Hello everyone! Yes I'm starting a new fic, but this was an idea that I liked after hearing it from a good friend and co-writer, shadowwriter329. I hope you all enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I do not own the intellectual property of Yu-Gi-Oh GX or Sly Cooper series. This was co-written with shadowwriter329, and we both just borrowed the characters and such for this fic.
Families are different. Some have different legacies that go back to the beginning of time. Mine is not so different, I come from a long line of master thieves. The Cooper clan spread from that of ancient Egypt to the ninjas to the knights and the pirates and even the Wild West. Now I know what you are thinking, what is so special about thieves? I'll tell you we don't steal from anybody.
Our legacy has a method to our, well I guess you can call it madness. We steal, not from ordinary people but from other crooks and thieves. To a Cooper, to steal from a master crook, you are a master thief. My family was even friends with Pegasus, and had a series of cards based on our clan history. I was next in line for our legacy, that is before my child hood was robbed from me.
A group of crooks broke into my family house and killed my parents. They then ransacked the house, and stole a group of one of a kind cards my family has been keeping safe. I was hidden, but I still saw it all. Pegasus was able to take me in, for the sake of his old friend's memory, and I learned of the game of duel monsters. I even had a special deck made to honor my ancestors and legacy. I then honed my skills as a thief.
In my early teen years, I stole from many different gangs, crooks, and other thieves. Doing what I could to train myself and live up to the family reputation.
After a few years, and my name being known, I set my sights on a new target, Duel Academy. Not only as a target, but as a student.
I am known as Sly Cooper, master thief, but to my friends, I am simply Jaden Yuki.
Sly Cooper GX
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Titan Size Exam
"Oh man, I'm gonna be so late!" A young man said as he rushed through Domino City, his brown hair rushing back a bit from the run. He kept running, as today was the day that the last part of the duel academy entrance exam: a practical test to see if you could or could not get in. He noticed someone that seemed familiar, but couldn't place his finger on it. "Watch out!" Unfortunately for the teenager, he couldn't get his warning out fast enough and bumped into the man, and unfortunately, scattered his own cards around. "Ah, man I'm sorry! I wasn't paying attention." The boy managed to grab all his cards as the older man looked at him. "Do you duel?"
"Yeah! I aim to be the next king of games!" The man smiled as he handed him a card. "This card seems to be calling you. Maybe it will bring you luck?"
"It's kind of cute." The boy noticed that the card was a Winged Kuriboh. Not a well-known card, but it might help. ~Kuri~ was heard as the boy, Jaden Yuki, looked around at the scene, searching for the voice. That is until he remembered, "I'll be late if I don't put my petal to the metal!"
Jaden ran as fast as he could until he saw the building where the exams were being held. He reached the doors to the exams and entered.
Inside the Kaiba Dome, two entrance duels were taking place; one was a boy who would be mistaken for a child that had light blue hair, the other was a boy that had black hair with a grey streak in it. The smaller boy had taken damage from some sort of bug. While a few were concerned for the boy as he trembled before the proctor, many had their attention turned to the other boy who had 4000 life points and a Vorse Raider while his opponent had 1900 and three monsters each with variable attack and defense points.
"Okay, freshman, Pop-quiz time. You have three monsters staring you down and two face down cards. Which of the following do you do? Do you do A) Throw in the towel? B) Attack hoping that I don't activate my facedowns? Or C) Run home to momma?" the tester asked with in a snide tone.
"I chose D) none of the above!" The boy shouted. "Go facedown trap! Ring of Destruction!"
As the ring appeared it wrapped itself around the Vorse Raider and blew up. The tester brought his arm up to shield from the debris as his life points plummeted to zero. The black haired boy smiled as his disk deactivated.
"Congratulations, you have been accepted into Duel Academy." The tester said.
"Thank you." Black hair said.
"That guy is pretty good, huh Chazz?" a boy with wavy blue hair and glasses asked.
"Pfft, he's alright but don't forget we went to prep school for 3 years." A raven-haired boy said as he lay back in his seat.
With the different proctors one was scowling at the latecomer. "Who does that slacker think he is? If I wasn't so pressed for time, I'd teach that upstart a lesson he won't soon forget."
"Excuse me, Mr. Crowler?" one aide walked up to him.
"Did you just call me 'mister'?" Crowler nearly screeched.
"I'm sorry, is it Miss?"
"First off, I am a man. Second, I have a PhD in Dueling and have earned the title Doctor. Now, what is it?"
"We have one more applicant who needs to take his entrance duel."
"Then he'll have to wait until next year."
"Um, Dr. Crowler?" another came up.
"What Now!?"
He then handed Crowler the phone in his hand. "It's for you."
Crowler then took the phone and answered, "Yes, who is this? I'm rather—Chancellor Shepherd!"
"Crowler, I called to see if everything is going smoothly and wanted to make sure that everyone is given an equal chance; not like last year when you failed half of the applicants after they called you something. Mister, I believe?"
Crowler gave a false laugh trying to hide his tone, "Don't be silly, everything is going fine. In fact we only have one more applicant and the duel will start soon."
"That is good to hear. I will let you get back to work then. Remember what I said." Chancellor Shepherd said before he hung up.
When the line went quiet on the other end, Crowler growled at the device. "Pompous windbag, doesn't he realize that this academy has enough slackers? Still, he's the boss." He turned to the latecomer, knowing that he was the one that was left. "I will handle this one personally gentlemen." Crowler said as he stood up with a smirk on his face.
"Ah man, I barely passed." Said the childish looking boy as he sat down depressed at his poor performance. He never noticed the Jaden sneaking up behind him. "I didn't think you did too bad. All ya need is a little confidence."
"Ahh!" The cyan haired boy nearly screamed at the sudden introduction. "Jeez, no need to scream. Name's Jaden Yuki."
"Oh, I'm Syrus Truesdale, and please don't do that. You almost gave me a heart attack."
"I would also agree. It's simply rude manners to sneak up on people." Said a black and grey haired boy. He sized up Jaden noting his jeans and blue shirt with a raccoon style design. 'Hmm, he doesn't look like much.'
"I caught the last bit of your duel, and I've got to hand it to ya. You have to be the second best duelist here. How 'bout a name?"
"My name's Bastion Misawa, and if I'm the second best then whom do you think is the best?"
"Examinee number 125, Jaden Yuki, please report to dueling field four for your entrance exam." Jaden ran right to the edge of the arena and hoped on the edge. "That would be me, Jaden Yuki!" He leapt down to enter the field and noticed a blonde girl around his age at the top. 'Halo! If she isn't seeing anyone then I'd love to steal her heart.'
Alexis Rhodes, a girl with long dishwasher blonde hair, looked down at Jaden. "I didn't think anyone else would be dueling." the young man next her was an attractive man of the same age with long dark blue-green hair. "So far none of the others have interested me, but maybe he would considering his opponent."
"I guess, since Crowler's going to the field himself, but Doctor Crowler may just want to end this quickly Zane. I feel kind of bad for him."
"Whether Crowler wants to end the exams quickly or not is irrelevant, but I am curious to see if Crowler will use his rare monster.
"Looks like Crowler's dueling." Said one of the boys in blue coats looking at the duel arena. "Heh, looks like the Slacker's getting his just desserts, and the entrance proctors are too lenient." Said the ringleader, a black haired boy with spiky hair.
Jaden grinned at his opponent, who had a strange duel disk attached to his body, and was much larger then a normal one. One arm was supported on a bar near his hand. "Good luck to you Miss."
Crowler's eye twitched, "I'm not a woman! I'm a man!" he cried out.
Jaden tilted his head to the side, "Really?"
Crowler growled out, "My name is Dr. Vellian Crowler, and I teach Duel Techniques in Duel Academy. However, today I will be your duel examiner."
Jaden grinned, "Well then, Let's duel!"
Jaden: 4000
Crowler: 4000
"Since I'm the newcomer, I'll go first. Draw!" Jaden drew one card. It was the newest one he just gotten, "I play Winged Kuriboh in defense mood."
The small winged fur ball appeared on the field, letting out a cute cry, ~Kuri~. "Then I end my turn."
Crowler laughed, and he was not the only one as many other people watching laughed as well "Wow, I never thought even a slacker like you would play such a weak monster. Oh well time to pay for your mistake. I start by playing Confiscation. By offering 1000 life points I can see your hand and destroy one card." Crowler explained. A hologram Jeden's hand appeared in front of Crowler and he looked at them. There were cards that he never heard off, but finally settled on one. "I'll send Monster Reborn to the graveyard."
Jaden: 4000
Crowler: 3000
Jaden frown before he discarded the card. Crowler went on, "Next I'll lay two trap cards, and then play Heavy Storm, which destroys all magic and trap cards on the field." Two facedowns appeared on his field but they did not stay long as a great storm came and destroyed everything but the monster on the field.
"Why would Crowler destroy his own trap?" Cyrus asked as he saw the two statue cards destroyed. Bastion could understand the question. "Because they were Statue of the Wicked, and by destroying them he gains Wicked Tokens."
"It seems Crowler is using his own deck." Zane said as Alexis simply watched, waiting for the next move. "And it looks like we'll see his rare monster. And on the his first turn no less."
"I haven't finished just yet, as I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon my Ancient Gear Golem!" Crowler said as the two strange snake like creatures that were summoned were destroyed and a great, mechanized golem rose up.
Ancient Gear Golem ATK: 3000
"Ancient Gear Golem, attack his puny little monster."
The golem threw a punch at Winged Kuriboh, which shattered on impact as it cried out again. Crowler laughed, "And with my Golem's special ability when he destroys a monster in defense mood you still take damage to your life points."
"Not this time," Jaden cried out, "When Winged Kuriboh is destroyed all damage I would have gotten becomes zero."
Crowler scowled, "No matter, I end my turn. There is nothing you can do anyway."
Jaden drew a card and smirked, "This is not over yet; I play Bentley Lv3 in attack mood." A small turtle standing on it hind legs, wearing a belt, explores helmet and thick lens glasses, where you couldn't see its eyes, appeared carrying a simple crossbow.
Bentley Lv3 ATK: 900
Crowler laughed again, "And what do you expect to do with that. It's way too weak to even make a scratch."
Jaden's smirk never left his face. "Well for starters he won't be alone! I play the spell card Honor Among Thieves."
"Honor Among Thieves?" Syrus asked.
"Don't look at me I never heard of it either," Bastion said with a frown. He didn't like it when he did not know something.
Crowler frowned, "I never heard of that card."
"Then let me explain." Jaden said, "You see this work with only three different cards and Bentley is one of them. At the cost of 1000 life points I can summon the other two to the field from my deck or hand." He picks one card and slapped it down, "They are a gang of thieves and Bentley here is the brains. And this is the Brawn, I special summon The Murry!"
A large pink hippo appeared wearing a shirt with a large belly sticking out with boots leather gloves and mask. He bangs his fist together, "The Murry is here!"
The Murry ATK: 2500
"And now, the thief of the gang, I summon Sly Cooper!" A new monster appeared. This was a walking raccoon wearing a mask a blue hat and shirt with a belt with a blue raccoon head on it. A red pouch was attached to his right leg and he held a cane with a golden hook in his gloved hands.
Sly Cooper ATK: 2000
The gang of monsters all stood proud next to each other.
Jaden: 3000
Crowler: 3000
"Okay he summoned three monster in one move, but they're still no matched for Crowlers's monster." Alexis stated.
"Unless he has something planned, this will go down badly." Zane said, as he watched.
Crowler smirked, "Well no matter how many monsters you summon they are all still weaker then my Ancient Gear Golem."
Jaden played another card. "That's why I play this, go Fire Fist!"
Murry slapped his hands together above his head and they lit on fire. Jaden smirked, and then to everyone's shock he shouted, "Now attack his monster!"
Murry leap into the air and cocked his fist back ready to punch Ancient Gear Golem. Crowler shook his head, "I see you need basic lessons. My Ancient Gear Golem is still way too strong for your monster too." Then if everyone was not surprise before they were when The Murry's fiery fist connected and Ancient Gear Golem was on fire before it shattered.
Crowler gasped open mouth at that, "But, but, how?"
"Fire Fist," stated Jaden. "I select one monster and he can then attack and destroy any monster regardless of ability or attack points. Not only that but you take 500 point of damage."
Jaden: 3000
Crowler: 2500
Zane and Alexis were shocked, "He just took out Crowler's rare card." Alexis said.
"And now he's wide open for an attack," Zane added.
"Now Sly can attack you directly." Jaden cried as Sly sprung into action.
Crowler cried in horror as Sly leaped at him before he was hit with the cane.
Jaden: 3000
Crowler: 500
"And Sly has a special ability. When he does direct damage to your life points you lose one card from your hand, and the stolen card goes to me."
Sly moved right in front Crowler and stole a card and tossed it to Jaden, letting the boy catch one of Crowler's cards. Crowler groaned as he shook his head. Jaden then said "And lets not forget my last monster Bentley attack!"
Bentley stood near Crowler, causing the doctor to look down at it. Bentley pulled a round sphere with smaller one on it and dropped it. As the monster ran for it Crowler looked down at the sphere, as it flashed red. He realized what it was and scream when it exploded
Jaden: 3000
Crowler: 0
"And that is game!" Jaden cried and he got a hive five from Sly. The holograms disappeared, leaving the crowd stunned. This was noticed in the stands as Chazz scowled at this. "That slacker only got lucky."
Alexis noticed that Jaden was looking her way for a bit, but didn't notice anything else. "Wow, that guy's pretty good to beat Dr. Crowler."
"Jaden Yuki, maybe this will be an interesting year with you around."
I gotta say, that was a good start to my plan. I just wish I had a better challenge. In the words of the original Sly Cooper, 'There's no challenge, no honor, no fun stealing from regular people', and Crowler was regular, even if he looked like a sex change operation gone wrong. I might as well enjoy the peaceful days of Duel Academy before the next part of the plan comes to gather.
OC Cards:
Sly Cooper/*****/Dark/Atk: 2000/Def: 1500/Beast-Warrior, Effect: This card cannot be affected by traps. When this card deals direct damage to your opponent's life points, you may take one random card from your opponent's hand and place it in your own. When the card is used, place it in the owner's graveyard.
Bently Lv3/***/Earth/Atk: 900/Def: 2000/Beast-Warrior, Effect:During your standby phase you can tribute this card to summon Bentley Lv5 from your deck or hand.
The Murray/******/Fire/Atk: 2500/Def: 1200/Beast-Warrior/ The brawn of the Cooper Gang. While not always the brightest bulb, his strength and loyalty have been proven time and again.
Honor Among Thieves/Spell/This card can only be played when Sly Cooper, The Murry, or Bentley are the only cards on the field. You may special summon two of the three cards named that are not already on the field at the cost for 1000 life points.
Fire Fist/Spell/Select one monster. When that monster attacks it destroys any monster regardless of Attack, Defenses points or ability. Skip the damage step from battle. When a monster is destroy deal 500 direct damage to your opponent's life point.
