Hey, I have a new story.
Rose: What's this one?
Back when I thought up Four Wild Hearts, I had another idea for a solo job with Torrey.
Casey: So, only Torrey will have a bigger part?
Yes, also he'll have a different deck and no past connection with Jaden.
Sakura: So, a little something else for the fans.
Hai! Anyway, disclaimer!
Caden: Wolf doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX or any of it's characters. She only owns her OC's and any cards she makes up.
Enjoy!
Chapter 1: A New Magician on the Block
Welcome to Domino City, home of some of the world's greatest duelists, including Seto Kaiba the CEO of Kaiba Corp., Joey Wheeler, a duelist with an extreme amount of good luck, and the King of Games himself: Yugi Muto. It's also home to the Kaiba Dome, where young duelists come to apply for the most famous dueling school in the country: Duel Academy. In fact, one duelist was on his way there right now. His name: Torrey Miller.
"Alright, here we go. Let's make some magic." Torrey said as he looked over his deck and walked up the hill towards his destination.
He's a tall and slim guy with brown hair that goes a little past his shoulders and brown eyes behind a pair of thin, rectangular glasses. His outfit consists of a white tunic-like shirt, blue jeans, brown cowboy boots, no spurs, and a reddish brown aviators' jacket.
As soon as he got there, he registered for the tests and had his deck checked for illegal cards. After a while, he was shown to the duel field where all students, new and old, were hanging out and checking out the competition.
Most of the students he noticed wore red, yellow, or blue uniforms. 'Must be Academy students.'
Down below, Torrey noticed a duel going on between a boy about his age wearing a grayish-white uniform and a dueling proctor. On the field in front of the proctor were two defense position monsters known as Gear Golem the Moving Fortress (800/2200) and Big Shield Guardna (100/2600). The monster opposing the duel proctor was Vorse Raider (1900/1200) and there was also a face down spell/trap card.
"Alright new guy," The proctor called to the boy. "Multiple choice; you have two monsters staring ya down, do you A: throw in the towel, B: beg for mercy, or C: run home to mama?"
"I'll go with D: none of the above!" The boy with dark hair announced before the face down flipped up.
"A trap!?" the proctor asked, shocked.
"Exactly," Bastion said with a smirk and then went on to explain. "You see, with Ring of Destruction I can destroy any monster on the field that's in attack position and we both take damage equal to its attack points."
A ring of red bombs appeared around Vorse Raider's neck and exploded on impact, dropping the boy's life points to 1300. while the proctor's dropped to zero ending the duel. The holograms disappeared and the proctor spoke.
"Clever move, applicant," He said. "Welcome to the academy."
The boy bowed and said, "Thank you oh wise proctor."
'Nice one,' Torrey thought. 'Not many duelists can sacrifice their monster's with the odds being completely in their favor like that.'
Up in the stands, he saw three boys wearing Obelisk Blue uniforms who also watched the boy's duel.
"Wow, that guy's pretty good don't cha think, Chazz?" The boy with blue hair, glasses, and a southern accent said.
"Guess the rumors about him being some kind of whiz kid were true, hun Chazz, huh?" The boy with short, spiky brown hair asked in a thick voice.
"He's a punk," The person they were talking to, a spiky, black haired kid named Chazz, said. "We went to 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."
'Still up on your high horse, huh Chazz?' Torrey thought. 'No amount of prep schooling helped you when you were in the arena with me.'
"Torrey Miller, please report to Dueling Field #2." A voice over the PA announced.
'My turn… ' He thought as he went to the field that was called.
Meanwhile, in another part of the dome, a short boy, with sky blue hair and glasses was also watching Bastion's duel along with another boy about his age. He had short brown hair that looked almost puffy with a light brown patch on top, and chocolate brown eyes. He was wearing a black school uniform over a red t-shirt with red and white sneakers.
"Wow, that last guy really tore it up." He said.
Syrus looked at him. "Yeah, Bastion Misawa; they said he got the highest score on the written exam out of all us applicants."
"Wow, I just barely passed." The brunette said.
"Yeah, me too. My name's Syrus by the way, nice to meet you," Syrus then looked away slightly depressed. "I kinda have this thing where I get test anxiety. I don't know how I won my match."
"So you're in!" He exclaimed slapping Syrus on the back, startling him. "Congratulations, I'll be in too as soon as I win my duel."
"What, you haven't dueled yet?" Syrus asked shocked at his naivety.
"Nope." The brunette replied, still excited about the last match.
"Then you might have a problem, there's one more duel after Bastion's and it's about to start." Syrus explained before turning his attention to the duel field where Torrey's duel was about to happen.
Torrey rose up on an elevated platform wearing his duel disk, the one he got for his birthday. In front of him was a man wearing the blue outfits of the dueling proctors. The man looked at Torrey with an assessing gaze.
"Alright, applicant," he said in a tone of authority. "What is your name?"
"Torrey Miller, sir." Torrey replied, respectfully.
"Well you know the rules: you win, you're in," The proctor said, starting up his duel disc. "Lose, better luck next year."
"Oh, I'll be in this year," Torrey said, starting up his duel disk. "You can count on it!"
"Duel!"
Proctor: 4000
Torrey: 4000
"Let the magic show begin!" Torrey said, starting his turn. He looked over what he had and smiled. "I summon Summoner Monk!"
A blue skinned old man in blue and white robes appeared, sitting in a lotus position like Yoda (800/1600).
"Once summoned, he automatically moves into defense mode. Since he's done that, I'll activate his effect," He discarded a card from his hand. "By sending a spell from my hand to the graveyard, I can special summon a monster from my deck. So, I summon Rapid-Fire Magician in defense mode!"
A male magician appeared wearing a purple suit with a matching hat and cape carrying two silver scepters with whites orbs (1600/1200).
"And that ends my turn!"
"Okay, my move!" The proctor drew his card.
"First, I play Smashing Ground to destroy your monk!" A giant fist out of the sky and smashed the monk.
Despite the loss of one of his monsters, Torrey wasn't phased. "Sorry, but by playing a spell card while Rapid-Fire Magician's out causes 400 points of damage!"
One of the orbs on the mage's scepters lite up red and was then launched at the proctor.
Proctor: 3600
Torrey: 4000
"Then I'll put a stop to that with my Mad Sword Beast!" A dinosaur on all fours with a tough green hide appeared (1400/1200). "And it can cause piercing damage when it attacks a monster in defense mode, so I can get at your life points!"
The proctor has his dino charge the magician, destroying him.
Proctor: 3600
Torrey: 3800
"I'll end my turn with one card face down." A facedown card appeared at the proctor's feet. "Your move, applicant."
"Okay, draw!" Torrey drew his next card.
"First, I play Mystical Space Typhoon!" A mini-tornado blew away the proctor's facedown.
"Now that that's out of the way, I summon Gemini Elf!" Two female elves who are assumed to be twins appeared on the field. One was a blond with blue dress that reached her mid-thighs, and the other was a redhead with a long purple dress with slips up the sides, showing off her legs (1900/900).
"Attack Mad Sword Beast!" Both elves raised a hand and shot a magic orb at the dino, hitting it in the head.
Proctor: 3100
Torrey: 3800
"Now, I'll finish up with a facedown."
"Impressive move, applicant," The procter praised as he drew his next card. "Now, let's see your next move! I summon Soul Tiger in defense mode!"
A blue flamed tiger appeared and crouched on the ground (0/2100). "Your move…"
"Thanks!" He said as he drew. He looked over his hand and smirked. He has this in the bag.
"I activate my facedown, Magical Dimension!" A gold and black coffin appeared. "By sacrificing my elves, I can bring out another spellcaster."
The coffin drew in the elves and closed. "Now, I can bring out out my Chaos Command Magician!"
The coffin re-opened, showing a blue-skinned spellcaster. The magician wore dark green robes and a hood with a scepter of the same color with a red spherical jewel (2400/1900).
"Now, my spell can do something else, and that's take out your only monster!" The coffin shot off a blast that grabbed the tiger and pulled it inside and into the graveyard.
"And since I haven't normal summoned yet, I'll bring out a Magician's Valkyria!" A female magician, similar to the Dark Magician Girl appeared. The only differences were that she was a redhead, the skirt was purple, and the scepter was bigger with a bejeweled hook on the end (1600/1800).
"Now, I'll both my monsters attack and end this duel!" Both mages crossed scepters, charged up their magical energies, and struck the proctor dead on.
Proctor: 0
Torrey: 3800
"A great finishing move!" The proctor smiled. "Welcome to the Academy."
"Thank you, sir." Torrey bowed and then left the field.
Up in the stands, another couple of individuals from the very top were watching Torrey's duel with interest. A girl with sandy blond hair that reached to about her mid-back with caramel like eyes and wearing the Obelisk Blue girls uniform and a taller boy with blue hair that reached his shoulders and blue eyes wearing the third year's uniform. The girl was Alexis Rhodes, a first year students, and the boy was Zane Truesdale, a third year student and the top duelist at Duel Academy.
"Looks like Torrey strikes again, he'll make this year interesting." Alexis said as the duel ended.
Zane just stayed silent, not really giving his opinion.
Right below them, where the faculty was sitting, the teachers were talking about the duelists as Torrey left the arena.
"Looks like we've got a pretty good crop this year." One of them said.
"Yes, indeed." Another agreed.
Also next to them, another teacher sat there silent not paying much attention the teacher's talk. He could easily be mistaken for woman, but never tell him that. He wore a blue blazer with gold accents and pink ruffles. He had long blond hair in a ponytail and purple lipstick. This is Dr. Vellian Crowler, headmaster of the Obelisk Blue boys dorm.
He was about to get up and leave when…
"I'm sorry to interrupt," A man in a dark suit, came up to them. "But one last applicant has arrived to to take his exam, Mr. Crowler."
"Did you just call me, 'mister'?" Crowler asked with a slight scowl.
"I'm sorry," The man apologized. "I'm new here Miss…"
Before he could continue, Crowler interrupted him. "I have a PhD in dueling to earn the title 'doctor' thank you." He then looked away. "Now tell the truant that he'll have to come back next year."
The other teachers looked at him like he was a tyrant.
"Come on, Dr. Crowler, we have time for one more."
"Yes, let's give this duelist his shot." They pleaded with him, which got on Crowler's nerves.
"He was just a bit late, what's the harm."
Crowler was annoyed when they started pleading, but that last comment sent him over the edge.
"LATE IS RUDE!" He snapped, startling everyone in the booth. "I have no time for slackers!"
Before he could rant further, his cellphone went off. "Yes, and who may I ask is calling…?"
"It's Sheppard." Answered the voice on the other end.
"Ah, Chancellor Sheppard, how nice of you to call." Crowler greeted in a pleasant tone.
"Just calling to make sure everything's running smoothly, Crowler," The chancellor said. "We wouldn't want a repeat of what happened last year."
That caused Crowler to look uneasy as he remembered. "When you cut a third of our applicants for some ridiculous reason. What was it, calling you mister or missus? Never mind, just make sure that everyone gets a fair shot."
"Yes, of course," Crowler said before hanging up the phone with a scowl. "Furry-chinned windbag!"
'Doesn't she and Sheppard know that there are enough talentless flunkies at this academy? But Sheppard's the boss, and if he wants to give this scrim shaker a duel… fine.'
He then got up from his seat. "Pardon me, gentlemen, I'll be right back." But before he could leave, one of the teachers picked up a box of decks.
"Wait, who will be the boy's dueling proctor and which exam deck shall we use?" he asked, now confused along with everyone else.
Crowler just huffed and walked away. "Leave that to me." He said mysteriously.
"Whoa, he managed to do that in just a few turns." Syrus said, staring at the spellcaster duelist.
"And he hardly lost any life points." The brunette boy added, and got a big smile on his face. "I wouldn't mind dueling that guy and his deck!"
"You mean Torrey Miller?" They both turned to see Bastion taking a seat in the row in front of Syrus. "A smart yet strange individual, he was able to score second best after me on the written exam."
"Wow, that is smart if he was able to almost match that score." Syrus stable.
"By the way, tight duel Bastion!" The mystery boy exclaimed.
"Thank you."
"From where I stand, you just might just be the second best duelist here!" He said, confusing Bastion.
But before he could ask what he meant, an announcement came on. "Jaden Yuki, please report to exam field four."
"Go time!" The boy, whose name was Jaden said as he got ready to go. "Wish me luck, guys."
"Wait," Bastion interrupted him. "If I'm second best, who's first?"
Jaden smiled and pointed a thumb at himself. "Yours truly, it's what I'm best at." He then walked down to the field with a confident stride.
"He's so sure of himself. I wonder if he's really that good." Syrus noticed.
"He's going to need to need to be," Bastion said, looking at the duel field in question. "Look who he's dueling…"
"Yeah…" Bastion and Syrus turned to see Torrey looking down at the field from the top of the stairs. "Who's he?"
"He is Dr. Crowler, he's in charge of the exams and the head of the Duel Academy's top dorm." Bastion replied.
"That's a guy..." Torrey deadpanned.
"Very, also congratulations on winning your match." Bastion said.
"Thanks." Torrey replied.
Crowler was down on the field, being prepped for the duel. His duel disk looked like it was attached to his uniform, at least the part that held the graveyard and deck did. The tray part was held in his hands like a guitar.
Soon, Jaden rose up on a platform, looking around in awe at the place like a little kid.
"Alright, test time!" Crowler said looking at Jaylen with confidence. "So, son, your name?"
Jaden turned and focused his attention on the teacher. "Jaden, Jaden Yuki."
"Well, Jaden Yuki, I'm Doctor Vellian Crowler, Department Chair and Techniques professor here at Duel Academy." Crowler introduced himself with pride dripping from his voice.
"Oh, you're a teacher," Jaden said, rubbing the back of his head, embarrassed. "From how you were dressed, I thought you were the school cheerleader." He laughed lightly at that.
Crowler just sweatdropped at that.
"Now that he mentions it..." The boy wearing glasses, who we will call Torimaki, said.
"That kid's got some lip, huh Chazz?" said the other guy, who we will call Raizou.
Chazz was not pleased at what Jaden was saying down there.
Crowler activated what he called his duel vest and drew his opening hand. Jaden was amazed by the machinery, thinking it looked cool.
"That's some impressive gear you have there." Jaden said with an awed smile.
"Well, thank you." Crowler said, though he really didn't mean it.
"Well, I'm ready! Time to throw down!" Jaden said excitedly, activating his duel disk and drawing his opening hand.
"Duel!"
Crowler: 4000
Jaden: 4000
"Here goes." Jaden said as he drew his first card. He looked over his hand and smiled.
"Sweet, I'm going to summon Elemental Hero Avian in defense mode!" A green bird man appeared and knelt down in a defense position (1000/1000).
"Then I'll throw down a facedown." A facedown card appeared behind the monster.
"A hero user." Torrey murmured.
"Huh?" asked Syrus.
"He's using the Elemental Hero archetype that relies heavily on fusion strategies." Bastion explained.
"And it's hard to use that deck properly," Torrey added. "The archetype came out a few years ago, and became quite popular."
"Alright, teach, get your game on!" Jaden said excitedly.
"Yes, of course," Dr. Crowler said dismissively as he drew his card. "Don't tell me what to do."
'After all since I'm using my own personal deck rather than one of those puny test decks, I'll be calling all the shots. I'll fail this miserable little brat and send her home in no time.' He grinned when he saw the cards in his hand. "I think I'll start out nice and easy, by playing the spell card Confiscation!"
"Okay, so what's it do?" Jaylen asked, starting to get nervous
"What it does is allow me to pay 1000 life points to take a look at your hand and then send one of your cards to the graveyard." As he was explaining, Jaden's hand glowed, startling him, and then holographic images of those cards appeared in front of Crowler. They were Monster Reborn, Polymerization, The Warrior Returning Alive, and Hero Signal.
"Ah yes, I remember some of these back from when I was a naive rookie." This comment caused Jaden to growl, but Crowler didn't notice.
"Now which one shall I banish?" He looked at each card carefully before making a decision. "Monster Reborn to the graveyard!" Jaden's card was sent there.
"Next, I'll set two cards face down," Two facedowns appeared in front of Crowler and then he held up one more card. "And last, but not least, I play Heavy Storm! This spell destroys every other spell and trap card that's out on the field."
A heavy wind picked up and Jaden's face down, Draining Shield, was destroyed along with Crowler's two face-downs. Jaden saw that.
"Whoopsie, did you forget that you had two cards on the field too?" Jaden said teasingly.
"Now, now, you mustn't speak out-of-turn, young lady." Crowler countered. After that dark clouds began to form around his side of the field.
"Hey, what's happening?" The brunette asked, nervously.
"Nothing's happening," Crowler said dismissively before adding, "Not yet!"
Just as he did, two gold dragon-worm-like creatures appeared on his side of the field. "But that's about to change."
The audience was amazed by the two creatures but Syrus was confused. "Could someone tell me what's going on?"
"Those two that Dr. Crowler had out were called Statue of the Wicked." Bastion explained as he observed the duel. "It's a special trap that creates a vicious monster token when it's destroyed by a card effect. That's why he played Heavy Storm."
"Speaking of Heavy Storm, I don't think that's a test deck." Torrey deduced, suspiciously.
"Why's that?" Syrus asked.
"Of course! And that goes the same for a card like Confiscation; they're both rare cards that can change the tide of the battle without any serious costs!" Bastion realized.
They girls weren't the only ones who came to that conclusion.
"A card that strong couldn't be in the test decks, Crowler must be using his own." Torimaki said.
"Then this duel's over," Raizou said. "No one can beat the deck of an expert like Dr. Crowler."
"Yeah, it's impossible, don't ya think Chazz?"
"Yeah, what do you think, Chazz?"
Chazz grinned at this. "I think I'm going to enjoy watching Crowler wipe the floor with our mouthy little friend down there. I just wish he had treated all the other second-rate duelists that applied to the academy the same way."
"What an elitist snob," Alexis said. "Bullying some amateur with his very best cards."
"You're too soft, Alexis," Zane spoke up, causing Alexis to look at him. "I just hope we get to see that legendary rare card Crowler has stashed away in that deck of his."
"Ready for your next lesson?" Crowler called to Jaden on the other side of the field.
"You bet!" Jaden answered with excitement in his voice. "Take your best shot!"
Crowler regarded that negatively. "Very well."
His tokens started to glow and writhe in flames. "Now I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon the Ancient Gear Golem!"
In place of Crowler's tokens stood a giant robotic creature with the working gears clearly seen. Once again the audience was amazed at the sight of the monster, more so than its stats (3000/3000).
"There it is! That's his legendary rare card!" Alexis gasped.
Even Zane's eyes widened a bit. "Now it looks like we're about to find out what makes it so legendary."
"Woah! That monster could stand toe to toe with Blue-Eyes White Dragon?!" Torrey shouted.
"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler said sarcastically toward Jaden.
Jaden, however, was having a blast! "No way! I've always wanted to take one on!"
This shocked many people, including Syrus. "Either Jaden's brave or he's nut!"
"Man's got guts, I'll give him that!" Torrey said, just as shocked as Syrus.
"He's staring down that legendary rare monster like she doesn't have a care in the world," Zane said, incredulously. "I guess the youth and inexperience have their benefits."
"Give it a rest, Zane," Alexis said, getting tired of Zane's attitude. "At least the kid's showing some backbone."
"There won't be much to show after this." Zane retorted.
Dr. Crowler cackled as he ordered, "Golem attack! Mechanized Melee!" His Ancient Gear Golem's single red eye glowed slightly before pulling back its fist and pounding Avian into pixels.
"Oh man, Jaden's didn't stand a chance!" Syrus fretted as he watched the duel. "Its defense points were way too low. This doesn't look good."
"And it's about to get worse," Bastion said as he remembered what he knew about Ancient Gear Golem. "When Ancient Gear Golem attacks a monster in defense mode, the difference between its attack points and the opposing monster's defense points are dealt to the opponent as damage."
"But that would mean that Jaden's life points are gonna take a hit!" Syrus cried as he realized what was going to happen.
Just as he said that, a transparent version of Ancient Gear Golem's fist slammed through Jaden's body, causing him to fall to his knees.
Jaden: 2000
Crowler: 3000
"Ow, already down to half," Ziva said, wincing. "He's gotta step up his game if he wants to win."
Crowler noticed Jaden was shaking as he got up and laughed. "Now, now don't feel bad. Not everyone has what it takes to get into the top dueling school in the country…" Crowler trailed off when he realized that Jaylen was laughing not crying.
"Oh, wow! Now I so want to get into this school!" Jaden exclaimed getting up with fire burning in his eyes.
This took Crowler by surprise before scowling angrily. 'Doesn't he get it? He will not be admitted into this school! And he will certainly not make a mockery of my deck!'
'Just look at him tremble,' Jaden thought with a grin as he reached to draw a card from his deck. 'I must have him terrified of my skills!'
As he was about to draw her card, he heard a faint cooing sound. He paused for a second before drawing a card and taking a look at it. He smiled when he saw what it was. It was the card he got from a very familiar man he ran into on the way there. He also remembered what he said about this card belonging with him. 'You know, I'm starting to believe that too.'
For a moment, he thought the card winked at him! He was shocked at first but then made a decision. 'I'm gonna take that as a sign to play ya.'
"Okay, I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!" With that, a small, brown furry creature furry creature with green paws and white wings appeared in front of the brunette (300/200).
"Next, I play a card face-down. Not bad, huh teach?" He finished as a card appeared behind the little fur ball.
"Looks like Hero Boy's safe." Torrey commented.
"What do you mean?" Syrus asked.
"Just watch."
Crowler laughed at the play. "Not bad, but I'm a master technician, you see." He taunted Jaden. "A Kuriboh is rather pedestrian to me; even one with wings you see. It's a textbook mistake, don't feel bad. Now let's proceed."
He drew his next card. "Now Ancient Gear Golem, attack that Kuriboh with Mechanized Melee!" Again, the giant robot pulled back its' fist and punched the tiny creature to pieces.
Jaden winced. 'Sorry, Winged Kuriboh.'
Dr. Crowler noticed that Jaden's life point meter hadn't gone down. "Check your gear, your life points haven't changed."
Jaden smirked lightly. "My gear's fine," She said. "On the turn Winged Kuriboh's destroyed, I take zero damage."
That got a surprise out of Crowler. Even some of the audience members were surprised by the turn of events.
"How 'bout that," Alexis stated, almost sarcastically. "A technique the good doctor didn't know."
"No one can be expected to know every technique, Alexis," Zane argued in a scolding tone. "Especially one as obscure as that."
"Yeah, well that kid sure knew it." Alexis countered with a slight smile.
Torrey snickered slightly at Crowler's reaction. "People really need to stop underestimating Kuribohs!"
"Fine, fine, I guess your lame little monster saved you there." Crowler taunted as Jaden put Winged Kuriboh in his graveyard.
"Woah, slow down there, teach!" Jaden snapped. "Just because you beat him doesn't give you the right to call him lame!"
"Oh yes, I forgot how attached you new duelists get to your monsters," Crowler taunted again. "I'm sorry."
"Show a little respect, why don't ya?" Torrey muttered.
"You should be sorry," Jaden said, "Because by attacking Winged Kuriboh you set off my trap, one of my favorites too, Hero Signal!" His trap activated, causing a spotlight with a unique H to appear on the ceiling.
"Which lets me bring out my second Elemental Hero," He grabbed a card from his deck and slapped on the duel tray. "I summon Elemental Hero Burstinatrix!"
Out of a column of flames, a gray-skinned woman in a red bodysuit appeared on the field with a twirl (1200/800).
As she landed, Jaden drew his card, starting his turn. "My move!"
He looked at the cards in his hand and made a plan. 'Alright, Winged Kuriboh, this one's for you!'
He put the card he drew in his hand and selected another card to play. "First, I'll play the spell card The Warrior Returning Alive. This allows me to bring back a warrior monster from my deck to my hand and I choose Avian. And then I'll summon him to the field."
The card came out of the graveyard slot and Jaden then brought the winged hero back to the field to stand next to Burstinatrix.
"Oh, I see, another amateurish mistake, but this is good, this is good, now would anyone like to tell me what our little friend did wrong here…" Crowler taunted, but was cut off by Jaden again.
"Actually, I wasn't done yet." He said. "Yes, I know my two monsters by themselves aren't enough to take down your monster, but together it's another story!"
He then showed one of the last two cards in his hand to Crowler. "And I have just the card to do that! Go Polymerization!"
The two heroes jumped up into the air and swirled together due to the effects of the card. After the two monsters were done, a new monster appeared that had the same color schemes as Avian and Burstinatrix. It also had one of Avian's wings. The only thing that either monster didn't have was the dragon like hand on the monster's right arm and a dragon like tail (2100/1200). "Say hello to Elemental Hero Flame Wingman! Hope your Golem's ready for a clash of the titans!"
"Looks like the duel's almost over." Torrey said.
"So, teach, what do think?" Jaden asked, with a smirk.
"I think you're dueling quite well for an ametur but next time try summoning a monster that has more attack points than what's already out." Crowler said like he was disappointed, but he really didn't see the monster as a threat.
"What's he mean?" Syrus asked, looking at Jaden's monster.
"He means that the Flame Wingman's atk points are too low to defeat the Ancient Gear Golem," Bastion answered. "A shame too, because that Elemental Hero has a powerful ability. Whenever it destroys a monster in battle, the controller of that monster receives the original attack points of that monster as damage."
"Oh man, that would have been the perfect way for Jaden to turn this duel around." Syrus moaned.
"Relax," Torrey said to them. "He's going to be."
"Alright, young scholar," Crowler said, almost exasperated, "I don't mean to rush you but I am a busy man...are you done yet?"
"No way!" Jaden replied. "And, of course I knew my Wingman had less attack points than your Golem," He then placed the last card in his hand into slot for field spells on his disk. "That's why I'm activating this. A field spell called Skyscraper!"
After he played that card, buildings you would see in places like New York, literally started sprouting up on the field. In the middle of it, Crowler's Golem looked like a giant monster attacking the city. Jaden's Wingman was perched on the highest building's lightning rod with it's arms crossed.
"Alright, Flame Wingman," Jaden called out. "Time to show those heroics!"
He pointed at the ancient robot. "Attack that Ancient Gear Golem with Skydive Scorcher!"
Flame Wingman jumped from the building it was standing on and dove towards Crowler's monster, weaving in and out between buildings.
"Fine by me, bring him on," Crowler said like he wasn't worried. "This silly little Skyscraper field spell hasn't lowered my Golem's attack by one point!"
Flame Wingman then landed on the ground in front of the Ancient Gear Golem before leaping up into the air again.
"You know teach, you're right," Jaden revealed, slyly. "What it's done is raise my hero's attack by a grand total of 1000!"
"Wait! Timeout!" Crowler cried, but it didn't stop Flame Wingman's attack as it launched itself at the Ancient Gear Golem, its body covered in flames (2100-3100/1200).
Crowler was freaking out as Jaden's monster slammed into his, making it burst to pieces. "No, it can't be! He was best card!" He cried before being hit in the head by a piece of debris.
"Oh by the way, you should probably know about my Wingman's special ability." Jaden said, his monster landing back in front of him. "When he destroys a monster in battle, the attack points of that monster gets dealt straight to your life points. Sweet, huh?"
"No way…" Crowler muttered. Just as he said that, the remaining shell of Ancient Gear Golem fell on top of Crowler, despite trying to get out of the way.
Jaden: 2000
Crowler: 0
Jaden pointed his index and middle fingers at Crowler in a sort of salute. "That's game!" He exclaimed. "So, I guess I pass the test, huh teach?"
As the holograms faded, a lot of people were stunned to see that Jaden had beat a teacher, who was using his real deck, in a duel. Crowler was dumbfounded by the whole thing. He was beaten by an amateur who was also late.
"Impossible," Crowler seethed. "There's no way that this delinquent could beat me!"
Up in the stands, Chazz and his flunkies were just as shocked. "It must be dumb luck," Chazz muttered through clenched teeth. "No way Crowler would lose to some flunky!"
Alexis on the other hand was smiling at Jaden's win. "This kid's got a future here." She then noticed that Zane just huffed and walked away.
Syrus was cheering for Jaden. "Yay! Way to play, Jay!"
"Impressive turn around win!" Torrey noted, smiling a little.
'Nice,' Bastion thought as he watched Jaylen wave to the crowd. 'I could use the competition.'
Jaden waved to the crowd some more, then took out his new Winged Kuriboh card. "We made it together," He said, smiling. "And from here on out, you and I will be partners."
Again, Jaden could have sworn the card winked at him and he was starting to believe this card may be more special than he had originally believed.
And that is that. Brian: Well, this looks interesting so far. Just a story I needed to write. Anyway, read, review, and stay tuned.