This isn't technically my first story, just the first one on my account. All my stories are collaborations with Midna Azusa, and this one's no exception. It's a rewrite of the second season of Yugioh GX. Just a weird idea I got one day that Midna Azusa agreed to help me write.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX.
It was a typical day at the Osiris Red dorm. Well, typical since Kenzan had moved in, anyway. As usual, he and Sho weren't getting along. The argument this morning—who would be sitting next to Judai in class.
"What are you talking about!?" Sho demanded. "Of course it's me! You're in a different grade!"
"So what!? You're not even an Osiris Red to begin with, so you should go sit with the other Ras!" Kenzan retorted.
"You're a Ra, too, Kenzan!"
Manjoume looked like he was barely containing the urge to throttle them both. He growled, then snapped, "SHUT UP! Honestly! It's the same thing every day here! Why can't you two just quit it, already!? You're both driving me nuts!"
"Yeah, relax, guys," Judai said. "Can't we all just get along?"
"Only if those two would just jump off a cliff already!" Manjoume responded.
"Hey!" the fighting Ras said together.
"Aw, come on, Manjoume! You don't mean that, do you?" Judai asked, a grin on his face—he was certain that Manjoume didn't.
The annoyed duelist humphed. "I've had it! One of these days, they're going to have to learn that there are more important things than fighting all the time!"
"That's kinda funny, coming from him," Sho muttered, to which Kenzan nodded.
"What was that!?" Manjoume demanded, glaring at them and gritting his teeth.
"Come on, guys!" Judai said, smiling somewhat nervously. "Take it easy!"
Manjoume growled. "That's it. I'm outta here! Later, losers!"
With that, he stormed out of the cafeteria, ticked off by Sho and Kenzan. Some of the other students watched him go, then looked back at the fighting duo.
"Now look what you did, shrimp!" Kenzan said. "You drove Manjoume-senpai off the edge!"
Sho retorted with, "Hey, if you hadn't—"
"Guys!" Judai cut him off. "That's what drove him off in the first place! Cut it out!"
"Sure! When he stops butting in!" Kenzan said.
Sho growled. "The only one butting in here is—"
"Guys!" Judai said, irritated.
Asuka came running into the cafeteria just then. "Guys! There's someone here who wants to see Judai!"
"Huh?" he asked, standing up. "Me?"
Sho and Kenzan looked, too, finally shutting up.
"He's waiting in the woods," Asuka said. "I don't know who he is or what he wants, but he says it's important and wants to see you right now."
"Really? That's kind of weird," Sho said. "Who do you think it is?"
"Don't know," Judai answered. Heading for the door, he added, "Come on!"
Asuka led the three back to a clearing in the woods, where a big man in a white trench coat, a white hat, and white sunglasses was waiting. The outfit reminded Judai of someone, but he couldn't quite place it. As the four of them arrived, the man looked right at Judai.
"W-who is that guy?" Sho asked, slightly hidden behind Judai. "What does he want?"
Judai, wondering the same thing, stepped forward. "Are you the guy that wanted to see me?"
The man nodded, waving for Judai to come closer. Judai looked at him curiously before taking a few steps forward.
"Aniki, wait," Kenzan said.
"Relax," Judai assured him. "It'll be fine."
The man turned and started heading deeper into the woods, signaling for Judai to follow.
Well. That seemed suspicious. Judai hesitated, unsure it was a good idea to follow a random stranger deep into the woods. The man stopped and looked back, waiting.
"What is he doing?" Sho asked. "I'm getting a bad feeling."
"I agree, Judai," Asuka said. "Maybe we should get out of here."
The man pulled out a duel disk at this suggestion, looked at Judai's friends, shook his head, and waved for Judai to follow again.
"Looks like he just wants to duel," Judai said, feeling a bit more relaxed—granted, this whole thing was still strange, but a duel wasn't anything dangerous, right? He stepped forward, and the man turned and started walking again.
When his friends tried to follow as well, the man stopped walking and turned to look at them, apparently not approving.
"So, wait, is he saying he came all this way here just to duel you in private?" Kenzan asked. "Why would he do that?"
"Judai. I don't know about this," Asuka said worriedly. "I just can't shake the feeling that he's up to something awful."
"Aw, you worry too much!" Judai told them with a smile. "Relax. It's no big deal."
Sho protested, "But, Aniki! You can't go alone! What if it's a trap!?"
"I can handle it. Don't worry, guys!" the brunette said, giving them a reassuring smile.
"If you say so. Just be careful, okay?"
"Don't worry, Asuka. I'll be fine!"
As he ran off after the man, the other three hung back, watching him go with worry. They just couldn't shake the feeling something bad was going to happen.
"Gee. I sure hope he'll be okay," Sho said.
"He said he would be," Kenzan reminded him. "I just hope he was right. I mean, who is that guy, anyway? And what's he want with Aniki?"
"I don't know," Asuka said, shaking her head. "Let's just hope that, whatever it is, it's nothing serious."
Judai followed the man to a deep ravine he hadn't even known was out here. There was a simple rope bridge running across it, a testament to how seldom anyone came out here. The man in white stepped onto the bridge, and Judai followed, albeit somewhat hesitantly.
He shouldn't have set foot on that bridge. As soon as he was on it, two more men dressed in white appeared out of nowhere, one on each side of the bridge. They were blocking it on both sides, and each one held an ax.
"What!?" Judai exclaimed, looking behind himself.
The man in the trench coat calmly walked across the bridge and, still standing on it, turned to face him. He put his duel disk on and activated it.
Judai just stared at him, a really bad feeling emerging in his gut—this was a trap, and he'd just walked right into it. The man in the trench coat just waited for Judai.
"So, I take it, if I lose this duel, your friends there are gonna cut the bridge?" Judai asked.
The man nodded.
"And the winner gets to live," the brunette added, thinking back to those shadow games last year. "Got it. Okay! Since I have no choice anyway, I accept!"
He activated his duel disk. The man, looking pleased, drew five cards. Judai followed his lead, and his latest death match began.
This is bad! Judai thought. I don't have anything on the field, and it's his turn!
This duel had been completely one-sided. Judai had never seen these cards before, and they had been completely demolishing him. It was as if this guy knew all his strategies. He countered everything effortlessly, leaving Judai with no chance to even defend himself.
"White Night Dragon!" the man called to his monster. "Finish him off!"
The ice dragon obeyed, shooting a blast of ice at Judai and reducing his life points to zero.
"No!" Judai cried, falling to his knees. "I...I lost!"
The man in the trench coat grinned, deactivating his duel disk as he ran toward the other side of the ravine. The man standing there moved aside to let him off the bridge. Judai was left to watch in horror as the two men simultaneously cut the ropes, dropping the bridge—and him—into the ravine. Judai screamed as he fell.
Th-this is...
He never finished that thought before the world went black.