I know that It was really a long time...

But seriously... my life was a kind of a bitch...

Anyways, enjoy!

It's time to take the punishment

Illumining repeatedly, the small lighthouse shined its light over the sea. It was a foggy morning; the sun hasn't even risen yet, indicating it was still too early. Standing there alone was Zane Truesdale.

"They say that the lone wolfs always get eaten" said a voice, gaining his attention.

Zane turned and eyed the new comer "I remember you" he said "You're the one who aced the exam, and scared the proctor"

"I take that you've seen my duel" said Shizuku and walked past him "And from the feature of your face, I can say that Syrus is your brother"

"And?"

"Well, it's not my place to tell you how to treat your brother" she replied "But, if you keep ignoring him and discouraging him… you may regret it one day"

Zane didn't said anything and turned to face the sea.

Shizuku sat and opened her book "Do you know the three brothers of Shu?" she asked.

"I don't see the points of asking this question, but yes, I know them" replied Zane.

"What do you know about them" she asked.

"They weren't brothers by blood, but they sworn an oath of brotherhood" answered Zane "That's all"

Shizuku sighed and turned her head toward him "Like that's the point of the question. You do know that Guan Yu was the strongest, yet it wasn't him who ruled, but it was the weakest of the three, Liu Bei" She still remembers the fight she had against those three. Even if they weren't brothers by blood, the supported and helped each other well.

"If you are trying to get me with the feelings, then you are losing that fight" said Zane.

Shizuku shrugged and continued her reading.

Not long enough, Alexis approached them.

"Zane?" she was confused, she then noticed Shizuku "Am I interrupting something?"

"No" answered Zane

"What are you doing here?" she asked

"…Nothing. I just thought of being alone" answered Zane.

"I must admit that being alone can help sometimes" commented Shizuku "But sometimes, that emptiness can only be fulfilled with the company of others…"

"You seem to know about this topic" said Alexis.

"I've already experienced it" replied Shizuku, remembering the loss of her parents in both lifes.

Seeing this as a topic to discuss, Alexis said, "You know, I thought once your brother enrolled here, you'd feel like that less. Not more"

"Well, maybe my brother shouldn't be here" replied Zane.

"He do seems to worry about him a little" said Sylvanas, appearing next to her owner "Maybe he's a good person in heart"

"Look who's talking" said a blond girl with blue eyes "I was under impression that you are a Zombie Type, so why are you with Warrior Types of monsters?"

"Watch your tongue little girl" replied Sylvanas with anger "I'm stronger than you in every way"

The girl's eyes turned yellow as she glared at the Banshee Queen "Want to try it?"

"You should go home and drink milk" taunted Sylvanas as she took her bow in her hand "And then maybe you can claim to be a challenge to me"

'Those two will never change' sighed Shizuku.

Later, in the Obelisk girl dorm, Sky awoke and changed her cloths, she then noticed a scar, a familiar scar.

"Things are really going to change" she mumbled to herself "The past is the past, I need to move to the future"

A knock at her door snapped her out of her thoughts, she closed her Obelisk vest of the uniform.

"Who's there?" she asked while walking toward the door.

"It's me" said Shizuku "We need to talk"

Filled with confusion, Sky opened the door.

In a private interrogation room somewhere inside Duel Academy, Jaden and Syrus were being interrogated by Crowler, a woman wearing a sort of military uniform, and the Chancellor Sheppard.

"What?! Suspended?!" exclaimed both boys in disbelief.

"That's what I suggested" said the woman "You trespassed in the Abandoned Dorm. A unanimous letter from one of our faculty member confirms it. So, you must be punished to set an example for all the students"

"But what kind of example are we certain, that we are a bunch of hard-hearted tyrants?" pondered Crowler sarcastically "I say we arrange more… sporting"

"Sporting? What do you mean by that?" asked Jaden.

As Crowler was about to answer the Hero duelist, Sky entered the room, panting.

"I…" she said, still panting "I also was in the Abandoned Dorm!"

The three adults were shocked by that, but Sheppard could only look with suspicions. That girl could be lying, and she knows the danger of acclaiming such a thing.

"I advise you to choose your words carefully young lady" said the military woman "You don't know the danger you're exposing yourself to"

"I truly was there" replied Sky after regaining a little of her breath "So whatever sanction was about to fall onto them must be mine as well"

'That pipsqueak…' cursed Crowler mentally 'I bet that the pest sent her here, but luckily, I can still save the situation' "As I was going to say. Two of you will duel in a Tag Duel, win and your record will be clean, loose and you three will be expelled"

"No problem" said Jaden with confidence "Pair me with Sky and everything will be alright"

"That won't happen" said Crowler with a grin "The pipsqueak will duel alongside Syrus" 'Both of them have a lack of confidence, and they passed their test pathetically, they will surely loose'

"Are you alright Crowler?" asked Sheppard, making the Obelisk teacher turning to him and the woman and noticed the looks they give him.

"D-don't worry Chancellor" replied Crowler, sweating.

"Anyways" said Sheppard while looking at his students "I think that there aren't any objections"

"C-chancellor" said Syrus weakly while raising a hand "C-can Jaden duel at my place?"

"I don't think that's possible" said Crowler "It's already decided that you and the pipsqueak will duel"

From that point, Syrus began on imagining Sky with a sad face and looking at him, and with trears in her eyes and accusing him for being weak. He then saw each one of his friends turning their back on him, disgusted and disappointed by him, each one of them leaving him in a dark place. And finally he saw his brother, looking down on him.

"Now that's settled" began the Chancellor "I will see your opponents"

"Come now Chancellor" said Crowler "I told that I will take care of everything, even their opponents"

Later that afternoon, Chumley went to the office o the Chancellor.

"You wanted to see me, Chumley?" asked the Sheppard.

"Y-yeah… I just wanted to tell you that…" answered Chumley nervously "that I was at the Abandoned Dorm, too! And that...I should be the one to duel with Sky!"

"It should be us dueling" said Shizuku, entering the office alongside Alexis.

"Yeah" added the Obelisk Queen "They were there to help us"

"Well…" said Shizuku while scratching the back of her head "Sky only awoke me, it was me who dueled that creepy girl"

"What do you mean?" asked Alexis.

"Sky was petrified by her appearance" answered Shizuku "I can't blame her through, that dress and that mask were really creepy" 'Well… it didn't scared me, but someone like Sky can easily be scared'

"Anyways" said Alexis "We should be the ones to duel"

"Duh! That's bogus!" scoffed Chumley. "Alexis, it was so totally my fault! I lead them to the Abandoned Dorm 'cause I wanted them to check it out the um...abandoned cafeteria!"

"Yeah, really convincing" commented Shizuku "Look, I know that you want to help them, but it's our fault, so we must pay for that"

While Chumley, Shizuku and Alexis were arguing amongst themselves and urging Chancellor Sheppard to change his mind on partners, Sheppard chuckled a little in amusement before saying "Look, I realize the stakes are high, but the team up has been set. Syrus is Sky's partner, and I'm sure they'll do fine"

The three teens sighed and left the office.

"Black dress…" mumbled Sheppard before taking a picture from one of his drawers, the picture of a smiling little girl "Is this my punishment for abandoning you?"

Meanwhile, in the Slifer Red dorms, Syrus was pacing back and forth in his room.

"Don't worry Sy" said Sky, she was currently reviewing her cards "I mean… I'm also a little worried, but just like Shizu said 'You must keep your head held high! Until your last dying breath! And go forward to glory to face your fate!'"

"But I'm not really good" replied Syrus "I won't do much of a fight"

"Don't worry about it buddy" said Jaden "All you need is having more confidence in yourself"

At that moment, Chumley entered, and with him, Shizuku and Alexis. Syrus rushed towards the bulky teen, hugging him around the waist tightly with the expression on his face just begging for good news.

"So did he say yes?!" he asked, hoping that Chumley will be Sky's partner "Oh, please tell me that he said yes! If I'm Sky's partner, I'll get all of us expelled!"

"I tried, Syrus" replied Chumley "I even lied and told the Chancellor that lead you to the dorm"

"We even tried" said Shizuku "But things are far in. Even if he wanted to change, it will be hard for him"

"I guess that there's nothing to do then" commented Sky, looking at the card and trying to create some new combos "But that doesn't mean that I'm going to lay down and wait defeat"

"Nice talk!" commented Jaden "How about you trying to put it into action?"

"What do you mean?" asked Syrus.

"You two, will have to face me and Shizu here" answered Jaden, failing to notice the shocked expression of the two light blue haired teens.

"That's a good idea" mumbled Shizuku "This may show us your skills in a tag duel"

"I think that's a bit of overkill" commented Alexis "We all know how tough just one of you is, so the two of you…"

"They'll do fine" replied Jaden "All they need is a little pushover and they will be good to go"

"And why not having them duel each other" suggested Chumley "That may help them to know the Deck of the other quickly"

"That can also work" mumbled Jaden.

'How did we get ourselves in this situation?' thought Sky and Syrus.

Later, Sky and Syrus were standing, one against the other, below the sea cliff.

"I bet that Sy will be the winner" said Jaden, standing in the top of the cliff.

"I don't think so" replied Shizuku "Sky became stronger, and I don't think that Syrus is weak, but I'm sure that Sky will not lose"

"You know" began Chumley, looking with a worried "I don't think that this will end well, I mean Sy will not be able to fight seriously"

Shizuku frowned her eyes and yelled "Listen up! If you truly respect your opponent, then fight with all you have!"

Both teens looked at her before activating their Duel Disk.

"Duel!"

"Yeah… duel…"

Sky: 4000

Syrus: 4000

"I'll take the first turn" said Sky while taking a card "I summon Virtue in Attack Mode" an angel made of blue glass and having a heart in the center of his belly appeared.

Virtue (Level 2) 1000 / 500

"I set a card then end my turn"

"If Sy decides to attack Virtue, then he will trigger a huge combo" commented Shizuku "And if the facedown is the card that I have in mind, then you can count Sky as the winner"

"Come on!" groaned Jaden "It can't be that hard"

Shizuku turned her head and looked at him with a serious look "If Sky possess a Fairy Type monster in her hand, she can Special Summon him the turn Virtue is destroyed. And to add to the thing, you don't receive Battle Damage when this card is destroyed"

"Man…" commented Jaden with a worried look at Syrus.

"Alright, let's see…" Once Syrus drew his card, the dull and grey look on his eyes instantly brightened up as his luck quickly turned around.

"What with the smile?" asked Jaden from the top of the cliff "Did you get something?"

"Y-yeah! I think so!" replied Syrus "Patroid, Attack Mode!" An animated, typical, everyday black and white police car-like Monster stood on the field.

Patroid (Level 4) 1200 / 1200

"Go Patroid! Attack Virtue with Siren Smasher!" surrounded by a red energy, Patroid lunched himself toward the glass angel, breaking him.

"I activate Virtue's Effect!" shouted Sky, while showing the heart of Virtue who's still standing in the field "If he's destroyed by battle, I have the capacity to Special Summon 1 Fairy Type monster from my hand! And I choose Archangel!" an angel with red wings with a medieval armor and a sword appeared in the field.

Archangel (Level 6) ? / ?

"And now! I chain with my Quick Spell, Baptizing!" a light struck Archangel "If I possess 1 Archangel in the field, I can banish him and Special Summon from my Deck one of the four Major Angels! And I choose The Major Angel Michael" a handsome angel with big white wings and a golden armor, wielding a sword appeared on the Field.

The Major Angel Michael (Level 7) 2600 / 2600

"This is bad for Sy" mumbled Chumley.

"Don't worry" said Jaden "I'm sure that Sy can pull himself out of this"

"I don't think so" said Shizuku, narrowing her eyes "Patroid's Attribute is earth, and Michael removes from the game all monsters that aren't Light. Beside, for each Light Fairy in the Graveyard, Michael gains an Effect"

"Seriously?" asked both Jaden and Chumley.

"That card is one of the four major angels, and can only be summoned by the card Baptizing" explained Shizuku "And out of the four angels, Michael is the strongest"

"What kind of Effect he gains?" asked Alexis.

"It's random" replied Shizuku "There's no way to predict the result"

"Dirt is amazing" Syrus began drawing on the ground behind him with a twig "Isn't dirt neat?"

"Don't give up Sy!" cheered Jaden "No one could predict that!"

"I think that you need just a little help" said nervously Sky.

"Yeah… help packing" mumbled Syrus.

"Um…" Sky hummed nervously and took a card 'I don't have any low level monster, so I guess that it was a good to use the effect of Virtue and Baptizing' "I set a card, then attack with Michael! Attack Patroid with Righteous Fury!" the angel lifted his sword and a ray of light fell on the Machine Type monster.

Sky: 4000

Syrus: 2600

"Can I give up now?" asked Syrus awkwardly "I know that I don't stand a chance"

Sky looked at him and said with a nervous smile "I don't think that can help our situation"

"She's right!" yelled Jaden from the top of the cliff "You can win! Just believe in yourself!"

"He's so right don't give up!" yelled Chumley "I mean, Duh Syrus, that's the first thing they teach you in freshman dueling class, I should know I've taken it twice!"

"I can't give on this duel right now! Especially since I'm not dueling just for myself, but for Jaden and Sky as well!" said Syrus before having a fierce look on his face "And the best thing I can do for them now is to win this Duel!"

"You can do this little guy!" cheered Shizuku.

"Yeah! Just believe in yourself!" added Alexis.

"Yeah, that's right! You just need to believe in yourself! Duh!" added Chumley.

"You know Chumley, you're pretty good with words of encouragement" commented Alexis.

"You can surly rise the moral of a hole army" added Shizuku.

"Huh?" Chumley smiled, touched by the girls words of encouragement. "Y-yeah, thanks. Well I got all kinds of books about self motivation. For some reasons, my dad keeps getting'em for me"

"Yeah… I wonder why?" wondered Shizuku.

"Anyways" said Alexis, trying to get them back on track "At least, Syrus is playing in the Duel rather than in the dirt. Good job"

"Why thank you" replied Chumley.

"No problem" said Alexis "But the question is; what's Syrus's next move?"

"Alright!" said Syrus while drawing a card 'ok I don't have anything that can deal with this angel now, so I'm going to have to go with a different strategy' "I'm throwing down the Spell card, Pot of Greed! And now, I'll use its magic charm to draw two additional cards from my deck!" Syrus gasped staring at the cards he had just drawn, one was Polymerization and the other was 'Power Bond!'

'I wonder what kind of card could make Sy having such a face' wondered Sky.

"Power Bond's like Polymerization… But better!" whispered Syrus to himself "Whatever Machine type Fusion I summon, its Attack Points are doubled! But… I'm not good enough to play this card! At least, according to my brother…"

Flashback

'I'll never forget that day back in elementary school. I had finally worked up the nerve to challenge the school bully to a duel. It was my time to shine, I was going to be the hero and show him I wouldn't be pushed around' a young, smaller version of Syrus was facing off in a duel against a taller, hefty boy in a playground.

Syrus: 1600

Bully: 1900

"Alright you're going down" Syrus said drawing his next card. He smiled amazed at his current luck 'Awesome Power Bond! The card my brother intrusted to me! I'm sure to win now!' He looked up at the bully confidently.

"Quit stalling pip-squeak! You're going to lose and we both know it so stop drawing out the inevitable" yelled the bully.

"That's what you think pal" Syrus said confidently "But this duel is mine"

"Yeah right" replied the bully "The only thing that's going to be yours is a serious pounding after I'm done with you"

"Sorry but I'm not afraid of your threats anymore. Thats right I'm not afraid of you anymore. You know why?" he began to reveal his card "I activate-"

"Stop!" a voice shouted.

Syrus stopped at the sound of the voice falling down in shock. He sat back up and looked behind him "Who said that?"

A taller boy in a blue school uniform walked up behind him his longer blue hair flowing behind him. It was the younger version of his older brother.

"Zane?!"

His older brother walked past him and stopped in front of the bully, holding out a card. "This duel never happened, got it? Take this card and leave"

The bully laughed "Nice card… you have yourself a deal pal" the bully swiped the card out of Zane's hand and walked away shoving the card into his pants pocket.

"Why did you do that Zane?" asked Syrus, after picking himself out of the dirt "That duel was all but in the bag after I drew the card you gave me"

"No it wasn't" snapped Zane "And if I'd known you would play it wrong I would never have given it to you in the first place"

"Misplay?" asked Syrus "I wasn't going to misplay it!"

"Yes, you were. This is the card he had set" he held up a card for syrus to see.

Syrus peered at the card recognizing it instantly "Spellbinding Circle?"

"That's right" replied Zane, shaking his head "when activated this card stops your opponent's monster's attack and they can't change their battle position. So you would have attacked with a monster summoned with power bond, its' attack doubled. But this trap would have prevented you from attacking, and you would have taken damage at the end of your turn and lost"

Syrus lowered his head as tears began to form below his eyes.

"You weren't thinking Syrus…" said Zane "You didn't take into account his set card or Power Bond's adverse effect. Sure, you may know how to use the card, but there's more to dueling than simply that"

End Flashback

"Just holding this card again gives me the chills" Syrus groaned as he looked down at the card in his hand "and what did he mean by 'Knowing how to us it isn't enough'?"

'What kind of card can put Sy into this state?' thought Sky before yelling "Are you alright Sy? You look like you got a powerful card!"

Syrus Shook his head then placed Power Bond in his hand and decided to use Polymerization instead. Better that than repeating the same mistakes.

"What the hell he's doing?!" mumbled Shizuku with anger after noticing the move of Syrus "Why didn't he used Power Bond! If he did it, and chained with Limiter Removal, he would have won!"

Above Syrus and Sky a great vortex appeared as a cartoony looking helicopter and a train with a similar look appeared before being sucked into the vortex. A moment later, a monster with the body of a train and the blades of a helicopter appeared from within the vortex.

Steam Gyroid (Level 6) 2200 / 1800

"The idiot!" commented Shizuku with anger under her breath, she knew his next move.

"Now, I play Limiter Removal and double the Attack Points of my Steam Gyroid!" yelled Syrus with confidence after showing his card Limiter Removal.

Steam Gyroid (Level 6) 4400 / 1800

"All right Steam Gyroid time to get loco-motive!" commanded Syrus "Attack with Train Twister!" Steam Gyroid rotated its' fan rapidly, creating a column of wind that curved upward before engulfing Michael. Soon after Steam Gyroid soared through the column and slammed into the angel.

Sky: 2200

Syrus: 2600

"That's how we do it!" said Syrus with a triumphal tone.

"It won't since I'm playing my trap, The Grace Of Heavens!" declared Sky "If a Light Fairy monster got destroyed, I could Special Summon one from my hand, all I have to pay is 1000 Life Points! And I choose Helel!" a pale angel with three pairs of pure white wings and wearing a white tissue around him descended from the heavens.

Sky: 1200

Syrus: 2600

The First Angel Helel (Level 10) ? / ?

"Incredible…" mumbled Alexis in awe.

"This time, I'm sure that Sky has won" said Shizuku.

"But he don't have any Attack Points!" pointed Jaden "Don't tell me that he take Attack Points with monsters in the Graveyard or something like that!"

"His Attack Points are the total Attack Points of all the Fairy Type monsters in the Graveyard" replied Shizuku "And Sky has Virtue and Michael, which mean a total of…"

The First Angel Helel (Level 10) 3600 / 3100

"This is no good" mumbled Syrus, he knew that his monster will be destroyed in the end of his turn since he used Limiter Removal.

"Even if he could" explained Shizuku "Helel can't be affected by Effects, Spells or Traps. And since he used Limiter Removal, Steam Gyroid will be destroyed by the end of his turn"

"This is really bad for Sy" commented Chumley.

"I guess that means that it's my turn" said Sky, while taking a card after seeing the Machine Type monster getting destroyed "I attack with Helel! Go with Morning Star!" Helel lifted his right arm and a ball made of light was launched in the sky before that a ray of light fell on Syrus and a wave of light resulted from it.

Sky: 1200

Syrus: 0000

"Are you alright?" asked Sky.

"Yes I'm alr-" Syrus was about to answer, but something lifted him from the collar of his vest.

"Are You Stupid?!" asked an angry Shizuku "Why you didn't used Power Bond?! What if this was the duel?! Do you want to get expelled?!"

"Calm down!" said Jaden "You don't need to be that hard with Sy!"

"He held back!" replied Shizuku "If it happens in a current duel, or worse, in the Tag Duel! You know that they will not win!"

"It was just a mistake!" snapped Jaden.

"Mistakes could kill someone" replied Shizuku harshly "One shouldn't underestimate the consequences of even the slightest mistakes"

"Well…" said Sky nervously "Maybe he had a good reason…"

"He was afraid" splattered Shizuku.

"Yeah I was afraid!" snapped Syrus "I was afraid that using the card will result in a mistake!" he then ran crying.

"Sy!" called Jaden trying to get to his pal, but it was late "What the hell! Why did you yelled at him?!"

"He needed to learn that the world doesn't need those who hold back because of their fear" she replied "One day, he will learn it, but in a harder way. You may be thinking that everything is rainbows and butterflies flying around, but the truth is that if you don't take this world seriously, you will lose something dear to you" with those last words, Shizuku left them.

"You know…" said Alexis nervously "She does have a point…"

"I'm not done with her" grumbled Jaden "I will teach her that no one hurts my pal"

"She way above your league" said Alexis "You don't stand a chance"

"Don't worry" said Jaden with a thump up "I will not lose"

Meanwhile, Syrus was crying behind a tree. The way Shizuku spoke to him was hard for him, even if she was right.

"I knew that I will find you here" said a voice. Syrus turned to the source and found Sky "I also used to go and hide when I was down"

"It's you…" replied Syrus "What do you want…?"

"I just want to keep you company" answered Sky "I knew that expression you had, something happened with Power Bond, right?"

The boy nodded and told her the event with the bully.

Sky hummed and said "You know… your brother wasn't trying to pull you down. Maybe that the tone he may have used was hard, but he wanted you to learn how and when use Power Bond. It's better than my so called family"

Syrus looked at her with a confused look and said "What do you mean?"

"I used to live in Osaka, I had a mother and a father, as well as two older siblings" answered Sky "I was despised by everyone except my mother, my father didn't talked to me and even when he was, all what he said was to 'Get lost', my siblings used to hit me and take everything even my best cards. I only had my mother, she was the one to protect me, the one to guide me. But the day she fell ill, my 'Father' did nothing, I had to learn how to make the medicine she needed. She contacted her brother, and asked him if he would like to help us. He accepted without hesitation, he even came to beat the crap out of my 'Father', he then took us to his home. From then, I could say that our live ended well"

"I…" Syrus didn't know what to respond, her life was worst than his, yet she isn't as pathetic as him.

"I must go now" said Sky "But don't worry I will go 'Talk' with your brother"

The new cards:

Virtue / Level 2 / Light

1000 / 500

Fairy / Effect

When destroyed by battle, Special Summon 1 Light Fairy Type monster from your hand. You don't receive Battle Damage regarding this card.

Archangel / Level 6 / Light

? / ?

Fairy / Effect

The Attack Points and Defense Points become the Attack Points and Defense Points of the monster used to tribute summon him multiplied by the difference of their levels. Can only be Tribute Summoned by using low level monsters.

The Major Angel Michael / Level 7 / Light

2600 / 2600

Fairy / Effect

Can only be summoned by the Spell Card 'Baptizing'. Get a random Effect by banishing monsters from your Graveyard.

The First Angel Helel / Level 10 / Light

? / ?

Fairy / Effect

This card can't be targeted by card Effects, Spell Cards, Trap Cards of your opponent. The Attack Points and Defense Points becomes the total Attack Points and Defense Points of all the Fairy Type monsters in your Graveyard.

Baptizing / Spell Card

Quick Play Spell

Can only be activated if you have 1 'Archangel'. Remove 1 Archangel and Special Summon 1 Major Angel.

The Grace Of Heaven / Trap Card

Normal Trap

If one Light Fairy Type Monster got destroyed, pay 1000 Life Points, and Special Summon 1 Light Fairy Type from your hand.