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Jaden's POV

Well, it was safe to say the past few days had been interesting.

I mean, I knew there was something up with everything that had been going on, but I wasn't expecting that….

I was absolutely shocked.

How had we ended up inside my house?

We had just been in the car.

"What… what the…"

I didn't really have much else to say, until Alexis tapped me on the shoulder.

She didn't say anything, so I slowly turned around.

If I was shocked about the house thing, this was pretty much the cherry on top…

"No… no way…"

Were my eyes deceiving me…

Floating in front of me, was a duel spirit, one I'd never met before, but the strangest bit was I couldn't feel her presence, I could only see her.

"Oh," she said, "hello miss."

Alexis and I stood for a minute just staring, both probably with our mouths hanging wide open.

"You're… you're…. Dark Magician Girl," Alexis said, reaching out a hand. It was funny, I remember doing a similar thing the first time I saw a duel spirit as well.

"Well," Dark Magician Girl said, floating over the back of the sofa.

She moved passed us and stopped just above a seat, before levitating down, as if she were sitting.

"That is what everyone calls me, but that isn't my real name."

I looked at her…

Of course she had a different name.

"What… what is your name?" Alexis said, slumping back down in the chair.

She probably thought most of the surprises were over.

"Well, it is Delilah, but most people call me Dee for short."

Delilah, who would have thought that, huh?

I smiled, she seemed nice.

"I must be in a dream," Alexis said, standing up.

She circled the sofa a few times before Dee decided to talk.

"Unfortunately miss, you're not, I am, how do I put this, you're duel spirit."

It all made sense now, that was why I couldn't sense her, because she wasn't my duel spirit.

"You're my what?" Alexis said sitting back down again.

If Alexis was going to keep getting up and down, I was moving.

"I'm you're duel spirit," Dee said, smiling.

Alexis still looked confused, so I quickly tried to explain to her what that meant, "right I think I get it."

I could tell she didn't, but I left it be anyway.

Something else had been bothering me…

"Dee," I said, looking at her.

She turned away from Alexis towards me.

"Yes, Jaden?"

I was strange that she knew me, but I gathered she probably would.

"Where is DK?"

It had popped into my mind straight away.

I was expecting him here, well at least with her here now.

Was this something to do with his disappearance?

"Oh," Dee said, looking around, she seemed confused, "is there someone else coming?"

I was confused, surely, she knew who DK was.

"You know, Dark Magician?"

She turned back to face me, looking slightly cross, "oh for heaven's sake."

She got up and started circling, just like Alexis did, "he always does this, I don't get why he doesn't like his real name, there is nothing wrong with it!"

"Wait," I said, "DK isn't his real name!"

"Who is DK?" Alexis asked.

This was probably adding to her confusion.

"My duel spirit, Dark Magician, I'm guessing, that aura we felt, has something to do with this," I said, pointing at Dark Magician Girl.

Alexis looked like she was going to faint.

"Yes, Dark Magician is Jaden's duel spirit, as I am yours, but I must say, DK is not his name."

She looked hesitant, as if she shouldn't have said anything.

"It isn't," I said.

She looked at me, before hovering over.

She whispered his name in my ear.

I knew Alexis would hear as well, duel spirit link and all that.

I stifled a laugh as she told me, "no way."

She giggled, "yeah, he hates it, gets so embarrassed."

I was quite a funny name.

Actually, I didn't even know it was a name.

I felt a stirring and realised that Yubel had appeared behind me.

"Jaden," Yubel said, she sounded protective.

I smiled, I knew she would do this, "Yubel, she's not mine."

I saw her instantly relax. I hadn't really thought about the effect DK had on her. Did she get jealous?

"Who…" Yubel said, looking at Alexis, "oh…"

I looked at Alexis, who was staring in the direction of Yubel.

"I must be…"

Suddenly, Alexis passed out.

"This is a becoming a habit…" Yubel said.

Yeah…

So…

We now had Dee…

Well, when I said we, it was really Alexis.

I mean I could see her, and Alexis could now see Yubel.

To be fair to Alexis, she had been coping with everything quite well, with the card shop and now this, it was quite something to have sprung upon you all of a sudden.

I mean, Dee is quite a character, but she doesn't really leave Alexis's side, which is why I'm so surprised she's coping this well.

In a way it's a good thing, having someone else around who can see them.

But even though she's coping well with it, I can tell it's still all a bit much.

There is something that sits at the back of my mind though, what does it all mean?

I mean so much has happened recently, and it all feels connected in some way, but I still can't work it out.

And where is DK?

He still isn't back and it's beginning to worry me.

You would have thought that the presence of Dee may have brought him back but, there has been no sign of him.

I was snapped out of my thoughts by a loud banging coming from the back room.

Alexis…

Out she came, looking very stressed.

She sat herself down next to me.

"I give up," she said, resting her head on my shoulder.

It felt my cheeks go bright red.

It was nice the feeling, but I couldn't help but feel slightly nervous.

I shook the thought away quickly and focussed on something else.

"Why, what's the matter?" I knew it was a dangerous question to ask, but one I felt like I should.

Alexis lifted her head and looked at me in the eyes, "there is so much to do."

Alexis was right, we still had loads to do.

We had set an opening day for next week.

There had been so many people visiting whilst we had been working.

A number of Solomon's old customers had been by. Most had told us they were happy that the shop was still going, that they loved to visit.

Some even recognised me from when I had worked a few times, saying how happy they were to see me.

It had made us want to open up as quickly as possible, not only because of the business, but also because it meant something to the people, they loved it here and we wanted to give back to them.

The card shop itself was coming along nicely, we had mostly redecorated everything.

We just wanted it to look right, look good, but at the same time we wanted it to be ours.

Getting everything sorted was the long part.

Alexis and Amalie had been working on the pricing and all the admin, basically the bit I didn't want to do.

That left me with organising the shop floor.

I wasn't going to complain because at least I wasn't doing the admin.

But I mean, it was complicated that's for sure.

I had to organise all the cards, put them in different decks, sort them out into types, special deals….

Honestly the list goes on but really, I just enjoyed looking at the cards, finding cards I'd never heard of.

There was definitely some I could use in my own deck, but Alexis had already told me not to take any.

I had actually almost finished organising the cards, mainly because of all the help I'd had.

Syrus, Zane and Jesse had arrived on the first day to help.

Zane had gone to help with some of the admin, whilst Syrus, Jesse and I had done the cards.

Solomon had actually come in once to help, along with Monty.

Atticus had travelled in after Alexis had told him about the shop, which had been a complete surprise for her.

He had text me about it, just because he didn't really know where he was going.

I had even had help from my family, although telling them about it was interesting…

All my family were waiting in the front room…

I was nervous that's for sure.

I shouldn't have been, I knew they were going to be excited.

Heck, a Yuki owning a card shop was ideal.

But, how did I explain the money?

I made my way into the front room.

They were all sat watching TV, dad and mum cuddled up and Josh on the floor in front of them.

Perfect, they're all here.

I went into the room and grabbed the remote, switching off the tv.

"Hey!" they all shouted.

Josh lunged for the remote, but I moved it away quickly from him, "wait, wait," I said looking at them all seriously, "there's something I need to tell you about."

They all looked startled staring at me intently.

To be fair to them, I never really told them much, so this was big news…

"Is everything okay?" my mother said, motioning to stand up.

"Everything's fine mum," I said, stepping towards them.

She looked at me before sitting back down again.

"I've… I've... got something to tell you…" I said.

"Is it about the card shop?" Josh said, looking bored.

"I… errr… wait what?"

They knew!

"How do you know?" I said, looking at them seriously.

Josh suddenly looked very guilty, and my parents started to look at each other.

"Well, Jaden, we kind of heard your conversation with Solomon, we weren't listening…" mum said.

I looked at them seriously, I knew they had to be listening in.

"Well, were listening, but we didn't try to listen about the money thing…" dad said.

Wait, what money thing…

"What do you mean 'money thing'?"

I looked at them expectantly.

"We heard you talking with Alexis about the bank, well your mum did," dad said, looking nervous.

Great, so they had heard everything.

"Well," I said, I didn't really know what to say.

They all looked at each other and stood up.

They all came over to me.

"We were just waiting for you to tell us," my dad said, smiling at me.

He pulled me in for a hug.

I felt two other sets of arms wrap around me, Josh and my mum.

I felt someone holding onto my leg.

Everyone let go and I looked down.

I smiled, my little Tessa.

"Hey," I said, picking her up, she giggled, and my smile grew, "are you going to come visit your brothers' new shop?"

She smiled and nodded, clearly, she had no idea what I meant.

"Jaden, we're going to come help, this weekend," mum said, smiling.

My heart skipped; my family were going to come help!

"Really?" I said looking back at them.

"Of course, son, we're all incredibly proud of you, we wouldn't miss it," dad said.

They all smiled at me.

"Right," dad said, smiling at everyone, "I say celebratory ice creams!"

Tess squealed and wriggled that much that I had to put her down.

Everybody started to walk out the room and I looked at them all, I'm incredibly lucky you know, to have a family like this.

"Jaden, are you coming?" dad said.

I smiled, "yeah I am."

They had come to help over the past weekend, which is probably why we weren't as far behind as we should have been.

Dad helped me sort out the layout and helped me build a few things to put up around the shop.

Mum helped with the admin and Josh just sorted cards.

I think mum just wanted to be around Alexis if you ask me.

Well, when I sat sorted the cards, Josh had mainly spent his time looking at them.

I had actually asked my brother to work a little at the shop, just part time, Alexis had agreed it would be a good idea, with Josh and Amalie we would only need to hire a few more staff.

He had agreed, not to anyone's shock.

We had asked Jesse, but he had opted to stay at the bakery, which he seemed to be loving.

I had actually spoken to Mr Maloney about a few things…

After the other day, I hadn't been expecting to do this so soon…

I mean, it was one thing being told you were on leave, but it was a completely different task going to quit.

I'd never intended to quit.

It felt like I was quitting Mr Maloney, but I had too.

The card shop would never work if we didn't put our full attention to it.

I just didn't know how to say it, how do I tell him?

I'd arrived at the bakery shop without even realising it.

I went in the front door, the customer entrance, it only felt right, I couldn't go in the staff doorway.

I made my way inside, I knew no one would be in around this time because they would just be closing up, well Mr Maloney would be closing up.

The bell went as I entered.

"Sorry, we're closed," Mr Maloney said, looking up from his cleaning, "oh Jaden, what are you doing here?"

I looked at him and smiled, this was going to be tough.

"Hey, Mr M," I said.

There wasn't an easy to do this, so I just had to be blunt.

"I need to tell you something," I said, looking at him.

He was still smiling, actually, his smile grew even wider.

"Ahh, yes, I've been expecting you," he said, taking off his gloves.

He made his way round the counter and sat at one of the empty tables, motioning me to join him.

"And, I accept your resignation," he said, as I started to sit.

I stopped in the motion and looked at him, "You… you know?"

He laughed, "oh, course I do Jaden, your best friend is the biggest gossip on my staff, I was just waiting for you to come and see me."

He smiled and me and went to his pocket, "actually there was something I wanted to share with you, an idea I had."

I slowly sat in my seat as he moved the piece of paper towards me.

On it outlined his idea…

"I was thinking, we do a duel tournament hosted by your card shop, except, your venue is the bakery," he said, looking at me.

I smiled, that was a great idea. I could still be around the bakery but also, help out my business.

"And we'll split the profit," I said, looking at him.

"Of course," he said.

"Well," I said, holding out my hand, "that sounds like a deal."

Mr Maloney smiled and shook, "it certainly does."

The tournament was just the thing we needed, it gets publicity and I can still help out Mr Maloney.

Honestly though, I don't think we need the money.

I mean, I know we don't need it.

It was just about Solomon…

Yes, we gave him the money for the cards, but it was more than that.

I wanted to do him proud.

After everything he had done for me, even if it was something small, he had passed his legacy on and I wasn't going to let him down.

The finance it was important, obviously, but really it was all about making Solomon proud.

Alexis was still working out all the finances, as you could tell by her reaction.

They weren't even a problem; they weren't going to be a problem.

I just wanted to know for the surprise I had planned…

I was going too…

"Jaden," Alexis said snapping me out of my thoughts.

She looked at me confused.

"Huh?" I said, looking at her.

She sat up looking frustrated, "I said, how are you getting on with the cards?"

"Oh" I said, looking around the shop. In truth, I was almost finished.

"Yeah, almost there," I said, getting up, we had certainly had enough of a break.

"Okay," Alexis said, clapping her hands, "I'll go and see how Amalie is doing."

I continued on sorting cards for a while.

All I had left to do was sort out the different types of spell card.

It was fine, it just took a while.

Amalie and Alexis came down after a while, I was pretty sure they were slacking off a bit, but they were having a break apparently.

"Jaden," Amalie said, coming through the door, "will we get a discount on food at the bakery because of the tournament?"

I laughed, "Amalie, I didn't really get to discuss that with Henry."

Before she could reply, the bell on the front door went.

"Hiya," Alexis shouted, "we're not quite open yet. We will be soon though!"

"That's okay my dear, I only came to say hello," said an elderly voice.

I recognised it.

"Mr Cartwright," Amalie said, "what a surprise."

I put down everything I was doing.

"Please, please, call me Archie, I am a customer now after all," he said, smiling at us.

Behind him I noticed two other people I'd never met before.

"Ahh yes," Archie said, turning to face the other people, "I better introduce you; these are my grandchildren, Kyle and Sabrina."

I smiled at the two, they were definitely twins, you could tell they were related just by looking at them.

They were probably around our age as well, maybe slightly younger. They were probably old enough to have finished Duel Academy, that's for sure.

"Well," I said, wiping my hands with a cloth, there was a lot of dust involved in sorting through all the cards, "what brings you guys in today?"

Archie smiled at us as Sabrina started to wonder round, looking at the shop. Amalie smiled at me and went off to greet her, I knew she would be fine, she'd done that plenty of times before.

"Oh, nothing really, I just came to see how you were both doing, after all, you are two of my more, how do you say, 'wealthier' clients now."

I felt slightly embarrassed at his words, I didn't want to tell him about the money, well there wasn't really much too tell. I just never thought I would associate myself as wealthy this soon.

"And," he said, clapping his grandson on the shoulder, "Kyle here wanted to come and take a look, he's been coming here since he was a little boy."

"Oh, grandpa," he said, shaking his head, "sorry about him."

I laughed, "it's not a problem, your grandfather has been very kind to us."

"Well, that does sound like him," Kyle said, smiling and holding out his hand, "I'm Kyle, as my grandfather mentioned."

I shook his hand back with a smile, "nice to meet you Kyle."

I felt a presence stir behind me, which I knew was Yubel, but I didn't want to act strange in front of my potential new customers.

"Jaden," Yubel said, talking to me.

I knew I wouldn't be able to talk out loud, "what?"

"I've got a really funny feeling," she said, she circled out in front of me.

"Yeah, me too Miss Alexis," Dee said, going next to Yubel.

They started looking around the shop.

I didn't know if Alexis had replied, but I gathered she had.

"I don't know," Dee said, looking at everyone.

I couldn't feel a thing, nothing at all, and when Yubel and Dee could, usually I did as well.

"Honestly you two," I said, telepathically, one thing I had realised was that Dee could also hear my thoughts, "you're losing your minds, and I'm trying to talk to customers."

"Hmm," Yubel said, floating back away.

Dee did the same, without saying anything.

I looked back at Kyle who was intently staring in the direction of Yubel and Dee, "everything okay?"

Kyle looked at me confused, "oh yes sorry," he said half laughing.

He couldn't see the two duel spirits, could he?

He stepped away, looking around the shop, "I've just had so many good memories here."

I smiled, it was nice to hear people memories.

"We've been coming ever since we were little," Sabrina said, carrying over a few cards and placing them on the counter.

Alexis went around to serve her.

"I still remember buying my first deck," Kyle said smiling, "I just hope you have the treat of doing the same for other duellists, just as Solomon did for me."

I looked at Alexis and we smiled at each other.

That was what it was all about, making memories for people.

Archie, Kyle and Sabrina stayed and chatted for a while as we all worked, Alexis and Amalie had brought through the work they were doing so they could join in the conversation.

After a while, they bought all the cards they had selected, it was actually a weird mixture, none that seemed to go together, before they headed off.

Amalie left not long after them, she had been here all day with us, and we had planned on closing up soon anyway.

"Jaden," Alexis said, as I was packing away a few of the boxes that still needed sorting.

"Yeah?"

"We're going to make this work, aren't we?" she said, still looking at the work she was doing.

I hadn't really thought about her concerns much, but I guess this was one of them.

"Yeah course," I said, stacking the last box away.

I felt the fear in her voice, but it didn't seem like she was necessarily talking about the shop.

Then, for the second time today, the bell went on the door.

"Sorry, were about to close," I said spinning round.

I looked at the doorway, and I couldn't believe who was there.

Alexis looked at me, then at the doorway.

She dropped the brush she had in her hand.

"Isn't that a duel spirit?" she said.

"Yeah," I said, looking at it.

Except it wasn't just any duel spirit…

"Jaden, my man, sorry I was gone a while, I had some errands to run," DK said floating over to me.

He gave me and hug, well tried to anyway.

But it wasn't DK I was surprised at seeing, which was hard to believe, given how much I had worried about him over the past few days.

It was the person entering the shop behind him.

"Well," said the other person, "you've already made a load of changes to my grandpas' shop, I see."

I didn't know what to say…

It was…

Yugi Muto…

Oh Lord, The King of Games has arrived!

I'm sorry if some of you don't agree with this decision, I know it isn't a crossover story, but I feel as though it is important he is here for the story moving forward.

Plus, who doesn't love a bit of Yugi Moto?

A few of you predicted this earlier in the story, but the big questions are, why is he here?

I'll guess you have to wait and find out….

However, hope you enjoyed, favourite and follow for updates, let me know about a sequel if you haven't already and stay safe,

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