Turn 1: Welcome to the University
There have been many great duelists in the world of duel monsters. No matter the shape, size, or deck, they all have strived to become number one. There have been, however, times when peril seeks great power, power that have been said to hold great secrets and enable someone to rule the world. Yet, there have been great heroes to stop them and keep the balance of worlds in check. We now come into a new era of duelists, hoping to just have a good time. Now we join our heroes, as they join the university in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's New Era of Heroes.
Hi. I'm Shadow Atlas. I'm here to tell a story of my world as a young duelist about to enter a university. This is said to be one of the top schools around in New Domino city. I'm going to try and improve my skills as a duelist. So far amongst where I've lived, I've been said I would be a great duelist someday. And I believe them.
"Ah. It's a good day to take entry exams," I said. As I walk through the city to go to the stadium, I remember a few words my dad said.
"Son, it's time. You are a good duelist, but there is room for improvement. You're going to go to the Dueling University and prove start your journey there. Prove to everyone that you're the top duelist! Prove to them it's you're turn to become king!" He really knew how to make me strive for everything.
"I won't let you down dad. I'm going to make you proud," I thought to myself thinking about that speech. I then looked ahead and saw the colosseum where they held the entry exams. "Ah, there it is." I walked up to it seeing as there was someone watching the front table. "I'm here for the exams. Shadow Atlas."
"Hmm. Ah you must be Atlas's boy. Your test will be field number seven," she said. "Hurry though, you've got four minutes before your match starts. Good luck."
"Thank you!" I yelled as I ran inside to the arena. As you can tell I'm excited about this journey I'm about to take, but I'm also running out of breathe. Although while walking through these halls, I got to look around and enjoy the site of other duels taking place. Everywhere I walked, there was someone taking a test.
"Skull Archfiend of Lightning, attack with Super-Charged Bolt!"
"Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!"
"Rose Tentacles, Thorn Whip!" Left and right, I kept seeing people attend their duels, and it was a pretty cool site.
"Wow. These guys are all good. I hope they'll be good challenges when I face them," I said. "Hmm. This must be my stadium." Elsewhere, my opponent was coming.
"Excuse me sir, the duelist is here."
"Already on it." He was already there on a walkie-talkie. I got to the field and noticed him. "Ah. You must be the duelist. I am Prof. Vermillion Smith. Name please."
"I'm Shadow. Nice to meet you."
"Very well. This is your test. Defeat me and you will be granted entrance in the university. Now let's duel!"
"You're on!" We got our duel disks activated to duel now.
Shadow: 4000 Smith: 4000
"Alright Shadow. You can have the first move."
"Alright. I draw!" I drew my card. "I summon my Rhinotaurus!" I summoned a ca humanoid rhinoceros who has horns on his forearms with 1800 attack points. "It's your turn after that Mr. Smith"
"So this is another one of the students." In the crowd there we other people talking about me. "At first glance I'm not impressed, but he may have something in mind." A student named Bane Kusanagi was watching me.
"Let's see what else he's got before we make our judgments." Another student named Johnny Apocalypse was watching too."
"Now it's my turn. I draw!" He drew his card. I'll summon Vorse Raider!" He played a beast-like hunter with a bladed spear pole weapon and 1900 attack points. "Attack his Rhinotaurus!" The attack went through and destroyed my monster. "I place this card facedown and end my turn."
Shadow: 3900 Smith: 4000
"Alright. I draw! I play a card facedown and summon a facedown monster! I place a card facedown and end my turn."
"I draw. I summon my Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei!" He played a human-beast hybrid with 2300 attack points.
"2300 attack points? That's not good."
"Hmm. This guy's not looking so hot." Another student named Masaru Izinski was also watching. "He may not have a chance."
"Now attack his facedown monster!" His monster went for the attack. "And after that, your life points will be wide open!" He attacked a mole with a pickaxe and helmet and flow for a nose and 1200 defense points.
"Too bad it's not happening now. You see, once per turn, Mine Mole isn't destroyed."
"Fine. I activate my facedown Raigeki Break! I discard one card from my hand to destroy your Mine Mole."
"What?!" My Mine Mole is destroyed. "Erg. Whenever Mine Mole leaves the field by an opponent's card effect, it is removed from play."
"Now my Vorse Raider is free to attack."
"I wouldn't be too sure of that." The ashes of my mole's defeat came and collected to make a small portal."
"What's going on?"
"You activated an effect. Whenever a beast-type monster is destroyed, by giving up 1000 life points, I can special summon Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest!" I played a green skinned and armored baboon with a club and 2600 attack points.
Shadow: 2900 Smith: 4000
"Impressive. I call off my attack. And since it's the end of my battle phase, my Indomitable Fighter switches to defense mode. I end my turn after I play a facedown monster."
"So now I draw. Green Baboon attacks your Vorse Raider! Mad Dash!" The attack was successful.
Shadow: 2900 Smith: 3300
"It's your turn after I summon this monster facedown."
"Hmm. So he wanted a beast of his to be destroyed, so he could call out an even more powerful monster instantly. Not bad." Bane thought my move was cool. It was Prof. Smith's turn.
"I draw now. I activate Rollout! This takes a union monster in my graveyard and equips it to my monster. I take the Protective Soul Ailin and give it to Lei Lei!" A small angelic boy appeared and went over to Lei Lei's side. "I summon a monster in defense position and use Ailin's effect to swap Lei Lei to attack position. Now my fighter will attack your facedown monster!" He destroyed a flying squirrel with 100 defense points.
"Thank you for destroying my Nimble Momonga. When he's destroyed in battle, I gain 1000 life points. In addition, I get to summon two more from my deck." Two more flying squirrels appeared and my life points went up.
Shadow: 3900 Smith: 3300
"Hmm. Not bad. Thanks to Lei Lei's effect, it swaps to defense mode. I end my turn afterwards."
"I draw now! I swap my two Nimble Momongas to attack mode. Now Nimble Momonga attacks Lei Lei!" Even though I aimed for him, his Protective Soul took the hit.
"Sorry, but whenever a union monster is equipped to another monster, that union monster takes the hit."
"Then my other Nimble Momonga will attack it!" It hit this time. "Now my Green Baboon attacks your facedown monster with Mad Dash!" Now his field was empty. "I end my turn with a facedown card."
"Now I draw. Now let's watch your defenses go bye. I summon Darkness Hunter!" He played a winged-tribal looking beast with a dagger and 1700 attack points. "I activate his effect! By discarding one card in my hand when you control two or more monsters and their type are the same, one of them is destroyed. I destroy Green Baboon!"
"What?!"
"Now he will attack one of your Nimble Momongas!"
"I gain 1000 life points due to that attack, so I just gain 300."
Shadow: 4000 Smith: 3700
"I'll end my turn. During the turn in which this card was sent to the graveyard, but sending one beast, beast-warrior, or winged beast from my hand to the graveyard, I can bring out Manticore of Darkness in attack mode!" He summoned a lion-headed, scorpion-tailed, bird-winged beast with 2300 attack points. "You better do something now."
"Looks like he's almost out. He's only got a Nimble Momonga out. He may have more life points, but Prof. Smith's got more monsters. Find a right one and this duel might be over next turn," explained Masaru.
"Please. My deck has never failed me in the past. Don't let me down now!" I was thinking to myself for that moment. I then made my move. I then said this. "I draw! Hmm. I activate Hand Destruction! So now we both discard two cards then draw two cards. I then will activate my Call of the Haunted to bring back a monster I sent to the grave: Keymouse!" I summoned a small white mouse with a key in his tail, lock on it's collar, and 100 attack points. "Now since I have a tuner out, I can special summon my Different Dimension Unicorn Knight!" I summon a blue beast-like knight with blue-beast-like armor and 1800 points. His ability activates. Since he was special summoned this way, I can't normal summon, but I can bring back a Level 3 or lower non-tuner monster that is removed from play. So return Mine Mole!"
"He must be planning to synchro summon. This oughta be good," said Johnny."
"Now I tune my Keymouse to my Unicorn Knight! Galloping gales from the high heavens. Arise now and break through all obstacles in your path. Synchro Summon! Pride of the skies! Thunder Unicorn!"
I summoned a blue unicorn with lightning stripes on it and 2200 attack points.
"Not bad. But it doesn't stand down to my Manticore of Darkness."
"It will when I'm done. I activate the spell card United We Stand! So now my Unicorn gains 800 points for all monsters on my field. I still have my Mine Mole and Nimble Momonga so it now has 4600 points. Now I will activate his ability. One monster on your field loses 500 attack points for every other monster on the field. Since I have two, your Hunter loses 1000 attack points. Now attack his Hunter with Thunder Spear!"
Shadow: 4000 Smith: 0
"Very well done Shadow. By the way, your last name is Atlas, right? No wonder you're good. Welcome to the university Shadow."
"Alright! Thank you." And with that duel, I was on my way to the Duel University.