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This fanfiction has been rated E for Everyone.
It was another sunny day at Duel Academy. A calm breeze blew in the air, the ocean water crashed into the rocky shores, and a student was relaxing under the shade of his favorite spot outlooking the ocean.
The boy stretched as he woke up from a nap, yawning and saying, "Ah, what a nice day today. Kinda boring, though. Nothing interesting has happened today." He wore a red blazer, with red shoes and white pants. His hair was dark brown with light brown streaks through it.
"Jaden! Jaden!" A voice could be heard in the distance.
"Hm? Is that Syrus?" The boy stood up and looked down the hill.
Sure enough, another boy, wearing the same red blazer and shoes, but with light blue hair and glasses, was running up the hill.
"Jaden! There's a problem! Come quick!" The boy panted heavily and sat on the ground in fatigue as he reached his friend.
"What is it Syrus? What's wrong?" Jaden walked over to Syrus and helped him up.
"T-there's a guy, down by the docks. I saw him floating in the ocean!" Syrus exclaimed, panting during his sentence.
"What! We gotta help him!" Jaden ran off towards the dock, leaving Syrus behind.
Syrus got up and started chasing after Jaden, saying tiredly, "Jaden, wait up! Don't leave without me!"
Down at the docks, Jaden was looking around for the boy Syrus talked about. He finally noticed him, trapped between some rocks a short distance from the docks.
Syrus finally caught up to Jaden, and sat down again with fatigue. "Hey, Jay, how are we supposed to get him?" Syrus managed to say.
"Simple." Jaden jumped into the water without saying any more. When he resurfaced, he said to Syrus, "Just wait there. You can't swim, so help me get him out of the water when it's time.
"Alright," Syrus said nervously, "but be careful."
"No prob, Sy." Jaden said confidently as he swam out to save the boy.
Back on shore, Jaden and Syrus both stood over the boy. He was completely soaked, his shoulder-length black hair plastered against his skin. His glasses were slightly cracked on the right lense, and his clothes, a simple red t-shirt and blue jeans, were tattered and torn in several places.
Jaden pointed at the academy building, saying to Syrus, "I'll try to wake him up, while you go get some help, okay?"
Syrus nodded, replying, "Got it. Make sure he hasn't swallowed any sea water. Try some CPR or something." Syrus ran towards campus leaving Jaden on the dock.
Jaden scratched his head while he thought to himself. But... I don't know how to do CPR. Aw, man, I hope he's a light sleeper.
Jaden knelt down besides the boy and tried to wake him up. He tried various tactics, from yelling, to slapping, to tickling, but nothing seemed to work.
Finally Jaden just sat down in exasperation. "Jeez, this guy just won't wake up. I guess I better get a move on with this him to campus." Jaden picked up the boy and carried him on his back, almost dropping him on several occasions. Man, wet people are heavy.
In the school infirmary, the boy was dried off and placed in a sick bed while a doctor checked him out. A bald man with a beard and wearing a dark red jacket was standing next to the doctor, but then walked away over to where Jaden and Syrus were waiting.
Syrus got up from his seat and said nervously to the man, "Chancellor Sheppard, is he going to be okay?"
Sheppard put his hand on Jaden and Syrus' shoulders. "It's okay. The doctor says nothing wrong with him. A few scrapes and bruises, but nothing major." He removed his hands from the boys' shoulders and crossed his arms. "But we don't have any idea who this boy is. I've searched through the school database, and found nothing. He's not one of ours."
A few hours later, the boy finally awoke.
He sat up in his bed and looked around the infirmary, though his glasses were on the tray next to him. Why is everything so blurry? The boy thought to himself. He reached up and touched his face, feeling for his glasses. Realizing they weren't there, he reached around the dark room to try and find them. During, he fell off his bed and knocked over the stand, making a ruckus.
The doctor still in the infirmary dashed in and turned on the lights in the room. When he saw the boy awake on the floor, he exclaimed to no one in particular, "Oh, he's awake!" He helped the boy up and back onto the bed, passing him his fallen glasses.
The boy blinked a couple of times to get his eyes adjusted to the light and looked around the room with renewed clarity. "W-where am I?" He looked down at himself, wearing some dry clothes, a red blazer in place of his normal t-shirt. "And wh-what happened to my clothes?" The boy looked at the doctor timidly.
The doctor replied kindly to the boy as he picked up the fallen tray and its contents, "You're in the infirmary, here at Duel Academy. We found you floating in the ocean, and you've been asleep for half the day." The doctor finished cleaning and looked at the boy. "As for your clothes, the only thing we had laying around that was your size was a Slifer Red uniform."
"The-the ocean?" the boy exclaimed. He then looked down at the floor and spoke quietly to himself, "H-how did I end up in the ocean. And where am I? Some academy place? A-and..."
The boy stayed quiet for awhile, then thought to himself, W-who am I? I don't remember anything.
The doctor finally spoke up again. "Now that you're awake, I need to ask you some questions. What's your name, and how did you get here?"
The boy looked up at the doctor and merely replied, "I don't know. I-I can't remember anything..."
"Oh, my. I'd better get you over to Chancellor Sheppard right away."
"I'll leave him to you, Chancellor." the doctor said as he left Sheppard's office.
Sheppard sat in a large chair behind his desk A thinner man stood next to him, his long blonde hair back in a pony tail, wearing a blue blazer with pink frills.
"So," Sheppard said to the boy, "you say you can't remember anything. The doctor says it's merely a bit of amnesia. Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah, I'm fine. But where am I? The doctor said this place was s-some academy...?" The boy shuffled his feet nervously.
Sheppard swivelled his chair to look out the large window at the back of his office and said proudly, "Yes, you have arrived here, at Duel Academy. Here we train bright young children, much like you, in the ways of Duel Monsters."
"Duel Monsters! Like, the card game?" the boy's nervousness all gone, only enthusiasm could be heard in his voice.
Sheppard turned around in surprise. "Yes. Are you aware of it?"
"Oh, um... Well..." the boy said, the nervousness having returned, "I-it's the only thing I can remember now that you mention it, so... yeah, I guess."
"Hm. That changes things then. I have a proposal." Sheppard stood up out of his chair. "You don't know who you are, and neither do we. With you amnesia, I doubt you can remember your parents either?"
"N-no. No sir." The boy sighed.
"Well, then the only solution I can think of, at least until you regain your memory, is to let you stay here as a student for the time being."
"What? Preposterous!" The man behind Sheppard finally spoke up. "This boy has only just washed up on our shores, and you think he should be allowed to stay? He hasn't even been tested in any way. We don't know if he's capable of becoming a student here." The man crossed his arms with a huff.
"Yes, yes, Dr. Crowler, I am aware of that." Sheppard turned toward Crowler. "Which is why I believe you are the best one to test him. That is why I brought you here to meet this boy."
"What? Me?" Crowler was about to object, but then an idea formulated inside his head and a sly smile crept across his face. "Why, I believe you're right. Don't worry, Chancellor, I'll take care of it... personally." Crowler walked out of the room with the smile still intact.
"Now then, it's time we took you to get some cards." Sheppard led the boy out of the room.
"Ms. Dorothy, this boy here has just arrived, and he is in need of some cards." Sheppard and the boy stood in the card shop of Duel Academy, where across the counter a woman in a peach shirt and suspenders attached to her blue apron. Her brown hair was braided back in a ponytail, and her kind eyes rested behind a pair of glasses.
Ms. Dorothy was happy to oblige. "Why, a new student in the middle of the semester? What did he do, swim here?" Ms. Dorothy laughed at her unknowingly true joke as she reached under the counter for some card packs.
Sheppard and the boy glanced at each other as the awkward silence passed by.
Ms. Dorothy came up from behind the counter with 10 card packs. "These should be enough for now. We haven't had any new students since the beginning of the semester, and I'm feeling generous."
"Thanks, Ms. Dorothy. You're very kind." The boy grew quiet as he opened the first pack of cards. He picked out a few and held them in his hand to look.
Ah, finally!
The boy looked around the room after hearing the voice. "Did you... Did you say something, Ch-Chancellor Sheppard?" The boy looked around confused.
"No, I didn't say a thing. Are you alright? Not hearing things, I hope." Sheppard looked worryingly at the boy.
"Um... N-no, I-I'm okay." The boy stuttered nervously. He looked down at the cards in his hand, and was amazed with what he had received.
In his hand lay three Raging Flame Sprite monster cards in front of all the others.
Wow. This is cool. The boy thought to himself as he looked through the rest of the card packs. "Thanks again, Ms. Dorothy, this will help a lot!" The boy smiled at Ms. Dorothy.
"No problem. I can't wait to see you use them. I'm sure you'll do fine here. Run along now, it's getting late." Ms. Dorothy's gaze turned towards Sheppard. "You, too, Chancellor. You can't overwork yourself."
"Yes, good night Ms. Dorothy. Come on, let's show you to where you'll be staying for the time being."
"Hey, my name's Jaden. Jaden Yuki! Nice to meetcha!" Jaden went to shake hands with the boy. "You're staying with us for now, so I think we should introduce ourselves.
The boy nervously shook Jaden's hand. "Um... Hi. You-you're the one who f-fished me out of the ocean, right?"
"Yup, that's me. Maybe next time you should pick a better spot for a swim. Hahaha!" Jaden climbed to the top bunk and shook a large lump that was in the bed. "Hey, Chumley, wake up! We got a new roommate!"
All that could be heard was snoring.
"Well, you can meet him later, I guess. Well, this is Syrus." Jaden stood behind the blue-haired kid with glasses from earlier.
"Nice to meet you." Syrus then got a questioning look on his face. "Um, what did you say your name was again?"
The boy stood in awkward silence for a second. "Um... Well... The doctor says I have am-amnesia, and I can't remember anything, so I don't really know my name. S-sorry..."
"What? You don't have a name!" Jaden walked up and clapped the boy on the shoulder. "Well, looks like we just gotta give you one!" Jaden said with a smile on his face.
"That doesn't sound like a good idea. Leave me out of it." Syrus sat down in a chair and turned away towards the window.
"Fine then. Now what should we call you... Hm..." Jaden sat down and crossed his legs in concentration.
At the same time, the boy tried to remember his own name. He wasn't too keen on what Jaden could think up.
"How about Hiro?" Jaden said finally. "That sounds like a cool name."
"Um..." The boy twiddled his thumbs. "I... Guess so. Why not?"
"Alright, Hiro it is!" Jaden smiled widely at Hiro, and he smiled back.
Syrus finally decided to cut in. "Well, Hiro, we all better get to bed. Chancellor Sheppard says you still have to pass an entry exam in order to officially enroll here, and we could all use some sleep."
Jaden yawned. "Yeah, I guess you're right." Jaden walked over to the closet and pulled out a small mattress. "Hiro, since all the bunks are full, you can take mine and I'll sleep on the extra mattress."
"What? No, I-I couldn't do that. This is your dorm room." Hiro shook his head as he spoke.
"It's no problem, bro. Think of it as a welcome to Duel Academy, from me to you." Jaden gave Hiro a thumbs-up. "From a friend."
A friend? Hiro smiled at Jaden.
Hiro was about to go to sleep, but Jaden cut in, "Oh, you need some sleeping clothes, too. You look about Syrus' size, so you can use some of his."
"Hey, don't I get a say in it!" Syrus asked.
Everyone, except Chumley, of course, laughed as they went to sleep for the night.
Back in Dr. Crowler's office, Crowler was arranging his cards, laughing to himself. "The last time something like this happened, I lost to that Slifer slacker, Jaden Yuki." Crowler placed his final cards in order. "There's no way I'm going to let some nameless punk be allowed into my school!"