Yu-Gi-Oh! GX:
Dissidia Force
Page I
The Beginning; Entering Duel Academy
Domino City, a place where everything's possible involving a Card Game called Duel Monsters, is once famous for being the Kaiba Corp.'s Tournament Battleground. But enough about the introductions on this city. Right now, there's an Entrance Exam at the Kaiba Dome, accepting students for the prestigious Duel Academy.
"Man, if I don't hurry, I'll miss my chance! Even though I'm not a student yet, they won't throw me in detention for being late!" grinned a brown-haired kid, rushing through the crowd, while talking at someone on the phone.
"Well, it's your own fault for being asleep this long. Don't worry Jaden, I already asked the proctors to wait for 5 minutes for you, if you can make it within 5 minutes." replied a voice on the other line.
"Wait a minute? You're already there at the Dome?" Jaden panted, as he kept bumping through more clusters of crowds, trying to maintain his speed.
"Bothering you would only make me as late as you were. I've got to go. My exam's coming up next..."replied the voice.
"Alright. Good luck, Nate!" grinned Jaden.
"Thanks..." before the phone hanged up.
Jaden puts his phone in his pocket while running to save time. As a result, he ran headlong to another person walking opposite him. He bounced back, his cards spilling from his Card Case. Scrambling, he hastily picked up his cards, oblivious to the person he bumped into.
"You're a duelist, aren't you?" said the young man, which he bumped into. He looked oddly familiar.
"Yeah. I'm going to try out at the Academy. My friend's already there taking the test now... Oh, I'm sorry I bumped into you." said Jaden, checking if his cards got any dirt on them. "He's a duelist too, you know."
"Heh, you don't say." smiled the young man, before he took out a card from his case.
"Hahahaha...Yeah!" laughed Jaden, but after he packed his deck back in it's case, he glimpsed the young man's face, and his laughter stopped abruptly. "H-hey you're-" he gasped, as if he'd seen a ghost.
"Why don't you take this? Something tells me that it belongs with you..." said the young man, handing out the card to Jaden.
"Ermm...thanks..."said Jaden, speechless that the World-Class Champion is handing him a card and talking to him in person.
"Goodluck." said the young man, before he left.
Jaden was stunned that the card he held now is from the King of Games himself. Shaking out of his stupor, he bowed at the young man frantically, saying "Err...thank you...uhh...I'll make you proud!" until he realized that the young man is gone. He looked at the gift, and saw it was a rare Winged Kuriboh card(300 ATK, 450 DEF). He then opened his case, put the new card into his deck, closed it, then resumed his sprint towards the Kaiba Dome.
Kaiba Dome, the place where the Kaiba Land World Champion Tournament began, and where the World-Class Duelist met up and fight. Now, it is the site for the Entrance Exam for accepting new students at Duel Academy. Right now, half of the applicants are done, and only a handful remains, Nate among them.
A set of duels is taking place. One applicant is a young man with messy light-blue hair, struggling to pass the test with difficulty; his opponent just called out a Leghul monster card(300 ATK, 350 DEF) unto his side of the field. Another applicant is slightly older, has a Vorse Raider monster card(1900 ATK, 1500 DEF) and a face-down card out, while his opponent has Gear Golem, Guardian of the Fortress(200 ATK, 2200 DEF) and a Giant Soldier of Stone(1300 ATK, 2000 DEF) out on his side. The other applicant is Nate, apparently calm even after facing five monsters on his opponent's side of the field, while he has one face-down monster and four face-down cards on his own field. He's wearing a casual suit with royal blue trenchcoat, has blue and gold eyes, with emerald hair. Apparently, his opponent, a Duel Academy proctor, his getting smug by Nate's poor defense.
"So, what will you do in this situation? I have five monsters out, one of them is a Jinzo card(2400 ATK, 1200 DEF) with an equip card on(Amplifier Equip Spell Card: This equip card allows Jinzo to nullify the trap cards only on the opponent's side of the field. If removed from the field, Jinzo is also destroyed.), thus rendering your traps useless in this situation. Do you A: Surrender? B: Beg for Mercy? C: Run home to your Mother?" smirked the proctor, for even though neither of them lost a single Lifepoint, he's still confident about winning this match...until Nate begins to laugh loudly. "What's so funny?" he added, intimidated by his laughter.
"I'm laughing because it's funny. Activating Quick-Play Spell called Mystical Space Typhoon! (Destroys one spell/trap card on the field) And destroy that Amplifier spell card!" gasped Nate, as a face-down card on his field flips up, revealing the Mystical Space Typhoon, and destroying the Amplifier. After that, Jinzo is also destroyed.
"Ngh! So what if you destroyed Jinzo? That doesn't mean you have gotten the advantage here!" snarled the proctor.
"Activating Trap Card: Secret Barrel. You take damage of 200 point X the number of cards both on your field and your hand!" said Nate calmly,as the proctor was hit with 2600 points of damage, leaving only 1400 LP. "That was only the taster of what I'm going to inflict on you, Professor. Don't worry, it's still your turn though." Nate added.
"All four of my monsters will attack you! One will destroy your only monster, while my remaining three shall destroy you!" shouted the proctor, as his four monsters charged towards Nate, who didn't even flinched. One moment later, all four monsters were destroyed, and Nate has an unknown monster out on his field, along with the trap card Phoenix Blast Mirror Force(This card can only be activated when your opponent attacks with three or more monsters in Attack all monsters in the opponent's field). "Ngh! You taunt me to attack you, didn't you?" he roared.
"I didn't taunt you. You did this to yourself. Anyway, meet my new monster: Dark Resonator(1300 ATK, 500 DEF). An Effect Tuner Monster.(Once per turn, this card cannot be destroyed in battle.)
Up at the mezzanine, two students were taking interest in Nate's duel, especially on his Tuner Monster. One is a female student with long blonde hair and light-blue eyes. Another is a male student with medium-lenght dark-blue hair, with matching eyes.
"Looks like that proctor is having difficulty with that applicant." said the female student, looking quite intrigue by Nate's manuever.
"I'm more interested in the use of that Tuner monster he's got on his field..."replied the male student, not showing expression.
"I end my turn with a facedown card" said the proctor, as a card shown up on his field.
"My turn!" said Nate, as he drew a card. "I activate the spell Pot of Greed! Of course you know what that means." Nate drew two more cards. "Next I activate Graceful Charity. I draw three cards and discard two from my hand." He did what he just done. "Now the pieces is in place" he said.
"What pieces? What are you talking about?" said the proctor, nervous.
"I activate the trap card Call of the Haunted.(Special Summons a monster from your own graveyard.) With this I return a monster I just discarded. Rise up, Cyber Dragon(2100 ATK, 1600 DEF)!" As he said that, there was a bright flash, and a large, metallic dragon appeared on his side of the field.
"What are you going to do with those two monsters?" said the proctor.
" I synchronize my Level 5 Cyber Dragon with my Level 3 Dark Resonator!" said Nate, grinning. Soon, winds started to blow inside the Dome, as the Dark Resonator dissolved into three green rings, enveloping the Cyber Dragon, making it look like a blueprint with five stars inside. It was then he started saying something like a chant.
"The stars of life shall prevent disasters, while the gods shall make it eternal."
"What is he doing?" said the young man with the messy hair. Apparently his duel's already over, and he barely passed the exam.
"Looks like he's summoning a monster. But that's impossible unless he's fusing monsters." said the other applicant, who just finished his exam averagely.
"Synchro Summon! Take Flight! Descend from the Heavenly Sky! Stardust Dragon!"
A large, ethereal dragon appeared on his field; the Stardust Dragon(2500 ATK, 2100 DEF. Effect: If your opponent activates a spell/trap/monster effect that destroys one or more card on the field that turn, you can sacrifice this card to negate that effect and destroy that card. If you used this effect, you can Special Summon this card at the End Phase of that turn). "What do you think of my 1st Ace Card?" said Nate.
"A-ace card? This dragon?" said the proctor, as the watching students , professors and applicants watched Nate's exam.
"Perhaps I did not make myself clear... maybe another dragon shall suffice." sighed Nate, as looked at his hand. "I activate Double Summon. With this, I will be able to summon another monster into the field. I summon Junk Synchron(1300 ATK, 300 DEF. Tuner/Effect: If you normal summon this card, you can special summon one lv.2 monster from the graveyard in defense position. That monster's effect is negated.)." another unusual monster that looked like a sky pilot appeared unto his field. "Then I activate Monster Reborn(Special Summons a monster back from the graveyard) to revive back Cyber Dragon." As he said this, the Cyber Dragon returned unto his field again. " I synchronize my Cyber Dragon(Lv.5) with my Junk Synchron(Lv.3)." The Junk Synchron dissolved into three green rings, like the Dark Resonator, and enveloped the Cyber Dragon, once again making it look like a blueprint with five stars.
"The gods bestow upon us the great executioner, in comparison with the one who carried the stars of life. Synchro Summon! Take flight, the Darkness of my Soul! Red Archfiend Dragon!"
Soon, a large dark dragon appeared unto his field right next to the Stardust Dragon; the Red Archfiend Dragon(3000 ATK, 2500 DEF. Effect: If this card attacks a defense-positioned monster, all defense-positioned monsters your opponent controls is destroyed.).
"So, what do you think? Meet my two Ace monsters." Said Nate calmly, as his two dragons leered at the proctor. "Since you don't have any monsters to defend you, well I attack you directly with my Red Archfiend Dragon! GO! Absolute Power Force!" he added, as the great red dragon suddenly readies to breathe fire.
"Hah. That proctor's toast" grinned a student at the seats above. He had spiky-black hair, and is flanked by two more students.
"Hold it! I activate the trap card Mirror Force(Activate when your oppponent declares an attack. Destroy all your opponent's attack-positioned monsters)! This card shall destroy both your dragons!"interrupted the proctor, revealing a trap card.
"I knew you were going to do that, so I activate Stardust Dragon's Special Effect. If I sacrifice it, I can negate the effect of a card that destroys a card on my side."interjected Nate, as the Stardust Dragon vanishes from his field, along with destroying the Mirror Force. "Now, where was I? Oh yes. Red Archfiend Dragon, Direct Attack!" he added, striking the proctor down.
"Ugh! Congratulations. You passed the exam." said the proctor, recovering from his defeat.
Nate bowed to his opponent, then left the field, all those who were watching, except for the young man with dark-blue hair, were speechless. Jaden entered from the east entrance, students then went back to their chats.
"As usual, you're late Jaden." frowned Nate, his arms crossed after he organized his things. "I mean, waking up late on the biggest event to enter Duel Academy? That's low, even for you, being a energetic duelist."
"I know, I know... That's not like me... Anyway, did you pass?" asked Jaden, wiping his forehead of sweat.
"Without difficulty, though I must admit, the proctor who faced me went all out for a few moments, summoning quite a monster bunch" shrugged Nate. One student applicant went near them as he and Jaden went near another student applicant. The former was the young man with messy hair, while the latter is the slightly older-looking applicant with the Vorse Raider.
"You were amazing out there. Summoning seven monsters in a row. Even I couldn't do something like that." said the young man with the messy hair. " My name's Syrus, by the way. Nice to meet you." he added.
"Yeah. My name's Jaden. And this guy's Nate."said Jaden, as they shook hands.
"Say, did you say Nate? As in Nate?" piped up the older looking young man.
"Is there a problem? Is my name famous or something?" asked Nate, bewildered, as Jaden and Syrus looked at him.
"No. It's just that... you have the same name as the Legendary Nate D. Phoenix. The one who saved the world from the Immortal Emperor!"said the applicant.
"I don't know who or what is an Immortal Emperor, but I assure you my name is just a coincidence. I'm not this legendary... Phoenix guy."said Nate,confused. Turning to Jaden, he added "Aren't you supposed to be at the field?" with a frown.
"Oh crap... gotta run!"said Jaden suddenly, readying his duel disk, deck, and running towards the arena center.
"That Jaden... What would he do without me..."sighed Nate, before turning to the two applicants. "As Jaden said, I'm Nate Phoenix. Nice to meet you both."
"Bastion Misawa. A pleasure to meet you." replied the older-looking young man.
"My name's Syrus Truesdale. So uh... Is jaden always like this?" asked Syrus, looking at Jaden, who's standing at the middle of field 4.
"Yeah...Almost everyday I came over to his house just to wake him up. He's a great duelist you know...Never let his opponent win. His only loss that time was from me."said Nate, sitting down beside Bastion. "Although one time, we dueled for eight straight hours." he added.
"E-eight? You overexerted yourselves in one duel?" said Syrus, wide-eye.
"Yup... He's one tough nut to crack." Said Nate.
"Looks like he's going to need to be. Look who he's dueling.." said Bastion, as the three of them saw Jaden's opponent; a proctor what looks like the head teacher of the Academy.
"Well boy, what is your name?"asked the head proctor, looking smug.
"Uhhhm...Jaden. Jaden Yuki." replied Jaden, feeling jumpy, snapped straight.
"Well 'uhm Jaden Yuki', I'm Dr. Vellian Crowler. Department Chair of Techniques here at Duel Academy." said the head proctor, haughty.
"Wow, a Dept. Chair. I had no idea. From how you were dressed, I was thinking more like some weird Academy Mascot, like a Majorette or a Cheerleader." laughed Jaden, oblivious to the fact that Dr. Crowler is furious on his taunts. The students on the stands were whispering now to each other, on Jaden's remark on the proctor. Nate sighed at the stands
"Hey you know, now that he mentions it..." said one of the spiky-haired student's cronies. He has wavy hair and glasses
"That kid's got some lip, huh Chazz." added by another of the spiky-haired student's cronies. He had a large nose and flat face. The spiky-haired kid named Chazz growled.
"Duel Vest activate.."said Dr. Crowler, activating his own disk.
"Whoa... That's pretty sweet teach."awed Jaden, looking at the vest Dr. Crowler had. "How can I get one of those cool, new duel blazers?" he added.
"Oh, just have a lot of hard work and extremely high marks." Said Dr. Crowler,drawing five cards, like Jaden.
"Well, I'm ready."said Jaden, grinning.
"DUEL!"
"My turn, and I summon Elemental Hero Avian(ATK 1000, DEF 1000) in defense mode." said Jaden, as a feathery warrior appeared on his field. "Then I throw down a facedown." He added, as a facedown card appeared along with his Avian. "Alright. Get your game on!" he grinned.
"Yes yes, very good. Don't tell me what to do." thought Dr. Crowler. "After all since I'm using my own personal deck, rather than one of those test ones, I'll be calling all the shots. I'll fail that insolent little brat in no time". He added, smirking. "All right. For this first move, I think I'll start nice and easy. I choose to play the spell card Confiscation(Pay 1000 LP to look at your opponent's hand and discard one of the cards to the graveyard)!" he began, playing a card from his hand.
"A-all right. So what does it do?" asked Jaden, curious.
"What it does is allow me to pay 1000 LP, for a chance to pick at your hand, and toss one of your cards to the graveyard." Said Dr. Crowler, as Jaden's cards in his hand glow, and Dr. Crowler saw the contents of his hand. "Oh yes. I remember these back when I was a naive rookie. Now which one shall I banish?" he smirked. "Monster Reborn to the Graveyard!" as Jaden's card then sent to the graveyard. "I put two cards on the field facedown." As two face downs appeared. "And last, but not least, I play Heavy Storm (Destroys all spells and traps on the field)! This spell card destroys any other spell or trap cards on the field." He declared, as a violent storm enveloped on the field, destroying their face downs: Jaden's Draining Shield (Negates the attack of one opponent's monster and increase your LP by the ATK points of the monster which it's attack is negated), and Dr. Crowler's two Statue of the Wicked (If this facedown card is destroyed by a card effect, special summon a wicked token (ATK 500, DEF 500. Token Monster).
"Whoops, did you forget you had two trap cards yourself?" grinned Jaden, thinking Dr. Crowler made an error.
"Now now, you mustn't speak out of turn, young scholar." Said Dr. Crowler, as the field on his side was covered with a dark fog, like something burning was making a lot of smoke.
"What's happening?" said Jaden, looking around.
"Oh nothing's happening…. Not yet!" said Dr. Crowler, as two monster worms with headdresses appeared on his side. "But that's about to change." He added, sneering. The student applicants went awed, some of them gasped.
"Whoa!"
"Uh, could somebody explain what is going on?" asked Syrus , confused.
"The two trap cards that Dr. Crowler had on the field were called Statue of the Wicked. It's a special trap that creates a vicious token monster when destroyed." Said Bastion, watching.
"That's why he played Heavy Storm. To call those tokens.." said Nate. Syrus looked like he got the point.
"A card that strong couldn't be in one of the test decks…. Crowler must be using his own." said the wavy haired student.
"Then this is over. No applicant can beat the deck of an expert like Dr. Crowler." added the flat-faced student.
"Yeah, it's impossible. Right Chazz?"
"What do you think, Chazz?"
"I think I'm going to enjoy Dr. Crowler mop the floor with our mouthy little friend down there. I'd only wished he treated all the other second-rate duelist who applied at this Academy the same way." smirked Chazz.
"Bullying some amateur with his very best card. How cowardly." said the female student, showing a slight bit of disgust on Dr. Crowler's play.
"You're too soft Alexis. I just hope we get to see that Legendary Rare Monster Crowler had stashed away in that deck of his." replied the male student, w/o showing a bit of contempt on the duel.
"Ready for your next lesson?" asked Dr. Crowler mockingly.
"You bet! I can't remember learning was this much fun!" replied Jaden with enthusiasm.
"Well, I am quite an excellent teacher, thank you." Said Dr. Crowler, taken aback by his response; he was anticipating nervousness, not excitement. "I now sacrifice my two wicked tokens, and summon forth Ancient Gear Golem (ATK 3000, DEF 3000. Effect: When this card attacks, no spell or trap cards can be activated. If this card destroys a defense-positioned monster, if the ATK of this monster is higher than the DEF of the defending monster, the difference gets dealt as battle damage.)!" He roared, as the token monsters were replaced by a huge antique machine that looked like a gladiator.
"There it is. The Legendary Rare card." awed Alexis.
"And now we'll find out what makes it so legendary.." frowned the male student.
"Now, now. I hope you aren't too scared of my Legendary Ancient Gear Golem." said Dr. Crowler, looking smug.
"Ah, now way. I'd always want to take one on!" replied Jaden, even more excited. Dr. Crowler got unnerved even more.
"Whoa!"
"Look at that! Either Jaden's brave or he's nuts!" said Syrus, shocked.
"Well, as he says, the more stronger the opponent he duels, the more reason he wants to go nuts in a duel." Said Nate, yawning.
"Go…..nuts?" said Bastion slowly.
"He would play his opponent, then beat them swift and efficient." Said Nate. "Like how wearing out your enemy, then killing them. That's how Jaden is doing right now. But he's harmless."
"Scary…." Flinched Syrus.
"He's staring down that Legendary Rare monster like he doesn't have a care in the world. I guess that youth and inexperience has their benefits after all." Said the male student, frowning.
"Come on. Give it a rest, Zane. At least the kid's showing some backbone." Sighed Alexis.
"There won't be any backbone after this." Added Zane, shaking his head a bit.
"Golem attack! Mechanized Melee!" roared Dr. Crowler, as the golem destroyed Jaden's Avian, also dealing 2000 LP of damage to Jaden, decreasing his LP by 50%. When he saw that Jaden looked like he was on the verge of losing, he thought that he's going to cry. "Oh, don't feel bad. This is the best school in the country, so the efforts of going in are for….." until Jaden began to laugh hysterical.
"There he goes… Now the show begins." Said Nate..
"That was good! I say let the real games rolling!" grinned Jaden, drawing a card. "First off, I use the spell Silent Doom (Special Summons a monster from your graveyard in defense mode. Cannot change the monster's position by its effect.), and revive my Elemental Hero Avian!" he began, as Avian returned to his field in defense. "Then I summon Elemental Burstinatrix in attack mode!" as a flame-casting female hero appeared beside Avian. "Then I play the spell card from my hand, Heaven's Plea, Hell's Call(Send all cards from hand and sacrifice two monsters, along with half your LP to summon a "Cosmos" or "Chaos" monster. This card cannot be negated by other cards.)." as both Avian and Burstinatrix vanished and replaced by a Goddess-like monster. "Meet Cosmos, my Goddess of Harmony.( 0 ATK, 0 DEF. Effect: This card cannot be destroyed by monsters and card effects, nor take battle and effect damage while this card is out. If summoned by the effect of "Heaven's Plea, Hell's Call", all cards in the graveyard returned back to the deck, draw 6 cards, and restore LP by the number of cards returned from the graveyard x 1000. All Harmony monsters are also immune to being destroyed if this is out. If this monster is special summoned to the field by "Heaven's Plea, Hell's Call", you can also special summon multiple "Harmony" monsters, in the same number as the turns have passed since the duel began.). as he drew 6 cards, and gain 7000 LP. "Now, since this is the third turn had passed, I can automatically summon three harmony monsters this turn. Come out Harmony – Squall Leonhart(1000 ATK, 500 DEF. Effect: You can remove from play one monster from your opponent's field once per turn, at the point that it can't attack with this effect. Cut down the attack points of all your opponent's monster by the number of Harmony monsters out x 500. If an harmony monster destroys a monster, the opponent take damage equal to the DEF of the destroyed monster.), Harmony – Cloud Strife(? ATK, ? DEF. Effect: This card's ATK and DEF are equal to the number of Harmony monsters out and in the graveyard x 300. This card can destroy a monster with more ATK points than this card has, and deal damage equal to the combined ATK of this card and the ATK of the monster it's battling if the ATK of Cloud is lower that the ATK of the opponent's monster.) and Harmony – Tina Branford.(200 ATK, 1500 DEF. Effect: All Harmony monsters cannot be targeted by effects. Every time your opponent dealt effect damage to you, negate that damage and restore LP by the total of the effect damage that was going to dealt damage.)" as three unfamiliar monsters appeared on his side of the field. "Now that I have 4 Harmony monsters out, I can increase Cloud's ATK and DEF into 1200 points. And use the effect of Squall that decreases that Golem's ATK by 2000 points. Cloud Strife shall attack that hunk of metal. OMNISLASH!" roared Jaden, as the monster with a huge buster sword slashed the golem indefinitely, cutting it down to nothing, dealing 200 battle damage to Dr. Crowler, leaving only 2800 LP. "And now, I activate Squall's effect. You take damage equal to the DEF of your golem, which is 3000."
"No way? He was my very best card!" said Dr. Crowler, panicky as his Ancient Gear Golem came crashing down. The Harmony - Squall Leonhart charged towards him, slashing him with the DEF power of his golem.
"Is that guy a monster? He just took out Dr. Crowler like a ragdoll!" said the wavy-haired crone of Chazz
"Ngh? It must've dumb luck! No way Crowler could lose to some flunkie!" said Chazz, furious
"Looks like he could use some calming down…" said Nate, before rushing towards the arena, jumping above the dividers towards Jaden. He then started to talk to Jaden, who looked like an evil ruler of some other empire. Jaden then calms down, returning to normal.
"That kid's got a future here, even if he has that rabid sense of dueling." said Alexis, as Zane just took off.
"Yeah! Way to go, J!" cheered Syrus. "Although I'm a little freaked out by his sudden personality change."
"Nice. Even with that so much skill, I could use a challenge." said Bastion, interested.
"You alright, Jaden?" asked Nate, concerned.
"Yeah… what just happened?"said Jaden, confused.
"You went at it again. Though it's been a long time you have become that again." Said Nate. "Oh, and you're in." he added, without a bit of change in his face.
"All right!" cheered Jaden.
Jaden was about to do a little dance in the field, barely noticing the audience, before a voice from the P.A. system suddenly erupted into the arena, breaking Jaden's balance and crashing at Nate, who sighed.
"All student applicants who passed the entrance examinations, please proceed to the transport buses. For those who have failed, better luck next year. Thank you for your cooperation and good day to all of you."
The students, including Nate, Jaden, Syrus, Bastion, Alexis, Chazz and his cronies, and the other applicants make their way to the buses that marked Duel Academy. The professors make their way on the separate buses as well, after the student's buses left for the airport. As the buses went to the airport, on the professor's bus, Dr. Crowler's phone rang.
"Hello? And who may I ask….?"began Crowler, irritated.
"It's Sheppard." said a voice from the other line.
"Ah, Chancellor Sheppard, how may I be of service?" replied Crowler, changing his irritated voice to a more pleasant tone.
"Just making sure that everything is running smoothly, Crowler. Wouldn't want to repeat of what happened last year…" said from the other line, which Crowler's smile faded completely into an embarrassed look. "Cutting third of our student applicants for some ridiculous reason; what was it, calling you Mr. or Mrs.? Whatever. Just make sure everyone gets a fair shot."
"Absolutely…." He hangs up his phone. "…Fairy-chinned windbag." He added with contempt. 'Doesn't he realize there are enough talentless flunkies at this academy? But he's the boss, so whatever his decision is….fine." he said, sourly.
The student and instructor buses arrived at the airport, where they boarded Duel Academy-marked Helicopters, before they were taken to the Academy itself… Few hours later….
"Ugh…. How much farther to the academy?…" said Nate weakly, looking pale.
"Nate, you look a little under the weather…" said Syrus, concerned.
"Don't mind him. He just can't handle being skyward for some reason." replied Jaden, as Nate suddenly went for the brown bag, and barf it off for the 7th time.
"Knock it off, Jaden… I don't want to be…Ugh!" began Nate, ending with his 8th time at the brown bag.
Soon, they arrived at Duel Academy at noontime, landing at the helipad by the portside. The first one out was Nate, who immediately rushed towards the portside, puking at the water. The other new students lined-up by the port entrance, then walked towards the large building at the middle of the island, Syrus, Bastion, and Jaden left behind for Nate. Alexis waited up for her female friends, as Chazz also waited for his goons to get off from the last helicopter. Moments later, with Nate ready, they set off as well. Soon, they reached the building, and entered the lobby, where most of the new students were gathered. A large monitor emerged from ceiling and showed the face of an old man with a kind expression.
"Good morning and welcome, my students. I'm Chancellor Sheppard, the headmaster here, and you are the best and the brightest young duelists in the world." Said the old man, while Jaden dozed off standing. "Now, get yourselves settle down at your assigned dorms, depending on what you ranked of course." He added, grinning.
Soon, all new students were sorted out; Jaden and Syrus wearing red blazers; Bastion in yellow; Nate, Chazz, and Alexis in Blue. Jaden and Syrus were waiting at the walkway in front of the entrance.
"Sweet. Looks like I'm in the Slifer Red dorm." Said Jaden, checking his own PDA, which was given to him by the student proctors as a standard issue device.
"That's cool, same with me." replied Syrus, looking at his own Duel Academy PDA. Bastion and Nate then just passed by, carrying their stuff.
"Hey guys, you in the red too?" asked Jaden, looking at their two different-colored blazers.
"Now, let's see here, yellow sleeves, yellow buttons… I don't think so." Replied Bastion, in mock curiosity.
"Sorry Jaden. I'm not in the Slifer Red dorm either." Added Nate, already donned his blue trench coat.
"Oh, so maybe that's why Sy and I are in red." Said Jaden, realizing something.
"Please don't tell me that you've just figured that out now…" sighed Bastion, frowning.
"So what! Ever think I'm color-blind?" replied Jaden, in mock annoyance.
"No, I didn't. Are you color-blind?" asked Bastion, w/o changing his expression.
"Nope, but I could've been." Laughed Jaden. "See you at the dorms, guys!"
"Hey Jaden, I think your dorm's way over there…" said Nate, pointing at the direction of the bridge. "Mine's this way." He added, pointing at the opposite direction. "By the way, where's your things? You haven't forgotten them, aren't you?" He frowning slightly.
"Of course not! If I forgot my own things, then I wouldn't wear this blazer now, wouldn't I?" said Jaden, leaving the walkway with Syrus. Nate shrugged it off, then walk towards the Obelisk Blue dorm.
Jaden and Syrus arrived at the red dorm; Syrus feeling dreary at the field in front of the dorm, while Jaden was looking at the Oceanside by the second floor.
"This isn't a dorm. It's like an outhouse with a deck." Said Syrus, getting gloomier.
"Are you kidding me? Check out the view! This place is great!" replied Jaden, awed by the ocean view. They went towards their assigned room at the second floor, opening room number 202. "Alrighty, this here's our room Sy. This will make our sweet pad on our first day here." He grinned moments later, examining the room, which had its windows closed.
"Yeah, it's weird that we met at the entrance exams, and now roommates?" said Syrus, getting carried away. "You think we were connected in some past life? You know, like you were an Egyptian Pharaoh, and I was the Guardian Seto?" he added.
"No offense, but that's just lame." Said Jaden, looking sheepish.
"But it might be true." Added Syrus.
"No way. That's even lamer. I mean, they broke the molds when they made the two of us." grinned Jaden, going towards the closed windows.
"Yeah, for different reasons…" said Syrus, getting even more gloomier.
"Sy, we need to work on your confidence problem, but now, we need to work on this pad!" said Jaden, opening the curtains suddenly.
"HEY! THOSE WERE CLOSED FOR A REASON!" roared a voice suddenly from the top bunk of the stacked beds.
"Oh, sorry." Said Jaden, closing the curtains
"Yeah, we didn't see you there." Added Syrus.
"Well, can you see me now?" replied the voice, which came from a large student that looked like a big koala, lying at the top bunk of the multi-bed. Jaden and Syrus screamed out of their wits. "Would you stop the screaming? Who are you and what are you doing here in my room?" he added, annoyed by their screams.
"Hi. My name's Jaden Yuki." Said Jaden.
"And my name's Syrus." Said Syrus, as the koala guy got down from his bed.
"Yeah. We're your new…roommates?" said Jaden, as the koala guy sighed and went to the window to close it.
"You're new alright, so let me fill you in on how things work here." Said the koala guy, sitting at the lower bunk.
"Like when parent-teacher's conference will be held?"asked Syrus, confused.
"Duh. Like how the color-thing works. That's the most important thing of all." Began the koala guy. "There are three different kinds of students here. The Obelisk Blue students, the Ra Yellow students, and the Slifer Red students. The highest ranked are the blue ones. Some made it through very high marks, others through connections. The yellow one's the second highest. Standard students that have lots one potential resides there. Then, there are us… the red wonders." He stopped suddenly.
"The red wonders. That's a cool name." said Syrus, awed.
"As in 'I wonder how flunkies like us have ever gotten this far?'. Sorry, but were the bottom of the barrel here. Dueling duds. Oh, I'm Chumley, by the way." Interrupted the koala guy, getting back up in his bed and dozed off.
Meanwhile, Nate just reached the Obelisk Blue dormitory, where Dr. Crowler was waiting for the new students.
"Welcome to the Obelisk Blue men's dorm. I am Dr. Vellian Crowler, head of this dorm and vice-chancellor of the academy. You must be Nate D. Phoenix, the applicant who beat one of our proctors w/o a single point of damage." Said Dr. Crowler, gesturing a welcoming presence for Nate.
"And you. You were skilled when you dueled Jaden back at the test site. Normally, I was the one who always forced him to go all out in a space of a few seconds." Replied Nate, who shook his hand. "I'm more interested in your customized Duel Disk. You know, the one you used at your duel with Jaden."
"Thank you. This is a Duel Coat, given to individuals who have exceed expectations on this Academy. Maybe I can bend a few rules to let you have one early." Said Dr. Crowler, opening the doors of the dorm.
"Thank you so much, Dr. Crowler. I really appreciate it." Said Nate, as they stepped inside.
As soon as he unpacked his things in his new room, Nate went outside the dorm to tour the island grounds, carrying a colored folder containing the statistics and map of the Academy Island. Meanwhile, Jaden and Syrus, also unpacked in the room with Chumley, were seen walking at the Academy building front walkway.
"Sy, lighten up." Said Jaden, trying to cheer Syrus up.
"But J, Chumley said we reds are the worst." Gloomed Syrus.
"The new semester hasn't even started yet, how could we be the worst?" explained Jaden. "Where do you think the term 'Red Hot' from? From red, baby!"
"Yeah, you're right…." Said Syrus, suddenly his imagination on overdrive again. "Red is for red hot,….scorching….dangerous….hot! I'm like a furnace, or a really big spicy sausage dip…-" he shouted, not noticing Jaden leaving him, and going inside the building. When he noticed it too late, "-….WAIT! I'm not a dip! Wait up!" he added, rushing towards him, panicky.
"Hey, that's Jaden…. Where are they going.?" Said Nate, emerging from the surrounding forest a few seconds later.
Inside the Academy building, Jaden was striding through the hallways to find something he sensed. Syrus catched up a little moment later.
"There's some kind of duel action going on around here." Said Jaden, going through the hallways.
"Do you have some kind of dueling sixth sense, or something?" asked Syrus, panting along behind him, but Jaden didn't reply at his comment.
"It's in the air Syrus. Can't you just smell it?" said Jaden, going through more hallways.
"It would be if today's pollen count is lower."