An hour later, I finally pulled up to the garage, where Dad was calmly sitting at my workstation. He glanced up as I parked Justice, "Sorry that it took so long, Dad. But I have good news! Aki passed her test!"

"That's wonderful, but I need some help with dinner."

Nerves fluttered through my stomach as I joined him in the kitchen, washing off my hands, "What did you want to talk to me about?"

He pulled out some vegetables, and started prepping them, "Long story short, you need to make a decision about how you are going to present yourself to the world now, especially with certain areas starting to develop. Only those close to you know that you prefer to be referred to as a woman."

Shrugging, I put some noodles in a pot, "I'm not going to hide it now. Why are you bringing this up?"

"Because you need clothes to match."

The concern that had just filled me floated away, There is the reason he brought it up. "Dad, my clothes work. I don't need anything else."

"Yusei, your clothes are old, falling apart, and some never smell clean."

I turned on the heat on the stove, muttering as I did so, "They are part of my identity."

Dad ruffled my hair, "I know, but you can always get clothes designed the same way."

Knowing that I wouldn't win this battle, I looked him in the eye, "Alright, but I have to approve them, alright?"

Without missing a beat, Dad started cutting up the veggies, "I'll call Kaiya. And I was also told that the three of you need to take a test to see what level of education you are equal to."

Nodding, I sighed, "When do I have to take it?"


I banged my head on the table, "How many questions does this thing have?"

The tester cracked a smile, "Only twenty more, Fudo-sama. I've never seen anyone do this so fast."

Sighing, I rushed through the last few questions, not caring about whether or not I got any more of them correct, "There. How long does the grading take?"

"Actually, it grades you instantly. Then I determine from the score what your education level is."

Leaning back in my chair, I examined the kitchen ceiling as Dad peered his head in, "Hey, how is the test going?"

"I just finished. How's Crow's test doing?"

He smiled, "He mentioned that he wants to quit. Apparently he isn't doing so well."

A chuckle slipped out, "Not sure I did too well, I just answered the questions as fast as possible. I'm going to check on Jack, okay?"

The tester nodded, "I'll tell your dad the score."

I tapped on the door of the room that Jack was in before poking my head in, "Hey numbskull, how are you doing?"

He looked up with a glare, "You already finished?"

Leaning against the doorframe, I shrugged, "I rushed through it as fast as I could. I have time to do online school, and there's other things on my mind. But if you want to keep up your reputation, you should actually take your time with it."

The man testing him looked up, "Atlas-san has reached a stopping point, so he can take a break."

Jack practically ran out the door, and slid down the wall, "What if I fail? My reputation will be gone."

A smile spread over my face, "Then you can quietly take online high school. That's all you would need, considering how good Martha was at teaching us what we needed to know."

Dad walked down the hall with Crow, "Jack, Carly texted you. And Yusei, you might want to see this."

He handed me a paper and gave Jack his phone back.

Glancing at the paper, I couldn't believe what it said:

Results for Fudo Yusei, Age 19.

Lower Education (Age 4-10)-Complete

Upper Education (Age 10-16)-Complete

University-Complete

Approximate IQ-155

General Population Average IQ-100

Raising my eyes to meet my dad's, I pinched my lips together, "Any chance that it was an accident?"

Dad shook his head, "The IQ test was the first thing they gave you, so you'd complete it while your brain was still working at full capacity. The tester said that in all of the years that this test has been given, no one has made it past 120."

The paper was ripped out of my hand, "Give it back, Crow!"

He froze, and I yanked it back as he stared at me, "So even a test by a stranger says that Yusei is a freaking genius."

I barely managed to keep the paper away from Jack, "I'm no genius. It must have been a fluke."

"Um, excuse me, Yusei, but you made a runner without instructions or anything. You just saw the ones that Security used. You are a genius."

Rolling my eyes, I started to walk away from them, "That's because of my talent with machines."

Dad stepped in the middle of us, "Boys, back to your tests. Yusei, you are free to go."


"Hey there, Genius."

Biting back a harsh comment, I looked at Crow, "Really? That was a week ago."

"You aren't the one who has to take remedial classes."

Standing up, I stretched, "Jack passed as well. Barely, but he did."

Dad came into the garage, "Where is Jack, by the way?"

Crow shrugged and I sighed, "Carly asked for his help with one of her stories. Which means that he's probably going to duel someone."

The door burst open, and Aki came in with her whole school uniform on, and a bag in her hand, "Yusei?"

"I did warn you that physics isn't going to be easy."

We took over the kitchen table with her homework, and I did my best to help her to understand physics.

Jack burst in a while later, making both of us jump, "Yusei, can you make a GPS?"

Staring him down, I calmly spoke, "Care to explain why you need a GPS?"

He pushed the hair out of his face, "I just need one. One small enough to stick on someone without them noticing."

"Alright, give me an hour."

I went downstairs with both of them trailing me, and Jack seemed to calm down a little bit, "You were the only one I could think of who could do this."

My mouth moved before I could stop myself, "You make a genius comment, everything is off."

Aki glanced at him, "Genius?"

"Yusei took an IQ test, and was labeled a genius. Crow keeps teasing her about it."

She smiled at me, "You don't want us stating the obvious?"

"Can I please focus on this?"

They both quieted down, and I rapidly made a GPS and a set of trackers for it, "Just to warn you, since I had to make this so fast, it can't track extremely far away."

"How far is too far?"

Fighting back a smile, I help it out to him, "Sapporo."


We just finished up Aki's homework when I got a text message from Jack: Bring Sector Security to my position. Doing some solo Enforcing.

I rolled my eyes, "Are you willing to go help take down a gang?"

She nodded, running upstairs to change into her runner suit, while I went downstairs to talk to Crow, who had just drifted in, "Looks like we are going to do some enforcing today."

His face brightened up, "Boo-yah! Do I have time to get into my normal clothes?"

"If you can beat Aki."

Crow shot upstairs with the speed of a hyperactive child, while I pulled out my phone and hit call, "Hey Trudge."

"For once, I'm not causing you trouble. Jack asked me to make him a GPS earlier today, and now he's asking for police backup."

"Where should we meet you?"

Picking up the tracker, I scanned it, "We might need boats. It looks like it might be in the ocean."


As the three of us pulled up, and we saw Sector Security getting boats ready.

Trudge walked over to us, "How far out is it?"

Pulling it out, I sighed, "Twenty kilometers or more. But I can definitely tell you that it's north east from here."

We got on the lead boat, and I watched the GPS closely, "It's a good thing that Jack doesn't know I have a GPS inside his runner. But what catches my attention is that his runner, his duel disk, and the GPS are in three different places inside a large boat. But he's definitely dueling."

Crow rolled his eyes, "Of course he is. If anyone so much as hints that he isn't a good duelist he will cream them just to preserve his honor."

Aki snorted, and Carly showed up out of nowhere, "But will he be alright?"

I nodded, "He's faced worse and survived."

Crow poked me in the side, "If Jack can take down this gang leader…"

"Shut up Crow before I throw you off the boat."

His grin grew, but before he could do anything Aki covered his mouth, "Don't make another genius comment or she will throw you off the boat without a life vest."

"Thanks, Aki."

She smiled, "If you nearly decked Jack for hinting at it, then I didn't want to see what you'd do if he outright said it."

Carly glanced at me, "Jack mentioned your test score, and the fact that you really didn't like it."

"Understatement."

We pulled up next to a large barge, and I double checked my tracker, "Yeah, this is where Jack is."

Everyone hurried inside, and found Jack tossing an unconscious man onto a giant pile of men, "What took you so long?"

Carly ran up to him, "I'm glad that you are safe!"

He let her hug him, "Nothing can harm me. And one day I'll be the King again."

"Good luck with that. Something tells me that I'll always be the Queen."

For some reason, Crow piped up, "Aren't there normally a King and a Queen?"

I shoved him gently out of my way, "And a jester."


A/N: Thanks to Nozomi Higurashi for my favorite review of all time on the original version of this chapter!