Euphemia of the Duel Academy

The Beginning

Disclaimer – Code Geass is the property of Sunrise, Bandai Entertainment and Ichirō Ōkouchi and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is the property of TV Tokyo, NAS (Nihon Ads System), Studio Gallop, Kazuki Takahashi (the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga artist) and up until 29th/30th March 2011, 4Kids Entertainment (I mention this because I'm using the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX dub names).

Warnings – Strong language, possible violence and possible Euphemia OOC (not a female Jaden)

Summery – After the devastating events of the SAZ massacre, Euphemia lies dead and the Japanese people blame her for what happened unaware that it was an accident caused by the stupidity of Zero. Enter Jaden Yūki, a boy from another world who has travelled to Euphemia's world at the behest of a higher power to revive and take her back to his world so she can start afresh, though with her memories of her previous life and world sealed. Once on her feet in this new world and with no memories of who she was before awakening and finding herself in unfamiliar surroundings, with help from Jaden and Yūgi Mutō she gets into the game of Duel Monsters and by Jaden's recommendation, tries out for a place in the illustrious Duel Academy. Once in Duel Academy under the name, Euphemia Felixton, Euphemia meets friends and rivals alike, including old friends of Jaden's; third-year student, Tyranno Hassleberry and second-year student, Blair Flannigan. Unfortunately all is not well as Euphemia and her new friends are inevitably dragged into the mystical magical side of Duel Monsters where they learn that to some people; Duel Monsters is more than just a game, where losing means losing your soul or even death and one rival is determined to be rid of Euphemia no matter what the cost; even if it means selling her soul and humanity to a demon; a demon that Jaden is all too familiar with and has its own plans regarding Euphemia, which begs the question, did Jaden really bring Euphemia to his world to help her or does the higher power behind the scenes have an ulterior motive in regards to Euphemia; a motive that even Jaden is unaware of?

Code Geass world – Near Mount Fuji, "Area Eleven", Airship Avalon

Suzaku Kururugi sat facing Princess Euphemia's bed as she lay dying in an incubator like machine with an oxygen mask over her nose and mouth after the horrible events that turned the Specially Administrated Zone of Japan into a bloodbath; apparently on Euphemia's orders. However Suzaku just could not believe it. He just could not believe that Euphie would do something like that. It just was not in her nature to do something like that. He knew her well enough to know that she had not deceived her and that her kind and caring nature was not just a façade she had concocted to string him along. This had to be a mistake. However all he could do was just stare down at his Knight of Honour badge that identified him as Euphemia's Knight of Honour and clench his eyes shut as he remembered seeing Zero, the masked terrorist that he was sure had a hand in the massacre shoot Euphemia and he found himself cursing at his failure to protect her, but also because he had wanted to confront her on why she had given that order, though he was sure that it to have somehow been Zero's doing. He believed that Zero had somehow caused the massacre in order to discredit Euphemia, which was probably also why he had shot her; to silence her and make sure she did not reveal the truth, but he still wanted to hear Euphie's side of the story.

"Suzaku," Euphemia's weak voice came from inside the incubator, bringing the Honorary Britannian out of his thoughts as he glanced down at her in confusion.

"Euphie?" he said as Cecile Croomy, who was standing behind him to the side with her boss, Lloyd Asplund bent over and pushed a button at the side of the incubator behind where Euphemia's head was, which withdrew the oxygen mask and opened up the incubator, which would enable Euphemia to reach up if she wanted to, but Suzaku knew that in her current state, she would not be able to.

Euphemia looked deathly pale and fragile and it pained Suzaku to no end seeing her like that; especially with that rather sad and confused look on her face as she stared up at him.

Cecile then turned towards the door and brought her hand up to Lloyd's shoulder as she started to walk, ushering Lloyd to follow her, which he did without a fight as he realised that Suzaku needed to be alone with Euphemia at the moment.

"Euphie… I have to know…" Suzaku said once he was sure Cecile and Lloyd were gone and out of earshot as he gave Euphemia a serious yet gentle look, "Why did you issue that order at the stadium?"

"Order… what are you talking about…?" Euphemia asked in confusion, much to Suzaku's own confusion.

"Uh, wha…?" he started to say.

"Never mind that," Euphemia went on, interrupting him as her eyes suddenly widened as if in shock, "Suzaku… you're Japanese, aren't you?"

"Uh, yeah," Suzaku said softly, confused as to the shakiness and apparent fear that suddenly seemed to grip her voice.

However, if he had have looked closely into her eyes, he would have noticed an eerie reddish orange glow surrounding her irises, but unfortunately he did not think to do this.

"Euphie?" he said as he leaned closer to her in alarm as he noticed that she seemed to be squirming.

"No…" Euphemia suddenly said much to Suzaku's confusion, causing him to back off ever so slightly in confusion, "I mustn't… I… I can't even think such a thing."

"What the…?" Suzaku thought as he noticed tears starting to form in Euphemia's eyes as she moved to clench her eyelids shut, but failed to notice the eerie glow the edges of her irises gave off, "What is this?"

"No… please…!" Euphemia went on apparently in a pleadingly desperate tone as her eyelids closed over, which only served to confuse Suzaku even further, "Suzaku…?"

"Yes, Euphie?" Suzaku said, deciding to play along for now.

"The ceremony…?" Euphemia went on as she opened her eyes and the eerie glow that had adorned her irises had completely vanished, "Did it go alright? Is Japan okay?"

"Euphie…?" Suzaku said in shocked surprise as his eyes widened as he was unable to comprehend what was happening with Euphie, "Don't you remember?"

Meanwhile, down at the stadium where the SAZ ceremony had supposed to have taken place, Lelouch vi Britannia a.k.a. Zero was met with cheers as he made his way out onto the stage. People in the crowd started shouting out in joy with their hands at either sides of their mouths and raised their arms into the air, apparently cheering in celebration of the Black Knights managing to defeat the Britannians and rescuing them.

However, at the front on the crowd stood an eighteen-year-old teen with chocolate-brown eyes and brown and orange hair. From the look of his hair, one would mistakenly believe that he had it dyed orange and his natural hair colour was in the process of reclaiming its dominance if it was not for the strange formation the borderline between the two colours formed. The boy wore small red boots with grey highlighting the toe areas and the back and also outlined the bottom with red circles beneath the ankles and thick grey rims at the legging openings. He also wore grey jeans, a grey jumper that was a darker shade of grey from his jeans and over his jumper was a red blazer with a white band running over his shoulders and all the way round the back with a dark red outline. The left end of the white band was pointed with a button to button up the blazer and the right end was rectangular. Also there was a white area of the blazer, outlined by the same shade of red as the outline of the white band that would have highlighted the centre of the boy's chest if the blazer was buttoned up coming to a point at just above the stomach. There was another button at the bottom of the blazer and the collar of the blazer, though red had the same darker shade of red outline at the white areas. What made this boy stand out despite looking Japanese himself was that his clothes looked neither old, dirty or torn, but fortunately for him, everyone else was so wrapped up in Zero's appearance that they either failed to notice him or were just simply too excited to care. They were also too caught up in Zero's presence that they failed to realise that he was the only person not cheering and was in fact glaring up at Zero as he started to bring his left arm up at his side.

"People of Japan," Zero stated as he held his arm out at his side, "And all who are oppressed by the Empire of Britannia."

The boy just continued to glare up at Zero as a fat yellow tabby cat with brown markings on the top of its head, across its back and extending to its tail walked in front of him and sat down. Not far from the boy, a Japanese man stood with a video camera pointed at Zero and next to the camera was a Britannian man with dirty blonde hair tied into a ponytail and wearing a Black Knights uniform with a smug grin on his face.

"Long have I waited," Zero continued as he brought his arm back into his cloak, "All through the struggles of Britannia's injustices, I've waited for them to come to their senses; but that hope was betrayed, by an act of barbarism that can only be called genocide."

"Yeah right, you two-bit liar," the boy at the front of the crowd thought as he continued to glare up at the masked man; still not gaining attention from the rest of the crowd, including those beside and behind him, "If it wasn't for the fact that this was an accident, I'd say you'd make an even better Supreme King than I. However, accident or not, poor Euphie's gonna have to live with this for the rest of her life."

"Focus, Jaden," a voice came from inside his head, "We're here to save Euphemia and give her a new start."

The boy, Jaden nodded, though his glare never left the masked marauder.

"What about everyone that was there?" Euphemia had gone on to ask Suzaku back up on board the Avalon n its sickbay; totally unaware that she was now officially the most hated person in Japan and perhaps even the world, "Are the Japanese happy?"

"We'll never forgive you!" a Japanese man yelled from back down at the stadium as the Japanese started to voice their outrage over the massacre they believed Euphemia had orchestrated.

"She's a murder!" a woman shouted as many of the crowd's expressions became expressions of rage.

"She's a filthy witch!" a third person shouted in pure outrage.

"Liar!" a fourth added.

Jaden cringed at hearing the insults and shook his head. These people did not know the truth and he doubted that they would ever know. To them, a kind-hearted and caring young girl would now be forever remembered as a hateful deceitful murderess from Hell and he could not help but picture people gathering in an alternative dimension hurling verbal abuse at him for he had once led massacres against entire villages, killing men, women and children alike. Granted, he had not been himself at the time and had surrendered to the dark half of his soul, but he knew that was no justification for what he did as the Supreme King. It was something he would have to live with for the rest of his life and unlike Euphemia who had been under the influence of her half-brother's Geass; he remembered everything he had done while the Supreme King had been in control of his body. He remembered being mentally tortured by flashbacks of his time as the Supreme King and it had dispirited him to the point where he had been prepared to die in order to escape facing up to his sins.

"At least with Geass, Euphie won't remember what she did… am I right?" he thought questioningly.

"That's right," the voice that had spoken earlier said, "While under the influence of Zero's Geass, the subject has no memory of what they did while under its influence, but unfortunately, if Euphemia were to survive, which is doubtful; due to the nature of her command, she would automatically kill any Japanese person she happens to come across, which is why she must die so we can revive her. Once she dies, the command will die with her and won't be revived with her."

Jaden nodded and was about to answer.

"Euphemia is the symbol of Britannia's hypocrisy," Zero spoke up, continuing with his speech and interrupting Jaden before he could reply as he brought his arm up at his side, brought it in front of him and bent his elbow bring his arm back as he clenched his fist, "A murder cloaked in the flag of a nation."

"How was the ceremony?" Euphemia asked, repeating her question from the Avalon's sickbay, unaware of what was transpiring at the stadium, "Do you think I did… okay?"

"I hope that bitch burns in hell!" a man shouted from back at the stadium as the people continued to unleash their fury over Euphemia.

"We're finished with your lies!" a second man put in.

"Death to them all!" a woman shouted, voicing her opinion on the Britannian population in their entirety.

Jaden could only cringe at hearing those remarks while being thankful that no one had noticed him yet, though even though he had the means of dealing with the people should they notice him, he would rather not draw unwanted attention to himself. He had a job to do and he was going to do it one way or another.

"Euphie… the Special Zone is…" Suzaku said, answering Euphemia as he still sat by her bedside on board the Avalon, but he trailed off noticing Euphemia's worried look, which only served to confuse him even further, but he decided to ease her worries and put on a fake smile, "A great success. The Japanese people were given back their home… and you did it."

"Oh, thank god," Euphemia said and she lay her head down and closed her eyes in relief, though Suzaku could not help but feel absolutely rotten for lying to her like that, but sensing that she was dying, he opted that she should die feeling at peace with herself and decided that this lie was the best way to do that.

"I hereby declare our independence from Britannia," Zero went on with his speech back at the stadium, much to Jaden's disgust, "But don't take this the meaning the resurrection of your fallen nation. We will not turn back the hands of time. The new Japan we go on to build, shall be broad enough to accept all peoples, histories and ideologies; where the strong shall not reign over the weak."

"Spare me," Jaden thought; shaking his head in disgust, "You'll end up becoming a hypocrite. People like you always do."

"And it shall be called…" Zero went on as he brought his arms out of his cloak and crossed them over his chest, "The United States of Japan!"

He then uncrossed his arms and rose them up at his sides, causing his cloak to rise up behind him and then fall as the people started to cheer once again.

"Would they be cheering if they knew that you were really a Britannian Prince?" Jaden thought and the cat moved out of its sitting position and started to follow Jaden as he walked towards the nearest exit.

He then sighed to himself as he shook his head.

"I only hope we're doing the right thing here," he thought with a hint of worry lingering in his head, "If this fails, I really wouldn't want to be Euphie."

"He's done it," he heard the Britannian in a Black Knight uniform say in an excited tone; "This is the birth of a nation."

Jaden just shook his head and continued to walk towards the exit, thankful that the people in the crowd did not notice him.

"Now then, on to phase two," he said as a bright white light portal appeared in front of him and then he walked into it along with the cat.

"How strange," Euphemia said as she looked up at Suzaku from her bed in the Avalon's sickbay, "I can't see your face anymore."

Suzaku tensed up in alarm as Euphemia brought her arm out from underneath the covers and struggled to reach up at Suzaku, who happily took her shaking hand in both of his as it threatened to fall back to the bed.

"Keep going… to school," the dying princess said as she knew that her time was short, "I had to stop before I… before I had the chance to finish."

"Euphie, you can still go yourself," Suzaku said, trying his hardest to lighten the mood, though tears had started to stream from his eyes down his cheeks, "I know, why don't we go to Ashford Academy together? The student council is so much fun… Euphie."

Euphemia just looked up at Suzaku and flashed him a kind warm-hearted smile as he struggled to maintain his composure.

"You have to do it for me… 'kay?" Euphemia said simply.

"Please, Euphie… no don't go!" Suzaku said as he frantically leaned towards her begging, losing the last vestiges of his composure, knowing that there was nothing he could do, but refusing to accept it.

"Suzaku," Euphemia said as her eyes were now almost completely closed, "I'm so happy… that we…"

Suzaku could only watch in horror as Euphemia's eyes completely closed over with a peaceful smile on her face and immediately afterwards, he heard the familiar high-pitched hum as the heart monitor displayed a straight line, indicating that Euphemia's heart had stopped beating. Afterwards, he completely lost his composure as the doctors rushed in and practically had to struggle to get him away from the body as he continued to cry out Euphemia's name, completely ignoring the others in the room, though he did struggle against them as they tried to move him.

A few hours later after Suzaku's departure – Avalon sickbay

Euphemia's body still lay in the incubator as the doctors had not gotten round to moving it yet. Suzaku had left hours ago after someone who seemed to be a child no older than ten had appeared to him afterwards after he had calmed down and explained to him about the existence of Geass and how Zero had used his to force Euphemia into carrying out the massacre. Needless to say, Suzaku blamed Zero and had sworn to hunt down and kill the masked terrorist with his own bare hands as he discovered a fiery hatred that had always been brewing within him ever since he had met Zero. Now it burned more ferociously than it ever had before, leaving Suzaku feeling something he had never thought he would ever feel in his life and after calling Lelouch, telling him to tell everyone at Ashford Academy not to look up at the sky since he planned on killing Zero, which he knew would brand him a murderer.

Anyway, the doctors on board the Avalon had decided to wait till the ship had landed before dealing with the deceased princess and thus her body still remained in the room she had been brought to; still with that gentle peaceful smile adorning her face. The room itself was deserted with only a security camera in the far left-hand corner keeping watch in case someone tried something, though no one expected anything to happen; after all, who would want to steal a dead body? What purpose would it serve and even if someone did try to snatch Euphemia's body, how could they possibly get off the Avalon as it was currently in the air and anyone who attempted the theft of Euphemia's body would have no means of escape. The security camera was just merely a precaution due to subconscious paranoia.

However, in this instance, that paranoia would prove to be well-founded as a white dot suddenly appeared about six feet off the floor and then moved down towards the floor, forming a white line from where it first appeared and then the line expanded in all directions, creation a bright white semi-circular portal and Jaden Yuki emerged along with Pharaoh the cat.

"So this is where they brought her," Jaden said as he looked around in awe, taking in his surroundings in a rather carefree way.

"Jaden, try to remember that you're not here to admire the ship's interior," the voice that Jaden recognised as the voice from inside his head boomed from the portal, which was still there.

Jaden then frowned for a brief moment, but nonetheless nodded as his expression became serious.

"Okay, I gotcha," he said simply as he looked towards Euphemia's body.

Meanwhile, in the Avalon's surveillance room, the monitor displaying the image of Euphemia's room suddenly started to fade and flicker just as the portal had started to form before a mass of small black and white dots appeared on the screen, indicating static. However, the man on watch just shrugged his shoulders, assuming that the camera was just faulty as he continued to drink his cup of coffee.

"Lousy camera," he said with an uncaring shrug, "Good thing this is Prince Schneizel's personal flagship, otherwise I'd have been worried."

He then decided to report the fault once the Avalon had landed so as to get it fixed. Like everyone else, he believed that Euphemia's body was perfectly safe. No one could possibly be foolish enough to try and steal it, could they? Just what purpose would a dead body serve anyway; other than to stink the surrounding area up with the foul odour of decomposition. He saw no reason to worry. After all, they were up in the air. Anyone who dared stow themselves away on board had nowhere else to go.

Back in the sickbay, Jaden pushed a button on the incubator, causing it to open up and then he just stared down at the dead princess with an unsure look on his face. He could not help but hesitate at what he had to do.

"What's wrong, Jaden, don't tell me that you're getting cold feet?" a female voice taunted as a transparent figure appeared behind him.

Sensing the figure's presence, Jaden turned round to face her.

"Or perhaps you're fearful that I or Alexis would misunderstand the situation," the figure went on, "You forget that you and I are fused together, so you can't hide anything from me and I doubt that Alexis will ever find out about this and even if she does; I'm sure she has enough faith in you not to misunderstand the situation."

The figure itself was absolutely repulsive to look at with black, purple and brown skin and a pair of dragon like wings on its back with a single claw at the point at the height of each wing. The figure's face looked feminine with two lines running towards one another above the eyes and then running down the top of its nose. The figure's left eye was a deep aqua greenish blue while the right was a deep orange colour and at the centre of its forehead was a third red eye with its ends placed vertically. The figure's hair also had two different colours as a left/right split and each colour had its own unique hairstyle. The left side was a deep blue colour and the right side was a sandy whitish blonde colour. If that was not enough the figure also had greenish blue lips and its left chest area bulged forming a breast and though it seemed that the right chest area did the same; upon closer examination, it was just a protruding chest muscle similar to that of bodybuilders and the difference was highlighted with the black of the skin running over the breast as if covering it up and the chest muscle was a dark brownish purple colour. The figure's left arm seemed to be the arm of something that was not human from the elbow downwards whereas the right arm, though not human in colour; looked clearly feminine and the same with true for the left leg.

"It's not that, Yubel," Jaden said with a sigh, not in the least bit put off by the figure's presence, "I know that I can't hide anything from you and I'm not falling in love with her. It's just that I really wonder if this is the right thing to do, you know? I mean, here we are, about to revive a dead girl and take her away from everything she's ever known. I may not be that bright in the intelligence department, but even I can see that this may not work out for the best."

Yubel sighed as she turned to look at the portal as if seeking the voice that had spoken to Jaden for answers.

"I realise your concerns, Jaden," the voice boomed with just a hint of sympathy evident in its tone, "However, this is the best course of action. Think about it, if we revive her and leave her here, then aside from that Kururugi character and her sister, Cornelia, no one's going to accept her. After the atrocity that everyone; not just the Japanese believed she committed, she'd just be thrown to the wolves. Don't forget, the Britannians didn't know this would happen either. How many of them do you think will blame her for the uprisings that are currently taking place down below?"

Jaden groaned as he realised that the voice had a point.

"Not to mention that she had relinquished her ties with the Britannian Imperial Family," the voice went on, seeing that Jaden was not going to reply, "And even if she hadn't, I wouldn't rely on her father to bail her out. He'd probably just leave her to rot as he didn't agree with this Specially Administrated Zone to begin with. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if his son had unwittingly did him a favour in giving her that order. He probably had his OSI goons on standy; ready to sabotage the proceedings had Zero not foolishly boasted about his power. That's the sort of man Charles zi Britannia is."

Jaden's eyes widened in shock as he took this in and he could not help but feel sorry for Euphemia.

"If we left her here, the chances are, she'd be lynched to death," the voice concluded with absolute finality, "And I doubt Kururugi and Cornelia would be able to protect her forever. Her life in this world is over."

"But what about her memories?" a new voice came from a glowing golden orb that exited Pharaoh's mouth as the cat opened it to yawn, "What you say is all well and good, but if we revive her, she'll…"

"Already taken care of," the voice from the portal said, knowing what the orb was going to say, "If she learns of the massacre, it will no doubt devastate her to no end."

Jaden nodded as he remembered his time as the Supreme King and even to this day, he still had not completely come to terms with the misdeeds he committed, which was one of the reasons why after he had returned to Duel Academy he found that he just could not get the same fun out of duelling as he had done before.

"That is why to protect her, her memories of this world and this horrible massacre will be sealed," the voice went on, much to Jaden and Yubel's surprise.

"W-w-wait a-a-a-a minute here," Jaden stammered as he almost fell over, "Is that wise? I mean wouldn't that cause problems later?"

"I didn't say that it was a permanent solution," the voice argued with a hint of irritation in its tone, "Chances are, it won't be permanent. She'll get her memories back someday. By then, I'll trust she'll be able to handle them and it'll be easier for others to help her cope with it."

"Okay…" Jaden said as he turned back to look down at Euphemia's body.

To be honest, he still had misgivings about this whole thing. He had to admit that the voice did have a point in regards to how if she was revived, the people of her world would probably seek her out to kill her again, but he felt that it would be better to just leave her in her deceased state. He admitted that he was not that intelligent, but even he knew that interfering with the workings of life and death could have disastrous consequences in the long run as it was messing up the natural order of things. However, his instructions were to retrieve Euphemia's body so the person the mysterious voice belonged to could revive her and then he was to get her interested in the game of Duel Monsters and recommend her for a place at Duel Academy. He had no idea why and to be honest, he had little reason to trust whoever it was that was speaking to him, but something told him that he could trust this voice. It was a gut-feeling that this person's intentions were noble, though he did have a fear at the back of his mind that he was misplacing his trust, but he… at least for the most part, managed to ignore it.

"I would have preferred to have had her half-brother; the same one that did this to her be in her place," the voice spoke up, bringing Jaden out of his thoughts, "However, unfortunately, he's chosen to embrace his own darkness. I'll admit, his intentions are noble and just, but the fact he's willing to submit to the darkness and do whatever it takes; even stoop to the levels of his enemies to achieve his goals means that bringing him to your world would be a mistake."

"I submitted to my darkness before," Jaden pointed out as he reached down to pick Euphemia up as he slung his arms underneath her legs at the knees and her back behind her chest and picked her up; carrying her bridal style with the covers still over her to cover her modesty.

"Yes, Jaden, you did submit to the darkness once before," the orb that was hovering above Pharaoh said as it moved in front of him and then a transparent image of a man appeared, "But unlike this Lelouch person, you did not want to and only did so because of your dispirited state after the supposed deaths of some of your friends and the others then abandoning you. Unlike you, Lelouch has willingly plunged into the darkness and has no intentions of coming out. I'll admit it's for a good cause in the long run, but the fact remains; unlike you, he doesn't want to be saved."

The man before Jaden had long black hair with a strange formation shape at the front that had four bangs; two at either side of his face and the back was tied into a ponytail and seemed to point downwards at a diagonal angle and spirals inwards towards his head at the end. His eyes were indistinguishable as his eyelids were mere closed, giving his eyes a slit appearance. He wore black shoes, black trousers, a white long-sleeved shirt, a red tie round his neck and rectangular-framed glasses over his eyes. This was Lyman Banner, the former Headmaster of the Slifer Red dorm at Duel Academy and Jaden's travelling companion along with Pharaoh and Yubel.

"He speaks the truth," the voice said simply, "Zero does have good intentions and I'm sure in the end, he'll accomplish them, but he's too dark. The power of his Geass has already had an effect on him. Think, could you imagine what would happen if he gained the powers of the Shadow Realm?"

Jaden could not help but shudder at the thought of Zero wielding Shadow Magic, especially since some of the things it was capable of made death seem lenient by comparison. He knew that some people who fell victim to Shadow Games were not killed, but compared to what they were experiencing, they probably would have been better off if they had died. A power like that in the hands of someone like Zero would probably have disastrous consequences for anyone who was unlucky enough to cross his path.

"Okay then," he said with a defeated sigh as he looked down at the dead princess's peaceful angelic smile before looking back at the portal, "I get it. Bringing Zero to our world would be bad news."

"Not necessarily," the voice spoke in a positive tone before turning more serious with its next words, "But given his nature and beliefs of the ends justifying the means, there's a high possibility of him becoming corrupted no matter how good his intentions are. After all, they say that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions and that some of the worst atrocities are committed by those with the best of intentions in mind."

"But also, good can come from the worst of atrocities," Banner spoke up, "Though I have to say that I agree with you in this case."

He then disappeared, leaving behind the glowing orb that flew back into Pharaoh's mouth as the cat opened it; all too happy to let its master back into its stomach. Yubel also disappeared and Jaden turned towards the portal and started walking towards it, but unfortunately, the door to the room slid open and in walked the doctor and nurse that had seen to Euphemia when Suzaku had first brought her to the sickbay.

"What the…?" the doctor said as his eyes widened in absolute awe and disbelief as he saw the boy carrying the deceased princess's body walking towards what could only be described as a portal.

He just could not believe his eyes and would have just stood there in total shock had he not noticed that the boy carrying Euphemia's body looked Japanese and therefore in his eyes was a mere "Eleven". His expression turned into an angry glare as he stared at the "lowly Eleven scum" who, in his eyes dared stow away on board the ship and then steal the princess's dead body.

"Put her down, you disgusting Eleven son of a bitch," he said in pure outrage as he lunged at the boy with his arm raised and his fist ready to slam into his face.

Jaden just groaned in irritation as he stared at the doctor who was running towards him and for a brief moment, his eyes flashed a bright golden yellow before changing two separate colours; the same colours as Yubel's two main eyes. The left eye was the same aqua green blue colour as Yubel's left eye and the right eye was the same deep orange colour as Yubel's right eye. Needless to say, the change in eye colour caused the raging doctor to stop, but before he could comment on what had just happened, his eyes widened as he felt a strange sensation that seemed to wash over his body out of the blue before he dropped to the floor; not dead; just unconscious.

"Doctor!" the nurse gasped in alarm as her hands flew over her mouth as Jaden turned to stare at her.

"Sorry 'bout this, ma'am," Jaden said in apology, given the shocked woman a sympathetic look, "However, I can assure you that you'll both wake up in a few hours feeling just fine, though you won't remember seeing me here."

Before the nurse could think of how to reply, her eyes widened as she felt the same strange sensation as the doctor felt wash over her body; again, seemingly coming out of the blue and she dropped to the floor as well and then Jaden turned back towards the portal and walked through it before it disappeared leaving the two unconscious forms of the doctor and the nurse behind as if nothing had happened at all.

In the Avalon's surveillance room, the monitor linked to the security camera in Euphemia's room suddenly seemed to switch from the static back to normal as it displayed the interior of the room once again. The man on watch shrugged his shoulders at this, believing that whatever glitch had occurred managed to right itself and turned his head to face the monitor next to it, but suddenly, his head almost immediately snapped back towards the first monitor as he did a double-take and his eyes widened in pure shock and horror as, not only did he notice that Princess Euphemia's body was missing, but the doctor and nurse that had seen to her were both lying on the floor unmoving.

"What the hell!" he said in alarm as he suddenly realised that the static on the screen earlier was not due to a technical fault, "Damn it, someone must have stowed away on board."

He then reached down to the right side of his waist and gasped his radio and then brought it up to his mouth to report what had just happened, sure that whoever stole Princess Euphemia's body was still on board as there was no way anyone could get off the ship while it was still in the air and even if they had their own mode of transportation, there was no way they could escape unnoticed. Unfortunately for him and everyone else involved, it would be the last they would ever see or hear from Euphemia for a long time.

Preview of the next chapter

Euphemia is running through Domino City

"Hey where am… who are you?" Euphemia's voice says in the background

"I'm Jaden Yūki," Jaden replies.

Euphemia walks up behind a nervous looking girl and says something.

"All I seem to remember is that my name is Euphemia and that I'm sixteen-years-old," Euphemia says in confusion, "But other than that, my mind's a total blank."

"That's okay, we'll just have to give you a new family name," Jaden says with a laugh, "How about Felixton, Euphemia Felixton?"

"Felixton, why?" Euphemia asks.

"Don' know, just sounds right," Jaden replies laughing with a hint of nervousness.

A smug looking girl in an Obelisk Blue blazer and miniskirt for girls sits between two other girls with her feet crossed and resting atop the boy sitting in front of her wearing a Slifer Red blazer.

"But enough about that, it's time you went to Duel Academy to learn about Duel Monsters" Jaden says to Euphemia.

"Duel Monsters," Euphemia says in a tone of acceptance, "I don't know why, but I feel that I want to."

A boy looking remarkably identical to Suzaku wearing an Obelisk Blue boy's blazer stands watching the action from behind the crowds with a girl wearing the Obelisk Blue blazer and miniskirt standing beside him with a look of disinterest.

Dr Crowler is talking with Jaden and glances towards Euphemia who is waiting with the girl she just met.

"Hold on, who is this woman?" Euphemia asks, surprised at seeing Dr Crowler.

"Actually, Euphie, he's a guy," Jaden says.

"What, that's a guy!" Euphemia says totally shocked.

"Yep, though I suggest you address him as Doctor," Jaden goes on, "He's really sensitive about the issue of his gender, though I have to say that he's a really great duellist. He says he has a Ph.D. in duelling though I don't see what someone could do with that."

Euphemia stands with a duel disk facing Dr Crowler with Jaden watching from behind the crowd.

"Game on!" both Euphemia and Dr Crowler yell at the same time as their duel start

Euphemia: 4000 – Crowler: 4000

"Okay, Jaden, I think I'm ready to try out for the academy," Euphemia says in a confident voice.

Crowler summons Ancient Gear Golem (3000/3000), which rises out of the ground.

"Okay, Euphie, as I always say, it's time to get your game on," Jaden says excitedly.

Euphemia plays a spell card causing her to sacrifice two monsters in order to ritual-summon a more powerful monster.

"Next time: Duel Academy Try-outs!" Jaden says simply, "Gee I can hardly wait."

Card of the chapter

Name – Elemental Hero Neos

Attribute – Light

Type – Warrior

Level – 7

ATK/DEF – 2500/2000

Info – A new Elemental Hero has arrived from Neo-Space! When he initiates a Contact Fusion with a Neo-Spacian his unknown are unleashed

"Hold it!" Jaden says in confusion, "What's the deal? There wasn't even a duel in this chapter."

"I know," the author (me) says, "But since this chapter was mostly about you taking Euphemia out of her world, I thought that the headliner of your deck should be brought up as this chapter's card."

"But I'm not even going to be duelling, am I?" Jaden says, clearly at a loss.

"I don't know," the author says in an unsure tone, "I haven't decided yet. If not in this fic, then definitely in one of the sequels, you will be Euphie's final opponent just as Yugi was your final opponent in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX."

"Wow, that's so cool," Jaden says excitedly before sounding unsure, "It won't cut off at the best moment with the duel's conclusion remaining unseen like my duel with Yugi, will it?"

"No," the author says.

Author's notes – The first chapter of a new fic. I've had this idea buzzing about in my head for a while now and I spend the last couple of days researching Duel Monster cards on the Yu-Gi-Oh wiki site. As for my Euphemia of the Revelation fic, I have not abandoned it. In fact, I have a fair idea of how that will play out. I just thought I'd try something different and since there are no Code Geass/Yu-Gi-Oh! GX crossovers on the site yet, I thought that I'd try my luck in putting up the first one. I urge you all to give this fic a change as there will be a lot of OCs as Euphemia's friends and rivals, though the main GX cast will feature. Blair and Hassleberry are the most prominent two as at the end of GX they had not graduated and were in first and second year respectively, so they will most definitely be there and let's not forget Jaden, who will be monitoring Euphemia on behalf of the mysterious voice, which is not an OC by the way and appeared in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series near the end (kudos if you can guess who it is). As for the italics on the "Preview of Next Chapter" and "Card of the Chapter" segments, they represent voice-overs like in some anime shows scenes from the next episode and some of the characters are talking over those scenes. The none italics represent the scene that's being described. Also I'll put up my OCs in my profile as they are introduced.