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Chapter 2: New Students

"BOYS! FIVE MINUTES!" Seto screamed up the stairs.

He sighed and walked back to his coffee in the kitchen. It was the same thing every day. Jaden and Yusei would over sleep and then, four out of five days, miss the bus. They said that it was so they could race to school, but Seto knew it was because they just over slept…

"You need to stop being so hard on them," Kisara said, rubbing her husband's back. "They're just boys."

"They are the best Devil Hunters in Japan," Seto corrected, taking a sip of his coffee. "And, they're going to be late for school."

"We're here!" Jaden and Yusei cried and they tumbled into the kitchen.

"Good morning Bo---WHOA! That is not happening!" Seto cried, nearly spilling his coffee into his lap when he saw the boys' attire.

Yusei sighed and started to make his breakfast. He was wearing a blue leather jacket with orange orbs sewn into them, along with black cargo skinny jeans and boots. Jaden had on a red jacket and black t-shirt, with the same cargo pants and boots, along with a pack on his right hip and a holster strapped to his leg. Seto knew these outfits well.

It was their Devil Hunting gear.

"It's just a precaution," Yusei said simply as he pulled his toast out.

"It's not happening!" Seto said, glaring at the offending items. "Do you want to be kicked out like Haou?"

Yusei sighed, put his toast in his mouth, and grabbed his back pack. He remembered when Haou was expelled for fighting. Even though the boys tried to explain that the person he killed was a Devil, the administration didn't believe them. It made sense. Most humans don't acknowledge the existence of Devils.

"Speaking of, his bazooka's gone," Jaden said, also grabbing his backpack and waiting by the door with Yusei.

"He left early for a few jobs," Seto said, nodding. "He won't be back until Saturday I believe…"

"I told you I don't want my brothers sent out without me!" Yusei snapped, glaring at Seto.

"What was he supposed to do?" Seto asked calmly. "Sit around all day and twiddle his thumbs? He asked me for something to do during the day."

"Seto, we agreed on this!" Yusei snapped. "My brothers would go with me on missions!"

"Haou is talented," Seto said simply. "He'll be fine on a few easy jobs."

"He better be," Yusei said, calming himself. "Or else I'm coming after you."

"Fair enough," Seto said with a nod.

"There's the bus!" Jaden said, opening the door.

"See ya later!" Yusei called as he left with Jaden.

"Good luck with exams!" Kisara called after the boys.

~*~

Carly chuckled as she and Jack walked down the halls of the new school. Beside her was Misty and Edo, and next to Jack were Jim, Adrian, and Jesse. They were excited about the new school, new people, and most importantly, a new town full of humans.

"Let's just chill here for a little," Jack said, seeing a table against the wall across from the cafeteria.

"Cool," Carly said with a chuckle as Jack sat down on the table.

Carly sat next to Jack and attached herself to his arm. Jesse pulled up a chair and sat on his backwards. Edo leaned against the chair and smirked. Jim leaned against the wall with Misty in his arms. Adrian sat down, almost under the table, and sifted through his cards.

"So, what do you think about this school so far?" Jack asked, leaning forward so that he could easily see Adrian. "What do you think, Hermit?"

"Not a Hermit," Adrian said with a sigh. "I think it'll be an interesting place."

"I wanna make some human friends," Jesse said offhandedly. He was the only person in the group who wanted to be human, not Devil.

"That'll be easy," Carly said, rolling her eyes.

"I want a good duel," Jim said with a chuckle. "See if any of these humans can throw down!"

"I'm sure plenty of them can," Misty said with a chuckle. "I saw some idiots yesterday playing behind a café in town."

"So then let's find some," Edo said with a smirk. "My Destiny Heroes need a workout."

"Allisa Piscu needs to be in a duel too soon," Carly said, pulling out her Earthbound Immortal.

"Ccarayhua wants out too," Misty said, patting her pocket where her beloved lizard resides.

"Well, then we'll find some duels," Jack said simply. "It can't be that hard, can it?"

"Probably not," Carly said, chuckling.

~*~

"I hate the bus…" Yusei groaned as he walked through the halls.

"It's not that bad," Jaden said with a chuckle.

"The driver is a pervert who tried to take my guns…" Yusei said, pouting. "No one touches Ebony and Ivory but me!"

"I know, I know," Jaden said with a sigh.

Just then, they both stopped dead. They heard a demonic whisper and whipped around. They saw someone jump towards them and then past them. A flash of white caught Yusei's eyes and he knew who it was. They chased after the white blur, chuckling. They rounded a corner and got to where the cafeteria is and stopped dead once again.

Sitting around the table that was usually abandoned was a group of Devils. Their sent was so strong that Jaden needed to cover his nose. The Devils didn't notice Yusei and Jaden yet, which was good. It gave Kalin enough time to grab their shoulders and drag the Hunters back into another hallway.

"Well, you've seen the Devil Pack," Kalin said, looking around the corner at the Devils again.

"Who are they?" Yusei asked, looking over Kalin's shoulder.

"I have no idea, I just saw them," Kalin said, sighing and turning to look at Yusei.

"Have they hurt anyone yet?" Yusei asked.

"Not yet, but I do have bad news," Kalin said, pulling out his iPad. "They're in all of our classes."

Yusei palm faced. There were days that he was glad and upset that Kalin was the school's information center. Anything and everything that happened, Kalin knew about. He could also hack into the school's network and find anything he needed, including student schedules. This was one of the days Yusei was grateful.

"Can you change them?" Yusei asked desperately.

"It's too short notice," Kalin said regretfully.

"Mother fucker…" Yusei muttered as he looked at the group again.

Already, Yusei could size up the group. The blond sitting on the table was the leader. So he would have to be the one Yusei watched for. The Pack does nothing without the leader's approval. The girl that was all but groping him had to be his mate. Then, the two leaning against the wall were probably the second in command and his mate. The boy sitting in the chair… he couldn't tell who that was, probably just a lackey. And the one under the table was their information man. He never fought, but stayed back and did recon, much like Kalin.

"I'm going to talk to the leader," Yusei said, leaving the hallway before anyone could stop him.

Jack's chuckling stopped when he saw someone walk up to him. He recognized this to be the boy he met in the streets last night. Instinctively, Jack pushed Carly behind him a little. He had to force himself to not glare at this boy. His aura radiated evil.

"Hi," Yusei said happily, extending his hand to Jack. "You must be the new students. I'm Yusei, Student Body President. And I'd like to say, welcome to Domino High!"

"Piss off," Jack hissed, spitting in Yusei's hand.

"Alright, I tried being nice," Yusei said, wiping his hand on his pants. He opened one side of his jacket so that the group could see one of his guns. "Let me make this clear, Devils. You make one false move, I kill you on the spot. Be good and we won't have a problem. Understand?"

"A Hunter…" Edo gasped, reeling back.

"I understand," Jack said, hopping off the table to stand before Yusei. "Let me make this clear to you, Hunter. You hurt any of my Pack, and you will become the Hunted. Understand?"

"Yes," Yusei said simply, looking up at Jack. He didn't like the fact this Devil was taller than him, but it didn't matter. This Devil was not doing to intimidate him.

"Good," Jack said, going to sit back down. "Now piss off."

"Gladly," Yusei said, walking away. He walked back over to where Jaden and Kalin were waiting and groaned. "I. Fucking. Hate. Devils."

"You may hate them, but I like him," Jaden said, his eyes fixed on Jesse.

"No, no, no," Yusei said, grabbing Jaden's arm and pulling him through the halls. "Kalin, I need information and I need it now."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm working on it," Kalin said, his fingers flying over his iPad. "There is not much on them, Yus. I can't be of much help…"

"Just find what you can," Yusei hissed.

~*~

Jack watched Yusei walk away and chuckled. Having a Devil Hunter in the school was going to make this year interesting. Already, they were off to a good start…

"Alright, I got it," Adrian said, getting out from under the table to sit next to Jack. He showed Jack his own iPad and smirked. "Here is all the info I could dig up on that Hunter."

"That was fast," Jack said, taking the iPad. "Let's see…. Orphaned at age 8, blah, blah, blah, went to the Facility, blah, blah, blah… oh, under the care of Seto Kaiba. Are you sure that's right?"

"You know my source is accurate," Adrian said with a smile.

"Then we're not dealing with an amateur…" Jack said, looking over the info once more. "Yusei Fudo… interesting…"

~*~

Yusei sat down in his Literature class and smiled contentedly. This was the one test that he knew he would ace with no problem. Mr. Goodwin liked him, and Yusei was just a good writer. It made taking this class a breeze.

"Ready for exams?" Rex asked, leaning on his podium, which was situated in front of Yusei's desk.

"Is anyone ever ready?" Yusei asked with a chuckle.

"I'm ready, Mr. Goodwin!" Jaden said, raising his hand excitedly. "I actually studied!"

"The world is ending! Jaden studied!" Rex said with a laugh. "Good for you, Jaden. I can't wait to see your essay."

"Wait we… have to write an essay?" Jaden asked, his face falling.

"You always have to write an essay," Rex said, raising his eyebrows.

"Shit!" Jaden groaned, flopping down into his seat.

"Language," Yusei hissed. "You're in school. Save it for later."

"Whatever…" Jaden said, sighing. He put his head down on the desk and was instantly asleep.

"Is the day over yet?" Kalin asked as he took the seat next to Yusei.

"It's just first period, man," Yusei said with a sigh.

"Mother…" Kalin trailed off, putting his iPad back in his backpack. "I wanna go home…" he then leaned towards Yusei and said in a lower voice, "Dig up what I can on those Devils."

"Good idea," Yusei said, just as Jesse walked into the classroom. Yusei was glad to see that the rest of the Pack wasn't with him.

Jesse smiled as he walked in. He wanted to be early to make a good impression on the teacher. He introduced himself to Rex, who smiled and told him about the test. Jesse nodded and was instructed to take a seat anywhere. Jesse looked and saw Yusei and Kalin boring holes into him from the front row. He shied away from them and looked at the rest of the class. There were some idiots smoking pot in the back of the class, and that didn't appeal to Jesse. The only option left was to sit by a sleeping brunet.

"Hi," Jesse said as he sat next to Jaden. "Are you sleepin'?"

"Trying," Jaden said, yawning. He then looked at Jesse and lost his train of though. "Hi…"

"I'm Jesse," Jesse said, holding out his hand. "Jesse Anderson."

"Jaden Fudo," Jaden said, sitting up straighter and shaking Jesse's hand. "Nice to meet you. Are you new?"

"Yeah, I just moved here the other day," Jesse said with a chuckle. "Word don't get around fast here I see."

"Nope," Jaden said with a shrug. "Well, it does if you're a girl, or have a smart phone or iTouch or something. Then it's fast."

"Good thang I don't have any," Jesse said, showing Jaden his outdated flip phone.

"Same," Jaden said, holding up a similar phone.

The boys laughed at their stupidity. Jaden already felt drawn to his new student. He wasn't dumb, though. Jaden could smell the scent of a Devil on Jesse. But, something made Jaden want to forget that. He wanted to be friends with this Devil. Jaden could feel that they already had a connection in just five minutes of knowing one another. This could either be the best thing in the world, or the worst thing to ever happen…

Yusei sighed when he heard the laughter. He could not believe that his baby brother was willingly getting involved with one of those Devils. It would be better had they known each other longer. But right now, Yusei wasn't sure if they were any kind of threat. He wasn't comfortable with Jaden being so friendly with one of them. Yusei figured that since they were all in the same class, he could at least keep an eye on them.

Yusei's thoughts were interrupted as a hand found its way to his desk. He followed the arm with his eyes, only to be caught in deep, amethyst orbs.

"Well, well, well, we just keep running into each other," Jack said with a smirk.

"Fuck off," Yusei grumbled, hands twitching towards his guns.

"Well, that's easier said than done, mate," Jack said, taking the empty seat next to Yusei. "A handsome man like you is hard to stay away from."

"Just stop bothering me," Yusei snapped, making Rex come over to them.

"Is there a problem?" Rex asked, looking between the two. Before Yusei could say anything, Jack spoke.

"Of course not," Jack said with an innocent smile that made Yusei want to gag. "Unless flirting isn't allowed at this school."

"You're a retard!" Yusei cried before he could stop himself. "Do you want me to kill you?!"

"Yusei, stop threatening people," Rex said casually, like he was used to it. "Jack, stop making Yusei uncomfortable or there will be consequences. Yusei is our best and brightest. Even if he does sleep in class…"

"I can't help it," Yusei said with a shrug.

"You're 'best' is jail bird," Jack said, looking at Yusei's criminal marker.

"It was a mis-fucking-understanding, you Goddamn Devil bastard," Yusei hissed, glaring at Jack for all he was worth, making the Devil flinch. "Now fuck off and leave me the fuck alone before you find yourself with a bullet between your fucking eyes."

"Yusei, language," Jaden admonished playfully, getting a fierce glare sent in his direction.

"Are we clear?" Yusei hissed at Jack, paying no attention to his idiot of a brother.

"Transparently," Jack said with a smile. This really was going to be interesting…

"Oi! Jack, think fast!" Jim said, tossing something at Jack.

However, Yusei took that second to stand. Just as he did, the object made sharp contact with Yusei's forehead. Yusei blinked, and then his eye twitched. Jack fell off his chair laughing. Jim slunk back through the door. He didn't want to be shot just yet… Yusei pointed to him, making Jim jolt.

"You… are so lucky… we're in class," Yusei hissed through gritted teeth.

"I guess I am, mate…" Jim said, slipping by Yusei to take his seat.

"Yus, calm down," Kalin said, patting Yusei's back. "Don't go getting riled up over them. It's not worth it."

"You're right…" Yusei muttered, slinking back into his seat.