The plane landed in front of the well known island, Duel Academy. Jake Gardener took a deep breath through his nose, smelling the academy air. He then sighed as he stepped off the plane. After a few looks around in admiration, he began walking toward a yellow building, beginning his time as a Ra Yellow student.
This is it, he thought to himself, I'm about to start years at the same place the legendary Jaden Yuki was taught at.
Jake then proceeded to walk into the building.
As soon as he walked in, he scanned the place for a familiar face.
He never saw that face.
His friend, Ivan, was supposed to be there, but he never found him in the herd of yellow jackets.
He looked real good, but he could see were yellow blazers with either yellow skirt for the women and black jeans for the men students.
Before he had the chance to take another step, the clicking sound of stilettos caught his attention. A woman in her late 20's approached Jake. She had blonde hair wrapped firmly in a ponytail. The most prominent thing on her face was her cherry red lipstick and her hopped earrings. She also wore glasses at all times.
"Hello sir," she greeted, gripping the clipboard she held in her hand, "I'm Mrs. Goldman, may I please have you name?"
Jake cleared his throat. "Jake Gardener."
Mrs. Goldman flipped rapidly through the clipboard she had in her hand
Jake sighed in boredom.
Finally, after what felt like hours of flipping, she said, "Okay Jake, you're in room 235. Mr. Griffin is down the hall to the left of here."
Jake took the paper.
"Thanks a lot ma'am."
Jake walked down a long corridor until he saw the numbers 235 printed next to an open door.
Jake walked inside the classroom, and then his jaw dropped as he looked around the enormous collage sized room.
Whoa, this place is huge!
"There you are Jake Gardener," a voice said.
Jake flinched at the sudden noise, his heart racing faster than the speed of light. He then came to the sudden realization that it was only Mr. Griffin.
"Dude," Jake said placing his hand over his still pumping chest, "don't scare me like that." He was now breathing heavily.
"Sorry Jake," Mr. Griffin apologized with great concern.
The class exploded in sudden laughter.
Jake's face turned red with embarrassment as he took his seat.
"What a chicken," a male student yelled out through the crowd of students.
Suddenly, Jake's head was suddenly stricken by a paper ball thrown from the crowd.
Jake turned with great anger. "Which one of you bastards threw this at me?" Jake asked waving the thrown paper ball.
"I did."
Jake turned to find a boy, about his age, with blonde hair staring down at him from three rows back.
"And exactly what are you gonna do about it?"
"I'm gonna kick your ass, that's what!"
"Hey," Mr. Griffin yelled, "You guys better watch your language, or I'll have you reported." That didn't faze the two students.
The kid then stood up. His freshly cut blonde hair shot up as he jumped out his seat.
Raising his fist, he said, "Watch your tongue loser," this now became a warning for the new Ra student, "for I am the best duelist here. No one can defeat me. Not even YOU!"
"Oh really," Jake said, in an insulting manner, "You're so weak; I can beat you with only twenty cards in my deck."
The class grew more excited than before. They began to chant, "DUEL, DUEL, DUEL…"
The kid smiled.
"Fine, I guess I can mop the floor with this punk."
The last word repeated in Jake's head.
Punk!
Fed up, Mr. Griffin sighed.
"If you're gonna do that, then do it in front of the class where y'all can embarrass yourselves."
Both made their way to the front of the classroom. There, they armed their duel disks. The other students looked on from their seats as Jake and the kid drew their opening hands.
"What's your name by the way?"
"The name's Ace."
"Well, I'm Jake, and I will prove my status in this class."
The class oohhed as the kid, now named Ace, chuckled.
"We'll see about that."
Life Points rose to 8000
"LET'S DUEL!"
"The best first," Ace said drawing a card.
"And I summon the Dark Valkyria in attack mode."
In a cloud of dark fog, a dark fairy, with black wings, and a blue crown-like helmet that had a jade embedded in the very center came to the field. She smiled at Jake, and gave a small wave. (1800/1050)
"Don't fall in love with her, because she stings like a bee," Ace warned, and as he said that the evil fairy winked at Jake with her red eyes
"To end this turn, I place two cards face down and end my turn." Two cards appeared in front of the aggressive student.
I get it, Jake said to himself, he's playing with Gemini monsters, and since they are treated as Normal monsters, he can activate the Justi- Break trap card when I attack, and give himself a direct attack. Well, that does not gonna happen.
Jake drew his first card.
"I'll begin my turn with Snipe Hunter in attack mode."
A small demon that floated on two wings appeared to the field holding his ray gun. (1500/600)
Everyone, including Mr. Griffin, stared at the monster Jake used, and suddenly burst into laughter. Even the Dark Valkyria had herself some laughs. The sniper bowed his head, ready to cry, until Jake said, "Go my small friend, use your big effect." Still upset, monster nodded and the top part of his gun started to spin rapidly.
"You might think he's too small for the bigger monster ahead," Jake said as the wheel of numbers stopped on a green 3, "But his gun however packs a lot of heat, literally." The fiend shot a beam of light that shot the dark fairy in the chest, her laugh now turned into screams of pain as she shattered.
The crowd that was once laughing stared shocked to find that this small creature had destroyed something much bigger than him. But no one was as shocked as Ace.
"What the hell did you do to my monster?" Ace barked.
"Simple," Jake answered pointing to the Sniper, "his big ability kicked in. If discard 1 card I can pick one card on the field, and the numbers on his gun spin. And if the end result in not a 1or 6, the selected card is destroyed, which is what spelled the fate of the Dark Valkyria."
Ace felt angry and surprised at the same time. Then for some reason, when he looked at Jake, he saw him, Yugi Mutou, the King of Games, staring back at him.
Could this the next generation of Yugi Mutou? Should I call him…friend?
Then, in a blink, of an eye, it was Jake again. Ace shook his head clear. "Finish your turn!"
"Fine," Jake snapped back, "I'll have my monster attack you directly!" The demon shot the same beam of light at Ace. The blue light went through his chest sending him in a world of pain, and falling to his knees. He stood up with his Life Points now at 6500.
Jake smiled. "I end my turn."
Ace drew, his knees shaking.
"I summon Marauding Captain in defense mode."
A warrior heavily dressed in armor that looked like he had just got it polished, appeared to the field kneeling on a horizontal card that hovered at least one foot off the ground. His two swords across his chest, he gave a look of hatred. (1200/400)
"Next, I activate the face down spell card Burden of the Mighty."
The spell card flipped to reveal itself.
"This spell card lowers the attack power of you monster by 100 points equal to the level of the monster."
A bird's nest appeared on the head of the sniper. He floated midair and his legs crossed with a grumpy look.(1500/600)-(1100/600)
"But wait," Jake blurted, "if that card make my monster lower than your monster, why did you put him in defense mode?"
"I have my reasons. I end my turn."
Jake Drew.
"I summon Kaiser Sea Horse in attack mode."
A creature of the sea that was covered in purple and blue scales with a trident in its hand came to the field and gave an otherworldly screech. It didn't shut up until the nest appeared on its head. Enraged, it tried to take it off, but it was unsuccessful.(1700/1650)-(1300/1650)
"Now I give up all three of monsters…"
Ace Stared in disbelief. "Now way you're summoning…"
" The reason I said' three' was because my Kaiser Sea Horse acts as a two monsters, and plus the Snipe Hunter to bring out Gilford the Lightning!"
There was a war cry as a bolt of lightning stuck the classroom, which had caused the students to react and leave the classroom with great fear, but Mr. Griffin, however, stayed to watch.
"Mr. Griffin," one female student cried, "let's gets out of here!"
"Screw the teacher," a male student said, "just get the hell out of here!"
They were the last to leave and left together.
Meanwhile, the large warrior descended to the field, his torn cape flowed in place after the long leap. The nest was placed on his head but he didn't notice.(2800/1400)-(2000/1400)
"Now my friend, use your effect to destroy all monsters on his side of the field."
Gilford lifted his sword, and at amazing speed, lightning came and zapped the captain, leaving nothing but smoke.
Ace Stared in horror at the empty spot his monster once was.
"Now attack my opponent with Lightning Slash!"
The monster pulled his arm back, and launched the sword at Ace. The sword pierced the young duelist in the stomach, and then vanished to appear back in the owner's hand. Ace held his stomach in pain, but was able to keep himself up. His Life Points now stand at 4500.
Jake shook his head. His points still remain untouched.
"So much for the most respected duelist. You're about to get taken down by a new kid."
Ace said nothing. He Drew.
"I set a card in defense mode, ending my turn."
Jake drew.
"I summon the Masked Dragon in attack mode."
A red and white dragon appeared to the field. Streams of fire escaped the mask of the dragon as the nest rested on its head.(1400/1100)-(1100/1100)
"Don't worry he won't be on the field for long, because I'm giving him up for Majestic Mech- Goryu."
The Dragon burst in to yellow light. The ball of light grew bigger, to form a dragon like creature. The inside of the creature was yellow, and the outside of the creature was a white armor. The neat came upon the head of the monster. (2900/1800)- (2100/1800)
"Go my fairy creature attack the facedown card!"
The monster charged up an energy ball and shot it at the face down card, showing a woman dressed in green with large feathers wrapped around her neck before blowing it to pieces. The monster was Featherizer.
"Now my monster's true powers will be revealed."
The large creature of the Heavens shot another ball at Ace striking him in the chest. He fell to 3500.
"This happened because…"
"Save it kid, I know I lost the difference between your monster's attack points and my monster's defense points. But since you destroyed the Featherizer by battle I get to send one Gemini monster to the graveyard."
Ace searched his deck and found what he wanted. He slipped it in the graveyard.
"Your turn Gilford to attack!"
The Warrior threw the sword again sending Ace dangerously at 1500.
"You're Turn. And since I summoned Goryu using one monster, he is destroyed at the end of my turn."
The creature silently shattered to tiny pixels, which had traveled to the ceiling of the classroom. But they went through the ceiling and into the academy sky.
Ace drew. Then smiled evilly.
"I summon the Blazewing Butterfly in attack mode."
A Butterfly with fire in a shape of wings came to the field. (1500/1500)
"Next I activate the spell card Symbols of Duty!"
The butterfly screeched, and exploded into pixels. The pixels then form two dog tags, which had floated high above the ground.
"What is going on?" Jake asked.
"I'm about to turn the tables. Watch."
A yellow light consumed the dog tags. Then the monster finally appeared.
"You're about to see why I'm respected. I Special Summon your Majestic Mech- Goryu!"
The same yellow and white creature, that was once on Jake's side, appeared to the field on Ace's side. (2900/1800)
"Now Attack the Gilford!"
The Heavenly creature shot a ball of light which had struck the massive warrior, reducing him to pixels. Jake's flawless victory, was now gone, his Life Points is now 7100.
"I've warned you Jake," Ace said, moving his finger from side to side, "You will never be able to defeat me now that I have your most powerful monster."
"You don't know that for sure."
"I may not know that, but I know for sure that nothing in your deck can win against me."
Ace smiled. "Your move!"
Jake drew.
"My luck's about to change. I activate the Field Spell Mausoleum of the Emperor!"
The setting of the room changed. Instead of the Classroom, in was a lane that leads to an immense castle. Ace looked around emotionlessly, not surprised by the change. At the bottom of the cement lane, was nothing but smoke and a bottomless fall.
"Like the change, because your about to meet a monster that will heat up this place. Thanks to field spell, we don't have to tribute any monsters to summon another monster. But as a consequence, we must pay 1000 life points for each tribute."
From the bottomless pit came two clay statues, the exploded in to pixels. The pixels then grouped together to form a being.
"I pay 2000 life points," Jake said as his Life Points fell to 5100, "to summon the Darkblaze Dragon in defense mode."
The red pixels formed a dragon that had black scales, four wings, and a mouthful of razor sharp teeth. The underbelly of the Dragon was orange. The monster knelt down and hovered over a small card. The nest appeared over the dragon, and in roared in anger.(1200/1000)-(500/1000)
Ace laughed. "Why would you summon a monster that is useless? You should just give up. I have this duel in the bag."
"You will regret that statement. I end my turn."
Ace drew.
"Not with this card I won't. I activate the spell card Mind Control. This card allows me to take your monster. The only down side is I can attack with it, or tribute it."
The monster was surrounded by a purple aura. Then eyes of the dragon went from green, to black as it flew from Jake, to Ace.
"Now since you are wide open, I'll have Goryu attack you directly!"
The dragon like monster shot a big ball of light that engulfed Jake. He screamed in pain as he fell to 2200. Shaken and stunned, Jake manages to get on his feet.
"You can have your dragon back, because I end my turn."
The spell controlling the dragon was now gone, and it returned to Jake's side once again.
Jake drew.
"I summon another Kaiser Sea Horse in defense mode."
Another creature of the sea that was covered in purple and blue scales with a trident in its hand came to the field and gave another worldly screech. The nest appeared over its head, but it never bother to take it off.(1700/1650)-(1300/1650)
"End of turn."
Ace drew.
"I summon D.D. Warrior in attack mode."
A new warrior came to the field. This one carried a large sword, had a long scarf around his neck, and was covered in thin armor. He had red hair, and the torso of his body was covered in bandages. (1200/1000)
"And I'll have them both attack your monsters!"
The warrior run up the dragon with lightning speed, as soon as he got to the head of the dragon, he thrust his sword in the dragon, it roar in pain before exploding into pixels.
The creature of the Heavens shot another ball of light of the seahorse, which screeched and exploded. Another light hit Jake too, and he knew the reason, he suffered the battle difference. He fell to 950.
The confidence that Jake once had was gone now. He slumped to his knees and pounded his fist on the floor.
EVERYTHING I do he always have something that can out wit me.
Then there was a high pitched screech. Jake looked down to find the source of the noise. The card in his hand suddenly started to glow.
"Okay little guy," Jake said to the card, "I'll use you next turn."
"Who the heck are you talking to?"
"No one just finish your turn."
"That will End my turn. Go!"
Jake drew.
"I summon the Decoy Dragon in attack mode."
In a small POOF a cute blue baby dragon appeared and giggled. (300/200)
"Then I activate the spell card Trade-In. This card allows me to send one level 8 monsters to the graveyard to draw 2 cards."
A man appeared and held his hand out. Jake handed him the card, and he gave Jake coins in return. The coins began to sparkle. The coins had formed the top two cards on Jake's deck.
"I place one card face down and end my turn."
Ace drew.
"I summon the Future Samurai in attack mode."
A Seal formed on the floor. Then a woman that was dressed in a light blue dress, and wielded a green futuristic sword, jumped from the seal and threated the dragon with her sword. (1600/1200)
"Next I equip her with the spell card Big Bang Shot."
The woman's sword was turned into metal, but not only her sword was metal, her whole right arm was like a robot. The upgrade gave her power.(1600/1200)-(2000/1200)
"Now my samurai, attack the dragon!"
The Warrior ran full speed at the dragon. But for some reason the dragon exploded without the contact of the blade. The pixels from the small dragon formed a much bigger dragon. This one had brown scales, immense wings, and a nest in its forehead.(2900/2500)-(2100/2500)
"Wait!" Ace shouted in desperation, but it was too late the warrior was burnt to a crisp by the enormous dragon, and exploded into pixels. Ace fell to 1400 points.
"Big things come in small packages, don't they Ace," Mr. Griffin said to himself, "Good job Jake, and you will make a fine part in this class."
"H, how is that possible?"
" Let my explain, see, when my Decoy Dragon is selected as a attack target, I can select one level 7 or higher dragon from the graveyard, special summon that monster, and switch the attack to the Tyrant Dragon. And the Trade-In card made this possible."
"I switch my warrior to defense mode, and end my turn."
The Warrior knelt down on a card that hovered on the ground.
"My turn," Jake said as he drew his card. "I'll pass."
Ace drew.
"I'll have Goryu finish off the Tyrant Dragon!"
The creature once again shot a ball of light at the monster.
"I activate the Trap card Malevolent Catastrophe."
A big portal formed over the ceiling. Strong winds started to blow.
"This card vanquishes all spell and trap cards. Including your Symbols of Duty"
"I think not," Ace said as his long forgotten facedown card flipped, revealing a Mystical Space Typhoon. The portal closed, and the wind died down.
"No way…had he countered the trap."
The ball of light hit the dragon, destroying it. Jake fell to 150 point.
"I'm better than you, just give up newby. I switch my warrior to attack mode again and end my turn." The warrior stood up again.
Jake drew. He was surprised by the card. He smiled.
"I summon The Creator Incarnate in attack mode."
A green portal formed. Then a figure jumped out of it. A man with gold armor and a bronze sword landed in front of Jake, and nodded at him. The nest appeared on his head.(1600/1500)-(1200/1500)
"Now for his effect, give him up for The Creator."
The warrior chanted something in another language, and was engulfed in a bright light. When the light cleared, an immense man covered in bronze armor, and had a ring on his back. The nest appeared on his head.(2300/3000)-(1500/3000)
"Now I activate his ability. Now I send one card from my hand to the graveyard," Jake said sending a card to the graveyard, "and I can special summon a monster from the graveyard."
"I know what you're gonna choose: the Tyrant Dragon, right?"
"Nope, the Darkblaze Dragon!"
The dragon that had black scales, four wings, and a mouthful of razor sharp teeth came to the field once again.(1200/1000)-(500/1000)
"And since he was special summoned from the graveyard. His attack and defense points are doubled."
The dragon roared.(500/1000)-(1000/2000)
"And when he destroys a monster by battle you lose life points equal to the attack points of the monster."
"How can you do that when both my monsters are higher than yours?"
"I see your mistake Ace." Mr. Griffin said from the seat he was sitting in, "you put the D.D. Warrior in attack mode when Jake summoned the Creator, bad move."
Jake folded his arms. "See how confidence can blind you. You caused your own down fall."
"No… I'm a…great duelist."
"You thought you were, now Creator, attack the D.D. Warrior with Scrambled Fist!"
The strong being punched the warrior, upon impact, the warrior split apart and exploded. Ace dipped to 1200.
"Your move."
Ace drew.
"Jake, I could beat you now, but I'm gonna let this slide for now."
The monster disappeared. Jake had won by forfeit. Ace walked up to Jake to shake his hand.
"Your will to keep going inspired me to not relay on confidence all the time. And so I was thinking…um… can we leave things in the past and be friends?"
"Sure, no problem."
They shook hands, a sign of friendship.