Chapter 46, Detective Magure.

In a cave hidden somewhere on Duel academy's island there was a small group of people having a meeting.

"It seems that three of the Shadow riders have already been defeated" said the leader of the group, "That's not good, are you sure that you can defeat the Key keepers" asked the single woman in the group, "I don't need to defeat them, we only need their keys" said the leader.

"Now then, are you all ready to enact our plan" asked the leader, "Don't worry, I'm ready" said the woman, "I'm always ready" said the short one, "I'm ready boss" said the large one, "Everything is in place" said the last member of the group.

"Excellent, soon the Spirit keys will be ours" said the leader.

The next day.

Robin was walking to his last lesson of the day, he had science with Professor Banner, Robin entered the classroom and sat down.

Robin was glad that no one other than Alexis had questioned him on his gloves, it seemed that most people just assumed that he was wearing them for fashion purposes.

Professor Banner entered the room and started the lesson, today they was learning about different elements on the periodic table, Jaden soon fell asleep while everyone else concentrated on the lesson.

Once the bell rang signalling the end of the lesson everyone began to gather their things, "Jaden, Robin, Alexis and Chazz, would you four mind staying behind of a few minutes, I'd like to have a word with you" said Banner, the four knew that this must be something important so they stayed behind.

Banner waited until everyone else was gone before he began to talk to the group, "Children, as you know we have already lost three of the Spirt keys to the Shadow riders" said Banner, no one seemed to be happy to be reminded about their losses.

"Because of this, Chancellor Sheppard has decided to hire us some assistance in protecting the remaining keys" continued Banner, this sparked the groups interest, "Some help, who" asked Alexis, "Please come in" said Banner to the classroom's back door.

The door opened and a man walked in, he was wearing a brown hat and trench coat, as well as a golden eyepatch, he had tan skin and shoulder length blue hair.

"Good day children, I am Detective Magure, your Chancellor has hired me to assist you in protecting some valuable items of yours" said the man introducing himself, Robin stared at the man he was sure that he looked familiar.

"Children Detective Magure here is a private investigator, we hope that he may be able to help us in protecting the last Spirit keys" explained Banner.

Everyone sat down while Banner informed Detective Magure about their situation, although he left out the part about the magic and shadow games, "I see, yes this certainly is a unfortunate situation that you're in" said Magure.

"So do you have any idea on what we should do" asked Jaden clearly glad to have some help, Magure thought for a second, "Tell me, is that one of the Spirt keys that your wearing right now" he asked pointing to the Spirt key around Jaden's neck.

"Yeah, why" asked Jaden, Magure's face suddenly turned to worry, "Oh my, you shouldn't be wearing that for everyone to see, these Shadow rider you mentioned will know who to go after" he said.

Hearing that made both Jaden and Chazz look worried, they had both been wearing their Spirit keys on the outside of their shirts.

"Hey Alexis, where's yours and Robin's Spirit keys, you two don't seem to be wearing them" asked Jaden, "We're wearing them, but we keep them under our shirts" answered Alexis, Jaden and Chazz's faces turned red at the thought of where Alexis's key was.

"Well that's a little better, but I think that you can keep then in a much safer place" said Magure, "What do you mean" asked Chazz, "What I'm saying is, as long as you wear the keys the Shadow riders only have to find you, but if you was to hide the keys then you could make the Shadow rider's jobs much harder" explained Magure.

"Hey, that's a great idea, but where should we hide them" said Jaden, "Don't worry children I'll help you" said Magure.

The Key keepers and Detective Magure left the classroom and headed to their dorms in order to hide the Spirit keys, while they was walking Robin stayed at the back of the group in order to talk with Alexis.

"Is it just me, or does this Detective seem familiar" asked Robin, "Now that you mention it he does look sort of familiar, is he on TV or something" said Alexis, "I don't know, but I'm sure that I've seen him somewhere before, I just can't figure out where" said Robin.

The first one to hide their key was Jaden, Jaden throw his key into one of his draws that was filled with junk, "I'll leave my key here" said Jaden, "Yes, it will be very difficult for anyone to find the key mixed in with all of that junk" said Magure although he was rolling his eyes at Jaden's poor hiding place.

Just as Jaden was shutting the draw they heard a knock at the door, Jaden opened the door and saw a short Slifer boy with blond hair named Chick, "Jaden could I borrow a pen" asked Chick, "Sure" said Jaden as he opened his junk draw and handed Chick a pen.

The next one to hide their key was Chazz, Chazz used a piece of tape to stick his key underneath one of the bathroom sinks, "Very clever, I doubt that many people would think to look under there" said Magure.

Just as they was about to leave the bathroom one of the school cleaners entered with a bucket and mop, "Excuse me" said the large man with a scar across his face named Gorg as he walked passed Chazz and Magure in order to clean the bathroom.

Next Alexis hid her key in her jewellery box, placing in with some necklaces that she owned, "Crafty move, anyone who looks there might think that the key is just another piece of jewellery" said Magure.

Just as they left Alexis's room they ran into one of the school nurses named Meanae, "Alexis have you seen Anzu anywhere, I heard she was sick" asked Meanae, "No, I haven't seen her all day" said Alexis, "Ok then, I'll just keep looking" said Meanae.

Finally Robin hid his key by placing it inside of his room's lightshade, "Sneaky, that's probably one of the last places anyone would think to look" said Magure.

Just then there was a knock on the door, Magure answered the door and came face to face with one of the school's security guards named Cliff, "Detective is everything alright" asked Cliff, "Yes, we're just finishing up here" said Magure.

With all of the Spirit keys now hidden Detective Magure had one last thing to say to the children, "Excellent, now that your keys are all hidden it should be much harder for those Shadow riders to find you" he said.

"Yes, thank you for your help Detective" said Banner, "It was nothing, I hope that you children will be safe, but just in case I'll be staying on the island for a few days so if any of you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask" said Magure.

Later that night the group from the cave had another meeting, "Everything is in place, you all know what you have to do" said the leader, "Don't worry boss, we'll handle it" said the rest of the group together.