Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh GX but I do have a copy paper box full of Duel Monsters cards.
A/N: This is an old fic that I wrote a while ago, re-read, and found it needed MAJOR revising. It takes place right before the Shadow Riders story arc. Read and Review if you feel like it. Just no flames, I don't like being crispy.
It was another beautiful day at Duel Academy, a private school for new and up-coming duelists. The academy was located on a small island that served as the whole school. Dorms, stores, and the main school building, where the only artificial structures on the island, everything was like a large park. A sight that a new resident found extremely relaxing.
Brian walked around the island that was to be his home for the next who knows how long. The greenery was something out of a fiction book; in it's beauty and fullness. Brian was tall for his age, standing just over six feet and having a small build, he was a bit lanky. His wild brown hair was stuffed under a backwards baseball cap that was as red as the jacket he was wearing. Brian's forest green eyes, where hidden behind a pair of red rimmed sunglasses.
"Man. I wish I had found out about this place earlier," he said to himself as he swung his backpack lazily. "I would have loved to have been here during the spring." Unfortunately he was not paying enough attention to his backpack, and it soon flew from his hand and into another person wearing a blue jacket.
"Watch what ya doin' ya punk!" the boy yelled.
Brian blushed in embarrassment and rubbed the back of his head. "I'm sorry, I was just…"
The boy just glared at Brian. "Now you have to pay for what you did."
Brian looked at him strangely. "I don't understand. I accidentally hit you, and I said I was sorry. What more do you want?"
The boy smirked as he held up a deck. "What we're all here to do, DUEL!"
Brian's face showed complete disbelief; while on the inside he was grinning like the Cheshire Cat. Perfect! Now I can try out my new deck. "Okay, I accept. But don't cry when I win," he said as he pulled his duel disk from his recovered backpack.
"Funny, I was gonna say the same thing." The duel disks hummed to life as they stood apart from each other.
"My name's Brian. What's yours?"
"Tony, from Obelisk Blue."
"LET'S DUEL!" They yelled as one.
Jaden, Syrus, and Alexis were on their way to meet up with their other friends when Jaden stopped and looked off to the side.
"What is it Jaden?" asked his best friend, Syrus.
"I thought I just heard someone start a duel," he replied a little excitedly.
"Zane and the others are expecting us soon," Alexis argued slightly. "We have no time to waste."
"But, what if someone is being bullied?" Syrus asked innocently. "There where a few transfer students scheduled to show up today."
"Then let's go and watch the duel and keep an eye out for them," Jaden said with a large grin on his face. He quickly turned and ran off in the direction of the duel. Syrus and Alexis followed close behind. They soon came upon a rare sight: a Slifer Red vs. an Obelisk Blue. Not only that, but a newbie faced off against one of the biggest trouble makers of the dorm.
"This is gonna be good," Jaden commented with an even bigger smile.
[Tony: 4000 Brian: 4000]
"I'll start," said Tony. "I'll summon Warrior of Zera (1600/1600) in attack mode, and lay one card face down to end my turn."
A muscular warrior with a sword appeared out of nowhere and fixed his eyes on Brian, who did not seem all that impressed.
"If that's all you got, then you're gonna lose," he replied casually. He drew and smiled. This duel will be over in less than ten moves. "I summon The Illusory Gentleman (1500/1600) in attack mode. I will also lay a card face down. That's the end of my turn." A human-like monster rose up dressed in red and white, complete with a cane and cape.
Syrus looked worried at the move the new kid made. "He just played a weaker monster with only one face down. Even I know it has to be a trap."
"I think that's the point," replied Alexis. One doesn't get to be an Obalisk Blue without noticing things like that. Syrus did not completely understand, but turned to continue to watch the duel.
"Big talk from someone with a weak monster," Tony taunted. "I summon Mad Lobster (1700/1000) in attack mode. Now my Warrior will attack your Gentleman."
As the swordsman raced in, Brian smirked. "You activated my trap card: Blast with Chain. This card increases my monster's attack points by 500."
"No you don't," Tony shouted back as he reveled his own face down card. "Behold: Mystical Space Typhoon. This spell card allows me to destroy any spell or trap card on the field. So how dose it feel to have your only defense destroyed right in front of you?"
"Thank you," was all Brian said.
Everyone blinked. Why would someone thank their opponent for destroying their card?
Brian decided to answer their question. "The trap card has another ability. When it is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, after being activated, I get to destroy one card on my opponent's side of the field. And I choose your attacking monster." Warrior of Zera shattered right before it reached Brian's monster. "Anything else?"
"Now that all your trap cards are gone, my Mad Lobster is free to attack." The giant crustation ran in and proceeded to crush Brian's monster. "Scared yet?" he taunted.
[Tony: 4000 Brian: 3800]
Brian just smiled.
"Fine! Then I'll lay a new card face down and end my turn." Tony continued to glare at his opponent.
Brian drew and his smile did not falter in the least. "Now I summon Spirit Ryu (1000/1000) in attack mode." A serpent like dragon appeared as he played another card. "I also play Stamping Destruction. When I have a dragon monster on my side of the field, I can destroy one spell or trap card on your side and deal 500 points of damage."
Tony was shocked as his face down card vanished.
[Tony: 3500 Brian: 3800]
"Now my Spirit Ryu attacks your Mad Lobster."
Syrus was now very worried. "He'll lose 700 life points and be defenseless. What is he thinking?"
"Before the attack connects, I activate Spirit Ryu's special ability," Brian cried. "By discarding one dragon type monster from my hand, I can increase his attack and defense points by 1000. And I discard Mirage Dragon."
"That makes it a monster with 2000 attack points," Jaden commented.
"Yes Jaden, we can all do the math," Alexis said dryly. They watched as the small dragon made quick work of the aqua creature.
[Tony: 3200 Brian: 3800]
"Now, before I end my turn, I will summon another monster," said Brian confidently.
"How?" cried Tony. "You already normal summoned your dragon, you can't!"
"I can and will. By removing one light and one dark attribute monster from my graveyard from play, I can special summon Chaos Sorcerer (2300/2000)."
Everyone's eyes grew at the sight of such a rare card. The only thought on their minds was how someone like him got a hold of a card like that.
"Now I can't attack you this turn but wait until my next one." Brian smiled as he looked at his opponent start to sweat.
"My draw," Tony began then smirked when he saw what card he drew. "First I play the spell card Dark Hole. This little card destroys all monsters on the field." Tony started to chuckle as Brian's monsters vanished. "Now, I summon Darkfire Soldier #1(1700/1150) in attack mode. Next I play the equip spell card Searing Spear. This card increases my monster's attack by 600. Now I'll use all 2300 point to attack you!"
[Tony: 3200 Brian: 1500]
Brian just grunted as the attack connected and Tony sneered. "You ready to call it quits now loser?"
Brian just shrugged as he drew his next card. "I'll play Pot Of Greed. This let's me get two more cards. Next, I play A Feather of the Phoenix. By discarding one card, I can move a monster from my graveyard to the top of my deck. Finally, I play Monster Reborn and bring Darkblaze Dragon (1200/1000) from the graveyard to the field." A large black and orange four-winged dragon appeared and seemed to smile at Brian.
Tony started laughing. "You summoned a level seven monster with those stats. You really are a loser."
Brian smiled. "You know what they say about books, right? The same can be said about monsters. Darkblaze has a couple of special abilities: First, when he is summoned from the graveyard, his states double. That makes him stronger than your monster. Now attack!" The dragon rose into the air then dove in and crushed Tony's Pyro monster.
[Tony: 3100 Brian: 1500]
"Now my dragon's 2nd effect activates," continued Brian. "When he destroys a monster and sends it to the graveyard, you take damage equal to the monster's attack points."
[Tony: 800 Brian: 1500]
"Wow!" cried Jaden. "That's just like my Flamed Wingman. Man, I want to try and duel him now."
Brian gave a victorious smile. "Now to end this. I play my last card Ookazi. This card deals 800 points of damage. Just enough to finish you off."
Tony gasped as flames engulfed his body and realization occurred. He just lost to a Slifer Red, the weakest dorm. This was not supposed to happen! He thought as he fell to his knees.
[Tony: 0 Brian: 1500]
"You lose," Brian stated simply.
"No fair. You cheated!" cried his opponent.
"I thought you weren't gonna cry when I beat ya," Brian replied innocently.
Tony got up and dusted himself off. He turned to Brian with a look that promised pain if they should cross paths again. "This isn't over. I'll have my revenge, so you better watch out." With that said he turned and left.
Brian sighed sadly. "Man, first day here and I already have a rival. I was hoping to become friends, but…" he sighed again. "Oh well, nothing new." He put his deck away and was about to explore the island some more, when saw a face right in front of his. "Gaaaah!" he yelled as he fell down.
"That was an awesome duel, man!" said the face.
"Jaden, you need to respect peoples personal space," commented a small boy by the first person's side. "You gave him a scare."
"Sorry Sy," replied Jaden. "But it was a great duel and I couldn't wait to congratulate him." He laughed a little to ease the tension.
Brian blinked as the two boys both wore the same color jacket as he did. "You both like red, too?" They looked at him strangely.
"It's the color of our dorm," said Syrus. "Don't you know?"
Brian stood up and shook his head. "I just got here a couple of hours ago. When I arrived someone asked me which color jacket I wanted, and I chose red. It's my favorite color."
"I think the person was referring to which dorm you were stationed in," came a female voice. "Obelisks ware blue, Ra members ware yellow, and the Slifer dorm is red."
Brian turned to see an attractive young lady behind him. Whoa! She's cute. Maybe she doesn't have a boyfriend yet. "What do you mean by dorms?" he asked to keep from getting nervous.
"You're in Duel Academy and you don't know how it's run?" the girl replied while raising an eyebrow. "You sure you didn't get here by mistake?"
"Cut it out Alexis," said Jaden. "I still don't get how the entire system is run, and I've been here a while."
Alexis shook her head. "Fine, I guess I'll explain it to you on the way."
Brian looked at her confused. "The way to where?"
"Why our other friends of course," said Jaden with a smile. "I'm sure they'd like to meetcha."
Brian returned the smile. "Thanks, I really appreciate this. Oh! Where are my manners? My name's Brian."
"I'm Jaden Yuki."
"Syrus Truesdale," said the small boy with glasses.
"My name is Alexis Rhodes."
"Alexis huh? Pretty name for an equally pretty girl," Brian commented. Said girl had a faint pink to her cheeks after hearing the complement.
Behind them, Jaden's eyes narrowed a little.
"They're late," commented a young man dressed in the Obelisk attire.
"Agreed," said one of his companions. He was dressed in yellow marking him of the Ra dorm. "Jaden I can understand, but not Syrus and Alexis."
"Maybe they stopped to get some food, Bastion," supplied the third member of the group. He was in a large red vest meaning he was a Slifer.
"Chumley, you need to stop thinking with your stomach," laughed Bastion. "Most likely Jaden got side-tracked by a duel of one kind or another."
"Am I really that predictable, Bastion?" asked a voice. The three boys turned to the source of the comment and saw their three friends and a new person.
"H-hello," said the new guy.
"Who's he?" asked Zane. However before introductions could be made, three angry Obelisk Blues stormed onto the sceen.
"Which one of you defeated Tony?" demanded the leader.
Brian blinked at the hostility in his voice, but raised his hand never less. "Um, I think I'm the one you're looking for."
The boy all but ran up to him and shoved a challenge letter into Brian's hand. "In half an hour you better be at the main duel arena, or you forfeit." With that said, the boy and his henchmen walked off.
"Anyone know what that was about?" asked Brian.
End Chapter 1
A/N: I hop this re-write sounds better than the original. If I get enough support I just might continue this. Also, I don't want people saying certain cards where/where not available during YGO GX. It's been years, so give it a rest. But I'm not going to include syncro or XYZ summons.