Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX or any characters except Leah.

A/N: The OC's name is pronounced (LAY-uh), not (LEE-uh).

Chapter 1: Leah Freesoul


" 'The Duel Academy. Home to successful duelists all around the world,' blah blah blah blah blah." A fair-skinned girl threw the pamphlet behind her. Her pale blonde hair whipped in the wind. Dark green eyes scanned the horizon for the Duel Academy. Her name was Leah Freesoul, and she was pretty new to Duel Monsters. Nonetheless, she wanted to learn.
A short, blue-haired boy stood on the other side of the ferry, back to Leah. He pushed his glasses back in place. To his right was an auburn-haired boy with a big ego. To his left, a tall, pudgy boy with an abnormally large nose and an odd obsession with…Koalas… All wore Duel Disks.

The brown-haired boy, named Jaden, noticed Leah first. "Hey, Syrus," he said, nudging the blue-haired boy, "look behind you."

Syrus turned. He dropped his jaw slightly and gasped. The girl behind him was an average girl, yet to Syrus, amazingly attractive. She wasn't tall or short, his height, actually. She also wore glasses, but he could tell she needed them more than he did. Her hair blew gently behind her, as if it had merged with the sea wind.

"Beautiful," said Syrus in barely a whisper.

"What was that?" asked Jaden, who had been talking with Chumley, the Koala obsessed boy.

"Nothing!" said Syrus, hoping they hadn't seen him staring.

"Looked like you were staring," said Alexis, their Obelisk friend.

"At who?" asked Chumley, whose mind had been focused on his Koala cards.

"Leah, the new girl," replied Alexis.

"Ooh, Sy's got a girlfriend!" said Jaden teasingly.

"I do not, and was not staring!" said Syrus to his defense. He turned back to Leah.

"Leah," he whispered.


A/N:

I know the chapter was short. Be gentle, this is my first YGO GX fic.

- Wolf-blades-wings