Over the next few weeks, Aaron's reputation as a Duel Chaser grew. He won all of his duels and received a stripe for his efforts. His classmates now showed him some respect for his dueling skill. He had become famous amongst the Tops for his dueling making him one of the primary choices for a duel chase.

Outside of a duel, he was still the same person that everyone picked on and made fun of. "Come on." Zane said readying his boxing gloves. He and Aaron were in sparring class together. "Let's go." He swung at Aaron knocking him to the ground.

Aaron stood up and threw a punch. Zane grabbed his arm and flipped him on to his side. "You're way too good at this."

"That's because I like this. Now, get up." He helped Aaron up who threw another punch. Zane dodged it only to be hit by another punch from Aaron. "That one was pretty good." He quickly swept Aaron's legs knocking him down again. "Not good enough though."

"Can we take a break?"

"No breaks." Zane dragged him to his feet still ready to fight. "Come on, give me your best."

"I already did." Aaron put his gloves down.

"Hit me, now."

Aaron sighed putting up his gloves. He punched Zane in the stomach and then once more in the side. "Had enough?"

"Try this." He swung at Aaron's head. He dodged it only for Zane to nail him on the second punch. "Oh, snap. I need a coach!" He looked at Aaron who was laying on the ground with a swelling black eye. "Sorry about that."

"I bet criminals love you."

"Is he okay?" One of the coaches walked over. They took a look at Aaron. "Just a nasty punch in the eye. Go get an icepack on that and relax." They turned to Zane. "Go spar with McCarthy. He knocked his opponent out too." The coach helped Aaron up and made sure he was okay before sending him out of class.

Zane looked at his new opponent who was twice his size. "Let's go big guy." He ran over to him excited for his new fight.

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Aaron walked into his room wearing shorts and a t-shirt after taking a shower. The swelling around his eye had stopped. He saw Zane and Sara dueling on the table.

"Using DNA Surgery, I change all the monsters to Insect-Types. So, Insect Princess shifts all insects to attack position and she destroys your Machine King, and she gets another 500 attack points."

"She used DNA Surgery to neutralize your Machine King's ability. Smart." Aaron sat on the edge of Zane's bed watching the duel continue.

"Okay, I'm going to finish this now." Zane looked at his hand. "I'm going to activate my DNA Surgery and change all the monsters to Machine-Types. Next, I can play Raigeki and destroy your Insect Princess. Now, my Machine Assembly Line has enough counters, so I send it to the graveyard in order to bring back Chronomaly Mayan Machine. It counts as two tributes when I summon a Machine-Type. I'll sacrifice it to summon Perfect Machine King. It gets 500 attack per Machine-Type bringing its attack up to 3200. That's game."

Sara turned to Aaron. "Why did you have to give us both DNA Surgery?"

"It works well for both of you." He responded.

"Let me see that eye." She said motioning. Aaron knelt by her seat. "Zane, you need to take it easy on him." She looked it over touching it slightly. Aaron winced in pain.

"You should have seen the fight I had with McCarthy. That one was fun."

"This is sparring though, not one of your patrol missions." Sara opened up the mini fridge and grabbed an icepack. She handed it to Aaron who put it on his eye.

"That's what you need, a patrol mission." Zane's eyes lit up.

"No way." Aaron climbed to the top bunk and laid down resting the icepack on his face.

"Come on. It's gonna be fun." Zane stood up on his bed poking Aaron's stomach.

"Nooooo." Aaron moaned pushing Zane's hand away.

"Yesssss." Zane mocked him smiling. "I'll get them to let you use your Duel Runner."

"Sara, help me." Aaron groaned.

"Zane, stop harassing Aaron. I'll see you guys tomorrow." She walked out the door leaving.

"So you're coming?"

"Why are you making me do this?" Aaron groaned.

"It's fun. I promise. Plus, we can hang out together."

"You'll get them to let me use my Duel Runner?"

"Yeah, we have runners on patrols all the time. You gonna come?"

"I'll go. Just let me get some sleep."

"Awesome, I'll get you the details." Zane was excited running off into the hallway.

A week passed. Aaron sat in his Duel Runner which sat in the back of a van. "You ready for this?" Zane asked. He was dressed in his uniform along with several attachments to his belt. Aaron's belt was similar.

"I guess. What do I have to do again?"

"Just patrol the streets. If you see anything going on, call it in. Commons around here are always up to something."

"Get ready." An officer said looking at both of them.

"Wait, open the door. I want to try something." Aaron put on his helmet and revved the engine. The officer sighed opening the door. They watched as Aaron rode out of the still moving van on to the streets. He immediately turned around and accelerated to keep up with the other officers.

Once the van came to a stop, Zane got out. "You've done that before on the highway."

"Yeah, but it's still fun." Aaron smiled.

An officer walked over to them. "Okay cadets, your job is to patrol the streets. If you see a criminal or possible criminal activity, you have permission to intercept and take action. On your belts, you will find a nightstick, pepper spray, and a stun gun. Any questions?" Aaron and Zane shook their heads. "Good luck and do not forget to report in every hour."

Aaron and Zane nodded their heads before walking away. Aaron pushed his Duel Runner while walking with Zane. "So now what?"

Zane paused and walked in front of him. "We're gonna split up. You're going to go patrol, and I'm going to go patrol."

"I thought we were spending time together."

"Yeah, it was a fun ride over here." Zane said growing serious. "You need to toughen up. You have a belt full of stuff to protect you. Have fun. If you follow me, I'll stun you and slash your tire. See ya later." He started walking off.

Aaron sighed putting on his helmet and hopping on his Duel Runner. He started cruising in the opposite direction. He saw a poster of Jack Atlas on a wall. "I guess he's cool everywhere." He continued cruising. Zane really sucks for pulling something like this. Then again, I don't why I'm surprised. He let out another sigh. He continued moving down the streets. People shot him looks while others went into their homes and locked the doors. He heard people talking and cheering excitedly turning down an alley. He parked his Duel Runner, stowed his helmet, and grabbed his duel disk before peering out from the alley.

He saw a group of young kids dueling. "Snipe Hunter's special ability activates. By rolling a die, I can destroy one of your monsters unless I roll a one or six." The girl speaking held a die in her hand. She tossed it on to the field; it landed on five. "Say bye to your Time Wizard. Snipe Hunter, attack!"

Aaron ducked back into the alley. He saw some trashcans nearby. He climbed on them using them to get on to the roof of the building. He sat on the ledge pulling a stick of gum out of his pocket. He watched the boy starting his turn.

"I play Cup of Ace. Heads, I draw two cards. Tails, you draw two cards." He pulled a coin from his pocket and tossed it into the air. He caught it in his hand and looked at it. "Tails."

"So I'm drawing?" The girl asked.

"I activate Second Coin Toss so I can redo the coin toss." He tossed the coin into the sky again and caught it in his hand. "I'm drawing two cards." He reached into his deck and drew. "I play Monster Reborn to revive my Barrel Dragon. I activate its ability and toss this coin three times. If at least two are heads, your monster is destroyed." He tossed the coin for the first time. "Tails." He tossed it again. "Heads. One more time." He tossed it for the final time. "Heads." He smirked watching her monster get destroyed. "Barrel Dragon, end this!"

She interrupted him. "I activate my Roulette Spider magic card." She pulled a die from her pocket. "One, I lose half my life points. Two, your attack is a direct attack, so essentially no change. Three, you have to attack one of my monsters that I choose, but I don't have any. Four, I can make you attack one of your other monsters, but you don't have any. Five, this one is my favorite. I negate the attack and you take damage equal to your monsters attack. And six, I can destroy your monster." She tossed the die on to the field and watched it land on two.

"Game over."

"I activate my trap, Dice Re-Roll. I'm going to redo the roll." The die flew back into her hand briefly before being tossed on to the field once more. It landed on five. "Now it's game over." The boy's life points fell to zero as the duel ended. "Good job, Chance." The girl walked over and helped the boy up.

"Luck just wasn't on my side today. That was a good game though."

"So, who's my next opponent?" The girl looked around at the other children who shook their heads.

Aaron looked down at the kids. He watched the girl growing disappointed. He spit out his gum and jumped down from the ledge startling the kids. He removed his sunglasses and put them on his shirt while his duel disk powered on. "I'll duel you."

The girl grew nervous, as did the other children. "You're Sector Security. You're going to arrest us."

"Why would I do that? You're not doing anything wrong. Plus, I'm bored just patrolling the streets. Let's duel."

"Okay." The girl powered on her duel disk.

"Roll, Chance, get in the house!" A girl about Aaron's age shouted walking over to them stopping the duel. "You know better than to get involved with Sector Security." The girl powered off her duel disk and quickly ran off with the boy. The other kids scattered.

"What are you doing?"

"What are you doing? Trying to put away some innocent kids?" She glared at him.

"You have it all wrong. I was just looking for a duel."

"Don't try that on me. You guys really are low."

"Look, this is my first time on a patrol. I'm just a chaser."

She slapped him across the face. "You're that guy who's been putting people away left and right. Duel Chasers like you sent my brother to the Facility." She slapped him again.

She tried for a third time, but Aaron grabbed her arm and threw her back. "That's not okay. I could arrest you, and I didn't put your brother in the Facility."

"How do you know? Sector Security doesn't ask questions."

Aaron's duel disk started beeping. "I have to get going. Maybe we can continue this conversation later." He ran into the alley with the girl following after him. She quickly ducked to the side when she saw the Duel Runner speeding out of the alley. There's no way that she's right. She's just a Commons. He revved the engine as the Duel Runner accelerated.