A Series of Extremely Questionable Decisions

Welcome to Duel Academy (You're All Fucked)

James laid with her eyes closed against her fully leaned back seat. She was in the academy chopper, on her way to the boarding school with the most weird and occasionally dangerous shit happening at it since Hogwarts. She had no one sitting beside her, since she was sitting by the window and there was only one seat to her left that was currently occupied by her backpack filled with duel-destroying decks and money wadded up in such a precarious manner it probably looked like it had come from a robbed store. James sighed as she ignored the peons chatting around her, and listened to her music through her earbuds. The ride was peaceful and James wasn't on a helicopter with any familiar characters, so she didn't feel obligated to talk to anyone. After a while of sitting peacefully, James felt something long and warm lay on her shoulders. The black haired girl smiled and petted the thing without opening her eyes.

'Yeah yeah Slifer, we're almost there.', James thought as she petted the creature.

James was well aware that Duel Spirits were Jaden's (and eventually Chazz and Johan's thing), and knew that as the new 'main character' of sorts, she would probably need a lot of Jaden's abilities to get anything done moving forward. She had known all this, but imagine her surprise when she felt something warm and scaly curl itself around her protectively as she left the Kaiba Corp. building. It had been a much smaller version of Silfer, who had apparently become her Duel Spirit, like Winged Kuriboh had been for Jaden.

Slifer, unlike the fire-and-brimstone biblical horror that was shown in Pegasus's dreams in the anime, was basically a cat in the body of a dragon. He had shrunk himself down to plushy size for James's convenience, and was basically a glorified danger noodle that liked to demand cuddles at random intervals. He didn't talk, only occasionally making low growling sounds to answer yes or no questions. James hadn't freaked out too much upon finding out about the spirit that had attached itself to her. She had expected to get a spirit, after all, just not one of an Egyptian God Card.

Nonetheless, Slifer had proven to be a good companion/animal sidekick so far, so James was inclined to keep him around. As she stroked her Duel Spirit, a voice could be heard announcing something over the helicopter's intercom.

"Attention new Duel Academy students. If you look outside your windows you'll see your new home away from home. Now now, I know you're excited, but don't shove. Quite a sight, aye? Now then, fasten your seatbelts and set your seats back to an upright position. We're going in to land. Next stop, Academy Island.', the voice of the most tired and done sounding man James had ever heard said monotony. James kept her seat leaned back and didn't bother with her seatbelt, because she was a Bad Girl™, and barely glanced out her window at the island and the smoking volcano on it below. As she did this, her first thought was;

'Who fuck's name builds a boarding school on the same island as an active volcano? Trick question, Seto fucking Kaiba. AKA the same high IQ dumbass that thought creating a school dedicated to learning how to play a freaking children's card game was a good business decision. He probably thinks the volcano 'builds character' or some shit. Kaiba Corp. is gonna get sued into the ground by pissed off rich parents after all the Shadow Riders nonsense starts, that's for sure. I swear, sometimes I wonder why I'm attracted to that anime-mullet-having weirdo.', James ranted in her mind. Then she remembered Kaiba's sexy 'I'm about to fuck you over' smirk.

'Oh yeah, that's why I'm attracted to him. And now I've got a date lined up with him for after I'm legal! Score!', James exclaimed mentally with a proud grin on her face. She fist pumped, making Slifer look at her curiously and everyone else look at her oddly. James opened her eyes and noticed this, so she quickly glared at the staring parties.

"The fuck are you assholes looking at?", James questioned threateningly. Everyone quickly avoided looking at her and nervously returned to what they were doing beforehand, not wanting to incur the wrath of the girl who beat Crowler in a duel. She may not have Slifer anymore, but those Elemental Heroes of hers were still scary. James scoffed at their cowardice.