Coral: Before you all judge me, I know what I said about wanting to do one story at a time, but I had this imagination in my head for quite a while now and I just want it to be published! So do not judge me for being so selfish!

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'thoughts'

Language other than Japanese (this is english sub after all)

It was a nice and normal day at Duel Academy. Many students were in class, waiting for their first period teacher to come and teach them things that involves dueling. Usually that would be the case. Today, however, some students were conversing about rumors of a transfer student.

"I heard the transfer is cheery," one said.

"More like dangerous, from what I heard," another said.

"Think it's a boy?" a female asked.

"I heard the transfer did really well on the written part of the exam."

"Some of the teachers said that her dueling style was unique."

"I heard this kid's parents are famous, but I don't know what for."

"What are they talking about?" Yuki Judai asked.

"Apparently, we're going to have a new student here," Marufuji Shou told him.

"Seriously?"

"It's true," came Daichi Misawa's voice. "I heard my headmaster talking to your's about this student."

"Sweet. So then, when is the transfer going to be here?"

"Today," answered Tenjouin Asuka's voice. "I saw a boat eariler on the way here. A boy our age got off with his luggage."

"If he's our age, then he might have the same class as us," Shou said.

"Unless if he's older than he looks," Misawa added.

Just then, their teacher, Professor Chronos, walked in. All the students ceased their talking and faced the front.

"Now then, before we start, we have a new duelist joining us today," he began. "Please come in."

"Yes sir!" came a reply. The door opened, revealing a boy with black hair and amber eyes, wearing an Osiris Red uniform. "Hi! Nice to-!" As he was greeting his fellow classmates, he tripped on something and landed face-flat on the floor. Seeing that caused some students, mainly most of Obelisk, to laugh at him.

"Hey, are you okay?" Shou asked in a concerned tone.

"Heheh. Don't mind me," he assured in English. "I'm fine. Now, as I was saying, it's nice to meet you everyone. My name's Fiore Kohaku. I'm from America, however I travel a lot with my parents so I know practically every language. It was only recently that my parents allowed me to go to school here. To be truthful, this is actually my first time being in school, so do go easy on me."

Seeing how kind, laid-back and foreign he is threw everyone back. Although he said he's American, his Japanese was perfect and, in the girls' eyes, he's quite cute. And he seems so calm, keeping that smile on his face even after that first impression.

"Yosh. Now that introduction is over, sit over there next to Signore Yuki," Chronos instructed.

"Okay." Was the reply he got as Kohaku suddenly got on the teacher's desk and jumped over to an empty seat next to the chesnut-haired Osiris. Seeing his reflexes had shocked everyone in the room. "What?"

"What the hell were you doing?!" the professor demanded.

"I got to my seat."

"You could've used the stairs!"

"Wouldn't that take too much time? I don't want to feel guilty wasting your lesson."

Chronos was speechless at how strangely kind the new student is. Despite the fact that he wanted to lecture him about doing something so dangerous, he has class to teach and certain students to try to give trouble to.

*KOHAKU'S P.O.V*

It was the end of the school day. For my first day... it was really boring. All the things that the teachers taught today were things that I already knew. Hey, just because I traveled all the time doesn't mean that I never took any kind of classes. Gym, on the other hand, was the one class that I enjoyed. My body would've fallen asleep if it wasn't for that class. Besides that, for a school that teaches dueling, there are no duels going on. That just brought my expectations for this place down.

That's not the only problem. The other problem was the color code. Apparently, red is the worst, blue is the best, and yellow is in between. Seeing the discrimination that some of the blue students gave me and my fellow red sickened me. I would've shown my disgust, but like my dad always said, "Don't do anything negative. If you think about something bad, think something good. If you want to cry or scream, just laugh it off. Smile is the most important thing in the world." Not once has my smile faltered since he said those words to me, not even from the discrimination.

"But even so, I would be a lot more happier if I could have even one duel," I said out loud to myself. I was wandering around the hall, finding a room that holds a lot of duels. I could care less if it was a table duel; I want to duel.

Luckily, I found myself in what seems to be a duel field. Unfortunately, it's vacant. Though that didn't stop me from taking a look around.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing here?!" came a voice from above. I looked up and saw a pair of Obelisks looking down at me.

"Taking a look around. What? Is that against the rule?" I said in a cheery, laid-back tone.

"Yeah. This is Obelisk Area. Red dropouts like you aren't welcome," said the guy with brown spiky hair.

"If this is for Obelisks only, why isn't this place at your dorm?"

"Because only Obelisks who wants to duel with weaker dorms can duel here."

"In that case, duel me. I was looking for a duel since school ended." I was hoping for a yes, despite the fact we're from different dorms.

"Heh. Yeah right. We don't want to duel against someone who trips," said the blue-haired boy with glasses. Seeing how they hold their pride, I knew what I had to do.

"Yeah, you're right. Why would someone of such a high rank want to duel against someone like me and lose horribly?" I taunted.

"What was that?!" they asked.

"Why would someone of such a high rank want to duel against someone like me and lose horribly?!" I repeated, raising my voice.

"Why you..."

"If you want a duel, you got one!" Hook, line, and sinker. "You just wait right here while we go and get our duel disks!"

"Sure thing, losers~!" I waved, as they left. Hearing them growl meant that they wouldn't hold back against me. Just what I wanted anyway.

*OUTSIDE, GENERAL'S P.O.V*

Just outside the arena, Judai and his friends were walking by. They saw Raizou and Taiyou exit the building with an annoyed look on their faces.

"What's with you guys?" Judai dared to ask.

"Well, if it isn't the dropout boy who Manjoume lost to during the field exam," Taiyou said in disgust.

"Don't be rude," Asuka scolded. "Now why are you two running?"

"Getting our duel disks that's why," Raizou answered before looking at Judai, Shou and Hayato. "One of your kind went and thought he was better than us. So, as elites, we decided to take matters into our hands and teach him a lesson. You are welcome to watch and see what happens when you dropouts don't learn your place." With that, they took their leave.

"An Osiris Red besides Judai is dueling an Obelisk Blue?" Misawa summarized in a questioned tone.

"That couldn't be. No other Osiris Red would want to duel against an Obelisk Blue like Aniki," Shou pointed out.

"Unless if they're Judai," Hayato added.

"Maybe. But what if it was the transfer student?" Asuka also pointed out.

It was silent for a moment between this group of friends.

"Why don't we go and watch? I want to know what kind of cards he has!" Judai suggested.

"You're saying that because you want to duel him, don't you Aniki?" Shou guessed.

"That too." Knowing Judai, it was hopeless to talk him out of it, but the others were also interested to see how Kohaku duels.

*KOHAKU'S P.O.V*

I don't know if it was them or someone else, but apparently we now have a small audience, mostly male Obelisk Blues. This just make things even better for me in a way.

"Hope you're ready, dropout," the spiky haired guy, who I learned was Raizou, said.

"Yeah, we don't want you to cry after this," the blue-haired guy, who is Taiyou, added.

"Trust me, I won't," I said happily. And it seems that seeing my unfazed face just irritates them even more.

"DUEL!" we shouted, drawing your starting hand.

Taiyou: 4000 LP
Raizou: 4000 LP
Kohaku: 4000 LP

"I'll start first!" Taiyou drew his sixth card. "I summon Armored Warrior Zombie!" A zombie in brown samurai armor appeared.

Armored Warrior Zombie: DARK/Level 3/Zombie/1500 ATK/0 DEF

"Then I equip Armored Warrior Zombie with Black Pendant." The monster then had on what looks like a necklace.

Armored Warrior Zombie: 1500 + 500 = 2000 ATK

"I set one card face-down and end my turn."

"Then I'm next," I said, as I drew my card. It was here that I did my thing. "Hola~! Bonjour~! Hello everybody~! It is now time to witness Fiore Kohaku's Dueling Style! First off, I activate my Field Magic, Circus Show!" I placed my magic card in the Field Spell card zone. At that point, the whole arena became a circus. I quickly climbed up the ladder of a pole near me. Once I got to the top, I leaped up, much to the audiences shock. "Next, I will activate my Instant Magic, Early Performance! This lets me Special Summon a Level 4 or lower 'Circus Freak' monster from my hand or deck. From my deck, I Special Summon Circus Freak Swinger!" As if on cue, swings suddenly appeared with a little girl wearing a clown's outfit hanging on it.

Circus Freak Swinger: DARK/Level 3/Spellcastor/500 ATK/500 DEF

My summoned monster then grabbed hold of me.

"And now, witness Circus Show's effect! Everytime a 'Circus Freak' monster is summoned, it gains a Circus Counter!" Just then a balloon ball appeared, which happens to be a counter. "Also, for each counter, it gives my opponent's monsters a little make-up~!"

"Make-up?" Taiyou repeated in a questioned tone.

"Hey Taiyou! Your monster!" Raizou warned. A Make-up kit magically floated over to the monster. It put some white powder on its face, making it look like a clown's, much to their shock. Everyone else giggled, mainly the Osiris.

Armored Warrior Zombie: 2000 - 200 = 1800 ATK

"Of course, where there are swings, there are trapeze artists~!" Swinger threw me high into the air. "I summon Circus Freak Trapeze Artist!" A guy in tights came down and grabbed onto Swinger's hands.

Circus Freak Trapeze Artist: DARK/Level 4/Spellcastor/1400 ATK/1000 DEF

Our performance got our audience excited. I landed on the swings. "And with another 'Circus Freak' monster summoned, your zombie gets more make-over!" Now a clown's hat was on it as another balloon ball appeared.

Armored Warrior Zombie: 1800 - 100 = 1600 ATK

"I set two cards face-down and end my turn."

"My turn. Draw!" Raizou drew his next card. "I summon Bowganian!" A green eyeball-like monster with arms and a bow of some kind appeared next to the zombie.

Bowganian: DARK/Level 3/Machine/1300 ATK/1000 DEF

However, like its companion, Bowganian also fell victim to Circus Show's effect and became a clown's head, the rubber nose blocking its pupil, and wearing a clown's hat.

Bowganian: 1300 - 400 = 900 ATK

"Battle! Bowganian attacks Swinger!" Raizou ordered. His monster shot out a fire arrow at my swinging monster.

"Reverse card open! Grand Escape!" I countered, activating my face-down. Swinger tossed Trapeze Artist into the air. She then got on her swing and grabbed hold of me, leaping off it to evade the attack.

"What?!"

"Great Escape is a Reverse Trap that activates when a 'Circus Freak' monster I control is targeted for an attack. It allows me to negate that attack and end the Battle Phase. Also, for every monster on my opponent's side that didn't declare an attack this turn, I draw a card. You have two monsters on your field. I negated one attack. So I draw one card." Just as I draw my new card, Swinger summoned another swing and landed on it. Trapeze Artist came and grabbed hold of it.

"Nice one!" "That was amazing!" I heard from my fellow Reds.

"I set three cards. Turn end," Raizou ended.

"Then it's my turn. Draw!" My smile got bigger at the sight of my new card. My ace card. "Now then, everybody. This show's main star will now make his appearance. It's time for the Grand Finale!" I declared, jumping off the swings. "I release Circus Freak Swinger and Circus Freak Trapeze Artist to Advance Summon, my ace card, Circus Freak Time Space Magician!" Swinger and Trapeze Artist both left the field. In their place is a guy in a magician's outfit with a cane and mask.

Circus Freak Time Space Magician: DARK/Level 7/Spellcastor/2500 ATK/2000 DEF

Just as I was about to fall face-flat, my magician used his powers and lessened my fall, allowing me to land on my feet. The audience applauded at this act. "Thank you!"

"Heh. I figured you would summon out a strong monster," Raizou laughed. "Trap card open! Pitfall of the Hades! This card destroys a monster with 1500 or more ATK and banishes it!" A hole appeared below my ace, who fell in. "How's that? You're monster is now gone."

"Hmm... I wonder about that~" I playfully asked. This brought confusion to everyone's faces, until they saw Time Space Magician float out of the hole, his staff replaced with an opened up umbrella.

"Hah?!" my opponents gasped.

"Time Space Magician's effect prevents all Spell and Trap cards that targets or destroys 'Circus Freak' monsters from activating." My ace landed next to me, his umbrella changing back into his staff.

"Then that means Pitfall of the Hades had no effect on him," a member of the audience summarized.

"That's right. And let's not forget Circus Show's effect. Since a Circus Freak monster was summoned, it gains another counter." A third balloon ball appeared and both monsters now wear clown suits. Seeing such... fearsome monsters become like this caused the small group of people watching to burst into laughter or chuckle and the two Obelisks to fume in anger.

Armored Warrior Zombie: 1600 - 200 = 1400 ATK

Bowganian: 900 - 200 = 700 ATK

"Now I activate the Continuous Trap, Redo. This card allows me to Special Summon a 'Circus Freak' monster back in Defense Position. Time for Act 2, Circus Freak Swinger!" The little girl came back with her swing. This added another balloon and replaced the monster's weapons with a balloon or a squirt gun. Of course, it also brought more laughs.

Armored Warrior Zombie: 1400 - 200 = 1200 ATK

Bowganian: 700 - 200 = 500 ATK

"And now, I activate Magic card, Team Performance. I target one 'Circus Freak' monster I control and, for each Circus Counter on the field, I can raise that monster's ATK by 300 and it can make multiple attacks equal to the number of 'Circus Freak' monsters on the field during this card's activation. There are four Circus Counters and two 'Circus Freak' monsters. The target is Time Space Magician."

"Um... Four times 300 plus 2500 is... Uh..."

"3700 ATK," a female Obelisk Blue answered for an Osiris.

"And if it can attack a number of times equal to the number of 'Circus Freak' monsters, it can attack twice," another Osiris said.

"That's correct," I confirmed as my magician gained more power.

Circus Freak Time Space Magician: 2500 + 1200 = 3700 ATK

"But wait, there's more~. I activate Circus Freak Swinger's monster effect. Once per turn, I can equip this card to a 'Circus Freak' monster I control. That monster gains 100 ATK and DEF for each Circus Counter on the field and can attack my opponent directly!"

"EEEHHHHHH?!" my opponents gasped, eyes bulging out. Swinger widened her swing and brought it low to our level, allowing us to get on it with her.

Circus Freak Time Space Magician: 3700 + 400 = 4100 ATK

"Battle! Circus Freak Time Space Magician! Attack the players directly! Time-Spacial Stream Buster!" I declared. My ace leaped from his spot and fired two streams of energy at Taiyou and Raizou, ending the duel in one move. Or was that two moves?

Taiyou: 0 LP
Raizou: 0 LP
Kohaku: 4000 LP

WINNER: KOHAKU!

As soon as the duel was over, all the reds and yellows cheered and applauded at my victory. The blues on the other hand... I may have gotten myself more duels for today.

"Nice duel!" I heard. I looked to the group of people who were watching the duel. It was then I noticed they were all my classmates.

"Um... Judai, Shou, Asuka, Misawa and... third-year with a koala face... Hayato-sempai right?" I guessed.

"You memorized our names!?" Shou gasped.

"You could say I developed a habit of remembering people and their names. It happens when you travel a lot, especially with the possibility of meeting them again."

"But even so, that was a nice duel!" Judai complimented. "I even got some good laughs from it."

"It's not everyday you get to see monsters like those dress up in something ridiculous," Misawa agreed.

"Not only that, you made Osiris Red seem like a dorm equal to Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue," Hayato added.

"Although, now I know what some people meant when they said something about dangers involving you," Asuka spoke. "They meant that in your duels, you would do those risky tricks while dueling. And to end it with one move..."

"Well, this is something that my father would say and tell me often. 'As a performer, everyone's smiles are important. When you duel, you duel for fun. Entertainment is the most powerful thing.' I looked up to him and when those words hit me, I decided to extend the limit to dueling. Adding my performer side to any and all duels. It was basically because I extended the limit that my parents decided to disband the circus and work with Pegasus-san to extend the duel for everyone."

"Wait, your family are circus performers?" Misawa asked.

"Yeah. We were pretty famous. You might have heard of us."

"What's it called?" Hayato asked.

"Animer Circus."

"Animer Circus?!" Sounds like they heard of it.

"You mean the circus run by Kigara Kazato?! The world's number one Entertainment Duelist?! That Animer Circus?!" Shou questioned.

"My father was quite famous back before he and mom married," I spoke.

"YOUR FATHER?!" Any louder and my smile will falter and my ears will bleed.

"Yeah. He was the one who convinced Pegasus-san to create the 'Circus Freak' archtype and support cards. And because I added my Entertainment style to a level farther than my father had thought it would go, they are creating a project based on it. Of course not everyone has to do the same thing. It's just, with the new project, they can bring out their dueling skills to a whole new level. Like how you saw my dueling style."

"I hope they complete it soon~! I want to try that kind of dueling style too!" We all sweatdropped at Judai's words.

"You'll probably hurt yourself in many ways on your first try," I warned. The others nodded in agreement.

"So then, let's be great friends, Kohaku." Judai offered a handshake.

"Yeah. I hope we will." I accepted the handshake.

It was now night time and I was in my room. Unlike all the other Osiris Reds, I don't have roommates in my room. I took off my blazer and shirt revealing a sports bra. Then I removed my pants, revealing my black shorts. I put on my nightwear, which consists of a white tank top and black sport shorts.

'I knew I forgot something,' I thought in realization. 'As usual, I forgot to tell them that I'm really a girl.'