Author's Notes
Hello everyone. This story has been floating around for awhile, and this chapter was half finished, so I decided to just finish it and post it up. Man, I really need to stop starting new stories...got enough ongoing ones as it is. Only, I can't keep the ideas in my head.
Anyway, this is a crossover between two of my favourite anime series, Digimon Frontier and Yu Gi Oh GX.
In terms of context, this story takes place from the start of the second season of Yu Gi Oh GX (ie. Judai and co.'s second year). For the Digimon Frontier crew, it takes place approximately five years after the events from frontier.
Here's just a brief rundown. I put the English names in brackets for those who are unfamiliar with the Japanese names, though I will be using the Japanese names in this story.
Frontier Crew:
Kanbara Takuya (Takuya Kanbara): 16 years old/Orisis Red second year
Orimoto Izumi (Zoe Orimoto): 16 year old/Obelisk Blue second year
Minomoto Kouji (Koji Minomoto): 16 years old/Obelisk Blue second year
Kimura Kouichi (Koichi Kimura): 16 years old/Obelisk Blue second year
Himi Tomoki (Tommy Himi): 14 years old/Slifer Red first year
Shibiyama Junpei (JP Shibiyama): 17 years old/Ra Yellow third year
Legendary Warriors:
Fire: Human - Agnimon (Agunimon), Beast - Vritramon (BurningGreymon), Fusion - Ardhamon (Aldamon)
Wind: Human - Fairymon (Kazemon), Beast - Shutumon (Zephrymon), Fusion - JetSilphymon
Light: Human - Wolfmon (Lobomon), Beast - Garrmon (KendoGarrurumon), Fusion - Beowulfmon (Beowolfmon)
Darkness: Human - Lowemon, Best - KaiserLeomon (JagerLowemon), Fusion - Reichmon (Raihmon)
Ice: Human - Chakkmon (Kumamon), Beast - Blizzarmon (Korikakumon), Fusion - Daipenmon
Thunder: Human - Blitzmon (Bettlemon), Beast - Borgmon (MetalKabuterimon), Fusion - RhinoKabuterimon
Just because I've mentioned them all here, doesn't mean they're all popping up in this story. It just makes things a whole lot less confusing down the track.
DA Crew:
Yuki Judai (Jaden Yuki): 16 years old/ Slifer Red second year
Marufuji Sho (Syrus Truesdale): 16 years old/Slifer Red second year
Marufuju Ryou (Zane Truesdale): Graduated previous year
Tenjoin Asuka (Alexis Rhodes): 16 years old/Obelisk Blue second year
Tenjoin Fubuki (Alexis Rhodes): 18 years old/Obelisk Blue second year
Misawa Daichi (Bastion Misawa): 16 years old/Ra Yellow second year
Manjyome Jun (Chazz Princton): 16 years old/Slifer Red second year
Maeda Hayato (Chumley Huffington): Graduated previous year
All other new freshmen that play a role in this story will be introduced when the need arises.
By the way, the last bit of this chapter is from the end of episode 53 of Yu Gi Oh GX. As a side note, remember that Edo Phoenix is a professional duellist, and I get the feeling that he does not live in Japan, despite being Japanese. Therefore, for the sake of this story, he lives in America, and in America, first name goes before last, as opposed to last name before first in Japan.
Before the Seal is Broken
After the second battle with Lucemon, the ten ancient spirits are sent to the real world and sealed in the cards. But when the seal stopping his rebirth begins to break, the Legendary Warriors must track down and liberate the spirits before the evil is released. But when their search leads them to Duel Academy, will school, new friends and both new and old enemies stand in the way?
Kouichi K & Judai Y
Chapter 1: The Start of a New Year
Sixteen year old Orimoto Izumi leaned on the boat railing, her shoulder length blonde hair flying in the ocean breeze. She was dressed in the Obelisk girls uniform, a white shirt lined with blue, and a navy blue skirt. She, like most other girls, wore navy boots that came up past her ankles, but her blue gloves, unlike the common elbow length, folded just above her wrists and showing off a white lining.
'Hard to believe that it's been five years since we all went to the Digital World,' she mused. 'And now, it needs our help again.'
'I can't wait to see Agunimon again,' Kanbara Takuya said from the floor on which he was lying, duelling cards scattered around him. His attire hadn't changed much since their fateful adventure in the digital world; he still wore his precious goggles atop his brown cap, as well as the yellow shirt and brown khaki pants. The only difference was the Orisis blazer which had replaced his short sleeved overshirt. Frowning good naturally, he turned onto his back, staring up at Minamoto Kouji who himself was leaning against the railing, dressed in a white blazer with a navy trimming, with a black shirt underneath, and white jeans, his precious bandana tied on one arm. 'Lucky how some of us didn't have to wait too long huh. You and Kouichi-kun already got your human spirits.'
Kouji simply rolled his eyes. 'No good if we can't unlock them. And it was pure luck anyway, them being in that Light and Darkness Dragon card. I don't think we'll be lucky enough to find the remaining spirits in random booster packs.'
'Yeah,' seventeen year old Shibiyama Junpei agreed, pulling his own blazer, yellow, on over his yellow and navy blue top. He also wore grey pants underneath, with blue stripes a shade lighter running down each leg. 'Can you imagine having to go through every single booster pack in the world? But then again, nothing worth doing is ever simple.'
'But even so,' Izumi said. 'It's been years since the spirits were released into our world. They're more likely now to be in people's decks than a random booster pack. Thank god we've got a way to track them, or this would be impossible.'
'And that's why we're heading to Duel Academy,' Takuya cheered, getting up and packing his cards away. 'Man they're lucky, an entire academy for this card game. I can't wait.'
Kouji sighed. 'We're there on a mission goggle-head,' he snapped. 'There's definitely at least one spirit on that island, since our D-scanners are reacting. But with so many duellists and cards in the vicinity, who knows how long it's going to take for us to track it down. And there's that tournament coming up as well. With so many duellists gathering, that island is our best bet.'
'We'll be at the island soon,' thirteen year old Himi Tomoki spoke up from his position on the floor, near enough to the rails that he could see the island approaching from between them. He was also in Orisis Red, technically too young to enter senior school, but their parents had been able to pull enough strings for him to transfer with the others. Like Takuya, he wore a red blazer, under which he wore a pale yellow shirt, and like Kouji, white jeans.
'Yay!' Takuya leapt up suddenly, racing about excitedly before disappearing below the deck to grab his belongings.
'Takuya...' Kouji growled, annoyed, before being cut off by a gentle hand on his shoulder.
'Relax 'touto-san,' his elder twin brother Kimura Kouichi chided. 'Let Takuya-kun have his fun.'
The elder twin, was, like his brother, in Obelisk, but that was about the only similarity in their attire. He wore a long sleeved white shirt, over which he wore a black overshirt which was mostly covered by the navy blue blazer he adorned. The blazer however was sleeveless, allowing the short sleeves of the overshirt to show, underneath which the white sleeves came up to his wrists, much like the green and red attire he had worn in the Digital World. He wore black jeans, as opposed to his brother's white, and his favourite blue cap had, much to his displeasure, been left behind in Shinjuku.
The younger twin sighed, before turning to face the elder. 'What about you?'
They all knew what he was talking about. 'We are going to a duel school Kouji,' he sighed. 'There's no way in avoiding duelling completely.'
'But still, you could...' he let his voice trail off, not wanting to say it out loud. It wasn't necessary to, in any case. They were all aware of the circumstances.
The shorter twin smiled slightly at his brother's over-protectiveness. Despite the fact that he was yet to voice his request, the other was quite aware of what he wanted. 'I won't duel unless I cannot avoid it, okay?'
Kouji sighed. 'Okay...I just wish there was a way to avoid it completely.'
Kouichi smiled sadly, as his brother turned to face the approaching island. 'So do I 'touto-chan,' he said quietly, so no-one could hear. 'But there isn't.'
'Aniki! Aniki! Wake up!'
Seventeen year old Yuki Judai simply turned away and buried his head into his pillow.
'Aniki! The new students are going to be arriving any minute! Don't you want to check out the new competition?'
'I'm up! I'm up!' He shot up, banging his head against the bunk above him. 'Oww...Ohayou Sho-kun.'
'Ohayou,' seventeen year old Marifuji Sho replied, moving away from the bed, already dressed in his uniform. 'You might want to hurry up and get dressed Aniki. The boat is going to dock in five minutes, and I heard there's some new transfers as well. One of them is moving in with us.'
'A new roomie?' Judai asked, quickly shedding his pyjamas and dressing in his own uniform. 'Wait a sec..since when did DA allow transfers?'
Sho shrugged. 'Dunno. I think DA's always had the transfer programme, but we were probably just not aware of it.'
The brunette pulled on his blazer the rest of the way, before slipping his feet into the pair of shoes by the door.
'Come on Sho-kun,' he called, racing down the stairs.
'How does he manage to have so much energy when it comes to duelling and duelling opponents?' Sho wandered aloud, following his best friend.
The other five laughed as their goggle-headed leader bounded down the stairs, literally, tripping over his bags in his excitement and lack of grace.
'Oh come on guys,' he grumbled, attempting to untangle himself from his luggage at the pier. 'A little help here?'
That just caused the others to laugh harder. They had chosen to wait till the other students were off before disembarking, so Takuya's little mishap was not holding up any traffic. But Takuya's daily antics were quite amusing to watch.
The brunette eventually managed to untangle himself, and bent to pick up his bags, only for a blur of red to crash into him and knock him over again.
A blue haired boy in a red blazer ran up panting, assumingly following the blur of red, Izumi, Junpei and Tomoki joining him as they stepped onto the pier. The twins were still on the ladder, waiting for the huddle to disperse enough for them to disembark as well.
'Ahem.' Kouji cleared his throat when no-body moved.
'Oh sorry.' The red blur, now identified as a brunette roughly of Takuya's height and build and also wearing an Orisis Red blazer, got to his feet, pulling up the boy he had accidently knocked over in his haste. Takuya once again bent down to collect his scattered luggage, while the twins finally stepped off the boat.
The other brunette was still apologizing, but Takuya managed to wave him off with his free hand. 'Don't worry about it. Heck, I manage to cause enough mayhem as it is. By the way, I'm Kanbara Takuya.'
'Yuki Judai,' the other said, offering his hand. Grinning, Takuya took it, and the two shook hands. 'Allow me to be the first to say welcome.'
'Um, Aniki? Do you mind introducing me too?' the blue haired kid asked from behind.
'Oh, right. Sorry.' Judai scratched his head. 'This is Marufuji Sho.' He indicated the boy behind him. 'And you all are?' he asked, turning to the other five.
'I'm Orimoto Izumi,' Izumi introduced herself, bowing clumsily. Even after the eight years she had spent in Japan, she was still not used to the cultural differences from Italy.
'Shibiyama Junpei,' Junpei introduced himself, attempting to bow, but failing due to the bags he held, so he was forced to settle for an inclination of his head.
'I'm Himi Tomoki,' Tomoki introduced himself, smiling at Sho, who was about the same height, before bowing. Sho politely bowed back.
The twins glanced at each other, before Kouji sighed and introduced them both, the two bowing in sync, not hindered by their bags.
'Twins?' Judai asked. 'You two look the same.'
Takuya laughed. 'I thought the same thing when I first saw them. Mixed Kouji-kun with his brother.'
Kouji simply rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath, which resulted in Kouichi elbowing him in the side and turning a pale flush of pink that mothers wore when their children said something offensive.
Judai opened his mouth to say something, however any further talk was unfortunately cut short by the appearance of a certain professor on the scene.
'Drop-out boy!' Professor Chronos de Mediz screeched, dressed in his normal blue blazer and pink frills. 'Don't taint the precious new students with your appalling habits.'
'Though you can keep those Orisis Red flunkies,' he added as an afterthought.
The transfers stared at each other, more than a little confused, but Judai simply grinned at his teacher. 'Ah, no worries Sensei.'
He turned to the others. 'Let's go,' he announced enthusiastically, seizing Takuya by the wrist and dragging him towards the main building. 'The opening pep-rally is about to start.'
The others laughed at Judai's enthusiasm, except Kouji who simply muttered something about another goggle-head, and Kouichi, who simply gave a small smile, as the remaining six followed after the two leading.
Professor Chronos de Mediz, temporary principal, scowled as the drop-out boy led the six new transfers. Humph...as if this school's name requires any more tarnishing.
'Why are we here again?' the temporary vice principal Napoleon scowled, dressed in his green regal French suit.
'Well...' Chronos suddenly flourishes a magazine from one of his pockets, flipping through the pages before pointing to a specific picture. 'What do you think?'
'Hmm...Edo Phoenix.' He looked up. 'What about him?'
'Oh my dear Napoleon,' Chronos sighed. 'Don't you keep up with the times. Latest news is that he has enrolled here at Duel Academy.' He looked back at the almost empty boat. 'Though he is late.'
Someone suddenly vaults over the rails and landed heavily on the pier. He's tall, and muscular, with long dreadlocks, and wearing a dinosaur-like bandana, earrings, a necklace made from bones and teeth, as well as a sleeveless Ra yellow uniform.
'Hey, old guys!' he says. Chronos and Napoleon are a little offended by that. 'You guys have anything to do with Duel Academy-saurus?'
'That's right. You see, I am –' Chronos is rudely interrupted as the student grabs him by the collar and yanks him up to yell in his face.
'Why the hell am I in Yellow and not Blue-don? I'm Tyranno Kenzan! There's nobody around who's a match for me-don!'
'Well, you see-' Chronos stuttered, before muttering under his breath, 'Napoleon-san, feel free to jump in at any time.'
Napoleon sighed at his co-worker's behaviour, before proceeding to explain the system, of which new students are only placed in Obelisk Blue if they come from the associated junior high, or else they have the proper associations. All others are sorted into Osiris Red or Ra Yellow based on their skills. That Kenzan was placed in Ra Yellow shows his superiority compared to others who had to take the exams.
'Superior, me?' Kenzan laughs at this, before patting the slightly shaking Chronos on the shoulder, before walking off cheerfully.
The principal and vice principal watched him go. 'And Phoenix-san still has not shown up...'