(This is mainly an introduction chapter with descriptions of the main characters. Chapter 2 is also just setting of scenes so we don't have to go through that during the story. If this may turn you off then please skip to chapter 3 and that's where the story starts to get going. )

Ekhart climbed up the stairs and onto the deck of the ship, and looked up at the sky with the sun shining down upon the sea making it look like a sea of diamonds and at the center was the biggest diamond of them all. "Duel Academy" Ekhart whispered under his breath.

He had of course passed the examination but could not make it until after all the regular students were transported, and Duel Academy had replied quite nicely saying that there would be other students traveling late too, and that he could join them when the time came to depart.

He put down his green bag and unzipped the first compartment, and looked at the blue uniform that lay upon his duel disk, and his deck. It had not been too hard to get to blue even though it was supposed to be the top of the academy. A few trap cards here and there and the duel had been quickly over. He decided that he should go below and rest before the docked at the academy. As he went down the staircase he arrived in the bar area. The bar area contained the most modern appliances, bar, stools, and of course refreshments. The place was deserted right now, with most of the people either resting or in the main room dueling together. Ekhart's room was further down into the ship just two decks down. The ship was nothing short of a cruise liner and could contain an enormous amount of people, but the only people onboard right now were people who could not arrive at the regular scheduled time. It had probably been packed to the brim with people who were coming at the regular time. He continued across the bar area and entered a hallway to the right, looking down the sparsely light area he fished out his map of the ship from his backpack. Luckily the academy had been nice enough to provide a layout of the ship so they could find their way around. He continued down two sets of stairs and continued down the hall. He noticed that the hallway was getting brighter and according to the map he was approaching the main room. As Ekhart passed the partly opened door he heard someone say "Hey, let's duel!" Ekhart flinched at the sound of the voice, and it looked like the owner of the voice had quite a bit of confidence and it sounded like a little bit of arrogance.

He peeked in through the door and saw a boy with a slight tan, and as he looked the boy turned around and surveyed the person that he had asked. He noticed that he had brown eyes, and he had yellow hair in a crew cut, and his jaw set and looked ready to take on the world, and he also noticed that that he wore yellow pants and a plain grey shirt. Ekhart also took another look around and saw two other points of interest. For one he saw a boy dueling and noticed the expression of a person who thought they could easily predict what his opponent would do and could counter with the ease of a magician. He had on cargo pants and red turtleneck shirt, and his eyes were a deep blue, and his hair was a charcoal black with his hair tied in the back with a ponytail. Finally his eyes settle onto the last point of interest there was a boy sitting down at a chair observing all the dueling around him. The kid had a morbid air around of him not a hint of expression on his face. He was decked out in black pants and black shirt with black armbands on his wrists. His hair was a kind of grey and black causing streaks kind of like a skunk just grey instead of white. He wondered if the hair was dyed or just natural. He ducked out of the room quickly enough so no one would see him and continued down the hall to his room. Ekhart surveyed his room a bed sat in the corner with a nightstand beside it, and there were curtains on the window to block out the sun for people who had trouble sleeping during night, and instead slept during the day. Ekhart tossed his backpack on the floor at the foot of the bed and lay down. As Ekhart slowly drifted off he thought he heard the captain of the loudspeaker saying "This is your captain speaking. We should be arriving at Duel Academy in about five hours." He then fell into the deep slumber of dreams.