Me: 'sighs' Right so if you guys have not read my other stories, I have been dealing with a major infection since the beginning of the summer. I had to stay at the hospital for about a week or two as they were trying find which antibiotics will work which they did…unfortunately I had to have IV with me since the antibiotics were liquid form. Afterwards, my arms were weak from getting poked at so had to get therapy to regain my strength once again. I did…slowly but I'm slightly back to normal.

That's said and done so to those who reviewed: Starlit Storyteller, NinjaFang1331, kazikamikaze24, foxchick1, Samantha, Johnathen, Pink ranger 13, Guest and Awkward Doodles – I thank you all and the supports!

Starlit Storyteller: I'm slightly bit alright but nothing how I was before and trust me, you don't want to be in the hospital. Mm Hana…that might work, thanks!

Awkward Doodles: Yes, I do get sick but at least it's not as bad when I was a lot younger. I'm fine; I have been enduring this since I was born. I think the longest time when I was sick was about a month and had a temperature about 108 degrees – but I'm still alive! I will let you guys know if I get a lot worse through an author's note, okay?

Well, I think that's about it so – onward to the story! Enjoy!

-Morning, Slifer dorm-

"Wake up Judai!" shouted Nagisa as she jumped onto Jaden's bed. "Come on you lazy bum or we will be late for our first class!"

Jaden woke up startled before throwing his pillow to Nagisa. "Oi, what's the deal? I was going to wake up soon! I don't need a wakeup call from – Misawa!? What are you doing here?"

Misawa sighed, "She dragged me over here so that she can wake you and Vante up."

"That's right! I better go and wake up little Vante. Misawa-kun, make sure Judai gets ready," said Nagisa before running out the room.

"I must say Judai, you have one excited friend right there," said Misawa as Jaden was changing into his red uniform.

Jaden yawned, "You don't know the half of it Misawa…come on, let's get going."

"Hold on Judai," said Misawa. "Why are you using this room?"

"Mm oh well I asked to be placed here for a while before going to Ra Yellow," said Jaden before smiling. "I want to show everyone that even a Slifer can be promoted just like any other Ra."

Misawa nodded as he understood but just as they headed out of the room, they heard a scream coming from Vante, Sho and Hayato's room.

Jaden laughed, nervously, "I guess…Nagisa woke him up big time."

"Do…Do I really need to know what she did?" asked Misawa, nervously.

Jaden shook his head, "No, no you don't Misawa. Come on or Nagisa will drag us to class if we don't hurry up."

"Right," murmured Misawa.

-Classroom-

Jaden, Vante who was half wet, Sho and Hayato was sitting on the front row seats while Asuka and Kaida were on the top seats and Nagisa and Misawa were at the middle rows.

The brunette was half listening to what Chronos was saying before asking a question to Asuka.

"Among Duel Monsters cards, there are Monster cards, Fusion cards, Ritual Monster cards, Effect Monster cards, and Trap and Magic cards. Next, Trap cards can be split into Normal Traps, Counter Traps, and Permanent Traps and Magic cards into Normal Magic, Permanent Magic, Equip Magic, Instant Magic, Ritual Magic and Field Magic."

"Bellissimo! A superb job!" praised Chronos. "It was a task far too simple for Obelisk Blue's Signora Asuka, was it not?"

"It's just the basics," said Asuka before sitting back down.

Chronos nodded before looking over who he was going to quizzed next. He looked over towards the Slifer rows before his eyes lay onto Sho. "Signore Marufuji!"

"Y-Yes sir," said Sho, nervously as he stood up.

"Please explain to us what a Field Magic does," said Chronos.

"Um…Fi-Field…Magic is…well…err…umm," stuttered Sho, nervously.

"Even a kindergartner knows something like that!" shouted a random Obelisk blue student.

The students started laughing while Manjoume was smirking. Only Vante, Jaden, Misawa, Nagisa, Asuka and Kaida had disappointed looks on their faces while Sho blushed from embarrassment.

"Don't worry. Just calm down, Sho," whispered Jaden

"Very well then you may step back," said Chronos. "To think that you were unable to answer the very basics among basics!"

The Obelisk's and the Ra's laughed once again.

Sho took his seat before looking down, "I know what it is but I just have stage fright."

"Oi Sensei, knowledge and actual combat are two unrelated matters, aren't they?" shouted Vante as he smirked.

Chronos looked at him with a confused look.

Jaden grinned, "That's right Chronos-sensei. I'm a Slifer Red but I beat you in a duel!"

"Mamma Mia!"

Chronos angrily bite down at his handkerchief as the Slifer Red students laughed at Jaden's reminder. The brunette grinned and gave out a peace sign to his fellow Slifer Reds.

Asuka, Nagisa and Kaida were smiling.

After 30 minutes, Chronos left and came in was Daitokuji with a brown fat cat. He took the seat and looked over at his students.

"Well, Alchemy is literally creating metal, particularly gold from items without metal, but in a broad sense of the world, it's a skill where you attempt to transform and shape ordinary substances into complete substances-nya."

Sho leaned over to Vante who was trying not to fall asleep as the same with Jaden.

"Vante, Aniki, thanks for earlier."

Vante turned around while Jaden yawed before looking over to Sho.

"Huh? Thanks for what? Any idea Jay?" asked Vante, tiredly.

Jaden shook his head while trying to pay attention to what Daitokuji was saying.

"Originally starting in Ancient Egypt, passing through Arabia and introduce to Europe…"

Sho made a face, "Don't tell me you guys forgot."

That's when Daitokuji stopped and turned over to the three of them. Jaden panicked a bit before leaning over to them. "Hey if you keep chatting, you're going to get it from the teacher again, Sho."

"Marufuji-kun!"

Sho flinched a bit before getting up from his sit. "Y-Yes sir!"

"Could you fetch Pharaoh for me?" asked Daitokuji, kindly.

"P-Pharaoh?" asked Sho.

"My cat-nya," replied Daitokuji.

Sudden there was a loud meowing sound coming down from Sho. Jaden and Vante looked down to see the brown fat cat that was rubbing Sho's leg.

Vante jumped a bit, "What the bloody hell?! When did he get here?!"

Meanwhile in his office, Chronos was writing a fake love note to Judai Yuki so that he can get him expelled from the school once and for all.

After Daitokuji's class was over, the students went over to their next class which was gym. Jaden, Sho, Vante and Misawa went to the boy's locker while Kaida, Nagisa and Asuka went to the girl's locker. They changed into their PE uniforms and headed to where they are going to attend gym class.

Meanwhile, unknown to anyone Chronos sneaked into the boy's locker room and placed the fake note into Jaden's locker.

After an hour later, the boys returned to change back to their normal clothes. Vante had an annoyed face and was covered with sweat.

"You should know by now that you shouldn't have challenge Nagisa into a race," stated Jaden as he was unlocking his locker.

"Yea I know but what can I say, I can't back down from a good challenge once it is declared," said Vante with a grin.

Jaden smiled before realizing that there was a note on top of his shoes. The brunette picked it up and noticed there was kiss on the note.

"What you got there Aniki?" wondered Sho before widening his eyes when he saw the kiss. "Y-You got a love note?!"

"Um…not sure," said Jaden before opening the note.

I've liked you ever since we first met.
I'll wait for you behind the girls' dorm tonight.
Asuka Tenjouin

"A-Asuka-san send you a love note?!" said Show before Vante covered his mouth.

Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Something…is not right about this. Come on let's go find the girls."

Vante and Sho nodded their heads before changing back to their blazers. They waited for Misawa before heading out of the locker room.

It wasn't hard to find Kaida and the others as they were waiting for them.

"Aniki, let's head to the lake," said Kaida when she notice the note in Jaden's hands. "Oi, what you got there?"

"Mm oh that I am going to find out," said Jaden before looking over to Asuka and showing the note. "Did you write this?"

Asuka blinked her eyes before taking the note from him and read it. "No I didn't. This is not my writing at all Judai," replied Asuka with a frown. "Someone is trying to get you expelled as it is against the rules to visit the girls' dorm at night."

"But who could have done it?" wondered Misawa.

"Well I have no idea but right now I want to take a shower," said Jaden as Vante and Sho agreed.

"Aw oh ok, maybe next time we can see the lake Aniki," said Kaida.

"Alright then – see you guys later!" said Nagisa as she dragged Misawa. "I am going to have a duel with Misawa-kun so that he can help me improve my deck!"

"W-Wait when did I – ahh!" said Misawa before being dragged away from the group. Everyone had a sweatdrop before heading to their dorms.

Jaden finished first while Vante and Sho were still at the showers. The brunette headed to his room and lied onto his bed before looking over at the window and saw the sunset was going down. "…I wonder what everyone is doing right now."

"Kuri! Kuri!"

"Oh hey Aibou, did you come out to see the sunset with me?" asked Jaden, softly as the small winged fur ball jump onto the brunette's head. Jaden laughs before seeing Yubel appear right next to him. "So what you think of the school so far Yubel?"

"It's alright but I can't say for sure about that cross-dressing professor of yours," replied Yubel.

Jaden laughed, nervously before walking over to his dresser and took out the card that his father gave him. The brunette stared at it for a while before putting it away.

"Jaden…your Father said not to worry and have fun. He wants you to have an adventure with your friends and make new ones," said Yubel.

Jaden sighed, "I know but I really wish there was some way to contact with my family just for a bit, you know?"

Yubel nodded before thinking of an idea. "Why not ask the principal to see if you can have a video chat with your Father during break or in the weekends?"

Jaden blinked his eyes before grinning happily. "That's a great idea Yubel! Oh I have to meet with the guys! Vante challenge me into a duel not too long ago."

Yubel smirked, "Just don't beat him too fast."

Jaden stuck out his tongue at her, "Oi, I am not like Kaida! She is the one that overkills, not me!"

Yubel shook her head before disappearing back to Jaden's deck along with Winged Kuriboh as the brunette left to his friend's room.

-Morning, Principal Samejima's office-

"I don't see a problem for you to video chat with your family Jaden-kun," said Samejima. "You can say to your friends that you are helping out in the card store as an excuse."

"Thank you so much Samejima-sensei!" said Jaden, happily. "But I don't mind helping out at the card store for real. I helped out in the GameShop with my Great-Grandpa and Joshua."

"Ah then Tome-san will be happy to know that she will be getting another helping hand," said Samejima. "It can get quite busy when we get new shipping of cards."

"Shouldn't we be getting one soon," said Jaden. "It's like on the day where we are tested to be promoted to the next level or something."

Samejima nodded, "That's correct Jaden-kun and if you remember, you will be promoted if you defeat your opponent."

Jaden nodded before heading out to class. He was about to take a seat when he was tackled to the ground by Nagisa who didn't look happy. "N-Nagisa! Would you get off from me?"

"Not until I get an explanation of where were you this morning," said Nagisa before smirking. "Then I will release thy from your prison."

Jaden sighed, "Went to talk to Samejima-sensi to see if I can help out at the card shop in the weekends. Happy? Now get off!"

Nagisa pouted before getting up, "Why would you want to work in the card shop?"

Jaden leaned over to her ear, "Tell you later with Kaida and Vante but not here."

Nagisa nodded before the two took their seats and listen to Chronos' lessons. Minus Vante, Sho and Jaden who were sleeping on their seats.

During the break, Nagisa challenged Asuka to a duel while Jaden went to find the card shop. It wasn't that difficult to find as it was a few hallways down to the classroom.

"Oi is anyone – ah!" said Jaden but was startled from a woman with brown hair that was braided on one side and had brown eyes. She was wearing the standard uniform for the Duel Academy staff.

"Ah you must be Jaden-chan. Samejima called ahead telling me you want to work here part-time in the weekends, correct?"

"Um y-yea but please call me Judai for the time being and you must be Tome-san," said Jaden.

"That's correct," said Tome with a smile. "I don't mind the help Judai-chan. New shipping will be coming and all of the students would want to buy new cards for their exam duel that would be happening in three days."

Jaden nodded, "Is there anything else I should know about?"

Tome shook her head, "Not right now but be at the docks in the morning before the written exams so you would have enough time to take it."

"Got it Tome-san," said Jaden before waving good bye to her.

The brunette made it just enough time to see Asuka summoning her fusion card, Cyber Blader which her attack points are up to 2100. On Nagisa side, she has her ace card Blizzard Princess which has 2800 attack points and Silent Magician Lv4 which has 2000 attack points.

Asuka life points were down to 2540 while Nagisa was down to 2500.

Nagisa blinked her eyes, "Why fusion summon a monster that is lower than my monster, Asuka-san?"

Asuka smiled, "Because it's her effect you should be worried about Nagisa. You see, if my opponent only has one monster, it can't be destroyed in battle but if my opponent has two monsters…her attack points get doubled."

Nagisa had a shock look on her face, "But that means…"

"Correct Cyber Blader's attack is 4200 but that is not all!" shouted Asuka. "I activate the equip magic card, Fusion Weapon to my Blader."

Cyber Blader (4200/800 + 1500 = 5700/2300)

"Go Cyber Blader, attack Silent Magician Lv4 and end this duel!"

Nagisa had a panic face before smirking, "Oh Asuka-san did you forget about my face down card! I activate the trap card, Magic Cylinder! Now your attack goes straight back to you!"

Asuka gasped before getting hit from her own attack and her life points hit zero.

"Alright Nagisa!" shouted Vante, happily.

Misawa nodded, "It's not perfect her deck but we are slowly working on it for the exams."

"Oh that's right," said Sho before having a horrified look on his face. "I'm going to fail! I just know it!"

"Not if you study your butt off, Sho," said Jaden as he placed his hand onto Sho's shoulder. "I can help you out as I was going to help out Vante. Misawa is going to help Nagisa and Kaida really doesn't need any much help but rather she is going to duel me just to make sure I am up to par with her."

Sho had tears in his eyes, "Thanks Aniki!"

"It's no problem Sho. Friends help each other out," said Jaden, happily.

"Well I hope I am your friend," said Asuka before smirking. "If you don't mind having a small duel with me, what do you say?"

Jaden grinned, "I say let's duel, Asuka!"

-A few days later-

Jaden was rubbing his eyes a bit before looking over at the stocked cards he just placed. It was early in the morning but as promised, the brunette came to the card shop to help out with the new shipping of cards that were coming soon.

"Judai-chan, why don't you head over to your class and start off with your written exam?" suggested Tome. "You were a lot of help for me this morning."

"Alright but I don't think there will be anyone in the classroom right now though," said Jaden as he put on his red blazer on.

"Now that is where you are wrong Judai-kun."

Jaden turned around to see Daitokuji with his cat on his arms standing at the doorway from the staff entrance. "Daitokuji-sensei, what are you doing here?"

"To pick you up Judai-kun so you can do your written exam-nya," replied Daitokuji.

"Alright, I'll be right back then Tome-san," said Jaden before following his dorm leader to the classroom. "Man…sure is creepy when no one is in here, Sensei."

"True but let's focus on your exam before anyone sees your test paper," said Daitokuji as he handed Jaden his exam.

Jaden was confused at first before seeing what he meant. On top of the corner, instead of having 'Judai Yuki' on the corner, it read 'Jaden Muto'.

"I guess…this is one of the things Uncle Seto couldn't hide," murmured Jaden before looking at his dorm leader. "Who else knows about my true identity, Sensei?"

"Just Tome-san, the principal, the nurse and myself," replied Daitokuji. "Now don't you have a test to start-nya?"

Jaden smiled before taking his seat and started his written exam. Most of the questions were pretty easy as he learn them from his dad or uncle while some others he had to think hard on them. It didn't take Jaden less than half an hour to finish and handed his test to Daitokuji where he hide it in his locked drawers.

Jaden was stepping outside of the classroom and turned the corner when he spotted the other students going inside the classroom. 'I guess I finished right on time,' thought Jaden before running back to the card store. "Hey, I'm back Tome-san!"

"Oh Yuki-kun, she is not here at the moment but can you see if you can help her out," said the young assistant. "The truck we use is close on getting a flat and I fear that it will give out when she is out there."

"Sure thing!" said Jaden before running out of the store. He looked around before going to the pathway and indeed saw that Tome was pushing the truck up the hill. "Tome-san, did the tire give out on yea?" asked Jaden. He went over to the back and started to push the truck as well.

"It sure…did Judai-chan," said Tome as she was pushing all her might. "So you…finished your exam? That was quick."

Jaden grinned, "Na it was nothing. Compare to this exam and to the ones I had to do in the private school, it was walk through the park."

Tome smiled before the two pushed the heavy trunk to the main building.

Meanwhile in the classroom, everyone was working on their exams on their best abilities minus three students. Sho and Vante were sleeping shoulder to shoulder with their forgotten exam half-finished while Hayato was just staring at a wall doing nothing.

Kaida and Nagisa shook their heads before finishing off with their exams but someone was missing. Where was Jaden?

'Did he come here early to take his test? He did say he was going to be working in the card shop and it will be busy today,' thought Kaida.

Even Chronos was clueless as he watched from a slight opened door.

Meanwhile, Jaden was just finishing loading a few boxes back inside when he spotted not too far from him the new shipping of cards heading towards them. 'Do they seriously have to use that many guards to protect them? That just overkill,' thought the brunette before going back inside. "Tome-san, looks like the new shipping are here."

"Perfect!" said Tome before closing the store. "I usually lock up the doors when new shipping are here as the students tend to…barge in and act like wild animals."

Jaden made a face, "You don't say Tome-san. Well I better unload the other boxes."

"Thanks Judai-chan!" said Tome, happily.

Just as Tome predicted, Jaden could hear loud banging and shouting coming from the entrance. The brunette leans over a bit to see a man with a long coat and was wearing a hat that covered his face talking to the assistant.

'I wonder who that could be?' thought Jaden before going back to his work.

Not a few moments later, he could hear that the mysterious stranger bought the new cards in full price. That shocked Jaden as he could bet it must have been a lot of money spent. He took another peak and saw that the students were in line and buying just normal packs from the shelves. Within seconds, the whole store was completely emptied out.

"You were not joking about them going wild, Tome-san," said Jaden with a goofy grin on his face. "It's a good thing that I don't need any new cards as the ones I have is alright."

"Don't be so sure Judai-kun," said Tome before handing him a pack. "Here, take this as a gift for helping me out."

Jaden smiled, "Thanks Tome-san! You're the best!"

"Judai?! What are you doing here?"

The brunette turned around to see Sho, Vante and Nagisa at the front counter.

"Don't you guys remember that I have a part-time job here now," replied Jaden as everyone had a sweatdrop on their heads. "How was the test?"

"Like I said, way too easy for me Aniki," said Kaida.

"I guess I did alright," said Nagisa before grinning. "Misawa-kun really helped me study last night which help me understand a few things."

"It was quite difficult, Judai," said Asuka.

Jaden smiled before looking over to Sho and Vante. "And you guys?"

"Don't ask," murmured them both.

Jaden laughed knowing what had happened, "Ok, well my shift is done so shall we head out and duel for practice before having our test duel?"

"Sounds good to me, guys?" wondered Kaida while the others nodded.

Meanwhile Chronos was making a private deal with Manjoume. Within an hour, all of the students were waiting to be called for their duel exam.

Vante was dueling with a Slifer while the others were waiting on the stands when Jaden's name was called to go to Area 3. When he got there, he was shocked to know that he was going to duel Manjoume instead Ra Yellow student.

Yubel appeared next to him, "Why do I get the feeling that cross-dressing man had something do to with this?"

"Even if he was, I am not losing my chance on beating Manjoume," said Jaden before smirking a bit. "Hope you are ready to lose, Manjoume!"

"Like I am going to lose to a dropout slacker like you!" shouted Manjoume before both activating their duel disk.

"Duel!"

Manjoume: 4000
Jaden: 4000

"I'll go first, draw!" said Jaden. "I summon Burstinatrix (1200/800) in defense mode and set two cards."

"Your worthless Hero deck is full of smallfries – I'll show you just how fragile you are!" said Manjoume as he draws. He looked over at the cards on his hand before smirking. "I activate the magic card, the Mallet of Luck!"

Jaden narrowed his eyes.

"By shuffling this card, along with any cards I don't want in my hand, back into my deck, I can draw that many new cards!" explained Manjoume before returning all of his hand to his deck.

On the stands, Sho and Nagisa were a bit confused.

"Huh? He's going to replace all four cards?!" said Sho.

"Did he have a bad hand or something?" wondered Nagisa.

"There is a possibility," replied Misawa. "By replacing all the cards that he didn't want in his hand, his chances of getting better ones gets higher."

Kaida narrowed her eyes, 'What are you planning? You didn't have that card before.'

"What's more, the Mallet of Luck isn't a one-time use card," stated Manjoume as he smirked. "Since it'll keep returning to my deck, it'll keep going right back into my hand!"

Jaden gritted his teeth.

"I activate the Mallet of Luck again! I'll return Mallet of Luck and another card into my deck and draw two cards again!" said Manjoume. "Come forth! I summon V-Tiger Jet (1600/1600) in attack mode!"

"Next, from my hand, I activate the permanent magic, Frontline Base. Once each turn, I can special summon a Level 4 or less monster from my hand."

'Not good,' thought Jaden.

"I special summon W-Wing Catapult (1300/1500) in attack mode," said Manjoume before smirking. "Then I fuse it with V-Tiger Jet!"

'Not good, not good at all,' thought Jaden.

"Aren't those cards…combine to other machines?" said Yubel.

"Yes and I'm getting the feeling that Manjoume got the rare cards from someone but who," thought Jaden before sighing, "Chronos…he must be the one that bought the rare cards and gave them to Manjoume."

"Why would that be? He can't expel you if you lose to this duel so what's his motive?" said Yubel.

"Don't know but…this is going to be one interesting duel," said Jaden.

"Come forth, VW-Tiger Catapult (2000/2100)!" said Manjoume before having a smug look on his face. "Shocked, are you Judai? However, my turn has far from ended yet."

"Who said I am in shock," said Jaden with an innocent look on his face.

Manjoume gritted his teeth, "I activate VW-Tiger Catapult's special effect! By discarding a card in my hand, it switches an opponent's monster into attack mode!"

Jaden narrowed his eyes while Sho, Nagisa and Misawa had their eyes widen in shock.

"That's not good! His Burstinatrix has 1200 attack points, if it gets hit with that attack," Sho panicked.

Kaida and Nagisa stayed silent as they watched the female hero switched position.

"Here I go, Judai!" said Manjoume. "VW-Tiger Missiles, fire! Eradicate Burstinatrix!"

Jaden smirked, "Not so fast Manjoume! I activate the trap card, Hero Barrier! It negates your attack since I have Burstinatrix out!"

A blade appeared in front of the female hero and started spinning. The incoming missiles were stopped and Burstinatrix was unharmed.

"Oh that was quite a move, don't you think Chronos?" said Samejima, happily.

"W-Why yes, of course," murmured Chronos before he grits his teeth. 'Signore Manjoume, you better not lost to that-that dropout boy!'

"You just got lucky, Judai," said Manjoume. "I place a card face-down and end my turn."

"My turn, draw!" said Jaden before looking over at his cards. He smiled, "I activate the magic card, E – Emergency Call! It allows me to add one 'Elemental Hero' from my deck to my hand and I chose, Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000)!"

Manjoume smirked, "Like I said smallfires Heroes."

"I wouldn't be so sure Manjoume," said Jaden. "From my hand, I activate the magic card, Polymerization! I fuse Burstinatrix and Avian to fusion summon, Flame Wingman (2100/1200) in attack mode!"

Manjoume steps back a bit.

"Go Flame Wingman! Flame Shoot!" ordered Jaden. The one-winged warrior took aim and destroyed the combine machines.

Manjoume covered his eyes from the explosion before widening his eyes to see Flame Wingman standing in front of him.

Manjoume: 4000 – 100: 3900

"And don't forget his effect, when Flame Wingman destroys a monster in battle, you take damage equal to the attack of your monster!" said Jaden.

Manjoume steps back before getting hit by Flame Wingman's fire.

Manjoume: 3900 – 2000: 1900
Jaden: 4000

'How…How dare he,' thought Manjoume, angrily before drawing his card. "I summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode! Next, I activate the magic card, Monster Reborn to bring back VW-Tiger Catapult!"

"Next, with the effect of Frontline Base, I special summon Z-Metal Caterpillar!"

'It's coming,' thought Jaden.

"Since he has X and Z, that means the only card left to play," said Sho, nervously.

"I activate my trap card, Call of the Living Dead! It allows me to revive a Monster card from my cemetery! And that monster is…"

A red machine like dragon appeared on Manjoume's field.

Sho and Misawa gasped.

"Wait a moment, those cards look familiar – oh that's right! Kai-chan doesn't your Father used those cards before?" said Nagisa.

Kaida nodded, "He did and if combine together, their effect is quite devastating."

"This is bad," said Misawa while Asuka looked worried.

"Face your ultimate defeat Judai! I combine X, Y, and Z together to special summon XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2600) in attack mode!" said Manjoume.

Jaden watched as the three machines combine together before having a small smile on his face. On the stands, Nagisa was holding onto Kaida's arm while Sho and Misawa were in disbelief.

"There are two monsters on the field with an attack of 2000 or higher," stated Misawa, worriedly. "Does Judai have any chance of winning now?"

"I'm not done yet!" stated Manjoume.

'Could it be that he is,' thought Jaden.

"I'm going to use my VW-Tiger Catapult and my XYZ-Dragon Cannon for another combination summon!" said Manjoume as the two strongest machines started combining.

Jaden gritted his teeth.

"Come forth, my V-to-Z Dragon Catapult Cannon (3000/2800) in attack mode!" said Manjoume.

Sho, Misawa, and Asuka had a grim look on their faces.

"Jaden," whispered Nagisa, softly while Kaida stayed silent.

'Hang in there Jay, I know you can beat that snobby rich bastard,' thought Vante before continuing his own duel exam.

"I activate V-to-Z's special ability!" said Manjoume.

Suddenly Flame Wingman disappeared from the field, leaving Jaden wide open. The brunette glared over at Manjoume.

"A pity, isn't it, Judai? V-to-Z is able to remove an opponent's card once per turn," said Manjoume with a slight laughter. "Taste and savor it, the sadness of the one who has nothing."

Chronos was leaning onto the glass with a grin on his face. "This is simply the best! That dropout boy will be dropping any moment now!"

"Go, V-to-Z! Attack Judai directly!" ordered Manjoume.

"Hold it! I activate my trap card, A Hero Appears!" said Jaden.

"A Hero Appears?" wondered Manjoume as Chronos was confused by it as well.

"If the card my opponent chooses is a Monster card, this card can be summoned into my field," explained Jaden before lifting up his hand. "C'mon and choose, Manjoume!"

"It's Manjoume Thunder! And I chose the left card!"

Jaden looked over at his cards before grinning happily. "Not bad chose, Manjoume. I summon my Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2000) in defense mode!"

Everyone gasped to see when a warrior with a white jumpsuit appeared at Jaden's field.

'W-Where did he get that rare card?!' thought Chronos.

"Where did Judai get that card? I never even heard it before," said Asuka.

"It was gift from President Pegasus since Aniki's Father is sort of friends with him," replied Kaida before frowning. "Too bad Aniki is going to lost it."

Asuka, Misawa and Sho had disbelief look on their faces.

'I-I never seen that card before,' thought Manjoume before shaking off his shock. "I won't let it be in defense mode! When V-to-Z attacks, the monster's battle position is completely up to me!"

'Forgive me Neos,' thought Jaden.

"V-to-Z! Ultimate Destruction! Attack Neos!"

The tall machine monster aimed his cannon at Neos who switches into attack mode before getting destroyed.

Jaden: 4000 – 500: 3500
Manjoume: 1900

"You have nothing in your pathetic Heroes deck that can beat my monster, Judai," said Manjoume. "No luck can help you now."

Jaden looked down at his deck before smiling, "As long as there are monsters that'll fight by my side until the very end, I'll keep on fighting! Draw!"

"Kuri!" As the winged fur ball appeared right by him.

Jaden smiled, "I activated the magic card, Pot of Greed! It allows me to draw two more cards from my deck!"

"Quite stalling and end your move!" snapped Manjoume.

"Who said I was stalling," said Jaden. "I summon Elemental Hero Wildheart (1500/1600) in defense mode and set a card face-down, your move Manjoume."

"In defense mode, again," said Sho. "Have you run out of options, Aniki?"

'No, it has to be that facedown card,' thought Asuka.

"My turn, draw!" said Manjoume before smirking. "It's useless Judai. I can easily remove your monster from play by using V-to-Z's effect."

Jaden smiled, "Go on then, I dare you."

Manjoume gritted his teeth, "Fine! V-to-Z Dragon Cannon wipe out his defense monster and attack Judai directly! Ultimate Destruction!"

As Wildheart disappeared from the field, the machine's cannon aimed at Jaden. The brunette smirked, "I activate the trap card, Storming Mirror Force! It returns all attacking monsters that you control back to your hand!"

"What?!" said Manjoume and Chronos.

The tall ultimate machine monster vanished from the field, leaving Manjoume open for an attack.

"End turn," murmured Manjoume, angrily.

"Manjoume, let's see how lucky you are," said Jaden as he draws his card. He looked at it before giving a smile, "I guess…the luck is on my side – I activate the magic card, O – Oversoul! It allows me to special summon any Elemental Hero from my cemetery and I chose – Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2100)!"

Manjoume step back with disbelief look on his face.

"Go Neos, attack Manjoume directly!" ordered Jaden.

Neos nodded before swiftly dashing over to Manjoume and punched him on his cheek. The Obelisk student falls down on his back as his life points hit zero.

Manjoume: 0
Jaden: 3500

Sho shook a bit before having a huge grin on his face. "He…He did it! You did it Aniki!"

Chronos was in disbelief, "To have that many rare cards and he still lost to that…"

"What was that Chronos-sensei?" asked Samejima.

"N-Nothing! If you would excuse me," said Chronos, nervously as he left the station box. Samejima simply smiled and laughed a bit before looking down at the areas.

"Gotcha! You know Manjoume, even though you were using those rare cards, I still had fun dueling you," said Jaden with a smile.

"Judai," murmured Manjoume, angrily.

"Hey, Aniki!" shouted Sho who was running over to Jaden, along with the others.

Vante who just finished his duel, headlock his best friend while Hayato who lost, gave him a huge smile. "Great duel Jay!" said Vante, happily.

"Congrats Judai Yuki. Your trust in your deck, you passionate friendship with your monsters and most importantly, a dueling soul that never gives up in a fight," said Samejima through the microphone. "These are things I'm sure everyone here has acknowledged. So, as the winner, Yuki-kun, you are being promoted to Ra Yellow!"

Everyone cheered while Sho and Vante attacked Jaden with their death hug.

"You're incredible! You're just awesome, Aniki!" said Sho, happily.

"C-Come on Sho," said Jaden with a huge grin on his face.

"Judai Yuki, congratulations and welcome to Ra Yellow," said Misawa as he offered his hand. "Let me be the first to welcome you."

"And me!" said Nagisa, happily. "Yay! Now is left is Sho-kun and Hayato-kun."

"Hey what about me, Nagisa?" whined Vante before pouting. "You don't think I will ever get promoted, don't you?"

Nagisa stuck her tongue to him, "You got me, Vante! And what I say it is true."

Vante gritted his teeth, "Come back here Nagisa! And take that back!"

Jaden and the others laughed nervously as they watched Vante chase Nagisa around the arena.

-Two days later, near Samejima's office-

Ryo was walking to the principal's office as he wanted to talk to him about something when he saw the new Ra Yellow student, Judai Yuki coming out from there. The dark bluenette was a bit curious before walking to the slight open door to Samejima's office. Ryo looked inside and gasped to see Seto Kaiba and Yugi Muto at the screen talking to Samejima.

"Glad to know they are doing just fine," said Seto.

"I don't know about you but I think Jaden gave a few hits to that young Manjoume," said Yugi. "But then again, he does get carried away when he duels."

Seto snorted, "Your son may be horrible of paying attention but his dueling skills are beyond of my belief, Yugi. He duels close to yours for crying out loud…are you sure he's not really your biological son?"

Yugi chuckled, "No Seto, Jaden is not my biological son but I'm proud that he was promoted to Ra Yellow and I can tell he made a few good friends along with Kaida as well."

Seto frowned, "Those boys population better back off from my daughter Samejima."

"Not too worry, Mr. Kaiba. Young Kaida-san's roommate is Asuka-san and she has quite a furious side in the Obelisk's girls dormitory."

Seto nodded, "Well that lessen my worries but I wouldn't be until Jaden is an Obelisk Blue."

Samejima nodded, "If his grades are this high then he would be an Obelisk Blue next year or if he beats our top 3rd year student, Ryo Marufuji."

"Well that would be for quite some time for Jaden to be ready to duel Marufuji-kun," said Yugi. "But we better get going as Seto and I have a meeting that we must attend to."

"That's right," murmured Seto. "Make sure you keep an eye on my daughter and nephew, Samejima. Have a nice day."

The screen blank out and Ryo chose to enter the room. "Samejima-sensei?"

"R-Ryo-kun? You…You didn't…how much did you hear?"

Ryo crossed his arms around his chest, "Plenty Samejima-sensei and to think that Judai Yuki is really Jaden Muto, but why the secrecy?"

Samejima sighed, "I'll explain but you must do me a favor afterwards, deal?"

Ryo nodded before taking a seat and started to listen.

Afterwards, Ryo was walking over to the Ra Yellow dormitory to find Jaden. It didn't take long as he found him not inside but rather outside of the dormitory. He was staring at the lake alone. He walked up to him before clearing his throat. That caused Jaden to jump a bit before turning his head to him.

"O-Oh man, you gave me quite a startle there…um who are you?"

"Ryo…Ryo Marufuji and I believe you are friends with my younger brother, Sho Marufuji."

Jaden smiled, "Really? I didn't know that Sho had an older brother here? And an Obelisk blue too! This is awesome! Nice to meet you Ryo!"

Ryo smirked a bit, "Likewise…Jaden Muto."

-Break Line-

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