Waking up slowly, the young male in the dorm room shook his head. Is this a dream? He knew it wasn't his bedroom at home. And then he realized it. He made it.

Rubbing his forehead, the Japanese born looked around. Deck container by closest, all clothing hanged up, binders galore by bed. They took him from the rest area and gave him his own dorm. Only thing that was his surprise was the fact he didn't have a roommate. Didn't matter to him. Standing up and heading towards the door, he picked up an envelope. 2 card keys. He could just keep one in each of his wallets. Opening the door, he looked around. He wasn't the only one doing it.

Shini Laser was one of the fortunate 64 people to be allowed to stay in the school. One year of training, and then the top person of the class would be head for world championships. Shini was hoping that person could be him, but he knew that would be difficult. Shini had used one of his weakest decks to get in the school, and he saw that down the hall, one of the most feared kids was using Cyber Dragons. Shini wanted to almost laugh, as he would run Machines at the end of the year, and it also contained Cyber Dragons.

The kid Shini was looking at was Zack Frost. Frost's father had faced Shini's father nearly a score of years before. That time, Shini's father won, 100 to 0. Could history repeat, 20 years ago? Shini shrugged it off. 20 years prior, if you had a 2000 defense monster on the field, you were set. Now, if you have 2000 defense, it causes a little damage and then gets blown out of the water by Magic cards. With that, Shini closed his door, opening his deck container. Final Countdown in one slot, Water in another, Fire Burn in a third, Macro Cosmos, Silent Magician, Armed Dragon, Spell Economics, and finally, Machines. He was going to play it in order of weak to strong through the year. 40 weeks, each deck gets 5 weeks. He reorganized it to Final Countdown, Spell Economics, Armed Dragon, Macro Cosmos, Fire Burn, Silent Magician, Water, and Machines. With that, he grabbed his Final Countdown deck and noticed a laptop on the other side of the room. With that, he opened it up and turned it on.

"Welcome, Shini Laser," the computer said. Shini rolled his eyes, almost wanting to slightly laugh how the computer was talking at him. "Refer to me as your Dueling Computer. You can talk to fellow classmates that are willing to talk to you, call home, go on the internet, and this computer has a special program you can use for deck building and testing online."

"YVD?" Shini asked. Shini was hoping the computer realized that YVD means Yu-Gi-Oh! Virtual Desktop.

"No. Not that program, though it is similar. With it, besides dueling, you can order cards at a special discount from local card shops, see when new booster packs and structure decks will come out, and also have a school calender of the different class objectives, including reviewing notes and such. You will be in a class of 16 with each class, and with each class, you will be on a laptop, but you must enter your name and password. Your password is." With that, the computer displayed it, and Shini nodded, making a small note. "For now on, though, this computer will request fingerprint and voice recognition when you turn it on. Make sure your password does not get in anyone else's hands. Your first class is tomorrow, 9 AM, room 2. So, over the small slot in the bottom right portion of the computer, please scan your fingerprint and say your name."

Shini followed instructions and nodded. "May I ask for a school map?" Shini asked the computer.

"Of course, Mr. Laser." The computer brought up the school map, and Shini rolled his eyes. He decided to go to the cafeteria, and for the rest of the day, just memorized card for card of his Final Countdown deck. He was the type of duelist that basically took the cards left in his deck and use that to see what was left in his deck. Night fall, he fell asleep calmly, setting the computer to wake him up at 6 AM. However, he knew that 40 weeks away from family would be a long time.