Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX, and I never will.
Author's Note: This story plot and characters are a collaboration of work from Eliteslayer, Envy's Boy, Changwoo, Rex Raptor, Snow Tiger, and Me. So thanks Eliteslayer for letting me post this. So thanks for your hard work.
Chapter 1: The first duel which, surprisingly, does not involve the protagonist.
Duel Academy. The school known for raising students to be the strongest duelists possible. And so far, they were doing a pretty good job. This is the story of a group of carefree teenagers, students at the Duel Academy. Of course, as with all stories, their carefree lives were about to change.
It was the day of the DA entrance exams for new students, and the older ones wanted to watch. All along the arena sat the proctors and older students, with a few would-be first years scattered around. Some of them waited uncomfortably for their turns, others, who had either passed or failed their entrance exams, went to the bleachers to watch.
Shinji Souichiro leaned back against his seat, as the entrance exam for Duel Academia began. Although he was a second year student in Obelisk Blue, he was sitting in the Ra Yellow section, so he could be with his friend, the second-year Ra Yellow student, Katanokuto Kenichi.
Shinji was a tall boy, with long black hair that he kept tied in the back. Although he wore the uniform of an Obelisk Blue student, he had the image of the card "The Creator" sewn on his back. He was, after all, the user of a special summoning deck. Or rather, it was one of his decks. He had multiple decks of different strengths, but his undisputed strongest was the special summoning one. In his previous year, Shinji was a student of Ra Yellow. By the end of the year, he was promoted, and through a spectacular duel, he was a candidate to become an Elite that coming year.
Katanokuto was a bit shorter than Shinji, although that's not saying he was short. He had untamed blond hair which seemed to have a mind of its own, and matched the yellow of his Ra Yellow uniform. On his back he carried a shinai, the bamboo training sword used in kendo. Katanokuto came from a long line of swordsmen, and he was no exception. Not only was he the captain of the academy's kendo club, but his deck was filled with swordsmen and sword-based cards. He was Shinji's best friend, even before they were in Duel Academia, so a petty thing like different dorms didn't stop them from talking.
"So, Shinji," Katanokuto said, looking at the applicants duel, "See anyone of interest?"
"Sorry, are we talking about the new examinees or girls?" Shinji asked, having been distracted by a new examinee girl.
"A little of both," Katanokuto said, having noticed the same examinee.
"Then for both, I'd say so," Shinji said, as from somewhere in the room, there came a holographic explosion, signaling someone's victory.
Katanokuto looked down at his deck, where the Swordsman of Landstar was at the top. Although Shinji couldn't understand, Katanokuto could somehow see the spirit of that card, and would often have conversations with it. In fact, that spirit was sometimes wiser than some of the duelists.
"Is that so?" Katanokuto muttered, understanding what the card was saying, then spoke to Shinji and said, "Hey, Shinji, there's a strong one over near that last arena. He looks weak, playing common weak cards, but he's actually winning."
"Really?" Shinji asked, "How can you tell? It's not like we can see their life points from here, just the monsters."
"Call it a hunch," Smirked Katanokuto.
Just hunches wouldn't cut it. Shinji got up from his seat, having seen enough from the Ra Yellow side of the room.
"I don't see any applicants that can match up to either of us," he said, "a few may be lucky enough to get into Yellow, maybe one into Blue, but I think Osiris Red is about to become a lot more crowded."
"Hmm, I wouldn't be too sure," Smirked Katanokuto, "There's still plenty we haven't seen yet."
As Shinji left the bleachers, he overheard a conversation between two students. One was a boy from Ra Yellow, some kid he had only met occasionally when he was in that dorm, the previous year. The other was Benrakuken "Chika" Chikamatsu, the top duelist among the second years. Although he didn't hear the entire conversation, Shinji did hear the Yellow boy say, "I bet I can take you."
"Let me tell you," Shinji interrupted, "I have nothing against students in Ra Yellow, I was among them once myself, but let me assure you, no one who was first placed in Ra Yellow, not even me, can beat Chika. He's one of the few people here I rarely ever win against."
"He's right," Katanokuto, who had followed Shinji, added, "And you won't believe how many times this guy's tried."
"He's just afraid," shrugged the Yellow duelist, a boy by the name of Maiku, seemingly ignorant as to the strength of Obelisk blue. Shinji stared blankly at Maiku for a second, taken aback by the comment. Suddenly, he began laughing.
"Afraid!?" he exclaimed, "Let me tell you, no one in Obelisk Blue is afraid of Ra Yellow students! The only student still in Yellow who stands a chance of beating someone in Blue is right behind me, and you're not the one with a shinai!"
Katanokuto pointed to his shinai at that moment to indicate it was him. As well as the head of the Duel Academia Kendo club, Katanokuto was one of the top-ranked duelists in Ra Yellow, although he didn't like to brag.
"If you think anyone from Obelisk Blue is scared," Shinji continued, "Try to duel them. If they even bother with facing a student of Ra Yellow, consider yourself lucky if you last ten turns!"
"Well, then," insisted the Maiku boy, as he took out his duel disk, "How about we duel?"
"I'll tell you what," Shinji said, "You can duel Katanokuto. If you have what it takes to beat him, then I'll duel against you. Does that sound fair?"
"No complaints from me," Katanokuto said, taking out his own duel disk. He shuffled his deck and added it in, as the disk activated.
"We're both in Ra Yellow," he declared, "So you should have no problems with agreeing to duel with me, unless you want to insult the entirety of our dorm."
"Alright, let's go!" declared Maiku, as he drew a starting hand. Shinji stood back as Katanokuto drew his cards. Dueling in the halls wasn't allowed, but he trusted his friend enough to get it done before they got caught, even if anyone cared.
"I'll go first," Katanokuto said, as he drew, "First card: Swordsman of Landstar (500/1200), in attack mode!"
The tiny warrior appeared on the field, holding its sword for battle. Although many would be surprised as to why he had such a weak card, and why such a card was even in his deck, Katanokuto had plenty of combos to use with his swordsman.
"Next," he continued, "I'll set two cards face-down. Your move."
Maiku drew his sixth card and smiled at what he saw.
"Field Magic Mountain!" he declared, as a mountain ranges appeared, surrounding the duelists. Along with that, he set one more face-down card.
"Now," declared Maiku, "I summon Spirit Ryu (1000/1000) and attack! Of course, Spirit Ryu gains 200 attack points from the field card."
A thin, now-1200 attack dragon appeared and charged forward, aiming for a killing blow. Katanokuto, however, just smiled.
Too bad," said Katanokuto, "Your monster only has 1200 attack points. Normally, it would be good against my Swordsman, but you didn't even notice my set cards. Trap card, activate! Rising Energy!"
The Swordsman of Landstar concentrated, as its strength began to increase. Soon, it countered the Spirit Ryu's attack, and caught the monster's jaws with its sword.
"Through Rising Energy," explained Katanokuto, "I can discard one card from my hand to boost the attack of one monster by 1500. More than enough to allow my Swordsman to defeat your dragon."
The Swordsman of Landstar's attack power increased to 2000, and it struck, cutting through the monster, and decreasing Maiku's LP by 800.
"Now, then," continued the blonde duelist, "That set card looks annoying, so let's get rid of it. Nobleman of Extermination."
A giant soldier appeared, stabbing down at Maiku's set card with a giant sword. The set Negate Attack vanished, cut into two by the magic card.
"Continuing on," Said Katanokuto, "I'll now summon Masaki the Legendary Swordsman (1100/1100), in attack mode." A samurai emerged, unsheathing its long sharp blade.
"Now, my swordsmen," declared Katanokuto, "Attack him directly!"
The two swordsmen lunged, pulling back their blades. Masaki went to the left, Landstar to the right. Altogether they did a total of 1600 points of damage, decreasing Maiku's LP to 1600.
"Your turn," Katanokuto said, as the two warriors returned to his side.
On Katanokuto's side of the field stood Masaki and Landstar, along with one set card, either a magic or a trap. His LP was at 4000, while Maiku's was at 1600. On his opponent's side of the field was only the field magic Mountain.
"One more thing," added Katanokuto, seeing Maiku draw his card, "Now that it's your standby phase, I'll activate my set card, Thunder of Ruler. During this turn, you can't enter your battle phase."
Maiku cursed under his breath as he looked at his hand. Although he couldn't attack, he could still take an offense.
"Summon monster, Sapphire Dragon (1900/1200) in attack mode!" he said, playing another dragonic monster, this one with 1900 attack, "And thanks to my field card, he gains 200 attack points!"
Maiku slipped a card facedown, and then ended his turn. Katanokuto sized up the monster he found himself facing, and grinned.
"Impressive," Katanokuto said, "4 stars and 2100 attack points. Plus that set card may be a problem, but I don't have any counters. What to do..."
He drew his card, then began his move.
"I'll start by summoning Elf Swordsman (1400/1200) in attack mode," he said, as the Celtic Guardian appeared, "Next, I'll equip Swordsman of Landstar with Sword of the Soul-Eater."
The sword in Landstar's hands vanished, and was replaced with a black sword with jagged edges, what seemed to be an eye was at the hilt.
"This card can only be equipped to a level three or lower normal monster," Katanokuto explained, "Once equipped, the sword will absorb the souls of all other normal monsters on my side of the field."
As he talked, Masaki and the Elf Swordsman screamed in pain, as their souls were ripped from their bodies, and transferred to the sword. The empty shells of the monsters turned to dust and vanished.
"Of course, their souls are then put to use," continued Katanokuto, "Increasing the attack of my Landstar Swordsman by 1000 for each monster sacrificed this way. Now, Landstar, attack his dragon!"
The Landstar Swordsman charged, the wicked blade gleaming black in the light. With one mighty swing, the monster struck at the Luster Dragon, striking down with its 2500 attack points against the dragon's 2100. As the two monsters entered into battle, an examiner, taking his break, walked into the halls.
"Hey, you guys!" he yelled, "Only applicants and examiners can duel right now! This duel is prohibited!"
"Oh, crap!" Exclaimed Katanokuto, "We'll end this later!"
The holograms vanished, as Katanokuto and Shinji began running down the halls. Punishment was severe for dueling when prohibited, and neither of them wanted to get caught. By doing so, they spared everyone else the punishment that would have been inflicted, as the examiner was distracted by chasing after them.
"Get back here!" called out the examiner.
"That Yellow guy starts this, then we're the ones that get chased?" Muttered Shinji, "What a rip-off."
Author's Note: Well that is the first chapter of this story. I know the duel really wasn't that exciting, but it will get more exciting by chapter three. Review's are appreciated, whether they be good or constructive criticism. Flames are not excepted.
As Shinji and Katanokuto hide from the proctor and his punishment, they devise a comically effective plan to make their escape. A plan which puts the fate of an academy hopeful in Shinji's hands.
See you next time in Identity Crisis,