Chapter 2

After that revelation Jaden walked off only to bump into his group of friends. He was about to walk past them when they all apologized. Syrus said " we really are sorry Jaden. We didn't know what came over us. The last thing any of us really remember before this is talking to Sheppard. Anything past that to this point really is foggy."

Jaden thought about it for a minute and realized that they were right. He forgave them and told them he got Crowler as a partner. They were voicing their complaints until Alexis vouched for him.

" he may seem like a bastard but he is a good guy" she said. They all had their doubts but they figured if Alexis said so then they should trust her until she was proven wrong.

A mysterious figure was watching them. He saw that his plan failed and swore. The figure decided to walk away until he reached a room in the Obelisk Blue dorm. He crept into the room and on the bed he saw a figure sleeping.

For the next few moments all you could hear is a horrifying scream and the room was as silent as the grave.

At the official announcement of the tournament Sheppard went over the rules

Tag Team Tournament Rules

1. All duels in the tournament are tag duels

2. Winning a Duel earns you 100 points

3. Losing a Duel takes away 100 points

4. Any duel that results in a draw will award each team 50 points.

5. The 32 teams that have the most points by the end of 12 months will get to go the finals in Battle City

6. teams must sleep in the same room or both members must sleep in the same dorm (No Exceptions.)

7. Nowhere on the island is off limits

8. your team must eliminate both members of the other team in order to win

9. any student on the winning team may graduate whenever they wish

10. due to the facts that the first round is a year long and that everyone around the world knows about the tournament you may go off campus anytime you wish.

After the announcement Sheppard walked by the same Obelisk Blue student who lost to Crowler. Before he could say anything he felt an evil presence try to enter his mind. He barely fought it off.

By the time he fought the spirit off the student was off.

Sheppard called an emergency teachers meeting to discuss this situation.

Jaden, Crowler, and the rest of the gang were gathered together. They were talking about what they wanted to do for the tournament.

Dr. Crowler said " since we don't have to stay on campus I suggest we travel and duel people all over the world. We will leave in a week if anyone wants to come."

After discovering that all of them were going he decided to head back to his office to begin making plans.

Mindy and Jaden had walked a good distance away from the group. Mindy pulled him to the side and asked " do you have a crush on Alexis?" Jaden said "no. Why?"

Mindy turned away and thought of what to do next. After coming to a decision she turned around, grabbed Jaden by his shirt, pressed him up against a wall and kissed him. She then whispered in his ear "meet me at the beach tomorrow at sunset and you'll know why."

Alexis saw Jaden and Mindy kissing. It would have bothered her at one point but now she doesn't feel anything. She, like a lot of other duelists both female and male had a crush on Yugi Muto.

Normally, she would just ignore it until it went away but now its different.

Yugi and Tea had broken up after she declared that she loved Yami/Atem. Now that Yami has his own body and is staying they could pursue a relationship leaving Yugi single and looking for love.

Things got even better when she found out that Yugi was participating in the tournament. Now she had a plan. She was going to find Yugi and see where her crush goes.

At Kaiba Corp Seto was once again sitting in his office and closing another business deal. This tournament was going to be huge and that means a huge payoff for his company but most importantly a big payoff for him.

However the deals were stressful and at this moment he was on the verge of going crazy. So Mokuba coming in with a Chaos Duel Disk on his arm isn't going to help matters much.

Mokuba said " Do you want to be my partner for the tournament Seto?"

It seems that with all of the stress of todays meetings Kaiba had lost control of his temper.

Instead of simply saying no politely Kaiba said some the worst things he could possibly say to him.

Kaiba said " why in the hell would I want to participate in this stupid tournament? Its going to end up being more about friendship than it is about dueling. Besides I don't want to partner with anyone. On top of that, every time we participate in one of these things you usually end up getting yourself kidnapped by whatever freak of nature pops up at the time. So you want to be a part of this tournament? Well fine, maybe you can find a partner who gives a damn about you?"

At the Kame game shop, Yugi Muto was currently alone. His grandfather is on a trip to Egypt and wont be back for at least another week. However most of his friends are hanging with Yami now.

You see, after the ceremonial duel fate intervened in the events that followed Yugi's victory over the pharaoh. The powers that be decided that Yami should stay instead of going to the afterlife.

Yugi snorted at the thought. To him it seemed that the powers that be decided that they didn't want him so they stuck him here with his friends. At first everything went fine. There were virtually no problems in sight. They were all trying to get the pharaoh used to living in this world.

Unfortunately that was also THE problem. After he got used to this new life he started doing whatever he wanted to do whenever he wanted to do it. It just went downhill from there. Most of Yugi's friends had started to hang out with Yami. He started dragging them on adventures more and more. It has gotten to the point where he doesn't even know or care where they are right now.

However, not all of his friends were like that. Joey was still a loyal friend. After everything that they have been through he is still there for him and he will be eternally grateful for that.

He was just about to go outside when two cards from his deck seemed to call out to him. The two cards were Obelisk the Tormentor and The Winged Dragon of Ra. Just then he heard a voice coming from Obelisk.

The voice said " our time together is at end. We have selected a new duelist to be our owner in order to avoid any one having absolute power."

Yugi asked them who the new owners are.

The voice said " they will arrive at the shop in a while. When we see them you will know. Until then don't leave the city." After that the card was silent once more.

Yugi said " can this day get any stranger?" As he was about to exit the shop the door had opened and a man with a hood entered. Yugi thought to himself (I just had to ask.).

Once the hooded figure saw that they were alone he removed his hood. Yugi gasped. It couldn't be. There was no way that this man was standing here in front of him but here he was.

Once Yugi snapped out of it he said " what are you doing here Arkana?"

The former rare hunter said " I came here to apologize for what I had done. My actions have caused people so much pain and nothing I can do can ever completely erase the pain that I caused." After he said this he put three cards in Yugi's hands.

Once again Yugi was shocked. In his hand lay Arkana's three Dark Magicians. Before Yugi could say anything Arkana said " these cards belong with you. You treat your cards with respect and that was what lead to my defeat at Battle City. That day you proved you were the true master of the Dark Magician and that is why I am handing them over to you."

Yugi decided that if Arkana was going to give him those monsters then he should give Arkana some cards as well. He gave Arkana three copies of Yugi's Dark Magician. As an explanation Yugi said " You are a changed man. You're a good guy at heart and that's why you deserve these cards. Besides looking at these cards brings back too many bittersweet memories."

He then proceeded to tell Arkana about everything that had happened since they last met. After they talked about it for a few minutes Yugi asked him " You should stay here with me. I mean it just gets lonely sometimes and it would be nice to have someone else living here again." After that Arkana said he would pack up some of his things and then he would be back.

Back at Kaiba Corp Mokuba had left his brothers office. He couldn't believe what Seto had said to him. He was extremely hurt by his brothers words. Then Mokuba decided that if Seto wasn't going to do it. Then he would find someone who would be his partner.

He then walked out of the front door and was looking for someone to be his partner until he bumped into a large blonde haired man who said he was looking for Yugi.

Mokuba said " I can show you where Yugi lives if you have someway to get us there." The man pointed to his motorcycle and said " you got yourself a deal now hop on kid." With that they were on there way to the game shop.

They failed to notice that a black car was following them the whole trip there.

Dr. Crowler had gone back to his office. He had a lot of planning to do. The biggest question is where will they go first? There are a lot of good places but with such a large group its going to be hard keeping track of all of them.

Then Crowler just shrugged it off. Its not like there a group of toddlers. They are mature students and they can take care of themselves.

Anyway the question of where to go first remains when it hits him. The answer is Domino City. It would be a great learning experience and a chance to find some people to duel.

As he was about to leave his office and take a stroll he saw an envelope addressed to him on the floor.

He was shocked after opening it for inside the envelope was a Terrorking Archfiend card.