My Whirlwind High School Romance

Top 16 Announced - Group A

Jesse's POV

We all stood waiting anxiously for the top 16 results. Jaden held tightly onto my hand in anticipation. I knew that he would be through to the next round no problem. I turned and saw Emiko near the front a blank look on her face. She didn't look her happy usual self but it must have been the fact her older brother had one this tournament when he attended this school. Alexis was next to her trying to make idle chat.

Looking to my left I saw the two transfer students, Reggie and David. Those two freaked me out. I wasn't sure what they knew about spirits but I feel like they know more then they let on. Recently Ruby hadn't been popping out as much as usual due to those two being around. She seemed scared of them and that wasn't like her.

The principle made his way to the middle of the stage and everyone fell silent. "Group A of the finals is as follows, Emiko Heiwajima, Zane Truesdale, Jesse Anderson, Adrian Geko, Jim Cook, Sekia Kohinata, David Rabb and Yusuke Fujiwara."

I was shocked, I got Emiko and Zane in my group. It was a bit shocking that I would get two really strong duellist right away but I'm glad I'm not with Jaden. I looked up and notice my first pairing was with Adrian while Zane had Jim. That should be a fun duel.

"We will proceed with Group A matches after lunch," the principle announced. "Group B will be announced after the winner of group A has been decided."

Jaden gave me a kiss on my cheek as we left the hall. We decided to make our way to the roof first while everyone else went to grab food. As we reached the roof we could hear someone talking. I recognised those voices. We peered through the door and noticed Emiko speaking to David. "I look forward to duelling you today Emiko," David sneered looking down at her. "The pretty little princess will be a fine tribute."

Princess? "Oh please you don't stand a chance," Emiko scoffed. "Tell me who you work for."

"You'll find out soon enough," David said as he went to touch Emiko's face. That's it! I barged through the door and pulled Emiko next to me. Zane was be pissed if I didn't intervene the situation and Jaden would kill me if Emiko got hurt. "Oh I see you have some little friends. Anderson right?" I nodded. "I look forward to taking your spirits away from you."

"That won't happen," Jaden exclaimed standing next to me."

"Ah Yuki," David laughed. "Believe me, it's a shame you are not in my group but Reggie will take care of you."

"You won't get what you're after," Jaden growled. "I'll stop you!"

With that David simply laughed and walked away. Jaden immediately went to Emiko hugging her. "Did he hurt you?" He asked in a panic. Emiko simply shuck her head. "Good."

I started to feel a bit jealous as Jaden ogled over Emiko. Sure the two were childhood friends but Jaden did seem rather protective over Emiko recently. Just then Zane and Syrus made it to the roof. "What happened here?" Syrus asked. "We saw that transfer student walking down is everything alright?"

"Yeah just tying to spook me before the round," Emiko joked. She must not have wanted to tell them that really he was pretty much threatening the three of us. "But it's okay because I have this in the bag."

"Yeah we need to duel," Zane smirked. "I need to see these skills of your Jaden tells me about."

Jaden talks about her a lot huh? Maybe I'm just being paranoid about how close they are. I'll have to worry about that later I guess as I have to prepare for the next round. I can show Jaden my strength and hopefully masked him see I'm worthy to be his boyfriend and protector.