So, this is something that I've had knocking around for a while. Now, I have written in the past both a Naruto/Yugioh crossover, and a Naruto/Negima crossover. However, ever since the end of the Naruto manga I have 100% gone off Naruto as a series. All the way back when Obito was revealed to be Tobi I'd been losing steam with the series. By the time Kaguya appeared, it had lost me entirely. I only stuck through to the final chapter out of a sense of obligation to the first manga I ever owned a volume of.
Ever since Naruto lost me, I've had no desire to really write Naruto fanfiction. It has taken me a long time to come to terms with that fact. After all, most of my early stories were Naruto crossovers, especially my more popular ones. It is honestly a big part as to why I cancelled Let's Throw Down Dattebayo and Seat Number 32.
However! I still like Yugioh! I still like Negima! So, I thought, why not combine them instead?
I decided to publish what I've got written of this story to see if there's any demand for it. The duel that takes place is all written out, with just a few end details to iron out. Since it's such a big duel, I've decided to split it into three parts, and release those parts weakly. It is my hope that I've gotten enough interest to truly kick me into gear and start this story for real.
So, yeah, if you liked either the GYGOD series, Seat Number 32, or even both, the maybe you might enjoy this story? I know it's a lot to ask to ask you to get invested in this when my track record is awful, but I want to pull myself out of this slump in my writing however I can.
So, yeah, on with the chapter.
Chapter One- Bolt out of the Blue (part one)
Duel Monsters
What was once a simple children's trading card game has turned into a worldwide phenomenon. Played by children and adults alike, Duel Monsters has taken the world by storm. Incredible technology has been created to improve the duelling experience, even reaching the point where one can physically interact with hard-light holograms of the cards themselves. The game has persisted for decades, and with the recent release of Link Summoning it doesn't look like it's going to be slowing down any time soon.
Dozens of schools have popped up all around the world with the intention of teaching children how to play the game, and to teach them the skills that will get them jobs in the many facets of the Duel Monsters world. Duellists, commentators, card designers, software developers, teachers; all these and more have come from the duel schools.
And the most famous of all is Mahora Duel Academy.
Separated into elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and Universities, the Mahora campus is one of the largest educational facilities in the whole world. It is certainly the largest duel school in the world. In this academy standards are high, for both students and the staff. In fact, Mahora is famous for its gruelling entrance requirements, especially for the teachers themselves. Every single teacher at Mahora Academy must duel fifteen students in a single class without losing once. Only then will they prove themselves worthy of teaching the up and coming, top duelling talent of tomorrow.
This test is infamous for its gruelling difficulty. And it is this infamous test that our hero must now pass.
Good luck, Negi Springfield!
On a day as bright and sunny as this, one might not think that anything bad could happen. However, sometimes even the brightest of suns can't reach into the darkest of alleys. And in the expansive Mahora campus there are many twists and turns, and alleyways are abundant. Many are in fact perfectly viable shortcuts to get from place to place swiftly, a must for many a rushing student. And like any good opportunity, there are naturally those who leap at the chance to take advantage of them.
In one shady alley stands several teenagers, and not all of them are friendly. In fact, out of the six children there, only two of them could be called such. They were also the only girls there, their clear aggressors all male. Three of the four boys—teenagers—stand in the alleyway entrance, blocking the path. The fourth, the youngest of the group, stands ahead of them, his left arm raised with a cheap Yukihiro Group duel disk secured to it. On the device are Duel Monsters cards, and projecting from the same device are holographic representations of said cards.
Opposite the boys are the girls. One stands behind the other, watching the scene with a nervous energy that leaves her unable to stay still. The other stands directly opposite the duel disk wielding boy, with one of her own firmly attached to her left forearm. Unlike the boy's, hers is much more advanced; one of the brand-new, high-end models from the Yukihiro Group. Projected from a wrist held device, was a blade of orange hard-light with a single card on it. In turn, a monster was projected in front of her.
The wielder of the advanced duel disk had a truly noteworthy appearance, with her hair tied up into pigtails, tied with little bells. Her most obvious feature was her heterochromatic eyes; one blue, one green. Below the odd eyes was a cocksure grin, and the girl's body language showed complete confidence in her strategy. A confidence her friend didn't seem to have, but didn't comment on.
"Alright you jerks, you're gonna regret messing with us." The girl told her opponent, her confident grin almost smug in nature. "Especially now that I've Summoned my Odd-Eyes Dragon!" The stout dragon let out a roar, it's red and blue eyes gleaming even in the shade.
ATK- 2500
"I don't know what you were even thinking!" She said, closing her eyes and raising her arms in a shrugging motion. "After all, isn't it obvious that we're students from Mahora Academy? Why would a bunch of thugs like you guys even think you could win? You don't stand a chance against me!"
"Asuna…don't forget you're at the bottom of our class…" Her friend said, frowning slightly at Asuna's bragging.
Asuna promptly fell on her face.
"Geez Konoka!" She screeched, jumping up and yelling at her friend, her arms pointing straight down, fists clenched. "They don't need to know that!" Her yelling was cut off as her opponent started chuckling. His laughter set of his friends, and soon they were all laughing. Asuna stopped glaring at Konoka, and switched it to them instead. "Hey, what's so funny?" They continued to laugh, and Asuna growled as her eye brow ticked. "HEY!"
Her opponent stopped laughing, prompting the others to stop as well. It was a gradual thing, but they soon managed to bring their chuckling to a halt.
"Of course we knew you were from Mahora Academy! How could we not with those fancy duel disks on your arms? It's exactly why I challenged you to this Ante Duel, after all."
"Ante Duel?" Konoka repeated, her small frown deepening. "You never said anything about an Ante Duel!"
The leader apparent of the boys laughed again. "Sorry, did I forget to mention that part? I tend to forget about little details like that. Sorry."
"You don't look all that sorry." Asuna muttered. She shook her head and looked him straight in the eyes. "Whatever, that doesn't matter!" Her grin came back and she pointed at him. "You should have kept quiet about it, because now not only are you going to lose this duel, but also your rarest card too!"
Konoka bit the inside of her lip, looking at Asuna with worry. 'Asuna, are you really willing to risk that card for some pointless duel like this? Your most precious and beloved card?'
The boy smirked and looked at her Odd-Eyes Dragon. "I knew you rich kids had rare cards, but I never would have guessed you'd have a card this rare!" He threw his head back, laughing loudly. "This is great! I knew my plan was good! Waiting in one of the shortcuts to Mahora in the hopes that some dead last, Academy loser like you would come by was so worth it! If I keep this up my whole Deck will be full of super rare cards!" His lackeys joined in the laughter.
"Take another look at the field!" Asuna said. "My Odd-Eyes is more than enough to destroy your monster!" On the boy's side of the field was also a single monster, a humanoid wolf with four arms.
ATK-2000
"Maybe, maybe." He smirked. He then pushed a button on his duel disk. "Now then, I activate my Trap card!"
"A Trap card?" Asuna repeated, her grin slipping a little.
"Oh no, Asuna's Deck isn't built to deal with Trap cards!"
"My Slip Summon Trap card lets me Special Summon one Level 4 or lower monster from my hand in Defence Position when my opponent has Summoned a monster! And since you Summoned your Odd-Eyes Dragon just now, I can Special Summon a monster of my own! I Special Summon Shiba-Warrior Taro in Defence mode!"
A little puppy with a bandana around its neck and a little bone dagger strapped to its side emerged from the revealed Trap card, crouching down next to his other monster.
DEF-600
"Is that it?" Asuna asked, looking at the tiny monster with a smirk. "What will that cute little puppy possibly do to help you? My Odd-Eyes will completely destroy it on the next turn, after it's dealt with your Gene-Warped Warwolf!"
"It won't even be around on your next turn." Konoka said.
"Huh?" Asuna blinked and looked at Konoka. "What do you mean?"
"A monster Special Summoned by Slip Summon returns back to the hand during the End Phase of the turn the Trap is activated." She explained.
Asuna blinked again, then looked back to her opponent. "What was the point of that, then? You just wasted your Trap card."
"Huh? Really?!" He exclaimed, slapping his forehead. "Oh man, I can't believe I made such an amateur mistake!"
"Hah!" Asuna laughed, smirking at him. "And you thought you could beat someone from Mahora Academy? You don't even know how to use your own cards!" She pointed at Gene-Warped Warwolf. "Alright Odd-Eyes Dragon, wipe away his monster! Spiral Flame!" As Odd-Eyes built the attack up in its mouth the boy covered his eyes.
"Oh no, I screwed up!" His hands dropped. "Just kidding." His smirk returned and he quickly pressed another button. "I activate my second Trap card!"
"Another one?"
Konoka's eyes widened when she saw what the Trap card was. "Oh no, not that card!"
"I activate the Trap card, Urgent Tuning! I can activate this card during the Battle Phase. Doing so allows me to use monsters on my side of the field in an on-the-spot Synchro Summon!"
"A Synchro Summon! No way! How does a guy like you have a Synchro Monster?!" Asuna asked, shocked at this turn of events.
"Isn't it obvious? I won it off some Mahora kid, like you! Now, by tuning the Level 4 Gene-Warped Warwolf with the Level 2 Tuner monster Shiba-Warrior Taro I can summon a whole new beast!" Gene-Warped Warwolf jumped into the air, and Shiba-Warrior Taro dispersed into blue energy. "Celestial Wolf Lord, Blue Sirius! You who Scorch the Heavens! Tear Apart These Earthbound, Toothless Dogs!" Green rings appeared above Gene-Warped Warwolf and it entered them. It turned into a beam of light that pierced through the rings. "Synchro Summon! Celestial Wolf Lord, Blue Sirius!" Out of the light appeared a bipedal blue wolf covered in spikes, with two wolf heads for hands.
ATK- 2400
Asuna stared at the imposing monster for a moment, before grinning. "I have to admit you surprised me with a Synchro Summon, but that monster is still too weak to beat my Odd-Eyes Dragon; it's got a 100 attack point difference! You would have been better off keeping your other monsters around." Once again, she pointed at his monster. "Odd-Eyes Dragon use your Spiral Flame!"
"No Asuna, wait!" Konoka yelled, but it was too late. Odd-Eyes' attack hit the Synchro Monster, destroying it instantly.
Boy- 3900
"The attack difference might not have been all that much, but Odd-Eyes' effect more than makes up for it! When it destroys a monster by battle, you take damage equal to half of its attack points!"
The boy gave an irritated scoff as his points dropped further.
Boy- 2700
"No matter how much you defend from now on, with Odd-Eyes' effect I can damage you anyway!" Asuna glanced over her shoulder. "I don't know why you were so worried Konoka. I've got this in the bag!"
"Take a look at your monster before saying anything else you dead last!" The boy taunted.
"What are you talking abo- AH! Odd-Eyes!" Before Odd-Eyes had been the size of a van, but now it barely reached her knees. "Hey! what gives?!"
Konoka sighed and decided to explain. "When Blue Sirius is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, one of the opposing monsters loses 2400 attack points." Konoka gave a weak smile as Asuna gaped over her shoulder. "You'd know that it you kept up with your studies, Asuna."
"So that means that…"
"Your Odd-Eyes Dragon has been nerfed!" The boy crowed.
ATK-100
"Odd-Eyes, no!" Asuna gasped, staring at her ace monster in horror.
"Ha ha haa! Celestial Wolf Lord, Blue Sirius's Blue Sublimation has rendered your monster useless!" He covered his left eye with his hand as he laughed some more. "Oh man, this is gold! Do you even have any concept of strategy?! How did you even get into Mahora Academy anyway? Probably bought your way in like all of you rich kids do!"
"No way…He's just some kid…" Asuna muttered, falling to her knees.
"Asuna…" Konoka clutched her arms, biting her lip as she looked at her friend. 'Why did we have to get into this kind of situation?' She looked at Asuna's opponent. Despite being a few years younger than them, he was very good.
The kid gave a feral grin and placed a hand on his Deck.
"Now then, it's my turn."
{Approaching Mahora Academy Campus}
A monotonous female voice announced the arrival of a train at Mahora Train Station. More importantly in terms of this story, it announced the arrival of our protagonist. Said hero was grateful that the journey had ended. Teenage girls could be very hands on with cute things, especially unsupervised ten-year olds. Rubbing his sore cheek, Negi Springfield stepped out of the train, moving out of the way of the outflow of hurrying students.
Making his way through the train station, he marvelled at all the teenagers moving in one direction. He figured that if he followed them he'd more than likely end up at his destination. Clutching his backpack tightly he took off in a light jog, following a group of girls, assuming they were heading in the same direction. He kept a respectable distance from them, being the little gentleman that he was. As he went, he absorbed the sights.
"Wow, Japan sure is incredible!" Negi breathed out, staring around in awe at his surroundings. "To think that all of this is just one campus!" He returned his gaze forward, a small, excitable smile forming on his face. "I'm one step closer to becoming an incredible duellist!"
"NOOOOO!"
Negi stopped in his tracks. His eyes were wide as he considered what he just heard. "Is somebody in trouble?" He clutched his bag tighter, his face contorting into a grimace. With a solid nod he took off in the direction of the scream. He ran around a corner, and he saw three teenage boys and a kid his age leaving an alleyway. They seemed to be laughing about something. "Excuse me!" He called out, waving his hand to grab their attention. The four stopped and looked at him. "Yes, hello!" He ran up to them, stopping just short of them.
"What do you want?" The kid asked, shoving his hands into his pockets.
Negi smiled, but it was distracted in nature. "Erm, did any of you here a scream just now? It sounded like somebody was in trouble." His question got a response but it wasn't one he was expecting. The three older guys started chuckling, and the kid gave him a wolfish grin.
"What a good guy you are, running to help at the first hint of trouble."
Negi blushed a little. "I don't know about that…" He giggled, feeling a little sheepish at the praise; the kid huffed a laugh.
"Don't worry yourself about it. There's no one in trouble or nothing. Just some spoilt brat who couldn't handle losing a simple duel."
Negi looked down at the old-style Duel Disk on the kid's wrist. He returned his line of sight back to the kids face. "Someone lost a duel?" Negi looked left to right. He blinked when he saw two girls in a nearby alleyway. One was on her hands and knees, orange hair covering her eyes. The other was kneeling next to her, rubbing her back in a soothing motion. "Ah!" He ran over to the pair, kneeling next to the clearly devastated girl. "U-Um, d-don't be sad!" He exclaimed. Konoka looked at him in surprise, whereas Asuna didn't as much as twitch. He waved his arms about as he spoke. "U-Um, we all lose sometimes, but that means we can learn from it and get better!"
"Shut up!" Asuna yelled, raising her head up to glare at the poor boy. Negi yelped and flinched back. Losing his balance, he fell on his behind. "What do you know?! Who are you anyway?"
Negi just stared.
Taking pity on him, Konoka spoke up. "It's nice of you to say that, but it's a bit worse than a simple loss." She smiled a little, before turning a small glare to the four boys who were still standing just outside of the alley. "They challenged us to a duel, neglecting to tell us that it was an Ante Duel from the start."
"An Ante Duel?" Negi gasped, looking back to Asuna, who looked back down.
"Asuna continued the duel, but she lost, so that boy took her rarest card."
"'Course I continued, what duellist wouldn't?" Asuna clenched a fist, her shoulders shaking a little. "What kind of duellist would I be if I gave up just 'cus I was scared I'd lose a card?" Her other fist joined the first, and she shook her head.
"But Asuna, that was one of your most precious belongings!" Konoka argued. "They said it was an Ante Duel halfway through so it shouldn't even count!"
"Hey, we warned her." The other boy said, taking a step forward. Negi looked back to him, finally seeing his grin for what it was- mean. "So what if we only told her halfway through, she still agreed to it in the end. Besides," he pulled a card out of his pocket "a loser like her doesn't deserve a card like this in her Deck! That honour should belong to someone worthy, like me!" He looked at it, holding it up into the light. "I admit it's not really my style, but it'll do!" He returned the card to his pocket. "Well, laters!" He and his lackeys turned to leave.
"Wait a minute!"
The boy stopped, and Asuna looked back up. Negi was standing behind the boy with his duel disk raised. His expression was determined, staring daggers at the leader.
"I challenge you to a duel!" He narrowed his eyes. "An Ante Duel!"
"You want to duel me? An Ante Duel? ME?!" The boy laughed, resting a hand on his hip. "Why would I want to duel some random kid? You see, them," he pointed at Asuna and Konoka with his other hand, who were watching the scene with looks of shock, "them I challenged because they're students from Mahora Academy. You know, that super elite duel school for rich kids? I knew that spoiled brats like them would have the rarest of rare cards to use, like the card I took from that orange chick." He closed his eyes, smirking in a superior manner. "So yeah, unless you've got some super rare card why would I waste my time with you?"
"Rare cards, is that all you care about?" Negi asked, looking at the devastated form of Asuna, then glared back at the boy. "Don't you care about someone's bonds with their cards? Everyone has a card or cards that they love, be them rare or common! Taking somebodies precious belonging just because they're rare is unforgivable!"
"I'm gonna guess from that little speech that you don't." The kid said, and Negi gave a little smirk.
"I never said that." Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his Duel Monsters Deck and fanned it out with one hand. Plucking a card from it, he held it up with the back facing the others. "If it's a rare card you want, then I've got one right here!" He turned his hand, revealing the card.
"No way!" The boy's gaze was focused solely on the card. He opened and closed his mouth in an attempt to say anything further. It took a minute, but he finally found the words. "Th-That's one of the legendary Spell cards, Raigeki!"
"Raigek?i!" Konoka's mouth fell open.
Asuna frowned, moving from her position and sitting on her knees. "What's so great about it?" She asked.
Konoka snapped her head in her direction, and Asuna flushed at her expression.
"I-I mean, it sounds familiar…I guess…"
Konoka just continued to stare at her for a moment. Then she sighed, shaking her head. "Oh Asuna…"
"So what do you say, is this worth your time?" Negi asks him, and the kid snapped out of his daze.
He took in Negi's smirk, and quickly glanced back to the card. His own smirk crept back, and he chuckled. "I don't know where a guy like you got a card like that, but I'll be more than glad to take it off you! Just don't cry when you lose it."
Meanwhile, Konoka was educating her friend.
"In Duel Monsters there are cards that are so powerful that they're banned from being used in tournaments and/or official matches. But there are three Spell cards so incredibly powerful that they were not only banned, but every single copy was recalled and destroyed. However, rumour has it that one day, one copy of each of these cards was made and placed in random booster packs. There was even a new official rule that said that they were unbanned. It was thought to just be a rumour to boost sales, but a lot of people believed it to be true. And seeing as Raigeki was one of those cards, it looks like it really was true after all."
"No way! How does a squirt like him have a card that rare and powerful?"
Konoka shrugged, smiling at Asuna's gaping expression. "Who knows?" Her smile turned upside down and she looked outside the alley. "I just hope he doesn't lose it. I don't like the idea of what a guy like that could do with a card that powerful." Asuna scowled at the roundabout reminder of her own loss. Konoka stood up. "Come on, let's go and get a good spot to watch." Konoka reached her hand out, and Asuna took it, pulling herself up with a grunt.
"Are you sure about this pal?" The boy asked, his duel disk armed and ready to go. "I'm not going to go easy on ya', so your Raigeki is as good as mine."
"But only if you win." Negi reminded him, taking his own duel disk (the same model as the boy's) out of his bag and putting his Deck into it; after shuffling it, obviously.
"If? You mean when."
"Not at all, because I will win, and when I win you'll give me Asuna-san's Odd-Eyes Dragon."
Asuna gasped, before narrowing her eyes into a glare. 'That damn brat…' Her hands clenched into fists.
"You mean my Odd-Eyes Dragon." The boy jeered.
'Both of these damn brats!'
"If we're going to duel it is only proper that I know your name. My name is Negi Springfield, what is yours?" Negi asked a very sensible question. After all, constantly referring to him as boy and kid was getting frustrating.
"Heh, fine, my name's Kotarou Inugami! Remember it when you cry home to mommy so you know who to blame for losing your rarest card!"
The two boys stood metres apart, hands hovering over their duel disks. The air became tense, and those few who made up the audience were still. A leaf, free of its intense journey in the air currents of the city sized campus, drifted towards the ground. Once it hit the ground, both sides jumped into action.
"DUEL!"
Chapter end
Ok, so maybe the duel doesn't take place this week. Honestly, I'd forgotten how much I'd written. But rest assured, the duel is at least twice the length of this chapter alone, so I hope you look forward to it!
Please, feel free to tell me what you think, and hopefully I'll see you next week.
Until then!