bopdog111: Well we now seen Ryoken's advance.

Ulrich362: Indeed.

bopdog111: And we learned about this new monster type known as Cyberse.

Ulrich362: Along with seven beings known as Ignis.

bopdog111: And it may look like we may encounter one right one.

Ulrich362: We'll have to see.

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Ulrich362: Enjoy the chapter.

A few days later...

"Are you ready Ace?" Dawn asked him. "Lunch packed, everything put away where it goes?"

Ace nodded checking over.

"Oh, my baby brother is going to school." Dawn said tearing up. "I'm so proud."

Ace hugged her. She hugged him back as the bus pulled up. "Have a good day."

Ace smiled nodding as he walked to the bus, and entered. Dawn watched him walk off before turning to Zarc and Ray. "I miss him already."

Zarc, and Ray pulled her close as they smiled, "Don't worry. We will see him again after it."

She nodded hugging them.

On the bus...

Ace was looking for an empty seat when he saw one next to a boy his age.

He was a young boy with short brown hair, and having green eyes. Also wearing a blue vest with a white long sleeve shirt underneath along with blue shorts, and white sneakers staring out of the window.

"Hi, can I sit here?" Ace asked.

The boy turned before nodding. Ace smiled sitting down. "Hi, I'm Ace."

The boy stayed quiet as he turned back to the window though showed him a small piece of paper that says 'Mason'.

Ace looked down thinking he upset him. Mason seeing his expression said, "You didn't do anything."

"I'm sorry, I just thought we could be friends." Ace apologized.

"That sounds like a great idea! You should take it up little dude!" A computerized voice told Mason which surprised Ace.

"Huh?" Ace asked looking around. "Who said that?"

Mason turned to his Duel Disk, and said "Please keep quiet."

Suddenly what emerged from it was a golden like digital being was there having red lines, and blue eyes. "Seriously you need to stop with that attitude mister, and make friends! You need them!"

"That's... um, are you an Ignis?" Ace asked quietly.

Mason, and the Digital Being turned to him surprised.

"How did you know what I am!?" The Digital Being asked.

"A nice man named Ryoken came to my birthday party and told me about them." Ace answered. "Wow, you look super cool."

"Super cool? Huh well thank ya for that!" The Digital Being grinned making poses around.

Mason asked Ace, "Can you keep his appearance a secret?"

Ace nodded before looking down hesitantly. "I know a secret of yours so I have to tell you one of mine don't I?"

"No you don't." Mason answered.

"Looks like you two are becoming friends already!" The Ignis grinned. "I'll just keep my mouth shut!"

With that he retreated back to Mason's Duel Disk.

Ace shook his head. "No, it's ok and... Mr. Ryoken said I shouldn't be embarrassed about it. Um... I made Link."

Mason turned to him surprised. Ace blushed a little but nodded. "Well, my big sister Dawn helped a little but it was my idea."

Mason stayed quiet but nodded at that. "Okay."

Ace looked down before smiling. "I really do want to be friends."

Mason slowly took Ace's hand. Ace smiled happily at that. They soon arrived at the school. When they did everyone got off the bus and walked inside. Mason, and Ace arrived at the classroom where they see kids looking the same age as them were around. The two of them walked into the classroom.

"Oh hello there." A woman smiled seeing them. "You two must be Ace Akaba, and Mason Livingstone right?"

Ace nodded. "Yeah."

"Well I gotten the call about you from your parents Ace." The woman smiled. "I'm your teacher Ms. Lockwood."

Ace suddenly looked down. "Oh."

"Hey it's okay." Ms. Lockwood smiled. "Just go find ya a seat."

Ace nodded before going and sitting down in one of two empty seats next to each other.

Ms. Lockwood turned to Mason, and pulled him close as she said to where she, and him can hear "Mason I know about what happened sometime ago. I'm real sorry you went through it, and want to do anything to help. For now try to make friends, and not remember it okay?"

Mason nodded hearing that.

Ms. Lockwood smiled saying, "Okay go have a seat."

Mason walked, and sat beside Ace.

Meanwhile...

Zarc, Ray, and Dawn were out when they bumped into a young girl a little older than Dawn.

"Oh, sorry about that." Ray apologized.

"It's okay." The girl answered.

She has blonde hair, and blue eyes with a pink shirt, and having blue shorts, and red sandals.

"My name's Ray Akaba." Ray smiled.

"I'm her husband Zarc and this is our daughter Dawn." Zarc smiled.

"Hi." Dawn smiled.

"I'm Bonnie Livingstone. It's nice to meet-" The girl introduced before the same Digital Being that Mason, and Ace met emerged from her Duel Disk.

"Hey Bonbon the little dude now has a friend at the school!" The Digital Being told her as she glared at it which made it stiffened a little.

"That's an Ignis isn't it?" Zarc asked seeing it.

Bonnie looked surprised as the Ignis groaned, "First the little dudes friend knows me, and now you too!?"

"Is the 'little dude's friend' named Ace?" Dawn asked him.

"Yeah." The Ignis answered.

"He's my little brother." Dawn smiled.

"Little brother?" The Ignis asked.

"Yeah." Dawn nodded. "Ace Akaba."

"Well that explains why he looks like this lady here." The Ignis said looking at Ray.

"Well, I'm glad he's making a friend." Zarc smiled.

"Sorry. Lance loves to do things like this." Bonnie apologized.

"Lance?" Ray asked before her eyes widened. "Oh, I understand."

"What? What did you think she means?" The Ignis known as Lance asked her.

"I didn't know that was your name." Ray explained.

"It's not actually my real name." Lance told her. "That was just a name Bonnie, and Mason's granny gave me before she passed away."

"I'm sorry." Dawn said sadly.

"Losing her must have been hard." Zarc noted.

"It is..." Bonnie said looking down, "And our parents thought Mason living with her could help him."

"Help him?" Zarc asked before shaking his head. "Actually, if its personal you don't need to tell me."

Bonnie nodded before telling Lance sternly, "Get back in the Duel Disk, and don't come out."

"But..." Her glare hardened stiffing him before relenting, "Okay okay! Your the boss..."

He retreated back to her Duel Disk.

"Well, it was nice to meet you." Ray said politely.

Bonnie nodded at that, "Nice to meet ya too."

Back at the school...

It was now lunch time to where Ace, and Mason were eating together before Lance emerged from Mason's Duel Disk, "Jeepers little dude! Your sister is always so stern!"

Mason flinched seeing him while Ace had a piece of paper next to his lunch.

"Lance please don't startle me." Mason told him softly.

"Sorry little bud." Lance said before seeing something, "Hey Ace what's that?"

Ace didn't hear him as he kept writing and had a smile on his face.

"Is he like drawing?" Lance asked Mason.

Mason shrugged.

Suddenly Ace paused and turned to Mason as they saw it was stats for a Link Monster. "Um... do you think top, top-left, bottom, and bottom-right work?"

"What are you up to?" Mason asked.

"Mr. Ryoken was dueling with my friends on my birthday but he lost so I wanted to make a new monster for him." Ace explained. "Um... I can make you one too if you want."

'Ryoken?' Lance thought. 'Where have I heard that?'

"It's fine..." Mason said.

Ace smiled nodding.

Mason said, "Link Arrows like those are okay."

Ace smiled before frowning. "Oh, I've been mean. I'm sorry."

"Hey it's okay. Mason just had a bit of a situation going on." Lance told him. "But I'm sure you haven't been mean. Right Mason?"

Mason nodded.

"I was ignoring you though." Ace pointed out before looking down thoughtfully. "I know, do you want to play after school?"

Mason looked surprised as Lance called, "Yes yes Mason said yes he said it you know-"

"Lance." Mason told him which made Lance silent.

Ace looked surprised before looking down. "Oh, ok."

With that he picked up his things and left Mason alone. Mason grab his shoulder, and said "Hey it's okay. Lance is like that nothing to worry about. I would love too."

"You don't want to, I can tell. I'll leave you alone from now on." Ace told him before just walking off sadly.

Mason got in front of him. "It's okay. It's fine I need to play with you."

Ace froze in shock hearing that before looking down. "But... I thought we weren't friends."

"Yeah we are." Mason told him.

Ace looked surprised. "You were mad on the bus though."

"Mad?" Mason asked surprised. "No I'm not mad."

"But on the bus you got upset when... the idea of being friends came up." Ace reminded him.

"I wasn't upset." Mason told him before looking down, "An incident happened sometime back."

"I'm sorry." Ace apologized before looking down. "Actually, don't come over."

"It's fine." Mason told him. "I promise you didn't do anything bad."

"No." Ace said quickly. "Just... don't come over."

With that he ran out of the cafeteria.

Mason watched him ran off as he sighed, "I blew it didn't I?"

"Just give him time." Lance said.

Later that day...

Ace had run into his room when he got home without saying anything to anyone.

They all looked surprised at this.

"What's gotten into him?" Ryoken asked.

That's when they heard him crying. Dawn walked up, and asked "Ace?"

Ace was crying into his pillow.

"Ace what's wrong?" Dawn asked worried walking over.

He looked up at her revealing red eyes. "I thought I could make a new friend, this nice boy Mason and his... friend Lance were super nice but we can't be friends."

"Lance?" Dawn asked surprised.

Ace nodded. "Mason's friend."

Dawn blinked in surprise before smiling and whispering. "Lance is an Ignis isn't he?"

Ace looked surprised asking, "How...?"

"Me, Daddy, and Mommy met him, and someone named Bonnie a while ago." Dawn smiled.

Ace looked down sadly. "I can't be friends with Mason because Mr. Ryoken will want to hurt him."

He started to cry again hearing that.

"Huh? What made you think that?" Dawn asked concerned.

"Doesn't Mr. Ryoken hate them?" Ace asked her.

"No he doesn't." Dawn answered.

Ace looked up in surprise. "He doesn't?"

Dawn shook her head. Ace looked shocked before smiling. "Then Mason and I can be friends?"

"Yeah." Dawn nodded smiling.

Ace wiped his eyes and smiled even more before blinking. "Oh, I almost forgot I have to show Mr. Ryoken."

With that he smiled as he grabbed a paper from his backpack and ran downstairs. When he arrived Ray asked concerned, "Ace is everything okay?"

Ryoken was reading a newspaper, and drinking some coffee.

"It is now mommy." Ace smiled. "Um... Mr. Ryoken?"

"Ya?" Ryoken asked looking over.

Ace was blushing slightly. "I don't know if you like the name or the arrows but I made this for you at school."

As he said that Ace handed him the paper. Ryoken took it, and looked over it. "Topologic Reflection Dragon..."

"You were losing because of effects before, so I thought I could make you something to help with that." Ace explained.

"Huh. You sure have a knack for this. I'm impressed." Ryoken grinned. "Though there is something you left out."

"Huh?" Ace asked. "What is it?"

"Take a look." Ryoken pulled out three cards showing them to Ace.

Topologic Bomber Dragon, Topologic Trisbaena, and Topologic Gumblar Dragon.

Ace looked at the cards.

"What did I forget?" Ace asked.

"All three of them are Cyberse Monsters." Ryoken explained. "The Topologic archetype are Cyberse monsters. I don't mind Reflection Dragon not being a Cyberse but next time you make a new Topologic make it Cyberse okay?"

"Oh... it can be one though, it isn't made yet." Ace smiled. "But you like it?"

"Indeed." Ryoken nodded.

"Ace tell me what do you think of Dueltainers using Link?" Ryoken asked.

Ace blushed. "It's exciting but... I'm still embarrassed."

"You'll get use to it. Because in this article two of them are using it, and become tough duelists." Ryoken told him.

Ace blinked before looking down and blushing even more.

"And I have been thinking of having Declan, and Leo host a tournament to spread the news of Link." Ryoken told him.

Ace turned completely red at that and fainted.

Ryoken looked alarmed as he asked "Did I gone a bit far?"

"No, he's just super embarrassed about the tournament." Zarc answered. "Actually Ryoken there's someone we met today, he used Cyberse monsters like you."

"Huh?" Ryoken asked surprised.

"Oh yeah, his name was Yusaku." Dawn mentioned. "He seemed really... Um..."

"A little robotic." Ray admitted.

"Robotic?" Ryoken asked confused.

"I don't know how else to describe it." Ray told him.

"Ryoken, what do you think of the Ignis?" Zarc asked.

"I think of them as us also humans but have control over internet." Ryoken answered.

Dawn nodded before her eyes widened. "Ryoken, I just had a super amazing idea."

"What?" Ryoken asked her.

Dawn had a big smile. "You can be a teacher."

"A what?" Ryoken asked surprised.

"The new dueling school, you can be a teacher." Dawn smiled.

"A teacher?" Ryoken asked giving it some thought.

"You don't have to, but my sisters and I are gonna be teachers." Dawn smiled.

"Well I'll pass on the offer but thanks." Ryoken told her. "Besides I got several things I need to look over in case anymore Ignis shows up."

"What are you going to do if you find them?" Dawn asked.

"Convince them to use their abilities to help everyone." Ryoken answered.

Dawn smiled hearing that.

Ulrich362: Well... Ace and Mason will end up as friends after all.

bopdog111: Indeed.

bopdog111: And this tournament might be a stepping stone to it.

Ulrich362: Maybe.

bopdog111: Be sure to review!

Ulrich362: See you in the next chapter.