Disclaimer: I don't own yu-gi-oh gx, the only things I own are the made up cards and characters in this story

This is my first fic so be gentle. And please don't judge it by this chapter as it's only the first. It really gets going in the next few chapters

Chapter 1

A young man walked coolly through a forest. The forest looked to be your typical Disney Bambi forest. Birds were chirping, deer were grazing and the rabbits hopped around. But it wasn't nearly as perfect as what the boy saw.

In a clearing ahead the he could see a beautiful stream. But instead of water, soda was flowing. Coke to be precise. There were also gorgeous women greeting him. It was clear the boy was in paradise…

"Where am I?" He asked. The women just shhed him and handed him a basket. The basket contained Duel Monsters cards… hundreds, thousands of rare powerful cards. The boy began drooling. "Wow I've been looking for this card forever!"

"Hello…Hello…Hello…" a voice called to him. The boy assumed it was the ladies around him. "Hello…"

"HELLO!!!"

A young man woke up to someone screaming at him.

"Oh man, I was having the best dream ever!! Hey who are you?" The same young man in the dream looked up to a red-haired woman apparently in her 20's.

She smiled at him. "Sorry but I'm afraid it's time for your written exam. You were here asleep in the lounge so I thought I'd wake you." This got the boys attention. "It is?" The woman looked at her clipboard and asked, "You are Nils Gibbson aren't you?"

Nils nodded his head. She smiled and said, "Alright head down to testing room 2." She pointed him down the hall. Nils picked up his backpack and walked down the hall.

'Oh man, I can't believe I'm finally taking the Duel Academy entrance exam! Too bad I had to hitch hike here. I wonder why my mom didn't want me coming here? She just doesn't understand the game the same way since dad went nuts. A 16 year-old like me can duel as if it was a professional sport! I bet they haven't noticed I've run away yet hehe…'

All kinds of things passed through his head until he noticed many other teenagers in the building as well. Some younger than him, others appeared much older. Nils even noticed some who were clearly upset others were celebrating. 'They must have passed the exam' he though to himself.

Nils continued down the ridiculously long hallway until he came to a room labeled Exam Room #2. He assumed this was the right place. He walked in and saw many young people taking a rather long written test.

A teacher sitting at a desk called to him. "What are you standing there for? Come get your exam you slacker!" Nils got annoyed at the slacker comment but decided not to push his luck… too much.

"This is coming from a guy who wears lipstick?" Nearly the entire classroom started snickering. The teacher slammed down his pencil and leaded out of his seat. "HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME?!?! ONE LAST CHANCE TAKE YOUR TEST AND I'LL LET YOU OFF!!" The class went back to work.

Nils kept his cool composure. "Has anyone ever told you that when you're angry that vein in your neck looks like an anaconda?" The teacher's vein now looked like Godzilla. "THAT'S IT YOU'R…" "Dr. Crowler! Why don't you let me handle this?" Nils turned around and saw a teenage blond-haired girl.

She smiled at him and pulled his arm back. "Let me handle doctor Crowler," she whispered to him. "Sir, I'll take care of him and make sure he does his test." The teacher sat back down and smiled. "Excellent Ms. Rhodes! Make sure you give him the extra long test!"

Nils walked with the girl to the back of the room where he sat down next to a nervous panicky looking boy. "Thanks back there, I have a habit of pushing my luck." The girl handed Nils his own copy of the test. "Just be careful around Dr. Crowler. He can't take a joke." The boy took the test and nodded. "Yeah, by the way what are you doing after the test? Want to get some ice cream maybe?" The girl simply walked away mumbling, "I have a boyfriend."

Nils shrugged it off and decided to start on his test. He opened it up and never expected to see questions like this on a test about a card game. He read question 1. 'Which monster cannot be killed by Buster Blader with 8 dragons in the opponent's graveyard? Five Headed Dragon, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon or Armed Dragon level 10? Nils had no idea. 'What kind of question is this? All of them have lower attack and defense, this makes no sense!!'

He continued to struggle with the test. But it didn't help the boy he was sitting next to made so much noise. Nils looked to his left and noticed the boy chewing the heck out of his pencil. "Hey you might want to stop that or you won't have a pencil left to finish the test with."

The boy looked up and nodded to Nils. The boy looked down at Nils' test and told him, "The answer to number 1 is Five Headed Dragon because it can only be destroyed by light attribute monsters." Nils smiled and put down the answer. "Thanks kid, now can you tell be the other 99 answers?" The boy shook his head and pointed up front.

Nils saw the teacher apparently named Dr. Crowler staring at him. He and the other boy quickly returned to their tests.

After several more hours the two finished after everyone else had left. By this point Dr. Crowler had left the room and the blond haired girl was taking the tests. Nils and the other boy handed her their tests. "Hey it's you, I never got an answer about what I asked you earlier." The other boy's sweat dropped as Nils continued to flirt. The girl simply said, "I have a boyfriend and since I'm top ranked in the academy I'm supposed to help here until all the exams are complete." The pervert frowned learning she had a boyfriend and walked away with his skittish friend.

The two walked back down the hallway toward the designated second stage of the test, the dueling skills test.

While the two traveled there together Nils asked the other boy his named. "My named is Plexers Plexington." Nils burst out laughing. It wasn't until he could breath that he could ask, "What kind of named is that? I thought my name was weird but wow!" Plexers ignored the comments and said, "Just call be Plex k?" Nils nodded and walked with his friend still snickering.

The two came to a huge dueling arena and took a seat in the bleachers. Time passed as they watched some intense duels between applicants and proctors. Plex started stuttering, "W, wow, a lot of these people are really good." Nils cocked his eyebrow. "Yeah right, I could beat all of these people! You see I've got a very special deck my father made for me."

Plex caught the word made with interest. "What do you mean he 'made' it for you?" Nils had to let his train of thought board before answering. "Before my dad's mental breakdown he worked for Industrial Illusions as a card designer. He made a very special set of cards that no one else has. Mostly because he went crazy before they could enter circulation so I've got the only ones! He originally gave them to me and made me promise to use them to join Duel Academy. So that's why I'm here and so confident. But then again he told me to find a girlfriend named Paige who could cook…"

The other boy lost interest about halfway through because of someone yelling. Plex looked to the top row of the bleachers and saw a boy wearing a red jacket, begging people to duel. 'I know dueling is fun but I think that kid has issues' he thought.

Meanwhile…

The teachers/proctors were discussing the applicants who have dueling deciding whether to let them joint he academy or not. One teacher however was lost in thought. "Dr. Crowler!" The teacher snapped back to attention. "Yes Ms. Rhodes?" The same blond haired girl from earlier handed him a stack of tests. "Here are the rest of the tests from room 2." The teacher took them and thanked her. Then it hit him, he knew exactly what to do with the foul-mouthed youngster form earlier.

"Oh Alexis may I have a word with you?" The girl came back and asked, "What is it sir?" Crowler stood up giggling like a schoolgirl. "Remember our little friend from earlier? I want you to duel him in the entrance exam dueling stage!!" Alexis was a little shocked by this. "Sir are you sure? He's probably not used to people like us. He may not even be from Tokyo." Crowler would hear none of this. "You're going to do it," he replied. "Or you can kiss your place in Obelisk Blue goodbye!" Alexis couldn't say no now. She started to walked off to retrieve an exam deck but was stopped. Crowler said, "I want you to use your own personal deck and don't hold back!" Alexis nodded and grabbed a duel disk.

Meanwhile…

"And that's how I got here. Winning a regional tournament sure has its perks!" Nils just finished telling Plex about how he got his invitation to apply to the academy.

"Would Nils Gibbson please report to dueling field 4 for your field test!" Nils heard the intercom and stood up. "Wish me luck Plex!" He walked down to the field and awaited his opponent.

When his opponent finally appeared he couldn't believe who it was. There standing in front of him was the blond haired girl he was flirting with earlier.

"What are you doing here!? I wasn't that rude was I?" Nils started panicking. Alexis smiled and replied, "Don't worry, this isn't my decision but this will be interesting." She activated her duel disk. Nils put on the first serious look he's had all day and activated his own disk.

Back in the bleachers three boys appeared next to Plex, the skittish boy recognized one as the loud begging boy from earlier. He never realized his hair was so big. The same boy exclaimed, "Wow! Someone's dueling Alexis in the Entrance exam! They don't stand a chance because she's got game." Hearing this Plex looked back at Nils worryingly.

Back in the arena Nils and Alexis were having a stare down. "Lets Duel!!" They shouted…

To be continued…

I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, it only gets better from here on out! Please leave a review telling me if I can improve or leave suggestions. Even flames will help