thank you for all for reading this story! before I start the next chapter I would like to clearify some key problems brought up by a review. the first is that gx and the original yugioh are not set far enough apart for seto kaiba to have kat as a daughter, so all I have to say to that is that in this fanfic there is a larger gap between the 2, there really is no original or loop-hole to this problem, so thats all I can think of to deal with it. the other thing that was brought up was that Zane/Ryo is not the romantic type, especially during the time period were he is at Duel Academy. To clearify: I do not plan on Zane and Kat to immediately have a romance, in fact I plan on them being on and off rivals/friends. this is because Kat has been sheltered her whole life so she isn't really exposed to or interested in romance (so in a way she is A LOT like Zane). also, I hope to go through most of the gx plot, except with my OC. so plan on a sequel/this to be really long. Cause I want this to be unique and a quality character & story. THANKS!

special shout out to anayu123 for following and favoriting this! and another to the awesome Higuchimon for reviewing and reminding me of important clarifications!

Now, I apologize if any character seems OOC; and, I dont own GX so with out any further wait-

Jaden: TO NARNIA!

aloneassassin: -.- thats my line...

Playing By the Rules

Chapter 2

Zane's POV

Alexis and I are standing at the balcony, talking about the last of the duels that had just finished up, well she was talking and I, of course listened. "Jaden's finish to that duel was quite impressive," She said before pausing, then continued, "and that Kat girl's strategy with Wingweaver was flawless!"

Though both future students were already off the duel platforms, the air seemed to be still buzzing with electricity. 'I agree with Alexis, while Jaden's duel seemed like luck, Kat's was... interesting' coming out of my daze, I cut of Alexis' chatter and simply stated,

"That wasn't even her top deck" And I was true. Alexis' brows scrunched in confusion, and I simply continued, "I ran into her before her duel, literally. And from looking at some of the cards I picked up, she has a much more powerful deck and even more impressive strategies than what you saw with that fairy deck."

Alexis' eyes opened wide, turning to fully face me before responding, "So she is an even stronger duelist than what we just saw? Why would she hide her best deck?"

I simply shrug my shoulders with a impassive expression on my face, "Underestimating the opponent is the deadliest mistake you can make in a duel. while no one will underestimate her after that duel she just had, they will never see what she has coming with her other deck."

Alexis nodded, "Now I just can't wait till I see that other deck!"

~`~`~`~`~` (Fast Forward to a couple weeks into the school year)

"MS. MALLOY!" was the first thing I heard as I was startled awake.

"huhh?" was all my sleepy eyed self could say. Mrs.-no sorry Doctor Crowler was standing at the front of the room biting down on a piece of that frilly cloth that was on his jacket, staring up at me with bloody murder in his eyes. "Would you like to share what you were doing up their during my important lecture about trap cards?"

I smirked and said, "Weeeelll, I was doing two things, neither of which was listening to you."

He gasped, "Why you littl-"

"You see, I was sleeping-" there was laughter through out the room.

"But before that, I was drawing this." I proudly held up a large piece of paper with a sketch of the majestic Blue eyes white dragon's head on the page. You see, I wanted to show it off because I completely SUCK at drawing, and I had no idea how this ended up the way it did.

Crowler looked like he was about to have a stroke he was so angry, "Go to the Chancellor's office!" I get up, taking my picture and my stuff and calmly walk to the door. However, right as I touch it, theres a large crash behind me and I hear Crowler scream again, "And YOU slackers go too!"

I chuckle and politely wait for the two boys to come with me to the office. One had brown hair that kinda looked like a kuriboh, while the other, was short and had pale blue hair with glasses.

The one with brown hair walked next to me when we got into the hall, hyperly introduced himself and his friend, "Hey, I'm Jaden and this here is Syrus! You're Kat right?" "Yup" I respond, popping the 'p'. The short kid, named Syrus nerviously looked up saying, "Jeez, aren't you two nervous about meeting with chancellor Shepherd?" I just respond, "Of course not, and you shouldn't be either, I can get us out of this." Little did they know that Shepherd was the only one that knew my real name was Kaiba, not Malloy.

~~In Shepherd's office~~

He sighed, then looked up. "Kat, if I let you off the hook with no punishment, people may get suspicious. They will definitely start questioning things if I let Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale off the hook as well."

"I understand, but could you just not tell dad I've already gotten in trouble?" I begged

He gave a grin, "Of course! Now, you, along with the two gentlemen outside will have detention with Crowler for a week"

"A Week?!" I Exclame, "Thats TOO long!"

"Now hold on, because the only time you all can have detention is when he is giving a lecture to an older group of students, so you all will help him with dueling demonstrations, alright?"

I give a meek smile, "I guess its not too bad then..."

He chuckles, "I figured that might help a bit, and have fun dueling against Jaden, he gets a bit carried away sometimes"

"Thanks for the heads up!" was my response before leaving to tell the guys about our future slave work to Crowler.

I hope things are not going to slow for you all! I'm just trying to not leave any important characters in the dark or have undeveloped characters... however... if you all are wondering about Kat's main deck... I'll tell you... SOON! I promise, I will get these chapters longer, I'm going to start working on it more, hopefully each will be at least 1,500 words, excluding the AN's. also I apologize for the choppyness of this chapter, it was choppily done randomly over the course of the last week, I've been busy with getting ready for Lacrosse season and also my horse got injured so I've been at the barn a lot. Don't give up on me yet! next chapter up in around 1 week!