As I walked through the corridors, I wondered what I had done, I mean come on, all I did was beat a couple of obelisk's, it's not like no-one has ever done that before, but then again, they probably went and complained to Crowler, who, if the rumors are correct, is very, very untrustworthy of anyone who isn't in Obelisk blue, "stuck-up git!" I muttered to myself as I turned the corner and climbed the stairs to the Chancellor's Office, I composed my self and moved my hand to knock, then I heard some muffled talking coming from within, it was Crowler.

"You can't just give him that card, do you realize what a mistake it was even letting him come here, now if we even try to drop him down a class,Pegasus is going to pull out", Pegasus!, there was a name a name I recognized,

"Now Crowler, there's no need to be so prejudiced, he may be the only who can use this card since Jesse Anderson, and we lost track of him years ago"

"I don't care, I've already had some complaints about him, he's a trouble maker, he may not be a Slifer, but he duel's like one and that's all the justification I need to not give it to him"

"Crowler, your over-stepping your boundary's here, if Kaiba finds out he won't be happy, and neither will I, now stop this nonsense"

"Not very likely Sheppard, if he carries on at this rate, there won't be anything we can do, it's a week until the Progress Exams, if he passes them, then maybe, we'll let him have his little Dragon" my eyebrows shot up, "Dragon, is he talking about what I think he's talking about", I thought, trying t control my excitement.

"Fine then, we're in agreement then"

I could here the clanking of Crowler's shoes on the metal floor, then I realized that I was still by the door, so I back-tracked up the corridor a few meters as I heard the door open, then I began walking down the corridor, I heard the door open and Crowler stepped out, he looked at me, his face clearly showing his distaste,

"You're Late" he said abruptly, he gestured into the office, as I walked past he whispered, "I'll talk to you Later!" before arrogantly walking away, I walked into the office, it was rather large with the Chancellor seated behind his desk, leaning on his desk, deep in thought until he sat up suddenly as I entered the room.

"Oh Max, there you are, I've been waiting" he got up and walked round to the other side of the table, "now please sit down", I took the offered set, something told me that I wasn't here for a nice little chat.

"Now Max how have you been finding your stay so far?" he asked politely, something wasn't right here, a little voice in the back of my head was saying.

"Well, I guess it's been good, lesson are O.K, the teachers are good, some of them anyway", what else was I meant to say, I'd only been here 2 days.

"Oh, that's good" he said, he seemed to have his mind on other things, he went back round the desk, and sat down his chair again, "Would you mind if I looked at your deck?" it was not a request, so grudgingly, I placed it on the deck, face-down, I didn't like other people pouring over my cards, it was a matter of pride more than anything else, that and the fact that I didn't want anything happening to them, they were rather precious to me. He picked it up, and sat back down again, and swung his chair around so I couldn't see what he was doing, although the curious part of me, craned to have a look, the polite side said no. I felt kind of different without having my deck with me, it was a kind of nakedness, almost like walking around without an arm or a leg, difficult.

After about 5 minutes, Sheppard turned back round, he looked at Max, who had an odd look in his eye, it was almost longing, he opened is mouth to speak, max wasn't going to like this at all, "Max, I'm afraid I'm going to have to confiscate your deck", he said, saying each word very slowly so that he understood what he was saying, it was Max's reaction, however, that he was totally unprepared for, both fists hit his desk as he stood up and his eyes clearly showed his anger, and then, just for a second, so fast it could have been a trick of the light but his eyes turned a dark shade of red.

"WHAT! what do you mean your 'confiscating' my deck, what have I done", Max gulped in oxygen, trying to control his anger, if it wasn't for the fact that Sheppard was the chancellor of this academy, not just some low-life student, he would have got a smack for even mentioning the words 'confiscation' and 'deck' in the same sentence. He calmed himself right down, burying his anger in a very large hole, his eyes returned to their normal colour as his anger left him, "Excuse my outburst chancellor but I don't think you understand my attachment to that deck" he said politely, although inside he was seething with conflicting emotions.

"I'm perfectly aware of your attachment to your deck Max, I've also been informed as to where you got it from, and besides it's only for research purposes, it's not like we're going to be doing anything permanent to them, we just have some experts who would like to examine them" Sheppard tone was strictly neutral, his was withholding something however

"When will I get it back" Max asked, worry starting to cut through the anger.

"Oh in a couple of days, a week at the most, they just want to runs some tests"

"Well … if it's just for a couple of days, .. then I guess it's ok"

"Oh, good, now then, I think you need to get back to class, tell Professor Satyr that you were seeing me" Sheppard turned back to his desk and picked up the phone as Max left the room, he dialed a number and the person on the end of the line answered.

"Hello, Duelist Kingdom, Pegasus speaking"

"Pegasus, it's Sheppard, I have the Deck you requested"

"Oh that's good, how did May-Boy take it"

"Badly I'm afraid, but he seemed O.K when he left"

"Keep an eye on him Sheppard, the last thing any of us need's is him going Missing or worse"

"Ok I'll assign someone to keep tabs on him, are you sure he's the one were looking for"

"Sheppard, I've been positive since the moment I first saw him and gave him that Deck, toodles, Click … ……"

"Toodles?" Sheppard said to himself as he sat back down and swiveled his chair around so he could look out at his beloved academy, if things carried on going at this rate, peace would be a thing of the past.

Meanwhile…

Zack felt numb, he had had that deck for years, and now he had just lost it, "It's just not fair" his head was saying, then he sighed, there was no point in being such a baby, he would just have to make a new one, a temporary one at least, until he could get his beasts back.

His dorm room seemed to be more empty as he rummaged through his bag until he found his spare deck, he pulled it out and began placing the cards, one by one, face-up on the table, it had been along time since he'd used this deck, and it was time he got to know it again.

((I think I just broke one of the biggest rules in write a Gx fanfic, which involoves having a duel in every 'episode' so don't be suprsed if I end up dead!))