Hello everyone! First, allow me to apologize for my prolonged absence from writing, I have just been stuck in a rut and unable to write any adequate material for my regular Naruto stories. This idea however, has been swimming around in my mind for some time now and has refused to leave me alone. I am posting this story simply for my own enjoyment, but any and all positive comments or reviews are welcome.

I own nothing relating to either Naruto or Yu-Gi-Oh GX

Chapter 1- A Shinobi Amongst Duelists

In the dark of the night, a lone figure could be seen standing atop the edge of a cliff overlooking the vast ocean below. The figure was obviously male based on the shape and general build of his body. He had his arms crossed over his chest as he let his mind wonder to times long since passed. A little ways away from the figure was a tall man carrying a single lantern. He was wearing a tailored red suit with a white shirt with small ruffles at the neck and end of his sleeves. The light from the lantern reflected off his long, well-kept white hair. "It is almost time for the entrance exams to begin, my boy. Don't you think you should get going soon?" the tone in the man's voice held a natural playfulness to it that masked his cunning mind.

"I suppose you're right, Pegasus," said the shadowed man. His voice was deep and seemed to hold a commanding undertone to it. More than once over the years since his arrival in this new world, his voice had caused many of the females who visited the island too faint at just the sound of it. "It's just going to be difficult adjusting to this new world. Even though I have lived here for two years now, I am still unsure of the world at large. I am the last of a people long thought dead to the world, how will people react when they see the things I am capable of? Will they reject me or welcome me with open arms? Or am I doomed to be nothing more than a weapon to those that believe they are better than me?"

Maximillion Pegasus closed his one visible eye and sighed. He had had this conversation before; it was the reason why the boy had not left his island ever since his arrival two years ago. Though he couldn't exactly blame the boy, with the stories he had been told of the boy's previous life it was no wonder he was wary of those he did not know. But that was why he had pushed for the young man to attend the school one of his business associates, Seto Kaiba, had set up a few years back. Even without his Millennium Eye, he could easily see the hidden power within the boy, the power to create change, not only in the world, but also within people. Even if the young man himself didn't fully understand the depth of that power.

"Naruto," he said after a moment of silence, "I understand why you are hesitant to go out into the world, but you of all people should know that sometimes things are not always as they appear. Even if the whole world rejects you, wouldn't it be worth it to find that one person that does accept you, the one who would never abandon you no matter what? And I am not talking about myself Naruto, I mean that person, or woman I should say, that will except everything about you and still love you the way you deserve to be loved."

A deep chuckle escaped the now identified Naruto as he turned slightly to look at his adoptive father. "You always seem to know just what to say to set me straight. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you still had that old eye of yours underneath all that hair." The two men shared a small laugh together before once more falling silent. Turning back towards the ocean, Naruto looked towards the clear night sky and watched as a shooting star streaked across the heavens. ''When the tree leaves dance, one shall find flames. The fire's shadow will illuminate the village, and once again, tree leaves shall bud anew.' I guess it's finally time I started living up to those words, right Jiji? Time for me to find my flame and to watch over the new leaves so that they do not have to suffer as I did.' Looking at Pegasus one last time, Naruto offered the man a genuine smile, "Thank you for everything you have done for me, Pegasus. I owe you a debt that cannot be repaid."

"Think nothing of it, my boy. You are the closest thing I have ever had to a son, and you will always be welcome here. Now, go show the world what you are capable of, show them that the shinobi will not be so easily forgotten."

"That's exactly what I plan to do," said the young shinobi, "Dattebayo." With that, the last remaining shinobi vanished in a small swirl of wind and leaves.

Pegasus smiled at the spot the young man he saw as a son once stood before chuckling and making his way back to his castle. "I will never get over seeing some of the things that boy can do. I just wish I could learn those things as well. Oh well, now… where did I leave off in Funny Bunny?"

Kaiba Land- Shortly After

Hidden by the shadows of the trees, Naruto silently appeared and began a leisurely walk towards the building hosting the Duel Academy Entrance Exams. Along the way, women of all ages watched him with lust shining in their eyes, while men glared at him with jealous fury. He brushed the looks off as he had learned to do at a young age and continued on his way. As he neared his destination, he heard a soft, feminine voice in his mind. 'You know if you actually tried to talk to any of these girls you might just find you like it.'

Naruto glanced to his right and saw the spectral figure of his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, floating next to him. 'So you keep telling me,' he thought dryly but a small smirk formed across his lips anyway. 'But like I keep telling you, I don't want to waste my time with fickle, fleeting relationships. If I decide to date someone, I want it to have more meaning than just a passing attraction.' Kushina sighed, but couldn't keep the happy smile off of her face. She wouldn't have expected anything less from her son; after all, he took after his father in more than just looks.

'I know, I know, but can you blame a mother for wanting to try and embarrass her only son?' she asked in a teasing tone before fading from sight. Shaking his head at his mother's antics, Naruto returned his gaze back to the path in front of him and the domed building he was heading towards.

'Look out Duel Academy, Naruto Namikaze is coming your way.'

Duel Academy Registration

"Well it seems most of our new applicants were quite eager to get tested, there's only a handful that haven't shown up yet," said a female assistant as she sorted through a few files. Her partner nodded silently as she looked over the list of applicants, noting which ones hadn't arrived.

"Well if they aren't here in the next five minutes then we'll just mark them as no shows and call it a day," a man wearing a simple gray suit said as he checked his watch, "No point in wasting our valuable time on delinquents who don't have the courtesy to show up on time."

Both of the desk workers frowned at the hired security guard, but before either of them could voice their objection, the security guard let out a gasp before falling to his knees. A lone figure was walking towards the two shocked women, radiating a small amount of focused killing intent on the guard who was struggling to breathe evenly. "You might want to reconsider that statement of yours," said Naruto as he walked past the guard, ignoring his silent pleas for help, "The deadline for registration does not end until noon, and the last time duel practical's can begin is at twelve thirty. I doubt Chancellor Sheppard or Seto Kaiba would appreciate you purposefully preventing aspiring duelist from their shot at entering the Academy, would they?" Stopping in front of the shocked registration workers, Naruto flashed them his infamous foxy grin, causing the two women to flush scarlet. "Naruto Namikaze, I'm here for my entrance exam."

"R-r-right," stammered one of the receptionists before she made a few marks on her paper and motioned Naruto inside, "You're all set, just go right on in and wait for your name to be called."

"Thank you," he said as he made his way inside, stopping his killing intent as he went, releasing the security guard from his paralyzed state.

Stepping up to the edge of a balcony, Naruto glanced at the three duels happening on the arena floor, before taking note of the people in the stands. Most of them looked about his age and were already wearing their school coats, varying between red, yellow and blue. "Hmph, I never did understand the purpose of separating people into superficial ranks. It doesn't matter what rank you are, anyone willing to put worth the time and effort can become great," he mumbled to himself as he watched a gray haired teen defeat his opponent by destroying his own monster.

He wasn't quite enough though, as a girl with long blonde hair a little ways down from him overheard what he said. Looking away from the duel she had been watching, the girl looked to where she had heard the voice and couldn't help the slight blush that crept onto her face. A lone boy stood at the edge of the balcony her and a few of her fellow Obelisk's were using. He had sun kissed blonde hair that spiked up in every direction with two, chin length bangs that framed his face. She could tell that he hadn't taken his exam yet as he didn't have his Academy uniform with him. Instead, he was wearing a pair of black jeans with a belt that hung off his right hip and high quality leather boots. He also had on a white muscle shirt that clung to his well-defined chest. Over that he wore a dark red haori that reached his ankles with black flames licking the bottom of the coat. He had a black version of the standard issue Duel Academy duel disc with orange accents on his left arm. What caught her attention however was the headband that was tied around the boys left bicep; a metal plate with a strange leaf symbol carved into it shined proudly as the strange duelist continued to watch the duels unfolding below.

"Alexis?" asked a blue haired man a few years older than the girl. He had noticed his companions silence when he tried to ask her something and saw how she was looking at a freshman student standing a short distance away from them.

Shaking her head to clear the thoughts of her new classmate, Alexis turned back to her surrogate brother. "Huh, oh, what is it Zane?"

Zane quirked an eyebrow at Alexis' distracted state and took a more meaningful look at the examinee that had just entered the arena. "I was wondering what you think of your new class mates so far."

"Oh," still trying to get over how Naruto's appearance had affected her, the blonde Obelisk gave a halfhearted reply, "Well I guess their good so far, most of the new blues seem to be snobbier than the ones in your year but I guess I can put up with that for a few years." Knowing that he wasn't likely to get much of anything else out of her, Zane nodded silently and turned back to the dueling fields.

"Naruto Namikaze, please report to dueling field 3, Naruto Namikaze to field 3," a voice said over the speaker system. Most of the chatter around the arena stopped as everyone turned towards the duel field to watch the next duel about to begin.

Naruto heard his name being announced, but couldn't resist the urge to cause a little mayhem. Looking at the field he was going to be dueling on, the blonde shinobi turned duelist, nearly had a heart attack at the sight of his opponent. "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?! THAT THING IS SUPPOSED TO BE MY OPPONENT? I CAN'T EVEN TELL IF THAT'S A MAN OR A WOMAN!" His outburst was met with complete silence before almost every student present fell down laughing.

On the dueling field, Doctor Vellian Crowler was turning a very unhealthy shade of purple. 'How dare that two-bit drop out insult me!? I have more skill and experience than anyone at this school; I deserve to be treated with respect!' Before his thoughts had a chance to be vocalized, an idea came to the transvestite as he quickly replaced the examination deck in his duel vest for his own personal deck. 'I would love to see that slacker beat me when I'm using my own deck. With it, I'll teach him a lesson he won't soon forget.'

'You just couldn't resist, could you?' said Kushina as she appeared next to her son.

'Of course not, I am your son after all,' he shot back with a smirk. Kushina smirked as well knowing that he was right, and she would have probably done the same thing where she in his position. Seeing that everyone's attention was now on him, Naruto implemented the second step of his makeshift prank; placing his right foot on the railing, Naruto looked towards a group of blue students and noticed a beautiful blonde haired girl amongst them. Flashing a foxy smirk at her, Naruto pushed off the railing and jumped towards the dueling field. In the stands, everyone screamed and shouted as they watched Naruto begin to fall towards the dueling field with no way of stopping himself.

With a few well timed acrobatics, Naruto silently landed across from Crowler, to the shock of everyone around him. Before anyone had a chance to recover, a large monitor flickered on to show the balding face of Chancellor Sheppard. "Well Mr. Namikaze, I must say that was quite the display. I hope you don't mind me tuning in to watch your duel, after all, it's not every day one gets to see the adopted son of Maximillion Pegasus in action."

Smirking at the collective gasp that rang through the audience Naruto nodded towards Sheppard before turning to face his opponent. "Alright, let's get one thing clear first; I know you switched out the examination deck with your own personal deck and frankly, I don't care. It'll give me more of a challenge anyway. Now, let's begin shall we?" Reaching behind him, Naruto opened one of the two deck cases attached to his belt and slid the cards into his custom duel disk.

Crowler scowled at the boy for revealing he was using his own deck, but inside he was wondering how the hell the boy had managed to do that all the way from the balcony. Sheppard didn't have any outward reaction, but he made a mental note to speak with the head of the Obelisk dorm. Alexis smirked slightly as she watched her newest class mate face down the head of her dorm. "He sure is confident; you think he can back it up? After all, Crowler is using his personal deck."

"I don't know," said Zane, his voice remaining as monotonous as ever, "He does seem to have a since of power around him, but if Crowler manages to bring out that legendary rare card he's had hidden in that deck, there's no telling who could win."

"Wow, Zane," Alexis said as her smirk widened a little more, "I think this is the first time I've seen you unsure about the outcome of a duel. This guy must be good, if he's making even you second guess yourself."

Zane grunted but otherwise didn't answer as both duelists readied their first hands.

"Duel!" Naruto and Crowler shouted at the same time.

Naruto: 4000/Crowler: 4000

"I shall start," said Crowler as his duel vest ejected another card. Placing the new card into his hand the gender confused teacher smirked as he saw he had everything he needed to put Naruto in his place. "And I'll begin by playing the spell card Confiscation, with this I can look at your hand and banish one of your cards to the graveyard at the cost of 1000 life points."

Naruto: 4000/Crowler: 3000

Holograms of Naruto's hand appeared in front of the smirking Crowler, but his smirk soon disappeared when he didn't recognize any of the cards Naruto was holding. "Wait just one minute! I don't recognize any of these cards. I'm afraid you will have to be disqualified for using illegal, unregistered cards. So sorry…"

"Not so fast Crowler," said Sheppard, a frown marring his features, "I have confirmation from Mr. Pegasus and Mr. Kaiba that all of the cards in young Naruto's deck are perfectly legal. In fact they were personally designed for him by Pegasus himself." Once again a collective gasp filled the stands as everyone turned to look at Naruto in amazement. It was widely known that the last person Pegasus personally designed a card for was Yugi Moto. That he had not only personally designed cards for their new class mate, but created an entire custom deck for him was unbelievable!

Grudgingly nodding in understanding, Crowler looked at the cards again and, deciding to play it safe, sent the spell card 'The Will of Fire' to the graveyard. "Now then, I play two cards face down and activate Heavy Storm! This card destroys all other spell and trap cards on the field." A tornado of wind appeared on the field, causing Naruto's haori to bellow back behind him, much to the enjoyment of the females in attendance. Both of Crowler's face down cards shattered into countless particles, only to be replaced by two golden, serpentine like monsters.

"Those face downs were 'Statue of the Wicked' weren't they? You're planning on using those two tokens to summon a high level monster," said Naruto, his voice as devoid of emotion as an Aburame's. That was something he had developed ever since his arrival in this new time. Whenever he was dueling, he would block out all other emotions and thoughts and focus solely on the duel.

"Very good young scholar, there may be hope for you yet," crowed Crowler, "Yes I do plan on summoning a high level monster, and here he is! I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon my Ancient Gear Golem!" After the two tokens disappeared, a massive robotic giant made of rusting gears and dented gray metal broke through the ground to stand behind Crowler.

'Ancient Gear Golem: Atk 3000/Def 3000, Level 8, Earth Attribute, Machine/Effect- Cannot be Special Summoned. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing Battle Damage to your opponent. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step.'

"Now I know facing such a rare and powerful monster can be intimidating, but do try and…"

"Is that the best you can do?" asked Naruto, his voice reflecting his boredom. Everyone, even Chancellor Sheppard looked at the boy with wide eyes. "According to everything I know about dueling, it is meant to be a game a strategy, wits and cunning; using even the weakest of monsters to turn the tide of battle in your favor. So far, all you've done is waste your cards summoning that glorified pile of scrap metal, and what good does it do you? You can't attack with it this turn, and by the time you get a chance to use it, this duel will already be over." Sheppard quickly got over his initial shock and was smiling proudly down at the blonde duelist. The boy wasn't even enrolled in the Academy yet, and he was already Sheppard's favorite student.

Up on the balcony, Zane had both of his eyebrows raised; the closest thing to shock that was likely to ever show on his face. Despite that, a smirk could be seen on his face after Naruto had finished his impromptu speech. Ever since he had started the Academy, people had thought he held his title as the 'Kaiser of Duel Academy' because he won his duels using powerful monsters. While his monsters where indeed powerful, they were useless unless one knew how to work the strategies that surrounded the cards. Something this Naruto seemed to understand more than anyone else he had seen at the Academy. "I wholeheartedly approve of your choice for a boyfriend Alexis; he has a good head on his shoulders."

He was expecting a slap to the arm, or a murderous glare as a response to his teasing. What he wasn't expecting was for Alexis to slowly nod with a slightly glazed look in her eyes as she watched Naruto. His haori was still fluttering in the residual wind from Crowler's Heavy Storm and the summoning of Ancient Gear Golem. Just with the way he was standing, arms crossed, face impassive, stance rigid, Naruto gave off an aura that radiated power and screamed 'bad boy' to all of the females present. She was brought out of her daze caused by Naruto's hypnotic voice by someone shaking her shoulder. "Huh, wha...?" looking to the owner of the hand she found a smirking Zane Truesdale. "Sorry, did you say something Zane?"

"Yeah, when's the wedding?" Alexis felt her jaw unhinge slightly at that comment, before her shock was quickly replaced with anger. Smacking her surrogate brother on the arm, the 'Queen of Obelisk Blue' turned away with a huff and focused back on the duel. 'Now there is the Alexis I know. Funny how she didn't deny my question though, something to be used at a later date I suppose.'

"Now, if the walking fashion reject is finished, I believe it's my turn," said Naruto, drawing the top card from his deck. Without even glancing at it, Naruto placed the card in his hand and selected another. "Let me show you that the level and power of a monster isn't everything in a duel. I summon Genin- Naruto Uzumaki to field in attack mode."

'Genin- Naruto Uzumaki: Atk 1000/Def 1000, Level 3, Wind Attribute, Warrior/Effect- When this card is Normal Summoned successfully, you gain two 'Clone Tokens' (Atk 0/Def 0). Once per turn, you can sacrifice a 'Clone Token' to Special Summon a level six or lower Warrior-type monster from your hand. When this monster is sent to the graveyard as a result of battle, you may Special Summon one monster from your hand that has 'Hokage' in its name.'

In a small gust of wind, a miniature version of Naruto appeared on the field, wearing the same orange jumpsuit he had once worn. Two copies of the young shinobi appeared next the original, the only difference being that they didn't possess any color and were simply colored in shades of black and gray. "I suppose now would be a good time to explain my monsters effect; when he is successfully normal summoned to the field, I gain two Clone Token's."

"So what; it's not like any of those pathetic monsters have a chance of destroying my Golem." Many students in the audience began to whisper in agreement with the doctor, though a few of the smarter ones could tell their was more to Naruto's strategy than he was letting on.

His patented foxy smirk slowly spread across his face, "Who said anything about destroying your Golem? If you had bothered to let me finish, I could have explained things to you. But since you don't feel like listening, I'll just show you what I mean. I sacrifice one of my Clone Token's in order to special summon Genin- Ino Yamanaka in attack made." A perfect copy of Ino from the time she was a genin appeared to the right of Naruto's younger copy. "Next I'll activate her special effect, by sending her to the grave; I can take control of one of your monsters for three turns."

'Genin- Ino Yamanaka: Atk 200/Def 200, Level 2, Earth Attribute, Warrior/Effect- This monster cannot be Normal Summoned or set. By sacrificing this face-up monster from the field, you can take control of one of your opponent's monsters for three turns.'

"WHAT!?" screeched Crowler as he watched the purple clad monster form a weird shape with her hands before disappearing. No sooner had she disappeared than did Ancient Gear Golem lumber over to Naruto's side of the field.

"This is how you duel Crowler, with cunning. The monster you wasted so much energy on summoning is the very same monster that is going to finish you off. Now attack Ancient Gear Golem, finish off your former master." Rearing up to its full height, the large machine cocked its right fist back before swinging forward and knocking Crowler back against the wall of the dueling field.

Naruto: 4000/Crowler: 0

As the monsters faded away from existence, Naruto looked up towards the monitor and saw Sheppard clapping. "Well done, Naruto, well done indeed. I believe I speak for all of Duel Academy when I say you have a bright future here. Now as to your dorm…"

"No thanks," cut in Naruto, gaining a raised eyebrow from the chancellor and bringing everyone in the stands out of their funk at seeing one of their own defeating a teacher so easily. "With all due respect chancellor, I won't be staying in any of the dorms for my time at the Academy. You may class me as whatever rank you see fit, but I will not play party to the bigotry and arrogance between the dorms."

"Bigotry? Please explain," said Sheppard, highly interested in what the young duelist was saying.

"Yes, bigotry. Those in the upper class dorms believe that they are above their peers and should be respected, while those in the lower dorms feel that they were cheated and resent the upper dorms because of it. I understand placing people at a certain rank based on their skills, but the system you use to do so is highly biased." Alexis looked down at her new crush, though she would never admit it, with wide eyes. It seems she wasn't the only one who felt that the system used to rank people was unfair, but never in a million years would she have the nerve to tell that straight to the chancellor's face!

"Oh, how is that?" every head in the stands whipped around to face the image of their chancellor. He didn't sound upset at what Naruto was saying, instead he looked like he was actually enjoying the conversation.

"Look at how your dorm gets selected; just because someone comes from a wealthy family and could afford to go to some stupid prep school, doesn't make them a good duelist or better than any of us who didn't. Out of all the dorms, the Ra dorm seems to be the most fair. To get into that dorm you must have good marks on the written exam and defeat your opponent in the practical, a fair requirement. However the Slifer dorm carries the most biased out of all of them; just because someone doesn't have good book smarts, doesn't mean they are an incompetent duelist. In my opinion, people shouldn't be ranked based on a written exam or whether they went to a prep school or not, this is a school for dueling, so rank them on how they duel. I guarantee that if you watched some of the recordings of the duels that happened here today, you'll find some of the so called 'Elite Obelisk's' performed poorly and just barely managed to defeat their opponent, while those 'Slifer Slackers' as I've heard them be called mopped the floor with their opponents."

Silence reigned in the arena as many of the people there looked at Naruto with new found respect and awe, while others were glaring at the person for criticizing their skill. Sheppard had a pensive look on his face as he mulled over the things his new favorite student had said. "Hmmm, well I must say Naruto, you are the first person to ever point it out, but now that you have, I'm inclined to agree with you." A few people in the stands fell out of their seats, to stunned to do anything else, "I'll contact the Board and tell them about this and see if we can get our entrance exams reworked to provide fairness to all students. Now I must ask, since you won't be staying in any of the dorms, would like me to make living arrangements for you?"

Naruto shook his head in the negative, "That won't be necessary; I'll handle my own lodging situation." Though he looked like he wanted to argue, Sheppard nodded his head and wished all of the new students luck before cutting off the monitor. Turning back towards the stands, Naruto jumped over the field wall and landed halfway up the stairs leading to the balcony. Before he had a chance to move, he was surrounded by a bunch of angry Obelisk Blue students. Lazily looking at the eight teenage boys that were around him, Naruto turned to the one he presumed was the leader. "Can I help you gentlemen?"

A boy with uncontrolled spiky black hair and wearing the standard Obelisk Blue uniform stepped up, "Yeah, you can walk out of this arena and forget you ever heard about Duel Academy. This isn't a place for scrubs that got lucky and won their match, only those with real talent are allowed here."

"Noted," said Naruto, "Now if you will excuse me, I have better things to do than listen to you all whine and bitch."

"Why you," growled the black haired boy before he swung his right fist at the blonde. Female screams could be heard as people watched the scene unfold, a few even tried to make it over in time to stop the fight before it could escalate. There attempts were unnecessary as Naruto simply caught the fist in his left hand. Seeing his attacker about try another swing, this time with his left fist, Naruto applied some pressure to the fist he was holding. But a little pressure to a trained shinobi and a little pressure to a civilian were two different things.

A sickening crunch could be heard as the black haired Obelisk fell to the ground, clutching his now broken hand to his chest. Though Naruto felt a little guilty about crushing the guy's hand, seeing as he only wanted to cause his assailant enough pain to stop him from making another foolish attempt at striking him, he was the one who instigated the fight and there were consequences to be paid. Pushing past the rest of the Obelisk's, Naruto took up his former position on the balcony and closed his eyes to wait for the closing announcements.

"Hey," said an angelic voice to the left of him, opening his eyes Naruto saw probably the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes on. Sure he saw her before his duel, but he hadn't had a chance to get a good look at her. She had long, flowing blonde hair that ended just above her shapely hips and firm round ass. Her eyes were a shade of hazel he had never seen before that held a fiery passion within them. She was wearing the standard issue Obelisk girl's uniform; a white and blue vest that clung to her bodice and strained against her ample breasts along with a blue miniskirt that showed off her perfect legs that seemed to go on forever before vanishing into her blue heeled boats. "Nice duel down there, not many people could have beaten Crowler like that."

"Thank you, though I sense that isn't the full reason why you decided to come talk to me," said Naruto as he turned around and leaned back against railing, his arms crossed over his chest.

"And you'd be right," said Alexis with a small smirk as she crossed her arms under chest, causing her already large breasts to look that much bigger. "I wanted to tell you that not everyone who wears blue at this school is like the guys you just met, and to introduce myself, I'm Alexis Rhodes."

"Naruto Namikaze," he said before his foxy smirk appeared again, causing Alexis to flush slightly, "And I must say it's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Rhodes, it's not everyday someone is graced with the presence of one as beautiful as you." The light dusting of red on the queen of obelisk's face quickly grew into a full face blush that would put even Hinata to shame.

Before the blonde goddess had a chance to reply, a voice came over the intercom. "Attention all applicants, to those of you who have passed your exam, please report to the Kaiba Land harbor in two days to catch the boat that will be taking you to Duel Academy Isle. To those who didn't pass, better luck next year. That is all, you're dismissed."

"Well, I guess we better get going then. I hope to see you during the trip Alexis; hopefully we can continue this conversation then." Flashing the still beat red girl one last smirk, Naruto gently pushed off the railing and left towards the exit.

Zane walked over to Alexis and gently shook her shoulder, bringing her back to the land of the living. "Come on Alexis, it's time to get going. You can flirt with your new boyfriend when we get to school." Unlike last time, Alexis' reaction to his little jab was more of what he was expecting.

"SHUT UP ZANE!"

Duel Academy- Two Days Later

"It is my great pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to our prestigious school!" said Chancellor Sheppard as he stood in front of the assembled freshman. Behind him, the heads of each dormitory stood at attention, each waiting to welcome the new students into their respective dorms. "You all are the best of best, and we expect great things from all of you during your time here! Now, I'll release you into the care of your new dorm headmasters so that you may get yourselves settled in. I wish you all a pleasant evening."

With that dismissal, the students began to filter out across campus towards their respective dorms. All except for Naruto; he had found his way to a secluded portion of the Academy roof, overlooking most of the island. He could easily make out the elegant architecture of the Obelisk Blue dorm to the west, the light of the setting sun casting a glow across the large building. He could also see the comfortable and inviting outline of the Ra Yellow dorm to the east of the Academy building. Also in the east, at one of the farthest points from the main building was the Slifer Red dorm that looked little better than the apartment building he once lived in.

Shaking his head sadly at the obvious favoritism being shown to certain students, Naruto turned towards the forests that covered the island. 'My clones should be about done with the frame work by now. Time to go put the finishing touches on my new home,' with that thought, Naruto vanished in a swirl of leaves, unaware that certain groups were already looking for him.

Outside Obelisk Blue Girls Dorm

"Come on Alexis, we need to find Naruto and offer to let him stay with us for the year!" a girl named Mindy who had glistening black hair held in a ponytail and wearing the standard Obelisk girls uniform said. Beside her, Jasmine, a redheaded girl was nodding in agreement; both of them had far off looks in their eyes as they thought about the Academy's new 'Most Eligible Bad Boy.'

Alexis sighed for what felt like the hundredth time that day since arriving on the island. Her two friends had kidnapped her from the welcoming dinner and dragged her out on a search for the mysterious Naruto Namikaze. They had, along with several other girls apparently, gotten the idea that the first ones to find Naruto would be the ones he would stay with during the school year. Though she knew that it was against school policy for boys to stay in the girl dorms, she couldn't deny that she wanted to talk to Naruto again and pay him back for his flirting at the entrance exams.

At the Obelisk Blue boy's dorm, Chazz Princeton, his hand in a cast was leading a small search party to find Naruto Namikaze and show him his place. "When I get my hands on that worthless scrub, I'll make him regret messing with me. Nobody shows up a Princeton and gets away with it."

Crowler saw the group leaving the welcoming feast and easily worked out their objective. With a smirk on his face, he decided to wave the rules about leaving during the welcoming feast and let his Obelisk's have their fun. 'My Obelisk's will put that no good slacker in his place, and if by some miracle he manages to defeat them, I can penalize him for unauthorized dueling. Ah Vellian, you genius you!' he mentally gushed to himself before focusing back on the feast taking place.

Duel Academy Forest- Naruto's New Home

Using his skills developed while learning senjutsu, Naruto stood at the highest point of a tree overlooking the clearing where his new home now stood. Before he had left Pegasus' island, he had made sure to stock up on the materials necessary to build a home for himself. Though he brought enough supplies to build a small mansion, the blonde had decided to keep things modest. A moderately sized two story house stood at the far edge of the clearing, built in the traditional Japanese style. The walls were stained to help the building blend in with the surrounding forests. The tiled roof was covered with foliage he had gathered to help it blend in even more.

'Naruto,' a voice in his mind said as the spectral form of his mother appeared floating next to him, 'You have company.'

"I know," said Naruto, his eyes closed as a reddish-orange pigmentation appeared around them. "I was expecting a few of them ever since the incident at the entrance exams, though the other three are a bit of a surprise." Releasing the natural energy he had gathered, Naruto opened his eyes and turned in the direction he felt the larger group approaching from.

'How about you use the 'Akatsuki' deck against them? It'll be fun to watch them squirm as they try and fight against it,' Kushina said, a mischievous glint shining in her in violet eyes.

"Don't insult the strength of that deck mom," the blonde duelist shot back, "You know as well as I that that deck has power that could be comparable to the bijuu. Using it against prideful and arrogant princes like them would be the definition of overkill to the extreme. Besides, I swore an oath after that deck was created; to make sure it never saw the light of day again, and I intend to stand by that oath to my dying breath." Kushina merely smiled at her son, before fading out of sight causing Naruto to sigh. His mother's spirit always enjoyed getting him worked up over the simplest and most obvious things, but he wouldn't have her any other way.

Shaking himself out of his thoughts, Naruto jumped from his place atop the tree and landed softly on the earth just before his soon to be opponents walked into the clearing. They were in the middle of an argument and didn't notice that they had stumbled upon the reason for their little expedition. That changed as a loud squeal filled the clearing just before two white and blue blurs collided with Naruto's chest. A testament to his previous life, Naruto merely grunted slightly and took a single step back when the blurs, two girls wearing Obelisk uniforms, impacted with him.

Before the two could gather any steam to start babbling away, Chazz's cry of anger brought the attention back to him. "Hey scrub, you and I have a score to settle! I challenge you to a duel, and the winner gets the losers most powerful card!"

"You can't be serious," a familiar angelic voice said as the owner stepped into the clearing. Alexis glared at her fellow Obelisk's as she moved towards her two friends who now had Naruto pinned between the two of them. "You know dueling past curfew is against school policy Chazz, let alone an ante duel. Not even your rich family could keep you from being expelled if the Chancellor found out about it."

That gave some of the guys with Chazz pause as they began to consider the consequences of their actions; however the Princeton heir was not deterred in the slightest. In fact with Alexis and her friends present he was more determined than ever to crush Naruto in a duel. 'Once I beat blondy here, Alexis and those other two will see just how pathetic he is and will beg to be my girlfriend.' "Fine, if it makes you feel any better, we won't have an ante, but we are still going to duel Namikaze!" To emphasize his point, Chazz deployed his duel disk and slotted his deck using his uninjured hand. "You may have crushed my hand, but I can still duel!"

Shrugging off the girls' hold on him, Naruto stepped up and deployed his duel disk, placing his deck in the appropriate slot, "Duel!"

Naruto: 4000/Chazz: 4000

"Duelists before wannabe's," said Chazz as he drew the top card from his deck. "And to start things off I'll play my Reborn Zombie in defense mode. I'll also set one card face down and end my turn." A monster that had decaying, muscled flesh on its body with the exception of the right arm and a skull with long silver hair appeared kneeling in front of Chazz. The torn clothes hanging off its body fluttered in a nonexistent wind while a card appeared behind it facedown.

'Reborn Zombie: Atk 1000/Def 1600, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Zombie/Effect- While you have no cards in your hand and this card is in Attack Position, it cannot be destroyed by battle.'

"If that is what you call dueling, I'm not impressed." Drawing a card from his deck, Naruto added it to his hand before choosing another one, "First I'll start by summoning Genin- Naruto Uzumaki." The orange clad genin appeared in a small gust of wind, two blacked out copies appearing on either side of him. "You remember what comes next don't you? I give up one of my tokens to special summon Genin- Sasuke Uchiha." A black haired shinobi wearing a high collared blue shirt and white pants appeared on the field.

'Genin- Sasuke Uchiha: Atk 0/Def 1200, Level 3, Fire Attribute, Warrior/Effect- This monster gains attack equal to the attack of any level five or lower monster on your opponents side of the field.'

"HA, fat lot of good that will do you, that monster doesn't have a single attack point!" said Chazz between bouts of laughter. The seven Obelisk students with the freshman laughed as well, shooting off a couple of insults of their own. They all stopped laughing at the telltale sound of a monster being destroyed, only to discover that it was Reborn Zombie. "What!? How did you destroy my monster?"

"Simple, thanks to Sasuke's effect, he gains attack equal to that of a level five or lower monster on your side of the field," began Naruto, only to be interrupted by the angered Obelisk.

"But that was still only 1000 points; you couldn't have destroyed my Zombie!"

"Unless I played this," Naruto drawled out as he motioned to a spell card face-up on his field. Chazz finally noticed the card and scowled at the image of a strange red eye on it. "It's a spell card known as The Birth of the Sharingan, and it gave my monster a little extra boost."

'The Birth of the Sharingan: Equip Spell- This card can only be equipped to 'Genin- Sasuke Uchiha.' Send one monster you control to the graveyard and increase the attack of the equipped monster by 1000 points.'

"It cost me my final Clone Token, but it was worth it. Now it's time for my other warrior to strike. Go Naruto, Uzumaki Barrage!" The monster crossed his fingers in his signature cross-shaped seal and three more copies of the monster appeared. The four blondes surrounded Chazz before they each delivered a powerful kick to the blue clad duelist.

Naruto: 4000/Chazz: 3000

"Ugh, it's my move," drawing his card with a scowl on his face, Chazz glanced at it before placing it in his monster zone. "I summon my Chthonian Soldier in attack mode and I'll have him attack that orange reject." A bulky monster wearing a silver helmet and silver, platted armor on his chest, arms and legs appeared on the field. It brandished a large silver broadsword in its right hand as it leapt towards the blonde monster and sliced it in half.

'Chthonian Soldier: Atk 1200/Def 1400, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Warrior/Effect- When this card is destroyed by an opponent's attacking monster and sent to the graveyard, the Battle Damage you took from this battle is also inflicted to your opponent.'

Naruto: 3800/Chazz: 3000

Naruto didn't even flinch as his life points barely dropped, in fact he was smirking. "Thanks Chazz," he said, confusing everyone else in the clearing, "Whenever Genin- Naruto Uzumaki is destroyed I can special summon a monster with 'Hokage' in its name from my hand. So say hello to my Sandaime Hokage- Hiruzen Sarutobi!" the aged kage appeared with a short spin before landing and assuming a battle stance. He was garbed in his full black body suit with a gray armguard on his right arm.

'Sandaime Hokage- Hiruzen Sarutobi: Atk 2700/Def 2500, Level 7, Fire Attribute, Warrior/Effect- This monster gains 300 attack and 200 defense points for every 'Genin,' 'Chuunin,' and 'Jounin' monster on the field. During your standby phase you can send this card to the graveyard to special summon one 'Yondaime Hokage- Minato Namikaze' to the field.'

"Thanks to his ability, his attack increases to 3000." A light blue aura enveloped the Sandaime as his attack power rose. Chazz swore under his breath but ended his turn, knowing his facedown would keep him safe for at least another turn. "Now to end this," drawing a single card from his deck, Naruto placed it in his hand and grabbed another one. "I activate the spell card Shadow Shuriken Jutsu. With this, I can discard two cards to the grave to destroy all of your spell and trap cards." Placing two of his three cards in the grave, countless shuriken appeared and lodge themselves in Chazz's face down, destroying it in a shower of light particles.

'Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu: Normal Spell- Activate only when 'Sandaime Hokage- Hiruzen Sarutobi' is face-up on the field. Discard two cards from your hand and destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on your opponent's side of the field.'

The Princeton heir watched on in horror as his only chance of surviving was destroyed. He barely registered Naruto ordering his monsters to attack, or his life points dropping to zero, he was too shocked that he had been defeated, and by someone who wasn't even part of a dorm! The other male Obelisk's weren't fairing much better, and they showed it by grabbing Chazz the second the holograms faded away and quickly fleeing back to their dorm.

Turning to his remaining company, the shinobi turned duelist was met with two starry-eyed girls and a smirking Alexis. He offered them a smirk of his own, "Enjoy the show ladies?" Jasmine and Mindy swooned at the sound of his voice while Alexis' smirk got a little wider.

"I knew you were good after your duel with Crowler, but I can safely say that when word gets out about your win tonight, you will be considered the unofficial 'King' of the freshman class." Naruto raised an eyebrow in a silent gesture for her to continue, "Look, Chazz may be an elitist snob, even among the Obelisk's, but he is considered one of the best in our class. Almost all of the freshman already hold you in high regard, when they learn you beat the second best Obelisk in our year they're bound to start calling you 'King' or something like that."

"You sound like you have experience with this," said Naruto, crossing his arms over his chest, "And if Chazz is second, then who's the best Obelisk in our year?" The challenging smirk on his face told the three he was well aware of who it was.

Alexis' smirk widened even further as she flipped her hair over her shoulder in the perfect show of an arrogant princess. "Well I'm not known as the 'Queen of Obelisk Blue' for nothing. I do know my way around a deck; I'd be happy to show you sometime."

"I'd be delighted, but I'll have to take a rain check." Stifling a yawn, Naruto removed his custom duel disk and held it loosely at his side. "It's late, and tomorrow is our first day of class; we'll need all the rest we can get. So this is where I bid you lovely ladies goodnight." Alexis couldn't completely hide her disappointment, but she understood his reasoning. With 'good nights' all around, including a longer than necessary hug from Jasmine and Mindy, the four parted ways for the night.

There's the first chapter. I will go ahead and tell everyone in advance that, yes, I have personally designed Naruto's original deck. I also have ideas for two other original decks that will appear later in the story. If anyone wants to take a crack at designing a deck of their own, I am open to any village related decks and ideas. Naruto may not, use them, but if I get to the point where other Naruto characters might appear in the story, they might use them.

See you all soon,

BSW