New story here! This idea came to me before I started writing. Jaden's character's going to be redone with a Mexican and Cherokee vibe. He'll also have a new deck, personality, and past life.

Sakura: This could be promising.

Yup! And Jaden and Bastion will get together in this one. Jaden's also going to be in Ra Yellow in this one.

Caden: Wolf only owns this idea, and the cards made up. But everything else belongs to their creators.

Here we go! Enjoy!

Chapter 1: A Wolf in the Academy

Domino City. Home of some of the best duelists in the world. Like Yugi Muto, Seto Kaiba, and Joey Wheeler. Because of their adventures, the city is used to seeing odd things, but today people took a moment to stop and stare at a boy running down the sidewalks.

This boy looked about fifteen with short brown hair with a light brown patch on top, brown eyes, lightly tanned skin, an average height, and an athletic build. He was wearing a red t-shirt with a black pullover vest, blue jeans, and white sneakers. He had a red and black knapsack on his shoulder and a black deck case with a red wolf insignia on his waist. But what really got people's attention was that he was muttering back and forth between Spanish and English.

"Por el amor de Dios! Why did my flight have to be late today of all days?! I now have only two minutes to get to the Duel Academy entrance exams before they start!" He chuckled lightly when he calmed down a little. "Well, since I'm not a student yet, I can't get into too much trouble!"

Our friend kept running, weaving around any people on the sidewalk. Up ahead was a familiar looking man with spiky, tri-colored hair, who our friend didn't see until he was going too fast to stop.

"Cuidado! Watch out!" He yelled, attempting to stop, but ended up crashing into the man and falling backwards onto the pavement, his cards scattering about as well.

"Lo siento! Sorry!" The brunette said, while the man looked at the obviously foreign teen, curiously.

"You're a duelist, aren't you?" The man asked, though he already knew the answer, but he got the boy's attention.

"Si," The boy answered. "I'm just heading to my entrance exams for Duel Academy."

The tri-haired man smiled. "You don't say." He said, his hand reaching into his deck box to pull out a card.

The brunette got up with a slightly embarrassed smile, but then he finally got a good look at the man and was surprised when he realised who he was.

"Hey, you're…" before he could finish, the man held out the card he took out of his case.

"Why don't you take this? Something just tells me that it belongs with you." He said with a smile.

The brunette's eyes widened as he took the card. "De verdad? Really?"

"Good luck." The man said, walking past him.

"Espere!" The boy exclaimed, turning around. "Gracias! I'll make you proud!"

The Game King turned, giving his signature thumbs up, and then continued on his way.

Our awestruck hero stared after him for a minute before taking a closer look at the card he gave him. It looked like a Kuriboh only with little wolf ears and a tail.

Suddenly, he heard a soft howling noise, like a wolf pup first practicing his howl. He jumped slightly, startled, looking around for the source of the sound. 'What was that?'

As he was looking around, he happened to notice the time on a nearby clock, which brought him back to the reason why he was running. "Ah! The exams!"

With that, he took off again while sliding the card into his deck case. "I can't be the next King of Games, if I'm late to the games!"

Kaiba Dome

The dome was huge and full of duelists. Some were already students and others were applicants hoping to get into the academy. While the duels were going on, the students were talking about the rumors of a foreign student planning to attend, but no one even knew if the student was a boy or a girl, let alone what this mystery student looked like or what their name was.

Outside, a man in a dark suit and two women in the Ra yellow girl's uniform were manning the front desk outside for the applicants to check in. The man looked at his watch and made a decision.

"Well, ladies, that's it. Mark all the no shows, no shows." The girls started packing up, but were stopped by a shout from over the guardrail.

"Espere! Wait!" They turned to see a brunette boy climb over the rail, surprising them given the several foot drop on the other side. They also noticed that the boy was wearing street clothes while the other students were wearing school uniforms. Plus, despite the climb he was barely winded.

"You can count Jaden Sanchez as present. Sorry I'm late, my flight was delayed."

After his deck was searched for illegal cards and getting checked in, the newly named Jaden went inside. He entered the dueling area and was awestruck by the size of the place and was getting excited by the duel action going on.

'Wow, there's more action in here than back home.' He walked over and stood by the rail, next to a short, blue-haired boy with glasses, to get a better look at one of the duels in particular. "Caray, look at them go!"

The opponents were a proctor and a teen with slicked back black hair and a white uniform. On the proctor's field was a Gear Golem the Moving Fortress (800/2200) and a Big Shield Guardna (100/2600), both in defense mode. On the teen's side was a Vorse Raider (1900/1200) in attack mode and a face down.

"Alright, new guy," The proctor said. "Multiple choice; you have two monsters staring you down, do you A: throw in the towel, B: beg for mercy, or C: run home to mama?"

"I'll go with D: none of the above!" The boy declared as his face down activated.

"A trap?!" The proctor shouted.

"Exactly," The boy said, smiling. "You see, with Ring of Destruction I can destroy any monster that's in attack mode and then we each take damage equal to that monster's attack points."

A ring of red bombs appeared around Vorse Raider's neck and exploded, dropping the boy's life points to 1300, and dropping the proctor's life points to zero.

"Clever move, applicant," The proctor praised. "Welcome to the academy."

The boy bowed. "Thank you, oh wise proctor." He said dryly.

Up in the stands, three boys wearing Obelisk uniforms were watching the boy's duel intently.

"Wow, that guy's pretty good, don't you think, Chazz?" The boy with blue hair and glasses, Taiyou, said.

"Guess the rumors about him being some kind of whiz kid are true, huh Chazz, huh?" The other boy with spiky brown hair, Raizou, said.

"He's a punk," The person they were talking to, a spiky black hair boy named Chazz, responded. "We went to Duel Prep School for the past three years, we're ready for the academy. These kids don't know what they're getting into, but they'll learn… the hard way, the Chazz Princeton way."

Jaden watched with interest, especially the teen. "That guy was maravilloso! Who is he?" He asked the boy next to him.

"That's Bastion Misawa. They say he got the highest score out of all us applicants, along with a foreigner named Jaden Sanchez." The boy answered, turning to him.

"Wow." Jaden mused, having heard about his score before leaving home. 'So that was him.'

"Yeah, I just barely passed. I'm Syrus by the way, nice to meet ya," Syrus then looked somewhat depressed. "I kinda have this thing where I get test anxiety, I don't know how I won my match."

"So, you're in!" Jaden exclaimed, slapping him on the back, startling the boy. "Enhorabuena, I'll be in too just as soon as I win my duel."

"Wait, you haven't dueled yet?" Syrus asked, confused at how the newcomer was so happy in the current situation.

"No." He replied, suspicion starting to gnaw at him.

"Then you might have a problem, I think this was supposed to be the last duel." Jaden then face-planted on the rail and muttered a few Spanish profanities that Syrus didn't understand.

Where the faculty was sitting on another part of the arena, the teachers were talking about the duelists as Bastion left the field.

"Looks like we have a pretty good crop this year."

"Yes, indeed."

Also next to them, another teacher sat there silently not paying much attention to the teachers talk. He could easily be mistaken for a woman, but never tell him that. He wore a blue blazer with gold accents and pink ruffles. He had long blond hair and purple lipstick. This is Dr. Vellian Crowler, headmaster of the Obelisk Blue boy's dorm.

He was about to get up and leave when…

"I'm sorry to interrupt," The man from outside came up to them. "But one last applicant has arrived to take his exams, Mr. Crowler."

"Did you just call me 'mister'?" Crowler asked with a slight scowl.

"I'm sorry," The man apologized. "I'm new here, Ms…"

Before he could continue, Crowler interrupted him. "I have a PhD in dueling to earn the title 'doctor', thank you."

He then looked away. "Now, tell the truant he'll have to come back next year."

The other teachers looked at him like he was a tyrant.

"Come on, Dr. Crowler, we have time for one more."

"Yes, let's give this duelist his shot."

They pleaded with him, which got on Crowler's nerves.

"He was just a bit late, that's all."

That comment sent him over the edge.

"LATE IS RUDE!" Crowler snapped, startling everyone in the booth. "I have no time for slackers!"

Before he could rant further, his cellphone went off and he answered it. "Yes, and who may I ask is calling…?"

"It's Sheppard." Answered the voice on the other end.

"Ah, Chancellor Sheppard. How nice of you to call." Crowler said, in a pleasant tone.

"Just calling to make sure everything's running smoothly, Crowler," The chancellor said. "We wouldn't want a repeat of what happened last year."

That made Crowler to look uneasy as he remembered. "When you cut a third of our applicants for some ridiculous reason. What was it, calling you mister or missus? Never mind, just make sure that everyone gets a fair shot."

"Yes, of course," Crowler said before hanging up with a scowl. "Furry-chined Windbag!"

'Doesn't he realize there are enough talentless flunkies at this academy? But he's the boss, and if he wants to give this scrim shaker a duel, fine.' He then got up from his seat. "Pardon me, gentlemen, I'll be right back."

Before he could leave, one of teachers picked up a box of decks. "Wait, who will be the boy's dueling proctor and which exam deck shall we use?"

Crowler just huffed and walked away. "Oh, leave that to me."

Back with Syrus and Jaden, Bastion had come over and sat down in the row in front of them.

"Good duel, Bastion!" Jaden praised.

Bastion was startled by the newcomer, but he replied, "Thanks."

"By my count, you might just be the second best duelist here!" Jaden stated, confusing the other two.

But before they could ask him to elaborate, the PA came on. "Jaden Sanchez, please report to exam field four."

"Alright, my turn!" Jaden was ready to go. "Wish me luck!"

"Hold on," Bastion stopped him. "If I'm second best, who's first?"

Jaden smirked. "Yours truly. It's my best skill."

He then walked down to the field with a confident stride. As he went down the stairs, he pulled out a small, hand carved, wooden wolf charm on a metal chain out from under his shirt and held it in his hand. It was a small good luck charm his mother gave him when he was nine and he always wore it. He held it close in his hand, like he could feel the strength of his family and friends back home.

'Here we go.' He thought with a deep breath, putting his charm back under his shirt. He was ready to show people what he could do.

"He's so sure of himself, I wonder if he's really that good?" Syrus wondered.

"He's going to need to be," Bastion replied, looking at the duel field. "Look who he's dueling."

Crowler was being prepped for the duel. His duel disk looked like it was attached to his uniform, at the least the part that held the deck and graveyard part did. The tray part was held in his hands like a guitar.

Soon, Jaden rose up on a platform, looking around in awe at the place, like a boy from the country.

"Alright, test time!" Crowler said, looking at Jaden with confidence. "So, son, your name?"

Jaden turned his attention to the teacher. "Jaden. Jaden Sanchez."

"Well, Jaden Sanchez, I'm Doctor Vellian Crowler, Department Chair and Techniques Professor here at Duel Academy." Crowler introduced himself with pride dripping from his voice.

"Oh, you're a teacher," Jaden said, rubbing the back of head, embarrassed. "You'll have to excuse me, I've never seen a teacher dressed so, how should I put this, um, extravagante."

He laughed nervously. Crowler just sweatdropped at that.

"Now that he mentions it…" Taiyou muttered.

"That guy's got some lip, huh, Chazz?" Raizou commented.

Chazz was not pleased with what Jaden was saying down there.

Crowler activated what he called his duel vest and drew his opening hand. Jaden looked at the machine curiously, thinking it looked cool but also a little odd.

"I've never seen a duel disk like that before." He piped up.

"Well, it's a special kind of duel disk that only the best can have," Crowler bragged, but added in thought, 'Which I'm going to make sure you don't get!'

"I think I'll stick with mine," Jaden deadpanned, before activating his duel disk and drawing his opening hand. "Anyway, I'm ready! The hunt is on!"

"Duel!"

Crowler: 4000

Jaden: 4000

"Mi turno! Draw!" Jaden said as he drew his first card. He looked over his hand and smiled.

"Fresco, I summon Elemental Wolf Winddust in attack mode!" A white wolf with wings and dark eyes appeared and crouched in a striking position, ready to attack (1800/1400).

"When he's summoned, I can special summon one Elemental Wolf from my hand, deck, or graveyard. So, I summon Elemental Wolf Birdwhisper from my deck!" A second wolf, smaller than the first, with golden yellow fur and dark marking on her legs, neck, and tail, and aquamarine eyes, appeared next to Winddust, in a relaxed sitting position (400/400).

"And while she's on the field, all Elemental Wolves gain 400 extra attack point!" Birdwhisper's eyes began to glow and then both wolves gained an aura the same color, boosting their power (1800-2200/1400) (400-800/400).

"Finally, I'll set a card facedown and take a break!" A facedown card appeared behind the wolves.

"Where are we, Pack Leader?" Asked the young sounding voice of Birdwhisper.

Many of his wolf spirits called him Pack Leader. Only a few call him by name. Though he tells them they don't have to, they do it anyway and he really doesn't mind all that much.

"We're at the entrance exams for Duel Academy," Jaden answered with his mind. "And we're dueling a profesora to get in."

"Um, Jaden, I believe you mean profesor. I can smell that he's male." Winddust cut in, slightly disturbed about seeing man dressed like that.

Jaden glanced at Crowler and shuddered lightly. "Okay, that's just weird."

The wolves nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile, everyone was looking at his monsters with awe and wonder, because until then, no one had heard of these monsters.

"Elemental Wolves?" Syrus wondered out loud. "I've never heard of them."

"Neither have I," Bastion added. "But I had heard about a recent contest where the winner had their submitted designs turned into cards. Jaden might have been the contest winner."

"Have you ever heard of these cards, Chazz?" Torimaki asked the rich, spiky haired teen.

"No, but let the kid play whatever cards he wants," Chazz responded haughtily. "It won't help him."

"Alright, teach, take your best shot!" Jaden said, getting back in the game.

"Yes, of course," Dr. Crowler said dismissively as he drew his card. "Don't tell me what to do!"

He muttered than looked over his hand.

'After all, since I'm using my own personal deck, rather than one of those puny test decks, I'll be calling all the shots. I'll fail this miserable little brat and send him home in no time.' He grinned when he saw the cards in his hand. "I think I'll start out nice and easy, by playing the spell card Confiscation!"

"Okay, so what's it do?" Jaden asked, not letting on how nervous he actually was.

"What it does is allow me to pay 1000 life points to take a look at your hand and then send one of your cards to the graveyard."

As he was explaining, Jaden's hand glowed, startling him, and then holographic images of those cards appeared in front of Crowler. They were Monster Reborn, Polymerization, The Wolf's Return, and Pack Call.

"Ah yes, I remember some of these back from when I was a naive rookie." This comment caused Jaden to growl at his deck being insulted along with his monsters, but Crowler didn't notice.

"Now which one shall I banish?" He looked at each card carefully before making a decision. "Monster Reborn to the graveyard!"

Jaden's card was sent there.

"Next I'll set two cards face down," Two face-down's appeared in front of Crowler and then he held up one more card. "And last, but not least, I play Heavy Storm! This spell destroys every other spell and trap card that's out on the field."

A heavy wind picked up, causing the wolves and Jaden to cringe against the wind and brace themselves, and Jaden's face down, Draining Shield, was destroyed along with Crowler's two face-downs. Jaden saw that.

"Oye, why'd you activate that? Your own cards would get destroyed along with mine." He asked seriously.

"Now, now, you mustn't speak out-of-turn, young scholar." Crowler countered. After that dark clouds began to form around his side of the field.

"Hey, what's happening?" The brunette boy asked, nervously.

The wolves tensed, knowing something was coming.

"Nothing's happening," Crowler said dismissively before adding, "Not yet!" Just as he did, two gold dragon-worm-like creatures appeared on his side of the field. "But that's about to change."

The audience was amazed by the two creatures but Syrus was confused. "Could someone tell me what's going on?"

"Those two cards that Dr. Crowler had out were called Statue of the Wicked." Bastion explained as he observed the duel. "It's a special trap that creates a vicious monster token when it's destroyed by a card effect. That's why he played Heavy Storm."

"A card that strong couldn't be in the test decks, Crowler must be using his own." Taiyou said.

"Then this duel's over," Raizou added. "No one can beat the deck of an expert like Dr. Crowler."

"Yeah, it's impossible, don't ya think Chazz?"

"Yeah, what do you think, Chazz?"

Chazz grinned at this. "I think I'm going to enjoy watching Crowler wipe the floor with our mouthy little friend down there. I just wish he had treated all the other second-rate duelists that applied to the academy the same way."

Up above the boys were another couple of individuals who were watching the duels. One was a girl with sandy blond hair that ended at her upper back with grayish-brown eyes and wearing the standard Obelisk Blue girl's uniform. Her name is Alexis Rhodes.

The other was a tall boy with blue hair, that went down to the bottom of his neck but had some bangs near his blue eyes. He was also in Obelisk Blue like Alexis and Chazz, but his uniform was more white than blue. His name was Zane Truesdale, a senior and top student at Duel Academy.

"What an elitist snob," Alexis said, "Bullying some amateur with his very best cards."

"You're too soft, Alexis," Zane spoke up, causing her to look at him. "I just hope we get to see that legendary rare card Crowler has stashed away in that deck of his."

"Hope this doesn't end too quickly," She said, turning back to the duel. "I'd like to see more of those Elemental Wolves that kid's got."

"Ready for your next lesson?" Crowler called to Jaden on the other side of the field.

"Traerlo!" Jaden answered with a smile and determination in his voice. "Bring it!"

Only those who could see and hear spirits could see the looks of equal determination on Winddust and Birdwhisper.

Crowler regarded that negatively. "Very well."

His tokens started to glow and writhe in flames. "Now I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon the Ancient Gear Golem!"

In place of Crowler's tokens stood a giant robotic creature with the working gears clearly seen. Once again the audience was amazed at the sight of the monster, more so than its stats (3000/3000).

"There it is! That's his legendary rare card!" Alexis gasped.

Even Zane's eyes widened a bit. "Now it looks like we're about to find out what makes it so legendary."

"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler said sarcastically toward Jaden.

Jaden, however, just flashed a smirk. "No way! I've always wanted to face this strong of an opponent and I'm not about to back down."

"Um, Pack Leader, are you sure we can do this?" Birdwhisper asked, feeling unsure in the presence of an imposing monster.

"Of course we can, we just have to remember we're not fighting alone!" Jaden responded, still confident.

"Jaden's right. One wolf alone can't defeat this monster." Winddust mentioned, acting as a mentor to the younger wolf.

"But together we have the power of the pack!" Jaden finished.

Birdwhisper stared at them for a moment, then nodded and stood tall in front of the ancient robot, the fear having left her.

Jaden's lack of fear shocked many people, including Syrus. "Either Jaden's brave or he's nut!"

Bastion just stared at the field, trying to see if he could figure out Jaden's next move.

"He's staring down that legendary rare monster like he doesn't have a care in the world," Zane said incredulously. "I guess the youth and inexperience have their benefits."

"Give it a rest, Zane," Alexis said, getting tired of his attitude. "At least the kid's showing some backbone."

"There won't be much to show after this." He retorted.

Dr. Crowler cackled as he ordered, "Golem attack the second mongrel! Mechanized Melee!"

His Ancient Gear Golem's single red eye glowed slightly before pulling back its fist, going in to strike Birdwhisper.

"Pack Leader, don't worry about me! You and Winddust keep fighting!" Those were the female wolf's last words before the machine monster's fist struck her and she burst into pixels.

"Birdwhisper!" Jaden cried as he watched one of his friends disappear.

Winddust cringed, not only was Birdwhisper gone, but he felt the power boost she had given him leave him, weakening him (2200-1800/1400).

"Oh man, Jaden's monster didn't stand a chance!" Syrus fretted as he watched the duel. "Its defense points were way too low. This doesn't look good."

"And it's about to get worse," Bastion said as he remembered what he knew about Ancient Gear Golem. "When Ancient Gear Golem attacks a monster in defense mode, the difference between its attack points and the opposing monster's defense points are dealt to the opponent as damage."

"But that would mean that Jaden's life points are gonna take a hit!" Syrus cried as he realized what was going to happen.

Just as he said that, a transparent version of Ancient Gear Golem's fist slammed through Jaden's body, causing him to cry out in slight pain and fall to his knees.

"Jaden!" Winddust called to his leader, seeing him hurt.

Jaden: 1400

Crowler: 3000

Crowler noticed Jaden was shaking as he got up and laughed.

"Now, now, don't feel bad," He taunted, "Not everyone has what it takes to get into the top dueling school in the country…"

Crowler trailed off when he realized that Jaden wasn't shaking from crying, he was shaking from anger.

"You may have gotten in a good shot, profesora, but don't underestimate my skills or my deck!" Jaden said with a dangerous calm, getting up with fire burning in his eyes, holding a barely contained rage.

Winddust felt the same and growled deeply, ready to avenge his fallen packmate.

This took everyone by surprise, confused as to why he was so angry over losing one monster.

This also took Crowler by surprise before scowling angrily. 'Doesn't he get it? He will not be admitted into this school! And he will certainly not make a mockery of my deck!'

'I've got him riled up,' Jaden thought feeling satisfied as he reached to draw a card from his deck. 'He's going to be shaking even more once I get serious!'

As he was about to draw his card, he heard a faint barking sound. He paused for a second before drawing a card and taking a look at it. He was surprised when he saw it was the card he got from the Game King. He also remembered what he said about this card belonging to him.

'You know, I'm starting to believe that too.' For a moment, he saw the card wink at him! He smiled and then made a decision. 'Your ability could come in handy here, but only if Winddust's willing to make a sacrifice play.'

He looked over at Winddust, who turned to him and nodded understanding the plan. Jaden nodded, putting Kuriwolf in his hand and made another decision.

"I play a card face-down and end my turn," He declared, as a card appeared behind the white wolf. "You ready for what's coming, teach?"

Crowler laughed at the play. "Not bad, but I'm a master technician, you see," He taunted Jaden. "I doubt that that face-down will do you any good. Now let's proceed."

He drew his next card. "Now, Ancient Gear Golem, attack that wolf with Mechanized Melee!"

Again, the giant robot pulled back its' fist and punched the winged wolf to pieces.

'Sorry, Winddust, but thank you for your sacrifice,' Jaden thought, and then made his move. "I activate the ability of the Kuriwolf in my hand. By sending him to the graveyard, all damage I take when Wolf monsters are involved go to zero."

He sent Kuriwolf to the graveyard, and then a holographic version of the wolf-like Kuriboh appeared in front of Jaden and took the hit from the ancient robot. 'Sorry, Kuriwolf, but thank you.'

This turn of events again took Crowler by surprise. Even some of the audience members were shocked that the good doctor didn't see that coming.

"How 'bout that," Alexis stated, almost sarcastically. "A technique the good doctor didn't know."

"No one can be expected to know every technique, Alexis," Zane argued in a scolding tone. "Especially one as obscure as that."

"Yeah, well that kid sure knew it." She countered with a slight smile.

"Fine, fine, I guess your lame little monster saved you there." Crowler taunted.

"Hey!" Jaden snapped. "Just because you beat him doesn't give you the right to call him lame, el tonto!"

He didn't care that the other was a teacher anymore, he was going down.

"Oh yes, I forgot how attached you new duelists get to your monsters," Crowler taunted again. "I'm sorry."

"Not as sorry as you're going to be," Jaden said. "Because by attacking Winddust you set off my trap, my personal favorito, Wolf Call!"

His trap activated, showing a lone wolf howling at a full moon, causing a loud ominous howl to be heard throughout the arena, causing everyone to shiver a little.

"Which lets me bring out my third Elemental Wolf," He grabbed a card from his deck and slapped on the duel tray. "Come, Elemental Wolf Burstfire!"

Out of a column of flames, a female wolf with red-orange fur and gold eyes appeared on the field with a leap (1200/900). "And for every Wolf on the field, including herself, I gain 500 life points."

Burstfire howled, softly, sounding almost soothing. As she did, red sparkles rained onto Jaden, giving him a small life point boost.

Jaden: 1900

Crowler: 3000

When it was done, Jaden drew his next card, starting his turn. "My move!"

He looked at the cards in his hand and made a plan. 'Alright, my fallen pack members, this is where you're avenged!'

He put the card he drew in his hand and selected another card to play.

"Time to get dangerous. First, I'll play the spell card The Wolf's Return." He said, playing a spell with the image of a wounded wolf making it back to the pack site.

"This allows me to bring back an Elemental Wolf from my graveyard to my hand and I choose Winddust. And then I'll bring him back to field." The card came out of the graveyard slot and Jaden then brought the winged wolf back to the field to stand next to Burstfire.

"Welcome back, Winddust." Burstfire said, affection in her voice toward her fellow packmate.

"Good to see you, Burstfire," Winddust greeted, before turning to his leader. "Shall I call out to another of our pack for assistance?"

"That won't be necessary. I have all we need to when this battle." Jaden responded, the two wolves nodded and prepared for a fight.

"Oh, I see, another amateurish mistake, but this is good, this is good, now would anyone like to tell me what our little friend did wrong here…" Crowler taunted, but was cut off by Jaden again.

"Escuchame, I wasn't finished," He said, now thoroughly annoyed with this guy. "Yes, I know my two monsters by themselves aren't enough to take down your behemoth, but the true power of my wolves comes from when they stand together! That is the power of the pack!"

He then showed one of the last two cards in his hand to Crowler. "And I have just the card to do that! Go, Polymerization! Let's show them the power of the pack!"

The two wolves jumped up into the air and then ran after each other in a circle, chasing each others tails. They went faster and faster until they merged into one light. After the two monsters were done, a new monster appeared that had cream brown fur with red markings along its body that looked like war paint. It's eyes were a fierce black and it had a necklace of what looked like teeth around its neck. On its back were wings like Winddust's, but they were in Burstfire's color and they had black markings on them. (2100/1200).

"Welcome to the field, Elemental Wolf Flamewing! Hope your Golem's ready for a clash of the titans!"

Flamewing looked around the area, before his eyes landed on Crowler's Ancient Gear Golem. "So, this is our enemy, Pack Leader?"

"Yep, and it's time to end this." Jaden concluded.

Flamewing nodded in agreement.

"So, profesora, what do think?" Jaden asked Crowler, loving the fact he can insult him in Spanish and he doesn't even know it.

"I think you're dueling quite well for an ametur but next time try summoning a monster that has more attack points than what's already out." Crowler said like he was disappointed, but he really didn't see the monster as a threat.

"What's he mean?" Syrus asked, looking at Jaden's monster.

"He means that the Elemental Wolf Flamewing's atk points are too low to defeat the Ancient Gear Golem." Bastion answered.

"Oh, man."

"Alright, young scholar," Crowler said, almost exasperated, "I don't mean to rush you but I am a busy man...are you done yet?"

"Not even close!" Jaden replied. "And, yeah I knew Flamewing had less attack points than your Golem."

He then placed the last card in his hand into slot for field spells on his disk. "That's why I'm activating this. A field spell called Pack Home!"

After he played that card, there was a bright flash, and then suddenly the duelists were in a small clearing in the middle of the forest with a large rock range behind Jaden. Part of it kinda looked like Pride Rock from The Lion King.

In the middle of the woods, Crowler's Ancient Gear Golem looked like a giant monster attacking the forest. Jaden's wolf had jumped on top of the highest point of the range and had let out a loud battle howl.

"Now, Flamewing!" Jaden called out. "Time to defend the pack's territory!"

He pointed at the ancient robot. "Attack that Ancient Gear Golem with Sky Fire Strike!"

Flamewing spread his wings and jumped into the air and circled around like a hawk to gain altitude until his form was outlined by the full moon in the dark sky.

"Fine by me, bring him on," Crowler said like he wasn't worried. "This silly little Pack Home field spell hasn't lowered my Golem's Atk by one point!"

Flamewing circled back around toward the behemoth and angled his wings for a dive.

"That wasn't the plan. This is the wolf's home turf," Jaden revealed, slyly. "What it's done is raise my wolf's attack by a grand total of 1000 points!"

"Wait! Timeout!" Crowler cried, but it didn't stop Flamewing's attack as it's body became covered in flames, diving at the ancient robot with his claws out (2100-3100/1200).

Crowler was freaking out as Jaden's monster slammed into his, making it burst to pieces.

"No, it can't be! He was best card!" He cried before being hit in the head by a piece of debris.

"Oh, by the way, you should probably know about my Flamewing's special ability." Jaden added, his wolf landing back in front of him, with a wolf-like smirk on his face. "When he destroys a monster in battle, the attack points of that monster get dealt straight to your life points. Looks like I win, huh?"

"No way…" Crowler muttered.

Just as he said that, the remaining shell of Ancient Gear Golem fell on top of him, despite trying to get out of the way.

Jaden: 1900

Crowler: 0

Jaden pointed his index and middle fingers at Crowler in a kind of salute. "The hunt was successful! So, I guess I pass the test, huh profesora?"

As the holograms faded, a lot of people were stunned to see that Jaden had beaten a teacher, who was using his real deck, in a duel. Crowler was dumbfounded by the whole thing. He was beaten by an amateur who was also late.

"Impossible," He seethed. "There's no way that this delinquent could beat me!"

Up in the stands, Chazz and his flunkies were just as shocked.

"It must be dumb luck," Chazz muttered through clenched teeth. "No way Crowler would lose to some flunky!"

Alexis on the other hand was smiling at Jaden's win. "This kid's got a future here."

Zane just huffed and walked away.

Syrus was cheering for Jaden. "Yay! Way to play, Jay!"

'Nice,' Bastion thought. 'I could use the competition.'

Jaden waved to the crowd, then he took out his new Kuriwolf card. "I think you played the biggest role in this duel, my new friend," He said, smiling. "Welcome to the pack."

Again, he saw the card wink at him and he believed this card may be more special than he could have ever imagined.

And that is that. I hoped you liked it and I apologize if my Spanish is off, I barely made it of that class with a passing grade. Anyway, read and review and we'll see you next time.