Hello everyone, Frederico de Sciglio here with my first ever fanfiction. I've spent around 6 to 7 months lurking on the reader's side of the website and have now taken that rashest of steps into the unmapped lands with only whispers of its name being mentioned. The land of the author. I love Jaden and his growth throughout the series of GX, but I'd like to see what it'd be like for someone else to go through his trials and be the protagonist that duel academy deserves and needs, along with a few amendments made to the story here and there. Along with this I decided to change out Yubel and Haou but they will make an appearance later along the lines whilst Jaden will still be a major fixture in the story, I can guarantee that. I'd love to be able to say that the main protagonist of this story is my own however, and I'm sure you'll understand why that is when you read this story, this person is an international phenomenon and a household name and not one you can forget easily I'll tell you that. The cards that this person will use will be heavily influenced by what they were famous for.
"General Speech"
"BRIAN BLESSED QUALITY SHOUTING"
'Thinking'
"Duel spirits talking"
'Duel spirit thinking'
DISCLAIMER: I SHALL SAY THIS ONCE AND ONLY ONCE; I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING IN THIS FANFICTION HENCEFORTH UNLESS I MENTION ANY OC'S, ALL RIGHTS TO YU GI OH AND ALL OF ITS SERIES AND CARDS GO TO TAKAHASHI AND WHOEVER HE BESTOWS THOSE RIGHTS UPON. I WILL POST THE FACT I DON'T OWN THE MAIN CHARACTERS RIGHTS I THE DISCRIPTION TO AVOID SPOILING THE SURPRISE.
Enjoy
Day of Duel Academy entrance exams.
*BRING BRING*
A slender, pale arm reaches out and flails aimlessly in the sheer hope of hitting the blasted alarm. With a thud, and sheer dumb luck, the arm manages to remove the clock from its perch upon the bed side table, hitting the ground with such a thud it managed to remove the batteries from the open back. The room was a rather modest size not too large to seem unpleasant and not too small as if to cause discomfort of a feeling of claustrophobia. In the corner of the room a teenager no older than 15 hovered above the desk set aside for analysing new techniques in order to win against any opponent, along with a man perched on the desk playing with a set of glass balls around the size of tennis balls, with long flowing blond hair reaching the centre of his back along with black eyeliner and a smirk that was currently stretched from ear to ear given the event that just took place. Both however, disgruntled at their card owner and of the blonde's reincarnated spirit lack of wanting to awaken to the world and announce his presence with his usually energy.
"For god's sake, I need to get his mother to put the back on that thing otherwise I see no way that its actually going to get him out of that pit, he'll miss his exam for sure." Muttered the girl trying to at least make her spirit partner acknowledge the importance of the date.
"Just relax Sarah, we both know there's only one way to wake that boy up and you know. Exactly. What. I. Mean." The ball juggling eccentric spoke clearly and emphasised every word towards the end of the sentence
Suddenly a spark of realisation lit in the semi-opaque girls eyes. She eyed the already slightly ajar window that was the room's only source of light. When Sarah emerged from the open room window and saw a black cat with white stripes along its sides and the same stripes creating a ring effect on its tail, with one eye blue and one eye green, which did in fact belong to the child who seemed to be locked within his own hibernation-like state, sat their every morning like clockwork. She managed to make herself invisible to all and proceeded to make her way to behind the resting feline only to once again make her fully visible to the world and startle the aforementioned cat, causing it to go barging its way past the window and dig its claws into the bare back of the poor resting teen. With a roar that could cause a male lion to back down the teen was finely awoken.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! WHAT THE HELL ALEXANDER?! Oww every morning it's like that with you, you blithering idiotic cat." Suddenly the boys attention was drawn to the two semi-transparent figures currently residing in his room. One chuckling to herself merrily whereas the other let of a more amused smirk the make his opinion of the event audible.
"Oh my why was I even surprised in the first place? Of course the only things that can wake me are the sound of my guitar being touched by anyone except me and evidently someone tempting my poor Alexander here" he spoke passionately whilst gesturing his hand in the now calmed feline's direction. "Of course you two would be behind this wouldn't you…Sarah"
Evidently the duel spirit took a slight offence to the fact that, although she had, in fact, spooked Alexander; it was after all the long haired spirit who was currently laughing his arse of causing himself to come tumbling down from his perched position holding his gut for fear of laughing too hard.
"How can you pin all of this on me? It was his idea anyway" she argued pointing to the now curled up due to not wanting to die again and not go out with the fashion of his previous death being so undeserving of someone of his stature.
"Figures doesn't it Jareth?" spoke the teenage boy in an increasingly serious tone.
"Oh come on Davie don't be like that, after all I am you and you are me, we both have the same mental organisation so don't go blaming it all on poor Sarah." The blond, former ruler spoke between breaths after coming down from his laughing high. "Besides how would you reach you exam on time then?" The elder man's smirk re-emerged as the fact dawned of the face of the rudely awakened young man's face.
"Oh shit! My exams in 30 minutes." The usually collected boy shouted slowly trying to bring his breathing back under control. "And besides my names not Davie Jar Jar. It is, as you both quite rightly know David. David Bowie. Now please help me get my things together, Sarah grab my deck for me please whilst Jar Jar here can grab my duel disk."
The eldest spirit's eyes twitched at that name that Sarah would call him to get on his nerves, and after David caught wind it was fair game to use any time against him. Nether the less, Jareth stood nothing to gain if his young reincarnation did not get him close to the very cards he needed to try and defeat the evil that stood to come in the not too distant future. He grabbed the bag that had the boys duel disk inside whilst Sarah threw the deck box into the bag before Jareth zipped it up and flung the bag to the now dressed David. He stood in his black leather jacket, with the slogan 'God Knows I'm Good' stitched in red along the back of his collar. He also wore blue skin tight jeans and had his hair kept neat with a slight droop towards the right side of his face. His bag was black, faded leather and he had it strewn over his left shoulder.
"Let's go turn some heads" he muttered as he placed his black aviator shades onto his head completing the bomber look he shut his door and blasted down the stairs of the dark blue walled house and bombarded through the front door to where his MTT-Y2K motorbike(don't own that either was positioned. He secured the bag over his shoulder and embarked on the jet powered motorcycle along the road at breakneck speeds, towards the arena that would decide the future of David Jones-Bowie.
As he drew up to the building he flung himself off the now parked motorcycle and ran as fast as he could before he managed to send himself flying into a man walking in the opposite direction.
"Ah jeez bud I'm sorry that's my fault entirely I didn't look where I was going" he uttered sheepishly, a blush growing upon his cheeks. This only seemed to worsen when his eyes befell who exactly he had knocked over. "Oh damn, Seto Kaiba. My apologies sir I did not mean to hurt you." The panic in David's voice only grew as he continued to apologise, before Kaiba actually was returned to his feet.
"Look you've already apologised, now big deal" the business tycoon spoke with his trademark smirk. "Actually, it's just come to my attention that I think that you may be needing this" as soon as Kaiba had finished speaking he pulled a card out of his deck box and placed it in David's hands.
"Thank you Mr Kaiba I will be sure to take as good a care of it as I do myself" David spoke confidently as to not make himself look foolish.
"I'd say that's not much of a promise considering you just drove a jet powered motorbike, without a helmet and have just ran into me" Kaiba's smirk still as strong as ever, however David's regained confidence and calmness just vanished as quickly as it had returned . looking upon the now tomato red faced teen Kaiba let out a hearty laugh and simply went on his way, leaving the still speechless duellist standing in his spot.
That was, until, his kinder duel spirit reminded him of the time causing him to set off at a speed to rival that of his motorbike.
At sign in desk
"well that Jaden kid cut it close" the man overseeing the registering of students muttered to what he thought was just air until that 'air' cleared it throat startling the overseer.
"Hey, the name's David Bowie and I'm supposed to be duelling here for my entrance exams." The once again confident boy spoke, clear as crystal.4
"Bowie, Bowie, Bowie, ah here it is 'David Jones-Bowie' that correct?" the registrar asked after searching through the list of names.
"Yeah-that's-grand, gotta-go-thanks, bye" he shouted impossibly fast, after sprinting past the registrar towards the duelling arena at full pelt.
After bursting though the final set of doors he was greeted with the sight of a full duel stadium, as he set eyes upon the groups of students sat amongst each other, he caught the glimpses of the end of a duel. He could see skyscraper as well as an elemental hero and the Ancient gear golem. What he saw then had his male duel spirit sides in agony, as every other duellist barring the two who were situated next to him, a long blond haired girl who had instantly stopped Jareth from laughing as he was transfixed with how her hair was better looking than his, whilst Sarah was intrigued by the blue haired duellist at her side. The next thing that David heard however made him realise that even if he was to attend this school there would at least be someone he knew here.
"And that's game!"
'Jaden's here, what a surprise. Well he always said he would get here sooner or later.' David's thoughts were drawn back to when he and Jaden Yuki would Practise duel each other whenever David's parents were working in japan and decided to take him along. These times however did not go on as he saw less and less of Jaden as his father's company severed more ties with the Japanese companies that supplied the bodywork for the Bikes his father made back in England. But when David was old enough he flew to the family's house in Japan, already knowing the language fluently. However on his re-acquaintance with the land he deemed his spiritual home, there was no Jaden Yuki. His parents had moved several months prior to his arrival back in Japan and he just lived with the knowledge that he would never see his childhood friend again. That was until today.
Suddenly, David's reminiscence about his past was cut short as an announcement rang over the arena.
"David Jones-Bowie to duel arena number 1 please"
Grumbling at the surname he shouted "it's just Bowie no need for jones please." As he made his way to the specified arena, calmness prominent on his face, but adrenaline coursing through his veins.
In the stands of the arena
"Hey Jaden? Isn't he the one who got the same score as Bastion Misawa on the written test?" a small, blue haired boy spoke quietly
"He is Sy, but alongside that, he was my closest friend" the named recipient of the question spoke before quieting back down leaving the bluenette in amazement that arguably the best freshman duellist was friends with the smartest freshman duellist.
Elsewhere in the stands.
"God he seems confident Zane, think he could challenge the performance we just witnessed from Jaden?" the blonde who was earlier stood next to David spoke.
"If his duelling is as good as his written grades and as his confidence I don't doubt it Alexis." The now named pair spoke as they observed the duel
Situated on the other side of the stadium
"Oh grate another slacker to watch" spoke a black haired teenager, about the same age as David, sporting a blue knee length blazer muttered following his disheartenment at the win for that Slifer Slime who got lucky against Crowler.
On the arena
David reached into his bag and pulled out his duel disk. It was shaped to look like a red lightning bolt with a blue outline on the outside edge of the disk. As he emerged onto the field he immediately spotted Jaden up in the crowd with s mall blue haired boy. He hadn't changed at all. His thoughts were halted by the emergence of a duellist on the opposing side of the field. Now not wanting to be rude David didn't speak up as he couldn't tell if his opponent was a man or a woman.
"Good day to you my name is David Bowie and my I ask what your name is please?" he spoke in his kindest tone with an underlying hint of sarcasm that was either completely missed by the opposing duellist or 'it' just chose to ignore the fact.
"Why hello, my name is DR. Vellian Crowler, PhD in duelling and I've had it up to my eyes with tardy pupils!" the anger in his voice was inevitably due to his defeat at Jaden's hands.
"Fair enough teach. LET'S DANCE!" shouted David as he and Crowler took their draw of 5
David: 4000
Crowler: 4000
"I'll go first!" Crowler exclaimed as he took his first draw.
'God this chicks getting on my nerves already' muttered Jareth causing David to be sent into a fit of laughter.
"Whatever's funny I hope it was worth it. I place two face downs, then I activate the spell card Heavy storm." This was followed by groans from the crowd, and jeers of "one trick pony" aimed at Crowler, obviously as he'd just used this exact same tactic against Jaden not ten minutes ago.
"Wow teach seems like they don't appreciate your duelling style, can't say I blame them to be honest, I'm actually surprised it took Jaden so long to beat you."
This jibe had obviously left a sour taste in Crowler's mouth as he cringed at this unknown mocking his duelling ability.
"I'll have you know, slacker, that I have a PhD in duelling and that runt just got lucky!" Crowler's return seemed to hit David's nerve but Crowler continued with his turn nonetheless. "And since the two face downs I destroyed were both statue of the wicked, I get two wicked tokens to my side of the field. But don't mind them they aren't staying for long. Because I'm sacrificing them to summon Ancient Gear Golem in attack mode!"
Attack 3000
Defence 2500
"well at least this time he's got it out on the first turn of the game, now he can dictate the whole flow of the game" Zane commented from the very top of the stands, to which Alexis only nodded in response.
'Come on old buddy you can do this' Jaden hoped, that his oldest friend could overcome the obstacle before him.
"Wow pretty cool move teach, but I'll think I'll just take you down in one turn" spoke David, clear to all that he intended to finish this on his first turn. Gasps and snickers were heard throughout the audience, but no laugh as loud as Crowlers.
"Ha you defeat me? Impossible. Defeating me this turn? Even more so HAHA" bellowed Crowler. However he completely missed the smirk on David's face.
"Oh I think that this duel is over already teach. First off I'm going to play the spell card pot of greed to draw two cards. Then I'm going to activate the spell card Lodger which means I can add one level 4 or lower monster from my deck to my hand and I think I'll choose Starman. Now I play the spell card polymerization to fuse Starman and Lady Stardust into Ziggy stardust!" A human silhouette covered with gold and a woman wearing red knee high boots with long black hair and a black dress were sucked into the vortex. A man resembling Jareth and David emerged onto the stage out of the portal that the two previous monsters had gone into. He had red hair that went down to his neck stuck upright on his head but flattened as it went down the back of his head, an eye patch covering his right eye wearing red dungarees and a black and white checked shirt. Whilst holding a red guitar.
ATTACK: 2800
Defence: 2200
Suddenly the amazed glares of the crowd, having never seen such a card before, were interrupted yet again by the cackling of one Dr Crowler.
"Pwahahaha not so smart are you boy. Your monsters still too weak to defeat my golem." At David's response Crowlers face dropped from gleeful madness into one of despair.
"That professor is where you're wrong. You see for every light monster in my graveyard, Ziggy gains 300 attack!" Stardust glowed with an aura of purity about him as his attack rose (2800-3400). "And if you think I'm done yet you've got another thing coming teach you've got another thing coming." Crowler's already battered demeanour was about to take another blow whilst everyone in the audience just stared in awe of the cards on show. Because I play the card double attack and by discarding one card from my hand to the graveyard I can attack twice this turn, now go Ziggy, Play Guitar!" stardust launched from its spot at such a speed before sliding to a half and attacking Golem with a hard strum of his instrument.
Ancient Gear Golem shattered and the damage blew back onto Crowler.
David: 4000
Crowler: 3600
"Now Ziggy hit him again!" David chanted as once more stardust dealt a crippling blow once again to Crowler.
David: 4000
Crowler: 200
"Pwah…you sti-ll…didn't beat me…in one turn" muttered Crowler in-between breaths, still getting over the strength of the attacks.
"Oh is that so?" spoke David with that smirk once again growing on his face. "Well then, I guess I'll just activate Stardust's second effect. I can sacrifice him in order for you to take the distance between our life points in damage!"
"Wait what?! Can't we just work this out David old sport? Come come now, listen to reason" Crowler pleaded on his knees. But his pleading fell on death ears as Stardust simply walked towards Crowler and sent all of his power into that attack destroying itself, but not before it had completely decimated Crowlers life points.
4000-200=3800
David: 4000 winner
Crowler: 0
"And that's that teach." Was all David said, as he left the field of play to go and speak to his oldest friend.
In the stand
"Wow that was a good move huh Zane?" Alexis asked the man standing beside her, or, more accurately, who she thought was beside her, however, when she turned to inspect the lack of an answer. Zane had already started to walk away, however he turned around to answer Alexis' question with a simple statement.
"He and Jaden are going to be a thorn in many a side before they finish there time here" before he walked off down the corridor to the exit of the complex.
"That maybe the case but those two are going to be very interesting to watch around here." Was all Alexis said before she went off to go congratulate the two duellists who had just started speaking and proceeded to embrace the other.
With David
When David left the Arena he ran straight up to go and talk to his long lost friend, who was currently deep in conversation with the guy who got the same score as him on the written exam Bastion Misawa as well as the bluenette he had seen earlier.
"Well, well, well. Jaden Yuki / David Bowie. What a surprise." They both said simultaneously before embracing the other
DAVID MOTHERFUCKING BOWIE!
So tell me what you think. Did you enjoy it if so tell me what you liked, if not tell me why and then hopefully I can improve.
I know I went a bit all out on Crowler but yeah he's an asshole. And I said I'd still include Jaden so shush. Enjoy the cultural references to labyrinth with his evil side being Jareth the goblin king and his betterish side being Sarah, the girl who eventually…defeats him?… I guess.
Anyhow. Favourite and follow it'll inspire me to make more and thank you very much for reading this. Frederico de Sciglio saying ARRIVERDERCI!
CARDS INTRODUCED
Starman 4*
Attack 1700
Defence 1000
Effect- When this card is summoned you can special summon one level 4 or lower light type monster from your hand
Lady stardust 4*
Attack 1500
Defence 1900
Effect this card gains 200 attack for every light type monster on the field.
Ziggy Stardust 8*
Attack 2800
Defence 2200
fusion- Lady stardust + Starman
This card gains 300 attack for every light monster in your graveyard. You can sacrifice this card to deal the difference between life point to your opponent.
Lodger
Spell
Select one level 4 or lower monster from your deck and add it to your hand.