Yugi's Deck

It was Wednesday and an official test was currently in progress. Everyone was trying their hardest to win their current duel and earn a high score on their tests.

Ryan was dueling an Obelisk boy named Raizou who was using a rock deck. The duel was relatively short as Ryan had the upper hand the whole time. After attacking directly with Shooting Star Dragon he defeated Raizou.

Alexis was also dueling an Obelisk boy named Taiyou and he used a dragon deck. Though Taiyou was in Obelisk Blue, he wasn't on Alexis's level and he ultimately lost when Alexis attacked with Cyber Angel Dakini.

Bastion was dueling against Chazz and despite his best efforts, Bastion was unable to overcome Chazz's Armed Dragon LV7 and lost the duel. It was clear that Chazz wanted to leave Slifer Red as soon as possible.

Jaden was up against Belowski the Obelisk boy who used a Mokey Mokey deck. While Jaden found it difficult to overcome Belowski's Mokey Mokey Smackdown he eventually won by using Elemental Hero Core.

Much to his displeasure Syrus was up against Dimitri the Ra Yellow student who always imitates other people's decks. Today he was copying Joey Wheeler's deck. Syrus thought that he had no chance of winning but to his great surprise he defeated Dimitri by finally using the spell card Power Bond.

Chumley was dueling a Slifer boy named Ryouta Katou who used a Skull Servant deck. Despite Chumley's best efforts, he ultimately lost the duel when Ryouta destroyed his Big Koala with King of the Skull Servants.

Soon everyone had finished their duels and they all waited while their scores were sent away to be added up.

"Hey Syrus nice work using Power Bond. I knew you could do it if you just tried." Jaden said, patting him on the back.

Dr. Crowler stepped forward and called for everyone's attention.

"Everyone I have exciting news. Yugi Moto is going on a trip to India and he has been kind enough to allow his duel monsters deck to be put on tour around all the schools while he is away." He said.

Everyone immediately started to talk among themselves. Many were excited by the chance to see Yugi's deck while some were more curious about Yugi's trip to India, the sound of everyone talking was so loud that Crowler had to raise his voice just to be heard.

"As I was saying, Yugi's deck will be arriving here Friday night and will be staying until Sunday. This will give everyone a chance to see it, however I must inform you that Yugi has decided to keep the god cards with him so those three cards will not be included." Crowler finished.

As soon as Crowler was finished everyone began talking again. Some students were disappointed that they would not get to see the god cards while others were still excited just to see Yugi's other cards. Out of everyone Jaden was the most excited.

The next two days at the academy became chaotic, hardly anyone seemed to be able to wait for Yugi's deck to arrive. If it wasn't for Professor Banner some of the students would have been camping outside the main building just so they could be the first ones to see the deck.

Finally Friday arrived and just as the sun was beginning to set a helicopter carrying Yugi's deck landed on the island. Dr. Crowler was waiting on the helipad as two men climbed out of the helicopter, one of them was carrying a silver briefcase.

"Greetings and welcome to Duel Academy." Crowler said smiling. Neither of the men looked impressed.

"Is the display case ready?" The first man asked.

"Yes of course it is, please follow me." Crowler said trying to sound as polite as possible.

Crowler led the men to a classroom that had been reserved to display the deck. Sitting in the middle of the classroom was a glass display case that could only be opened with a key that Crowler possessed.

One of the men pulled a contract out of his pocket and laid it on the desk. He then handed Crowler a pen.

"Please sign this." The man said.

"What is it?" Crowler asked as he looked at the contract.

"Just a contract holding Duel Academy responsible for the well-being of the deck. If any of the cards are damaged or lost then the academy will be held responsible." The man explained.

Crowler signed the contract, the man then checked the signature and returned the paper to his pocket. Crowler opened the case and the men took Yugi's deck out of the silver briefcase then placed it inside the display case. The two men then left the room without another word.

Crowler locked the display case with the deck safely inside, he then left the room a little giddy about tomorrow. Crowler was so excited that he failed to notice someone was watching him from the shadows.

The next morning everyone was eager to see Yugi's deck. A large group of students were making their way to the classroom to see the deck. Within this group was Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Bastion, Alexis and Ryan.

Cheerful banter could be heard from the group and everyone became even more excited as they drew nearer to their destination. However as they turned the last corner, everyone became silent with what they saw.

The classroom had been completely closed off. There were members of the security team standing outside the room stopping all students from entering. Some students managed to catch a glimpse inside the classroom and saw that inside there were more members of the security team talking to the teachers.

"Hey, what's going on here?" A Obelisk boy asked.

"This area is off limits to all students, please leave now." A member of security said in a demanding voice. After a short argument between the students and security team most of the students seemed to give up and returned to their dorms.

Jaden refused to leave until someone told him what was going on. Despite his best efforts the security team refused to tell him anything. Syrus and Chumley stayed as well in hopes of preventing Jaden from doing anything stupid.

Alexis and Bastion had decided to stay behind because they were curious about what was going on and hoped that Jaden would succeed in learning something. Ryan and Chazz also stayed, but only because they wanted to see how much trouble Jaden could get himself into.

"Look kid leave now or be expelled from Duel Academy!" A member of security shouted after finally losing his patience with Jaden.

Luckily for them Professor Banner heard the commotion and came out of the classroom to see what the problem was.

"What seems to be the problem?" Banner asked.

"Nothing sir, this kid just won't stop asking questions." The member of security said. Banner looked at Jaden and smiled.

"I'll take care of this." He said.

"Children, please come with me." Banner said as he walked away from the classroom.

"But teach, what's going on here?" Jaden asked.

"Jaden, come with me." Banner repeated this time much sterner. It seemed that Jaden wasn't prepared to argue with Professor Banner and instead chose to follow him.

The group followed Banner to an empty room. Banner made sure that no one was nearby before speaking to them.

"Listen, there is something very important going on at the moment and I'm afraid you all will have to let me and Dr. Crowler handle this." Banner said. He seemed much more serious than usual.

"But teach what exactly is going on?" Jaden asked. Banner remained silent for a moment as he tried to decide if he should tell the group anything.

"Look I shouldn't be telling you this, but the truth is someone has stolen Yugi Moto's deck." Banner said.

The whole group was shocked.

"What, but who could have done something like that?" Jaden asked.

"We don't know, but we must retrieve the deck as soon as possible or else Duel Academy's reputation will be ruined." Banner said, sounding a little sad with the last few words.

"Now please return to your dorms and don't tell anyone about this. I have to go and help Dr. Crowler find the culprit before anyone finds out what happened." Banner said as he left the room.

Everyone remained silent for a few seconds as they processed what they had just been told. Finally Jaden was the first one to say something.

"Did you hear that guys, we've got to do something."

"Which is what? Interrogate every other student at the school." Ryan said sarcastically.

"Hey, that's a great idea." Jaden said as he ran out of the room.

"Jaden wait, I think Ryan was being sarcastic." Syrus said as he and Chumley ran after Jaden hoping to stop him from doing something stupid.

Now only Ryan, Alexis, Bastion and Chazz remained in the room.

"You know, Jaden does have a point. We should see if there's anything we can do to help find the deck." Bastion said.

"To do that we'd have to get inside that classroom to look for clues. How are we supposed to do that with the security team guarding the entrance." Chazz pointed out.

Everyone tried to think of a way into the classroom.

"Wait, there is a back way into that room that only the teachers use. Maybe they forgot to place guards there." Alexis said. Everyone agreed to try Alexis's idea and soon they were going through several doors trying to find their way to the right room.

Finally they found the right door. Alexis peeked inside and then raised her hand signaling everyone to stay quiet. She could see Crowler and Banner inside talking to the security team.

After several minutes Crowler, Banner and the security team left the room through the main entrance closing the door behind them. Alexis signaled that it was clear and everyone entered the classroom.

The classroom looked mostly normal except for the glass display case in the center of the room that had been smashed open.

"Okay everyone, look around the room and see what you can find." Chazz said.

Ryan and Chazz checked the display case while Alexis and Bastion searched the room. The room was mostly untouched it seemed the security team had been afraid to touch anything in case they tampered with any evidence.

While searching the display case Chazz noticed that there was something caught on a piece of broken glass. Looking closer Chazz realized that it was a piece of yellow thread.

"Hey Bastion, you haven't been near this case have you?" Chazz asked.

"No, I've been over here the whole time." Bastion said as he searched the desks. Chazz smiled.

"Then it looks like we have our first clue." He said.

Chazz showed everyone the piece of thread.

"So you think it was a Ra student who took the deck." Alexis said.

"That seems to be the most likely scenario." Chazz remarked.

"Hey Bastion, has anyone from your dorm been behaving suspiciously?" Ryan asked. Bastion thought about it for a moment.

"Now that you mention it, there is one thing I heard." Bastion said.

Everyone listened closely waiting for Bastion to continue.

"Shortly after our last test I heard Sartyr talking to Dimitri. He said that if Dimitri doesn't improve before our next test, then he'll be demoted to Slifer Red." Bastion said.

"Do you think Dimitri might've done this?" Alexis asked.

"It's definitely possible. After all, desperation makes people do crazy things." Ryan answered.

"Bastion, do you know where Dimitri might be?" He asked.

"Well at this time of the day he usually hangs out near the cliffs to the south of the island." Bastion said.

"Then that's where our search begins." Ryan said. Everyone nodded and then they left through the back door of the classroom ready to find Dimitri.