Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Legends
Episode 1: The Test
"That test must be rigged," Arthur complained as he left the testing room. "I don't think there's even such thing as a Dark World deck."
After turning in his written test and renting a Duel Disk, Arthur went to the main arena. There were four dueling cages set up and some of the tests were going on.
"Nice that you could make it," a voice said. Arthur turned and saw Alexis Rhodes, now dressed in a white blouse with blue skirt and mantle. She also wore high-heel boots.
"M… Miss Rhodes," Arthur stammered.
"It's okay, you can call me Alexis."
"Miss… uh… Alexis, what are you doing here, I thought you were a returning student?"
"I am, but a friend of mine wanted to see the incoming class so I thought I would tag along. Besides, I wanted to see how well you can handle an all light attribute deck. "Don't forget, you're putting yourself at a severe disadvantage only using one type of monster."
"I'm not worried," Arthur said staring at his glove. "Somehow, I know I'm going to make it in."
"Well you're confident, that's a good quality to have."
Arthur held out a sheet of paper. "According to this, I'm supposed to go to Dueling Cage 2."
"Come on, I'll show you where to go."
Jaden breezed through his written test and ran to the arena. He was able to catch the tail end of Bastion's duel, "Wow, that guy really tore it up."
"He's Bastion Misawa," a small blue-haired boy wearing glasses said. "They said that he got a perfect score on his written exams."
"Wow, I just barely got through mine."
"Same here. I'm Syrus by the way, nice to meet you."
"Name's Jaden."
"I have this thing where I get test anxiety."
"But you're in," Jaden pointed out slapping Syrus on the back. "Congratulations, I'll be in too just as soon as I win my duel."
"You mean you haven't dueled yet?"
"Nope."
"Then you might have a problem, there are no more proctors available." Jaden face-faulted.
"Uh… no worries, I'm sure they'll find someone for me." He watched as Bastion made his way to a seat in front of them. "You're Bastion, right?"
"Yes," he confirmed.
"Tight dueling."
"Thank you."
"From the looks of it, you're definitely going to be the second best incoming student at the academy."
"Will Jaden Yuki please report to dueling cage four to get ready for your test," a voice called over the PA system. "Well, gotta go, gotta get my game on."
"Wait a second, what do you mean second? I'm first."
"Not after I duel. Being the best is what I'm good at."
"Now just go through that door and stand on one of the circles," Alexis instructed. "Good luck, I'll be cheering for you."
"Thanks, Alexis," Arthur said. He donned his Duel Disk. Walking through the door, he saw a wide open area with several circles. One of the circles seemed to be lit up so Arthur stood on that one. Soon the circle raised Arthur through a hole in the floor. Arthur found himself inside one of the Dueling cages. A hole at the other end was the same size as the panel he rode up on. A loud hum sounded as another person was brought into the Dueling cage.
It was a boy with shaggy dark blue hair. He was dressed in what looked like a white shirt and dark slacks with a blue mantle, not dissimilar to what Alexis was wearing. The Duel Disk he had was silver with blue where the life point counter was.
"Uh… who are you?" Arthur asked.
"You can call me Zane," the boy introduced. "Now, kid, are you ready to duel?"
Alexis saw Arthur's opponent on a large monitor. "Arthur is dueling Zane? But that's crazy, Arthur will be slaughtered!" She turned and ran out into the hallway bumping into Dr. Crowler in the process. "Dr. Crowler, Zane is dueling one of the incoming students."
"Yes, I'm aware of that, Miss Rhodes," Crowler said. "In fact, I was the one who set them up."
"But Zane is brutal Arthur won't stand a chance against him!"
"That's precisely what I am hoping for. Soon, he will pay for what his mother did to me!"
Alexis recoiled like she had just been slapped. She turned and ran back to the arena.
"Why is Zane dueling?" One of Chazz's friends asked.
"Maybe they're in a hurry," Chazz said. "Whatever the reason, this won't last long. I bet the kid will probably never pick up a Duel Mondster card ever again!"
"All right, kid, shuffle your deck and let's get under way," Zane said.
"Right." Arthur took off his gloves and dropped them on the floor.
Zane gasped, on the back of Arthur's hands was a blue-green crystal about the size of a quarter. "What in the world?"
Arthur held his hand in front of the deck box that was hanging from a string around his neck. The crystal started to glow. Strange blue wisps of energy opened the deck box and the deck that was inside flew right into Arthur's hand. Arthur started shuffling his deck rapidly and with one hand.
"Impressive shuffling skills, kid," Arthur commented.
"Thanks." Arthur laid his hand on top of his deck like he was blessing it then slid it into his Duel Disk. "I'm ready to duel!"
"Then let's go!" Zane announced.
(A: 4000)
(Z: 4000)
"Tell you what, kid," Zane said as they drew their initial hand. "Since I'm so impressed with your shuffling skills, I'll let you go first."
"Um… wow, thanks, sir."
Alexis from her spot near the front, heard their conversation. "Bad move," she commented. "By allowing him to go first, Zane has all but got this duel in the bag."
Arthur drew his sixth card. "I'll start by activating the special ability of my Thunder Dragon (1)!" He announced. "By sending it to the graveyard, I'm able to take two more Thunder Dragons from my deck and add them to my hand. Next I play a spell card called Polymerization. This lets me fuse two or more monsters to form a fusion monster. So I'll fuse my two Thunder Dragons together to form Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon (2)!" The image of two green serpentine-like creatures melded together to form a orange two-headed dragon with narrow-shape heads and horns on their collective snouts. "Finally, I set one card face-down and that's the end."
"Hate to tell you this, kid, but your move isn't really that surprising."
"Huh?"
"Nobody uses Thunder Dragon any more and those who do use it normally use it for fusing so your move didn't catch me off guard." He drew his sixth card. "But this will definitely catch you off guard, I summon Cyber Dragon (3) in attack mode." The Cyber Dragon looked similar to Thunder Dragon but it was more metallic looking.
Arthur noticed the card. "That's a five star monster don't you normally have to sacrifice a monster to summon it?"
"Normally, you do, but since you have a monster on the field and I don't, Cyber Dragon's special ability allows me to summon it without a sacrifice."
"So that's why you let me go first just so you can summon your monster!"
"Exactly," Zane said. "A good Duelist starts dueling before the first card is played. But instead of attacking, I'll play two spell cards: Spell Economics and Delinquent Duo. Spell Economics allow me not to pay any life points so it won't cost me anything to activate Delinquent Duo which allows both of us to discard a card from your hand! First, I choose." Arthur turned his hand around. "Hmmm… Queen's Knight (4), Cybernetic Magician (5) and Shining Friendship (6), I think I'll choose Cybernetic Magician and Shining Friendship." Arthur slid the cards into his graveyard slot. "Now you choose a card to discard.
Shining Friendship has less attack points so I'll discard that. He slid Shining Friendship into the graveyard.
Zane said, "I see, your deck is primarily a light-attribute deck. Not a bad choice, but only a Duelist of advance caliber can successfully use a deck of all light attribute monsters. So I'll set one card face-down and give you a shot."
"All right," Arthur said drawing a card. "Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, attack Cyber Dragon with Bi-Polar Blast!" The two heads opened up and each let out a blast of lightning.
"Go trap card," Zane commanded. "Negate Attack! I left my Cyber Dragon in attack mode on purpose so that you would trigger this trap with your attack."
Arthur gasped but said glumly, "I end my turn."
"Tell you what, kid, I'll give you three chances, you just used one and now you'll have to pay." Zane drew a card. "I'll play a spell card you might recognize since you played it during your first turn. It's Polymerization! And I'll use it to fuse the Cyber Dragon on the field with the one in my hand to form… the Cyber Twin Dragon (7)!" Cyber Twin Dragon was simply a two-headed version of Cyber Dragon. "Finally I play the spell card Machine Conversion Factory giving my Cyber Twin Dragon a 300 attack and defense point power boost."
"I guess Zane didn't have time to change his deck out from last year," Alexis muttered.
(CTD: 2800-3100, 2000-2300)
"Cyber Twin Dragon, attack his Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon with Double Strident Blaze!" Energy emitted from the Cyber Twin Dragon's right head and destroyed the fusion monster.
(A: 3700)
(Z: 4000)
"Now my Cyber Twin Dragon's special ability kicks in: it can attack twice!" Arthur gasped as energy emitted from the Twin Dragon's other head and blew right through him.
(A: 600)
(Z: 4000)
"Since I can't play any more cards, I end my turn. Things really aren't looking too good for you, kid."
"I'm not worried," Arthur said drawing a card. "First I reveal my trap card Ultimate Offerings! Now for an extra 500 life points I get to summon another monster! So first I'll summon Queen's Knight in defense mode and next I play 500 life points to summon King's Knight (8) in defense mode." A woman and man, both blond and wearing colorful armor and carrying swords appeared.
(A: 100)
(Z: 4000)
"And now that they're on the field together, King's Knight special effect lets me summon Jack's Knight (9) in defense mode! That ends my turn." Since his Cyber Twin Dragon can attack twice, my three knights should protect me.
"That was your second chance, kid, one more left." Zane drew a new card. "Cyber Twin Dragon, Double Strident Blaze!" Queen's Knight and King's Knight were both destroyed. "Looks like you're out of luck, kid," he said. "My Cyber Twin Dragon can attack twice and you have only one monster to defend yourself. Face it, you lost."
He's right, I lost, Arthur thought. My knight won't give me adequate protection and all my best monsters have already been destroyed. It's over. "I give…"
"Don't you dare forfeit," his opponent commanded startling Arthur.
"What's Zane doing?" Alexis asked. "He should let Arthur forfeit."
"But you said I lost, so why shouldn't I forfeit?" Arthur asked.
"Because then you would be a coward!"
"Huh?"
"There is nothing more cowardly than giving up even when it's clear that your foe is superior. And if you forfeit, everyone in this room will know what a coward you are because you chose to take the easy way out rather than face your fate like a man. And once you're branded like that, then even if you become the top student at the Academy, even if you become the next King of Games, you will always be known as the one who preferred to give up rather than face your loss. Is that what you want? Do you want to be branded as the King of Cowards?"
He's right, giving up won't make my situation any better, and if any of these people don't make it in to the Academy, they'll tell all their friends about how I backed off from facing a Duel Academy student. If I'm going down, I'm going to go down fighting to the very end, so that even if I do lose, I'll have no regrets! Arthur stood up, a strange fire burning in his eyes. "It's my move!" He drew a card.
Alexis sighed, "That Zane, he gives a new meaning to the phrase 'tough love.'"
This trap card won't protect my life points from his monster, but it should offer one heck of a finale. "I set one card face-down, and end my turn." Zane's eyebrow was raised. "I'm not hiding, Zane; I'm ready to face my fate."
"Good, so now I won't have any qualms about doing this! Cyber Twin Dragon, attack with Double Strident Blaze!"
This is it, I won't give up, I will get into Duel Academy I know it! "ACTIVATE TRAP CARD!" He cried out.
"Good try, kid," Zane muttered as the entire field was engulfed in light. Everyone watched as the light subsided. And when it did, Arthur was on his knees.
(A: 0)
"I lost," he muttered. "I can't believe I lost."
"Don't feel too bad, kid, you never stood a chance," Zane said. He turned and walked away. As he did, he happened to look down at his Duel Disk and felt a smile overcome his face, "Well what do you know."
"Get off the floor, slacker," Crowler commanded to Arthur. "Only Duelists are allowed here, not miserable has-beens." He threw Arthur out of the cage and went over to Zane. "Well done, Zane, I'm just sorry you had to be paired with such a whelp, I'll see to it that he never applies to the academy again."
"Actually," Zane said. "He didn't do too badly for a beginner, I think he'll make a good student here, wouldn't you say, Dr. Crowler?"
"Too bad? But he didn't even touch your life points."
"Look a little closely," Zane said and showed Crowler his Duel Disk's life point counter.
3400.
"He lowered your life points?" Crowler asked aghast. "But, his attacks never went through!"
"Right before my attack struck, Arthur activated his trap card Solar Ray. Solar Ray deals 600 points of damage for every light attribute monster on the field. Since there was a light monster on the field, Jack's Knight that means he was able to deal me 600 points of damage before I finished him off."
"But nobody has ever been able to lower your life points, not even by a small fraction!"
Zane shrugged, "Those are trap cards for you, there's almost no stopping them."
Crowler was sputtering like a motorboat as Zane left.
Alexis found Arthur later on leaning against the railing. "It's okay, kid, it's not the end of the world," she said.
"But I failed miserably. Even with my trap card it wasn't enough to stop him."
"It helped if you knew who you were up against. That was Zane Truesdale, the Kaiser; he's the top student here at the Academy. Nobody, not even the teachers, have been able to beat him."
"You mean I was set up against the best student at the school?"
"And to add insult to injury, Dr. Crowler wanted to see you lose."
"He wanted to see me lose, but why?"
"Beats me, something about him always bothered me. I think he tried looking up my skirt all freshman year."
"Speaking of which, look down there." Arthur pointed to Crowler who was wearing some strange Duel Disk. It was so big it couldn't even fit on his arm. The deck and graveyard slot were strapped to his chest and the tray was hanging off as an attachment. "Is he… going to duel?"
"This is odd, Crowler rarely duels," Alexis commented.
Crowler watched as the latecomer rose into the cage. "So, son, your name?"
"Uh… Jaden, Jaden Yuki," Jaden replied.
"Well, 'Uh-Jaden-Yuki,' I'm Doctor Villean Crowler, Department Chair and Techniques Professor here at Duel Academy. Because you came in late, you're going to have to duel me."
"Wow, a big shot right off the bat," Jaden said scratching his head. "I guess you guys must've heard about how good I am and really wanted to test me."
Stupid slacker, Crowler thought.
"Why's Crowler dueling this nobody?" Chazz's friend Torimaki asked.
"Maybe they ran out of proctors," Raizou, Chazz's other friend said.
What is going on here? Chazz thought.
"Crowler's dueling a new kid?" Alexis asked. "He's acting weirder than he usually is."
"And from the looks of it, he's dueling for real."
"Zane!" Arthur and Alexis both gasped.
"Nice trick you played at the end, kid, it was probably the only non-rookie mistake you made."
"Uh… thanks, Mister Truesdale, but what did you mean by 'dueling for real?'"
"That's Crowler's personal Duel Disk, not a standard Academy-issued one and that can only mean one thing ."
"Duel Vest on," Crowler commanded waving his hand over the chest portion. There was a click as the cards automatically slid out from the deck to his Duel Disk.
"Wow, that's some pretty sweet gear, teach, how can I get one of those?"
"Hard work and dedication," Crowler replied. "Of course you have to get accepted first." Which I will make sure you won't.
"Well, I'm ready," Jaden said.
"Let's duel!" They both cried.
(J: 4000)
(C: 4000)
"Here it goes," Jaden cried drawing his sixth card. "Sweet, I'm going to summon Elemental Hero Avian (1) in defense mode." A bird man with claws on his wrist and wings on his back appeared, kneeling on the picture of his card as was the custom for a monster in defense mode. "I'll also throw down a face-down." He set a trap card.
Ah, I see, Crowler thought. He's using one of those new hero decks, that means he'll be combining his monsters for different attacks. Well he's about to learn that confining yourself to one monster does not a Duelist make.
"All right, get your game on," Jaden called out.
"Yes, yes," Crowler said dismissively. Don't tell me what to do, you worthless nobody. He waved his hand in front of his deck and a card shot out of it into his hand. After all since I'm using my own personal deck rather than one of those puny test ones, I'll be calling all the shots. "I think I'll start out nice and easy, by playing the spell card Confiscation!"
"Okay, so what does it do?" Jaden asks.
"What it does is allows me to pay 1000 life points for a chance to take a look at your hand and toss one of your cards to the graveyard." Holographic images of Jaden's cards appeared. "Ah, yes, I remember some of these cards back when I was a naïve rookie. Now which one to banish? I know, how about Monster Reborn to the graveyard!"
(J: 4000)
(C: 3000)
Jaden's card slid into his Duel Disk. "Next I place two cards face-down and last but not least I play the spell Heavy Storm! This spell card destroys all other spell and trap cards on the field." Jaden's face-down Draining Shield and Crowler's two cards broke apart.
"Whoopsies, did you forget you had two trap cards on the field as well?" Jaden asked teasingly.
"Now, now, young scholar, you mustn't speak out of turn," Crowler said as dark clouds gathered on his side of the field.
"What's happening?"
"Nothing… yet!" Two worm-shape creatures with fangs, eyes, and horns appeared.
"Can someone tell me what's happening?" Syrus asked.
"The two trap cards that Dr. Crowler had out on the field were called Statue of the Wicked. It's a special trap card that creates a vicious token monster when destroyed. That's why he played Heavy Storm."
"A card that rare couldn't have been in one of the test decks," Torimaki said.
"Then this is over," Raizou decided. "No applicant can beat the deck of an expert like Dr. Crowler."
Chazz smirked, "I'm going to enjoy seeing Crowler mop the floor with our mouthy little friend down there. I only wished he treated all the other newcomers that way."
"And I thought I had it bad," Arthur commented.
"What an elite snob," Alexis complained. "Bullying some kid with his very best cards."
"You're too soft, Alexis," Zane scolded. "I just hope we get to see that rare card he has."
"Rare card?" Arthur asked.
"Just watch, kid."
"Ready for you next lesson?"
"Oh yeah," Jaden replied excitedly. "I can't remember the last time learning was this much fun!"
"Yes, well I am quite the teacher, thank you. Now I sacrifice my two Wicked Fiend Tokens to summon Ancient Gear Golem (2)!" From the ground rose a large gray robotic creature. You could see the gears inside of him.
"That's it!" Alexis gasped. "That's the legendary rare card!"
"And we're about to see what makes it so legendary," Zane said.
Arthur gulped.
"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Golem."
"No way," Jaden said. "I always wanted to take one on."
Everyone was surprised at Jaden's non-fright at the monster. "Either Jaden's brave or he's nuts," Syrus said.
"He's staring down that legendary rare monster like he doesn't have a care in the world," Zane exclaimed.
"He could be in denial," Arthur guessed.
"I guess youth and inexperience have its benefits after all," Zane cracked.
"Give it a rest, Zane," Alexis said. "At least the kid's showing some backbone."
"There won't be much left to show after this," Arthur said.
"Golem attack, Mechanized Melee!" The Ancient Gear Golem wound up and let loose a haymaker that slugged Avian into oblivion.
"Oh man, Jaden's monster didn't stand a chance," Syrus complained. "Its defense points were way too low." He shook his head, "This isn't looking so good."
"And it's about to look a whole lot worse," Bastion revealed. "When the Gear Golem attacks a monster in defense mode, the difference between its attack points and the defending monster's defense points is dealt to the opponent as damage."
"But that would mean that Jaden's life points are about to take a hit!"
The large fist flew right through Jaden.
(J: 2000)
(C: 3000)
Seeing Jaden shaking, Crowler said, "Now, now, don't feel too bad, this is the top dueling school in the country, some people simply aren't…" But as Jaden lifted his head, everyone realized that he wasn't sobbing at all, he was laughing.
"Now I really want to come here," Jaden said excitedly. "You really know your stuff, teach!"
Crowler shook with barely contained fury. Doesn't that delinquent realize that his kind isn't welcome here at Duel Academy! I'll have my Golem hit him so hard he'll never pick up another Duel Monster card ever again!
Look at him tremble, he must really be impressed. Jaden was about to draw his next card when he heard a soft cooing sound. He drew the card, it was the card that guy gave him earlier.
"
You know, I have that feeling too. He read the text on the card, then blinked his eyes. Was it just him or did the card wink at him. "All right, I'm putting all my faith in you, I summon Winged Kuriboh (3) in defense mode! I'll also set a card face-down. Not bad, huh, teach?"
Crowler laughed, "No, not bad, but you must understand I'm a master technician. A Kuriboh to me is rather pedestrian, even one with wings. Its defense points are still no match for my Ancient Gear Golem! It's a textbook mistake, so let's proceed." Once again, he waved his hand over his deck and a card shot out. "Ancient Gear Golem, attack that Kuriboh with Mechanized Melee!" The Golem slugged the Winged Kuriboh.
Sorry, Winged Kuriboh.
Crowler noticed something he thought was odd. "Check your gear, your life points haven't changed."
"My gear's fine, on the turn that Winged Kuriboh is destroyed, I take zero damage!"
"How about that, a technique the good Doctor didn't know," Alexis mused.
"No one can expect to know every technique, Alexis, especially one as obscure as that," Zane argued.
"But that kid sure knew it," Arthur pointed out.
"Fine, hide behind your pathetic little monster," Crowler said dismissively as Jaden placed the Winged Kuriboh card in his graveyard.
"Just because you beat it doesn't give you any right to call it names!" Jaden snapped.
"I'm the teacher, I can say whatever I want," Crowler bragged studying his nails.
"The truth is I wanted him to be sent to the graveyard so I can activate this: my trap card Hero Signal!" A strange symbol appeared on the ceiling. "You triggered this when you destroyed my Winged Kuriboh, this lets me summon my second Elemental Hero, Burstinatrix (4)!" A gray-skinned woman in red bodysuit appeared. "And it's my move!" He drew a new card. His hand contained nothing but spell cards now. "All right, Winged Kuriboh, this is for you. First, I'll bring Avian back with the spell The Warrior Returning Alive and next I'll summon him to the field!"
"Oh, okay, another amateurish mistake, but this is good, this is good, now would anyone like to tell me what our little friend here did wro…"
"I didn't say I was done yet," Jaden interrupted. "You see, I know that alone my Heroes may not be strong on their own, but through unity they can, and I have just the spell card to do it. Go, Polymerization!" Avian and Burstinatrix jumped up. "Join Avian and Burstinatrix! Fusion Summons, Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (5)!" The two monsters' images swirled to become a single humanoid half green and half red. One of its arms was a dragon head and it had two large white wings on its back.
Alexis, Zane, and Chazz all stared at the monster bewildered.
"So, what do you think, teach?"
"I must say, you're dueling quite well for an amateur but next time try summoning a monster with more attack points than the one that's already out."
"What does he mean?" Syrus asked Bastion.
"He means that the Flame Wingman's 2100 attack points are no match for his Golem's 3000. A shame, really, because that Wingman has a devastating special ability."
"All right, young scholar, I don't mean to rush you but I am a busy man. Are you done yet?"
"Of course I'm… not, I knew your Golem had more attack points which is why I have this, Skyscraper!" Jaden slid his last card into the field spell slot. Buildings literally sprouted from the ground surrounding the Ancient Gear Golem.
And perched on the steeple roof of a building shadowed by the moonlight was the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman.
"All right, Flame Wingman, time to show those heroics. Attack that Ancient Gear Golem with Skyscraper Strike!" Flame Wingman dove down at the Golem, becoming on fire in the process.
"Go ahead and bring it on," Crowler dared. "This silly little field card hasn't lowered my Golem's attack power by a single point!"
"That's because it's not supposed to, it's supposed to raise my Wingman's attack points."
"What?!"
"You see, because the monster he's battling is so stronger, Skyscraper raises the attack points of my Flame Wingman by 1000!"
(EHFW: 2100-3100)
"Wait, time out!" Crowler cried. But it was too late, as the Flame Wingman plowed into the Ancient Gear Golem.
Alexis, Syrus, Bastion, Chazz, and Arthur all gasped.
"This can't be," Crowler said. "He was my very best card!"
"And don't forget my Flame Wingman's special power," Jaden pointed out. "The attack points of your Golem are dealt to you as damage."
The shattered remains of the Ancient Gear Golem fell on Crowler.
(J: 2000)
(C: 0)
"That's game!" Jaden announced pointing with two fingers at Crowler. "So I guess that means I passed the test, huh, teach?"
"Impossible," Crowler grumbled. "There's no way this delinquent could've beat me!"
"Wha… who is this freak?" Chazz wondered.
"Well, looks like this year won't be so boring after all," Alexis said.
"We'll see," Zane said and walked away.
"I'm glad," Arthur said. "Even if I didn't get in, I'm glad to have seen that."
Alexis just smiled at him.
"Way to go, late comer!" Syrus cheered.
"Well, what do you know," Bastion mused. "Maybe he does have what it takes to reach the top. And even if he doesn't, it'll be certainly interesting to see him try."
Jaden danced around celebrating his victory. He then stared at the Winged Kuriboh card. "Looks like we made it," he told the card. "And from here on in, you and I are going to be partners."
Once again, the Winged Kuriboh card winked at him.
Alexis saw Arthur to the front of the Duel Dome. "Good luck, Alexis, I'll be rooting for you," he said.
"Thanks, kid, sorry you didn't get a fair shot."
"Don't worry, I'm used to it."
"Excuse me, are you Arthur Yu?" A woman wearing yellow went up to him. "I was told to give you this." She handed Arthur some clothes and a strange palm pilot-like device.
"Clothes?" Arthur wondered.
"That's a Duel Academy uniform," Alexis recognized.
"I don't understand, why are you giving me this?"
"The uniform is standard attire for students at Duel Academy."
"But I didn't win the entrance exam."
"The judges average your written and pratical scores and if your scores reach pass a certain number, you're accepted," the woman explained. "If you need further proof, just check the list over there." She pointed to a monitor which showed a list of names. Arthur ran over to it and quickly scanned the list.
His name was last on the list, like it was just added.
"I'm in!" He cried. "I'm in!"
"Congratulations, kid," Alexis congratulated.
Arthur stared at the uniform and said, "I'm going home."
The End
Duel Monster Database
Arthur vs. Zane
(1)
Name: Thunder Dragon
Level: 5
Type: Thunder/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1500
(2)
Name: Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon
Level: 7
Type: Thunder/Fusion
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2100
(3)
Name: Cyber Dragon
Level: 5
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2100
DEF: 1600
(4)
Name: Queen's Knight
Level: 4
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1600
(5)
Name: Cybernetic Magician
Level: 6
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2400
DEF: 1000
(6)
Name: Shining Friendship
Level: 4
Type: Fairy
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1100
(7)
Name: Cyber Twin Dragon
Level: 8
Type: Machine/Fusion/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2100
(8)
Name: King's Knight
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1400
(9)
Name: Jack's Knight
Level: 5
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1000
Jaden vs. Crowler
(1)
Name: Elemental Hero Avian
Level: 3
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1000
(2)
Name: Ancient Gear Golem
Level: 8
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 3000
DEF: 3000
(3)
Name: Winged Kuriboh
Level: 1
Type: Fairy/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 300
DEF: 200
(4)
Name: Elemental Hero Burstinatrix
Level: 3
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 1200
DEF: 800
(5)
Name: Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
Level: 6
Type: Warrior/Fusion/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 2100
DEF: 1200
Next episode:
Syrus: Wow, Duel Academy is so awesome! There's all sorts of cool things to do and people to meet.
Jaden: Forget all that, I just want to duel. Hey, do you think one of those blue clothes-wearing students will duel me?
Syrus: Are you insane? Those are the elite of the Duel Academy! They'll eat you alive!"
Jaden: Hey, I'm the guy who beat Dr. Crowler, I can beat anybody.
Syrus: You'll regret saying that.
Jaden: Huh?
Syrus: Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Legends: Welcome to Duel Academy.
Jaden: Just what is that supposed to mean?