Disclaimer: I own next to nothing. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX belongs to some company in japan. Jason and Asami belong to SuperNeos2. The only thing I own is Raven and his cards.

A/N: Like SuperNeos2 I loved GX as a kid. Unlike Superneos2 I never played the sly cooper games. Instead I played Maplestory, an online game that was originally created in Korea. so when I read "supreme king Jaden" and saw Jason's deck I thought "why the hell not" and made the Maplestory cards, these are based off of the hero classes and their back stories for any one who actually plays the game. I started thinking up this story for laughs basically, and now we're here... so review, follow, all that jazz. Oh, if you want to look at the images of the cards I made for the deck, they are all on my Deviant art account. I will leave a link to the first card on my profile page.

Chapter one

The Phantom and the King

"Head inside, go down the hall, and wait until your name is called." Fred said

The applicant nodded and went into the arena. Fred sighed. He slid further into his uncomfortable fold up chair and tried to relax. It would probably be awhile before the next one arrived. Why did this job have to be so boring? Fred had been doing the same thing all day long and was starting to get tired. After an hour of nothing happening he started to pack up his list of names, stacks of unclaimed application forms, and the table that all of this was on

"I wouldn't do that if I were you" said a voice behind him causing him to jump slightly.

Having recently seen a horror movie where the murderer always said that exact line before he killed them, on top of having an overactive imagination, Fred thought he was going to die.

"Are you going to kill me?" he asked fearfully as he raised his hands above his head and ducking slightly.

"What put that crazy idea into your head?" the voice asked confused. "I snuck up behind you and you didn't even notice me; if I wanted to kill you I would have done it already not announced my presence to the world."

"Uh sorry, guess I've been watching to many horror movies as of late" Fred apologized while turning around.

He saw a young man with blond hair and piercing violet eyes. The boy wore a white shirt and trousers with a blue line along the sides. He was standing on the top of the fence that the application desk was in front of, leaning against one of the beams that was taller than the rest of the fence. He had a slight smirk on his face and seemed to be chuckling softly.

"So if you're not going to kill me why did you say that? Or are you on my list?" Fred asked very embarrassed by now.

"That depends. Who's on your list? People who are supposed to make you pee your pants?" the stranger joked.

"No." Fred replied in an annoyed tone not having liked the stranger's quip one bit. "The people on my list are students who have passed the admission test to Duel Academy. These people are expected to show how good of a duelist they are in the Kaiba Dome right behind me" he pointed to the arena that was very easily noticeable.

"Very well, I might be on that list. Check for Raven Callez." The stranger, Raven, said hopping down from the fence rail "Also to answer your original question. I said that because there are two potential duelists hauling ass to get here before you pack up."

Fred turned back to the table and started to look through the stacks of application forms before he found the correct one. He turned back around and handed Raven the sheet.

"Here you are." Fred said "Might want to hurry the professor in charge is a jerk. Especially to people who he… she? Whatever! Especially to people who IT deems to be 'slackers'" he made air quotes with his fingers "Just head inside and wait your turn. I'll radio to tell them that you're coming."

"Thank you" Raven said bowing slightly. He turned around and walked through the arena doors that the other students had entered into.

"Well that was fun" Fred said to himself as he picked up his radio "hey Crowler, he just checked in. Though expect two more before you pack up. He said something about that."

"Does it sound like I care about two slackers who couldn't make it on time?" an angry voice roared through the small Radio "and call me Doctor Crowler. I have more than earned that title"

"Uh, sure whatever you say boss, I mean Doctor Crowler" Fred replied before he set down the radio and sat back down in his seat

Raven walked through the doors that lead into the arena and was impressed by what he saw. The arena was a giant dome that was divided into four different sections. Each section had a duel going on in it; one had a proctor dueling one guy in a blue trench coat like uniform with spikey black hair and a dueling attitude of someone who was born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Raven hated people like those. They cared for nothing other than themselves and had no respect for anyone, their dueling reflected as much.

Another section of the arena had the beginnings of a duel between a proctor and some guy in a neat gray shirt with black hair that jutted out to the side. With only a few cards on the field and near full life points on both sides. Raven would have loved to watch the duel progress but something stopped him from finding a shady corner with a good view of the duel, that something being a voice over the loud speaker.

"Will Raven Callez please proceed to the proctor judging area for his application duel opponent" the voice said. That wasn't right, it couldn't be. Raven was supposed to go down to an arena section and wait for his proctor there, right?

"There's nothing you can do about it. Just go there and find out what's going on. And remember, now's your moment to shine." a voice said that went unheard to everyone except Raven. "If possible, put a smile on your face. You know the ladies prefer it that way."

Raven turned and looked up at his longtime friend and mentor, Legendary Hero: Phantom the Unseen, who was currently floating beside Raven. Phantom was a spirit; he was also Raven's star monster in his deck. He wore a white coat with gold buttons and small chains. He had a white and gold cape that flowed out behind him and a hat that was shaped in the form of a bird's beak. He wore blue headband that hung down his back and covered all but the end of his golden hair. He had violet eyes much like Raven's and carried a cane in his right hand like he couldn't decide whether he wanted to whack someone with it or use it as it was intended. He practically loved Raven, so much so that he was teaching the boy in the arts of stealth and thievery.

I hate you right now. Raven thought while trying not to laugh at Phantom's joke

"And why would that be? Hmm?" Phantom said smirking

You know perfectly well why. You're trying to make me laugh and that would either blow my cover or make me look retarded, depending on the situation. Raven responded. in this case it's the latter.

"Oh very astute of you," Phantom responded still smirking at him. "keep this up and you might just make a decent thief one day. Oh and today is a test day, the question: can you keep a straight face under pressure?"

Just shut up Raven thought as he went to the end of the arena where the proctors were.

When he got there, there were two adults judging each duel and in the front row a person with long pale blond hair that was in a ponytail was sitting. He was wearing a blue jacket, similar to the snob he saw earlier but with ruffled pink stuff that was on his collar, shoulders edges, upper chest, and sleeves. He also had small golden stripes on the top of the shoulders of his shirt. Raven couldn't help but compare the person with one of the old kings looking over his kingdom, watching it all. As soon as Raven stepped near the Proctor area, he saw him and practically jumped out of the seat he was occupying.

"Ah, Raven a pleasure to meet you" he said holding out their hand "I am Doctor Crowler, the one in charge of this pitiful event."

Well it seems the man outside was correct. He is a jerk isn't he? Raven thought

"Yes it does appear so" Phantom replied crossing his arms

"It seems that I am at a disadvantage, as you know me by sight and I have never met you before in my life." Raven said "so who am I dueling today? I assume you have given me a suitable opponent as you seem to know so much about me?"

"Quite right. Your opponent will be… no one." Crowler replied

"What!?" Raven nearly yelled

"Oh that's professional" Phantom snickered from behind Raven

"Yes, your opponent will be no one today." Crowler said smiling, an act that was extremely creepy "You do not need to duel today, unless some slacker comes that I need you to put in his or her place. You passed our written exam with flying colors, you have the great Mister Pegasus's approval, and you have a near perfect dueling record in all the tournaments you have participated in. I think you have more than earned the privilege to become an Obelisk Blue without question"

"Thank you, sir. You are most kind" Raven said bowing slightly

"Suck up" Phantom fake coughed nearly causing Raven to laugh outright. But because he knew it was true.

Stop doing that. He thought

"No !" Phantom cackled as he circled behind Crowler and started to salsa dance

"Here is your uniform, Raven" Crowler said handing him a set of folded clothes as Phantom attempted a conga line behind Crowler. The uniform was nothing special, white overcoat and white pants both with blue trim on the edges.

"Is there anything else you need, sir?" Raven asked wanting nothing more than to leave the area and find a nice quiet, shady corner to watch the rest of the duels from before phantom could make him look crazy.

"No, you can go." Crowler said turning back to his seat

Raven finally did find his corner. From there he watched all the duels and heard the commentary of the other applicants. He spent the next hour standing in the corner. The only thing that stopped him was the arrival of two boys and the ire of Doctor Crowler.

Thirty minutes earlier.

Jaden Yuki was having an unpleasant day. It had started out normally enough with Jaden sleeping on the bottom bunk of his and his twin brother's, Jason, room. After that it all went downhill. He had over slept, which had caused Jason to literally drag him off the bed.

"Jason!" Jaden complained after being dumped onto the floor. "What was that for?"

Jason started to make hand signs; this was his primary form of communication as he was born a mute.

"I don't care if Inferno Wing herself told you to do it; you could at least show some remorse." Jaden said after watching Jason's hands and seeing an almost gleeful smile on his face, or what portion of his face could be seen. Half of his face was covered in bandages, the mementos of an accident that had left him scarred for life and partially brain damaged.

"Jaden I told him to drag him to drag you out of your bed because you're late." Yubel said. . Yubel was a demoness. She had sickly pink, grey, and black skin, large black and pink bat like wings. She had mismatched eyes and hair. She also had a third vertical eye in between her regular ones. She was floating next to Jaden with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.

Yubel was Jaden's teacher in his powers. Jaden was the reincarnation of the supreme king and Yubel was the only one who had any idea of what he could do. She would teach him to control his powers and every time he mastered something she would reward him by giving him another "Evil Hero" monster that Jaden's past life used. She was the only reason that Jaden hadn't kill someone yet.

"Late? Late for what?" Jaden asked while rubbing his eyes

"Nothing serious, just the admission tests for Duel Academy." Yubel said and waited for that to click in the boy's brain.

"That's today?! Crap!" he said leaping up off the floor and throwing on his cloths.

He tossed Jason two deck boxes after getting dressed.

"You using the Coopers today or the Heroes?" he asked his brother

Jason stuck the deck boxes in his pockets and made a few signs with his hands.

"Cool. Let's get going" Jaden said sticking his own deck box loosely into his pocket and running out the door.

So now they were running as fast as they could to get to the arena that the application duels for Duel Academy were taking place. They were running so fast that Jaden's brown hair and dark coat and red shirt that he wore underneath were flapping in the nonexistent wind. Jason was in a similar situation except his bandages that were securely fastened to his face. They were heading down a park path with trees on either side of them.

"Better hurry if you want to make it, boys" Yubel said while floating slightly behind Jaden and in front of Jason

"Yubel with all due respect, please stop talking." Jaden panted while still running "I can't focus on what you're saying and running nonstop at the same time"

"It's funny how whenever someone says 'with all due respect' they always mean 'kiss my ass'. I can see you're busy so I'll just go back into the deck. Don't forget to use me in your duel today" she said smiling evilly

"That's not what I meant at all, Yubel. I promise to use you if I draw you, sound fair?" Jaden replied smiling at his friend and mentor of the gentle darkness as she nodded and disappeared into his deck box that was sitting loosely in his pocket.

Suddenly something white dropped down from the trees right in front of Jaden, causing Jaden to run straight into him. The two colliding caused Jaden's deck box to fly out of his pocket and his cards to flutter everywhere. Jaden picked himself up and started to run around and collect his cards, as he did so he noticed that his were not the only cards flying everywhere. He groaned and continued to pick up the cards.

"Watch where you're jumping bro" Jaden said as he finished gathering up all of his cards.

"Apologies, I am in a hurry. I was not watching as carefully as I should have been." The boy said as he dusted himself off and collected his cards. "I assume you are heading to the arena where the application duels for Duel Academy are taking place? You should hurry time's almost up. See you there" and with that he disappeared in a swirl of golden cards.

Jaden turned to Jason and said "Please tell me you saw that too." Jason stared at the spot where the boy had stood then shook his head and started making signs with his hands.

"Yes I saw it but we need to hurry. Like the guy said time is almost up." He 'said'.

"Right!" Jaden said as he took off running with Jason close behind him.

When they reached the arena they climbed the wall and fence to find a guy sitting behind a desk full of stacks of paper looking at them with his eyebrows raised expectantly. They flopped down onto the ground, panting heavily.

"Well you boys made in the nick of time." he said glancing at his watch "yup looks like another minute or two and you two would've had to sit this year out and apply next year."

"Jaden… and… Jason… Yuki… are… present" Jaden panted from his spot on the ground.

The man turned his attention to one of the stacks and started to shuffle through it. He finally pulled out two sheets of paper and walked over to where the boys were still lying. He helped them up and handed the sheets to them

"Well Jaden and Jason. Why don't you head inside and wait until your name is called" he gestured to the door "I'll radio you in"

They entered the arena and looked around. They were both awed at the skill of the duelists there, but one duel in particular caught their attention. It was between a duel proctor and the same guy in a neat grey shirt that Raven had seen earlier, not that the boys knew that. The proctor had the upper hand with two monsters on the field but his life points were pretty low while the boy had a Vorse Raider, a face down, and more life points than the proctor.

"Ok multiple choice. You're staring down two monsters that can wipe away your life points in one maybe two attacks. Do you A) throw in the towel B) beg for mercy or C) run home to mommy?" the proctor taunted

"I choose option D) none of the above. I activate my trap card Ring of Destruction" the boy announced

"But that means-" the proctor said shocked

"That's right. I choose a monster and we both take damage equal to its ATK points." The boy announced as he activated his card "So now I will ask you a question similar to the one you asked me. You're faced with a trap card that will deplete your life points in the next three seconds. Do you A) beg for mercy B) wet yourself or C) run home to mommy?" the student said smugly just before the trap in question destroyed Vorse Raider and depleted the Proctors life points and reduced his own.

"Well done applicant. Welcome to the academy" the proctor said

"Thank you honorable Proctor" the student said bowing

In the stands three boys in blue uniforms were watching the duels. The one on the right turned his head to the person in the center of the trio, whom he obviously considered his leader. He had brown hair and glasses on that wouldn't look out of place in a nerd's fantasy dream.

"Hey that guy's pretty good, isn't he Chazz?" he said stupidly.

"It seems the rumors about him being the best in the first years were not exaggerating, huh Chazz?" said the one on the left

"He's a punk" said the guy in the center, Chazz, with his eyes closed and his hands behind his head "We went to prep school for years to get here. There's no way that some walk in could be better than me. I'll show him what true dueling is and he'll learn the hard way, the Chazz is not to be messed with"

Jaden, who been walking behind them trying to find a good seat to watch the duels from, heard this and disagreed. Sure the guy seemed smug at the end but Jaden thought that he would be a fun guy to duel. He walked up behind the group of boys and decided to take "the Chazz" down a peg or two.

"Do you always refer to yourself in the third person? Cause if you do that's kind of weird bro," Jaden said causing the group to jump slightly with Jason standing beside him nodding. Chazz was shocked. Who did this slacker think he was, talking to The Chazz like that?

"What do you mean two more?! Why asn't I informed of this sooner?!" came Crowler's angry roaring to the man who'd answered Fred's final radio call somewhere in the Proctor portion of the stands.

"Well mister-"he said before being cut off by Crowler

"Did you just call me mister?"

"I'm sorry, miss-"

"I'll have you know that I have a PHD in dueling. So I have more than earned the title of Doctor thank you very much." Crowler snarled

"Fine, Doctor Crowler you were informed of this. Fred said that two applicants were still on their way" the man sighed

"Very well, let's test them," Crowler said smiling evilly

Six years ago, Crowler had been searching for new recruits for the academy at a tournament that was a few miles out of town. It was the final round and one ten year old had been thrashing everyone he went against. He used a form of heroes that Crowler had never seen before but the fact remained he worked well with them, swarming the field with low level monster then summoning higher level monsters once the opponent could do nothing else. This boy had won and Crowler had heard nothing else of him locally. That is until three months ago when he had run a check on one of the applicants for Duel Academy and found a deck profile in the boy's record that matched the winner of that tournament's exactly.

And I know just who to use Crowler thought as he returned pack to the present

"Sir. Who will the boys' proctors be and what decks shall they use?" one of the judges asked

"Leave that to me" Crowler said as he walked out of the judging area chuckling "would you find Raven for me, I have need of his services." He called over his shoulder

"Uh, yes sir" the judge said not liking where this was going. This could very ugly very fast.

"Would Raven Callez please proceed to the proctor area of the stands." A voice said over the loud speakers causing Raven to jump out of his thoughts.

He had been going over something Phantom had once told him about his past, something about a dark king or something. His cards were somehow connected to his heroes' past or at least, the past that his Heroes represented. He got up and went to the area where Crowler was waiting for him.

"You asked for me sir" Raven said while praying that Phantom would quit his test before he got into trouble

"Don't worry about that. Focus on what is in front of you." he said from behind Raven

"Yes, I did. There are two slackers that I need help defeating" Crowler said "and since I don't want to get on the chancellor's bad side by beating up two applicants in a row, I need your help."

"Ok who will I be dueling?" Raven asked, utterly bored

"You will duel the applicant, Jason Yuki, while I will duel his twin, Jaden." Crowler replied grinning in the victory that he was sure would come

"Is there anything I need to get, a duel disk perhaps?" Raven said

"No need I've taken the liberty of procuring a duel-blazer for you" Crowler said handing over the bulky machine "now I've got the first duel, just wait on the sidelines for your turn" he turned and left for the arena.

"Will Jaden Yuki please proceed to dueling arena 3" the voice over the loud speaker said

Jaden walked into the arena and looked around for the proctor that would be his opponent. What he saw surprised him somewhat, a man with blond hair that was tied in a ponytail wearing a blue uniform.

Ok Slacker, get prepared to witness true dueling Crowler thought

Huh so the school mascot is someone that you can't even tell whether it's a boy or a girl, interesting Jaden thought

"I am Doctor Vellian Crowler, department chair of techniques here at Duel Academy and head of the Obelisk Blue Dorm, and I will be your duel proctor today" the man said

"Really? With that get up I thought you were the school mascot or something" Jaden said causing the people in the stands to chuckle and agree slightly.

"I'll have you know that I have a PHD in dueling!" Crowler snapped at him

"Uh, OK then."

"Let's just get this over with. Duel vest on!" Crowler shouted activating his dueling device and grabbing his five cards as the duel vest shot them out.

"Nice gear, Teach" Jaden said as he drew his five cards from his duel disk "now what do I have to do to get one of those?"

"Oh, not much. Just get extremely high marks and a teacher's approval" Crowler replied nonchalantly

"Oh well can't win them all" Jaden said disappointedly "but for now, get you game on"

Back in the corner of the stands Raven saw it all as he hid in the shadows. He was standing behind three people with them not even knowing he was there, a feat that Phantom was most impressed with. One was a tall, blue haired boy in a uniform similar to the one Crowler had given him. Another was girl with short dirty blond hair in a white and blue uniform. While the final observer was a girl with shoulder length pink hair and was also wearing the white and blue uniform that Raven assumed meant that they were in the Obelisk Blue dorm.

"Hey Zane, do you think this kid is good if they're letting Crowler duel him?" the girl with blond hair asked

"No, Alexis, I think that this runt pissed Crowler off, and in a big way. Otherwise Crowler wouldn't waste his time with him." the blue haired boy responded

"Zane's right, Alexis, Crowler wouldn't bother if the kid hadn't pissed him off in some way." The pink haired girl said

"Ok Asami you've made your point. Let's just enjoy the show and hope we get to see the rare card that Crowler's supposedly got stashed in his deck." Alexis said

"This should be quick don't you think Chazz?" the crony with glasses said

"Yes it should. There's no way a slacker like that could defeat a pro like Crowler" Chazz said smirking and sitting forward in his seat

Crowler drew again starting the duel.

Crowler: 4000

Jaden: 4000

"I'll go first." Crowler stated "first I activate double summon." A green bordered card materialized in front of him. "And summon Ancient Gear Soldier in ATK mode." A greyish brown robot with a machine gun for an arm appeared and aimed it's gun at Jaden (Atk:1300/Def:1300)

"That's nice, teach. But don't you think it's a little weak?" Jaden asked

"Oh you want strong do you? Then allow me to continue. I use the effect of a monster in my hand to special summon Ancient Gear, but it won't be staying around for long because I tribute them both to summon Ancient Gear Golem" a tiny robot appeared then shattered along with Ancient Gear Soldier. A giant robot formed from the shattered images, it was easily twenty feet high and looked like it could take a sizable chunk out of Jaden's life points. (Atk:3000/ Def:3000)

"Just had to open my big mouth, didn't I?" Jaden muttered

"I end my turn with a facedown" Crowler said after looking over his hand. The reverse card appeared in front of him.

"Guess you guys were right, Crowler's going after this guy with a vengeance" Alexis said as she shook her head

"It's my move and I… what the! These aren't my cards" Jaden nearly shouted as he looked at his hand for the first time in the game. His shout was clearly audible throughout the stands. As Raven heard this, he paled in the shadows.

Oh no. things could get ugly very fast if what I think happened just happened he thought as he pulled out his deck box and started to go through 'his' cards shit, shit, shit. This is not good. I just hope he doesn't draw it

"Well, this duel just got interesting" Zane said in his usual monotone

"And very bad for the new kid" Asami said leaning forwards while holding onto the railing

"This duel is over" Chazz laughed to himself

Jason, who was sitting a few rows away, couldn't help but agree more

"Oh well nothing I can do about it now. So I guess I'll start with this card To the Skies" Jaden said as a green spell card appeared in front of him. "With this card I can return one card on the field to it's owner's hand, and I choose your Golem." Every one watched in awe as the massive robot was surrounded by tons of golden cards and when the cards stopped flying around the golem it returned to Crowler's hand.

"Now I summon Elemental Hero: Burstinatrix in ATK mode" jaden announced. The hero appeared and looked ready to roast someone with the fireballs that she was juggling in her hands. (Atk:1200/Def:800)

"Sir, there are monsters in your deck that I don't recognize. Was this intentional?" she said turning to look at Jaden. Like when Phantom spoke to Raven, no one could hear her or see anything unusual during duels.

No it wasn't. It was an accident. But right now let's focus on the duel at hand. Jaden thought

"Now Burstinatrix attack him directly with Burst-fire" Jaden commanded while pointing at Crowler. Burstinatrix stopped juggling the fire balls and threw them and Crowler who visibly flinched at the sight of the holographic fire balls flying straight at his face.

Crowler: 2800

Jaden: 4000

"Now I throw down a face down and end my turn" Jaden stated. The reversed card appeared

No, no, no. Come on, please, be in here Raven thought as he continued to search through his deck.

"And mine begins." Crowler said drawing his card "I will start by activating Ancient Gear Castle, which gives all my Ancient Gear monsters 300ATK points." A giant fortress rose out of the ground behind Crowler

"This isn't good" Jaden said has he watched the fortress rise higher and higher.

Crowler was practically dancing with joy. "Next I activate Cybernetic Fusion Support. With this card I can banish the Ancient Gear monsters from my graveyard and my golem from my hand to fusion summon a monster, all for the low price of half my life points. Now rise Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem!" a giant robotic centaur appeared on the field (Atk:4400/Def:3400) "and with the power boost from my castle he's unbeatable" (Atk:4700) "now attack his Burstinatrix with Mechanized Destruction"

Burstinatix raised her arms as if to defend herself as the giant monster punched her with all of it's might.

"I have failed you my king" she said right before the robot hit her.

Her hologram shattered and the corresponding gust of wind nearly blew Jaden off of his feat.

Crowler: 1400

Jaden: 500

"I end my turn. I hope you enjoyed your time here because after this turn you're through." Crowler laughed

"A duel isn't over till the last card is played" Jaden said determinedly

"Well at least he had a fun duel. There's no way he's getting out of this one. Especially if he's not even using his whole deck" Asami said

"It would appear so but I wouldn't count him out just yet" a voice said assuredly from behind them. They all jumped and turned. They saw a boy who they hadn't even seen arrive. They also instantly noticed that the boy's eyes were piercingly violet.

"And why would you say that? You heard him; he isn't using his full deck. It got mixed up with someone else's." Zane said surprised at the new comer's sureness

"Because it's my deck that his got mixed up with. Some of his deck is in mine and some of mine is in his. And there is only one card that could possibly save him right now and it is currently in his deck, he just has to draw it" the boy said as, unbeknownst to them, Phantom looked through a deck of gold colored cards

"And how exactly did your decks get mixed up?" Alexis asked

"We ran into each other, dropped our decks, and had to clean them up quickly to get here on time" the boy replied seriously turning his head away from her

"And you didn't think to check to see if you had all of your cards?" Asami asked surprised

"Like I said we were in a hurry" The boy growled turning his head to glare at her. This caused her to notice a small symbol in the pupil of his eye

Asami jumped back a little in surprise. The symbol looked like a bird's beak on an old fashioned mask.

Jaden was looking over his hand. He had never seen cards like these in his entire life. They were like nothing he ever used they worked too dependently on each other. Half of the cards in his hand were useless because he hadn't gotten the right cards.

"Ok it's my draw" he said and drew his card. Great what is this card? A monster? Jaden figured he should play it seeing as he had nothing left to lose. "I summon uh… Experienced Hero: Poison Blaze in DEF mode." A woman with red hair appeared on Jaden's side of the field. She was wearing a black shirt that didn't even cover her stomach along with feathers that were attached to her shoulders. She had a long black and gold skirt that flowed out behind her and she was carrying a long staff with a blue jewel set on top. (Atk:1900/Def:1000)

She turned to look at who she thought was Raven, only to see it was not her usual summoner but someone who radiated not only a dark aura but also a light one. She thought it was similar to Luminous.

"Who are you and where is my friend?" she asked

I don't know where he is but his and my decks got mixed together so your help would be appreciated Jaden thought to her

She looked into the stands and saw Raven, he nodded slightly "Very well" she said looking over the field "when he attacks you, activate my effect. after that you're on your own"

I can live with that Jaden thought

"That thing can't stand up to my monster. You wasted your turn" Crowler taunted

"He's right. That monster is by no means strong enough to destroy that Golem" Alexis said and turned to Raven "that wasn't the card you were talking about, was it?"

"Actually it was. He wins next turn." Raven replied smiling never taking his eyes off the duel below him, not letting Asami get another look at his Eye of Phantom.

"How?" Asami asked still trying to get him to look at her again, if only to make sure she wasn't seeing things

"Watch and see. If he's as good as I think he is, he'll know how to win" Raven said

"I start my turn and your last few minutes in this academy's roster" Crowler said as he drew his card "hmm, nothing to do here other than to destroy you and end this duel. Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem attack with Mechanized Destruction!"

"Not so fast, Teach. I activate Poison Blaze's effect. Once per turn I can stop one of your monsters from attacking me."

Poison Blaze raised her staff. A purple mist started to spew out of the jewel. Crowler's Golem started to attack and connected with the mist which had started to cover the field. As soon the Golem touched the mist it shuddered to a stop and retreated back over to Crowlers side of the field.

"So you live for one more turn. No matter I can end this any time I want" Crowler said "I end my turn"

"My move!" Jaden said drawing his card "I tribute Poison Blaze to summon Legendary Hero: Luminous the Shattered Light" Poison Blaze shattered and a man appeared. He had grey hair and was wearing a white robe with gold trim. He was wearing leather gloves that covered his fore arms. Above his left hand a ball of light was floating. In his other hand he held a double sided ornamented staff. (Atk:2000/Def:2000)

He turned to Jaden and looked at him for two seconds then said

"Yes I will fight for you, supreme king" this caused Jaden to take a step back in surprise, it wasn't every day that a monster saw him for what he was right away.

Raven heard this and frowned thinking, why did that sound familiar? Wait! The supreme king, also known as the black mage according to phantom, was the enemy of his heroes. But he was dead right? The heroes had sealed him away for forever. So how could he be here?

"I don't get it. Why is he called 'the shattered light'" Asami asked drawing Raven out of his thoughts.

He had stopped Eye of Phantom as soon as Jaden summoned Luminous, so he looked at her and said

"Because Luminous has two forms, light and darkness. Jaden's won by the way. Nothing Crowler can do about it anymore"

"Now I activate his effect I can destroy one of your monsters and gain life equal to half its ATK points" Jaden said as luminous' orb rose up and shot a single beam of light at Crowler's monster. The giant robot shattered and the beam shot towards Jaden "now Luminous attack Crowler directly!" Luminous jumped towards Crowler unopposed and hit him with his staff.

Crowler: 0

Jaden: 2850(winner)

The holograms faded away and Raven moved away from the rail. The fact that Luminous had called Jaden the supreme king troubled him. Phantom would need to explain in greater detail about what had happened during that time. Raven only hoped that history as he remembered it wouldn't repeat itself.

"Impossible. It's a fluke. There's no way a slacker like that could ever defeat Doctor Crowler, especially if they weren't even using their full deck." Chazz said in shock from his seat. Jason, who'd been watching in a mixture of fear and amazement, suddenly leapt up out of his chair and would have cheered if he could have.

"Will Jason Yuki please proceed to dueling arena 4" the voice over the loud speaker said

"That's my cue" Raven muttered and went down the steps to the arena

"There's another one. It's bad enough that you got in now we have to let your gimpy brother" Chazz said looking at Jaden, who had just walked out of the arena and wished his twin good luck.

Suddenly everyone in the immediate area felt the temperature drop several degrees and it get slightly darker in the area. Chazz and his cronies looked around and found the source, it was Jaden. Chazz had no idea what had just happened but his instinct told him to cower and hope that Jaden's rage went away. Jaden was so furious that he didn't even notice that he had dropped the temperature in the area. No one spoke about Jason that way, not even this stuck up brat who thought he was being funny.

"Say that again. I dare you." He snarled before sitting down a few seats away and watching his brother enter his section of the arena

"Well he's protective of his brother, isn't he?" Alexis muttered to herself as she walked past the conversation "that's interesting."

Jason was standing in the arena waiting for his opponent.

It's probably going to be Crowler, seeing how he acted when he dueled. He'll probably want revenge on Jaden for beating him. And what better way to get revenge that to clobber his injured little brother. He thought

His opponent walked in and Jason was surprised to see that it wasn't Crowler but a student, he thought the boy looked familiar but he couldn't tell where from.

Jaden was surprised. The person who was Jason's opponent looked like he could be a first year at the academy. Chazz looked at Jason's opponent and recognized him instantly, Raven Callez, Hero duelist extraordinaire. What made him so special was that he always dueled with a set of Heroes that no one had seen before, the Novice heroes, Experienced heroes, and Legendary heroes. He also didn't appear much in tournaments. Chazz's brothers had been trying to find the guy for years, to employ him if nothing else. In the proctor area of the stands Crowler was grinning from ear to ear. There was no way that that punk could beat Raven, even if his brother had gotten lucky.

"Welcome to the arena. Apparently I am to be your proctor." The boy said "My name is Raven. If you have anything you wish to declare now would be the time to declare it." he waited for a second "no? Very well let's get started"

In the stands Alexis joined up with her friends. When she looked at the arena and saw Raven she asked

"Isn't that the kid that got his deck mixed up with Jaden's?"

"Yes it is, how very observant of you, Alexis" Zane said "this should be interesting"

"Well, why is he dueling as a proctor?" Asami asked "Isn't he a student?"

"He is young enough be a student. But I believe that this is Crowler's doing." Zane stated "It would appear that for once Crowler is being smart and not taking immediate revenge on Jaden for beating him and letting another person take on Jason"

"Now, as the saying goes, it's time to duel" Raven said as he activated the duel vest Crowler had given him

Raven: 4000

Jason: 4000

"I'll take the first move if you don't mind. I summon Elemental Hero: Voltic in DEF mode" the hero in purple appeared with lightning running up and down his suit appeared in front of Raven and kneeled into defense position (Atk:1000/Def:1500) "I'll end with two face downs" the two cards appeared "your go"

Jason drew his card and played a card on his duel disk. A person appeared with dark armor all over his body. (Atk:1000/Def:1500)

Phantom appeared next to Raven and said

"That monster is dark. I'm surprised it's considered a hero."

An interesting point, Phantom Raven thought

"Kid, Jason, if your too shy to talk, I can get a pad of paper or something. Merely so I can understand what you're doing as it is customary for the players to speak during their duels" Raven said with a slightly confused look on his face.

Jason held up a finger and reached into his back pocket, drew out a notepad and a pen then wrote

"Thank you for not yelling at me to speak. As it happens I cannot talk, I am mute. The monster I just played is called 'Elemental Hero: Shadow Mist'. Next I play the spell card Mask Change this allows me to tribute Shadow Mist and fusion summon a monster called 'Masked Hero: Dark Law' then Shadow Mist's effect activates allowing me to add one Elemental hero monster from my deck to my hand. I choose Elemental Hero: Lady Heat."

He held the pad out to Raven, who read it while Jason activated the cards he had written. Shadow Mist jumped up and a suit of ebony colored armor appeared and covered him. He landed and his stats went up. (Atk:2400/Def:1800) Jason wrote on his pad again.

"Say hello to Masked Hero: Dark Law." and showed Raven, who smiled and said.

"Would he be offended if I said no?" this caused Jason to laugh silently. He wrote again on his pad.

"Funny. I attack with Dark Law." the black hero leaped at Raven's hero and destroyed it.

"Dark Law's effect activates and removes your monster from the game instead of sending it to the graveyard. I end with two face downs."

The two reversed cards materialized in front of him.

Jaden was watching the duel with interest now that he had found someone who seemed to have the rest of his deck. He wanted to see how good of a duelist this guy was.

"What's going on down there?" Asami asked

"I think that either Jason is too shy to speak or can't speak at all" Alexis said trying to see what was going on with the paper pad.

"That would be the most likely conclusion" Zane said

"I guess it's my turn then" Raven said as he drew "I summon Elemental Hero: Avian in Def mode. Then I end my turn with a face down."

The bird based hero appeared and then kneeled with it's arms crossed in front of Raven. (Atk:1000/Def:1000) Jason drew then played a monster on the field.

"I summon Elemental Hero: Stratos in ATK mode. His effect activates when he's summoned allowing me to add a hero monster to my hand. I choose Elemental Hero: Bubbleman." A blue and silver hero with mechanical wings on his back appeared.

"Next I play another Mask Change spell card. To summon out Masked Hero: Blast"

Stratos leaped up into the air and green armor surrounded him. (Atk:2200/Def:1800)

"I use his effect to destroy your face down by paying 500 life points."

Raven: 4000

Jason: 3500

"Next I play Form Change to change my Dark Law into Masked Hero: Anki" dark law leapt into the air and his armor peeled off to reveal a form of a man made out of yellow light. A new set of ebony colored him and he fell to the ground. (Atk:2800/Def:1200)

"Now I equip him with the Spell cards Megamorph and Assault Armor. This allows me to double his ATK points so long as my life points are lower than yours, I also tribute assault armor which allows Anki to attack twice in one battle phase. Then I activate Anki's effect which allows him to attack you directly with half his ATK points." As Raven had been reading this Jason had been activating his cards.

"Good game." Raven said as he did the math in his head "I do believe this gets you into the academy

Jason wrote for the final time on his pad

"You too."

He signaled for Anki to attack. Anki leapt into the air and turned into smoke before appearing before Raven and slashing him with his holographic claws.

Raven: 0

Jason: 3500 (winner)

"Well that was fast." Phantom said "you did well, considering the circumstances. But we will review your strategy for your non-main decks"

Raven groaned.

"I hate reviewing strategy" he complained once Jason was out of earshot.

"A two turn kill. Not unheard of but still very rare." Zane said before walking away from the railing.

"Those two are going to make this year interesting" Asami said

"Which two?" Alexis asked

"Jaden and Jason, of course. Though now that I think about it, Raven might be interesting as well." Asami replied

"How the... The gimp got in as well?!" Chazz said furious.

"He may be tooo shy to talk but you have to admit, he is a good duelist" Glasses said thoughtfully, something that was almost unheard of from him.

Jason high fived his brother and started to make signs with his hands.

"Oh right I need to find the person who has the rest of my deck don't I?" Jaden said after watching Jason's hand for a few seconds.

"That actually won't be necessary, as he has found you." Raven said coming up behind Jason with both hands full of neatly stacked cards. He offered his right hand out towards Jaden and said "Interesting deck you have, sir. May I please have the rest of mine back?"

"Uh, yeah. Sure, bro." Jaden said as he took the offered cards and started to look through his deck drawing out cards here and there. After a minute he too had two stacks of cards in his hands. "Here you go. Neat deck by the way, where'd you get those cards?"

Raven chuckled and said

"You two aren't the only ones who can ask Mister Pegasus for favors." And walked off towards the exit.

Jason turned to Jaden and started to gesture to Raven and make hand signs

"He's the one you ran into this morning, that's how your decks got mixed up."

"Ok that makes sense but how did he know so much about us and how did he vanish in the cards?" Jaden asked no one in particular while watching Raven climb the stairs and head outside. "Well one thing's for certain, this is going to be a good year"