A/N: I apologize for the long wait in updates but I had to catch up some of my other fics I had neglected to update for awhile and think up a viable idea for this one. But now I've done both so enjoy the chapter! It takes place 4 episodes later in the GX timeline in 84, after the following events take place in order which are: Bastion joining the Society of Light, Zane acquiring the UnderWorld deck and the start of the GX tournament. Like last time, I apologize for any OOCness from HK and WA. I made up the part about the Pro duelist invites having their own wing.

Last Time

"I never would've given him that card had I known he would misplay it." Zane muttered bitterly.

"Well it's alright, Zane. You did the right thing. I mean, what duelist is stupid enough to play Power Bond without considering its bad side effect?" She sneered, smirking playfully at him.

Zane smirked playfully back. "Apparently my little runt of a brother." He replied, smiling at her.

She giggled and nodded. "Yeah, you're right about that for sure. He is a runt."

Zane laughed a bit. "Yeah…well it's getting late. You should probably turn in for the night."

She nodded. "Yeah, well I'll see you around then, Zane."

He nodded and made his leave from the lighthouse.

She smiled as she watched him before she left…

End Flashback

4 nights after their previous meeting, Alexis calmly walked out to the lighthouse, finding Zane in the dark black almost Goth-like attire she'd grown used to seeing him in. "Hey Zane."

Zane looked up, hearing his name being called around him and smiled slightly, seeing it was Alexis that had acknowledged him. "Hello, Alexis." He greeted calmly before his focus shifted back to the deck in his hands.

She smiled as she crossed her arms.

Sheppard's new tournament had just ended its day of competition several hours before and as a result, the Pro duelists that were on the island were already asleep in their specially-designed wing of the Academy.

She had already gained about 10 medals from defeating duelists and was quite proud of herself.

She however, was quickly driven from her musings as Zane broke the silence that had been building between the 2 duelists. "So how have you been, Alexis?" Zane asked quietly as he thumbed through the deck he held in his hands.

"Fine. Except for the fact that the dweeby whiz kid Bastion joined the Society of Light the other day." She muttered a little bitterly.

Zane raised an eyebrow at her sudden change of tone but shrugged it off, figuring it wasn't something he himself should bother with. "Misawa? What's wrong with him?" The grey-eyed duelist queried, referring to the Ra genius by his surname out of sheer personal preference rather than spite or something cruel as he would've done had he been talking with someone else like his brother for example.

"Oh nothing really, except that despite how smart he is, he can't take a damn hint." She muttered, her tone showing its developing annoyance.

Zane again arched an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

She sighed. "I mean that he doesn't get that Master Sartorius doesn't want to duel against him. Ugh, it gets so annoying."

Zane chuckled lightly. "I bet it does."

"Yeah…anyway what's that you got there?" She asked, pointing to the deck in his hands.

Zane sighed to himself in amusement. "There's something about me you never knew, Alexis." He replied.

"What's that?" She asked.

Zane grinned playfully at her. "Oh why spoil the surprise? I'll tell you next time we meet." He said as he made his way away from the lighthouse.

"Ok, good night Zane." She called to him.

He smiled in a slightly dark way over his shoulder back at her. "You too, Alexis." He replied.

She nodded, watching him leave as she usually did before she left herself for the night.

To be continued…