Star Cluster I: Welcome to Grandscape City!

There was nothing but the beeping. The screeching, unbearable, infinite beeping... There were half-second intervals, sure, but the continuous beeping made 14 year old Yufa Goyami dread 6 o clocks on weekdays... The infamous alarm clock; the perfect oxymoron, ruining yet saving mornings for people all around the globe. Yufa, groggy as always at this 'crack of dawn' as he'd describe it (though really, he's just not a morning person), lazily lifted his left hand over to the alarm clock from his bed, and after failing to hit the snooze button three to four times, eventually landed his index finger square in the middle of the snooze. After a good 20 minutes and 4 (failed) attempts of getting some more sleep, Yufa, to his dismay, finally decided to turn off the alarm and lifted his head.

"Geez... What the heck happened? I feel so ti-" Yufa took a quick glance of himself in the room mirror. "Wh- Wh- WHAAA?!" Suddenly and clearly alert, Yufa's eyes widened in shock, but mostly horror, as he looked at the messy, blue mop of hair he wore on his head, and the dejected look he had would suggest he had been rolling in mud to some strangers. "YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING MEEE...!" And this banshee-esque screech was enough to wake up anyone who hadn't been already, including the innocent birds outside, who (in their best efforts) flew for their lives.

Grandscape City! 'A wonderous splendour for the most forward-looking tourists!' Such a beautiful place, and around every corner you'd find entertainment! Casinos, Game Stalls, and Arcades! A truly perfect place for any kind of tourist! But best of all, the duelling stadium: Host to the annual Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships, where duellists aim for the top with the decks they put their hearts and souls into! And Constellation Monsters, whose ethereal powers descended to Earth over this utopic city, revived the classic era of duels!

"Ehhh... You gotta be kidding me..." Yufa walked to school sighing, wiping the side of his face with a wet towel. By now, he fixed his deep blue hair, which stuck up in long, protruding spikes once he'd styled every morning. His hair also had red highlights, which one of his best friends, Shirumi Kotoya, insisted was either a seriously bad fashion statement or that Yufa was weird in his fashion sense, to which Yufa would simply reply to her that, just because he was different to her, it didn't make him 'weird'. Yufa had glowing, green eyes which were visible from miles away and a tanned skin tone. His typical attire consisted of a casual, light blue tee with a plain black jacket, although on special occasions he may wear white or red. His trousers were a deep blue, like his hair, and he wore blue sneakers to go with his getup.

"Bark! Bark!" Yufa's pet, a robotic dog named Maxie, smiled up at Yufa, in attempts to cheer him up, to which Yufa looked stunned for a moment before letting out a broad smile.

"You're right Maxie, I shouldn't be like this! It'll put everyone else down!" Yufa inhaled through his nose, and kept his head high as he walked to Granny's Pet Pen, where he'd leave Maxie for the day.

As Yufa entered Granny's Pet Pen, he was immediately greeted by an old woman, who the residents of the city just called Granny, with a big smile. "Yufa! What can I do for you, my boy?"

"Hey Granny! Could'ja look after Maxie until school ends? Our family has the monthly subscription, so I should be fine right?" Maxie, obviously familiar with Granny, excitedly jumped onto the counter and barked, doing backflips, to which Yufa and Granny laughed.

"Of course, my boy, you should go quick though! School starts in 10 minutes, you'll be late!" She took Maxie from Yufa's petting hands.

Yufa immediately glanced at the clock and gulped. "Y-You gotta be KIDDING ME! Thanks Granny! See ya Maxie!" Yufa immediately broke a sweat, dashing toward the school at Olympian speed, to which Maxie and Granny looked out, laughing (although Maxie was obviously barking in amusement).

Later, at Grandscape High

Yufa panted in relief as he entered the class, just making it in time, to which he made way to his seat next to Shirumi Kotoya. Shirumi was a rather petite girl, the same age as Yufa. She had jet black, shiny hair which stretched down to her also black skirt. Her hair also contained some silver highlights underneath the black. She was pale skinned, and always made her opinion known on matters she cared for, which often annoyed Yufa, as this often included educational matters (he swears she's addicted to learning). Nevertheless, she was still a best friend of his. Across the classroom was Tsuyoi Hogami, a muscular student, another one of his best friends, training to be a boxer. He was much taller than Yufa, about 5"9', and had red hair, which was cut fairly short but was spiked up all over. Both of them were shaking their heads at Yufa's clumsiness, but he didn't care, until Shirumi surprised him "You need to stop being so late, Yufa! If you keep this up, you'll never pass your exams and-" Shirumi was instantly interrupted.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" Yufa whispered back. "I'll never get a job and go bankrupt. I know. But I wasn't actually late this time!"

Shirumi let out a growl. "Not the point!"

"Shirumi Kotoya and Yufa Goyami, detention during break time!" The teacher, Mr. Fletcher, exclaimed, which made the entire class jump out of their seats.

"Y-Yes sir!" They both replied at once.

"More like Mr. Hawk..." Yufa murmured under his breath.

Lunch Hour

By the time Lunch came around, Yufa had missed out on duelling at break, and so was fired up for a duel at Lunch. "Come on! Hit me with somethin' good!" Yufa excitedly spoke. Not far away, there was some commotion.

RYOU 4000 - LP - 200 SHUJA

"Go, Chibi Gaia Spirit Oram! Attack his Yado Karu and wipe him out!" The ghost-like monster's dilapidated hand melted into a small tidal wave, which rushed into Yado Karu at high speed.

"How can such a cute monster turn so grotesqueeeAAAHH!" Shuja was thrown back.

WINNER: RYOU HIDEKI

"I'll be taking THAT!" Ryou snatched a card from Shuja.

"No! It was a gift from my da-" Shuja began.

"Can it! You bet this card and lost! You should lear-"

"Hey! Playing with the ante rule is wrong! Return them right now!" Yufa interrupted, standing off with Ryou.

"Sorry, you are?" Ryou taunted Yufa.

"Yufa Goyami! I'm gonna win the World Championship to prove I'm the best!"

"Yufa, eh? Fine! If you're a duellist, we'll duel! If you win, I'll return all the cards I took! But if I win... I get your ace card!" Ryou smirked at the deal he set out.

Yufa thought for a moment, second guessing himself momentarily, before looking up and nodding. "Yeah! I'll do it!" Sweat trickled down Yufa's face. I really can't afford to lose this one...

The field began to immediately form as their duel pads were activated. "Field formed! Solid Vision Ray established! Duel mode: Classic! Begin..." The AI spoke.

"...Duel!" The two faced each other.

Hey Duellists! At the end of each chapter, there is going to be some trivia for you to answer for the next one! So, today's trivia: What is the difference between Classic and Modern styled duels? See you next time for the answer!

Next time, on Yu-Gi-Oh! HYPERFORCE!

Ryou and Yufa duel it out to see who gets to take everything! Yufa seems to start strong, but just as he inflicts some damage on Ryou...

"Constellation Summon! Come on, Chibi Gaia Spirit - Oram!" Ryou let out corrupted laughter.

All next time, on Yu-Gi-Oh! HYPERFORCE!