Chapter 4: Reviewing The Situation

After walking out of the try-outs Leo Akaba got back into his limo, and waited patiently as he was driven to an airport. He got out of the limo, as did the driver, and they both entered the building.

Leo lost track of time in the airport. Lines, then passports, then more lines. He was sure that if it weren't for the fact that he was rich enough to afford his own aeroplane he would never be able to set all his plans into motion.

After an hour's wait, two coffees and some super large fries, Leo finally managed to get onto his private plane.

He smiled as he stared at it, black tinted window to dull the bright light of the sun, and painted a rich shade of purple, exactly the same shade as fusion cards. Leo loved connective styles. It was surprising how few people he worked with that couldn't see the connection between Fusion monsters and Leo's over the top use of purple.

Moments later he was sitting comfortably. As it was a private plane it had much less function and so much more pleasure features. There were only enough chairs to fit thirty people on the entire plane, not counting the pilot's seat.

On the plus side these chairs were white leather and perfect for the causal or expert seat connoisseur.

There was also a large screen Television mounted on the wall, much easier to see then those silly chair Televisions.

But that was where Leo's pleasure and comforts left, as now it was business.

He grabbed the remote for the television, and turned it on to find a duel. A duel between one of his employees, Lars, and one of the many candidates for his school.

All of the duels were being recorded for future study, but right now he was watching them live. He wondered to himself why he had chosen Exodia stall decks as the standard, but he was starting to hate his past self as these duels were taking forever.

Though there were many things of interest.

Some candidates used very interesting gimmicks.

Then there was that mountain of a man that had those interesting cyborgs.

The surprising amount of people that Ancient Gear monsters. Even stranger was they kept winning. It wasn't in his natures to interfere with the try outs, but when he saw yet another kid using Ancient Gears, a part of him nearly reached down for that phone so he could call Lars and just tell the kid he failed.

But then the ginger brat did something unexpected.

"You might have stopped Ancient Gears, but the Show Must Go On!"

Then he built the overlay network.

Leo's eyes widened in shock. He had thought that everyone in this world used fusions exclusively. Even if the other types were here he at least thought they'd be a major rarity.

"Hmm. Are you a fluke, or are you someone important?" Leo mumbled to himself. The ginger won, in the same turn that he had summoned his Xyzs monster. Leo made a note to keep an eye on him.

The duels went back to being dull after that, till one girl got insanely lucky. She had blue, and as to be expected, used fusion monsters.

The unexpected part came when the card in his jacket pocket started glowing. He took it out and stared at it, confusion dancing around his eyes.

"I thought you had already chosen that pink haired lily kid?" Almost as if the card agreed with Leo, it ceased to glow almost immediately. Leo blinked, then turned back to the screen.

The girl won in five turns.

Leo once again made a note. If he added Yuri to this list it basically turned into keep an eye on all kids with bright colourful hair.

The deck thing break the dullness was a pale child. He didn't use fusions, but zombies. He won shortly thereafter.

Then after there was the kids in the white shades, who threw Leo for a loop once again. Once could be chance, but twice? There was something wrong with the people trying out.

Then there was the girl dressed as a maid. She won, but it seemed almost simple when compared to what he'd just seen.

Leo pinched the bridge of his nose. Next year he'd used something different. Anything that wasn't another stall deck.

Then, well, then there was something that Leo was waiting for.

Yuri had his duel with Lars. Leo watched from start to finish, Yuri seemed to get annoyed easily, especially when his strategies didn't work and when someone cut him off mid-sentence.

But then he turned it around with quick thinking. As well as luck.

It was honestly getting to a point where Leo pondered if luck to be taught to his students, because if it could he'd be unstoppable.

Yuri did win, Leo had been expecting, then he fell asleep shortly after.

That only left Leo with one more duel, Sora. Leo had been paying attention to Sora ever since the written test.

You don't get a ninety nine out of a hundred without making yourself highly visible. Leo was hoping that he didn't disappoint.

After seeing a cuddly little sheep, an adorable bear, and a charming lion all turn into instrument of pure unadulterated darkness, Leo was firmly reassured that Sora wouldn't disappoint in future.

Which meant that Leo did in fact add Yuri, along with Sora, to his growing list of people to watch.

Between the red, dark blue, light blue, and pink hair that these guys were rocking, he was wondering if he should just call them the Rainbow league and be done with it.

Shortly thereafter the plane landed on a secret island in the middle of the sea. He exited his plane and walked to a large building that would eventually function as his school.

"I just can't wait." Leo said with a smirk firmly placed on his face.


Just a short chapter explaining what Leo was doing.

There are...things that need to be mentioned right now.

One, Dennis...threw me for a loop in the last couple of episodes.

Two, maybe I shouldn't have written this when the story was still happening, because this is going to get dated fast. But hey, it'll be fun, right?

Three, this story has a new cover. Thank you new ending.

Four, I've forgotten to do this, so I'll do it now. Answers to Anonymous reviews.

Martyn: No. Also, why would you come to a YGO Arc V fanfic and ask about Pokemon?

Person: Hey thanks for the review. I think Sora is younger then Yuya and Yuri because of two things. One, he's short. I know that's not a perfect indicator of age, but it's what my mind jumped to. Also, when Sora's fanboying over Yuya way early in the show, it seems...like something someone slightly younger would do. Though maybe I'm wrong, I don't know.

Five, I don't have a five. Thanks for reading and reviewing. It means a lot. Good night.

See ya later.