Yuto was certainly relieved when he recognized that his childhood friend, Kurosaki Shun, was in the same class while wearing the same uniform. Since they were stuck with Dr. Faker, it was reassuring to be with him.

"So, how you've been doing? Haven't seen you for a while ever since that happened." He asked the Sakaki, while they were outside participating in physical education.

Five years...

Shun pushed Yuto's back down, stretching his long legs.

"Nothing much. All of us just took the test and we're admitted to this school."

Then it was his turn to help Shun stretch. There was no need for Yuto to steadily push his friend's back, for the latter managed to reached all the way quite easily.

Flexible as ever.

"What about you?"

"Ruri and I came to this school a year ago and stayed the same ever since. Thankfully, we were both able to keep our ranks."

The Sakaki's curiosity perked when he heard that.

"What rank is your sister?" He asked him, as they both began to run laps around the field.

"She's a Yellow. Not that great, but not that bad either."

"That's great to hear. She's the same as Yugo."

Shun cocked his head over, while having slightly wide eyes.

"Only Yugo? I saw Yuri earlier when we were eating lunch at the cafeteria. What about Yuya?"

But the oldest brother stayed silent as he effortlessly finished all of the required laps. Thirsting for a drink, he took a quick swig of water that replenished his parched throat. Unexpectedly, Shun's hand was on his shoulder, where the latter paused to think for what to say as an encouragement.

"At least he'll be the best within his entire dorm."

Instantly turning around, Yuto roughly grabbed his friend's collar as fury overtook him. Shun flinched as he witnessed this sudden reaction. The oldest Sakaki was usually calm, but not this time.

"They thought that he was cheating!." Yuto's low voice quivered as he yelled out all of this.

I'm not used to being loud.

"What happened!?" Shun rose his voice in exclamation. Yuto loosened his grip on the collar and looked away. He wasn't sure if he should say it.

"Those stupid coordinators thought that his unique summoning went against the rules when he took the practical test. He called it Pendulum Summoning. Since it was a new type of summoning, they forced him to be a part of Standard even though he is good at the other types." He couldn't bear to directly look at Shun's sharp eyes. He must've thought the same way as everybody else.

"Pendulum Summoning? I find it quite amazing that your younger brother was capable of creating a new type of summoning that no one knew about."

Huh?

"Especially for this year's Genex tournament, Yuya would have a clear advantage in defeating his opponents."

Yuto was left dumbfounded by his friend's behavior towards his younger brother's turmoil. And the Genex tournament pushed his curiosity even further.

"Well since you weren't here as a first year, of course you wouldn't know. The Genex tournament is held every year to get a chance to become this school's Duel King. By gaining that title, you'd get the chance to challenge the actual Duel King, Mutou Yugi." Shun explained as they were headed towards the showers, before they had to return to class.

"But there are actually some strong opponents in this school. I lost to a Fusion Osiris last year."

"Osiris? How did you lose?" This news was the most shocking of them all.

"Yeah, it was strange of how he was an Osiris. His skills should've made him an Obelisk, no matter how bad his written exams were." Shun had his eyebrows furrowed as he was concentrating on figuring out his past opponent.

"Who was he?" Yuto asked, despite his lack of knowledge of knowing anyone in this school.

"His name was Yuki Judai and used Fusion monsters." And his childhood friend walked away to take his shower.

Yuto contemplated about what he had heard from Shun as the warm water splashed onto his skin. He would need to ask Yuri if he wanted to know more about "Yuki Judai". But again, like giving a silent prayer, Yuto whispered in his mind about his brothers. The oldest knew very well that tough opponents triggered an insanity to take over them.

I hope they can control themselves. I don't want to hurt anyone or see another accident.