A/N: Gasp! ANOTHER story Silver Tongue?! Yeah yeah I know! But don't worry, this is a side project; The Dark One and Pokémon: Digital Journey are still my top priorities! Now with that said, let's give ya'll some background: This is the 5Ds timeline with XYZ already introduced. It's gonna have a sort of GX academy feel to it as well, but takes place in New Domino City (pre/post Satellite restoration effort). Anyway never fear! The Digimon will make their appearances! So with that said, off we go!

Disclaimer: I do not own the greatest TCG ever (Yu-Gi-Oh), or Digimon

Yu-Gi-Oh: Quest for the Crests

Chapter One: A New life

Sunlight peaked over the skyscrapers of New Domino City, casting it's warm glow across the brilliant metropolis. This signaled the start of the day for many who resided in the city, as they prepared themselves for whatever their schedules had planned, whether it be school or work. For one person, however, this could not be farther from the truth. As the bright sun pierced through his dingy bedroom window, the young man beneath the covers of his plain, hard bed, groaned and shielded his eyes. Sitting up with a huff, he moved his long crimson hair out of his face, revealing a handsome, sharp face (albeit a little thin perhaps), with chocolate brown eyes and a mysterious gold mark in the shape of a pointed vertical line over his right eye, stopping halfway down his cheek. He sighed, flinging the covers off of himself and climbing out of bed, shivering as his feet hit the cold concrete floor beneath him. He yawned, stretching out his toned, lean body, marching over to the small bathroom and getting showered. As he walked back into the cramped room, he sighed, gazing irritably at the blue school uniform hanging on the old wooden dresser. He shook his head, muttering "Well, might as well get used to it Davis, it's your own damn fault you're in this mess."

Ten minutes later, Davis walked out of his sorry excuse for living arraignments and into the streets of the DAIMON Area in the slums of New Domino City. He glanced around at the surrounding area, before whipping his head to face the man opposite the complex, who had cleared his throat to gain Davis' attention. Davis noted the older man's uniform, marking him as a distinguished Securities Officer. The man was leaning against a Securities patrol car, and pushed off, approaching the young man with a hard look in his eyes "Alright you little punk, listen close. My name is Tetsu Trudge, and as of right now I'll be the one responsible for making sure you obey the mandates put in place in accordance with your parole. You clear on that?"

Davis sighed, and shrugged "Crystal, Officer Trudge."

Trudge nodded, not noticing the thinly veiled sarcasm in Davis' voice, saying "Alright, well then get in, I'm under orders to escort you to New Domino's Duel Academy, at least for today so you can figure out the route for yourself."

Davis erely nodded, hopping into the passenger side of the patrol car, buckling in and gazing out the window as Trudge got in, starting the car and pulling away. As they traveled in silence (which Davis was grateful for), the crimson haired boy's thoughts traveled back to just a few weeks prior, the day he had been offered a choice by none other that the Director of Sector Security himself; Rex Goodwin.

Two Weeks Ago, Headquarters for Sector Security, Director's Office

Davis was shoved through the office door, his hands cuffed and dressed in a pair of worn jeans, black boots, a black denim jacket, and a black and gold t-shirt. Goodwin glanced up from his research, frowning at the sight. "Oh no, this won't do. Release him from his cuffs, I can't have a civilized conversation with this young man if we treat him like a common criminal." Begrudgingly, the guard nodded, roughing shoving Davis into a seat and unlocking his cuffs before exiting the room. Goodwin gave Davis a smile, saying "There, that's better. Now then, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Rex Goodwin, I'm the Director of Sector Security."

Davis nodded, scowling at him skeptically and saying "I know who you are."

Goodwin's smile never faltered "And I you. Davis 'Blue Devil' Motomiya. Youngest member of the Satellite gang known as 'The Enforcers.' Yes I've been watching you for quite some time now."

Davis shifted uncomfortably "What do you want, Goodwin?"

Goodwin hook his head "Nothing. Well, nothing, that is, except to offer you a chance."

Davis frowned "A chance?"

The older man looked at Davis with an intense stare, before breaking into another smile and saying "Yes indeed. A chance at a new life, right here in New Domino City."

Davis glared at him "And why in the hell would I want to live with a bunch of spoiled brats with no idea what it means to have to struggle and work to survive?"

Goodwin's smile never left his face as he said "Because you could show the people of this city that just because you're from Satellite, it doesn't mean that you can't become something more."

Davis frowned "And just how exactly do you intend to do that?"

Goodwin reached into his desk and pulled out a file, sliding it over the counter, waiting for Davis to pick it up. Curiosity getting the better of him, Davis picked up the file, his eyes going wide at the contents. Inside was what appeared to be an application to New Domino City Duel Academy; it even had Davis' mugshot from hi admittance into the Facility. "You want me to...go to school?"

Goodwin nodded "In essence, yes. You see, I believe that there are good, honest young men and women who make little mistakes in Satellite, and end up in the system with no future. I'm going to use you as my guinea pig, to hopefully rehabilitate more young people, give them a fighting chance. You'll be given a place to stay, and other necessities for survival."

Davis narrowed his eyes "And my deck? My disk? My runner?"

Goodwin smirked, knowing he'd caught his fish "Your deck will naturally be returned to you, but until we can be sure you are no longer a flight risk, you're duel runner will remain impounded."

Davis raised a brow, not surprised about his runner, and asked "And my duel disk? No way I'm using some sub-standard kiddie toy."

Goodwin chuckled "I'll think about it. Now then, do we have a deal?" He got up from his chair, coming around his desk and offering his hand to Davis. Davis thought hard, and sighed, reluctantly shaking Goodwin's hand "Yeah, we got a deal."

Back with Davis and Trudge

"Alright, here we are kid" Trudge said, napping Davis out of his stupor. Davis nodded, pulling hi backpack into hi lap. Before he could get out, however, Trudge put a hand on his shoulder. "Hang on just a second there punk, Goodwin's sent you a few presents." He reached behind him and pulled out a black and gold hybrid duel disk, with Davis' personal chrome deck box with his deck inside. Davis grinned as he held them close, putting his duel disk in his back and placing his deck box on his belt. Trudge nodded, being able to at least appreciate the kid's dedication to his deck, and to dueling. He then handed Davis three small plastic cards, saying "This one's your student ID, this one's your city ID which'll let you go to and from the DAIMON Area, and this one's a credit card that'll be balanced once a month, you can check it at any ATM."

Davis frowned, but nodded. Trudge raised a brow, but shrugged, saying "One last thing. You were wearing thee when you were arrested, Goodwin figured you might as well have them back." Davis glanced down, and couldn't help the grin that came over his face as he spotted his duel visor. He and his buddy Yusei had custom built it not long after Davis had joined the Enforcers, and although they looked like only a cool pair of sunglasses, they were actually a high-tech duel analytical engine, designed to identify duel monster cards in its memory banks and display their effects, to give Davis an edge since, as we was younger than the others, he had a harder time keeping up. Taking the visor eagerly, Davis slipped it up on top of his forehead, using it to hold back his hair. Trudge just shook his head, not really caring what fashion statements the Satellite punk was trying to make. "Alright kid, this is where I take my leave, so go on, and don't be home late, we've got eyes on the school and your place."

Davis nodded, hopping out of the car as Trudge peeled away, leaving the former Satellite resident alone in front of the massive school. Davis sighed, slinging his bag over his shoulder and walking towards the front doors. As soon as he was close enough, the whispers started, not that he cared mind you; these spoiled brats could kiss his ass. He sighed, ducking his head as he walked a little faster. He stopped, however, when a voice behind him called out "Hey you! New kid!"

Davis slowly turned around, and raised a brow at the ight he was met with. A small group of what he guessed were friends stood in front of him, a blonde boy about Davis' age at the forefront. He wore the standard blue uniform of the academy, his hair considerably shorter than Davis' was. He was flanked by a slightly taller girl with long lavender hair and big round glasses and a boy who looked at least two years younger than Davis with a black hair in a bowl cut. The girl to the blonde's right, however, was the one who caught Davis' attention; she was a few inches shorter than Davis, but he was the prettiest girl he'd ever seen, her brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, a red bow holding her hair back. The blonde regained his attention however, by saying "So, you're that kid from Satellite right? David Motorola or something like that?"

Davis just gave him a cold glare, and replied, subconsciously taking a defensive stance "It's Davis. Davis Motomiya. What's it to you?"

The blonde boy grinned "My name is Takeru Takaishi. But everyone calls me TK. And I'm challenging you to a duel!" With that he pulled out his academy duel disk, deck already in it.

Davis sighed, but relented, needing desperately to scratch his dueling itch. He pulled off his bag, taking out his hybrid disk (much to the gathered group's curious surprise),, and taking his deck out of hi deck box and into the duel disk. TK raised a brow "Nice disk you got there, never seen that model before."

Davis shrugged "That's because I built it myself."

The entire group before Davis just stared at him, and the lavender haired girl said in shock "But...building a duel disk is complicated! How'd you learn something so advanced in...?"

Davis glared at her "In the slums of Satellite?" He practically spat it out, effectively shutting her up before he turned back to TK "And are you city lovers all talk, or are you ready to duel?"

TK just frowned slightly, and nodded, the both of them saying "DUEL!"'

Davis - 4000Lp
TK - 4000Lp

Davis quickly spoke up, saying "I'll draw first! Now since I control no monsters I can special summon Demiveemon from my hand!"

Demiveemon: Dragon/Tuner/Effect, Level 2, Wind, Atk - 200 Def - 100

"I activate Demiveemon's effect! If I special summon this little guy while I control 2 or fewer cards on my field, I can special summon Veemon from my hand, deck or graveyard!"

Veemon: Dragon/Effect, Level 4, Wind, Atk - 1400 Def - 1000

Veemon popped up next to the smaller blue dragon, and TK frowned, thinking to himself "A tuner, huh? Must be planning a Synchro summon..."

Davis smirked "Now then, since Veemon was special summoned I can target one ofther dragon type non-tuner monster on my field and make it a level four, and I choose Demiveemon! Now, I tune my level four Veemon with my level four Demiveemon to synchro summon my signature monster, Exveemon!"

Exveemon: Synchro/Dragon/Effect, Level 8, Wind, Atk - 2800 Def - 2400

TK narrowed his eyes "Bingo. Still, if he thinks one Synchro is gonna stop me, then he' got another thing coming." Davis smirked, and said "Now I activate my spell card, Noble Dragon's Sacrifice! By removing Demiveemon and Veemon from my graveyard from play, I can summon a Synchro Monster whose level equals that of another Synchro monster already on my field! I summon...Stardust Spark Dragon!"

Stardust Spark Dragon: Synchro/Dragon/Effect, Level 8, Light, Atk - 2500 Def - 2000

The brunette behind TK raised a brow "Two Synchro summons in one turn?"

The lavender haired girl nodded "And two high level ones as well, Kari. He's got some impressive skills."

Davis glanced at his hand again, and smirked, knowing full well he could summon more Synchros if he really wanted to, but chose instead to take the safe route, having already tipped his hand more than he wanted to. "I place two cards face down and end my turn."

TK nodded starting his turn "I draw! I'll start out by summoning Patamon!"

Patamon: Fairy/Effect, Level 4, Light, Atk - 1200 Def - 800

"Alright, since I normal summoned Patamon, I can special summon one Angel Token!"

Angel Token: Token, Level 4, Light, Atk - 0 Def - 0

"Now I overlay Patamon and my Angel Token to build the Overlay Network! I XYZ Summon...Angemon!"

Angemon: XYZ/Fairy/Effect, Rank 4, Light, Atk - 2200 Def - 2600

"Next I activate the spell card Angel's Blessing! This lets me switch the attack and defense of as many Fairy Type monsters as I choose, and I select Angemon, giving him 2600 attack points until the end of the turn!Now I attack your Stardust Spark Dragon with Angemon!"

"Not so fast! I activate my trap card, Scrap Iron Scarecrow! With this I can negate your attack, then return it to its face down position."

"Grr, fine then. I'll throw down a facedown and end my turn!"

Davis had pulled his visor down, and began analyzing Angemon's effect so he wasn't walking in blindly. Smirking, Davis said "Got it. I draw!" He grinned when he saw what he drew, and looked back at TK, who raised a brow at him "Nice sunglasses, trying to make a fashion statement?"

Davis shook his head "Laugh all you want, it won't help you win this duel. Now from mmy hand I activate the spell card Forbidden Chalice!"

The smaller boy frowned "Wait, why use that? It's a pretty weak strategy for beating TK, isn't it Yolei?"

The lavender haired girl frowned too, before letting her eyes go wide and saying "Unless he isn't using it on his own monsters, Cody."

TK flinched, thinking the same thing "You wouldn't..."

Davis smirked "Sorry, but the monster I choose is your Angemon! And now that that's done, I activate the effect of my Blazing Courage spell card! By banishing one Veemon from my deck, I can special summon Flamedramon from my hand, deck or graveyard!"

Flamedramon: Dragon/Effect, Level 5, Fire, Atk - 2100 Def - 1500

"Alright, I attack Angemon with Exveemon!"

"I don't think so, I activate my trap card, Widespread Ruin! This little beauty lets me...!"

"Destroy the monster on my field with the highest attack when I declare an attack. Too bad for you I activate the effect of Stardust Spark Dragon! This lets me target one monster on my field and make it immune to all spell and traps until the end of the turn!"

"WHAT?!" TK yelled, jaw dropping.

Davis grinned "Go Exveemon, Vee Laser!"

TK shielded himself from the blast, digging his feet in as his monster was destroyed.

TK - 3800Lp

"Now it's your turn Flamedramon! Fire Rockets!"

TK grunted, eyes going wide as he realized he was about to lose, and only on the third turn.

TK - 1700Lp

"Now Stardust Spark Dragon! SPARK FLARE!"

TK grunted as he was tossed backwards, landing awkwardly on his back.

TK - 0Lp. Winner: Davis

Immediately TK's friends rushed to help him up, while Davis just sighed, pulling up his visor and putting his deck and disk away. He turned away, noticing for the first time the decent crowd that had gathered to watch their duel. It was then he heard the whispers start: "Did you see that?" "He just beat Takaishi, he's one of the best duelists in school!" "Who's that new kid?" "Wait, do you see that mark under his eye?" "Oh man, he's one of those Satellite scum!" "What's Satellite trash doing here?" "I can't believe the school board approved this." "Are we safe with that punk here?"

Davis grit his teeth, and was about to stalk off to find his classroom when TK yelled at him "Davis! Wait!"

The crimson haired boy slowly turned back around, brow raised "Yeah, what do you want?"

TK grinned at him "Aw come on, don't be like that! Listen, we're all in the same class together, why don't we be friends?"

Davis frowned "You want to be friends...with me? Satellite trash."

TK's face went serious "You're not trash, man. And I don't give a damn where you're from, you're an amazing duelist, I've never taken a beating like that before. So let's be friends, what do you say?"

Davis glanced nervously at the blonde, then at the gathered crowd, before Goodwin's words echoed in his head "In essence, yes. You see, I believe that there are good, honest young men and women who make little mistakes in Satellite, and end up in the system with no future. I'm going to use you as my guinea pig, to hopefully rehabilitate more young people, give them a fighting chance."

TK walked closer to Davis, and offered him a handshake. Davis took a deep breath, and took TK's hand, thinking to himself "Yusei, Crow, Jack, Kalin...good luck, hopefully we'll see each other soon. For now though, it's time for me to live my new life."

Two men stood watching the exchange between Davis and TK, and the first one spoke up "I can see why you were so adamant about this one, Director Goodwin. His skills are far superior to that of an academy student."

Goodwin smirked "Maybe so Chancellor Gennai, but I think he could be something much more important given the proper...conditioning. THat's where you come in, my friend."

Gennai chuckled "Always an ulterior motive with you, old friend."

Goodwin smirked, looking back down at Davis, and saying "He's going to be quite thee tool once he's been molded."

There you have it, my well thought out intro to this unique world. Like it? Let me know!