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Yu-Gi-Oh: P.O.D: Part 62

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The next day, Friday, Seb is standing in front of the black dorm, his new uniform in a plastic bag in one hand, his luggage in his suitcase.
    "Phew...out with the white, in with the black." Seb told himself. "Guess I won't have Yu around to help, but as long as they don't know where I am, it's all for the better."
    "B-Busque-kun..." Suddenly Etsuko's voice came from behind Seb. S
    Seb slowly turn around, before noticing Etsuko, who is carrying a similar bag to Etsuko, along with a suitcase. "Huh? Oh, hi."
    "Busque-kun...y-you're also moving to black dorm?" Etsuko asked.
    Seb put his suitcase down and raised his hand to cough before answering. "Yeah. I'm still not entirely comfortable with the Vylons, so I told Kou and the others that it would best if I switched dorms. Um...can I ask you a question?"
    Etsuko rubbed her legs together while looking to the side. "U-um sure..."
    Seb grabbed his suitcase. "First, why are you moving to the Black dorm, and second, did Kou tell you my name? From what I remember, I never introduced myself."
    Etsuko blushed but nodded. "Y-yeah...K-Kou-kun told me your name...and...that you stopped me from..." Etsuko looked like she couldn't get the words out. "...w-well...if you didn't stop me...then...I...I would've...to Kou-kun..."
    Seb shook his head before looking at Etsuko. "You don't have to say it. It's in the past now. I'm just glad that everyone's okay."
    Etsuko looked down. "S-so am I...but...I-I'm afraid...that...I may try to...well...turn into that other me again...I really don't want to trouble Kou-kun...so..."
    Seb placed a hand on Etsuko's shoulder. "You don't have to worry about that right now. If you want to help Kou, try to stand on your own two feet and keep your head up."
    Etsuko began to shake as Seb placed his hand on her shoulder. "U-u-um...I...d-don't know if I c-can..." Etsuko dropped her bag and suitcase.
    Seb looked a bit worried before putting his bad and suitcase down. "Let me help you with those." He said politely.
    "S-sorry I-" Etsuko stuttered as she placed her hand on her suitcase, followed shortly by Seb's hand on top of her's.
    Seb moved his hand away for a moment. "Oh, um, sorry. I just wanted to help."
    Etsuko drew her hand away almost as soon as Seb did. "I-It's okay..."
    Seb picked up both uniforms with one hand, but had trouble wrapping his hand around both suitcase handles. "Uh oh."
    "R-really it's okay..." Etsuko brought her hands up to her chest, looking like a playful kitten again.
    Seb uneasily picked up the suitcases. "There. I probably look like a pack mule like that." He said before noticing Etsuko's kitten-like pose. "Um...do you do that all the time?"
    Etsuko blushed. "D-do what all the t-time...?"
    "That...that thing with your arms." Seb said, pointing with the hand that held the coats. "I swear you could pass for Kat-chan, in that ZEXAL show."
    "K-Kat...?" Etsuko noticed her hands  then immediately lowered them to her skirt. "S-sorry...I...do it when I feel a bit insecure..."
    Seb lifted the bags up and around, trying to put them over his shoulder without hitting anyone. "Well, I used to feel really insecure, too. I mean, that's why I joined the Radiance in the first place."
    Etsuko looked down. "I...I always feel insecure but...when I'm around Kou-kun...everything just..."
    Seb tried to ease the suitcase in his hand. "Kou's got a kinda aura that makes others like him. Not to mention that he's beat everyone in ADAD at least once. Not everyone's like that."
    Etsuko frowned. "...I...don't think I should...w-want...Kou-kun anymore...if I don't then...I might turn into...you-know-what, again..."
    Seb looked to the side for a moment. "It must be hard. I mean, when your head says something, but your heart says another."
    "B-Busque-kun...I never really thanked you for...saving me...d-did I?" Etsuko asked, looking Seb in the eyes.
    Seb looked down at Etsuko. "Well, you don't have to thank me. With everything that happened, I'm just glad SOME people trust me."
    Etsuko nodded. "Still...it...feels like I should give something in r-return..." Etsuko went red in the face as she rubbed her legs together.
    Seb raised an eyebrow. "Are you...feeling okay?" He said, not sure what to think of what she was doing.
    Suddenly Etsuko pecked Seb on the cheek.
    Seb was startled by it, and the added weight of the suitcase and uniforms made him fall on his backside.
    Etsuko, blushing deeply, picked up suitcase and bag then quickly ran off.
    Seb painfully picked himself up. "Damn...what was that about?"
    Kary turned away from the corner where she snuck in and looked down. Placing a hand to her chest, she felt uneasy, looking down at her hand. "He said I was cute, and smart, and strong. And now Etsuko-chan... I wish I knew how to feel." She said to herself before she noticed that her hand was shaking.
    "Kou, and Seb, they both like me...and now Etsuko likes Seb, too..." Kary said before nervously pulling out her Tarot deck. "Where does that leave me, now?" Kary quickly shuffled the Tarot deck, then placed her hand on it, closing her eyes. Kary drew the card and looked at it. "Two of Wands..." She said, reading the picture of the card. "Two paths, so...one way or the other, I need to choose." Putting the card and deck back in her blazer's pocket, she took a moment to think. "Kou...he did care for me when I was down. Maybe..." She wondered, before walking out of her hiding spot, towards the white dorm.
    Meanwhile, Kou is sat down at the juice bar, a piece of paper and pen in front of him, along with a glass of cranberry juice. "Hmmmm...still if he stays behind then...hmmmm, maybe I should stick with only four of us since..."
    Kary walked over to Kou, looking worried. "Um...Naruki-senpai?"
    Kou turned around, givign Kary a warm smile. "Oh, Kary-chan...what's up?"
    Kary looked away for a moment. "W-well...did you know that Etsuko-chan is switching to the Black dorm?"
    Kou rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah I told her to, she wasn't ken on using synchros and, Baal said that exceed Kasejima gave her didn't have any darkness left in it so, since Seb, you and Nanjo are there I thought she'd be safe there."
    Kary turned to look at Kou for a second, then looked down. "I overheard her saying...that she was scared of thinking about you. That it might force her back into darkness." She said, raising her duel disk nervously, her hand shaking.
    Kou produced a wry smile. "Yeah...it's probably for the best...I-I mean Etsuko-chan wasn't even really my type..."
    Kary looked shocked, her hand raising to her lips. "She...b-but then...who?"  
    Kou gave Kary a look of confusion.
    Kary turned around, feeling flustered. "I saw...I saw Etsuko giving Seb a kiss, and I, I don't know how to feel." She said, her tone betraying her emotions. "I-I mean, you and Seb...both of you were so nice to me..."
    Kou blushed. "W-well...I guess you..." Kou gulped. "...y-you are my t-type...K-Kary-chan..."
    Kary let out a startled gasp. "M-me? B-but...but why me?" Kary asked, still looking away from Kou, her voice and face expressing panic.
    Kou gently held Kary's hand. "...you're smart, diligent, kind, a great duelist..." Kou stroked Kary's hand gently with his thumb. "...we still haven't actually dueled have we?"
    Kary shook her head lightly. "N-no. No, we didn't."  
    Kou walked around to look Kary in the face, still holding her hand. "...Tacey told me you mainly came here because you wanted to see my skills..."
    Kary had trouble looking at Kou. "Y-yes. At least, th-that's why I came here in the first place. B-but...with what happened in the last few days, I'm not sure anymore."
    Kou placed his other hand under Kary's chin, gently lifting her head so she was now directly looking into Kou's wide eyes. "...how about we duel right now?"
    Kary seemed almost teary-eyed. "O-okay." Kary said, turning away from him as quickly as she could to shuffle her deck. Deep down, she was feeling so many conflicting emotions, she wasn't sure what to do.
    Kou stood at the opposite side of the room, shuffling his deck. "Um, Kary-chan you okay?"
    Kary looked uneasy. "I will be." She replied, trying to ease herself. "I just hope this will be the right choice."  
    Kou thought for a moment before placing his deck in his duel disk. "Hmmmm, how about we make this more interesting? If you win, we go out, if I win then we don't? That way your duelist spirit will make sure you make the right choice."
    Kary looked back at her shaking hand. "A-alright."
    "Duel!"
    "Ladies first." Kou stated with a smile.
    Kary drew her opening hand. "No stories, no tales this time. I summon Magical Warrior Fors in attack mode." 1500 Attack. "Next, I play Grim Book of Spell to collect Torah Book of Spell from my deck. I place two cards face-down and end."
    Kou looked confused. "Kary-chan why didn't you activate Fors' effect?" Kou suddenly grew a frown. "You're not...going easy on me are you?"
    "Sorry...I-I guess I'm still a little uneasy." Kary answered apologetically.
    Kou drew. "First I set one card, then activate Heavy Storm!"
    Kary activated one of her face-down. "I activate Magic Jammer, and I send Magical Calligrapher Batel to the grave."  
    Kou looked back at his hand. "...okay deck, if you really think so...I activate the magic card: Magical Stone Excavation! I discard Necro Gardna and Grapha of Darkworld to add Heavy Storm back to my hand, allowing me to activate it!"
    Kary grit her teeth as Magical Circle was destroyed.
    Kou reaches his hand out to his other face-down. "And that also destroys my face-down, Statue of the Wicked, giving me a token!" 1000 Attack. "Next I summon Stygian Security!" 100 Attack. Kou looked down at the creature, his eyes narrowing as if it was yelling at him. "Y-yeah I know pal, I just haven't been drawing you recently..." Kou shook his head. "Anyway let's go, I tune Wicked Token and Stygian Security...clean the streets with your own kind of justice, synchro summon: Stygian Sergeants!" 2200 Attack. "Go Stygian Sergeants! Take out Fors! Rampant Road Rage!"
    Kary flinched as Fors was destroyed, her life points dropping to 3300.
    "And after destroying a monster, he gains 800 attack and can attack again!" 3000 Attack. "Go Stygian Sergeants! Direct attack!"
    Kary was almost bowled over by the attack, dropping to her knees as her life points dropped to 300.
    Kou lowered his duel disk. "That ends my turn...K-kary-chan are you okay?"
    Kary had trouble getting up. "I-I...l-let me catch my breath." Kary drew her card. "I summon Magical Summoner Tempel in attack mode." 1000 Attack. "Next, I activate Necro Book of Spell, and for that I reveal Torah Book of Spell. With this, I remove Batel to bring back Fors to the field in attack mode, her level increasing by Batel's two. Now, I activate Tempel's effect. By releasing her, I can summon a level 5 Light or Dark spellcaster from my deck, and I choose Magical Erudite Junon!" 2500 Attack. "I activate Junon's effect. By banishing Grim Book of Spell, I can destroy your Sergeants."
    Kou cringed as Stygian Sergeants was destroyed.
    Kary continued. "Fors, attack Kou directly! Magical Force Impact!"
    Kou smiled. "Kary-chan, why didn't you activate Fors' effect...?" Kary looked back at Kou. "You haven't seen me duel before, have you? I normally end a duel at exactly 0 LP, no more, no less. With Junon's attack, that will end here and now. Junon, direct attack! Runic Revolution!"
    As Junon closed in, Kou opened his eyes. "So you think this is the right choice Kary-chan?...that we should be together?"
    Kary's hand started to shake. "I...I-I don't know..." She said, panic starting to appear in her eyes.
    Kou closed his eyes again. "Heh...so you don't feel the same way huh...I remove from play Necro Gardna to negate the attack!" Necro Gardna's spirit blocked Junon.
    Kary's panic still lingered. "Kou...you helped me out the most... but I... I never felt this way before." Kary stated, her hand still shaking. "I don't know if it's right or wrong...I'm scared..."
    Kou placed his duel disk down before walking over, holding Kary's shaking hand with both of his. "Kary-chan...don't worry...I promise you...whatever happens I'll make sure it turns out right...okay?" Kou said in a comforting voice, giving Kary a warm smile while gently stroking her hand.
    Kary's eyes were welling with tears. "I...I-I'm so sorry..." She said, the emotions now too strong to hold back, which led to her wrapping her arms around Kou's waist, burying her face in his blazer.
    Kou blushed as he stroked kary's hair back. "Now now, there's nothing for you to be sorry for..."
    Kary was crying too much to answer, feeling too confused to make sense of it all. 'I couldn't do it... why?' She thought. 'Why can't I just tell him how I feel?'
My co-writer can't stay up all night like I can so this part cuts very weirdly IMO.
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