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A Chance Meeting.

Beep boop another yugioh gx!Axelle short fic.

Pre-scar writing ooooooooh

Chatter and laughter filled the banquet hall, accompanied by the occasion chime of overly fancy glasses holding overly expensive champagne. Or, at least, that’s what Axel assumed; her glass was filled with sparkling cider. She watched the people flitting around her, donning the most elegant, name-brand attire to contrast their faux personalities.

Axel was hardly any different; however, she was wearing a royal blue dress that barely reached her knees, and a pearl white ribbon held her hair up, matching her short Mary Janes. She stood by the wall, out of the way and, hopefully, out of sight of the other guests. She hardly wanted to be there, and it was apparent on her face that she was bored and tired after the day's prior events. However, anyone who managed to catch her eye was met with a polite smile regardless.

‘This is stupid… What’s the point of me even being here?’

Axel grumbled inwardly, taking a sip of her cider. Her father had been invited to this formal social event… Function… Gathering- Whatever it was, he was called to it, and Axel just had to come along. It’s not like she got a break from her studies and tests; she just had to make time for them while preparing to take a flight to who-gives-a-crap and make an appearance here. Axel didn’t even get to pick her outfit! At this point, she was just tired and ready to retire to the hotel room, and it wasn’t helping that she was starting to feel like someone was watching her. A glance around gave her the answer when she caught a pair of dark gray eyes staring her way.

A ways away stood a boy with raven black hair, and when she caught his eye, he quickly glanced away, joining whatever conversation he was in with the two other boys around him. Axel took a moment to observe him; he wore formal attire like all the others, but it was notably not as strict as the other men's suits. The entire outfit was different shades of gray, with a dark gray vest over a light gray collared shirt accompanied by a pair of gloves, but his collar was loose, and he didn’t have a tie. And with that brief moment of curiosity, Axel lost interest and simply stared at the bubbles in her drink until a few people dancing got a little too close to where she was lingering, forcing her to move.

“Gods above-”

She grumbled as she begrudgingly moved out into the open of the event hall, looking around for another secluded spot to hide in. As she did, she felt eyes on her once again and sensed someone approaching her from behind. She snapped her head to the side and glared from the corner of her eye, finding the boy she’d noticed staring at her earlier. He was giving her the same uninterested look from earlier, and she returned it as she turned to him fully.

“Hey,” he spoke with his voice low, vaguely gesturing to their surroundings, “this your first time to one of these?” This time, he smirked; the condescension was evident this time. Axel slowly looked him up and down, making him wait before responding. Rich snobs hate that based on her experience. “No, but I wish it was my last.” She retorted, sipping on her cider again. His brow raised, clearly not expecting that response. “Most people would do anything to attend just one of these,” he pointed out with annoyance yet slight curiosity. Axel shrugged, raising her brows a little, “weren’t you also just lingering in the corner, avoiding the party yourself?” she responded, gesturing to where he was standing previously, a slight smirk on her lips, “doesn’t exactly seem like you wanna be here either.”

After that, it was followed by awkward silence, although Axel had at least a drink to occupy her mouth. Until it ran dry, and she was simply holding an empty glass. As Axel looked around them, she noticed more couples starting to dance as if it were some sort of ball. She tried not to let her distaste show, but it grew as the dancing continued and slowly seemed to surround them. “Well, if this keeps up, we'll be the ones standing out.” The boy said, finally speaking again after their spell of silence. When Axel turned to him once again, he begrudgingly held his hand out to her. She stared at his hand momentarily before looking at his face, narrowing her eyes. He looked annoyed, but he held her gaze as if challenging her. Rolling her eyes, she set her empty glass on a nearby table and took his hand with a soft scoff.

The dancing was even more awkward than the silence. They had to keep pace with the music, so they moved slowly, and their arms stayed stiff to avoid getting too close to each other. “So…” Axel sighed inwardly as the rich boy tried to start another conversation. Though, it was better than dancing in uncomfortable silence. “You basically said you don’t wanna be here. Where would you rather be?”

“Literally anywhere else.”

“Specifically?”

Axel had to stop and think about her options. There were plenty of places, in bed, at a gym, hell, she’d even take her regular dueling simulations over this. “Specifically, I guess I’d rather be dueling.” The boy actually laughed at her response and gave her that same condescending smirk from earlier, “you?” He snickered, “yeah, I’m sure you’re quite the duelist.” Axel scowled a little as he continued to mock and taunt her, and she made a point of accidentally stomping on his foot. “Whoops. Guess you should pay attention to where you're putting your feet.” He glared at her scornfully, and she gave him a smug smirk in return. 

The rest of their dance was full of the same snarky remarks, sneering, and the occasional “misstep” in an attempt to step on the other's foot. “You stomp like a wuss,” Axel snickered, earning another glare from the boy, but he seemed slightly amused now. “Do you have any idea who I am?”

“You forgot your own name? That’s just sad…”

“You- Tch! Think you’re funny, huh? I’ll have you know I’m the youngest son of the Princeton family! Chazz Princeton, you’d do well to remember that.”

Axel barely held back a snort of laughter at his egotistical introduction, unable to take him seriously. Was he for real? There’s no way. Chazz scowled, obviously dissatisfied with her reaction, “What the hell is so funny, huh?” He hissed, and Axel rolled her eyes, feigning ignorance, “The Princeton family, huh? Can’t say I’ve heard of them…” she denied with a shrug and a smirk, watching the arrogant rich boy get angrier and angrier with smug satisfaction. Rich snobs were so easy to piss off.

“Well, who the hell are you exactly?” Chazz snapped, his gray eyes narrowing as he scrutinized her face more than she’d like. The question itself made her stall; she wasn’t exactly planning to give out her name at this event. ‘Who says I need to answer? “Proper etiquette?” I never asked for his stupid name!’ They both slowed their, what could hardly be called a dance, to a complete stop as Axel stalled, weighing her options with increasing difficulty as Chazz simply stared her down. Dude, blink.

“I’m…” With noticeable hesitation, Axel began to introduce herself… Only to be suddenly interrupted by a shouting voice from across the banquet hall.

“Oi!” That was her father’s voice, and she spotted him from over Chazz’s shoulder with a quick look around, waving to get her attention. He was standing amongst a few other guests, and it was evident that her suspicions of those glasses being full of champagne were spot on, based on his slightly flushed face and less than elegant behavior, yelling across the room to her like he was. “Come here, my daughter! I have someone I’d like you to meet!” She stepped back and away from Chazz at his words, pulling her hand away with a soft hum.

“Excuse me.” Axel sighed and breezed past him, obediently striding to her father's side. He set his hand on her shoulder and began boasting about her skills and abilities to his colleagues. With a polite smile, she shook their hands and otherwise remained silent while her father spoke. Her gaze drifted back to where she had previously been standing with Chazz, finding he’d returned to the group he’d been talking with beforehand.

The rest of the night was uneventful, to say the least. “Rich boy” Chazz Princeton didn’t make another appearance, and thanks to that interaction, everything else was dull in comparison.

She’d probably never see that guy again. Too bad. He was a little entertaining.

Bonus unfiltered and uncropped pics of the babies

#yugioh #yugioh gx #ygo #ygo gx

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i’ve been in this fandom for less than 24 hours

was originally gonna but him in a blue monday shirt but felt it was too on the nose

#BRO THE ART #chef kiss

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he’s so 🤭🤭🤭

#I love this man- #Like physically need him #he's a sweetie #luis serra #luis serra navarro #re4 luis #re4 remake

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birds of a feather flock together

This is a reimagined redraw of a real old Musa piece I did when I first made her years ago, and it's something I think about a lot with her. Because she is very much bird-themed---a bird kept in a cage for so long that she didn't quite know how to leave it until someone was willing to reach in and teach her to fly again.

She also adored birds for their songs and freedom, both of which she wanted to do but couldn't because she was kept in her cage.

Once she's let out of it, she's determined to give other birds their freedom, too. In the future, she'll be a foster mom to many abandoned and/or injured birds, and she will sing with them.

bonus lil' doodle

#I ADORE HER #MUSA SWEETIEEE #mutuals oc✨️ #yugioh oc #yugioh #yugioh gx oc #yugioh gx #ygo #ygo gx

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Hanae, holding up a opossum: Look how friendly she looks! We're besties!

Aster:

Hanae:

Hanae: Babe can I keep her?

Aster: I- No you can't fucking keep her- Babe she's literally drooling out of her fucking mouth.

((Based on that one tiktok where a woman was standing outside the car holding an opossum, it felt very fitting considering Hanae literally ends up owning a fucking opossum she finds during Duel Academy. And that's how she came to gain her bestie ✨️Peony✨️ which is...just straight up a big ass opossum she found. Granted had no idea who to use besides Aster but felt fitting considering they hate each other but somehow end up dating a year or two after Duel Academy. Enemies to lovers much- Yes.))

#grimm's silly thoughts #oc || hanae taistelija #aster phoenix #edo phoenix #yugioh gx

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pokes u… teehee hru bestie

Other than that been pretty gud wbu?💕☺️

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BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK

#luis serra navarro #luis serra

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Hanae: I swear to FUCKING GOD I'm gonna tweeze off every single individual leg hair of yours and stick that shit on your face and it'll look more like a beard than that bullshit you call whatever those pubes you got growing on your face!!

Aster: Ha ha you think you're so fucking funny, all talk from someone with very low iron and low vitamin D levels. Dumb bitch I'd toss you in the air so high into space you'll be hitting the sun!

Kore, leaning to Chazz: Should we at least intervene? I mean Aster could hurt Hanae, you know she's very small and weak.

Chazz:

Chazz: Bitch, there is more of a chance Hanae fucking framing Aster for murder and ripping his legs off, I'm sure she'll be fine.

#yugioh gx #yugioh #ygo gx #oc #ocs #my post #ygo #chazz princeton #jun manjoume #aster phoenix #edo phoenix #oc || hanae taistelija #oc || kore markos

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doodle of my mami…. Not particularly proud of this but fuck it we ball ig

#OMG?!?! #adore

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My fave little goblin from Chazz's little crotch spawns of hell. (Slight Ekou appreciation post? Yes)

Careful, he bites, and hasn't had his rabies shot yet-

Also don't feed him after midnight.

#my art #oc #yugioh oc #yugioh gx #yugioh #ygo gx #ygo #my post #chazz princeton #jun manjoume #oc || kore markos

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#so this is how i fucking find out that Damien from Smosh voices Laios???? #bro i never fucking knew OMG- #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #laios touden #damien haas

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Future pro duelist Kore/mama Kore-cob because she's become my darling obsession.

Around like, a year into Kore and Chazz being separated and their relationship still heavily strained. Civil mainly for their kids.

#my post #oc #ocs #yugioh gx #yugioh #ygo gx #ygo #yugioh oc #my art #chazz princeton #jun manjoume #oc || kore markos

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Love how whenever I think about Kore's food choices, I forget she rarely has anything sweet, likes cakes, pastries, sweets etc. She canonical prefers more savory food. Like she'll occasionally love to dabble in eating anything sweet, but she'll mainly eat fruit a lot very often (thanks to her dad). Specifically lemon. She'll straight up suck on a lemon as a treat. It's sour af. She's fucking unphased and it's like a reward to her. She loves zesty desserts (specifically more lemon flavoured things like lemon cheesecake, lemon carlota, etc). But straight up still sucking on a lemon the sour doesn't phase her.

Meanwhile, Hanae is the one who's heavily into very sweet things and has a major sweet tooth (hence the few cavities she used to have that were really bad but also mixed with some childhood neglect yk), so if these two motherfuckers were sat in a restaurant and Kore got a dessert, depending on how full she is and whether the dessert is too sweet, she'll give it to Hanae as a second dessert for her. Hanae does not think twice and will devour that shit.

While I'm at it I might as well quickly run through the other motherfuckers-

Riley fucking hates sweet shit. He feels physically sick if he eats too much of it. Like his lil sister, more so a savoury guy, but will mainly dabble in eating dark chocolate. Cytherea surprisingly likes sweet things, will always opt for a sweet dessert after a meal. Unlike Hanae, she doesn't constantly eat sweet stuff or has stashes of it. Ilya doesn't mind sweet stuff, prefers more savoury but always will enjoy the occasional dessert. Especially strawberry shortcake. Miyu loves more fruit flavoured desserts, mainly eats fruit but occasionally eats chocolate. Wouldn't say she has a preference but ya know.

Idfk ik these bitches sound all bitter but I'm probably projecting- I rather eat more savoury shit than sweet shit, I can't stomach sweet shit too much or I'll physically feel blegh.

#my post #grimm's silly thoughts #oc #ocs #oc || hanae taistelija #oc || kore markos #my brain going on tangents again HELP #oc || cytherea megami #oc || Riley Markos #oc || Miyu Anastas #oc || Ilya Hadesu

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tumblr mobile posted my stuff before i could add the art so IT GETS A SEPARATE POST IG- Musa when she's achieved Peak Music Nerd™

#I am #in love #I ADORE HEERRRR #yugioh #yugioh gx #im kicking my feet and twirling my hair

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okay i've been vibing with this stuff in my head for too long, I'm embracing it, my turn to ramble, gx oc community

Leadershipping [Musa/Kenzan] in the FUTURE!

Musa has a somewhat different path than she planned. Instead of being a global superstar musician, she ends up building a career as a composer, writing songs for several known stars and even helping some former DA students have instrumental intro tracks as professional duelists and coordinated music for dueling idol performances. And while that is her main job, during the school year, she is one of the teachers at Duel Academy, having taken up the position since she graduated. She teaches a music and choreography class to expand the education past duelling while incorporating it as an aspect, as her course helps set up students who want to go into pro duelling or duelling performances.

Tyranno, on the other hand, has dueling as a secondary part of his job as a paleontologist, where he collaborates with more technologically inclined people to use prehistoric data to recreate more accurate images of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. He travels a fair bit away from Academy Island in short bursts, because he can't stand to be away from Musa for too long. And when he is at the Island, he helps with her class, namely as the physical coordinator.

But that's way in the future, up in their mid thirties! how'd they get there?

Well, an important note to make at first is after the events of the third season, Musa and Chronos had gotten much closer, to the point he grew incredibly protective of her. While he treats a bunch of the main cast like they're his own children, it became far more evident with Musa, so much so that by the time she was to graduate with a majority of her peers, he approached her a few days before, asking if she would be willing to be properly adopted as his daughter.

Naturally, she said yes. And as they were announcing the names of the graduates, Chronos purposefully saved Musa for last so he could call her up as "Musa de Medici."

Everyone lost their minds.

Especially Tyranno after Rei nudged him and pointed out he was now dating a teacher's daughter.

^ him immediately after she said that

Since Musa was a year above Tyranno, despite them being the same age, there was a fair bit of discourse over their relationship as she was working as a TA for Chronos initially in her career. A LOT of the students were both either giving her shit because they believed she would buff her boyfriend's grades or there was something sick going on--- until they saw her graduation photos with Judai and the rest of the gang, and the fact she explicitly scheduled it so she would never assist in any of Tyranno's classes so never even SAW his grades until he showed her. His smarts were entirely his own and she would only ever bring them up as a means of saying "stop calling Tyranno dumb, he's the top of Ra for a reason."

That being said, because Musa was still living in her room in the Ra dorms, now converted into a bit of an apartment/office combo, he *did* get special access to it, purely because it was how they'd get to her room. When she was extra busy with schoolwork, he'd help her take care of chores and meals so she could focus.

Tyranno's grad duel was against Musa, naturally, and he asked Rei to help him plan a surprise, where at the very end of the duel, regardless of how it ended and when they shook hands, something with the confetti would malfunction and shoot something out towards them. He catches it before it hits her in the face, and when the stun wears off, she turns to him, talking with Chronos, who came running to confront him about this.

He holds out the ring box he caught, and Chronos fucking SCREAMS before covering his mouth, and Tyranno just smiles and tilts his head like, "Soooooooo, can I?" And Chronos takes a quick look at Musa before nodding.

Then Tyranno immediately grins like "cool!" and turns around to kneel and grab her hand.

"Now that our school days are history, Musey, how's about we start the next track of our lives on a high note?"

"I...you...right now?"

"We don't gotta do anything official right away, there's still a lot to be done, but there's one thing I know I want my future to hold-- you, saurus."

"...Tyranno..."

"Musa..."

"..." *She drops to the floor and hugs him.* "I cannot imagine a future without you beside me. Of course, I accept."

And those two stay engaged for at LEAST five years. There is absolutely no rush for a wedding, especially as they are both settling into their respective post-secondary schedules. Tyranno was off to university for an undergrad in archeology while Musa was still working as a TA, so they were long-distance for a good while.

And because Yugioh technology is a little more advanced and its shown they have video call capabilities, they absolutely call each other as often as possible. Oftentimes one will end up falling asleep and the other will watch them :,>

Once Tyranno gets his degree and the position within a large virtual tech company as the resident archeologist while chipping at his doctorate, he's got a looser schedule and able to zoom back to Academy Island, pick up Musa, and they start to get established on the mainland, buying a house on the coast and finally, FINALLY getting married within their mid/late 20s

They write a lot of letters too, like, a LOT of letters, just because they like the idea, and they each have a little box with all of their letters from each other

Their wedding was a small, intimate affair with the gang and their respective families in attendance along with some of their coworkers. Tyranno 100% started sobbing the second Musa came out with Chronos, who was also crying, and the ceremony went off without a hitch.

However, Manjoume (like a fucking idiot) tripped over his feet at the reception and crashed into a table. The whole thing is somehow so genuinely funny to Musa that she's able to laugh for the very first time in her life. She's in a stable enough environment with a new understanding of her emotions, and she can find the cue to laugh. It's squeaky and awkward, like an old rubber duck, but it is the most ADORABLE thing Tyranno has heard in his life, and he will not shut up about it for the rest of the night.

Their first dance song is Hello Hello by Elton John and I do not CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS!!! Musa can be silly goofy on her wedding day because I say so.

The two do eventually have kids, likely in their late 20s, and they end up with two biological children and adopting Musa's niece, so three kids total, more on that later ;>

I have a lot more thoughts on this stuff but I needed to get the basics out. Before the inner cringe gets me to chicken out.

#yugioh gx #tyranno hassleberry #tyranno kenzan #OMG I ADORE THESE #everyone READ IT LOOK AT THEM

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She’s vibing.

#OMG #honestly I'd be the same #yugioh #yugioh gx

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She will slap them ten fold.

Anyway more of the lil Manjoume/Princeton siblings (Kore and Chazz's little yee yaw ass crotch goblins). And yes, Himari's bed is the comfiest so her bros take refuge in her room nine times outta ten and hog her shit. Kenji also likes Himari's Nintendo mainly because she's got animal crossing and cool ass shit on it. Kenji has a Nintendo switch too. But plays on Himari's. Idk why he just doesn't go on his own. Ekou just likes to nap or lay in her bed.

BONUS:

Future pro duelists Chazz and Kore

#oc #ocs #yugioh gx #ygo gx #my post #yugioh oc #yugioh #ygo #my art #chazz princeton #jun manjoume #oc || Kore Markos