Destiny Awaits

Chapter I- March of the D-Heroes

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Pale Horse: What's poppin' everyone? I've decided to write this because I always wanted to write a story such as this, but I have lacked the inspiration and time. Now that I have a little time I think I'll do it. Yes, before you start automatically flaming me, yes; this is an original duel academy fic with next to no characters from the show. As for the inspiration part, you can thank Kazi-Kami-Ha's "Call to the Dragons" for that.

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The bright early morning orange-red sun peeked over the rooftops of Domino City's sky scrapers, showering light onto the small houses of the surrounding area. Seated atop the roof of his egg-shell white two story house, Rain Highwind watched the day begin with a bang. Ever since he was younger he had enjoyed the sight of a sunrise, and today was one he would have to remember for a good while. Today Rain was going to go take his first, and hopefully last, school entrance exam for eastern Japan's Duel Academy.

Duel Academy was a school created by the one and only Seto Kaiba of Duel Monsters fame. Its main purpose was, and till this day still is, to educate and mold the world future duelist. Many great duelists had passed through the Alma matar's hallowed halls, most of them going on to become exceptional Pro Duelists in their own rights. The school essentially separates it students into three different groups, based upon their grades and dueling prowess. For the top of the line student, Obelisk Blue is their specific dorm, each room fit for a king or queen as it may be. For those who are nearing greatness but need a slight push in the right direction, Ra Yellow is their home away from home. Then of course there must be a home for the "slackers", that place is called Slifer Red. At all costs Rain wanted to stay away from Slifer Red, but if he ended up there he would make the best of it.

Brushing a strand of his crimson red hair from his face, Rain looked out onto the last remnants of home that he had known for the last few years before a voice broke through the tranquility.

"Rain, sweetie! C'mon it's time to go!" yelled a feminine voice from inside of his house.

"Ok sis!" screamed Rain in response, adhering to his sisters' call.

Ever since Rain was old enough to remember, his big sister Michelle had been raising him. He had never really know his parents since they were never really in his life, but as far as he cared he didn't want to know them. His big sister loved him, and he loved her; that was all that they needed. Dragging himself to his feet, Rain quickly dusted off his yellow and black leather jacket that stopped just above his ribs as well as the white shirt underneath it before approaching the edge of the roof. With one quick movement, Rain dropped from the roof, grasped the edge, and using the force of his body swung himself into his open window. He quickly tumbled forward onto his feet, thanking Michelle for making him take gymnastics beneath his breath.

His messy room was the picture of what a sixteen year old boy's should be, beside the fact that he had an oversized portrait of the current King of Games, Jaden Yuki hanging over his bed. Jaden was essentially Rain's only reason for beginning dueling and with enough work he hoped to surpass him in mind, body, and spirit. Directly adjacent to his bed, Rain spotted his deck holder, and quickly picked it up, strapping it to his thigh.

"Five minutes kid, and then I leave without you!" yelled Michelle once again.

"Alright, keep your shirt on!" remarked Rain.

"I can't, I'm a stripper remember!" replied Michelle with a laugh.

Ah yes, she had to remind him again. Michelle being a stripper was another reason he wanted to make it big, so that he could take her away from all that. She did however somehow hold some respect for her job, and snapped at him whenever he called her a stripper. She preferred to be called an exotic dancer.

Looking around his room once again, Rain out his door and down a flight of stairs, meeting his sister at the bottom of them. Michelle was beautiful, with her crimson red hair stopping right below her behind. Sparkling green eyes looked back at Rain, the same green eyes that he also possessed.

"Ready to go?" asked Michelle.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Rain replied.

Michelle mussed Rain's hair with a smile, before ushering him towards the door. She had all the confidence in the world that her little brother would ace his exam today and go on to be like his hero. But the facts were he had to, he had no choice.

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People skittered about the gigantic Kaiba dome, the home today for this semester's Duel Academy exams. Many of them were those who hoped to gain entrance to the prestigious school, and then there were others who were actually Duel Academy students who were coming to scout the incoming class. Those who were there for that specific purpose were easily identifiable by the red, yellow, or blue blazers that adorned their bodies.

Rain sat off by himself, arms cross and diamond earrings glittering under the stadium lights. Today he had no time to associate with people, it was all business. With his battle city version of a duel disk still strapped to his arm, Rain was ready for anything. He had already taken the written exam in which he was sure he aced it, but here was the part that actually counted.

'Take the fight to them first, Rain.' He thought, as he nodded his head to the beat of his I-Pod. 'Start off with a bang and end it quickly.'

Suddenly Rain felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise as a shadow came over him. His eyes shot open from the closed state to find a girl standing above him with a smile on his face. Golden hair flowed down her back, contrasting to her white tank top. Black jeans hugged her form, showing all of her curves from the waist down to a now up looking Rain.

"Excuse me?" asked the girl.

Rain looked up at her with his emerald eyes echoing malcontent.

"Yes?" he responded.

The girl brushed a strand of her golden hair from her face, placing it behind her ear. "May I sit here?"

"Sure." Replied Rain, moving away a bag he had placed in the seat.

The girl sat down beside him, turning to face him. An extended hand of greeting brought a smile to Rain's face as he popped out his earphones.

"I'm Tabitha Hawthorne, pleased to meet you." Tabitha said, smile crossing her face.

"Rain Highwind."

"That is a pretty name, Rain, I mean."

Rain chuckled to himself as Tabitha stumbled over her words. Most people hadn't heard a name like his, and most thought it was beautiful. In was sad in fact that, he didn't even know why he was named that.

"So, how do you think your duel will go?" asked Tabitha.

"There's really no telling." replied Rain in his usual cynical tone. "Nothing is as unpredictable as a duel monsters match. I'm just going to go in there and do my thing."

"That is a great way to look at it. So, what type of deck are you using?"

Rain snickered at her. "You'll just have to wait and see just like everyone else."

Big puppy dog eyes met Rain, causing his neck to cock to the side in confusion. Why was it girls thought that crap actually worked? That same action would always be a mystery to Rain as long as he was involved with women. However his thinking would be cut short as the p.a. system crackled to life, blaring out the all important message of "Rain Highwind please report to examination field thirteen. I repeat, Rain Highwind, please report to examination field thirteen." The message slowly fizzled out, causing Rain to turn his head towards Tabitha.

"Well looks like I have to go." Rain said, rising to his feet and stretching out his arms.

Tabitha slowly crossed her legs, looking back at with caring eyes. "I shall be rooting for you Rain."

Rain smiled as he pocketed his I-Pod, and slowly exited the row of seats. It was finally show time, and it was time for his fifteen seconds of fame.

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For the entirety of the day, Professor Michael Finley, the dueling pride of Ireland, had been suffering the worst circumstances. First of all, the school chancellor had placed him personally in charge of these examinations and then on top of that not a single examinee that had made it through fit his bill of what a student should be. For all he cared every last one of these slackers deserved to be placed in Slifer Red along with the rest of the cockroaches. The worst offense of all was the fact that the Kaiba Dome did not carry cappuccinos. How was a man to function without his coffee?!

Down at the lowest level of bleachers, Finley and three other proctors sat in silence evaluating the duels of the day. 'Not one of these idiots even shows the slightest glimmer of hope' thought Michael Finley as he checked yet another F on the skills portion of the evaluation form. Suddenly Finley felt a vibration from within his pocket, prompting him to pull out his cell phone. Flipping the phone open, Michael placed it to his ear before hearing the voice on the other end of the phone.

"Uh…Mr. Finley?"

"This better be good."

"Uh, we have a problem sir."

"A problem? What type of problem?"

"Uh, the proctor on field thirteen has contracted a sudden case of food poisoning and will not be able to administer the exam."

"Well then get a proctor over there you imbecile!"

"Uh…we would sir…if we had anymore."

"What?!"

Michael could feel his blood pressure rising at the proctor's comment. It was times like this as an Irishman; he was expected to be an alcoholic.

"Idiots, bloody friggin' idiots. Must I do everything around here?" Michael Finley exclaimed before he slammed his phone shut.

Rising to his feet, Finley ran a hand over his crew cut blond hair, eyes focused down on his fellow proctors and professors.

"One of you fetch my duel disk." said Finley, trying not to sound annoyed.

"Why do you need you disk, sir?" asked the proctor to his right.

"The school doesn't pay you to ask questions! They pay you to do whatever the hell I say, and I say go get me my duel disk!" screeched Michael, his eyes quickly becoming bloodshot.

The proctor knew now to say another word, fearing that the history of Michael Finley's violence would come to the present. Over his many years of teaching, Michael Finley had garnered a notorious reputation for his aggressive and sometimes violent outburst. There was a rumor going about saying one time, he got so made at a obelisk blue student that he threw him out of his dorms third story window. According to the account, the kid now had to go to a psychiatrist three days a week just to be able to go to bed without pissing himself. Quickly fetching the duel disk the proctor handed it to Michael, who slipped it onto his arm.

Whipping the tail of his long blue blazer, Finley headed off towards the examination field with a pissed off attitude brewing. 'God help whoever I am dueling. I will personally make them wish they had never signed up for this exam.' though Michael Finley as he headed down towards fate.

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Destiny has a weird way of doing things, and for Rain it was no different. Rain stood firmly on the white side of the black and white dueling area, feet planted firmly in wait of the proctor. It had been ten or so minutes since they had informed him that his proctor had gotten food poisoning and they had to find a replacement.

"Mr. Highwind, I presume." called a voice, descending down a flight of stairs onto the field.

The voice belonged to a man who appeared to be in his late twenties or early thirties as far as Rain could tell. Short cut blond hair adorned his head and chin, with a long silver Celtic cross hanging from a chain attached to the man's goatee. A long blue and white blazer clutched his muscular form, creating the image of a perfect form as he strode in, stopping at the black side.

"Yes I am. Pleased to meet you, uh?"

"I'm not one for formalities but for this I will oblige you." responded Finley, whipping his duel disk into a ready position. "I am the current headmaster of the Obelisk Blue dorm, and the dueling pride of Ireland. I am Professor Michael Rene Finley!"

Rain's head fell to the side in confusion, causing his eyebrow to rise. 'What a loser' thought Rain, pulling up his duel disk. "Alright teach, let's through down."

In unison the words escaped their mouths, bringing everyone's attention to the anti-climatic duel.

"Duel!"

"I'll start things off Mr. Highwind." said Professor Finley, drawing his sixth card. "I'll start off by playing Marauding Captain, in attack mode!"

About three feet away from Finley, the image of a warrior in knights armor appeared upon the field, brandishing his weapon. (Warrior/Effect/3/Earth/1200/1400)

"Now as long as Marauding Captain is face-up on the field, you cannot choose another warrior type monster to attack other than Marauding Captain."

"No big deal." said Rain, brushing off the Professors comments.

"But wait young man, my captain has another special effect. He allows me to summon another level four or lower monster since I normal summoned him. So come on out, Warrior Lady of the Wasteland!"

Beside the Marauding Captain, the ground slowly began to shift before a beautiful blonde woman brandishing a sword appeared beside him. Her paralyzing blue eyes looked deeply at Rain, causing a shiver to run down his back. (Warrior/Effect/4/1100/1200)

"Why have only one when I can have two, eh Mr. Highwind?" laughed Finley, crossing his arms before his chest.

"Yeah yeah, talk is cheap. My move! I'll start things off by playing Destiny Hero-Diamond Dude!" cried Rain, slapping the card down into one of the open monster zones on his duel disk.

The ground suddenly began to shake as giant blue crystalline shapes erupted from the ground, making way for a lone figure. Diamonds adorned his muscular body, a victory chant escaping his lungs as he emerged. (Warrior/Effect/4/Dark/1400/1600)

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"So he plays Destiny Heroes. Hmmm, interesting." thought Tabitha, looking down upon the duel.

The initial reaction of the crowd to Rain's choice in monsters was at first nothing new to Tabitha, but when the rumors slowly began to spread to her, it began to get interesting.

"That kid is going against the Professor's deck with those weak monsters? He won't even last three turns." exclaimed one student clad in blue.

"I don't know about that. Destiny Heroes can be pretty killer together." another said.

Tabitha laughed inside, as she turned her eyes back to the duel. This one was going to be a real doozy, and she had the feeling she could bank on that.

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"Destiny Hero, eh? I remember those cards from back when I was a boy."

"Oh yeah?" said Rain sarcastically.

"Yeah, they were trash then and they are still trash now."

The comment gnawed at Rain's spirit with rigid teeth, causing him to wince. He hated for people to underestimate his cards because of their low attack power, but to flat out disrespect the D-Heroes was almost a sin to him. Rain was about to make this Professor pay for his insolence.

"Ok Prof, I'll lay down two face downs and attack your Marauding Captain! Go Diamond Dude, Crystal Shatter!" screamed Rain, thrusting a clenched fist forward.

A smile formed on the Diamond warriors face as he leapt into the air, crystal spikes extending from his body. Throwing his legs behind him in a free-fall, Diamond Dude plummeted down upon the captain, shattering him to pieces. The captain screamed out in pain as his life was cut dramatically short.

Rain's LP: 4000

Professor Michael Finley's LP: 3800

"Good shot, youngster. But now its time to show you that you are still wet behind the ears. I draw!" cried Finley. "To start off I play Heavy Storm!"

Wind swept across the immense expanse of the field, sending Rain's Mirror Force and Trap Jammer cards swirling into the storm. Both cards exploded in a shower of shards, which sprinkled back onto Rain in a slight drizzle.

"Ah, since the threat of your trap cards is now gone, I'll play my Command Knight!" exclaimed Professor Finley.

Beside the Lady of the Wasteland, a red, black, and silver clad warrior rose to the field. A haughty grin covered his face, as he stared at Rain intently. (Warrior/Effect/4/1200/1900)

"My Command Knight has a unique ability. As long as he is face up on the field he cannot be attacked, and he also gives all of my warrior type monsters four hundred more attack points including itself! Now attack my Warrior Lady of the Wasteland (Warrior/Effect/4/1100/1200-Warrior/Effect/4/1500/1200) with Bashful Blade!"

A giggle escaped the ladies mouth as she rushed towards Diamond Dude, cleaving him in half. For a second, Rain could swear he felt a piece of diamond hit his face.

Rain's LP: 3900

Professor Michael Finley's: 3800

"Now my Command Knight, attack him directly with Commanding Blade!" shouted Professor Finley. (Warrior/Effect/4/1200/1900-Warrior/Effect/4/1600/1900)

Rain threw his arms in front of himself to brace himself for the incoming blow, as the Knights blade dug into his stomach sending him flying back. Rain tumbled backwards onto his feet, breath running out of him as he watched his life point total drop.

Rain's LP: 2300

Professor Michael Finley's: 3800

"Where's that bravado now kid? Hmmm." berated Finley, stroking his Celtic chain as he laughed.

"My move." said Rain, drawing a card and looking down upon his hand. 'Well looks like your mouth has gotten you in trouble again, Rain. C'mon think, you can beat this guy. All you need to do is make the right move' thought Rain as he adjusted his hand. "Ok, I'll play a monster face-down in defense mode, and throw down three face downs and call it a turn."

The large image of a card appeared in front of Rain, the duel monsters visible to the crowd.

"Running scared kid?" yelled Finley, drawing a card. "Fine then, I'll take the fight to you. Command Knight, attack his face down card! Commanding Blade!"

The knight rushed across the expanse, raising its sword high before slashing down in an arc, only to be sent flying back by a massive stone arm. From the wreckage of the card, emerged a giant soldier made of stone; his face stern and cold.

"What the?!" cried Finley.

"Oh yeah teach, let me introduce you to my Destiny Hero-Defender!" laughed Rain, flashing a thumbs up at the teacher. (Warrior/Effect/4/100/2700)

"Curse you, you little brat." said Professor Finley through clenched teeth.

Rain's LP: 2300

Professor Michael Finley's LP: 2700

"Now Defender's effect calls for you to draw a card during your standby phase, but it's worth it to stick around another turn." said Rain.

"Fine. I place one card face down and end my turn." replied Professor Finley.

Drawing a card Rain looked through his hand, trying to figure out what he could do. That last move had bought him some time since most people assumed Destiny Heroes were all weak, but teach wouldn't fall for that one again.

"Ok teach, here goes. First I'll play The Warrior Returning Alive. This card allows me to bring back one warrior type monster from my graveyard to the field. So come on back, Diamond Dude in defense mode!" shouted Rain.

The able bodied warrior rose to the field once again, pointing a finger to the sky as he chanted "Hizzah!" (Warrior/Effect/4/1400/1600)

"For my next trick, I'll play Destiny Hero- Fear Monger in defense mode!"

Beside the other two Destiny Heroes, the air suddenly became thick and overbearing. The sound of a copter ripped through air, before it emerged. He was all camo, gold and red plastered across his body as he swooped down on the field, taking a knee. (Warrior/Effect/4/1000/1000)

"That'll be it for me teach, do your thing." said Rain, pointing to Professor Finley.

Finley bit down on his tongue as he drew his card, already having drawn because of Defender's special ability. That was when it happened…Finley smiled.

"What are you smiling about?" asked Rain with his usual attitude.

"You know young man, I ought' to thank you." responded Finley, his smile growing bigger.

"Thank me for what? Man teach, you're starting to scare me."

"I ought' to thank you…for helping me win this duel."

"Say what?!"

A silence surged through the arena, all mouths silenced at the accusation.

"Yes and here is how. By tributing both my Command Knight and Warrior Lady of the Wasteland, I can summon…"

The ground in front of Michael began to shake, with a pale light shining down upon it. Suddenly the panels shattered apart, throwing a plum of smoke into the air. Rain could not see within the deep grey mass, but he knew whatever it was, it was dangerous. The cloud slowly began to diffuse, and in its wake was a man. This was no normal man though. Bulging muscle stretched across his frame, more than capable of holding up the immense sword upon his back.

"Gilford the Legend!" barked Professor Finley with authority.

Almost every jaw in the arena dropped at the sight of the Professor's super rare monster who he only brought out in special cases. The only thought in their minds was that Rain was going to lose and lose bad. (Warrior/Effect/8/2600/2000)

"Sweet…" murmured Rain as Finley continued.

"Now for the coup de grace. I will equip Gilford with Legendary Sword…"

Gilford slowly removed his sword from his back, watching it grow as the power of the legendary sword filled it. At the moment, the sword resembled an oversized claymore that was ready to cleave Rain's Destiny Heroes in half. (Warrior/Effect/8/2600/2000-Warrior/Effect/8/2900/2300)

"Divine Sword- Phoenix Blade…"

The sword grew more, this time becoming over ten feet in length. In width the sword expanded, the hilt becoming golden from the phoenix blade. The mystical flames of the phoenix spiraled about the blade, crying out in triumph. (Warrior/Effect/8/2900/2300-Warrior/Effect/8/3200/2300)

"And finally the final blade, the Wicked-Breaking Flamberge-Baou!"

The gigantic sword grew even bigger, this time climbing to the size of a sky scraper as the dark power surged through it, mixing with the power of the phoenix. The blade slowly morphed, its edges growing sharp and rigid as it took on a dark only color along with the golden. Gilford let out a breath as he held the world cleaving blade within his mighty grasp. (Warrior/Effect/8/3200/2300- Warrior/Effect/8/3700/2300)

Rain felt as if he were staring down death incarnate, and for once in his life he didn't have a smart as comment. He was screwed royally on this one.

"Power it up all you like teach, but all my monsters are in defense mode. Your attacks won't get through!" yelled Rain, with a shaking confidence in his voice.

"True that may be, but that is way I've had this in wait. Reveal face down card, Stop Defense!"

The face down card in front of Professor Finley flipped up, revealing the picture of a man and a shield with a large X through it. Destiny Hero-Defender slowly rose to his block like feet, placing his hands up to fight.

"Thanks to Stop Defense, I can switch one of your monsters into attack mode and you can see I've chosen your Defender! So go Gilford, attack his Destiny Hero with World Cleaving Blade!" screeched Finley, motioning his warrior forward.

"Reveal face down card, Mystik Wok! By playing this I can take my Destiny Hero-Diamond Dude's defense points, and convert them into my life points by contributing him!"

Rain's LP: 3900

Professor Michael Finley's LP: 2700

With on mighty swing of his sword, Gilford cleaved the stone soldier in two from across the arena, the blade just about beheading Rain in the process. Rain quickly ducked the blow in enough time, to watch Gilford sling the sword back across his shoulder.

Rain's LP: 200

Professor Michael Finley's LP: 2700

Sweat rolled down Rain's brow as he looked at his life point count, having realized that he had just barely avoided imminent defeat.

"Luck…that was nothing but luck kid. You're just prolonging the inevitable. In one more turn I'll dismantle any hopes you ever had of getting into Duel Academy!" bellowed Professor Michael Finley, laughing evilly.

'This is it, Rain. It's either end it now, or have him pull the trigger' thought Rain as he drew his final card. "Alright teach, its time to end this. I play, D-Cubic in attack mode!"

Where the rubble of Defender lay, a small mechanic cat rolled to the field, mewing at Finley. (Machine/Effect/4/0/0)

"Now, D-Cubic has a special ability. You see if I offer it as a tribute, I can offer a D-Cubic from my hand in order for it to serve as two tributes."

"What?!" exclaimed Finley.

"Yeah, so lucky for me, I just drew another D-Cubic so I'll be tributing it, along with the Fear Monger and the D-Cubic I already have in place to summon my buddy…" said Rain.

Suddenly the area above the duel arena slowly began to be enveloped by a dome of darkness. Lighting crashed and thunder rolled as from the epitome of the darkness, a black ball of oil began to slime down. First wings busted from the ball, the claws after. Soon a whole body emerged in the image of the fallen angel.

"May I present to you, my good buddy, Destiny Hero-Dogma!" cried Rain as the crowd slowly began to get behind Rain.

Dogma let out a snort, his white breath pillowing out from his nostrils, circling around his horns. (Warrior/Effect/8/3400/2400)

"Holy…hey wait a minute, your Destiny Hero is still weaker than my Gilford!" said Professor Finley.

"Yeah I thought about that so I planned ahead." said Rain with a confident smile. "Activate trap card, Michizure! Since I just sent three monsters to the graveyard, I can send a monster to join them and I choose…your Gilford!

"No!" cried Finley, as he watched the ground open up and devour his most prized monster.

"So now teach, I do believe you have nothing to protect you which means your life points are wide open! So Dogma, do your thing! Attack with Apocalypse Now!" cried Rain, thrusting a fist forward.

Dogma smiled back at Rain before he threw his hands into the air, allowing dark energy to fill up inside of them. A small ball of concentrated energy quickly developed, which soon grew to the size of a star. With one major heave, Dogma sent the ball careening towards Finley, colliding with the fighting pride of Ireland.

"Noooooo!" yelled Finley as he was flung back onto his behind, watching the remnants of his career fall to pieces.

Rain's LP: 200

Professor Michael Finley's LP: 0

The dark world disappeared as the final count sounded, bringing the crowded arena to their feet. A large "Rain" chant filled the arena, causing the crimson haired youth to look back to the crowd. He was getting a standing ovation from the crowd and students for the doing the impossible. Dogma smirked as he finally disappeared, his hologram finally dieing out.

"How…how could I lose to that slacker?" Finley asked himself, as he crawled onto his knees.

In his fall, all his cards were sent flying everywhere, his precious Gilford being dropped right atop his chest.

"It's because you got sloppy teach." Finley heard a voice say as he looked up.

Rain was standing right above him, arms crossed. "Next time don't get so caught up in your maniacal planning and treat every moment like a war. But have fun while you're doing it, okay old man."

Rain slowly turned his back and walked towards the stairs where a familiar face was there to greet him.

"Hello Tabitha." said Rain, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow.

Beside Tabitha stood a very curvaceous woman, her bosom just about exploding from her blue, yellow, and red duel academy blazer. If she was a couple of years younger, Rain would've considering trying to get in her pants…but alas.

"Rain, this is Chancellor Sunset Rison. She runs Duel Academy, and she has a couple of things she would like to say to you." Tabitha said with a giggle.

Ms. Sunset looked at Rain with her paralyzing grey eyes, before giving him a warming motherly smile.

"First of all Mr. Highwind I would like to congratulate you on your victory." said Sunset, "I would also like to give you this."

In Tabitha's hands was a yellow and white blazer, with the Duel Academy symbol upon the color. Tabitha quickly handed the blazer to Rain, allowing it to slip into his fingers. At first Rain couldn't believe he had actually done it, his eyes were slowly welling up with tears.

"I would personally like to welcome you Mr. Highwind to Duel Academy…"

Rain looked up at Chancellor Rison, and then back down at his jacket. He had done it, he had achieved step one of his dream.

"Welcome to Ra Yellow…"

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Pale Horse: Well, I hope this is the beginning of a very beautiful thing. I've been waiting for a while to write a YGX story, but the inspiration never really showed up until I watched the duels with Sartorious. Anyway, feel free to leave constructive criticism and reviews. I love reviews. Also I am always open to ideas, if you have a character you want to suggest, send him/her to me. Chances are I can find a place for them. More to come very soon, so keep on the look out my friends! Oh and as a final note, I haven't dueled in like two years so I don't know how on point the duel was so don't flame me if it wasn't perfect.