Haita Onni

...I just realized that, in addition to Jean and Hoshi, my birthday is in a couple of months.

....I didn't really do much out of the ordinary for a 16-year-old, I think.

...Maybe I'll try again before my birthday to go to Blue. I'm a second year, after all... still trying to tune up my deck.

...Hm hm hm...  Maybe I should hunt our a couple of other Synchros to splash into this, besides Gigantech, Goyo, and the three Warrior synchros... oh, and Arms Aid.

[Private to Self]

....I'm going to rematch Alexandra and win.. I... I won't be afraid of Icarus.. I'll stand up, and they'll know that I'm stronger than they think.

I.. should probably start figuring out how to use this power, too.

[Private to Noriko-sensei]

Oh, I might have forgotten to tell you - my plan worked.

Hmph... Hoshi noticed something strange about me... I might be going at this the wrong way... yes... yes...

I see now, I see....

I'll protect  Hoshi from all the wickedness of the island... be her redeemer, and stop those who would hurt her, by any means... yes... yes...

I'll be her knight, her crusader, even more than I was before, strength means nothing without will to go beyond extremes... and I have that will, yes I do...

Hm hm hm... that still leaves the question about what to do about poor little Jeanette....

Heh heh heh.... I don't think it's worth devoting my time to her, no... not as I would Hoshi, who truly loves me....

Instead, I shall get my revenge on her. Yes... that's exactly what I'll do!

He he he he.... I cared for her, protected her, did everything in my power to help her... and she decided to abandon me, to forsake me, to betray and backstab me.... such a naughty act deserves punishment, I think. I will have my redemption, by enacting my own righteous retribution upon Jeanette!

Such a pity it had to come to this, though...she had to go and be the naughty abnormality and betray me, when I was only trying to help... oh well, it's her choice, it's been made.

There's no turning back now, he he he he....

....Jean? I... I dunno whether we'll make it out of this or not. Everything seems to fall around our ears....

...Jean. I know you.. plan to leave the island with Erland-san, if things don't work out... while... I can't really say much about Erland-san that I think is good...


...Good luck, okay? If this all gets shot to hell, good luck, and be happy. I'm proud of you Jean, in the past year you've grown up quite a bit, and.. I just wish that we could be closer, but.. with the world ending, that might not happen. I want you be to closer to Hoshi and I... if we make it out of this.

But if we don't, then I wish you good luck whereever you go with Erland and his group. I wish I could go with you... but I can't. I'm proud of you Jean, always hold your head up high with confidence. You were always like a sister to me, and you couldn't have made me any prouder.

But... no matter what, I want you to promise to never, ever, ever forget Hoshi and I. No matter what big bad assaults your mind or however long you stay with Erland. I want you to make sure you always remember us, and keep those memories alive.. even... even if we're not.

...God.. it's really gonna end like this, huh...

...Huh. This is strange.

I've always been happy living my life for others. Doing selflessly what others would ask favors in return. Helping those without a second thought.

But... Hoshi and Jean are moving forward, and the more I help them, the more I see that I'm falling behind. The more I give my strength to others, the less I can do to push myself forward, to surpass the odds set before me.

I... I don't think I'm being selfish by wanting to go farther.

Am I jealous? Jealous that Hoshi and Jean are both such great duelists, such successful people, whereas I've stagnated for so long?

Maybe I am. I'm not sure.

I know that I'm proud of how far both of them have come... but... I want to protect them.. but at the same time... I know I can't, if I don't move forward, if I don't use that energy to better myself.

But what will happen to them whilst I create my own future, forge ahead as myself? Will they be harmed? Will I lose touch with them?

...I don't want to lose them, I can't lose them. I won't let myself. Even if I had to be torn to pieces, beaten down, and tortured till I was barely alive, I'd still go on.

But... how far is too far to go?

No. Why am I even thinking that!? There shouldn't be a limit to how far I'd go for either of them.

But...at the same time, I feel like I'm getting close to that limit. To the point where my body, my mind, my soul, won't go any farther than that.

....I don't know when that is, but I hope I don't hit it.

I'm so proud of both Jean and Hoshi, and I wish I could go that far, push myself to what limits they have, torturing their mind and body.

...After the new school year starts, I'm going to devote myself to getting stronger. Surpassing my own limits, not breaking under any pressure.... I have to get stronger.

I have to.

...Hey, guys?

Considering our track record on the island..

Is it safe to assume we can stay out of this one? Please?

....Looks like it's over... that's good... I... I didn't like Jean and... everyone I knew... just... being dead.

[Private to the Newbie Crew]

I... I'd rather not go through that again... I swear to Heironeous, you guys won't be put through that again under my watch... I... I can't forget what happened, but... everything's... back to how it should be, I guess.

...The end of the world wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. o.o;;

[End Private]

And a week off of classes....

Ah, to hell with feeling down. LARPing DnD Party in Ra Yellow, my treat! Everyone's invitied!

In the land of desire, your heart filled with fire,
you live for the right to be free...
We will sail on, forever on,
To the land of the Evening Star!

In the land of desire, your heart filled with fire!
The land of the Eve-niiing Staaaarrrr!

....Great. Just fucking perfect.

This WOULD happen while Hoshi and I are in the fucking hospital.

Urgh, and I can't do anything about it from here, Arch-Paladin be damned!

[Private to Jean]

You saw Yuuki-san's post. For your sake, and ours, avoid Non-Yukio-san like the plauge.

[Private to Hoshi]

We've gotta get out of here. Are you going to be well enough to get out... this weekend?

 So. I won my duel in the tournament! I managed to get out Ben Kei and sweep his...er... my field, with the help of Fusion Sword Murasame and Mage Power!

Though... if what I said is true, and that's me from the future. Then somehow I'm better than myself in the future. Not sure how that happened.

..However, he also said that he's from an alternate dimension... I wonder what's changed there... obviously I still went to Duel Academy... but something different must've happened that's happened to me...

...Maybe it's the split timeline theory, ala Legend of Zelda... but where exactly does the timeline split between this dimension and mine?

...My head hurts...


[Filtered from Ikutsuki and the Pro League duelists]

About this Honor Dorm... looks like I'm not the only one who's saying, in the words of Kenobi: "I have a bad feeling about this."

All in all, I don't really trust Ikutsuki or the Pro Leaguers as far as I can throw them. Expect 'I knew it!'s from me if this turns out to be really harmful to the kids who got into the Honor Dorm.

[Private to Jean and Hoshi]

I'm ...sorry I acted the way I did to you two last night... but... I needed to say that, and get it off my chest. I do mean what I told you guys... but that doesn't change the fact that Hoshi, I love you, and Jean, I wouldn't have anyone else on this island as a sister in your place.

Still... the way I acted... it wasn't honorable. Sorry.

...I can't let what Takuma-san's cards say happen.. I'm not going to let Hoshi become cruel and vindictive... and Jean's got to get her memories back, for her sake. She's so sad without them... so sad not knowing who she is....

And I think I'm losing her to that sadness. She's drifting away.

I...I think.. Esuebius-san's got it all wrong, Jean's not better off without her memories. She's so much sadder now... the happiness that made her who she
was... gone. I'm not going to lose her to the darkness and sadness. I can't. I won't fail her.

Though... I thought there was something about penalty games I read or heard somewhere... other ways they can be removed...


Hoshi... her heart condition's worsening, I can tell. She's hooked up to the machine again... I've got to find a way to cure it, however
 I can....

And... Yukio-tousan... I think... I think he's regressing, too. I think I saw Non-Yukio-san again, on the journals, last night... but I can't be sure... my head still hurts....


I... I love Hoshi. And Jean's the only other friend I have... I can't let be consumed by the Heard of Hell... I can't let them fall into the darkness.

I will save them. I will make sure they...eve if they don't return to how they were, get the penalties off Hoshi, myself, and Jean...

I've got to save them, I've got to. We all need help, and I'll help them.

Even if it means I can't help myself.

*Onni's waiting at... wherever they agreed to meet, let's say outside Osiris Red. His Duel Disk is out and he's shuffling his deck, he calls up to the dorm.*

Yo! Jean! I'm ready!