As the last few hours of the duel academy entrance exam practicals came to a close, the long line that seemed to wrap around blocks upon blocks of Domino City came to an end. This much to the relief of the people running the registration kiosk outside the doors of the kaiba dome. Two women both wearing white uniforms with yellow colored cuffs began to gather up the paperwork that had been scattered around their desk. One had short brown hair while the other had long wavy black hair.

"We had a surprisingly big turnout this year" The brown-haired woman laughed looking down at the pages upon pages of names that were sprawled across the table in front of her.

"I thought it would never end" her companion sighed, clearly tired from the hours of constant work. "I'm ready to go back to the island and sleep in my bed"

Suddenly a large thud caused the two women to jump, scattering papers everywhere.

"What was that?" The woman with the black hair exclaimed.

At the base of a nearby tree a figure clad in a black trench coat and bandanna sat sprawled out on the ground. There was a grumbling as the creature seemed to stir from its position and push itself to a sitting position. "What the hell?" It asked in a slightly surprised tone looking this way and that in confusion.

The black-haired woman took up a position behind the table for defense, but her friend didn't follow. Instead the brunette inched forward toward the new presence "Hello?"

The figure turned its head to reveal a teenage boy of no older than 15. The woman at once noticed that the boy's eyes seemed to be slit in such a way that a lizards would. The boy smiled "What time is it?" He asked rising to his feet shaking away the leaves attached to his coat.

"It's almost 5:00 sir"

"Damn, i overslept waiting for that bastard" he groaned rubbing his eyes.

"Are you an applicant perchance?" The black haired woman asked.

"Yeah I got here around noon today" he shrugged "I was waiting for my friend to show, so i decided to take a nap."

"Up in a tree?" The brunette asked a bit sceptical.

"Don't knock it until you try it" he laughed offering his hand to the woman closest to him. "The names Haru Yoshida, i was given a letter of recommendation by Industrial Illusions so i can test out a new deck they created."

The Black haired woman frowned "Someone else came through the line earlier, a boy with pure white hair wearing a school uniform, he said he had a recommendation from Industrial Illusions too."

"Damn it, so he got here first" Haru growled punching the tree "He won't let me hear the end of this one." he yelped slightly as the punch drew blood from his knuckles.

"His name is here" The black haired woman confirmed reading from the second page "I hope That the proctors haven't decided to pack up yet" The young woman with black hair held up her walkie talkie and began speaking into it, soon after a man in a black suit appeared from the doors behind them wearing a pair of sunglasses.

" i've come to escort you inside" The man said in a monotone voice "please hurry, we have a deadline to keep for our return trip to the academy"

Haru nodded "alright lead the way"

The man nodded and began to walk back towards the building. Haru followed closely behind making sure to wave back at the two women that had begun to gather their papers from the surrounding area.

"I have to get into this school" Haru thought to himself "I can't stand the thought of that guy being at the best school in the country while im at some secondary school"

One by one the proctor seats began to fill up, as the teachers finished their exams. In the middle of the section sat a older blonde man in a frilly blue uniform deep in thought. "I can't believe we have someone personally recommended from Industrial Illusions. Maybe the new batch of students has some promising projects in their midst" he smiled revealing his pristine white teeth beneath his lipstick caked lips.

"Professor Crowler" one of the proctors whispered from the seat behind him "something has come up."

Crowler turned his head and fixed the man with a glare "It better not be to serious, I've had a busy day and am in no mood for paperwork"

The proctor shook his head "Nothing like that sir, it seems that we were incorrect in our assumption that all of the applicants had arrived"

"A straggler?" Crowler humphed growing more irritated by the second "we have no room for students that can't show up on time, send them away and tell them to try again next year"

The proctor seemed to hesitate attempting to tell him something, but was interrupted by the sound of crowlers Duel pilot. "Hello? This is Professor Crowler speaking".

"I'm just calling to remind you to make sure all applicants get a fair shot at the exams" An older mans voices came from the other side of the phone.

"Oh Chancellor Sheppard how nice to hear from you" Crowler replied politely, though clearly sweating profusely.

"Yes, i do enjoy our talks" Sheppard replied. "But that really doesn't matter now does it? I was reviewing the database before I called, for records of last years exams, do you know what I found?"

"No but I'm sure I'm going to find out" Crowler grumbled.

"What was that?" The chancellor asked.

"Oh nothing sir" Crowler replied sweetly.

"Anyway" He said continuing on with his train of thought "It turns out that at least five of the applicants never had their exam duels. Now I know how stingy you can get but I can't have you preventing the possibility of new students"

"Of course Chancellor"

"So be aware that i will be checking reports when you get back to the island. Other than that you have a nice time on the mainland"

Crowler hung up the phone and growled "Old wind bag". He stood up and began walking towards the end of the row "Get my duel disk ready I'll be performing the final exam today.

The proctor nodded "Should I prepare a proctor deck for you sir?"

"No that won't be necessary" Crowler giggled "If this newbie thinks he can be late, I might as well show him what happens when students are late to class."

"Whew I can't believe I managed to scrape out a win" a young man with puffy blue hair said as he headed towards the stands to watch the other students. As he rounded the corner he noticed a young man in a white red and blue school uniform leaning up against an observation railing. The small blue haired boy smiled "Time to make some friends" as he made his way to the other side of the railing. "Hiya did you pass your entrance exam to?" He asked attempting to start a conversation.

The boy looked at him for a moment then smiled "Yeah i feel like the written portion was a lot harder than the practical"

"Yeah i know the feeling" the smaller boy laughed. Realizing he hadn't introduced himself, the boy's face seemed to turn a light shade of red in embarrassment. " I apologize I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Syrus Truesdale" He bowed.

The silver haired boy smiled " Don't worry about it, I'm Eiji Hayata nice to meet you" The two boys shook hands before returning to their position on the found himself watching Eiji, his eyes he noticed seemed to dart back and forth between each arena as if searching for someone.

"Are you waiting for someone Eiji?" He asked following the boy's gaze

"My friend was supposed to attend the exams with me, but I was running late. I told him to go ahead and wait for me but i never found him" Eiji explained

"Maybe he already had his exam and is waiting in the stands somewhere" Syrus suggested

Eiji shook his head " I would know if he was, we have sort a sort of link you could say"

The loudspeaker sounded above them as a young woman's voice began to speak "ATTENTION ATTENDEES THOSE WHO PASSED THEIR EXAMS AND THOSE WHO DIDN'T. WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR OUR CLOSING CEREMONIES" the lights dimmed and two large spotlights began to shine into the middle arena. "PROFESSOR CROWLER, ONE OF OUR MOST CELEBRATED TEACHERS WILL BE CONDUCTING THE FINAL DUEL OF THE NIGHT"

Syrus frowned " Why all the theatrics I wonder?"

"It's because Professor Crowler Has a reputation for putting down people he deems unworthy in quite a theatrical way" A voice said from behind them as a boy with slicked back black hair wearing a grey uniform came to a stop beside them.

"Bastion Misawa I presume" Eiji asked looking over at the boy "Your use of Ring of Destruction to pass your exam was quite a spectacle"

Bastion smiled "you flatter me"

"Do you know who he's dueling?" Syrus asked

"Whispers among the Proctors say that it's a boy that showed up late" Bastion replied

"I have a bad feeling about this" Eiji sighed, watching as the Professor rose from the beneath the arena floor in a spectacular fashion waving to the onlookers.

Haru walked out into the arena and flinched as his eyes tried to adjust to the overall brightness of the spotlights high above. He had been booked to duel the professor overseeing the exams for some reason, and he had little to no doubt shenanigans were afoot.

"AND HIS OPPONENT HAILING FROM ODA ISLAND JAPAN HARU YOSHIDA!" the loudspeaker boomed as he took his place on his side of the dueling field. He looked around and noticed a fruity looking older man in a frilly blue uniform being attended to by two young women. Across his chest was a unique style of duel disk Haru was not familiar with.

"Old man, what's that thing their strapping to your chest?" he asked

Crowler seemed taken aback by the boys assertion as to his age "Excuse me! I'll have you know i'm only 35. If you must know this is a new advancement in dueling technology known as a Duel Vest"

"It seems like it's a hassle to get on in my opinion" Haru grinned

His attendants finished strapping crowler in before exiting through the door behind him "It matters not how you think of my Duel Vest, what matters is how much skill you put forth in our duel" Crowler said trying to hide his irritation.

"Now you're speaking my language" Haru laughed. He withdrew a pitch black duel disc from the confines of his jacket and strapped it to his wrist. Upon further inspection one could observe what seemed to be scales decorating the exterior and a blue glowing tint to the the card tray.

"Well then let's get this underway then I have an appointment to keep back on the island" Crowler smiled running his hand through his long blonde ponytail.

DUEL!

"As the examinee you shall go first" Crowler announced as he pointed in Haru's direction "Don't disappoint me"

"Oh you'll be anything but disappointed" Haru smirked as he drew his starting hand "Draw!". "First i'll activate the spell Doctor Yamane's Research" A card flipped upward to reveal an older looking man in a lab coat hunched over a table filled with ancient dinosaur drawings. "This allows me to draw 3 cards by discarding two to the graveyard" he revealed a spell and a trap from his hand before putting them in the graveyard then drawing three. "Then i'll throw down a face down and call it a turn" He concludded as a hologram of a brown vortex appeared before him.

"How disappointing not even a single monster on your first turn" Crowler shook his head "This is going to be easier than i thought it would be, Oh well I'll draw". A card shot out of the slot on crowlers duel vest and he added it to his already drawn hand. "I pay 1000 life points to activate the spell Confiscation, this card allows me to choose one card from your hand and have you discard it.

C:4000-3000

Haru grit his teeth in frustration as his cards began to glow.

In a flash of light holograms of Haru's cards appeared before him. Crowler squinted clearly unfamiliar with some of the cards, before making a decision "I'll have you discard Monster Reborn"

Haru revealed the card before discarding it to the graveyard "Damn"

"And if you think that's bad I'm just warming up" Crowler giggled "I set two cards face down, then activate the spell Heavy Storm to destroy all spells and traps on the field"

Haru frowned "But why would you destroy your own cards?"

"For two reasons" Crowler answered holding up two fingers "One it gets rid of your only line of defense, And it allows me to activate the traps I set". A great whirlwind appeared above them as all three of their set cards were sucked in, soon after however two golden serpentine creatures appeared on his field "Allow me to introduce you to my wicked tokens, they can be summoned when Statue of the Wicked is destroyed by card effect while on my field"

Haru smiled "that's nice and all teach but your monsters don't seem to be top of the food chain"

"If you would let me finish i was getting to that" Crowler steamed "I tribute my two tokens to bring forth the ultimate in mechanized mastery Ancient Gear Golem" holding his hand upwards crowler watched as his two tokens disappeared into the ground behind him and the field began to shake. Out of the ground came a large mechanical monstrosity full of grey gears within its humanoid frame and a spartan like helmet atop its grey stone head.

Ancient gear Golem/Lv:8/ATK:3000/DEF:3000

The crowd gasped at the size of the teachers monster and the sheer amount of power it held within. "Oh boy this is not good" Haru said looking up at his new opponent with a concerned gaze.

"At least you know when you've been outdone" Crowler laughed "go forth my Golem and teach him some manners, Mechanized melee!" The stone giant pulled back its fist and delivered a crushing blow to Haru's Duel disc causing it to spark and sizzle as he took damage.

H: 4000-1000

Haru flinched but managed to keep himself from sliding backwards from the impact. "I activate the effect of the trap Tokyo Reconstruction Project in my graveyard after i take battle damage " he declared as a spectral image of a trap card appeared above him depicting the wreckage of a great city with a construction site contained within a large footprint in the foreground. "First i banish it then for every interval of 1000 i took in damage i can summon a construction token to my side of the field, allowing three to appear in my defense." As Haru spoke 3 construction vehicles appeared on his side of the field.

"Hate to tell you this my boy but your trucks can't save you from my Golem" Crowler sneered "But I'm interested in seeing what you will do my turn is done with one face down" a reversed card appeared before him.

Haru smiled as he drew his next card. With his duel disk hand he removed the bandanna from his head and allowed the long black spiky hair to spill down past his shoulders. "I'm going to give you a show today teach" He said flashing crowler a toothy grin "your monster is big but I've seen bigger. Let me show you what a real monster looks like" He stretched his hand out to the side and his body began to glow blue. Up in the stands Eiji's body was engulfed in a silver aura as well shocking the two boys he had found himself watching the duel with. Surprisingly nobody in the crowd made any noise as to the change and Crowler seemed oblivious to it.

"A real monster you say? Alright you've peaked my interest bring forth this real monster you're so proud of"

"Allright, I tribute two of my Construction Tokens to summon out a new monster" He declared as a flash of blue light appeared and pierced two of of the construction trucks on his field followed by a loud screech. "Do you hear it?" He asked with a large smile stretching across his face "The king approaches to lay waste to all that stand in its path." in the distance the sound of giant footsteps could be heard getting closer. All of the sudden a large clawed foot appeared behind the black haired boy, followed by another, the spotlights maneuvered to reveal the approaching behemoth panning upward to reveal the rest of a scaly body. Decorating its back were three rows of plates only giving way to the base of a long tail that curled itself around its master. The head came into view revealing a long row of razor sharp teeth in front of two large black dialated eyes. "Rejoice as the king arrives! I tribute summon Kaiju Legend Godzilla!"

Kaiju Legend Godzilla/LV:9/ATK:3000/DEF:2500

Crowler gasped at the sheer size of the monster but seemed to regain his disposition as soon as he realized he was still being watched. "Alright i'll give you credit where it's do" he shrugged "You summoned a monster that can meet my golem in hand to hand combat on equal terms. But don't think i'm about to let you win"

Haru smiled "I wouldn't have it any other way. Now I activate the Continuous Spell Kaiju Sighting: Oda Island" THe spell card flipped upward to reveal Godzilla peeking over a mountain as terrified villagers fled for safety. " Now for every monster that is currently on the field that has 3000 or more attack it gains one counter, and once per turn I can remove any amount of counters from it and they count as a tokens needed for the effect of a Kaiju legend Monster, and every time a 3000 attack monster is summoned to our fields it gets another counter as long as it does not exceed 3." He held up his hand as the dorsal plates on godzillas back began to glow blue, a new power coursing through its body. "Godzilla has three effects based on the amount of tokens i tribute this turn to activate them"

"Thr-Three effects?" Crowler stammered somewhat shocked "I haven't seen a monster with three effects during my entire run as a professor"

"I guess there's a first time for everything there teach, Allow me to explain his effects" Holding up three of his fingers he lowered one " With the tribute of one token Godzilla gains 500 attack until the end of the battle phase" he put down a second finger " With the tribute of two tokens he can destroy a spell or trap card on the field" He lowered the last finger And with the tribute of three tokens he can destroy all monsters on the field with less attack than himself. Unfortunately i can only activate one of these effects per turn"

Crowler looked at the monster with disbelief "How have i never heard of this monster before?" he wondered

"I tribute my other construction token to have Godzilla gain 500 attack" Haru declared as his monster took one massive foot and slammed it down on the contruction truck.

Kaiju Legend Godzilla ATK:3000-3500

"And you know what that means" he grinned "the King's coming at you with a whole lot of firepower". As he said this the kaiju delivered a roundhouse tail swipe to its adversary, turning its stone adversary into a pile of stone debris.

C: 3000- 2500

Crowler shielded his eyes as the debris scattered around him. He looked down at his personal uniform and gasped at the layers upon layers of dust that now caked the bottom half. His face turned red feeling something like embarrassment mixed with pure unyielding rage. "How dare you sir, do you know how long it took me to clean this coat?"

"is there a reason I should care? We are in the middle of a duel after all"

"whether i'm in a duel or not i have to keep up your appearance, if i don't im no better than the common rabble such as yourself"

"I feel as if I should be offended" Haru scratched his head "whatever I guess, I set a facedown and call it a turn" he concluded.

"Before my draw phase I activate my trap card, Ancient Gear Reborn" crowler announced as his reverse card flipped face up, revealing a long mechanical appendage reaching up from the earth. "now once per turn when I control no monsters I can target a fallen ancient gear card in my graveyard, and it gets a 200 point power boost as well." His signature monster rose from the rubble behind him before letting out a shriek.

Ancient Gear Golem ATK: 3000-3200

"all right and now for my draw" he continued, catching the card that shot out of his duel vest.

"Hold up my continuous spell card gets another counter due to golems return" Haru pointed out as the counter count on his card appeared and went up 1.

" It doesn't matter, because I summon an old favorite of mine Ancient Gear Cannon". To the right of the professor rose a turret made of gears a orange sphere floated above it, seemingly the power source.

Ancient Gear Cannon/LV:8/ATK:500/DEF:500

"Oh boy" Haru groaned feeling the light of the turret take aim at him "this might be trouble."

"You can say that again, because my cannon has a nifty little effect. I can tribute it and deal you 500 points of damage, and it seals the use of your spells and traps until the end of the battle phase. So without further ado I tribute my cannon" the turret's barrels sprung to life a bright blue light beginning to build within, before firing directly at Haru. The light engulfed him and the rest of the arena, causing onlookers to cover their eyes.

H:1000 - 500

"Now that your monsters attack returned to normal I can do away with it with my reborn Golem, go Mechanized melee". The mechanical monstrosity drew back it's right fist before delivering an uppercut to its giant scaly opponent dissolving it into pixels

H:500-300

Haru didn't flinch this time as he took the damage, instead placing his fingers on his face down on his side of the field. "after I take the damage from your attack I activate my trap kaiju bone excavation" the card flipped face up revealing the decayed bones of godzilla deep beneath the ocean surrounded by divers. "I can now pay half my life points and summon a Kaiju Legend monster that was sent to my graveyard this turn.

H: 300- 150

With a mighty roar the king of monsters resurfaced behind Haru fixing Ancient Gear Golem with a dirty look.

Kaiju Legend Godzilla 3000/2500

"very well it seems you are still determined to progress with your feeble attempt at defeating me, proceed with your final turn."

"your friend seems to be in quite the pickle." Bastion pointed out his eyes moving to measure the reaction of Eiji.

"I think he likes it this way." Eiji replied "Dueling is like a fist fight for him, if his opponent does not give it their all against him, than he doesn't have any fun"

Syrus blinked looking down at the black haired boy "He doesn't seem like he's enjoying it too much"

"it's all in the eyes my friend, I've known him long enough to know what to look for.

Down on the field Haru put his fingers on his deck and took a deep breath. "I believe" he said to himself as he drew his next card. He smiled as he saw what it was, his deck had heard his call. " I activate the field spell card Kaiju Sighting: Tokyo Ruins" as he slapped the card into the field spell tray, around them a blazing inferno of broken buildings arose. " once per turn I can add a kaiju legend monster from my deck to my hand as long as it's level is less than or equal to the amount of cards with Kaiju in its name in my graveyard. There are 2 in my grave so I'll add the level 2 Kaiju Legend Minya to my hand" he revealed the card before adding it to his hand. "Now I'll summon him to his father's aid, come on out Minya" a small screech could be heard as a smaller reptilian creature appeared on Harus field. It's face was rather pudgy with googly eyes and little to no fangs inside it's mouth. The small creature flexed as if trying to show off for it a father, but was soon slapped over the head by the latter's tail.

Kaiju Legend Minya/LV:2/ATK:1000/DEF:1000

"You're summoning out a squeaky toy to fight me now?" Cowler deadpanned " You must have better standards in monsters."

"Hey don't diss him till you've seen him in action. Because like his father he has more than one effect. If a monster with Godzilla in its name is on the field he can activate one of these effects once per turn. 1. He can attack directly or 2. He can be treated as a token until the end phase. And since I have Kaiju Sighting: Oda Island still on the field with 2 counters meaning I have three tributes."

"You're planning on destroying my Golem with his three tribute effect? I hate to break it to you but his attack is higher than your lizard thus saving him from your effect. And even if you somehow managed to even up their attack my trap would just bring my Golem back after it's destroyed" Crowler pointed out.

"Normally that would be true, but with the two cards in my hand I have a sure path to victory. I activate the spell i just drew Mystical Space Typhoon, allowing me to destroy your trap card." a vortex emerged beneath Crowler's trap card, shattering it into pieces. "Now onto the attack difference problem I activate the last card in my hand, Shrink. Now your monster's attack becomes half until the end of the turn, and you know what that means" As he said this the giant stone machine shrank down until it only came up to Godzilla's midriff.

Ancient Gear Golem ATK: 3200- 1600

"Sixteen hundred attack" Crowler gulped "That means that'"

"You're no longer protected from my monster's effect" Haru confirmed "I offer up Minya and the two counters on my spell card to use Godzilla's third effect. Go Atomic Breath Burning!" Godzillas dorsal plates began to light up starting from the ones on his tail until they reached the one on the back of his head, before it released a blue and white beam from its mouth that tore a hole in the now significantly shorter machine. Once again scattering it into giant stone chunks. "Now without anything defending you, I'm free to let loose the beast, sick em boy" pulling back his tail Godzilla sent it flying back once again at the blonde teacher crashing into the back wall.

C:2500-0

As the holograms disappeared Crowler sat slumped against the wall, dazed from the final attack. Haru wrapped his bandanna around his head before punching the air. He looked over at Crowler and smiled "Nice fight teach, try and give me your all next time." and with that he headed back out the door he had come from.

A few proctors made their way quickly to Crowlers side "are you ok professor?"

"Can someone get the plate of that bus?" He asked in a daze.

"I was trying to tell you sir before you decided to duel" the proctor from earlier said "there wasn't Just one Industrial illusions recommendation, there were two"

"Two?"

"You just faced the second, Haru Yoshida"

Crowler didn't respond to this however as he had passed out.

Up in the balcony two figures stood together observing the action below. "The new class has a few shining prospects this year" the first, a young blonde girl in a blue blazer, commented.

"Indeed I only hope my brother doesn't get destroyed by any of them" the second, a blue haired boy with spiky hair wearing a similar blazer, replied.

"I guess we will have to see" the girl said turning away with a flip of her long flowing hair.

"That we will" the boy nodded" that we will."

As Haru ascended the stairs he was stopped by a familiar figure in a grey student's uniform. "So you made it?" Eiji snorted "I'm surprised with your sleeping habits"

"Eh just because I like to enjoy life rather than being all prim and proper like you, doesn't mean I'll let you show me up" Haru replied stuck out his tongue.

"I see while your dueling has improved, your maturity hasn't changed" Eiji rolled his eyes.

Haru finished climbing the stairs and stood beside Eiji. "as much as it pains me to admit it, I'm glad to see you again"

Eiji closed his eyes and smiled "I missed you to Haru" he held out a hand offering a handshake, that Haru took willingly.

Behind each materialized a figure. Behind Haru was the reptilian figure of Godzilla, and behind Eiji a silver and red alien with a glowing light attached to his chest. "Me and my pals won't be shown up by you guys" Eiji said. Haru merely smiled

"Don't expect us to go easy on you, from this point on we are officially rivals" Haru replied.

Thank you for reading. Obviously I don't own the rights to Godzilla or any of his rubber suited foes, I wish I did though. Anyway if you have any suggestions, constructive critiques or just want to pitch some ideas for characters you can comment or send an email to Makeitshowy at gmail. there are three of us so one of us will get back to you soon. Thanks and see you next time -Gokai Red