Author's Note: Just to give everyone a little reminder if you remember, but similar to Halo 5: Crossroads, which I'm currently editing as well, then you'll know that this story will switch perspective between Shaggy and Jake.
Chapter 2:
Sunday Style
The tall blonde kid feels anxiety as he enters the dueling field, where everyone in the crowd could see him, and an instructor appears before him. She didn't look old, or young. It was somewhere in the range between early to mid thirties. Her hair color appears to be a blend between purple and green, pink eyes, wears a long sleeve orange cotton shirt with a silky black skirt that covers her thighs.
All he could do was just stand there motionless without even giving a thought about what the heck's going on. Jake looks back at Shaggy and Zoey who give him a thumbs up as a sign of good luck. That doesn't recede the expression on his face as he looks back at his opponent for the dueling portion of the entrance exam.
That's before a voice says, "This is it? This is dueling portion of the exam, what a joke."
An irritated Jake yells, "Hey not over here dufus, everyone can see you."
The voice laughs, "Did you forget that only you can see me?"
Right next to Jake, a transparent dragon appears. It has an eggshell lying on top of it's armored head, which is shaped like a t-rex, and orange jaw with two teeth sticking out it's mouth. He also has tiny gray wings, with an orange color on the inner side, along with a couple spikes that stick outside of his body. Part of his body is also metal due to the armor that is attached to it's orange body. He has big glowing yellow eyes, and a small tail that is similar to that of a telescope.
"Hey don't cause a scene here Armed Dragon." Jake complained, "People will think I'm going crazy if they see me doing this."
The duel spirit laughs, " Well look at what you are doing right now."
Jake looks over at his opponent, and everybody in the crowd. They were all giving him an awkward expression on their face. His friends on the other hand facepalm at what he's currently dealing with.
"Sometimes I wonder, why we're friends with him." an irritated Shaggy said.
Zoey agreed, "Yeah that is true."
Despite their words, Jake knew they were being sarcastic so it didn't bother him. But the answer is different when he looks over at his opponent, who gives the "is this kid crazy?" look on her face.
"Are you okay?" The woman asked.
Suddenly the blonde realizes, "Oh yeah of course, I'm just being a goof."
"I see, well it's about time for introductions." the female instructor points to herself, "I am Professor Violet, one of the smartest teachers on Duel Island. Now to whom may I be facing today in this years entrance exams?"
"The name's Jake Sunday, a pleasure to meet you."says a slightly confident Jake, "But now let's get on to the duel."
At that moment the field splits into two as a duel disk, and a unknown dueling deck appears from the ground, similar to how Shaggy's duel with Professor Reign started. The small quake from the field split causes Jake to lose his balance before the field closes itself again. At the same time Armed Dragon Level 3 laughs at the blonde.
"Haha what a klutz." says The duel spirit in a mocking tone.
Jake facepalms, "Just shut up, you damn idiot."
Professor Violet says, "Excuse me?"
"Sorry I didn't mean to say..." The blonde looks embarrassed, "Ugh nevermind."
"Just grab the duel disk and dueling deck." She said with frustrated look.
Jake takes the duel disk and testing deck, and walks back to his position. He also notices a vicious look on Professor Violet's face.
"I'm sure you know how this duel works, or do I need to refresh your memory?" She asked.
The confused kid shakes his head, "Nope, I know full well about how this duel works. Pretty much my skills will determine how will I adapt to this test deck."
Armed Dragon complains, "Wait you're not using our deck?"
"Beat it pipsqueak." A agitated Jake said.
"But..." The duel spirit begs, "Come on we can slip my card into the deck, and no one will ever notice that."
The blonde said, "Nope I'm not taking that chance."
"FINE!" Armed Dragon yelled before disappearing.
Professor Violet asks, "Can we get on with the duel?"
"Ofcourse."
Jake inserts his unknown testing deck into the dueling deck, while placing it on his wrist. The same scenario occurs with Professor Violet as the holographic simulator activates with each of them of them drawing five cards.
Both say, "Let's duel."
Life point counter:
Jake: 4000
Violet: 4000
"I'll go first." The female professor draws her sixth card.
She adds the sixth card to her hand, and looks over what she drew. The first card is Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin, the second is Mystical Space Typhoon, the third is Shield and Sword, the fourth is Chrysalis Dolphin, the fifth is Space Gift, and the sixth is Neo Spacian Glow Moss. Violet looks over at her hand a couple times before making her decision.
"Okay first off I summon Neo Spacian Glow Moss." Violet says as she places the card on her duel disk as a holographic version of the card appears on the field with 300/ATK and 900/DEF, "Next I activate the spell card Space Gift."
Jake looks surprised, "Space Gift?"
a holographic version of her spell card appears on the field, "With this spell, I can draw one card for every Neo Spacian on my side of the field." She draws one card from her deck, "So I get to draw one card."
Professor Violet adds the card to her hand, and checks over at what she has left. The first is Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin, the second is Fissure, the third is Shield and Sword, the fourth is Chrysalis Dolphin, and the card she drew is Destructive Trap Hole.
"And I will end my turn with a face down." The female instructor places her card in the duel disk slot as a holographic version of it appears face down on the field, "With that I will end my turn. Your move Jake Sunday."
A grin appears on the blonde's face, "Why thank you."
Within the crowds, A anxious Zoey says, "I wonder what kind of deck Jake got?"
The midnight blue haired Eclipse says, "I think we're about to find out."
Jake draws the sixth card from his deck, and checks over the five cards that he drew before Professor Violet started the duel. The first card in his hand is Elemental Hero Clayman, the second is Burstinatrix, the third is Polymerization, the fourth is Hero Signal, the fifth is Skyscraper, and the card he drew is Monster Reborn. Within an instant, Jake comes up with a strategy.
"First I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in Attack Mode." The blonde Sunday places his monster card on the duel disk as a holographic version of Clayman appears with 800/ATK and 2000/DEF, "Next I activate polymerization to fuse him and Burstinatrix in my hand to summon Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster."
A light shines in the sky as the two elemental Heroes fuse together as their fusion form, Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster appears on the field with 2000/ATK and 2500/DEF.
"I activate my trap card." says Professor Violet as her trap card rises from the card, "Destructive Trap Hole, with this I can destroy a fusion monster you summoned that has 2000 or more attack points. So Rampart Blaster is now destroyed."
Jake's new fusion monster disintegrates into millions of pieces before him. He isn't disappointed because of the other card he has in his hand.
"Alright now I activate the spell card Monster Reborn to bring back my Rampart Blaster into defense mode." The Blonde said.
Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster returns to the field in defense mode.
"Now I activate her special ability." says a confident Jake, "You see if my monster is defense mode then I can attack your life points directly by cutting half of Blaster's original attack points till the end of the turn. So go Rampart Barrage."
The fusion monster's attack points drop from 2000 to 1000 in order to inflict direct damage to Professor Violet's life points.
Her life points drop from 4000 to 3000.
"Then I'll place one card face down to end my turn." says the blonde Sunday.
Within the crowds Shaggy looks impressed, "Well would you look at that."
The blue haired Eclipse nods. "Yeah, Jake managed to pull off a fusion in one turn."
Professor Violet flips her hair back, "No matter, I draw." She draws one card from her deck, and adds it to her hand.
The first card is Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin, the second is Fissure, the third is Shield and Sword, the fourth is Chrysalis Dolphin, and the card she drew is Elemental Hero Neos Alius. Due to this card a strategy formulates in her head.
"I summon Elemental Hero Neos Alius in attack mode." The female instructor places her monster on the duel disk as a holographic version appears on her field with 1900/ATK and 1300/DEF, "And his ability allows me to treat him as Elemental Hero Neos."
Suddenly Jake realizes, "Wait so does that mean?"
"Yes it means I can use contact fusion between Alius and Glow Moss to summon Elemental Hero Glow Neos." She explains as her two monsters fuse together as their combined form appears on the field with 2500/ATK and 2000/DEF, "And thanks to it's special ability I can destroy one monster on the field, but unfortunately I won't be able to attack this turn. So Rampart Blaster is destroyed once again."
Jake's fusion monster disintegrates once again leaving him with nothing left to protect himself from Professor Violet's monster.
"You activated my trap card." The tall blonde said as his face down rises, "Hero Signal. It can only be activated when you destroy an Elemental Hero on my field. That allows me to summon one level 4 or below Elemental Hero from my hand or deck."
Jake looks through his deck before deciding the monster to summon on his field. When he does, an holographic version of the card appears on the dueling field.
"So I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in Attack Mode." The blonde said as his elemental hero monster appears with 1600/ATK and 1400/DEF.
The Professor puts a card into her duel disk slot, "I place one card facedown, and end my turn." Elemental Hero Glow Neos disappears from the field.
"It's my move now." A confident blonde Sunday said as he draws a card his deck.
Jake adds the card to his hand, and looks over at the cards that he's had since the beginning of the duel. the only cards he has in his hand are, Skyscraper, and Fusion Recovery, the card he just drew.
"First of all I activate the spell card Fusion Recovery." Jake places his card into the duel disk slot as a holographic version appears, "With this I can search one polymerization and a fusion material monster from my graveyard. So I pick Elemental Hero Burstinatrix."
The blonde adds the two cards from the graveyard to his hand, "And now I'll have Elemental Hero Sparkman attack your life points directly."
Sparkman attacks Professor Violet's, causing her life points to drop from 3000 to 1400.
"With that I end my turn." says a confident Jake.
Zoey says, "Wow so far Jake's got the upper hand in this duel. One more attack, and he'll win the duel."
"That is true, but remember he's facing a professor, somebody whose deck can counter measure the duelist using the testing deck." Shaggy explained to his twin.
The Professor grins at her opponent, "If you think that you've got the advantage here then you are slightly mistaken Jake Sunday." She draws the card from her deck, and adds it to her hand.
Violet checks over at her hand she's had since the duel began. Her first card is Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin, the second is Chrysalis Dolphin, the third is Shield and Sword, and the card that she just drew is Neo's Call. This causes a strategy to form within Professor Violet's mind.
"Alright first I activate the spell card Neo's Call." Violet says as she inserts her spell card into the duel disk slot, "With this card I can special summon Elemental Hero Neos, and add Neo Space from my deck on to the field."
Elemental Hero Neos appears on the field with 2500/ATK and 2100/DEF.
"Next I summon Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin in Attack Mode." The female professor said as holographic version of the card appears with 600/ATK and 800/DEF, "and I use contact fusion to combine my two monsters together to form Elemental Hero Aqua Neos."
The combined form of Elemental Hero and Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin appears on the field with 2500/ATK and 2100/DEF.
"Next I activate the field spell card Neo Space." says a confident Violet as she places her field spell into the dueling slot causing the two duelists to be surround in a yellow-green space like zone, "With this card my monster gains 500 extra points, and my fusion monster won't disappear from the field at the end of the turn because of Neo Space."
Elemental Hero Aqua Neos attack points increase from 2500 to 3000.
A surprised Jake says, "It's at 3000 points."
"Oh but that's not all, I use the spell card Fissure to destroy you're Elemental Hero Sparkman." The Professor says as her facedown card causes Elemental Hero Sparkman disintegrates.
"Oh no!" The blonde said with an astonished tone.
The midnight blue haired Eclipse says, "With nothing defending Jake that monster will take away most of his life points."
Zoey says, "Yeah this isn't gonna look good for him."
Professor Violet says, "Aqua Neos attack Jake Sunday's life points directly."
Elemental Hero Aqua Neos attacks Jake life points causing it to drop from 4000 to 1000.
"With that, I'll end my turn. Besides it looks like you won't last much longer." an arrogant Professor Violet said.
The blonde Sunday draws a card from his deck, "It's my move, and I activate the spell card Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two cards from my deck."
Jake draws two cards from his deck, and adds them to his hand. the first card is polymerization, the second Elemental Hero Burstinatrix, the third is Skyscraper, and the two cards he drew is Hero's Luck, and Elemental Hero Avian."
"Now I activate the spell card Hero's Luck, which allows me to add one Elemental Hero and one spell card from my deck to my hand." a confident Jake explains.
He adds Elemental Hero Sparkman and Fusion Gate to his hand.
Within the crowds, a smirk appears on Shaggy's face, "If he's gonna do what I think he's gonna do. Then there might still be a chance for Jake to win this duel."
Zoey looks lost, "What do you mean big brother?"
"Just watch." the midnight blue haired Eclipse said with a positive tone.
The blonde says, "First I activate polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Avian and Burstinatrix to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman."
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman appears on the field with 2100/ATK and 1200/DEF.
"Interesting move, but it's still not strong enough to destroy Aqua Neos." Violet explained.
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman ATK: 2100
Elemental Hero Aqua Neos ATK: 3000
"I'm not done yet." A confident Jake says as his field spell slot opens, "Now I activate the field spell card Fusion Gate."
The field spell, Neo Space disappears as a giant storm cloud appears in the sky. Due to this card, Everybody in the crowd watches over at what the tall blonde does next.
"Now I summon my second Elemental Hero Sparkman to the field." Jake yells as a holographic version of the monster appears on the field with 1600/ATK and 1400/DEF, "From here I fuse together Elemental Hero Flame Wingman and Elemental Hero Sparkman to summon Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman."
The two monsters head into the storm cloud as a bright light appears from within as the newly fused elemental hero appears on the field with 2500/ATK and 2100 DEF.
Shaggy says, "I knew it."
"I see what you mean now." says a surprised Zoey.
Professor Violet looks shocked by his appearance, "No! That's impossible. Nobody has been able to summon him in the Entrance exams before."
"Well then I take it you know what Flare Wingman's special ability is, for every elemental monster in my graveyard he gains 300 additional attack points. And last I counted there were 6, so Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman attack points increase by 1800."
Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman's attack increases from 2500 to 4300."
"4300 attack points." A stunned Professor Violet said.
Jake grins towards the duel, "Yes now go Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman Destroy her Elemental Hero Aqua Neos."
Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman destroys Elemental Aqua Neos, and it causes Violet's Life points to drop from 1400 to 100.
"Oh and by the way you also take damage equal to you're monsters original attack points." The blonde Sunday explains to Professor Violet.
Shining Flare Wingman flashes a bright light around the field within Duel Stadium. The result of the duel causes the hologram of the storm cloud, and Jake's fusion monster to fade away with Violet's life points dropped to 0.
"That was an amazing duel, Jake Sunday." Violet sticks her hand out to her opponent.
The blonde scratches the back of his head, and handshakes the female instructor, "That's how you end the duel, Sunday Style."
She laughs at the young kid, "I guess that's the case. Now would you like to know the results of your exam, Jake Sunday?"
He nods his head "Yes Please."
Professor Violet looks back at her colleagues, "My friends would you display Jake Sunday's score on the screen."
Like his friend Shaggy Eclipse, a picture of Jake appears on the screen with words saying Entrance Exams underneath it. There is also a counter that starts with 0, but then increases as it determines the results of his entrance exam. The number comes to a stop at 400 points.
"Congratulations young man, you've just made it to Duel Island." The female instructor said to the tall blonde kid.
"Thank you Professor Violet." Jake said as he walks back to the bleachers where his two friends, Shaggy Eclipse and his twin Zoey Eclipse are waiting for him.
Zoey says, "That was an amazing duel Jake, of course my brother is still a better duelist."
"Only when it comes to actual written tests." says a laughable Jake while scratching the back of his head.
Shaggy puts his hand on Jake's shoulder, "Hey you did good out there today."
"Thanks Shag." The blonde said.
Zoey says, "Since you guys passed the entrance exams that means you two should get ready to pack up your clothes for tomorrow's flight to Duel Island."
"She does have a point." The midnight blue haired Eclipse agreed with his younger twin sister.
"Well I think we should get started right away." The blonde suggested before everyone's stomach started to growl.
Shaggy laughs embarrassingly, "Although I think we should all eat something first."
"Yeah good point." the blue haired Eclipse agrees with her older twin.
Jake and his two best friends head over to CiCi's Pizza to celebrate their victory because it was around the corner. It took them about 10 to 15 minutes to walk over there, and the other reason is because it is cheaper for a buffet. The twins decided to have two whole Cheese Pizzas with crushed Pepper to share with one another. As for Jake, he ordered two barbecue pizzas for himself.
Once their stomachs got full, The Eclipse siblings hung out at Jake's place for a couple hours by playing a couple of board games like, Sorry, Clue, Monopoly, Duel Life, similar to life except it relates to dueling as well, and Trouble. By then it was already two-three o'clock, and he decided that it would be great to hang out at their place next.
At their place, Shaggy, Zoey, and Jake play videogames on the xbox 360 like Halo 4, and Naruto The Broken Bond. This takes about a couple hours before they put on The Amazing Spider-man. By the time the movie finishes it is 7:35 pm.
Then their parents, Ruben and Cyrus Eclipse, and Jake's parents, Troy and Star Sunday take them out Olive Garden for dinner. Reuben Eclipse, Shaggy and Zoey's father, wears a white button shirt, a pair of jeans, has black hair with a slight signs of grey, has glasses that he wears over his brown eyes. He is also in his early 40's.
Cyrus Eclipse, Shaggy and Zoey Eclipse's mom, wears a formal black shirt with white skirt, and like Reuben, she also wears glasses over her gold eyes, she has a mix between dark and light blue hair, and she is in her late thirties.
Troy Sunday, Jake's father, looks a bodybuilder, has blonde hair, wears a normal green T-shirt with jeans, and he is somewhere in his early 40's. Star Sunday looks like a fitness trainer, she wears a formal gray shirt with a black skirt, she has dirty blonde hair, and like Cyrus, she is in her late thirties.
The four of them have known each other since their high school days when duel monsters weren't as popular as they are today. Shaggy and Zoey's parents along with Jake's Parents work for a company that creates original duel monsters cards. They work from 11 am to 6:35 seven days a week in order to make sure everything runs smooth before the cards are completed.
While at Olive Garden, Shaggy orders Spaghetti with marinara sauce, and Zoey orders Fettuccine Alfredo. Their parents order one dish of Chicken Parmigiana to share with one another. Jake orders a create your own pizza with everything on it, and his parents order chicken alfredo to share with one another. After dinner Shaggy and Zoey head home to start packing for tomorrow's flight. Jake also does the same scenario at his place to prep everything up for tomorrow's flight to Duel Island.
That next morning, Shaggy was already at the airport with his family waiting for Jake that way, the two friends could get going. During this time, Zoey is playing Pokemon X on her Nintendo 3DS while their father is reading the newspaper, and their mother is sketching a design for an upcoming duel monsters card. Luckily it only takes the tall blonde and his parents about ten minutes to make it to the airport.
"Hey they're finally here." The light blue haired Eclipse said.
Jake carries his luggage with the roller, "Yeah sorry for the slight delay."
Shaggy says, "Relax we still had about ten minutes to get aboard the plane."
Their parents get up from their seat, "Well I think you guys better get going before you miss the flight to Duel Island."
"Relax dad, we still have about ten minutes left." The midnight blue haired Eclipse said.
Reuben nods, "I know, but ten minutes is all you got before the flight takes off."
Shaggy's mother says, "He does have a point."
"Well that is true." says Shaggy who looks over at the gate number.
Zoey says, "Wait before you go, there's something I wanna give you."
"What is it?" Shaggy asks with a curious look on his face.
His twin sister takes out a locket, in the shape of a duel monster's card, and hands it over to him. Before she even says anything, Shaggy opens the duel locket, and sees a picture of Zoey, making a smile, inside of it.
"When did you..." The midnight blue haired Eclipse asks.
Zoey interrupts, "I made it last week, here is the one I made for myself."
She shows her older twin the same locket only there's a picture of him, whose also smiling, inside of it.
"Yeah I figured since you'll be away, that this is one way you can think of me when you are on Duel Island."
"Well thanks little sister." Shaggy said.
"Anytime bro." The blue haired Eclipse said.
Reuben takes a duel monster's card out of his pocket, "Shaggy, I also want to give you this."
As Shaggy puts on his sister's locket, and looks at the card his father gave him, "No way you're actually giving this to me?"
He nods, "Yes I figured that you are ready to take on what it means to be a duelist. So that way you can also think of me while you're dueling on the island."
"Ofcourse." The midnight blue haired Eclipse said.
Cyrus sighs in disappointment, "Well this isn't much, but I know how much you love to draw so I'll give you this."
Shaggy takes an extra sketchbook and pencil from his mother, "Thanks mom."
"That also reminds me about something." ,Troy Sunday takes a card out from his pocket, and gives it to Jake, "Here you go son, this is for you."
The blonde takes the card from his father with a surprised look, "Oh my god, I've been trying to get this card for a while now. Thanks alot dad it really means alot to me."
"Well it's pretty rare to find nowadays." The older Sunday said, "And besides I was lucky that your mother was able to find it first."
"That's right." Jake mother's mother said with smile, "Take care of the card son, and remember always study hard in your classes."
The word class makes the tall blonde feel really depressed, "Right... the classes."
His best friend says, "Relax, I'm sure you'll do fine."
The announcer says, "Flight 1795 will be taking off in 5 minutes. Repeat flight 1795 in Gate C will be taking off within 5 minutes."
"That's our cue to leave." The midnight blue haired Eclipse said.
Jake nodes, "Right."
"Hold on." The light blue haired Eclipse said.
"Ofcourse." The two twins give each other a hug, "Goodbye Zoey take care of yourself while I'm away from home."
"You too big brother." Zoey said before her twin leaves the airport.
He looks back at her while walking, "And don't cause mom and dad any trouble just because I'm not gonna be there for a while."
She laughs, "Don't worry I know."
The two best friends make it to the airplane as it takes off towards their destination, Duel Island. It takes them and the other duelists five hours before they make it to the Island. Once the plane lands, everybody gets off, and see the instructors along with Professor Reign and Professor Violet in front of the crowd, that surrounds Shaggy and Jake.
"Well isn't this a surprise." Says an entertained Shaggy.
"Professor Reign and Professor Violet." Jake said surprisingly.
"Most of you might have already seen me at Duel Stadium, but if you haven't then you'll get to know me throughout your first year here at Duel Island." Professor Reign said.
One of the duelists says, "When do we get a tour around the Island?"
"That is actually what I was gonna say next, but Professor Violet will be in charge of that part of your first day, but I'll be going over the rules on the Island." He explained.
Reign tells the students about the five major rules on the Island. First, Every student must be in their class by 9:30 am to 12:35 PM. The next rule is that every student must have lunch in the cafeteria from 12:35 to whatever they feel like it. Dueling within the Academy's arena will be permitted from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Any students that use the arena during off hours will have a temporary suspension for three weeks. The fifth and final rule is that all students must be in their dorm rooms by exactly 10:30 PM. This is to insure that nobody ever gets late to class otherwise that student will lose the privilege of dueling for that entire week. Those are the rules that Professor Reign explains Shaggy, Jake, and the other duelists there.
"Wow the rules seems a little rough, don't you think Shag?" The blonde asks.
Shaggy shakes his head, "No not really, I think it kinda makes sense."
Professor Reign says, "Now I will let my colleague Professor Violet give you a tour around Duel Island, except for you Shaggy Eclipse and Jake Sunday."
"Wait why me?" A surprised Shaggy asks.
"What did I do! I just got here there was no time for mischief!" Said a loud Jake.
He crosses his hands, "Because Chancellor Hunter would like to see you personally in his office immediately."
Well if there is anything I need to add in retrospective then it would have to be the GX nostalgia rush with Elemental Heroes. I thought it would be interesting to have a similar vibe that Jaden and Aster had back in Season 2. Plus considering how the entrance exam was set up I figured it would be interesting to show Jake's dueling style considering how Shaggy displayed his in the last chapter. That's about all I've got to say for this chapter, the next one should be up fairly shortly. Hope you all enjoyed, and as always thanks for reading.