Rain, that was all he heard, other than his own tears hitting the pavement.
'Same old, same old, eh Venom?' He stared at the only family he had ever known. 'We both wanna get out of here, but dreams don't come true, do they?'
At that exact moment, a man walked up to the boy.
'Zarc?! No, it can't be. He died alongside Ray. Unless…' He then noticed the card. 'Starving Venom?! That settles it, Zarc must have been either reincarnated or split like Ray.'
It was then the boy took notice of him. "Who are you?" he asked.
"My name is Leo Akaba, but you can call me The Professor." He replied.
"The Professor?" the boy tried the name.
"Yes."
"I'm Yuri, nice to meet you!"
"Are you a duelist?" Leo asked.
"Yeah, here's my deck." Yuri outstretched his hand. Leo looked through the assortment. His face expressionless the entire time.
"Is something wrong?" Leo gave him his cards back.
"Come with me. I will make you the best you can possibly be." Leo turned and started walking.
"Where are we going?" Yuri followed suit.
Leo smirked. "Duel Academy.
As a new student who had not yet taken the entry exams, Yuri was placed in Slifer Red. It was a normal day at recess until he noticed an older student beating up a blue haired girl around his age. After that, everything changed.
"Leave her alone!" Yuri yelled to the Ra.
"Or else what?" The Ra mocked him.
"Or… or…" Yuri realized that he had no one to back him. This girl would be injured and it would be his fault.
"Heh, look at him trying to be a hero. All talk, no substance."
That did it. Yuri leapt forward, biting, clawing, punching, and kicking.
After a minute, a teacher came in to break up the fight.
"That was brave, but stupid. Next time you intend to rescue the damsel in distress, be more careful. What's your name?" The girl asked Yuri.
"Yuri, and you?"
"Serena. Wanna be friends?"
"Yeah, I'd like that."
Sorry this was so short. I mean really, I filled 2 whole notebook pages and part of a third. writing this. Anyway, fuse in next time for their first duel.