Yugi starts his career in Duel Academy
Yugi tries to get to the Duel Academy's entrance exams on time in order to make his way into the academy. He makes his way in quite late but still has enough time to prepare for his duel. He uses the deck his grandpa gave him and takes one last look at it before duelling against an academy's representative. He starts his duel but is pretty nervous, since many people are watching, and he has not made any friends yet.
In the beginning things look very rough for Yugi as he takes 1000 points of damage in his first turn already. He sets up a great defense but has no intention of attacking right now. His opponent manages to destroy his face down monster and attack his life point directly, giving Yugi further 2000 points of damage. Luckily for Yugi, he recovers 1000 of his lost points by playing his trap.
Yugi manages to summon his Dark Magician to the field by activating Dark Magical Curtain. He is back to 1000 life points. By playing Thousand Knives and attacking his opponents' monster, Yugi destroys every threat on the field and deals 2000 points of damage. He has already impressed many teachers, including Crowler with his very impressive dueling skills and rare cards he possesses.
Somehow, Yugi's opponent manages to destroy his Dark Magician and attacks him directly. Yugi luckily survives with his trap but only has 100 life points left. He is with his back against the wall and just plays a monster in defense mode and lays a card face down. His opponent manages to destroy Yugi's trap and monster, lucky for Yugi, it was in defense mode.
With Yugi's next turn, he draws the last Exodia card which he was missing. His opponent cannot believe that Yugi just summoned this monster. He immediately gains the respect of all the teachers and the students who are watching.
Just before Yugi finishes his duel, Jaden comes into the hall and seas the amazing finish to Yugi's duel. He goes speak to him and they immediately become friends. Jaden also wins his duel but is ranked in Slifer Red whereas Yugi immediately makes it into the top duelists of Obelisk Blue. Therefore, Jaden and Yugi can rarely speak to each other but often meat on the campus.
Yugi soon gets to meet the academy's best student and duelist – Zane Truesdale. Zane tells Yugi how fascinated he was when watching his duel. Yugi feels very pleased and tells Zane it is an honour for him to be in the same dorm as him and getting a chance to meet him.
The news about Yugi's powerful deck rapidly spread around the academy. Soon, chancellor Sheppard gets to hear them. He is very happy to have a gifted student like Yugi in his academy. Yugi has already made a name for himself, even though it has been only a day into Duel Academy. Because of his excitement, Sheppard organises a duel between Zane and Yugi, in order to sea who the better duelist is and to give the other students a good example of how dueling should look like.