Hi! This is my first story. I hope you like it. Tell me if I made any novice mistakes or something. I appreciate all suggestions.

It was a beautiful day at Duel Academy. The sun had just risen at 6:00 am, just 24 minutes ago. Everyone was asleep on this beautiful Saturday mornings, since there were no classes today. Everyone lay peacefully in their beds, except one Ra yellow student.

Bastian Misawa had awakened up early this morning, and was hard at work on his computer. Every now and again, Bastian would write some formula down on his wall. He was hard at work until 9:00, when he was disturbed by a knock at his door.

Sighing, he got up from his computer and answered it. It opened to reveal Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumly Huffington, all who which looked still asleep.

"Why are you guys awake already?" Bastian asked, surprised to see Jaden awake before lunch. "Don't you usually sleep until 12:00 on the weekends?"

"Yeah," Jaden yawned. "But Chancellor Shepard wants us." He told the Ra yellow.

"Why would he want to see us?" Bastian asked his almost asleep friend. The last time the chancellor wanted to see them was about the spirit keys.

"I don'ts yawn know," Jaden said. "Something about the end of the world I think." He said with his eyes drooping.

"Jaden," Bastian sighed. "Don't you think that sounds a little important?" He mentally knew the answer. Jaden couldn't think right when he was tired, well, he really couldn't think right at all.

"Yeah, I guess." Jaden answered him. Again Bastian sighed. Grabbing him by the arm, he pulled him towards Chancellor Shepard's office. Syrus and Chumly walked behind calmly, still not fully awake.

When they reached Chancellor Shepard's office, Bastian saw that Alexis, Zane, and Chazz were already there. "Great," He thought. "It's the spirit keys all over again."

"Are you are there?" Professor Crowler asked, appearing out of the chancellor's office. "Good, now come on in." He said, after counting to make sure they were all present.

Zane, Alexis, Bastian, Jaden, Syrus, Chazz, and Chumly all filed into the chancellor's office. Looking over at the chancellor, you could tell he was worried. "Great, it really is spirit keys all over again." Bastian inwardly sighed to himself.

"Now," The chancellor started. "You're all probably wondering why you're here." Pausing here to sigh, he started up again. "Well, the school and the world need you."

"This is like the spirit keys again." Jaden said, realizing what Bastian had been thinking for the past 10 minutes. "It is, isn't it?"

"Yes, Jaden," Shepard answered, again sighing. Then he said, with a pained expression: "But it's not only cards we're guarding, it's a human life."

They all gasped. "What?" Jaden and Chazz asked at the same time. "A human life is in danger here!" Jaden exclaimed. "Haven't human lives always been in danger?" Chazz asked.

"Yes," Chancellor Shepard answered them. "But now, the entire world depends on protecting the blood of this human." Seeing their confusion, Shepard decided to tell them the whole story.

"You see, there is a race of people called Umandi. They're not really human or even flesh and blood. They're only when they want to be." Shepard explained. "Umandi have the power to create spirit duel monsters, without a duel disk."

"Sweet!" Jaden interrupted. "Let's go find one!" While everyone stared at Jaden in his happy-go-lucky mood, no one noticed Bastian. Bastian had begun to look at the floor with a very uncomfortable expression. No one noticed though.

"That's not the point Jaden." The chancellor said. "The point is that about 16 years ago, a child was born. Only this child was half-Umandi and half-human. They call him the Metanima." Chancellor Shepard explained.

"So?" Jaden said interrupting again. "So this kid's half-human and half-Umandi? What's the big deal?"

"The big deal is that this has never happened before." The chancellor told him. "This gave that child and extraordinary power!"

"Wow, what it was it?" Jaden interrupted again. He was beginning to annoy everyone now.

"It made it that if that child's blood touches any duel monster card; it turns it into a blood and flesh monster!" Chancellor Shepard exclaimed. This caused awes from everyone, except Bastian. He was beginning to look more and more uncomfortable. No one noticed though.

"Sweet! Who is it?" Jaden asked excitedly. "Where are they? Why do they only need us now?"

"No one knows who they are." The chancellor replied. "The people after them only reappeared now, and they're coming to Duel Academy!"

"Why?" Jaden asked. Jaden can be very slow, so everyone sighed and waited for his explanation.

"Why?" Shepard repeated. "They're coming because they think that the Metanima is one of the students!" He explained. "They're after his blood."

"We have to stop them!" Jaden said. At this, everyone anime fainted. At least, all except Bastian, who no one was paying attention to, did.

It was 12:00 am when they left the chancellor's office. He had instructed them to try and find out who the Metanima was without letting anyone know what was happening, in fear of the Metanima's safety.

"I'm heading to lunch." Jaden announced. Everyone else agreed and followed. At least all except Bastian did.

"Are you coming Bastian?" Alexis asked. This snapped Bastian back to reality.

"No." He replied. "I'm going to go work on some formulas." Bastian then just ran off. Everyone shrugged it off; he could be obsessed with those formulas sometimes.

Once in his dorm, Bastian shut the door behind him and locked it. He flopped down on the bed with mixed emotions. "Should I tell them?" Bastian asked himself. "Should I tell them I'm the Metanima?"

Did you like it? It's my first one so be nice please. Don't murder me or anything. Please review!