Yugioh! GX: Souls of the Forgotten
Chapter 2- A New Life at the Academy! A False Victory!?
Enjoy!
All of the applicants that passed the written and practical tests of the examination were on a plane en route to the famous Duel Academy. All of them were excited to start thier new lives there. Chase was in one of the seats with his eyes closed and his goggles over his eyes. Just then, because he had always known since he was younger, he pulled them up and opened his eyes to see a couple of spirits. He warmly smiled.
"Hey you guys."
"Looks like you made it," One of the spirits, Momo Hinamori, said with a smile.
"Thanks to you guys. Without you, there was no way I was going to win."
"Of course. We'll always help you...stupid." Rukia said.
"Rukia, why do you always call me a idiot?"
"Because you are one."
"Haha, I guess I am if I don't already know you guys will always have my back."
"We'll never leave you," Momo said. As if the two spirits could sense a presence, which they could, they quickly disappeared as Charlie made his way to his seat next to Chase with a plate of many varities of foods and a smile.
"Hey man."
"Hey."
"Isn't this excitiing?! We're so close to Duel Academy!"
"Yeah! I've waited for this for my whole life!"
"So, where did you get those unqiue cards?"
"Let's...not talk about that okay?"
"Oh...okay."
"It's cool. So what about you?"
"...To become stronger...to keep a promise."
"A promise?"
"To my dad. He's...in prison."
"Oh...I'm sorry."
"It's cool...wow, this turned into a bummer man. Let's talk about this awesome food!"
"Haha...
"Attention passengers! We will be arriving at our destination in 10 minutes!" The intercom announced. Chase looked out the window at the vast over below them, in awe of its beauty.
10 minutes later, the plane arrived at the academy and everyone made their way onto the island. To their surprise, a tall, about 5'9, man with short brown hair, wearing a dark red blazer, different than the other blazers, stood in front of the crowd. He looked around at the crowd and narrowed his eyes at Chase, who was looking at his deck. "So that's Chase Rivers? Interesting."
The man wiped off his look of curiousity and put on a smile. "Welcome applicants! Welcome to Duel Academy! My name is Rico Silver and I am your chancellor. This is the place where new duelists come to hone thier skills to become one of the best! Former students have proved that, like Syrus Truesdale and Jaden Yuki, to name a few. Speaking of, some of you will end up feeling like Jaden is right here with you. But enough of that, I want you all to train and study hard to soar to the top! Even though some of you are in red jackets, which is the lowest rank here, you can become Obelisk Blue. So, go check out your dorms!"
Everyone sprinted off towards thier new lives at the academy but when Chase tried to, the chancellor stopped him. "Chase Rivers, welcome."
"You know me?"
"Yes. Your duel at the Kaiba Dome interested me the most."
"It did? Why?"
"Anyways, I'll see you around."
"Yeah. Bye sir." Chase took off towards his dorm.
Chase and Charlie made their way to the Slifer Red dorm and they were surprised when they got there. In front of the dorm, there was a statue of Jaden Yuki's favorite monsters, E-HERO Neos and Flame Wingman.
"Wow...Jaden must have really made an impact." Charlie said.
"Yeah. No wonder Slifer the Sky Dragon is the strongest God card. At least that's what I think."
"Really?"
"Yeah! He looks awesome and has an awesome ability! Anyways, let's go inside." The two Slifers headed inside thier room to a basic living arrangment: a 3-bed bunk bed, a desk, a closet, a kitchen, a bathroom and so on.
"Can I take the top bunk?" Charlie asked. However, he didn't let Chase answer as Charlie made his way to the bed. But then, he was surprised. "Huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"There are belongings already here. Did you come here before?"
"How could I?"
"Huh?"
"You think we have a roommate?"
"Maybe. If we do, I can't wait until we meet him."
"Or her?"
"Yeah right."
"Come on, let's check out the academy."
"Sure."
The two friends decided to explore the academy, first stopping at the card shop. "Dude, there's a card shop?" Charlie asked excitedly. Chase sweat-dropped.
"Dude, we are at Duel Academy, you know, where we use cards to duel."
"Haha...right. Let's see if they have any cards in." The two friends headed into the shop and saw a very pretty brown haired girl behind the counter. She noticed the boys and smiled. "Hello. How can I help you?"
"Do you have any cards in stock?" Charlie asked.
"I'm sorry, we don't. We'll start selling cards Monday, October 1st. And we get new cards every month."
"Oh cool. Thanks."
"So are you two new?"
"Yeah, we're exploring the island."
"Oh. Well, make sure not to go to the Obelisk Blue dorm."
"Why not?" Chase asked.
"Because, unless you have business there, non-Obelisk Blues aren't allowed there. Steer clear of the Obelisk Blue Girls' dorm too."
"Girls' dorm?"
"Yeah, I heard Duel Academy had a boys' dorm and a girls' dorm, right?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah. But just for Obelisks. If you haven't noticed, there are not many Slifer Red or Ra Yellow girl students."
"Wow...the girls here must be strong then."
"Yep. Don't mess with us girls," the clerk said with a wink.
"Well, thank you for telling us. We're going to check out the rest of the island."
"Hope you have fun. Oh and my name is Sally!"
"Thanks Sally!"
The two friends next made their way to the hot springs the academy, much to Charlie's pleasure. "Dude, this is awesome!"
"I think we'll be coming here alot during our stay," Chase said jokingly. Charlie nodded in confirmation and headed into one of the bath houses. Unfortunately, a few screams were later heard and the door swung open with Charlie flying out.
"O-oww..."
Three girls with towels wrapped around thier bodies then came out, all with angry looks on thier faces. They huffed and puffed before heading back in. Chase looked at his friend and shook his head in disbelief. "You okay?" He asked handing out his hand.
"Y-Yeah. I'm good. Come-come on, let's head out." Chase led the way back to the dorm but as they started to walk, Chase bumped into someone. "O-ow! Sorry!" Chase looked surprised when he saw that it was the same person he bumped into at the Kaiba Dome.
"Hey! You're that kid!"
"I know who you are!"
"You do? Oh, you saw my duel against Professor Wilkins!"
"Yeah. I did and something's up."
"Huh?"
"Professor Wilkins never duels any applicants so why you?"
"He doesn't? Huh."
"And I know you cheated."
"I what!?"
"I looked up every Duel Monster card there is and none you played matched. So you cheated to get here."
"I did not!"
"Yeah, you did. I bet you're not even that strong."
"But..."
"Whatever. I'm out of here cheater." The boy pushed Chase out of the way and took off.
"What was that?" Charlie asked.
"I don't know. But I ran into him at the Kaiba Dome too."
"Don't worry about him. He's just another Slifer Red. Let's head back to the dorm." Throwing away what just happened, Chase followed Charlie back to thier dorm.
The boy who bumped into Chase for a second time made his way to the Obelisk Blue dorm, even though he had on a Slifer Red jacket. He entered a room where the two Obelisks commenting on Chase's examination duel were.
"Hey Max," Skylar said.
"Guess who I ran into?"
"Who?"
"Chase Rivers."
"The one with those unique cards?"
"The one who cheated. There was no way those cards were legal."
"Maybe they are."
"Yeah right. I looked up every single card in the game. His cards aren't any of them."
"You must not have a life then. There are thousands of cards. Hehe..."
"Oh be quiet Skye! Argon, you agree with me right?"
"Maybe."
"Grrr...well, I know he cheated. I'm going to talk with Rico."
"Why?" Skylar asked.
"We can't have cheaters here. I'm having Chase expelled." Max took off before the two Obelisks could stop him. Skylar shook her head while Argon just smiled.
Max made his way to the Chancellor's office and knocked. With a 'come in', Max entered. "Rico, we need to talk!"
"Chancellor Silver."
"Chancellor, we need talk."
"About?"
"Chase Rivers."
"Oh yes."
"Expel him."
"Why should I?"
"Because he cheated during his exam. No one has ever seen those cards he used before!"
"True. But I'm not expelling him."
"Why not!?"
"...I can't tell you."
"And why not?!"
"I'm sorry Mr. Lipton. I can't tell you."
"Grrr...fine! I'm going to prove he cheated! Let me duel him!"
"...No."
"What!? Rico!"
"Chancellor."
"Chancellor. Why not?!"
"Listen, if he cheated, I would have known about it. He didn't cheat. But I'll arrange the duel."
"Thank you." Max bowed and took his leave. Rico smiled. "You're going to be in for a rude awakening Max. Trust me."
Chase and Charlie were in thier dorm room. Charlie was on his bed and Chase was at the desk, looking at his cards. "Hey Charlie?"
"Yeah."
"Do you think I did well against Professor Wilkins?"
"Huh? Of course you did! You were out of this world!"
"Heh, thanks. For some reason, that guy thought I lost."
"Don't worry about him. Besides, if you tried to cheat, your Duel Disk would alert you. You did well."
"Another thing, isn't it weird that a professor would duel a new applicant. I always thought that proctors dueled applicants."
"Yeah, that's what I heard. You're being too worried about it. Relax."
"I guess."
Just then, the intercom in the room came on. "Attention all students! Please report to the Obelisk Arena at this time!"
"I wonder what this is about."
"What else? A duel!"
"Really? I wonder who's dueling. Let's go!"
The two friends made thier way to the arena where the rest of the academy was filling up. The two found thier seats just as Chase noticed the boy on stage. "Hey, it's that guy. Is he dueling?"
Rico then came on stage with a microphone. "Attention everyone! Max Lipton came to my office earlier with a pretty far-fetched accusation. To be blunt, he thinks that Chase Rivers cheated in his examination duel." Everyone gasped and looked at Chase.
"I cheated? But...I didn't."
Max took the mic from Rico and said, "I called you out cheater! Get down here so I can prove it!"
Watching from a little way's away, Argon and Skylar commented. "This...might not end well." Argon said.
"Yeah. But for whom? Max or Chase?" Skylar asked. A little hestiant, Chase made his way to the stage.
"I didn't cheat!"
"Then explain the cards or duel me!"
"To add in, I told him it was a bad idea," Rico comically said.
"I...I can't...exactly."
"Fine. Then I'll prove you're a cheat." The two took thier spots and activated thier Duel Disks.
"DUEL!"
Chase: 4000
Max: 4000
Turn 1
"Since you're accusing me, I'll start," Chase said. He drew a card and smiled. "Help me out! I summon Rukia Kuchiki, Lieutenant of the 13th Division!" The short, black haired girl from Chase's last duel appeared. (ATK: 1700/DEF: 1400)
"See? If I was cheating, then my Duel Disk would have notified me."
"He has a point," A voice said, walking up and sitting next to Chancellor Silver. He smiled.
"Professor Wilkins, what a surprise."
"I heard your announcement and I was done with getting lessons ready that I decided to see what was going on. This should be interesting. Did you tell either of them?"
"No. Not yet."
"Maybe you were in on it with the professor. He never duels the applicants. Maybe you bribed him to duel you and throw the match." Max explained.
"What!?"
"Wow, what an accusation!" Professor Wilkins said.
"Are you done?" Max asked.
"Y-Yeah."
Turn 2
"Watch this! I draw! I summon Alien Warrior in Attack Position." (ATK: 1800/DEF: 1000)
"Uh-oh. Rukia, be careful!" Chase warned.
"Nothing can save her. Alien Warrior, attack Rukia!" Alien Warrior rushed up to Rukia and clawed her, destroying her.
Chase: 3900
"I end my turn. Just try to destroy my monster."
Turn 3
"I'm sorry Rukia. I'll make it up to you. I draw!" Chase drew a card. "I summon Momo Hinamori, Lieutenant of the 5th Division." (ATK: 1400/DEF: 1200)
"What's with the weak girls you keep summoning?" Max asked.
"Shut-up!"
"What?"
"Don't talk about them like that! They're not weak and I'll show you!"
"Then show me."
"It's your turn." A card appeared. That comment caused some of the spectators to started laughing. It was mostly Slifers and Max's glare ceased all laughter.
Turn 4
Max drew a card. "Come on, this isn't even a challenge. I summon Alien Shocktrooper in Attack Position." (ATK: 1900/DEF: 800)
"Alien Warrior, attack Momo!" Alien Warrior attempted to strike Momo, but she somehow grew stronger, deflecting the attack and counterattacking. (ATK: 2400)
Max: 3400
"What the?! She survived!? And she destroyed my monster!"
"That's right! She's not so weak now huh? She grew stronger thanks to Soul Boost. It has two effects but I used the first one to increase Momo's ATK by 1000."
"Grrr...I set 1 card and end my turn." A card appeared.
Turn 5
"My turn! Draw! Momo, attack Alien Shocktrooper!"
Max smirked, allowing Momo to attack but, to Chase's surprise, not destroy Shocktrooper. Instead, Chase was damaged.
Chase: 3800
"Momo! Momo!"
"You fell for it! I activated Call of the Haunted to bring back Alien Warrior. Why? Because Alien Warrior's effect causes Momo to lose 300 ATK and DEF for each "A" Counter."
"Oh man," Chase said looking at his hand. It contained Negate Attack, Reiji Abarai, the Hot-Headed Soul Reaper, Sode No Shirayuki, Fairy of the Spring and Monster Reborn.
"I set 1 card and end my turn." An unknown card appeared. Max started laughing.
"Is that it? Oh man, maybe Scott felt bad for you and let you win!"
"I didn't cheat!"
"Yeah, yeah. I draw!"
Turn 6
Max drew a card and smirked. "Monsters, attack directly!" The two monsters tried to attack Chase but he reacted by activating his face-down card. A barrier of light appeared and deflected the attacks.
"Grrr...Of course. I end my turn."
Turn 7
Before Chase drew, he looked at his deck. "I need your help guys. Please." Chase drew a card.
"Alright! First, I activate Monster Reborn, bringing back Rukia. Next I equip her with Sode No Shirayuki, her Zanpakuto." Rukia reappeared and her famous sword appeared in her arms. A few seconds went by. Max was confused.
"She didn't grow stronger. You just played a useless card."
"Actually, I didn't. I activate Shikai Release. With this, Shirayuki's abilities are unlocked."
"Unlocked?"
"Yes. Like her second ability. It allows me to freeze all of your monsters, preventing them from doing any action in the game."
"What!?"
"Rukia!" Rukia nodded and said the chant. "Dance! Sode No Shirayuki!" Rukia held her ZanpakutÅ out in front of her and turned it in a circle counter-clockwise. While she turned it, the blade, hilt, and tsuba turned completely white. The tsuba became a hollow snowflake-like circle, and a white ribbon formed from the pommel, with a rush of cold air in all directions accompanying the transformation.
"Now I use her third ability. Rukia."
Rukia called out the name of the dance, allowing her to gather moisture in the air to the tip of Sode no Shirayuki, creating a blade of ice. After piercing Alien Warrior, it continued to freeze any surrounding objects and the immediate area, including Alien Shocktrooper.
"Remember, they can't preform any action, so it's like you have no monsters. That means, I can attack directly! Rukia!"
"Chase, summon Renji."
"What? But I would have to tribute you."
"Duh."
"But..."
"Don't you want to prove you didn't cheat?"
"Yeah."
"Then you have to win. Just summon him. Stupid."
"Heh. O-okay. I tribute Rukia to summon Renji Abarai, the Hot-Headed Soul Reaper in Attack Position." Rukia disappeared and a long crimson haired, usually kept in a ponytail, man with brown eyes wearing a standard Shinigami outfit and a maroon headband appeared. As he was summoned, he smiled, a trait he had when he faced an opponent.
"What's going on?" Renji asked.
"We're in a duel. My reputation's on the line."
"What reputation?" Chase anime-fell. "Sh-shut-up. Let's just win this. Renji, attack!" Renji used Shunpo, an ability that allows Renji to move faster than the eye can see, to disappear and reappear behind Max and kick him, knocking him down. "Arh!"
Max: 1200
"Alright Chase! You got him on the ropes!" Charlie cheered. Skylar looked surprised while Argon looked intrigued. Professor Wilkins looked at Chancellor Silver, who was smiling.
"I'm losing!?" Max asked himself.
"I end my turn."
Chancellor Silver stood up, much to Scott's surprise. "Sir?"
"I'm stopping this duel."
"Is that a good idea?" Rico however didn't answer for he went up to the stage and announced...
"Okay, unfortunately, I'm stopping this duel!"
"What!?" Max cried out. The spectators started conversing among themselves.
"I'm stopping this duel before one of you or both of you become the center of a problem."
"But he cheated!" Max yelled.
"No he didn't Max."
"And how do you know?"
"Because I know. Everyone, return to your dorms."
Duel: No Result
Confused and shocked, everyone left the Obelisk Arena, leaving Argon with Skylar along with Chase, Max and Charlie. Professor Wilkins had left.
"This is nonsense! I was winning!" Max yelled, storming off, with Argon and Skylar following. Chase just stood there confused.
"Well, that was interesting." Rico said.
"Sir, wait," Chase said. "Why did you stop the duel? And I thought only proctors dueled applicants? So why did Professor Wilkins duel me?"
However, Rico didn't answer the student's question and just walked off.
"Oookay..."
"Come on dude, let's just go." Charlie said. The two friends headed back to the Slifer Red dorm.
Back at the Chancellor's office, Professor Wilkins was talking with Rico. "I'm not quite sure why you stopped the duel sir." Scott asked.
"Why would have happened if Max lost?"
"Considering he's the fifth best duelist here? I'm not sure he would have, even though he took a big hit during that Chase's last turn."
"If he would have, he would have been a laughing stock of the academy, like Mr. Princeton was." Rico answered.
"Oh yeah, Mr. Yuki had told you about that."
Rico looked to his left at a wall with a poster on it. It was depicting the infamous Jaden Yuki shaking hands with Rico.
"You went to Jaden's Pro League match a year or so ago right?"
"Yes. It was actually two years ago. After Chancellor Sheppard retired and I took his spot. Anyways, the same result would have occurred upon Chase's lost. I am the chancellor, which means I have to protect the students. Besides, I don't think Max understands how strong Chase really is."
"And you do?"
Chancellor Silver didn't respond.
"You know Max is just going to duel Chase again, with or without your permission."
"True. And that's okay."
"You're loving this, aren't you?" Scott asked with a smile.
"What do you mean?"
"No wonder you took the job offer from Chancellor Sheppard."
"Okay, okay, we're finished."
"Sir. Oh, and what about me? When can I duel him and win?"
Rico, however, just shrugged. Getting a smile from Scott, he walked himself out.
Author's Note: How was it? I hope you all liked it. Please R&R.
The accusations that Chase cheated at his Examination duel keeps popping up in the form of Obelisk Blue student, Derek Matthews. He tries to duel Chase to see for himself, but to the two's surprise, Charlie steps up and duels Derek instead. Next Time: Obelisks at their Finest! Enter Derek Matthews