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Yu-Gi-Oh GX: With the World on Your Shoulders
"Absolutely not! No amount of money will you earn you the rights to the Spirit Keys!" The Chancellor of Duel Academy sat behind her desk as she glared at her two visitors.
"Let's be reasonable Chancellor Sato, with this amount of money...you would be able to finally -"
"No means no," the Chancellor interrupted.
One of her visitors turned his back to the Chancellor, "Deny us the keys all you want. We were just trying to do this in the easiest and most humane way possible. But believe me...we will get those keys and you'll regret declining our first offer."
"Is that a threat," Chancellor Sato questioned raising an eyebrow.
The visitor turned back to face the Chancellor. "No, it's a warning. You have one month to reconsider. If you decline again we will come back to retrieve the keys...and any damage brought to the school in the process will be on your conscience."
Atlas waited patiently to be called up for his placement duel while pushing his hand through his dark brown hair. He pulled his deck out for the fourth time since he had been waiting and shuffled through them, going through strategies and counter-strategies in his head sure that there was no way that he could lose his placement duel. He pulled out a container full of cards from his backpack and contemplated trading some cards from it to his deck but decided against it. He repeated the process over and over adding new cards for new strategies until a loud, abrupt voice brought him out of his thoughts.
"Hey I've been trying to talk to you for the past five minutes." The voice belonged to an average built teen, with short black hair who looked a little taller than the average first-year. Atlas looked over at the teen with indifferent dark gray eyes as he closed the container full of cards and placed them back into his backpack.
"What do you want?" Atlas replied coldly.
"Rude, much." The teen replied. "Just someone trying to make small talk, but whatever. If you're going to be so bad-mannered about someone trying to talk to you, then fine." The teen took a seat and placed his attention on the duels. At the moment a blonde haired duelist had just finished off their dueling proctor with an attack from an Airknight Parshath.
Atlas let out an inaudible sigh as he pocketed his deck. "Atlas Michaels," he said as he extended his right hand towards the teen he had apparently just offended.
The teen looked over at him, but instead of taking his hand to shake he just stared dumbfounded. Fortunately, Atlas was use to this though; the last name Michaels was one of the most prominent in the dueling world thanks to his brothers. "The Atlas Michaels!" the teen said. "You're one of the top teen duelists not yet in the Pro League." The teen gathered himself back together before speaking again. "That just means now I'll have to beat you to prove I'm top tier, too."
Atlas looked the teen over before mentally deciding that he would probably be nothing me more than a Osiris Oaf. As Atlas began to withdraw his hand the teen took it and shook it vigorously. "Oh by the way the name's Oscar Hayden."
As if by some miracle to get him out of his current situation, Atlas's name appeared on the board, signaling it was time for him to duel. 'Perfect timing' Atlas thought to himself as he stood up. "Sorry to cut this short, but it's time for me to go win this duel." Atlas promptly walked down the aisle towards the duel field and readied his sleek silver-lined duel disk that his parents had spent top dollar on. He shuffled his deck quickly then slid it into the deck slot on his duel disk.
The duel proctor standing across from him was a male short in stature with pale skin and shoulder length violet hair. "My name is Professor Banks." The proctor said as he readied his duel coat. "And you're Atlas Michaels, next rising star of the Michaels family." Professor Banks said before Atlas was even able to introduce himself. "But enough of the introductions, you're here to duel."
Duel
(Banks: 4000)
(Atlas: 4000)
As they drew five cards, Professor Banks decided to take the leading by drawing a sixth card. "Remember these decks are premade examination decks, so for a duelist rising to the top it shouldn't be too hard. And with that being said I'll start by summoning Red Gadget (1300/1500) in defense position, which when summoned allows me to add a Yellow Gadget from my deck to my hand."
A mechanized red creature appeared on the field kneeling with its arms crossed over its chest. Just as the monster was summoned, the proctor's duel jacket shot out the specified card into the proctor's hand.
"Now I'll set two cards and call it a turn." The proctor announced as he slid two cards into his duel disk causing two face-down cards to appear behind Red Gadget.
Atlas calmly drew a card as he surveyed his hand. As much as his parents tried to mold Atlas, there was one thing that he wouldn't let them touch: his deck. 'Now to show them the power of a Divine Duelist' Atlas thought to himself as he pulled out a card from his hand. "First I'll activate the magic of the spell card Double Summon." Two pillars of light shone down on his field as he plucked two more cards from his deck ready to use them. "Now I'll summon Divine Hero Odysseus (1700/1500) and Divine Hero Theseus (2400/1600) both in attack mode."
Two muscular warriors donned in golden armor busted out of the pillars in fighting stances. The one named Odysseus wielded a large claymore in both hands, while Theseus held a short dagger in one hand and golden rope in the other hand.
"So you use the rare Divine Heroes. Their powerful, but how did you summon Theseus? Having 2400 attack points I'm sure he's above level four." The professor scratched his cheek as he asked the question. 'I'll definitely have my hands full with this one' the proctor thought as he eyed the two monsters.
Immediately Atlas began to explain how he was able to summon the level six Divine Hero Theseus to answer the proctor's question. "Since I controlled a Divine Hero monster on my field I was able to summon my Divine Hero Theseus without a tribute." A slight smirk graced Atlas's face as he got ready to explain his other monster's effect. "Also, Odysseus gains 100 attack points for each Divine Hero on the field. And since I control two, his attack rises to 1900." (Odysseus: 1900/1500)
"Now I'll have Theseus attack your Red Gadget and Odysseus will go in for a direct attack." Murmurs went through the crowd, as people wondered why he was attacking with the stronger monster. Suddenly Theseus threw the golden rope at the robot and pulled forcing it into a fighting position, but before the weaker monster had a chance to launch a counterattack, Theseus already had his dagger placed through the robot's midsection. The red automaton exploded into millions of pixels as the professor's life points took a hit (Banks: 2900).
"Before you ask what just happened, let me explain. Theseus allows me to change the battle position of a monster he attacks which means he was changed to attacked position, and you took damage accordingly." Moments after Atlas was done explaining, Odysseus launched across the duel field with the giant claymore in hand, but before it could connect, a bright yellow robot crouching defensively similar to the red one that had just been destroyed causing Odysseus to stop in his tracks.
"What just happened?" Atlas questioned as he glanced at the newly summoned monster.
"Simple. I just activated Ultimate Offering, which allows me to pay 500 life points to summon during either my main phase or your battle phase." Banks motioned over to his now revealed continuous trap card (Banks: 2400). "And I used its ability to summon Yellow Gadget (1200/1200) which allows me to bring a Green Gadget from my deck to my hand." A card slid out of Professor Baker's deck as he snatched it up.
"Well, I'll just have Odysseus attack your Yellow Gadget." The highly armored warrior readied his blade, but was quickly pacified as a wave of light blue energy washed over Atlas's field.
"I activate my other face-down trap card, Pacification. Since a monster on my field has been destroyed on the field this turn through battle, and I control a monster on the field, I can end your battle phase." The proctor explained as Atlas looked at the now face-up trap card that depicted an Invitation to a Dark Sleep casting a spell over a sleeping Berserk Gorilla.
"Well I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn." Atlas placed two of the three remaining cards in his hand into his duel disk.
Professor Banks drew a card bringing his hand count to five. "It's time to summon Green Gadget (1400/600) and now I can add my second Red Gadget to my hand." The last robot of the gadget trio appeared in defense position as his deck shot a card once again into the professor's hand.
"Now I'll activate Ultimate Offering to summon once more." The proctor let out a slight chuckle as his life points decreased (Banks: 1900). "Now I'll sacrifice both Yellow Gadget and Green Gadget to summon a new beast. With the birth of intelligence comes overwhelming technology. Come forth, envoy of industry, Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon (3000/2000)!"
The two gadgets started to grind together as a mechanized dragon materialized in front of the small, pale professor. The gadgets pulled in their arms and legs and fit into appropriate outlets on the dragon. The dragon let out a bone rattling roar that caused Atlas and his monsters to go on guard.
"I'll have Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon attack Divine Hero Theseus with Mechanized Crunch!" The large robotic dragon launched at the dagger wielding warrior, but right before the two could fight it out, Odysseus pushed Theseus out of the way and was destroyed instead (Atlas: 3600).
"I guess it's time to explain," Atlas deadpanned. "When a Divine Hero would be destroyed while Odysseus is on the field, I can destroy him instead, which means my Theseus is safe for another turn."
"If that's the case, then I'll activate Tribute to the Doomed. By sending one card from my hand I can send your Theseus to the graveyard." Mummified hands out reached from the ground and dragged the dignified hero into the ground. "Now you can't attack with Theseus and change my dragon to defense position. With that I'll end my turn."
Unperturbed, Atlas drew a card bringing him to a total of two cards. He slid one of the cards into his duel disk as a green framed card with golden coins raining on grateful citizens appeared face-up in front of him. "I activate the spell, Card of Sanctity. Now each of us can draw until we hold six cards." Professor Banks drew four cards, while Atlas drew five. He surveyed his freshly drawn cards as he pulled one free.
"I activate the spell card Swords of Revealing Light!" Six swords made of pure light flew from the ceiling and surrounded the professor as Atlas pulled his next card free.
"Next I'll summon Divine Hero Medea (1500/1500) in defense position." A woman with bright red hair and wearing a golden dress appeared crouching defensively on Atlas's side of the field and holding a gnarled wooden staff. "Now I'll call it a turn."
Right after Atlas declared the end of his turn Medea lifted up her staff and shot a blast of dark energy straight at the professor (Banks: 1700). "Oh by the way, Medea hits you for 100 points of damage for each Divine Hero in my graveyard."
'I have the strongest monster, yet he's still able to stall and maintain his lead. I guess he really is like his brothers.' The professor quickly shook his head of his thoughts and brought his attention back to the duel at hand. He swiftly drew a card bringing his hand to an impressive seven.
"I summon my second Red Gadget!" Just like before, a little-gear-looking robot appeared on the professor's field and another card spat out of the professor's deck into his hand. "Now I'll activate the effect of Ultimate Offering to pay another 500 points and gain an extra summon. Now I'll sacrifice Red Gadget to summon Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Chimera (2300/1300)." The gadget started to whir like its brothers before as a three-headed metal behemoth appeared with the gadget fitting in between the three heads (Banks: 1200).
"Now I activate the spell card Mystical Typhoon to destroy your Swords of Revealing Light." A strong gust of wind blew around the professor causing the swords to start to rattle and begin to crack, but the wind suddenly diverted and hit the trap card Ultimate Offering, effectively blowing it away.
"Sorry not today." Atlas looked on uninterested as one of his face-downs was now revealed showing a card that had a scene of a mirror reflecting a blast of water coming at it. "My face-down card was Reversal Mirror, which redirected your Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Ultimate Offering."
The professor, unsurprised that his move was turned against him continued on with his turn. "Well I'll just activate Restructer Revolution to inflict 200 damage to you for each card in your hand and since you have five that's 1000 points of damage." Five hologram swords plowed towards Atlas who unflinchingly took the damage (Atlas: 2600).
"Now I'll activate the ability of my face-down spell card, Copy Spell. Now it copies the effect of Restructer Revolution, so that's another 1000 points of damage." Once again five swords drove their way through as his Life Points dropped drastically (Atlas: 1600). "And with that, I'll call it a turn." The professor said finally satisfied.
Atlas drew his card and sighed. "I believe this duel has gone on long enough. I activate Monster Reborn to revive Divine Hero Theseus (2400/1600)." A bright light erupted from the ground as Theseus emerged again. "And as great as these two heroes are, I'll be sacrificing them for something much more powerful."
Both Medea and Theseus became bright lights and shot towards the ceiling and become one light. "Only the mighty have what it takes to become a hero, and still only the divine can become godly. A hero's work is never done. Appear, achiever of efforts, Divine Hero Heracles (2600/2000)!" The bright light floating in the air shot down on ground forming a bright pillar of light right in front Atlas. In a strong gust of wind the light dissipated and the newly summoned monster was summoned.
A bulky man that easily stood at seven feet tall in bright gold and silver armor was now glaring down both of the mechanical monstrosities on the professor's field. The most noticeable feature about the hero was that unlike all the other one's Atlas had so far summoned, this one had no weapon.
"Now I'll activate the spell card Bloodlust. Now by selecting a monster on my side of the field, that monster can now attack all monsters on your field once." Atlas explained as a bright red aura appeared around Heracles.
"Well that's all good and all, but my dragon has the highest attack on the field right now." The professor said as he voiced the thoughts of many of the confused audience members.
"We'll see. Heracles attack Ancient Gadjiltron Chimera." The bulky warrior launched at an incredibly fast speed at the mechanical atrocity, but before he landed an attack on the monster, his muscles started to bulge and he started to glow a bright gold (Heracles: 3200/2000). The hero then launched a devastating punch completely obliterating Ancient Gadjiltron Chimera (Banks: 300).
"You see, when Heracles attacks a monster, he gains attack equal to the monster's level times 100." Heracles then diverted his attention towards the dragon. "And this boosts lasts until the end phase and activates each time he attacks. Take out Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon and end this duel with Herculean Punch!"
Heracles leapt above the dragon and his fist glowed a bright gold as his attack increased (Heracles: 4000/2000). The mechanical creature prepared for a counterattack, but before it was able to do anything, Heracles punched straight through it like a golden meteor.
(Banks: 0)
(Atlas: 1600)
End Duel
"Unexciting." Atlas said as he walked away from the duel field while pocketing his deck.
'And just as rude as his brothers as well.' The professor thought as he scratched his head.
Author's Note: I would like to apologize in advance, as the first few chapters will focus more on introducing important characters. But don't worry the action will pick up soon!
Cards of the Duel:
Atlas Michaels:
Divine Hero Heracles - Lv 8, Light, Warrior, 2600/2000
When this card attacks a monster, it gains ATK equal to the level of the attacked monster times 100 until the End Phase.
Professor Banks:
Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon - Lv 8, Earth, Machine, 3000/2000
If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. This card gets extra effectsif you Tribute Summon it by Tributing ● Green Gadget: During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whoseDEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference asBattle Damage to your opponent. ● Red Gadget: When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, inflict 400 damage to your opponent. ● Yellow Gadget: If this card destroys your opponent's monster by battle, inflict 600 damage to your opponent.
It's no surprise that Atlas passed his duel examination to be registered into Duel Academy, but what is a surprise is what or who he will be sharing his room with for the year. Catch the next chapter, Three-Faced.