(A/N: while the main character uses my oc's mask, they are not the same person)

The daylight of battle city shines brightly in my eyes as I now regret my running skills.

My name is Yoshino Kayaba, a fifteen year old who needs to not be late to the entry exams! I ran and ran with determination of a rolling boulder as I flipped and turned corners.

I hate my alarm clock and the fact that I almost left without my light and dark decks. Those decks are my babies and I will never let them go for the life of me.

I guess my dueling dream started with the original tournament, featuring my favorite duelists Joey and Yugi. From the stories I've heard of thier friendship and the trials they faced, I grew obsessively fascinated by the game.

I even model the two decks after them with spellcasters, warrior, and dragons. Since I got more cards then I can have I made two decks into the two attribute categories.

I call the two deck with cool names, Dark burner and the heaven crusader. Okay maybe I watched a bit too much fantasy with those names shouting like the one with the blue laser beam.

Anyway I plan on going to duel academy to fulfill my dream as the first queen of games. Of course that might be hitched out of my grasp for one reason, besides the obvious clock issue.

Seto kaiba the so called genius, built only one girls dorm and that is the highest rank. With that little slip up of kaiba's ego I can't tell if I'm progressive, so I decided to disguise myself as a guy for an accurate review.

So I wore long baggy jeans, a white jacket, and a handcrafted mask. I know a mask might be more trouble then it was worth, you know public security. It's just that you can tell I'm a girl from a glance of my face, even if everything else proves wrong.

Anyway I see my destination, kaiba lands old themepark and the exams took place in the kaiba dome.

I can feel the secounds of a clock scratch my skin as I saw the possibly last entry, boy with kuriboh hair wave at the attendence officials.

"Wait!" I screamed out, thankfully my mask also cuts as a pitch muffler.

They look at me with surprised faces, especially the man. "Okay, anyone else who's late!" He shouted at the sky in vain for no reply. "Good, name..er?" Good my disguise confused him.

Of course I planned this far ahead. "Shino Kayaba pleasure to met you." They looked at me with exhausted and uncaring eyes.

They handed me a ticket. "By the way." The man was preparing a question. "Where is your duel disk?"

I paused, breathed in, and screamed out. "Fuuuu-"

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Thankfully in the middle of my cry an attendee gave me a spare disk.

Anyway when I entered the dome I saw so many late matches like on tv. Monster clashing against monster, duelist against duelists, incredible doesn't begin to compare.

However one match began and it was with the boy that did not notice me. It ended in three turns with the boy being the winner, he might be the king but I'll show him.

I heard my pseudo-name being called to the dueling field. The feeling before a match, is this what pros feel or is it me. However question is which deck to I use? I'll pick dark burner and try my best.

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The proctor facing me was like the other proctors using a test deck. Black sunglasses and a short beard, makes me think they're clones.

The proctor pointed to me with the goal to frighten, only to make me more excited. "Are you ready rookie?" He activated his duel disk while I did the same. "Because this will be your ultimate challenge!"

Proctor: 4000 life points

Yoshi: 4000 life points

I drew as that is the way a proctor duel works. Hmm...not a bad hand, not my best though. "I summon dark blade in attack position, then I play dimension coffin!" A blue and golden sarcophagus rises besides me. "I get to put one card from my deck to the remove from play, then in two turns I comes to my hand!" I selected a important card and placed it inside the coffin. The coffin disappears to where it came. "I set one card and end my turn."

Dark blade: 1800atk/1600def. They say he's a dragon manipulater from the dark world. His attack tremendous, using his great swords with vicious power.

The proctor seams mildly impressed at my display. "Pretty good, but it's my turn, draw!" He was selecting which card to draw. "I play brain control, by paying 800 life points your dark blade is mine for the turn." Dark blade switched sides.

"Now I scrafice him for steel ore grotto number 2!" I cringed as my monster was scarficed for a big metel monster.

Steel ogre grotto 2: 1900atk/2200def. A mechanized iron doll with tremendous strength.

"Now attack him directly!" My facedown could bring back dark blade, but it would ruin my plan. The doll's fist went through me as my life points dropped.

Yoshi: 2100 life points

"Now I Play the spell card, mist body, now my doll can't be destroyed by battle." The doll's body distorted from the spell. "Your move, rookie."

I nodded and drew my card, a ping simboled the first counter of dimension coffin. The card I drew is exactly what I needed, fusion gate.

"You ready for this I activate the field spell card fusion gate!" The field momentarily turned into polygons. "Thanks to this both of us can fusion summon without polymerization, though the material monsters go to the remove from play." The proctor prepared for my big move. "First I activate my trap card call of the haunted to bring back, Dark blade!" The spiraling purple mists formed the dead monster. "Now I fuse Dark blade and fiend sword, to summon the first of dragons!"

The field turned into a polygon state as dark blade and the fiend sword merged into one being. The force of the fusion was strong enough to blow wind in the sealed dome. The first of dragons circled around the field stalking my opponent.

The first of dragons: 2700Atk/2000 def. Must be fusioned summon and cannot be special summon. This monster cannot be destroyed in battle except against a normal monster, and is unaffected by monster effects.

One cards left in my hand, and it's just what I need. "Now I set a card and my dragon attacks your golem! Spiral breath!" My dragon unleashed a spiral breath of destruction at the golem. Though the golem isn't destroyed because of mist body, the proctor still takes damage.

Proctor: 3200 life points

I can see that the proctor was impressed. "My turn!" He looked nervous despite the stotic face. "I switch grotto to defense position and set a monster face down."

I smiled. "I activate my trap battle mania! With this all your face up monsters must attack me, so.." the doll prepared to fight, but the dragon fired another spiral beam. "Another 800 points of damage."

Proctor: 2400 life points

The proctor growled a bit. "I end my turn." He sounded hopeful he'll beat my deck, how wrong he is.

The secound ping occurs and the coffin rises up next to me. "Two turns have passed, so I retrieve my removed card." I then draw my suprise card, perfect. "My dragon attacks!" My dragon attacks the doll again with the death breath.

Proctor: 1600 life points

The proctor drew a card more quickly then usual. "I tribute my face down monster for catapult turtle, then play the spell double summon so Celtic guardian can come out." He then pointe at me. "Catapult turtle will scarfice celtic guardian to inflict half of its attack on your life points!" The Celtic guardian was launched by the machine and blew up next to me.

Yoshi: 1400 life points

The proctor pointed at the golem. "Now my grotto will be scaraficed!" Same thing happens with the golem.

Yoshi: 600 life points

"Now catapult turtle will scarafice itself!" The machine itself blew up and heavy winds nearly elimates my life points.

Yoshi: 100 life points

"I play my trap card time machine! It lets me bring back grotto in defense position!" Crap, at this rate I'll lose. Please let it be over. "I end my turn with a face down."

I drew a card and smiled with glee. "I fuse curse of darkfire and my red eyes black dragon! Go red-eyes meteor dragon!" Thunder cracked down as the dragons merged into a dragon worthy of destruction. The dragon is more powerful then the first of dragons as it flaps it's wings, hungry for the monsters I'll feed him.

Red-eyes meteor dragon: 3500atk/2000def. Red eyes black dragon + meteor dragon.

I felt glad darkfire has that ability like mystic sheep #2. "Now the I play the card that was from demension coffin, fairy meteor crush!" The proctor was shocked by the move. "I equip it to red-eyes meteor dragon, now take out that doll with meteor barrage!" My dragon repeatedly fired magma balls at the doll and thanks to the effect of fairy meteor crush, not only is it destroy, but the proctor lost nearly all his life points.

Proctor: 300 life points

"Now first of dragon will finish this, spiral breath!" The blast knocked the proctor to the ground as he lost the duel.

Proctor: 0

Procter: lose

Yoshi: win

The proctor stood up and approached me. "Nice job, applicant, welcome to the academy." The crowd cheered at the cool display and last ditch effort.

Little did I know that people were paying attention to me rather then other applicants.

Up in the stands three boys were interested in my duel, Zane, Chazz, and jaden the boy who was just as late.

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Chazz looked displeased that a lot of slifer slackers have made it, including the flunked who beat Crowler. His cronies didn't talk so they didn't enrage Chazz further. "So they both passed, pathetic." He spit out the last part, but smiled. "They'll learn the hard way, the Chazz Princeton way." His cronies looked at him with slight concern, but it's only boss's mentality.

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Zane looked over the last match mildly impressed. Even though the decks and duelists both Jaden and this 'shino' faced were vastly different. Crowler was always arrogant and makes a mistake, after all he should always set a bluff and not give in to insults. The proctors were always cool headed and planned stratigicly, even though that Procter didn't take in that mist body doesn't carry over.

Zane also wondered who Shino is, the deck was well managed despite a lack of traps. That and the fact he and jaden have similar personalities, outgoing, looking for a challenge, and naive. Zane wonders if thier potential shall match or even surpass his own.

The girl next to him Alexis was also in awe by the play Jaden and Shino preformed. Though she wonders if Zane cares at all about theses awe inspiring duels.

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Jaden couldn't believe it, but he loves it anyway. While his fight is close, he knew he was going to win thanks to his fusion hero flexibility. Seeing Shino fight was cool, seeing a red eyes monster in a very close match. If the proctor realized he could have brought back the turtle Shino would have lost. Though he noticed that Shino seamed to have fun regardless of circumstance. That's what he likes in a duelist, fun and games.

Two boys next to him, a timid shorty named Syrus, and a intelligent man by the name of bastion, were pleased by Shino's passing.

Maybe this will be a good year, maybe the best year for Jaden.

To be continued in chapter two..

(A/N: okay I know, I responded in the chapter, why didn't he revive catapult turtle? Remember all humans make mistakes and he thought mist body would carry over to grotto with time machine, but he was wrong. After all we are not all yugi's and yami's now are we?)