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A/N: Okay here is chapter two. Please enjoy.
On way to Kaiba Dome
Jaden Yuki was late. He had overslept and now he was running late for his entrance exam into duel academy. Jaden had been duelling most of his life and knew one day that he wanted to end up on the pro circuit. However to do that he needed to improve on his skills, and the best way to do this was to attend a duelling academy. He raced down the many streets, he could see the towering building of Kaiba Corp in the distance. The dome was right next to it. He quickly made a sharp left into the park, he was so focused on getting to the dome that he wasn't looking where he was going. Suddenly he smashed into something and fell back onto the ground, his duel disc and deck scattering across the hard rough stones of the parks many paths. Jaden scrambled to his feet and noticed a man was looking over him. Jaden eyes widened, there standing in front of him was the King of Games himself, Yugi Muto. Jaden just sat there speechless and quickly began gathering up all his cards. He noticed Yugi offered him his hand. Coming out of his shocked state, he grabbed hold of Yugi's hand and allowed himself to be pulled up.
"You know, you should really look where you are going young man." Jaden quickly bowed in apology
"Forgive me Mr Muto, but I was trying to get to the Kaiba dome. You see I over slept and I am late for my entrance exam into Duel academy. I'm really sorry."
Yugi smiled. "So you're a duellist are you? Well maybe you should have this. " Yugi then placed his hand into his old deck holder and pulled out a card and handed it to Jaden, who took it and examined it. It was Winged Kuriboh a level one monster. Jaden wasn't sure but he was certain he saw the little fluff ball wink. Jaden bowed once more and placed the card in with the rest of his deck.
"Now what was your name again?" Jaden noticed Yugi had pulled out a mobile phone and was about to dial a number. Jaden wondered why the King of games needed his name, however he gave it anyway.
"Jaden Yuki sir." Jaden then watched Yugi dial a number on his phone. He then listened while Yugi spoke to whoever was on the other end of he line. However his eyes widened as he heard Yugi mentioned Seto Kaiba.
"Good morning Seto, yes I am fine. I just bumped into one of your potential new students. You see I had a nasty fall on the way to your dome and this young man named Jaden Yuki helped me. He said that he was suppose to be taking an entrance exam this morning for your duel academy. Seeing how he stayed to help me, I was wondering if you would let him take the exam still, I know it is late. Really well I will tell him the news. Thank you Seto. Yes bye." Yugi then hang up and turned back to Jaden. "Well Seto is going to allow you to take the exam, so let's walk together, after all I am on my way to pick up my son. He too is attending Duel academy. He rang earlier to tell me he was entered into Obelisk blue."
Jaden eyes darkened at the mention of Yuki's son name. Jaden had faced Ace several times in small junior tournaments and he was always beaten. The last time he had been so close and yet Ace had beaten once again.
Flash back (Junior Duelling Championships)
Jaden looked to his field. He had Elemental Hero Thunder giant in attack mode, and Elemental Hero flaming wingman in attack mode. He also had the spell skyscraper on the field. He looked across to his opponents and saw silent Magician Lv8 and a Kuriboh. Unfortunately it wasn't Jaden's turn to attack. He was so close to victory. His opponent only had 600 life points while he still had 1000. Of course Jaden would have been a lot happier if he was facing any old duellist, but he was actually facing Ace Muto. The King of games own son. This had been the third time they had met in the finals and every time he ended up losing to him. However this time he was prepared. Laid face down was a Mirror Force trap card, so if Ace tried to attack him, then he would be in for a nasty surprise. Jaden watched as Ace drew a card.
"First I sacrifice my Silent Magician lv8 to summon Dark Magician girl. Next I activate the spell card Sages Stone. If Dark magician girl is on the field then I can summon Dark magician from my hand or deck." Jaden watched as Ace summoned both his ace monsters onto the field. He noticed Dark Magician girl winked at him, causing him to blush a little. However that blush vanished as he heard Ace shout. "Now I send both Magician to my graveyard and summon Sorcerer of Dark Magic. Seeing how your Flaming wingman has 2100 attack points and my sorcerer has 3200 attack points. Then this duel is over. Sorcerer of Dark Magic attack his Flaming wingman. Dark strike attack!"
Jaden smiled. "I activate Mirror force..." However when Jaden tried to activate Mirror force it negated and then smashed into pieces. "What gives?" Jaden noticed the smirk on Ace face.
"Didn't you know. Sorcerer of Dark Magic is unaffected by trap cards. Hence why your Mirror force was negated. Good game."
Jaden eyes widened as his Flaming wingman was shattered into thousands of pieces and his life points dropped to 0. Jaden fell to his knees, broken. He had been so close and yet Ace again had managed to win the duel.
Flash back ends
Jaden put on a fake smile. "Oh yeah Ace. So is he attending duel academy too." Yugi was no fool, he could tell this boy didn't like his son very much. It then dawned on him why. His son had beaten a boy called Jaden a few times in junior championships. This was most likely that Jaden.
"Well, shall we get going." Jaden placed everything back in his bag before walking with Yugi towards the Kaiba dome. On arrival Jaden was surprised to see Seto Kaiba himself, standing there, arms crossed, his trade mark frown, dressed in his white coat which was blowing in the gentle breeze. Jaden gulped as they got closer. Finally he stood in front of the head of duelling Tycoon, who was looking at him closely. Jaden then noticed that Seto gazed turned to Yugi.
"I must say Yugi, I was surprised by your call. So this is the duellist you told me about." Seto then locked his gaze on the boy next to his old rival. "I suggest you make your way inside. You have missed the written exam so you will only score half marks. However if you manage to win your practical then I will permit you to enter Slifer red. From there you can work your way up, that of course if you have the skill to do so. Duel field three. " Jaden gulped, he knew a dismissive statement when he heard one. He thanked Yugi once more and then ran into the building leaving the two adults to just stare at each other.
Seto Kaiba waited until the boy was gone. He then turned to Yugi. "You know I could tell you were lying on the phone. You never fell over, that boy was just late." Seto noticed Yugi smirk.
"Well you know me Kaiba. Everyone deserve a shot at duelling. Besides I can sense something deep within the boy. He will do very well at your academy. He already sees Ace as a rival. How did his entry duel go anyway?"
Seto just smirked. "Flawless as usual. He scored 100% in the written exam. In his practical, and he completely humiliated one of his future professor's at the academy, and due to his results will be entering Obelisk blue, however why am I telling you all this, you already knew he was going to pass."
Inside Kaiba Dome
Ace was up in the stands, he was sat thinking about how easy his entrance exam had been. A five year old could have beaten that strategy he had faced. More to the point, it was one of his future teachers that had used the strategy. Ace just hoped his teaching was better then his duelling, or this year was going to be a complete waste of time. Ace suddenly felt someone sit next to him, he got the faint whiff of a nice smelling perfume. When he turned to look at who had sat next to him, he noticed it was the Blonde he had bumped into earlier.
"Can I help you Miss Rhodes." Ace made sure his tone wasn't too cold or too friendly. After all he wanted to play it cool with this girl. He had already noticed she seemed to be popular with all the boys, and some were now even giving him dirty looks for sitting so close to her.
Alexis looked at Ace then just smiled. "Well I just come over to congratulate you on your win. You completely humiliated Crowler, in fact I don't think I have ever seen him beaten that fast. Still I guess it is not surprising after all you are the son of the King of Games."
Ace groaned, there it was, the comparison to his father. Ace wanted to step out of his father shadow, not live within it. He was Ace Muto. Seven time Junior champion of Domino City, and three times regional champion. He was the master of Magicians, but all people saw was his connection to his dad. "Alexis, I might be the son of Yugi Muto, however I am Ace Muto. I just want people to see me for who I am, not from where I come from. Anyway, I apologise for bumping into you earlier.
Alexis waved it off. Ace then was startled by a small girl appearing next to Alexis. She was dressed in some sort of costume, and in her hair she wore a red hair band, and over her eyes were some sort of red visor. Ace could tell she was a duel spirit but wasn't sure which. "Alexis you mind if I ask you a question?"
Alexis raised her eye brows, intrigued on what Ace might want to ask her. "Sure go head. Long as it not perverted, I don't really mind. I get enough of those type of questions from the rest of the boy population at the academy."
Ace just smirked. "Okay this might sound weird, but please bare with me. Can you see duel spirits? The reason I am asking is because I have the gift and I have just noticed a duel spirit peeking over your shoulders a few seconds ago."
Alexis blinked in surprise. The truth was she could see duel spirits, however to stop herself sounding crazy, she hid the secret. Seeing how Ace could see them as well, helped her decided to tell him the truth. "Yes, I can. I guess you just saw Cyber Tu Tu. She is always hanging around me. Normally she keeps annoying boys at bay, however she seemed to have not done anything to you, which means, she see you as no threat to me."
Ace could just imagine what the duel spirit had done to the boys that annoyed her. He could see the image of Alexis standing in the centre of a group of boys, when suddenly everyone of them fell holding their groins. Ace winced at the image, and decided it to file it away for future reference. "Well I am glad that I am not the only one, who can see them. Is Cyber Tu Tu your only duel spirit?"
Alexis shook her head. "No I do have others, but she seems to be the one who hangs around me all the time, what about you? What duel spirits do you have?" Just then Alexis eyes widened as she noticed a girl appeared next to Ace. It was Dark Magician Girl. Next another spirit appeared. This one was Dark Magician. "Oh wow! Those two cards are legends in themselves."
Ace just smirked. "Those are not my only two spirits, however the other three are kind of big, and if you saw them then you might faint of shock.
Alexis wondered what three spirits Ace could possibly mean. Just then she noticed he pulled a chain out from his shirt. Attached to it was a pure gold card case. Alexis noticed Ace removed the case from the chain. "Can you keep a secret Alexis?"
Alexis just looked at Ace then nodded. She noticed he was making sure not one else could see what he was doing. Alexis then watched as he opened the small case and pulled out three cards before showing them to her. The only thought in Alexis mind was "No way!" There in his hands were the three Egyptian God cards. Alexis had only seen these legendary monsters while watching Yugi duel on the TV, she would never had guessed that she would be this close to all three of them. She noticed Ace then placed them back into his card case.
"Those are the three spirits, I was talking about. As you can see I keep them hidden for a reason." Alexis just nodded she could understand why too. If anyone else knew then they would likely try steal them. The fact that Ace had trusted her with the knowledge had made her really happy, and want to get to know this boy better. Just then both teens were interrupted by an announcement being made.
"Will Jaden Yuki, please report to duel field three."
Alexis noticed that Ace had suddenly taken interest. She looked down and noticed a boy walk onto the duel field. Stood opposite him was Crowler. Honestly hadn't the gender confused idiot learnt his lesson. Alexis noticed the smirk on Ace face, obviously he knew who this duellist was. Alexis turned her head back to the field to watch the duel.
Duel field several turns into the duel
Jaden looked at the towering monster in front of him. He had just lost his Winged Kuriboh. Thanks to its effect he had suffered no battle damage. Jaden looked to his deck, in his hand he had Elemental Hero Burstinatrix and polymerization. He also had Skyscraper. He had the perfect combo if only he could draw the right card. Jaden drew a card from his deck and closed his eyes before opening them and looking at it. He then looked across the field and smiled.
"Good duel teach, but this duel is over. First I activate the spell card. Over-soul, this allows me to bring back one normal Elemental Hero from my graveyard and I choose Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000) Next I use Polymerization, this allows me to fuse Elemental Hero Avian on the field and Elemental Hero Burstinatrix(1200/800) in my hand." Both monsters then vanished into a portal and fused together. Once they had fused a new monster stood on the field. "This allows me summon a new hero to my side of the field. Say hello to Elemental Hero Flaming Wingman(2100/1200), but that's not all. next I activate my field spell card. Skyscraper. Now if my Hero has less attack points then your monster, then they gain 1000 attack points during damage calculation. Elemental Hero Flaming wingman attack his Ancient Gear Golem, oh and thanks to wingman's effect you take damage equal to your monsters attack points. Good game teach!"
Crowler eyes widened. "No not again, Ahhhhhhhhhhh"
Up In the Stands
Ace grinned as he watched the professor's ace monster turned to scrap. He was then hit with 3000 points worth of damage, reducing his life points to zero. So Jaden would be attending the academy as well. This could get very interesting. Ace noticed Alexis was still sitting next to him.
"Hey Ace do you know that guy?" Ace just turned to Alexis and smiled. He knew exactly who the guy was, after all he had faced him in several championship finals and had beaten him every time.
"His name is Jaden Yuki, and he specialises in Elemental Heroes. He is a good duellist and should prove worthy competition. Anyway Alexis, I have to go. I hope we will speak again very soon. Bye." Ace then left the seat and made his way out of the stadium. Just then he bumped into Jaden.
"Congratulations on your victory Jaden, I see you are still using your Heroes." Just then Ace froze as he noticed Jaden was looking at him, however his eyes were now golden instead of his normal brown colour. Just then they flickered back to brown, what had that been all about? Ace noticed Jaden was still just staring at him.
"Thanks, and just to let you know, I have improved big time, since we last duelled, and next time we face each other, I will be the winner."
Ace just smirked. "Over confident much, thought you would have learnt from our last encounter not to underestimate me. Still I am looking forward to showing you the error's of your ways once more. Now if you excuse me, I have to get home and pack." Ace then pushed past Jaden, something wasn't right with that kid, what were those gold eyes all about.
Ace bedroom
Later that night Ace was busy packing everything he was going to need for duel academy. The boat would be leaving from the port tomorrow and so he was making sure everything was ready. Just then he noticed Dark Magician girl appeared by his side once more. Ash pulled out her card from his deck. Briefly one of his eyes glowed and then Dark Magician girl appeared in the flesh. She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.
"Congratulation babes, you did it. You're going to duel academy. I can't wait to get there, seeing all those other duellist, this is going to be so much fun. The rest of the deck is also excited about getting a change in scenery." Just then Ace noticed the locket around his neck glow. He opened the locket to see the three Gods cards glowing.
"Beware Prince, a great evil is awakening. History will repeat itself. You must be ready." Ace then watched as the God cards lost their glow, he turned to see Mana was doing her best to avoid his gaze. Obviously she knew something.
"What were they talking about Mana?" Mana looked at Ace and could tell that he wasn't happy being kept out of the loop. She didn't want to tell him that his Rival Jaden Yuki was in fact housing the spirit of the Supreme King. That is what the God cards had been warning him about. The supreme Kings three most powerful cards were sealed on the same Island as the academy and no doubt some time in the year then Jaden would be drawn to their power. History would then repeat itself as the Supreme King would use Jaden to unleash their full power, plunging the world into darkness and despair.
"Ace you know I told you the story about you being reincarnated. Well the Supreme King has also been reincarnated. His spirits dwells within the boy Jaden Yuki. I could sense the power beginning eat away at him during his duel. He is not strong enough to withstand the Spirit of the Supreme King and will soon be taken over by him. Also there is something else you should know. You remember your dream, and seeing three monsters that looked like the Egyptian Gods, well they too were made into cards. They are known as the Sacred beast cards, and are hidden on the same Island as Duel academy. It is very likely that they will be drawn to their old master, like he will be drawn to them. These cards must never see the light of day. If they did, and the Supreme King was able to harness their full power, then nothing would stop him taking over this world and enslaving everyone."
Ace stayed silent for while so that was what the golden eyes were all about. The Supreme King was using Jaden as his host. Mana was right though the three monsters had been powerful in his dreams. However the Egyptian Gods were able to beat them. Surely they could do it again. "You forget Mana, that I have the Egyptian God cards, the same Gods that beat those beast millinas ago." Ace noticed Mana didn't look to confident with that statement. He soon found out why.
"Ace the reason the Egyptian Gods cards were able to prevail was because they drew their power from the ancient land of Egypt. The place they protected. However that power is no longer available to them, due to the fact that were a very long way from the source of their power. If we were in the land of Egypt then I would agree with you, but these Sacred beast feed on pure darkness, which is everywhere around us. If they were to face the Egyptian Gods then they would destroy them."
Ace fell back onto his bed. "So what do I do? Is there any spells or anything that might be able to draw the spirit out of Jaden? In my past life I was able to seal him away in the world of shadows so how had he escaped in the first place?"
Mana shook her head. " I am not sure Ace, maybe when the Millennium items were destroyed then the seal weakened and he was able to find his way out of the void. It is the only logical explanation. I am just glad that the God cards were not destroyed along side the items, or we would have no hope of stopping him.
Ace had to agree with that. After the incident with the Atem and his father, it was decided that the items should be destroyed, the original plan was to destroy the God cards along side the items, but in the end everyone had agreed that being in his fathers deck was the safest place for them. Of course no one would have guessed that they would be passed on to his son. Ace looked at Mana once more. "Well we will worry about Jaden, when we get to duel academy. I have just finished packing and I think I need an early night. " Ace then stood up and began stripping down to his boxers. he noticed Mana face had heated up a little. Ace just grinned and pretended he hadn't seen anything. He then climbed into bed. "You coming?"
Mana blush suddenly vanished and she leapt up and got out her sleepwear before going into the en-suite and getting ready. Once she was changed she folded up her costumes and placed it on the desk next to Ace's deck. She then climbed into bed next to Ace and snuggled up close to him. Both teens then fell into a peaceful sleep unaware of the events that they were both about to face at Duel Academy.
A/N: There is the second chapter. Hope you enjoyed it.
