Represent - 5

Sorry for not updating on here lately guys, it's just kind of slipped my mind. With everything going on, and trying to rebuild my shit on Subscribestar...and dealing with a new puppy, it's been a whole thing. 

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The world shattering revelation Jasmine dropped on Yarden, had him following after Crowler and Zane in a daze.

One might have even confused him with a nasty zombie only card player instead of the chadly free style user he was.

Zane gave him an odd look, but didn't comment as Crowler led them from the assembly hall to his office.

"Now boys, I'm sure the two of you, as intelligent as you both are-" Crowler began as he took a seat behind his desk, only to pause as he saw the state of the boy clad in red, "Yarden my dear boy? What's the matter? You look like someone just stole your best card."

Yarden blinked, "Zane…Doctor…" he addressed them, before trailing off for a moment. He took a second to sigh, before he asked a most vital question, "Am I a nerd? A teachers pet?"

"…What?" Zane's cool guy emotionless facade actually broke for a moment and he gave Yarden a weird look.

"…I do concur," Crowler gave him a taken aback look, a confused look in his eyes, "What brought this on might I ask?"

"Something Jasmine just told me," Yarden sighed and shrugged, shoulders slumping, "She said Jaden is more of a delinquent bad boy than me. And said I'm just a potty mouth nerd who always abides by the rules, and I'm always on time for class and stuff, and that I'm a huge teachers pet."

That can't be right. He beat up a literal mercenary and stole his stuff! He beat up armed goons that were part of an illegal research station on the island. He got shit faced drunk and gambled! He blackmailed the headmaster even into giving him Cyber Dark Dragon!

It might have sounded and looked silly to be worrying over such a thing, childish even. But it was a big deal to him. his whole duelling persona going forward was being the bad boy!

The dashing loveable rogue!

Not the unstylish glasses, suspenders and pocket handkerchief guy!

"Well if Jaden is the standard for a bad boy, then indeed I dare say you are the farthest thing from a bad boy!" Doctor Crowler harumphed and Yarden resisted the urge to grasp his chest in phantom pain, "He's a bad, bad lazy no good boy! An utter buffoonish slacker! He sleeps through more than fifty percent of his classes, doesn't turn up for a third of them. And he's not turned in a single completed assignment this entire semester! He even eats mid class! Eats!"

Somewhere along the way the reply to Yarden's question turned into a rant about the sheer amount of stupid things Jaden did in Crowler's eyes.

…And admittedly, he kind of did have a point when it was laid out like that.

'Wow, she really gave you a dose of emotional damage didn't she?' Dark Magician Girl giggled in his ear, 'Neeeeeerrrrrrddddddd!'

Even the voices in his head were calling him a nerd now.

Crowler sighed as he finished ranting about Jaden, though only because he needed to catch his breath.

He could be doing with some cardio training to be honest.

"Well, regardless I wouldn't exactly call you a 'nerd' as dear Jasmine did, but compared to Jaden you are indeed a model student, I couldn't be more proud to have you in my Obelisk Blue dorm," Doctor Crowler beamed at him, "You are consistently at the very top of our duelling theory classes, you never miss vital classes, you've not missed a single assignment and while admittedly for the standard general classes you started off somewhere in the middle, you have admirably risen to the upper tier of you year. Indeed nothing at all like that Slifer slacker Jaden!"

Damnit he really was a nerd!

Why was being a bad boy and doing good in school polar opposites!? What was wrong with taking education seriously when it was at a premiere place like this?

Did a guy need to start wearing electric shock collars and walk around in big black leather trench coats or dusters to get a little props around here?!

…Admittedly that coat of Zane's was damn stylish.

Edgy as as all hell but that shiny black colouring, and the silver trim through it just looked damn good.

'I wonder if he has it right now in his closet or is it something he picked up later?' Yarden wondered, eyes flickering to Zane for a brief moment, who was just looking at him with a bemused smile, laughter dancing in his eyes.

He thought the whole discussion and Crowler all but confirming he was a real proper nerd was amusing, didn't he?

Bastard.

He was totally gonna raid his closet, and steal his jacket if it was actually already in his possession for that!

It wasn't like he'd need it anyway. He wouldn't be getting the Cyber Dark Dragons for his edgy phase, those were in Yarden's possession.

And honestly, them and the jacket went hand in hand right? An iconic duo, so he deserved the jacket. It was rightfully his even!

A clap brought him from his thoughts to Doctor Crowler, "Anyway, funnily enough your merits as a top tier student, and Zane's of course is why I asked you both to follow me here," the blonde teacher smiled brightly at them, "I'm sure you both already suspect, but it's about the school duel. Usually, as it has the previous two years, the role generally would have fallen to Zane as the undisputed best duellist in all of Duel Academy, but now there's a true contender for that spot, no?"

"Not really doctor Crowler," Zane shook his head, "As things stand right now, Yarden is my better. If we duelled right now, I wouldn't be able to win. For the moment at least."