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Chapter 77: Back to Duel Academy

Somewhere out at sea a few miles away from the island, the boat that was carrying the passengers bound for Duel Academy was slowly making its way towards the island. In the main dock, we find Keiko, who was wearing a female Obelisk Blue uniform, along with Mia, who was wearing a Slifer Red blazer, with tan jeans, blue shirt underneath the blazer and red sneakers, Genki, who was wearing a Ra Yellow blazer, with jeans, a grey shirt underneath and yellow sneakers and Izumi, who was wearing a Ra Yellow blazer, with red jeans, yellow shirt underneath and yellow sneakers. Genki and Izumi tell Keiko about the fate of Inuyasha and Holly.

Keiko says, in an annoyed tone, "Oh great! As if we don't have enough to worry about with that heartless bastard! Now, we're dealing with two brainwashing freaks, one was an old enemy of Yugi's!"

Izumi says, in a serious tone, "With Inuyasha under the control of the Orichalcos, we're one 'Chosen One' short, since he's a 'Chosen Hanyou'. From what we've been told, Inuyasha and Holly's sisters, Melody and Zera, are Demon Priestesses, which means they're more power than regular priestesses. With Melody, under the control of the Orichalcos, the biggest threat in power is Dartz and the Orichalcos."

Genki says, in a plain tone, "Hopefully, we can get Inuyasha and Holly back from that jerk, Dartz and get Higurashi and Urameshi from that asshole, Sartorius. I just don't understand how Tai and Agumon could have gotten themselves brainwashed!"

Just then, a familiar male voice calls out, "Genki, is that you!" Everyone turns to see Daisuke 'Davis' Motomiya, wearing a pair of familiar goggles across his forehead, he is wearing a male Obelisk Blue blazer over a black shirt, light grey pants with black belt across them, the belt holds a pouching for dueling cards and his blue and white D-3 Digivice, and he has black sneakers on his feet, Takeru 'TK' Takashi, wearing his white hat, a male Obelisk Blue blazer over a yellow shirt, light grey pants with a black belt across them, the belt holds a pouching for dueling cards and his yellow and white D-3 Digivice, and wearing black sneakers on his feet, with a green backpack, Hikari 'Kari' Kamiya, wearing a Ra Yellow blazer over, yellow shirt, hot pink jeans with a red belt across them, the belt holds a pouching for dueling cards and her pink and white D-3 Digivice, and wearing yellow sneakers on her feet with two brown suitcases by her sides, and Davis's older sister, Jun Motomiya, who was wearing a female teachers uniform, which was a purple version of a female Obelisk Blue uniform.

Genki says, with a smile, "Hey Davis, TK, Kari, Jun, what's up!?"

Jun says, with a sly smile, "I didn't expect you to be here!"

Keiko asks Genki, "Hey Akaya, are these guys your friends?"

Genki says, with a smile, "Hey, the one with the goggles is Daisuke Motomiya, we just call him 'Davis', along with his sister, Jun Motomiya, the one with the hat is Takeru Takashi, but we just call him 'TK', and the one with the brown hair is Hikari Kamiya or 'Kari' as we call her."

Keiko says, with a smile, "It's nice to meet you all."

Kari says, in a surprised tone, "Hey, I remember you! You're the girl that performed that One Turn Kill move at the entrance exams!"

Keiko replies, with a blush, "Yeah, that's me! I'm Keiko Yukimura!"

TK says, with a kind smile, "It's nice to meet you, Keiko! Where did you learn how to duel like that?"

Keiko replies, nervously, "Someone taught me it."

Just then, a familiar male voice calls out, "No way! Daisuke Motomiya! Jun Motomiya!" Everyone turns to see Tyson and his friends wearing Duel Academy uniforms.

Tyson was wearing Slifer Red jacket, unbuttoned, like Jaden's style, with a yellow shirt and blue jeans, his red and blue baseball cap, while carrying a red duffle bag.

Daichi was wearing a Slifer Red jacket, with a yellow shirt and his usual blue ripped jeans.

Kenny was wore a Slifer jacket and blue shorts, while carrying a grey backpack.

Max was wearing a Slifer Red jacket, with a green shirt underneath, with jeans. He was holding a light blue briefcase.

Ray was wearing a Ra Yellow jacket with black pants, along with his yin and yang headband and a knapsack behind his right shoulder.

Kai was wearing male Obelisk Blue uniform with blue baggy pants, along with a purple choker and a knapsack behind his right shoulder.

And Hilary was wearing a Ra Yellow jacket with an orange shirt underneath, brown pants. She was carrying two pink suitcases.

Davis says, with a smile, "Hey Tyson! Tyson Granger!" Keiko, Genki, Izumi, TK, and Kari yelp in shock and TK says, in a shocked tone, "You mean the world champion beyblader, Tyson Granger!"

Jun says, with a sly smile, "Of course, you see Davis and I are friends with Tyson, since we were kids."

Keiko looks at Tyson's friends and she says, shocked, "That would mean that these are the Bladebreakers!"

Max says, with a kind smile, "That's right, my name's Max Tate!"

Ray says, with a kind smile and a wave of his hand, "Hey there! I'm Ray Kon!" Ray points at Daichi and Kai and he says, "This is Daichi Sumeragi and our captain, Kai Hiwatari."

Kai states, with a stern look on his face, "Hn."

Kenny says, with a smile, "I'm Kenny, but people call me 'the Chief'."

Hilary says, with a smile and a short bow, "I'm their trainer, Hilary Tachibana."

Keiko says, with a smile, "It's nice to meet you. I'm Keiko Yukimura."

Hilary looks at her and she says, amazed, "Hey you're that girl, who got a first turn win!"

Keiko blushes again and she says, "That's right."

Genki says, with a kind smile, "I'm Genki! Genki Akaya!"

Tyson says, shocked, "Hey wait! Genki Akaya, I've heard about you! You're that kid that won a tournament with that Monster Rancher game four years ago!"

Genki says, with a nervous smile, "Yeah, that's me!"

Izumi says, with a smile, "Nice to meet you all, I'm Izumi Izuto."

Mia says, with a kind smile, "And I'm Mia Kaze! It is good to meet the famous Bladebreakers and all of their friends."

Hilary says, with a smile, "Same here!"

In the indoors of the boat, we find Akane Tendo, who was wearing a Ra Yellow blazer, with a light blue shirt underneath, orange pants, and yellow sneakers, walking down the hallways with an extremely annoyed expression on her face, while looking for Ranma.

Akane thinks in her mind, annoyed, "Damn it! Where is he!?" Akane went to the cafeteria, only to find Ranma Saotome, who was wearing a Ra Yellow blazer, with a red shirt underneath, blue pants, and yellow sneakers, at a table eating as if he hasn't eaten in days. Akane rolls her eyes and she says, with a sigh, "Same old, Ranma."

Akane walks towards the table where Ranma was at and she says, "Ranma, the boat is nearing Duel Academy."

Ranma says, finishing up his food, "Okay, let's go!"

-.-.-.-.-.-

Later that day, we find our heroes and heroines, with Jesse, who was wearing the same thing as he was coming into the KC Stadium, Yuka, who was wearing a female Obelisk Blue uniform, Eri, who was wearing a female Obelisk Blue uniform, Ayumi, who was wearing a female Obelisk Blue uniform, Hojo, wearing a Ra Yellow uniform with a black shirt underneath his blazer, jeans, and yellow sneakers, Mina, who was wearing a female Obelisk Blue uniform, Kino, who was wearing a male Obelisk blazer, Ukyo, wearing a Ra Yellow blazer, with a dark blue shirt underneath and brown pants, Ken Ichijouji, wearing a black shirt under a Ra Yellow blazer, and grey pants, Miyako 'Yolei' Inoue, wearing a pink shirt under a Ra Yellow blazer and red pants, Cody, wearing a grey shirt under a Ra Yellow blazer and blue jeans, Sakura, in a red shirt underneath a Ra Yellow blazer and pink pants, Hinata, also in a Ra Yellow blazer underneath it was a black shirt and matching pants, and Sasuke, wearing a Ra Yellow blazer under a black shirt, along with the rest of the new transfer students disembarking from the boat with none other than Crowler and a short guy who is quite plump, bald and wearing something French clothing in front of them.

The short man tells them, in his French accent, "Adieu! I am Jean Louis Bonaparte. I am the Vice-Chancellor here at Duel Academy! And this is Doctor Crower…temporary Chancellor of Duel Academy until the real Chancellor, Sheppard, returns."

Crowler growls at Bonaparte and Ranma asks, perplexed, "Are you a guy or gal?"

Crowler yells out, angrily, "I am a man, young sir! And I am the Chancellor of this Academy!" Crowler says, with a low tone, "At least until Chancellor Sheppard has returned."

Akane says, with a sigh, "Way to go, Ranma."

Ranma says, nervously, "I was just asking."

Daichi asks Tyson, lowly, "Is he a cross-dresser or something?"

Tyson replies, with a whisper, "I don't want to know."

Crowler says, after taking a deep breath, "Anyway, you are the brightest new students and teachers to come to Duel Academy! Your knowledge and abilities proved you worthy of transferring or teaching, if you are a new teacher, at our fine establishment for the dueling elite!" Crowler then tries to say, with a plain tone, "If you would follow me, we will get you to your assigned dorms."

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

In the male Obelisk dorm, we find Yusuke Urameshi, in his Obelisk uniform, unpacking his things and his PDA buzzing on his nightstand. Yusuke goes over to activate it and it shows the face of Hikari Urameshi, in her Obelisk uniform.

Yusuke says, plainly, "Hey sis!"

Hikari says, from the PDA, "Hey bro, you want to see Jaden duel some freshman with us?"

Yusuke says, in disbelief, "You're kidding! The year just started and Jay is already dueling! That guy must love dueling more than Kagome and I do! Sure why not?" Yusuke closes his PDA and heads to the door. While outside the dorm, Yusuke meets up with Hikari, Kagome, Kurama, wearing a blue Obelisk Blue blazer over light grey jeans and black shoes, and Catherine.

Yusuke says, with a smile, "Hey, I'm here!"

Hikari says, with a plain tone, "That's good, but we need to wait for Kira."

Kurama looks ahead and he says, "Speaking of which, here she is, along with Keiko."

Yusuke yelps as he turns to see Kira and Keiko walking from the dorm, when Yusuke sees his 'ex-girlfriend' his facial expression turns cold and he says, in a cold plain tone, "Hey sis, what's she doing with you?"

Keiko winces from her 'ex-boyfriend's' coldness and Kira replies, "Keiko wanted to come with us."

Yusuke says, coldly, "Fine, whatever." Yusuke, Kagome, and Catherine walked ahead as Keiko, Hikari, Kira, and Kurama gave solemn sighs as they followed suit.

Just then, Yami Keiko's voice booms from Keiko's mind, "You can't keep me locked up forever, Keiko! I will get out!"

Keiko yells out, seriously and mentality, "Guess what!? I can and I will! I'm not going to allow you to get your way, again!"

Yami Keiko tells Keiko, telepathically in a dark cold plain tone, "You humans are so complex and stubborn creatures, I swear, I don't see why you can't just force Yusuke into dueling you, so you'll be able to free him! You can now easily overpower him in strength since you got Super S-class strength, while he still got only a mere S-class strength. You're stronger than him!"

Keiko tells Yami Keiko, mentality and with a serious tone, "True, but I'm not going to force things to happen! I'm not like you, Supreme Princess! That got me nothing but trouble last time! Besides, the times that he was stronger than me, physically, Yusuke hasn't once, just once, forced me to do something that I really don't want to do, like skip school or anything that would relate to that! So, LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE, YOU BITCH!! And furthermore, GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!"

Mana the Dark Magician Girl appears beside Keiko and she asks Keiko, "That 'dark side' of yours is still giving you problems?"

Keiko replies, annoyed and mentality, "What do you think, Mana? I just wish there's some way to get her to go away, permanently!"

Yami Keiko tells Keiko, telepathically with a dark cold sly tone, "That's not happening, girlfriend! You're stuck with me for life!"

Keiko tells Yami Keiko, annoyed and mentality, "Don't remind me, wench!"

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

At the bottom of the Slifer Red dorm, we find Jaden Yuki starting a duel with a young man of sixteen to seventeen years of age with dark grayish-silver hair, dark blue eyes, and wearing a silver business suit, white and dark blue tie across his neck, and dark brown business shoes at the bottom of the cliff.

Jaden Yuki says, with his usual smile, "Hey kid, I don't know, who you are, but let's duel!" Jaden rubs his head, laughs and says, "I mean…wrong catchphrase, what I meant to say is 'Get Your Game On!'!"

Jaden was starting a duel with a young while Syrus, Ryoko, Mia, Kuwabara, wearing a Slifer Red blazer over a black shirt, and light blue jeans with a black belt, and Dorothy, while holding Pharaoh in her arms were at the top watching the duel.

Dorothy says, "Day one and Jaden is already dueling!"

Ryoko says, "Figures, he'll do this, but, who is he?"

Syrus says, nervously, "Beats me! But he definitely looks familiar!"

Mia says, "For once, I have to agree with Shorty here, he does look familiar!"

Down at the cliff, Jaden asks the young man, "So what's you name, freshman?"

The young man replies, with a smile, "You can call me, 'A.P.!"

Suddenly, Syrus, Mia, and Ryuko say, in their minds, "A.P.! That's a familiar initial!"

Jaden says, "Alright, Ap! Let's duel!" Jaden asks, in a determined tone, "Okay, you ready, freshman!?"

A.P. nods his head and says, "Bring it!"

Up at the cliffs, where our heroes and heroines were watching, a familiar feminine voice boomed, "Wow Jaden doesn't waste anytime, does he?"

They turned to see Alexis Rhodes, Kelly Storm, and Chazz Princeton walking towards them and Chazz says, in his usual snobbish tone, "Figures that he'll challenge a freshman."

Syrus says, "Actually, it's more like that guy challenged him. He showed up in the dorm and was like…" Syrus says, imitating A.P., "I'm here to throw down with the best duelist in Slifer Red and that's Jaden Yuki! And that's brings us to here!"

Just then, a familiar female voice calls out, "Somethings never change!" Everyone turns to see Yusuke, Hikari, Kira, Keiko, Kagome, Catherine, and Kurama walking towards them. Kira asks, "Who's Jaden dueling?"

Kuwabara replies, "Some guy named A.P."

Ryuko says, "Now take a look, guys! There's something familiar about that guy Jaden is dueling!" The newcomers looked the opponent that Jaden was dueling and Kagome says, "Yeah, I can swear I've seen that guy before as well!"

Starting Score:

A.P.: 8000

Jaden: 8000

A.P. draws his card and Jaden says, with a gleefully smile, "Well, let's see what you got, freshman!"

Keiko gasped and says, "You're right!"

Chazz says, "Yeah, he does like familiar!"

Dorothy says, "Hey Chazz, maybe he graduated from the snobby prep school of yours!"

Syrus tells Chazz, with a sly smile, "Yeah, good call! He does seem rich enough and stuck up enough!"

Ryoko says, with a sly grin, "No joke!"

Chazz snaps, in an annoyed tone, "Look shrimp, he's nothing like me!"

A.P.'s voice boomed out, "Ojama Yellow in defense mode!"

In response, Chazz pulled a classical anime fall as Ojama Yellow (ATK: 0/DEF: 1000) appears in defense mode. Ryoko tells Chazz, "You were saying!"

Jaden says, slapping his forehead, "Ojama, in defense mode!"

Chazz says, in an annoyed tone, "Told ya we're nothing alike! That's got to be the dumbest move, I've ever seen! I'll never start out with a lame card like that!" Just then, the spirit of Ojama Yellow appears beside Chazz and says, with glee, "You'll save the best card for last, right, boss, right!?"

Chazz tells Ojama Yellow, with annoyance, "Wrong, now beat it, pit stain!"

Ojama Yellow says, not minding the insult that Chazz said, "Love it, when you use my pet name!" Soon after, Ojama Yellow disappears and Alexis glares at him and says, thinking that Chazz was talking to her, "Excuse me!?"

Chazz blushes and says, lovingly, "Oh...uh…nothing!"

Mia rolls his eyes and says, "Really smooth, Princeton!"

Chazz glares at Mia and yells out, annoyed, "Shut up!"

Yusuke says, "I wonder what else that freshman has in his deck."

Dorothy replies, "Not much, I bet!"

Syrus asks, perplexed, "Wait, how do you know that?"

Dorothy says, "He just dissembled that deck of cards just this morning with random cards in the campus card shop!" Dorothy tells the story about A.P.'s visit to the card shop and Chazz asks, "You're kidding me!"

Kagome asked, perplexed, "Yeah, who would duel with leftover cards!?"

Alexis replies, nervously, "Uh…that guy!"

Jaden draws his card and says, "Alrighty, here goes! It looks like class is in session!" Jaden places a card onto his disc and says, "And here's your teacher, Elemental Hero Sparkman!" Soon after, Elemental Hero Sparkman (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) appeared in attack mode. Jaden says, with a sly smile, "Okay, freshman, I think its time for your first Duel Academy lecture!" Sparkman lunges forward at Ojama Yellow. A.P. looked to see Sparkman shooting an electricity blast at his monster, causing a huge explosion and Jaden says, "Something's you got to learn the hard way, right? But trust me, I can teach you better than some lame school lecture."

A.P. rubs the back of his head and says, with a nervous smile, "Wow, I guess it's true, you are good as they say."

Jaden says, with a smile, "Thanks for the props, but when you use cards like Ojama, you don't make them so tough!"

Chazz says, with a sly smile and armed crossed, believing Jaden is actually making sense, "He's right!"

Jaden asks, teasingly, "What did ya do? Take lessons from Chazz or something!?" In response, Chazz pulled another anime fall, which made Yusuke, Syrus, Catherine, and Ryoko giggle a little.

A.P. draws his card and says, in a serious tone, "Let's try this again, shall we?" A.P. looks at his hand and thinks, "Soon, I'll have known all of Jaden's strategies! All I have to do is play weak cards!" A.P. slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "I'll toss this facedown and…" Just then, a dramatic music was heard, with disturbed the duel.

Jaden asks, perplexed, "What's the deal?"

A.P. waves his hand in the air and says, "It's cool! Just my cell phone!" He picked up his cell phone and says, "Hello!" Jaden groans in annoyance.

A.P. says, to the phone, "What's up!?"

This was starting to tick Jaden off a lot and Chazz says, clenching his fist and in anger, "Who whips out a phone during a duel? That's obnoxious!"

Syrus says, in agreeable tone, "Yeah! No joke! He's like you, Chazz!"

Kagome says, with a sly smile, "Yeah, an obnoxious, spoiled rich boy!"

Jaden tells himself, while calming his anger a bit, "Calm down! He's a freshman! You were a crazy kid like him last year, Jaden!" Jaden takes a deep breath and says, lowly, "You know, I didn't think that we get good reception here."

A.P. says, to the phone, "Yeah, I'm dueling him as we speak…" A.P. nods his head and says, with a sly smile, "All right, thanks for the call!" A.P. puts his phone away and Jaden says, with a smile, "All right, put your phone off and your game on!"

A.P. looks at his hand and Jaden asks, curiously, "So, you're gonna play a good card, this time, right?"

A.P. says, sliding a card into the spell/trap slot, "Oh you mean, like this! It's the spell, Reload and here's how it works! First, I put all cards that I have in my deck then I shuffle and redraw the same amount of cards that I placed!"

Jaden asks, perplexed, "Wait, so, you're doing a do-over?"

A.P. says, shuffling his deck, "You said it, yourself that I needed new cards, right?"

Jaden says, nervously, "I knew that! Way to follow my advise, freshman!" Jaden says, to himself, "Boy, being a mentor is hard work!" Jaden asks, "So, tell me, what you have learned from your upperclassmen?"

A.P. says, in a serious tone, "This! I play the Sanctuary in the Sky!" A.P. pulled a card from his hand, as his Field Spell slot opened and he places a card onto it. The slot closes and a column of light erupts around A.P. and when Jaden's vision clears, they're standing on clouds, with a huge ancient temple behind A.P.

Jaden says, perplexed, "So, you…uh…played a card with a few clouds…exactly what I've done. Glad that I could help."

A.P. displays Warrior of Zera (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1600) monster card and says, "So, I guess that you were expecting me to play this! Warrior of Zera!" Soon after, Warrior of Zera appears on the field and A.P. says, in a serious tone, "But here's a little twist for ya! I'm sacrificing him to summon Archlord Zerato!" Warrior of Zera vanishes in light as Archlord Zerato (ATK: 2800/DEF: 2300) comes to the field in attack mode. A.P. sends a Mystical Shine Ball (ATK: 500/DEF: 500) monster card into the graveyard slot and says, with a sly smile, "And here's something else that you might not have expected, I decided to send my Mystical Shin Ball to the graveyard to activate Zerato's special ability. By sending one Light monster from my hand to the graveyard, I can destroy every monster on your side of the field." Light flares from the pillar atop the Sanctuary and blast Sparkman into nothingness. A.P. sends a card into the spell/trap slot and he yells out, "Next, I'll play my Pump Up spell card to increase the power of my monster in two fold!" Soon after, Archlord Zerato's stats increases from 2800/2300 to 5600/2300 and Jaden yelps in shock and A.P. yells out, seriously, "And now, Archlord Zerato, shrike his life points directly, Scared Surge!" Zerato's wings glow yellow and waves them as a barrel of green feathers shoot down around Jaden, causing him to lose 5600 life points in one shot.

Syrus says, solemnly, "That's gonna leave a mark…like this one time, at Duel Camp, when an Archlord attacked me…"

Chazz, Ryoko, and Mia snaps out, in annoyance and unison, "Zip it, twerp!"

Current Score:

A.P.: 8000

Jaden: 2400

A.P. says, "And that's all for now! Hey are you okay!?"

Jaden, who was on his knee with his arms covering his head, says, "Okay? Are you kidding me!?"

A.P. says, with a smile, "Uh…no!"

Jaden got on his feet and says, "I've been waitin' all summer for a match like this…" Jaden draws his card and says, excitedly, "And now it's my turn!" Jaden places a card onto the disc and says, "So, I'll summon Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode!" Soon after, Elemental Hero Clayman (ATK: 800/DEF: 2000) appears in defense mode. Jaden slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Then, I'll activate the spell card, Metamorphosis, so I'll sacrifice Clayman to summon Elemental Hero Clayguardian!" Clayman vanishes in light as Elemental Hero Clayguardian (ATK: 0/DEF: 2800) appears on the field in attack mode. Jaden calls out, "Patrol Penalty!"

Before, A.P. realized it, a gust of wind hits him as he loses 600 points from his life points and asks, perplexed, "What's that!? Tell me!"

Jaden says, with a sly smile, "I'll be glad to! You see, you just lost six hundred life points, two hundred for each of your cards!" Jaden slids a card into the slot and says, "Then, I'll throw down a facedown and then, I'll call it a turn! Now let me lay it down for ya. Your first problem is that you managed to use up every card in your hand. Exhibit B: Your Archlord has many attack points as my Clayguardian, so your chances of winning are like ninety-five percent!"

A.P. asks, with a hint of annoyance, "Excuse me, o' wise one, but aren't those good odds!?"

Jaden rubs the back of his head and laughs, nervously, saying, "I was just teasing ya!"

Alexis says, with a nervous glee, "Real smooth!"

Chazz mutters, annoyance, "How did this guy make it pass the reviewing board!?"

Syrus says, lowly, "So, his math was wrong?"

A.P. says, in a serious tone, "So, all I have to do is play a monster that's stronger than yours! Now, let's see what fate has in-store for me!"

Jaden says, in a serious tone, "It's not about fate. Take me, I've always listen to what my cards have to say!"

A.P. yells out at Jaden, seriously, "You really are nuts! You expect me to listen to my cards!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Yeah, try using your cell or maybe send a text message…" Soon after, the spirit of Winged Kuriboh appeared beside Jaden's shoulder and Jaden says, "Hey, they might just answer!"

A.P. thinks in his mind, seriously, "This Jaden kid isn't what I expected at all. I mean, he gives useless advises, he couldn't even solve a simple math problem and what's worse is that he could talk to his cards! I guess I should finish this duel and move on with my life."

Elsewhere in Sartorius's lair, we find ourselves looking at Sartorius, who was sitting a white chair in front of his white table with only Tarot cards in his hands. Sartorius turns over a Tarot card and finds that it was The Chariot, upside down.

Sartorius says, "AH…the inverted Chariot, a foreshadowing the end is near."

-.-.-.-.-.-

We find ourselves in Duel Academy at the Slifer Red dorm, where A.P. and Jaden are dueling and it's A.P.'s turn.

Current Score:

A.P.: 7400

Jaden: 2400

Jaden calls out, "Remember, freshman, listen to your cards!"

A.P. draws his card, while muttering 'whatever' and looks at his hand. Jaden says, "Bad card, huh? Maybe you should work on that poker face a bit."

A.P. says, with a sly smile, "Perhaps, or maybe I want you to think that I've drawn a bad card. Or could it be that I don't want to win?"

Jaden says, "And you can me 'nuts'."

A.P. asks Jaden, "When you accepted my challenge, did you ever stop to ask yourself, what do I want? Why did I come here? And of the other duelists out here, why did I challenge you? Well, the truth is I heard that you're one of the best, so I came here to test ya!"

Jaden says, "Come on, you can't be serious! Hello, this is Duel Academy, bro! They give us tests everyday, but they're not as sweet as this!"

A.P. says, with a sly smile, "Of course, they're not, but this isn't about grades, it's about destiny!"

Jaden says, perplexed, "Uh…what?"

A.P. presses a button on his disc and says, "Maybe, my Beckoning of Light could clear things up! Here's the deal, once I've toss out my hand, a Light attribute monster returns to my hand!" A.P. sends his only card to the graveyard and gets out Mystical Shining Ball (ATK: 500/DEF: 500) to his hand. A.P. calls out, "Then, I'll use Zerato's effect again and you know what that means!" A.P. sends the monster card back to the grave and says, "Your Clayguardian is a goner! Seeya!" Soon after, light flares from the pillar atop the Sanctuary, again, and blasts Clayguardian into nothingness, living Jaden defenseless.

Jaden says, amazed, "Hey, not bad!"

A.P. says, in a serious tone, "You think that's impressive, watch this! Archlord, attack him directly! Sacred Surge!" Zerato's wings glow yellow and waves them as a barrel of green feathers shoot down towards Jaden.

Jaden presses a button and calls out, "Your Archlord has to chill for a sec, because I activate Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, which you could tell…summons a Kuriboh!" Soon after, Winged Kuriboh (ATK: 300/DEF: 200) appears in defense mode and was destroyed. Jaden says, "Thanks for taking the hit pal." Jaden asks A.P., "So, tell me, what this talk about 'destiny' is?"

A.P. replies, as his monster comes down, "It's simple, everything that happens to us, is planned out, from the moment we were born. Losers are born to be losers and legends are born to be legends."

Jaden points at himself and says, perplexed, "Legend? Who me?" Jaden places his hand at the back of his head and calls out, "Oh come on, hero, perhaps or teen idle!" Jaden laughs nervously.

Alexis says, in annoyance, "Somebody, please stop him!"

Syrus says, with a nervous glee, "At least he's having fun!"

Chazz says, with annoyance, "Glad someone is!?"

Keiko thinks in her mind, with a mixture of nervousness and annoyance, "Is my brother this conceded?"

Jaden laughs out, "I'm a superstar, who knew! I guess I did!" Jaden draws his card and says, "It's the 'legend's' turn so stand back!" Jaden sends the card into the spell/trap slot and he calls out, "I play Card of Sanctity, now both of us get to draw until we're holding six cards in our hands!" Jaden and A.P. draws their six cards from their decks, Jaden places a card onto the disc and he calls out, "Sweet! I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode!" Soon after, Elemental Hero Bubbleman (ATK: 800/DEF: 1200) appears on the field, in attack mode. Jaden calls out, "If my field's empty, which happens to be now! I can draw two cards!" Jaden draws two cards from his deck and places them his hand. Jaden slids another card onto the spell/trap slot and says, "Then, I'll activate the Warrior Returning Alive! Which returns a warrior…you know…alive." Soon after, the Elemental Hero Sparkman (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) monster card is taken from the graveyard and placed in Jaden's hand. Jaden says, sliding another card into the spell/trap slot, "And then, I'll play Polymerization! How about that!" A.P. remains silent and smiles and Jaden says, "Oh the legend rendered you speechless, huh? Well this will get a reaction from ya! I'll fuse together Elemental Heroes Avian, Bubbleman and Sparkman to form Elemental Hero Tempest!" Soon after, Elemental Heroes Avian (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000) and Sparkman (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) appears on the field and they, including Bubbleman go into a fusion vortex. Soon after, Elemental Hero Tempest (ATK: 2800/DEF: 2800) appears on the field. Jaden sends another card into the spell/trap slot and he calls out, "Next, I'll activate my Rush Recklessly spell card, which gives my monster a seven hundred point bonus!" Elemental Hero Tempest's stats increases from 2800/2800 to 3500/2800 and Jaden calls out, "Ready, attack!" Elemental Hero Tempest jumps to the sky and Jaden calls out, again, "Put him away with Glider Strike!" Tempest powers up his blast and fires at Zerato, as it destroyed Zerato, causing an explosion and costing A.P. 700 life-points. Jaden slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Then, I'll play this, De-Fusion! It splits my Tempest to Avian, Bubbleman and Sparkman!" Soon after, Tempest glows and splits back to Avian, Bubbleman and Sparkman. A.P. looks up and Jaden calls out, "Bubbleman, you're up first, Bubble Blaster!" Bubbleman shoots a barrage of bubbles at A.P., hitting their mark and costing him 800 life points. Jaden calls out, "Avian, Quell Cascade!" Avian shoots a barrage of feathers at A.P., causing his life points to decrease by 1000 points. Jaden calls out, "Now, Sparkman, finish this up with Static Shockwave!" Sparkman shoots an electricity blast at A.P. and hitting its mark, costing A.P. 1600 life points. Jaden sends another card into the spell/trap slot and he calls out, "Finally, I'll play Mischief of the Time Goddess, so my heroes can attack again!"

A.P. yells out, shocked, "No way!"

Jaden yells out, seriously, "Now guys, attack!" Avian, Sparkman, and Bubbleman charges towards A.P. and attacks him, making him lose 3400, ending the duel.

Final Score:

A.P.: 0000

Jaden: 2400

Soon after, the final images disappear and A.P. falls onto his knees. Jaden calls out, in his usual tone, "That's game!" Jaden tells A.P., "Sorry, if my triple threat times two rocked you that hard."

A.P. smiles as he gets up and says, "Nah! I'm fine, good game!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Right on! You had pretty sweet moves!" Jaden thrust his fingers to A.P. in his usual winning pose and says, "Not too shabby for a freshman!"

A.P. says, "Gee…thanks!"

Jaden says, in a serious tone, "You just kept practicin', kid! Then, you'll be a legend…like me!" Jaden laughs a bit and says, in a serious tone, "First, you gotta stop being overconfident…I mean…I'm great but you don't see me bragging…"

Dorothy says, with a gleeful smile, "What a duel!? Uh guys! And that new mystery duelist is quite the looker!"

Yusuke mutters to himself, "Yeah…right."

Dorothy asks, curiously, "Did anyone get his name?"

Syrus replies, perplexed, "Uh…A.P.!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "I guess that I'll see ya around, Ap!"

A.P. looks back at Jaden and he thinks in his mind, "I don't see why I had to lose to that Jaden kid! But I guess that Sartorius knows best!"

Elsewhere near the Slifer Red dorm, six teenaged boys and one girl were wondering around being Tyson Granger and his friends, the Bladebreakers, Kai, their captain, Max, Ray, Kenny, Daichi, and Hilary.

Tyson exclaims, horrified, "This is OUR dorm! This totally stinks!"

Kenny says, "Yeah, it's more like an outhouse with deck!"

Max says, "Come on, you guys, let's make the best of it. At least, we actually made it to this school."

Kenny says, "I suppose, you're right, Max."

Jaden's voice boomed, "So, how did you guys like my first duel of the year? It was pretty sweet, huh?"

The group looked to see our heroes and heroines seeing Jaden walking with his friends and Syrus says, "You rocked out there!"

Yusuke says, with a smile and nods, "Totally!"

Chazz says, in his usual snobbish tone, "Anyone, who thinks you're a legend isn't that sharpest tact in the box!"

Alexis says, "Maybe…but he was cute."

Jaden says, with a bit of jealously and nervousness, "Uh…didn't notice…"

Yusuke, Hikari, Kagome and Ryuko gasped in shock and Syrus calls out, "Wait…!" Syrus's friends like at him and he says, "He said that his name was 'A.P.'!"

Yusuke says, in a serious tone, "And if I'm not mistaken…"

Syrus grabs a magazine and looks at it and says, "I knew it…he's Aster Phoenix!"

Yusuke, Hikari, Kagome, Keiko, Catherine, Alexis, Kuwabara, Kurama, Mia and Ryoko yells out, in unison, stunned, "Aster Phoenix!"

Jaden says, perplexed, "Uh…okay, he has a strange name…"

Alexis tells Jaden, seriously, "Jaden, think! Aster Phoenix is the number duelist in the pro-league…"

Kagome finishes, "As in he's a pro…"

Chazz yells out, stunned, "You're kidding me…uh...I mean…you didn't know that!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "It looks like the pro took a school from the student."

Yusuke says, with a sigh, "Should we tell him…"

Dorothy tells Jaden, "Jaden, that wasn't actually his real deck. Those were cards that he just stacked together."

Jaden suddenly felt sick to his stomach and says, lowly, "You mean…that I just dueled a guy…WHO WAS JUST USING LEFTOVER CARDS!"

Syrus says, "Cheer up!"

Alexis says, "At least you won…"

Chazz says, in a sarcastic tone, "That's right, you legend, you…"

Just then a gasp from a young man rings out and a familiar male voice rings out, "Whoa! No way! Jaden Yuki, is that you?!" Everyone looks to the source to see Tyson and his friends, who were wondering the Slifer dorm.

Yusuke asks Jaden, "Hey Jay, anyone you know…"

Jaden exclaims, amazed, to the blue haired teenaged boy, "Tyson?! Tyson Granger?!"

Just then, our heroes and heroines gasped in shock and Syrus exclaims, amazed, "Tyson Granger!"

Chazz says, in shock, "No way! The Beyblading World Champ!"

Yusuke says, amazed, "I never thought that the Bladebreakers best blader is here!"

Kagome says, in shock, "Yeah…and Jaden knows him!"

Max asks Tyson, perplexed, "Hey, Tyson, you know this guy?"

Tyson tells Max, with a smile, "I sure do, Max, you see, Jaden and I were best friends when we were young."

Jaden says, with a smile, "Yeah, no joke! You see, guys, Tyson is good in two things. One was playing duel monsters and the other is beyblading."

Syrus asks Jaden, perplexed, "If he's anyone good in dueling, Jay, how come he's a Slifer."

Kenny says, drolly, "Because Tyson barely pasted his written exam."

Tyson snaps at the small boy, "Kenny!"

Jaden asks Tyson, "So, Tyson, are these guys part of your beyblading team?"

Tyson replies, "Yep! The blonde haired guy is Max Tate, the defensive blader on our team, the guy with the yin and yang headband is Ray Kon, the small guy, Kenny or Chief, is our beyblade technician, the brown haired girl is Hilary Tachibana, the red haired kid is our newest member, Daichi Sumeragi, and our captain the Obelisk Blue trench coat is Kai Hiwatari."

Kai 'Hn'-ed and Tyson says, with a plain tone, "Don't worry, he's always like that, especially with us."

Jaden says, with smile, "And these are my friends…" Jaden then says, pointing to Yusuke and Kuwabara, "This is one of my best friends, Yusuke Urameshi and his friend, Kuzama Kuwabara."

Just then, Tyson and his friends give a freaked out looks, while Kai gives a rare surprised look on his face, and Kenny yells out, fearfully, "You mean THE Yusuke Urameshi, the infamous Great Urameshi and Kuzama Kuwabara, the top two street punks from Sarayashiki Junior High?!"

Max says, in a serious tone, "I never thought that the street finger that can command one thousand street punks with a flick of his finger would be doing here in Duel Academy."

Yusuke slaps his forehead in annoyance and he says, "I really hate that rep!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "You don't have to worry about that! Yusuke doesn't do those things anymore, plus he can't whistle."

Tyson says, a bit fearfully, "I've heard that Great Urameshi give his life to save a kid from being road kill, but ended up living."

Max points at Yusuke and says, "But isn't the Great Urameshi can't duel to save his life and this guy is an Obelisk Blue."

Yusuke says, in a cold annoyed tone, "You can image how much practice I've gotten during the year." Kai somehow could pick up the coldness from Yusuke's voice.

Jaden then says, pointing to Syrus, "This is another of my best friends, Syrus Truesdale…"

Max says, disbelief, "No way!" Max points at Syrus then asks, "You mean that you're related to Zane Truesdale the pro-duelist!"

Syrus says, a bit proudly, "That's right! He's my big brother."

Jaden says, "That's right and he's was our top student from last year…" Jaden then points at Kira and Hikari and says, "This is Kira and Hikari Urameshi, Yusuke's older and younger twin sister…"

Tyson says, in confusion, "Older twin and younger twin?"

Hikari holds up two fingers and says, with a sly smile, "Born first by two seconds before Yusuke and four seconds before Kira and make sure that they never forget it!"

Yusuke and Kira says, a bit annoyed, "And that's a lot."

Jaden says, "That's right…" Jaden then points to the rest of his friends, "These are my friends, Alexis Rhodes, one of Obelisk Blue best students, Ryoko Lyon, her friend, Mia Kaze, Catherine Maxwell, Kelly Storm, Dorothy, and Kagome Higurashi…"

Tyson and the Bladebreakers got disgusted looks and Kenny asks, winching back slightly, "Kagome Higurashi? You mean the girl that they call the 'Sick Girl'?"

Tyson says, fearfully, "The one that has gotten every sickness known to man!"

Kagome was trying so hard not to lose her temper and Yusuke tells Kagome, telepathically and coldly, "Couldn't Grandpa come up with a better excuse than that when you were with that damn dog and his friends."

Yumi tells Kagome, mentality and coldly, "Seriously, those diseases excuses are pretty much unbelievable! Couldn't your grandfather come up with everything else?"

Kagome says, mentality, "I keep asking him that question, ever since I discovered the damn well at my shrine…"

Jaden points at Keiko and he says, "And this is my elder twin sister, Keiko Yukimura."

Yusuke, Kagome, Catherine, Kelly, Hikari, Kira, and Tyson yell out, in a shocked tone, "Say what!?"

Tyson says, in a shocked tone, "Sister! I didn't know that you had one!"

Yusuke yells out to Jaden, in a shocked and cold tone, "Jaden, please tell me that this is some kind of a joke!"

Kelly says, in a plain tone, "Now, that you look at it they do look alike."

Keiko says, in a nervous tone, "It's kind of a long story."

Yusuke thinks in his mind, in a cold angered tone, "Perfect, my best friend and my traitorous 'ex-girlfriend' siblings! That's the story of my life!"

Just then a female voice calls out, "Excuse me?" Everyone looks to the source of the voices to see our six Digidestined, Davis, TK, Kari, Yolei, Cody, and Ken, standing in front of them.

Kelly says, amazed, "Davis!"

Davis says, kindly, "Yeah, Kelly! How are you doing!?"

Jaden yelps in shock and he yells, amazed, "Davis Motomiya, is that you!"

Davis says, with a smile, "Hey, Jaden there you are!?"

Yusuke asks Jaden and Kelly, "Hey, guys, you know this guy?"

Tyson says, with a smile, "It's about time that you got here, Davis."

Jaden says, with a smile, "You see, Davis, Tyson, and I were childhood friends, before I had to move."

Kelly nods her head and she says, "Plus Davis lives in the same apartment complex as I do."

Yolei says, with a smile, "Yep! We're good friends of Davis back in Odaiba. My name is Miyako Inoue, but you can call me Yolei."

TK says, with a kind smile, "Hi! I'm Takeru Takashi, but you can call me, TK!"

Yusuke says, in a serious tone, "Hey, wait a sec, I know you! You and Davis are known in the Dueling World, along with a guy named Taichi Kamiya, who disappeared a year ago."

Kari winces at her brother's name and Yolei asks, curiously, "Who are you?"

Yusuke, Keiko, and Kuwabara become nervous and Jaden says, with a slight nervous tone, "You might have heard of him in the 'wrong ways', but he is one of my friends, Yusuke Urameshi."

Cody, Ken, Yolei, and Kari yelp, step back in shock, and Cody exclaims, fearfully, "Yusuke Urameshi?! You mean as in the 'Great Urameshi', the infamous street punk from Sarayashiki Junior High?! What in the hell is he doing here?!"

Yusuke slaps himself in the forehead and he says, in a cold annoyed tone, "I really hate that rep!"

Jaden says, in a kind tone, "You don't have to worry about that! Yusuke isn't as bad as the rumors say!"

Kira says, with sly smile, "I'm Kira Urameshi, Yusuke's sister!"

Hikari says, with a smile, "I'm Hikari Urameshi, the elder twin sister!"

Ken asks, perplexed, "Elder twin sister?"

Hikari says, proudly, "Yep! Born two second before Yusuke and four seconds before Kira and I never let them forget it!"

Yusuke and Kira say in unison and drolly, "Tell me about it!"

Keiko asks the Digidestined, "So, who are the rest of you?"

Kari says, with a kind smile, "Oh, I'm Hikari Kamiya, but like Yusuke's sister, people call me Kari!"

Hikari yells out, excitedly, "Oh, wow! We have the same first name and nickname!"

Cody says, with a smile, "I'm Iori Hida, but you can calls me, Cody!"

Ken says, with a smile, "And I'm Ken Ichijouji. Good to meet you."

Yusuke asks, curiously, "Hey, aren't you that child genius that three years ago vanished for a few months and then reappeared back at home in some kind of coma out of nowhere?"

Ken replies, nervously, "Yeah, that's me."

Keiko nods her head and says, "Yeah, I've heard about you, too, Ken. What happened to you?"

Ken replies, nervously, "That's a long story."

Just then another male voice calls out, "No way! Jaden Yuki! Tyson Granger! Davis Motomiya! Is that you guys?" Everyone looks to see Ranma Saotome, Akane Tendo, and Ukyo Kuonji walking towards them.

Yusuke says, in a shocked tone, "It's you again!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Ranma! Ranma Saotome!"

Tyson says, with a smile, "It's good to see you again, Ranma!"

Keiko asks Jaden, perplexed, "You know this guy, Jaden?"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Yeah, sis! You see, Ranma is a childhood friend of ours!"

Davis says, with a plain tone, "That's right! When we were little kids, Ranma and his father came to our town while they were training for the 'Anything goes with Martial Arts' and when we met, we became friends!"

Akane tells Ranma, "I didn't know that you were friends with the world champion beyblader, Ranma."

Ranma tells Akane, with a sly smile, "Would you've believed me?"

Akane thought about it and she says, drolly, "No, I wouldn't."

Ranma says, with a sly tone, "Thought so! You see, I met with Jaden, Tyson, and Davis before I met with Ukyo at the time."

Davis tells Ranma, "Hey Ranma, mind introducing us to your friends!"

Ranma points at Akane and Ukyo and he says, "The girl with the brown hair is Ukyo Kuonji, she's another childhood friend of mine, after I met with you again, and the girl with the black hair is Akane Tendo, my supposed fiancée."

All of our heroes and heroines, except for Yusuke, his cousins, sisters, Kelly, and Catherine, who knew and except for Jaden, who has no earthly idea what a fiancée, yells out, shocked, "Fiancée!"

Keiko says, in a stunned tone, "How could that be!? You're the same age as us!"

Tyson tells Ranma, in a shocked tone, "Tell me that this is joke, Ranma!"

Davis says, in a stunned tone, "Yeah, who's bright idea was this, Ranma!?"

Ranma says, in a snort, "Pops!"

Tyson and Davis says, drolly and in unison, "Why am I not surprised!?"

Jaden says, in a confused tone, "I don't get it. Why so surprised about…?"

Alexis decides to step in and she says, "It's so nice to meet you all! I'm Alexis Rhodes, one of Jaden's friends from Duel Academy."

Chazz says, with his usual snobbish tone, "I'm Chazz Princeton, but people call me 'The Chazz'!"

Ukyo says, in a perplexed tone, "The Chazz!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Yeah, Chazz sends most of his time thinking of ways of making him seem cooler than everyone else he even has his own catchphase 'Chazz it up'."

Akane says, lowly, "What a snob?"

Just then, a familiar male voice calls out, in a Southern American accent, "Excuse me!" Everyone turns to see Jesse Anderson, Mina and Kino Tucker walking towards them.

Jaden asks, in a curious tone, "Hi, mind if I help you three?"

Jesse asks, plainly, "Yeah, we're looking for someone named Jaden Yuki."

Jaden says, in a plain tone, "That's me!"

Jesse says, with a smile, "Jaden Yuki, it's an honor to finally meet you! I'm Jesse! Jesse Anderson!"

All of our heroes and heroines, except for Jaden and Tyson, gasps in shock and Yusuke yells out, shocked, "No way! Jesse Anderson! You're the guy with the legendary Crystal Beast deck!"

Tyson says, in a perplexed tone, "Crystal Beast?"

Kenny tells Tyson, "That's right, Tyson. They are one of two decks created by Maxamillion Pegasus, but never released to the public in this time."

Kai then explains, in a serious tone, "I know the legend. It is said that Julies Caesar assembled seven rare jewels, one from every one of the places that he conquer from the known world at the time, and brought them to Rome, but the ship was caught in the storm and the rare jewels were lost. But then Maxamillion Pegasus found the gems and created two sets of seven new monster cards from them."

Catherine asks, curiously, "You mean those Crystal Beast cards?"

Kelly nods her head and says, in a plain tone, "That's right, Catherine. However, they were never released to the public and he gave one of set of the cards away to a tournament winner in the Southern United States by the name of Jesse Anderson and another to an unknown duelist, behind a mask named 'Mister Mystery' about a year ago."

Kino says, with a kind smile, "I'm Kino Tucker!"

Mina says, with a sly grin, "And I'm Mina Tucker, I'm Kino's elder twin sister by three seconds."

Kino says, in a snarl, "And she never let's me forget it."

Kira asks Kino, "You two, huh?"

Kino says, annoyed, "What do you think?"

Yusuke and Kagome were looking at the Tucker twins with cold stares, while Kino and Mina were looking at them with dark stares, both filled with annoyance and hate for some odd reason for Yusuke and Kagome.

Alexis says, with a smile, "Something tells me that this is going to be an incredible year."

Jaden exclaims, excitedly, "No joke, Lex! Some of my old pals from a childhood days, their friends, and even famous ninja are even here! This is going to be the sweetest year, yet!"

Jaden's friends, old and new, think in their minds at the same time, with a smile, "Same old Jaden." Soon enough, Jesse and his friends joins with Spirit Detective, Digidestined, and the Bladebreakers as well as Ranma and his friends they start to introduce each other and they start to learn about each other.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

In the Obelisk Girl's room, Keiko went into her room with a bag of food as BlackGatomon, who happened to sneak into Keiko's luggage to get onto Duel Academy, came out of the closet.

Keiko hands BlackGatomon the food and she says, with a smile, "Here you go, BlackGatomon!"

BlackGatomon says, with a smile, "Thanks!" BlackGatomon begins to eat like there's no tomorrow afterwards.