Path of a Duelist
Duel 1: He who will walk
"Bro, this is the day I beat you! I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode (A:1900), and now I'll attack you directly!" (LP: 500)
"Heh, Reckless as always Takuya, you'll never be able to beat me if you just stumble blindly into my traps, I activate Magic Cylinder!" (LP: 1500)
"No!" (LP:0)
"Sorry Takuya, you still haven't caught up with me yet"
"Why do I always lose?"
"It's because you still haven't learned the value of your cards, you just throw out whatever monster is strongest and hope to win that way"
"But what's the point in weak monsters!"
"This is my favourite card; I want you to use it"
"But...this card is so weak"
"Trust in it, and one day you might be able to beat me"
"Damn it, Damn it, Damn it!" thought a brown haired boy, barrelling through the crowd "If I had known the streets were going to be so busy, I would have woken up earlier!"
The boy had long light brown hair, which was parted in the middle. His eyes were a bright gleaming blue, which shone with confidence. Attached to his left arm was an old Duel Disk model and attached to his belt was a white deck holder. He currently wore a black short sleeved t-shirt, blue-grey jeans, black and white runners and a grey jumper which was currently left open.
He sighed in relief as he passed through the crowd and was finally able to see a large white building with a domed roof. A crowd was gathering outside it, full of the eager faces of applicants and the bored looking faces of the people who were already students.
"Made it!" he thought slowing down into a fast walk, he pulled out a phone with a rainbow coloured case on it and checked the time "And with fifteen minutes to spare, guess I should hurry up and sign in"
He spotted a few people sitting behind desks, with laptops and who were handing out little white cards, he then walked over to the one closest to him. Behind the desk sat a Black haired woman in her mid-to-late twenties. She had long black hair, tied up in a little bun. Perched on her nose was a set of thin framed glasses. She was wearing a yellow coat with white trimming and a knee length skirt, the outfit was completed with grey shoes that had little yellow orbs on either side. Her eyes were a dark green.
"Hello" she said to boy as he stopped before her "Would you please tell me your name?"
"Hello, my names Miyazaki Takuya" Takuya responded warmly.
The woman turned to the laptop and after a few clicks found what she was looking for "Miyazaki Takuya, Age 16, born June 7th, did not attend the Duelist Prep School?"
"That's me alright"
"Alright Takuya, your exam number is 374, so your written test will be in room 10" She said producing a pen and writing down the number 374 onto a white card "You should hurry and get there as soon as possible, the exam is starting in about...ten minutes"
"Thank you Ms..." Takuya replied taking the white card the woman was offering him.
"Prof. Fujikawa"
"Thank you Prof. Fujikawa" Takuya said walking towards the large white building in front of him.
"Miyazaki Takuya, eh? I wonder if he's related to you, Katsuya." Fujikawa thought as Takuya walked off "He does look a lot like you, and you did always go and on about your brother..."
Takuya groaned as he glanced at the last question on his paper. The questions up till now had been a mix of very basic easy questions, intermediate but still moderately easy questions and questions so damn hard it was impossible to believe anybody who wasn't an amazingly intelligent, savant godlike being could answer them. Then again maybe Takuya was just being bitter.
"I think this might be right...I hope" thought Takuya as he wrote down the answer that had popped into his head.
Finishing he looked around him. The room was rather large, holding about 30-35 people, all of whom were busy writing or looking over they're paper. Well all except one. One boy towards the front was busy drawing on the wall next to him. This boy, if the frustrated shouting of the teacher supervising the exam, was named Akatsuchi Chiba. He had spiky hair, which was somewhere between blonde and orange in colour. He had light green eyes, which were dull with boredom. A ringed piercing stuck out of his lips, the ring was gold in colour and looked pretty expensive. His left hand was currently stuck in the pocket of his red jumper, while his right was, of course, drawing a mixture of profanity and oddly shaped dragons. He wore black jeans and black boots.
"Miyazaki, if you're finished you should take this time to look over your work!" yelled the supervisor.
"I guess I should at least check and see if I've missed anything" Takuya thought turning his paper back to page 1.
Further up Chiba had momentarily stopped drawing on the wall "Miyazaki? As in Miyazaki Katsuya? No couldn't be him, he's already graduated from duel academy, plus he disappeared...maybe it's a sibling or a cousin or someone with the same name" Finished thinking he went back to drawing on the wall, much to the chagrin of the supervisor who believed for a second Chiba had finally given up.
"I would like to welcome you all to the Duel Academy entrance exams"
Once the applicants had finished their written exams they were ushered into the main duel arena. The field had been separated into twelve different duel fields. In the middle of the duel fields a man dressed in a blue trench coat with white trim, black trousers and white boots, stood addressing the crowd. He was a balding man wearing circular frames and his eyes were a dark blue colour. On one side of the fields was the applicants while on the other side the current student body of the academy were watching the duels.
"My name is Vice-Principle Miyagi, and I would like to stress, that though not all of you shall make it into the academy, you should all strive to fulfil your dreams none-the-less" He said addressing the applicants "Normally, this is where I would introduce the Principal, but unfortunately...she has decided to stay on holiday in Florida for a few more days, she has however sent us a card with speech she has written" he produced a post card with a picture of a large body of water, he quickly read the back "...She sends you all her love...and wishes you good luck...Okay...anyway, we'll now begin calling you out randomly for your duels"
With that he left, leaving the applicants confused, the students however were conversing amongst themselves, as though they were privy to information the applicants were not.
"That...that was a little wierd" Takuya thought grimacing.
"Will applicants numbered, 325, 158, 277, 101, 323, 42, 1, 99, 125, 300, 124, and 5 please report to duel fields A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and L respectively, thank you" came a voice over the intercom.
"Now it begins. Time to watch some duels"
Ten minutes later, in the student area.
"Man, some of these guys are actually pretty good" said a white haired boy, he was wearing a white trench coat with blue trim, black trousers and grey boots with white orbs on either side, strapped to his left arm was a silver academy issue duel disk with blue markings, his trench coat hung open revealing a black t-shirt and a blue crystal necklace. His blue eyes were darting between each of duels taking place below him as he leaned on the railing which prevented him from falling "What do you think Jin?"
Behind him was a boy dressed in the same clothes as the white haired boy, although his coat was closed. He had spiky black hair and grey eyes, his duel disk was strapped to his right arm instead of his left.
"Some of them are alright, but others are a bit...lacking" replied Jin
"...Well not everybody is going to be as good as the Kaiser..." the white haired boy retorted.
"My rank has nothing to do with it Ichigo" Jin sighed running a hand through his hair "All I'm saying is some of these people just don't have that spark"
"...You should see this guy, I think he might have the spark you're talking about" Ichigo said eyes widening
"Hm?"
Duel Field A
A Duelist with long black hair, which reached his back, wearing a long black trench coat, black jeans and black boots was duelling against a proctor with black hair wearing a blue trench coat. The Duelist had brown eyes.
"Well, you may have managed to avoid taking damage so far, but next turn you're in for a world of pain" the proctor said, on his field he had a yellow skinned demon, holding a large double bladed staff, wearing blue armor adorned with purple orbs "Next turn, my Vorse raider is gonna tear into you!"(Vorse Raider A:1900)
"Unfortunately for you, I'm not going to let that happen" replied the Duelist, he had no cards on his field.
(P: 2000)(D: 4000)
"This duel has come to an end" The Duelist said calmly drawing a card which he barely even noticed to his hand, bringing it up the total cards in his hand to five.
"Oh please, even you could summon a monster strong enough to destroy my monster, he'd need to have 3900 attacks points to end this duel!" the Proctor retorted
"Hm, I activate the spell card Lightning Vortex" the Duelist said slamming a green bordered card into his duel dick "By discarding a card from my hand all face-up monsters on your field are destroyed!"
"Damn, Vorse Raider!" shouted the Proctor as his field was hit by a massive bolt of lightning, shattering the monster into millions of pixels.
"Because you tried I'll let you witness the power of my deck!" The Duelist said, sliding another card into his duel disk "I activate Monster Reborn to special summon the card I just discarded for Lightning Vortex. Be reborn and appear before me, Heavenly Dragon Utopia!"
In a flash of light, a large humanoid dragon appeared. It had white scales and some red armor on its body. Its eyes were Golden in colour, and it's wings were outstretched as it let out a tremendous roar. (Heavenly Dragon Utopia A: 3000)
"Woah, that's one big dragon!" The proctor shouted eyes widened.
"Utopia is half of my soul, and with it I will win this duel, and enter the academy as a Duelist!" roared the Duelist "My name is Nara Kamui, and don't any of you forget it, for one day I will be the King of Games, now attack Utopia, Finality field!"
The Dragon let out a massive roar once more, as a field of energy emitted from his body and covered the whole duel field. When the attack had died down the Dragon dispersed into orbs of light which then faded away.
"Well done applicant!" Proctor said smiling "You've passed the exam with flying colours"
"That was a good duel, maybe I'll duel you again someday" Kamui said walking away from the duel field.
Jin sweatdropped "He was a little, dramatic...wasn't he?"
"Does that matter?" Ichigo asked "That was an amazing duel"
"Yeah...He might actually pose a challenge; it's difficult to find a good duel when the only people who might be able to defeat me are you and Yui..." Jin said rubbing his chin.
"Speaking of Yui, where is she?"
"She said she wasn't coming, something about not caring about the incoming freshmen..."
"Sounds like her" sighed Ichigo
"Hey Kamui, nice duel man!" Chiba yelled running over to the duelist who was currently looking for a seat "I can't believe you managed to win without taking damage!"
"Oh...I forgot you were here" sighed Kamui "Please keep your voice down, you're giving me a headache"
"Cold as always..." Chiba said with a sigh "Do you think Miho was watching you're duel from the student stands"
"Yeah, she probably got all of her prep school friends to watch it too" Kamui replied taking a seat.
"I haven't duelled yet, but man it's gonna be cool"
"I don't care"
"Can't you just drop the cool guy act and be a friend for once?" Chiba asked glaring at his friend.
"We're not friends, we are collectively Miho's friends but individually we are acquaintances" answered Kamui putting his feet up on the back of the seat in front of him.
"...Dude, we've known each other longer than we've known Miho" Chiba said shaking his head.
"...Shut up"
"Would Applicant number 374 please report to Duel Field C, I repeat Applicant 374 please report to duel field C" announced the intercom.
"That you?" Kamui asked
"No, I thought you didn't care?" retorted Chiba pouting
"I don't, I just want you gone"
In a box overlooking the duel arena Prof. Fujikawa sat watching the duels. She had discarded her glasses on a table beside her leg. She looked rather bored watching the duels.
"What's wrong Kira? Not enjoying the show?" Vice-Principle Miyagi said walking up behind her, a warm smile on his face.
"I just wish I could be down there" she replied "Sometimes I just hate watching other people duel"
"Well consider your wish fulfilled" Miyagi said producing a deck "You're to report to Duel Field C, your opponent is number 374"
"Number 374 eh?" She said jumping to her feat and taking the deck "Miyazaki Takuya? Is he Katsuya's brother?"
"Ask him" Miyagi replied sitting down "I'm not sure"
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"Here it is" Takuya thought as he entered Duel Field C "I'll definitely get into the academy, with this deck you gave me, just watch!"
Standing across from him Prof. Fujikawa was waiting with her duel disk on her right arm, ready for the duel to come. She had let her hair down and had a fierce look in her eyes. She was shuffling her deck.
"Welcome Applicant number 374" She said placing her deck into her duel disk "I am Prof. Fujikawa and I will be your opponent today"
"Hello again Prof. Fujikawa" Takuya said, he quickly shuffled his deck and then placed it into his duel disk.
"If you are prepared, let's begin" she said activating her duel disk.
Takuya nodded activating his duel disk "I'm going to win, don't you forget it!"
"DUEL" They shouted in unison drawing five cards.
(T: 4000)(F: 4000)
"I'll take the first turn" Fujikawa said drawing a card "As is common in the Pro Duelling circuit, I will set a monster in defence card and another card in my spell and trap card zone, turn end" Two cards appeared in front of Fujikawa, one was set lengthways across and the one behind it was set width ways across.
"Not much of a turn is it" Takuya replied.
"Just because it is minimalistic, doesn't make it useless" Fujikawa retorted with a smile
(T: 4000)(F: 4000)
"My turn! Draw!" yelled Takuya ripping a card from his deck "Unlike you, I like to take a more active approach to duelling, I summon my Illuminated Knight to the field in attack mode"
In a flash a knight in white armor appeared. Emblazoned on his chest was a golden dragon with outstretched wings. Using both hands he held aloft a golden handled claymore. (Illuminated knight A: 1900)
"I'll show you the power of the deck, my brother gave me! Go Illuminated Knight, attack her defence position monster!" Takuya shouted
"His brother?! Does he mean Katsuya?" thought Fujikawa as the Illuminated Knight slashed her monster in half "The card you just destroyed was Giant Rat (Giant Rat D: 1450) and when he's destroyed I can special summon one earth monster with 1500 or less attack, I choose another Giant Rat!" She quickly searched her deck and produced a card, after shuffling her deck she then placed the card into her duel disk.
"A searcher eh?" Takuya questioned as a large snarling rat standing on its hind legs appeared in front of his opponent "Well it doesn't matter, because when my monster deals piercing damage!"
"Hmph" Fujikawa grunted as her Life Points fell (F: 3550)
"I set one magic or trap card and end my turn" said Takuya as another card appeared in front of him.
(T: 4000)(F: 3550)
"Draw" Fujikawa said adding a card to her hand "I take this time to activate my face-down jar of greed, now I can draw another card"
"What are you planning?" Takuya asked as Fujikawa drew another card, she smirked.
"I'll show you, I tribute my Giant Rat to summon Zaborg The Thunder Monarch(ZTTM A: 2400)!" Fujikawa said as a large monster in white and gold armor appeared, he had green hair and had large gauntlets.
"Monarchs!" Takuya shouted in disbelief "Just my luck, I hate Monarchs!"
"When Zaborg is Tribute summoned I can destroy one monster on the field, so bye bye Illuminated Knight!"
"No, not my Knight!" Takuya yelled as his monster was struck by lightning and exploded into pixels.
"Now Zaborg, attack him directly, Bring Down the Lightning" Fujikawa pointed at Takuya as her monster charged up electricity in his hands, he then threw a large of electricity at Takuya.
"GAH" roared Takuya as he was hit by the electricity. (T: 1600)
"And I take the lead, your turn" smiled Fujikawa "If you really are Katsuya's brother, you'll be able to find a way out of this"
(T: 1600)(F: 3550)
"You've never let me down before deck, so let's show her what we can do!" thought Takuya drawing a card, he smiled "I summon Illuminated Barbarian to the field in attack mode!"
A massive man wearing white fur armor, holding a large golden axe appeared in front of Takuya, he let out a blood curdling roar. (Illuminated Barbarian A: 2400)
"That's a really powerful monster, any drawbacks?" asked Fujikawa
"If he is in face up defence mode, he is destroyed and if he attacks I must pay 500 life points" replied Takuya selecting a card from his hand.
"That's a pretty big drawback"
"You pay for what you get" replied Takuya slamming a card into his duel disk "I activate the spell card double summon, which allows me to normal summon once more"
"Hm, so you're going for a double KO" Fujikawa stated "Smart move, he can deal damage to me and get rid of my monarch"
"It's a pretty predictable strategy, but it works. Now I summon my Illuminated Sorcerer" replied Takuya as a man in a hooded white rob with gold trim, holding a golden book with a white dragon with wings outstretched emblazoned upon it in his right hand, appeared (Illuminated Sorcerer A: 1300) "Now Barbarian attack her Zaborg!" (T: 1100)
The Barbarian lurched forward and swung his axe, it sliced straight through Zaborgs right arm. Zaborg retaliated by punching through the Barbarians chest with a fist of electricity, both monsters then exploded into pixels.
"Now Sorcerer, attack her directly!"
Fujikawa grunted as the Sorcerer ran forward and slapped her with his book. (F: 2250)
"I'll end my turn with a face-down" Takuya said as another card appeared in front of him "My Face-down mirror force will stop any monster she has in her tracks, then if I draw a monster with 1000 or more attack points I'll win next turn."
(T: 1100)(F: 2250)
"My turn" Fujikawa said drawing a card from her deck "I activate reload, I shuffle my hand back into my deck and draw a new one"
"I'm ready for whatever you can throw at me!" Takuya yelled as she drew a new hand.
"Unfortunately for you, no you're not" Fujikawa said smirking "It's a shame, the academy could use more duelists like him" "I activate my own double summon, this as you know allows me two normal summon twice this turn"
Takuya shuddered "This'll be another Monarch...please please...Anything but Mobius"
"First I summon my final Giant Rat (A: 1400), but he's not sticking around because I'm going to tribute him to summon Mobius the Frost Monarch!" shouted Fujikawa as giant rat appeared and then exploded into light and was replaced by a monster in white armor wearing a long blue cape.
"No" mumbled Takuya "There's no way...no way I can win now"
"When Mobius is summoned I can destroy two spell or trap cards on the field, I choose your two trap cards" Mobius shot two spikes of ice straight at Takuyas face-down cards.
"I activate my Light of Renewal trap card, I get to draw two cards, but at the end of this turn I must discard two cards" Takuya said as the first card he played shot up, the picture on the card was that of two face-down cards bathed in light, he then drew two cards. "You"
"Your other card is still destroyed however" Fujikawa replied flippantly "And now it's over, Mobius attack his Sorcerer!"
"..." Mobius gathered power and shot a large spike of ice at Illuminated Sorcerer who exploded in a cloud of dust.
"Man, you were right Jin, some of these people just don't have it in them...poor kid" Ichigo said smiling sadly.
"Don't get ahead of yourself Ichigo, his name was Miyazaki right?" Jin replied
"Yeh, so?"
"I remember a Pro Duelist who disappeared years back, his name was Miyazaki Katsuya, I saw him duel a few times" Jin said folding his arms "I think they're related.
"I remember him too, he was one of my heroes, but still they're probably not related"
"Even if they aren't related, which I'm pretty sure they are. I've seen the look that kid had in his eyes, the look of a Duelist who hasn't given up, just watch, here comes an amazing turn around"
"And I thought that Takuya guy might actually win for a second..." Chiba said relaxing back in his seat.
"Don't be so quick to assume he lost" Kamui retorted "Because he definitely hasn't"
"How do you know?" Chiba asked as Kamui stood up.
"You'll see Chiba" Kamui said walking away "Miyazaki Takuya, if you're related to my idol at all, you'll definitely win...and when that happens, I'll be here to see how strong you are for myself, but until then it would be cheating to continue watching your duel"
"Hey! HEY! Where are you going?! KAMUI?!" shouted Chiba waving towards his friend "What an asshole...Wait what the hell is going on down there?!"
"How are you still standing?" Fujikawa asked as the dust cleared (F: 2250)
"I take no damage from a battle involving Illuminated Sorcerer" Takuya said placing his monster into his graveyard (T: 1100)
"Hm, very well, I play the continuous spell card, March of the Monarchs" Fujikawa said as the card appeared in front of her "Now Monarchs cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects, until my second standby phase after this card is activated, in which case this card is destroyed, your turn"
(T: 1100)(F: 2250)
"Here it goes, Draw!" Takuya tore a card from his deck "All I need is my ace, I can win this" He checked the card and smiled, he then added it to his hand and picked another card "I set this monster in defence mode, your turn"
"I believe this a case of hypocrisy" Fujikawa said smiling
"As you said, minimalistic...but important"
(T: 1100)(F: 2250)
"I doubt your card is Maneater" Fujikawa drawing a card "It's probably a searcher or just a stall card but no matter, I win anyway I summon Mystic Tomato (Mystic Tomato A: 1400)"
Takuya smirked unnoticeably as the giant Tomato with a demonic face appeared before Fujikawa. "Why don't you attack it and find out?"
"Hm, I think I'll do just that! Mobius, destroy that card!" Mobius shot a giant spike of ice that hit the card and exploded in a cloud of dust "Now mystic Tomato finish him"
"I don't think so!" Takuya said holding up a card "The card you just destroyed was Glowdust Kuriboh (Glowdust Kuriboh D: 200), and when he's destroyed the battle phase ends immediately and I get two glowdust tokens"
"Glowdust Kuriboh? That's Miyazaki Katsuya's card" Fujikawa said
"Katsuya? Katsuya was my older brother" Takuya replied smiling as he placed the card into his graveyard "He gave me this card, to teach me the value of my cards!"
"Sounds, Like something he'd do" Fujikawa said stifling a giggle "I'll end my turn"
(T: 1100)(F: 2250)
"Did she know big brother?" Takuya said drawing a card "Here it goes my turnaround!"
"Bold words coming from someone with two zero attack point tokens on his field and nothing else" Fujikawa said smiling.
"I sacrifice my tokens to summon my ace card!" Takuya yelled as his tokens exploded into light, from the light stepped forth a Knight dressed in white armor with gold trim and a long flowing gold cape. A long pony tail of golden blonde hair flowed out from his helmet and he had piercing blue eyes. In one hand he held aloft a white longsword with golden edges and a golden handle, in the other he held a circular gold shield with a white dragon with wings outstretched emblazoned on it "Illuminated Paladin (Illuminated Paladin A: 2500)
"Heh, looks like you miscalculated, if you attack Mystic Tomato I'll only lose 1100 life points, plus I'll have another card for tribute fodder" Fujikawa reprimanded "Looks like you go ahead of yourself"
"Illuminated Paladin, attack Mobius!" Takuya shouted as his monster shot forth brandishing his blade.
"What!?"
"When my Paladin destroys a monster you take damage equal to your monsters attack!" Takuya said as his monster sliced Mobius in half who exploded into pixles. He then continued forth and sliced downward at Fujikawa.
"Gah" grunted Fujikawa as the Paladin's blade hit her (F: 0)
(T: 1100)(F: 0)
"That was a great duel Prof. Fujikawa, but I gotta ask" Takuya said "Did you know my brother?"
"Yeah, I knew him" Fujikawa said smiling sadly "We went to this academy together he was a good friend, but we can discuss this later, welcome to the academy Miyazaki Takuya, you've passed your exam"
"Well...I guess you were right Jin" Ichigo said turning to his friend "But then again, I guess that's why you're the Kaiser and I'm just third place"
"I can't believe it" Jin replied "Miyazaki Katsuya's brother is going to be coming to duel academy...I wonder if he'll be much an opponent against my deck"
"Probably not, considering he's a first year...and you're the Kaiser..." Ichigo replied
Later after the exams.
Outside Kamui was waiting across from the arena. On his way out Chiba noticed Kamui and ran over to him.
"Where'd you go man?" Chiba asked staring at his friend
"I went for a walk and a bite to eat, did that Miyazaki kid win?" Kamui replied.
"Yeah, pulled some monster out of his ass and destroyed Mobius with it, it was fun to watch" Chiba answered breathing into his hands to warm them "I beat my proctor too"
"I don't care" replied Kamui walking away.
"Hey, you're not even going to wait for Miho?" Chiba called after him "You really are an ass!"
Takuya was whistling as he walked home from the exams. "Prof. Fujikawa huh? Was there something going on between you two, Katsuya? It doesn't matter, I'm going to surpass you, I refuse to live in your shadow"
"Hey Takuya, you like Glowdust Kuriboh right?"
"Uh huh, he's the best!"
"Yeah, want a card that can be used with Glowdust Kuriboh?"
"Yes please!"
"Here, it's called Illuminated Paladin"
"Thanks Bro!"
"Hahahahahaha, hey calm down little bro"
"One day...I will beat you"
Next time,
Takuya heads to duel academy by boat, but his trip isn't going to be an easy one. He is challenged by one Nara Kamui. Who will win, Takuya or Kamui.
Find out next time,
Duel 2,
He who will be king