Full Summary: About 2000 years after the Pharaoh left Yugi, 7 golden Egyptian artifacts were found in an excavation off the coast of Egypt. Now, exactly 5000 years after the Pharaoh left Yugi, these artifacts have been scattered around the world; some belonging to famous "Duelist Families", some belonging to egyptian obsessives, and some belonging to people who are just plain lucky. However, one of the items—perhaps the most powerful—is now in the possession of a young boy, Christopher Gold, who is going into Duel Academy. And when he unlocks the powers of this artifact... let's just say anyone involved in the adventure that unfolds will never forget it...

My stupid, long-winded speech is at the bottom of this page, so the mood is not ruined right now. RER (Read, Enjoy, Review)!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh, Magic The Gathering, Duel Masters, Pokemon, or any other TCG.

Chapter 1: Generation Shift

Christopher Gold strolled into the giant building. He was wearing completely white clothes: white shirt, white pants, white shoes, white gloves, white jacket. The only thing about him that wasn't white was his skin tone (which was a 'normal' light tan, like Yugi, Joey, Jaden, etc.), his eyes and hair, both of which were black. His hair was like Joey's, in that it balls up in front, but Chris' was less spiky; it was smooth and curvy, but at the top of the "ball" it had 3 spikes, and also 1 spike at the bottom of the "ball". Scattered around the entrance to the building were a bunch duelists, looking through their decks making and some last minute adjustments (Chris' deck was in his white carrying case, attached to his white belt). He passed everyone in the room without glancing at them and approached the black registration deck.

"Excuse me," Chris said, talking to the brunette woman behind the counter. "I'm here for the Duel Academy registration. My name is Christopher Gold."

"Ummm... Okay Chris!" The woman said after taking a few seconds to retrieve his specific paper from the several stacks in front of her. She handed the paper she had just fished out to Chris. "Here is your registry form. Please sign your name at the bottom of the page, go to room 2-A, give the paper to your proctor, and then your written exam will begin shortly." She woman gestured to a door behind her labeled "A".

"Thank you," Chris said. He signed his name with one of the pens on the counter and then entered the "A" hallway. After a few strides he was in front of the room labeled "2-A". He opened the door and stepped into the room. At the head of the room was a man in his mid-30s, with a darker skin color than most (a little lighter than Shadi's), and black hair. Then in there were also 35 desks (arranged in a 5 by 7 formation), in which about 30 different teenagers were sitting. "Umm... I think I am supposed to give this to you," Chris said, shakily extending the paper to the man.

"Aaah, yes... Chris!" The man said after taking a quick glance at the paper. He then ripped of the top inch of the paper and handed it to Chris. When Chris looked at the slip he saw it retold his name, address, and other personal information. "Please take a seat wherever you like. The test will begin shortly; once we get a few more people."

"Thank you," Chris said again, taking a seat in the back row. As he sat down he noticed there were two stacks of papers on the decks, one considerably larger than the other. After about 5 minutes, a few more people entered the room and filled the remaining seats.

"Okay!" the man said after pressing a button that was on the deck. "Your test will now begin. You will have a minimum of one and one half hours, and a maximum of two hours. After one and one half hours have past, if you are finished, you may hand in your test to me, and then if you pass you will proceed to the duels." He then began passing out to each person a paper from each pile (or in the case of the larger pile, a packet), and a pencil. "As you can see, the packet contains the questions you will be answering, and the other sheet is where you will record your answers. Be sure to use the pencil I give you to record your answers. You may make stray marks on the packet, but not on the answer sheet. After you are done, this machine will grade your tests." The proctor opened a drawer on his desk and took out a small silver box. The width of the box was about an inch more that the answer sheet. Also, there was a slot going through the box, in which the answer sheet would be put through. "Each question has a certain difficulty level, and based on the difficulty level of the questions you get right, you will get one of three results. The first result is a fail, which obviously means you fail the exam and do not go on to the dueling section. The second result is a pass, which also obviously means you pass and will move on to the dueling section. The third result is a postponed retake, in which you will fail the test this time, but later—halfway through the school year—you will be able to apply to get into duel academy again. If you retake the test, the amount of openings will depend on the number of students who fail their midterms. If you finish the test, press the green button on your desk to inform me, and if you need my help or have a question press the red button on your desk. Now... Begin!" The proctor shouted as he pressed another button on his deck. Two counters appeared behind him. One counted down from 1 hour and 30 minutes, and the other counted down from 2 hours. Then a screen of red light materialized between each of the teens' desks. When Chris looked through the screen at the other peoples' papers, he discovered he couldn't see any ink on the papers.

So that's what the screen does; it prevents people from cheating. Pretty nifty invention... Well, let's begin... Chris thought as he opened the test to the first question.

1) Who was the creator of Duel Monsters?
A: Apollo
B: Saturn
C: Pegasus
D: Jupiter

That's easy! Chris thought, filling in the circle labeled "C" on his answer sheet for the first question.

2) What continuous trap card works best with the card Upstart Goblin? (If both the trap card and Upstart Goblin are under your control)

What the...? There aren't any multiple-choice answers! Chris thought, but then he looked at the answer sheet. For the second question he saw a blank. I guess I got to write the answer on this blank, he realized as he wrote "Bad Reaction to the Simochi" on the blank. This continued on until...

200a) What does the spell card Dark Magic Attack destroy?
A: All of your opponent's spells and traps
B: All cards on your opponent's side of the field
C: Your opponent's hand
D: One monster and one spell or trap on your opponent's side of the field.

That I know! I think... Chris thought as he filled in the "A" on the second to last question on his answer sheet.

200b) What card(s) must be face-up on your side of the field in order for you to activate Dark Magic Attack?
A: Dark Magician of Chaos
B: Dark Magician
C: Dark Magician Girl
D: Any of the Above
E: All of the Above

Okay that I don't know. After a few seconds of thought, Chris tentatively entered "D" as his answer for the last question on his answer sheet. He then looked up at the timer, to see the first timer was at 00:00:00, while the second was one 00:17:56 and counting down. All right! I finished just in time! He then pressed the green button on his desk. The proctor looked up from the magazine he was reading and saw Chris pressing the button. He then got up, picked up the silver machine, and walked over to Chris' desk.

"You done?" He asked. Chris nodded. "You sure?" Again, Chris nodded. "Okay then, let's see what you got." He slid Chris' answer sheet through the machine. Then a second slot opened and a small, folded piece of paper slid out. "Here are your results," the proctor said, handing the paper to Chris. "Please leave the room before you see how you did, and then go to the room it instructs you to."

"Umm... okay. Thanks!" Chris said as he took the paper and left the room. He took a deep breath and opened the paper.

Christopher Gold: Pass

Please report to room 10-A for the dueling section of the examination

"Yes!" Chris exclaimed, jumping into the air. He looked down the hallway and at the very end a door was labeled "10-A". He walked toward the door and opened it to reveal a huge stadium that had 8 dueling arenas in it, surround by bleachers filled with people waiting to duel or sticking around to watch other peoples' duels. The arena had an upper level for students already in the academy, so they could watch the duels. Right in front of where Chris entered was another desk, where a woman with black hair sat.

"Did you just finish your exam?" The woman asked.

"Yep."

"And I take it you passed?"

"Uh huh," Chris answered, smiling.

"May I please see the paper you received, confirming your pass, just to make sure?"

"Sure," Chris said, handing the paper to the woman. The woman then waved a scanner over the paper and a green light flashed on the scanner.

"Okay, everything's fine!" She said, handing the paper back. "Let me just input your name into the computer, notifying you're ready to duel, and… done! Now just take a seat on the bleachers and wait for your name to be called."

"Thank you," Chris said, walking away.

Chris was in the fourth row, in a seat close to the aisle. He was currently watching a duel that involved a girl about the same age as him, with brown hair. She was using an earth deck, and she was doing quite well against the proctor's deck. Then a loudspeaker interrupted his thoughts. "WILL CHRISTOPHER GOLD PLEASE REPORT TO ARENA 6? WILL CHRISTOPHER GOLD PLEASE REPORT TO ARENA 6?" Chris got up from his seat and walked to the field that had a giant 6 painted in the center as a boy with blonde hair walked off with a frown.

"Another one bites the dust," the proctor—who was a big, muscular blonde—said as Chris entered the field. He took the deck he had just used and put it in one of the 6 deck cases he had around his belt. "Now, which deck should I use this time…? How about this one?" He took out his left-most deck and slid it into his duel disk. "Are you ready to duel?" he asked.

"Sure am!" Chris answered as his and the proctor's duel disk sprang to life.

"Anyway, as the rules state, you get to go first. And when you lose the duel, I won't be your gym teacher. You can address me as Mr. Richards."

"Okay then, Richard, let's duel! I'm Chris!" Chris shouted.

Mr. Richards: 4000; Chris: 4000

"I told you, it's Mr. Richards. And it's also your turn."

"Thanks… Richard!" Chris said as he took the top card off of his deck(6)(A/N: These numbers that you are going to be seeing are the number of cards in the specified player's hand, just so I can keep track of it while I write the story and so you know that I don't make the people use more cards than they have) as Mr. Richards groaned. "Anyway, all I can do is set a monster(5) and end my turn." A card backing appeared in front of Chris.

"Then that means it's my turn!" Mr. Richards declared, drawing a card off of his deck(6). He smiled as he looked at his hand. "First I summon my Servant of Catabolism(5;700/500) in attack mode, and then I'll equip it with Rod of the Mind's Eye(4)!" A strange slime ball with a clear blue spiral thing coming out of it appeared on Mr. Richards field. Then a rod with a red gem appeared in front of it. It opened its spiral and ate the rod as Chris watched in disgust.

"That thing is disgusting!" Chris exclaimed.

"Like I care what you think. However, I think that now I'll attack with Servant of Catabolism!" The slime thing jumped over Chris' face-down monster and sucked on Chris' face for a few seconds before jumping back to Mr. Richards' side of the field.

Mr. Richards: 4000; Chris: 3000

"Oh, and in case you didn't know, my servant can attack your lifepoints directly," Mr. Richards explained.

"Yeah, but why did I lose 300 extra damage?" Chris asked.

"Because," Mr. Richards continued to explain, "Whenever a monster equipped with the Rod of the Mind's Eye inflicts damage to your lifepoints, it is always treated as 1000 instead of whatever it normally would be. I'll end my turn by equipping my servant with Buster Rancher(3)!" A giant gun appeared in front of the slime, which the slime absorbed.

"I think it's time to smash your slime, no matter what your Buster Rancher can do!" Chris said as he drew his card(6). "I think I'll tribute my Armored Knight(500/2000) to summon my Giant Sword Knight(5;2600/100)!" Chris' face-down monster disappeared and a warrior in thin armor that had a giant sword materialized. "Now attack his servant!" The warrior jumped up and then began to descend upon the slime. But then the slime unrolled its spiral and shot a laser beam at the warrior, destroying it.

Mr. Richards: 4000; Chris: 2000

"What the heck just happened?" Chris exclaimed.

"Well, you see," Mr. Roberts explained, "When a monster equipped with Buster Rancher that has 1000 or less attack battles a monster with 2500 or more attack, the equipped monster's attack is increased by 2500!"

"I guess I'll have to set a spell/trap(4) and end my turn."

"Then I can begin mine," Mr. Richards said, taking a card off of his deck(4).

"Hey, Rich, you seem kind of good to be a gym teacher," Chris stated.

"Well, why do you think I'm the gym teacher anyway?"

"Uh… because of your muscles?" Chris guessed.

"Not exactly," Mr. Richards laughed. "You see, when I applied to be a professor, they said I was too tough; that I would be too hard on the kids. So they made me the gym teacher instead, where that would be better suited for the job. So as you can imagine, I am a very skilled duelist. Now, to begin my turn, I think I'll tribute my Servant of Catabolism for a Shaman of Catabolism(3;1100/700)!" The slime grew about one and a half times bigger, and then six tentacles grew out of its body. "And thanks to his effect, like the servant, he can attack you directly, so do that now!" The slime unwrapped its spiral, and sent the spiral and the tentacles hurtling towards Chris. However just as they were about to hit him they were driven aside by an unseen force.

"I activate my trap, Negate Attack!" Chris shouted.

"Fine, your move."

"Thank you," Chris said as he drew a card(5). Hmm… it's not going to help me defeat Rich, but at least it'll help me stall for another turn. "Again, I'll set a spell/trap(4) and end my turn!"

Mr. Richards drew a card(4) and almost instantly slapped into his duel disk. "I play the spell Pot of Greed(3)! I hope you know what it does, or else you really won't make it into the academy," Mr. Richards said as he drew two cards(5) and smiled when he saw them. "I'll first activate the first card I just got now, Axe of Despair(4)! And I'll equip it to my shaman!" The gruesome axe appeared, and the slime grabbed it with its tentacles, and sucked the axe through its spiral as its attack increased to 2100. "I'll then summon the second card I got, Raging Flame Sprite(3;100/200). Now, Raging Flame Sprite, attack Chris directly!"

"Activate tarp, Threatening Roar!" A small floating fire mage appeared on the field in a burst of flame. It then charged towards Chris as a loud roar filled the arena. The Shaman of Catabolism tensed up, so it wouldn't be able to attack. The sprite slowed down and began to tense up, but then broke out of it's trance and continued with the attack.

Mr. Richards: 4000; Chris: 1900

"What the…? Why didn't my trap work?" Chris cried out.

"Because," Mr. Richards explained. "You chained your trap to my declaration of attack. Threatening Roar prevents me from declaring an attack. However, because I already declared my attack, your trap had no effect on it. And because my sprite attacked you directly, it gets 1000 attack points. I can't attack with my shaman, so I'll just end my turn."

"And I guess I'll draw a card(5)," Chris said as he did that, and then played the card he had just received(4). "I'll play my own copy of Pot of Greed to draw two cards(6)!" When he saw them, he smiled. "All right, time to stop you from beating me!"

"I'd like to see you try," Mr. Richards laughed.

"Oh you will, Rich, you will! I'll summon my Spirit Reaper(5;300/200) and a set spell/trap(4) to end my turn." A grim reaper-like spirit with a scythe appeared in front of a card backing.

After Mr. Richards drew a card(4) he said, "Again, I'll attack with my Raging Flame Sprite!" The sprite charged towards Chris, but Chris' Spirit Reaper intercepted the attack and Chris' lifepoints remained the same. "What did you do? Why didn't you lose lifepoints?" Mr. Richards asked in shocked.

"Because," Chris said, doing the explaining this time, "I activated my trap, Spirit Barrier! So as long as I have a monster, such as my Spirit Reaper, I take no battle damage!"

"Hmm… maybe you will defeat me," Mr. Richards said. "But because my sprite attacked you, even if it didn't inflict damage to your lifepoints, it still gains 1000 attack points. I guess I'll just end my turn."

Chris drew(5) and smiled. "It must be my lucky day, 'cause now I got Graceful Charity!(4)!" Chris drew 3 cards(7), and then discarded 2 cards from his hand(5). Considering what I just got, it must really be my lucky day! I think I know how I can beat his monsters! "I'll set a monster(4) and a spell/trap(3) and end my turn!"

"Y'know, you're never going to win if you just keep on setting cards," Mr. Richards said as he drew(5).

We'll see about that, Chris thought.

"Well, even if your lifepoints don't take damage, your monsters do! Shaman of Catabolism, attack Chris' face-down monster!"

"I don't think so!" Chris declared. "I activate A Feint Plan to prevent you from attacking my face-down monster!"

"Fine," Mr. Richards grunted. "But I'll have my Raging Flame Sprite attack you directly to increase its attack to 3100!" The sprite unleashed a giant fireball at Chris but Spirit Reaper absorbed it. "That's it for me."

"And now it's time for me to beat your flame sprite!" Chris shouted after he drew a card(4).

"With it's 3100 attack points?" Mr. Richards asked. "I doubt it."

"Well, I guess I'll prove you wrong! First I'll summon Mystic Swordsman LV2(3;900/0) in attack mode!" Chris said, slapping the card on his duel disk.

"How is that little guy going to beat my sprite?" Mr. Richards laughed.

"Well, do you know his special ability?"

"Of course! However, my monster isn't face-down!"

"Maybe now, but not for long!" Chris yelled. "I flip summon my face-down monster, Tsukuyomi(1100/1400)! And in case you don't know what she does, she can flip one monster on the field face-down whenever she gets flipped face-up!" A transparent woman rose out of the card on Chris' side of the field. She chanted a spell and the Raging Flame Sprite became a card backing. "So now, Mystic Swordsman LV2, attack his face-down Raging Flame Sprite!" The kid swordsman jumped up, then came down and slashed through the card backing without giving it a chance to flip up. "Finally, I equip my swordsman with Level Sword(2)! I'll end my turn, and so my Mystic Swordsman LV2 evolves to level 4(1900+500/1600)! And because of the effect of my sword, it gets equipped to level 4 instead of being sent to the graveyard!" The young swordsman's sword got a red aura. He then grew into an older swordsman with a double bladed sword, which also glowed red. Tsukuyomi then floated up into Chris' hand(3).

"Bravo, bravo," Mr. Richards sarcastically congratulated as he drew a card(6). Hmm… I'm surprised he was able to defeat the Raging Flame Sprite. But still, his swordsman won't be here for long with this card! "I set a spell/trap(5), a monster(4), and I'll end my turn."

"And now I draw!" Chris shouted as he took the top card of his deck(4). "Well look what I just got! Mystical Space Typhoon(3)! And I'll use it now to destroy your face-down trap!" A giant whirlwind rose up and blew away Mr. Richard's face-down Sakuretsu Armor. "All right! Next I'll summon my Tsukuyomi(2) again to flip your shaman face-down!" The transparent woman appeared again, and chanted her spell to turn Shaman of Catabolism face-down. "Now, Tsukuyomi, attack his face-down Shaman of Catabolism!" Tsukuyomi charged forward, and when the slime appeared, she easily rammed through it. "Now, Mystic Swordsman LV4, destroy his face-down monster!" The swordsman jumped up and instantly slashed through Mr. Richard's face-down monster. "So now I can level up my swordsman again, to its final form: Mystic Swordsman LV6(2300+500/1700)!" The swordsman grew to an adult, and his double sword split into two different swords, each with a red glow. And again Tsukuyomi rose back to his hand(3).

He's doing well… of course, I still am winning in lifepoints! Mr. Richards thought as he drew a card(5). I know if I set monsters, he'll lock me in a continuous loop, so "I summon my Rainbow Flower(4;400/500) in face-up defense mode! And that's all I can do this turn. But just you wait for next turn!" A flower with multicolored petals in a flowerpot appeared on Mr. Richards' side of the field.

"I don't think there will be a next turn!" Chris shouted as he drew a card(4). First I'll summon Tsukuyomi(3) for the last time to flip your Rainbow Flower face-down!" The woman appeared again and Mr. Richards' flower was turned into a card.

"Well, it doesn't matter! Even if you destroy my flower with a spell, the combined total of your monsters' attack is only 3800!"

"I'm not going to use a spell card," Chris said. "I'll destroy it with Tsukuyomi in battle!"

"Then there's definitely no way you can win with just your swordsman!"

"Oh, but there is," Chris said with a smile. "Because first I activate the equip spell Megamorph(2), to increase my swordsman's attack to 5100! Now, both of monsters, attack for the win!" Mystic Swordsman LV6 doubled in size and got a green aura. Then he and Tsukuyomi charged through Mr. Richards' face-down Rainbow Flower and then into Mr. Richards himself.

Mr. Richards: 0; Chris: 1900

"And that's game!" Chris shouted.

Chris entered his house and smiled. Well, technically it wasn't his or his family's house; his mom and dad had rented for the week so Chris could stay in the city and participate the exam for the duel academy. He went up to his room and saw a small gold box with strange gold runes, that had an envelope on top of it. Curious, he opened the envelope and looked immediately at the bottom and, seeing it was from his Grandpa, smiled. His grandpa was the one who knew him the best. His parents were both famous duelists, and were rarely ever home. His grandpa used to be a famous duelist, but he retired and opened a card shop. Chris spent most of his time living with his grandpa.

Dear Chris,

Congratulations on getting into Duel Academy! I hope you get into Ra Yellow (I'm sure you know about the ranking system, but if you're wondering why I didn't say Obelisk Blue, it's because you can only be a first year Obelisk Blue if you went to Duel Academy's Prep School, which you didn't (I'm only telling you this in case you didn't know)). I also hope you get good grades! Anyway, I got out some money from my glory days, and bought this for you! It's an ancient Egyptian artifact, where duel monsters supposedly originated. It's also a puzzle, so have fun putting it together!

Love,
Grandpa

P.S.: In case you were wondering how I knew you got into duel academy so quickly, I didn't! I just knew you were too good of a duelist to not get in!

Chris opened the lid of the box, and sure enough, there were several golden puzzle pieces inside, and Chris smiled. Grandpa always knows how to make me smile, even if he's not here! And at least if I get bored of dueling at the academy, I can always work on this…

Card of the Day

Mystic Swordsman LV6 (EARTH)
Warrior/Effect
Level 6
ATK 2300/DEF 1700
If you Normal Summon this card, you must place it in face-down Defense Position. If this card attacks a face-down Defense Position monster, destroy the monster immediately with this card's effect without flipping it face-up or applying damage calculation. You can return the monster destroy with this effect to the top of your opponent's Deck instead of sending it to the Graveyard.

Original Cards

Armored Knight; Warrior/Effect/Earth; 4 stars; 500/2000; Once when this card in defense mode would be destroyed, you can keep this card on the field. If you choose to do this, decrease the original DEF of this card by 1500 for the remainder of the duel. You can only use this effect once per turn.

Giant Sword Knight; Warrior/Earth; 6 stars; 2600/100;

Shaman of Catabolism; Aqua/Effect/Light; 5 stars; 1100/700; When this card is on the field, reduce the level of this card by 2. This card may attack your opponent's lifepoints directly.

Level Sword; Equip Spell; This card can only be equipped to a monster with "LV" in its name. Increase the ATK of the equipped monster by 500. When the equipped monster levels up, this card is equipped to the newly summoning monster instead of being destroyed.

Well, that's the first chapter! Here is a stupid, long speech that you don't really have to read (XD). Topics are the first (two) word(s) of each paragraph.

Reviewing. Okay, I really appreciate reviews. They let me know that you guys are reading them, and give me feedback. And you don't have to spend half an hour typing away for a review. It could just be 2 sentences. You could just say "Good chapter! I liked..." or say "Not such a good chapter. You need to work on..." And, unlike my last story, I'm not going to beg for reviews. Okay, I am. But only this once! So, let the begging begin! (you can really just ignore the rest of this paragraph and skip to the next) Plz review! Plz! Plz! Plz! I luv reviews! Reviews make the world go round! Plzzzzzzzz!!!! If you do you'll get an imaginary cupcake, and the love of my doggie!! Please? plzz!plzplzplzplzplzplzplzplzplz! (Okay, I'm done. Glad that's out of my system!)

Category. I asked ppl what category the fic should be, and most said YGO. However, the story didn't get many reviews there, so now it's a GX fic!! (It can really be either or. Check the beginning of chapter 4 for a little more info on this)

Plot. Yes, this story does have the millennium items. But before you flame "n00b, watch the show! The millenium items were destroyed!" just remember they technically weren't detroyed. They just fell into a hole that for all we know goes down into the center of the earth. :-) Also, just remember this is the future. And everything will go by the dub, just so u guys know. Oh, and the plot starts at chapter 15.

Updates. I have the first 16 chapters already written. This means that I'll be steadily updating every weekend for at least up to chapter 16 (of course by then I'll probably have more chapters written). So once I run out of pre-written chapters, updates might come slower. But don't worry, I'll warn you guys when that happens.

Character submissions. Character submissions are always accepted. However, I have the first 25 chapters planned out and the last 11 chapters planned out (this is going to be a 52 chapter fic, like most animes). That leaves about 16 chapters free. So that means I can accept about 16 characters. Of course, since I already have the first 25 chapters planned, you probably won't see your character for a while if I pick him/her.

Errors. If I make any gameplay errors, spelling/grammar errors, etc., please tell me in your reviews.

Dedication. This story is dedicated two my two dogs. One of them is very smart, the other is very dumb, but they are both soooooooo cute. :-) Oh, and this story is also dedicated to my mentally unstable cat. XD

Special Thanks. Special thanks to Ryu Jonesu, for helping me with the plot, characters, their decks, spelling, grammar, and all those other things. Oh, and also from saving the Millennium Puzzle form falling into a plot hole. :-)

Next Time: A Rival Appears!