Dragon Heart Chapter 1, a yu-gi-oh gx fanfic

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX or any of it's character

By Emperor Raven XIII

Domino City, some argue it being the Duel Monsters capital of Japan, if not the world. It was a bustling city filled with people who went about their usual ways. It was home to not only Industrial Illusions, the company which created Duel Monsters, but also home to KaibaCorp HQ, the company which helped make Duel Monsters the hit that it was.

The city was also home to countless game shops. It was also home to several world-class duelists who were famous in all things remotely related to Duel Monsters. One was the head of Kaibacorp, Seto Kaiba and the owner of the worlds only three Blue-Eyes White Dragons. There was also the eternal underdog and self-proclaimed 'Godfather of Games' Joey Wheeler. Finally, there was also the undisputed world champion and King of Games, Yugi Motou.

However, the focus of this story will not be on one of these young men. The focus of this story will be on a different young man. He looked to be about the average age for someone who was around to be high school age. He was wearing a white shirt with a black jacket. He had jeans and sneakers on. His preferred mode of transportation was a red motorcycle with a black helmet. Around his waist was a belt with a case on his hip. It looked small enough to hold a deck of cards. On his back was a backpack that looked like it had something bulky in it.

The young man came to a stop at a parking space in a large auditorium. Tucking his helmet on the handlebars and removing the keys, the young man headed inside. Without his helmet, it was revealed that he had long silver hair and blue eyes.

Heading inside, the young man found a table where several adults were sitting with pads of paper. They were all wearing white jackets with red, yellow, and blue. While some people might find the dress odd, those who were in the loop knew otherwise. These people were proctors and teachers at the prestigious Duel Academy.

Duel Academy was a school where the duelists of tomorrow went to make sure they became the best in the game. The students there were future professional duelists and other duel related futures. Graduates were all snatched up by various duel monsters companies all over the world as testers, company sponsored duelists, tutors for younger duelists and other such things. Seto Kaiba had started the school to bring the future of dueling into the world.

Walking to the front desk, the young man caught the attention of one of the proctors. The older women looked up to him. She tilted her glasses before raising a pencil.

"Name young man?" she asked pleasantly.

"Raven Pegasus," the young man answered with a calmness in his voice. "I'm here to try out for Duel Academy."

"I assumed as much," the older woman smiled. Well, at least she was friendly. Raven had heard that the proctors were a snobby bunch. Raven waited patiently for here to find his name. He knew that he had scored high enough to be 3rd or 2nd in the written exam, but waiting made Raven bored.

Applying for Duel Academy wasn't as simple as just passing an entrance test. Having the brains for the job was only part of it. You had to prove you could back it up. That meant a practical test against another duelist. Not another student though, that might make things too easy. No, it had to be against a proctor who was equipped with a deck made for these examinations. The duel would be hard to beat, but if you were a good duelist, you would be able to win.

"Here you are," the woman nodded, spying Raven's name. She picked up a slip of paper and handed it over to Raven. "This is your Duel Number. When it is called, head to the arena."

"Thank you ma'am," Raven nodded as he took the paper. Checking the number, he headed off to see what kind of action going on.

Taking a spot in the stands, he eyed the numerous students taking on proctors for their chance to get into Duel Academy. One guy got his butt kicked and failed miserably. Another one used a Ring of Destruction on his Vorse Raider to wipe out the proctor and win himself the duel and get himself into the academy.

Looking around, he spotted two Duel Academy students wearing white and blue watching as well. One was a male with blue hair and cold eyes. The other was a blonde female in a short skirt standing next to him. The two seemed to be commenting on what the other students were doing. Another black haired kid in a blue jacket was watching with two of his buddies. Still, Raven noticed how the guy looked like he was looking at trash. Obviously he felt himself better than everyone there.

''Thing seems boring here,'' Raven said as he rested a hand on his deck case. "Let's see if we can have fun in here a little?"

"Yes''

"Number 36, Raven Pegasus. Please report to duel arena eight," a voice spoke out over the loudspeakers.

"That's me," Raven nodded as he stood up. Slinging off his backpack he produced a modern duel disk. It looks old, but it was good enough for his needs. Besides, if he passed, he would be provided with one of the latest model and his custom duel disk is not yet finished being created.

The two Duel Academy students known as Alexis Rhodes and Zane Truesdale heard the loudspeakers and was shocked slightly.

''Did it said Pegasus?,'' asked Alexis Rhodes.

''Yes,'' answered Zane Truesdale. While he was thinking what kind of skills that Revan possesed.

The black haired kid in blue also heard the speaker and was interested what skills does Pegasus possesed.

Professor Crowler heard also heard the speaker and was interested in testing the skills of the son of Pegasus J. Crawford and he switched with the proctor in the duel arena eight and switched the proctor deck with his own.

Barreling down the stairs, Raven followed directions to one of the multiple duel arenas set up. Moving through the doorway, he found himself facing a man or is it a woman his outfit consists of the more regal variation on the standard Obelisk Blue uniform, complete with gold trimmings and ruffled pink collar, shoulders, upper chest, and sleeves. His blonde hair is sectioned in two layers, with the layer furthest from his face tightly-bound in a ponytail, and he also wears crescent-shaped earrings. He carries an Academy-issued Duel disk known as a ''Duel vest,'' worn horizontally across his torso.

''Good. You're on time.'' Professor Crowler nodded. '' You've made a good impression at least. Are you ready to duel?''

''Yes,''Raven answered calmly. Dropping his bag to the side, he removed his deck and slipped it into the slot indicated for his deck. Pressing a button, he activated the wrist-mounted machine and let it come to life.

''Good,'' Professor Crowler nodded. He pressed a button and activated his Dual Vest Disk. "Now, you know this is for a place in Duel Academy. You had better give it your all!"

''I'll try to,'' Raven answered.

''Duel,'' Professor Crowler smirked.

C:4000

R:4000

Both players drew five cards. As Raven was examining his hand, Crowler began speaking, ''I'll go first,''

Raven nodded only.

Crowler drew a card. 'Since I'm using my personal deck rather than one of those test ones, I'll be in control for this entire duel.

"Now, I'll start off nice and easy by playing the magic card, Confiscation," Crowler announced as he slipped a card into one of the magic/trap slots. It immediately took affect as the area began to glow brightly.

Raven waited for the effect to resolve, ''What does it do?''

"What it does is allow me to take a peek at your hand. Then I can pick one of them to send to the graveyard. At the cost of 1000 life points of course," Crowler smirked as Revan's hand appeared in holograms in front of him. "Ah yes. I remember some of these cards back when I was a rookie. Now, I'll send Lightning Vortex to the graveyard!"

C:4000 – 3000

Raven calmly watched the hologram of his card explode. Without no hesistation, he had slipped his card into the graveyard. Looking up, he spied Crowler still smirking like he had just found an incredible joke, "Next I'll place two cards face down. After that, I will play the magic card Heavy Storm!''

A sudden windstorm swept through the arena. Both cards on Crowler's side of the field flipped face up to reveal pictures of some twisted gold statues. However, the cards were only there for a moment before they too exploded into shards of holographic data. A moment after that, the wind died down and Raven was able to see what was going on.

''Professor are you forgotting your own facedown cards?''Raven asked.

''Now now, young student,'' Crowler grinned. ''We must never speak out of turn.''

As Crowler spoke, a thick dark fog began to flood into the area. Raven watched as it pooled around Crowler's side of the field,'' Professor what's going on?''

"Why, nothing yet," Crowler answered with a growing grin. "But that's about to change!"

The fog on Crowler's side seemed to explode before two monsters rose from the ground. Both were snake-like with spindly arms. Their large mouths were filled with sharp teeth and had four red eyes and horns. Their bodies looked like they were made of pure gold. Both were hissing loudly and roared at Raven. The applicant watched calmly as the monster stared at him hungrily.

''Nice,'' Raven thought.

Up on the stands, Bastion Misawa was observing the duel with a critically. Bastion was a person who always planned ahead rather than duel on the fly. His strategies were always mathematical calculations and because of them he always came up on top.

Syrus Truesdale was watching the duel with interest near Bastion Misawa.

"Uhhh, could someone please explain what happened?" Syrus asked uncertainly. From what he knew, trap cards didn't summon two monsters after they were destroyed.

"It's quite simple," Bastion explained. "Those two cards that Dr. Crowler sent to the graveyard were called Statue of the Wicked. They're a special trap card which when destroyed, summon a Wicked Token monster to the field. That's why he played Heavy Storm."

Wicked Token:

LV4/Dark/Fiend/1000/1000

"Ready for your next lesson?" Crowler smirked at his young opponent.

''Yes,'' Raven answered while smirking. ''I can't remember any lessons that was fun as this.''

"Well, I am a rather excellent teacher, thank you" Crowler scowled. The kid wasn't shivering in his boots like most young duelists that Crowler had chastised in the past. Well, if he wasn't going to be scared now, he would be soon. "Now I'll sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon my legendary Ancient Gear Golem!

The two tokens vanished in a haze of fire before the flames were swallowed by the fog. The fog then bulged before the body of a gigantic machine rose into the air. It was human shaped, but it was made of old steel and moved with loud gears. Its head was shaped like a roman helmet, but only a single red eye could be seen. The grinding sounds of gears and ancient machinery echoed through the hollow body of the monster as it stood to attention.

"That's it!" Alexis gasped as the machine appeared on the field. "The legendary rare card!"

"And we're about to see what makes it so legendary," Zane commented as he eyed the duel.

Ancient Gear Golem:

LV8/Earth/Machine/3000/3000

''I end my turn,''Crowler announced.

''My turn,''Raven draw a card from his deck. ''I activate Pot of Greed it allows me to draw more two cards,''

Raven draw 2 cards from his deck and smirked.

''I play Future Fusion effect is allow me to send from my deck to graveyard fusion material that are listed on a fusion monster card and select that 1 fusion monster from my extra deck. And I can special summon that fusion monster after two turns this spell is activated and if Future Fusion is destroyed it also destroy the special summoned monster,'' Raven announced and discarded five cards from his deck to the graveyard. ''And my selected fusion monster is the Five-Headed Dragon.

Sidelines:

''What! Did he say the Five-Headed Dragon that's even rarer than the Ancient Gear Golem!'' Alexis exclaimed loudly.

Zane nodded while thinking how could Raven have a card that rare.

''No Way!''Bastion shouted.

''Why are you shouting?''Syrus asked.

''That card that is about to be future summoned was very rare and they say there are only 5 copies of it!'' Bastion answered.

''Wow!It's that rare?''Syrus exclaimed

''Yes,'' Bastion answered.

Back to the Duel:

''Next I activate Dragon Mirror,'' Raven announced. ''It allows me to summon a fusion monster from my extra deck as long I remove from play the fusion material monster from my graveyard.'' Raven announced. ''I summon my Five-Headed Dragon!'' A dragon that has 5 heads and each head symbolizes the element earth, fire, water, wind, and dark.

Five-Headed Dragon

LV12/Dark/Dragon/5000/5000

"'No way!'' Crowler thought.

Sidelines:

''Wow! He summoned a monster that has over 4000 points one hit from that and it's over,'' Alexis exclaimed.

''Yes,'' Zane nodded.

''Wow! What a combo first the Future Fusion and next the Dragon Mirror,'' Bastion announced.

''Why do you think it's a combo?'' Syrus asked.

''Don't you see it the Future Fusion sends 5 Dragon-Type monster to the graveyard and next Dragon Mirror allows him to special summon a fusion monster using the fusion material used in Future Fusion,'' Bastion answered.

''Yeah you're right it's a good combo,'' Syrus smiled.

Back to the Duel:

''And if you think I'm done think again cause I play Polymerization I discard 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragon to fusion summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!''Raven watched as a blue dragon with three head roared at Crowler Ancient Gear Golem.

''What the heck the Five-Headed Dragon was bad enough and this one appears I'm really unlucky today,'' Crowler thought.

Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon attack Ancient Gear Golem!'' Raven watched as a blue ball of light destroyed Ancient Gear Golem.

C:3000 - 1500

R:4000

"I can't believe this!" Crowler cried out. "That was my best card!" His comedic panic attack was further made amusing by a piece of the debris hitting his head.

''Five-Headed Dragon end this now!'' Raven calmly ordered. He watch as the dragon fire a blast heading towards Crowler.

C:1500 – 0

R:4000 (Winner)

"Nnnnng!" Crowler groaned as the holograms vanished. "Impossible!"

"Wow," Alexis smiled. " Wow! Ending it the game only in two turns. That's impressive."

''Let's watch some more of the duels,'' suggested Zane. ''Maybe there are others as impressive as this one,''

After deactivating his D-Disc and re-holstering his card, Raven walked towards the stands and climbed up.

"Hey, dude!" spoke a brown haired boy. "Sweet combo, man!"

"Thanks," Raven accepted.

"I'm Jaden Yuki, the future King of Games!" the brown haired boy introduced.

Raven blinked before introducing himself, "Raven, Raven Pegasus."

"So, where did you get those cards?" asked Jaden curiously. "I mean they're very rare right?"

''I got it from my father,'' Raven answered calmly.

''So who's your dad?'' asked Jaden.

''Crawford J. Pegasus,'' answered Raven.

''You mean the one who created Duel Monsters!'' Jaden yelled. ''That's so cool,''

Raven nodded only.

"So, when is your duel supposed to be?" Raven asked.

"Huh?" Jaden blinked. A look of terror overtook his face. "Oh man! I forgot! I'm late! I gotta go!"

Jaden then took off like a shot towards the registration tables. Raven watched him go with a chuckle as a shorter blue-haired boy walked up to him. Next to him was a taller young man in a white school uniform. Both of them looked like they were pretty intent on asking him a few questions. Raven knew he would probably be a subject of curiosity. Not only was he using cards that is very rare, but he was also able to beat Professor Crowler without receiving any damage.

"You handled yourself rather well out there," the taller boy smiled. "My name is Bastion Misawa. If what I heard is true then you are Raven Pegasus?"

"Yes," Raven nodded. "I caught the tail end of your duel. Nice idea to use the Ring of Destruction to wipe out the proctor's life points and only taking a little bit of your own. Without sacrifice, there really can't be a victory I suppose."

"All part of the equation," Bastion nodded. ''Your Future Fusion and Dragon Mirror combo was very impressive,''

The shorter boy nodded.

"What's your name?" Raven asked the shorter boy.

"Oh, I'm Syrus Truesdale," the boy grinned. "I managed to get into Duel Academy too. I just barely got in, but I managed to do it."

"Good to hear," Raven nodded. He then looked back to the duel arenas where some remaining students were still dueling against proctors. "So, think we should find some seats and see how Jaden is doing? He seemed pretty hyped up to be here. I want to see what makes him so confident. I mean, it must be something impressive to come in late with a grin on his face.''

"You'd think so," Bastion nodded. "Let's see, shall we?"

"Yeah!" Syrus agreed.

"So what is your name young scholar?" asked Professor Crowler.

"Jaden. Jaden Yuki," the applicant answered with his Duel Disc and cards at the ready.

"Well Jaden Yuki, I am Dr. Vellian Crowler. Department Chair of Dueling Techniques," Professor Crowler explained proudly. He had been hoping for some kind of reaction that included awe or worship, but that wasn't what he got.

"Wow! A Department Chair? Cool!" Jaden grinned. "I would have thought from the way you were dressed you were a Duel academy mascot of some kind. That or a cheerleader of some kind."

Crowler frowned slightly. That was not the reaction he had wanted. Snorting, he reached to the centre of his dueling device, "Duel Vest on!" the machine came to life as he drew five cards from the top. Jaden's eyes widened as he saw that the piece of machinery was something to duel with.

"Wow! Sweet gear! How can I get a blue blazer like that?" asked Jaden excitedly. He was under the impression that the Duel Vest and the jacket were part of the same package. Still, it was a question that Crowler was happy to answer.

"Oh, it just takes lots of hard work and high marks," he answered. 'But you'll have to get into Duel Academy first! That's something I intend to make sure never happens!'

"Okay! Then let's duel!" Jaden grinned. The game was on.

J: 4000

C: 4000

"Here goes!" Jaden spoke as he drew his card. "Sweet! I'll summon Elemental Hero Avian in defense mode!"

A man donned in green armor and feathers appeared. He had large wings and a heroic aura around himself. He quickly crouched down and crossed his arms, revealing his position on the field.

Elemental Hero Avian :LV3/Wind/Warrior/1000/1000

"Then I'll throw down a facedown and call it a turn," Jaden grinned. He then looked at Crowler with expectant eyes. "Time to get your game on!"

"Yes, very nice. Now don't tell me what to do," Crowler muttered as he drew a card. 'Since I'm using my personal deck rather than one of those test ones, I'll be in control for this entire duel. I'll fail this little punk in no time flat!"

Jaden blinked as he waited for the effect to resolve, "So…what does it do?"

"What it does is allow me to take a peek at your hand. Then I can pick one of them to send to the graveyard. At the cost of 1000 life points of course," Crowler smirked as Jaden's hand appeared in holograms in front of him. "Ah yes. I remember some of these cards back when I was a naive rookie. Now, I'll send Monster Reborn to the graveyard!"

C: 4000 - 3000

Jaden grimaced as he watched the hologram of his card explode. Reluctantly, he had slipped his card into the graveyard. Looking up, he spied Crowler still smirking like he had just found an incredible joke, "Next I'll place two cards face down. After that, I will play the magic card Heavy Storm!"

A sudden windstorm swept through the arena. The wind caught on Jaden's trap card and sent it flying before it exploded. Both cards on Crowler's side of the field flipped face up to reveal pictures of some twisted gold statues. However, the cards were only there for a moment before they too exploded into shards of holographic data. A moment after that, the wind died down and Jaden was able to see what was going on.

"Whoops! I guess you forgot about your own facedown cards!" Jaden grinned.

"Now now, young scholar," Crowler grinned. "We must never speak out of turn."

As Crowler spoke, a thick dark fog began to flood into the area. Jaden shivered as it pooled around Crowler's side of the field, "Uh, what's going on?"

"Why, nothing yet," Crowler answered with a growing grin. "But that's about to change!"

The fog on Crowlers side seemed to explode before two monsters rose from the ground. Both were snake-like with spindly arms. Their large mouths were filled with sharp teeth and had four red eyes and horns. Their bodies looked like they were made of pure gold. Both were hissing loudly and roared at Jaden. The applicant trembled and felt a shiver creep up his spine as the monsters stared at him hungrily.

"Oh man," Jaden gulped.

''Hmm, He's using the same play again,'' Raven frowned. ''The next card shall be pretty obvious.''

''Yes the next card that Professor Crowler will play is the Ancient Gear Golem.'' stated Bastion.

Wicked Token:

LV4/Dark/Fiend/1000/1000

"Ready for your next lesson?" Crowler smirked at his young opponent.

"You bet!" Jaden laughed. "I can't remember the last time that learning was this much fun!"

"Well, I am a rather excellent teacher, thank you" Crowler scowled. This kid wasn't shivering in his boots like most young duelists that Crowler had chastised in the past. Well, if he wasn't going to be scared now, he would be soon. "Now I'll sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon my legendary Ancient Gear Golem!"

Ancient Gear Golem:

LV8/Earth/Machine/3000/3000

"Golem, attack with Mechanized Melee!" Crowler cried loudly to his monster.

The golem's gears roared to life, spinning at a rapid pace. The monster stomped over to Jaden's side of the field as its mechanics groaned. It reared back a fist and slammed it into Elemental Hero Avian. The green hero didn't stand a chance as the mechanical fist slammed into him. He flew back from the sheer force before exploding into shards. Jaden groaned as the golem's fist continuing past Avian and phase through him. It wasn't the only thing that took a hit either. His life points suddenly began to drop as the golem finished its assault.

J:4000 – 2000

''Hmm, a monster with a piercing effect,'' Raven frowned.

"Now don't feel bad," Crowler chuckled as he watched Jaden tremble after the hit. "Some people just aren't cut out...for…it?"

"Ha ha ha!" Jaden laughed happily. "Man, now I really want to come to this school now! You really know your stuff teach!"

"Huh?" Crowler gaped at Jaden's attitude. He then started growling at the opponent he was facing. 'Can't this punk take a hint? He is NOT going to get into Duel Academy! And he is especially not going to make a mockery of MY deck!'

'Wow, I must really be impressing him. He's trembling," Jaden thought with a grin as he drew another card. As he did so, he could hear a soft cooing noise come from apparently nowhere. Looking at what he drew, he discovered that he had drawn Winged Kuriboh. "Huh? You want me to play you?" another cooing noise sounded off and the image of the Winged Kuriboh actually winked. "Well, if that's not a sign, I don't know what is. I play Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!"

The tiny puff ball appeared in a flash of light. It had a tiny pair of white wings coming from its back and large cute eyes. The little monster cooed softly as it stared down the giant machine that its duelist was facing off against.

'Master! That thing's like me!'

Raven blinked as his eyes widened. Bastion and Syrus both didn't notice how Raven's interest suddenly became more intense. In his eyes, that Winged Kuriboh looked different from the other holograms. While the holograms were very impressive, they were still obviously holograms. This Winged Kuriboh on the other hand, was different. It was a little too lifelike for a simple hologram. The fur actually looked like real fur instead of a mass of brown. The creature was even scratching an itch as it cooed and looked at the Ancient Gear Golem.

There was something different about the Winged Kuriboh.

"I'll then throw down a face down," Jaden continued as he slipped a card into his Duel Disc. "Not bad huh teach?"

"No, not bad," Crowler chuckled. "But, I'm a master tactician so a Kuriboh is rather pedestrian to me, even if it has wings. Its defense points are much too low to compare to my golem. It's a textbook mistake so don't feel bad. Now, let us continue," the Duel Vest popped a card into Crowler's hand. He placed it in his hand and looked back to the field with a smirk on his face. "Now, Golem, crush that little hairball with Mechanized Melee!"

The Golem roared to life again with groaning and clanking. The stomped across the field and reared back its gigantic fist with a hiss of gears and hydraulics. It then lunged forward and plowed the gigantic limb into the Winged Kuriboh. It gave off a final coo before it shattered into glitter and shards of hologram.

'Sorry Winged Kuriboh,' Jaden thought regretfully to his new monster. Even after that guy he bumped into on the way to the exam had given it to him, he had to let it get destroyed like that.

"Hmph! Check your gear! Your life points haven't gone down," Crowler frowned.

"My gear is just fine," Jaden chuckled. "When Winged Kuriboh is destroyed, I don't take any damage."

"EH?" Crowler gaped.

"There's something you don't see everyday," Alexis smiled. "A technique that the doctor didn't know."

"No one can be expected to know every technique out there," Zane retorted. "Especially one as obscure as that."

"Well, that kid sure knew it," Alexis retorted.

"Fine, fine, I guess you lame little monster managed to save you," Crowler snickered. It was no skin off his nose anyway. What was one more turn to show a little punk his place? It was just more fun for him.

"Hey, watch it teach!" Jaden frowned. "You may have beaten Winged Kuriboh, but that doesn't give you the right to call him lame!"

Oh, that's right," Crowler smirked. "I forget how attached you new duelists get to your monsters. I'm sorry."

"Well you should be," Jaden grinned as he pressed a button on his duel disk. "Because by attacking my Winged Kuriboh, you activated my trap card! It's one of my favorites too! Hero Signal! This baby lets me bring out an Elemental Hero from my hand or deck and summon it!"

The trap card flipped up and activated. It shot a beam of light which a lot like a signal into the roof of the arena. It depicted a large H that looked like it was meant to call down a superhero of some kind.

"And that will bring out my second Elemental Hero! Burstinatrix!" Jaden announced as he drew a card from his deck. He slapped it onto his Duel Disc, activating his systems. A blast of red fire erupted onto the field before unleashing the hero, or in this case, heroine. This new monster was a female with pale skin in a red outfit and long black hair. She let off a battle cry before standing at attention.

Elemental Hero Burstinatrix LV3/Fire/Warrior/1200/800

"My turn," Jaden then announced as he drew a card. "Okay Winged Kuriboh, this one is for you. First, I'll play the magic card, The Warrior Returning Alive! This magic card allows me to summon one warrior-type monster from the graveyard and put it into my hand. Since I only have Avian, I pick him. Of course, then I'll summon him to the field!"

A card slipped out of Jaden's graveyard and into his waiting hand. Taking it, he placed it on his disc, bringing his winged hero back to the field in a flash of light and feathers. Both he and Burstinatrix were absolutely fearless as they stared down the Ancient Gear Golem.

"Okay, I see, another amateur mistake!" Crowler nodded. "Now, would anyone like to tell us what our young friend did wrong?"

"I'm not done yet!" Jaden spoke up. "I know my two heroes aren't strong enough on their own, but putting them together is a different story! Especially with this, Polymerization!" Both Avian and Burstinatrix leaped into the air as the card was played. As they were in the air, they were both absorbed in a wormhole-like haze. The warp was there for a moment before a new being came out. It was a may figure with strong muscles and green skin. He had a white wing coming out of his left shoulder while a red dragon's head and arm made up his right arm with a red tail coming from his back. No mouth was visible along with red eyes.

"Combine into Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" Jaden cried as the monster hovered above the ground. "I hope your golem is ready for a clash of the titans!"

Elemental Hero Flame Wingman LV6/Wind/Warrior/2100/1200

"Now things are going to get interesting," Raven smirked.

"So, what do you think teach?" asked Jaden as Flame Wingman took his place.

"I think you're dueling very well for an amateur," Crowler shrugged. "But next time maybe you should play something with more attack points that what is already out on the field. Anyway, I'm a very busy man so are you done yet?"

"Of course I'm not done yet!" Jaden grinned. "I know that Flame Wingman's attack points aren't enough to beat your Golem, so that's why I have this card," he flipped his last card in his hand over so to reveal a magic card. "Skyscraper!"

A panel opened on Jaden's Duel Disc and he slipped the card inside. Shutting it, the card took effect. All around the arena, large buildings began to rise from the ground. They all reached into the air as a night sky shone overhead with a full moon illuminated everything. At the top of the highest tower was Flame Wingman being illuminated by the silver orb in the sky. The Ancient Gear Golem stood in the midst of the tall buildings much like a monster who was terrorizing the city that Flame Wingman blended so well into.

"Okay Flame Wingman!" Jaden grinned. "Show off those heroics and attack that Ancient Gear Golem!"

The Flame Wingman nodded as he took flight. He didn't hesitate for a moment as he flew towards the Ancient Gear Golem with the intent of destroying it.

"Fine by me! Bring him on!" Crowler smirked. "This Skyscraper field card didn't lower my golem's attack power by one point!"

"You're right!" Jaden agreed. "What this field card did do was raise my Flame Wingman's attack power by a grand total of one thousand!"

"HUH?" Crowler paled, beginning to panic. "WAIT! TIME OUT!"

"Skydive Scorcher!" Jaden yelled to his descending hero.

Flame Wingman: 2100 - 3100

Flame Wingman's eyes narrowed as his entire body was covered in flames. He then reared back his dragon head and let flames begin to collect inside the fanged mouth. The golem was lethargic compared to its earlier movements and didn't offer any kind of effective resistance against the attack. Flame Wingman continued one and slammed his dragon head into the golem's face with an explosion of fire. Dust and debris flew in all directions from the force of the explosion.

"I can't believe this!" Crowler cried out. "That was the second time my best card was destroyed!.''

"And because of my Flame Wingman's super power that golem's attack points get deducted from your life points. Sweet huh?" Jaden grinned.

"What? No!" Crowler cried in shock. A groaning noise caught his attention and he looked up to see his headless golem shuddering. Without enough time to run away, the giant machine collapsed with the broken metal piling on top of the angry teacher. "Ahhhhhhh!"

C:3000-0

"And that's game!" Jaden grinned. "So I guess I pass the test, huh teach?"

"Nnnnng!" Crowler groaned as the holograms vanished. "Impossible! There's no way this punk could defeat me!"

"Wow," Alexis smiled. "Two kids with potential one day. That's something."

"Hmm," Zane frowned. He then wordlessly turned around and headed away. He figured he had seen enough.

"Congratulations, Jaden!" Raven smirked as he, Syrus, and Bastion headed down to meet up with him.

"Way to play Jay!" Syrus laughed.

"Yes, congratulations," Bastion nodded. "I look forward to seeing you around Duel Academy."

"Hey, it was easy!" Jaden smirked. "All in a day's work." He then stared at Raven. "Hey, your deck is just as sweet! Awesome cards!''

"Thanks," smiled Raven. "It's a pleasure to meet a hero enthusiast."

Raven was genuinely surprised to find someone who used heroic cards. The Elemental Hero cards weren't known for their overwhelming power. It was their fusions which had that power. To see someone actually using them was pretty surprising. Even more surprising was to see them actually win with them. Raven had tried to use Elemental Heroes in the past, but he never got the strategy down perfectly.

"Ahem," Bastion coughed, catching the attention of both boys. ''I think we should go register. Otherwise we're not going to be able to go to Duel Academy."

"You're right!" Syrus gasped. "We gotta move!"

"Hey, relax," Jaden shrugged. "The tables aren't going anywhere. We've got time."

"Actually, we don't," Bastion replied. "The tables will close in a few minutes. If we miss it, we'll have to reapply next year."

"WHAT?" Jaden cried. "We gotta move!"

The four boys then decided to make tracks. They had already gotten into Duel Academy, but now they just had to get there.

To Be Continued...