Authors note: first off this takes place 60 years in the future. So this isn't a character fan write, all new characters with reference to the old ones. AS IT STANDS. NO YU-GI-OH CHARACTERS WILL MAKE AN APEARENCE. Note I'll try to keep 'new cards' to a minimal but it's going to be unavoidable, especially later in this fan fic. Well enjoy!

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Just off of the south pacific an ocean liner was making way to its destination, the sky was blue, the gentle sound of the waves peaceful, it was all so… so…. "BOOORRRING!!!" shouted a spiky haired teenager. The guy looking out at the ocean next to him, a tall, skinny dude with brown curly hair sighed and turned to meet the green, slightly reptilian eyes of this disturber of his peace.

"You don't have any appreciation for nature, don't you?" he asked with a smile.

"I have appreciation for nature," his friend said in mock defense. "It's just that when you said we where going to Duel Academy I figured we would actually duel someone!"

"Colton we haven't been on this trip for five minuets and you already want to slaughter someone?"

"It's better than raping your deck again, Ty"

"That's fair" Tyler replied hesitantly, now rummaging in his backpack, he pulled a little notebook and flipped thought it until he found a marked chart. "Let's see…" he quickly examined the chart, "between the three of us in this month, you and I have dueled 634 times with…

"78 wins for you and 556 wins for me" Colton stated proudly.

"…and considering how many wins you scored agaist Justin its nAUUGGG!" at that moment someone popped up behind Tyler, grabbed by the scruff of the neck and jabbed his thumb into his spine, making him cry out in pain.

"Resistance is futile…" his attacker laughed.

"…I rise again," finished Tyler, with almost automatic reflexes he pulled himself out of the hold and twisted to the left to avoid the punch Colton had aimed at him in his detracted state. "You need a psychiatrist Justin. You almost made me drop our dueling records in the ocean!"

Tyler's attacker, a well toned boy about his age with spiky blond hair that would put a Dragon Ball Z character's to shame, just kept on laughing despite the unintended punch to his midsection. After he finished "why do you even keep those records, Tyler?"

"Hey this book is the reason we're going to Duel Academy!" shouted Tyler.

"After Artemis Pegasus saw how obsessed we where with her father's game, she figured we be happy at Duel Academy," Colton explained leaning on the rail again.

"Happy don't even cover it!" Justin suddenly said smiling. "You should see those new KC desktop duel platforms they have; they're top of the line stuff"

"then you'll love those new duel disks" said Colton with a mischievous grin.

"I heard only obelisk blue gets the new models" Tyler said.

"I don't care, I'll obliterate them!" came the retort.

"If you want, we can see them right now" suggested Justin. "Some of them are dueling in the main arena right now"

Colton looked at Justin for a minute with wide eyes, and took off to see for himself in two seconds flat.

"Does Colton even know where the arena is?" Tyler inquired.

"I don't even know where it is" Justin responded. "wan'a follow him?"

"Who else can make sure he doesn't kill anyone?" turning on his heel Tyler left to find Colton.

Justin was just about to follow him when something caught his eye, there, standing on top of the water in the distance like the great Jesus himself was a bulging man dressed in yellow robes with orange chest armor, in Justin's eyes he seamed like a pumped up dark magician, except the clothes and the golden spiky hair that fell form the back of his head to his knees, the blood red eyes helped to.

"I'm waiting for you," it said. Then suddenly disappeared, Justin just stared at the spot for a minute, like he was expecting it to come back.

"Move it or lose it, Justin!" Tyler shouted. Snapping out of it, Justin jogged to catch up with his friends, quietly wondering if he should follow Tyler's advice and see a psychiatrist.

NEXT TIME

Tyler's Deck unvieled.