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Angelic Duel

Turn 1

The Boy Who Fell From the Sky

Judai Yuki leaned over the railing as the ship got closer to the island. He was so excited about going to Duel Academy that a few people were worried he would actually fall over board. A few hoped he would since it was obvious he got in by pure luck. Not only was he late for the entrance duel, but Chronos had said he barely passed the written exam. It was obvious he would get special treatment if they still let him attend.

Duel Academy was a school just for Duel Monsters. The goal of the school was to teach the next generation of duelists. Many thought it was strange for Kaiba Corp to create such a school, but figured the young CEO was just bored and had money to spend. The school was also one of the few in the world that allowed both humans and myths to attend classes together. Of course, most myths disguised themselves as humans so there would be no prejudice against them. Not even the instructors knew which were myths and which were humans.

The school was divided by skill level. Obelisk Blue was for the highest ranked students. It was rare for a first year to be placed into that dorm, which meant they had some leverage. Ra Yellow was the next highest. Many students in their first year would be found here. The lowest dorm was known as Osiris Red. Judai and his new found friend, Sho Marafujin, were to stay in that dorm. Judai didn't mind since his favorite color was red.

"Please be careful, aniki!" Sho yelled as Judai leaned further over.

"Oh relax, Sho!" Judai assured. It was then he saw a black blur race by something blue, making it fall towards the island. The brunet blinked, not believing what he saw. Unknowingly, he leaned even further to the point of almost falling off the ship. If it wasn't for Sho pulling him back, he probably wouldn't have even noticed he fell off until he hit the water.

"That's it!" Sho yelled. "We're going to wait inside!"

"But I saw something falling! I swear!" Judai whined. He knew he saw something, but it was fairly weird.

It looked like a teen boy with light blue wings.

"Ow, that was a rough landing," a boy said as he rubbed his head. His blue-green hair and green eyes gave off a calming effect on almost anyone who saw him. His blue robes were no longer in pristine condition, covered in dirt and twigs.

"Now, which way was my contact?" the boy huffed as he started to walk in a random direction. His light blue wings twitched with annoyance. He had a feeling it was going to be one of those days.

The day seemed to drag for Judai. For one thing, he practically slept through the welcome speech. His nap was ruined thanks to Sho wanting to point out his older brother, Ryo. Supposedly he was called Kaiser due to being the top of his class with two of his friends. One of them was Yusuke Fujiwara, otherwise known as the Prince of Darkness, sitting next to Ryo. (1) The other was Fubuki Tenjoin who has been missing for some time. For some strange reason, people called Fubuki the Blizzard Princess despite him being male. (2)

The welcoming banquet at their dorm was great. If there was one thing Judai loved as much as Duel Monsters, it was fried shrimp. Sho was too shocked that he allowed Judai to finish his portion of shrimp. It was obvious to everyone who to blame if they ever ran out of food for meals in the future.

The two boys were pleased to find out they would be rooming together. There was room for one more person in the small room, but a third student hadn't shown up yet. They could only assume that they lucked out and had the room to themselves.

Soon after they settled in, Sho decided to go to sleep early. Judai was still too excited to sleep. He was curious about the nearby woods which Daitokuchi-sensei, the teacher in charge of their dorm, warned them not to go into them. Evidently, there was an abandoned dorm somewhere in said woods where students tended to disappear. Few seemed to take him seriously.

"Man, its sure nice out! Isn't it, Winged Kuribo?" Judai asked the brown fluffball with wings floating next to him as he walked.

"Kuri!" the spirit responded.

Few humans knew about spirit monsters, a Duel Monsters card that had a spirit of the monster attached to it. Reason being is that normally myths were the only ones able to see them. If a human was able to see it, it was because they had an ancestor that was a myth or they had strong psychic powers. Either way, humans who could see them were normally shunned.

Sho found out about Winged Kuribo on the ship. The short teen could only sense the spirit, not see or hear it. He never explained why he could, and Judai never asked. It was a new school and they didn't want anyone to hate them right off the bat.

Suddenly, the bushes ahead of them started to move. The most likely reason was that it was some wild animal, maybe even Daitokuchi-sensei's cat, Pharaoh. Judai ran over to the bushes out of curiosity with Winged Kuribo following as it shouted its worry over Judai's safety.

"Rubi!" someone, or something, cried. "Rubi-rubi!"

"Hey, a Ruby Carbuncle!" Judai exclaimed when the spirit monster came into view. Indeed, the creature was a cat-like creature no larger than a house cat. Its fur was lavender with the inside of it's four ears a magenta-ruby color that matched it's large eyes. On the end of its tail was a large sphere that was the same ruby color of its eyes.

Below the hovering spirit was a boy. The first thing that popped into the brunet's head was the falling object he saw earlier. Blue hair, light blue wings, and a blue outfit seemed out of place for the island. When Judai saw green eyes stare back at him did he realize that the boy was awake.

"Cool wings," Judai said with a smile. "Why were you falling earlier?"

"Kuri-kuri kuri!" Winged Kuribo yelled in fustration.

"Well of course it is weird for someone to have wings," Judai responded. "But they look pretty cool. And I'm curious why he's here. Aren't you?"

"Kuri…" the fluffball sighed.

"Not many people would be so calm around a myth," the boy said as he got up and brush the dirt away. "Then again, if you can see spirit monsters, you can't be normal. I'm Johan Anderson."

"Judai Yuki!" Judai chirped as he grabbed the winged boy's hand to shake it. "I had a feeling you were a myth! What are you? An angel? Bird demon? What brings you to Duel Academy?"

"Whoa! Easy does it!" Johan laughed. "First off, the term angel is incorrect. People just call us that because that's what they've been used to. I'm a guardian. I came here on a top secret mission. Sorry I can't tell you, kid!"

"And the reason why you fell?"

"Ah, I woke up late and missed the boat ride here. So, I had to fly here! When I was about to land, a black blur flew right by me, knocking me right out of the sky! Whoever it was had to be fast and strong."

"Kuri-kuri!"

"I guess we should go back," Judai said. "You wanna come?"

"Lead the way."

"Judai-kun!" Daitokuchi yelled from the front of the Osiris Red dorm. "I told you not to go out into the woods, nya~!"

"Sorry, teach! I just wanted to explore!" Judai explained. "Oh, this here is Johan Anderson. Evidently he missed the boat and flew here!"

"A guardian?" the teacher said in shock. "I wasn't told that a guardian was going to be staying in my dorm!"

"Interesting," Johan said with wide eyes. "I wasn't told that a vampire was teaching here…"

"Huh?" Judai said, tilting his head. "Vampire?"

"Ah! Well, you see…" Daitokuchi stuttered.

"That's so cool!" The two spirits face planted. It had to have been their luck to end up hanging out with one of the densest humans there was. Any normal human would have gone and screamed either bloody murder or a marriage proposal depending on what they read.

"You think so?"

"Yeah! Hey, what about all of that stuff from the movies?"

"Pretty much everything is false, except for sunlight," Johan answered. "So long as they have a charm, they can stay out in the sun. Otherwise, they burn like a tree in a forest fire."

"What about needing permission to enter a building? Wouldn't that be hard to go to class and all?"

"Vampires just have manners, unlike some people," Daitokuchi explained. "Now why don't you two go up to your room? Guardian-san was supposed to be with you, anyway. It's too late for you to be running around, even for you, Guardian-san. The reason the woods are off limits is because of some of the myth students. Just don't go telling anyone else, nya."

"Why?" both Johan and Judai asked at the same time.

"Well, we don't want anyone see one of the weres naked, do we?"

"Wait, wait, wait," Sho said. "You're saying that not only do we have a third roommate, but he's a myth!"

"Yeah," Judai said while Johan nodded. "What's wrong with that?"

"Oh, it's not me we have to worry about! Once word gets out we're rooming with a myth you can forget about a social life!

"I still don't see the problem," Johan and Judai said at the same time.

"Forget it," Sho sighed. "Since you're a Guardian, could you at least hide your wings when we're outside?"

"Sure," Johan said. His wings started to glow before slowly disappearing as if they were never there. Judai was amazed by it and wanted to see it again. This started the bonding process of their new found friendship.

If they were to look outside, they would have seen glowing golden eyes staring at their door.

TBC

(1) I have no clue if Yusuke actually has a nickname like the other two. I just gave him one because it doesn't seem fair he's just Yusuke.

(2) Yes, I changed Fubuki's nickname. There is a reason behind the change.

Random talk: Kya! I'm a little excited I managed to finish the first chapter! Sure, it is a little shorter than I would like, but I didn't want to cram too much in. Next chapter should be longer! Wanna know what's up next? Well, I'll be introducing a werewolf and another vampire!

Poll results: In the end, there was a tie between two fics. To honor the tie (unlike I was going to do originally), I will work on both fics. Therefore, the two fics that will be updated are….

Mirror Image

and

The Forgotten One

To Angelic Duels fans: you are very lucky that I want to get to Fubuki before the hiatus. I promise to do at least two, if not three, more chapters before focusing on the winning stories.

Thank you to all who voted! I'm sorry to those who liked the other fics in the poll. As soon as these two are finished, I will post a new chapter to signify a new poll. New fics will be added to the poll, giving more options!

IMPORTANT: Updates might be slow. I recently had knee surgery and have to go to physical therapy three times a week. I will get them out as soon as I can. They might be short chapters with a lot of explanations, but it was bound to happen as I need to establish some background.

Until next time!

Rubi-chan, over and out!