Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, but I do own my characters.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Future Academy
Chapter 2 – Exhibit A
Chirping birds and the sound of the ocean waves trashing about could be heard as Yuudai was seen leaning on a ship's railing. This was the ship transporting students to central duel academy.
Yuudai was in a bad mood. Yesterday, he had asked his grandpa to give him the legendary Stardust Dragon card as a parting gift. His grandpa might have given him the card but Yuudai's dad had convinced him to keep the card. What ticked Yuudai off wasn't the fact that he didn't get the card, it was because his dad had said that with the way Yuudai dueled, he would just abuse the card.
'At least I got other new cards.' Yuudai said as he searched his pocket. "An xyz monster, a synchro monster, three dragon type monsters and five spell and traps." He mumbled. Though all of the cards were useful to him, Yuudai preferred to have the Stardust Dragon card than the ten new cards in his possession.
After staying about three hours on the ship, they finally arrived at the duel academy docks. The ship ride was quite uneventful for Yuudai, he had spent most of the time silently gazing at the ocean but at one point he had watched a duel between two first year students like him. One of them used a machine deck which focused on Jinzo and the gun dragons and his opponent used a deck which revolved around the trap card Skill Drain.
Following the instructions given to him by one of the officials on the ship, Yuudai followed the path all the other students walked to after carrying his bag; the central duel academy's main building.
After walking for some time Yuudai arrived at a space near the academy's main building where he saw about five long queues. He joined one queue after being informed that he would be given his uniform and a PDA. Yuudai scored seventy percent in the entrance exams and he was hoping that score would be enough to get his into the Ra-yellow dorm. He had heard stories about the Slifer dorm, how the dorm was run down and how the students there were treated. Though many people had declined those claims, Yuudai never wanted to experience life in the academy as a Slifer red student.
When Yuudai finally reached the front of the queue he met a man sitting at the other side of a table. A large box was next to the man, its contents unknown to Yuudai.
"Good day, what's your name?" the man who had short brown hair and wore clothes similar to those the exam proctor wore asked Yuudai.
"Yuudai," He replied. "Fudo Yuudai."
"Fudo Yuudai." The man repeated as he searched his file. The man handed Yuudai a package from the large box before speaking. "Student, your dorm is Slifer-red."
"NOOOOOOO." Yuudai yelled after hearing the man say his dorm, earning him some weird looks from some people around him. 'But I got seventy percent in the ex-'Yuudai thought before the man caught his attention by clearing his throat.
"That package contains three of the academy uniform, an academy duel disk and a PDA which the academy will send important messages, alerts and notifications." The man continued. "You should follow the group led by the Slifer-red seniors."
Yuudai reluctantly accepted his status as a Slifer-red student and did as the man suggested. He followed a group of people who were led by a group of Slifer-red students to the dorm.
Yuudai was actually amazed at the Slifer-dorm's look. The dorm no longer looked like a road side motel; it was bigger and better looking than before. The dorm was a large two story building; it was painted red and white and had a large statue of Slifer the Sky Dragon erected in between it and the Slifer-red girls dorm. The girls' dorm was almost the same as the boys', except it was larger and had a fence around it.
"The orientation speech takes place an hour from now, so everyone should unpack then go to the main duel academy hall." A girl among those who led the new students said.
The girls and the boys went to their respective dorms afterward. Yuudai brought out his PDA and checked his messages. His room number was 2-7; the seventh room on the first floor.
Yuudai marveled at the sight of the inside of the dorm. The dorm had a large recreational room which had a large flat screen T.V, cable and a gaming console. There were plenty cushions available, a dining table and a book shelf were also placed there.
Yuudai went to the second floor and arrived at his room. He knocked on the door for some time, after getting no answer he entered the room. The room was way better than Yuudai pictured it, it was bigger and was well looking. Two boys were already in the room, one was lying on the top bunk bed while the other was sitting at a table and was using a headset.
There were three wardrobes at the left side of the room and a single student sized bed was at it side, the bunk bed was at the right side of the room while a reading table, which the boy sat on, was at the center of the room. The only window in the room was situated above the reading table and was quite large.
Yuudai shut the door and dropped the bag containing his properties. The boy sitting at the table turned back, probably having heard the sound of the closing door. The boy stood up after removing his headset and dropping it next to a laptop. The boy had scruffy brown hair, green eyes and he was wearing glasses which gave him a nerdy look. He wore the Slifer red jacket on top of a red t-shirt and wore black trousers.
"Hey, you must be another first year student. I'm Kenji Himuro." The boy said as he offered a hand shake.
"My name is Yuudai, Fudo Yuudai." Yuudai said as he shook the boy's hand.
"The lower bunk is yours." Kenji said. "You're the second first year student in this room, the first one being the boy sleeping over there."
"The name is Tom." The supposedly sleeping boy said.
"I know….i know." Kenji replied, he then looked at Yuudai who was unpacking. "So Yuudai, how do you like being a Slifer?"
"Horrible." Yuudai said as he sat on his bed, having finished unpacking. "I wanted to be in Ra-yellow, I mean I got seventy percent in the entrance exam, which is meant to be enough."
"Well, what was your score in the duel?" Kenji asked.
"I don't remember exactly, I think it was about twenty five percent." Yuudai replied.
"Oh, that's why. The score required for acceptance into Ra-yellow is thirty percent and above, while a person can only get into obelisk if he or she scored more than forty five percent."
Yuudai grit his teeth in annoyance and fell on his bed. "Stupid mark limit, maybe taking a nap will help me clear my head." He said.
"That wouldn't be wise." Kenji said.
"Why?"
"There is a orientation program starting in about twenty minutes."
"So what, I can still get some shut eye for twenty minutes." Yuudai argued.
"It takes five to ten minutes to walk from the Slifer dorm to the duel arena in the main building." Kenji replied. "There's no time to take a nap."
"Fine," Yuudai said reluctantly. Yuudai stood up and started looking at the Slifer-red jacket in disgust.
"What are you doing?" Kenji asked as he watched Yuudai stare at his jacket.
Yuudai wore the jacket and replied. "Nothing."
"Tom we're going." Kenji said as he tapped the boy who was on the top bunk.
"Wait for some time." The boy said sleepily.
"When you finally wake up, catch up to us." Kenji said as he and Yuudai left the room.
"WAIT!" someone from behind shouted at Yuudai and Kenji who were already outside the Slifer dorm. The two boys looked back to see a boy with ruffled spiky blue hair who was wearing the Slifer jacket.
"I see you are awake now." Kenji said as soon as the boy caught up to them. The boy had blue eyes and was wearing brown trousers.
"I thought I said you should wait." The boy said, breathing heavily.
"Hey, I remember you." Yuudai said to the boy, remembering him as the machine duelist on the ship.
"I remember you too." The boy said as he looked at Yuudai, recognition flashed in his eyes. "You're Yuudai, right?"
"Yeah," Yuudai said, puzzled about how the boy knew him.
"I sat next to you at the entrance exams." The boy said as if he read Yuudai's mind.
"Oh." Yuudai said.
"I'm Tom T-." The boy said grinning.
"I think we all know your name." Kenji interrupted as he started walking away. "If we continue to stand there and talk we will never make it to the duel arena.
"Wait!" Yuudai shouted at Kenji Mitsusa- sorry Himuro as he and Tom ran after the second year Slifer student.
"What is this orientation program?" Yuudai asked Kenji. The three Slifer students were seated in duel academy's duel arena. The duel arena was more advanced than it had been during Jaden's time; it now had a large console at the ceiling where four large screens were placed at the four sides and more seats.
The duel arena was crowded with people, the population of duel academy having grown over the years. Seeing as almost every student was present, a man with long black hair that stopped at his shoulders who was wearing a black suit and tinted glasses walked to the center of the dueling field.
The man cleared his throat before speaking into the microphone he held so as to get everyone's attention. "Welcome, new students and also current students. I'm Oshiro Hiroyuki, the chancellor of this prestigious academy." The man said in a carefree tone. "I welcome you all to duel academy's orientation program."
"But before I give the speech, the orientation duel will take place." The man continued.
Claps erupted from the crowd as some of the freshmen looked, confused about what was going on.
"For those who don't know, the orientation duel is a duel between two randomly picked first years." The man said as the screens at the ceiling lit up and randomly scrolled through the names of the first year students. Two names were suddenly picked by the machine and they were announced by the chancellor.
"The participants are Tanoshi Tom and Fukui Madoka." Hiroyuki announced.
"Yeeeesssss!" Tom shouted as the crown applauded the two chosen duelists. Yuudai hung his head in defeat; he wanted to be chosen so that he could show his dueling skills and prove that he isn't meant to be a Slifer.
"Good luck Tom." Kenji said as Tom stood up and went towards the dueling field.
Both Tom and his opponent arrived at the dueling field. Madoka was a first year Ra student; she had long blond hair and blue eyes. She was wearing the Ra yellow jacket over a black top and a brown skirt.
The chancellor had already left the dueling field and sat at a place occupied by other teachers. Tom had a smirk on his face, confident that he was strong enough to win, while Madoka had a confident smile on her face.
"Are both participants ready?" the chancellor's voice shouted out. The two duelists nodded as they activated their academy assigned duel disks. "Duel!"
Tom: 4000
Madoka: 4000
"My turn, draw!" Tom said enthusiastically as he drew his card. "I set a monster and end my turn." He said as a horizontal face down card appeared.
"My turn, draw." Madoka said as she drew her card. "I summon Wattgiraffe in attack position." A yellow giraffe appeared. The giraffe had orange patterns on its body, two light bulbs sticking out of its head and electricity crackled around its body. [Atk 1200/Def 100 – Lv4]
"Wattgiraffe, Attack!" Madoka said as the giraffe burst into a sprint towards Tom's field. Surprisingly, the giraffe passed by Tom's face down monster and smashed into him.
Tom: 4000 – 2800
Madoka: 4000
"What the heck was that?" Tom asked, disorientated from the giraffe's surprise attack.
"That was my giraffe's special ability." Madoka said still smiling. "It allows my giraffe to attack directly even if you have a monster on your field."
"If all of her monsters have that ability, Tom is bound to have a rough time in this duel." Kenji said, back in the stands.
"True," Yuudai replied. "But I've seen Tom duel, he will be able to win this duel."
Back to the duel
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." Madoka said as she inserted two cards into her duel disk's spell/trap zone.
"My turn, draw." Tom yelled as he drew his card. "Get ready to see one of the coolest monsters in the world. I sacrifice my face down monster, to summon Blowback Dragon in attack position." A large machine appeared. The machine had two legs and a tail but had no hand. Its head was like that of a dragon, it had a jaw which had metal teeth and a snout that was a laser gun. [Atk 2300/ Def 1200 – Lv6]
"I activate Blowback dragon's effect. I target one card on your field, like your right face down card and then I toss a coin three times. If at least two heads come up the targeted card will be destroyed, lets see how lucky I am."
A large holographic coin appeared and was flipped upwards.
"That is the first head." Tom said after seeing the result. The coin was tossed again.
"The second head." Madoka said as her face down was destroyed by a laser beam shot by the mechanical dragon.
"Blowback Dragon! Destroy that giraffe." Tom yelled, prompting the machine to fire its laser beam at the electric giraffe. The giraffe was totally obliterated by the attack.
Tom: 2800
Madoka: 4000 – 2900
Madoka grunted as she was pushed backwards by the resulting backlash from the attack.
"I set two cards face down," Tom said as he inserted two reversed cards appeared in his spell/trap zone. "Turn end."
"My turn, draw." Madoka said, smirking as soon as she saw the card she drew. She placed that card in her hand and inserted another one into her duel disk. "I activate the spell card Double summon. This card gives me an additional summon this turn, so I'll summon Wattcobra and the tuner monster Wattfox."
Wattcobra was red cobra with golden yellow, lightning shaped streaks on its body, the belly of the snake was blue. [Atk 1000 / Def 500 – Lv4] While Wattfox was a chibi like yellow fox with red balls where its wrists and its toes were meant to be. The tip of the fox's tail, the tip of the fox's ear and the nose of the fox were black. [Atk 800/ Def 100 – Lv2]
"I tune my Wattfox to Wattcobra," Madoka said as Wattfox turned into two green rings which Wattcobra passed through before turning into four stars. The sequence gave off large green light. "Synchro summon! Wattchimera!" A like the name suggests a colorful chimera appeared out of the light. The chimera had a snake tail, red and blue mane, golden yellow wings and its face was also golden yellow. [Atk 1400/ Def 1200 – Lv6]
"Just like my giraffe, Wattchimera can attack directly." Madoka said as her chimera flew into the air. The chimera swiftly flew past Tom's machine and struck him with its tail.
Tom: 2800 – 1400
Madoka: 2900
"Wattchimera's effect activates when it deals battle damage," Madoka said as her monster glowed. "One card in your hand is placed on the top of your deck."
"Tch" Tom, who was still recovering from the chimera's attack, growled as a card in his hand was sent to the top of his deck. "Trap card activate! Damage Gate!"
Tom smirked as his trap card flipped up, causing Madoka to raise an eyebrow. "Damage Gate allows me to special summon a monster from my graveyard which has attack points equal to or less than the battle damage I took." Tom explained as the trap card shone.
"I special summon Gyroid in attack position." Tom said as he placed a card from his graveyard on his duel disk. A blue cartoonish helicopter with eyes appeared. [Atk 1000/Def 1000 – Lv3]
"I end my turn." Madoka said.
"My turn, draw." Tom said as he added a card to his hand. "I sacrifice Gyroid and Blowback Dragon…" Tom said as both monsters faded away. "…to summon Barrel Dragon in attack position." A large steel black machine appeared, It looked like a bulkier version of Blowback dragon. It had three large laser cannons, two where mechanical hands would be and had one above its head. [Atk 2600/ Def 2200 – Lv7]
"I activate Barrel Dragon's effect. Its effect is just like that of Blowback Dragon except it targets monsters." Tom announced as Barrel Dragon aimed all three of its cannons at Wattchimera. "I toss a coin three times and if there are at least two heads, it destroys your monster."
Madoka grit her teeth as the first holographic coin toss came up as heads.
"That's one." Tom said smirking. The holographic coin was tossed in the air again, this time landing as tails. Madoka looked nervous as the coin was slowly tossed again.
"Tails." Tom said somewhat disappointed about his monster's effect failing. "Barrel Dragon attack Wattchimera"
"Trap card activate!" Madoka yelled as Barrel Dragon's lasers approached her chimera. "Mirror force!" Madoka said before her trap burst into pixels. "What th-"
"Trap card, Trap Jammer." Tom said as his face down card flipped up. "When my opponent activate a trap card during the battle phase, Trap Jammer negates and destroys it.
Madoka frowned as her monster was destroyed by Barrel Dragon's lasers.
Tom: 1400
Madoka: 2900 – 1700
"I set a card face down," Tom said as a reversed card appeared in his spell/trap zone.
"My turn, draw." Madoka said as she added a card to her hand, bringing her hand to a total of two cards.
"Tom has been controlling the duel ever since it began." Kenji commented at the stands.
"Yeah," Yuudai agreed. "But I'm sure I'd have won by now."
"Riiight." Kenji said, sweatdropping.
"Sorry to say this, but your friend over there isn't going to win." A voice from above the two boys said.
"Huh." Yuudai said as he looked up to see who spoke. The person who spoke was a Ra yellow girl.
"Why would you say that?" Kenji asked the girl. "Tom has the clear advantage."
The girl had silvery hair which reached her shoulder and green eyes. "I know how strong Madoka is, even if your friend has the advantage now, it won't stay that way for long."
"What makes you so sure Tom isn't stronger than her?" Yuudai asked the girl.
"Just watch the duel." She replied, uninterested in anymore talk.
"I activate the spell card Pot of Greed." Madoka said as her spell card appeared on the field. "This allows me to draw two cards from my deck." She continued as she drew her cards.
"I set one monster and end my turn." Madoka said as she placed a card on the field.
"So, who will you bet on?" the chancellor said to the two people sitting next to him in the stands.
"I think I'll sit this one out." One of the people said. This was the bald man who had supervised the entrance exams.
"C'mon Hank," the chancellor said to the man. "Bet for the fun of it."
"I'm just not in the mood for it." The man called Hank replied.
"What about you Helen?" the chancellor said as he turned to the woman on his other side.
"I think I'll bet on the girl." The woman named Helen said. She looked like she was in her late thirties, she had long brown hair, dark brown eyes and was wearing clothes similar to those Miss Fontaine wore, only hers were yellow instead of blue.
"Well in that case, the boy it is." The chancellor said in his usual cheerful tone.
Bringing our attention back to the duel….
"I activate the spell card Monster Reborn!" Tom said as he inserted a card into his duel disk. "With its effect I'll special summon Blowback Dragon from the graveyard." The machine with the laser firing head appeared again.
"I'll tribute Blowback Dragon," Tom said as his machine faded away. "Come out! The psycho shocker! Jinzo!" A long necked machine android appeared. The android had spikes on its neck and its brain could be seen through its head. [Atk 2400/ Def 1500 – Lv6]
"With Jinzo out, all trap cards' effects are negated." Tom explained with a smirk on his face. "I activate Barrel Dragon's effect." Barrel dragon aimed at the face down monster as the first coin was tossed.
There was tension among the spectators because if the effect succeeded Madoka will lose. The first toss came up as heads.
"One more …" Tom muttered as the second toss came up tails.
Everyone in the arena held their breaths as the last coin toss came down in very slow motion….
"HEADS!" Tom shouted in triumph as Barrel Dragon unleashed three blasts from each of its cannons, obliterating the face down monster. "Barrel Dragon! Attack and end this duel!"
Barrel Dragon fired from all three cannons again, this time it was aimed at Madoka. A large explosion occurred, the resulting smoke obscuring Madoka from view.
"How's that?" Yuudai asked the silver haired girl triumphantly. The girl just stayed silent as she looked at the field.
"What the hell! How is that possible!" Tom yelled as the smoke cleared.
Tom: 1400
Madoka: 1700
Surprise filled the entire arena as Madoka was seen with a large blue dragon and her life point untouched.
"You rushed through your attack after Barrel Dragon's effect worked. You failed to notice that I activated the effect of the destroyed monster." She said smirking.
"Destroyed monster?" Yuudai gasped in the stands.
"I told you she wouldn't lose." The silver haired girl said, smiling.
"Barrel Dragon destroyed my Wattdragonfly and activated its effect." Madoka explained. "When Wattdragonfly is destroyed by battle or by my opponent's card effect, I can special summon a Watt monster from my deck."
"That doesn't explain how your life points are untouched and how that dragon is on the field." Tom said gritting his teeth.
"When Barrel Dragon destroyed my facedown Wattdragonfly, I used its effect to summon another Wattdragonfly in defence position which Barrel Dragon destroyed when it attacked." She continued.
"So you used that Wattdragonfly's effect to summon this dragon." Tom said as he understood what happened.
"Yes, say hello to Wattaildragon." Madoka said as electricity crackled around the blue dragon's body. [Atk 2500/ Def 1000 – Lv6]
"I end my turn." Tom said after realizing he had nothing else to do.
"My turn, draw." Madoka said as she drew. After thinking for some time, she decided what to do. "I activate the spell card Wattkey!"
"Wattkey?" Tom asked, surprised as he saw Wattaildragon glowing.
"This spell card allows all face up Watt monsters to attack my opponent directly!" Madoka said.
"What!" Tom shouted.
"Wattaildragon! Attack!" Madoka said as the electricity around Wattaildragon intensified. The blue dragon flew at blinding speed towards Tom.
"Trap card activate!" Tom said as his trap card flipped up, just in the nick of time. "Damage Diet! This trap card halves all battle damage I take this turn."
Tom: 1400 – 150
Madoka: 1700
Tom grunted, though his trap card reduced the damage, he still felt the pain from the electrified dragon smashing into him.
"I end my turn." Madoka said still smiling.
"Phew!" Tom exclaimed, relieved that he survived that attack. "Get ready Madoka because this turn is the last!" he said as he drew his card. "I activate Barrel Dragon's effect!"
"I don't think so," Madoka said as Barrel Dragon aimed at Wattaildragon. "By discarding Effect Veiler from my hand, I can negate the effect of a monster on the field."
"Tch." Tom growled as Barrel Dragon's cannon powered down. "I'll just attack then. Barrel Dragon! Attack Wattaildragon!"
Barrel Dragon once again fired three simultaneous blasts from all of its cannons. Madoka just smirked as she sent the last card in her hand to her graveyard.
"What the hell is happening!" Tom yelled after seeing Wattaildragon glowing as its attack points shot up.[Atk 2500 – 3100/ Def 1000 – Lv6]
"That is the effect of the Honest I discarded!" Madoka said smirking. "When a light attribute monster I control is battling an opponent monster, I can send it to the graveyard to increase that monster's attack points by the opposing monster's attack points.
"Shit!" Tom cursed as Wattaildragon countered by firing an electric orb towards Barrel Dragon. A large explosion occurred causing Tom to fall back.
Tom: 150 – 0
Madoka: 1700
The crowd applauded both duelists as the duel ended. The chancellor walked towards the dueling field as the two duelists went back to their seats.
"That was a good duel." Yuudai said trying to cheer Tom up.
"Of course it was." Tom said, smirking.
"It was a close duel though." Kenji added.
"Of course it wasn't." the silver haired girl said.
"What do you mean?" Tom said, somewhat offended.
"I'm saying is you dueled against someone who was miles ahead of you in skill."
Before Tom could say anything back someone spoke. "Anna, stop saying things like that."
Everyone looked up to see that it was Madoka who spoke.
"Sorry about what she said, she's just like that." Madoka apologized to the Slifers, earning a huff from the girl called Anna.
"No problem." Tom answered.
"Hey!" Kenji called out. "listen to the chancellor."
By that time they stopped talking, the speech was already done.
"I hope you all have good year at duel academy." The chancellor said, ending his speech. The crowd applauded him as he left the stage. The students soon started to leave.
"That was interesting." Yuudai thought as he sat on his bed back at the Slifer dorm. "Despite the fact that I'm in the Slifer dorm it seems I'll still be able to enjoy my stay here."
"Hopefully I won't stay in this dorm for too long." He thought as he fell asleep.
A/N: Well here's chapter 2, I think the fact that I will soon be on holiday served as motivation to do this. Anyway, I'm still accepting OCs and I changed my mind about not using numbers. The numbers will now be used, although xyz monsters will not be used much.
I just watched the first episode of Arc-V, the concept of action duels was cool. Remember to read and review!
