Here's Debut of a very unimportant OC! You'll find her name and occupation later in the chapter, this is jus the basics.

Age: 27

Hair: Mostly has her hair up, mid-back length when let down. Mild brown.

Eyes: Hazel

Height: 5'5

Enjoy!

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"Leeeexiiiii!" Atticus hollered, holding open the front passenger door open of his bright red sports car. "Are you ready yet?"

Alexis quickly stepped down from the porch in a dark khaki skort and pale violet petit tee. An exasperated look crossed her face as she stepped towards the car. "I don't see why you have to drive me, Atti. I'm not going to crash your so precious car." As if teasing him, she mockingly kicked the tire.

Atticus shrugged. "Women don't drive so well, but that's not my point!" He quickly added as he noticed a vein pop in his sister's temple. She started to turn her head the other direction in a sort of defiant way. Alexis stopped as she saw a serious look cross Atticus' face. "I know what happened last night, no need to hide it from me," he said.

Alexis resisted the impulse to jump back, instead she asked, "Have you been eavesdropping?" An accusing frown formed on her face. "No," Atticus replied. "I was called too. And based on your info to go to Kaiba Corp. I think I know what happened." He shrugged again. "We'll learn more about this stuff when we get there. Now just get in the car, Lexi." Alexis didn't say a word but lowered herself into the tan leather interior.

Atticus is part of this… Who else?

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Jaden stepped onto the white cement curb. A metallic statue of Blue Eyes White Dragon showed it's sharp fangs and brilliant wings.

"Hm, I wonder what time it is?" Jaden said quietly, glancing at his watch. "It's 8:20, I guess I'm a tad early…" He took a step closer towards the glass doors.

"Jaden?" said a familiar voice behind him. Jaden whirled around to come face-to-face with Chazz Princeton who raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing here?" the black-clad teen said.

"Um… I have a meeting I guess…" Jaden replied. He looked at Chazz up and down, as if studying him. "So… what are you doing here?" Chazz kind of puckered his lips in annoyance as he switched his gaze to his side instead, refusing to stare directly at

Jaden.

"I'm just here… just because! Now why are we just standing out here, we're- I mean I'm supposed to go in!" He said a little harsher than he meant.

Jaden turned around again. "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed…" He muttered. The two of them started walking, some tension clinging to the air. The transparent doors slid open smoothly for them. The quickened their pace challengingly, Jaden beat Chazz to the reception desk.

"Hi, I'm Jaden Yuki and I'm here for the-" he started but predictably, Chazz shoved Jaden's face out of the way with his palm. As the two struggled, Chazz managed to say with some difficulty, "I'm Chazz Princeton and I'm here for the-" Jaden retaliated by pushing Chazz's face back. "Meeting with Seto Kaiba!" Jaden quickly finished before Chazz could cut in.

The two stopped fighting and stood there, side by side panting slightly. The receptionist blinked. It was a few seconds before she typed in the two names given to her.

"Jaden Yuki… Chazz Princeton… Hrm… urgent meeting. Classified Information. 8:30 a.m. Yes?" She looked up, past Jaden and Chazz. "Hello and welcome to Kaiba Corporation, Home of the top duel monsters technology." She said in voice of a professional advertiser some would pay millions for.

The two instinctively turned around and there they saw them. Alexis was standing side-by-side next to Atticus with her arms crossed, an expecting look in her eyes. Atticus flashed a grin. Even Aster was right behind them, in his usual gray suit, a blank expression on his face.

They both quickly gave their names.

"Atticus Rhodes, here for a requested meeting from Seto Kaiba."

"Alexis Rhodes, same reasons."

Aster sighed, as if exasperated for some reason. "Aster Phoenix, I'm here for the same meeting."

The receptionist typed in the names. "Atticus and Alexis Rhodes approved. Aster Phoenix, approved. Okay, all of you take the last elevator. A guide is waiting there, he'll take you to the 21st floor then to Conference room 401."

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The attendant made a bow before disappearing behind the elevator door. Aster looked ahead. "Room 401, 401," he repeated, walking forward. Chazz grunted, assuming that the younger teen was leading them, or acting superior. But that was just Chazz's thoughts. He still followed.

While they were walking, checking the room labels Jaden decided to speak up (like he always does) "Sooo…. It's kinda cool how we're all here! You know, about you-know-what…"

Aster grunted.

Chazz said, "You're weird… you know that?"

"Hm?" Jaden asked pointing at himself. "Me?"

"Yeah you!" he snapped, apparently in a terrible mood.

Alexis frowned and kicked Chazz in the side, resulting in having his face smacking into the shiny tile floor. (-dodges flying objects-) "I don't know what's bothering you but that was kind of mean, Chazz." Alexis said, lowering her foot and crossing her arms.

"Woah sis!" Atticus said, waving his hands as Chazz got up. "I think that's a little harsh too, don't you think?" Chazz gave Jaden a nasty glare who wasn't paying any attention to anything apart from Aster.

"That's weird…" Aster muttered when the rest caught up to him. "They're just going to let us in like that?"

"I don't see what the problem is…" Jaden stated, staring at the metallic doors blankly.

"Some guide…" Atticus muttered, crossing his arms. On cue, a panel slid open right beside the door, revealing a dark green pad with crossing lines. "Please place palm of right hand onto visible surface." A computerized voice said. Aster followed the instructions.

"Access accepted: Aster Phoenix." It spoke up again. The doors slid open.

"Fancy…" Alexis said looking around as they passed through the doors.

"Access accepted: Alexis Rhodes. Access accepted: Atticus Rhodes. Access accepted: Jaden Yuki. Access accepted: Chazz Princeton."

"What the hell… Am I being stalked?" Chazz said under his breath.

The five found four more people in the well-lit room. It included Zane who was sitting in one of the black leather conference chairs, his arms in their usual position. He lifted his gaze up at the new-come company. A woman about in her mid-twenties stood on the right of Duel Monsters' creator, Pegasus. And finally there was the dueling legend, Seto Kaiba whose face was partially hidden behind arched fingers.

As they all took a seat, Alexis besides Zane, she gave him an I knew it look. He returned it. They reverted their attention to the table as six cards were laid face down on its surface. "So I've called you all here…" Kaiba started. Jaden began to tremble slightly in his seat. Everyone's utmost attention was on Kaiba.

"Hold on, Kaiba Boy… I have to get some credit, after all I did make these cards." Pegasus cut in. Kaiba sighed exasperated. "Whatever, fine, we, called you six here." He glanced at the lady waiting silently next to Pegasus. "Okay, seven, but she has a different role. My point is that my assistants have told you of my data keys, correct?"

They all nodded. Kaiba went on.

"They're called data keys for a reason. Somewhere in the Kaiba Corp. database, is a file of highly valuable information concerning a lot of things. Predictably, an organization has formed out there or even in my company itself to steal that information from me. Passwords are too simple. They can easily be hacked. I've come up with a special system where this information can only be accessed by obtaining the six keys and-" he stressed the word as his gaze darted to the woman.

"a special, well not so special, practically worthless card."

She held up a completely blank card that had strange symbols written where a card's name should be.

"Her name is Shiyo Karauna. I think Truesdale knows her pretty well." Everyone's attention quickly switched to Zane who had his eyes closed. "She's my manager," He said, answering the unspoken question.

Shiyo put her hands on her hips, "That's right, everyone. Well I'm a lot of things. Zane Truesdale's manager, holder of a blank card, and other stuff."

"Anyways," Kaiba continued. "Not much info is known about this group of duelists. I warn you now, you have arrived here to fulfill my request. I want you to guard these Data Keys with your life."

A shiver ran through the room at Kaiba's even more serious tone and dark eyes. "You're enemies are extremely powerful. Pegasus and I have had some conflicts… We defeated them but only in battles. This war has just begun. For your aid, Pegasus-"

"Okay that's enough, Kaiba-boy!" Pegasus cut in again. "You're making everything sound like a tragic tale! It's my turn to enlighten these people." He turned to face all six of them. "Like Kaiba-boy was about to say, I've created six special cards." He gestured at the cards laying facedown on the table.

"They do have a special connection with the Data keys. With the dueling styles we've witnessed, I've specially customized these cards. Now all of you, pick one."

No one moved. "That's it?" Alexis said, staring at the table. "Wouldn't it be smarter to choose a card that would be much more compatible with out deck?"

Pegasus chuckled. "You don't have to worry the bit. Ever heard of fate?" At the word, Kaiba sighed exasperated at Pegasus' drama but said nothing. "If fate smiles on us, we'll know. This is the first test. Pick a card and tell me what you see."

They all obediently picked up a card nearest to them.

Zane's eyes widened. "It looks… like a Cyber Dragon," he said.

Alexis stifled a gasp. "This looks so similar to my other cards!"

Jaden beamed at his card. "Man, this looks so darn cool!" he said flashing his card to everyone.

The rest just stared. Chazz spoke up, "Yeah, they're cool and all but they don't have any attack points, effect, not even a name!" He was right, the areas were completely blank.

Pegasus nodded. "That's true. I myself cannot determine something like that. These cards cannot be summoned normally. First you need to know its name, but also you have to fulfill certain secret requirements to know its name. What? Not even I know."

"Okay, now also, this is still a dire secret, tell no one no matter what. I recommend you to avoid duels. If you lose a duel, you lose your Data key. I can't guarantee that's the only thing. Now for the last and final thing, the keys themselves." He lifted a case from somewhere under his desk and placed it on top of the table. He unlocked it with a key dangled around his wrist. Six devices, strung onto a black cord lay separate inside it. Kaiba nodded and the six of them reached forward to grab one.

"Now scan your card along the side of your key." A green laser appeared on them as they followed his instructions. On a tiny screen, a different symbol for each appeared. "Um… okay…" Alexis said puzzled.

"From that second you touched the card's edge to the key, you've transferred the individual codes to it. That is all. And good luck to all of you."

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Before you review, please note of the following:

I don't flipping care if you say, "you copied the Sacred Beasts Saga!" Yeah, sure there's similarity but I still spent time on this plot.

Do you think Shiyo is a Mary-Sue? Give me reasons and I'll consider the matter.

If you want to know what the symbols look like, review/PM me for a link.

I'm not in the finest mood.

Well that's it! Reviews appreciated as always.