Me: Update time! Sorry about the wait. Rua! Ruka!
Rua and Ruka: What will it be? What will it be? This is what we have for this chapter! *A humanoid bird was picked*
Rua: Oh! A Blackwing! This is one of Crow's cards!
Ruka: I guess this means we'll finally see Crow in the story.
Me: Oi!
There are many mysteries to the world. How all the stones used to make Stonehenge were moved from all over the world…the Loch-Ness monster…Crowler's gender… But the biggest mystery of them all is how a man like a certain Jester-theme duelist managed to become the second in command of the head of Neo-Domino City. A short figure in a red jacket with a black collar and gold trim, long white pants, black boots with a gold trim sat in a swivel chair, his sharp green eyes staring out over the large city with various structures, including a Acceleration Duel Arena for large-scale events and smaller ones scattered across it like various networks, each one used for a different Acceleration Duel. His elf-like ears twitched as a knock emanated from the door.
"Come in," the man said.
The doors slammed open and two burly men in black suits dragged in a young man. He had long orange hair sticking straight up and held in place by a dark green headband with two large silver rings adorning the left side. His sleeveless leather, brown vest with black trimmings and sleeveless orange shirt ruffled with each shake he made to try and release the two cronies' grip on his shoulders, mainly to try to get them to lower their grip to below his black armbands and above his dark-lime fingerless gloves that went up to his elbows with black bands on his wrists. His black boots managed to make a little dent in the left door while his blue pants ruffled a bit. Upon his face was an orange 'M' above his eyebrows, an orange dot near the start of his hair, and jagged orange eye marks that ended on the sides of his face.
"Come on, guys! So I peed on the bush and ripped the tag off my mattress, what's it got to do with taking me to the short idiot?!" he demanded.
"Who are you calling 'short?!'" the figure demanded as he swiveled his chair.
The figure was indeed short when he proved this by jumping out of the chair and facing the teen at eye level…with the teen being on his rear. The various light violet spikes of his hair bounced a little as he glared at the teen in the eyes, sometimes blinking to complete the red lines that went down his eyelids.
"Look, if this is about that time I mistook you for a Dark Signer…" the teen began.
"Don't bring that up…" the shrimp growled before calming down, "Now then; I need you to get me Yusei and Jack, Crow. I've been asking for them for weeks, but they haven't answered. And whenever I send Sector Security to their place, they're not home."
"Didn't Yusei tell you he went to join a Duel Academy?" Crow asked.
"What?! When did that happen?!"
"A few months ago."
"And what about Jack?!"
"You signed for him to go there," Crow replied, "I think you were busy eating ramen…again! And you still owe me for the last one you ate at our place!"
"I wasn't even in your home, Crow!" the shrimp barked as he began to stomp his left foot.
"Yeager, you are a big fat liar!" Crow argued as the two got in each others' faces, "Now give back the speed program!"
"Why you…" the shrimp growled before the two men quickly separated them, "Let go of me this instant!"
"But what about Yusei and Jack, sir?" the man holding him back asked.
"Ack! Ah, yes…Crow, as punishment, you're going to go to this Duel Academy and get them!" Yeager ordered.
"What?! But you let them go!"
"So?"
"So…So…Argh! Fine!"
Crow sneezed as he hugged his shivering form with one arm. He slowly rode through the frozen landscape as the frozen rain began to collect on his shoulders. He released another sneeze, shaking the snow off his form.
"This is…the last time…I…I…Ah-Choo!!!" Crow sneezed as he slowed his vehicle down.
His D-Wheel was painted midnight black and had a sleek design to it. Even though the sky was cloudy, tiny bits of light shined on the orange lines decorating the cycle along with the 'wings' at the sides of the vehicle. Crow got off it and dug out a blanket.
"Excuse me, but are you looking for a place?" a voice asked.
Crow turned to see a man. He seemed to be a bit old, possibly in his early forties. He wore a pair of glasses over his worn, graying face with a five-o-clock shadow. He kept his eyes trained on the warm fire before him. Crow walked over and sat down.
"Yeah. It's called 'Duel Academy,'" Crow replied, "You seen it?"
"We're near it," the man replied, "If I may ask, are you looking to join it?"
"Uh…Yes?"
"Let me see your deck," the man spoke, "When I look at one's deck, I can tell if they'll do good or not at the academy."
"Okay…" Crow spoke as he handed him his deck.
The man gently accepted the deck. He began to slowly examine each card. Soon, he sighed.
"This won't do at all," the man said, "In you go."
He made the movement of giving Crow back the deck. As Crow reached for it, the man threw it into the flames, incinerating it. Crow's left eye twitched.
"You ass!" Crow barked as he clonked the man on the head, "That was the extra deck I use for when I teach kids how to duel at the orphanage!"
"So that wasn't your real deck? Ow…"
"As if I'd ever let someone else touch my deck. The first rule from where I come from is you never let your cards out of your hands," Crow smirked before pinning the man, "Now then, why'd you try to burn my real deck?"
"I'm sorry! It's just that we make people make new decks when they want to join Duel Academy! At times, we knock them out and take them twenty feet under the sea in our submarine and throw the cards into a hatch, sending them into the salt water and destroy them!"
"That's even worse!" Crow growled, "How Yusei would join an Academy like this, I'll never know!"
"Yusei? But…There's no Yusei here," the man said.
"Nani?" Crow tilted his head, accidentally releasing the man.
"Honest. There is no Yusei on our roster of students," the man whimpered.
"So I came all this way for nothing!?" Crow growled, "Alright…Since I'm already here, I might as well take care of the trash. Hey, old man, which way to the academy here?"
The man pointed a shaky finger to the north. Crow nodded before driving off in the direction the man pointed to. As he rode, he took out a strange pair of oversized handcuffs and placed his real deck into his black duel disk. After an hour, he stopped in front of a pair of large yellow gates.
"Hey! Knock-knock! I'm here to kick your asses!" Crow shouted.
For a few moments, it was silent in the frozen academy. Suddenly, the door slowly opened with a loud creaking noise. Crow rode through them and stopped in the courtyard while students appeared in it and around Crow and his D-Wheel.
"Okay. Who's the strongest idiot here?" Crow asked.
For a few moments, the students looked at Crow with perplexed faces. Soon, they began to laugh. Crow's left eye twitched.
"What the hell is with you guys laughing at me!?" Crow demanded, "I am serious!"
"Simple; you want Number 1, you need to beat Numbers 2 through 100," one duelist explained.
"That's fine by me," Crow said, a dark smile appearing on his marked face, "This means I get to teach each and every single one of you a lesson. Where 100?"
A short boy walked up. Crow smirked before he threw the cuffs at the boy, clamping down no the boy's Duel Disk. He then removed the Duel Disk from his D-Wheel and connected it to his arm and the other Cuff.
"What's this?" the boy asked.
"Just a little somethin' somethin' for later when you lose," Crow replied, "Now let's duel!"
The hours went by as Crow dueled each and every student. Every time the opponent lost, an electric current suddenly emerged from the cuffs and destroyed the Duel Disk of the loser, each time Crow's laughter dominating the explosion. Soon, all he had left was Number 1. A well built man with short brown hair, a square chin, and nothing on him except his open brown leather vest and baggy black snow pants walked up. He connected the cuff to his Duel Disk with a smug face as Crow reshuffled his Graveyard and hand back into his deck. Both drew five cards.
"Duel!"
Crow: 4000
Number 1: 4000
"I summon my Dragon Dwelling in the Cave in DEF Mode and end my turn with three facedowns," Number 1 said.
A large cave formed behind Number 1 as three cards appeared before him. A loud snore was heard from within the cave before a snort was heard. The land rumbled as something stomped out of the cave. A large dragon emerged from it. It was pure blue-green with a yellow underbelly with various wrinkles. The dragon yawned before he turned completely blue and fell asleep, halfway out of the cave.
Dragon Dwelling in the Cave: 1200/2000
"Alright! My move!" Crow drew, "Now let's see…"
'Just try doing anything,' Number 1 thought, 'If you get a large monster on your field, my Sakuretsu Armor will destroy it can destroy my dragon. Dust Tornado will deal with pesky traps and spells you'll set. Plus, in the case you Special Summon this turn and release for a higher-level monster, I'll get it with my Intercept trap card.'
"I summon Blackwing-Sirocco the Dawn!" Crow began.
A flurry of black feathers appeared on Crow's side of the field. From that swirl, a winged figure emerged. The small rays of light emanating from the cloudy sky reflected upon its tree-brown wings and the purple feathers of its crow-shaped helmet, revealing only the lower half of an adult male's face. His legs were more of a bird's legs than human. Over his hands were a pair of light-brown feathered gloves with black claws at the end. He also wore a black item over his upper torso with red markings on it.
Blackwing-Sirocco the Dawn: 2000/900 Card Note: Sirocco the Dawn can be normal summoned or set when you control no monsters and your opponent controls 1 or more monsters.
"And with him on the field, I can Special Summon Blackwing-Gale the Whirlwind along with Blackwing-Bora the Spear!" Crow continued.
From a flurry of violet feathers, two figures emerged. One figure was roughly the size of a kid with big orange eyes, yellow skin with no nose or mouth. He had light-green feathers on his head that resembled hair and two small wings while the rest of it resembled a bird's body. The other was as tall as Sirocco, resembling more bird than man with the only things that resembled human being the lower half of its face being visible under a red feathered bird-shaped helmet with long yellow feathers that resembled thick locks of hair and its slightly visible human torso. His arms and hands were actually bird claws and grasped a long obsidian and silver lance. He roared as he spread his violet wings.
Blackwing-Gale the Whirlwind: 1300/400
Blackwing-Bora the Spear: 1700/800
"And now, since I have three Blackwing monsters on my field, I can automatically activate from my hand the Trap Card 'Delta Crow Anti-Reverse!'"
"What!?" Number 1 gasped.
"With this little baby, your facedowns are going to the birds!" Crow declared as his three monsters sent a blast of wind with their wings at the traps, destroying them, "And now to get rid of your dragon…"
"Ha! Good luck with that!"
"…I'm using Gale's special ability to cut your monster's DEF in half!" Crow finished.
Gale began to fly around DDC, whapping it on the head with its legs. The dragon woke up and growled at Gale. Gale replied with a blast of wind from his wings, knocking a part of the cave on the dragon's head.
Dragon Dwelling in the Cave: 600/1000
"Now to give Bora a little boost! I activate Sirocco's effect! By giving up his attack along with Gale's attack, he can give his and Gale's ATK Points to Bora," Crow explained as Sirocco and Gale flew around Bora's lance, coating it in a blue film of energy.
Blackwing-Bora the Spear: 5000/800
"And now to deal with you! Bora, end this duel with Feather Impalement!" Crow ordered.
Bora nodded before laughing manically. He flew at the upset dragon with lance aimed directly at the dragon. The dragon unleashed a blast of green flames that only swirled around the spear. Bora impaled the Dragon right through the heart. The dragon fell over, right on Number 1. His Duel Disk sparked before exploding, the cuff reeling back and connecting to the other as Crow removed it from his Duel Disk.
Number 1: 0
"Okay, who wants some?" Crow asked, "Huh? Huh!? Come on, I'll take you all on at the same time this time and I'll still win!"
"Very impressive, Mr. Hogan," a voice said.
"Huh?" Crow quickly turned to see the man from earlier walking up, applauding.
"My name is Chancellor Ichinose," the man explained as he held out his hand, "Welcome to North Academy."
"No thanks!" Crow replied as he swatted the hand, "I don't duel for anyone, especially Deck Destroyers."
"Hold on. You want to find Yusei Fudo, correct?" Ichinose asked.
"…I'm listening…"
"Well, we're having a School Duel with Central Duel Academy, the same one I found that Yusei Fudo is currently attending school," Ichinose explained, "So I propose that you join the academy for the School Duel as our headliner. We'll even allow you to join Duel Academy there but only if you duel for us at the School Duel."
"…Will your school stop burning decks?" Crow demanded.
"But of course," Ichinose replied, "Anything if you agree to be our representative, Mr. Hogan."
"That's 'The Bullet' to you," Crow replied.
"Excellent…" Ichinose smirked, "Now then, let's give our applause for Crow 'The Bullet' Hogan!"
"Bullet! Bullet! Bullet! Bullet!"
"Heh. I think I'll get use to that," Crow smirked, "Uh…So you don't mind having a guy who's been to the Facility as your rep?"
"Not at all. North Academy is, after all, the academy people that have been marked at the Facility in Neo Domino City come to," Ichinose explained, "Surely you noticed that everyone above 49 had at least one mark on their face."
"Oh yeah… I only paid attention to their Duel Disks blowing up and the dueling," Crow replied with a chuckle.
"By the way…" Ichinose adjusted his glasses, "You'll be working off the repair bills for the broken Duel Disks."
"Aw come on!!"
Me: Well…This chapter was dedicated to the Fifth Signer who's been missing for a long time since I started this story, Crow Hogan! Also, this took place a week before Jaden won the opportunity to represent Central Duel Academy for the School Duel. Please don't hurt me!