A/N Welcome to my new Fanfiction, it is a re-Imagining of GX and the Beginning of Destiny games where Duel Academy is quite vastly different, As this is a Beginning of Destiny Fanfiction Tag Duels will be standard later on.

I am also looking for decks and characters readers send in, among the random opponents in the game I'm going to go against, only cards available during this point in GX can be used, new cards will be released at appropriate times.

Without further ado

' ' = Thoughts

" " = Speech

Disclaimer: I do not own this show the cards or anything else beside my OC characters

Turn 01: A day in the life.

6 A.M, the favourite time of the silent, studious Cody Vivyellwda Blackquill naturally he sat, feet dipped into the serene lake as he stared longingly at the water, surfacing his cherished memories, foregone laughter and joy, brought to a swift, curt conclusion. The friendships he forged and the mutual love everyone of his social circle shared for one another….. Forever gone

"If only…", he wished muttering, "If only I wasn't such a idiot".

Tears welled up in his darkened teal eyes but never allowed to fall. His longing soon turned to bitterness and soon acceptance, much as it always had; yes, he regretted each and every rash action that brought him to his path but he came to terms with it.

'Regardless of one's origins and their beginning point it they will walk their life as they see fit, they will climb and fall but in the end it is one's choices that result in their contentedness or lackthereof, that is just the way life is.'

Observing his reflection in the lake, raven hair, covering his forehead and donned in a nostalgic black jacket with a decal of a 'Red Eyes Black Dragon', one of his favourite cards due to the old show Kaibaman where, very late on Kaibaman got a sidekick called Wheeler, who quickly grew into his favourite character of the show due to his goofy antics. After a moment he later looked down at his lower body, black jeans and navy blue scarf, that had fallen off his neck due to the copy of 'Science Versus Card Games: Spellcasters' well worn due to its utility in his last school project.

Laughing bitterly to himself he reprimanded his actions, of how quiet and reseved he'd been in his younger school days. An image bubbled to his mind of a primary school teacher, with greying ginger hair and glasses with rims thicker than her bones, yet a kindness that had little been shown to him 'What would she think of me, I look like a goth, or maybe a hipster mmm…. Not too far off I suppose'.

Sighing deeply he folded his scarf up before putting it into a small backpack he'd become accustomed to carrying around, being the only real source of excercise he got on a regular basis, assorted with numerous colours of discarded highlighters; his small collection of promotional cards from the local game shops; a broken reading lamp; a small stack of literature, fictitious and factual and of course his deck, collected over many years, a constantly tweaked mesh of favouritism, nostalgia and practicality which was volatile, unable to recover due to a lack of draw engines or key power cards such as 'Heavy Storm' and 'Black Hole' that were omitted in favour of niche cards which were often dead draws.

"Cody!" a familiar voice reverberated, the clear sound of compassion emanating towards Cody evoked both a chuckle and smile, "I wish you just go out with other people every once in a while, or you know, not need me pick you up for the enterance examination", the speaking figure appeared. In her usual attire of a crimson, velvet sorceror's hat; short length, turquoise hair and… stave.

"Hey Court, what do you mean 'pick me up' you are equally as lonely as I am but I guess if you want to spend less time with me that's your option." Cody retorted, "Tomorrow is really the day isn't it. The day I take the written examination, finally applying the knowledge I've attained", thinking of the examinations lightened his slightly downcast mood, for he had been preparing himself for this day for years, admittedly it had cost him much money, time and status but tomorrow, tomorrow he would reap what he'd sown.

'I'm finally going to prove my skills at dueling'.Courtney slapped him softly on the back of his head "It's time to get going, Code, wit's a twenty minute walk to soceity alone." Giving him a hand up they began to discuss the light novels and anime they'd watched recently, often times these would have recurring themes, much like with all friendships. For these it was partnerships, from 'Spice and Wolf' to 'Zero no Tsukaima' they admitted that those shoes were silghtly influential on their behaviour, acing much like their respective counterparts. Courtney being playful and witty yet slightly overbearing albeit in a different way.

Reaching the small plain near the road home Courtney nodded 'I'll be seeing you later Code.' her body glew as her physical form now manifested into her card, Silent Magician LV4, Cody's duel spirit most precious and powerful card. After nodding back and returning Courtney's card to the deck he paced himself faster, as time began to pass much slower than it had moments prior.

Silent Magician is indeed a powerful card, although her initial offence is a meagre 1000, for each card the opponent draws that one thousand is increased by 500, whilst once having been boosted by five draws to 3500 Attack Points she'd acquire immunity to the opponent's spell cards. Cody's deck had been equipped with a couple cards that take advantage of her effect, Card of Sanctity sprang to mind, Court's ability made the cards downside an invaluable asset. Pot of Greed being a staple card was also a great thing, although the opponent's expanding options was a risky ordeal. Court wasn't the only strong monster in his deck however; Jinzo and Cyber Jar were useful, Jinzo in particular, stopping all trap cards along with Court negating targetting spells causes the opponent a colossal amount of trouble. It wasn't her power that made her Cody's key card, it was their friendship, she had always been there with him and in her debt he always saw himself, although Court begged to disagree.

''It's about time I pick up the.' Cody thought as he passed the vast trove of shrubbery he grew increasingly agitated at each time he walked to rhe lake, but it didn't matter anymore, after the next week or two he would not return to this town, nor would he see his family. Although they were a small family they genuinely cared for one another and solely due to his parent's dedication he was able to follow the path he dreamed of and he was both joyous of that fact and a bit regretful, he wished he had shown more appreciation before this week yet he supposed it was to be expected, it was always like this in the stories he read. He always perceived showing gratitude at the last opportunity as pointless, he believed it better that nothing suddenly changed so both parties would feel that nothing would become too unfamiliar.

Out of the blue, from the small local park a high pitched shout echoed, "I challenge you to a duel.", the speaker was slightly obscure by the remaining darkness however looking at the person Cody inertly groaned, hoping to avoid the situation and go to his test, his opponent however grinned, it had been days since she had challenged someone, very few people had not already dueled her and those that hadn't weren't interested in the game of Duel Monsters anyway.

Cody's train of thought got derailed as "Do you accept!" echoed through the air, Cody grabbing his ear responded, "No. I have a test to get to, so if you'd please". Unfortunately the girl was persistent and now visible, she had light brown hair a green satchel and dress held up with a star shaped broached which appeared to be dyed in a light pink mixture, an amalgamation with colour that over the next twenty minutes Cody bacame all too acquainted with.

Patience thinning Cody yelled towards her "I accept okay, just make it quick", his left hand brushing through his hair as he struggled to maintain his composure at the sight of the eager girl, looking like she was in the year below him but acting, in his mind like a five year old mess of a girl.

Duel Start

The brunette teenager gleefully drew six cards, declaring "I summon Jerry Beans Man in attack position and that's not all, I also activate the spell card Hinotama, this means your life points are decreased by 500", with a grin plastered on her face she set one card, ending her turn. The green warrior looked at Cody, sharing his duelists gesture, blade sharply pointed toward Cody's head in a slightly threatening manner although appearing in a way adorable.

Cody:3500 Challenger:4000

'Okay, she has a 1750 attack point creature and some adequate burn cards, I guess I should just play Court and hope for the best with my trap cards.'

"I summon my Silent Magician LV 4 to the field" Court materialised, bowing towards her opponent removing her hat before promptly returning it to her head, "next I activate Pot of Greed, this card allows me to draw two cards". Cody pickedhis next two cards up, 'not what I wanted but fine', "I activate Reload, this allows me to shuffle all my cards into my deck to get a fresh hand".

Cody shuffling his hand into his deck he reprimanded himself for having not drawn cards before playing his monster. Looking at his hand he spied Card Destruction 'Good, this'll allow Court to gain another 500 Attack Points'. "I set two cards face down and activate Card of Sanctity causing us both to draw until we eac hold six cards meaning Court erm Silent Magician will gain 500 additional Attack points, meaning she now has 2000 attack points."

"Eeek!", The worry in his opponent's voice caused Cody to grin "Now activate Mage Power, for each Spell/Trap Card on my field my magician gains 500 attack and defence points, I now activate Mystical Space Typhoon to remove your trap card", Seconds later the image of Draining Shield is shattered, "Since you have no more defenses, Court, destroy Jerry Beans Man.", the increasingly powerful sorceress blasted the worried soldier, completely decimating him to the graveyard along with most of the girl's life points, "Great work Court." Court looking back at Cody she smiled to which he gladly returned.

Cody: 3500 Challenger: 1750

His turn concluded, led to his opponent commencing her own, 'I summon one monster face-down and place three cards face-down and end my turn.' her downcast tone evoked a sympathy but Cody had litle time so he quickly drew his card and declared 'I activate Nobleman of Crossout, this card removes your face down monster from the field. Secondly I sacrifice my magician to summon Jinzo in attack postition. Finally I will wipe out your life points.' Struck by the infamous electricity from the android the girl sighed.

Duel End

"Great duel, guess you're the better duelist.", to this Cody responded "I am not that good, sometimes I just get a good enough hand" He trudged away from the park but not before the girl requested his DPA code, so they could duel again at another time, he gave her his number and they exchanged names, her's was Fuuko. Satisfied with his duel, he hurriedly jogged to the examination office recalling duel monster effects that he doesn't know as well as others.

He was already prepared to pass the written test although he was not prepared to find a friend….

Turn 01 End

A/N Thank you for reading this beginning chapter of a rewrite of an old story I wrote last year, I have a little more time this year and a bit more of a passion for the game again and decided why not, comment what you think about my writing style and characterisations if you can, I would like to improve my skills. Any feedback is encouraged.

If you would like to leave a character or duel suggestion I would gladly accept it and try to incorporate it into the story, a major issue I had last writing was creating a balanced deck, if anyone has any ideas about this please tell me to prevent repetitiveness.

I probably will have some romantic plot lines at some point, mostly Judai/Asuka, Daichi/Tania and Cody/? (Probably Blair)

Finally I have three ideas on who Cody's tag partner should be so please leave other suggestions but I would prefer one of these but I will probably have a poll on these.

1) Rei (Retconned to the same age as the other characters) [Only if I go for a heavily romantic route]

2) Daichi (He will be his best friend so it makes complete sense)

3) Courtney (Not too sure about this one but I could make it work) [Non-Romantic]