A/N: Here's the next chapter! Enjoy! We don't own Yugioh GX.
"Hey, guys," Johan said as he took his seat in the stands with Kathleen, Jim, Amon, and Haruko.
"Hey, there, Johan," Jim said with a smile.
"Johan, that was totally awesome!" Kathleen said. "You're even better than I thought you were!"
Johan rubbed the back of his head. "Heh. Thanks, Kathy."
"Too bad you lost, though," she added. "And Haru over here wouldn't stop whining." She glared at the aforementioned girl, annoyed.
Haruko shrugged. "What can I say? I'm worried."
"And I could have sworn we agreed to watch these duels and cheer our friends on first, didn't we?" Amon asked, giving her a stern look.
Haruko shifted uncomfortably. "Uh, go, Judai?"
"Better," Amon admitted.
Jim looked at Johan and said, "Anyway, I suppose this means you'll be taking the entrance exam like the rest of us if you want to go to Duel Academy."
"Yeah, I suppose," Johan said. He laughed a bit.
"Hey, look, guys!" Kathleen said, excited. "It's about to start!"
Judai: 4000
Cronos: 4000
"I'll go first!" Judai said. "Draw!" He looked over his cards. "Alright, I play Sparkman in attack mode!" (1600)
The blue and yellow-clad hero appeared, electricity sparking off him, and took his place on the field.
"Then I play one card face down. Turn end."
"That monster again, hm?" Cronos said, drawing his card. "That won't help you much, Drop-out Boy. I summon Green Gadget in attack mode." (1400)
A green gear with legs and arms materialized on the enemy field.
"Green Gadget's effect! When normal summoned, it allows me to add one Red Gadget from my deck to my hand. Next, I play Machine Conversion Factory! This will give my Green Gadget 300 extra attack points."
The gear man's attack power went up to 1700, making him stronger than Sparkman.
"Now, Green Gadget, attack his puny hero!"
"Hold on, Sensei!" Judai said. "I activate my trap, Negate Attack."
"Stalling for time, are we?" Cronos said. "Well, it won't help you any. I play two cards face down. Turn end."
"Draw!" Judai said, taking a card from his deck. "I summon Elemental Hero Wildheart!" (Atk 1500)
A muscular, dark-skinned man with a long ponytail and markings on his bare chest and shoulders appeared, joining Sparkman. He had a long, thick sword strapped to his back.
"Next, I equip Sparkman with Spark Blaster!"
The electrical gun appeared, latching onto Sparkman.
"I'll switch your monster to defense mode, Sensei!" Judai said as Sparkman raised his gun and fired it at the gear. "With only 900 defense points thanks to that spell card of yours, it's weaker than my monsters! So, Wildheart, attack his gadget!"
The wild man charged the gadget, sword drawn, and sliced it in half.
"Next, Sparkman attacks you directly!"
"I activate my face-down card!" Cronos said. "Negate Attack."
"Aw, come on!"
Cronos sneered. "You're not the only one who can cancel an opponent's moves."
Judai scowled. "I end my turn."
Cronos drew his next card, then said, "Reverse card, open! Call of the Haunted. I'll use it to bring back my Green Gadget." (Atk 1700)
Judai groaned. "I just got rid of that thing..."
"It gets worse, Drop-out Boy," Cronos said. "I play Ancient Gear Castle, a continuous spell card. Next, I'll sacrifice my Green Gadget to summon Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Chimera!" (Atk 2300)
The thing that appeared was mostly green. It had four legs and a tail. That wasn't the weird part—the weird part was the four heads, one of which was on the end of its tail.
"Whoa...," Judai said, staring at it.
"Yes, 'whoa,' indeed," Cronos sneered. "Now, my Ancient Gear Castle's effect activates! Each time a monster is summoned, it gains a counter. It also gives Ancient Gear monsters a 300-point boost! Not to mention Gadjiltron Chimera's effect: If it's summoned using Green Gadget as a sacrifice, it gains another 300 points!"
"2900 attack points!?" Sho cried. "That's...!"
"Judai!" Hayato cried.
"I'm sure Judai can figure something out," Asuka assured the two. "This duel's just getting started."
"Now, Gadjiltron Chimera, teach this brat a lesson! Attack his Wildheart!"
The monster fired beams of light out of all four of its mouths, hitting the hero and destroying him.
Judai: 2600
Cronos: 4000
"An amateur duelist such as yourself doesn't stand a chance against my deck!" Cronos gloated. "I end my turn."
Judai growled slightly. "It's my turn! Draw!" He looked at the card, smiling. Alright! Just what I needed!
"I activate Polymerization to fuse Sparkman with the Clayman in my hand! Come on out, Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!" (Atk 2400)
Sparkman fused with Clayman to form a broad-chested man in purple leggings with yellow armor covering his upper half. There were thin metal wings on his back, and a blue gem on his torso. With the summoning of Thunder Giant, the Ancient Gear Castle gained another counter.
"Oh, my," Cronos said, shaking his head. "It seems you still can't do simple math. Signor Yuki, 2400 is less than 2900."
"Right, Sensei, I know that. But Thunder Giant has a special ability. See, when he's summoned, he can destroy one monster on the field with less original attack points than his own."
"What!?"
"You heard me, Sensei!" Judai said. "So, Thunder Giant, destroy his Chimera!"
The hero formed a ball of electricity between his hands before unleashing it upon the enemy's monster, destroying it.
"Now attack him directly!"
On command, the monster fired a bolt of electricity at Cronos.
Judai: 2600
Cronos: 1600
"Then I play one card face down and end my turn. You're up, Sensei!"
"Rotten little drop-out," Cronos mumbled, drawing a card. He glanced at it and laughed evilly. "You're in for it now, Drop-out Boy! I activate the effect of my Ancient Gear Castle! By sending it to the graveyard, I can use it as tribute for summoning a high-level monster. With two counters on it, it counts as two tributes! I summon my Ancient Gear Golem!" (Atk 3000)
As the castle fell apart behind Cronos, a giant metal man emerged from the rubble. He had a gear sticking out of his left shoulder and one glowing red eye.
"Now, my golem! Attack!" With a smirk, Cronos said, "And, due to my golem's special ability, you can't activate any spell or trap cards until the end of the damage step."
"Oh, no!" Sho moaned in the stands.
"He's done for," Hayato added, his eyes covered.
Elsewhere in the stands, the others watched with some trepidation.
"Whoa, that's a tough-looking monster," Kathleen said. "Think he can beat it?"
Jim nodded, "I'm sure he'll figure something out."
"Right!" Johan agreed.
The golem pulled its fist back, bringing it forward to smash it into Thunder Giant and destroying the opposing monster.
Judai: 2000
Cronos: 1600
"Turn end. Let's face it, Drop-out Boy!" Cronos said. "It's 2,000 years too early for you to defeat me!" He laughed.
"The duel's not over yet, Sensei! Draw!" He glanced at his card, then said, "I activate Pot of Greed! This lets me draw 2 cards." He pulled two more cards from his deck and grinned. Alright! This will turn things around. I knew my deck wouldn't let me down!
"I activate Fusion Recovery! This lets me add one Polymerization and a monster listed as material for a fusion summon from my graveyard back to my hand." He added Polymerization and Wildheart back to his hand, then said, "And I think I'll use it right now! I'll use Polymerization to fuse Wildheart and Bladedge! Now, show yourself, Elemental Hero Wildedge!" (Atk 2600)
Wildheart appeared, along with a golden hero with green jewels on his body and rather wicked-looking blades attached to his arms. The two merged together, creating a new hero, a buff man with a gold helmet and gold armor on his left arm and right leg. The armor on his arm had sharp spikes poking out of it, and he had a huge sword strapped to his back.
"Then I play the field spell, Skyscraper!"
Cronos sweat—he'd seen that card during Judai's last duel.
The buildings shot up around the two of them, leaving them in a city at nighttime.
"Now, Wildedge attacks your golem! Because he's got less attack points, Skyscraper gives him a power boost!"
Wildedge's attack rose to 3600 as he slashed through the metal golem, reducing it to rubble.
Judai: 2000
Cronos: 1000
"That does it for me," Judai said. "Turn end."
Cronos was trembling with anger. How dare he!? There's no way I'm losing to this boy! He can't even write his own name, for the love of God! There's no way he could be a good duelist! He doesn't belong at the prestigious Duel Academy in the first place!
He drew his next card, glanced at it, and laughed. Oh, the trap he could set with this card...
"Red Gadget, attack mode!" (1300)
A red metal man with a giant gear on his back and eyes that were completely out of alignment appeared.
"When this card is normal summoned, it calls Yellow Gadget to my hand. Next I play Double Summon! This allows me to normal summon once more this turn. I summon Yellow Gadget!" (Atk 1200)
Yet another gear monster appeared, this one yellow with the gear split in half around it.
"Then I play one card face down. Turn end."
Cronos smirked. This will put that drop-out boy in his place! Mirror Force! He'll attack me without thinking, and all of his monsters will be destroyed! Then I'll finish him off next turn!
"I don't like the looks of this," Asuka said in the stands. "Cronos left two weak monsters in attack mode on his field, yet he seems certain he'll win." She eyed the face-down card. "What will you do, Judai?"
Judai drew his next card: R – Righteous Justice.
"I activate R – Righteous Justice! This lets me destroy a number of spell and trap cards equal to the number of Elemental Heroes on my field!"
"W-what!?" Cronos demanded. How can this be!?
Cronos's trap card was wiped off the field, leaving only two low-attack gadgets.
"Now, Wildedge, attack his Red Gadget!" Judai commanded.
"Nooooo!" Cronos cried as his life points fell to zero.
Judai: 2000
Cronos: 0
The crowd went wild.
"B-but that's impossible!" Cronos said. "How!? How could you do that!? You can't even pass a simple spelling test!"
"Gotcha!" Judai said, flashing his pose. "That was a great duel, Sensei! And, to answer your question, I guess I'm just better at dueling than I am at spelling."
As Cronos tried to come to grips with his defeat, the announcer said, "And that's it, folks! Not only has our challenger won the tournament, he's beaten Professor Cronos, too! Let's hear it for him!" The audience cheered loudly for a moment before the announcer asked, "So, son!? Which dorm do you choose!?"
"Pick Obelisk!" Sho called. "Pick Obelisk!"
"No!" Manjoume countered. "Pick Osiris!"
The crowd roared with anticipation, yelling suggestions about which dorm to choose. Most were saying Obelisk Blue.
Judai, not sure what it mattered which dorm you were in, said, "Uh... I think I'd better go with...red?"
The crowd gasped, and all was silent.
"O-okay... If you're sure, kid," the announcer said. Please tell me he's joking!
"I'm sure," Judai said.
The announcer sweat. "W-well, there you have it, folks! Our grand champion has chosen the Osiris Red dorm as his school dorm! Congratulations on getting into the brand new school, Duel Academy! And, to all those who failed this test, we hope you try your best at the entrance exams, starting Monday! Thanks for coming, everyone! And have a great day!"
With that, the crowd dispersed. Judai was handed a red jacket and shoes and escorted out of the castle.