(Re-Edited on March 2, 2018)
-Kaiba Mansion, Jaden's room-
"Kuri! Kuri!"
"Yes, I know that he is going to be late, but how are we going to wake him up this time?"
"Kuri! Kuri!"
"Mm…we haven't tried that for quite some time, why not? Bubbleman, come out here!"
The Elemental water warrior appeared next to Yubel before aiming his water gun at the sleeping brunette. The moment the cold water splashed over Jaden, he screamed and fell out of his bed. The brunette rubbed his head before glaring over at them.
"Did you two really have to wake me up like that?"
"Don't look at me Jaden, it was Yubel's idea," answered Bubbleman before going back into Jaden's deck.
Jaden made a face. "Could you have thought of another way to wake me up, Yubel? And here I thought Nagisa was the crazy one."
Yubel frowned. "First off, it was the fur ball's idea, not mine. And second, don't you and Kaida have an exam to go to?"
Jaden thought for a moment before remembering that today was the Entrance Exam to Duel Academy. The brunette had a smile on his face before having a panicked look on his face upon seeing what time it was.
"We're going to be late!"
Yubel closed her eyes while Winged Kuriboh hid under the covers. The demon duel spirit reopened her eyes to see him dash out of his room.
The brunette ran across from his door before banging onto a door with a blue and white roses design on the sides. It was his cousin's room.
"Kai-chan! Get up or we are going to be late!"
"W-What?! Oh crap! I'll be out there soon, Aniki!" shouted Kaida from inside.
"Meet me at the front entrance! I'll get Mark!" shouted Jaden before running back to his room and started to change out of his drenched pajamas.
Nothing much changed throughout the past years aside from the fact that he now had a little sister, Sakura.
His features looked the same. Brown hair but was lighter on the top, bangs on the sides and chocolate brown eyes. Only his skin had a bit of a tan as from his visits to Egypt to see his friend, Nagisa.
Jaden changed into a long sleeve black shirt, a sleeveless dark green jacket, black pants with a dark brown belt around his waist that had his deck holder on the left side and brown shoes.
He grabbed his duel disk before dashing out of his room and went over to the staff quarters to find their limo driver.
"Mark! You here?" shouted Jaden.
"Right here Master Jaden!" said Mark. "Are you and Mistress Kaida ready to go?"
Jaden laughed nervously. "Yea about that…we just woke up and well…"
Mark shook his head with a grin on his face. "Should have known. What did you and Mistress Kaida fall asleep late last night or something?"
"You can say that," murmured Jaden before shaking his head. "Tell you later but right now Kai-chan and I are going to be late to exams so please get the limo ready!"
Mark nodded before dashing out of the staff quarters.
Jaden went over to the kitchen where he found his great-grandfather and his little sister eating their breakfast. Solomon smiled when he saw his great-grandson.
"Nii-san!" greeted Sakura, happily. The young girl had crimson bangs and dark auburn hair with yellow highlights.
The brunette smiled warmly at his little sister before greeting his grandfather.
"Not a good choose to wake up late today, Jaden," said Solomon with a chuckle.
Jaden sighs, "I know, I know, but Kai-chan and I were finishing up our decks last night that we didn't notice it was getting late."
Solomon smiled just as Shizuka entered the kitchen with two lunch bags.
"Well it's a good thing that I woke up early to make this for you and Kai-chan," said Shizuka.
Jaden smiles, "Thanks Mom! You're a life-saver! Oh man, I got to go! See you guys later!"
"Good luck on your exams!" shouted his great-grandfather.
"Bye Nii-san, and good luck!" shouted Sakura before going back to her cereal.
"I wish luck on the poor instructor," said Shizuka. "Jaden wouldn't go easy on him nor will Kai-chan."
"They are quite competitive when they want to be," said Solomon before smiling. "Though Jaden is more into having fun while Kai-chan adopted her Father's attitude, don't you think?"
Shizuka sighs, "That's right. Come on Sakura, your tutor will be coming soon so finish up with you breakfast."
"Okay Mommy," replied Sakura.
Jaden grabbed his backpack from the closet before putting the two bags inside. The brunette got out of the mansion to see Kaida and Mark waiting for him by the limo.
Over the years, Kaida changed a bit. She had long light blue hair, a little wave to it that fell to her waist, her bangs off to the side, and sharp sapphire-blue eyes and white skin. She was now wearing a long sleeveless white coat, a light blue strapless top, a sky blue tight mini skirt with black trimming, thigh high white stocking and light blue and white boots.
"Come on, Aniki! I don't want to miss my written exam!" said Kaida before going inside the black limo. Jaden sighs happily before following inside.
Mark started to drive off from the estate while Jaden took out one of the lunch bags and handed it to Kaida.
"Relax Kai-chan," said Jaden, calmly. "The written exams are going to be a breeze to us even though ours are going to be different than the others."
Kaida pouts, "Take it to Dad to make two different exams just the two of us while the other students are taking the standard exam."
"Well if you and I would have taken the standard exam, we would have passed it," said Jaden. "I can't say the same thing for Vante and Nagisa."
Kaida sighs, "I guess you are right. I just hope that Vante can even pass the written exam as I know Nagisa would but Vante? He hates studying."
"True," said Jaden as he took out his golden egg sandwich. "But what can you do?" He took a bite. "They're great duelists. Though Nagisa has a long way to go to be at her Father's level and Vante hates exams."
"We have to keep an eye on him," murmured Kaida before smiling. "Best of luck in your Entrance duel, Aniki."
"Same to you Kai-chan," said Jaden, softly.
-KaibaLand, Kaiba Dome-
"Hey Nagisa, how was your duel exam?" asked Vante.
Just like Jaden and Kaida, Vante changed a bit throughout the years. He had long snow white hair pulled up into a high ponytail by a light blue ribbon and his bangs framing his face, large aquamarine eyes and white skin. He was wearing a light blue T-shirt, his favorite black leather jacket, baggy comfortable black pants with chains hanging on the sides and light blue sneakers.
Nagisa sighs, "It was…alright but I think that guy was going easy on me because I was a girl or something. What about you?"
Like her friends, Nagisa changed as well. She has her rose gold wild curls pulled into a messy bun and loose hairs, her cream highlighted bangs pulled back with a headband with a bow on it. She has large silk blue eyes and specks of gold layered in and long, thick eyelashes. Her tan skin having gotten just a little darker and freckles sprouting across her cheeks and nose.
She was wearing a white and blue tank top that the straps crisscross on her chest, a long purple sleeveless coat, tight black short shorts, blue, purple and black stripped finger less gloves, knee high purple socks and black combat boots.
"The same…well minus the girl part," said Vante before seeing Kaida duel an examiner. "She's not going to go easy on that guy, is she?"
"Nope, she may be nice but when it comes to dueling…she takes after her Father," said Nagisa.
Vante nodded.
"You got that right. But hey, that's Kai-chan for ya, right?" said Jaden as he walked up to them. "What's up guys?"
"Hey there, Jay!"
"Did you finish your duel already, mate?" Vante asked with a smirk. "Or did the examiner chicken out or something?"
Jaden laughed. "No, I just came here a bit late, so I just finished my written exam. My exam duel is going to be the last one."
"Oh."
Meanwhile on the test fields, Kaida was facing an examiner who was using a rather weak deck. It was her turn and so far she had taken out half of his life points in just two turns.
"I activate the magic card, The Flute of Summoning Dragon," said Kaida. "Since I have Lord of Dragons on the field, I can use this card to special summon two dragon type monsters in my hand."
On the stands, Jaden and his friends were by the railing. The brunette shook his head before smiling a bit. "Here they come."
Near to him was a boy who had blue hair, large grey eyes, and glasses. He was wearing a blue school uniform and was rather small for his age. He turned his head to Jaden with a shock look on his face.
"What do you mean? How do you know Seto Kaiba's daughter?"
"Because my Dad works at KaibaCorp," Jaden answered, looking back at the duel.
"Now I can special summon two of my Blue-Eyes White Dragons!" shouted Kaida as two dragons appeared right behind her.
Everyone gasped upon seeing the two legendary dragon's right in front of their eyes. The white dragons sure got two students interested, Ryo Marufuji and Jun Manjoume.
"Next I activate the magic card, Card of Sanctity which allows us to draw up to six cards," said Kaida.
"And how is that going to help you? Instead you helped me out," the examiner smirked.
"True but…there isn't going to a next turn for you," said Kaida, smugly. "I activate the magic card, The Warrior Returning Alive to bring back Kaibaman from the graveyard."
"And how is that weak monster going to help you?" questioned the examiner.
Kaida grinned. "Plenty – I activate his effect. By sending this card to the graveyard, I can special summon one Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand."
"What?"
Another white dragon appeared next to Kaida who was currently smiling softly.
"Before I attack, I activate the magic card, Giant Trunade. Say bye-bye to your last defense," said Kaida as two trap cards disappear from the examiner's field. "Now my dragons end this duel!"
Kaida: 3000
Examiner: 1900 – 9000 = 0
"I should have expected from the daughter of Seto Kaiba, good work," said the examiner.
Kaida smiled before bowing a bit and walking away from the field. She went over to her friends and smiled to them.
"Hey guys, what's up?" greeted Kaida happily before frowning. "If the duels are going to be that easy then the next four years is going to be rather dull."
Jaden smirked playfully. "Oh sure, too easy or overkill Kai-chan."
"Shut up, Aniki, haven't you ever heard of go big or go home? And I'll be damned if I go home," said Kaida before smiling. "Your duel is about to start, right?"
"Yea, after that duel over there is finished," replied Jaden as he pointed over to Arena 2. "I heard that he was numbered Number #3 in the written exam."
"Oh a challenger," said Kaida. "I don't mind asking him for a duel. Do you know his name Aniki?"
Jaden was about to reply when the small bluenette responded first.
"That's Daichi Misawa. Even though he had the highest score in the written exam, he was still placed #3. By the way, my name is Sho Marufuji."
"Pleasure meeting you Sho-kun, you already know who I am," said Kaida.
"Vante McKnight is the name. Nice to meet you little mate."
"Nagisa Ishtar, pleasure."
Jaden was about to say his name when the announcer called out his examinee number which was number 2.
"Wish me luck guys!" said Jaden just as Daichi walked up to one of the seats right by them.
"I wonder who long he is going to beat his examiner," said Nagisa.
"I say whoever faces Jay, he wouldn't last long" said Vante with a smirk.
"You have full confidence for your friend, how do you know that he will beat the examiner?" asked Sho.
Kaida giggles, "Let's just say…he is titled to be the next Duel King."
"Is that so?" said Daichi before smiling a bit. "Sorry for interrupting but how can you be sure that your friend over there will be the next Duel King?"
"You'll know once you see him duel," replied Nagisa.
Sho and Daichi had a confuse look on their face before looking down to see the brunette entering Arena 4. His opponent wasn't a normal examiner but rather a man that dressed like a lady.
Vante laughed to the point where he was on the ground and holding onto his stomach. "Oh man, oh man that man looks like a freaking lady!"
Nagisa and Kaida tried to hold onto their laugher but failed while Daichi and Sho had a shock look on their faces on who the brunette was dueling.
Meanwhile at the field, Jaden tried his best to hold onto his laughter but that didn't stop Yubel from laughing at the human.
'You spend too much time with Jounouchi-kun and Honda-kun,' thought Jaden before smiling. "The name is Judai Yuki, Sensei. Let's have a great duel."
"Signore Judai, I am Chronos de Medici, acting Chief General Director of Practical Application at the academy."
Jaden smiles, "A Director? Really? What an honor to be dueling a professional like you Sensei."
'Mm this boy has some manners but let's see how he duels,' thought Chronos.
Meanwhile three boys who were wearing their Obelisk blue uniform where in disbelief. One of them is Jun Manjoume.
"Who'd think Sensei Chronos would deal with this personally?"
"That Judai fellow must be pretty big, huh?"
Manjoume looking at Jaden angrily, 'I can't believe this.'
"Duel coat, on" said Chronos as he turned on his fancy duel disk.
"Hey Sensei, that is a sweet duel disk," said Jaden happily. "Where can I buy one of those coats?"
"All of the high-achieving students have one," said Chronos. "Now shall we begin?"
"Right let's go!" said Jaden.
"Duel!"
Jaden: 4000
Chronos: 4000
"If you don't mind, I'll go first – draw!" said Jaden as he drew his card. He glanced at his cards and immediately saw the perfect combo to start things off.
"I activate the Magic Card Fusion," said Jaden. "I fuse from my hand Elemental Hero Burstinatrix and Elemental Hero Clayman to fusion summon – Elemental Hero Rampart Gunner (2000/2500) in defense mode."
"Next I activate Rampart Blaster effect. While this card is in defense mode, it can attack directly as long as I cut half her attack points" said Jaden. "Go Rampart Shot!"
"What?!" cried Chronos as he was hit by a few rocket missiles.
Jaden: 4000
Chronos: 3000
"Wow! He was able to take damage on his first turn!" exclaimed an awestruck Sho.
Vante raised his fist. "That's how you show him, Jay! Show that cross-dressing freak why you're the future Duel King!"
Nagisa and Kaida sighed and shook their heads before turning back to the duel.
"Next, I play Elemental Hero Sparkman (1600/1400) in defense mode," said Jaden. "But before I end my turn, I activate the Magic Card, Card of Sanctity and you know what that means Sensei."
"Of course I know what it means, you don't have to explain that beginner card to me," sneered Chronos.
"Just checking, Sensei," said Jaden as both drew up to six cards in their hands. The brunette looked at his new cards before setting two cards and ending his turn.
"It's my turn," said Chronos as he draws his card. He looked over at his hand before smirking smugly.
'A Hero Deck, is it? I suppose you could say he's some kind of small town hero, then' thought Chronos before looking over at Jaden and saying out loud, "Allow me to teach you just how broad the world is! From my hand, I activate the Magic Card Confiscation."
'Not good,' thought Jaden.
"By paying 1000 Life Points, I can look at your hand, pick one card from it and discard it to the cemetery," explained Chronos as the images of Jaden's cards appeared in front of him. "Not an impressive hand you have here, boy."
Jaden clenched his teeth. 'Why Uncle Seto hired him, I'll never know.'
"I'll be sending Negate Attack to the cemetery," said Chronos. "Then, I'll place two cards face-down on the field. Next, I activate the Magic Card Heavy Storm from my hand. This card will destroy all magic and trap cards on the entire field."
Suddenly a gust of wind surrounds the duel area and destroyed Jaden's Hero Barrier and Draining Shield along with Chronos' cards as well.
"But Sensei, your cards got mixed into it too," said Jaden with a grin.
Chronos smirked. "That's what they call 'being a frog in a well' boy."
Jaden was slightly confused when dark clouds suddenly surrounded them. The brunette looked around before narrowing his eyes. 'What cards were sent to his cemetery? Wait! There were two gold like statues I saw before they were destroyed…it couldn't be those cards, could it?'
"I special summon – the Wicked Lord Tokens!" said Chronos as everyone in the field were amazing on what just happened.
On the side lines, Vante snorted before leaning over in his seat. "That cross-dressing freak is going to lose no matter what he does."
"What do you mean? And how was he able to summon those two monsters?" wondered Sho.
"Golden Statue of the Wicked Lord is a special trap that creates tokens when it is destroyed," explained Daichi. "Chronos-sensei destroyed his own Golden Statues to utilize its effect."
Sho was impressed while Kaida, Nagisa, and Vante were not. On the other side of the dome, Manjoume's lackeys were looking at the duel in shock.
"That's no entry exam deck! It's Chronos' own Dark Ages Deck!"
"He established his combo and simultaneously quartered off Number 2's traps!"
"For there to be an examinee that stands a chance against that deck…"
"…is wishful thinking, right?"
Manjoume chuckled. "I thought that examinee was something special but I was sorely mistaken. Sensei Chronos plans on giving that dropout boy's fleeting dreams a thorough stomping."
Not too far from them was a boy with dark blue hair and a girl with dirty blond hair were looking at the duel with pity eyes.
"I feel sorry for him, Ryo. It appears Chronos doesn't fancy him."
"This should be worth seeing though, Asuka," said Ryo.
"What do you mean?" asked Asuka.
"The Dark Ages Deck," said Ryo before smirking. "Thanks to Number 2 here, we might have the honor of seeing its Legendary Rare Card."
Asuka's eyes widened before the two of them returned their attention to the duel.
"My turn is not over as of yet," said Chronos.
Jaden laughed. "Sounds fun! What're you going to show me this time, Sensei?"
"Next, I sacrifice both my Wicked Lord Tokens to summon Antique Gear Golem (3000/3000)!" shouted Chronos as everyone couldn't believe what they are about to see.
"That's his…Legendary Rare Card!"
Jaden watched in awe as the ancient machine monster appear right before his eyes. He had hear stories about this rare card from his father but who know that he was one day going to face one.
"Awesome! The rumors were no joke about this card," said Jaden.
Meanwhile, Vante stared in disbelief while Sho was shocked. "An eight-star monster just out of the blue like that!" said Sho while Daichi just stared in awe.
Vante grit his teeth and balled his hands into fists. "That guy – who does he think he is! If Jay wasn't an amateur duelist then this duel would have been over the moment that cross-dressing freak summoned that card."
"Well it's a good thing he's not," said Kaida before looking down at the duel. "Besides, Aniki is going to win this duel anyway, so what's the point on getting mad?"
Vante sighed. "I guess you're right."
Nagisa smiled. "She's usually is…well most of the time that is."
"What do you mean most of the time?" asked Kaida.
Nagisa hastily looked the other way.
Sho leaned over to Vante's ear. "How can you guys be so calm about this? Your friend is about to get destroyed by that eight-star monster!"
"Just relax mate, this duel is about to be over soon," said Vante.
On the other side, Ryo was impressed to see this legendary card. "Chronos de Medici has yet to lose once he's summoned that card. I wouldn't have pegged that examinee to have the power to make the Sensei take this seriously."
"Chronos-sensei is rather fickle, you know. It's a shame," said Asuka before sighing sadly. "I caught the sound of the Academy's iron doors closing shut."
"Here I go! Ultimate Pound on your weak hero Sparkman!" ordered Chronos as the ancient monster's metal arm destroyed Sparkman.
Jaden covered his eyes from the blasted before gritting his teeth. 'This monster's effect can deal damage to me even if my monster was in defense mode.'
Jaden: 2400
Chronos: 2000
"Already lost your fighting spirit, have you?" Chronos grinned smugly.
Jaden laughed before grinning himself. "Who said anything about giving up? This duel just got started though I'm a bit touched…for you to duel this hard against me with your own personal deck, Sensei."
'What!? Most duelist I ever faced will forfeit the duel after I summon my rare card and how did he know I was using my own deck!?' thought Chronos.
Jaden smirked before hearing a familiar voice.
"Kuri! Kuri!"
"Ah Aibou, what are you doing our here? Did you come out to see the duel?" said Jaden.
"Kuri! Kuri!"
"Fine by me Aibou, but stay with Yubel. I'm about to win this duel," said Jaden as he drew a card. He looked at his hand before smiling even wider. "Oi Sensei, what is the quickest duel ever recorded?" he asked.
Chronos narrowed his eyes. "About four turns."
Jaden smirked, "Well then I guess I have to break that record then. I activate the magic card, De-Fusion to defuse Rampart Blaster which allows me to get back Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (1200/800) and Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000)."
Two monsters appear next to Jaden. One was clearly a female hero while the other one was made out of clay.
Chronos snorted, "What good would that do to you boy? Antique Gear Golem has 3000 ATK and none of your pesky weak heroes are no match against him."
"Don't be so sure Sensei," said Jaden with a grin. "I activate the magic card, Fusion again to fuse Elemental Hero Burstinatrix from my field and Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000) from my hand to fusion summon – Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (2100/1200)."
"Mm it still doesn't change the fact that your monster's attack is weaker than Antique Gear Golem boy," said Chronos.
"Oh I'm getting there," said Jaden as he set a card in the field slot. "I activate the field card, Skyscraper!"
Chronos and Jaden were soon surrounded by tall buildings and on top of one of them was Flame Wingman standing tall.
"Go, Flame Wingman! Attack Antique Gear Golem!" shouted Jaden.
Chronos smirked, "Scherzi! You must be joking! Flame Wingman's ATK doesn't hold a candle to Antique Gear Golem!"
Jaden grinned, "Skyscraper's effect if should a Hero fights against a monster with an attack higher than its own – it will increase its attack by 1000 points!"
"O, Dio!" shouted Chronos in disbelief.
"Let's end this! Skyscraper Shoot!" said Jaden as Flame Wingman's ATK rose up to 3100. The winged hero flew down and destroyed the ancient machine with his flame.
"Mamma mia! My Antique Gear Golem!" said Chronos before getting hit from the fallen machine parts even though it was not real.
"That's not all," said Jaden. "Flame Wingman's effect makes you take damage equal to the destroyed monster's ATK, Sensei."
"What?!" said Chronos. The rest of the machine parts fall on top of him and the rest of his life points went down to zero.
Jaden: 2400
Chronos: 0
"Gotcha! Now that was an awesome duel, Sensei!" said Jaden happily as he did his signature victory pose sign.
Chronos got up from the ground before dusting himself and glared over at Jaden. He gritted his teeth before walking away. 'How? How was I beaten by this…this town rookie? He doesn't even look like he studies…mm I beat he is some dropout boy."
Everyone at the dome was speechless as they couldn't believe what they just saw. Someone had just beaten a top duelist like Chronos who was using his very own personal deck.
"I can't believe Chronos-sensei was beaten by an examinee…" said Manjoume in disbelief.
"He's pretty interesting, isn't he?" said Asuka before noticing Ryo walking away.
"Way to go Judai!" shouted Sho happily while Daichi smiled.
"Woohoo that's how you show them Jay!" shouted Vante.
"Not surprised the outcome of that duel, what do you think Nagisa?" said Kaida.
Nagisa grinned, "I say…this is going to be one interesting year in Duel Academy."
Kaida smiled before looking down to see Jaden waving his hands to the cheering students.
Suddenly Vante grabbed both girls' hands and dragged them down to meet up with Jaden and tackled him. Vante had the brunette in a headlock while Nagisa and Kaida were laughing before helping their friend to escape from Vante's gasp.
"We are in guys! In two days' time, our adventure will begin!" said Vante, happily.
"I can't wait! Having my Dad watching over me like a hawk is rather annoying if you ask me," said Kaida.
"I'm just glad that I'm going to the same Duel Academy with you guys," said Nagisa, happily.
Jaden smiled a bit before looking down at the ground. 'Two days…I only have two days to spend time with my family.'
-GameShop, Night-
"Thanks Mr. Muto for helping me for the tonight."
"It's no problem, Joshua," said Yugi. "You do have a test tomorrow morning anyway so best get upstairs and study. We can take it from here."
Joshua nodded before heading upstairs. Five years ago, Seto hired Joshua to help out their grandfather out in the shop.
Yugi smiled before looking over where Jaden was at. He was closing up the glass cases and making sure they are properly sealed. That's when he noticed Jaden was not his usual cheerful self. He walked over to him and placed his hand onto his son's shoulder.
"Huh? Dad?" said Jaden.
Yugi smiled, "Come on, time to head out."
Jaden stared a bit before nodding.
They waited until the guard that was to watch over the card store before the two left the place. There was a limo that was parked outside of the store where Raphael and Solomon was waiting.
Yugi walked over to Raphael, "Take my Grandfather back to the mansion. I'm going to have a walk with my son."
"Very well, where do I pick you two up?" asked the Guardian duelist.
"Our usual spot," replied Yugi before walking over to Jaden. He placed his hand onto his shoulder, "What do you say about getting some ice cream?"
The brunette looked at his father before nodding. The two headed over to the ice cream parlor and ordered two ice creams. Jaden got chocolate while Yugi got vanilla.
They headed over the pier and settled down to see the sunset. Before Sakura was born, Yugi would take Jaden out for a late night walks while Seto would spend time with his daughter.
"Rumor in the office is that Chronos was beaten by a rookie duelist in his exam duel and it was under just three turns," Yugi said smirking. "And here I thought that Seto hired decent workers. You could have at least given him a chance son."
"He did put up a fight Dad. He summoned his rare card on me!" said Jaden.
"That Ancient card," said Yugi before laughing. "Reminds me on how I beat Seto's ace card."
Jaden grinned, "Jounouchi and Honda have told Kai-chan and me countless of stories where you beat Uncle Seto and his Blue-Eyes."
"I may have beaten them but at least he gave a challenge," said Yugi.
Jaden laughed before looking over to the sunset. "I'm…I'm going to miss our moments like this Dad. Just like my first day going to that Private School over Sapporo."
"Yes, I remember," said Yugi. "You and Kai-chan didn't let go of Seto and my legs. It took several tries until you two let go of us."
Jaden blushed, "Hey, I was like ten years old and going to an unknown place…it was kind of scary."
Yugi laughed before placing his hand onto his son's head. "And just back then, I said to you that I'm always with you. Not only that but your cousin and your friends will be there with you and knowing you, you will make new friends in Duel Academy."
Jaden smiled, remembering Sho and Daichi before frowning. "Are you positive no one is going to know I am your son? I know a few of Uncle Seto's workers saw me a few times when you take me there."
"Positive Jaden," said Yugi. "Seto made a fake file and history about you just in case. As for the workers, you were young at the time so I highly doubt that those guys will remember you."
"R-Right…sorry Dad but I'm just…"
Yugi smiled, "No need to worry, just have fun."
Jaden nodded before finishing his ice cream and tried to steal some from his father. Yugi smirked before eating a bit of his and gave the rest to Jaden.
Yugi watched as the brunette dig into his frozen treat before taking out a golden necklace. He thought for a second before getting Jaden's attention, "Jaden, I have something for you."
Jaden looked up at his father, albeit a little confused, "What is it?"
"It's something I had when I was around your age," said Yugi with a smile. "This item helped me so many ways including making friends with Jounouchi-kun and Honda-kun but now…I want you to have it."
Jaden widened his eyes as he saw an all too familiar necklace that he saw in the pictures when his father attended Domino High but during his father's final year, the necklace disappeared.
"That's the Millennium Puzzle!" said Jaden. "When did you get it back?"
"Not too long ago," said Yugi, placing the puzzle around his adopted son's neck. "Marik and his sister were able to find some of items."
"Some?" asked Jaden.
Yugi nodded, "Not all were founded but sooner or later they will."
Jaden look down to see the puzzle hanging around his neck before smiling. "This is so cool! I can't wait to show this to Kai-chan and the others! Thanks Dad!"
Yugi laughed before opening his deck holder and took out a card from his deck. "That's not all. Here, take this card as he protected me during my teenage years. Use him when you need to."
Jaden took the mysterious card before widen his eyes on what he saw.
"D-Dad…this card…this is…I can't –"
Yugi interrupted, "You can as it is rightful yours now."
Jaden was stunned but nodded his head and placed the card into his deck holder. The two stayed for a while until they heard a car horn. It was Raphael to return them back to the mansion.
When they got back, Kaida and Sakura were waiting for Jaden at the entrance before dragging him to the entertainment room.
After nine, Shizuka took Sakura to her room while Jaden and Kaida stayed a bit longer before heading over to their respected rooms for the day. Jaden, however, stayed a bit longer.
The brunette was staying at the night sky from his balcony while having the card that his father gave him on his hand. He stood there for quite some time before going back inside and placed the card on his deck.
Yubel and Winged Kuriboh appeared by his side. The demonic duel spirit lean over to Jaden and stared at the deck.
"I am quite shock that your Father gave you that card."
"You're not the only one," murmured Jaden.
Winged Kuriboh lower himself where Jaden hugged the winged spirit and walked over to his bed. He slumped onto the bed and laid his head onto the pillow before smiling.
"I'm getting this strange feeling that this is going to be a heck of an adventure, Yubel."
Yubel laughed, "Indeed, now are you going to bed willingly or must I get Burstinatrix?"
Jaden pouted, "Meanie."
Yubel smirked, "Aren't I always?"
The brunette shook his head before slowly falling asleep while Yubel went back to Jaden's deck and Winged Kuriboh was sleeping right next to Jaden.
-Break Line-
So how was it? Next chapter: Welcome to Duel Academy