Just don't be expecting epic battles right away, I guess I mean to say. Anyways, let's get this underway!
Disclaimer: I do not, I repeat, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh GX! I only own the characters Jaxen Mihuru, Professor Julia Raleigh, and Rai Tachibana! And even then, they use decks that are made up with real Yu-Gi-Oh cards!
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Yu-Gi-Oh XR
Chapter 1: The Beginning of a Dream
Opening Theme: Independent: Ayumi Hamasaki
"My card!" a voice exclaims as a cloaked person rushes down a street.
"Leave it to me! Let me just take your deck, just in case!" another voice lets out before a young male rushes after the cloaked person. He is panting as he runs, keeping his red eyes focused forward towards his target. "Hey, wait up!" he yells out as he rushes past a poster for the legendary Duel Academy. He must be quite a sight, with his slender figure, gray hair, and red eyes chasing down a man that looked as if he could easily take him down with a finger. He, now, turns into an alleyway. He smirks as he catches sight of the cloaked person before he walks slowly towards him. "Okay, now since you're trapped…" escapes from the male's mouth as he walks slowly towards him.
At this moment, the person takes out a card and says, "You want this card? That little kid doesn't even know what he is missing… This is a pretty powerful card here." He puts the card into a deck of Duel cards before the male in front of him smirks. So, he wants to duel, huh? He takes out a deck as well, before he keeps on walking towards the cloaked person. It is at this time that he notices a crate in the alleyway and puts his deck down on it, crouching down lower before the cloaked person does it as well. "You can go first, little kid."
"Alright, let's duel!" the young boy says before he draws six cards. He glances at his cards. 'So, I got these cards, huh...?'
Young boy LP: 4000
Cloaked Person LP: 4000
"Let's do this!" the young boy says. "I'll put a monster facedown and then I'll put down three face downs and end my turn!" As soon as he finishes, the cloaked man laughs before he draws a card.
"Pretty weak move. Now, it's my turn," the cloaked man says. "Now, I'll use 'A Legendary Ocean' for field magic." The young boy blinks a couple of times before the man shows a smirk. "Then, I'll put one card face down and put a monster face down." The man puts down two cards. "Your move."
"Fine, then! I'll first use one of my facedown cards, a magic card! Shield Crush! Now, that card that you set is sent to the graveyard!" the boy says. Hearing this, the man puts his card into the graveyard. "Now, I'll summon Mystic Mech – Senku (1000/500), in Attack Mode! And flip up my facedown monster card, The Forgiving Maiden (850/2000)!" The boy smirks before he says, "Now, I'll attack! First, with the Forgiving Maid-"
"Aw, too bad! But, I'll activate Waboku. Now, attack me all you want for this turn. It won't do anything," the male says with a smirk on his face.
"Fine, then… I'll put a facedown and now end my turn…" the young boy says before he sighs.
"Oh, and don't forget about Mystic Mech – Senku's special abilities," the older male says mockingly. "It's supposed to be sent to the graveyard after the turn that you summoned it." The young male's vision narrows before he puts the card into the graveyard. "Now, it's my turn." The cloaked man draws a card before he says, "Now, I'll summon Bolt Penguin (1100/800) in Attack Mode and A Legendary Ocean increases its attack and defense by 200 points (1300/1000)! And now, I'll have it attack your Forbidden Maiden!"
Young boy LP: 3550
Cloaked Person LP: 4000
"And now I'll end my turn," the cloaked man says smugly before the younger boy groans.
"Fine, then, my draw!" the boy says. "And not I'll activate another one of my facedown cards! It's another magic card! Hammer Shot! With this, I can destroy your Bolt Penguin!" The boy smiles before he says, "And now I'll summon Element Valkyrie in Attack Mode (1500/1200)!" The young boy smirks smugly before he says, "You already know what's going to happen… But, I'll do it anyways! Element Valkyrie! Attack his life points directly!"
Young Boy LP: 3550
Cloaked Person LP: 2500
"And now I'll end my turn," the young boy says before he looks across to his opponent and shows a smug grin.
His opponent lets out a sharp groan before he says, "Fine, then! My draw! I'll finish you somehow…" He draws a card before his eyes narrow. "I'll set one monster face down and end my turn."
This response pleases the young boy, as seen on his face. "Okay, then! My move!" The boy smirks before he says, "Okay, now I'll use another facedown card! Nobleman of Cross out! With that, I'll destroy your face down monster!" The boy looks towards a card in his hand before he thinks, 'Shinato… And my last facedown card is Shinato's Ark… But, not yet. I don't have enough stars in order for me to summon it, after all. Aw, man! Why couldn't this second card be a monster card?!' The male shakes out of his thinking before he says, "Okay, and now I'll use Element Valkyrie to attack you directly… And then I'll end my turn."
Young Boy LP: 3550
Cloaked Person LP: 1000
The cloaked man draws another card before he smirks. "First, I'll put down a facedown card and then I'll end my turn."
The boy smirks before he scratches his head. His opponent is smirking. He wonders the reason why. He draws a card from his deck before he smiles. "Yes," he mutters to himself. It is Hourglass of Courage. Along with his Element Valkyrie, both of them are level four monsters, adding up to eight. It is just enough for him to summon Shinato. "Okay, I activate Shinato's Ark and sacrifice my Element Valykrie and my Hourglass of Courage to summon Shinato, King of a Higher Plane (3300/3000) in Attack Mode." His smile gets larger before he says, "Now, I order Shinato to attack your facedown monster!"
"And that's too bad! My Man-Eating Bug is under there!" the older male says before he flips over his card. "Due to Shinato's effect, I lose 450 points. However, you lose Shinato!" The boy blinks a couple of times before he puts Shinato into the graveyard, clearing up his side of the field. "I guess I end my turn then."
Young Boy LP: 3500
Cloaked Person LP: 550
"Well, that stinks for you!" the cloaked man says before he draws a card. "Now, here we go! I now summon Legendary Fisherman (1850/1600) in Attack Mode." The young boy blinks a couple of times before the older male explains, "Due to A Legendary Ocean's special effect, all of the water monsters in my hand and on the field are downgraded by one star. Thusly, I can now summon The Legendary Fisherman without any sacrifices. Of course, it doesn't get any field bonus because of its special effect but it's still a good plus." He nods in agreement with himself before he says, "Anyways, I will now attack!"
Young Boy LP: 1650
Cloaked Person LP: 550
"And now I'll end my turn!" the cloaked man says. "This'll be your last turn, little kid!" The younger male sucks his teeth before he draws again. And now, it is his turn to smirk. The older male, looking at him smirk, lets out a soft sigh. Youth being youth, he guesses.
"Okay, first I'll put down a card called Premature Burial. With this card, I can summon one card from my graveyard. So, I chose Elemental Valkyrie. "And now, I'll sacrifice it to summon Airknight Parshath (1900/1400) in Attack Mode!" At this moment, the older male lets out a small gasp before the young male smirks. "And now I'll attack."
Young boy LP: 850
Cloaked Person LP: 500
"And now, due to the fact that I dealt Battle Damage to you, I can draw a card," the young male says before he draws a card. "Now, I will use Hinotama to take away the last 500 life points."
Young boy LP: 850
Cloaked Person LP: 0
A few minutes later, the young male is walking out of the alleyway, looking at a card. "Majestic Mech - Goryu, huh…? Not a bad card…"He walks right into a person and falls back slightly, glancing ahead to catch sight of a boy with brown hair and brown eyes. He doesn't need to hide his excitement. He can't do it anyways. The person he just bumped into is the legendary duelist, Jaden Yuki! "I… Um, uh… I- I'm sorry!" the male says before he bows down humbly.
Jaden lets out a large laugh before he puts his hand on his hip. The kid needs to relax. "I saw your duel," he says. "Are you going to go to Duel Academy?" The young male blinks a couple of times. Duel Academy? He remembers passing posters about it, but he never really regarded them. He always believed that he wasn't good enough to go in there so he never bothered to try. The look on the male's face answers everything for Jaden before he says, "You should try out. You should be able to make it in." The young male's ears must not be working. Did he just hear Jaden Yuki tell him that he could possibly enter Duel Academy? He blinks a couple of times before his eyes widen. "What's your name?"
"Jaxen! Jaxen Mihuru!" the young male says before he smiles. He glances down to the deck in his hand before he says, "But, this isn't even my deck, though… My deck is very weak."
Jaden blinks a couple of times. He has seen many a duelist say that. However, he always counters it with one saying, "Not one card is useless. So, there's no way that you can have a weak deck. You just need to find a way to make it. You are a duelist, after all. The only thing that you should be focused on is having fun while you duel." Jaden begins to walk away as Jaxen stands there, looking at Jaden as he walks off. That was Jaden Yuki! No doubt about it!
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It has now been a day ever since Jaxen has met Jaden and now, he is rushing towards Kaiba Corporation. "I couldn't stop thinking about it last night…" he mutters to himself before he busts through the door to the company, heading down a hallway to catch sight of a Duel arena. "Whoa! This is huge!"
"Of course it is!" a person says. Jaxen notices that the voice is close next to him and turns to his right. He catches sight of a young brown-haired woman. She has her blue orbs staring straight at him, as she crosses her arms just below her chest. Jaxen admires her shoulder-length hair before she says, "So, you're here for the entrance exam, huh?" He tosses a duel disk to Jaxen before he says, "My name is Professor Julia Raleigh, I'm one of the leaders of the Obelisk Blue students, as well as one of the proctors for these exams. Now, let's get down to the Duel Field and test you out."
As soon as they get down to the Duel field, Jaxen puts on his duel disk and puts his deck inside the deck slot. As soon as he looks to Professor Raleigh, the two of them say, "Let's duel!" Little does Jaxen know, however, that someone is looking on at their duel.
Professor Raleigh LP: 4000
Jaxen LP: 4000
"Well, I guess I'll go first. I'll have to get used to this deck, after all," Raleigh says before she draws a card from her deck. "Okay, first I'll summon King's Knight (1600/1400) in Attack Mode." At the second that King's Knight appears on the field, Jaxen's eyes widen. This is the first time he has ever seen a dueling hologram so up-close before! And he has to admit, it looks pretty cool. Catching sight of this, Professor Raleigh says, "Are you done gawking at my monster yet?" Jaxen quickly shakes his head, trying to shake off the feeling of awe before Professor Raleigh laughs slightly and says, "I'll end my turn with that."
"Okay, then! My draw!" Jaxen says confidently before he draws a card. "Okay, then! I'll summon Blazing Inpachi (1850/0) in Attack mode and equip him with Salamandra! That makes him gain 700 extra points!" Jaxen smirks before he says, "Now, I'll attack! Blazing Inpachi! Attack her King's Knight!"
Professor Raleigh LP: 3050
Jaxen LP: 4000
"Now, I'll throw down a face down and end my turn!" Jaxen says.
Professor Raleigh draws a card before she says, "I'll put one card face down before I summon a monster facedown!" Professor Raleigh puts down her two cards before she lets out a large sigh. "And now, I'll end my turn!"
"Okay, then!" Jaxen yells out. "Now, it's my turn!" He feels completely energetic, since he is dueling so well. At least, he thinks so. "Now, I summon Battle Footballer in attack mode (1000/2100)! And now, I'll use it to attack your facedown monster!" Jaxen smirks as he sees Battle Footballer attack, but is amazed to catch sight of Familiar Knight (1200/1400) being the facedown card.
Professor Raleigh LP: 3050
Jaxen LP: 3600
Jaxen sucks his teeth. He got too excited. He now says, "Okay, then! Blazing Inpachi! Attack her Familiar Knight!"
Professor Raleigh smirks before she says, "You just activated my knight's special ability! Now, we both can summon one level four monster from our hands as a special summon! And I choose my King's Knight!"
Jaxen glances around his hand to catch sight of Abaki and smirks. He really wasn't paying attention before, was he? "I summon Abaki in attack mode (1700/1100)! And I'll use it to attack your King Knight!"
Professor Raleigh LP: 2950
Jaxen LP: 3600
"And now, I'll end my turn," Jaxen says and sighs. He at least recovered for a little bit.
"Now, it's my turn!" Professor Raleigh says before she draws a card. "And now, I'll summon a Queen's Knight (1500/1600) in attack mode! Now, time for me use this card! Sword of Dragon's Soul!" Jaxen blinks a couple of times before he puts on a face of confusion on his face. "Okay, here's its effect, it gives my Queen's Knight 700 points in attack. And with that, I can deal some serious damage to your life points! Queen's Knight, attack Battle Footballer!"
Professor Raleigh LP: 2950
Jaxen LP: 2400
Jaxen blinks a couple of times before he says, "But, it's still weaker than my Blazing Inpachi…"
"Who said that I was done?" Professor Raleigh asks. "I now use Mystic Space Typhoon to destroy your Salamandra! So, now, your Blazing Inpachi is back to normal!" Jaxen watches as his magic card gets destroyed before he gulps. "Now, I'll end my turn."
Jaxen draws one card before he puts it into his hand. He sucks his teeth. This is not going smoothly at all. "Fine, then! I'll put one card facedown and switch all of my cards into defense mode…" Jaxen puts one card facedown before he sighs and says, "I end my turn."
"Okay, then! Now, it's my turn!" Professor Raleigh says. She draws a card before she looks at it and smiles. "Now, I'll attack with Queen's Knight and I'll attack your Inpachi." She slightly smiles before she says, "Now, I'll end my turn."
"Okay, then…" Jaxen says before he closes his eyes. "Jaden said that… No card is useless. Now, please… show me that!" He then draws a card before he looks at it and smiles. "Yes!" At this moment, Professor Raleigh blinks a couple of times. What is going on? "Now, I'll summon Ultimate Baseball Kid in Attack Mode!" he says. He smirks. "And you know its special ability, right? It gains 1000 points for everyone other fire-type monster on the field and I count two so that's 1000 more points!"
"However, you're still short! You need more attack points in order for you to attack my Queen's Knight!" Professor Raleigh says.
Jaxen smirks before he says, "That's the reason why I have my facedown card! Now, I'll reveal it! Book of Moon!" Jaxen looks across the field to catch sight of the Professor's stunned face. "Now, your Queen's Knight is flipped upside down! And that equipped card is now useless!" With that, the hologram for Sword of the Dragon's Soul shatters. "Now, I'll switch all of my cards into attack mode! Ultimate Baseball Kid, attack her facedown card!"
Jaxen smirks before he looks to see Professor Raleigh's expression. She is smiling. He's sure of it! "Now, I'll activate my facedown card, Negate Attack!" Jaxen blinks a couple of times before he lets out a large sigh. She sure has been holding back her cards for a while now. "Looks like you're serious. So, I'll be serious as well." Jaxen blinks a couple of times before he sighs. His possible future teacher seems to be quite the character.
He lets out another sigh before he says, "Okay, then. I'll put two cards facedown end my turn now."
Professor Raleigh smiles before she draws her card. "Now, I'll show you the power of my knights! I'll flip up Queen's Knight! And then I'll summon my King's Knight in attack mode!" Jaxen blinks a couple of times before he catches sight of the King's Knight once again. "Now, King's Knight's special ability activates! If I normal summon it alongside with my Queen's Knight, I can special summon a Jack's Knight (1900/1000) from my hand!" At the second that the third knight shows up on the field, Jaxen takes a step back. He had faced two of them before. However, he had no idea how overwhelming it would feel to have the three ironclad warriors staring him down.
"Now, I'll attack!" Professor Raleigh says. "Now, Jack's Knight, attack his Abaki!" she yells out before she notices that Jaxen has activated a trap card. "Huh? Oh, Shadow Spell, huh? So, my Jack's Knight can't attack and it loses 700 attack points." She shakes her head. "I guess that's no good. King's Knight! Attack his Ultimate Baseball Kid!" she yells out before the knight charges towards the small baseball hat-clad monster. The second that the knight slashes through the monster with his sword, Jaxen notices his LP has been cut a little bit.
Professor Raleigh LP: 2950
Jaxen LP: 2300
"I'll put two facedown cards and end my turn here. Your move," she says sullenly before Jaxen breathes out in relief. That was close.
"Okay, now… My move!" he yells out before he draws a card. He keeps on looking at the card in his hand before he blinks a couple of times. With this card, he can possibly end the duel during this turn! He has got to try! "Okay, then! Now, I activate Premature Burial from my hand! I'll give up 800 points to bring back Ultimate Baseball Kid from the graveyard!"
Professor Raleigh LP: 2950
Jaxen LP: 1500
"Not so fast! I activate my trap card!" Professor Raleigh yells out. "Magic Jammer! So, I'll discard one card from my hand… And I can stop you using your Premature Burial!"
"Not so fast for you!" Jaxen says. "I activate Tools of the Bandit! So, I lose 1000 life points but I'll be able to stop your Magic Jammer from stopping my Premature Burial!" As soon as he sees Magic Jammer shatter, Jaxen smirks and flicks his nose. "Now, let's start!"
Professor Raleigh LP: 2950
Jaxen LP: 500
And now, I'll use this monster card! Gaia Soul, the Combustible Collective (2000/0)!" He smirks as Professor Raleigh gasps. She knows what he's going to do next. "Since you've guessed it, I'll just do it! I'll sacrifice both my Ultimate Baseball Kid and my Abaki to increase its attack points by 2000! And I'll use one card from my card known as Twin Swords of Flashing Light! You see… It decreases my card's attack by 500 points but in exchange, it can attack twice in one turn!" Jaxen then points to Jack's Knight and then Queen's Knight. "It's within my sight now! I'm gonna win! Gaia Soul! Attack Jack's Knight!"
Professor Raleigh LP: 650
Jaxen LP: 500
"Now, Gaia Soul attack Queen's Knight!" he yells out. As soon as he notices that Professor Raleigh had activated a Trap Card, he gasps and takes a look at it. "Ring of Destruction?!"
"Yes, so now I destroy your Gaia Soul, the Combustible Collective and both of us lose life points equal to its attack points," Professor Raleigh says sullenly. 'I really didn't want to do that… However, you were extremely close, weren't you? You're not bad, little kid.'
Professor Raleigh LP: 0
Jaxen LP: 0
Jaxen breathes out a groan of frustration before he mutters, "I was so close!" He, however, finds himself smiling before he says, "That was fun, though…" He notices a shadow covering him before he looks up to catch sight of Professor Raleigh looking down at him. He smiles brightly before he says, "Nice duel."
Professor Raleigh laughs slightly, saying, "Nice job. What's your name?" she asks.
"My name is-" Jaxen starts before he notices that Professor Raleigh is walking out of the Duel field. "Jaxen Mihuru…" She smiles and says, "Oh, that's your name? Well, nice to meet you, Jaxen." Jaxen glances behind him to see her walking off again. He lets out a soft sigh before she waves back. "The ship will leave tomorrow at 9 am sharp! Don't be late!" At hearing her say that, Jaxen lets out a large gasp before jumping up. A huge, 'Yay,' can be heard from the Duel Field as he jumps up and down in excitement.
Meanwhile, Professor Raleigh arrives at the entrance as she catches sight of a blue-haired girl, no older than Jaxen's age. "Oh, so you watched the duel, huh? And how did you like it? Did it entertain you some, Rai?"
The girl turns around before she begins to walk off. Her green orbs of eyes glances straight ahead as she feels a chill run through her body from her legs on. She hates wearing skirts during a windy day. She heaves a large sigh before glancing back to the Professor. "Even though it was mostly by luck, I'm noticing that the guy's evolving as he the duels go on. I'm can't take my eyes off of him. He could be a problem in the future for me…" She turns around before she walks off.
A few minutes later, Jaxen stands outside of the Kaiba Corporation, glancing at the building. "It's such a small step," he mutters to himself. "However, being able to enter Duel Academy almost seems like a dream…" Jaxen glances up towards the sky and smiles. "Well, even though it seems to be a far off dream, I want to become a dueling pro! And I'm not going to let anyone get in my way!"
Ending Theme: Game: Ayumi Hamasaki
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You've probably noticed that I have no opening theme. Well, I just can't really find one that would fit this fanfic. If you find one that works, can you please let me know somehow? Anyways, please give me feedback! This'll help me get better at this!
Preview: Jaxen: After getting onto the ship to go to Duel Academy, I run into a student. He is expected to become a Slifer Red, just like I am going to be. However, he seems to have a bad attitude and it is rumored that he was sent here to avoid a juvenile detention sentence, along with the gang that he hangs out with. I shouldn't have any reason to duel him but I just can't let them take my cards without a fight! And the person that I'm dueling… He seems to not share the same attitude as the rest of the gang. Anyways, I'm just going to have to duke it out!
Next time: The Duelist That Rocks the World; Stone Dempsey!