Ch. 3 Entrance Exam
"Hurry Mana or we'll be late!" Jaden shouted to Mana as she lagged behind.
"I'm coming! Mana replied as she ran up to walk next to Jaden. "I still can't believe Kaiba hired us to investigate Central Duel Academy for him. Then, he said I was excused from the Entrance Exam because I simply didn't want to take it while you said you were fine with it."
"Same here." Jaden said as he and Mana continued to walk towards the Kaiba Dome. Winged Kuriboh suddenly appeared next to Jaden and pointed to a near by clock. "Oh no, we have to hurry!" Jaden and Mana began to run before sensing the presence of some type of strong Duel Spirits, causing them to stop in their tracks. Out of nowhere, 3 cards appeared in front of Jaden and Mana, revealing themselves to the 3 Wicked God Cards. The spirits of the three Wicked Gods soon appeared before them.
"What are you doing here?" Mana asked.
"We have not come to fight." the collective voices of the Wicked Avatar, Dreadroot, and Easer said. "The last time we met, we were under the influence of a curse, just like the Egyptian Gods used to be and the Sacred Beasts currently are."
"They speak the truth." the collective voices of Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra said from within Jaden s deck.
"We wish to join your deck Jaden." the three Wicked Gods said at the same time.
"Why?" Jaden asked, his confusion reflecting in his voice. "And what are these 'curses' you spoke of?"
"Now is not the time to explain." the Egyptian and Wicked Gods said.
"Alright." Jaden said in confusion and frustration. "You guys can join my deck." The three Wicked Gods reentered their cards before the cards flew into Jaden s deck. Jaden and Mana suddenly remembered the time and quickly ran to the Kaiba Dome. Once inside, they stood near a small man with light blue hair and glasses. "Hey their, I'm Jaden."
"I'm Mana." Mana said next to Jaden.
"Oh, hello." the light blue hair man said. "I'm Syrus."
"Will Jaden please report to the duel arena for your entry exam duel? Mana, you are excused from your duel!" an announcer said.
Jaden began to walk down when he heard someone with a British accent say, "Good Luck." Jaden turned around to see the man who said it. "You're opponent is Dr. Crowler. He hasn't passed a single student today. By the way, the name is Bastion."
"Well. Watch me be the first." Jaden said as he walked down the stairs. A few minutes later, he was facing Dr. Crowler.
"Let's get this over with." Crowler said in a bored tone of voice. Crowler and Jaden shuffled each other decks before handing them back to their owners and returning to opposite sides of the dueling platform.
"Get your game on!" Jaden shouted.
Jaden-4000/Crowler-4000
"I'll start." Crowler said as he drew a card. "I'll place two cards face down, and then I activate Heavy Storm." The 2 cards vanished to be replaced by 2 monsters.
"Those 2 cards must have been 2 copies of Statue of the Wicked." Jaden stated.
"Correct!" Crowler said as he grabbed a card from his hand. "Now I sacrifice my two monsters to summon my Ancient Gear Golem!' Gear Golem appeared behind Crowler, earning many gasps from the students watching in the stands.
"Looks like another victory for Crowler, right Zane?" a girl with dirty blond hair asked the man standing next to her as she leaned on the rails of the building. "That is Crolwer's legendary monster."
"You never know Alexis." a dark bluenette, Zane, replied.
"My turn." Jaden said as he drew his card before sighing as he looked at the cards in his hand.
"Don't have a strong enough card?" Crowler asked with a sneer in his voice.
"That's not the reason I sighed." Jaden replied. "I'm just disappointed that this duel ends this round." Many gasps sounded throughout the arena at Jaden s statement.
"Oh really?" Crowler ask with a tone full of anger and disbelieve. "And how, may I ask, are you planning to do that?"
"I use two copies of Polymerization!" Jaden shouted. "I use the first to fuse Avian and Burstinitrix to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman. Then, I use the second to fuse Flame Wingman and Sparkman to summon Elemental hero Shinning Flare Wingman." Avian and Burstinatrix formed Flame Wingman inside of the vortex and before he could leave, Sparkman flew up and merged with him to become Flare Wingman.
"3700 attack points!" Syrus shouted loud enough for the entire arena to hear when he saw the attack status on Flare Wingman causing the entire room to fall into silence.
"It gets better." Mana said with a devilish grin. Everyone except Jaden looked towards Mana before she spoke again. "Flare Wingman subtracts the attack of a monster it destroys in battle to the owner's life points. Plus, the last card in Jaden s hand is Mage Power, meaning "
"I win." Jaden said as he equipped Mage Power to Flare Wingman, raising his attack to 4200. "Attack!' Jaden commanded, causing Flare Wingman to blast through Gear Golem.
Jaden-4000/Crowler-2800
"And now for Flare Wingman's effect!" Jaden said, noticing the fear in Crowler's eyes as Flare Wingman's effect activated, resulting in Gear Golem to fall on Crowler as he shrieked.
Jaden-4000/Crowler-0
"That's game!" Jaden said as most of the students in the crowd burst into cheers after they got over their shock.
"Well done Jaden." Chancellor Sheppard's said as his face appeared on the monitor hanging on the wall. "You'll be an excellent Obelisk Blue student."
"Actually," Jaden began to say, "I want to be a Slifer Red."
"Why?" Sheppard asked, startled that Jaden wished to be placed into the lowest ranking dorm of the entire Academy when his grades and dueling skills are matched by no other. 'Why would Jaden want to be placed in the Slifer Dorm? I already know about him beating Yugi when Kaiba informed me about him and Mana.' Sheppard thought as he looked at Jaden.
"Just imagining Kaiba's reaction when he realizes one of the few people that beat him in a duel is in the Slifer Red Dorm is all the reason I need." Jaden answered with an impish smirk, earning a laugh from Sheppard and Mana as they imagined both his face and reaction while everyone else gawked at hearing Jaden beating Kaiba in a duel, and proof of the statement being real by Sheppard laughing.
"Very well then, Slifer Dorm it is." Sheppard said before his image vanished from the monitor. Jaden then left the arena with Mana to prepare for their trip to Duel Academy.
Alexis smiled as she watched Jaden leaving the arena, thinking, 'That guy has a future here.'
