Yugioh! Eternal Cries
Episode 2—The Trouble Begins

Everyone who had passed the Duel Exam was being drove to Duel Academy via boat. Everybody was doing their things, including Shin. He was in the café destroying the food. He was very hungry. Minutes after eating, he was walking throughout the deck. He stopped and leaned over the edge of the boat with his arms on the edge. "I wonder….what kinds of challenges will await me at Duel Academy…am I ready?"

Then, someone appeared behind Shin. Shin quickly turned to confront the male. "Who are you!"

"My name is Marcus, let's duel." Said the Marcus.

"For what?" Asked Shin. Marcus smiled. "I saw your duel against the proctor back there and to be honest, I wasn't really impressed."

"Oh really? Let's go! I'll prove I'm the best!" Said Shin activating his duel disk and drawing his starting hand. Marcus did the same.

"DUEL!" Yelled the two.

Shin: 4000
Marcus: 4000

"I'll begin." Said Marcus. He drew a card.

"I set a monster and a face down, go."

"That all? My draw!" Yelled Shin. He drew.

"I summon Tails." A yellow two-tailed fox wearing white gloves appeared. (ATK: 1600)

"Then, I equip Booster to Tails. Now, he gains 600 ATK." (ATK: 2200)

"Tails, attack that face down!" Tails sped up to the set card and shot it. It was revealed as Cocoon of Evolution. (DEF: 2000)

"Cocoon of Evolution! Is he playing a insect deck, or a defense deck? What he is planning?" Shin thought.

"I set 1 card and end."

"Pitiful! Your victory over that proctor was a fluke and I'll prove it, draw!" Yelled Marcus. He drew a card.

"Now, for my real deck, I summon Dragon Rider." (ATK: 1300)

"I then activate my face down; Dragon Fangs. This Spell can only be aimed for a non-dragon type monster with "Dragon" in its name. Now, the targeted monster gains 1300 ATK pts." The Dragon Rider suddenly grew fangs. (ATK: 2600)

"But see, I'm not done with you, I activate Type Change. This spell changes the type of a monster I control, so Dragon Rider is now a Dragon type, and now, I equip Dragon Armor to Dragon Armor. This spell discards my Trap; Dragon Soul to destroy Tails, and Dragon Rider gains 500 ATK for each card destroyed by this effect, and your Booster Spell is also destroyed." Tails along with Booster was destroyed. (ATK: 3100)

"Rider, attack!"

Shin: 900
Marcus: 4000

"This duel is over, go."

"No…its…not, I draw!: Yelled Shin panting. He looked at it and before he could play it, the captain called. "We are about to dock at the Academy. Please gather your belongings and be ready to leave."

Marcus made a smile. "Well, well, looks like you're weak after all." He started to leave. "Hey! We're not done yet!" Yelled Shin. Marcus turned. "Yes we are." He left.

"Hmmm…we'll duel again….I can feel it." Said Shin.