Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX

AN: Hello! I wanna make something clear before we go further: 1) No, Supreme King Jaden is not abandoned or forgotten. I just wanted to try something new right now to get my creative juices flowing. 2) My long hiatus has been due to personal problems I'm almost done sorting out, so hopefully a hiatus won't happen again. 3) I've been writing my own novel during this time, so Fanfiction fell to the back burner.

I don't wanna make promises I can't keep, so I won't say anything about a definitive updating schedule right now.

Anyway, this is a new story. This is basically my own original Yu-Gi-Oh Series and I'm just using the GX characters and setting for it, and even then that has been altered as you'll see when we go on. This will be a more human tale that focuses on character development as much as the duels. There will be almost zero storylines from the anime and manga and anything taken will be shaped into something vastly different. It starts similar to the GX anime and Supreme King Jaden story, but the chances become very apparent as you go on.

Jaden is still the MC and Jason and Asami are still in it. This won't get as dark as SKJ though I promise you, just your typical Yu-Gi-Oh dark tone for certain Arcs and characters like in the original subbed version of all shows.

Here we go!

Update 9/30/17: I redid Jaden's duel with Crowler and Jason's with Ichiro.

Chapter 1 - First Draw! The Yukis Jaden and Jason

The day had arrived.

The Entrance Exam to the prestigious Duel Academy owned by Seto Kaiba, one of the best duelists to ever live. Those that enter this school have a solidified future in the pro league after completing their education, thus, they only accepted the best of the very best.

In an apartment building resting in the heart of Domino City rested two twin brothers who should be in the Kaiba Dome right now waiting to start the practical portion of their entrance exam. Alarm clocks were once an accessory for their room before an accidental alignment on a Saturday morning dissuaded any logic they felt in keeping one around. Now they relied on themselves and their parents to wake up and that was only if their parents were around to do so.

The eldest one by three minutes was currently sitting on the elevated bunk of their bunk-bed, balling his red bedsheets as he went over the idea ricocheting around his head. His large head of brown hair showed remains of spikes he had lazily pushed down when he woke up a minute ago, the orange spot in the middle dancing proudly over the ensemble of dark brown surrounding it. A grin shining through his wide-open mouth, he hopped down to the beige carpeted floor of their shared bedroom, not even considering using the ladder to get down.

He placed a palm over the desolated blue bedsheets of his younger sibling. Despite the loose sleeping position with a dangling arm and foot, his pure dark brown hair looked as if he had just combed it down that very second. He took special care and note of where his brother's bandaged face was, his head rolling over in the direction of the wall away from all obstacles, before he went through with his idea. He already made a mistake once before and wouldn't be able to handle repeating it.

"Jason, wake up!" He pulled, the now identified Jason had rolled around on his mattress so he was tied up in his own limbs, an outstretched hand failing to save his falling blanket. He glared at his laughing sibling. Untangling himself from the human pretzel form he had going, he shot him a middle finger. "I'm sorry, I had to!"

Jason shook his head before putting his hands up in his brother's line of sight. He started to speak in sign language, 'One of these days, Jaden, I'll get you back.'

Jaden smirked, "Not likely..."

'Any particular reason for that rude wakeup call?' Jason asked, ignoring Jaden's confident denouncing of the promise now made between them.

"It's an act of love, baby brother." Jaden melodramatically explained. He teared up before crossing his hands over his chest. "I have to show my love for you by acting like an asshole! It's the purest form of love amongst brothers there is!" He explained haphazardly, throwing his arms around his brother's shoulders in a hug.

Jason resisted the sickening itch to show his form of violent love with a smack to the head.

Jaden retracted the hug, "All seriousness, Jace, I was bored and figured since we're gonna be away from here after we pass our exams today, we'd make one last happy memory before we depart." Jason shrugged, picking out Jaden's smirk embezzled in his features before giving him a shrug in response.

'The exams are today?' His raised left eyebrow spelled out the question without Jaden having to decipher any movement of the fingers. His brother Jason was born without a voice, never making a sound no matter what the situation. It was hard for him to live with and the bullying certainly didn't make things better, but the family had wrestled with the reality of the younger Yuki's disability and adapted to it. Jaden had put more effort into learning sign language than he had any class he bothered sitting through.

Jason's facial injury, however, was something that they were still working to deal with.

Even a whopping five years later and they still hadn't set in stone a permanent strategy to coincide with the ramifications of his injury.

Jaden didn't remember the day clearly at all and Jason had suffered brain damage that tampered with his long-term memory and erased all files of Jason's previous year of life from his hard-drive of thoughts. Anything about it other than the basics they were told by their parents was lost on them like the shooter was to every investigator who dug into the event.

Jaden nodded, "Yep. That's why I woke you up. We need to be there in..." He glanced up to the Elemental Hero clock they had hanging in their room off to the side by their closet next to a plethora of Jason's artwork of Duel Monsters and anything else his creative mind had decided to conjure up over the years. Jaden's brown eyes widened while Jason's skin turned as white as the bandages wrapped around the right side of his face.

It was 11:10.

The exams had started ten minutes ago!

"Fuuuuuuuuck!" Jaden yelled, the echo and power of his scream shaking the trees outside and sending a family of birds flying away to get away from the source of disturbance. "Get ready!" Jaden screamed as he went to grab his discarded pair of jeans from two nights ago. He wrestled out of his red pajama pants to swap them while Jason went to fishing around his drawers.

"Goddamn it, goddamn it, goddamn it," Jaden chanted as he ran to grab a dark red jacket from the closet, his falling pants making him trip and collide head first with the door. Jaden recovered as if he hadn't taken a blow to the head and merely straightened his hair as a response to the fall. He made sure to grab Jason's light blue long sleeve shirt while in the closet. "Should've woke up, should've woke up," he repeated like a man possessed, throwing it over to Jason, who had stopped rummaging through the drawers for pants to head for the shelves next to their bed.

'I need to clean my wound though!' Jason hastily reminded as he grabbed a first aid kit that they had resting neatly on the shelf with Jaden's dueling trophies. Jason had a look of fear resting on his damaged face that spelled out the uneasiness and anxiety he had at the task that had to be done to keep him somewhat healthy. Even years later he still couldn't do this alone, getting a feeling akin to lions ripping him apart from the inside out every time he had to get this done.

Jaden stopped trying to buckle his pants to grab the first aid kit, pulling Jason off towards the bathroom that was one door down their narrow hallway. He jumped to bring some traction back to his falling pants. He sat Jason down on the feathered toilet seat, carefully untying his bandages, letting them fly down to the floor on Jason's bare feet and folding around his toes.

Jaden sighed as he took a cloth. This was gonna be a process for multitude reasons. Maybe he'd put an alarm clock back in the room.

...

"And we're here..." Jaden panted as he and Jason hauled ass into the entrance of the Kaiba Dome. Jaden had made record time in applying the disinfectant and fresh bandages on Jason, made much easier when he stopped fidgeting every time Jaden went near his face with the cloth. Jaden couldn't get mad at him though. He understood fully why Jason moved away whenever he came close with the cloth. It had to no doubt burn like hell on such a sensitive body part on top of an irritating injury.

Once that was done, they had changed into their jacket and sweater before swapping into dark blue jeans each and took off like a newly tuned sports car towards the Kaiba Dome.

Registrations had ended literally the moment after they had arrived, so they were beyond relieved that they had made it by the skin of their teeth. The man up front had let them know that their names would be called when it was their turn to duel. After taking the written exam a few days ago, where Jaden had barely scrubbed by towards the bottom of the scores while Jason landed in the middle, they were told that today would be the day to take their practical to see if they got into Duel Academy.

Yet, Jaden and Jason managed to sleep in despite the importance of the day.

"Next time, you're the one giving the wakeup call." Jaden told Jason, getting a shake of the head as a response. Jason made sure that he made it clear with his hand gestures that he was gonna sleep in the next time something came up between them just so Jaden would learn from this experience. Jaden grinned. Then they were doomed to repeat today's catastrophic morning.

They took a spot in the upper catwalk where they could oversee the duels going on right now. Nothing so far peeked their interest enough to give continued speculation. That didn't mean they themselves weren't interesting enough for others to keep watch over, more specifically Jason and his bandaged face.

The feeling of eyes on him caused the hairs on the back of his neck to stand up, alerting him of the stares being shot at him. He emotionally retracted into a ball, lowering his gaze to the ground while Jaden turned away from Jason to see what caused him to look down.

Once he caught the stares being directed towards Jason, he glared and scanned around the area, making sure he gave ample time to each person with the glare to get them to stop. He sighed. Hopefully he didn't have to keep doing this all year when they got in. It was gonna get old very quickly.

He clasped a hand on Jason's shoulder, shooting his brother a smile to calm him down before redirecting his attention back to the many duel arenas below them. Desperately looking for something to throw away the tension and awkwardness of the moment, he picked out a random duel happening:

It was a boy around their age with black hair with two monsters on the field. From what Jaden saw, it was a Beta the Magnet Warrior and an Alpha the Magnet Warrior. He had no facedowns and 1000 life points.

The proctor had 3300 life points and four cards of the Destiny Board active.

"Well, applicant, how do you plan to end this duel?" The proctor asked. "Next turn my Destiny Board will fill in the last letter and it'll all be over."

"Yes, it is over," the boy agreed as he drew. He smirked, "For you. I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior and then I'll tribute all three to summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!"

The pink magnet warrior joined with the other two before they merged together to become one. The new monster was indeed a mix and match version of the original three monsters. It carried Alpha's sword, a sleeker version of Beta's head and Gamma's wings, while the other pieces made a new sliver body. (ATK: 3500/DEF: 3850)

"Now I'll attack you directly!"

Valkyrion charged and slammed the helm of his blade into the proctor's duel disk.

Bastion: 1000 (Winner)

Proctor: 0

"Clever move, applicant," the proctor praised with a smile. "Welcome to the academy."

The boy bowed in respect. "Thank you."

Jaden and Jason nodded in approval of this duelist as the holograms disappeared off the field. "Sweetness! I gotta duel that guy!" Jaden exclaimed loudly and excitedly, causing many bystanders to turn and stare at him. Jason shook his head towards them, albeit a little shyly, making them all shrug before they turned away.

"That guy is pretty good don't you think, Chazz?" Jason and Jaden turned their attention to a group of three boys in blue coats sitting just a little bit away from them. They guessed they were already enrolled in the academy since they had their blazers.

"Guess the rumor about him being some kind of whiz kid was true, huh Chazz huh? the second boy spoke to a dark-haired boy that was leaning back in his chair with his arms stretched out behind his head.

"I expected as much from the number one on the written test," the one called Chazz rolled his shoulders. "It still doesn't mean he's anywhere near my level of skill, but he could make for some fun soon." He finished with a smirk, leering downwards at Bastion as he exited the arena.

Jaden and Jason knew that this one was gonna be one to watch out for. Jaden didn't trust the tone that was surfacing within Chazz's apparently respectful words. In a way, it made him look like a bigger jerk than if he had just acted like a jerk outright.

"That guy really tore it up down there, right Jason?" Jaden asked his twin, who gave a nod of the head in agreement.

"That's Bastion Misawa," the Yuki twins almost jumped at the new voice. Next to them was a short boy with spiked blue hair and glasses that was staring at the dueling field Bastion departed from. "It's said that he got the highest exam score out of all us applicants."

Jaden whistled in amazement while Jason's eye widened. "Wow, I just barely passed while my brother here did average."

"Yeah I barely made it too. My name's Syrus Truesdale by the way, nice to meet you two." Jaden saw him stare at Jason's bandages in curiosity, a fire boiling in his stomach as he anticipated the questions they've heard time and time again.

Jaden was surprised when Syrus didn't question Jason's bandages or try to take them off. Well, now that Jaden observed him instead of just stare, he immediately saw the flaw in his logic. Syrus' words barely got out of his mouth with the timid tone and low voice he used. He didn't seem like that kind of guy who bullied, but who got bullied instead. He was barely half Jason's height as well. Jaden had to learn to stop seeing every person as a threat to him and his brother. His parents always told him that not everyone was a threat or out to get them...

Or they did when they bothered to show up.

"I have this thing when I get test anxiety," Syrus continued, his head lowered in what Jaden thought to be shame. "I don't know how I won my match..."

"So, you're in," Jaden clapped Syrus on the back, the sudden motion causing the short blue-haired boy to tumble forward and almost fall over the railing. "Congrats. Me and my brother are dueling next and we'll be joining you as soon as we win our duels." Jaden said with confidence in his and his brother's skills, his excitement for his upcoming duel increasing tenfold.

Jason just gave a small smile at Jaden's confidence.

Syrus turned to Jason, "Is he always this confident?" Jason just nodded, sighing heavily as best he could as he went through whatever he could come up with when it came to Jaden's obsession in his skills. He's never seen Jaden falter to anyone in a duel, not even ones who should be a lot better than him.

Syrus was confused at the lack of communication from the other Yuki, "I know we don't know each other, but I'm not gonna scream at you if you speak back."

Jaden's grin dropped as he stared at Jason. Expecting to have to come to his aid, he bit back a gasp of surprise when Jason just shook his head and grabbed the golden notepad he had chained to his side with a silver chain. He grabbed his black ball point pen and wrote down a few simple words, carefully tearing the page out to give to Syrus, who took it with a slow movement of the hand.

'I can't talk.'

Syrus stared at the page with a wide-eyed expression, "Huh!? You can't!?" Syrus seemed to notice how loud he was from Jaden's annoyed expression and Jason covering his only visible ear, changing his tone. "Sorry. You can't?"

Jaden answered, "No. He can't. He was born mute." He revealed after seeing Jason shrug in passiveness over the decision of whether to reveal to Syrus his secret. He guessed it didn't matter. Once they got in, he would figure it out after going days without hearing Jason talk.

Syrus nodded slowly, shock and disbelief at what he just heard, "Oh... That sucks..." He didn't know what to say.

Jason shrugged again. He patted Syrus' shoulder, aiming to reduce some of the uneasy feelings Syrus was having at the revelation. Syrus gave a smile at the nice gesture.

Jaden turned to see Bastion taking a seat in a row of seats just below them, mentally thanking him for giving him a second out of an awkward situation. "Hey Bastion! Sweet duel done there!"

"Thank you," Bastion replied politely.

"By the look of things, you might be the third best duelist here after me and my brother." Jaden gestured to him and his mute brother, who was listening to what Syrus was telling him about his duel with his proctor when he got curious about his duel he apparently barely won. Bastion raised his eyebrows, about to ask Jaden what he meant before a voice over the loudspeaker called out.

"Will Jaden Yuki please report to Dueling Field 4. Jaden Yuki to Field 4."

"Well that's my cue," Jaden placed his deck into his duel disk. He turned to Syrus, "Can you keep my brother company while I'm kicking butt?" Syrus nodded his head. "Thanks." Jaden turned to his brother. "I'm gonna make this quick so don't miss me too much. Plus, you get to hang out with someone who's not me for the first time in... Three?"

Jason held up four fingers.

"Four years." Jaden smirked at Jason's face before he took off to the dueling field that he was assigned.

Bastion watched him go, "Let's see if he's as good as he says..."

...

At the bottom of the arena sat a bunch of Duel Academy's upper chairmen and teachers. "Looks like we've got a pretty good crop this year." One of them said.

"Yes, indeed." Another teacher agreed.

"Possibly the best we've seen in years..."

Also, right next to them, another teacher sat there silent not paying attention to the other teachers' talk. He's male, but could easily be mistaken as a woman if you didn't know who he was due to all the makeup that he wore for some bizarre reason. He wore a blue blazer similar to Chazz but had some gold shoulder plates and trimmings along with a ruffled pink collar. He also had his blonde hair in a ponytail. This was Dr. Vellian Crowler, headmaster of the Obelisk Blue Boys Dorm and an elitist snob. He was about to get up and leave when he saw someone coming.

"I'm sorry to interrupt." A man in a black business suit appeared stopping Crowler from leaving, much to his chagrin. "But two last applicants have arrived to take their exam, Mr. Crowler."

"Excuse me? Did you just call me, 'mister'?" Crowler scowled.

"I'm sorry. I'm new here Miss…"

"I have a PHD in dueling to earn the title 'Doctor' thank you!" Crowler snapped a bit with some pride in his voice at his PHD. He then looked away. "Now tell the truants that they'll have to come back next year." The other teachers looked at him like he lost his mind, not that he really had it to begin with if one really knew Crowler for a while... Or two minutes.

"Come on, Dr. Crowler, we have time for two more."

"Yes, let's give these duelists their shots."

"They were just a bit late, that's all."

"They said it was because of a family emergency."

"How can we turn them away because of that?"

"LATE IS RUDE! EXCUSES REGARDLESS!" Crowler finally snapped. He slammed his hands down, freaking out the other people around him immensely. "I HAVE NO TIME FOR TARDY SLACKERS!" Just then his cell phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered it "WHAT!?"

"It's Sheppard."

"Oh, Chancellor Sheppard." Crowler said, suddenly changing his angry tone to a pleasant one, making everyone watching him sweatdrop. "Nice of you to call."

"Just making sure everything is going smoothly, Crowler." Chancellor Sheppard said. "This is the first time that you're running things and I just want to make sure you're holding up well, unlike what happened the year when you became head of Obelisk Blue." That made Crowler bug out a bit, his eyes widening. "How many students did we have to reinstate after that?" Crowler laughed uneasily, "Anyway, just keep things in order and make sure the kids are treated well."

"Yes, of course, sir." Crowler said as he hung up scowling. 'Furry–chinned windbag; doesn't he realize that there are enough talentless flunkies at this Academy? But he's the boss, and if he wants to give these slackers a duel… fine...'

He then got up from his seat. "Please fetch me our new Professor - Ichiro Koga."

"He's finishing up his duel with a student now. I'll send him to meet you now." One of the teachers said, grabbing some paperwork before going off towards wherever the professor was.

"Thank you. I would like a newcomer to our board of directors to get as many chances to show what he's capable of to the students around here before classes start." Crowler explained, getting nods of understanding in return. He turned around, "Pardon me, gentlemen and ladies, I'll be right back."

"There's two boys, right?" One of the teachers asked. She was a woman in her mid-20s with long wavy pink hair that stopped just at her hips. She had striking brown eyes and a loose expression that made her look like she didn't care about what was around her. She bore a white jacket with a dark blue skirt the same color as the Obelisk blazers. She could've been a model with her beauty, but she was here. Crowler gave a nod, "Then who will be the second proctor?"

Crowler just huffed and walked away. "Leave that to me, Ms. Elric." He pulled out a deck from inside his blazer, grinning sinisterly.

...

Jaden rode up in a platform to his dueling arena, seeing a blond-haired man already standing on the other side waiting for him with a modified duel disk on his vest and another man wearing a black suit with dark blue hair pulled into a low ponytail. Jaden watched the man with the duel vest tell the man with the black suit something before he left down the platform on the other side. Jaden was a bit weirded out at the appearance of his opponent, but didn't allow it to show. He was a little politer than that.

Unless Jason was involved.

Or he forgot to be polite.

It was a new excuse every hour.

"Alright! Test time!"

"Is your brother really as good as he says?" Syrus asked Jason back up in the stands, who started writing in his notepad when Syrus asked him. Jason nodded his head before he showed Syrus what he had written on the notepad, causing the boy's eyes to widen behind his glasses.

"He's better."

Back at the dueling arena, Jaden and Crowler were turning their duel disks on. "So, son, what's your name?"

"Jaden. Jaden Yuki."

"Well 'Jaden Yuki', I'm Doctor Vellian Crowler, head of the Obelisks Boys Dorm and the Department Chair of Techniques here at Duel Academy."

"Wow, a department chair? From the way you were dressed I thought you were some kind of academy mascot." Jaden rubbed his head sheepishly, causing Crowler to go red with anger and his brother to shake his head at his comment. He wasn't wrong although Jaden could be a little more restrained from time to time.

"Now that he mentions it..." The boy wearing glasses next to Chazz said as he took in Jaden's comment on the Doctor.

"This guy's got some lip, huh Chazz?" The other said.

Chazz looked on with a smirk, "I think I'm gonna enjoy watching Crowler mop the floor with our mouthy little friend down there. I only wish he treated all the other second rate duelists that applied to this school the same way. Saves me the trouble of having to clean up the mess myself."

"Duel Vest On!" Crowler snapped activating it and drew his five cards. Jaden was amazed by the machinery as was his brother.

"Hey, that's pretty sweet, teach. How do I get one of those stunning cool duel blazers?" Jaden asked excitedly.

"Oh, a lot of hard work and extremely high marks." Crowler answered. 'Of course, you have to be accepted first. Which I will make sure you don't.'

"Extremely high marks?" Jaden asked disappointingly before he shrugged it away. "Oh well, guess I won't be getting that." His carefree attitude and dismissal over the duel blazer reinforced Crowler's thought of him being a slacker and a smart mouth. "But enough chit-chat, teach! Let's duel!"

Up in the stands were three people watching the duel that was about to take place. All three were Obelisks from the color of their outfits. There was one guy and two girls. The one guy had dark blue hair and grey colored eyes and wore the white variation of the boy's blazer while the girls wore the female version. A blue and white blazer with a blue-mini skirt and blue heels. One had long golden blonde hair and brown eyes while the other girl had mid-back length pink hair in a side bang and striking emerald green eyes. The blonde girl also had blue fingerless dueling gloves.

"This kid really must've pissed Crowler off if he's the one dueling him." The pink-haired girl said.

"Or maybe he's really good," the blonde-haired girl mumbled as she started to observe the dueling field. "What do you think, Zane?"

"I think Asami might be right, Alexis." Zane kept his arms folded at his chest. "He must've made Crowler mad if he's wasting his time dueling a runt like him."

"Guess we'll find out..." Alexis trailed off as the duel officially started.

Crowler: 4000

Jaden: 4000

"I'll draw first!" Jaden said as he picked up his sixth card. He nodded, "Okay, first I'll summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode!"

Appearing on Jaden's side of the field was a strange looking human dressed in yellow and blue garb with a curved blue helmet. Bolts of lightning escaped his hands as he prepared for a fight. (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400)

"And with two facedowns, I'll call it quits for now." Jaden concluded, letting Crowler take his turn.

"Your brother is a Hero duelist?" Bastion asked as he turned around to look at Jason. Jason nodded his head at Bastion. "That's a very difficult deck to use properly due to needing very specific monsters for its more powerful cohorts." Jason just gave a knowing smile. These folks were in for a surprise if they thought that, especially when it was his turn.

Dr. Crowler dismissively brushed off Jaden's move as he drew his card. He then took a look at his hand. 'After all, since I'm using my own personal deck rather than those puny test ones, I'll be calling all the shots. I'll fail that miserable little brat and send him home in no time flat.' He grinned as he saw the cards in his hand.

"I begin by playing the Field Spell Geartown!" Crowler declared as he slipped a card into the tray. Once he did, he and Jaden were transported to a large bustling little town with buildings made of gears. "Now any Ancient Gear monsters of mine can be summoned out with one less sacrifice." He grabbed a second card, "So feast your eyes on the Ancient Gear Beast!"

A large canine composed of metal howled as he landed by Crowler's side, growling over at Jaden's Sparkman. (ATK: 2000/DEF: 2000)

"Attack his would-be hero with Ancient Pounce!" Crowler ordered, taking joy in watching his monster jump on Jaden's creature and slice it to bits.

Jaden: 3600

Crowler: 4000

"That's not a test deck..." The female teacher from before dryly commented as she watched with her fellow staff.

"Wanna stop him?"

She shook her head, "No. Leave it be. They already started."

"Anyone else getting the feeling here that something is going on here?" Syrus asked as he watched the turnabout down below.

"Probably..." Bastion shrugged, "I think it's safe to say that we're all getting a glimpse into what Dr. Crowler is truly capable of."

Jason stared in surprise at Jaden taking the first blow in the duel.

"Crowler must be using his own deck in this duel." Torimaki, the boy with glasses and one of the boys with Chazz, said. "Geartown and Ancient Gear Beast? It has to he his cards!"

"Then this duel is over," Raizou, the other boy, said. "No one can beat the deck of an expert like Dr. Crowler."

Chazz grinned at this. "I think I'm going to enjoy Crowler wipe the floor with that kid. A shame that this isn't common. This way, we get to really have only the best in this school."

"What an elitist snob," Alexis said, "Bullying some kid with his very best cards."

"You're too soft, Alexis," Zane spoke up. "I just hope we get to see that legendary rare card Crowler had stashed in that deck of his."

"We might if that guy lasts long enough for Crowler to bring it out." Asami shrugged.

Jaden smirked, "Thanks for that, teach." Crowler blinked in confusion, "For destroying my Sparkman, I get to activate my facedown card Hero Signal!"

A spotlight shined above Geartown, plastering a giant black 'H' on the darkened sky.

"Now I get any Elemental Hero that is Level 4 or below!" He pulled out his deck to fan through it. "And I'll choose Elemental Hero Avian!"

A hero wearing a green hero costume outfitted in feathers landed by Jaden, wings flapping behind him. (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)

Crowler huffed, "You just swapped out one weakling for one that's even weaker." He criticized. Glancing over his hand one more time, he set one card facedown to end his turn. He might've thought it over very briefly, but he was proud that he had decided to bust out his real deck for this. This kid and his smart mouth would make Duel Academy look like a joke. He felt extra happy he told Professor Ichiro to follow his lead for whoever number two was.

Jaden glared at the insult Crowler gave his monsters. He drew his next card to bring his total to a four. "I activate my Reinforcement of the Army spell card to take any Warrior monster that's Level 4 or lower and add it to my hand." Like before, he went through his deck to find what he wanted before taking it. "Now to show the strength of the Elemental Heroes!"

He held up a well-known spell card. "Polymerization allows me to fuse the Burstinatrix in my hand with the Avian on my field to make a new more powerful monster!"

From a column of red flames, a gray-skinned woman in a red body-suit appeared and landed on the field next to Avian. They didn't stay too long before they jumped up and disappeared in a purple swirl. A new monster appeared that had some of the same looks as Avian and Burstinatrix. It had one of Avian's wings along with a few of Burstinatrix's colors. The only thing that neither monster had was the dragon-like hand on the monster's left arm. He landed with an authoritative pose. (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200)

"Meet my favorite monster - Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" Jaden introduced. "Now show these fine people your power! Attack with Flame Shoot!"

Wingman nodded before holding up his dragon arm. He gathered up a large ball of flames before he shot it out towards the Beast in front of him, taking him away in a large sphere of flames.

Jaden: 3600

Crowler: 3900

Crowler fumed, "How dare you!"

"If you're mad about that, you're gonna hate this next part..." Jaden grinned, "When Wingman destroys a monster, you take damage equal to the monster's attack points!"

The whole stadium gasped as Wingman flew and landed by a worried Crowler. He held his arm out and engulfed the doctor in a ball of fire. The teacher ran in circles to put out the ensuing specs of fire that remained on his clothes.

Jaden: 3600

Crowler: 1900

"And I'll end with one facedown." Jaden concluded, leaving him one card in his hand with two facedowns.

Syrus watched the last move with a look of amazement. "Jaden's holding his own with one of the teachers!" He sounded like Jaden had just walked on water on his hands whilst they were broken. Jason found amusement in the reactions Jaden was garnering. This was average for the elder twin.

Bastion watched with an intrigued look, 'Now he has to win. I need some competition.'

Up in the stands, Chazz was shocked, 'What!? That's Crowler's real deck and this wannabe is winning against it!?' He calmed down to throw a stoic face on. 'Maybe...' He smirked. Yeah, he could work with that. Maybe it wasn't so bad after all that this kid was doing so well.

"Wow..." Alexis muttered in fascination at the move Jaden had made.

"It'd really suck if he lost now," Asami said. "He'd make a fun opponent."

Zane remained silent.

Crowler growled as he drew his next card. He couldn't believe this slacker had just taken over half of his points with one attack. It made him feel ashamed of himself. He glanced over his four-card hand, nodding to himself.

"Well, Mr. Yuki, it seems like it's time for me to show you just how outclassed you are compared to this school!" He held up a single card. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy my Geartown!"

"Rewind and press the 'Explain' button..." Jaden raised an eyebrow, "You're destroying your own card instead of mine? What gives?"

Crowler smirked, "When my precious Geartown is removed from the field, I can summon any Ancient Gear monster I want from my deck!" He explained with a confident look of superiority. The city crumbled around them as Crowler explained this, transporting them back to the exam arena. The ground didn't stop shaking though as in the place of the city stood a metal dragon with a threatening roar taking its rightful place next to Crowler. (ATK: 3000. DEF: 3000)

'No Golem?' The teachers wondered. Although now that they thought on it, it made sense why he didn't.

"That's it, that's his legendary card!" Alexis gasped.

"Oh my..." Asami muttered in awe.

"Now it looks like we're about to find out what makes it so legendary." Zane said as he observed the duel.

"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon." Crowler said sarcastically towards Jaden.

Jaden, however, looked as though he was having the time of his life. Jason had to wonder if maybe he accidentally took some of his painkillers from the way he looked all wide-eyed excited. "No way, I've always wanted to take one on."

This shocked many people again, including Syrus. "Either Jaden's really brave or he's nuts!"

Jason could safely say it all depended on the situation. Here, he was nuts.

Bastion just watched.

"Looks like Crowler's top card lives up to the hype." Chazz nodded in approval. "Now all we gotta do is wait and see if Slacker down there has what it takes to win."

"He's staring down that legendary rare monster like he doesn't have a care in the world," Zane said incredulously. "I guess youth and inexperience have its benefits after all."

"Give it a rest, Zane," Alexis said. "At least the kid's showing some backbone."

"That's a nice way of putting it, Lex." Asami leaned forward in anticipation of what was gonna happen next.

Dr. Crowler cackled as he ordered, "Dragon attack, Ancient Gear Roar!" His Ancient Gear Dragon's red eye glowed slightly before opening its mouth and yelling with such force it shattered Jaden's Wingman to pieces. The ensuing gust of wind nearly knocked Jaden on his back.

Jaden: 2700

Crowler: 1900

"Oh man, Jaden's Wingman didn't stand a chance!" Syrus complained as he watched the duel. "Its attack points were way too low." His shoulders then slumped. "This doesn't look good." Jason clasped a hand on Syrus' slumped shoulder, the shorter blue haired boy glancing up at him. Jason just smiled.

Crowler took pleasure in watching Jaden stumble over his attack. "Don't feel bad, this is the top Dueling school in the country. Some people just aren't cut out for it."

Jaden smirked before expanding it into a grin, "Holy smoke! If I didn't really wanna come to this school before, I do now! You're an awesome duelist, teach!" He bounced up and down in his spot. Crowler growled at the lack of deflation in Jaden's enthusiasm.

"Well I am an excellent teacher, thank you very much..." Crowler said, mostly to himself. He glanced at his three-card hand. "I'll place one card facedown to end my turn." He now had two facedowns with his Dragon standing tall above them.

Jaden drew to give himself a hand of two, "I reveal my facedown card Call of the Haunted to bring back my Sparkman to the field!" The lightning Hero returned to the field with a twirl. (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) "And now with the spell Fusion Recovery I can add a Polymerization and a monster I used for a Fusion back to my hand!" He took his spell and Avian.

"I fail to see how bringing back your feathered friend is gonna help you."

"Yeah, you're right..." Jaden agreed, much to the surprise of the people around him. "But what I really wanted was the Polymerization card back to do this!" He held it out with another monster card that had the image of a disgusting blue swamp monster looking thing. "I fuse Sparkman with King of the Swamp to make something else!"

"Clever calculation!" Bastion leaned over in fascination. "King of the Swamp is a perfect addition to any Hero deck!"

"How so?" Syrus asked.

"King of the Swamp has two effects. The first allows you to add a Polymerization to your hand after discarding it to the graveyard. The second allows it to substitute for any Fusion Material monster. Now Jaden can make any Fusion he wants that involves Sparkman." Bastion explained.

Jason took out his notepad to scribble down a few words before gently taking the paper out to hold out for Syrus and Bastion to see:

'I was the one who told him to add that card to his deck after an agreement between us.' It read. Jason was happy that Jaden had listened. This way, he wouldn't get boxed into a corner if he was missing either a specific monster or the Polymerization card itself.

"An agreement?" Syrus was the one who asked. Jason made no gesture to explain, instead focusing on the duel down below.

Back at the duel, Jaden watched as the swamp monster appeared next to his Sparkman. "Now fuse together to make the Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!"

The King of the Swamp jumped on Sparkman, merging his body with his as Sparkman allowed him to stick to him. Sparkman was enveloped with in a blue light before out of the light came a new monster. A large yellow-armored creature replaced the Sparkman on the field. It had a blue center that crackled with electricity. (ATK: 2400/DEF: 1600)

"Your monster isn't strong enough to defeat my Dragon!" Crowler laughed at the miscalculation in the Slacker's strategy. The entire stadium was staring at Jaden in a combination of bewilderment and confusion. Even Jason was staring in curiosity of Jaden's move.

"Before I hear anything else," Jaden showed another card in his hand. "I play Elemental Sword! Now a monster equipped with this gains 800 points when it battles a monster with a different Attribute to it." He explained.

The whole stadium was in shock at his play. Crowler growled as a black handle appeared in Thunder Giant's hand. (ATK: 2400-3200)

"Attack Gadjiltron Dragon with Voltic Thunder!" The new Hero charged forward to land in front of the Dragon. The light around him spread out to wrap around the Dragon, destroying it easily.

Jaden: 2700

Crowler: 1700

"That was one of my best cards! How dare you!" Crowler fumed.

Jaden just laughed sheepishly, "I'll end my turn."

Crowler drew his next card. "I activate my facedown Ancient Gear Reborn!" A trap flipped open to show a field of discarded gears with a robotic hand shooting up from the dirt. "When I have no monsters on my field, I can special summon any Ancient Gear monster from my graveyard back to my field."

"Wow!" Asami gasped. "That's a very handy card!"

"I use it to bring my Dragon back to the field!" The large dragon made a triumphant return. (ATK: 3000/DEF: 3000) "And since he was brought back with Ancient Gear Reborn, he gains 200 more points!" (ATK: 3000-3200)

"Now I'll add some extra power by playing the spell card Ancient Gear Castle!" He paused as a large castle made of stone and metal chains rose behind him, "It gives all of my Ancient Gear creatures an extra 300 attack points!" (ATK: 3200-3500)

Jaden oohed.

"That's not good for Jaden," Syrus whined. Even Jason was staring in worry for his brother.

"Next I'll summon the Ancient Gear Soldier in attack mode!" He grinned maliciously as an ancient metallic monster with a machine gun arm appeared next to the Dragon. (ATK: 1300-1600/DEF: 1300)

"Now I'll attack your Thunder Giant with my Ancient Gear Roar!" The dragon exacted his revenge on the big and bulky Hero with a powerful screech. Even the boost from the Elemental Sword couldn't help. (ATK: 2400-3200)

Jaden: 2400

Crowler: 1500

"Now my Soldier hits you directly!" The Ancient Gear Soldier fired a hail of bullets off towards Jaden, who rose his arms to defend himself.

Jaden: 800

Crowler: 1500

Jason stared in surprise. He didn't think Jaden would fall that far behind.

Crowler stared in satisfaction at his work. "Go ahead and make your final move, Slacker."

Jaden just grinned. "Oh, I will! And I'll win, I guarantee you that!" He drew his card, staring at it in joy. "Firstly, I'll activate my Miracle Fusion spell card!" He held it out for Crowler to see. "Now I'll fuse my King of the Swamp with the Burstinatrix in my graveyard to Fusion Summon something new! The Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster!"

The fire themed heroine and the nasty Swamp monster appeared before they repeated the earlier act with Sparkman. Out from the light came a new fusion giant that looked feminine and wore a red helmet, carried a red shield in her left arm and her right arm was a missile launcher. (ATK: 2000/DEF: 2500)

"Oh, okay, another amateurish mistake, but this is good, this is good, now would anyone like to tell me what our little friend here-" Crowler began to taunt, but before he could go any further Jaden interrupted him yet again.

"Don't get a big head yet, teach!" Jaden interrupted. "Because now I'm about to show you something cool!" He pointed forward. "Now Rampart Blaster, attack his Dragon!"

"Okay, he's nuts..." Asami sighed.

"Is he trying to go out in style?" Alexis asked.

"What's he doing!?" Syrus screamed.

Jason stared down at Jaden's facedown, smiling to himself.

"I suppose I should commend you for lasting as long as you did against me." Crowler shook his head with a cocky smirk. "But this isn't the way to l-"

"I activate my facedown card Battle Fusion!" Jaden interrupted as his card flipped open to reveal a spell card showing a Chthonian Soldier holding a lightning infused sword. "Now when a Fusion monster battles another monster, it gains ATK points equal to the monster it's attacking."

Crowler paled as he realized what was about to happen, "Wait! Time out!"

"Go!" Jaden shouted as Rampart Blaster's power increased. (ATK: 2000-5500) "Rampart Barrage!" The Blaster fired half a dozen missiles over at Gadjiltron Dragon, who couldn't stand up to the onslaught of attacks from the Fusion monster ahead of him, collapsing and bowling up from the hits.

Jaden: 800 (Winner)

Crowler: 0

"And that's game!" Jaden announced as he pointed his index and middle fingers at Crowler in a sort of salute. "So, I guess I passed the test, huh teach?"

As the holograms faded, a lot of people were stunned to see that Jaden actually beat the teacher in a duel, while the said teacher used his own deck. Despite putting up a good fight, Crowler was aghast at this whole thing. He had been beaten by a kid who was late and who was nothing but a mere amateur!

"Impossible," He seethed, "There's no way this delinquent could've beat me!"

Up in the stands, Chazz was staring down at Jaden with a perplexed expression, 'Okay, now I got to definitely face him! He might've won now with luck, but I'll show him that luck can only get you so far!'

Asami was flabbergasted, a giant excited grin blowing up on her face. "Yep, he's on my list."

Alexis was also smiling at Jaden's victory. "This kid's definitely got a future here."

Syrus was cheering for Jaden himself, "Yay! Jaden won!"

'Nice,' Bastion mused as he watched Jaden do a victory dance. 'I could use some competition.'

Jason watched his brother proudly, pride welling up in his gut for his older brother. Now he hoped he made Jaden feel the same when it was his turn.

"Jason Yuki to Field 2. Jason Yuki report to Field 2."

Jason turned and started jogging down the steps to head for his destination.

...

"Way to play, Jay!" Syrus cheered as Jaden arrived back to the spot where he had left his brother.

"Very impressive," Bastion nodded his head in praise. "Not only did you hold your own with one of the teachers, you managed to beat him as well."

Jaden kept his grin from the duel on his face, "Oh, it was nothing." He noticed the absence of Jason. "Where'd my brother go?"

"Didn't you hear the announcement?" Syrus asked. "It's time for him to duel."

"And with your stunning victory over Crowler, everyone is excited to see how he fares." True to Bastion's word, the crowd was leaning in anticipation to where Jason was standing waiting for his dueling opponent, not looking up to the crowd as he focused on the empty space where his opponent will be when he arrives.

Jaden snickered, "Well they'll be glad to know that he's as good as me. Sure, I'm just a little bit better, but he's no pushover." Jason didn't spare Jaden a glance after hearing that, just shaking his head. He wasn't wrong though.

"The brother of the guy who beat Crowler," Zane noted as Jason stood in the arena, swaying in his spot as he scratched at the white tape circling around the right side of his face.

"Let's see if he's as good as his brother," Asami leaned forward with anticipation. Alexis was replaying Jaden's final move against Crowler in her head, the duelist in her itching irritatingly to face him as soon as she could.

"Two slackers?" Chazz questioned. "We get one wannabe and now we gotta get the whole family?"

"And what's with covering his eye like that?" Torimaki said. "Is he trying to look like a mummy?" A dark aura was felt, making everyone turn to see Jaden glaring angrily at Chazz and his little group.

"Say that again... Go on!" Jaden challenged, waiting for them to turn away from him before he turned away back to his brother, who's opponent was starting to come up in the platform.

Alexis saw the whole thing, "He's really protective over his brother..." she mumbled to herself. She smiled a little afterwards. "It's kind of cute."

Asami nodded, her eyes drawn to the bandaged side of his face.

Jason watched as the platform started coming up. From the floor came a man wearing a black suit with dark blue hair pulled into a low ponytail. His black eyes stared into Jason's single brown one, finding himself feeling like someone dropped an anchor on his shoulders. He resisted the strong urge to back away.

Jaden recognized him as the man that Crowler was talking to before.

"You're Jason Yuki?" His deep voice held little to no emotion in it. Jason just nodded, "I'm Professor Ichiro Koga, I teach Duel Monsters History at the Academy. You win, you're in. If not, go home and get better to try again next time." Jason nodded, inserting his deck into his Duel Disk. Ichiro pulled out one of the Academy Issued Duel Disks with an orange center by the life point counter. They both activated theirs.

Jason: 4000

Ichiro: 4000

"I'm feeling generous today, so you can go first."

Jason nodded his head appreciatively. He drew his sixth card, examining his hand. He flipped over a spell card showing a terrifying looking fiend holding a card in the middle of his hands with black smoke – Dark World Dealings.

Ichiro narrowed his eyes at him, "You know part of the game is speaking to your opponent to let them know what's going on, right?" He asked as he and Jason followed the rules of the card, both discarding and then drawing one card.

Jason pointed to the center of his throat before shaking his head. Holding his cards with two fingers, he yanked on his chain to grab his notepad and pen from his belt buckle to write quickly.

'I'm mute,' the revelation caused the vast majority of the occupants of the stadium to gasp in surprise. 'Thanks to discarding my card, I get to special summon the monster back from the graveyard!'

Shooting out from a purple hole that appeared in front of Jason, a skeleton looking creature with broken pieces of flesh holding a spear hoisted it at Ichiro. It also snarled at him. (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1300)

'This is Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World. And with two facedowns, I end my turn.' Jason concluded as two cards appeared behind his Fiend.

"A mute duelist?" Alexis was interested to say the least. "Not every day you see one of those."

Asami shrugged, "I'm not sure if it's mean or not to say that I'm interested."

"This is interesting," Bastion mumbled. "Dark World? That's an archetype that is rarely used. I'm surprised that your brother is using it, especially with you being a Hero user and all."

"Believe me, I was too when he started using them." Jaden laughed. "I don't know. Ever since we were kids, he was always a little out there when it came to his taste of cards and entertainment. He did use Heroes at one point, but then after… after… something, he veered off and started using those for whatever reason." Jaden explained with a shrug, ignoring Syrus and Bastion's questioning gazes. He eyed Jason carefully, watching him twirl a finger around the chain at his side that held his notepad. He saw the discomfort on Jason's face, almost as if he was afraid. If so, why did he keep using these cards? He'd give him back the Heroes if he just asked.

Ichiro shrugged, "Whatever," he picked up his card when Jason signaled him to make a move. "I start with the One for One spell card!"

A spell card appeared showing a Samsara Lotus appearing from a red armored fiend.

"This lets me send one monster from my hand to the graveyard in order to special summon a Level 1 monster from my deck!"

The professor held up one monster.

"I'll discard the Lady in Wight to special summon Skull Servant from my deck to the field in defense mode!"

A skeleton in a purple robe appeared on the field in defense. (ATK: 300/DEF: 200)

"Next I'll summon Armageddon Knight in defense mode!" A fiend warrior appeared carrying a dark sword before kneeling. (ATK: 1400/DEF: 1200) "His ability allows me to send a Dark Type monster from my deck and send it to the graveyard." He cycled through his deck before picking out a monster called Lady in Wight.

"And with two facedowns I end my turn!" Two facedown appeared on his field.

"Okay, they're both dicks..." The female teacher inhaled a sharp agitated breath, rubbing at her temple.

"What do you mean, Callie?"

"I saw Ichiro duel Banner when he first got hired at the end of last year. This is his main deck. Him and Crowler both neglected to take an exam deck to test these boys."

Those sitting by her were shocked to hear this.

"Should we report this to Sheppard?"

"Not now. Let's wait to see what happens before we make a decision." Callie looked ready to slam her head on the table in aggravation of the whole situation.

"What kinda deck is this?" Jaden asked as he looked down in curiosity.

"That's the Wight archetype." Bastion explained. "Its main function is to fill the graveyard with as many Wight monsters as possible to power up the other cards. If done correctly, it's very difficult to beat."

"Is Jason in trouble?" Syrus asked worriedly for the younger Yuki.

"Nah," Jaden waved it off. "He's fine."

Jason drew his next card, examining his hand carefully. He showed a spell card that had a Dark World monster his axe up towards the sky as bolts of lightning came raining down. The same lightning from the card shot out and collided with one of Ichiro's facedown cards as Jason discarded…

Only for the same portal from before to reappear. This time, a monster with very similar armor patterns to Beiige appeared; shoulders of fur and a hand of a beast making it distinctive. It shouldered its golden bow eagerly. (ATK: 1400/DEF: 800) Ichiro glared at him as he took the new monster in.

Jason took the seconds of amazement from the crowd to jot down his notes on what was going on, 'The spell I activated was Dark World Lightning. With this, I discard a card and a set card that is on your side of the field is destroyed… And the card I discarded was my Broww, Huntsman of Dark World. Not only is he special summoned by being discarded, but I can draw one card in addition to that.' Jason drew, bringing his hand up to three.

'And I still have my normal summon, so I sacrifice my Huntsman to summon out my Lucent, Netherlord of Dark World!'

Taking the place of the bow wielding fiend was one that was a lot bigger and more imposing. He was easily close to seven feet tall, was outlined in silver armor whose color and purity put diamond to shame; his ugly flesh peeking through not doing anything to damper the beauty of his choice of clothing. He stared with an imposing smirk as white lightning shot out into his giant horns. (ATK: 2400/DEF: 0)

'Now I attack…'

Ichiro stared in contempt as Jason's Beiige ran through his knight with his spear.

'I reveal my facedown card – Fiend Griefing!' One of Jason's traps flipped open to show a purple elephant laying on a smaller purple monster whilst eating a chicken leg. 'Now I can send that Armageddon Knight of yours to the banished zone to send a Fiend card from my deck to the graveyard…'

Jason fanned his deck out as he decided on what to do. 'I choose my Tour Guide from the Underworld!' Appearing next to his imposing monsters was a small cute looking girl with red/pinkish hair tied into small pigtails. She was wearing a blue uniform used at train stations with white gloves and a purse with a skull on it. She giggled as she swung the bag around. (ATK 1000/DEF: 600)

"Hello!" Syrus leaned forward. Jaden and Bastion laughed at him, although the latter had a small blush as well.

'Now my Tour Guide takes out your Skull Servant!' The only female monster skipped ahead, swinging her purse with such force she sent the Skull Servant packing past Ichiro into the wall behind him, much to his irritation. Jason's Lucent hovered his hand above his head, conjuring up a large burst of lightning that he shot out to the professor, hitting him square in the chest. This just made him even angrier.

Jason: 4000

Ichiro: 1600

"Wow…" Asami stared in complete awe at the display she just witnessed of card playing. Within a single move, this guy Jason had taken nearly 2500 of the professor's life points.

Forget Jaden. She wanted to duel him.

"That was crazy..." Alexis watched dumbfounded.

Zane did nothing.

Chazz was shaking in his seat, a large grin on his face. 'These Yuki's...'

Ichiro growled. He had underestimated this brat. He didn't expect for him to get such a big lead on him, much less this early in the duel. He had been told by Crowler it was fine to use his real deck if he wanted to, so he had run to give the test deck back to use his real one. He thought it'd be easy. He should've had this humongous lead right now. His brain vibrated against his skull as his blood boiled.

"Trap card activate!" He shouted, revealing a card that showed a capsule sparkling with electricity. "Damage Condenser now allows me to summon a monster equal or less to the damage that you just unleashed to me!" He fanned out his deck after discarding. "Lich Lord, King of the Underworld, rise!"

In the place of where the Skull Servant was a skeleton looking creature wearing a red robe and a scepter with a red jewel on top. (ATK: 2400/DEF: 1200)

Jason ended his turn.

'I'm gonna make this kid regret that!' He practically snatched his next card, giving him one. "I play Pot of Greed to draw twice!" He did so. He smirked at his finds. "I set one Trap and then play my Bait Doll to force it to activate. I reveal my facedown Needlebug Nest!" A trap showing a bunch of worms digging around a nest flipped up. "Now the top five cards of my deck go straight to the graveyard!" He milled his top five cards. "This triggers the effect of the Wightprince I just discarded, now I can send a Skull Servant and Lady of Wight from my deck to the graveyard!"

He took the two cards to discard them.

"Now his second effect comes to play! I remove him and two Skull Servants to special summon my most devastating creature!"

Jason watched as the ground opened by Lich Lord. Rising from the ground was a skeleton monster wearing a purple robe with his skull head out for the world to see. He moaned as he stared at Jason's field of Heroes. (ATK: ?/DEF: 0)

"Meet King of the Skull Servants!" Ichiro introduced. "And his attack points are equal to the number of Skull Servants that I have in there times 1000."

Jason didn't see how that was gonna help when just got rid of two of them.

Ichiro stared at him like if he just heard what he thought. "Don't get too safe Yuki! All my Wight monsters count as Skull Servant while in the graveyard!" Jason paled. "I have one normal Skull Servant, two Ladies in Wight, and a Wightprincess, that's 4000 points!"

Skull Servant screamed as his aura enveloped his body and close to half of Ichiro's field. (ATK: ?-4000)

"Attack that Tour Guide of his with Rage of the Servants!"

King of the Skull Servants screamed in anger as it opened its robe up to unleash a strong stream of dark energy that took Jason's poor monster down. Jason had to cover his face when the dark energy continued its course to him.

Jason: 1000

Ichiro: 1600

"I'm not done with you yet, Yuki! My Lich Lord now goes after your Beiige! Destroy it with Dark Fire Scatterblast!"

Jason watched in agony as the scepter in the monster's hand glowed with a red energy that manifested into a ball of dark flames. It shot out towards Jason's Beiige, where it detonated in a blast of fire strong enough to have Jason skidding back just a little bit.

Jason: 200

Ichiro: 1600

Crowler, standing just outside of the arena where Jason and Ichiro were dueling, was smiling happily and creepily. 'Yes, Mr. Koga! Show that brat that he doesn't belong at this prestigious academy!'

Chazz was shaking his head disappointedly, 'And I thought he'd be something interesting…'

"Ouch…" Alexis winced from her spot on the railing.

"That's gotta hurt…" Asami sympathized as Jason pulled himself together.

Zane said nothing.

Syrus and Bastion were staring worriedly, not seeing how Jason could get out of this predicament with one monster and one card facedown on his field on top of the one he had in his hand.

Jaden had a worried expression, not much so for Jason losing, but for the pain that the hits must've brought upon him. "Jason!" he called out. "Stop messing around and show him just how we Yukis like to play hard!"

Jason panted before giving his brother a thumbs up.

"Make your last move, boy!" Ichiro barked with his arms folded.

Jaden didn't know what this guy's problem was, but he'd better solve it quick. The tone he was giving Jason made his blood boil. He supposed he'd should be mad at Crowler too, but it wasn't much of a concern for him. He didn't care what people said about him. It was Jason where Jaden showed just how brutal he could be.

Jason drew his next card, having a hand of two. He examined them as he tried to figure out what a good plan could be. He saw Ichiro tap his foot in boredom as he waited. He felt a little uneasy with all the eyes on him in the current situation he was in. He didn't want to disappoint his brother and get denied the chance to attend Duel Academy with him. Being separated from Jaden was enough of a horrible thought to have him get the starting symptoms of a panic attack. Shaking his head, he went to looking at his hand again to formulate a plan. After looking at his facedown card again, he smiled. He had this won. He did have to write the whole thing in advance, which took one minute. He missed the annoyed look of bloodlust shot his way by Ichiro.

'I activate the Spell – Foolish Burial! I send one monster from my deck to the graveyard!' he selected the card that he wanted. 'Then my facedown flips over!' his second facedown that's been there since the beginning of the duel flipped over. A purple ball with a black coating and tiny flashes of purple lightning opened in the center of Jason's field.

'This is Gateway to Dark World! Now I can special summon the Dark World monster I just put in there!' his graveyard glowed as the monster shot out of the portal. It was a large silver dragon that was as big, if not a little bigger, than Jason's Lucent. It had big black wings with an outer silver edge to them. It tightened its large fists as it surveyed its surroundings. It had downcast horns with golden eyes. It drooled out a pool of saliva as it stared down Ichiro with as much bloodlust as he was shooting back. (ATK: 2700/DEF: 1800)

'This is Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World!'

Bastion whistled, "Impressive creature…"

"You said it," Syrus agreed.

The other students shared that sentiment. Jaden grinned at the reactions to the monster.

Ichiro was unimpressed, however, "What good is this thing gonna do? It still can't do anything to get rid of all my life points. At best, you'd do 300 and then next turn I'll end this duel and you."

Jason shook his head, holding the final card that he had in his hand. He smiled as he flipped it over to show Soul Release.

Ichiro's eyes widened, "You'd better not-"

Jason ignored him as all four of Ichiro's monsters that powered his King of Skull Servants shot out of the graveyard, depowering the monster. (ATK: 4000-0)

Jason sent his two monsters to rid the field of both of Ichiro's monsters. First his Lucent destroyed the Lich Lord while his Dragon Lord balled his fist to send a powerful punch to the King of Skull Servants, shaking the entire arena they were standing in as the duel concluded.

Jason: 200 (Winner)

Ichiro: 0

Crowler gasped. "No! Professor Koga!" He screamed, garnering confused looks from about half of the stadium. Crowler couldn't believe it. Bad enough he lost, but now the Professor he specifically chosen was defeated by the mute brother of the one who took him out!? Impossible!

Ichiro fell to one knee, 'This fucking kid!' He glared at him with killing intent.

Callie watched with interest, "These Yuki's are gonna be worth watching out for..." She muttered. She glanced upwards to where Zane and the girls were, sharing a look with Asami before she stood up and walked away.

The mute boy bowed before he walked out of the arena and back up to his brother, where his older twin grabbed him into a hug. "You made me proud," he muttered before Jason hugged him back. Jaden kissed the top of his brother's head, getting a horrified look from the mute as he furiously wiped at his hair. Jaden laughed at his overdramatic gesture.

"Way to pull a comeback, Jason!" Syrus cheered.

"Nice," Bastion smiled. "I can use some more competition." Jason nodded with a smile of his own. Jaden watched the interactions between his brother and the other two boys with one of his own. He was happy his brother wasn't being made fun of for being mute or for wearing the bandages. Bastion and Syrus looked like they were nice guys. So far, this was going great.

Alexis was looking over to the two of them with a smile. "Those two are gonna make this year very interesting..." she said as Jason high-fived Syrus and shook Bastion's hand in congratulations.

"I think you may be right, Bestie." Asami nodded.

Zane merely walked away, much to the girls' confusion.

Chazz was smirking, "Those two..."

Jaden and Jason clapped hands one more time before they both thought the same thing.

'This is gonna be a great year.'

End of Chapter 1 of Yu-Gi-Oh: Diffusion

Yes, Jason doesn't have the Coopers here. Or I should say that he isn't using them for a certain reason that will get elaborated on later.

Where's Yubel? Again, there's a reason. It'll all get explained later. I didn't forget her, so don't worry. If Jaden or Jason isn't mentioning her, it's for a reason.

Jaden isn't the Supreme King in this one. He doesn't even know who that is... Yet anyway.

Like I said, this what I would do if I could do a Yu-Gi-Oh Series and since I needed a pool of characters to play with and since GX is my favorite, I'm back here. Season 1 is planned out and I'm essentially working up to a specific Arc that I am surprised hasn't been used in a Yu-Gi-Oh Fanfiction before.

Chazz is more in line with his Manga Counterpart than his Anime Counterpart, although some of that smugness is still in there.

Hopefully you enjoyed the first chapter of my (hopeful) return. Once I get back into the swing of things, I'll return to Supreme King Jaden and all its subsequent stories.

Next Time: Number One?! Light End Dragon!