"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Are you prepared, Yuji?"

"Sure, just finished checking my stuff, Sheppard."

"Good, because we're arriving at Duel Academy shortly." The male that Yuji was talking to had replied. The person to which was revealed to be a bald man with a beard that connected to his moustache, he was also wearing a marone coloured jacket with white lining along with a yellow undershirt. "Are you prepared to start?"

"To be honest, I'm a bit nervous, but I think I'm good. Teaching is going to be a new experience for me..." Yuji replied to Sheppard. This aged man was none other than Chancellor Sheppard, the chancellor of Duel Academy, which was the place that they were currently heading towards on a boat.

Apparently, before Yuji had gone to sleep, he had recieved an email from Sheppard about how he had done the examination with the proctor, and apparently, his skills far exceeded those of the other students. So, he had ended up being given the position of a teacher for the school, which he really didn't know how to feel about it.

"I know that it will, just try your best." Sheppard smiled. Yuji just returned the smile as he stretched his arms and cracked his neck, Sheppard then gave Yuji a serious look as he then asked. "So, I assume that you are still here for your own reasons? The reasons that we spoke over before..."

"Yes... I'll still be blending in as a teacher of course, and I'll try my best as one. But, I still have a job I need to do here." Yuji responded seriously. Sheppard nodded his head at this as he closed his eyes, Yuji then added. "Sheppard, I want you to keep this between you and me. No one else should know unless its completely unavoidable."

"I understand your circumstances, don't worry, I won't tell a soul." Sheppard assured. Yuji could tell that the chancellor was speaking completely honestly, to which the young boy smiled and nodded his head. "Though, I'm interest in seeing how people will react to someone so young being their teacher."

"I think it might be amusing." Yuji gave a light chuckle as he responded to Sheppad's statement. He then then gave a sigh as he looked up towards the sky with a slight smile gracing his mouth. "Well, when it comes to Dr. Crowler. You already told him of the fact that I will be a teacher for this school, right?"

True to his words, Yuji had met Crowler already when both Sheppard and him had gone to visit the young man. Of course, Crowler didn't know of the fact that Yuji was from the future, and also the reasons for why he wanted to go to duel academy. Yuji was there for one reason, it was to attend of course, but to also find out why he was here. Why was he in this time?

"Yes, I did. It will be rather amusing for the other teachers to see you though." Sheppard smirked. Yuji smirked in response as well as he pictured the look of the other teachers if they saw his appearance, it was rather amusing to think of. Yuji then sighed again. "So, if I remember correctly, you told me that there is quite a bit of discrimination?"

"Yes, quite a bit." Sheppard sighed sadly as his shoulders drooped. True to his words, Slifer's along with the Ra's sometimes were treated rather horribly by the Obelisk students as the ones in Obelisk tend to think they are elite and are beyond the lower dorms. "It is true that the Obelisk students are rather... arrogant, not all of them of course."

"But, most of them..." Yuji deadpanned. Sheppard just sweatdropped as he nodded his head, Yuji just smacked his forehead in annoyance as he had a big feeling that the Obelisk students along with a few others were going to make his job harder than it needed to be. "This is going to be a long couple of years..."

"Hehehe..." Sheppard chuckled sheepishly.

"Oh, I just remembered. Where is the other transfer students, well, only transfer student now?" Yuji asked Sheppard curiously. If he remembered correctly, there was supposed to be another person that was supposed to be transferring into the school as a student, which Yuji was suppsoed to have done before this happened.

"Oh, the transfer student." Sheppard said in response as he scratched his right cheek using his index finger. Sheppard then explained by saying. "Well, apparently they're going to be a bit late, so they'll be transferring in tomorrow instead of today. I must say as well, they do indeed show some potential."

"I see, that makes sense." Yuji nodded. He then looked forwards as he leaned against the railing of the boat. He then decided to add. "Also, every single students and duelist had potential, they just need to look deep within to find it. Or, perhaps give them a little push or drive to unlock and discover that hidden potential."

"A young man of words, huh?"

Yuji could currently be seen sitting down on a couch inside of the main building of Duel Academy, it had been around two hours or so since he had arrived on the island with Sheppard as he was asked by the chancellor to wait in the staff lounge room as an assembly was going to be held to introduce him.

The lounge room was well air conditioned as the couches were blue in colour, his vest was currently off and placed next to him on the couch he was sitting on. He had his arms also crossed over his chest as his eyes were closed, his left leg resting on his right as he heard the clock ticking.

"You ready to start your class after this?" A sudden male voice called out to him. Yuji turned his attention upwards to see that there was a figure standing in front of him staring down at him, it was a slightly transparent figure. When he got a good view, the person revealed to be a humanoid figure with a lean defined build.

The figure had a void black body with a pair of sharp glowing white eyes along with a long scarf-like addition made of white light, the figure also had white crescent-shaped energy blades extending upwards from his arms that seemed to glisten as small stars could be seen coming off of them like an aura of sorts.

"I'm pretty sure, Avatar. Though, I am feeling a bit nervous." Yuji responded as he closed his eyes again. The figure in front of him gave a slight chuckle as they then walked over towards a window and stared out towards the forest. "That is understandable, it is only normal nature to be nervous in such a situation."

This person that Yuji was talking to was none other than his ace monster in his deck, Slip Space Avatar. This card had been with him for many years in his young life, he has had Avatar for over five years, if not more. Overall, this card was someone he had a special bond with, not only was it because it was his ace, but it was because Avatar was someone who had always been there for him when he needed.

"Just try your best and you'll be fine. This will be a new experience, so it should be something you should look foward to... maybe." Avatar said with a smile. Yuji nodded his head as he was going to say something, though stopped when they both heard footsteps approaching there location.

"So, you're our new fellow teacher." A male's voice was heard. Yuji opened his eyes to see that the person that spoke to him was a skinny tall man wearing black long pants along with a white dress shirt and a tie, he had long black hair tied into a ponytail and also wore a pair of spectacles. In his arms was rather large brown cat.

Yuji then quickly noticed the three other people that were with him, as Avatar was observing and listening from the side, the first was a woman with reddish-brown hair with a large bang over the front of her face, she wore a white and blue jacket along with a one piece short pink dress underneath. The next was a male with black hair and wearing a yellow jacket with white outlining.

The final person out of the other three was very familiar to him as it was someone that he had met before, it was none other than Dr. Crowler. He was wearing the Obelisk jacket but had gold shoulder pads and pink additions tot he arms and collar. He had long blond hair tied into a ponytail, though the strangest thing was that he had on a bunch of makeup.

"Yes, I am indeed." Yuji replied. He then stood up from the seat he was on and quickly picked up his jacket and tossed it back over his shoulders, making it go back into its cape-like position. Yuji then gave a smile as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I hope to have a good couple of years with you all, I look forward to working with you all."

"We hope the same as well. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Lyman Banner. And this is my cat Pharaoh." The tall man with the black hair introduced himself along with his cat. Banner petted Pharaoh as the man wearing yellow was next. "I am Sartyr, I am the head of the Ra Yellow dorm. It's a pleasure."

"I'm Fonda Fontaine, the head of the Obelisk Blue Girl's dorm!" The woman of the group introduced herself. Crowler then stepped up as he was the next person to introduce himself, though they already met. "As you know, I'm Dr. Crowler. It's good to see you again, Yuji."

"Same, Dr. Crowler. It's a pleasure to meet you all." Yuji said politely as he gave a small bow. These were the people that he was going to be working with for the next couple of years, and hopefully it won't be so bad. "So, I had heard that the students may be rather disruptive, is this going to be a problem?"

"Why yes, they certainly are! I would suggest that you prepare yourself, especially for those Slifer Slackers!" Crowler stated strongly. Yuji gave a small frown, he had noticed how Crowler would usually discriminate against the Slifer dorm since it was the lowest, he wasn't a discriminator so it was rather annoying to hear. "I see..."

"Now now, Dr. Crowler. They're not that bad, it'll be just fine." Banner assured. Crowler just gave a snort before looking away with closed eyes along with a 'hmph'. Yuji just lightly chuckled as Fonda then decided to ask. "So, what subjects are you teaching the students? DO you know yet?"

"Well, I'll be teaching things like teaching about utilisation of spells, the best time to use and save them, summoning of monsters as well as their costs and methods of possibly overruling the conditions of a monsters cost." Yuji explained. They all nodded their heads in understanding to this.

"Well, like before, I should warn you. Some students just won't have any respect for us teachers, I swear!" Crowler stated with an annoyed expression. Yuji frowned after hearing this, Crowler then continued. "I know how much you don't like disrespect for yourself, so I figured I should warn you."

"I see, thank you, Dr. Crowler. When the time comes, I'll deal with them accordingly." Yuji assured with a serious look. They all seemed surprised by Yuji's mature personality despite being so young, though Crowler wasn't as he had already known of Yuji's attitude, to which the man smiled at Yuji's response. "By the way, do any of you know when the assembly is starting?"

"I'm quite certain it should actually be in a couple of minutes actually." Sartyr responded. Coincidentally, the door to the lounge room opened, catching their attention. They all turned towards the door to see that it was Sheppard entering in. "Ah, Chancellor Sheppard. I assume everything is ready?"

"Yes, it is. We should all head off now."

"Understood."

"Hey, Syrus. Why do you think they all called us here for?"

"I don't know, Jaden. They never told us beforehand."

"I hope it was worth it, I could be sleeping right now..."

The first voice had belonged to a young man with brown hair with two different shades, the top being lighter than the bottom. He had chocolate brown eyes and was wearing the slifer school uniform with the jacket being open instead of buttoned up. The other two voices belonged to fellow Slifer students that were next to him.

The second voice belonged to a short boy with light blue hair that was rather spiky, he wore a pair of spectacles and had the Slifer jacket of his buttoned up. The next person was a rather large male with a strangely close resemblance to a koala, he wore the Slifer jacket but the senior verson, which was white with red linings.

These people were none other than Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley Huffington. Three students that are a part of the Slifer dorm. They all watched curiously, along with every other student that were a part of all the other different houses, them being Obelisk and Ra.

On the higher platforms from where they were standing, Fonda, Sartyr, Crowler, and Banner could be seen standing and looking towards them all. There was also a large screen on the back wall of the room they were in that was currently black, though it then suddenly flicked on after a couple of seconds.

"Greetings, students!" Sheppard's voice was heard. Every single person turned their attention to the screen as their whispers and talks were quieting down, they all looked to see that it was Sheppard on the screen looking towards them all with a smile. "I know that you all are curious as to why I have called you all here, and that reason is that I want to introduce you all to a new teacher working here!"

"A new teacher?"

"Who are they?"

"That's it? A new teacher? This was a waste of time..." Chumley sighed. Jaden and Syrus, on the other hand, seemed rather curious about the news, along with a couple of other people. Jaden then swung his arms over the shoulders of both Syrus and Chumley. "Oh come on, guys! I'm interested to see who this teacher is!"

"I guess I agree... I hope they're not like Dr. Crowler..." Syrus muttered the last part to himself as he winced when he thought of the makeup wearing teacher of his, it was not a good sight to him at all if another person like him were to be teaching them. Sheppard then continued as they all listened.

"So, please welcome your new teacher! Give him a warm welcome!" Sheppard then gestured to the right. The door automatically opened as the teachers clapped as the students did the same, though they immediately stopped in shock as it was revealed to be Yuji walking towards the front of the platform the other teachers were on.

As Yuji was walking, he noticed all of the student's incredulous expression as they saw him, though he couldn't blame them. He was a kid, and what normal person would expect their new teacher to be someone significantly younger than them? Yuji made sure to look at every student before standing in front of the other teachers as he crossed his arms.

"The new teacher's a kid!" Syrus and Chumley shouted.

"Yeah, no kidding!" Jaden said with comically widened eyes. Jaden then took a closer inspection of Yuji's attire as the boy stood tall on the platform. "Damn, he has a really good fashion sense, doesn't he?"

"True..." Syrus agreed. Syrus then sweatdropped as he looked at Yuji's serious and strong held expression. "He's kind of scary..."

"Greetings to you all, my name is Yuji Fujiki. You may call me Mr. Yuji, Mr. Fujiki, or just Yuji. I really don't mind." Yuji explained as he introduced himself, he then further explained. "I will be teaching you all on utilisation of spells, the best time to use and save them, summoning of monsters as well as their costs and methods of possibly overruling the conditions of a monster's cost."

"Wow, he's pretty serious..." Jaden commented. His Slifer friends also agreed with this as they noticed how Yuji kept a steady and strong posture and spoke clearly and firm, other students also noticed as they listened intently to his words. Yuji then bowed slightly as he then said.

A couple of specific students also noticed Yuji's quirks, them being two certain Obelisk Blue students and a Ra Yellow student. The two blue students being Zane Truesdale and Alexis Rhodes, and the yellow student being none other than Bastion Misawa. Zane, especially, seemed to gain a glint as he saw Yuji's eyes.

'I see, he was looking for potential. Impressive...' Zane thought to himself. He had noticed how Yuji had glanced at every single one of them when he entered the room, it was a glance of analysis and a very calculative one indeed. Of course, he was surprised like all the other students about Yuji being a kid, but he didn't express it.

"I expect to have a great couple of years with you all, I hope we can all get along. As you know, classes will start straight after this assembly, so I look forward to who I am with first. That is all." Yuji said as he turned and walked back and stood next to Professor Banner. "Well done, though it was a bit serious the way you spoke..."

"Hey, it was my first time." Yuji replied with a whisper and a sweatdrop. He looked at Avatar, whom was floating next him, as he had said these words to the magician. Avatar just chuckled softly as Yuji then heard Banner's voice speak up from next to him. "That was impressive, Yuji. You didn't look nervous at all."

"Thank you. Though, I'd be lying if I said you were right, I did feel nervous inside. But, it would be best to push it away when I was up." Yuji responded. Banner nodded his head in understanding to Yuji's statement, a first impression was important, and hopefully his students will give him a good first impression of them.

Yuji could now be seen in the staff room in his own office, which Sheppard had given to him before the little assembly before. It was a basic room with things like his own desk with a computer and some papers on it, there were also plants decorating the corners and also file cabinets and a couch area with a TV set up. FInally, there was a coffee maker on a table near the office desk.

Yuji was sitting on his chair as he seemed to be reading a sheet of paper that was in his hands, his eyes scanning over all of its contents. He was currently reading on his time table for the day and also for the rest of the week, the time table showing all of the classes he will be teaching as well as the locations and times.

He was preparing for his first class and day as a teacher as he fixed up his clothes and folded up the time table as he slipped it into his pocket, that was when he took hold of his duel disk and placed it onto the side of his waist before standing up from his chair and stretching all four of his limbs as he gave a sigh.

"Alright, my first class isn't far away at all, probably take a maximum of five minutes to get there." Yuji muttered as he began to make his way out of his office, which the doors were automatic and opened when he got close and closed when he walked away from it. He then began to make his way down the hallway.

Avatar was walking beside him but didn't say anything as if they were to talk, it would cause people to stare at Yuji like he was crazy. It didn't take long before Yuji arrived at the front door to the classroom, Avatar soon disappeared as Yuji took a small breathe as he gained a serious look before opening the door.

When he entered, he could hear the conversations between the students, what he also noticed that only students of the same dorm were speaking with each other. He frowned at this, it seemed like the students were really only comfortable talking with students from their own dorms, which was already a bad sign to him.

As soon as he had entered the classroom though, it seemed that the classroom full of students all became quiet as they began to sit down in their seats as Yuji made his way to the front desk that was placed at the very front of the room and was facing towards the rows of seats that the students were occupying.

He walked in front of the desk before standing tall as he crossed his arms over his chest, he scanned his eyes over the students and noticed their expressions. Some were looking with curious looks, others with disbelief, and some with blank looks when they noticed his age. He was a kid after all, who wouldn't stare?

He observed the seating and noticed that the three dorms were separated from each other, which was probably done for good reasons as he already knew that keeping them mixed would probably end up causing annoying troubles. Though, he would prefer that they were so divided to the point that it was this obvious how much the dorms were separated.

"Alright, we shall begi-."

"Sorry I'm late!" Yuji stopped his sentence and rose an eyebrow as he looked up towards the door at the top near the seats, he saw none other than Jaden Yuki panting as he looked like he ran over here as quick as he could. Yuji assumed the boy must have slept in or something. "Sorry for being late, sir! I just slept it!"

"It's fine, just hurry and take a seat so we may begin." Yuji said with a sigh. He could already tell the type of person that Jaden was, he wasn't a bad kid, from what he has seen so far, but he was lazy and not so organised. He waited as Jaden chuckled nervously while rubbing the back of his head, Jaden then quickly ran down the stairs before taking a seat.

"Good, now that we are all here. Allow me to once again introduce myself." Yuji said seriously. They all noticed his expression and watched silently as he continued. "As I have said before, my name is Yuji Fujiki. Call me Mr. Yuji, Mr. Fujiki, or just Yuji. As you should remember from the assembly, I don't mind which you use."

The students all noticed something, despite him being a child and being much younger than them, his voice carried a lot of maturity and was a voice that demanded respect and cooperation. They all really didn't know how to feel about it...

"Before we start this class, I will first like to inform you of some things as well as set some ground rules." Yuji's voice snapped them all out of their thoughts and conversations as they looked at him. "I have been trusted by Chancellor Sheppard to teach you to the best of my ability, and that is exactly what I intend to do. Right now, I see that you all have hidden potential that is hiding away... I intend to change that."

"Excuse me, Mr. Fujiki..." Yuji glanced up towards the seats to see that the person that called out was a female wearing an Obelisk uniform, he just nodded towards her as she then asked. "What exactly are we learning in this class...?"

"This lesson will be mainly about learning the utilisation of spells and traps at prime moments, other sides of duelling will be covered in other lessons that I will be teaching." Yuji answered simply as the girl nodded. "Now, I will set you all some ground rules, and my expectations will be that you follow them."

Yuji had said this with a slight glare that sent chills down their spine.

"First off, you are not to speak of anything offhand to what my lessons will be teaching you. Secondly, you are expected to remain silent when I am explaining." Yuji stated seriously as the students all listened intently. Despite him being a child, this was the most serious teacher they had ever met... "Finally, there will no discrimination between the dorms in any way shape or form."

"Hold on!"

Yuji, along with the other students, all turned their heads towards the one that had screamed aloud. The person was revealed to be an Obelisk blue male student with short black hair, the male had stood up from his seat glared down at Yuji as Yuji just kept a look of indifference. Yuji then asked. "Is there an issue?"

"Yes! There is in fact! I refuse to let some child teach me about duelling! As well as expecting us to respect those of the Slifer Slacker dorm!" The male yelled in anger. Yuji just stared as the other students stared at the Obelisk student in disbelief, did this dude not realise how serious Yuji was? "There is no way in the world that you can possibly be a teacher, the chancellor made a mistake!"

"Really?" Yuji muttered. His voice carrying an uneasy feeling that all the students noticed, except for the Obelisk student. Yuji turned his entire body as he looked up at the student, his eyes being slightly dull as he continued. "If you are truly so confident about your claims, then why don't you prove it? Show me that I am not qualified to teach you."

"You are asking for it!" The male grinned confidently as he took hold of a duel disk and ran down to the bottom. All the students watched curiously as some from the Obelisk dorm had smug looks on their faces, it seemed that they believed what this male was saying."You are so going to be demolished by none other than Brayden Lockter!"

"Confidence like yours will truly be your undoing." Yuji snorted. Brayden then activated his duel disk as Yuji did the same, the students all marveled at Yuji's duel disk as it was the most advanced looking device they had ever seen in their entire lives. Jaden then exclaimed. "Woah! That's one cool duel disk!"

"Yeah, it looks pretty cool..." Syrus muttered with wide eyes. Jaden grinned as he watched excitedly. "I can't wait to see what teach can do!"

"Allow me to show you the pinnacle of duelling!"