Hey guys, Quaver here. Just been playing Yugioh GX Tag Force 3 and it gave me the inspiration to write this story. This story will be told mostly through flashbacks involving my OC – Alaska so if you dislike OC's or flashbacks then this story is not for you. Also, I will be including full duel sequences in later chapters and yes, I will have Alaska use a slightly modified version of the Tag Force 3 starter deck as her deck (because I hate Mary-sues so my OC will not have a ridiculously OP deck). Duels will be taken from actual matches against characters on Tag Force and for those of you that may get confused, the duel against 'The Supreme King' that is mentioned throughout the story is the one that occurs in Tag Force 3 when you unlock Jaden's story. As always, I hope you enjoy the chapter and please leave a review. I do not own Yugioh GX (but I do own a shed load of cards ;P)
''So let me get this straight, you want me to re-add you to the system as a transfer student from a different academy because...?'' Chancellor Sheppard looked at me with raised brows; dark-brown eyes still slightly widened with the shock of hearing me speak for the first time.
''With all due respect sir - you already know my reasons...'' I looked away from his face and chose to study the desk in front of me instead. Fascinating thing, desks – how all of the grains of wood go together and stuff.
''Yes, but why? '' the Chancellor sounded utterly confused so I took this as my cue to look up from under the brim of my recently purchased, Slifer red DA cap. I returned my gaze back to my hands when his eyes met mine with an almost challenging gaze.
''You should be really proud of what you did, Alaska, not many students can say that they challenged The Supreme King to a duel...'' he said this with such conviction that I was forced to blush, I wasn't after anyone's respect, I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
''I lost that duel...'' I mumbled and looked out the window behind the chancellor, watching two Slifer students engaging in a duel. They looked like they were having fun, probably bantering back and forth, learning who the other person was by the way they duelled. Jesse Anderson taught me that after challenging me to a duel on the academy roof.
''I want to know you, who you are, how you feel, your likes and dislikes, and the only way I can do that properly is by challenging you to a duel – what do you say?''
''..aska, Alaska!'' I was knocked from my daydreams by Mr Sheppard's concerned voice and dragged my gaze away from the window to see a large hand waving in front of my face.
''Ah, sorry sir, I was a little out of it – what were you saying?'' The chancellor put his hand back down on the desk, bringing his other palm across so the two hands met and then interlocked his fingers.
''I was asking you why you don't want everyone to know who you are and what you did,'' he brought his interlocked hands up to rest under his chin and I was vaguely reminded of my father when he would work in his study, creating and editing the rules and guidelines for duel monsters.
''Duel Monsters is all about having fun, but without rules and regulations it turns from a structured game into a bunch of children playing with pretty-coloured cards.''
''I don't want them to know who I am because I don't want their gratitude or respect. I don't want the attention that befriending them would bring to me. I was always just the quiet girl at the back of the classroom, the one that no-body ever noticed...'' apart from Jesse, but he was a special case. Apart from the examiners, he was the first person to ever truly watch me duel, and I mean properly duel with all the passion and enthusiasm of a true duelist. Of someone like him.
''You're just a stupid little Slifer Slacker, why don't you go home to your mommy because you're never gonna amount to anything in this academy – you are pathetic and so is your deck!''
The black haired boy in the Obelisk blue uniform – Pablo, I think his name was sneered at the blonde in the Slifer red jacket. I frowned slightly as Pablo pushed him over and threw his deck over the fence that surrounded the duel academy roof onto the ground below.
''No! Not my deck!'' the blonde haired boy wailed and collapsed to his knees, tears forming in the corners of his blue eyes. Don't get me wrong, I disliked butting into other peoples' business but throwing someone's deck off of a roof was just taking it too far. Besides, I'm sure there is some kind of code about defending your dorm mates from bullies like this.
''What's this? Another Slifer slacker come to play?'' I mentally rolled my eyes at Pablo's oh so original commentary and activated my duel disk, walking towards where the blonde Slifer had collapsed to his knees. Damn were these things heavy, I mean seriously, a massive slab of metal that you need to keep strapped to your arm all day is majorly draining. Standing protectively in front of the boy, I removed my deck from the holster strapped to my thigh and slid it into the deck slot on my disk.
''Alright then Slifer scum, prepare to lose!''
As I set my first card on the field, I noticed another presence on the roof and looked up in time to meet a pair of teal blue eyes staring intently in my direction. Quickly jerking my head away, I hid my blush behind my long chocolate coloured bangs, focusing on the game at hand. What was Jesse Anderson doing here?
''I just, I just want to be alone...'' I mumbled from the corner of my mouth and started playing with the GX medallion around my neck – the only memento of the duel I fought against the Obelisk bully – Pablo. Apart from the 'Command Knight' card that the Slifer boy – Sean – had gifted me with after I had helped him find his scattered deck.
''...Okay,'' wait, what? I looked away from my medallion and into the eyes of the chancellor. Did he seriously just agree? He must have noticed the look of utter confusion in my face because he went on to say ''I will let you pretend to be a new transfer student if you agree to enter this year's Tag Force tournament.''
I physically blanched. By 'tag force' he meant with other people right? As in, I would have to physically spend time with another person and allow them to know me intimately. As in, I would learn about another to the extent that we could duel together as if we were one deck. Whoever would be my partner would know me as well as I knew myself and I was not comfortable with that.
''But sir, I really don't think...''
The chancellor cut my protest short saying ''Enter the tournament and I will introduce you as a new transfer student, this is my final offer, take it or leave it.''
What was I going to do? It seemed that no matter which way I went about this, I would not be allowed to revert back into the loner in the corner which was severely disappointing. I could either stay as Alaska and be bombarded by students for my participation in a duel against 'The Supreme King' or I could pretend to be someone completely different, but have to learn another person inside out and have them do the same.
''I'll enter the tournament,'' I spat out from between clenched teeth and sighed. No matter how I looked at this, I just wasn't going to win. It was ironic really, to have made it all the way through duel academy under everyone's radar just to suddenly show up in time for graduation. Why was I always in the wrong place at the wrong time?
''So who do you want as your partner? Although, by the look on your face, I think that you already know,'' the Chancellor smiled at me knowingly and I was forced to sigh again, although this time was out of exasperation.
Now my second problem was here. I knew exactly who I wanted for my partner but I was hesitant to ask because the only person I would be willing to pair up with was the one person I was trying to avoid. That and the fact that he was insanely popular and possibly the best duelist in the school would mean that no matter what, if we were partners, everyone would know about it. I suppose that's okay though, as long as no-body knows that it was me that participated in that first duel against The Supreme King – before Axel Brody could knock Jaden to his senses – then things will still probably work out okay. Maybe. But how was I supposed to ask the Chancellor for Jaden Yuki as my partner without sounding like a glory seeker or a fangirl?
I adjusted the red cap on top of my head and pulled the brim down so that it cast a shadow over my eyes. Kitted out in my adjusted version of the male Slifer uniform, I doubted that Jaden could recognise me anyway.
AN. There will be romance in this story but I am still undecided on pairings. Please message me if you have pairing idea's for any characters although I think that at this moment, Alaska will be paired with either Jesse or Jaden.