{{ All credits go to Kazuki Takahashi for the characters. I meerly created my OC. Special thanks to Clare Melvin to agreeing to post this as she is my roleplay partner as Jaden and various others. Reviews are appreciated, thanks!}}
Calypso gazed across the halls of Duel Academy with vague interest. Newly open and ready to teach the youth of today about everything to do with Duel Monsters. So of course to test out her brothers' new academy, she had to be placed in it. She sighed; this was going to be a long semester. But it was with something she loved doing so she didn't mind too much.
Nobody needed to know that she was Setos' younger sister. To make it seem convincing that she wasn't, she had changed her last name for the semester to Takashi. Rumour had gone around that she may be attending the school and didn't want to be too left out just because her brother literally controlled the school.
It was orientation day and Calypso made her way over to a desk where she had placed her bag down on and pulled out a book, pushing all her long, brown hair to the side. She wondered whether she would have to stay for the full year or not. She wasn't even sure that she wanted to.
Suddenly a boy, who went by the name of Jaden, ran into the room, bursting the door open. He gasped for air, panting as he placed his hands on his knees. After he caught his breath, Jaden gently looked over to his watch before breaking out into a grin.
"I'm not late!" He laughed, standing up straight. "First time in my life…" He briefly commented, rubbing the back of his head. Jaden was always one for being late, but he tried his best to make orientation day an exception. He too was new to the academy, having his parents send him to the school due to his passion for duelling. He was never one to study, but he had stayed up to perfect his deck for the entrance exams. He had only just made it to this stage, with his written test barely passing.
Jaden sighed in relief before realizing that Calypso was looking at him with an odd expression. "Oh uhm… Sorry about that." He laughed, playing his rude entrance off as if it were nothing. "I slept in so I thought I would be late. Just made it though!" He chuckled.
Calypso had been happily reading her book, getting deeply into it before her concentration was muffled by the doors bursting open and a loud boy bounced into the room with a goofy grin on his face. She raised an eyebrow, now that's not what you expect to see at school.
When he looked at her and apologized, she couldn't help but chuckle softly. "That's fine. I've never seen anyone so excited about coming to school before~" she stated and slowly watched as other people slowly walked into the room calmly.
"Excited for school? As if." Jaden scoffed, folding his arms. "I just really don't need to get a detention before I even start attending the school." He laughed, moving towards her.
"So how did you find the written exam?" she asked, putting her book mark into her book and placing down. Well it shouldn't hurt to try and talk to her new colleagues while she could.
Jaden put his bag down on the ground and sat on the desk, his right foot resting on one of the chairs as he gently swung his left leg back and forth. "I'm not much of a studier." Jaden admitted with a cheeky smile. "But I passed... barely." He shrugged. "However, I'm going to ace the entrance exams. It's just a duel, and even if I don't pass, which I find very unlikely," He whispered with a roll of his eyes, "I'll still have a fun duel, and that's what matters."
"You shouldn't pass up studying. Sometimes, it could save you from just 'barely passing~" Calypso chuckled a little bit before listening to the rest of what he had to say. The entrance duel. The thing that everyone else in the room was waiting for before the school officially opened its doors to its students. She was feeling particularly confident for the duel. Well it ran in her blood practically. Besides, one of her friends had slipped a favourable card of theirs into her deck as a gift and she was excited to see what it was.
Jaden laughed at her words before running his hand through his spiky brown hair. "Oh but studying is so much effort." He winked before putting his bag on the desk.
"Do you have anybody you know here who is also attending the Academy?" she asked lightly, intrigued by the opposing brunette. As for her question, Jaden shook his head at her question. "Nah. The only one I know is me, oh and you of course!"
"Oh! By the way, I'm Calypso. Who are you?" She smiled softly at the brunette.
He grinned before sticking his hand out for a handshake. "I'm Jaden Yuki - the next King of Games!" He proclaimed, giving her a friendly smile. She took his hand and giggled slightly, shaking it lightly. "Well Jaden Yuki, I hope you succeed in becoming the next King of Games because I know the current King of Games and I don't know if he'll be too happy to have someone want to take his title~" she chuckled lightly
Jaden chuckled before pulling out his deck. "Funny thing is, I actually bumped into Yugi on the way here." He pulled out a card from his deck, showing her the Winged Kuriboh card. "He gave me this and said he felt like it belonged with me." He stared at the card for a moment longer before putting his deck away once more. "Pretty cool, huh?"
"Kuriboh may not look like much but when put in the right circumstances can be a great asset." she nodded and smiled. She was glad she had such an awesome friend like Yugi. To give someone their card without even knowing them, that was cool. "Do you know when these duels are supposed to start?" I'm hoping they'll go quick because I want to know what the rooms and stuff look like. I heard the guy who created this put some real effort into this."
Jaden put his other foot up on the chair, giving his casual grin. "I heard his name was... Kaiba..? Something?" He blushed lightly at his stuttering. "Sorry, I'm not the best with history. I'm just glad he started the academy just in time for us to transfer in."
"Seto Kaiba~" she blurted a little faster than she would have liked. "I did a lot of study~" she reassured with a smile. "And yeah, I have to agree on that, apparently he's wanted to do something like this for a long time."
Jaden raised his eyebrows at her quick talk, but shrugged it off. It didn't really bother him. "Well it looks like I've found my study partner." He teased before standing up. "But yeah that Kaiba guy does sound pretty cool. It would be so sweet to meet him. I wish I could duel him one day. Who knows?" He shrugged.
"Although I heard his sister might be coming to the academy. It would be pretty cool to meet her, but I feel like she would have enough pressure as it is with everyone's expectations. It must suck." He sighed with a shake of his head. He had never met Seto's sister, but he did feel bad for her. Of course he never had any siblings, but one of his old friends use to complain about the pressure of being the younger sibling. It was unfortunate, but Jaden couldn't help but feel thankful for that he could never be in that situation.
'He's not that great, trust me..' Calypso mentally noted to herself but smiled and nodded anyway. It felt wrong in her books to lie to people, even if she didn't know them, it still felt wrong. It didn't bother her about the expectations that people had of her but the negativity she would receive because of 'special treatment'. It just wasn't worth it in her eyes. Having an alias made her feel safe.
"Well, who knows? We don't for sure whether it's true or not." Suddenly a loud bell rang and everyone quietened down. Calypso gazed about, looking around at all the other people that would be duellists as well. You couldn't help but feel a tad competitive in this atmosphere. "Students, please stand and wait for your name to be called out, followed by a number to proceed to the entrance duel."
Jaden was already told off by one of the teachers for sitting on the desk. Embarrassed, he quickly sat down on the chair beside Calypso. After that scenario, everyone went up and grabbed their numbers.
Jaden was one of the last people to get their numbers, as his last name was Yuki. When he finally got his number, he joined Calypso in the duel area, sitting down as the entrance exams begun.
"Ahh.. I'm one of the last people to go... I can't stand waiting for so long." He sighed, getting comfortable in his seat - he was going to be there for a while after all.
Calypso was not quite at the end but nowhere near the middle as she grabbed her number, her fake last name being Takashi. She gazed at her number and sat beside Jaden as they waited patiently. Both were going to be waiting a fair while for their turn.
"So, how did you find out about the duelling academy?" she asked lightly, eager to make conversation with her new found friend. It wasn't every day that you got to make friends, at least on her books. This was something that was still slightly new for her. "And please tell me that we'll get food while we wait..."
Jaden kicked his feet up, folding his arms behind his head as he continued to wait, watching one of the duellists. "My parents found out about it." He explained, briefly looking over at her with a grin. "They said they had to put my passionate duelling into something otherwise I would drive them insane." He chuckled softly. "And I so hope we get food, because I'm starving! I forgot to eat breakfast because I was running late." He admitted as his stomach grumbled.
The boy gazed over at his new friend, happy to continue their conversation. "What about you Calypso? Any specific reason you came here?"
"Can I tell you a secret?" she asked, looking around at all the other students and duellists here. "I've never been to school before, I kinda want to go the academy so that way people won't look at me like a freak when I hand in my resume and see that I've never been to a school before." she chuckled a little and crossed her legs over lightly. Her stomach growled lightly. She didn't eat much so when she was hungry, she meant it. Luckily for the both of them, some people had gotten tables ready and were serving food and drinks as they spoke.
Jaden smiled and nodded, listening to her reasons. "Ahh." He nodded as he got up and grabbed a plate of food for the both of them. He handed the plate to Calypso, quickly taking a bite out of the food.
"Mmngh this is such good food!" He grinned before returning back to her reason before. "Oh and but the way, I don't think you're a freak at all." He smiled, going back to eating his food.
Calypso smiled and thanked him kindly as he gave her the plate of food and started to munch on it happily~ She gazed over him and when he stated that she wasn't a freak, she smiled a little.
She sat back with her plate only half finished. Maybe she wasn't as hungry as she thought. "Do you want the rest Jaden?" She asked lightly, setting the plate to the side in case he wanted.
"Sure thing!" Jaden happily finished off his meal as well as her. Once he finished, he pet his stomach. He was finally full. It wasn't till shortly afterwards did he realise how much of a pig he was being by eating so much. He lightly blushed embarrassed. "Sorry... I don't have the best table manners." He laughed gently.
He gazed down at the other duellists who were doing their entrance exams. He pointed out a few kids who he thought were pretty good. He looked up at the board that had the numbers of the duellists on it. He let out a groan. "This is going so slow..."
Calypso just laughed at him, watching him blush in embarrassment was pretty cute for someone who seemed to be pretty out going and bold. She looked about at all the different duellists that were making their way off and on the arena's some facing great victories, others a crushing defeat.
"Hey Jaden, what do you think about that guy?" she pointed to the one who was just about to start duelling. He wore a long black trench coat and had almost pitch black hair that fell across his face. She squinted to see the name on the screen. "Princeton, Chazz."
Jaden sat up, paying attention to the kid. The more he watched the duel, the more he remembered Chazz. Chazz was a famous duellist around previous schools after all. "Hmm... I've heard about Chazz before. He's really good." He then shrugged. "Not the best attitude though. Apparently he's a bit of a bully to other students." He leaned back, taking a look through his deck.
"I just hope those are just rumours. It would be a shame if a good duellist would turn out to be an awful person." He shook his head. "I try to see the best in everyone, though."
Calypso had heard that last name before. She rummaged through her brain trying to think when it suddenly hit her. Chazz had an older brother named Jagger. The only reason why she knew this was because she had to fill in for Seto a couple of times for meetings, and he happened to be there.
"Sometimes rumours are true. He looks like somebody that would bully others, possibly because he thinks he's better~" she stated sadly but watched as the young duellist really did live up to his potential and after a couple of rounds, won his duel.
Jaden looked over at chance and glared slightly. "I would love to prove him wrong." He whispered. Noticing how serious he was getting, he then added a joke to lighten up the mood.
After a bit longer of talking, it finally reached Calypso's turn for the exams. Jaden gave her a wink. "Don't worry - I'm sure you'll be fine!"
She raised an eyebrow to how serious he was when spoke and then raised it even further when he tried to cover it up. Was he one of those people that covered up their seriousness for others? She couldn't judge if he was, she was the same.
Calypso heard her number be called and blushed lightly in eagerness, grabbing her deck that was in its own pouch and smiling. "I hope so!" she grinned before walking over to where she would be facing her opponent.
Jaden gave the girl a thumbs up, hoping for the best that she would be okay. As she moved to the area, Jaden couldn't help but sigh at his seriousness. He was one to hide that side to him, only wanting show his happy and cheeky side. He wasn't very open about his past or his serious side. He never wanted to be a killjoy for it. Instead, he tried to look at the brighter side of things.
As he watched the duel, he hoped that his new friend would make it through. He didn't want to lose someone he had really started to like.
Calypso kept her confidence up the entire way, watching her opponent with interest. Major blows had been thrown at each other and near the end; Both were sitting on 500 life points. Calypso smirked though; she knew she was only going easy. On the holograms, there was a Cyber Blader and the magic card Assault armour, whilst Calypso had only a face down card. "Now Cyber Blader, destroy that face down card!" Calypso's eyes widened as she watched her card grunt and disappear. "Ready to lose girl?" the opponent sneered and Calypso grinned. "Not yet, you triggered my monsters ability. Swordsman of the foreign lands ability destroys the card that destroyed it! So now I summon Kaminarikozou, wipe out his life points!" and with that, Calypso had won the duel. She grinned, maybe joining the academy wouldn't be too bad~
Jaden gave a whistle to her, waving as she passed her exam. When she joined him, the boy high-fived her. "Wow! That was incredible!" He grinned.
The girl had serious duelling talents. Jaden was really impressed by it. "You'll have to duel me sometime." He winked. "I could use the competition. Seriously though, where did you learn to duel like that?"
When Calypso saw Jaden whistling at her and waving, she grinned and blushed a tad, running over and giving him a high-five. "I passed!" she grinned and jumped a bit.
She chuckled at the males statement about duelling her, "Maybe one day~" she chuckled before thinking and shrugging. "It's just a talent I guess. It first started out as a game to play when I was bored, and then people said I was good so I entered and won a few tournaments and yeah, just built myself a strong deck." she smiled happily. At least she was saying the truth.
Jaden chuckled softly. "Oh I'm sorry, just winning a FEW tournaments~" He teased before stretching his legs. "In all seriousness though, that looked like a fun duel! Can't wait for mine now."
It was another hour before Jaden could go, and he was the last one. "Finally!" He sighed of relief when his name was called. "This is gonna be sweet." The confident boy pulled out his deck and duel disk before grinning at his friend. "Okay! Time to finally get in!"
"Good luck, I better see a victory under your name, Jaden~" she teased at him, noting on how excited he was to finally be up.
She found a small bowl of chips and pulled them over to her, finding herself a small appetite again. She was going to enjoy watching his duel.
Jaden gave her a wink as he headed down to the duelling area. Jaden was up against one of the strictest teachers in the school. The teacher showed him no mercy, as Jaden had to defend himself.
"Face it, for next turn you're over. There is nothing in your deck that can defend you from my strongest monster." The professed smirked, clearly happy to finish the duel. Jaden gave a laugh much to the professor's displeasure.
"It looks like I'm going to have to teach you a few things, Professor!" The boy smirked as he drew a card. "I activate polymerisation, and I will fuse my Elemental Hero Featherman with Elemental Hero Burst Lady to create the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" Jaden grinned, summoning one of his favourite monsters.
The professor just raised an eyebrow. "Is that all? My monster has 3000 attack points, where as yours only has 2100. That's not tough at all."
"However Professor," Jaden pointed out, "every hero needs their battlefield! So I play the field spell Skyscraper!" Jaden placed the card onto his duel disk as the whole area turned into a city at midnight. "Now when this card is activated, any Elemental Hero that attacks a monster with higher attack points, that Elemental Hero gains 1000 attack points!" Jaden explained as his Flame Wingman's attack points rose to 3100. "Attack with skydive scorcher!" Flame Wingman bursted into flames, attacking the professor's monster, giving him 100 points of damage.
The teacher growled. "It doesn't matter! I still have a thousand attack points!" However Jaden just shook his teacher.
"Tsk tsk tsk, teach. I would expect you to know Elemental Hero Flame Wingman's special ability. When he destroys a monster in battle, you take damage equal to attack points of the monster that I just destroyed!"
"W-What?!" The teacher yelled as Jaden's Flame Wingman attacked him directly, sending his life points straight to zero.
"That's game!" Jaden grinned, doing a fist pump as he won the duel.
"Yes!" Calypso grinned and fist pumped the air as well, knocking over the bowl of chips from her lap to the floor, receiving some weird looks from other people but she didn't care. As she watched him walk away, she hugged him tightly and chuckled. "That was awesome! And since when did you have the Elemental heroes?" she chuckled lightly.
"Maybe I do have to duel you one day, you're awesome!" she chuckled and smiled. "Looks like we're both accepted into the academy!"
Jaden laughed as he hugged her back tightly. After the hug, he gave her a thumbs up with a wink. "Was there really any doubt? Come on, let's get our uniforms."