It was the first class of the day for the first official day of Duel Academy. "Welcome to Introduction to Dueling. I, Dr. Vellian Crowler, will be teaching you this class. Now, as a start, who can tell me the different types of cards?"
'Great, first day and I get that freaky transvestite. At least the key card Lex gave me might help a bit.' Jaden thought as Crowler was teaching the first class of the day: Introduction to Dueling. It wasn't a really necessary class for him, but it was a requirement for first years. Crowler himself looked around and decided to call on a student. "Alexis, why don't you answer the question?" Alexis stood up and said, "Monster cards can be divided into various types. The types of cards include: Regular Monster, Fusion Monster, Ritual Monster, Effect Monster, Spell, and Trap cards. Trap cards are divided into normal, counter traps, and continuous traps. Spells are divided into normal spells, quickplay spells, ritual spells, continuous spells, equip spells, and field spells." It was the correct answer, allowing her to sit down between two other girls her age. One was a human girl that Jaden could tell had a strong mystical energy surrounding her with short brown hair, and the other girl was a catwoman with short black hair and had patches of grey fur. "Perfect! I wouldn't expect less from one of my Obelisks."
'Who should I pick for the next question?' He thought, as he looked around to make a student of Obelisk blue look good.
"Syrus Truesdale, please explain to the class what a field spell is."
"Um… Well…. A field spell is… uh…." Syrus stammered.
"Even pre-duelers know this one, you Slifer Slacker," a certain glasses-wearing Obelisk called out, making many of the Blues laugh.
"You got this, Sy," Jaden tried to assure his pal.
"It appears you don't know. How about someone more competent answer, preferably someone not wearing red."
"If that's an insult to the Slifer Red guys, then you're just making fun of yourself. I beat ya without losing a single life point, and I'm in Slifer Red. Also, a Field Spell card is a card that affects the field with varied effects. The best example is the Field Spell Skyscraper as it increases certain monsters attack points by 1000." That got most of Slifers laughing a bit as it was true. Crowler was unintentionally humiliating himself with his idle comment. "Wow, that Red sure knows his stuff." The catwoman next to Alexis said after hearing that. "Geez Mindy, you'll go for any cute guy. What class do you have next Lex? I've got Duel Alchemy with Professor Banner."
"I've got that class too Jasmine, and I think we'll be seeing more of Jaden soon enough." Crowler continued with his basic lecture after fuming a bit with Jaden's verbal taunt. The bell rang and everyone had started to leave for the next class.
'That's it! I will not stand to have that slacker in my school another moment. One way or another, I'm getting him kicked out.'
Next class
Professor Banner's class was a little more bearable since the instructor in question didn't try to put down any student of a particular dorm. While Jaden found that refreshing, there was still something about Banner that unsettled him and highly doubted that it might be because he could turn into some kind of huge green rage monster or something. Syrus then turned towards him.
"Hey thanks, Jaden," he whispered.
"For what?"
"For bailing me out in Crowler's class."
Out of the corner of his eye, Jaden saw Banner glance in their direction with an unreadable expression.
"Uh-oh, looks like I'm gonna have to do it again."
"Syrus?" the bespectacled instructor started.
The little vampire shot up, frightened.
"Yes?"
"Would you be so kind as to grab Pharaoh?"
Syrus was a little stunned by the request.
"Pharaoh?"
"Unless, you are minoring as a scratch post."
Jaden tapped the blue-haired boy on the shoulder then pointed down towards his feet. Looking down, Syrus caught sight of a familiar tiger-striped cat rubbing up against his leg. Some of the students began to laugh.
Crowler was in his office writing with a quill pen, which was odd as nobody used quill pens anymore. He was writing something with it while Scowling. "How dare that Slifer Slacker Jaden make a mockery of me in front of my own class. That will be the last mistake he'll ever make." He said to no one in particular as he placed a letter in an envelope and sealed it. He then grabbed a mirror and a tube of crimson lipstick. "The big kiss off!" He kissed the envelope and wiped the lipstick off of his lips.
Jaden was looking around the gymnasium, looking for his diminutive vampire friend. He wasn't in his usual duster but the Duel Academy issued tracksuit. 'Either Sy's late or got lost.' He thought as he waited for gym class to start.
Crowler sneaked into the boy's locker room and started to open lockers. 'Time to plant the bait for Jaden to find it, and his shoes are the perfect place.' He found Jaden's shoes and placed the letter on top of them, grinning in an evil way that was just plain creepy for anyone, especially if the person in question looked like a guy in drag.
An older woman with brunette woman walked into the gymnasium and turned to the assembled boys.
"Hi everyone, my name is Fonda Fontaine and I'll be your Gym Instructor for this semester. Now, are you ready to sweat?"
Syrus came barreling into the boy's locker room.
"Lousy girl's locker room, they should really make the sign bigger!"
The little vampire opened his locker and glanced down.
"Those are Jaden's sneakers. I guess he's still using my locker," Syrus sighed as he picked up the aforementioned shoes. When he did, the envelope that Crowler planted fell to the ground.
"This isn't Jaden's." The young vampire said as he lifted the letter up and opened.
Dearest Jaden,
I've been in love with ever since I first laid eyes on you. Please meet with at the girl's dorm, I endearingly await your arrival.
-Alexis Roads.
"This is better than what my mom usually writes."
Syrus completely ignored who it was for and thought that it was for him. It was in his locker, even though Jaden used it for his shoes and duster, even his sword, Force Edge, was in the locker. He then started to daydream about Alexis and himself.
(Due to the extreme corniness and ridiculousness of Syrus' daydream, neither co-authors will be able to stomach describing it.)
"Hey Sy, the outhouse's yours if you need it." Jaden said as he entered his dorm, simply wearing his black pants. "Sy's gone Sparda." Jaden looked to see Chumley and rolled his eyes. "I told you to call me Jaden. Just 'cause people call me Sparda doesn't mean I go by it twenty four seven."
"Sorry, but he had this really happy look on his face when he left." Jaden shrugged and checked his guns real quick.
Later that night, Outside the Obelisk Blue Girls' Dorm
Crowler silently giggled as he snipped the chain holding the back gate closed. He quickly rushed in and dove behind a bush located just outside the hot springs where he could hear the girls talking as they bathed.
"That red seems really cool!" Mindy was saying, as she relaxed in the water. She seemed even more relaxed outside the school uniform. "Mindy, you'll think any guy is cute, and please tell me it's not mating season for you."
"It's not mating season Jazz, and if it was then I'd be trying to get laid."
"Give Mindy some slack. Cat-people are mostly female, and with how much of a minority Darkstalkers are makes things a little crazy. Besides, I agree that Jaden is cool, even if he can be dense. Such as disappearing for six months and not calling during that time." Alexis was relaxing in the warmth of the pool. Then they heard something outside.
Crowler remained still as he heard someone approaching, he assumed it was Jaden; having falling for the fake love letter. He held the camera up, ready to snap a photo.
"Alexis?"
Only problem was that the person who appeared was NOT Jaden.
"THAT'S NOT JADEN! IT'S THAT STAMMERING FIELD SPELL NITWIT!"
In his surprise, Crowler had forgotten to remain quiet, thereby alerting the female students of their presence.
"Who's there?" one girl asked as she came out to inspect the noise.
It was then that Crowler scrammed, as he was noticed by the three girls in that were in the pool, and not even a minute passed before more girls showed up. Jasmine was in a towel, as was Alexis and it really showed off her figure, while Mindy was just completely nude, letting the intricate patterns of fur cover her modesty. "Alright Syrus, you're currently in trouble, and you better explain." Syrus was nervous when Alexis said that, and she wasn't looking that happy either.
Syrus was now tied up in the girl's dorm lounge. It was really just his hands that were tied up, but it wasn't comforting to know. "Alright Syrus, you don't seem like the kind of kid to just waltz to the girl's dorm with evil intention, so you can give us your side of the story."
"You're not serious Alexis!?" Jasmine gasped, after she got her uniform on. Syrus had a blush as Mindy didn't get dressed in her uniform, using that it's the girls dorm and the fur makes her decent enough. "Of course I am. If he's got a good reason then I think we need to hear him out first."
"Oh, um, would you believe me if I said I was invited here?" That got the three girls attention. "If you were invited then why don't you have the guest card, and by who?"
"Guest card?"
"You couldn't have gotten in this far without it."
"But Alexis, you never said anything about me needing a guest card."
The trio of girls now was confused at the little vampire's statement.
"What do you mean by that?" Jasmine asked.
"Alexis was the one who invited me, she even sent me a letter."
"Do you have this letter?"
Syrus nodded and handed said letter to the nearest girl, Jasmine. The trio took a quick glance at the paper and knew something was up.
"Syrus, my last name isn't even spelled right."
"Not only that but, this note is addressed to Jaden Yuki," Jasmine said as she pointed to the name at the top.
"Ugh, whoever wrote this definitely wanted Jaden in trouble. The scent isn't even a woman's." That got the little vampire confused at Mindy's statement. "I can smell better then a human and other breeds of Darkstalkers, outside of werewolves, and the letter has a masculine scent."
"What's going on here?" The three girls covered Syrus as Fontaine entered the lounge room. "Nothing ma'am." The girls weren't sure if she'd press the issue, but she didn't. "I hope you girls get to bed soon, and please don't walk around naked Mindy. A lady shouldn't be showing her body to the world." Mindy seemed to huff at that, but paid it no mind as Fontaine left.
Jaden was starting to get worried. His time leading the Dark Knights gang taught him that something bad happens when friends aren't around. 'I hope Sy's okay.' Just then he got a message on his PDA. "We have your friend Syrus Truesdale. If you want him back, come to the girl's dorm." Jaden then got a serious look on his face and left without putting on a shirt, just his duster.
"Are you sure you want to just let him go? He is trespassing and should get expelled." Jasmine said as Alexis came back into the room. She said she needed to call someone and that they would let Syrus off with a warning.
"Jasmine, he didn't know that someone set Jaden up, and I'm betting its Crowler." Jasmine and Mindy were both confused, but Alexis didn't explain just yet. "Syrus can go, but this is a chance to show off my boyfriend's skills. In fact, he'll be coming pretty soon." That was a shocker for the three of them, as Alexis never mentioned having a significant other. "How close were you two?"
"If it wasn't for the war, and some really bad timed attacks, I might have been a mother succubus by now."
(Flashback)
"I'm sure you heard stories on how the first Darkstalkers were created by Dark Gene. I was one of the many they experimented on."
A slightly younger Alexis is seen thrown into some kind of holding cell. She looked around through the bars of her cage and saw various people of different ages and races in the same situation. Some appeared to be perfectly normal while others had claws, horns, wings and/or other additions to their anatomy. Another thing she noticed was that she was not alone in her cell. Sitting in the corner was a younger Jaden Yuki, gazing at her in sadness.
The reason; the blonde's new white wings on her back and head. She turned away as tears began to form in her eyes. She was then surprised when a pair of arms wrapped around her in comforting embrace.
'Jaden was my only friend while we all were in that hell. '
"Don't cry, you're okay." Jaden said trying to soothe the girl down with a hug. "How am I fine? My brother is missing, my parents are dead, and now I'm a monster! How am I okay!" Alexis broke out in tears, though she was still in Jaden's embrace. "You're still alive and that counts for something, and I don't think you're a monster. The guys that are holding us prisoners are monsters." Alexis was still crying but she felt a little better then. She started sobbing a bit and fell asleep in his arms. The morning came, and Alexis was still embraced by Jaden, her wings still out. "Sorry, I was just really tired."
"Don't be sorry. We'll get out of here some day! I'm Jaden Yuki the next king of games!"
"I'm Alexis Rhodes. It's nice to meet you Jaden."
'That was the first day we met. We were pretty much the only comfort that Dark Gene would let us have. The days were pretty much a blur of the same routine: eat, sleep, and be tested on. Jaden tried to keep the guards from forcing me into having sex with them, due to my species, but then one day it was Jaden they came for.'
(Flashback End)
Alexis was brought out of musings when she caught sight of Jaden rowing up to the dorm.
"Sorry girls, looks like I'll have to finish another time."
Crowler broke the surface of the water, annoyed at his plot foiled by his faux love letter ending up in the wrong hands.
"You try to expel one kid and the whole world turns against you."
He then heard the sound of paddles breaking the water. He turned and caught sight of the boy he tried to frame rowing towards the Girl's dorm.
"You're a little late."
"Yo Lex, and I'm guessing you sent the message since Sy's with you."
"Yeah, and it's not his fault. Someone tried to get you expelled. Good thing you have that guest card, for now." The girls and Syrus were curious about that. "Let me guess, we can all forget about this if we duel right?"
"You got it Jay. You win we just go home, or you can come to the dorms for a 'special reward', but if you lose then you have to return the guest card."
"You must still be mad about not calling you after I healed up. Alright then let's get the party started!"
Jaden: 4000
Alexis: 4000
"I think I'll lead this number, and I'll summon my Lilin Dancer in attack mode." The monster that was summoned was an entirely female monster that had perfect curves and a pair of bat like wings on her back and pointed ears, with a very skimpy, almost see through, outfit that looked like it belonged on a harem girl holding a dagger in her hand. "I can't do anything this round with her, but I'm sure you know about my little dancer. I'll finish my turn with a face down."
Lilin Dancer/ATK: 1200
"It's been a while since I've seen her."
Jaden then drew his card
"I'll start off by summoning Dark Knight Taurus in attack mode."
A burly man in black, bull-styled armor brandishing a large war hammer appeared on Jaden's field.
"And I'll have him attack Lilim Dancer with Bull-Charge Bash!"
The Knight rushed forward with his hammer held high, ready to do just that. Alexis, however smirked.
"Not so fast, I activate Doble Passe!"
The Knight ran past her monster and brought the hammer down on Alexis.
Alexis: 2300
"Doble Passe changes your attack to direct one on me and then I can wage a direct attack on you with Lilin Dancer!"
The scantily clad girl charged forward with her dagger at the ready but then vanished.
"Oh, and when she attacks, she gains 600 attack points"
Lilin Dancer: ATK: 1800
The girl then reappeared behind Jaden before she drove her weapon into his back.
Jaden: 2200
"Jaden!"
"Well, that was sloppy of me. It's been a while that I almost forgot how she plays."
"Am I jogging your memory, Jaden?" Alexis asked with a slightly sultry tone.
"Among other things."
"We'll have to see afterwards, won't we? Now then."
Alexis drew her next card.
"I play Rusalka Dancer!"
Rusalka Dancer: ATK: 1200
Another female monster appeared on Alexis' field. This one, like her other monster had curves in all the right places and was clad in only seashells to cover her modesty.
"And I'll activate Polymerization to fuse Rusalka and Lilin Dancer to summon Succubus Helene!"
The two dancers performed a figure eight before becoming enveloped in a whirlwind. When the storm died down, in their place was another gorgeous female monster with bat wings coming out of her back, clad in only a torn toga barely covering her body and wielding a sword.
Succubus Helene: ATK: 2100
"Now I'll have Helene attack Taurus!"
The female monster began to spin around with her sword facing outward. She closed in on Taurus and sliced him to ribbons.
Jaden: 1800
"Well, so much for him."
Crowler was watching the duel, mentally cheering for Alexis to win. 'Beat that Slifer Slacker to the ground, and I can then get him expelled for trespassing!' Of course, the universe, fates, or whatever that governs universe decided it was time for him to get a slice of humble pie. The duel itself from Jaden's destroyed monster sent a large wave towards Crowler, not large enough to be noticed from a distance, but it was large enough to intimidate the effeminate man and push him closer to shore.
"Looks like it's my turn."
Jaden drew his card and smiled.
"I'll play the field spell Fusion Gate! Now I can summon a fusion monster without Polymerization."
He then held out to cards.
"Now I fuse Dark Knight Capricorn and Dark Knight Virgo to summon Dark Knight Draco!"
What appeared next was a winged man in armor. The armor, like other Dark Knight monsters before him, was black and had a distinct Dragon design. In his hand was a Japanese style Katana.
Dark Knight Draco: ATK: 2100
"So, it looks like it'll be your fusion monster against mine, that's fine by me."
She was silent for a moment.
"Although, since they have the same attack points, they're just going to destroy themselves."
"Nice try, Lex, but I haven't forgotten about Helene special ability to not be destroyed in battle when your opponent only has one monster. I'll end my turn for now."
"It's a good thing you did, but you would've made sure Draco wouldn't be destroyed, especially with his 'power'." Alexis drew a card and smirked. "Now I'll turn up the heat with the equip spell: Fusion Weapon" As soon as Alexis played the spell card, the sword that the succubus woman had transformed into a strange trident that glowed with energy.
Succubus Helene: ATK: 3600.
"Well, Sy, it's time to brace ourselves." Jaden said knowing what would happen next. "Now Helene, strike the Dark Knight down with Trident Blast!" The trident powered up before shooting a green energy beam at Dark Knight Draco. With the attack, Jaden's life points went down as well.
Jaden: 200
"Are you sure Jaden's all that? It looks more like he beat Crowler with a fluke." Jasmine asked. Mindy might have asked, but she was too entranced by the duel to really say anything. Alexis just kept her smirk up. "Oh, he's all that, and the duel isn't over till it's over. Right babe?"
"That's right Alexis, and now it's my turn to party."
Jaden drew his next card.
"Sweet, I'll play Dark Knight Gemini Castor!"
Another knight in black armor appeared on the field. He seemed very plain-looking; what with the only outstanding things about him were the blue highlights on his armor.
"And when he's summoned successfully, I can summon out his brother: Dark Knight Gemini Pollux from my hand!"
An identical knight to the first one appeared but this one had red highlights instead of blue.
"And let's not forget about Fusion Gate that's still in play so I'll fuse them together to create Dark Knight Orion!"
The twins stood back to back and began to spin around before they vanished and a new monster took their place. This new one had the trademark black armor like his kin. His armor was rather intricate with the main attention grabber being three jewels on his belt. He held a broadsword in one hand and a bow in the other.
"That's not good."
"So you remember his little trick, huh?" asked Jaden.
"Yep, when he's summoned, Orion can destroy any one monster whose original attack points are less than his own and since Helene only had 2100 before I played Fusion weapon…"
"…It qualifies to be a target."
Orion drew his bow string back as an arrow of light formed. He released and the projectile struck true into the Helene's chest, destroying her.
"And since that was just his ability, I can still attack."
Orion then charged forward, brandishing his sword.
Dark Knight Orion: ATK: 2400
Alexis' life points then took a hit, as she had no monster on the field to defend her.
Alexis: 0
The duel was over and Jaden was victorious once more. "Well, you win the duel, and I have a feeling that Crowler will be pissed."
"You know Lex, if I was him, I'd be more worried about losing my job for framing a student," Jaden quipped, causing Alexis to giggle a bit. "Well, the duel's over, and, you good knight, have claimed your prize." It was so seductive that Jasmine and Mindy got shivers down their spines. "I've got the guest card, and I'll claim that prize. Still, got to drop Sy off at the Slifer Red dorms. I'll stop by after I'm done with Sy." Jaden started rowing off as Alexis smiled, thinking of what would happen. "I'm not sure what to think about Jaden, but I still think they should both be expelled."
"You can think what you want, but we'll finally be able to continue where we left off, without any interruptions."
Crowler had swam back to finish watching the duel, and he was a little pissed. "Someday, somehow, Jaden Yuki, I will expel you! That is, after I find a way home."
Jaden returned to the girl's dorm, after dropping Sy off and reminding them to keep their hands off his stuff. He was allowed in by security after he flashed his guest card, and made his way to Alexis' room. He knocked on the door to let her know that at least there was someone outside her room. "Yes?"
"It's me Lex, and I've come for you my beautiful succubus." She then gave him permission to enter and he saw that she had been waiting. She wasn't wearing a school uniform or a traditional nightgown. It was a silk gown that was transparent, allowing Jaden to see her body as if she was naked. Alexis wore no undergarments of any sort as she made a come hither motion. "Finally my brave knight. We can resume our romance." Jaden went up to her and kissed Alexis' hand, before she drew him in for a night of great passion.
OC Cards
Dark Knight Taurus/ EARTH/ Lv. 4/ Warrior/ ATK: 1700/ DEF: 800/ While not the brightest mind of the sect, Taurus' strength has proven invaluable to the Dark Knights' cause.
Dark Knight Gemini Castor- to be revealed
Dark Knight Gemini Pollux- to be revealed
Dark Knight Draco/ WIND/ Lv. 6/ Warrior/ ATK: 2100/ DEF: 1900/ effect to be revealed.
Dark Knight Orion/ LIGHT/ Lv. 7/ Warrior/ ATK: 2400/ DEF: 2000/ When this card is Fusion Summoned, select one monster on the field whose original ATK is less than this card's and destroy it.
Lilin Dancer/ DARK/ Lv. 4/ Warrior/ ATK: 1200/ DEF: 800/ When this card attacks your opponent directly, increase this card's ATK by 600.
Rusalka Dancer/ DARK/ Lv. 3/ Spellcaster/ ATK: 1200/ DEF: 1000/ a beautiful spirit of a tormented woman. When she sings, she can lure any passersby into a watery grave.
Succubus Helene/ DARK/ Lv. 6/ Warrior/ ATK: 2100/ DEF: 2000/ effect to be revealed.