This is my first try at a fan fiction. This involves mostly original characters in the Yu-Gi-Oh GX universe, a few years after the main cast leaves Duel Academy.
Names of cards (and archetypes) will be included in brackets (ex: [Dark Magician Girl], [Roll Out!]) in case you get interested in the card and decide to look it up.
Turns are set up in this format
Turn "x"
[Active Player will be in brackets]: "life points"
(Passive Player will be in parenthesis): "life points"
Chapter 1: Commander of the Soulless
The arena was filled with spectating students and teachers, watching as the examiner confronted a student in a red uniform. A hologram of a giant machine stood in front of the examiner, staring down at the student.
A display above the arena showed…
Turn 8
[Crowler]: 4300
(Ronald): 0600
"I end my turn. How do you expect to win, Ronald?" the examiner confidently smirked toward the student. You have no monsters on your field and you can't stop my [Ancient Gear Golem]!"
Ronald looked at the cards in his hand and smiled, "Alright, Dr. Crowler. I'll humor you. My turn, I draw."
Turn 9
(Crowler): 4300
[Ronald]: 0600
Ronald reached for his deck and drew a card.
"Well, not a card that would help but…" Ronald revealed a card in his hand to his opponent, "First thing I'll do is activate the effect of my [Machina Fortress]. I can discard any number of Machine Monster cards in my hand whose total level adds up to 8 or more to special summon it. To do so, I'll discard my [Heavy Mech Support Platform] and [Machina Fortress]!"
As he put the card on the arm mounted duel disk, a giant blue tank appeared in front of him.
"Your Fortress can't stop my Golem. It's not strong enough!" Crowler scowled, "What are you planning?"
"Next, I'll summon the [Shreddder]," Ronald placed another card on his duel disk.
"The what?" Crowler narrowed his eyes.
"With [Shreddder], I can send one Machine monster in my hand to the graveyard. If I do, I can destroy one monster on your side of the field with a level equal to or lower than the monster sent. And I choose…"
Ronald revealed another card, "My level 10 [Machina Force]! Say good bye to that artifact you call a machine! Rip that golem to shreds!"
A picture of the monstrous [Machina Force] appeared above the [Shreddder] and slowly descended into the head of the machine. The [Shreddder] then bent over and shot a powerful beam of light at Crowler's [Ancient Gear Golem], destroying it.
"You may have destroyed my golem, but I still have enough life points to last another turn!"
"Oh, I doubt that," Ronald smiled, "Trap card activate! [Roll Out!]!"
"No!" Crowler gasped.
"That's right," Ronald smiled, "With this, I can pull the [Heavy Mech Support Platform] I discarded earlier and attach it to my [Machina Fortress]. Except I'm not done quite yet. Activate trap! Here comes another [Roll Out!]!"
"Here comes a second [Heavy Mech Support Platform], attached to my [Shreddder]! And now for my last face down, [Solidarity]. You should know this by now, but [Solidarity] gives 800 attack points to my monsters that share a type with the monsters in my graveyard, so long as I only have one type of monster in my grave!"
Several cards appeared in the air, facing Crowler.
"Looks like it's less of a graveyard and more of a scrap yard," Ronald smirked, "First thing's first! [Shreddder], go say "hi"!"
The [Shreddder] charged forward toward Crowler and threw a savage punch.
The display overhead changed.
Turn 9
(Crowler): 1700
[Ronald]: 0600
Ronald pointed at Crowler, "Here comes [Machina Fortress], firing at your face!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Crowler screamed as [Machina Fortress] fired an enormous blue laser toward him.
Ronald snapped, "Game over! You should keep your Ancient Gears in the scrap yard. They're nothing but outdated pieces of hardware."
Crowler scowled at Ronald but shook his head, "You pass this test."
"That's right," Ronald smirked.
"You can get out of my sight now," Crowler growled. It was barely audible through the cheering.
Ronald shrugged as he pulled his deck from the duel disk and inserted it into a box on his belt before turning and walking away. As he walked out of the arena, he was approached by a girl with red hair and a red uniform, similar to his own, "Did you really have to insult the [Ancient Gears]? You used to use them, after all."
"I still have my [Ancient Gear] deck, actually. I still like them, but I still think they're outdated. A little too sluggish for my tastes."
The girl shook her head and sighed, "You're ridiculous. And there was no need for [Solidarity] or that second [Roll Out!]."
"You know me. I love a big finish. If I had the chance, I would've sent an overclocked [Machina Force] at him," Ronald chuckled, "Are you still working on your Spellcasters?"
The girl nodded, "Of course. I'm getting close to a combination that works relatively well, but I'm torn between a few cards. I'm definitely going to need [Secret Village of the Spellcasters], but I'm not entirely sure if I should use [Terraforming] or not."
"Well, [Terraforming] can help pull out that Village relatively quickly, but you lose out on another card that may be helpful."
"Which is why I'm torn," the girl said scratching her head."
"There's an easy solution," Ronald raised his finger.
"What's that?" the girl asked.
"Side deck it," Ronald smiled.
"That's…" the girl paused, "Actually pretty smart."
"Of course it is; I'm a genius."
"And full of yourself," the girl mumbled.
"Don't be like that! Let's go get lunch, Celia."
"Y'know, I am kind of hungry. Sure, let's go."
End Chapter 1
