A new story; I know. I love this plot bunny, and I'm already making the second chapter. What do you guys think? Hope you like!

Oh. Uh, disclaimer. Yeah, I DO NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. I do own this story's plot line, though. This is a blanket disclaimer for the whole story.

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It all began with a nice, sunny day. The sky was a brilliant blue, the sea was just the right temperature, the air was slightly cool, and there was a small breeze every few minutes. No Seven Star Assassins today, no family problems that had to be dealt with. Even the teachers realized it was such a nice day and didn't give any homework. After three defeated Shadow Riders, everyone was feeling happy. It was a perfect day, as if nothing could go wrong.

Then again, you guys know all about stories. If it's a perfect day or a miserable one, then something bad is going to happen. And that is the obligatory cliché for this chapter.

For the mysterious leader of the Seven Star Assassins was plotting something. Since you all know him as Kagemaru, that is what I'll call him from now on.

"First Darkness is defeated and they get Fubuki back… then Camula defeats two key holders, but is defeated by him… and Tania defeats another Key Holder but is defeated by him. I have lost three Assassins and gained three keys. But they were all defeated by the same person! How do I defeat Yuki Judai? Maybe there's something in these books? Ah, here's the one. The one that helped me make Tenjoin Fubuki into my Assassin." Taking out the old book and a journal written by Fujiwara, Kagemaru looked at the notes and the book.

"Hmm… according to Fujiwara in his studies of Darkness, he discovered that there are two sides to the average person. Both complete opposites." Kagemaru thought on the information he had gained on all of the key holders. Yuki Judai was known for being friendly, loving duels, being a good duelist with a carefree and amicable personality. In other words, he was probably the one teenager on the planet who had a perfectly wholesome or lovable personality. Charisma made him a leader and drew people in, while his kindness and fun loving personality drew them in.

If that is one side of Yuki Judai- and the other side has the opposite personality- then what are they like? Evil and cruel, self serving and serious. Ambitious, always perfect, and a conqueror. In other words, someone powerful and perfect for a Seven Star Assassin. With Judai's power, this person should be able to defeat all the other key holders.

A menacing smile came upon Kagemaru's lips. Thanks to Fujiwara and a book on how to do these things, he knew how to defeat all the Key Holders quickly. All their cries of defeat would soon come.

"Don Zaloog! I have a need for some of Yuki Judai's hairs for a spell. One that will help us greatly." Kagemaru had placed the call two days ago. And by mail, he had received them with all the other necessary ingredients for the spell.

Too bad Kagemaru was wrong about the personality of Haou. Not completely wrong, but just enough error to count.


It was a simple spell. With the power of Darkness from the abandoned dorm, it was easy. Besides, reversing it would be near impossible. A small, simple spell that would make the three sacred beasts come to his hands that much more easily. Kagemaru briefly wondered if there was some kind of catch, but doubted it. By the time it was completed, it would have been midnight at Duel Academy with everyone asleep.

Everyone was.

Now, you must be wondering multiple things. How does the spell work, what's Haou's part in it, and all of those things. I bet you have multiple theories and have already inserted them into the story. For now, I must ask you to just drink the story in. For all will either be revealed at the end of this chapter, or at the beginning of the next one. I hope. For stories always take their own courses, and the writer must just follow the story, writing it down.

Ah. Now where was I? Or where was I going? Oh, right, to the perfect day at Duel Academy. It was just about perfect. Manjoume managed to control his urges to hit Judai on the head with a text book, hit him, or abuse Judai in any way. Fubuki seemed to be recovering so much more, and Kaiser was *gasp* less stoic than usual. Misawa was having many mathematical breakthroughs, and Sho was winning a duel with confidence. Hayato was drawing a beautiful nature scene inspired by this beautiful day, and all in all, life was great. There was an egg bread special where everyone had one for lunch, and for dinner fried shrimp was wolfed down by the bottomless pit Judai. However, all of this is getting boring for me so I shall move on the plot.


After the group went their different ways, all the Reds went to their dorm. It was peaceful and not an insult came from Manjoume's mouth. Mr. Rogers could have sang about that day, and everyone was reveling in the afterglow. Then the Ojamas appeared to Manjoume.

"Boss, something's wrong. There's a weird feeling in the air." Green Ojama had spoken.

"We don't know what it is, but it can't be good." Black Ojama commented.

"Be careful tonight Manjoume, please?" Ojama Yellow finished.

"Alright, alright! I'll place you on each wall in my room so if something happens you can alert me, ok?" Manjoume said. They were bothering him, but maybe if he did as they asked they would be less bothersome and keep quiet all night.

"Alright! We'll tell you when something happens!" Ojama Yellow said before they all disappeared.

"Manjoume-san, what did the Ojamas say su?" Sho asked.

"They're being paranoid." Manjoume said.

"That's unusual." commented Judai. Right then, Hane Kuriboh started talking.

"What did Hane Kuriboh say?" Sho asked. It was annoying walking home with three people able to see duel spirits and not being able to see them yourself.

"The same thing as Manjoume's Ojamas." Judai replied.

"What has gotten all the duel spirits all worried?" Sho asked.

"I'm not sure." Judai said with a trace of worry on his face. "Anyway, let's head back to the dorm! We can always talk with Asuka and the others in the morning to see if anything happened."

They all nodded and agreed. After a conversation like that, you just cannot have silence without awkwardness, so the ran back. Wind tussled Judai's hair as he won. Second place went to Manjoume, third to Sho and Hayato who tied.

At midnight, the spell came to Judai in the form of a gust of harsh wind. As that gust happened, however, a dream came to him.


~Dream~

Asuka, Manjoume, Fubuki, and another dear friend were dead. All his fault. Because he was there. Because they were his friends. He couldn't protect them, got them targeted. Sho said he was evil. Other friends left him. Week. Pain. Release.

Blank card. Kill people to make it show. Powerful card. Used to conquer and enslave most of the world. Use evil to fight evil. Shocked faces, eyes. Person in robe, Sho. Watching. Evil Heroes. Fear. Pain. Duel disks in lava. Hall of mirrors. Not serious. They entered and saw. Didn't succeed. Not going to listen. Listened right when they died. Person- ex friend- ran like coward.

Conquer more. Coward challenged him. Red false eye and comet. Life points both zero. Red eye on chest, surprise. Evil defeated.

Guilty. Should have fought evil.

Wake up.

~End Dream~


The stress of the rapid-fire dream caused Judai to be startled awake. Of course, dear readers, if you've watched the part of the anime where Haou rises, you know that was not a dream. For a moment, a hole in reality opened up to allow Judai to remember forward. However, an unnatural dream or a forward memory is easy to dissipate and not be remembered. So Judai went to sleep again, dreaming normal dreams. As the normal dreams came and went, Judai forgot about the future and the dream or forward memory disappeared forever. The magical gust of wind was over now.

But the effects weren't. Now for me to switch to 1st person, thus annoying everyone (myself included) to give a fuller view of what happened the next morning.

I woke up. Wait a moment. I woke up? Shouldn't I be in the back of his mind, where I belong? Opening my eyes, a quick glance told me several things. One, the itchy feeling on my back was grass, not the poorness of the Slifer dorms. Two, I was outside near a cave with banana trees around. Three, my other self wasn't there.

Walking over to a small, crystal clear lake with enough fish to feed me for a month or so, I looked at my reflection. Yep, yellow eyes. Obviously. It was a waste of time to even look at my reflection. Although why I was in my school uniform when last time I was awake I was wearing my pajamas, I did not know. That was troubling. I was constantly observing the world around me, watching through his eyes. I noticed multiple things that he did not. Asuka could have come to see Manjoume that first night to warn him, but chose Judai instead. The egg bread was specially ordered and cooked as a reward to the key holders. Some people in the school weren't who they seemed. And something was off about the head of the red dorm.

These things do not matter. I merely wanted to provide you with a sense of things. The message you must get is this: I am observant. I would notice if I walk in my sleep, or moved. I'm always listening, feeling, smelling. Even when the body is asleep, this part of the mind is awake. So a lapse of attention is surprising.

Looking at the direction of the sun, I realized that it was time for Yuki Judai to go to class. Concentrating, I tried to summon the other side of my mind.

It wasn't there.