A/N: Hey guys! This is my first story of this series. This particular story is going to focus around a female version of Jaden. Well...I want to say she's similar to Jaden, but she does have some very different personality traits. She is going to already have knowledge of the spirit of the Supreme King that resides in her, and due to some of her past experiences, she is going to be much more mature than Jaden in the original canon.

The plot of this story will mostly be following the plot of the anime. There will be a few made up parts, but for the most part, expect a plot close to that of the canon.

Also, I would like to note that she will have quite a few decks at her disposal. So don't expect an Elemental Hero heavy play style because you will see that depending on her situation, she will use different cards, as is going to be shown in this first chapter.

Anyways, enjoy the first chapter!

The sound of birds chirping and the rustling of leaves could be heard as the sun glimmered on a beautiful day in Domino City. It was a very special day for many kids, for it was their chance to tryout in order to get into the most prestigious of dueling schools in the entire world: Duel Academy, founded by Seto Kaiba, the owner of Kaiba Corp and one of the world's most famous duelists.

Among the many duelists trying out this day was a girl with pink hair. She had brown eyes that held brightness and intensity, but to those with the keenest of perceptions, that looked close enough, under that fake facade, there laid an incredible darkness within.

As she approached the extravagant dome, where the tryouts were to be held, a demonic spirit appeared next to her. The spirit had sickly-pink skin, large bat-like wings, and heterochromic eyes - one of them being orange, the other turquoise. On her forehead was a third, rhombus-shaped eye. Her messy hair bore two colors: one half being white, the other half being a dark purple.

The pink-haired girl turned to the spirit before raising an eyebrow. "Are you here to wish me good luck, Yubel? You know I won't be needing it," she said teasingly.

Yubel chuckled, "I'm sure you will be able to handle whatever it is they throw at you." Her demeanor darkened suddenly. "Be careful, though, if you lose control of yourself, the whole place could be going up in smoke."

The girl closed her eyes. When they reopened, her intense, brown eyes had been replaced with an almost sinister gold.

She sighed, "I've got my past self in control, Yubel. We've trained for years to get my damn powers under my will. You remember I made that promise years ago, after...after my…." She paused for a second before she let a tear roll down her cheek.

Yubel quickly embraced the girl. "The past is the past, Luna; what matters is that you've worked your hardest to make sure something like that never happened again," she said softly. "Once you join the academy, you can finally try to live out three years of your life like a normal student."

Luna's eyes reverted back to their normal brown hue as she pulled away from her companion, a small smile formed on her face. "Thank you, Yubel," she murmured.

The demonic spirit gave her a slight nod. "Now let's get to the dome; you don't want to be late, do you?" she said before she disappeared.

...

Twenty minutes later, Luna had got herself into the dome and was ready to take the written exam. She was put into one of the test taking rooms, and she took an empty seat near the corner of the room.

As the test was being handed out, the instructor spoke: "Alright, applicants! You will be given a maximum of an hour for this exam. If you finish early then you may pass in your test to me. Head straight to the arena and wait for your name to be called on for your dueling exam, afterwards. If you have any questions, then speak up now! You will not be permitted to talk during the exam, is that clear?" The applicants all gave murmurs of understanding before the instructor gave the signal to begin.

As Luna flipped through the exam, she couldn't help but hold back a laugh at how easy the questions were: "What card allows the player to draw two cards without any cost(s)?" she whispered to herself so no one could hear. She quickly circled the answer to the first question before racing through the rest of the test in a matter of minutes.

As she handed in her test, the instructor looked at her, surprise plastered on his face. She gave him a nod before turning around to the gaze of everyone on her, their eyes wide open, clearly surprised that she had finished the test in the speed that it took most of them to get past just the first page. She smiled at them before giving a wink to no one in particular. The faces of all the guys instantly turned a deep shade of red as they blushed. Luna kept her composure as she walked out of the room before chuckling and making her way to the arena.

As she took a spot in the stands, a particular duel caught her eyes. An applicant dressed in white was facing off against what she guessed was an instructor. The instructor had two monsters out including Big Shield Gardna and 1900 life points; the applicant had Vorse Raider, a face down, and 3200 life points.

"Alright, new guy!" the instructor spoke. "Multiple choice, you've got two monsters staring you down; do you:

A). Throw in the towel?

B). Beg for mercy?

OR

C). Run home to momma?"

Luna smirked - she had a very good idea what the facedown was. It was as if she could sense what the applicant would do next.

"I choose: D). None of the above!" The applicant boldly stated as he revealed his facedown card: Ring of Destruction. "With Ring of Destruction, I can destroy any monster in attack mode, and then both of us take damage equal to its attack points!" A collar with red beads appeared around Vorse Raider's neck before exploding, taking away all of the instructors life points.

As the smoke cleared, the instructor nodded, clearly impressed. "Clever move, applicant. Welcome to the academy," he said, the stands erupted in cheering as the applicant bowed in respect and exited the arena.

Luna nodded begrudgingly. "That guy's not half bad," she thought.

"That's Bastion Misawa," Luna turned her head to see a short, blue haired boy with glasses taking a seat next to her. His face turned slightly pink when she turned to face him. "It's rumored that he's likely the best duelist out of all of us applicants," he bowed his head down. "I just barely got by my duel; I don't even know how I won."

Luna stared at the boy for a few seconds before she grinned. "Hey, at least you're in; not many people get to say that!" she said.

The boy nodded. "Thanks, my name's Syrus Truesdale, by the way; it's nice to meet you," he said extending his hand.

Luna shook his hand. "Likewise. My name is Luna Yuki," she said, as the speakers suddenly turned on.

"Luna Yuki, please make your way to Duel Arena Four for your duel exam."

She got up, "I guess it's my turn," she said to Syrus, who wished her luck, before making her way down to the arena.

On her way, she pondered over which deck to use. "Do I want to get it over with quickly or…?" She shook her head before taking out a deck. It was pretty likely that the faster she could take her opponent down, the more points she would get. "Well I guess my heroes will have to wait…."

"What is your name, young lady?" A man...or maybe it was a woman, said. Whatever gender the instructor was, wearing that much makeup certainly didn't help. Luna smirked in realization: "This must be the guy that Yubel was telling me about - the one that looked like a mascot," she chuckled to herself. Yubel had told her all about him and had stressed that she called him a "Doctor", not "Mister" or "Miss". It was essential unless she wanted her life to be like hell in the academy.

"My name is Luna Yuki," she bowed. "And you must be Dr. Crowler; it is an honor to be dueling against you," she said in a respectful tone.

Crowler was more than flattered by her first impressions, but he kept a poker face. "Yes...yes, whatever, it seems you already know who I am. Well who doesn't," he thought the last part to himself. "Well in that case, let us just begin the duel," he said.

Luna nodded as they both drew five cards. "Duel!" they exclaimed.

Luna: 4000

Crowler: 4000

"I'll be starting things off," Crowler said as he drew his sixth card; a smirk appeared on his face. "I'll be placing two cards face down," he exclaimed as two reverse cards appeared besides him. "And now, I'll activate the magic of Heavy Storm!" he showed Luna the card. "With this card, all spells and traps on the field are destroyed," he said as his two face downs were blown away.

Luna frowned, "Those face downs must activate when they're destroyed," she thought.

"These two traps activate when they're destroyed!" Crowler revealed as two tokens rose out of the ground.

Up on the balcony, a blond girl in a blue, white uniform stood with a guy wearing a similar uniform. "There's no way a card like that is in one of the test decks," the guy said. "Crowler must be using his own deck, which means this is going to be over very soon."

The girl shook her head. "What a bully," she scoffed. "Using his best cards against an applicant." She turned to the guy. "What do you think, Zane?"

Zane shrugged, "You're too soft, Alexis," he said. "Besides I'm pretty sure that Crowler's got a really rare card he stashed up in that deck of his. I just hope the girl can survive long enough for us to see it."

Alexis sighed, "Why is Crowler dueling the girl anyways. I haven't seen him duel anyone else."

Zane shook his head. "Every year, Crowler duels against a random applicant. I don't know why he does it, probably because he wants to have some fun too, and those applicants that dueled him...well let's just say it wasn't pretty."

Back down at the arena, Luna's duel with Crowler was continuing.

"The two cards that were destroyed are called 'Statue of the Wicked'. When they are destroyed, two Wicked Tokens are immediately summoned out," Crowler declared as two snake-like creatures made their way out onto the arena (1000 ATK/1000 DEF). "And now I'll sacrifice the two tokens," the two hideous serpents quickly disappeared. "And now, I summon out the legendary Ancient Gear Golem (3000 ATK/3000 DEF)!" he cried. The arena began to rumble as a giant, relatively humanoid-looking robot, made out of rust and old gears, rose up out of the ground.

The crowd gasped as they caught sight of the golem.

Crowler smirked, "Why don't I explain to you what my Golem here does," he crossed his arms. "When Ancient Gear Golem attacks, you're not allowed to activate any face downs until the end of the damage-step," his smile widened even more. "And when Golem attacks a monster in defense mode, if its attack points are higher than your monsters defense points, then the difference is dealt to you as damage," he finished in a high, sing-giddy voice.

"This is not right," Alexis just sighed.

"And to top it off, why don't I play Swords of Revealing Light just because I can," Crowler stated.

Luna just stared indifferently at the heap of metal. "Are you finished, Dr. Crowler?" she asked politely.

"Hmm…her expression didn't even change," Zane pointed out. "Any other duelist would be cowering in the presence of that thing."

Alexis nodded, "I wonder if she's crazy or actually has something planned."

"We're about to find out," Zane concluded.

Crowler frowned when he couldn't get a reaction from the girl, but nevertheless ended his turn, confident there would be no way Luna would be able to win.

"I draw!" Luna exclaimed looking at her hand. "I won…."

"For my first move, I'll set two cards face down," she stated as two reverse cards appeared next to her. "Next, I summon out Proto-Cyber Dragon to the field in attack mode, and then I'll play the spell card, Power Bond!" she said. "This card allows me to fuse machine-type monsters in order to summon a machine-type fusion monster," Luna held out a Cyber Dragon in her hand. "I fuse the Proto-Cyber Dragon on my field with the Cyber Dragon in my hand in order to summon out Cyber-Twin Dragon (2800 ATK/2100 DEF)!" The Proto-Cyber Dragon disappeared from her field and within a few seconds, a new dragon with two Cyber Dragon heads made its debut on to the field. "And now, my Cyber-Twin Dragon's attack points double due to the effect of Power Bond (2800 - 5600 ATK)!"

Zane looked down at the duel with a confused look on his face. "She does realize that she can't attack, right? And at the end of the turn, Power Bond's effect will take away 2800 of her life points," he found his brother sitting in the stands. "Classic example of knowing how to use a card but not how to play it."

"Hey, doesn't Cyber-Twin Dragon require two Cyber Dragons?" Alexis looked up at Zane expectantly.

Zane just sighed. "Proto-Cyber Dragon's name is 'Cyber Dragon' while it's on the field. So it can be used as fusion material for a monster that requires Cyber Dragon as fusion material. At least the girl's got that part right," he said bluntly, crossing his arms.

Crowler just laughed. "Yes, impressive, your monster may have more attack points than my golem, but you still can't attack me due to my Swords!" he pointed at the three glowing swords surrounding Luna. "I hope you realize your mistake and learn from it," Crowler wagged his finger.

Luna closed her eyes. "I don't think so…," she said in an emotionless tone. "Because it won't matter...I'm winning this turn!

Crowler and the whole crowd looked stunned.

"And to start it off, I'm activating my continuous spell, Temple of the Kings!" A giant temple with torches appeared behind her. "With this card, I'm allowed to activate traps on the same turn that I set them," she pressed a button on her duel disk. "So that means I can activate this card," she exclaimed. A similar collar that appeared on Bastion's Vorse Raider before strapped itself around one of the Cyber-Twin Dragon's heads. "With Ring of Destruction, one monster in attack mode is automatically destroyed, and then its attack points are dealt as damage to our life points!"

"What!? But won't that…," Zane started.

"...Just end this match in a draw?" Crowler finished what Zane was about to say. The crowd was also murmuring in confusion.

Luna just smirked. "Under normal circumstances, yes, but I still have another face down here," she pointed as the card flipped up. "I activate the counter-trap, Barrel Behind the Door!"

An explosion rocked the arena as Ring of Destruction went off, both Luna and Crowler about to lose all of their life points due its effect. But as the smoke cleared, the scoreboard told a different story.

Luna: 4000

Crowler: 0

Zane had a smile on his face. "Very impressive," he noted. "I've never thought of doing that before."

Alexis raised an eyebrow. "I don't understand...what did she do?" she asked genuinely lost.

Zane chuckled, "Crowler is about to ask the very same question," he said pointing to the incredulous look on the instructor's face.

"But...but, WHAT HAPPENED," Crowler shrieked as he fell to the ground. "That Ring of Destruction should have also taken your life points away too!"

Luna shook her head, pointing to her trap card. "The card I just played changes that," she said. "I can only activate Barrel Behind the Door when I'm about to take damage from a card effect. It takes the damage I would have taken and redirects it straight back to you," she explained.

The crowd was so silent, you could hear a pin drop. Everyone stared at amazement at what just happened. Suddenly a guy in the crowd spoke up. "That means the pretty girl just dealt Crowler 11200 damage on her first turn!" he paused for a second, "WOW!" After he finished saying that, the whole crowd burst into cheers and applause.

Still on the ground, Crowler was seething in anger. "HOW could I let a mere applicant make such a fool out of me!"

Luna could sense the anger emitting from Crowler. She gave him a quick bow before returning to the stands.

"Wow! That girl's got a future here. Those were some moves," Alexis turned her head to Zane. "If I didn't know any better I would of thought it was you operating that Cyber Deck."

"Indeed," Zane calmly said. "The question I have is how she even has such a deck. As far as I'm concerned, those cards are extremely rare," he said. "I only know one person who has those cards." He took out his own deck and looked at it intently before putting it away. "I would love to duel her myself."

Alexis looked surprised. "I never thought you would deem anyone worthy to duel you," she said playfully punching his arm. "Anyways, let's see who else catches your eye," she said as they looked on to the other duels going on.

Elsewhere, three boys sat on the bleachers, eyes intently following the girl that just whooped Crowler.

"Wow, incredible! She just destroyed Crowler nearly three times over in just a single turn!" the guy with glasses exclaimed.

"Yeah! And she's so dreamy too," the chubby guy said as his eyes went all googly staring at the girl.

"Oh, you two are pathetic," the third guy muttered. But even he couldn't deny she was one of the better looking girls he had seen in a long time.

"Huh, Chazz?" the chubby guy responded.

"I bet that was all luck there," Chazz remarked. "Listen, boys, we've attended Duel Prep School for the past three years: we're ready for the academy. These kids don't know what they're getting into. But they'll learn...the hard way...the Chazz Princeton way!" he finished his speech with a cold laugh.

Luna made her way up to the seat she was sitting in before. She was met by Syrus and Bastion, both their mouths hanging open. "You guys are gonna catch flies if you keep your mouths open," she said calmly.

"That...was...amazing! How you managed to use Power Bond and...and...," Syrus exclaimed in a fanboyish fashion.

Bastion nodded in agreement. "That was one of the best moves I've ever seen anyone do in a duel," he said.

Luna gave each of them a small smile. "Thanks, you didn't do so bad yourself, Bastion. Ring of Destruction is quite the card, isn't it?"

"Indeed, it is," Bastion replied, as Luna turned around to see two people walk up to her.

Syrus gasped, "Zane!" he cried.

Zane paid the blue-haired boy no attention, his eyes focused on Luna. "Quite the impressive duel back there," he said casually.

Luna smiled, "I don't believe I got your name," she said.

Zane inclined his head. "But of course...I'm Zane Truesdale."

Luna nodded, "Well thanks for the compliment, Zane."

Zane returned the nod. "Anyways, I hope to see around the academy," he said before he walked off.

"You must've been one of the most impressive applicants ever!," Syrus remarked.

Luna frowned, "Why's that?"

Syrus turned around to the retreating form of Zane. "Zane doesn't just talk to anyone, you know. He's the best duelist in Duel Academy! If Zane compliments you, he must see something very special in you."

Back on the balcony, Zane joined Alexis again. "Did you talk to her?" she asked.

Zane leaned onto the railing. "Indeed I did," his lips perked into a smile. "I think this year is going to be very interesting…."

Heh heh, gotta love that OTK. Like I said before, Luna's going to be using several decks in this story. That Cyber Deck is going to be just one of many. Don't worry, though, the Elemental Heroes will make appearances.

Oh, and, Crowler...he certainly isn't going to forget about losing in one turn.

And Zane also seems very interested in Luna, I wonder how that's going to play out...

Anyways, hope you all enjoyed the chapter. I can't say when I'll update, I most surely will. Please review!