It was a typical morning in the Obelisk Blue dorms. Random students were trying to get ready for class, Jim was trying to keep Shirley from eating anyone(she was not a morning crocodile), and Jesse was hitting his snooze button for the seventh time. A normal enough day.

With a sigh- knowing that he had to get up and get his stuff right then, or he was going to be late for class (again), and that Jaden would never let him live it down if he was (considering how much he had scolded the Slifer on this very same issue) -Jesse rolled over to get up, but something lay in his path. He shook his head and sat up to stare at the lump that was all wrapped up in his blankets (so that was why he had been so cold last night...). He reached out a cautious hand to poke it. The lump twitched and began to unfurl itself.

Jesse let out a very unmanly-ish scream and jumped away, hitting the wall beside his bed as a young girl poked her head out of the mass of covers. She appeared to survey the area with sleepy ruby-red eyes, before letting out a small (and utterly adorable) yawn and crawling the rest of the way out from under them. She sat up, rubbing one eye with her fist, and finally noticed Jesse leaning against the wall (terrified expression still in place). Her eyes lit up and she let out a squeal as she launched herself at him, rubbing her face against his shoulder.

"G'morning, Jesse!" She chirped. The boy stared down at her in horror.

"Um...do I know you?" He asked. The girl sat back suddenly, hurt in her eyes.

"W-what?" Tears welled up in her eyes and she sniffled. "What do you mean, Jesse?"

"U-um!" Jesse frantically began to try and calm the almost-sobbing girl down. "Wh-what I ment was, why are you in my bed? Er...have we met?"

Now, the girl really WAS sobbing. Hysterically.

"Jesse Andersen!" She cried. "How could you forget me you jerk! After all the time we've been together!" She then bounded off the bed and attempted to exit the room, running smack into the door and letting out a yell of pain, before reaching out to rench it open, still crying her red eyes out, and finally leaving.

"What the heck y'think that was about, Ruby?" Jesse asked. His question was met by silence, and he began to glance around, searching for the usually ever-present spirit. "Ruby?" Nothing answered. "Hmm...where's she gotten to I wonder..."

And then, he finally got up and ready for school. He was late (again), and Jaden would have teased him relentlessly, except that he wasn't there to see it.

No, Jaden was having his own problems that morning.

Like the Obelisk Blue dorms, it was also a typical morning in the Slifer Red dorms (and the Ra Yellow and Girl's Dorms as well, but nobody cares about them at the moment). Random students were trying to get ready, Blaire was hogging the bathroom, and Jaden had forgotten to set his alarm clock again. A normal enough day.

Of course, Jaden was still dead to the world, as none of his roommates had remembered to wake him up (or maybe they had remembered, and just given up when they realized it was a futile process), and was definately going to be late (as usual). The brunette rolled over in his sleep, and off the bed, hitting the floor with a crash. A young boy with messy brown hair moved to peak over the side at him as Jaden sat up with a yawn. Their eyes met and for a few moments, silence reigned. Then, Jaden grinned.

"Oh, hey, Kuriboh," he chirped, reaching out to ruffle the boys brown mop. "You look different. New hairstyle or someting?" He then proceeded to get ready for class, leaving the silent boy to blink in surprise.

"Morning, Jaden," he started to say, just before a loud crash was heard from outside as something ran into their door. A few seconds later, said door burst open, and a little girl entered, sobbing hysterically. She ran over to Jaden and grabbed his arm, clutching it tightly.

"Ruby? What's wrong?" Jaden asked, leaning down to pick the girl up. Off to the side, Kuriboh fumed in silence. Of course Jaden would pick HER up, but not him. Where did that little brat get off? Didn't she have her own-

"Jesse! Jesse's a meanie!" Ruby Carbuncle sobbed into Jaden's shoulder. "He didn't recognize me! He doesn't lo-love me no more!"

"What?" Jaden jerked back to stare at the top of her head. "What do you mean he didn't recognize you?" He turned to exchange confused (and slightly hostile on Kuriboh's part) glances with the boy on his bed. "You don't look any different than normal to me, does she Kuriboh."

Kuriboh sweatdropped. "Um, Jaden? Incase you didn't notice, you're holding an eight-year-old human girl in your arms."

Jaden brought his eyes back to Ruby, who was now staring up at him with swollen red eyes. "Oh, um, hehe." He walked over to his bed, and sat the girl down beside Kuriboh, who poked her in the side. She squeaked and turned to pinch his arm. Jaden stepped back to survey the situation.

To the left, a boy of roughly ten. Messy brown hair and black eyes. Green shirt and blue jeans. Green tennis shoes and fingerless gloves. Currently trying to pull the girl's hair.

To the right, a girl of maybe eight. Light purple hair in pigtails tied of with red bows and ruby eyes. Light purple dress (a red bow and ruby at the neck), violet long-sleeved shirt, underneath and red stockings. Purple boots with red bows on them. Currently trying to hit the boy's arm.

"Huh," Jaden said, at a loss for words (oh no! the apocolypse approaches!).

And thus, Jaden was late for school (as usual) and was, therefore, not present to see Jesse be late (again), and so losing the opportunity to tease the other boy relentlessly for it.

Like I said, Jaden had his own problems.