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Chapter 1 : « Hi, I'm the new transfer student ! »
Three days after his arrival, Riegel was finally ready. Sure, all the paperwork was a pain in the ass, but thanks to his barian hypnosis powers, he was able to complete them as fast as possible. Now he was officially Riegel Bushiobi, a second-year student in Heartland Academy recently transferred from Tokyo. With his bag, his duel disk and his new uniform, he was ready to attack his first day... except the fact he didn't know where exactly was his classroom. Those map are anything but simple to read.
"I'm gonna be late, I'm gonna be late, I'm gonna be late!", he said to himself running in the corridors. Suddently, a girl came out of the room. He wasn't able to stop himself in time so what had to happen happened. He crashed into the girl and both fell. Quickly resuming his spirits, he stood up an mumbled apologies: "I'm sorry miss, I didn't see you. Let me help you." He grabbed her hand and helped her stand up. I was a girl with green hair like him tied with a ribbon. She talked: "Apologies accepted, but you shouldn't run like that in corridors. It's dangerous.". Then Riegel explained: "It's kind of my first day here, and I'm a bit lost. I really do not want to be late.".
"Let me see your plan..." asked the girl. "It's room 207.", precised Riegel.
"You have to continue to the next stairs, move up the next floor, and that's the foruth door on yout right.", indicated the girl. "Thank you very much."said he saluted her and run again, this time following the indications. Finally he knocked at his room's door, panting. He Heard a "Come in" from the inside, and entered, before apologizing: "Sorry, I got lost on the way. Am I late?". The old man on the board responded: "We were going to do the check-up for the students, but who are you?" Riegel advanced to the teacher's desk, took from his pocket a sheet of paper and handed it to the teacher, who read it quickly: "Your attention, please.", claimed the professor, " From now, this class will count one more student. Present yourself, boy.".
Riegel turned to the rest of the class and announced:"Hi, everyone. My name is Riegel Bushiobi, nice to meet you. I'm from Tokyo, and I hope to have a good time with you.".
"Now, for your place, there is a free chair next to Ryoga", indicated the teacher.
Whispers were heard in the class, most of them about 'the poor new guy'. Indeed, Ryoga Kamishiro wasn't known for his sociability. Riegel just sit down: "You're Ryoga, right? Let's be friends. Or at least let us not be foes." Ryoga didn't answer and just muttered. "Great. An emo.", thought Riegel.
Some hours after, at the school's central field area
Yuma Tsukumo, first year student with black and red spiked hair, was a passionate duelist. Nothing could make him happier than a good duel, even if he regularly looses, he never gives up with his 'kattobing' way of life. And today, he needed to duel in order to get used to his new deck before the upcoming World Duel Carnival.
"ALRIGHT EVERYONE! WHO'S GONNA DUEL WITH ME?" No one in the area answered, annoyed by the noise.
"You should not make such a ruckus, Yuma.". Coming behind him were Yuma's friend: Kotori, Tetsuo Takeda, Takashi Todoroki, Tokunosuke Omoteura, and Cathy. Takashi added: "To summarize, you will not find someone to duel like this.".
Kotori looked on the side ad saw a second-year student reading his D-pad: "Hey, this is the guy I met this morning!".
"How do you now him, Kotori?", asked Tetsuo.
"He's a new guy in school, and was lost. I just indicated where was his classroom.", explained Kotori.
"If he's new in town, it means I never dueled him. That's all I need to know.", exclaimed Yuma , exited at the idea of a fight with someone new.
"Wait Yuma, you can't just run and...too late.", said Takashi. Yuma was already beside the new student.
"Hey you, do you want to duel me?", asked Yuma.
"Can't you see I'm reading?", answered Riegel, slightly irritated. Then, looking on his interlocutor, he recognized Yuma, the one he would defeat to obtain the Numbers. "Curse,I didn't think I would meet him like this. Well, let's go for official introductions.". He continued: "And it's rude to do not present himself when you meet someone for the first time.".
"You're right. I'm Yuma Tsukumo, and those are my friend". Riegel looked an recognized Kotori: "Hey, you're the girl from this morning. Miss..."
"Kotori, my name is Kotori Mizuki.", answered Kotori.
"Me, I'm Tetsuo Takeda.", a big guy with black hairs,a cap and suspenders on his uniform.
"I'm Cathy.", a cat-like girl with long gray hairs.
"Tokunosuke Omoteura-ura.", a short guy with chesnut hair and a hat.
"And I'm Takashi Todoroki.", the last guy with blue hair in a bowl-cut style.
Riegel answered then: "The name's Riegel Bushiobi. It's a pleasure. I'm kind of new here, and to be honest, I don't know a lot of people."
"But back to important matters... Do you want to duel me?", asked Yuma.
"Sure. Why not?" said Riegel. "And like this, I'll be able to study your strategy."
"DUEL DISK, SET!", Both readied their duel disks, red for Yuma, grey for Riegel. "D-GAZER, SET!", Both activated their visor. An artificial voice claimed : "AR-VISION, LINK COMPLETED.".
Both yelled:"DUEL".
RIEGEL 4000
YUMA 4000
"I'll take the first turn. Draw!", exclaimed Riegel. "I will summon Krebons in attack mode". A blue and gold cybernetic jester appeared en the field, juggling with yellow geometric pieces. "That is all for now.".
[Krebons lv 2 1200/400]
"Now it' my turn. Draw!", exclaimed Yuma. "I'm gonna summon Gogogo Golem in attack mode.". A cyclops golem made of stone with enormous hands came into life.
[Gogogo Golem lv 4 1800/1500]
"Now, Gogogo Golem, attack his Krebons!". The golem sent his fist to knock-out the jester.
"Not so fast! I activate Krebons' effect. By paying 800 life points, I can negate your attack ", exclaimed Riegel. The pieces orbited around Krebons and genetated a force field, blocking Gogogo Golem's punch.
"Fine. In that case, I'll set a card and end my turn.", announced Yuma
[Riegel 3200]
"My turn. Draw!" said Riegel. "Normally I should sacrifice a monster, but as I have a psychic-type monster on my field, I can summon this buddy of mine without having to do it. Come, Armored Axon Kicker!" A sinewy cyborg descended, with severals electrical cables probing his head, his arms and his back.
[Armored Axon Kicker lv 6 2200/1800]
"Wait, a tuner and a non-tuner?", said Tetsuo.
"That's mean...", added Cathy.
"A Synchro Summon-ura?", finished Tokunosuke.
"Guys... what is a Synchro Summon?", asked Yuma. Everybody was floored.
Kotori scolded him:"Yuma! Don't say me you were sleeping in class that day!"
Yuma responded: "Well,...".
FLASHBACK
It was a normal day in the classroom of Yuma. The teacher, Mr. Ukyo Kitano was explaining his lesson about the different types of summoning in Duel Monster on the blackboard. Yuma was on his desk, his arms crossed, a paper mask with a smiling face drawn on covering his actual face, or more precisely the fact he was deeply asleep.
END FLASHBACK
"...A bit."
Takashi sighed , then explained: "To summarize, Synchro Summon allows you combine the levels of a tuner monster with one or more non-tuner monsters to summon a Synchro monster. They were very popular but became out-fashioned with the arrival of Xyz monsters."
"Absolutely, and if they are a bit more difficult to summon, they are not restricted by overlay units.", added Riegel: "Now allow me to show you. I tune my level 6 Armored Axon Kicker with my level 2 Krebons." Krebons transformed into two circles of green light, and Armored Axon Kicker passed through."Synchro Summon!" The cyborg disappeared into a column of light."Appears, Thought Ruler Archfiend !". The green and white bulky demon was standing, its wings outstretched, in a menacing pose.
[Thought Ruler Archfiend lv 8 2700/2300]
Yuma was amazed: "Whoa, he's impressive.".
Riegel replied: "Isn't he? So just wait to see him in action. Thought Ruler Archfiend, attack Gogogo Golem!". The demon generated green electricity in his hand and charged, determined to blast the golem.
"Trap activate!", exclaimed Yuma. "Nitwit Outwit! By discarding Dododo Warrior , your monster looses 2300 attack points!"
"So you say, Yuma. I activate Thought Ruler Archfiend's ability. By paying 1000 life points, I can negate the activation of a Spell or Trap Card that targets one Psychic-Type monster, and destroy it." The trap card cracked and blew up. "Now Thought Ruler Archfiend, destroy his monster." The golem's chest was pierced by the electricity-enhanced demon's fist. "And when Thought Ruler Archfiend destroy an opponent monster, I gain life points equal to the destroyed monster's attack. I end my turn with this.".
[Yuma 3100]
[Riegel 4000 ]
"My Turn . Draw!" exclaimed Yuma. "First, I summon Gogogo Giant" A red and blue stone giand rose from the ground.
[Gogogo Giant lv 4 2000/0]
"When It is normal summoned, I can special summon from my graveyard an other "Gogogo" monster. Come back, Gogogo Golem!". A purple portal opened on the ground and Gogogo Golem rose from it. "Then, Gogogo Giant switch into defense position.". The monster raised his guard. "However, they won't stay for long. I overlay my level 4 Gogogo Golem and Gogogo Giant!" Both monster transformed into spheres of light. "With those two monsters, I build an overlay network". A red portal opened and the spheres of light were sucked in. "Xyz Summon! Appear, Gagaga Cowboy!". A masked cowboy was here, his cape floating in the wind.
[Gagaga Cowboy r 4 1500/2400]
"And? My monster has more attack points!", pointed Riegel.
"But I activate his effect. Once per turn, I can detach an overlay unit to gain an effect,depending of his position. As my buddy is in attack position, If it battles an opponent's monster this turn, it gains 1000 attack points and the opponent's monster loses 500 attack points, until the end of the Battle Phase." As Yuma explained, one of the monster's overlay units was absorbed into his gun. Then a white aura flared up around it.
"...Oh.", was all Riegel replied.
"Now, Gagaga Cowboy, attack Thought Ruler Archfiend!"
As its attack jumped to 2500, the demon attack fell to 2200. Gagaga Cowboy unloaded its guns on Thought Ruler Archfiend. The demon, with bullet-riddled body, collapsed. "With that, I set two face down cards, and I end my turn.".
[Riegel 3700]
"Now, it's my turn. Draw!". Riegel looked the card he drew. "Yosh! Just what I needed! I activate the magic card: Miracle Synchro Summon! By banishing two monster or more, from my field or my graveyard, including a synchro monster, I can Summon a new fusion monster! Come back, Armored Axon Kicker! Thought Ruler Archfiend!". The yellow cyborg and the green demon erupted from a portal on the ground. Then, space twisted around them. "Fusion Summon! Fight on my side, Ultimate Axon Kicker!". The new monster looked like a bigger, more demonic version of Thought Ruler Archfiend, with a second set of wings instead of his legs, his body covered of electricity.
[Ultimate Axon Kicker lv 10 2900/1700]
"Then I activate this card: Psychokinesis. As I have on psychic-type monster on my field, I can destroy one of your card. I choose Gagaga Cowboy!". The eyes of Ultimate Axon Kicker began to glow in bright green, while Gagaga Cowboy began to be telekinetically crushed.
Yuma shouted: "Wait, counter-trap activated! Xyz Reflect! With that, I negate and destroy your card, an you take 800 damage points!". The cowboy was freed from the psychic pressure.
"Not bad, Yuma. Well, I suppose I'll have to do this the old way. But first, I summon Psychic Snail in attack mode.". A blue and yellow humanoid snail came out off his shell.
[Psychic Snail lv 4 1900/1200]
"Now, Ultimate Axon Kicker, destroy Gagaga Cowboy! Brain Thunderstorm!". Multiple bolts of lightning came from the body of the monster, all of them directed to the cowboy.
"Trap activated!", declared Yuma, "Bye Bye Damage! Now, Gagaga Cowboy can't be destroyed by battle this turn, and you take twice my battle damage!".
"WHAT?", exclaimed Riegel. The lightning bolts were reflected by a force field around Gagaga Cowboy, a third went to Yuma, and the two other thirds went back to Riegel. Both duelists cringed under the electrical shocks.
[Riegel 100]
[Yuma 1700]
Riegel, panting, looked his cards, then looked Yuma's cards and thought:"Well, it seems I've lost this time.". "I end my turn.".
"Now, It's my turn. Draw!", said Yuma. "I will switch my Gaga Cowboy in Defense position, then I activate his effect. I detach the last overlay unit, and you loose 800 life point!" the cowboy aimed his gun and shot only once. Directly in Riegel's heart.
[Riegel 0]
WINNER YUMA
Riegel may had just lost, but for some reason, smiled: "Well, that was interesting. I can't deny you're a skilled guy, Yuma Tsukumo.".
Yuma replied: "And you with your super cool monsters! That was the first time I dueled against synchro monsters! I can't wait to fight you again, now we're friends.".
"Friends?", Riegel sweat-dropped. "We barely got acquainted, it's a bit premature to say that we are already friends."
"But duels make bonds, and now we have clashed our souls in a fight , we have formed a bond a friendship between us."replied Yuma
Riegel presented his fist to Yuma: "I like this spirit, even if I still consider you more as an acquaintance than as a friend."
Yuma fist-bumped Riegel: "I hope I'll see you in the upcoming World Duel Carnival."
Riegel answered, slightly embarrassed: "The WDC? Yeah, I've heard about that , and actually, I'm not interested in tournaments." "Off course, this tournament is just a bait to gather more numbers. I can't go and take the risk to screw up the plan.".
Yuma pouted: "Shame. But, At least, you'll be able to see my victory.".
"Certainly." chuckled Riegel.
Today Was a good day for Riegel. Even if he was still a newbie in this world, he met interesting people. Humans have proved to be far more resourceful than they expected, and even if Yuma Tsukumo was their ennemy, as the host of Astral, he could not help but to feel a certain respect for him.
And that was the first chapter, with introductions, and first duel. For those who wonder:
- Astral did not appear in this chapter because from the point of view of the main group, Riegel is just a new guy in town, and certainly not an envoy of the Barian World (they don't even know about the Barian World at this point of the story), so his presence is unnecessary.
- My OC uses synchro monsters, which is unusual in a Zexal fic, but not impossible. Remember, NOTHING explicitly says that in Zexal world, both in-universe and in real life, there is no Synchro Summon. It seems just more logical that like in real life, Synchro monsters became less used with the advent of Xyz Monsters.
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