Kaiba Was Reviewing Some Very Interesting Footage That Was Handed To Him This Morning, And While He Absolutely Hates When Someone Interrupts His Alone Time With His Brother He Had To Open A Exception For This Occasion In Particular.

Apparently Some Upstart In His Academy Was Running Around With a Blue-Eyes Deck, And He Was Watching How He Absolutely Demolished a Student With Not One, But Two Blue-Eyes Fusion Monster, a Satisfied Smirk Spreading Across His Face.

"The Kid Is Not Half-Bad" He Leaned On His Chair "Do We Have a Name For The Brat?" He Then Took a Sip Of Coffee

"Yes Sir" One Of His Employees Handed Him a Tablet "His Name Is Michael Graham"

Kaiba Took His Sweet Time Reading Through His File.

"Sir, What Should We Do?" His Employee Asked "We Could Come Up With a Excuse To Confiscate His Blue-Eyes Deck"

"And Why Would I Do That?" Kaiba Raised a Eyebrow "In Case You Didn't Know, The Blue-Eyes Series Is Now Publicly Available" He Then Settled Down His Mug "Of Course, I Am The Reason Those Cards Are So Rare" He Laughed a Bit

"Keep An Eye On The Brat Tough, Now Go, Dismissed" He Said While Waving His Hand

And So His Employees Quickly Left The Room, Leaving Kaiba Staring At The Screen Frozen On The Frame Before The Final Attack.

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Michael Was Finishing Unpacking His Stuff In His New Obelisk Blue Room, Taking a Step Back He Could Not Help But Smile, Everything He Needed Was Right There In Front Of Him, From Clean Clothes To His Dragons Action Figures To A Poster Of Space Odyssey.

He Them Sat Down On His Sofa And Closed His Eyes, His Rest Was Cut Short By a Knock On The Door, He Let Out a Low Groan But Decided To See Who It Was Regardless.

Upon Opening The Door Doctor Crowler, The Head Teacher And Headmaster Of The Obelisk Blue, Was Standing There He Had A Large Smile On His Face.

"Hello Michael, How Are You Settling Down?" He Then Stepped Inside The Room, And Taking a Look Around "Seems Like You Already Made Yourself Home"

"Yeah, It's Not Too Different From The North Academy" He Smirked a Bit "At Least I Don't Have To Worry About Frostbite"
"You Will Find Out That Your Decision Of Coming To The Central Academy Was The Best Decision Of Your Academic Life" Crowler Then Took a Seat On The Sofa

"So, You Want To Talk Something With Me?" Michal Then Took a Seat Opposite To The Professor

"I Came Here To Discuss Something About Your Deck" Crowler Now Let Out a Nervous Chuckle

Michael's Small Smile Immediately Vanished, And He Let Out a Sigh "Those Cards Were Obtained In a Legal Manner, If You Need To Check Them To Confirm Their Authenticity I Will Relinquish Them" He Crossed His Arms "Temporally, Might I Add"

"Oh! No! It 's Just…." Crowler Rubbed The Back Of His Neck "Other Than Seto Kaiba, No One Uses The Blue-Eyes Series" He Chuckled Nervously "If I May Ask, How Did You Come Across Those Cards?"

"With All Due Respect Sir, I Don't Feel Comfortable Having This Conversation, Specially When The Topic Is My Deck" The Boy Stared Crowler Dead In The Eyes, And The Older Man Recognized That It Was Time To Finish This Topic In Particular

"O-Of Course, I Apologize If I Overstepped My Bounds" He Then Broke Into a Huge Smile "Regarding The Results Of Your Tests, I Must Say, They Are Impressive"

"That's Called Fruits Of Hard Work, Doctor Crowler" Michael Bluntly Stated "Not Mean To Disrespect You, But Have You Come Here To Simply Gush Over My Labors?"

"I Was Merely Complimenting Your Efforts, If You Continue Like This, You Will Become The Best Student Before The End Of The Year" He Chuckled a Bit "But I Can See You Are Not On The Mood For Anymore Talk" He Stood Up And They Shook Hands "I Am Looking Forward To Teach You" And So Crowler Left The Room.

And Michael Was Alone….Again.

Missy Was Pacing Back And Forth In Her Room, Normally She Would Be Overjoyed To See Seika Humiliated By Someone In Front Of The Whole Academy, The Problem Was Who Did The Deed.

Bright Them Entered Her Room, a Smile Plastered Across Her Face, She Was Holding Some Papers

"That Was Better Than Expected, This Michael Sure Knows How To Put On a Show" She Placed The Papers On Top Of Missy's Table "I Managed To Find a Few Things About Him, Interesting Ones At That" But Before Bright Continue She Notice Her Friend Hectic Behavior

"Missy, What's Wrong?" She Asked While Tilting Her Head "Ever Since That Boy Appeared You Have Become Quite Jumpy" She Adjusted Her Glasses "It Is Clearly Obvious That You Two Have Some Kind Of History….Maybe a Childhood Love?"

"What?! No!" Missy Face Was Now Red As a Tomato, Before She Deflated "But It Is True, I Knew Him, We Used To Be Friends"

"What Happened?" Bright Tilted Her Glasses

"Let's Just Say I Messed Up Big Time, And I Don't Think He Will Forgive Me" She Shook Her Head "I Will Become Queen Without Him" She Sigh As She Sat On Her Bed

"Okay, But I Would Advise You To Keep These" She Lifted The Small Stack Of Papers "It's All The Information I Could Dig About Him"

"Well, Seika Was Humiliated, So That's a Plus" She Managed To Muster a Small Smile

"Indeed, By My Calculations Her Loss By The Hands Of a Freshman Has a Declined Her Popularity By 54% And That's Rounded Down" Bright Had a Proud Smile On Her Face

"Yeah, You Are Right" Missy Them Got Up From Her Bed And Clasped Her Friend In The Shoulders "I Shouldn't Dwell On The Past, But Rather Look To The Future!"

"That's The Missy I Came To Know!" Bright Huggdr Her Friend "If You Need To Talk, You Know Where To Find Me

Bright Them Left The Room Leaving Missy Alone

"Now That Dear Seika Suffered Such Humiliating Defeat I Will Only Need To Overcome One More Hurdle And The Title Of Queen Will Be Mine" Her Expression Darkened "And That Hurdle Is Rhodes…"

Smiling She Made Her Way To The Bathroom To Take A Nice Hot Bath, After All A Queen Deserves The Best…!

Michael Was Wandering The Halls Of The Main Building, His Hands Clasped Behind His Back All The While Humming The Theme Song Of Space Odyssey, He Could Not Help But Notice Everyone Looking At Him, Talking In Hushed Tone And Averting Their Gaze Wherever He Turned To Face Them.

"It Seems Like My Little Stunt Earlier With That Girl Already Garnered Me Some Reputation" He Simply Shook His Head And Made His Way To a Card Shop He Saw Earlier " Here's Hoping They Have What I Am Looking For" He Steadied Himself And Continue To Hum As He Walked

"Hey! Michael!" Came a Voice From Behind Him, One That He Recognizes

"Yuma" Michael Smiled As The Girl Closed The Distance "It's Been a While"

She Threw Herself Into a Hug, Wich Michael Simply Side-Stepped Making Her Fall Flat On Her Face "Ugh…Nice To See You Too" After She Picked Herself Up And Dusting Herself She Turned To Him "So! Where Are You Going?"

"The Card Shop" His Gaze Them Turned To The Corridor "There Might Be a Chance To Find What I Am Looking For"

"How Many Did You Found?" Yuma Tilted Her Head, While Placing Her Hand On His Shoulder

"At The Moment? Fifteen…Out Of One Hundred" His Head Dipped a Bit Down "Come On I Wanna Get To The Shop Already" And Without Waiting For a Response, Michael Turned His Back On His Friend And Walked Away

"Huh? Wait!" Yuma Broke Into a Sprint In an Effort To Not Be Left Behind By Her Friend

For Context The Yuma We Are Talking About Is The Yuma Of The Tag Force Series ( Not To Be Confused With Zexal Yuma )