A/N: I do not own Yugioh GX but I do own Makki Ishtar, and J owns Jade and Saphira. This story is linked to Finding Destiny and Causing Confusion. This, I guess you can call it, is the future part of the three stories.

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Makki stood in the exam room with the rest of the students as the examinees were being tested to see if they would make it into the school. It had been a year since Jaden had come, and did he sweep the school. The young Ishtar smiled over at her friend Alexis, a girl from Obelisk Blue. She had become friends with a large majority of the Obelisk students. Originally, she was meant to be placed there, that is where Seto Kaiba wanted her, but she remain true to the God Ra, and requested to be in Ra Yellow. The other Obelisks didn't understand why she didn't want to be in their dorm, but when she explained, they just shrugged and said it was all right. She glanced down as Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion were sitting in the level below them. She admired Basion. He was intellectual and very calm most of the time. Makki had singled out the characteristics of each dorm. Obelisk Blue had the most talented and serious duelists. Ra Yellow had very good duelists. And Osiris Red had the comical duelists. She giggled slightly as Chazz, a very serious and uptight Obelisk Blue started commeting about Jaden's behavior.

"Hey Zane," smiled Alexis as Makki glanced over her should to watch the guy walk up beside them.

"Alexis, Makki."

Makki smiled as a greeting as she turned her attention back to the examinees. "So which ones do you think will make it?" She reached her hand up to brush away some blonde locks of hair. Her yellow jacket matched her eyes almost perfectly and because of that, her violet eyes really stood up. She had meet Alexis and became quick friends with her. Through her she had meet Zane, Chazz, and a few other Obelisk Blues and all went smoothly. She knew few Ra Yellows, and Jaden and Syrus from Osiris Red. She always got odd looks from talking to the two, but she didn't care. Alexis understood her a lot better than some of the other girls, so they became best friends fast.

"Doesn't matter which ones make it…" answered Zane as Makki glanced back at him.

"Yeah, because you'll beat them anyway," said Makki as her and Alexis laughed softly as Zane somewhat smirked. She never had seen the guy smile. She came late in the last semester. Isis kept getting aggravated with her always hanging around the museum with nothing to do. So she contacted Seto and asked if there was anyway that she could have been enrolled in the school. Kaiba was there for her written exam and tested her himself for the duel. Of course she lost, but Kaiba saw that she was good enough and sent her on a private jet to the school. She loved it on the island. The classes were very interesting, but sometimes dull, and she had a lot of friends to hang out with.

"Hey, look at that girl," said Alexis while pointing down to a girl with dark green hair. "She seems to be struggling a bit but I think she might pull through…"

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Jade growled as her life points went down to 200. She growled and drew a card as she did...she chuckled evilly her hazel eyes shining..

"I tribute summon my dragon dwelling in the cave and my silver fang to summon Wingweaver. Now Wingweaver attack his mirage dragon and bring me victory!"

The person giving her the test growled as his LP went to 0

"I win." She said smirking and crossing her arms she stepped off of the dueling field and then instructor said that she would go to Slifer Red. She growled...she didn't want to be in Slifer Red but she had no choice...Dr. Crowler had tried to help her to get into Obelisk Blue...he said that she had great potential and didn't belong with the Slifer slackers...

"You wait till my cousin hears about this then he'll make sure I'm put into obelisk blue!" She yelled turning away and going up into the stands.

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They watched the scene in silence, a few heads turning as the angry examinee stalked away from her opponent. "She seems like a snob." Commented Alexis, their heads turning and following the girl.

"She sounds like Kaiba when he always got angry back before when Battle City happened years ago."

"You know Seto Kaiba?" asked Alexis while looking towards her.

"Yeah, he knows my sister, Isis Ishtar. Although he doesn't like my brother much," she said while laughing softly, "But indeed, we have all had our memories together."

"Must be nice to have such powerful connections."

"Somewhat. I know Seto, Yugi, and all the rest of the gang. It has its perks," she said while shrugging, "Not to mention all the skills I learn while doing so," she said while grinning.

"I still don't understand why you just don't accept that you should be in the Obelisk dorm," said Zane while turning to look at her. "You are a great duelist here at the academy, one of the best I would say."

Makki caught his gaze and blushed a bit. "It has more to deal with my heritage and family background. You know that I'm different from everyone else here and that I came from Egypt," she turned her head slightly while the rest of her still faced him and Alexis. "Back when the God cards were still around, my brother, Malik, was the one that possessed the Winged Dragon of Ra. Yugi had Slifer the Sky Dragon, and Seto had Obelisk the tormentor. Ra was my brother's most favorite and powerful card. But his dark side destroyed parts of my brother that he revived when Yugi won battle city. Ra has always been the light in my brother's darkness. So it has sentimental value to me as well." She turned to look back at her friends and offered them a weak smile. "But you know that I care about you guys. If Ra Yellow didn't mean that much to me, I would be in Obelisk Blue in a heart beat!" They shared her enthusiasm and smiled. Makki blushed vaguely, Zane had smiled. They turned their attention back as some noise started to rise below them.

"Chazz?" questioned Alexis while watching.

"Looks like he admires the examinee's attitude she displayed after her match," answered Zane as the two below were barely conversing.

"We better be going then. The examinations are over and we have to head back to our dorms before the new students can get settled," said Alexis while looking down at her watch.

Zane and Alexis left Makki as she traveled down the stairs onto the level below.

"Hello Makki," greeted Basion as he smiled a bit.

"Makki!" yelled Syrus as he ran over to her and hugged her.

"Hey guys," she answered while smiling, "Jaden." He gave her a slight salute with his two fingers like he does after every one of his duels. "Looks like you guys have a lovely addition to Slifer Red."

"Yeah, the way she duels is very interesting," said Jaden.

Makki returned the hug to Syrus and kissed the top of his head. She adored the little guy, not to mention he is Zane's younger brother. The two reminded her of Seto and Mokuba backwards. They didn't have a very loving relationship. "Alexis mentioned about heading back to the dorms," she said while looking at Bastion.

"Ah, yes. Best we be off then." He said as he held out his arm for her. She laughed as she linked her arm through his. He was like another brother to her, really the only Ra Yellow friend she had made. "See you around," he said calling back to Jaden and Syrus.

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Jade's scowl seemed to disappear when Chazz started talking to her she smiled at him and put her deck back in its special box that hung around her neck.

"...I guess what Crowler said was right...you do have great potential...I'm Chazz Princeton by the way..."

Jade smiled "And I'm Jade Izumaki..." Chazz gulped a bit...even though she was part of Slifer Red...he didn't even insult her...his who cronies (who I don't know their names ) jaws were dropped.

"So...about what you said earlier about your cousin getting you into Obelisk Blue...how does your cousin have connections? Was he one of the top students here?" He said leaning on the wall of the stands looking at her...Jade chuckled and shook her head.

"No...My cousin is the guy who built this place." She said chuckling. Chazz's two cronies fell backwards anime style.

"You mean to tell us that your related to Seto Kaiba!" said the crony with bluish hair and a southern accent.

Jade nodded "Well...he's my cousin - in - law...my cousin Saphira Kinomoto is married to him..." she said smiling.

Chazz smirked. "Well...I do hope you do get into Obelisk Blue...with a cousin like that you'll get in…if ya don't I have my connections and I could help ya get in." He said crossing his arms...Jade nodded "Thanks Chazz...well I better be getting back to my stupid dorm..." She sighed. "Cya in class Chazz!" She then started to walk in the other direction...

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After the ceremony dinner, Makki told Bastion that she was going over to see Alexis and left for the Obelisk dorm rooms. She stopped on her way to see Jaden and Syrus. She spent about ten minutes visiting them before she set off to see Alexis.

"Makki, what're you doing over here at this time of night?"

She turned and blushed slightly as Zane walked over to her. "I'm over here to see Alexis. I'm only a bit late because I stopped to see Jaden and Syrus on my way." She offered him a slight smile.

"Well come on then, I'll take you to the girl's dormitory."

They walked in silence as they headed towards the huge building. The grass crunched under their footsteps, the warm air swirling around them. The girl shifted her gaze downwards as Zane always kept his head up and looking straight ahead. "So, about the dance next Saturday night, are you going?" The Dueling Academy was by far, the coolest school Makki ever went to.

"Yes, I am."

"Do you, erm, are you going with anyone?"

"No. I never go to the dance with a partner. So many people wish to attend it with me that it becomes a problem."

"Oh," she laughed slightly while glancing up at him relived that it wasn't her that was the reason he said no. "Must be hard to be popular…"

"You tell me."

She blinked and blushed slightly. "I'm not that popular, just known."

"I have a favor to ask of you."

"Yes?"

"I know you are very good at English, I wanted to know if you can help me. As you know, we are doing poetry in Ayukawa Emi's class and I don't quite understand it."

Makki blinked looking up at him, something Zane needed help with…is poetry? "Um, sure, here." She gave him a folded piece of paper. "Read this and write me a description on what you think it is about."

Zane took the paper and held it in his hands. "Alright, Makki-sensei," he said while chuckling softly as she blushed. They had reached the girl's dorm rooms. "Thanks, I'll get the paper to you tomorrow." He turned and walked away as she went inside. He opened the paper and read the poem inside:

When lost in the darkness

Your light guided my way

When I was sad and lonely

By my side is where you stayed

Against the cool Egyptian nights

Your presence kept me warm

To protect me with your life

Is a pledge you faithfully sworn

But over my foolish actions

You paid with your presious life

Sitting in the Temple of Osiris

I weep over my sicken strife

Into the West you have gone

Your Ka remains by my side

The most powerful of partners

That no enemy can divide

He stared at the paper as he looked back at Makki smiling with Alexis. What did it mean?

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Mean while, Jade was sitting on the ground looking out over the ocean…she sighed and looked up into the sky she smiled when Chazz' face popped back into her head.

"Oh Chazz...if only you knew how much I love you..."

She said closing her eyes...she then stood up and stretched out her arms "Well...maybe tomorrow I could ask him if he's going to the dance next Saturday and I'll ask him if he'll like to go with me..." She said to herself as she walked back into her room...her two roommates were asleep.

She got dressed and crawled into bed and looked at the full moon outside. "Sweet dreams Chazz..." She whispered as she slowly closed her eyes and fell into a restless sleep.

Her dreams were full of her and Chazz being together she smiled the whole entire night.

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Makki awoke early the next morning when the sun peeked through the window of her dorm room. She sat up rubbing her eyes slightly as she blinked over and saw Bastion sitting on his bed while writing in a notebook. "Morning…" she said sleepily while yawning a bit.

"Good morning. It seemed like you stayed out late last night. You didn't walk through the door until well after two in the morning…"

She laughed slightly while running her hand through her hair. "Yeah, the girls and I were up talking late." She watched as he wrote in his notebook. "I'm going to go take a shower before classes begin to start…" she said as she got up and pulled a few articles of clothing out of her dresser.

"Alright," he said without lifting his eyes from the book. She laughed slightly while she passed by him and into the bathroom. She shut it and climbed into the shower and started the water up. She sighed contently as the steaming hot water ran down over her body. "Makki, I have something to ask you…" she heard Bastion's voice through the closed door.

"Yeah?"

"The dance coming up on Saturday, the word going around this morning is that it is being held in the main hall and it is going to be a costume party. I wanted to know if you were going with anyone."

A slight smile crossed her lips as she began to shampoo her hair. "No one has asked me, so far I have no partner."

"I was wondering if you would like to attend it with me, I have no partner either."

"Sure," she answered as she finished up in the bathroom and got ready for class. She stepped out of the bathroom; Bastion had left the room far before she was done. She tugged a bit at her yellow uniform skirt while applying eye liner along her eyes. She smiled to herself as she grabbed her things and left the dorm. She arrived a few minutes after the bell had rang with Jaden and Syrus, who are always late.

The class turned their attention towards the late comers and a hush of giggles erupted from the other girls. Makki knew that it looked awkward to appear with two boys late to class. She just flashed them a smile and looked down at the teacher. "Gomen ne, Dr. Crolwer. I was late getting out of breakfast this morning while finishing my makeup and saw these two on the way so I walked with them here," she lied flatly but everyone else seem to have bought it. Crowler mumbled some things to himself and ordered the three to take their seats. Makki took her seat beside Bastion and Kohara along with Kagurazaka which was a level below the Obelisk Blue students. Chazz, Zane, Alexis, Junko, Monoe, and Mokeo were sitting there. Below them sat a series of Slifer Red students, Jaden, Syrus, Hayato, Chick, and a few other students that Makki didn't know, one of them being the new girl in school. She noticed that throughout the class period that she would look up towards the Obelisk Blue section.

After class, she noticed the girl was talking to Chazz just a few feet away from her. Zane walked over towards her and frowned slightly. "I didn't understand the poem you gave me last night…"

She looked up at him and smiled sympathetically. "I'm sorry…do you just want to meet for lunch and maybe I can help you with it then," she asked.

"Sure, lunch sounds good to me…oh…and for helping me, I got something for you. Teachers get paid for their services, why not tutors as well?" He pulled a chain with a pendant dangling from it out of his pocket and placed it around her neck. "I know how you women like jewelry," he said while laughing softly.

"Thanks Zane…" she said almost at a loss for words as she blushed slightly. "You didn't have to, I would have helped you for free, but thanks."

"No problem. Meet me at the cafeteria for lunch," he said as he began to walk off.

Bastion walked up from behind Makki. "Ready to go to our next class?" he asked while looking down at her. Their next class was in PE with a few Slifers. "That is a nice addition to your wardrobe." He said commenting to the necklace.

"Yeah yeah…" she said while linking her arm into his. "Let's just get this class over with…" she said as they started walking away from Chazz and the mysterious girl.

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