as he pointed toward an individual inside the trunk of the limousine after he dragged him over to see it. The individual was restrained and you couldn't get a good glimpse of their condition as he didn't open the trunk very far where he slammed it shut.

Right beside the individual's body who was still breathing luckily due to the fact that Shinrei thought he was too low for even to be salvaged through death and better to suffer. He planned to hand him over toward the authorities later along with this accomplice he was just confronting now. "Uh well..." The man stuttered as sweat ran down his face as he was terrified since he was out of options with a massive amount of evidence that was stacked against him that Shinrei managed to gather. This was the same envelop that was in the room the other day that he slid under a book after Hayate woke up. He didn't want her to get involved in his dirty dealings with his colleagues, because a snake pit was not a place for a girl. It wasn't any place for his sister either which is why he didn't involve her in it either. "You dirty little bastard, you set up this whole assassination not just on the motive I was investigating Hayato's father's death but also the fact you slimeballs want to oust me to take control of my company and split the pie between all of you. You were stupid if you'd think I'd ever trust a filthy snake like you or any of your other buddies. The fact you tried to involve the academy in this and plotted to kidnap my sister doesn't help your case either." He said furiously as he he pushed the individual away then landed a solid uppercut right to the chin which knocked into the air and onto the hood of his own car.

"Now, you are going to tell me exactly what I want to know. Or you can come face-to-face with your comrade over there that shares a lot in common with you." Shinrei demanded in anger as he grabbed the man by the tie and pulled him up and threw his face down on the hood of his car again. Shinrei was in no mood for stupid excuses and looked like he was going to do anything to get an answer as he pointed at the snake then showed the guy's head in the direction of it. "Who did my father hire to kill the Ray twin's father?" Shinrei questioned as he begun the interrogation of this corrupt member from his company. Shinrei had no intention of taking his life though he would allow him to become a close encounter with a deadly vicious brown snake that would love to devour this douche bag that caused Shinrei's rage to burn. "I don't know... he never told us a name... You gotta believe me..." The man said as he pleaded his case toward Shinrei hoping that he would show the guy mercy.