The sun was shining in the town of Domino, and it was a important occasion for any aspiring duelists. The entrance exams for Duel Academy were taking place at the Kaiba Dome.
A brown haired boy was running towards the Kaiba Dome. He was a brown-haired 15 year old. His outfit consisted of a red shirt, gray pants and matching blazer. His name is Jaden Yuki and his dream is to become the next King of Games.
Walking directly ahead of him was another brown-haired 15 year old. His outfit consisted of a brown shirt, gray jacket and a forward facing red hat covering his face. This duelist is Tyson Fudo. He was wheeling a blue motorcycle towards the Kaiba Dome.
"Alright I got my deck, I got my gear and I got about two minutes to get to the Duel Academy entrance exams before they start. Oh well, at least they can't throw me in detention hall for being late." Jaden said as he raced through the park to the Kaiba Dome.
"You should really slow down before you run into someone." Tyson advised.
Jaden did his rest to avoid running into anyone, until he did, knocking himself to the ground with his Duel Disk and deck falling out of his bag.
"Sorry." Jaden apologized as he picked up his cards.
"Told you." Tyson sweat-dropped.
"You're a duelist, aren't you?" The guy Jaden crashed into asked.
"Yep. I'm just going to try out at the academy."
"You don't say." The guy said as he reached for a card in his deck case.
"Yeah." Jaden chuckled with his hand behind his head. Jaden looked at the guy he bumped into and his eyes widen in shock.
"Hey, you're-" Before Jaden could finish, the stranger presented a card to him.
"Why don't you take this, something tells me it belongs with you." He said as he handed the card to Jaden. Jaden was confused at first, but accepted the card.
"Wow, for real?" Jaden asked.
"Good luck." The stranger said before walking off.
"Hey, wait." Jaden looked behind him to see him walking away. "Thank you, I'll make you proud." Jaden bowed respectfully to the stranger that gave him the card. The stranger then looked back, smiled a bit and gave him a thumbs up.
Jaden then looked back at the card the stranger gave him and it was Winged Kuriboh. Jaden then heard some strange voice, he looked around but there was no one there.
'What was that?' He thought.
"Uh oh, the exam." Jaden panicked as he ran to the Kaiba Dome as fast as he could. "I can't be the next King of Games if I'm late to the games."
"Let's ride." Tyson put his helmet on, mounted his Duel Runner and drove towards the Kaiba Dome.
Meanwhile at the Kaiba Dome, the Duel Academy entrance exams were about to close as the staff at the register tables were about to pack up their papers.
"Well ladies, that's it." A man said to the two women at the register tables after checking his watch. "Mark all the no shows 'no shows'."
They were about to pack up when a blue motorcycle with yellow highlights drove down the road.
This wasn't a standard motorcycle, it was a Duel Runner. They were vehicles created by Kaiba Corp to revolutionize Duel Monsters through Turbo Duels. They work alongside Duel Disks, allowing people to duel at high speed.
Tyson got off it and removed his helmet, then walked over to the table.
"Am I too late to register?" He asked.
"Of course not. Here." The register lady said as she handed him the papers to fill out. Then, the three heard a shout from the fence.
"Took him long enough." Tyson mumbled out loud.
"WAIT! I'm no 'no show'." Jaden said as he climbed the fence. "You can count Jaden as present, thank you. Well, just as long as I...don't lose my grip!"
He was starting to slip on the fence bars and was about to fall when he was pulled back up.
"Up you go." Tyson grabbed his hand and pulled him over the fence.
"Thanks." Jaden smiled. "Are you here to take the entrance exams too?"
"Got here not that long along. Let's register." He suggested.
"Good idea." Jaden chuckled as they filled out the paperwork. "By the way, I'm Jaden Yuki."
Once they were done, they walked inside the stadium and saw the other duels that were underway. In order to become a student at Duel Academy, each applicant must face a proctor in a duel. Win and you're enrolled. Lose and you'll have to try the following year.
"Once again, all academy applicants who passed their entrance exams, please head to registration. For those who have failed, better luck next year." The announcer said as the entrance exam duels rage on. Watching on was a feminine looking man with blond hair in a ponytail, purple lipstick and a long blue blazer.
The last duel was taking place with the proctor having Gear Golem the Moving Fortress and Big Shield Gardna both in defense mode. The student had his Vorse Raider in attack mode. As for life points, the applicant was in the lead so far and it was his turn.
Applicant: 3200 LP
Proctor: 1900 LP
Gear Golem the Moving Fortress: 2200 DEF. Level 4.
Big Shield Gardna: 2600 DEF. Level 4.
Vorse Raider: 1900 ATK. Level 4.
"Alright, new guy. Multiple choice!" The proctor said to a student who had black hair and a white school uniform. "You got two monsters staring you down; do you A: throw in the towel, B: beg for mercy, or C: cry home to mama?"
"I'll go with D: this!" He replied as he activated his trap card, Ring of Destruction.
"A trap!" The proctor exclaimed.
"Exactly. Ring of Destruction allows me to destroy a monster and then we take damage equal to it's attack." The applicant explained as he equipped his Ring of Destruction to the neck of his own monster, Vorse Raider and destroyed it.
The applicant had enough life points to survive, but the proctor lost the rest of his.
Applicant: 1300 LP.
Proctor: 0 LP.
"Clever move, applicant. Welcome to the Academy."
"Thank you, wise proctor." The applicant said with a bow.
High up in the stands are three duelists wearing Obelisk Blue blazers, the highest rank for students at Duel academy. There was a student with blue hair and glasses on the right, a student with brown hair on the left, while middle had large spiky hair.
"Wow, that guy was pretty good. Don't you think, Chazz?" The Obelisk student with glasses said.
"Guess the rumors about him being some kind of 'wiz kid' were true, huh Chazz?" the other student said.
"He's a punk." Chazz scoffed while being in the middle of his crew. "We went to duel prep school for the past three years, we're ready for the academy. These kids don't know what they're getting into, but they'll learn, they hard way, the Chazz Princeton way." he finished with a arrogant smirk.
Jaden, Tyson and a small boy with glasses and blue hair stood on the other side of the arena.
"Wow, that guy really tore it up." Jaden said with a smile.
"He sure knew what he was doing." Tyson agreed.
"Yeah, Bastion Misawa, they say he got the highest score on the written exam than all of us applicants." the boy said.
"Wow, I just barely passed." Jaden said impressed.
"Yeah, me too. My name's Syrus by the way, nice to meet you." Syrus said as he looked down. "I kind of got this thing where I get test anxiety, I don't know how I won my match."
"And yet you did, so good job." Syrus looked up at him.
"He's right." Jaden said, slapping Syrus on the back. "You won. Congratulations. I'll be in too once I win my duel."
"Wait, you haven't dueled yet?" Syrus asked.
"No, the two of us just got here." Jaden replied.
"Then you might have a problem, I think this one was supposed to be the last one." Syrus said, shocking Jaden and almost causing him to fall down.
In the meantime with the proctors, they were all discussing about the current applicants that have all won their duels and will attend the academy.
"Looks like we got a pretty good crop this year." One proctor said.
"Yes, indeed." Another proctor replied. The feminine looking man was closing his book and was ready to leave until another proctor came to him.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, but two more applicants have arrived to take their entrance duels, Mr. Crowler." The proctor said.
"Did you just call me Mister?" Crowler asked in a offended tone.
"Oh, sorry, I'm new here Mrs.-" Proctor tried to reply before Crowler continued.
"I have a PHD in Dueling, I have earned the title Dr., thank you." Crowler said. "Now tell the two applicants, they'll have to come back next year." The other proctors disagree with his decision and spoke up.
"Come on, Dr. Crowler, we still have time for them to duel." One proctor said.
"Yes, let's give these Duelists a chance." Another said.
"They were just a bit late that's all." Another finished.
"LATE IS RUDE!" Crowler replied in frustration, startling his colleagues. "I have no time for slackers." He then heard a ring from his cellphone. "Hello? And who might I ask is this?"
"It's Sheppard." the person on the phone said.
"Ah, Chancellor Sheppard." Crowler replied slightly nervous, not wanting to sound rude towards his boss.
"Just calling to make sure everything is going smoothly, Crowler. Wouldn't want a repeat of what happened last year." Sheppard said, who is currently at Duel Academy, shocking Crowler. "When you cut a third of our applicants for some ridiculous reason. What was it? Calling you Mr. or Mr.s. Whatever. Just make sure that everyone gets a fair shot."
"Absolutely," Crowler replied hanging up his phone. "Furry chined wind-bag." Crowler sneered. 'Doesn't he realize that there are enough talentless flunkies at this academy. But he's the boss, if he wants to give these two a duel, fine.' he thought.
"Pardon me, gentleman, I'll be right back." Crowler said as he was about leave before the proctors stopped him.
"But who will be applicants dueling proctors and what exams decks shall we use for them?" The Proctor asked as he held up a box of Duel Monster decks. Crowler scoffed.
"Oh, leave that to me." Crowler said as he began leaving, confusing the other proctors.
Back with Jaden and the others, Bastion had just sat back down on his seat after his entrance duel as Jaden walked up to with.
"Tight duel, Bastion." Jaden said with a friendly smile.
"Thank you." Bastion replied.
"From the looks of it, you must be the second-best Duelist here." Jaden said, causing Bastion to look at him in confusion.
"Jaden Yuki, please report to exam field 4." the announcer said, getting Jaden and the other's attention.
"Go time, wish me luck, guys." Jaden said excited and made his way to the arena.
"Hey wait," Bastion said, getting Jaden's attention. "If I'm second best, then who's first?"
"Yours truly, it's what I'm best at." Jaden replied, pointing at himself before walking down to the arena.
"I'm surprised he's so confident." Tyson said to himself.
"I wonder if he is really that good."
"He's going to need to be, look who he is dueling." Bastion said. They look down and they see Jaden's opponent is Dr. Crowler himself. Unlike most Duelists, who use a Duel Disk, Crowler uses a Duel Vest where it attaches to your chest rather than your arm.
"All right, test time!" Dr. Crowler said as he had his Duel Vest on. "So, son, your name?" he asked Jaden.
"Uh, Jaden, Jaden Yuki." Jaden said.
"Well, Jaden Yuki, I am Doctor Vellian Crowler, Department Chair of Techniques here at Duel Academy." Crowler said as he introduced himself.
"Wow, a Department Chair, I had no idea." Jaden said in amazement. "From how you were dressed, I was thinking you were some kind of weird Academy mascot. Like a majorette or a cheerleader." Jaden said with a chuckle and scratching the back of his head, annoying Crowler.
"Hey, now that he mention it..." The boy with glasses.
"This guy has some lip, huh Chazz?" the other student said. Chazz didn't respond and just glared at Jaden as the duel was about start.
"Duel Vest On!" Crowler said as he activated his Duel Vest and drew five cards.
"Hey, that's pretty sweet, teach." Jaden said in awe. "How do I get one of those cool blue duel blazers?"
"Oh, a lot of hard work and extremely high marks." Crowler replied.
'Of course you have to get in to Duel Academy, and I intend to make certain that won't be happening.' Crowler thought with confidence, believing he can beat him easy.
"Well, I'm ready." Jaden said in a excited tone.
"So, Let's Duel!" Both of them said with both of them having five cards in hand and their life points at 4000 each.
Jaden: LP 4000.
Dr. Crowler: LP 4000.
"Here goes." Jaden said as he drew his first card, looks at the cards in his hand and places a monster card on his Duel Disk. "Sweet, I'm gonna summon, Elemental Hero Avian in Defense mode." Jaden summons a man in a green costume, white wings and brown talons and claws.
Elemental Hero Avian: 1000 DEF. Level 3.
"I'm also gonna throw a face down. All right, get your game on." Jaden finishes by placing a card face down in his Spell/Trap Card Zone before ending his turn.
"Yes, very good." Crowler said sarcastically as he drew his card from his deck as he starts his turn.
'After all, since I'm using my own personal deck rather than one of those test ones, I'll be calling all the shots. I'll fail that miserable brat and send him home in no time, then I can do the same with that other one who had the nerve to come to the exam late.' Crowler thought as he looked at the cards in his hand with a confident smirk.
"All right, for this first move, I think I will start nice and easy. I activate Confiscation." Crowler said as he activated his Spell Card.
"Okay, what does it do?" Jaden asked.
"What it does is it allows me to pay 1000 Life points for the chance to peek at your hand and toss one of your cards to the graveyard." Crowler said as Jaden's hand cards were revealed to him as holographic images.
"Oh, yes, I remember these back when I was a naive rookie. Now which one shall I banish? Monster Reborn to the graveyard." Crowler said as he selected the card he wants to be discarded. The hologram card Crowler chose shattered to pieces while Jaden had to send the real one from his hand to the graveyard.
Dr. Crowler: LP 3000
"Next, I'll lay two cards face down on the field." Crowler said as he placed his two face down cards on the field before activating another Spell Card from his Hand. "Last but not least, I activate Heavy Storm. This card destroys every other Spell Cards out on the Field."
Crowler's card sends a power gust of wind that destroys not only Jaden's face down Trap card, Drain Shield, but also Crowler's other face down Trap cards as well, which were two copies of Statue of the Wicked.
"Whoopsie, did you forget that you also had two trap cards out on the field yourself?" Jaden asked, thinking Crowler made a mistake, but he still had a confident smirk on his face.
"Now, now, you mustn't speak out of term, young scholar." Crowler said sarcastically as fog suddenly appears around them.
"What's happening?" Jaden asked.
"Nothing's happening, at least not yet." Crowler said as two Egyptian serpent-like monsters appear on his side of the field. "But that's about to change." The crowd gasped in shock by this move.
Statue of the Wicked Token x2: 1000 ATK. Level 4.
"Uh, could someone tell me what just happened." Syrus asked.
"It's really quite simple. When Statue of the Wicked is destroyed, a Wicked Fiend token is special summoned." Tyson explained.
"That's the reason Crowler played Heavy Storm." Bastion added.
Meanwhile with Chazz and the other two students of his crew.
"A card that strong couldn't be in one of the test decks. Crowler must be using his own." The student with glasses said.
"Then this is over, no applicant beat the deck of an expert like Doctor Crowler." The brown haired student said.
"Yeah, it's impossible. Don't you think, Chazz?" The boy with glasses asked.
"Yeah, what do you think, Chazz?"
"I think I'm going to enjoy Crowler mopping the floor with our mouthy little friend down there." Chazz said with a arrogant smirk. "I only wish he treated all the other second-rate Duelist who applied to this academy the same way."
Standing high in the stands was a girl with long blond hair, wearing a white and blue blazer, blue skirt and high heels. With her was an older student wearing a white version of the Obelisk Blue uniform.
"What a elitist snob, bullying some amateur with his very best cards." Alexis said.
"You're too soft, Alexis." Zane said standing next to her. "I just hope we get to see that legendary rare monster Crowler has stashed away in that deck of his."
Back at the Duel, Crowler was continuing his turn and looking very confident.
"Ready for your next lesson?" Crowler asked arrogantly. To his surprise, Jaden chuckled.
"You bet, I can't remember the last time learning was this much fun." Jaden said excitingly. Crowler just narrowed his eyes towards Jaden.
"Yes, well I'm quite an excellent teacher, thank you." Crowler said before continuing his turn. "And now, I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon Ancient Gear Golem." he said as he sacrificed his two token monsters to summon a large metal giant. Many in the audience gasp seeing that monster, it was huge and very rare in the world of Duel Monsters.
Ancient Gear Golem: 3000 ATK. Level 8.
"There it is. The legendary rare card" Alexis said in awe.
"And I say we're about to find out what makes it so legendary." Zane said.
"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler said sarcastically, hoping to scare Jaden for the sight of his legendary and most powerful monster.
"Nah, no way. I've always wanted to take one on." Jaden said with confidence, shocking the crowd for not being scared or intimidated in the least.
"Either Jaden is brave or he is nuts." Syrus said, shocked by Jaden's bravery.
"More like he's enjoying this duel." Tyson said with a small smile present on his face. "Right now, he doesn't care what the stakes are if he loses, he just wants to have a fun and exciting duel."
"He's staring down that legendary monster like he doesn't have a care in the world." Zane said. "I guess youth and inexperienced have their benefits after all, huh Alexis?"
"Come on, give it a rest, Zane. At least the kid is showing some backbone." Alexis said as they watch the duel.
"There won't much of it to show after this." Zane said.
Crowler then laughed before unleashing his monster's attack. "Golem, attack! Mechanized Melee!"
Ancient Gear Golem reeled in it's arm and struck Avian with a strong punch, destroying it. Jaden winces from the blow.
"Jaden's monster didn't stand a chance. It's defense points were way too low. This isn't looking good." Syrus said.
"That's not the worst part." Tyson told him.
"He's right. When that Ancient Gear Golem attacks a monster in Defense Mode, the difference between it's attack points and the defending monsters defense points gets dealt to the opponent as damage." Bastion explained.
"But that means...Jaden's life points are going to take a hit." Syrus said in realization.
As he said that a silhouette of Ancient Gear Golem's fist struck Jaden, causing him to wince and lose half of his Life Points.
Jaden: LP 2000.
Crowler laughed. "Don't feel bad, this the top dueling school in the country. Some aren't just cut out for-" He bragged until he heard Jaden laughing.
"Boy, I really want to go to this school now. You really know your stuff, Teach" Jaden said with a smile, shocking Crowler before gritting his teeth.
"Can't he take a hint? He will not be allowed to pass this exam and he certainly won't be permitted to make a mockery of my deck." Crowler thought in spite, frustrated that here he is winning with his rarest card and his opponent is getting excited instead of scared.
Jaden was about to draw his next card until he heard a familiar sound. "What was that sound?" Jaden thought. When he drew his card, it was Winged Kuriboh. "Huh, Oh, it's you. Would you like to come out in this duel too?" The image of the card then suddenly winked at him, shocking him but still decided to make his move anyway.
"Okay, I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode." Jaden said as he summoned the card before setting down another card face. "And I'll place one card face down. Not bad, huh Teach?"
Winged Kuriboh: 200 DEF. Level 1.
Crowler laughed. "No, not bad, but you must understand that I am a master tactician. A Kuriboh to me is rather pedestrian. Even one with wings, it's defense points you see, it's defense points are still no match for Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler said mockingly. "It's a textbook mistake, don't feel bad. Now let's proceed."
Crowler then drew his next card from his deck and being his turn. "With the legendary Ancient Gear Golem, attack that Kuriboh with Mechanized Melee."
Just like before, Ancient Gear Golem reeled back it's arm and struck Winged Kuriboh with its fist. However, unlike last time, Jaden's Life Points didn't change, which confused Crowler.
"Check your gear, your Life Points haven't changed." Crowler said.
"Of course they haven't, doesn't he know about Winged Kuriboh's effect. The turn it's destroyed, it's owner takes no battle damage." Tyson replied.
"What do you know, a technique even the Doctor didn't know." Alexis said.
"No one can be expected to know every technique, Alexis. Especially one as obscured as that." Zane said.
"Yeah, well that kid sure knew it." Alexis amused.
Jaden then sent Winged Kuriboh to the graveyard. "Fine, fine, I guess your lame little monster saved you there." Crowler mocked.
"Hey, slow down there, Teach. You may have beat him but doesn't give you the right to call him lame." Jaden said, defending his card.
"Oh, yes, I forget how attached you new recruits get to your monsters. I'm sorry." Crowler mocked.
"Well you should be, because by attacking my Winged Kuriboh, you set off a Trap Card." Jaden said as he revealed his face down card. "One of my favorites too. Hero Signal! And that brings out my second Elemental Hero. Burstinatrix!"
His face down card opened and then showed a light in sky shaped like letter H. Jaden searched his deck and placed Burstinatrix to the field in Attack Mode.
Elemental Hero Burstinatrix: 1200 ATK. Level 3.
"My turn." Jaden said as he drew his next card which revealed the Skyscraper Field Spell. Jaden then looked at the remaining cards in his hands. "Alright Winged Kuriboh, this is for you. Hero goes nothing. First off, I'm going to bring Avian to my hand with the Spell Card, the Warrior Returning Alive."
Jaden's Duel Disk ejected Avian out from his graveyard so he can place it back to his hand before continuing his move. "And now I'm going to summon him to the field." Jaden said as he summoned Avian again to the field.
Elemental Hero Avian: 1000 ATK. Level 3.
"Oh, okay, another amateurish mistake." Crowler mocked.
"I'm not done yet." Jaden said as he smiled. "See, I know my monsters aren't very powerful by themselves, but if I can form them together then it's a different story and I have just the card to unite them." Jaden said as he revealed his Polymerization spell card and activate it.
"Polymerization! Join Avian and Burstinatrix. Fusion Summon." Jaden said as two years fuse together in a spiral before his new monster appeared. "There he is, the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman. I hope your Gear Golem is ready for a clash of the titans." he said as a green man with a red dragon's head on his right arm and one feathered wing on the left side of his back appeared on his field.
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman: 2100 ATK. Level 6.
"So, Teach, what do you think?" Jaden asked. Crowler just laughed.
"I think you're dueling very well for an amateur." Crowler said sarcastically. "But next time try playing a monster that has more attack points than what is already out."
"What does he mean?" Syrus asked.
"He means that Wingman's attack points are no match for his Golem's 3000." Bastion said. "Shame too, because when the Wingman destroys a monster, that monster's attack points are dealt as damage to the owner."
"Wait, you mean their deducted right out of his life points?" Syrus asked before sighing. "That would have been a great way for Jaden to turn things around."
"He's got this." Tyson suddenly said. "That last card in his hand would likely end the duel."
"You really think Jaden can win this on this turn?" Syrus asked.
"If he's right, let's see if Jaden can." Bastion said. "By my calculations, If he fails to win this turn, he might not get another one."
Meanwhile back at the Duel, it was Jaden's turn and Crowler already thinks he had won the duel before it's over.
"All right, young scholar, I don't mean to rush you but I'm a busy man. Are you done yet." Crowler asked, growing tired of this applicant's persistence.
"Of course I'm not done yet, and of course I knew my Wingman has less attack points than your Golem. That's why I have this. Skyscraper, go!" Jaden said as he placed his Skyscraper card in the Field Spell Card Zone in his Duel Disk.
After he activated his Field Spell, several large buildings appear around him and Crowler. Soon their whole duel field completely changed and were in the middle of a city. At the top of one of the building was Flame Wingman.
"Alright, Flame Wingman, attack that Ancient Gear Golem." Jaden said as Flame Wingman dove off the building he was on and headed right for Ancient Gear Golem.
"Fine with me, bring him on. This silly little Skyscraper Field Spell hasn't lowered my Golem's Attack Points by one point." Crowler said arrogantly.
"Crowler needs to stop running his mouth. Thanks to Skyscraper, when a Hero battles a monster with more attack than it, the attacking hero gains 1000 points."
"Go, Skydive Scorcher!" Jaden said.
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman: 3100 ATK.
Flame Wingman covered itself in flames and crashed itself into Ancient Gear Golem, resulting in a huge explosion after collision and defeating it.
Dr. Crowler: 2900 LP.
"It can't be, he was my very best card." Crowler said in disbelief.
"And because of my Wingman's super power, the attack points of that Golem are dealt straight to your Life Points." Jaden said.
"No way." Crowler said in disbelief. When he looked up, he sees his Golem was about to fall apart on him. He tried to get away but the pieces of Ancient Gear Golem collapsed right on top of him and lost the last of his Life Points.
Dr. Crowler: 0 LP.
The duel was over and Jaden was the winner, much to the shock of the other students.
"Impossible, there is no way this delinquent could defeat me." Crowler said as he narrowed his eyes.
Up in the seats, Chazz and his friends were shocked from what they saw. Dr. Crowler and his legendary monster was defeated and this duelist wasn't even a student.
"It must be dumb luck." Chazz said with widened eyes, shocked from he saw and refused to believe it. "No way Crowler could lose to some flunky."
"That kid's got a future here, wow." Alexis said with a smile.
"There is still one more Duel to go. Let's just see if this one has the skill to pass too." Zane said.
"Alright, yeah, Jaden!" Syrus cheered smiling.
"Nice, I could use a little competition." Bastion thought with a smile, impressed with Jaden's dueling skills.
Tyson merely smirked.
Jaden walked up to his friends, unable to get rid of the smile on his face. He won his duel and was now a student at Duel Academy.
"I did it guys, I'm in Duel Academy!" Jaden cheered.
"You were great out there, Jaden." Syrus said.
"Indeed, that was a very impressive victory out there." Bastion said.
"Now it's your turn, all you have to do is win your duel and you'll be in Duel Academy too."
"Tyson Fudo, Duel Arena 5." The announcer said.
"My go, then."
As he made his way to the Duel Arena, there waiting for him was Dr. Crowler, who is ready to redeem himself by facing Tyson. in a Duel next. He already lost to one applicant and he is not intending to lose to another one.
"So then, before we duel, state your name." Dr. Crowler asked.
"Tyson Fudo."
"Well then, Tyson, I hope you are ready to learn your first lesson here at Duel Academy." Dr. Crowler said as he readied his own deck to his Duel Vest. "Make one mistake, and you will lose your chance and your future here as a student."
"Wanna bet." He said back, angering D. Crowler.
'The nerve of this punk, speaking that way to one of the most important staff of Duel Academy. No matter, I will make sure that I am the victor of this duel and teach this delinquent to respect his betters.' Dr. Crowler thought.
"Look at that, Crowler is dueling the last applicant." Alexis said. "A little risky since he already showed best monster already in his last duel."
"Guess he wants to redeem himself against this student after he lost to that Jaden kid." Zane said.
"Excuse me?" a voice called out from behind.
Both Alexis and Zane turned around and it belong to a girl that is the same Alexis's age, and a beautiful one at that. This girl had short red hair with long elbow-length bangs that frame both sides of her face, a hair curler on top of her head, and was wearing the same girls school uniform as Alexis.
"Do you mind If I join you two? After the last Duel I wanted to get a better view of the next one." she asked with a polite smile.
Alexis smiled. "Sure, go right on ahead." she said as the girl stood next to her by the railing. "I never seen you around here before. Are you new here?"
"I just transferred here. My name is Akiza." she said.
"I'm Alexis, and this Zane." Alexis said as she introduced herself and Zane, who was more focused watching the duel. "What do you think of the applicants so far?"
"Thus far they have been pretty good. That last duelist was good, being able to take down a legendary monster like that was impressive." Akiza said before turning back to the Duel field. "I just wonder how this guy will do, no doubt Crowler is still going to try to win with that Ancient Gear Golem of his."
"We're gonna find out and see." Zane said. "They're about to begin."
"Let's Duel!"
Tyson: 4000 LP
Dr. Crowler: 4000 LP
After they drew their five cards, Tyson made the first move and drew his sixth. "I'll make the first move." He while looking at his cards before placing a monster card on his Duel Disk. "Shield Warrior in Defense Mode." Appearing to the field is a monster with a large shield in one hand and a spear in another.
Shield Warrior: 1600 DEF. Level 3.
"Then I place two cards face down and end my turn." Tyson said while placing two cards face down in his Spell/Trap Card Zone.
"That's all? If you're going to become a student here then you must make a better move than that." Crowler mocked before drawing his card. "My turn, and I think I will start by playing the Spell Card Foolish Burial."
The Spell card revealed itself on the field as Crowler further explained. "With this card, I can take a monster from my deck and send it to the graveyard. I think I choose the Trojan Horse." Crowler said as he searched his deck, revealed the card and placed into the graveyard.
"Next I place the Spell Premature Burial. At the cost of 800 Life Points, I can use this Spell to bring back my horse from my graveyard to the field." Crowler said as he played his spell. After Crowler's Spell card was shown to the field, his Trojan Horse appeared afterwards.
Trojan Horse: 1500 ATK. Level 4.
Dr. Crowler: 3200 LP.
"However, my Trojan Horse won't be here for long. I'm going to sacrifice it in order to summon the all powerful Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler said as he sends his Trojan Horse to the graveyard and his Golem makes a second appearance to the field in its place.
Ancient Gear Golem: 3000 ATK. Level 8.
"Hold on, that Gear Golem is a level 8 monster, right?" Syrus asked. "So Crowler would need two monsters to sacrifice in order to summon it."
"That's right." Jaden realized. "How did Crowler summon it by sacrificing only one monster?"
"It was because of the card he sacrificed." Bastion answered getting Jaden's and Syrus's attention. "You see, when summoning a Earth Attribute Monster that's level 7 or higher, the Trojan Horse's special ability allows it to count as two sacrifices." he said shocking the two.
"Ancient Gear Golem, attack his warrior with Mechanized Melee!" Crowler said as ordered his attack. The Golem then gave a hard punch to Shield Warrior, destroying it. "And in case you remember my previous Duel, even though your monster was in Defense Mode, the difference between my Golem's attack points and your pathetic warrior's defense points is dealt to you as damage."
The silhouette of Ancient Gear Golem's punch struck him, but he didn't even react.
Tyson: 2600 LP
"With that, I end my turn." Crowler said with a smug smile.
"I'm up." He replied. "And I'll start my turn with Graceful Charity." He drew three cards and sent two to the graveyard.
"I'll follow up with Shield Wing in Defense Mode."
Shield Wing: 900 DEF.
Dr. Crowler laughed as he drew his next card. "Is that really the best you got? You're proving to be a poor student, Mr. Fudo. Let me show you what a real move looks like. I summon Ancient Gear Soldier in Attack Mode." A robot, the same design as Ancient Gear Golem appeared, only smaller and with a machine gun for a hand.
Ancient Gear Soldier: 1300 ATK.
"Looks like Crowler is going to finish him off right here." The student with glasses says.
"Well, this duel is going to be over pretty quickly, huh Chazz?" The other student asked.
Chazz smirked. "Guess this guy was all talk and no skill after all. There is no way he can beat Crowler with weak cards like those."
"Ancient Gear Golem, demolish his Shield Wing! Mechanized Melee!" Crowler shouted as his Golem readied his fist before attacking.
"Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!" Appearing in front of his Shield Wing was a old metal scarecrow with a football helmet and broken goggles on it's head, which then blocked the Golem's attack.
"What is this?!" Crowler asked in shock.
"Scrap-Iron Scarecrow negated your Golem's attack. And unlike most normal trap cards, it resets itself after being activated."
"Wow, sweet move." Jaden said with a smile.
"A Trap Card that goes back face down after you use it? I never heard of a card like that before." Syrus said in awe.
"Yes, a very handy card he has." Bastion said. "Since it returns face down after it activates, he can use his Scarecrow card again when Crowler attacks with his Golem next turn." Crowler just growled from that move.
"You may have stopped my Golem, but I still have my Soldier." Crowler said before he ordered his attack. "Ancient Gear Soldier, attack his monster now!" he shouted as his Soldier took aim with his gun arm.
"And before you even try stopping it, my Ancient Gear Soldier prevents you from activating any Spell or Trap cards when he attacks." Crowler said with a smirk. His monster then fired a barrage of bullets at Shield Wing. They all hit, but when the dust cleared, Shield Wing was still on the field without a scratch.
"What?! How can your monster still be standing?!" Crowler asked in shock.
"You need to attack with three monsters to destroy Shield Wing. My life points are now safe." He explained.
Crowler growled. "Fine, I place one card face down and end my turn." He said as he set his card and ended his turn.
"Wow, impressive move out there." Alexis said. "Not only did he keep his monster on the field, but he also protected his Life Points too."
"Maybe so, Alexis, but he can't win just by defending alone. He will need to summon a stronger monster if he wants to beat that Golem." Zane said. Akiza in the meantime was watching curiously, wondering about his strategy.
"It almost seems like that he's testing Crowler." Akiza said, getting their attention.
"What do you mean, Akiza?" she asked.
"I mean he's been waiting for that Golem to be summoned before he did anything else."
"You mean that he's holding back his best cards on purpose?" Alexis asked.
"If what you're saying is true, Akiza, then this guy must have some powerful cards in his deck if he wanted Crowler to bring out his legendary card." Zane said.
Tyson drew his next card. "I summon a tuner monster known as Junk Synchron."
"Tuner monster?" Bastion asked in confusion before his eyes widened. He heard that kind of monster before but never seen one in person. "Does this mean that he has..." he thought.
He placed this monster on his Duel Disk and from it was a small robot in a orange armor and hat with an engine on his back.
Junk Synchron: 1300 ATK. Level 3.
"You think I'm suppose to be impressed?" Crowler asked in arrogant tone. "Your monster is too weak against my monsters."
"You still don't understand. My monsters can form something stronger. I'm about to Synchro Summon."
"Synchro what?!" Crowler said in shock.
"I mean this." He said as his two monsters jumped high in the air. "I tune my level 2 Shield Wing with my level 3 Junk Synchron." Junk Synchron then pulled the string attached to his armor chest plate, which started the engine on his back and he then changed into 3 green rings which then align together. Shield Wing then went through the rings and then become two stars that align with each other.
From the light emerged a robot warrior with a large arm in purple armor, wearing a white scarf, and equipped with jet wings and boosters.
Junk Warrior: 2300 ATK. Level 5.
"It can't be! A Synchro Monster?!" Crowler said in complete shock and astonishment. It wasn't just him, just about everyone in the audience gasped at the sight of this new monster. The summoning for it was unlike anything they have ever seen before.
"A Synchro Monster?" Chazz said while his eyes widen in shock along with his two friends. "I can't believe this punk actually has one."
"That was amazing. I've never seen that kind of summoning before." Alexis said in awe and widened eyes before turning to Zane. "Have you, Zane?"
"I heard about Synchro Monsters." Zane said, whose expression didn't change but was still surprised by this new summoning. "I heard that Industrial Illusions had finished developing them and were recently released them to the public, but this my first time seeing it in action."
"So, he knows how to do the Synchro Summon." Akiza said before smiling.
"Whoa, did you guys see that?!" Jaden asked in excitement while hanging by the railings. "I never seen that monster before and it looks totally cool."
"But still, what kind of monster is that? And how did he summon it?" Syrus asked, who shocked just like everyone else.
"It's called a Synchro Monster, Syrus." Bastion said, after getting out of his shock. "It's a new type of monster that has been developed recently. In order to summon a Synchro Monster, you must sacrifice a special monster known as a Tuner Monster along with one or more non-tuner monster on your field. After making the sacrifice, you can then summon a Synchro Monster whose level is the exact total of the monsters used to summon it."
"Junk Warrior, attack his Ancient Gear Soldier! Scrap Fist." He said as he commanded his attack.
Junk Warrior flew up in the air with it's boosters before rocketing itself at Ancient Gear Soldier and punched it hard it with its fist was enveloped in a large silhouette of it's fist in purple-colored energy. Crowler flinched and shielded his eyes after the attack as his life points went down.
Dr. Crowler: 2200 LP.
"With that, I end my turn." Tyson said.
"You arrogant punk, it's my turn now." Crowler said as he drew his next card.
'Synchro Monster or not, I cannot let this applicant embarrass me in front of the campus. If I lose a second time in a row to an applicant, I'll be a laughing stock to the school.' Crowler thought as he glared at him, who is not even bothered by Crowler leering at him.
"First I activate Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw 2 cards from deck." Crowler said as he activated his Spell Card and drew his two extra cards.
"Ancient Gear Golem, attack his Junk Warrior!" Dr. Crowler said as his Golem swung its massive fist at Junk Warrior.
"Go, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!"
"I activate Trap Jammer!" Crowler said as he revealed his Trap Card. "This negates and destroys Scrap-Iron Scarecrow."
Ancient Gear Golem reeled back it's arm and brought down it's fist right on to Junk Warrior.
Tyson: 1900 LP
"So much for your Synchro Monster. Not to worry though, you did your best, but this what happens when you put weak monsters in your deck." Crowler said mockingly as he laughed. However, his laughter stopped when the dust settles and Junk Warrior was still on the field. "What?! How can this be? Your monster should have been destroyed."
Tyson took Shield Warrior out of his graveyard. "I can banish this from my graveyard and prevent my monster from being destroyed in battle."
"Your monster may be safe, but it is still my turn. I play the Spell Card Sebek's Blessing." Crowler said as he activated his Spell. "This card increases my life points equal to the same amount you just lost from Golem's attack."
Dr. Crowler: 2900 LP.
"I place one card face down and end my turn." Crowler said as he set a card down on his field.
'He may have saved his monster this turn, but this duel is still mine.' Crowler thought confidently. 'If he somehow summons a monster more powerful than my Golem, my Trap card, Mirror Force, will destroy it instantly and making me one step closer of ruining his goal of becoming a part of my school.'
"My turn." Tyson drew a card. "I play the Spell Card, The Warrior Returning Alive. With it, I will take my Junk Synchron from my graveyard and add him back to my hand." Junk Synchron was ejected out of the graveyard.
"Now I summon it again.
Junk Synchron: 1300 ATK. Level 3.
"Next, I activate Junk Synchron's special ability. When I Normal Summon him to the field, I can search my Graveyard for one monster that's level 2 or lower and summon it to the field." He explained as a card from his graveyard is ejected out while he summons it to the field. "And the monster I choose is my Sonic Chick."
"How can those weaklings save you?" Crowler asked, until he realized what his opponent was planning. "Unless you're about to-"
"Synchro. Yes, I am." His Junk Synchron turned to 3 green rings just like before, the rings align with each other and then Sonic Chick went through the rings before it turned to a star.
"You'll regret underestimating my monsters, because it's gonna cost you the duel. I Synchro Summon, Armory Arm!" He said as the rings and star shined a bright light. From the light came a robotic arm with red clawed fingers.
Armory Arm: 1800 ATK. Level 4.
"That is your best move?" Crowler asked mockingly. "Just like your Junk Warrior, your new monster is too weak to beat my Ancient Gear Golem."
"My Armory Arm has a special effect. Once a turn, I'll able to equip it to another monster." Armory Arm then attached itself to Junk Warrior's punching arm.
"This raises my monster's attack by 1000."
"What?! It can't be!" Crowler exclaimed in shock with widened eyes.
Junk Warrior: 3300 ATK.
"And now I play Trap Stun." He revealed his trap card to Crowler. "Just as the name says, Trap cards can't activate this turn."
'No! Not only his monster his stronger now, my Trap Card is useless now. I have no way to save my Golem! I am completely defenseless!' Crowler thought in shock as his face down card was surrounded by electricity, unable to activate.
"Junk Warrior, attack and destroy that Ancient Gear Golem! Scrap Fist attack!" He said as Junk Warrior rocket itself to the air.
Once it was high in the air, it dive bombed at Ancient Gear Golem with it's fist ready to crash into it. Soon Junk Warrior's fist was surrounded by a silhouette of energy just like before, but this time it was the giant fist's energy was gold instead of purple.
Ancient Gear Golem tried to counter with its own punch and the two monster's fist collide. However, Junk Warrior's fist destroyed Ancient Gear Golem's arm before punching a hole right through it chest. Junk Warrior then flew back to Tyson's field just before the remains of Ancient Gear Golem exploded right in front of Crowler's shocked eyes.
Crowler: 2600 LP.
"No! My Ancient Gear Golem!" Crowler cried out in shock, seeing his rarest and most powerful monster defeated a second time.
"That's the least of your concerns."
"Come again?" Crowler asked confused.
"My Armory Arm has a second special ability. When it destroys a monster in battle and sends to the graveyard, you take the attack of that monster as damage."
"Whoa, the same ability as my Flame Wingman." Jaden said with a smile
"And since that Gear Golem had 3000 attack points, this duel is over." Bastion said, showing an impressed smile.
"Go Junk Warrior! Take out the rest of his Life Points!" Tyson exclaimed. Junk Warrior's fist glowed gold, thrust it's fist forward and launched a blast of energy shaped like it's fist at Crowler.
"This is gonna hurt!" Crowler cried out as it hit him, knocked him right in to the wall and took away the last of his Life Points.
Dr. Crowler: 0 LP.
After the duel was over, the crowd in the audience seats all cheered and clapped for the match they seen. They all got a chance to see the Synchro Summon in action, a new form of summoning they have never seen before. The ones who cheered the loudest was Jaden.
"That was so awesome!" Jaden cheered. "Those Synchro Monsters were really cool, I wish I had one."
"It wasn't just the Synchro Monsters, Jaden, he was incredible in that duel." Syrus said. "I can't believe someone this strong is going to be a first year at our school."
"Indeed, Syrus." Bastion said with an impressed smile. "And who knows, there might be others here who have Synchro monsters too."
"Seriously?" Syrus asked. "Then that means the duelists at Duel Academy will be hard to beat."
"That also means it will make Duel Academy even more exciting." Jaden said, still hasn't gotten his excitement out of his system yet. "Not only there will be strong Duelists there, but also more monsters that we've never seen before. It just makes me even more pumped up about this school than before."
While most of the audience cheered from the last duel, the only people who didn't applaud was Chazz and his two friends. All three of them were shocked from the duel they just saw. The one who was shocked the most was Chazz himself. They can't believe a Duelist this strong is going to be a first year student.
"I don't care what kind of monsters this hotshot has, he's going down." Chazz said before his widened shocked eyes turn into a hard, jealous glare.
"That duel was incredible." Alexis said with a smile. "That guy is a really good Duelist."
"And his cards work well together." Akiza said with an impressed smile on her face. "It hasn't been long since Synchro Monsters been released and he's already mastered them."
"So that's the power of Synchro Monsters." Zane said after observing Yusei's duel. "Guess there is going be some tough competition this year."
"Sounds to me that you're impressed Zane." Alexis said as Zane walked away with a smirk. He didn't want to show it, but this going to be a interesting year for him and he was excited about it.
Back at the Duel field, Crowler was on his knees, still shocked that he lost for a second time. "I can't believe that I, the Vice-Chancellor of Duel Academy, has lost again."
"You lost because you underestimated my deck." He explained. "You only considered my monsters to be weak, that's the reason you were defeated."
Crowler just growled in frustration, this applicant was giving him a lecture in dueling and he has no choice but to pass him since he won the duel.