Yugioh GX Genesis
Chapter One: Power of the Heart
The sun rose over the horizon and shone it's light over the city of Domino. It was summer, school was over, and on a day on summer vacation, the student population of the city would normally be lazing about, doing nothing. But not today. Today, most of the student population of the city were at a large stadium in the middle of the city. Those students were also players of the card game known as Duel Monsters. This was not a coincidence, as this was the day when Seto Kaiba's Duelist Academy, a famous school made for teaching the game, held it's annual entrance exam.
Inside the arena, an explosion rang out. One of the examinees fell back onto the floor from the powerful direct attack he had just taken. Standing across from him was one of the Teachers at the Academy who had volunteered to test the examinees by dueling them. He was a thin, pale looking man with silver hair. He was dressed in a black coat and pants, and had a dour expression on his face that seemed almost glued there. His name was Vladimir, or "Count Vladimir," as the students had nicknamed him. There was a rumor among the students of the Academy that he was in fact a vampire, and by looking at him you could easily see why.
Reaching into his pocket, Vladimir pulled out a silver pocketwatch and flipped it open, waving his hand dismissively at the boy he had just defeated. "You have lost, and thus there is no place for you at this Academy. Leave this place, weakling." He didn't even notice as the boy fled the arena, tears in his eyes. Sighing, Vladimir flipped the watch close. Every one of the examinees he had dueled had been absolutely pathetic. So far he hadn't lost once, and very few duelists had even lowered his life points below two thousand. There were about a dozen things he'd rather be doing than being forced to duel such weaklings.
Vladimir turned to the assistant standing nearby. "Well, which of these weaklings shall I have to crush next?" He asked. The assistant frowned. "Perhaps they'd be more of a challenge if you were using one of the Practice Decks, Professor Vladimir." The gaunt man folded his arms and shook his head. "Perhaps the other Teachers can degrade themselves by using such pathetic decks, but i see no reason to. If these duelists cannot defeat my deck, they do not deserve to enter the Academy. Now, who is next?" The assistant raised his head and shouted out to the stands, "Kyle Kokoro, it is your turn to duel, please enter the arena."
Up in the stands, a boy was asleep in his seat, his feet kicked up on the front of the chair in front of him. He had bright green hair that went down his shoulders, appeared to be fast asleep. However, as soon as his name was called, Kyle opened his eyes and stood up. Everyone near him stared. Kyle's eyes were a glittering emerald colour, which was quite unusual. Kyle began to walk down the stairs toward the arena, a cool expression on his face. Reaching the guardrail, he put his hand on it and flipped over. Unfortunately, he had misjudged the distance to the ground, and landed on a heap, ruining his cool entrance.
Standing up, he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, apparently unharmed by the fall. He turned to Vladimir and grinned. "Heh, sorry about that. I guess I got a little too excited." The pale-faced Professor frowned in distaste at this. "Rather energetic, hmmm? Well, I'll soon beat that out of him." Vladimir thrust out his arm and his duel disk snapped into the ready position. Kyle stared at this, blinked, then hit himself in the forehead. Turning around, he yelled up into the stands, he called out, "Hey, could somebody throw me my disk?" Everyone there promptly face-fell.
After a few moments, the light-weight plastic disk came sailing out of the stands. Unfortunately, Kyle missed the catch and it hit him in the face. Despite the red bruise on his face, Kyle grinned and waved back. "Thank you!" Turning around, he snapped the disk onto his arm, pulled a deck out of his pocket and slammed it into the holder. He then activated it and grinned at Vladimir. "Alright, let's begin, Professor...?" Vladimir drew his hand of six cards, while frowning with distaste at Kyle.
"I am Professor Vladimir, boy, and you will have to beat me if you wish to enter the academy. Try not to cry when you lose, like the rest."
Drawing his five cards, Kyle grinned at his opponent. "Oh, I don't think that'll happen, Professor. It's pretty hard to even make me stop smiling, much less cry." Vladimir sneered as he looked at his hand. "Well, we'll have to see about that, won't we?" Selecting a card, Vladimir placed it horizantally onto a monster zone. It was quickly followed by two facedown cards behind it. "I shall set one monster in defense mode, and set two cards facedown. Your turn, examinee." Kyle eagerly grinned as he drew.
"Alright, here's my key monster, professor!" Placing the monster down, Kyle watched with a grin on his face as it materialized.
Kyle's monster looked to be about the same age as him. He had spiky brown hair, and sea-blue eyes. He was dressed all in black, and had a bracelet around his neck with a pendant resembling a crown on the end. The strangest thing about this monster was his weapon. It was designed to look like a key, with the blade on the end resembling the 'teeth'. Kyle snapped out his hand to point at his supposedly key monster. "Keyblade Master - Sora is summoned!" (1500/1500) Vladimir tried hard not to laugh at the monster Kyle had summoned. Any other person would be laughing out loud, but he simply smiled. Laughter wasn't becoming of him.
Still grinning, Kyle pointed at the Teacher's hidden monster. "Sora, go beat up his facedown monster!" Sora nodded before rushing across the field, jumping into the air, and thrusting his weapon into the set monster, which was revealed as a small bat, which screeched in pain before shattering.
Vladimir clapped, before catching a card that was spat out of his disk. "Very good, you destroyed my Vampire Bat, (1000/1000) which when destroyed, lets me special summon a level five or lower Vampire monster from my deck to the field." Vladimir placed his new monster down in the space his Vampire Bat had previously been occupying. "Therefore, i special summon Vampire Lord (2000/1500) to my field." A gaunt man dressed in black clothes and white hair appeared on Vladimir's field, looking not unlike the Professor himself. Vladimir then tapped two buttons on his disk, causing both of his trap cards to flip up.
"I also activate both of my facedown cards. First, Call of the Haunted revives a monster in my graveyard. I revive, naturally, Vampire Bat." The small bat flew out of the trap card and perched down on the vampire's shoulder. "Next, Vampire's Rejuvenating Coffin allows me to either draw a card or gain five hundred life points when a Vampire is special summoned. I choose to draw two cards." Vladimir added two cards to his hand, effectively restoring his hand, as well as increasing his options.
Kyle whistled at the amount his opponent had managed to do, and it wasn't even his turn yet! "Wow, you're really good Professor! Okay, I set two cards and pass it over to you."
Meanwhile, up in the stands, two students were watching Kyle's duel with Vladimir. "Ah man, looks like Count Vlad's gearing up for his one turn kill combination." One remarked. He had a rather athletic body, with his muscles bulging out of his Obelisk Blue uniform. "Kind of a shame, I guess, cause he seems like a nice enough guy. Just bad luck getting Vladimir, I guess." He sighed and shrugged. "I wouldn't count out this boy just yet, Unari Kedamono." Spoke up the other. In contrast to the athletic student standing next to him, his body was very skinny and seemingly frail. His hair and eyes were an icy-blue colour, and his uniform only accented his appearance. "I sense a growing power coming from him, a power Professor Vladimir cannot hope to match." Unari shrugged. "Well, I guess you know best about this kinda stuff, Aisu."
Vladimir drew, putting his hand at six, the amount he had had at the start of the duel. "Now, Vampire Lord, tear down his weakling monster!" The Vampire smile darkly before spreading out his cloak. Instantly, a cloud of bats exploded from underneath, swarming across the field towards Sora. Kyle grinned before depressing the button on his disk, causing one of his set cards to flip faceup. "Come on, you didn't think it would be that easy, did you Professor? I activate Reaction Command, which negates all attacks towards Sora for the turn."
As the cloud of bats neared him, Sora mimiced his duelist's grin before spinning his weapon in an arc, knocking them back to their vampire master. Vladimir, having suspected this, was not surprised. "Very well, I set two cards and end my turn." Kyle's grin seemed to widen even further as he looked at his drawn card. "Alright, time to go on the offensive! First off, I equip Sora with Keychain - Oblivion!" Sora's weapon began to glow with a white light, and when it cleared, it had changed. It was now black, with a more fancy design. Sora did a few slices in the air to test out his new blade before striking a pose. Kyle grinned and pointed at him. "When Sora is equipped with Oblivion, he gains one thousand attack points!" (2500/1500) Vladimir's eyes widened slightly, then went to his set cards. Noticing this look, Kyle chuckled warmly. "Aw, don't worry Professor, he's not gonna use Oblivion to attack. Instead, he's using it's power to call forth an old friend."
Vladimir blinked at this statement, before looking over at Sora. The teenaged boy bent his arm back before tossing his weapon up into the air. It spun in the air before beginning to glow with a radiant light. When it finally fell back into Sora's hand, it was back to normal. However, in the space next to Sora, a form was materializing. Meanwhile, Kyle was searching his deck for something. Finally, he found what he was looking for, and slammed it down in a monster zone. Once he did so, the form fully appeared. This new monster looked to be about the same age as Sora, perhaps a couple years older. He had silver hair that went down to his shoulders, and his body was more muscular and athletic than Sora. He also carried a weapon that resembled a key. Grinning even wider, Kyle snapped out his arm and pointed towards his new monster. "Through the bonds of friendship, Keyblade Master - Riku is summoned!" (1700/1300)
Turning towards Sora, Riku gave the boy a thumbs up. Sora, also grinning, returned it. Suddenly, a glowing aura appeared, outlining them. Kyle smiled and gestured towards the two. "When Sora and Riku are on the field together, they both gain five hundred attack points! (2000/1500) (2200/1300) "Now, Riku, attack his Vampire Lord!"
The silver-haired teen nodded before running towards the Vampire, weapon held high. Vladimir smiled slightly before activating one of his facedowns. "I am impressed that you managed to come up with a monster that has enough attack points to defeat my Vampire Lord, but attack points mean nothing next to a trap. Attack Redirecting Armour forces your monster to change it's target to my Vampire Bat." As Riku swung, the vampire simply turned his head to the side, letting the blade smack the squealing bat off his shoulder, shattering it.
"And now my Vampire Bat's effect activates again. Therefore I special summon another Vampire Lord." A twin of the first undead monster appeared, smiling in the same manner as his brother. Kyle's grin seemed to dim for a moment, but then it was back in full force. "Alright Professor, I end my turn."
Before Vladimir drew, a green-blackish light surrounded his body. "Since I special summoned a Vampire, I gain five hundred life points."
Vladimir - 4500
Looking at the card he had drawn, Vladimir sneered. "And I believe this duel is about to close, Examinee." Taking one of his Vampire Lords off his duel disk, Vladimir replaced it with a different monster. "Vampire Lord, unleash the shackles of mortality that bind you to this world! Awaken your true form!" Immediately after he said this, Vladimir's Vampire Lord smiled darkly. As Kyle watched, his eyes turned a deep purple, and his muscles began to bulge. The Vampire's body then literally exploded outwards. Standing where he had stood was a monster whose head scraped the ceiling of the arena. It's skin was purple, and had muscles bigger than any body-builder could ever hope to have. A pair of giant bat-like wings extended out of it's back. Vladimir snapped out his arm and pointed at the monstrosity. "Awaken, Vampire Genesis!" (3000/2100)
Kyle stared at the ogre and whistled. "Wow, that's a really cool monster, Professor. Does it have an effect?" Vladimir snarled at the fact that this boy didn't seem to be scared of his monster at all. When he had summoned Vampire Genesis in the other duels, most of the hopefuls had screamed. Some had even...well let's just say the cleaning crews had to be called."
Growling, Vladimir activated a card. "Yes it does, but I require a monster in the graveyard to use it. Therefore, I activate Card Destruction, which causes us to discard our hands and draw new ones. Vladimir then pitched his hand into the graveyard without blinking. Kyle however, grimaced and carefully slid his three card hand in.
Vladimir blinked at this. "Whats the matter? Lost a good card?" Kyle looked at him and shook his head. "Na, I just had a monster in there, and I hate it when my monsters have to go to the graveyard." Vladimir sneered. "Well, i'm afraid you're not going to enjoy this very much, then. Vampire Genesis's ability lets me discard a zombie from my hand, and revive a zombie from my graveyard that has equal or less attack points than the one discarded. However, I can only use this once per turn. Therefore, I discard Despair from the Dark (2800/3000) to revive Vampire Lady."
The Vampirish Ogre made a motion with it's club-like hand, and a green-blackish light filled one of Vladimir's monster zones, and when it cleared, a Vampire Woman dressed in dark clothes appeared. (1550/1550)
Vladimir sneered again and pointed towards Riku. "Vampire Genesis, crush him." The ogre reared back his head before spewing out a toxic gas which settled over and surrounded Riku. The white-haired teen coughed a few times before shattering into pixels. Sora gasped at this before glaring at Vladimir.
Kyle - 3200
Vladimir smirked at this before motioning at his Vampire Lord, who called forth the cloud of bats again, who surrounded Sora and completely obscured his body. After a few moments, they flew away, and all that was left was Sora's key weapon, which clattered to the floor before shattering.
Kyle - 2700
Kyle barely had time to register this before Vampire Lady tackled him to the floor, biting at his throat.
Kyle - 1150
The green haired boy stood up, breathing heavily. Vladimir smiled at this. "When Vampire Lord and Lady damage your life points, you must discard a type of card of my choice from your deck. For both, I shall choose Magic." As he said this, Kyle blinked and looked over at him. Then, he looked to his deck. He did this several more times before breaking out in that infuriating grin. "Thanks a lot Professor. You just gave me what I need to win this duel." Removing a pair of cards from his deck, Kyle slid them both into the graveyard.
"Memory's Reminder gives me five hundred life points times the number of Keyblade Masters in my graveyard when I activate it, or when it goes to the graveyard itself."
A golden light surrounded his body, and he sighed in pleasure.
Kyle - 2150
"Next, Bonds of True Friendship activates when it goes to the graveyard. It special summons all Keyblade Masters from the graveyard that were destroyed this turn. The same golden light surrounded his field, and Sora and Riku appeared back in play. Vladimir sneered. "So you've got your two weakling monsters back. It won't help you."
Kyle grinned, despite Vladimir's obvious disrespect for him. "Actually Professor, I've had the method to win this duel on the field since my first turn." Vladimir gasped and his eyes went to the lone facedown on Kyle's field, then to the Mystical Space Typhoon in his hand. Kyle hit the button on his disk, and the card flipped up, revealing the image of Sora and Riku attacking Dark Ruler Hades together. "Eternal Session will end this duel. This special magic card has a few requirements. First, I have to have at least two Keyblade Masters on my field, which I do. Next, I have to pay life points in increments of one thousand for each Keyblade Master on my field." Kyle grinned even as his life points dropped.
Kyle - 150
"But, in exchange for that, I can add the attack of all Keyblade Masters on my field together, and have them attack all monsters on your field!" Vladimir gasped as Sora and Riku crossed blades, and a golden aura leapt up between them. (4200) Then, the two ran across the field towards Vladimir's three monsters. Composing himself, Vladimir flipped up his facedown card. "Mirror Force destroys your two monsters. Your efforts are wasted." To Vladimir's surprise however, the two simply crashed through the barrier as if it were a pane of glass. Kyle grinned. "Sorry Professor, but the monsters attacking through Eternal Session can't be effected by Magic and Trap cards."
Leaping up, Sora slammed his weapon into Vampire Lady, who shattered before she could even scream. Turning, he threw his weapon up to Riku, who caught it. The silver-haired boy then snapped both weapons around and beheaded the Vampire Lord. Sora then leapt up and kicked off the Vampire Genesis's back, leaping high into the air. Riku then threw Sora's weapon back up to him, which the boy caught. The two then held their respective weapons in front of them. The tips glowed before launching a beam of light, which flew through the air before they both slammed into the Vampire Genesis's body. The ogre roared in pure pain as it was consumed by the glowing white.
Vladimir could only stare as Sora and Riku landed back on the floor and gave eachother a high-five.
Vladimir - 0
Kyle grinned and rubbed his finger underneath his nose. "Well, I guess I win, huh Professor?" Instantly, the people in the stands went wild. Up at the top, the icy-haired boy named Aisu smiled coldly. "So, Kyle Kokoro, hmmm? I have a feeling that this year is going to be very interesting...
To be continued...