Episode 1: The New Beginning
The sun finally began to rise over the tiny island. Boats were approaching the island as the new duelists made their approach. But, as any story, our tale doesn't start here, oh no. Our story begins with the tale of a certain person...
"JAIDEEEEEN!" Sirus shouted, running to the Slifer red dorm. The casual Slifer slacker yelped in surprised as he fell off the top bunk, landing head first to the floor.
"Can't a guy sleep in at least on weekeneds?" Jaiden moaned as he yawned.
"Hey, c'mon Sarge, double time it. Suppose to be some new recruit that's making a whole lotta comotion on his own." Hassleberry (idk if thats how you spell it or not) said, pounding on the door. No sooner than 5 seconds Jaden burst the door open, whacking Hassleberry humorusly in the face.
"Alright, let's go!" Jaden said, putting his jacket on as he ran towards the school. Sirus just sighed to himself.
"If it involves work hes slow as a snail, then mention a duel hes quick as a train." He commented as he ran after Jaden, leaving a knocked out Hassleberry on the floor...
"Finally, Duelist Academy..." The young teen thought to himself. The teen's name was Zack. He was about Jaden's hieght, with a red Slifer jacket as well. He had green hair and violet eyes, while wearing black pants and a grey shirt. However, one noticeable feature was that he only had one arm, his right arm.
He breathed in deeply as he tried to clear his thoughts, looking into the sky noticing how pretty it was outside. He eyed, however, the large strange dragon he saw flying above, annoyed at it's presents.
"Will you ever leave me alone?" he asked himself, looking behind him to see another dragon, this one in the shape of a dog-like body with giant wings and fur-like strands on the back of his head.
"How long are you going to live in darkness, Zack?" The Dragon asked. Zack simply squeezed his fist as he looked angrily back at the dragon.
"As soon as you guys quit bothering me!" He yelled. All the while, the other students were looking back at him, somewhat disturbed and confused at him talking to himself for.
"Jaden wake up!" Sirus spoke again, waking Jaden up for the sixth time already. Jaden simply yawned again as he rubbed his eyes.
"Sorry Si, I just can't stay awake today, I was up late last night dueling against Chazz, again." He said, with a somewhat annoyed tone when he said again.
"Now, without further ado, I bring you this year's Slifer students!" Crawler spoke into the microphone, motioning his hands towards the group of red students who had just come up to the dueling platform. There were mostly 4 reds today, but one that caught most of the students eyes were the teen with only one arm. Even some of the staff were surprised to see someone with one arm, although if he made it to the academy he must have some method of being able to duel.
"Hey Jay, what do you think happened to the kid there?" Sirus asked with a bit of curiosity. Jaden simply shrugged.
"Beats me, wonder if he's any good at dueling?" Jaden replied, only to hear grunting behind him.
"Don't you two slackers know who that kid is?" Chazz mentioned, looking back at the student.
"Ummm...One-Armed-Willy?" Jaden guessed. Chazz just grunted to himself as he mentally slapped his face for the response.
"His name is Zack Kailer, his dad is a large company manager for Industrial Illusions." Chazz replied. Jaden and Sirus both blinked in a bit of surprise at the answer, unable to believe that a student with one arm would be the son of a manager for such a big thing.
"Wow, that sounds sweet. What 'bout his dueling? Is he any good?" Jaden asked. Si simply shook his head mentally, knowing that that would be one of the only questions Jaden would ask about any new student.
"Let me put it to you this way: He aced the exam, and it only took him three turns to win." Chaz answered. Sirus and Jaden both looked at him surprised and shocked again, at the answer.
"Only three turns?" They both gasped at the same time. Jaden simply smiled a few seconds later as he stood up.
"Then it should be sweet dueling him!" Jaden said gladly, running to Zack, even though the Assembly wasn't even finish.
"Jaden wait!" Sirus yelled, running after him. Chazz just sighed to himself, knowing this wouldn't end well, and knowing he'd be partly responsible for mentioning all of this.
"Why do I even bother..." He monaed as he ran towards the two.
"Thus concludes our assembly. Now if anyone has any qeustions-"
"Hey wait!" Jaden yelled, as he climbed up to the stage. Crawler just fell comical-anime style at the voice.
"Anyone ASIDE from him..." He moaned. By the time Jaden got there, he was breathing heavily for a few seconds before he finally looked back to Zack.
"People say your really good at dueling, correct?" Jaden asked, excitedly. Zack just blinked for a few seconds, questioning whether or not to answer.
"Erm...yes?" Zack replied. Jaden simply chuckled as he put his duel gear on.
"Then let's say we throw down and have a duel right now!" He said excitedly, ready to duel the new guy. Zack just rolled his eyes as he walked past the strange kid, jumping off the stage.
"First off, I don't duel that much, and if you wanna duel me, do it at the dorm, not around here." Zack said, walking away as if nothing bothered him. Crawler simply hmphed to himself as he crossed his arms.
"Now why can't you be like him Jaden; When someone annoys me, they leave..." Crawler asked.
"Well that wouldn't work with me, I haven't annoyed anyone yet." Jaden replied as he ran after Zack, as well as Sirus and Chazz chasing behind him.
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"Agh...what happened..." Hassleberry asked himself as he rubbed his face, feeling sore as if he was hit by some blunt object. He shook his head as he heard talking below him, looking over the edge of the trailing to see Jaden preparing to duel someone, surprised to see the duelest with only one arm. "What in tarnation is going on?" He asked himself, running quickly over to Sirus and Chaz to check up on what was going on.
"Listen, like I said, I'm not much of the dueler, so lets keep this short: anything past 5 turns, and I'm ending it whether or not I'm losing." Zack said, as he unzippered his bag. The other four looked curiously as he took out a strange duel disk. One key thing they noticed was that it attached itself around his waist like a belt. The second thing they saw when he turned it on was a strange robotic arm that came up from under it, mostly for his left arm side.
"Woah, sweet duel disk, can I get one?" Jaden asked curiously.
"Hmph, you wish, my dad had one specially designed for me due to my...missing-arm-problem..." He replied, inserting his duel deck. "So, you wanna go first or should I?" Jaden simply snickered as he rubbed his nose.
"Well, it's your first day, so I'll give you the pleasure of going first." Jaden said confidently.
"Hmph, oh I feel so honored. Fine, I'll draw." Zack stated. The four watched in surprise as the robotic arm drew the cards for him, surprirsed how advanced it was.
"First I'll put one card face down, then I'll Summon Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior, in attack mode. And I'll end my turn." Zack statted. Sirus and the other two blinked surprise at the monster.
"T-That monster has 1850 attack points on its own? No normal monsters Jaden has can match up to that thing!" Sirus exclaimed.
"I reckon the sarge is gonna have a tough time fighting a duelist if the normal monsters this guy has is this high." Hassleberry added.
"Sweet move, but now its my turn!" Jaden said, drawing his card swiftly as he looked at his hand. "Alright, this will work just fine." He thought to himself, before looking back at Zack. "Rule number one rookie, even if you have strong cards, never leave them to fend for themselves." Jaden commented. Zack simply smiled calmly to himself.
"And why, may I ask that?" Zack asked.
"Because of this! I play polymerization!" Jaden replied with a sense of triumph, while Zack looked in amazement.
"Poly-what?" He exclaimed.
"Now I can fuse my Elemental Hero Avian and Bursinatrix to create: Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" Jaden yelled with excitement. (ATK: 2100, Def:1500)
"No way!" Zack said in surprise.
"Oh yes way, Flame Wingman, wipe out his Garoth!" Jaden commanded, watching as Flame Wingman began to charge.
"I gotta hand it to you Jay, you know your stuff dont 'cha?" Zack asked, as he smiled. Jaden simply sneered as he rubbed under his nose again.
"Ah well, I've dueled alot and I know what to do when the time comes."
"Then what will you do when I do this! I activate my trap; Sakuretsu Armor!" Zack shouted. Jaden blinked in surprise as he forgot about the face down card.
"What the heck did that soldier play?" Hassleberry asked, never hearing of the card before.
"It's basically a one-man mirror wall, it destory's the attacking monster, a move Jaden should've expected." Chaz said, unsurprised the slacker was off guard. Suddenly, streams of debris, that which seemed to come off of broken pieces of armor, surrounded the Flame Wingman as he began to become surrounded by sharp fragments of it, before being enveloped and destroyed by it.
"Wingman!" Jaden shouted, with the others looking in fear as well.
"He took out Jaden's best card in 1 turn!" Sirus exclaimed.
"Nah, I wouldn't be too worried." Chazz commented, causing the other two to look at him confusingly.
"What do you mean soldier?" Hassle asked, looking back towards Jaden.
"Knowing Jaden, he's probably going easy on him either because he's new here, or because of his arm. Either way, I've dueled Jaden before, he's not like that to mess up." Chazz answered.
"Aww great, I can't believe I didn't expect a trap! I hope the other guy's dont realize this..." Jaden thought to himself as he looked at his cards. "I'll put Elemental Hero Clayman in Defense mode, and two cards face down. Your turn buddy." Zack glared a bit at the comment.
"We're not buddies, and for the record, I'm not gonna like anyone here by the time I leave." He stammered, looking at his card the robotic hand drew. Jaden and the others looked a bit curiously as they saw a small smile appear on his face before looking back at Jaden. "Consider yourself lucky Jaden, you and your friends are about to witness one of the newest cards ever invented. First I'll use the spell Card Double Summon, which will allow me to summon another monster this turn! So, I'll summon Junk Synchron and Speed warrior. Now, for the unveiling of the future. I Tune my Junk Synchron with my Speed warrior to Synchro Summon my Junk Warrior!" (Atk:2300/Def:1300).
"Hey, how'd you do that without a polymerization?" Jaden asked in amazement.
"C-Chazz, what's going on here?" Sirus stammered, surprised and scared for Jaden's sake for this new monster.
"So it is true then. I've read up online about some new cards that were just in the beginning process of production. Supposedly they're suppose to replace fusion monsters. And if this kid's deck is full of em, well let's just say Jaden might have a problem on his hand." Chazz answered, eyes studdering a bit. But what confuses me is how the heck a kid like this managed to get his hands on them. Chazz thought to himself.
"And now it's my turn, Junk Synchron, Demolish that overgrown hunk of clay!" Zack shouted as the Warrior charged straight towards Jaden's Elemental Hero.
"Sweet move Freshy, but theres still some thing's you need to learn 'round here, like my trap card!" Jaden exclaimed. Zack's eyes blinked in amazement, letting his guard down about the card Jaden had put down. "Now behold, I activate my trap card Clay Charge!"
"Clay what?"
"It allows me to destroy my monster and your monster that attacked it!" Jaden answered, causing Zack to gasp to himself.
"But that means-"
"That your Junk Warrior is toast, and as a bonus, you take 800 points of damage for it!" Jaden yelled. The group watched as they saw the Clayman shatter into stone shards, then suddenly charged straight towards the Junk Warrior causing him to explode as a result, then continued heading towards Zack. He grunted a bit as he felt a bit of the force, dropping to his right knee. The others simply looked a bit as he did. (CL: (current lifepoints) 3200)
"Umm...hey are you ok? Didn't hit ya too much did I?" Jaden asked a bit concerned. Zack simply grunted as glared back at Jaden.
"Spare me your pity, I'm not useless just because I have one arm." Zack yelled. Jaden simply blinked a bit in confusion.
"I wasn't saying anything bout that, I was just worried is all..."
"Yeah yeah, well if your so 'worried', then be worried bout yourself cause I still have my Goroth to attack!" Zack yelled, raising his fist as a sign for the Monster to charge. It raised it spear as it charged straight towards Jaden in swift motion.
"Don't forget my other trap! I Activate the trap card A Hero Emerges!" Jaden shouted. Zack grunted a bit as he knew what would come up next.
"Now, pick one card from my hand, and if it's a monster, I get to special summon it." Jaden explained, holding up his hand. There were currently 3 cards he was holding.
"Fine...eh...I pick the one on the right." He stated. Jaden smirked as he grabbed it.
"Good choice, your prize is, Elemental hero Neos!" Jaden answered, summoning one of his strongest monsters.
"But that means-" Zack began to state before Jaden interrupted.
"That your attack goes straight for him!" Garoth thrusted his spear towards the monster, but because he was weaker, not only did the spear end up breaking, Neos countered by blasting him with a ray of cosmic energy, destroying him, and sending extra energy towards Zack, causing him to stagger again to his knees. (CL: 2550) He grunted a bit again as he got back to his feet.
"I'll put 2 cards face down, and I'll end my turn."
"Hate to do this to ya, but I'm just trying to teach ya some basic techniques. Now, Neos, attack him head on!" Jaden charged, raising his fist with pride as Neos attacked Zack again. This time Zack got blasted to his back as dust scattered around where he landed. (CL: 50) "Next I'll summon Elemental hero Wildheart in attack mode."
"Wait, why didn't the sarge place that down first?" Hassleberry asked in a bit of confusion.
"I'm confused as much as you are Hassleberry, but I think he's still trying to go easy on him a little." Sirus answered, looking back towards Zack. "Uhh...why isn't he getting up?" He asked a little nervous.
"Uh oh...hey Zack, you ok? Zack?" Jaden asked, still getting no response from him.
"So if I do this, then do you promise to keep up your end of the bargain?" Zack asked the mysterious entity.
"Heh heh heh...Of course my little friend. All you have to do is two things: 1, Never lose a duel, and two, collect for me souls of the strong willed...and a certain person." The Voice answered. Zack eyed the person mysteriously.
"How do I know your not lying?"
"If I was, why would I be asking someone who lost so much..." Zack simply smirked as he looked back towards the objects the voice handed him.
"So, all I do is make people sign this contract, then the rest is played out as is?"
"Correct, now, do we have a deal?" The thing asked, extending a hand. Zack hesitated a bit as he looked, but nodded again, shaking the spirits hand.
"Deal!"
Zack opened his eyes as he gasped again, jumping back to his feet, with a stern look on his face. I made that promise almost 4 years ago. And I WILL keep it! Zack thought to himself.
"This isn't over!" Zack shouted as he drew the card instead of letting the robotic arm do it for him. A strange gust blew across the area for a few seconds before settling down.
"I-Is anyone else getting a weird chill around here?" Sirus asked, shaking a bit from the cold. Zack looked at his hand before smirking.
"First, I play Pot Of Greed, which will let me draw 2 cards! Next I activate call of the haunted, which allows me to bring back my Junk Warrior! Don't think for a second though I'm done. Next I summon my Junk Synchron, and thanks to its effect, I can summon another monster to the field, so I'll special summon Sonic Chick to the field!"
"Uh oh..."
"What's wrong Chazz?" Sirus asked curiously.
"It's the thing about Synchron Monsters. In order to summon them, you need monsters whose levels all equal up to the level of the synchro monster, and currently, he has a total of 8!" Chazz exclaimed. Sirus, Hassleberry, and even Jaden looked at him in a bit of shock.
"What?" They all shouted at once.
"That's right, and for this, I'm synchronizing all three of them to synchro summon one of my strongest synchro monsters!" In a bright flash of light, all three monsters dissipated in blue dust particals as they began to swhirl around each other, beginning to grow into a large creature that left the four students in a bit of surprise. "Behold, the creature that will destroy you in this turn! I summon Junk Destroyer! (Atk: 2600/Def:2500)." Zack exclaimed. The four looked in shock at the giant sized monster that stood before them.
"Uh oh, this doesn't look good..." Sirus said nervously.
"Don't worry, it'll only knock off a few life points, the sarge will be fi-"
"I wouldn't think so!" Zack interrupted, getting the others attention. "Because for every non-tuner monster I sacrificed to Synchro summon, I can destroy 1 card for each, and you know what that means!"
"My Elemental Heroes-"
"Are goners!" Zack yelled, raising his fist in anger. The giant Destroyer began charging its energy into two electrical spheres that grew to the size of Jaden's monsters, before firing them at burst speed towards them, exploding on contact and vaporizing them into dust.
"No way, he took out one of sarge's best monsters!"
"And I'm not done. Next I reveal my next face down, the trap card Rising energy. Now, by discarding one card from my hand to my graveyard, I can increase the attack power of my monster by 1500 points."
"Oh no!" Hassleberry and Sirus said at the same time.
"Oh yes, and with that my monsters attack increases all the way up to 4100!" The foursome watched not only as the monster not only strengthened in attack, but grew in size as well by at least half. "Now, Junk Destroyer, wipe out his life points!" Zack yelled in victory. Jaden was helpless to do anything as the giant created a giant beam from the attenaes of its forehead and struck Jaden directly, blasting him a few feet away and landing him on his back. (CL: 0). The others all looked in shock at what they had just witnessed.
"N-No way..." Chazz studdered, somewhat lost for words.
"I'm confused...did the sarge just..."
"Jaden!" Sirus yelled, running over to see if he was ok. At the same time, Hassleberry and Chazz looked back to see the victor drop to his knees and arm, gasping a bit for breath.
"Hey, you ok soldier?" Hassleberry asked, running over.
"Jaden? Jaden say something!" Sirus yelled, rubbing Jaden a bit to see if he's awake. It only took a few seconds before he jumped back to his feet, surprising Sirus, and with a huge grin on his face. "Gah!" Sirus yelped, seeing Jaden suddenly spring to life.
"That was an awsome battle! Let's do it again without holding back n-" Jaden stopped as he saw Zack on his knees. "Hey, dude, you alright?" Jaden asked, running over. Sirus ran shortly after with him, meeting up with Hassleberry. Currently, Zack was breathing hard, which made them somewhat nervous and worried at the sight.
"Hey kid, just relax, you won ok?" Jaden said, kneeling down, resting an arm on the teen's shoulder, only for Zack to suddenly collapse unconcious. Jaden let out a yelp as he jumped back to his feet, startled at the sudden drop.
"Woah, man down!" Hassleberry said, picking the guy up and throwing his arm over his shoulder.
"Let's get him to see the nurse, pronto." Jaden added as the three-some ran back towards the academy. The only one still around was Chazz in his frozen freaked-out state.
"He...beat Jaden..." Chazz repeated, still in disbelief that not only a freshman, but a new student beat Jaden in a duel.
