50 years after the ending of Yu-Gi-Oh Generation X, the existing Duel Academy and North Academy had still been on a stiff rivalry continuing on for supremacy of the academy domination. Times have changed dearly since then. Kaiba has resigned KaibaCorp to his little brother, Mokuba, and retired to an unknown location. Maximillion Pegasus has died from his old age, leaving Chumley Huffington in charge of Industrial Illusions. Many new cards have been made and the ban lists were modified, leaving most cards legal. Yugi Moto's location is unknown and the world is no longer under threat anymore, bringing in more new duelists. The recent overpopulating of North and Duel academy gave the idea to build a new academy. The new academy was placed close in the Australian bush land area. It was called South Academy. It has been 10 years since then and the school has won 3 / 7 current Inter-School Championships. This story starts in Domino City, where two eager duelists are heading towards their Examination.
Two boys stand side by side, walking hastily towards the examination arena. They both are wearing a long grey jacket with white singlets underneath.The left one is a few inches taller. He has dark brown hair and green eyes, his lips are thin and he has extremely broad shoulders. The other is smaller and thinner, he also has green eyes but he has average lips. His shoulders have a small span and he has small thin legs. The left one has an agitated look on his face. They both have a grey dueldisk strapped over their arms.
Left Boy: J.J! Don't dilly-dally. We have to be there before 10:00, or we'll miss the exam!
J.J: Hey, we'll get there in time, Kiete … annoyed so why don't you just zip your mouth until we get there! (Makes a motion other his mouth, slowly closing it from side to side like a zip)
Kiete: Well, aren't you the talker!
J.J: Oh, you …
Kiete: SO ANYWAY, how's your deck been going?
J.J: It's been alright. Since most of those banned cards are allowed again, I've updated my deck greatly. I've got a few tricks and surprises in it!
Kiete: Same with mine too! I love these new rules.
Kiete notices the time on his watch. 9:45.
Kiete: JEEZ! We better hurry.
The two duelists run the rest of the way, through a few alleyway shortcuts and sprinting across a local park. They finally arrived at the large duel arena in the center of a large city block. Many duelists were crowded around a fountain and benches, updating decks and speaking with friends. Suddenly, a large man in a black suit walked in front of one of the registering stand.
Man: Alright, everybody! All duelists, can you please line up here at one of the registering stands to enter this examination. All students that do not make it through to South Academy, you will have to wait until the next school semester. So, go now or wait!
The crowd came bustling in from all directions, mostly duelists registering for the school. J.J and Kiete rush to get a good spot in the queue and find themselves near the front. J.J pushed in front of Kiete, giving himself a closer spot. 10 minutes passed by and they finally reached the front. J.J was greeted by a young woman, near the age of 30.
Woman: First name?
J.J: Uh … J.J
Woman: Last name?
J.J: … That is of no importance to you …
Woman: You are #24. (She hands him a pass with '24' scribbled on it) You will be dueling in Arena A.
J.J walked off after aiming a low growl at the woman. Kiete walked up bravely, trying to be kind to the woman, but had a slight look of worry on his face.
Kiete: Uh, hi! I'm Kiete!
Woman: Last name?
Kiete: Minigami.
Woman: You are #25. (She hands him a pass with '25' scribbled on it) You will be dueling in Arena A as well.
Kiete runs off after J.J. He catches up with him, finding him outside the doorway. The doors look like oak and a large gold 'A' is painted on it. It's not that big a building, but it's still quite large. Both of them enter it. Another man in a black suit holds them up inside.
Man: Pass, please.
They both hand him their passes the woman gave to them.
Man: Thank you. (He scans the passes) Alright, these are accepted. (He hands them back and points to a staircase) You are to follow these stairs and turn right at the bottom.
Both of them follow down the stairs and turn right at the bottom. There they find a large under ground dueling stadium. A duel is already going on. A young kid, about the age of 12 is dueling with an older man. The mad had jet black hair and piercing blue eyes. He was wearing a purple blazer. The younger boy is on 1500 LP while the man is on 200 LP. There is an Ancient Gear Golem ATK 3000 on the older mans field with no cards face down. The younger boy has nothing on his field.
Younger Boy: I play COST DOWN! I discard one card from my hand to lower the star level of my monsters by 2 levels! So, I play Summoned Skull ATK 2500!Now I play Mystic Plasma Zone and Dark Energy! That brings my monster up to 3300 attack!
Man: Oh no!
Younger Boy: NOW! SUMMONED SKULL! ATTACK!
The younger boys Summoned Skull shoots bolts of electricity out of itself, zapping the Ancient Gear Golem. Sparks fly out of the golem for a few seconds then it shatters into a million pieces. The man's life points decrease to 0.
Man: Good duel, young one. I look forward to seeing you at the academy. You will make a great duelist.
Young Boy: Thank you, Doctor Craw!
The boy walks off the ring, while Doctor Craw has his deck out and is shuffling it. The announcer's voice comes booming from specially placed speakers on the walls.
Announcer: Now, we have the duelist #24, J.J? Can #24 please come up to the referee's table.
J.J leaves Kiete once more and makes his way to a small table just on the outside of the ring. He has a small sweat mark above his eyebrow and is partially frightened. He gets his pass ready and approaches the table.
Ref: Do you have your pass?
J.J holds out his pass, which the referee gently takes.
Ref: Alright, you are dueling with Doctor Craw.
J.J walks into the ring, facing the doctor. He holds his deck at the ready.
Doctor Craw: Alright, let's have a clean match.
J.J: Whatever, I'll be at the top of the academy by the end of this.
He hastily shuffles his deck and places it in his deck slot. Both players' life points increase from 0 to 4000. Giving a low grunt, they both draw 5 cards.
Craw: I'll let you go first.
J.J: Fine, if you're in a hurry to lose. I draw one card. I use Thunder Dragon's effect! If I discard him to the graveyard I can bring 2 different Thunder Dragons to my hand! Now I play Archfiend Soldier ATK 1900 in attack position! I end my turn for now.
Craw: Alright! I draw! Now, I play Ancient Gear Soldier ATK 1300 in attack position and 1 card face down! End turn!
J.J: I draw. I play Heavy Storm, destroying your face down!
A large storm blows away a Draining Shield card.
Craw: Damn …
J.J: Now, I tribute Archfiend Soldier for THUNDER DRAGON! ATK 1600 / DEF 1500 Then, I play polymerization to fuse this one and the other from my hand to make the Twin Headed Thunder Dragon! ATK 2800
Craw: GULP!
J.J: Now, my dragon! Attack his soldier!
The big beast electrocutes the soldier into dust. Craw's life points decrease to 2500.
J.J: Ha, ha, ha! Now I end!
Craw: That was a good move, but now I'm going to destroy your dragon! I play Soul Exchange! I'll take your dragon and tribute it to bring out Ancient Gear Beast ATK 2000!
J.J: Damn!
The dragon explodes and a large mechanical beast replaces it. It gives a threatening roar to J.J.
Craw: NOW! ATTACK!
The machine whirs up and speeds towards J.J. It bites at him, knocking him onto his back. He quickly gets back up and his life points decrease to 2000. He growls.
Craw: That'll be all.
J.J: It will be. I draw! I play Yata-Garasu ATK 200 in attack position!
Craw: WHAT?! That pitiful little…
J.J: THEN, I play Creature Swap! Now we both pick a monster on our field! Then, we swap them! Since they're our only monsters, I get your beast and you get my bird!
They both disappear and appear on different sides. Ancient Gear Beast is on his field and his Yata-Garasu is on Doctor Craw's field.
Craw: Not this pathetic bird!
Although, J.J. did not attack, he ended his turn.
J.J: I end my turn.
Craw: Fine, at least I have more defen—
J.J: But, since my monster was a spirit, it returns to my hand.
The monster disappears from the field and returns to his hand.
Craw: … I draw and play 1 card face down. Then I'll play one card in face down defense position. End turn.
J.J: This will end soon! DRAW! I play Yata-Garasu again! Now, Ancient Gear Beast! Attack the face down!
The mechanical beast runs up to the face down. It flips to reveal Ancient Gear Soldier DEF 1200 The beast takes a bit chunk out of it, shattering it.
J.J: Now, attack him directly Yata-Garasu!
The small bird flies up and pecks Craw on the face, then flies back to its side of the field. Craw's life points decrease to 2300.
Craw: …
J.J: End turn.
Craw: I draw and … play 1 card in Face Down defense position! End!
J.J: I draw! Now I play Premature Burial! I pay 800 to bring back Twin Headed Thunder Dragon!
His life points drop down to 1200. The dragon crawls out from under the field and gives a load roar.
J.J: Time for the humiliation! I play Yata-Garasu again! And then play Sparks! Your life points are decreased by 200! Now, I attack with Thunder Dragon!
Craw's life points are reduced to 2100. The dragon roars and zaps through a third Ancient Gear Soldier.
J.J: Now! Ancient Gear! ATTACK!
The beast chomps on Craw, reducing his life points to 100. Craw can barely stand.
J.J: This is the embarrassing part! Yata-Garasu! ATTACK!
The little bird pecks Craw once more on the face, defeating Doctor Craw. Craw falls down, completely destroyed from the beating.
Craw: I hope you are in my dorm, for I will enjoy it. Move on to your written examination area, through exit 2 and down the path until the end.
J.J merely gave a wicked smile and walked off out of the stadium. The crowd was dumbstruck and nobody cheered as he left. The announcer slowly spoke out.
Announcer: Uh, could we have #25, please? Kiete Minigami?
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