Hello, my dear readers! For those who are familiar with my story, I am please to announce that I have made several changes to all of my chapters, mostly grammer and typos that went unnoticed by me XD. Nothing big has changed to the story, but I have added a bit more to some of the chapters if you care to re-read them.

For those who are new to my story. I say to you, enjoy Starting Anew

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Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh Gx, just my Oc

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Chapter 1 - Meetings and Family

In the city of Domino, the sky was clear with the sun bearing down on those who were going about their business. Everything seemed peaceful and beautiful, but for one girl, going outside seemed like heaven compared to being stuck inside a stuffy old room.

TICKTICKTICK

The girl glared at the floor. She didn't know how much longer she could stand the ticking of the clock.

TICK TICKTICK...

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!! I'm gonna go crazy if nothing happens in the next five minutes!" she exclaimed "It's been two hours already!! This is ridiculous!!! How long does it take for four old geezers to evaluate my exam?"

The girl bit her lip as she didn't get an answer. Letting out a frustrating sigh, she crossed her arms and slouched in her seat. The 15 year-old blew a few strands of her red choppy hair. It would have been better for her if her proctors had left her something to do, like a book or something. The girl's lilac eyes moved from the floor to the window next to her.

But before she could take in any of the outside world, the door in front of her opened. A man with black hair, dressed in a black suit with sunglasses entered the room. He was obviously taller than the girl and looked around his mid- 30's, other than that the red head had no other interest to look at him. Instead she continued her sightseeing of Domino City through the window.

"Miss-"

"Laviss." the girl interrupted "I prefer if you would call me by my first name."

"Uh… Yes… alright, Miss. um…Laviss. We reviewed both your written and dueling examination and…" Laviss lamely turned to the man as he tried to be suspenseful. The man coughed as he realized that his plan didn't go through. "Yes… well … Congratulations, you pass. We've already registered you, so you're good to go."

"So, can I leave?" she asked as she rose from her chair

"Uh… yes you can." said the man "Oh! Also give these papers to-"

"I'll be sure to give them to him." interrupted Laviss again and took a yellow envelope from the man's hand

"Good luck at Duel Academy Miss. Laviss." said the man

Laviss gave him a small nod and left without another word. As the young girl walked around the corridor, she glanced at her watch. '4:27… I still have time before I am picked up. I wonder if they're still holding examinations for the other applicants.'

Coming down a pair of stairs, Laviss saw a pair of metal double doors. Opening one of the two, she walked through to a large stadium with row of seats filled with a mass amount of people.

'So it's still going on.' she thought as she looked down below, which was where everyone had their eyes on. On the ground floor, were a group of people dueling one another. Laviss began walking around the arena, seeing if there were any empty seats left.

Up above, a pair of glistening eyes followed her figure as she found a seat available. He stared at her with a slight interest.

"What's wrong?" said a voice behind him

"Nothing." he replied without looking at the person who spoke. He cast his look away from the red head before anyone else saw him stare. Yet it wasn't long before he stole another glance at her.

Sitting down, Laviss looked down to see what looked to be the last duel. The proctor was a blue haired man, dressed in a blue and white blazer, blue pant and black sunglasses. His opponent; on the other hand, was a boy with black hair and eyes. He wore a light grey uniform with a darker grey lining.

"Whoa look at them go!!" said a voice behind her

From the corner of her eye, Laviss saw a boy with brown hair and eyes, dressed in a red shirt with a black jacket over it. Next to him was another boy, but shorter. Dressed in a blue uniform, he had light blue hair, light grey eyes and small glasses on the bridge of his nose.

A loud booming sound made Laviss turn her attention back on the duel. The black haired boy activated his trap, Ring of Destruction, making him the winner of the duel.

"Wow that last guy really tore it up!" said the brown haired boy

"Yeah… Bastion Misawa… they say the he got the highest score on the written exam out of all the applicants." said the short boy

Laviss widen her eyes as she heard him and turned around. "Wait!! Did you say that, that guy had the HIGHEST score!!!"

"U-Uh… y-yeah t-that's what I-I s-said." stuttered the short boy

The red head glanced at the yellow envelope in the chair next to her. 'I wonder what my score was…'

"Wow!! I just barely passed." said the brown haired boy

"Yeah me too… my name's Syrus, by the way." said the short boy "I kind of have a thing where I get test anxiety. I don't know how I won my match."

"So? YOU'RE IN!!" exclaimed the brown haired boy as he scared Syrus "Congratulations!! I'll be in too once I win my duel."

"Wait, you haven't duel yet?" Laviss asked. The boy answered no

"Then you might have a problem. I think this was supposed to be the last duel." said Syrus as the brown haired boy started to freak out

"Calm down!! You did do the written exam right?" said Laviss. The boy nodded "Then you will have your duel."

"How do you know you're sure?" asked the boy

"It doesn't make sense if you just do one part of the examination. That's just stupid." she answered

The boy grinned "Yeah!! You got a point there. Thanks um…"

The red head smiled "My name's Laviss."

"Mine's Jaden." he said as the black haired boy that dueled came up and sat next to Laviss "Tight duel, Bastion!!"

"Thank you." Bastion answered politely as he took off his duel disk

"From the looks of it, you might just be the 2nd best duelist here." Jaden boasted, caching both Bastion and Syrus off guard

Laviss, on the other hand, smiled at him 'Looks like someone's very confident of themselves.'

(JADEN YUKI. PLEASE REPORT TO EXAM FIELD, NUMBER 4) a voice announced

Jaden jumped up with cheer "Alright, its go time! Wish me luck guys." he said as he went down the stairs

"Hey wait!" said Bastion as he stopped Jaden "If I am 2nd best then who's 1st?"

The brown haired boy grinned and pointed to himself "Yours truly of course. It's what I'm best at." he answered and continued his way down

"Wow… he's so sure of himself. I wonder if he's really that good." said Syrus, astonishing

"He's going to need to be. Look at who he's dueling." said Bastion

Down at the field there stood a person who looks like a woman. At least that's what Laviss thought the person to be. The woman had long blonde hair kept in a ponytail and black eyes. She was wearing what looked to be a marching band outfit with a pink ruffled shirt underneath it.

"Who is that?" asked Laviss as she saw the lady be help with her duel disk by two girls in a blue uniform slightly similar to the proctor Bastion dueled.

"That's Dr. Vellian Crowler. He's one of the professors at Duel Academy." answered Bastion

"WHAT!!?" was the only thing Laviss managed to cry before she fell out of her seat. Everyone around them quickly turned towards their directions to see what happened. Several started to whisper at the red head's poor landing. Laviss was on her back, her feet sticking up and leaning on the seat she was previously sitting on.

"Are you alright!?" asked Bastion as he stood up and held up a hand to the girl

Laviss turned red as she heard snickering and giggling all around her. The red head bowed her head and mumbled something incoherent. Bastion was confused at what she was trying to say. But said nothing as Laviss took his hand. As soon as Laviss was back on her seat, everyone placed all of their attention on Jaden's duel.

The red head shook her head 'I can't believe I mistook that man for a woman.' Laviss looked back at Dr. Crowler and mentally sighed 'I guess it's not my fault. I mean that guy is wearing makeup for crying out loud!! And I thought my father was weird!'

"I summon Elemental Hero Avian in defense mode. I also throw down a facedown." said Jaden as he placed two cards on his duel disk

"Yes, very good." said Dr. Crowler lamely as he drew "Alright, for this first move I think I'll start of nice and easy. I play the spell card Confiscation."

"Ok… so what's it do." said Jaden nervously

"What it does is it allows me to pay 1000 life points for the chance to take a peek at your hand and toss one of your cards into the graveyard." said Dr. Crowler as four card holograms appeared in front of him "Oh yes, I remember some of these back when I was a naïve rookie. Now which one shall I banish?" he taunt "Hm… Monster Reborn to the graveyard. Next I place two facedown cards on the field and last but not least I play Heavy Strom. This spell card destroys every other spell and trap card that's out on the field. "

Soon Jaden's facedown was gone, but Jaden wasn't down. He smiled as Dr. Crowler's two facedown cards were also destroyed. "Whoops did you forget that you had two trap cards out on the field yourself."

"Now, now… you mustn't speak out of turn young scholar." said Crowler as the field turned dark and foggy

Jaden looked around and asked "What's happening?"

"Nothing's happening… not yet." he said as two golden worms with fangs and claws came out "But that's about to change."

"Uh… can somebody tell me what's going on?" asked Syrus

"The two trap cards that Dr. Crowler had on the field are called Statue of the Wicked. It's a special trap that creates a vicious token monster when destroyed. That's why he played Heavy Strom." explained Bastion

"Ready for your next lesson." taunt Crowler

Jaden laughed "You bet. I don't remember the last time learning was this much fun!!"

Crowler's face faltered as that wasn't the reaction that he was hoping for. "Hm… well yes I am an excellent teacher, thank you. And now I sacrifice my two wicked tokens to summon my Ancient Gear Golem!! Now I hope you're not too scared of him."

"No way I've always wanted to take one on." boosted Jaden as the crowed was surprised at his answer

"Well let's see. Ancient Gear Golem, attack withmechanize melee!!" said Crowler as Jaden's Avian was destroyed

"Jaden's monster didn't stand a chance. His defense points were way too low. This isn't looking good." gloom Syrus

"And it's about to look a lot worse. When that Ancient Gear Golem attacks a monster in defense mode, the difference between its attack points and the defending monster's defense points gets dealt to the opponent as damage." said Bastion

"But that would mean… JADEN'S LIFE POINTS ARE GOING TO TAKE A HIT!!" yelled Syrus. And true to Syrus' words, Jaden's life points went from 4000 to 2000, while Crowler had 3000.

Crowler laughed as Jaden bowed his head down. "Don't feel bad, this is the top dueling school in the country. Some people aren't…cut…out…for…" Crowler's stopped as he saw Jaden laughing

"Boy I really want to come to this school now. You really know your stuff teach." said Jaden as he smiled and drew "Ok I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode and I place one card face down. Not bad, huh teach."

"No, not bad. You see I'm a master technician and a Kuriboh, to me, is rather pedestrian. Even one with wings, you see, its defense points are still no match for my Ancient Gear Golem. It's a textbook mistake, don't feel bad. Now lets proceed." said Crowler as he drew "With the legendry Ancient Gear Golem. Attack that Kuriboh with mechanized melee!!!" Kuriboh was soon destroyed as Jaden recovered from the attack "Hm… check your gear, your life points hasn't changed."

"My gears fine, on the turn Winged Kuriboh is destroyed I take 0 damage." said Jaden plainly as everyone in the crowd, along with Crowler, were surprised once again

"Fine, fine… I guess you lame little monster saved you there." said Crowler as Jaden and Laviss narrowed their eyes

"Hey, slow down there teach you may have beaten him but that doesn't give you that right to call him lame." defended Jaden

"Oh yes, I forget how attached you new duelist are with your monsters, I'm sorry." he said uncaringly

"Yeah, well you should be because by attacking my Winged Kuriboh you set off my trap card, Hero Signal. And that brings out my second elemental hero, Burstinatrix. My turn." said Jaden as he drew "First off, I'm gonna bring back Avian to my hand with the spell card the Warrior Returning Alive, whom I'm sending out on the field."

"Oh ok… another amateurish mistake, but this good, this good. Now would someone like to tell our little friend his m-"

"Actually I wasn't done yet. See I know my two heroes aren't very powerful by themselves but if I can form them together, well that's a different story. And I have the card to do that. Polymerization!! Fusing Avian and Burstinatrix to create… the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!!! So teach, what'd ya think?" asked Jaden

"I think that you're dueling very well for an amateur. But next time try playing a monster that has more attack points than what's already out." dispute Crowler

"What does he mean?" asked Syrus slightly confused

"He means that Wingman's attack points are no match against his Golem's 3000. Shame too, because when Wingman destroys a monster that monster's attack points are dealt as damage to its owner." replied Bastion

"Wait! You mean they're deducted right out of his life points?" said Syrus "Oh that would've been a great way for Jaden to turn things around."

"Well if your friend's as good as he says he might still find a way." Bastion said

"Wow did we really seem like friends?" said Syrus

At this Laviss smiled "Don't worry Syrus, if Jaden doesn't want to be your friend, I will." she said as Syrus blushed "But I wouldn't worry. If Jaden's the kind of person I think he is, then he surely will be your friend… with me of course."

"Gee, thanks Laviss." said Syrus as he tried to hid his red cheeks, to his demise it wasn't working.

At the same time Jaden played the field card, Skyscraper "Alright Flame Wingman, GO!! Attack that Ancient Gear Golem!!"

"Fine with me, bring him on. This silly excuse of a field card hasn't lowered my Golem's attack points by one point." bragged Crowler as Flame Wingman came close and closer

"You know what teach your right. Skyscraper hasn't lowered your monster's attack points… what it's done is raised my Elemental Hero Wingman by a grand total of 1000."

"W-Wait… time out!!" screamed Crowler as his Golem was blown up to piece "T-This can't be… he was my very best card."

"And cause of my Wingman's special ability, the attack points of your Golem gets dealt to your life points." said Jaden as Crowler freaked as the remainder of his life points were gone. "And that's game!!"

"GO JADEN!!" screamed Laviss as she stood up clapping

"WAY TO GO JADEN!!" yelled Syrus

Laviss smiled as she saw Jaden waving at their small group. 'I guess I wasn't wrong about him after all.' though Laviss as Jaden quickly came up the stairs.

"Well how was that?" said Jaden

"Great job Jaden." said Laviss

"Yes, its was a… good duel." complimented Bastion

"And against Dr. Crowler!! A teacher from Duel Academy!! You're really a great duelist" added Syrus

"Aw, shucks guys I wasn't that great." grinned Jaden

"Oh but you were." praised Syrus

But Syrus' praises were stopped by a loud vibration coming from one of Laviss' pockets.

"Uh… Laviss I think your pants are vibrating." said Jaden as Laviss search through her pockets to bring up a silver cell phone.

Opening it up Laviss saw a text left for her: Come to the parking lot. Your ride's here. Looking at the text, Laviss sighed and put her phone away "Well guys as much as I like to stay and chat. I got to go, my ride home's here."

"Well it was nice meeting you Laviss." said Syrus as Bastion nodded to her

"Yeah, we'll see you at Duel Academy… Right?" said Jaden

"But of course. I'll see you guys later." she said as she left the three boys.


Laviss opened the door to the front entrance. Coming outside she took a deep breath and was glad that she had made some new friends. Though as the red head started walking towards the parking lot, she felt like she was forgetting something…

The girl slapped her face and cursed herself "THE ENVELOPE!!" Laviss freaked out. How could she have forgotten about the envelope! Her father would kill her if she didn't give him those papers.

"Excuse me." said low voice behind her

Turning around, Laviss saw a boy that was a whole lot taller than her. Having navy blue hair with light gray eyes, the boy wore a long blazer in white and blue with blue pants and black shoes. The thing that caught Laviss' eyes was the yellow envelope he was holding.

"I believe this belongs to you." he said as he handed her the yellow package

"Oh thank you so much!! You wouldn't believe what would've happened to me if I didn't have this. Thank you um…"

"My name's Zane… Zane Truesdale." the boy said smoothly

Laviss smiled and bowed to him "Thank you so much Zane. Though…" Zane raised a brow as she came up "D-did you… by any chance… take a look at what was inside?" Laviss said nervously

Zane shook his head "I don't pry in anything that's not my business."

The red head sighed in relief "I really appreciate that Zane, thank you, again. If there's anything that I can do..."

"That won't be necessary." interrupted Zane

"Oh but to me it is. If anyone else saw this…" said Laviss as she waved the yellow envelope "then my life would be hell."

"I'm glad to see that I was helpful, but it's not necessary."

"Isn't there anything you want? A favor? Anything?" she asked

"Like I said, it's not necessary."

Laviss sighed in defeat "Alright… but my offer will stand anytime, until I've done something to repay your actions."

Zane stood in silence. The two were quiet for a few minutes before the older boy spoke again. "You said that I can have anything… right?"

She nodded "That's what I said."

The teal haired boy nodded "Alright… can I have your name?"

"HEY!! That's cheating!!" cried Laviss as she pointed to the boy

"No it's not." Zane said with a chuckled "Besides you did say anything."

"Well I didn't think that you would actually want something like that."

"A deal's a deal."

She sighed "My name is Laviss."

Zane smile "It's nice to meet you, Laviss."

"Like wise." She responded

"Well my business here is done… Laviss." Without another word he left the red head by herself.

Laviss, on the other hand, kept staring at the back side of Zane until he was out of her view. The girl knitted her brows inthought 'I wonder if he's…' she shook her head 'Nah he couldn't be.' With that she continued her way across the parking lot. There a black limo was parked and as soon as Laviss got in, the vehicle was gone.


"Once again I said NO!!"

"Please be reasonable about this."

"You knew about this… DIDN'T YOU!!"

"I promise you that if I did, I would've told you BEFORE you had taken your exams."

Laviss sighed and hit her forehead with her cell phone. After she had gotten in the limo, Laviss was taken to the hotel she was staying at until her flight to Duel Academy. Once she was in her room, Laviss received a call from a certain someone: Her Father.

"Please don't hit yourself with the phone dear."

Laviss eyed the silver colored phone "I don't even wanna know how you knew." she said. She knew the man was grinning for being right… again. "Besides… I refuse to… I don't even want to talk about it…. IT'S SICK!!"

"Well to tell you the truth, it is your fault-"

"MY FAULT!! HOW IS IT MY FAULT!!!? I'M NOT THE ONE WHO PICKED THE SCHOOL!! THAT WAS YOU!! NOT ME!! ALL I DID WAS AGREE TO GO!! SO DON'T TELL ME IT'S MY FAULT BECAUSE IT ISN'T!!"

"Don't scream… I can hear you loud and clear dear. Emphasis on the loud part." Laviss huffed before she felt a prick of guilt for her father. She began to calm down but that was before she heard her father again. "Oh… and it is your fault."

"AHH!!! I… YOU… GAH!! I can't even speak without you making fun of something."

"Dear, life is short. Living everyday like a stiff will turn you mad. Just look at Koi. He's living proof."

"Don't bring Koi-kun into this." scold Laviss "Besides… I think it's just you that makes everyone go mad. Especially with ME!!"

"Anyways, before anything else, do you have your test results?"

"Yes, I already had someone fax them over to you. And no I didn't look at them."

"Promise?"

"I promise." sighed Laviss

"Good girl now getting back on the previous issue."

Laviss groaned "Please I'm begging you."

"What's done is done. I can't do anything about it."

"Did you even try?"

"I did the best I could-"

"Well your best didn't cut it. I am gonna die!!" Laviss cried

"Don't be dramatic. It's just a skirt."

"Just a skirt! Don't talk like it's nothing!! Do you know how…Ugh I can't even imagine it. It's too…"

"It's clothes. Maybe they won't be that bad. Just go through with it… ok."

"But I can't!!" she whined "Can't I just-"

"Please!! Do it for me."

Laviss turned serious "I rather die."

"Come on, please." the red head said nothing to her father. "Please." he said once more

Sighing she replied "... A-Alright... but you so owe me big time."

"To have you in a skirt, I think its worth. I mean it's rare for you to be wearing one. Maybe I should stop by, sometime during the year, to see you."

"NO!! NO, NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!! It's bad enough that I have to hide my name because of you 'Dear Father'!!" Laviss said with disgust "But to have you there and see me in a skirt… I rather go jump off a high bridge, into a shark infested ocean, and have the sharks come eat me alive than to have you come over there and see me in a skirt."

"Jeez you make it sound like it's a bad thing for me to be in public with you."

'Maybe because it's true, even when we're at home you still embarrass me.' thought Laviss "Please its enough with me being in a skirt but don't come to the academy." she pleaded

"I don't know. I may have some business there dealing with the Chancellor." Laviss' father taunted "Who knows!! I sure as heck don't."

"You are so dead the next time I see you." Laviss said as she glared at the phone

"I love you too dear. I hope you take good care, bye." with that the other line went dead.

Laviss put her cell phone back in her pocket and fell backwards on the bed. As promised by her father she had a room but nothing too fancy. Just a bedroom, bathroom, and a small kitchen filled with food. It also had a balcony, outside the bedroom, with a great view of Domino City.

The room was quiet was she could hear the city seemingly going through its business. Laviss stood up and closed the doors that led in the noisy city. She soon stared out the window and from afar she could see the Kaiba Corporation logo in red and blue. Her eyes lowered as she closed the curtains that accompanied the doors.

"I really wish that everything will turn out for the best." said Laviss as she closed her eyes


Inside a small office, a man closed the top of his cell phone and placed it inside his prim coat. While the room was dark, the man's silhouette was only shown. Suddenly, right next to him, the fax machine started to print out couple of papers. After a minute or two it stopped. Reaching over, the man looked over the papers.

He smiled and placed the papers on the desk in front of him. Sitting on the chair that was near him, he turned towards the window which was the only source of light that was omitted.

"This is so like you Laviss, to not want any attention. It's a shame too, though…" the man paused "I wonder if Koi-kun will be disappointed by this." he smirked at the thought and reached in his pocket, taking out his cell phone once again.

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