Fen: Uh, hey everyone. So… bad news. Due to recent events, Wild Fang will no longer be writing Kamen Rider GX with me. As much as it's leaving a bitter taste in my mouth, it is what it is. He told me he was at his limits and it wasn't fun for him anymore. And because of that, Kamen Rider GX will be rebooted after all. Yes, I know, you're probably mad at me for rebooting yet again, but it's for the best. So, to help me out, I've enlisted Azure Guardian to return. And also KKD Silver to help me out with the Riders.
AG: Hey everyone. It's honestly weird to be back considering the events of Fen's original Season 2 of Kamen Rider GX, but it seems I'm about the only person left that he can turn to. So as such, I will be assisting Fen with this reboot to hopefully keep him on track and prevent him from doing some of the more cringey stuff that's been around since his original run.
KKD: I'll say, especially since I basically wrote one of the original season's chapters… or two of them, myself. *turns to the crowd* Hi folks, KKD Silver here. Sorry for the intrusion, I'm just popping up to help out with editing the story, mostly to make sure all the Rider characters are written accurately. Thanks again for letting me be a part of this, Fen-kun. I'll do my best to help here.
Fen: No problem man. And also… I want to apologize to you the readers… lately, I've been playing to my own tune and trying to make myself happy with my work, but… after all the criticism I've been getting, and not listening to all of your advice, I wasn't making you guys happy thus failing as a writer. For that… I'm really sorry. I'll listen to what you guys have to say from now on. *bows deeply*
AG: Well that's definitely progress. Beforehand you'd mark any criticism as flaming and hate, but it's good to hear you're taking them to heart this time and willing to do better.
Fen: Well… except for one particular… whose name I won't mention… his… 'criticism' was totally uncalled for…
AG: Douchebagio? Yeah, I completely agree. His went way too far and can actually be considered hate.
Fen: I felt really depressed that time…
AG: Well in addition to the reboot, Fen has allowed me to bring in three of my own characters to his story, two of which will be appearing later on this Season and the other will be showing up next Season. None of them are Kaito though, for anyone asking. I've come up with a few new decks that I want to try out and see how people like them.
Fen: And before you say anything, no, I'm not accepting any other OC's at this time. Last time, was a mess and I couldn't keep up with all of them.
AG: Yeah, unless you're really skilled at handling a whole bunch of different characters at once, you're likely going to get into a mess with what ones you even remember are there. For example, I even point out in the second half of the 5D's story, Death Rising, that I'm pretty bad at using so many characters. So for instances like that, it's good to either have a very small number of OCs or, if you do have a bunch of them, make sure you have other people who can keep track of them.
Fen: And even if I did accept OC's. I would mostly accept only one. And that's it. And that OC profile has to be really thought out. If you're having trouble, refer to AG's outline.
AG: Think that's everything that needs to be covered?
Fen: I think so. Oh one more thing. A lot of you have complained that I made Chazz an ass. Well… I won't do that anymore…
AG: Oh yeah, we definitely need to keep from doing that. While it's true he comes off as an ass early on, as you go through the series, you find out he's actually a really good character… It's just that the dub kinda goes too far in damaging his character.
Fen: I was limited on resources at the time and had to make due…
AG: Well now that we have the proper resources at hand, we can continue and do things right.
Fen: Yeah, so without further ado, let's start this story the right way!
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Disclaimer: We do not own Yu-Gi-Oh GX and Kamen Rider. All creative rights of Yu-Gi-Oh GX go to Nihon Ad Systems Inc. who produced this show and is written by Shin Yoshida, Jun Maekawa, Akemi Omode, and Yasuyuki Suzuki. All rights go to them. We also do not own Kamen Rider. All creative rights are reserved to Shotaro Ishinomori and any music pertaining to the Kamen Riders aren't ours. Also any and all Decks created from something already made, don't belong to us either. All rights go to their respective creators and any and all insert songs in this story don't belong to us at all. We don't own anything expect our OC's aside from select few made by all authors/readers. And all other OC's © original creator
Domino City.
A city of many events that has been shrouded in mystery. It is home to some of the greatest duelists to have ever lived. Mutou Yugi the King of Games, Kaiba Seto the CEO of Kaiba Corporation, and Jonouchi Katsuya, a duelist with an extraordinary amount of luck. It's also home to the Kaiba Dome where students from all over were applying to go to the prestigious: Duel Academia.
Duel Academia is a school where Duelists are trained, so they can ideally enter the Pro League. Granted there were some people that shouldn't pick up a deck or Duel Disk, but that was what the examinations were for. They culled out the people who shouldn't be part of the dueling world and cultivated those who did or had the potential to become part of it. However, to even be allowed to take the Practical Entrance Exam, one must pass one of three Written Entrance Exams within a specific score grid which will then determine the dormitory a student will be assigned. By taking the Middle School Exam, a student will be given access to the Obelisk Blue dorms, the highest-ranking dorm with some special privileges given to its students. By taking the High School Exam, a student will gain entry to the Ra Yellow dorms, a dorm situated to accommodate every comfort a student could need, but nothing more. And then there are those who had either dropped out or failed to make the High School Exams and take what is known as the Dropout Exam. Students who manage to pass this exam are assigned to the Osiris Red dorm, the lowest-ranking dorm of Duel Academia with the absolute bare minimum essentials for its students.
While it may seem on the surface that these rankings are discriminatory, they all share one goal: To train these students to be the best of the best. That is why there are teachers to help with this process during their three years at the school. With hard work, talent, and luck, there is nothing that the students can't do, to get to the Pro Leagues.
For two students, it wasn't going to be any different.
And it is here that our story begins.
(Cue Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town ~EDM Arrange Ver.~ by THE DU)
(Instrumental) The scene begins with Judai, Kurogasa, and Koji standing on the main dueling field of Duel Academia with stage lights shining down from above and spinning around the field. Close-up shots of Judai grinning as he plays a card on his Duel Disk, Kurogasa posing with his Duel Disk, and Koji striking a disco pose momentarily flash on screen before the stage lights focus on the three duelists and they raise their right hands up, fingers pointing skyward. The scene then shifts to a view of the clouds as though something were entering the planet's atmosphere. At the same time, silhouettes of various students and faculty members fly by until there's a break in the clouds, revealing the island of Duel Academia below as the title "Kamen Rider GX" appears before shattering just as the view is about to hit the ground.
(Surechigatteku kao no nai shisen) The scene then shows Judai walking from the Osiris Red dorm, flanked by Sho and Hayato as they make their way to the main building. Judai's nose twitched for a moment and quickly turned his head in the direction of the Ra Yellow dorm, a competitive smirk on his face.
(Mune no ana ga kaetetta nichijō) The scene then changes to show Kurogasa standing in place, a hand clutching his chest as though in pain as his shadow takes on the shape of a woman. He then let go of his chest and opened up his hand revealing a crystal pendant as it glowed briefly, the spirits of the Heisei Kamen Riders appearing briefly before the scene changes.
(Kyōkai nante naku deau atarimae no kimyō U Yea!) The scene then changes again, this time showing Manjoume standing proudly, but grits his teeth angrily and scowls as his shadow changed between the forms of two different men, causing Manjoume to quickly turn and violently kick away an empty drink can. On the can, surprisingly, was an image of Judai which was slowly zoomed in.
(Itsumo dōri no asa ga uwatsura de warau) Judai then strikes a heroic pose as Elemental HERO Avian and Elemental HERO Sparkman appear next to him.
(Shōtai fumei no mama hikareru misuterī) The scene shifts to show Koji finishing a disco dance number as Boogie Knight Disco King appears, also in a finished pose as if the two were dance partners.
(Hajimari mo iwazu jitto hisonderu kono machi no dokoka) The scene then shifts to show Kurogasa posing with the right side of his body facing forward, his right hand raised to chest-height and clenched into a fist as a battle-ready smirk appears on his face. Kamen Rider Wizard appears, standing back-to-back with Kurogasa in a mirrored pose. The scene then shifts briefly to show Orpheus exiting the Abandoned Dorm as he holds out his right hand and unleashes a bright flash of purple lightning, blinding the screen.
(Dakedo kyō mo jōjō ni) The scene then changes to show the island of Duel Academia from a bird's-eye view again, this time slowly rotating as Judai appears doing his signature two-finger salute. Then Kurogasa is seen flying across the screen performing a Rider Kick. Then Koji appears performing a disco dance number.
(Monku nanka iiatte nichijō o odoru) Manjoume casually walks along before shooting a rather nasty look towards the viewer. Sho and Hayato show up as though running to catch up with Judai. Asuka and Ryo appear, the latter appearing thoughtful while the former has a worried expression on her face. Rika then appears, wearing a chef's attire, carrying her trusty frying pan.
(Kureijī Noijī Bizāru Taun) Orpheus then walks in from the side, but as he turns to face the viewer, a miniature Kamen Rider Wizard comes flying in from off-screen to kick Orpheus in the face, only to have the image of Orpheus shatter like glass. Boogie Knight Disco King then appears in the center of the screen and does a little dance before Elemental HERO Flame Wingman appears and uses the fire from his dragon arm to burn the screen away.
(Instrumental) Once burned away, the scene is changed to show Judai, Kurogasa, and Koji as they approach the main entrance of Duel Academia's main building, stopping just at the door before turning around to face the horizon
Chapter 1: Henshin! Enter the Kamen Rider Duelist!
A motorcycle zoomed through the streets of Domino City as its driver was driving towards his destination that was the Kaiba Dome. He was going to apply for Duel Academia. He had passed his High School Exam and now all he had to do was take the Practical Exam there at the facility. After driving for a few more minutes, he arrived at the parking lot of the Kaiba Land Amusement Park and the driver parked his motorcycle, stopping the engine. The driver removed his helmet revealing to be a teenager who is about 16 years old, having medium-length brown hair whose fringe was swept to the right, and has icy blue eyes. He was wearing a gold shirt with a white jacket over it, light-blue denim jeans, a belt that held his deck in a deck box, white socks, black tennis shoes, and black fingerless gloves. He was also carrying a backpack that had something bulky in it.
"Well, here we are." The young man said to himself as he got off his bike and kicked down the kickstand so the bike doesn't fall over. He then looked up at the said building. "This is it… We're gonna finally show everyone here at Duel Academia what we're made of."
"Yosh!" Several phantom voices called out at once. For those who don't know, the young man was gifted with a special ability. The ability to see and hear spirits. It was a rare talent that very few people have, let alone used. But what are these spirits, you may ask? That will be answered shortly. The young man then walked towards the reception desk that was set up and were two greeted by three staff members.
"Excuse me, I'm here for my entrance exam to Duel Academia." the young man said.
"What is your number?" one of the staff members asked.
"Number 46, Kururugi Kurogasa."
"Kururugi… Kururugi…" the staff member said as they looked on the clipboard to search for the name. "Ah, here you are. Kururugi Kurogasa. Just enter the building and they'll call your number."
"Thank you." Kurogasa bowed respectfully and went to proceed inside the building.
Once he was inside, he saw a lot of students and examinees around. Some who already finished their exams were already wearing red, yellow, and blue blazer jackets, the blue blazers jackets having coattails on the bottom. "Wow, there's a lot of people here." Kurogasa mused to himself. He also noticed other people wearing clothes other than the red, yellow, and blue jackets. "It's not even a hour and there's so many."
"That makes two of us." Another voice said. Kurogasa turned around to see a young man with black hair neatly arranged, with a large portion flushed back and slightly to his left, featuring different layers where the sloping changes direction. He wore a white Chinese-style student's uniform with dark grey lining around the collar and down the front. "I take it you're here for your exam?"
"Yeah. Number 46, Kururugi Kurogasa." Kurogasa greeted holding out his hand.
"My name's Misawa Daichi," the other student introduced himself before he held out his and they shook. "You said you're Number 46? Well you have good timing, they should be starting the 40's group shortly."
"Phew… well that's a relief," Kurogasa chuckled sheepishly. "So what did you rank as?"
"Number 1."
"Ehh?!" Kurogasa gawked. "Seriously?"
"Yes. Is something wrong with that?" Misawa raised an eyebrow.
"N-No, I'm just surprised. You aced the whole Written Exam without a sweat." Kurogasa said. "That's impressive."
"Thank you."
["Examinee #46, Kururugi Kurogasa."]
"Well, that's me. Gotta go." Kurogasa smiled before leaving with a wave. "Wish me luck."
Upon arriving at the Duel Field, Kurogasa found himself standing opposite one of the exam proctors.
"Greetings, Number 46," the proctor said. "If you're unable to defeat me, you will not be allowed to enter Duel Academia."
"Oh I'll enter alright. You can count it. Especially with what I have in my Deck." Kurogasa smirked before he unzipped his backpack and pulled out a standard issued Kaiba Corp. Mk II Duel Disk and attached it to his left arm. He then reached for his Deck Box and opened it up, revealing a deck of Duel Monster cards. After shuffling his decks for a few seconds, he was ready. "Henshin!" He declared as he inserted the Deck in the Deck Slot and the duel activated going from Standby to Active. The two players then drew their starting hands.
"DUEL!"
Kurogasa: 4000
Proctor: 4000
"I will give the first turn to you," the examiner offered.
"Don't mind if I do. O-re no senkou!" Kurogasa declared as he drew his sixth card. Kurogasa looked through his hand to consider his options. After a few seconds, he decided what to do. "I summon Kamen Rider Blade in Attack mode!"
A silhouetted person appeared and took out a belt that was called the Blay Buckle and slid in a playing card, which was a Category Ace of Spades into his belt before placing it on his waist. A deck of cards formed around his waist, changing it into a belt, and making a pulsing noise. He slowly raised his right arm onto the left shoulder. "Henshin!" He flicked his right wrist before his right arm went down to grab the lever of the belt and raised his left hand at the same spot and he pulled to lever to reveal the Spade.
TURN UP
Blue energy came out of the belt and formed a vertical rectangle of energy. It also showed a picture of the Change Ace beetle with the spade on it. The vertical rectangle of energy went towards the silhouetted man, with the latter walking through it. When he walked through the rectangle, the silhouetted figure was in a suit of armor. He had a pure blue bodysuit and along with the Blay Buckle at his waist, the torso armor was silver with a spade in the center and the shoulder pads were flat with gold decoration on the arms and spades on the top. It has a gold band around the wrists and crisscrossed strips of metal on the boots. His helmet was blue with a silver face and a single horn rising up, emulating a rhino beetle. And he has red large round eye holes (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400).
"Huh… so this is the Duel Academia you've kept talking about?" Blade asked as he looked around.
"Not exactly, this is the exam to get there, Kazuma." Kurogasa answered softly. "I place one card face-down. Ta-n endo."
"Very well, I can wait," Blade nodded as he stood, readying his Blay Rouzer just to be safe.
"Watashi no ta-n," the examiner said as he drew his sixth card. "I'll start by summoning Sonic Duck in Attack mode!" On cue, a green-feathered duck wearing a red scarf and a metallic bucket on its head hopped onto the field. (3/ATK: 1700/DEF: 700) "And then I'll set one card. Ta-n endo."
"O-re no ta-n!" Kurogasa declared as he drew his card. "And now for Kamen Rider Blade's effect! Since I just drew a Kamen Rider Monster Card, I can reveal it and draw an extra one!"
"It what?" The proctor asked in surprise.
"You heard me." Kurogasa said, drawing his extra card. "Now I'll summon Kamen Rider Agito!"
A silhouetted man appeared and did various movements before his belt appeared out of nowhere by materializing in a vortex. "Henshin!" The man then pressed two large buttons by his side at the same time and he shined brightly. When the light faded, a man was in a black bodysuit, wearing the Alter Ring around his waist. He sported gold circular kneecaps with silver accents and gold bands just above his ankles. His chest armor had a gold front, simulating pectorals and an abdomen with a rectangular black stone in the center of my chest. His sides were layered with silver metal while the rest was black steel. His collar was gold, connected to the black stone by a golden line. His shoulder pads were black, with a silver trim running around the center to point up on either side. He also wore gold bands around my wrists. His helmet is mostly black, but the eyes are large and red and he had a silver mouth plate which was layered, looking insect-like. The edges of the mouth plate were gold and connected between his eyes to rise up and spread into a set of horns cresting on his forehead, and on his forehead was a small blue gem. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1100)
"Yosh! I'm ready to battle!" Agito said, flexing his arms before getting into his stance.
"Now comes his special effect! When he's Normal Summoned this way, he can destroy a Set card on the field!"
"What?" The proctor asked in shock.
"And that face-down of yours qualifies! Shouichi, go for it!" Kurogasa commanded.
"Hai!" Agito nodded before he got into his stance. The crest on his helmet spread out now sporting six horns instead of two. The Agito symbol appeared below his feet before it was absorbed. Agito then ran forward and jumped up before sticking out his right leg, while tucking his left in. His kicking foot shined brightly before it kicked the Set card, destroying it and revealing it to be Fake Trap.
"Now I'll activate the Spell Card, Rush Recklessly! For one turn, I'll have Agito's ATK increase by 700!" Kurogasa said, as Agito glowed brightly. (4/ATK: 1600-2300/DEF: 1100) "Now I'll have Agito attack Sonic Duck and Blade will go for the direct attack!"
"Ikuzo, Kazuma!" Agito said, as he got into his stance.
"Wakatta!" Blade nodded.
While Agito got ready for his attack, Blade took out a sword, known as the Blay Rouzer. He pulled a tab and a plastic fan that contained cards came out. He took out the Spade 5 and Spade 6 Rouze cards before sliding them across the reader that was on the sword itself.
KICK
THUNDER
The holograms of Kick Locust and Thunder Deer appeared came out of the cards surrounding Blade before they went into him.
LIGHTNING BLAST
Blade then stabbed his Blay Rouzer onto the ground before both he and Agito jumped up and dove down for the kicks. While Agito's foot glowed with light, Blade's foot crackled with electricity before both Agito slammed its foot into Sonic Duck while Blade kicked the proctor, causing the latter to be sent flying before landing on his back.
Kurogasa: 4000
Proctor: 1800
"Ta-n endo." Kurogasa concluded as the Riders landed back down safely and the proctor managed to get back up on his feet while Agito's power returned to normal.
"Not bad, examinee. Watashi no ta-n!" the examiner said as he drew his next card. "I'll banish the Sonic Duck from my Graveyard in order to Special Summon Sylpheed from my hand!" the proctor took his former Monster out of his Graveyard and slipped it into his pocket, calling forth a purple-skinned man wearing green robes and a gold crown, and carrying a wand tipped in feathers. (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 700) "And next I summon Bladefly in Attack mode!" Appearing next on the proctor's field was a large, bright red fly with transparent wings and sickle-like blades taking the place of two of its legs. (2/ATK: 600-1100/DEF: 700) (4/ATK: 1700-2200/DEF: 700)
"Wait, why did their power go up?" Kurogasa questioned.
"The effect of Bladefly increases the ATK of all WIND Monsters by 500 while decreasing the ATK of all EARTH Monsters by 400." the proctor explained.
"But none of my Riders are EARTH Attribute." Kurogasa pointed out.
The proctor smirked while holding up another card from his hand. "That doesn't concern me. Not once I activate Lightning Vortex!" he retorted while slapping the Spell into his Duel Disk. "Using this, after I discard a card from my hand, all of your monsters are instantly destroyed!"
"Not good…" Agito muttered.
"I hope you got something planned later on, Kurogasa-kun." Blade said before a vortex of electricity appeared from out of nowhere and sucked the Riders in before they were electrocuted, having them yell in pain before they destroyed from inside.
"Now both of my Monsters will attack the player directly!" the proctor announced as Sylpheed sent out a windstorm to assault Kurogasa while Bladefly flew forward and swiped at the duelist with its sickled legs.
Kurogasa: 700
Proctor: 1800
"You did an excellent job on the last turn, applicant, but in the face of my deck, I'm afraid you've come up short." the proctor stated calmly. "I end my turn with a face-down."
"It's not over until the last card is drawn. O-re no ta-n!" Kurogasa declared drawing his next card. He smirked at what he got. "I summon Kamen Rider Kabuto in ATK mode!"
A silhouetted man appeared and soon a red mechanical Japanese rhinoceros beetle flew into the man's hand. "Henshin!" He declared before sliding the beetle into the belt.
HENSHIN!
Hexagons covered the silhouetted man before encasing himself in his armor completely.
He was concealed in a black bodysuit, but the rest of it was concealed in heavy steel armor. The torso was thick and blocky with a high collar and the only color is around the collarbone area. The shoulder plating is rounded with silver steel and red on the undersides. Black disks reside near the joints, and the left one sported a red rhino beetle insignia for its makers, ZECT. The arms are layered with circular metal segments protecting the arms, and the helmet was also a piece of thick silver steel complete with a round blue visor and a crest of horns on the forehead. He then flipped the horn slightly and they heard a charging noise as blue electricity crackled in his armor. The segmented armor on my arms spread out a bit, letting out steam, before the bulky armor on his torso, shoulders, and head did the same thing.
"Cast Off…" He then flipped the horn to the other side letting the gold part of the horn that's under the ZECTer show and the back slid open.
CAST OFF!
Suddenly, the pieces of my armor went flying off in little parts. A horn appendage looking like a Japanese rhino beetle's horn rose up from his chest armor and locked in place in the middle, bisecting the visor.
CHANGE: BEETLE!
The armor was now noticeably smaller than Masked Form, and it appears much more maneuverable. His arms were free of the metal plating, minimally protected only by single sheets of steel running along his arms. The shoulder pads were red with a silver trim, fitting the curve of his real shoulders, appearing lightweight with an easy fit. His torso armor was completely crimson and looked thicker than the rest, but still light. The chest plate even looked like the back of a beetle's shell, covering his abdomen. The helmet was also red, and as said earlier, the horn appendage looking like a Japanese rhino beetle's horn rose up from his chest armor and locked in place in the middle, bisecting the visor, giving the appearance of two large blue eyes instead of the single visor of before. (4/ATK: 1900/DEF: 1300)
"Obaachan ga iteita: I am that who walks the Path of Heaven and rules over all." Kabuto said.
"Here's a nifty effect that he has. During my Battle Phase, he gets to attack twice!"
"What?" The proctor gasped.
"Kabuto, start off by attacking Bladefly!"
"As you wish…" He said as he pressed the buttons on his ZECTer.
1! 2! 3!
After pressing the buttons, he shifted the horn on his belt to one side, activating it and declared, "Rider Kick."
RIDER KICK!
Electricity crackled from the belt then traveled to his horn before it traveled down to his kicking foot. Kabuto then ran forward and jumped up before tucking his left leg in and sticking his right leg out before diving down for his Rider Kick.
"You triggered my Set card! Mirror Force!" the proctor countered as his Set card rose.
"Tch…" Kurogasa gritted as Kabuto's kick hit an invisible barrier that forced him to bounce back before being destroyed.
"I'll place one card face-down. Ta-n endo." Kurogasa concluded, setting another card and the new reversed appeared next to the one he set on his first turn.
"Watashi no ta-n!" the proctor called as he began his turn, drawing his next card. "I activate the Spell, Duel! This allows us to both draw until we hold six cards." Both players did as the card instructed before the proctor continued. "And next, I Tribute my two Monsters in order to Advance Summon Simorgh, Bird of Divinity!" Rising up onto the field in place of the proctor's Monsters, amidst a fierce windstorm, was a large bird covered in green feathers that made it stand out with a distinct majesty, ensuring none would dare to challenge it. (7/ATK: 2700/DEF: 1000) "Simorgh attacks the player directly!"
"I don't think so! Reveal face-down!" Kurogasa shouted as he revealed one of his face-downs. "Negate Attack! This nullifies your attack and ends the Battle Phase!"
"What?!" The proctor gasped as the the bird dived down until being stopped by a vortex that appeared out of nowhere and the bird went through it only to come back from the other side.
"In that case, I'll set down two cards and end my turn there." the proctor concluded. "I advise you make this turn count, applicant. Otherwise this will be the last turn for both of us."
"Oh don't worry, I intend to make this count. O-re no ta-n!" Kurogasa said, drawing his next card. "Yes, just the card I need! First, I activate my other face-down, Call of the Haunted to bring back Kabuto!" He said, as the red beetle-themed warrior appeared. "Now I summon Kamen Rider Faiz in ATK mode!" A silhouetted man appeared, having a suitcase with him. He opened it up and there were parts for his belt. He took the parts out and put them together to make the belt and puts it on his waist. He then took a silver phone and opened it up dialing:
5-5-5
STANDING BY
He then closed the phone and raised it up in the air. "Henshin!" He then places the phone on his belt sideways.
COMPLETE
Red lines appeared on his body and then he glowed for a few seconds before the light dimmed. When the light faded, he was now in a black bodysuit with red lines running along the arms and legs. The torso armor is silver and rounded with more red lines running through it to connect to the silver belt which has a rectangular center with a phi symbol on the front. His hands have metal tips with bands on the wrists and near the elbow. The helmet is black with large yellow eyes and a pair of antennae which split the eyes to make it look like a phi symbol on the face. There is a silver mouthpiece which is smaller than the other Riders. On the sides of the belt are what initially looks like a telescope on the left side and a camera on the right. His left leg from the knee down has a metal brace on it (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400)
"You ready, Takumi?" Kurogasa asked.
"Just say the word." Faiz answered.
"Alright then, attack Simorgh, Bird of Divinity!" Kurogasa declared. Faiz nodded and took out the Faiz Pointer from his belt. He then slid out a small chip called the Mission Memory from his phone and slid it into the Faiz Pointer, making the barrel of it extend slightly.
READY
He then attached the Faiz Pointer to the outside of his right leg, faced down while parallel to his leg before he opened up the phone and pressed the ENTER button.
EXCEED CHARGE
A The phone glowed briefly before a red light traveled from the phone down his right leg, activating the Faiz Pointer. He then sprinted forward towards the former and leaping up in the air, he flipped forward and slanted his body straight before a laser shot out of the pointer turning into a huge red holographic cone and it slammed into Simorgh.
"Hold on just a minute, your Monster can't destroy Simorgh, his ATK points are too high!" The proctor pointed out.
"You're right. Under normal circumstances, but he has a nifty effect. If he attacks a non-Warrior-type Monster, that Monster is automatically destroyed and no Damage is applied!"
"What?!" the examiner gasped as Faiz bent his left leg and dashed downward towards the cone to perform his Crimson Smash, hitting the cone and its target before disappearing momentarily.
Moments later, Faiz appeared behind Exxod in a red blur and landed on his feet in a crouching position.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
It then exploded as a red thin light resembling the Phi symbol appeared.
"Now let's try this again! Kabuto, attack directly!"
Kabuto wasted no time as he pressed the buttons on his ZECTer.
1! 2! 3!
After pressing the buttons, he shifted the horn on his belt to one side, activating it and declared, "Rider Kick."
RIDER KICK!
Electricity crackled from the belt then traveled to his horn before it traveled down to his kicking foot. Kabuto then ran forward and jumped up before tucking his left leg in and sticking his right leg out before diving down for his Rider Kick at the proctor.
Kurogasa: 700
Proctor: 0
As the Solid Vision shut down, the examiner stood up straight and brushed himself off, "Congratulations, examinee. You have won."
"Thank you." Kurogasa bowed as the platform he stood on then lowered down. A few moments later, after walking for a while longer, he arrived at the stands again, deciding to watch the duels from there.
"Phew… that was a close one…" He sighed to himself in relief as he sat down.
"It's a good thing you called me out when you needed me most." Faiz said as he appeared in spirit form along with Agito, Blade, and Kabuto.
"Yeah, no kidding, I got lucky this time." Kurogasa said.
"Obaachan ga iteita: If you wish it to be so, luck will always be your ally." Kabuto quoted.
"Well, it was definitely an ally today." He said.
"So what's next?" Blade asked.
"I thought we could sit around and relax a bit, watching these duels." Kurogasa shrugged. "I gotta check out the competition after all."
"That's not a bad idea." Agito agreed.
"That was some good work out there, Number 46." someone spoke up from behind Kurogasa. Turning in his seat, the Kamen Rider duelist found that it was Misawa Daichi once again as the spirits disappeared.
"Oh hey. Thanks." Kurogasa said. "It wasn't a bad duel for their debut."
"Their debut?" Misawa repeated. "You mean to say you've never used the cards beforehand?"
"No. They've been recently made." Kurogasa said, looking at the deck. "My dad was a card designer. He made them before… he…" He trailed off.
"I see. I'm sorry to hear that." Misawa said apologetically.
"It's fine, you didn't know," Kurogasa waved off before looking at Misawa with a sad smile. "Right now, all I can do is use these cards and honor his memory."
"I think that's a very good thing to do." Misawa replied back.
"Oh man, I thought I'd never get through that duel," A voice sighed. Kurogasa and Misawa turned around to see a boy with very light blue hair sectioned in three layers, grey eyes positioned between the three bangs closest to his face and behind a pair of rounded glasses. He wore a standard Japanese school uniform worn by most boys. He was walking towards them before he slumped his shoulders and stopped.
"You okay?" Kurogasa asked.
"Huh? Oh… I'm just really stressed out after my exam duel." the shorter boy said.
"So I take it you're an examinee as well?" Misawa queried.
"Yeah. I'm Number 119." he answered. "I'm Marufuji Sho."
"Kururugi Kurogasa. Nice to meet ya. And I'm Number 46."
"I saw your match. I'm amazed you were able to take on such powerful Monsters without summoning anything higher than Level-4," Sho said.
"Oh you'd be surprised what I can do with this deck." Kurogasa smirked. "Still, like I told Misawa, they didn't do too bad for their debut."
"Their debut? You mean you never used them before this?" Sho wondered in surprise.
"Nope." Kurogasa grinned.
"Though I have to say you got lucky," Misawa pointed out. "If you hadn't drawn, much less summoned, that Faiz card, I'm more than certain the examiner's deck would have defeated you if you didn't have anything stronger."
"Yeah, I just got lucky today." Kurogasa rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
["Examinee #1, Misawa Daichi."]
"Ah, looks like I'm up," Misawa said as he got up from his seat, briefly turning his attention to Kurogasa and Sho. "I'll see you after my match." The white-clothed student then made his way down to the dueling field.
"Good luck." Kurogasa waved.
"Much appreciated, but I won't need luck in this one." Misawa smirked before leaving completely.
Outside of the stadium, the Kaiba Corp security member and two Duel Academia representatives who were allowing students in were about to pack things up when…
"Wait!" a voice suddenly called out, catching their attention as they saw a boy with brown hair wearing an open, grey school jacket over a red shirt trying to climb over the railings albeit very messily as he had leaves and twigs stuck to his hair. "Examinee #110, Yuki Judai! I'm 'safe', right?"
The representatives looked at Judai oddly before checking the paperwork they had and nodded to the Kaiba Corp employee, who responded to the teen, "Yes, you've arrived just in time."
"Yahoo!" Judai called out happily, raising an arm in celebration before pulling himself over the railing, then brushed off the leaves and branches before proceeding inside. Once in the stadium, he smiled gleefully at the duels on the arena floor and ran up to the railing, pushing himself between Sho and Kurogasa. "Look at them going at it!" During Misawa's duel, the student had been reduced to 3200 Life Points and had summoned Vorse Raider while having a set card. Opposite him was his examiner, who had Big Shield Gardna and Gear Golem The Moving Fortress both in Defense Position and with 1900 Life Points left.
"No matter how elite you may be, in the face of my hyper-defense deck, you won't be able to chip away at my life points any further," the examiner declared.
"I activate my trap card, Ring of Destruction!" Misawa said calmly, his set card rising and shocking his examiner. "This trap card destroys one face-up Monster on the field, dealing damage equal to its ATK to both of us." In response, a thick collar lined with grenades appeared around the neck of Misawa's Vorse Raider before detonating, destroying his own Monster in an explosion.
Misawa: 1300
Examiner: 0
"Exam duel complete," the examiner stated as the Solid Vision faded. "Congratulations. You won."
"Thank you very much," Misawa said with a polite bow to his opponent.
Among those watching the duel were three boys wearing blue jackets with white lining, a part of the Duel Academia school uniform. The boy in the middle had spiky black hair while the boy to his left had blue hair that draped over the side of his face and wore a pair of small glasses and the boy to his right had spiky brown hair.
"Examinee #1, Misawa Daichi. He's very good, isn't he," said the boy on the left.
"After hearing the rumors, it was worth coming to see him," said the boy on the right, who then turned his attention to the boy in the middle. "Right, Manjoume?"
"Nonsense," the black-haired boy, Manjoume, responded. "The bar for entrance exam duels is set very low. Leaving campus was a waste of time. Only one. Duel Academia doesn't need two kings."
"Just what you'd expect from Number 1," Kurogasa grinned. "Looks like I'll have good competition in the long run."
"He had a great combo, huh?" Judai said, impressed with Misawa's finishing move.
"Of course he did," Sho pointed out. "That's Examinee #1. In other words, the one who placed highest on the written exam. That's Misawa Daichi."
"So that's what the exam numbers mean?" Judai wondered, apparently not having figured it out himself.
"They determine who gets in based on written exam score and your duel," Sho explained. "I managed to win my duel, but I'm Examinee #119, so I don't know if they'll let me in or not…"
"Don't you worry!" Judai said, slapping Sho on the back. "If you're lucky, you'll pass. Look at me. I'm #110."
"You're kinda late there, buddy," Kurogasa said. "The duels with the 100's already ended a long time ago." Judai then looked completely stunned at having shown up so late
In the area for the examiners, a couple of them were talking about the most recent duel.
"No deliberation needed for Misawa. He's in," one of them said with certainty.
"Yes, so he's the last one?" the other wondered.
Sitting next to them was a man with long blonde hair tied in a ponytail and wearing a blue uniform with frills on his shoulders. As he was tidying up his paperwork, the member of Kaiba Corp. security walked up to him.
"Excuse me," the man said. "We have one more examinee that made it just before registration closed."
"What is his exam number?" the blonde man questioned.
"Examinee #110," the security member answered.
"Arriving just before the deadline suggests carelessness," the blonde man sneered. "Our academy needs no drop-out boys."
"But he did make it in time, so I think he has the right to take the exam," one of the examiners said.
"And he was late because of a train accident," an older examiner pointed out.
"It seems wrong not to let him take it…" another examiner said.
"Non problema!" the blonde man shouted in Italian, then slammed his hands on the desk. "Never! Non, non, non!"
*RIIIIING! RIIIIIING!*
Hearing his cell phone ringing, the blonde man pulled it out of his pocket and answered it, "Scusi. Who might this be? Oh, Mr. Principal…"
["I hear you have an examinee who was late due to a train accident and made it just before registration closed…"] The blonde man's eyes widened in surprise. ["Be careful not to deprive him of his chance, just because of a poor written score. Remember, our goal is to bring together a wide variety of talents in order to cultivate more well-rounded duelists."]
The blonde man then pulled his phone away once the principal hung up, "Nothing slips by him, eh? That sly old dog…" The man then closed his cell phone. 'Duel Academia is a school for the duel elite. Pèrche? Why does Principal Samejima ally himself with a drop-out boy such as he?' "I shall duel with that examinee personally!"
The other examiners were surprised by this declaration, and as the blonde man was about to leave, one of the other examiners stood up, "W-Wait a minute…" The examiner then pulled out a briefcase full of pre-built decks. "Instructor Chronos, take an exam deck with you."
The blonde man, Instructor Chronos, merely scoffed and walked away, "I have no need for such a thing! I shall use my own dec
At the same time, Misawa had returned from his duel and returned to his seat.
"You're really good," Judai said.
Misawa turned his attention to Judai briefly before taking off his Duel Disk, "Yeah."
"I'd say you're good enough to be #2 among this year's examinees," Judai stated, surprising Misawa, Sho, and Kurogasa.
"Number 2? Why's that?" Kurogasa raised an eyebrow.
Just as Judai was about to respond…
["Examinee #110, Yuki Judai."]
"All right! It's my turn!" Judai said excitedly and started to make his way down the stairs before stopping. "Oh, and for your question…" Judai turned his attention back to Kurogasa with a determined expression on his face. "Because I'm #1." Judai then continued on his way down to the arena floor.
"His written exam score was only nine places above mine," Sho pointed out. "How can he be so confident?"
"Well, his dueling skills will show that." Kurogasa crossed his arms.
Judai put on his Duel Disk as he entered his dueling arena while his opponent, Instructor Chronos, was having his own personalized Duel Disk attached.
"Buon giorno!" Chronos greeted the examinee.
Judai's body jolted for a moment before turning his attention fully on his opponent and bowed, "I'm Yuki Judai."
"Signor Judai, I am Chronos de Medici. I oversee the academy's practical training," Chronos introduced himself.
"What an honor!" Judai said in awe. "The one in charge of practical training wants to duel me personally? You must have really high hopes for me, huh?" Of course, Chronos sweat dropped at his reaction. This wasn't how he was supposed to react.
"I am simply speechless…" Chronos said to himself.
Back up with Manjoume, he and his two friends were surprised at the turn of events.
"Instructor Chronos is facing him personally?" the blue-haired boy questioned.
"Is that Judai kid really that important?" the brown-haired boy wondered.
'He shouldn't be!' Manjoume snarled in his head as he grit his teeth.
"Duel Coat, on!" Chronos said as he activated his personalized Duel Disk.
Judai couldn't help but be impressed at Chronos's tech, "That's so cool! Teacher, can I buy a coat like that, too?"
"All students who receive superior grades possess them," Chronos answered. 'Though such matters are irrelevant to a drop-out boy such as yourself… and always will be.'
"Okay! I'll do my best!" Judai said excitedly before both of them drew their starting hands.
"DUEL!"
Judai: 4000
Chronos: 4000
"O-re no ta-n!" Judai called out, taking the first turn as he drew his sixth card, then looked over his hand. "Okay. I summon Elemental HERO Avian in Defense Position!" As Judai played his card, the Monster that appeared was a man covered mostly in green fur with a pair of large wings sprouting from his back. (3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)
"Heh~ Elemental HERO, huh?" Kurogasa mused.
"You know about it?" Sho asked.
"Who hasn't?" Misawa said. "They're an incredibly common set of cards."
"Not to mention that it's a very difficult archetype to master. But if he has a deck full of those cards and mastered them already, then he'll be a force to be reckoned with."
"Then I set one more card on the field," Judai continued as he pushed a card into his Duel Disk, causing a reversed card to appear. "Ta-n endo!"
"Now it is my turn!" Chronos said as he moved his hand over his deck, causing his Duel Disk to eject a card for him. The Instructor then looked over his current hand before looking back to Judai's field. 'A HERO deck, eh? He considers himself a hero in whatever small town he comes from, eh?' "Allow me to show you just how large this world is. I activate the spell card Confiscation from my hand."
"What? Confiscation?" Judai said in shock, surprised that such a powerful card was being used for an exam duel.
"A rare card on the first draw?" Kurogasa frowned. "What's that instructor trying to do?"
"It allows me to pay 1000 Life Points to look at my opponent's hand, choose one card from it, and send it to the Graveyard," Chronos explained as the cards in Judai's hand started to glow.
Judai: 4000
Chronos: 3000
In response, the cards appeared in front of Chronos in the form of Solid Vision. "A drop-out boy deck, after all."
'Is he talking smack about the deck I put my sweat and tears into?' Judai questioned in his head as he narrowed his eyes.
"I send Monster Reborn to the Graveyard," Chronos decided, causing the Solid Vision of his selected card to turn around before shattering as Judai pushed the card into his Graveyard slot. "Then I set two cards on the field." Two reversed cards then appeared in front of Instructor Chronos. "And then, I activate the spell card Heavy Storm from my hand. This card destroys all spell and trap cards on the field."
A fierce wind suddenly picked up and swept across the field, destroying Judai's face-down Draining Shield, but also Chronos's two set cards.
"But, Teacher, you hit your own cards with that, too," Judai pointed out with a short chuckle.
"Here we have what we call 'a big fish in a small pond.' Glub glub," Chronos said mockingly as a dark cloud suddenly appeared, blanketing the field.
"What?" Judai questioned in surprise.
"I Special Summon Wicked Tokens!" Chronos declared as a pair of gold, serpent-like creatures appeared on his field. (4/ATK: 1000/ DEF: 1000)
"Okay, I'm definitely seeing some red flags." Kurogasa frowned heavier. "That's no exam deck."
"I have no idea what's going on," Sho said.
"Statue of the Wicked is a special kind of trap that, after it's destroyed, produces Tokens," Misawa pointed out. "In order to use that effect, Instructor Chronos destroyed his own Statues of the Wicked."
"Wow…" Sho said, impressed by the maneuver.
"Not only that, those and Confiscation are powerful rare cards." Kurogasa added. "He's put Judai at a huge disadvantage."
"That isn't an exam deck," the blue-haired friend of Manjoume pointed out. "That's Instructor Chronos's own Dark Medieval deck!"
"He executed his own combo, while containing #110's trap," the brown-haired boy noted.
"Could any examinee beat that deck?" the blue-haired boy wondered.
"I doubt it!" the brown-haired boy said.
Manjoume scoffed, "If that examinee thought he was special, he was under a grave misapprehension. Instructor Chronos intends to give that drop-out boy's fragile dreams a thorough crushing."
Watching from an area above were a young man with dark blue hair wearing a white uniform jacket with blue lining while a young woman with long blonde hair wearing a blue skirt and white uniform sleeveless blouse stood next to him.
"That poor boy," the young woman said as she watched. "It looks like Chronos has it in for him."
"This is worth watching," the young man said, earning the girl's attention. "The Dark Medieval deck… Thanks to #110, we might have a chance to see a legendary rare card."
"My turn has not ended yet," Chronos continued.
Judai couldn't help but laugh in excitement, "This is fun! What are you going to show me next, Teacher?"
Chronos merely scowled, "I now tribute two Wicked Tokens…" As Chronos said this, the two golden creatures on his field were engulfed in flames, crying out in pain before disappearing from the field. "To Advance Summon my Ancient Gear Golem!" Everyone watching was in complete shock and awe at Chronos's move.
"This is…" the blonde girl said, her eyes widened as her male companion watched intently. "The legendary rare card!" Rising up from behind Instructor Chronos was a massive, ancient humanoid machine that towered over the field, the gears that made up its insides visible through gaps in its armor. (8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 3000)
"You've gotta be kidding me," Kurogasa said with wide-eyes. "He runs an Ancient Gear Deck?!"
"He went right to a Level-8 Monster!" Sho said in shock.
"Wow! I've heard rumors about this," Judai said, more than eager to face such a legendary and powerful card.
"Chronos de Medici has never lost after summoning that card," the blue-haired young man pointed out. "I didn't think that examinee had the skill to make the teacher get serious."
"It's only Instructor Chronos being tempermental," the blonde young woman pointed out. "I feel bad, but I can hear the iron door of Duel Academia slamming shut on that boy."
Instructor Chronos laughed at his advantage over the drop-out boy, "Here we go! Ancient Gear Golem attacks your Elemental HERO Avian! Ultimate Pound!" On command, the mechanized giant slowly pulled back its right arm before throwing it at the defending HERO, destroying it on contact.
"Ancient Gear Golem has 3000 ATK!" Sho pointed out. "Avian has 1000 DEF! There's no way he can beat him!"
"And that doesn't finish it," Misawa said. "The Monster's effect is that, when it attacks a Monster in Defense Position, if its ATK are higher than the other's DEF, the difference is converted to damage to the opposing player."
"Piercing damage…" Kurogasa gritted. "Any card with that kind of ability is always dangerous."
"O-Oh, no…" Sho started to panic. "That Monster breaks all the rules!"
Ancient Gear Golem's fist didn't stop after destroying Avian, as it continued forward and phased right through Judai.
Judai: 2000
Chronos: 3000
Chronos laughed again as Judai was left hunched over after the attack, "Lost your will to fight already, eh?"
But then Judai himself started to laugh and raised his head with an excited smile on his face, "I'm touched. A head teacher wants to duel me this seriously."
'What?! How deluded are you? I have no intention letting a drop-out boy like you pass through Duel Academia's sacred gates!' Chronos argued in his head as he scowled and grit his teeth at Judai.
'This is where my real skill is put to the test,' Judai thought to himself as he was about to draw his next card, but…
"Kuri kuri kuri!"
Judai's eyes then widened in surprise as he looked down at his deck, 'Who's calling me?' Judai then drew his card and turned it over, revealing it to be an incredibly rare Monster named Winged Kuriboh. 'Are you the one? No way.'
Flashback
Before arriving at the stadium for the practical exams, Judai had bumped into a certain someone with rather familiar and specific spiky hair who had then handed him the Winged Kuriboh card.
"This is a lucky card. Do your best."
End Flashback
The wings on the Winged Kuriboh card gave a glow, but Judai didn't notice it.
'I see. Winged Kuriboh, huh?' Judai thought to himself with a smile as he read over the card's effects, but then Winged Kuriboh winked at the boy, surprising him briefly though he figured he was just seeing things before looking over the rest of his hand. 'Okay, I'll trust you!' "I summon Winged Kuriboh from my hand into Defense Position!" As Judai played his card, the Monster that appeared was your standard Kuriboh but with a pair of small white wings on its back. (1/ATK: 300/DEF: 200)
"Then I set one more card and end my turn," Judai said as he pushed a card into his Duel Disk, causing a reversed card to appear behind the winged furball.
Instructor Chronos merely laughed, "A Kuriboh with wings, eh? You do possess an unusual card. But it is naught but a low-Level Monster! Summoning it in Defense Position will give you no defense against the piercing effect of my Ancient Gear Golem! But I suppose a small Monster suits a small player. Then, it's my turn, eh?" Chronos brought his hand up to his deck again, causing it to eject another card for him. "Now it is over. Ancient Gear Golem, perform Ultimate Pound on that Winged Kuriboh!" Just as before, the mechanized giant threw its fist at Judai's defensing Monster, causing the winged furball to cry out before it was destroyed and Judai braced himself.
'Sorry, Winged Kuriboh,' Judai apologized to his Monster.
"Why have you not lost any Life Points?" Chronos asked in confusion.
"On the turn when WInged Kuriboh is destroyed, any damage you take is reduced to zero," Judai explained Winged Kuriboh's effect, shocking the Instructor.
"A card exists that Chronos doesn't know about?" the blonde young woman said with a hint of surprise.
"There are some things even teachers don't know," her male companion said. "The world of dueling is fathomless."
"And that's what makes it interesting," the young woman said with a bit of a laugh.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh man, people really need to stop underestimating Kuriboh!" Kurogasa laughed.
"Is that the small Monster's effect?" Chronos questioned as Judai put his card into the Graveyard slot.
"He's a friend who risked his life to save me," Judai defended his Monster. "You're going to pay for calling him 'small'!"
"Such impudence! He is a mere stopgap Monster," Chronos said. "What am I to call him, is not small?"
"No… Winged Kuriboh's cry was the signal that awakens the Monsters of my deck!" Judai countered. "I activate my trap card Hero Signal!" As Judai's set card rose, a beam of light shot from it and left a stylized 'H' emblazoned on the ceiling. "This lets me Special Summon Elemental HERO Burstinatrix from my deck!" Appearing next on Judai's field was a female Monster with red and ash-colored skin with long black hair that ended in ashened tips and a gold helmet. (3/ATK: 1200/DEF: 800)
"O-re no ta-n!" Judai called out as he drew his next card. "Winged Kuriboh, I heard your encouragement. Now watch me…" Judai looked over the card he had drawn and the remaining two cards in his hand. "Next, Avian's indomitable fighting spirit is reborn. I use the spell card The Warrior Returning Alive to return him to my hand from the Graveyard, and summon him." Just as Avian was ejected from the Graveyard slot, Judai grabbed the card and played it, summon the winged HERO once more. (3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)
Chronos merely scoffed, "What can a cheap comic book hero accomplish? He is nothing more than a Normal Monster!"
"Normal Monsters with low ATK are merely temporary identities for Avian and Burstinatrix," Judai stated. "Don't be too shocked when you see their true form, Teacher! I activate the spell card Polymerization! I fuse Avian and Burstinatrix…" As Judai explained his move, his two HERO Monsters jumped into the air and were reduced to particles before they were merged together and formed a single new Monster with a muscular green body, a single white wing sprouting from his left shoulder, a red dragon head in place on his right arm, and a red dragon tail. (6/ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200) "And I Fusion Summon my favorite card, Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!"
Everyone watching was surprised at Judai's use of a Fusion Monster.
"Cool!" Sho said in awe of Judai's move.
"Flame Wingman can only be summoned with a Fusion Summon," Misawa explained. "When it destroys an opponent's Monster in battle, it deals damage to the opposing player equal to the destroyed Monster's ATK."
"But Flame Wingman only has 2100 ATK," Sho pointed out. "It's nowhere near Ancient Gear Golem's ATK."
"True, but if he could somehow power up that HERO, that instructor is as good as done." Kurogasa said.
"If he's really #1, he'll work it out somehow," Misawa said, grinning with anticipation.
"He's actually #110…" Sho corrected.
"May I offer you a special lesson?" Chronos spoke up. "A duel requires none of your extraneous talk. Do remember this! Even if you Special Summon Flame Wingman, its ATK are a mere 2100. It cannot compete with my Ancient Gear Golem!"
"Then let me teach you something, Teacher," Judai countered as he held up his final card. "Heroes have a superheroic stage they can fight on." As Judai said this, an extra space opened up on the edge of his Duel Disk's board. "Field Spell, Skyscraper!" As Judai played his card, the field started to change with skyscrapers and other tall buildings rising around the two duelists, as if trapping them within a city. Standing at the highest point of the tallest skyscraper with the moon directly behind him was Elemental HERO Flame Wingman.
"No way! He has it!" Kurogasa gasped.
"Now the stage is set… Go, Flame Wingman!" Judai commanded. "Attack Ancient Gear Golem!"
In response, Flame Wingman jumped down from the skyscraper and dove towards Chronos's giant Monster. "Scherzi. You must be joking. Flame Wingman's ATK does not even approach that of my Ancient Gear Golem!" Chronos pointed out. Flame Wingman then landed in front on the Ancient Gear Golem only to launch itself higher in the air.
"Heroes always win! Skyscraper is a Field Spell. When a HERO fights a Monster with superior ATK, that HERO's ATK increase by 1000," Judai explained as Flame Wingman grew stronger. (6/ATK: 2100-3100/DEF: 1200)
"Oh, Dio!" Chronos shouted in shock.
"Take this! Skyscraper Shoot!" Judai commanded, to which Flame Wingman, upon reaching the height of its jump, dove down at Ancient Gear Golem once again, its body engulfed in flames before crashing into the mechanical Monster. Everyone watching was in complete shock over Judai having defeated Chronos's supposedly unbeatable card.
"Mama mia!" Chronos panicked. "My Ancient Gear Golem!"
"And Flame Wingman's effect means you take damage equal to the destroyed Monster's ATK, Teacher," Judai explained once Flame Wingman landed next to him.
"What?" Chronos said disbelievingly before turning around to see the crumbling state of his Ancient Gear Golem. Despite his attempts to stop it, the large Monster eventually fell on top of Chronos.
Judai: 2000
Chronos: 0
"Gotcha!" Judai grinned doing a two-finger salute towards Chronos. "That was a fun duel, Teacher."
The Solid Vision then faded, returning the dueling field to its original state as Chronos lay sprawled on the floor, a look of complete disbelief on his face, "How? How could I lose to a drop-out boy such as he?"
Manjoume and his two friends were in complete and utter shock at Chronos's loss.
"I can't believe it…" Manjoume said, sharing the same disbelief as the fallen Instructor. "Instructor Chronos lost to an examinee?"
Up above, the blonde young woman seemed to be amused with Judai's victory, "That kid's pretty interesting, huh?" Though as she turned her attention towards her male companion, she saw him already walking away.
"Great work, #110!" Sho shouted excitedly.
"Like I said, Elemental HEROes can be a force to be reckoned with if used right." Kurogasa grinned. "And this guy played his cards well."
'You might make a good rival, #1.' Misawa thought to himself with a competitive smirk on his face.
"I won! Yeah!" Judai shouted and jumped about excitedly down on the dueling field before taking out his Winged Kuriboh card and smiled at it. "Looking forward to working with you, pal."
"Kuri kuri!" the Winged Kuriboh responded as it gave a wink to its new partner.
Fen: And there you have it! The first chapter of the rebooted Kamen Rider GX is in! I have to admit, this wasn't too bad.
AG: It's honestly something I'm used to since I've done three different takes of GX myself. The first two didn't really worked out cause I didn't have much planned and honestly did some stupid shit with them.
KKD: Honestly, I really liked the first story and was glad to contribute. Now I'm more than honored to be a part of the writing crew as needed for the reboot. And I really enjoyed reading the original and helping here.
Fen: I'm just really glad I managed to find someone else to help with the Riders, because whenever I try to write it, it doesn't feel the same.
? ? ?: …
Fen: *shivers for no reason* H-Hey, you guys feel that?
KKD: No. What? What did you feel?
AG: I'm not saying anything. Except that, to those wondering why we made a switch to Judai as he was arriving at the stadium, we honestly tried to figure out what deck Misawa was using for his exam duel but with how he generally structures his decks, there was nothing we could come up with that Vorse Raider would fit in.
Fen: Not to mention that I need to get used to the subs since I was so used to the dub back then…
AG: Yeah, the characters are quite different between the two versions, so switching from one to the other can be jarring if you're so used to one.
KKD: Yeah, that's for certain. Admittedly, when I helped write a couple chapters of the original, one of them I tried to blend both the sub and the dub off to see what worked and what didn't… it felt a little strange, so sticking with one version really helps.
Fen: Well anyways, hopefully this chapter is a lot better to you readers out there. So, stay tuned and-
? ? ?: Heh… Looks like now's the perfect time to intrude…
KKD: What the FAIZ?!
Fen: AHHHHHH! WHO SAID THAT?!
? ? ?: I did.
Fen: *looks towards voice* YOU! What are you doing back here?! Azure, what is this person doing back here, huh?! I thought I told you I want nothing to do with him!
AG: I brought him to help with duels. I may be skilled, but I'm not that skilled.
KKD: Sorry, am I the only one out of the loop here?! Who is this guy?!
? ? ?: *Slips out of the shadows, revealing himself to be Master of the Wild Card* He let me in while you weren't looking. And I must say it was a wise choice.
Fen: You son of a- I'm gonna-
AG: Do absolutely nothing, understand? You've got KK Slider here handling characterizations of the Kamen Riders, you've got me steering this ship, and Wild Card is here to assist with the duels. And to help me keep things under control.
KKD: It's KKD SILVER! Don't compare me to the dog from Animal Crossing! *tries to calm down after that, hands reaching for a Dengasher set on his belt*
Fen: Grrrrrrrrrrrrr… if you'll excuse me, we're gonna to need to have a long talk about this… See ya next chapter.
KKD: Jaa ne. *Forms the Dengasher gun* Here, Fen.
Fen: Thanks, I'm gonna need this. *Takes the gun* Alright, Wild Card you little *beep* you son of a *beep*ing *beep, beep, beep*! I'm going to tear off your *beep* and shove them right up your *beep, beep, beep, beep*! And that *beep, beep, beep, beep, beep* on your *beep, beep, beep, beep* with *beep, beep, beep* in the *beep, beep* and *beep, beep, beep, beep, beep* you *beep, beep, beep*! So then you'll have to *beep* sideways!
Wild Card: Care to go any further? *Dark aura intensifies around my body while my eyes glow yellow and I smile sadistically*
Fen: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Kamen Rider Blade
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: LIGHT
ATK/DEF: 1600/1400
Effect: Once per turn, during your Draw Phase, if you draw a "Kamen Rider" Monster: You can reveal it; draw another card. If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy another "Kamen Rider" Monster you control instead.
Kamen Rider Agito
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: LIGHT
ATK/DEF: 1600/1100
Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Set card your opponent controls; destroy it. If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy another "Kamen Rider" Monster you control instead.
Kamen Rider Faiz
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: EARTH
ATK/DEF: 1600/1400
Effect: If you control a "Kamen Rider" Monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). At the start of the Damage Step, if this card battles a non-Warrior-Type Monster, destroy that Monster. If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy another "Kamen Rider" Monster you control instead.
Kamen Rider Kabuto
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: EARTH
ATK/DEF: 1900/1300
Effect: This card can make a second attack on Monsters during the Battle Phase. If this card would be destroyed, you can destroy another "Kamen Rider" Monster you control instead.
(Top cards were made and revised by myself and... Wild Card. All creative rights go to us.)
Yosh = Alright
O-re no senkou = I'm going first
O-re/Watashi no ta-n = It's my turn
Ta-n endo = Turn end
Hai = Yes
Ikuzo = Let's go
Wakatta = Understood