Only an hour later was when Atticus decided to doze off. I had put away my cards an hour earlier. A flight attendant bowed to us or just me since Atticus was unconscious. "May you want any refreshments?" she asked. I didn't need anything but Atticus sure did. I shook him and he snored louder. I shook him harder, he started to drool. Finally I decided to strike him on the face, not hard of course.

"OUCH!" He yelled causing nearby people to flinch. He started to rub his nose and give me an annoyed look. I sighed and pointed at the attendant.

"Oh, yeah can I have a nice bottle of sake?" he said. The attendant seemed to be in the process of taking in his words. I, however, was facing the opposite direction, one of my hands covering my face. Well for both of our sakes I pulled Atticus in a strangling position with my hand over his mouth. With a big cheesy grin I said, "What my friend meant is that he wants a bottle of er raspberry soda." I felt Atticus's throat gagging. Guess I chose the wrong flavor. The attendant bowed again. When she left I removed my hand from the brunette's mouth. I just needed to tell him something. "You idiot! They don't sell sake to fifteen year olds on a PLANE that's flying over the oceans!" Atticus seemed crestfallen as if he had a good treat snatched from him. "Well back where I came from sake was actually pretty mild for us."

"Then I wonder how many brain cells you lost." I said under my breath.

"What's that?"

"Nothing."

The attendant brought Atticus's drink. He just casually tossed the can in his bag. "You know that stuff tastes like shi-"

"Attention passengers if you look to your right, you can see duel academy right ahead. Please fasten your seatbelts and prepare for our landing."

Atticus was criticizing the soda until it brought him to a totally different topic. "You know, that crap reminds me of that time when my sister decided to pour some of that into my soup."

Well that explains something "Oh really? You have a sister?" Atticus looked at me. "Well no duh I have a sister. Her name's Alexis I never told you?" I shook my head and decided not to talk more about it. Atticus however thought differently.

"You know? I'll be really glad to hook you guys up." I shook my head again. "Uh no thanks, I'm not interested in girls very much." It was the truth. All those fan girls must of screwed up my hormones or something. I really never felt anything for a girl and I don't plan to.

Atticus finally gave up on the subject. We felt the plane get lower and lower until we could see the runway. A big jerk on the plane and we were on ground.

We both grabbed out luggage as several people ran outside to relieve themselves of something. Atticus withdrew what seemed to be a surfboard.

"What's that for?" I asked him.

"Well there are beaches at the academy, what's the point if you can't ride the waves a bit?" he replied.

I shrugged and walked outside. It was a little more humid than I expected but it wasn't like we were always dueling outside. I pulled out my little map of the island. "Okay so we're both going to the Obelisk dorms. According to my key I have room 260, you have 233, Looks like we're not going to be next to each other." Atticus wasn't paying attention to this. He was waving back at a couple of girls. I guess he was just following me. After several minutes of walking we reached our dorm. It was huge. I saw the shack in the opposite direction that was supposed to be the Slifer dorm. I saw the Ra dorm which seemed to be a couple of manor houses put together, but our dorm was several times bigger. How much money did Sheppard spent favoring the Obelisks? After walking flights of stair I reached my room. I looked across from it and fell over. Atticus looked down concerned at me. His room was right across from mine. Not that I minded much. I just saw Atticus toting in a surround sound system. Brilliant. Atticus patted me on the back. "Wow! We meet at the exams and now we have rooms right next to each other! It's like this was meant to be as if we met in a past life of something." I made a funny noise like a cough and sneeze. "Uh no I don't think so because last time I checked I've only been living for 15 years. We better unpack our stuff." I slid my card key. A scent from fabric softener hit me… hard. I opened my windows. Unpacked my uniforms and hung them in my very bigger-than-necessary closet. I set up my black laptop on polished black wood desk. I had a kings bed which I wonder why. Only one person was living here and that one person was me. I even had a decent bathroom. How much space does this take up?

I walked out my own room and checked on Atticus. He was hanging up pictures of himself and of a blonde girl. They really seemed related. I assumed it was Alexis. Atticus's board was stored in the closet. Atticus had already set up his surround sound system and he had a fancy electric guitar on his bed. When he finally noticed me he gave me a cheery wave. "Hey Zane, you're done already? Mind if you can help me position these frames?" I didn't. Atticus was pretty picky on how the pictures were put but I listened. When we were done it seemed that Atticus had already been living here for a couple of years. We stood back and 'admired' our results. Atticus was pretty proud and though everything was perfect. I thought it was a mess.

Atticus said, "You know, I'm actually pretty hungry. 'Cept the welcome dinner isn't in two hours. I actually think I'm going to have some of that soda." I sat on his bed as he dug through his travel bag and pulled out the purple can. I looked at him to see if he liked it or not. Only when his finger were on the cap was when I realized what was going to happen.

"Atticus, don't-" too late. He opened it and purple fizz stained his brand new uniform. I fell back on the bed trying not to laugh. Atticus's expression was priceless. His brown hair was drenched. I walked to the bathroom and helped cleaned himself up. "You better hurry Atticus, the dinner is only in two hours." Atticus was still in shock but he locked himself in the bathroom and started the shower. I left his room towards my own.

I has to admit the food was pretty good. Atticus was digging into his. Except for all the attention everything went smoothly. Well kind of, it was until I decided to take a nice walk at the island. I had just reached the route to the lighthouse when someone challenged me.

"Hey you. Big guy. You think you're so tough, ain't?" He stood in front of me. I couldn't see his face. I was annoyed at his ignorance. He readied his duel disk and I readied mine.

"Duel!" we both shouted.

The stranger drew. "Okay first I summon my Minor Troll! (1000/1000) and I use his special effect, if I have no other cards on my field even if it's my first turn, I can summon two more Minor Trolls! Next I play my Quick Charge and I attack your life points directly!"

Zane-1000

Stranger-4000

I didn't flinch at all but I was actually surprised on how quickly he inflicted damage on me.

When I drew, I saw Atticus's form running towards us. He halted to a stop with a look of horror on his face at my life points and my opponents. He looked at me and shouted, "What are you doing, Zane!?"

"Relax, Atticus we only begun."

"Just began? That's why it's so horrible!"

Then I realized I didn't choose the best place to duel. People leaving the Obelisk Dorm didn't miss my duel. I tried to ignore the drawing crowd. Girls were whining on how I could ever win.

I looked at my hand. Two of my Cyber dragons were there and so was a very special card.

"I activate power bond! Power bond let's me fuse my two Cyber Dragons I have so I can form my Cyber Twin Dragon!" My twin dragon appeared on the field. The stranger didn't seem intimidated. I guess they didn't know I was ending this duel. "Power bond has a special effect, the monster I summoned with it gets double attack points!" Twin Dragon's attack rose to 5600. It was only then the stranger reacted. "No that can't be! That means-"

I finished for him. "Yes, that means I'm going to reign victorious in this duel! Cyber Twin Dragon, attack his troll and win me this duel!" Two golden beams of light destroyed his monster, His life points dropped quickly to zero. Another match I won in one turn. I de-activated my disk and walked over to my opponent. When I saw his face I wanted to gasp. It was one of the Obelisk Professors. He smiled weakly at me. Like I was taught of respect, I helped him up. He shook my hand and said, "If you didn't know I'm Professor Cornelius. Your basic life skills teacher." I nodded. He continued. "Now your arrival here, it's going to change a lot of people's lives. Either you win over them, like the Kaiser." I nodded again and he let go. I cast a glance at Atticus who took the message. I forced myself through the crowd. I heard their chanting.

"Kaiser! Kaiser!" I knew what I needed to do. I had a new goal. Defeat everyone worthy at this school and earn my title.

I sat on my bed. Atticus was busy on my laptop writing a letter to his sis. It was my first day here and everyone expects everything from Zane Truesdale. I sighed. Atticus was congratulating me on my duel saying it was brilliant to defeat a teacher in just one turn. Atticus wheeled around in my rolling chair. "Hey Zane. I just got our schedules!" He waved two slips of paper inches from my nose. I decided to lighten up. "Have you been hiding those from me?" Atticus cocked his head.

"Nah not really. And I checked out lists. We have every class together and the same lunch period!" He threw my schedule at me. I read the top. "Well maybe because we're both 1st years in Obelisk. Also maybe because the list of new students are listed in alphabetical order so we happen to be together?" I lifted an eyebrow at Atticus as he realized I was right. Atticus let out an embarrassed laugh. "It's 10:00 I better get to bed. See you at breakfast." He walked out my door.

I closed my blinds and switched off my lights. I wasn't really tired. A few hours of sleep should be enough. I rolled onto my side wondering what class would be like. Would I learn something when I knew I just easily beat a teacher? He was only a life skills one. Maybe that's why.

I woke up at six the next morning. I was just about to knock on Atticus's door but I realized someone like him wasn't going to be up so early. Class would start in two hours. We both had Honors Dueling Skills for the first three periods. Brilliant way to start the day.

I walked outside. A morning on a pretty warm island was a nice way to enjoy the weather. I stood at the cliff facing the rising sun. There right below where I have perfect view of was the lighthouse. It seemed so empty and peaceful. I looked for a walkway down to the lighthouse. There were none. Only way was sliding down this steep cliff. The lighthouse was programmed on it's own. It needed no keeper. I checked my watch, it was over one and a half hours from class. I slid down the rocky surface. It wasn't really what I expected but I made it down in one piece.

The view was brilliant. Just what I needed. Some peace and Quiet and a sunrise.

I sat there until I realized it was only ten minutes to first period. I quickly climbed the cliff and when I pulled myself up with great difficulty only to find Atticus standing in front of me with his hands on his hips. He had a frown on his face and said, "I thought I'd be seeing you at breakfast." I looked apologetically at him but he only grinned and slapped my on my aching back so I hit the floor.

"Oomph." I said spitting out brown dirt.

"Whoops, sorry Zane." He helped me up and we both walked to our class, brushing the dirt off me on the way.

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