Hey everyone! I've been having the urge to write a Jaden as Yugi's adopted son Gx fic, and all the other ones I have seen are either incomplete, or Jaden has the Egyptian God cards, and I'm not the biggest fan of either of those, so I decided to try and write my own. For those of you that read my Kingdom Hearts fic "Rise of Darkness", I appreciate all of you guys, and I want you to know that I haven't abandoned it, I'm just having some writers block on how to advance to the larger plot points of that story. One of the biggest changes to this story, is when it takes place. It will take place closer in time to the events of 5D's, purely because of the deck that I will have my OC use. I also want to add Synchro monsters in Season two because I think that thy add another cool element to the game. I hope you all enjoy the journey with me!

"Hello" - Normal speech

Hello - Thoughts

"Hello" - Duel spirit speech

"Hello" - Announcement

Generation Next!

Yugi Muto, the King of Games, was in the middle of locking up his grandfather's game shop to head home for the night when he noticed the commotion of people running down the road. He was about to stop one of the people passing by to ask what was happening, but when he turned around, he quickly noticed the flames in the distance. He hastily finished locking the doors and turned to follow the crowds of people running towards the scene. Once he got near, he pushed his way through the mass of people, many moving out of his way once they realized who he was. He saw a rather large house, or what was left of it that is, burning to the ground. He stopped one of the firemen running around to ask him a question.

"What happened here?"

"Electrical fire sir, they never saw it coming" The fireman frowned as he told the news. Yugi looked over towards an ambulance and saw a young boy sitting on the back of it, an oxygen mask on his face, he had his arms clutched around his stomach.

"Who's the boy?" Another frown, clearly there would be no bright side to this.

"The only survivor, his parents were in the kitchen where the fire started"

"May I go speak with him?" The fireman nodded before walking away, returning to trying to put out the fire.

Yugi turned towards the ambulance, approaching slowly. As he neared the boy, he could faintly make out a ghostly form sitting beside him with its arms wrapped around him. The spirit was certainly one he had never seen before, it had demonic wings as well as two different shades of hair, purple hair on one side, and the other was a metallic grey. As he drew closer still, the spirit turned to look at him, its eyes practically boring into his soul, one of which was green, the other an orange color, and a third eye in the center of its head. The boy was lost in his own little world, tears running down his face as he sobbed silently. Yugi kneeled down in front of the young boy, and noticed that in his arms, he was clutching a notebook to his chest.

"I couldn't help but notice your friend here, what's its name?" Yugi motioned his head towards the spirit, and the boy looked up at him, shocked.

"H-Her name is Y-Yubel, she's my best friend" Yugi smiled sadly at the boy

"And what is your name?"

"J-Judai Yuki"

"Well Judai, it's nice to meet you, my name is Yugi Muto, I'm so sorry about what happened" Judai's eyes widened as he recognized the King of Games.

"You seem attached to this notebook here, what is it?" He watched as Judai's eyes brightened a little.

"Um, I love Duel Monsters, the elemental Heroes are my favorite! I drew some cards that I think would be awesome with them!"

"Oh, may I see them?" Judai nodded excitedly as he handed Yugi the notebook. The King of Games wanted to see his cards! Yugi smiled as he looked at the creative card ideas, truly wonderful the mind of a child is.

"Judai, I'll be right back okay?" Judai nodded at Yugi as he handed him back the notebook before walking over to a police officer nearby.

"Excuse me sir, what will happen to the boy?"

"It appears that he doesn't have any other family, sadly he is going to have to be put in the orphanage" An idea slowly formed in his head, him and his wife had been wanting a child for a few years now, but they had been unsuccessful, and Kaiba had a six year old daughter, so Judai would have a friend to play with as well. He pulled out his phone to make a call, his wife picked up quickly.

Soon after, Judai looked up as Yugi approached him again, a new lady joining him now, and they both kneeled before him.

"Judai, this is my wife, Tea, we would like to be your new parents, is that alright with you?" Judai nodded with tears still in his eyes. Yugi smiled at him softly and went to talk to the officer again as Tea stayed with Judai, he immediately wrapped his arms around her waist when she sat beside him, clutching her tightly as he continued to sob.

NINE YEARS LATER

"Ugh, I lost again! Let's go again Sierra" Sierra Kaiba laughed at Judai from across the table as he wanted another rematch. Sierra was the daughter of Seto Kaiba, and Judai's other best friend aside from Yubel. Sierra was a gorgeous girl, standing a little taller than Judai, and she had inherited her father's brown hair, which flowed down to her mid back, along with his metallic blue eyes.

"Judai, we've been dueling all day, you're ready for the entrance exams tomorrow"

"How do you know? I haven't beaten you once tonight!"

"Judai, our games have been incredibly close. You haven't used this version of your Hero deck in forever, and you'll continue to get better with them the more you use them. You're more than ready for tomorrow" Judai sighed as he nodded in acceptance.

"I guess you're right, and I still have a major winning record against you with my Neo Spacians." Judai grinned widely at that while she just rolled her eyes. No matter how good of a start Sierra got with her dragons, Judai almost always beat her. She wouldn't tell Judai this, but she kind of enjoyed beating him, it was kind of like revenge, but she knew it wouldn't last.

"Why aren't you going to use them anyway?" She had been wondering this ever since Judai texted her this morning asking her to help him practice with this deck.

"Well, I have the only copy of them since Dad asked Pegasus to make them from my notebook. It's hard enough trying to hide that I'm the adopted son of the King of Games, this will just add more suspicion to me. I'll probably decide to pull them out next year, I think they are going to be released to the public soon, along with those new monsters that are being released. Hopefully my Heroes still do well against those kitchen sink monsters or whatever" Sierra burst out laughing when Judai said that, always the comedian, she knew what he was talking about though.

"Synchro monsters Judai, and I think you'll be okay, especially since we will be in school so not a lot of people will know how to use them. But just a warning, Pegasus showed some new dragons to dad, and I definitely plan on putting some of them in my deck." It was Judai's turn to roll his eyes, Sierra loved powerful dragons just as much as her father, maybe more so. He decided to get back on topic.

"You promise to help me study, right?" Judai had never been a good test taker. He always got test anxiety and had trouble sleeping the night before, sometimes it gets so bad that it makes him sick.

"Of course I will Judai, I'll make sure you're more than ready for all of the written exams. And we both know that you'll probably get some of the best grades on the duel puzzles. I still think it's funny how you have trouble with written exams, considering they tell us exactly what to study, but you always solve the duel puzzles without a doubt in your mind."

Ah, the duel puzzles, Judai enjoyed them almost as much as the duel exams themselves. The monthly exams at Duel Academy were split in three segments, the written exam, the duel puzzles, and the practical exam. The written and practical exams were self-explanatory, but the duel puzzles were something that a lot of people got tripped up on. Each student was given a scenario where their opponent had cards on the field, and the student had to use the cards in their hand and on their side of the field in order to defeat the computer in one turn. Judai was almost always able to find the correct solution in less than a minute.

"Thanks Sierra, you're the best!"

"And don't you forget it Judai. By the way, how do you plan on hiding your identity from people? Won't your last name give it away?" The voice that answered her wasn't Judai's though, it was her father's. They both turned around to face him when he spoke.

"His paperwork says Jaden Yuki, the same name he uses when he enters tournaments, so no one will know who he is. Dinner is almost done Judai, you're more than welcome to stay." Judai smiled when he heard that, he loved food, he could keep eating and eating until he got sick.

"I would like that, thank you Mister Kaiba" A faint smile crossed Seto's lips. He had a huge soft spot for children, especially his own. And although Judai wasn't his son, he sure felt like he was with how close him and Sierra were.

LATER THAT NIGHT

Judai was sitting in his room, making last minute adjustments to his deck for the entrance exams tomorrow. He knew that Sierra thought he was ready, but he had his own doubts, with his score on the written exam, he would barely get in, he needed to make sure that he would do well on his entrance duel. He jerked slightly when his father suddenly put his hand on his shoulder.

"Making sure you're ready I see" Yugi smiled as Judai looked up at him.

"Yea, Sierra thinks that my deck is fine, but I can't help but feel like it's still missing something"

"Now that I look at it, I agree, and I think I have just the thing" Yugi reached into his deck case on his hip and pulled out a card and presented it to Judai.

"You mean it dad? I can have it?"

"Of course, it would be a great addition to your deck, and this way you know that your mother and I will always be with you" Judai smiled and took the card before standing and giving his father a hug.

"Thanks dad, I'll make you proud" Judai put the Winged Kuriboh into his deck and put it away in his deck case.

"You already have son, now get some sleep, you don't want to be late tomorrow" Yugi walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.

THE NEXT DAY

"Excuse me, coming through!" Judai was currently running through Domino City, he slept through his alarm, again, and if he didn't hurry, he would be late for his entrance exams!

"I told you to set more than one alarm Judai" Yubel snickered as she floated beside him, and Winged Kuriboh cooed in agreement.

"I know, I know, do you have to make fun of me for it though?"

"But it's fun Judai" Judai sighed as he kept running towards the Kaiba Dome.

Inside, there were tons of applicants, most of which had already taken their entrance exams, and were just interested in watching the rest of the duels. Judai walked up beside a short bluenette and watched one of the duels going on. He looked on as the applicant used his ring of destruction to destroy his Vorse Raider and Win the duel.

"Wow, that guy is pretty good" the bluenette flinched in surprise before turning to Judai.

"Yea, his name is Bastion Misawa, word is he got the second highest grade on the written exam out of all of us applicants"

"Wow, that's impressive, I barely passed"

"Me too, I'm Syrus by the way. To be honest I don't know how I won my match."

"So, you're in, congratulations! I'll be in too as soon as I win my duel!"

"Wait, you haven't dueled yet? That was supposed to be the last duel" Syrus' eyes widened behind his glasses as he heard Judai say this. Both Judai and Syrus turned as they heard a voice behind them.

"I see you finally decided to show up, did you sleep through your alarm again Ju-Jaden?" Sierra walked up to Judai and Syrus. Judai wasn't even in the Academy yet and she almost blew his cover. Judai chuckled as he gave her a quick hug.

"Yeah, but I made it! Hey Syrus, this is my best friend Sierra Kaiba" Syrus was starstruck, everyone knew who the daughter of Seto Kaiba was, and Jaden was friends with her! He couldn't help but ogle at her before she snapped him back to reality.

"Hello Syrus, it's nice to meet you"

"Yeah uh, I… You… Meet nice" Sierra giggled at him and leaned over to whisper in Judai's ear.

"He's so adorable" Judai chuckled as Sierra smiled warmly at Syrus and the three of them turned back towards the duel fields.

ELSEWHERE

"Looks like we have a pretty good crop of students this year" One of the proctors stated matter of factly as the entrance exams were finishing. A man in a suit that was in charge of registration approached an overly flamboyant man.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but one last applicant has showed up to take up his exam Mister Crowler"

"Did you just call me Mister?"

"Oh sorry, I'm new here Missus-"

"I have a PHD in dueling, I've earned the title Doctor, thank you. Now tell the truant that he'll have to come back next year" One of the proctors spoke up

"Oh, come on Doctor Crowler, we have time for one more, he was just a little late, let's give this duelist his shot"

"Late is rude! I have no time for slackers!" Crowler's phone started ringing at that exact moment.

"Hello, and who may I ask is-"

"It's Sheppard"

"Oh, Chancellor Sheppard"

"Just calling to make sure everything is running smoothly Crowler, we don't want a repeat of what happened last year. When you cut a third of our students for some ridiculous reason! What was it? Calling you Mister or Missus- whatever. Just make sure everyone gets their fair shot!"

"Absolutely!" Furry chinned windbag… Doesn't he realize that there's enough talentless flunkies at this academy? But he's the boss, if he wants me to give this slacker a duel, fine.

"Pardon me gentleman, I'll be right back"

"But uh, who's going to be the boy's dueling proctor, and which exam deck shall we use?"

"Oh, leave that to me" Crowler walked away, making his way down to the exam field.

BACK WITH JUDAI

"Tight duel Bastion" Bastion turned around startled as he heard an unknown voce behind him.

"Thank you"

"From the looks of it, you might even be the third best duelist among us applicants" Bastion was shocked at these words, he got the second highest score on the exams, second to Kaiba's daughter herself, surely this boy was mistaken. When he turned around however, he was surprised to see Sierra Kaiba herself smiling beside this boy.

"Jaden Yuki please proceed to exam field 4" Everyone turned in shock towards the exam field as the voice came over the loudspeaker, the duels were all supposed to be over.

"Go time! Wish me luck guys!" Judai stepped past everyone and started sprinting down towards the duel field. Bastion turned towards Syrus and Sierra still in confusion.

"Wait, if I'm the third best duelist, then who's the second?" He looked at Sierra, surely, the daughter of Seto Kaiba was the best duelist out of all the freshmen.

"I'm the second" Sierra smirked as she told Bastion this.

"You're the second best? Then who's first?" Sierra Giggled and turned her attention towards the duel field.

DOWN AT THE DUEL FIELD

Judai smiled as the platform to the duel field rose. It had been a while since he played in a tournament and got to play on the big stage. He reveled in the excitement of dueling in front of a crowd. He turned around and saw a cross dressing idiot in front of him with two academy girls outfitting him with a dueling vest.

"Alright, test time! So, son, your name?" Judai recovered from his shock and snapped to attention

"Oh uh, Jaden Yuki"

"So uh Jaden Yuki, I'm Doctor Vellian Crowler, Department chair of techniques here at Duel Academy" Judai had to fight the urge to roll his eyes when he heard this.

"Wow, a Department Chair, I had no idea. From how you were dressed, I thought you were some kind of weird academy mascot" Around the arena, students were starting to mutter, some in agreement and others in frustration that this late wannabe was insulting Doctor Crowler.

"Duel vest on!" Crowler pushed a button in the center of his duel vest, and his starting cards deposited into his hand.

"Hey, that's pretty sweet teach! How do I get one of those cool blue duel blazers?"

"Oh, a lot of hard work and extremely high marks" Of course you first have to get into duel academy, and I intend to make certain that won't be happening.

"Well, I'm ready, so let's duel! Get your game on teach" Crowler smiled warmly, but he was fuming on the inside. Who did this insolent brat think he was?

"Alright mister Yuki, I'll go first" And since I'm using my own personal deck, rather than one of those test ones, I'll be calling all the shots. I'll fail that insolent brat and send him home in no time.

"I draw!"

(Crowler Hand: 6, LP: 4000)

"I'll set two cards facedown, and then I'll activate the spell card, Heavy Storm. This card destroys every other spell and trap card that's on the field!"

Oh no, that can't be good. Two token monsters arose onto the field, and many of the students around the arena began to think the same thing. Syrus was currently wondering why Crowler would deliberately destroy his own cards.

"Uh, can somebody tell me what's going on" Bastion was quick to respond. Sierra wasn't paying attention to their talking, she was suspicious as to why Doctor Crowler chose to duel Judai, although she knew that he would have no trouble dealing with him, especially since she would recognize that smirk on Judai's face anywhere.

"The two trap cards that Doctor 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 Storm." Over in another area of the arena, a group of boys that had already been admitted into Obelisk Blue were discussing Doctor Crowler's move as well.

"A card that strong couldn't be in one of the test decks, Crowler must be using his own"

"Then this is over, no applicant can defeat the deck of an expert like Doctor Crowler"

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

"Yeah, what do you think Chazz?" The raven-haired boy that was sitting between the two, clearly the leader of the group, finally decided to speak up.

"I think I'm gonna enjoy watching Crowler mop the floor with our mouthy little friend down there. I only wish he treated all the other second-rate duelists that applied at the academy the same way." Up in the top of the arena, a blonde girl was leaning over the railing watching the duel beside a boy with dark blue hair.

"What an elitist snob, bullying an amateur with his very best cards"

"You're too soft Alexis. I just hope we get to see that legendary rare monster that Crowler has stashed away in that deck of his" Back in the duel field, Crowler was preparing to continue his move.

"Ready for your next lesson?" Judai was beginning to feel that excitement again in his stomach. He was worried originally, but now that he took a better look at his hand, he was pretty sure he had this guy beat.

"You bet! I can't remember the last time learning was this much fun!"

"Yes, well I'm quite an excellent teacher, thank you. Now I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon, Ancient Gear Golem (3000/3000)!" Back at the top of the arena, Alexis was watching on in shock, while the other boy was anticipating how the duel would go.

"There it is, the legendary rare card"

"And I'd say we're about to find out what makes it so legendary" In the arena, Judai was surprised that Doctor Crowler had this card. He knew that it was incredibly rare, but this definitely wouldn't be the first time he took one down.

"Now now, I hope you're not too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Golem"

"Ah no way, it's been a while since I had to take one down!" The boy at the top of the arena was impressed, he hadn't expected an applicant to face this legendary monster without fear.

"He's staring down that legendary rare monster like he doesn't have a care in the world. I guess the youth and inexperienced have their benefits after all, huh Alexis?"

"Come on, give it a rest Zane, at least the kid's showing some backbone"

"There won't be much of it to show after this"

"Alright, and with that, I end my turn. Don't feel bad if you can't beat my monster, this is the top dueling school in the country. Some people simply aren't cut… out…" Crowler stopped talking when he could hear Judai laughing on the other side of the field.

"Boy I really wanna come to this school now, you really know your stuff teach!" At this point, Crowler was fuming.

Can't he take a hint? He will not be allowed to pass this exam, and he certainly won't be permitted to make a mockery of MY DECK!

"Alright teach, my turn, and it's gonna be a good one! Draw!"

(Jaden Hand: 6, LP: 4000)

No facedowns to protect himself, this duel is over. Crowler rolled his eyes as the drop out boy started to make his pathetic move.

"First, I'm going to play the spell card, Polymerization! With this card, I fuse together Elemental Heroes Avian and Necroshade in my hand in order to summon, Elemental Hero Great Tornado (2800/2200)!"

"Come now boy, surely you noticed that your monster has less attack points than my Golem"

"Yeah, but Great Tornado has a special ability teach. When he's summoned, all face up monsters on your side of the field get their attack and defense points cut in half" Crowler's eyes went wide when he heard this.

(Ancient Gear Golem 1500/1500)

"But that's not all teach, since Great Tornado was a fusion summon, I still have my normal summon this turn, and since Elemental Hero Necroshade if in my graveyard, I'm allowed to summon Elemental Hero Bladedge (2600/1800) without a sacrifice" Crowler was freaking out now, this dropout boy got a lucky hand, and was going to wipe out most of his lifepoints on his first turn!

"Alright, now I'm going to attack your Golem with Great Tornado, then Bladedge is going to attack you directly!" Inside, Crowler was freaking out, but surprisingly he was able to maintain a calm exterior.

(Crowler LP: 100)

"Alright young scholar, I don't mean to rush you, but I am a busy man. Are you done yet?" Judai smirked as he grabbed one more card from his hand.

"Of course I'm not done yet! I activate my quick play spell De-Fusion to split Great Tornado back into Avian and Necroshade! Then they're going to attack you directly!" Crowler shrieked as his lifepoints dropped to 0.

"And that's game teach!" Judai smiled happily, he was going to Duel Academy!

Crowler was fuming as he looked at the brat before him. How could I lose to a dropout boy like him?

All around the arena, the onlookers were surprised as well. Up in the stands, Chazz was shocked that Doctor Crowler lost.

"I can't believe it… Doctor Crowler lost to a slacker like him?"

At the top of the arena, Alexis was looking on in satisfaction.

"That kid's pretty interesting, huh?" She turned to Zane, only to be surprised as he turned and walked away without saying a word. His little brother Syrus however, was ecstatic that Jaden won.

"Yay! Way to go Jaden!" Beside him, Sierra was smiling to herself and bastion was pleased at the victory and thinking to himself. I could use some competition around here.

Down in the arena, Judai was celebrating his victory when he pulled out his Winged Kuriboh card.

"We did it buddy, now let's make dad proud" He smiled when he saw Winged Kuriboh wink at him and coo happily in agreement.

Alright everyone, that was chapter 1, I hope you enjoyed it! So as it's mentioned, Sierra will use a Dragon deck like her father, but you probably won't see it until closer to the school duel. Spoiler alert, she's going to face Jaden to see who will face Chazz in the school duel, but it will be more of a tournament style to choose the school's representative. So round 1 will be Jaden vs Bastion, and then Sierra vs someone else, I haven't decided who yet. An obvious choice would be Alexis, but I want you guys to let me know who you would like it to be. I already have the Jaden vs Sierra duel all set, and I'm super excited for it. If you know any popular dragon decks from around that time, you might know what kind of deck Sierra is going to use, if you think you know what it is, let me know. Aside from that, let me know your thoughts on this chapter, I would greatly appreciate it, Mainwolf out!