Disclaimer: see chapter one

Author's Note: I'd like to thank Gallantmon of the Hazard for letting me use his Zane and Sheppard duel.

Chapter 26: Schooling the Teacher

Inside the Tibetan Mountain range, we find a figure climbing up one of the snow-covered mountains to the top and when we get a closer look at this figure, we find it is none than Zane Truesdale, in his new Hell Kaiser persona, wearing a thick yellow mountain jacket, brown mountain boots, and has a large backpack on his back with mountain climbing gear. On the top of mountain he was climbing, he finds a Japanese style temple with a picture of an Asian-style Cyber End Dragon hanging over the large doors.

Zane then says to himself, "Here it is…The top of the world." Zane then heads inside of the temple and when the large doors close behind him, he takes the pack off his back, and taking off the mountain boots and jacket, revealing his darker clothing as his Hell Kaiser persona.

Just then a familiar adult male voice calls out, "I was beginning to think that you weren't going to show." Zane looks to the source of the voice to find Chancellor Sheppard, who had stepped down as Duel Academy Chancellor and left under mysterious reasons.

Zane tells Sheppard, "Hello…Master." Zane then says, "When you stepped down as Chancellor, I thought we would never see you again. Many people thought you were crazy to step down and for good reason, you were head of the top dueling academy in the world, but I guess everyone has their secrets. I hope you didn't call me here to lecture me, because I don't have the time."

Sheppard attaches a duel disk containing a dueling deck inside to his left wrist and tells Zane, "You know why I called you here, Truesdale."

Zane attaches his duel disk with his own dueling deck inside to his left wrist and says, with a dark sly grin, "Just checking. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Sheppard nods his head and tells Zane, "Of course." The two of them activate their duel disks, their life-point counters display 4000 life-points each, the two of them draw five cards from their decks, and Sheppard exclaims, in a strong tone, "Now, get your game on!" Sheppard then asks, nervously, "Um, you kids are still using that phrase right?" After that embarrassing note', Zane, in his new Hell Kaiser persona, prepares to duel Chancellor Sheppard in the mysterious temple in the Tibetan Mountains.

Starting Scores:

Sheppard: 4000

Zane: 4000

Sheppard draws one card from his deck and says, "It has been a long time. Too long." Sheppard looks at his hand, puts two cards in the spell/trap slots of his duel disk, and calls out, "Now, I place two cards face-down and that will end my turn." Soon after, holograms of two face-down cards appear in front of Sheppard and Zane gives a serious look. Sheppard asks, with a sly tone, "What? Did I confuse you?"

Zane yells out, angrily, "Hardly!" Zane draws one card from his deck, puts the card in the spell/trap slots of his duel disk, and calls out, "All right, I begin with Future Fusion!" Zane goes through his deck and exclaims, with a sly grin on his lips, "Now, I can send three Cyber Dragons to my graveyard! You know what that means don't you?" Sheppard gives a serious, yet, nervous look knowing exactly what it means. Zane discards three Cyber Dragon (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1600) monster cards to the graveyard, takes one fusion monster from his fusion deck, puts it on his duel disk, and calls out, "By sacrificing these Cyber Dragons, I can summon a monster that you know all too well! My Cyber End Dragon!" In a huge whirlwind, Cyber End Dragon (A: 4000/D: 2800) appears behind Zane in attack mode. Zane tells Sheppard, "Fortunately for you, it can't attack just yet, but when it does……watch out!"

Sheppard looks at Cyber End Dragon and says, calmly, "Yes, I know of your dragon's power. I'm the one who gave it to you! Or did you trade in your old memories for these trendy new clothes. Well, allow me to remind you how it all began!" Zane gives an annoyed look as Sheppard states, "You were just eight years old when you learned that you were the heir to an ancient legacy known as the 'Cyber Legacy'. Immediately, you stood out from my other students. And we knew then and there that you were the one that we looking for." Just then images of Zane as a child in this temple came back into Sheppard's mind, including the day that he gave Zane a Cyber End Dragon. When Sheppard was done with his mental remembering, he says, "When you left here, I thought our journey was over. Then years later, we met once more, this time in the hollowed halls of Duel Academy. We couldn't discuss it then, but I was proud of the duelist that you had become and never regretted giving you that card……until now."

Zane says, in a real annoyed tone, "This is starting to sound like a lecture……and I told you that I didn't have the time! I'm here for one thing and one thing only! To get what's coming to me! The rest of the 'Cyber Legacy'."

Sheppard sighs and says, "So, you know. There is another deck known as the 'Deck of the Underworld', but it has been sealed away. And for good reason, it contains a terrible force." Just then we go behind Sheppard to see a Tanka of Cyber End Dragon and behind Cyber End Dragon, there are shadows that contain an image of terrible green eyed creature behind the Cyber End Dragon.

Zane yells out, in a serious tone, "Save me the fairytales. I want those cards!"

Sheppard shouts out, determined tone in his voice, "Never!"

Zane replies, with an evil grin and dark tone, "You have no choice. When I beat you, there mine."

Sheppard tells Zane, in a serious tone, "I will never reveal their location, but I will reveal this trap! Shadow Cyber Gardna! This card remains in play for both of our turns! It makes a Shadow Monster equal to one monster on your side of the field! Shadow Gardna, replicate his Cyber End Dragon!" A dark shadow comes out of the hologram of the card and it transforms into a Shadow version of Cyber End Dragon with all of its stats!

Zane quickly puts a card from his hand into the spell/trap slots and calls out, "Sorry, it's De-Fusion!" Zane returns his Cyber End Dragon to his fusion deck and Cyber End Dragon gives a big glow as it transforms back into three Cyber Dragons (A: 2100/D: 1600 X 3) and Zane says, seriously, "So, my dragon splits into three! And since your shadow monster can only copy one of my monsters, it equals only one Cyber Dragon!" The shadow monster than transforms into a dark version of one Cyber Dragon with its stats. Zane tells Sheppard, dark grin on his lips, "Looks like the end, guess you taught me well. After all of this time, the student gets to school his former teacher!" Zane then calls out, "And it starts right now! Cyber Dragon, attack!" One of Zane's three Cyber Dragons attacks Sheppard's shadow monster, which fires back, and the two monsters destroy each other at the same time since they had the same attack power. Zane tells Sheppard, "I've got two Cyber Dragons left! Guess you've become careless in your old age, huh?"

Sheppard smiles and replies, in a sly tone, "No, you've just become more gullible, that's all."

Zane replies, in an annoyed tone, "We'll see."

Sheppard calls out, "I reveal my face-down! It's Byroad Sacrifice! It allows me to summon another monster from my hand and I choose this!" Sheppard puts another card on his duel disk and calls out, "My Cyber Ogre!" Soon after, Cyber Ogre (A: 1900/D: 2000) comes to the field to replace Sheppard's shadow monster that was destroyed.

Zane says, with a dark grin and tone, "With only nineteen hundred attack points, your ogre is food for my dragon."

Sheppard says, with a sly smile and tone, "Oh, you think so, huh?"

Zane roars out, annoyed and serious tone in his voice, "My next attack will show you! Cyber Dragon, attack!" Zane's second Cyber Dragon fires a blast to destroy Sheppard's Cyber Ogre.

Sheppard holds another Cyber Ogre monster card and shouts out, "Now, I send another Cyber Ogre to my graveyard! Why? Well, this allows the damage from the attack for the Cyber Ogre on the field to be reduced to zero!" Sheppard discards the monster card as Cyber Dragon's blast hits Cyber Ogre, but when the dust settles, Cyber Ogre is totally unharmed! Sheppard then says, "Cyber Ogre's attack points then increase by the attack points of the monster that attacked it. Since your dragon had twenty-one hundred attack points, my Cyber Ogre now has four thousand!" Cyber Ogre's stats increase from 1900/2000 to 4000/2000!

Zane puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, with a sly grin, "Not bad, Sheppard. I will end with this." Zane then exclaims, in a threatening tone, "Here's your choice: Hand over that Underworld Deck or continue to play at your own risk!"

Sheppard draws one card from his deck and says, "I'm not too worried since I'm ending this right now!"

As Sheppard looked at the card that he drew, Zane yells out, "I activate my trap! Attack Reflector Unit! Here's how it works: I send one Cyber Dragon to the graveyard to summon Cyber Barrier Dragon from my deck!" One Cyber Dragon leaves the field as it is sent to the graveyard while Zane takes out one card from his deck and Cyber Barrier Dragon (A: 800/D: 2800) comes to the field in attack mode. Zane gives an evil grin and tells Sheppard, "And as long as Cyber Barrier Dragon is on the field, you are out of luck, Sheppard, because once per turn, my dragon can negate one of your attacks!"

Sheppard says, surprised, "That means my ogre is useless!" However, Sheppard puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, seriously, "However, I have another plan. I activate Monster Reincarnation! By discarding one card from my hand, I can replace it with a monster card from my graveyard!" Sheppard discards one card from his hand, takes his other Cyber Ogre (A: 1900/D: 2000) card from his graveyard, and then puts another card in the spell/trap slots. Sheppard says, plainly, "I'll end my turn with this face-down!"

Zane draws one card from his deck and calls out, annoyed, "That was the last mistake, you'll ever make!" Zane puts one card on his duel disk and calls out, "Go Proto Cyber Dragon!" In-between Cyber Dragon and Cyber Barrier Dragon, Proto Cyber Dragon (A: 1100/D: 1600) comes to the field in attack mode. Zane then puts another card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, "Next, I play my Photon Generator Unit spell card! In order to use it, two of my Cyber Dragons have got to go! That's right, thanks to my Proto Cyber Dragon's special ability, it fits the requirement! Go, Cyber Laser Dragon!" Cyber Dragon and Proto Cyber Dragon vanish from the field as Zane takes another card from his deck and puts it on his duel disk causing Cyber Laser Dragon (A: 2400/D: 1500) to come to the field in attack mode. Zane then shouts out, "Now, I activate its special ability! Once per turn, it can destroy one monster with equal or greater attack points than my dragon! There goes your Cyber Ogre!" Cyber Laser Dragon shoots a beam from its tail that destroys Cyber Ogre.

Sheppard calls out, "Now, I use the spell card: Scrap Fusion!" Sheppard's face-down card is revealed to be the Scrap Fusion Quick-Spell card and Sheppard says, seriously, "With this, I can fuse monsters from your graveyard! So, your three Cyber Dragons belong to me now! Hand them over Truesdale!" Just then Zane's graveyard gives off a bright glow causing three lights come from it and combine behind Sheppard. When that light fades away, Cyber End Dragon appears behind him in attack mode. Sheppard then says, with a sly grin and sarcastic tone, "Oh, right, I forgot! Scrap Fusion allows me to fuse those monsters by removing them from play and using the fusion monster from your deck. Which means Cyber End Dragon belong to me, your birthright is in the hands of its former master!"

Zane puts one card in the spell/trap slots and states, annoyed, "All right, I get it! I'll end with one card face-down."

Sheppard tells Zane, seriously, "As you should. I draw!" Sheppard draws one card from his deck, looks at it, and says, "Not bad." Sheppard puts the card in the spell/trap slots and says, "I play Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw twice more!" Sheppard draws two more cards from his deck, looks at the two cards that he drew, and says, "Now, I play Cyber Esper in attack mode!" Sheppard puts the card on his duel disk and Cyber Esper (A: 1200/D: 1800) comes to the field in attack mode. Sheppard looks at Cyber Barrier Dragon and says, "Since your Barrier Dragon only stops my first attack, I will save my Cyber End Dragon for later." Sheppard then calls out, "Cyber Esper, the first attack of my turn is yours! Attack his Barrier Dragon!" Cyber Esper leaps into the air above Cyber Barrier Dragon and Sheppard calls out, "Cybernetic Shock!" Cyber Esper fires electrical beams at Cyber Barrier Dragon.

Zane says, plainly, "Like you said, my Barrier Dragon's special ability kicks in. Cyber Esper's attack is negated." Cyber Barrier Dragon retracts his mechanical head and creates a force-field that negates Cyber Esper's attack.

Sheppard thinks in his mind, with a smile, 'Excellent. That means he can't use that ability again. All I need to do is to destroy his Laser Dragon so he can't use it special ability next turn.' Sheppard then commands, "Cyber End Dragon, destroy his Laser Dragon now! Super Strident Blaze!" Cyber End Dragon fires three beams of energy from its mouths that combine to destroy Cyber Laser Dragon and cost Zane around 1600 life-points while he gives a look of annoyance at the destruction of his Laser Dragon. Sheppard puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, "I'll end my turn with one card face-down."

Current Score:

Sheppard: 4000

Zane: 2600

Zane draws one card from his deck and says, annoyed, "Finally. I play……!"

Sheppard interrupts him and says, "Hold on! My Esper's ability comes into effect! Now, I have the right to look at all the cards that you draw!" Zane shows Sheppard the card that he drew, Pot of Greed, and Sheppard nods his head.

Zane puts the Pot of Greed spell card in the spell/trap slots of his duel disk and calls out, "I play Pot of Greed! Now, I draw two cards!" Zane draws two cards from his deck and shows them to Sheppard, because of Cyber Esper's special effect forces him to. The cards that Zane draw were Creature Swap and Limiter Removal.

Sheppard thinks in his mind, 'He'll probably use that Limiter Removal to double his Barrier Dragon's attack points to destroy my Esper. Then he will use Creature Swap to get Cyber End Dragon back.' Sheppard looks at the hologram of his face-down card and thinks, 'However, my face-down card is Trojan Blast! When Zane takes a monster from my side, this trap will activate causing his End Dragon to be destroyed and Zane to take damage to his life-points as Cyber End Dragon's attack points! This means that this duel will be over in Zane's turn! This dragon meets so much that he will want to take it back!' Images of Zane standing in front of the Tanka of Cyber End Dragon and of Zane's time with communicating with the spirit of Cyber End Dragon come into Sheppard's mind. When the images are gone, Sheppard thinks in his mind, 'If there is a bit of the old Zane in there, this is the way to get him back!'

However, Zane then calls out, in a real serious tone, "I reveal my trap card! Lost Pride! By discarding one spell card from my hand, I can add one spell card from your graveyard to my hand!" Zane displays his Creature Swap spell card and says, plainly, "Here goes. I sacrifice Creature Swap!"

Sheppard gasps in shock and calls out, stunned, "By now, you can't get Cyber End Dragon!"

Zane replies, darkly, "I don't want it!" Zane then shouts out, "From your graveyard, I add Scrap Fusion to my hand!" Just then the card comes out of the graveyard and goes into Zane's hand.

Sheppard asks Zane, stunned at he just did, "Zane, do you know what you are doing?!"

Zane replies, with an evil smile and dark tone, "For the first time in my life, I know exactly what I'm doing." Zane then puts another card in the spell/trap slots and shouts out, "Now, I play Ruthless Denial! Now, I have to sacrifice one monster on my side of the field! And I choose my Barrier Dragon!" Cyber Barrier Dragon vanishes as it is sent to the graveyard and Zane says, darkly, "Now, I can send one of your monsters to the graveyard, but which one?" Zane then says, darkly and tauntingly, "How about that Cyber Ogre you brought back?" Sheppard then discards the Cyber Ogre monster card in his hand to the graveyard and Zane says, in a evil taunting tone, "Now, there are two Cyber Ogres in your graveyard, this should be fun." Zane then puts another card in the spell/trap slots and says, "Next, I play another spell. It is called Scrap Fusion, but I will get to that. First, I must pay one thousand life-points since I got this card by using Lost Pride." Zane's life-points than drop by 1000.

Sheppard gasps in stunned shock and exclaims, in a shocked tone, "Wait! Are you……?!"

Zane then calls out, interrupting Sheppard, "I play Scrap Fusion! This allows me to fuse the two Cyber Ogres in your graveyard and now, I play a card from your deck! It's the fusion monster known as Cyber Ogre Two in attack mode!" Just then behind Zane, Cyber Ogre 2 (A: 2600/D: 1900) comes to the field in attack mode.

Sheppard shouts out, seriously, "How could you Zane?! Tell me!"

Zane replies, with a dark smile on his lips, "I can to duel, not to talk Sheppard!" Zane then declares, "Now, Cyber Ogre Two's special ability activates, giving it half of End Dragon's attack points, so, that two thousand more!" Cyber Ogre 2's stats increase from 2600/1900 to 4600/1900! Zane then displays his Limiter Removal spell card and calls out, "Finally, I play this! It's called Limiter Removal! Cyber Ogre Two's attack points double!" Cyber Ogre 2 roars as its stats increase from 4600/1800 to 9200/1900! Zane then commands, in a ruthless serious tone, "Now attack Cyber End Dragon!" Cyber Ogre 2 slams into Cyber End Dragon engulfing it in flames as it roars out in pain.

Sheppard, looking on at this, is horrified by this and says, flabbergasted and horrified, "What have you done? You and that dragon shared a special bond." Sheppard looks towards Zane and sees him coming towards him with a dark and uncaring look on his face.

Zane tells Sheppard, in a dark tone, "Yes, we do. I can hear its spirit screaming for mercy. And you know what?! I don't care! I came here for one thing and one thing only! And I'm not leaving until I do!" Zane comes up to a shocked Sheppard and says, in a dark tone, "Even if it means getting rid of an old friend." Zane looks up at the burning Cyber End Dragon and calls out, in a cold tone, "Cyber End Dragon! It's been real!" Just then Cyber End Dragon is destroyed in a huge explosion that sends the Tanka of Cyber End Dragon flying away, revealing a hidden compartment craved into the wall with a box inside. On the meanwhile, Sheppard loses 5200 life-points from the attack, ending the duel immediately.

Final Score:

Sheppard: 0000

Zane: 1600

While Sheppard collapses to the ground, Zane looks to see the compartment in the wall and says, "Well, what do you know?" Zane goes over to the wall, takes out the box, opens the box, and finds a Duel Monsters deck inside causing Zane to say, "The Underworld Deck."

As Zane takes the deck from the box, Sheppard says, groaning out in pain, "Wait……!"

When Zane looks at the cards, he says, with a wide dark grin, "Excellent." Zane takes the deck with him and tells Sheppard as he passes by him, in a cold tone, "Be thankful. I could have taken this duel a lot further." Zane then starts to talk away from Sheppard, but Sheppard quickly rises to his knees.

Sheppard then shouts out, "Wait!" When Zane stops, Sheppard takes out a medal of some sort and throws it to Zane, shouting out, "Catch!"

When Zane catches the metal, he found that it had the picture of Earth with the letter 'GX' in the middle and he asks, plainly, "What is this?"

When Zane looks at Sheppard, he rises to his feet and tells him, "You want to know why I've been gone for all this time! I've been traveling and gathering all of the best duelists in the world for a tournament that I'm going to hold on Duel Academy."

Zane asks, curiously, "And this is?"

Sheppard tells Zane, "Your ticket. No one can enter my tournament without one of those medals. It would be in your best interests to go."

Zane tells Sheppard, in a plain tone, "Sorry, Sheppard, I don't do little tournaments anymore." Zane then says, thinking about it, "However, this might be a good time to try out my new deck. I'll think about it." Zane then starts to walk back towards the door.

Sheppard calls out to Zane, "You do that! Believe me, it is a chance in a lifetime!" Sheppard thinks in his mind, 'I'm not giving up on you Truesdale, if I can't bring you back, then maybe your friends can!'

(Duel Academy in the evening hours)

In the Slifer Cafeteria, Syrus was sitting and reading an article about his older brother, Zane Truesdale, solemnly and says, to himself, "What's happening with you, Zane? You were never 'Mr. Personally', but anything is better than this." He was currently looking at Zane in his Hell Kaiser Persona and sighs, "Poor Guy."

Just then, a familiar feminine voice says, with a touch of concern, "Syrus?"

Syrus turned to see Ryoko, walking towards him and says, "Hey Ryoko!"

Ryoko sits beside her friend and looked at the article that Syrus had in his hand. She automatically realized what Syrus was thinking about and says, "You're thinking about Zane aren't you?"

Syrus says, solemnly, "I just don't like to see him like this. Ever since I saw him in the Pro Leagues on T.V. for the first time, in black, I couldn't feel at ease. It's like he's possessed by an evil spirit."

Ryoko says, "Kinda like Jaden's demonic side."

Syrus replies, sadly, "I just don't know."

Ryoko looked at the boy's heavy shoulders, as she listened to his depressed words. She saw the pain in his face and the sorrow of what he could become should he lose. She needed to help him somehow. So, she did the only thing she could think of. She grabbed a hold of him in a strong hug.

Syrus was surprise by his friend's sudden movement and hug, whispering, "Ryoko…?"

Ryoko whispers in Syrus's ear, "Don't worry, Sy, I'm pretty sure Zane will return to his old self, soon."

Syrus felt relaxed in Ryoko's embrace and says, wrapping his arms around the girl's waist, "Thanks Rye, I'll try not to be too depressed."

(In the Ra Yellow Dorms)

Jade was in her room, sitting at her desk and reading an article about her cousin, Zane and says, to herself, "What's going on with you, 'cuz? What's happened to you, Zane?" Jade was fighting hard to suppress her tears and whispers, "I can't bear to see you like this…"

Just then, there was a knock on the door and she walked towards the door. She wiped her tears away as she sees Jordan behind the door, "Hey Jade…"

Jade wiped her tears away and says, "Hey Jordy."

Jordan could detect some sadness from his girlfriend as she allowed him to enter her room. Jordan notices a familiar magazine, by Jade's desk and realized something, "You're thinking about Zane, aren't you?"

Jade nods, solemnly, "It's so hard to see him like this, in this dark personality."

Jordan placed his hand onto Jade's back and caresses it, saying, "Come here…" Jade brought her arms around Jordan's neck, hugging him, as well as Jordan wrapping his arms around Jade's waist. Jade begins to cry as Jordan places his hand onto Jade's back, rubbing and comforting her.

Jordan says, solemnly, "I know how you feel, Jade. Having your cousin changing personality, it's been happening a lot this year."

Jade says, in anger, "I hate that freak, Sartorius! If it wasn't for him, Zane wouldn't have changed into this dark persona! I wish I could kill him, right now, but I'll get in trouble with Koenma and King Emma for killing a human being. But they can't see that, Sartorius is no human in my eyes."

Jordan says, "I know. That freak still has Alexis in his control and hoping that she'll leave that stupid Society of Light. Jade, I promise that I'll never leave you for anything."

Jade pulls back, looks at Jordan's blue eyes and says, "You promise?"

Jordan nods in reply and says, wiping the tears from Jade's face with his thumb, "Yes, I promise! I'll do anything to see no tears and that smile on your face."

Jade smiles in reply and says, "Thanks Jordan…I don't know what I'll do without you." Unconsciously, Jade pulls her boyfriend's head toward her and kissed his lips, tenderly. Jordan returns the kiss and pulls Jade closer to him. Soon their tongues battled for domination as they wrapped around each other.

Just then, a flash occurred from the window, which stopped the couple's making out session. Jordan automatically knew who was responsible as he and Jade turned to see Atticus, hanging by his legs onto a tree branch, with a goofy grin on his face and a camera in hands.

The couple screamed out in annoyance, "ATTICUS!!"

Jade marches to the window and closes the blinders, with huff. Jade turns and walks towards Jordan and wraps her arms around his neck and Jordan asks, with a sly smile, "Where were we?"

Jade giggled and says, with a sly smile, "Right here…" The couple's lips met in a passionate kiss and their tongues fought for domination as they wrapped around each other. Jordan's hands wrapped themselves around her slim waist and pulled her body closer, and she placed her finger into his hair, all the while not breaking the kiss. After some time they broke the kiss and looked at each other, smiled and kissed again.

Jordan says, as he broke the kiss, "I love you."

Jade says, "I know and I love you, too." Jordan smiled as he presses his lips onto Jade's, kissing her, passionately.

(In the lighthouse)

A certain blonde was standing by the lighthouse waiting for a certain Slifer half demon. Alexis was more surprised to hear what Sartorius said that he knew about Jaden's secret.

Flashback

Chazz and Alexis's jaw dropped to hear what Sartorius had said and Chazz says, in shame, "So, you knew about Jaden's demonic side."

Sartorius nods and says, "Yes, the cards revealed to me. I sensed some demonic aura from Jaden Yuki and it's created from the darkness itself. The way that demon inside Jaden's body becomes stronger is the hatred of those who abused him and his friends."

Alexis says, solemnly, "Master Sartorius, Jaden's demonic self almost tried to kill us and insulted you and the Society of Light. We couldn't tell you this because Demon Jaden swore that he'll kill you as well as every member of the Society of Light, while leaving either me or Chazz alive with the guilt of letting you and the Society of Light down."

Sartorius tells Alexis, with a smile, "Ms. Rhodes, there's no need to explain why you and Mr. Princeton kept it a secret from me."

Chazz says, in horror, "Master Sartorius, we can't tell Crowler or Bonaparte, or anyone about this, or Demon Jaden will be true to his threat and kill us!"

Sartorius says, "No need to be alarmed, Mr. Princeton. I won't say anything to those fools or anyone else. However, you must bring Jaden Yuki to me as soon as possible."

Chazz and Alexis gasps in horror and Alexis says, "Sir, we can't! If we even try to get Jaden by force, he'll probably tap into his demonic aura and no doubt kill us, without hesitation. Not to mention that he's with Mina and Kino Tucker practically everyday!"

Sartorius says, "True, if you did try to capture him, he will kill you, however, all half demons have a weakness."

Chazz says, "Of course, the same with Inuyasha, Melody as well as the Urameshi twins!"

Alexis says, "The new moon! Like every half demon, Jaden has to lose those demonic powers of his as well as his demonic self!"

Sartorius nods his head and says, "That's right, as soon as the new moon comes bring Jaden to me, so I can bring him to the light. Alexis, I'm living this assignment with you."

End Flashback

Alexis called Jaden to meet her at the lighthouse, alone. Just then, a familiar figure in a Slifer Red uniform came running along the docks. Jaden looked to see Alexis before and he says, perplexed, "Alexis, were you the one that called me here?"

Alexis nodded and says, in a cold serious tone, "Yes, Master Sartorius needs to see you."

Jaden whirls around and says, "If you're talking me into joining the Society of Light, forget it!" Just then, he felt a hard blow to the head, which made him lose consciousness.