A/N: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and I am not making any money of this. The only thing I do own is the story of this fanfic and the decks the main character (Bart Eiser) uses (If the decks were fictional decks they would contain a lot more stronger cards).

Chapter 1

I was almost there. Sure I had to take two busses, 3 trains and walk 5 miles on foot to get there but I was nearly at the Duel Academy Tryouts. I had my Duel Disk, my deck and my confidence. I watched some of the duels until it was my turn. Then at a certain moment "Will Bart Eiser report to Duel Arena 5. I repeat, will Bart Eiser repeat to Duel Arena 5." rang through the speakers.

I entered the Duel Arena and set my backpack aside while I took out my Duel Disk. Sure it was old but it was reliable. Next I took out my Warrior/Beast-Warrior/Beast Deck and slapped it together with my Power-Up Deck.
Just then a man walked up to the duel arena and said to me: "Hi I'm Jack and I'll be your Duelling Proctor for today."

"Nice to meet you. My name is Bart but you can call me Big B or B for short." I replied shuffling my deck.

"Now that that's out of the way. Let's start this test. I'll go first." Jack said drawing his hand followed by his sixth card. "I summon Birdface (1600/1600) in defence mode." He said summoning his Winged Beast.

DP.: 4000
B.: 4000

"Nice, my move." I said drawing my card. "Now I sacrifice my Alpha, Beta and Gamma from my hand to summon my Valkyrion the magna warrior (3500/3850) in attack mode. Next I'll play a facedown. Now Valkyrion destroy his Birdface."
"You activated my Birdface's special ability. I can now move any Harpy Lady to from my deck to my hand." Jack replied. "Now I summon Harpy Lady 2 (1300/1400) to the field in defence mode. Next I play Elegant Egotist which allows me to special summon Harpy Lady Sisters (1950/2100) also in defence mode. Now to end my turn by playing Lightning Vortex. Say goodbye to your Valkyrion. Next I'll play one facedown and call it a turn."

"You activated my trap: Pyramid of Light. Now by sacrificing 1000 life points I can special summon Sphinx Teleia (2500/3000) and Andro Sphinx (3000/2500)." I said summoning my two powerful monsters. "Next I'll attack you with them. Sphinx Teleia destroy Harpy Lady Sisters and Andro Sphinx destroy Harpy Lady 2." The two winged beasts burst into small fragments. "Now their special ability activates: if Sphinx Teleia destroys a monster half of it's Defence Points get subtracted from your life points. But that's not all because if Andro Sphinx destroys a monster half of it's Attack Points get subtracted from your life points."

DP.: 2300
B.: 3000

"Good job. But it ain't over yet. I activate my facedown: Hysteric Party. This allows me to special summon as many Harpy Lady monsters from my graveyard as possible." Jack said revealing his trap. "Now come back: Harpy Lady 2 and Harpy Lady Sisters in defence mode. And now I call it a turn."
"My move. I play Remove Trap and use it on my Pyramid of Light. By destroying my trap both my monsters get destroyed at once and if that happens I can pay 500 life points to summon Theinen the Great Sphinx (3500/3000) in attack mode. Now Theinen destroy Harpy Lady Sisters." I said ending my turn.

DP.: 2300
B.: 2500

"Very well, I sacrifice Harpy Lady 2 to summon Roc from the Valley of Haze (2400/1400) in defence mode. Next I remove Harpy Lady 2 from play to special summon Silpheed (1700/700) also in defence mode. Also I play a facedown. And I leave it at that." Jack countered.

"Okay, I'm up. Theinen, destroy his Roc." I ordered my monster. "And that my turn."

" I activate my trap: Call of the Haunted. Come back to me Harpy Lady Sisters. But they won't stay for long because now I sacrifice Harpy Lady Sisters and Silpheed to summon Simorgh, Bird of Divinity (2700/1000) in defence mode. But my bird comes with a cost at the end of every turn we each lose 1000 life points." Jack finished his turn.

DP.: 1300
B.: 1500

"It's time to destroy your bird. Theinen, Attack." I replied doing my only move this turn

"First I play Card Destruction. Next I play one monster facedown." Jack said.

"Fine I destroy your monster and play one card facedown." I said.
"Ok, again one facedown monster and that's it." Jack answered.

"I attack with Theinen and that's my turn." I replied.
"You activated my Flying Kamakiri #1's special ability, it allows me to summon Harpy Lady 1 in attack mode but I change her to defence mode and play another facedown monster." Jack said.
"Okay, I'll destroy your facedown and call it a turn." I countered.
"Thanks to my Harpy Lady 3's special ability, you can't attack with your Theinen for 2 turns." Jack informed me. "Now I play one facedown monster and call it a turn."
"Since I can't attack I end my turn." I said gritting my teeth.
"My move, I sacrifice my facedown to summon Swift Birdman Joe (2300/1400) in defence mode. And since I sacrificed a wind monster your facedown goes back to your hand. Next I play Harpy's Hunting Ground." Jack ended his turn.
"I play to facedowns and call it a turn." I replied.

"I play one more monster facedown and that's it." Jack responded.
"Great, I summon Dark Blade (1800/1500) in attack mode. And since two turns have passed I can attack with my Theinen again and that's just what I'll do. Theinen, destroy Joe. And Next my Darkblade will attack your facedown." I said destroying two of his monsters.
"I play another monster facedown and end my turn." Jack replied stunned.
"My move. First I summon Skull Red Bird (1550/1200) and thanks to your Harpies' hunting Ground it gains an extra 200 attack and defence points: Skull Red Bird (1750/1400). Next I'll attack your Harpie Lady 1 with my Skull Red Bird and your facedown with my Dark Blade. Which leaves your live points wide open to my Theinen. Now attack." I ordered winning the duel.

DP.: 0000
B.: 1500

"Well done. Welcome to Duel Academy." Jack said before turning and leaving the Arena. I had another 3 hours before I had my train home and the walk to the station was only about an hour long, so I stuck around and watched some of the other duels. I saw this short kid with small glasses who barely won his duel. I also saw this kid with black hair who destroyed his Vorse Raider to destroy the rest of his opponents life points. I noticed him talking to the small guy and some boy I hadn't seen before a few rows above me after his duel, so I went to say hi. "Awesome duel." I said to the guy. "My name is Bart, but my friends call me Big B or B for short. What are your names?" I asked the guys. "I'm Bastion Misawa. Pleased to meet you." The black-haired guy with the Vorse Raider Replied. "I'm Syrus Truesdale. I saw you're duel you're pretty good yourself. I hardly won." The small boy replied. "I'm Jaden Yuki." The guy I hadn't seen before replied. "I haven't seen you duel yet." I said to Jaden. "Yeah I arrived just in the nick of time. I should be up any minute now." Jaden answered and just as he finished speaking they asked for him to come to one of the Duel Arenas.

After the duel

Everybody was shocked this Jaden guy had beaten Dr. Crowler, one of the top teachers at Duel Academy, with an Elemental Hero Deck. Sure I had a couple of Elemental Heroes too but I hardly ever used them. I looked at my watch and noticed that it was about time to leave. "I'll see you guys at school. Give my regards to Jaden and tell him I'll see him at school too. Later." I said standing up and leaving. "Will do. Later." Bastion replied.