Hi guys, we're back and with a new fanfiction. Originally, I was going to start this in the third season but decided to start it in the second season instead.
Disclaimer: Wolf doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX. She only owns her OC's. She's also going to use some of Princessanime08 and ShadowSpirit020's (formerly Lightclaw's Shadow) cards that they made so credit goes to them.
Without further ado, let the story begin.
Chapter 1: An Old Friend Comes to Town
Duel Academy, the school for the next generation of duelists and also stands on an island with a dormant volcano. Already sounds like a fun school. Anyway, today is the start of a new year and a boat had pulled up to the docks to drop off the new first year students or any transfer students starting this year.
Among some of the students getting off was a foreign student. He has a medium build and tan skin, light brown hair that's chin length and smoothed back, green eyes, and was fairly tall, standing at about 5'9". He was wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers with the Slifer jacket over it.
His name was Cecilio Avana, he was one of the transfer students, though he was starting in his second year since he was transferring from an American dueling school.
He glanced down at his deck case at his side, sensing the duel spirits within it.
"Alright, amigos, let's have some fun!" He whispered in a voice with a Spanish accent.
As he was walking away from the docks, he spotted two very odd looking people rushing towards the docks. The first one was a tall, thin… man (?) with long blond hair in a ponytail with purple lipstick wearing a blue coat with pink ruffles. The second person, who was definitely a man, was short, fat, and bald wearing a green coat. He has some hair, short and brown on the back of his head, and a thin curled mustache that matched his eyebrows, which was kind of creepy.
"Hurry up, you Swedish meatball! We've wasted enough time already!" The…person in blue exclaimed.
"Pardonne moi, Chancellor! I have petit legs!" The short guy replied with a French accent.
'That's the chancellor and vice chancellor?' Cecilio thought, shuddering a little at the thought.
"I agree." Came a voice from beside him.
He looked to see a dragon with white and blue skin with a thunderbolt shaped horn and two white curved horns on the back of its head and large white angel wings. It was Shining Nova Dragon.
"However, they may know the way to the Slifer dorm." Cecilio nodded and headed towards them.
"Why are we running anyway?" The French one asked.
"We have to go greet the new students." The chancellor explained holding a magazine.
"Are you joking?" The vice chancellor asked disgruntledly.
"Are you calling Aster Phoenix a joke?" The blond one opened the magazine to show a picture of a young man in a white suit. He has gray hair and blue eyes, and was otherwise quite handsome.
The short guy gasped. "He's ranked number one in the Pro Leagues! Why would he enroll at our school?"
"Who knows, but if he comes here he'll make our school famous!" The blond one squealed. "After all everyone knows Aster Phoenix!"
"Um, excuse me?" Cecilio spoke up, causing the two adults to turn to him. "Um, could you point me in the direction of the Slifer Red dorm, please?"
"Name please." Said the short one, holding up a clipboard.
"Cecilio Avana."
"Ah yes, you must be the transfer student from our American counterpart we were told was coming," The blond one spoke. "Welcome, I'm Dr. Vellian Crowler, the Chancellor here at Duel Academy and this is Vice Chancellor Bonaparte."
"Encantado de conocerte. Pleased to meet you." Cecilio replied, putting on a polite persona for the adults.
"We were told of your dueling skills from your teachers and we were highly impressed," Crowler praised. "You scored exceptionally well on the entrance exam. However, due to our transfer policies you are required to start in Slifer Red, but with your abilities I have no doubt that you'll work your way up into one of the other dorms in no time."
"Thank you, Chancellor, I'll do my best." Cecilio responded, feeling slightly uncomfortable at being praised so much, given how modest he usually was about his dueling skills.
"Anyway," Bonaparte intervened, pointing in the direction of the before mentioned dorm. "The Slifer dorm is in that direction. It's the small building with the red roof, you can't miss it."
"Gracias, thank you." Cecilio thanked and headed on his way.
"Enjoy your time here!" Crowler called out. He then chuckled a little. "I believe I made a good impression."
"Aye, he was creepy." Cecilio muttered, walking in the direction pointed out to him.
One thing was sure, he couldn't wait to see his old friend again.
Slifer Red Dorm
After a bit of a walk, Cecilio came upon the building the vice chancellor had mentioned. It was small and kind of old, but it looked homey.
"Not bad." He murmured.
He found his room on the second floor. The room had a long, two-seater desk along the left wall, a window right across the room from the door, a three-person bunk bed along the right wall, and a small stove for cooking.
"Small, but it'll do."
After setting his stuff down, he decided to go look around the school. Who knows, maybe he'd see his old friend around somewhere.
As he was leaving the dorm, he saw a small group of people standing over by the cliff side, two males and two females.
One of the males had light blue hair, wore the Slifer uniform, and was the shortest of the group.
The other male was taller, had spiky black hair, and wore all black.
The first female appeared to be older than the others, mostly likely one of the staff members, with long brown hair in a braid.
The second girl and the final member of the group made him pause in his gaze. She had long dirty blond hair, a model or athlete's physique, and wore the female Obelisk blue uniform.
'Hermosa.' He thought before shaking his head.
"Having a crush are we?" asked a white dragon with light blue moon symbols on its wings, Moonlight Dragon.
Cecilio just glared, causing the dragon to laugh.
The newcomer headed over to them to see what they were all looking at. As he got there, something was said that caused the boy in black to face-fault, which made the Dragon duelist even more curious. He managed to get close enough to see what they were looking at, but they still hadn't seen him come up.
He looked down at the beach and noticed a duel going on down below. The one on the right had silver hair and blue eyes wearing a white suit. He had started the his turn by summoning Ojama Yellow in defense mode (0/1000) and ended with that.
"Ojama Yellow?" The second duelist asked. "Why'd you start with that? Take lessons from Chazz?"
Cecilio's eyes widened, he knew that voice anywhere. He looked and the duelist on the left had short, somewhat puffy brown hair with a light brown patch on top and brown eyes. He was wearing the Slifer jacket over a black t-shirt with the uniform pants and shoes.
Cecilio smiled fondly at the sight of his old friend. 'You don't waste any time, do you, amigo?'
"I would never start with a lame card like that!" The boy in black, most likely Chazz, snapped while most of the group snickered at Jaden's remark.
"You save the best for last! Right, boss, right?" Asked the spirit of the same monster that was just played.
"Wrong, now beat it you pit stain!" It's owner growled, annoyed by its presence.
"I love it when you use my pet name." Obviously not seeing the insult, the spirit disappeared.
"Excuse me?" The blond female asked, sounding insulted.
The foreign student concluded that she probably couldn't see Duel Spirits.
"Oh, uh, nothing." Chazz replied, feeling slightly sheepish.
"Whatevs." She shrugged, most likely having had times like this before, and turned back to the duel.
Chazz growled down at his deck for making him look like an idiot. Cecilio chose that time to make his presence known.
"You know, amigo, it's wise not to talk to your duel spirits in public. Otherwise people think you escaped from the cuckoo hut." He spoke up, leaning forward slightly to be in his line of view when he turned.
Everyone turned to source of the new voice, startled by his "sudden" appearance.
"Whoa! How long have you been there?" The blond asked, startled yet also intrigued by the new student's appearance.
"Not long." Cecilio answered, not missing a beat.
He straightened up and looked at her with a kind smile. "You are quite beautiful, senorita."
She blushed, not used to be complemented out right like that. Most guys who'd hit on her would usually use some cheesy pick up line. "Uh, thank you. Um, what's your name?"
"Cecilio Avana," The newcomer responded and winked. "You can call me Cecil if you want. And you are?"
"Alexis Rhodes. Nice to meet you." The beauty, Alexis, said, feeling unnaturally shy around this newcomer, Cecil.
She then remembered the others there and regained her composure. "Oh, and this is Syrus Truesdale, Chazz Princeton, and Ms. Dorothy."
"A pleasure to meet all of you." Cecil greeted, though he was still looking at Alexis when he said that.
Chazz was naturally starting to get jealous. 'Who does this guy think he is, hitting on my Alexis?!'
"Anyway," Alexis said turning back to the duel, and Cecilio and the others doing the same. "I wonder what else he has in his deck."
"Not much I bet." The older woman, Ms. Dorothy, said off handedly.
"Wait, how do you know that?" Syrus asked turning to her.
"It's simple," She responded turning their way, causing everyone to look at her. "He just assembled that deck this morning, from random cards in the campus card shop."
"Give me a break! Who duels with leftover cards?" Chazz asked.
"That guy…" Alexis answered, not quite sure herself.
"Jay's going to go loco when he finds out." Cecilio said, laughing slightly.
"Wait, how do you know Jaden?" Alexis asked, looking at him.
He smiled mysteriously. "All in due time."
The duel continued on, Cecilio wanting to go down there and smack his friend for being an idiot at times, but he restrained himself. Soon though, the duel was over with Jaden as the victor. They exchanged words and then the mystery duelist left.
Cecil didn't know why, but something about this guy didn't sit well with him. Coming from a rough neighborhood in LA, he had a way of reading people.
"So, what'd you guys think about my first duel of the year?" Jaden asked as he came up to them. "It was pretty sweet, huh? Well, spill it?"
"You rocked! Way to play, Jay!" Syrus praised.
"Anyone who thinks you're a legend isn't the sharpest tool in the box!" Chazz stated, snappishly.
"Maybe, but he was kind of cute." Alexis noted.
Cecil felt his dislike of the man greatly increase.
"Uh… didn't notice." Jaden said awkwardly, scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
Cecilio snickered. He knew that Jaden was gay and by that reaction, he had noticed that the mystery boy was cute.
"Anyway, I'm sure we haven't seen the last of AP."
"Hey, wait! He said his name was AP…" Syrus said, as if he was catching onto something.
He rummaged through his bag and pulled out the magazine Crowler had earlier, turning to the page with Aster's picture. "I knew it! He's Aster Phoenix!"
Cecilio's eyes widened at that revelation, then he frowned. He had met the pro once before and the meeting had left a bad taste in his mouth.
"Okay, so he's got a weird name." Jaden responded, still not quite getting the gravity of the situation.
Cecil wasn't sure whether to laugh or groan.
"Jaden, think, Aster Phoenix is the number 1 duelist in the World League! As in, he's a pro!" Alexis stated.
"You're kidding me!" Chazz exclaimed, before regaining his composure. "I mean of course! You didn't know that?!"
'Moments ago you were just as clueless as the rest of us.' Cecil thought, giving Chazz a look, though it was pointless since his back was to him.
"Huh, it looks like the pro took a schooling from the student." Jaden stated.
Now, Cecilio wasn't sure whether to tell Jaden the truth or not, but Dorothy made the decision for him.
"Uh, Jaden," She interrupted, getting up, and Cecil now seeing the fat, brown, tabby cat she was holding. "I should probably tell you that wasn't Aster's real deck. He put it together this morning."
"He what?" Jaden asked, surprised. It was quiet but Cecil knew the real fit was coming. "You mean, I just dueled a guy who was using leftover cards?!"
"Cheer up." Syrus said, trying to be sympathetic.
"At least you won." Alexis offered, since Syrus didn't seem to know where to go with what he was saying.
"That's right, you legend you!" Chazz added, though he was being sarcastic about it.
At the sight of his friend sulking, the dragon duelist laughed out loud.
"Typical, it's a blow to your ego when your opponent isn't dueling at full strength!" He said between laughs.
Jaden turned and perked up at the person he saw.
"Cecil!" He cried and jumped on his friend in a giant hug. Cecil almost fell over, but managed to stay on his feet and returned the hug.
"Ha-ha, como estas mi hermano?" He asked his friend, pulling back to get a good look at his old friend. His friend had a more carefree glow to his eyes that he didn't see much when they were in Los Angeles.
"Muy bueno!" Jaden responded with a laugh, practically beaming that his friend was here.
But that brought up a question. "Oye, not that I'm not thrilled to see you, but what are doing here? I thought you got a scholarship to a dueling school in America."
"Si, I did, but it got lonely without my best friend there, and after the adventures you told me you got sucked into last year, I decided I wanted in. So, I transferred." He explained, still smiling.
"Alright! It's going to be just like old times!" Jaden cheered.
He then remembered that his friends were still there. "Oh yeah, let me introduce you to the gang."
"No need, we did introductions while you were dueling," Cecil informed him. "Though I do think they probably want to know our backstory."
"Yeah, you're right," The Hero duelist agreed, before turning back to his friends. "Guys this is my friend, Cecilio Avana, also known as Cecil. We met when I moved to LA. We bonded over dueling, comics, and online RPG's and we've been friends ever since."
"Back up, when you moved to LA?" Alexis asked, confused.
Jaden looked down, feeling uncomfortable about the topic. "My parents divorced after I was done with elementary school. My mom won full custody of me, so we moved back to her hometown, where she remarried and took her new husband's last name. I'm actually not particularly close with them since they were always busy and they didn't exactly agree with what I wanted to do with my life, along with something else."
Sensing that he didn't want to talk further, Chazz asked his question. "Did you say online RPG's?"
Jaden looked back up, though he looked embarrassed this time, smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah… I'm a bit of a geek, but as Cecil calls it, I'm a cute geek."
This got a laugh from the others and caused Jaden blush even harder.
Cecilio was the one who spoke next. "Well, that duel got me excited for a match of my own! Who's in?"
Alexis was about to say something, but Chazz beat her to it.
"I'll duel you, new guy!" He wanted to put this guy in his place for flirting with his Alexis.
"What were you going to say, Alexis?" Cecilio asked the lovely blond as if he didn't hear Chazz.
"I was going to say, I'll duel you." Alexis said, mildly annoyed at being interrupted.
"Now where are your manners, Chazz?" Cecil asked the black clad Slifer in a scolding yet teasing manner. "Ladies first, don't you remember?"
Chazz growled at the other boy, really not liking him.
Dorothy laughed at the scene. "My, you're such a polite young man!"
"My mother always told me to treat a lady with respect. It's the gentlemen thing to do." He responded smiling at Alexis, who was blushing at his words.
"Well, someone raised you right," Alexis chuckled, a little embarrassed at being treated so sweetly. She quickly got herself composed though. "Well, let's duel!"
"You're on!" Cecil said just as determined.
The two duelists got into position in front of the Slifer dorm while the rest of the group gathered by the stairs.
"Alexis will beat this guy!" Chazz growled, still miffed about earlier.
"Don't count out Cecil," Jaden said, knowing what his friend was capable of. "He's good. He's the only person in our neighborhood who could beat me."
Everyone was surprised by this, but they didn't have time to question him because the duel was starting.
"Let's duel!"
Cecilio: 4000
Alexis: 4000
"As I said earlier Alexis, ladies first!" Cecilio called after drawing his opening hand.
"You're too kind," Alexis answered, drawing her card. She looked over her hand and smiled. "I'll start with Etoile Cyber in attack mode!"
A redhead ballerina appeared on the field with twirl (1200/1600). "And I'll end with two facedowns!"
"Impresionante monstruo!" Cecilio exclaimed as he drew his card. "Let's see how well she dances; I play the field spell Elemental Cove!"
In a flash, the field changed so that they were in a cove with nine caves, each having a symbol above it representing a element.
"Whoa!" Alexis exclaimed, looking around. "Where are we?"
"We're in the lair of the dragons!" Cecilio said proudly, his voice echoing a bit. "And this is just the start of my turn. I summon Frost Dragon in attack mode!"
One of the symbols, a white-blue snowflake, started to glow and a dragon emerged from the cave. It was a white, bipedal dragon with ice-like wings, ice blue eyes, and a frozen arrow tail. It flew down and landed on the field in front of it's duelist (1800/1600). "Cool, huh?"
"Nice…" Alexis said, before smirking. "For me that is!"
"Por que? Why?"
"By summoning a monster, it activates my trap: A Rival Appears!" Alexis' face down card flipped up with a picture of two little magician girls fighting. "It lets me summon a monster from my hand that's the same level as the monster on the field."
"All right, he's a level four." Cecilio told her.
"Then, I'll summon my Blade Skater in defense mode!" Alexis' next monster appeared to be a bald ice skater and got into a defensive crouch (1400/1500).
"Now, I'll activate my dragon's special ability!" Cecil spoke, continuing his turn. "When he's summoned, I can special summon another dragon from my hand! So, I'll summon Light Dragon!"
A symbol that looked like a yellow sun began to glow and another dragon flew out from the cave to join her friend. This one was a large serpentine dragon with gold spikes along its back, two sets of wings and dark eyes (1700/1000).
"And her special ability is that she can't be destroyed by DARK attribute monsters. Now, I'll have Frost Dragon attack Blade Skater with Icicle Shard, but before he does I should probably tell you that my field spell gives my dragons an extra 500 attack and defense points!"
The dragons glowed as their power increased (1800-2300/1600-2100) (1700-2200/1000-1500).
Frost Dragon then took flight and gave a hard beat of his wings, sending a freezing wind full of ice shards at the skater, destroying her.
"Now, Light Dragon, attack Etoile Cyber!" Light Dragon spread her wings and gave off a powerful, blinding light that made the ballerina cringe.
"I activate Doble Passe!" Alexis declared, said card having a picture of a flamenco dancer dancing in a spotlight. "This changes your attack on my monster into a direct attack on me!"
The dragon's light seemed to stop affecting Etoile Cyber and started to cause pain for Alexis.
Cecilio: 4000
Alexis: 1700
"Wondering why I did it?" Alexis asked. "Now, Etoile Cyber can attack you directly, and when she attacks directly she gains 600 attack points!"
Etoile Cyber danced across the field, her power increasing as she did (1200-1800/1600). Then, she did a spinning kick into Cecilio's gut, making him hunch over.
Cecilio: 2200
Alexis: 1700
"Oooh," Jaden cringed. "I remember that one."
"Ay!" Cecilio gritted. "That's a risky strategy. Sacrificing her life points to get at mine. She's amazing."
"Flattery will get you nowhere!" Alexis smirked. "But thank you!"
"Ok, one card face down, then I'll turn it over to you." Cecilio said as a card appeared at his feet.
"Good, my move!" Alexis drew her next card.
"First, I play Monster Reborn and bring Blade Skater back from the graveyard." The ice skater re-appeared next to Etoile Cyber (1400/1500).
"Then, I summon Cyber Tutu in attack mode!" A little red haired ballerina in a red and white leotard with a white tutu appeared (1000/1000).
"Next, I play Polymerization to fuse Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater together to summon Cyber Blader!" The two aforementioned monsters joined together and a monster with long dark blue hair and an orange visor appeared (2100/800).
"Cyber Blader's abilities change according to the number of monsters you have. Since you have two, her attack points double to 4200!" Cyber Blader glowed as her power increased (2100-4200/800).
"And to make sure no funny business happens, I play Allegro Toile and destroy your facedown!" Her fusion monster went into a spin and launched an arrow at Cecilio's facedown, destroying it.
"Drat!" Cecil's facedown was Dragon Barrier, which would have saved his monsters from being destroyed.
"Blader, attack his dragon!" The blader skated across the field, then sliced Frost Dragon in half.
Cecilio: 1900
Alexis: 1700
"Now for Cyber Tutu's special ability! Since all your monsters are stronger than her, she can attack you directly!" Cyber Tutu rushed in with a pirouette kick to Cecilio's face.
Cecilio: 900
Alexis: 1700
"That had to hurt!" Syrus cringed.
"So, you think Cecilio's finished?" Chazz asked, hoping he was.
"No way, he's just getting warmed up." Jaden said smiling, knowing his friend well.
"Your move." Alexis said, ending her turn.
Her Cyber Blader's attack points went back to normal since there was now only one monster on the field (4200-2100/800).
Cecilio rubbed his jaw before drawing his next card. 'Her monsters make quite a power duo. One's good for a straight up brawl and the other can get at you directly. I have to find a way to break this combo.'
He looked over his cards, trying to think of a plan. "I play Pot of Greed and draw two new cards!"
Cecilio drew his cards and checked them out before giving a slight smile. They were both traps and just what he needed to win this duel.
"I set two cards face-down and have Light Dragon attack Cyber Tutu with Burning Light!" Light Dragon gave off another fierce glow destroying the young ballerina.
Cecilio: 900
Alexis: 500
"I end my turn!" The dragon duelist finished, confident in what he's set up.
"This is going to be close!" Syrus said, watching the duel go back and forth.
"Alright!" Alexis drew her card. "I equip Cyber Blader with Fusion Weapon, giving her 1500 attack and defense points!"
Her monster's hand turned into a tri-pronged like blaster (2100-3600/800-2300).
"Now attack, with Trident Shock!" The weapon charged up and fired electricity at the lone dragon.
"Not so fast!" The Dragon duelist shouted activating a face-down with a picture of Frost Dragon protecting another dragon from an attack. "I activate Dragon Protector! If my opponent attacks, I can remove one dragon from play to stop the attack!"
Just before the blast hit Light Dragon, the spirit of Frost Dragon appeared and took the hit instead.
Alexis scowled. "I end my turn."
"Alexis almost had him!" Chazz growled.
"Yeah, now it's Cecilio who has her!" Jaden responded, having a strong feeling as to what that last face down is.
"What do you mean, Jaden?" Dorothy asked, looking at the Slifer.
"You're about to see." He answered, not taking his eyes off the duel.
Cecilio smiled confidently. "Arrepentido. Sorry, Alexis, but this duel's over."
"Huh?"
"I activate my final facedown!" The card flipped up to show a black dragon losing control. "Dragon Rage! I sacrifice one dragon on the field and all other monsters are destroyed. Then the controllers take damage equal to the destroyed monsters' combined attack points."
"Oh no!" Alexis shouted.
Light Dragon gave off a loud roar and a blinding light, making everyone shield their eyes. Cyber Blader screamed as she was destroyed and Alexis fell to her knees as she lost the rest of her life points.
Cecilio: 900
Alexis: 0
After the holograms faded, Cecilio walked over to Alexis and offered her his hand. "That was an amazing duel, Alexis!"
Alexis looked up at him and smiled.
"Yeah, it sure was!" She agreed, taking his hand, helping her up.
The spectators came over to congratulate Cecil, Chazz doing so grudgingly since he wanted Alexis to win. They all talked for a while longer before Dorothy and Alexis left, seeing as the sun was setting. Chazz returned to his room, while Cecilio, Jaden, and Syrus headed to their room, having learned that the room the Dragon duelist had left his stuff in was theirs.
They stayed up and talked for a little while longer before getting ready for bed. Once the lights were out and everything was quiet, Cecilio was surprised at how quiet and overall peaceful it was here compared to back home.
"Oye, Jaden?" Cecil called over the side of the bed to the bottom bunk, Syrus was in the middle.
"Yeah?" came a sleepy reply. Jaden was about to doze off when Cecil got his attention.
"You notice how quiet it is here? Compared to back home?" he asked.
"Yeah," Jay said, now a little more awake thinking about back home. "Here you don't have to worry about break-ins or gangs jumping you."
"Yeah," Cecil said, in a hushed voice. "Almost makes you wish didn't have to go back to it at the end of the year."
"... Yeah." Jaden agreed.
They both fell silent after that, before turning over to go to sleep, the sleep being more restful here than back home. What they didn't know was that Syrus had still been awake during that talk and was now confused and worried for the two LA duelists.
'Gangs? Break-ins? Where in Los Angeles have those two been living?' Syrus wondered before finally drifting off to sleep, though it wasn't as restful as the other boys' were.
And that end the first chapter. This is going to get both interesting yet tense at the same time. This was my second attempt at a Spanish speaking character, hopefully I didn't screw up too bad.
If you're wondering why I mentioned things about the area of LA where they're from, it's going to play a role later in the story. Anyway, read, review, and stay tuned!