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"Uggh," groaned the blue haired female duelist, "Why now?"

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"I'm up!" yelled the blue haired duelist as she slammed the alarm clock with all of her might. She got up, stretching her back. She really has to stop sleeping on her stomach.

She took clothes from her wardrobe and headed towards the showers, a good way to wake up in the morning, especially on an important day like this.

For you see, she plans on going to the most prestigious dueling school on the planet, Duel Academy. The school was founded by Seto Kaiba himself. The school was popular for making the most powerful duelists with amazing skills that could change the tide with one draw.

It was her dream to go there as soon as she heard the news of Seto opening a school made for dueling. She also heard that there was a contest to make your own cards and send it to space, but she wasn't really interested in that if she was being honest.

After she was done showering, she put on her favorite brown shirt and dark purple jeans with a jacket wrapped around her waist. She saw her mother drinking coffee while her dad was cooking breakfast.

Her mother saw her, she took a sip of her coffee, "Good morning, Celina. Are you excited for today?" she asked, while her husband snorted.

"Why wouldn't she? Our baby girl has finally grown up and goes to the school of her dreams and, we-we.." That's all that Celina's dad can say as he then started crying his eyes out, "I am so proud of you!" as then he hugged his daughter while crying anime style.

"There, there dad." Celina sighed of her embarrassing parents, she loved them don't get her wrong, but they are so embarrassing.

"Hun! The stove!" yelled Celina's mom, as both Celina and her dad then turned around and saw the kitchen stove burning!

Safe to say, it was a very odd way to start her day, but she didn't mind it. Her dad, while still crying his eyes out, put plates for her mother, himself, Celina and for her their younger daughter, Zuzu.

"Zuzu, dear! It's time to wake up!" yelled Celina and Zuzu's mom, as then a small 5 year old girl with pink hair left her room while rubbing her eyes, yawning, tired from her night's rest.

And now the family started eating breakfast, it was scrambled eggs, sausages, beans, cornbread and some salami.

After breakfast, Zuzu started watching her favorite show on TV, Pokemon, with a sparkle within her eyes. It was so damn adorable, it could give someone a heart attack. But Celina on the other hand was focused on one thing. Which deck will she use for her duel today?

She has a number of decks, of course, but she wanted to use a deck that will show the other examines her true strength. She could use her Invoked deck, but she really does like using her Predaplant deck, but she also wanted to use her sister's favorite deck, Mellodius, but it can be bricky at times.

She sighed, she really had no idea on which deck she could use, her mom saw that. "Is something troubling you, hun?"

"I can't choose which deck I should use for this exam duel. I want to try out one deck, but then the other deck could be more useful. I just can't pick!" Celina's hands were in hair as she dropped her head. Of all the days she couldn't pick a deck, it had to be this one.

Her mom put her hand on her daughter's shoulder, "Hun, don't worry. Everyone is worried on the day of their exam." she reassured her daughter, "Just pick the one you love playing the most and trust your gut."

"Yeah!" Zuzu jumped on her feet, "Don't worry, Cece! If you trust your gut, nothing can stop you!" she yelled with determination in her voice which gave Celina some hope.

"Alright if you say so." she said as she went into her room and picked up her crimson red deck box, it was her favorite deck. Lunalights.

It was finally 10 am, the time where all the tests started. She got in her dad's car, with her mom and Zuzu being for her. When they started the car, Celina swore that she saw a guy with two different shades of brown for hair was running, saying how he shouldn't oversleep.

When they arrived, Celina got out of the car, and waved them goodbye. She will miss them dearly. Well if she gets in, but she knows that she will get in. She walked towards the gate of the Kaiba Dome.

She registered herself in and walked inside. To her surprise it was jam packed with at least 200 duelists, and some of the actual students from Duel Academy, such as Zane Truesdale.

She walked to one of the proctors and took the test. For the most part it was easy. It had questions about how a certain type of Spell or Trap works, which wasn't a shock. Every question gets harder and harder. Like specific names of the monsters and stats of the monsters.

The last and the hardest question of the test was the one she was fearing. It was on what does Pot Of Greed do? It was a difficult time in which everyone had a hard time answering, but ultimately she wrote her answer.

After she was done, she stood up and went to the test proctor, and gave it to them. She went to the room where the test takers after they were done with the test to see if they passed the test, but before she left the room, she saw the same guy with two different shades of brown entering in the last 30 minutes.

One of the proctors came closer to Celina and gave her the test answers. She breathed in and out again. She was nervous, but she had to open it. She looked at the answers she wrote, most of them were correct, some were incorrect. But the she saw the test score, and she passed.

Outside she was calm and was a little cocky as she gave the test back to the proctor, but inside it was fireworks everywhere as she was never this happy about passing the test. But she had to win her duel exam, but she was 100% sure she would win and go to Duel Academy.

She went into the dueling room for the test, she saw on the right side a light blue haired short male duelist with way too small glasses dueling one of the proctors and on the left side a British black haired duelist starting his duel.

On the opposite side of her arena, a black haired male that was no younger than 25 entered the arena. He straightened his back, lifted his duel disk and put his deck into it. He coughed into his hand, and looked at Celina, "State your first and last name, examine!" he yelled.

Celina looked at the proctor with determination, "Celina. Celina Boyle." she stated.

"Well, Celina Boyle, I hope you're ready for the duel of your life. Are you?" he asked as he saw Celina nodding her head. "Good."

Both of their duel disks are activated as both of them yell on top of their lungs, "DUEL!"

Celina Boyle: 4000 lp

Proctor: 4000 lp

Turn 1: Proctor - 4000 lp - 5 cards

The proctor drew the top card of his deck, "I'll start things off by summoning Sonic Bird!" as then from the sky, came out a bird with jetpacks on its back.

(Sonic Bird: level 4 - Wind Winged Beast - Attack: 1400. Defense: 1000.)

"When this card is summoned, I can add a Ritual Spell card from my deck!" he yelled as then from his deck popped out a card which he took, "The card I added was Black Illusion Ritual!" which Celina gasped from the famous Spell card played by Pegasus.

The proctor took one of the cards from his deck, "I set one card and end my turn!" as then one card was set vertically.

Turn 2: Celina - 4000 lp - 5 cards

"I draw!" Celina yelled as she drew a card from her deck. She looked at it and put it in her hand, "I'll start by summoning Lunalight Emerald Bird!" as then a beautiful emerald bird was then summoned onto the field.

(Lunalight Emerald Bird: level 4 - Dark Beast-Warrior - Attack: 1200. Defense: 1000.)

"And her effect activates! I can send one Lunalight card from my hand to my graveyard," she said as she sent Lunalight Crimson Fox to the graveyard,"And then I can then draw one card! Lunalight Crimson Fox' effect activates! When she was sent to the graveyard, I can target one monster on my opponent's field," as then she pointed at Sonic Bird, "And they lose all of their attack points!"

"What?!" yelled the proctor.

Sonic Bird: 1400 - 0 attack points.

Celina then took a card from her hand, "I send Lunalight Purple Butterfly from my hand to the graveyard," she said as she discarded the said monster, "And then one of my monsters can gain 1000 attack points until the end of the turn!"

Lunalight Emerald Bird: 1200 - 2200 attack points

"Now, Emerald Bird claw his Sonic Bird!" she yelled as her bird readied her claws at the proctor's monster, but he had a different idea.

"I activate Half Unbreak! I can target one of my monsters, it can not be destroyed by battle," he said as bubbles covered his bird that protected from Celina's monster, "And all of the damage I can take is now halved!"

Celina: 4000 lp

Proctor: 4000 - 2900 lp

Celina took a card from her hand, "I end my turn with a facedown!" a card was then set vertically.

Sonic Bird: 0 - 1400 attack points.

Turn 3: Proctor - 2900 lp - 5 cards

The proctor drew his card and smiled, "I activate Brain Control!" as then in front of the proctor appeared a 5 foot brain "By paying 800 life points (LP: 2900 - 2100) I can take control of one of your monsters for the rest of the turn!" as then from the brain came out two light yellow hands which went straight ahead to Celina's monster.

"Nice try, but I activate Lunalight Crimson Fox's effect! When a card targets one of my monsters, I can banish it," Celina took Crimson Fox out of her graveyard as a spirit of the feminine red fox appeared behind her, "I can negate the activation and we both gain 1000 life points!" the spirit of Crimson Fox went straight towards of Brain Control's arms and punched it away, saving Emerald Bird.

Celina: 4000 - 5000 life points

Proctor: 2100 - 3100 life points

"Not bad, Celina, but try to stop this! I activate Fissure! It destroys a monster with the smallest attack points," Celina's eyes widened at the effect, but her eyes returned to normal, "And since Lunalight Emerald Bird is your only monster, I can destroy it!" as then under Emerald Bird, came out a fiendish looking hand, but Celina wanted to protect her monster.

"I activate My Body As A Shield! By paying 1500 life points (LP: 5000 - 3500), I can protect my monster from harm!" she yelled as her Emerald Bird glowed yellow which burned the hand away.

In the sidelines

"*whistles* That girl sure knows how to play her cards. Right, Chazz?" said the blue haired male duelist with glasses, known as Taiyou Torimaki. He was sitting on the right side from the pale male duelist with black hair, Chazz Princeton.

Chazz shrugs his shoulders, "She is alright, I guess, but no one is even close to the level of The Chazz." he said with cockiness in his voice.

"You right, Chazz. No one is." said the black spiky haired male, known as Raizou Mototani, who was sitting on the left side of Chazz.

On the rails, two people were watching Celina's duel, one was a blue haired male with dark blue eyes wearing the senior Obelisk Blue uniform, Zane Truesdale, and the other was a yellow haired female with light brown eyes wearing the standard Obelisk Blue Girl uniform, Alexis Rhodes.

While Alexis was watching Celina's duel, she couldn't help, but see Zane looking at a certain cyan haired boy, who finished his duel, "What's wrong, Zane? You usually like seeing the potential of new duelists."

Zane looked at his best friend's younger sister, "Nothing, I am just curious on how Syrus is doing." Alexis nodded, understanding that he cares for his younger brother, he just doesn't show it very well.

Zane saw Syrus talking to one person he hadn't see duel yet, but was happy that he was seeing him make friends.

Back to the duel

The proctor smiled, he saw heavy potential in this duelist, but he had to know if she had enough to pass this duel, "You survived two of my moves this turn, but let's see if you can survive this! I activate the Ritual Spell card known as Black Illusion Ritual!" the audience gasped at the name of the ritual as then a big pot appeared in front of the proctor.

"I can send from my hand or field, monsters with equal or more levels than the Ritual monster I am about to summon! I sacrifice Sonic Bird!" he yelled as his bird was dragged into the pot. As soon as Sonic Bird was in it, the pot started shaking, "So come out, the Ritual monster used by Pegasus himself! Relinquished!" The pot exploded, and what came out of the pot was some goo, but soon the goo came together in order to create the monster that even gave the King of Games a hard time to defeat.

(Relinquished: Ritual - level 1 - Dark Spellcaster - Attack: 0. Defense: 0.)

"And now, I activate my Ritual monster's effect! I can target one monster on your side of the field, and equip it to my monster!" yelled the proctor as Relinquished sucked up Emerald Bird, even though the monster struggled, it submitted to the Ritual monster. Destroying Celina's row of defense, "And Relinquished gains the same amount of attack and defense points equal to the monster!"

Relinquished: 0 - 1200 attack points/ 0 - 1000 defense points.

"No way." said Celina.

"Oh, yes way. Go Relinquished! Attack her directly!" yelled the proctor as the Ritual monster opened its mouth and shot a beam directly at Celina, making her stammer.

Celina: 3500 - 2300 life points

Proctor: 3100 lp

The proctor crossed his arms, satisfied with the move, "I end my turn with that."

Turn 4: Celina - 2300 lp - 3 cards

Celina drew her top card, and she looked at it and smiled, "I activate the Spell card Polymerization! I fuse from my hand Lunalight Black Sheep and Blue Cat from my hand so I can Fusion summon!" as then 2 monsters appeared onto the field, one was a feminine blue cat and the other a feminine black sheep, but both were fused into a Red-blue spiral vortex.

"Come out, Lunalight Cat Dancer!" as then from the vortex came out a black and blue dancing cat with blue light robes around her hips with purple leggings and red bra. It had long red hair down to her shoulders.

(Lunalight Cat Dancer: Fusion - level 7 - Dark Beast-Warrior - Attack: 2400. Defense: 2000.)

"That's umm… an interesting monster." said the proctor as he tried not to look at revealing monster.

"And it gets even more interesting with my Black Sheep's effect! When it is used as a Fusion material, I can then add it to my hand!" she said as Black Sheep returned to her hand, "And now I will summon it." as then her feminine black sheep was then summoned onto the field.

(Lunalight Black Sheep: level 2 - Dark Beast-Warrior - Attack: 100. Defense: 600.)

"I now activate Cat Dancer's effect! I sacrifice Lunalight Black Sheep," Celina's Black Sheep then disappeared from the field, "So she can attack your Relinquished twice. Now, show him your dance moves, Cat Dancer!" as then her Fusion monster ran to the proctor's monster and kicked Relinquished, but it was not destroyed.

Celina: 2300 lp

Proctor: 3100 - 1900 life points

"The first time it would be destroyed, it is negated. And now go ahead and continue the dance lesson!" the Fusion monster dropped to her feet, as it then started running in all four of her limbs. When she came closer towards the fiendish monster, it jumped in the air and kicked its mouth.

Celina: 2300 lp

Proctor: 1900 - 700 life points.

For some unknown reason Relinquished stayed on the field, despite being attacked twice, "I activate the other ability of Relinquished! When it would be destroyed in battle, the monster equipped with it is destroyed instead!" as then the monster that Relinquished absorbed in the previous turn vanished, almost like it was eaten. And as soon it vanished, Relinquished's mouth started moving as if it wanted more prey.

Relinquished: 1200 - 0 attack points/ 1000 - 0 defense points

Celina narrowed her eyes, "So even attacking Relinquished twice, it can not be destroyed the first time. So my Lunalight Cat Dancer is in big trouble, but" she thought as she looked at the only card in her hand, "This card will protect me for my next turn."

"I end my turn with a face down!" she yelled as then a card was set vertically.

In the sidelines

Syrus Truesdale was impressed by the skill of Celina, not only has she protected her monster twice in the previous turn, and then dealt over half of the original life points with that powerful Fusion monster. He wishes he can be that good.

The person on his left was a guy wearing a light dark jacket with dark chocolate eyes and two different shades of gray, on the hand, was way more excited than the others. Every time they made a move, his eyes sparkled. "That Celina girl knows how to get her game on. Right, Sy?" the brunette looked at his new friend.

"I guess Jay." said Syrus as he saw a black haired duelist coming to the stands after finishing his duel with his proctor, "Hey, you are Bastion Misawa, right?"

Bastion turned around and saw Syrus and the brunette behind him, "Why yes, I am. And who you might be?"

The brunette used his thumb to point at his chest, "Well, I am Jaden Yuki," said Jaden as he pointed at his friend, "This is my friend, Syrus Truesdale. I might say that was a pretty sweet duel there, you just might be the 3rd best duelist here."

"Oh why thank you, Jaden." said Bastion, but then he realized what Jaden said, "Wait, if I am the third best, who are the second and first best?"

Jaden grinned, "Well I am obviously the best one here," as then he pointed at Celina's duel arena, "And she might be the second best."

Syrus was shocked by what he just heard. He only met this guy for 15 minutes and he already claimed him to be his friend and to proclaim to be the best one here?! He looked at Bastion, who was focusing on Celina's duel, "This is gonna be a crazy year, isn't it?" thought Syrus.

Back to the duel

Turn 5: Proctor - 700 lp - 2 cards

The proctor was impressed on how Celina was able to almost defeat Relinquished in one turn. He looked at his hand, "I have Polymerization in my hand, I only need one more monster," he thought as he put his hand on his deck.

"I draw!" said the proctor as he drew his card. As soon as he saw the card he drew he smiled, "I activate Polymerization! I fuse my Relinquished on my field and my Thousand-Eyed Idol from my hand so I can Fusion summon!" Then onto his field appeared a fiendish monster with 1000 eyes on its body, and then the newly summoned fiend and Ritual monster were then sucked into a Red-Blue spiral vortex.

"And come out, the ultimate, the unstoppable, Thousand-Eyes Restrict!" As then from the vortex came out a creature with huge shoulders, he was covered by eyes, around his chest were two dark green eyes, its stomach was something akin to a hole, it's main eye looked like the Millenium Eye. When summoned, everyone felt a shiver on their spines.

(Thousand-Eyes Restrict: Fusion - Level 1 - Dark Spellcaster - Attack: 0. Defense: 0.)

"I activate my monster's effect! I target your Lunalight Cat Dancer, and then she becomes Thousand-Eyes Restrict!" said the proctor as Celina's eyes widened in alarm, Thousand-Eyes Restrict used its mouth to suck Lunalight Cat Dance, and she submit to its will.

Thousand-Eyes Restrict: 0 - 2400 attack points/0 - 2000 defense points.

"You fail, Celina! Thousand-Eyes Restrict attack her directly!" said the proctor as his Fusion monster opened its mouth. As soon as it was fully opened, it shot a beam something to akin of death laser.

The beam came closer to Celina who stayed silent. When it finally hit Celina it created a big dust cloud. Some were sure that she lost, some were not sure. The dust clouds were disappearing at a slow pace. It showed Celina still standing, which shocked everyone, "Are you sure about that?" she said in a hint of sass in her voice.

Celina: 200 life points

Proctor: 700 lp

"How did you survive that attack?!" demanded the proctor.

"Before you attacked me directly, I activated the Trap card Gift of Mystical Elf! Thanks to it, I gained 300 life points for every monster on the field." smirked Celina as the proctor gritted his teeth, but it then turned into a smile.

"Your move." said the proctor.

Turn 6: Celina - 200 lp - 0 cards

Even when she survived the previous turn, if she doesn't get a good turn, she will lose the duel. She breathed out and in as she put cards on her deck. "My turn!" she yelled as she drew the top card of her deck. She turned it to see the card she drew, her smile couldn't get any bigger.

"I activate the Spell card, Card of Desperation! I am able to draw 3 cards from my deck," Celina did as she said, but then picked up her deck, "And then I have to send my entire deck to the graveyard." as then put her deck into her graveyard.

In the sidelines

"My lord!" yelled Bastion as he stood up from his seat which knocked Syrus out of his feet, "Taking such a risk of drawing 3 cards could be devastating for her! If she doesn't get the card she needs, she will lose her next turn!"

"I know, right?" Bastion turned around to see Jaden, "I haven't seen a duel this exciting in a long time. I am getting hyped by just watching this!"

Bastion turned around to see the rest of Celina's duel. Even though he met Jaden just today, he liked Jaden's enthusiasm.

Back to the duel

She looked at her hand, the only way for her to defeat him. And she smiled, "I'll start things off by activating Forbidden Chalice! I can target one monster on the field," she pointed at Thousand-Eyes Restrict, "It gains 400 attack points (Thousand-Eyes: 2400 - 2800 attack points)," the fiend screeched with power, "But it then loses all of its effects!" as then everyone, the proctor included, gasped.

Thousand-Eyes Restrict: 2800 - 400 attack points/ 2000 - 0 defense points

"I then activate Mystical Space Typhoon! I will destroy one Spell or Trap card on the field," said Celina as a gust of winds came onto the field. The wind came at Thousand-Eyes Restrict's monster in its mouth, destroying the Lunalight Cat Dancer in it.

"And my final move is to activate Luna Light Perfume! I can then special summon a Lunalight monster from my graveyard!" said Celina as everyone knew which monster she was going to summon, "Bring the life to the dance party, Lunalight Cat Dancer!" as then from her graveyard came out her Fusion feminine monster.

(Lunalight Cat Dancer: Fusion - level 7 - Dark Beast-Warrior - Attack: 2400. Defense: 2000.)

The proctor put his hands down with a proud smile on his face, "Well done, Celina. You win."

Celina nodded her hand with a smile on her face, "Go, Lunalight Cat Dancer! Attack Thousand-Eyes Restrict with Full Moon Mayhem!" with her command, Cat Dancer ran with full might and then she kicked Thousand-Eyes Restrict as revenge for the previous turn. The proctor fell on his knees.

Celina: 200 lp

Proctor: 700 - 0 life points

CELINA BOYLE: WINNER!

The audience clapped for her success and the proctor stood up. He walked up while also clapping at her achievement. He put his hands on her shoulders, "Congratulations, Celina. You deserve to be here."

Celina nodded, "Thank you, proctor."

After the duel, Celina walked up to the stands. On the opposite side she saw some proctors, a teacher, some Obelisk Blue students and Zane Truesdale. She came forward to a brown haired boy, a cyan haired boy and a black haired boy, so she can see the rest of the duels.

As soon as she came close to one of them, the brunette went ahead and introduced himself, "Tight duel there, Celina. I am Jaden Yuki! Nice to meet you!" he said as gave her a hand shake.

She looked at the hand and accepted it, "I am Celina Boyle. Nice to meet you too."

The bluenette came closer so he can introduce himself also, "I am Syrus Truesdale." He also shook Celina's hand.

The black haired male stood up from his seat so he can also shake hands, "It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Bastion Misawa."

"Nice to meet you, too. But," Celina said as she looked at Jaden, "I haven't seen you duel yet."

"Wait, you haven't dueled yet?" asked Bastion.

"Nah."

"Then you might have a problem here, Jaden. I think Celina's duel was supposed to be the last one." said Bastion which Jaden's eyes widened in shock.

"No way! I just got here!" yelled Jaden as he then fell onto his knees, crying anime style. Celina didn't know how to approach the situation, can you blame her? So she started patting his back, assuring that everything will be alright.

But then an announcer came out and said, "Jaden Yuki, please report to exam field 4."

"Speak of the devil," said Celina.

That was enough for Jaden to stop crying and jump in excitement. "Alright, go time! Wish me luck guys!" He then started walking down the stairs and through an opening for him to enter the Duel Arena.

Bastion looked at field 4 and saw one of the professors from Duel Academy, with two women helping him put on his duel vest, "He is gonna need some luck, look who is going to duel."

Both Celina and Syrus looked at field 4 and were confused, for different reasons. Syrus didn't know what was so special about the duelist and why is he using a duel vest rather than a normal duel disk.

But Celina on the other hand, "Is that a man or a woman?"

Which made Syrus chuckle, while Bastion gasped, "You don't know that's the Vice Chancellor from Duel Academy?"

"Oh, now everything makes sense." thought Celina,"Well good luck, Jaden."

Duel Arena field 4

Doctor Vellian Crowler was done putting on his duel vest and is now waiting for this slacker to come here, and show him that he doesn't belong here. If he was using one of the decks that the normal proctors used, the kid would most likely win, but this time he was using his personal deck. Ancient Gear. There was no way that he would win.

On the opposite side of Crowler, the pad below Jaden was going up until it was on perfect height as the rest of the floor. Everyone looked at the final duel for today. To know the competition or to watch some slacker losing. Either way, they wanted to watch this duel.

"Alright! Test time!" yelled Crowler which caught the attention of everyone, including Jaden, ."So, son, your name?" He at least wanted to know the kid he is going to crush to seem respectful enough.

Jaden Yuki looked at the left side of his body and saw his opponent. He quickly turned around and straightened his body. "Uhh, Jaden. Jaden Yuki."

"Well uhh Jaden Yuki," mocked Crowler, "I am Doctor Vellian Crowler, department chair techniques of Duel Academy."

"Woah, a department chair. I had no idea, from the way you're dressed, I thought you were a weird school mascot. Like a cheerleader or majorette." laughed Jaden making Crowler sweatdrop from the back of his head while also making everyone watching the duel have some emotion. Some were laughing, Celina, some were shocked, Syrus and Bastion, some were intrigued, Zane and Alexis, and some were outraged, Crowler and Chazz.

Crolwer was outraged on how this flankie can talk to him like that, but quickly calmed himself down, "Calm down, Vellian. You can take your rage in this duel." thought Crowler as he reached at his duel vest, "Duel vest on!" yelled Crowler as then his duel vest was activated which amazed Jaden.

"Hey, that's pretty sweet, teach!" yelled Jaden as he saw Crowler taking off 5 top cards from his deck, "How do I get one of those cool duel blazers?" he asked.

"Oh you know, high grades and work." asurred Crowler as he smirked, "Of course, you first have to get into Duel Academy and I intend to make that not happen" thought Crowler.

Jaden grinned, "Alright, I am ready!" which made Crowler angry at how casual he was at this.

"So let's duel!" both of them yelled at the same time as Jaden's duel disk activated.

Jaden Yuki: 4000 lp

Vellian Crowler: 4000 lp

"Alright, teach! Get your game on!" yelled Jaden as Crowler's eyes started twitching, "You can have the first move."

Turn 1: Crowler - 4000 lp - 5 cards

"Don't tell me what to do." yelled Crowler as he began the duel, he put the card he drew on his hand and took a card from his hand, "I summon Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!¨" as then onto his field came out a robotic dog made out of old machines. When summoned it barked which made some people aww at it.

(Ancient Gear Hunting Hound: level 3 - Earth Machine - Attack: 1000. Defense: 1000.)

"When this hound was normal summoned onto the field, you take 600 effect damage!" said Crowler as his robot barked with enough force to push Jaden off his feet.

Jaden: 4000 - 3400 life points

Crowler: 4000 lp

Jaden picked his head up with a smirk on his face, "Not bad, teach!"

Crowler growled, "Can this slacker get the point?" he thought as he looked at his hands, "I activate his other effect! I can then fuse Ancient Gears from my hand or field so I can Fusion summon! I fuse Ancient Gear Knight and Frame from my hand!" Then from his field came two robotic, almost ancient monsters onto the field only to be sucked into a Purple-Red spiral vortex.

"Come out, the legendary Ancient Gear Howitzer!" as then from the vortex came out a fearsome dragon robotic ancient dragon with mechanical wings with a blue colouring. The roar was powerful enough to almost deafen Jaden and everyone else.

(Ancient Gear Howitzer: Fusion - level 8 - Earth Machine - Attack: 1000. Defense: 1000.)

"That…is…awesome!" yelled Jaden with the top of his lungs with his eyes sparkling, making everyone sweatdrop.

Crowler gripped his hand, but smirked as he pointed at his Fusion monster, "Howitzer's effect activates! Once per turn, you take 1000 effect damage!" he yelled at his robotic dragon and shot a powerful beam at Jaden. He crossed his arms happily as Jaden fell to his knees.

Jaden: 3400 - 2400 life points

Crowler: 4000 lp

In the sidelines

Celina cringed at the beam attacking Jaden, feeling sorry for him as he dropped to his knees. Syrus was worried that his new friend would lose, and possibly never seeing him again. He can't just see that and be happy for the rest of his school years.

"Not bad of a strategy from Crowler," both Celina and Syrus looked at Bastion, "To deal almost half the total amount of life points in his first turn is extremely impressive, but to do it so casually shows on how Jaden is in trouble."

"Come on, it can't be that bad," said Celina as she was sure that he will pull through, "I mean you saw how my duel went, and I still won. If I can do it, so can he."

"Interesting, we will see." said Bastion with even more interest in Jaden.

Around the stands both Zane and Alexis hated how Crowler was treating Jaden like nothing more than cardboard, but only Alexis voiced her thoughts, "What an elitist snob. Bullying some amateur with his very best cards."

"You are too soft, Alexis." she turned to Zane as he started, "I just hope we get to see that legendary monster Crowler has stashed away in that deck of his.

Back to duel

Crowler and the rest of the audience saw Jaden trembling. Some were worried, some didn't care or some were just laughing at him.

Case in point, "Don't feel too bad. This is the stop Dueling school in the country," said Crowler as some what appears to be sobs coming out of Jaden's mouth, "Some people aren't just ready…for," as then Jaden couldn't help, but laugh as he lifted up from his feet.

"Boy, now I really want to be in this school now. You really know your stuff, teach!" yelled Jaden as Crowler's blood pressure began going up.

Crowler took 2 cards from his hand, "I end my turn with 2 face downs!" as then two cards were then set vertically.

Turn 2: Jaden - 2400 lp - 5 cards

"Alright! It's my move!" yelled Jaden as he drew his card, "I'll start by summoning Elemental HERO Solid Soldier!" as then onto his field came out a hero in black clad suit with silver armor around his knees, arms, torso and head. He looked more like a soldier rather than an actual Hero.

(Elemental HERO Solid Soldier: level 4 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1300. Defense: 1100.)

"And my monster has a sweet ability! When it is normal summoned, I can special summon a HERO monster from my hand," said Jaden as he took a card from his hand, "I summon Elemental HERO Heat!" as then on the left side of Solid appeared a hot red fire, fire so hot it could melt even the toughest of steel. What came out of the fire was a humanoid muscular Hero with a fire symbol on its belt while wearing a red and yellow clad suit.

(Elemental HERO Heat: level 4 - Fire Warrior - Attack: 1600. Defense: 1200.)

"And Heat's effect activates! It gains 200 attack points for every HERO on the field!" yelled Jaden as the fire around Heat became even more powerful.

Heat: 1600 - 2000 attack points

Crowler's eyes widened in alarm, "With those points-"

But Jaden knew what he was going to say, so he decided to go along, "With those points, I am able to destroy your monsters! Solid Soldier attack his puppy" yelled Jaden as his black clad wearing Hero nodded, "And Heat attack his Howitzer!" and his Fire Hero nodded. Both Heroes charged at their respective monsters. With a quick strike, Solid Soldier destroyed the robotic dog.

Jaden: 2400 lp

Crowler: 4000 - 3700 life points

Heat's arm was in flames as it charged at Howitzer. With a single punch, the flames surrounded the poor machine making it melt, roaring in agony as it exploded.

Jaden: 2400 lp

Crowler: 3700 - 2700 life points

Crowler was at first upset, but he thought that was a lucky move, so brushed his shoulders with his eyes closed. Which explains why he was shocked when he heard Jaden saying, "I activate the Quick Play Spell card. Flash Fusion!" yelled Jaden as his monsters were then sucked into a Green-Yellow spiral vortex, "It allows me to fuse during the Battle Phase!"

"Turn up the heat, Elemental HERO Nova Master!" Jaden yelled as then from the vortex came out a Hero wearing black clad suit with a hot red and yellow armor that would melt any other monster wearing it. The heat around him was enough to melt the ground around him.

(Elemental HERO Nova Master: Fusion - level 8 - Fire Warrior - Attack: 2600. Defense: 2100.)

In the sidelines

Saying that Celina was impressed by the turn of events, was an understatement. He not only destroyed both monsters in one turn, but also Fusion summoned during the Battle Phase. "He is actually not half bad." admitted Celina.

Bastion nodded his head as he put his fingers on his chin, "I concur. If the attack is successful, he will almost win in the exact turn with 3 cards to spare."

"Wow, you're right! He has 3 cards remaining in his hand! No wonder he has confidence!" said Syrus.

Zane nodded his head, "That was actually a good reversal with knowing on the correct time to use his cards and he does that no matter the situation." he thought. Alexis was thinking the same thing as Zane.

Chazz ,on the other hand, was outraged. "How dare that slacker beat Crowler like that!? He must have had a lucky draw! That's it!" he thought as his two goons looked at him and questioned him on why he was gripping on their seat.

Back to the duel

"Go Nova Master! Attack him directly with Flaming Strike!" Jaden yelled as his Fusion Hero cracked his knuckles. His arm was now on fire, in his eyes had flaming passion and determination that could rival that of Gods. He charged at Crowler, but the good doctor pointed at his face down.

"I activate the Continuous Trap card Ancient Gear Reborn!" yelled Crowler as his set card was opened, "While I control no monsters, once per turn I can revive an Ancient Gear monster from my graveyard with an extra 200 attack point boost! So revive yourself, Ancient Gear Knight!" as then from the ground came out an old ancient robotic hand. From the hand came more parts of the monster, as then all of the machine came onto the scene. It had a spear and a shield made out of iron like a knight ready for war.

(Ancient Gear Knight: Gemini - level 4 - Earth Warrior - Attack: 1800 [- 2000]. Defense: 500.)

Crowler then pointed at the other set card on his field, "I then activate Ancient Gear Spark Shoot!" behind Crowler came out a big red cannon, "Whenever I special summon an Ancient Gear that was revived from my graveyard, you take half of its original attack!" he laughed as from the cannon came out a quick and painful blast that Jaden had to cover his stomach.

Jaden: 2400 - 1600 attack points

Crowler: 2700 lp

Jaden grinned, "Don't forget my Nova Master can still attack!" Crowler stopped laughing as he saw Nova Master punching Gear Knight with enough force that his suit caught on fire.

Jaden: 1600 lp

Crowler: 2700 - 2100 life points

"AAAGGGHHH! My suit is on fire!" yelled Crowler as he ran around, making everyone seeing it, laughing at him. He dropped onto the ground and started rolling around the ground stopping the fire.

"My Nova Master's effect activates!" yelled Jaden as he reached for his deck, "Whenever he destroys a monster, I get to draw one card!" he yelled as he drew his next card. When he saw it, his eyes odwidened in shock, "Oh sorry, I totally forgot I put you here, didn't I?" he thought as he swore he heard cooing, but shook his head.

"I set one card face down and end my turn!" Jaden yelled as a card was set vertically, but then his Nova Master exploded, "Oh yeah. I forgot to mention the down side of Flash Fusion, didn't I?" he rubbed his head in embarrassment, "During the End Phase, the monster I used from Flash Fusion is destroyed. Sorry about that!" everyone sweatdropped again.

Turn 3: Crowler - 2100 lp - 1 card

"I will show him not to make a full out of me!" Doctor Crowler thought as he drew the top card from his deck. He took a glance and his eyes widened, before laughing, "I guess it's time to school you! Isn't it!?" Crowler yelled as he took the other card from his hand, "I normal summon Ancient Gear Statue!" as then a small version of Jaden's next obstacle was then summoned onto the field.

(Ancient Gear Statue: Level 2 - Earth Machine - Attack: 500. Defense: 500.)

"I then activate my statue's effect! I can tribute it," Crowler yelled as his monster dissappeared from the field, "so I can summon a monster from my hand!"

"And now I can summon your demise, Jaden! The Ancient Gear Golem!" as then everyone gasped at the name of the monster. From the ground came out a fist the size of both Crowler and Jaden combined, and then its head went up. And soon, the entire body of a legendary ancient mechanical beast was then summoned onto the field. When it saw Jaden, its eye glew even redder, like a predator looking at its new prey.

(Ancient Gear Golem: Level 8 - Earth Machine - Attack: 3000. Defense: 3000.)

"Now, now. I hope you aren't too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Golem!" said Crowler, but the response he wanted didn't come up, instead he got…

"No way!" yelled Jaden with determination in his eyes, "I always wanted to take that thing down!"

In the sidelines

Everyone was shocked by the statement coming from Jaden. How is he not scared of a 10 foot machine with hands the size of an elephant? "Either Jaden is brave or nuts!" yelled Syrus as his hands were on the rails.

Celina added on, "He's stubborn, that's all!" Yeah, the reaction of Jaden was weird, but did that matter to Celina? No way, she wanted to see that thing in action!

Zane's eyes narrowed, "He is staring down on that legendary rare monster like he doesn't have a care in the world. I guess youth and inexperience have benefits after all."

Alexis turned around, "Come on, give it a rest, Zane. At least the kid has some backbone."

"There won't be enough to show after this." retorted back Zane.

"I almost forgot about Crowler's two Trap cards!" yelled Bastion as caught the attention of both Celina and Syrus, "They are still on the field, so they can still be in use!" The trio's eyes widened in horror.

Back to the duel

"And now I activate Ancient Gear Reborn once again!" yelled Crowler as then from his duel vest came out a monster which he quickly summoned, "I revive Ancient Gear Howitzer!" as then Crowler's robotic dragon appeared onto the field once it was revived.

(Ancient Gear Howitzer: Fusion - level 8 - Earth Machine - Attack: 1000. Defense: 1000.)

Crowler grinned, "And don't forget the ability of Ancient Gear Spark Shoot and Howitzer! Go get em boys!" he yelled at the top of his lungs as both the spear cannon and robotic dragon locked on Jaden and shot at him.

Jaden: 1600 - 100 life points

Crowler: 2100 lp

"One more attack and you are schooled! Go Howitzer! Finish him off!" yelled Crowler as his robotic dragon shot yet another beam at Jaden, but he activated his set card.

"I activate the Quick Play Spell card The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh!" yelled Jaden as he took his entire deck, searched for a certain monster, and summoned onto his field, "I can summon the Winged Kuriboh in defense position!" as then a little furball with wings was then summoned.

(Winged Kuriboh: Level 1 - Light Fairy - Attack: 300. Defense: 200.)

"Like that will stop me! Go, Howitzer, destroy that little furball!" yelled Crowler as his monster shot a beam which completely destroyed Winged Kuriboh which made Jaden upset.

"Sorry Winged Kuriboh," thought Jaden as he saw Ancient Gear Golem attacking him directly. But to everyone's surprise, it went through like a ghost.

"What?! I attacked you Ancient Gear Golem! You should have lost!" yelled Crowler while stomping on the ground like a child having a tantrum when they don't get a toy they wanted.

Jaden grinned, "True, but Winged Kuribog has an ability when it is destroyed. I no longer take any damage. Pretty cool, huh teach?"

"Fine. Fine. I guess your lame little monster saved you there," said Crowler, which made Jaden angry for the first time in the entire duel.

"Hey! Slow down there, teach!" yelled back Jaden, "You may have beaten him, but that doesn't give you the right to call him lame!" he growled at the not so good doctor, which he didn't react at all.

"Sure, sure why not." mocked Crowler as he looked at his empty hand, but his powerful field, a field of powerful monsters that the slacker couldn't possibly destroy. Even if he could destroy one of them, the other would finish him off next turn, "Your move."

Turn 4: Jaden - 100 lp - 3 cards

Jaden looked at his deck with determination that he never had before this duel, "This one's for you Winged Kuriboh!" Jaden thought as he put his hand on his deck, "I draw!" he yelled as he drew his card.

He took a glance, before activating it, "I activate Polymerization! From my hand I fuse my Elemental HERO Avian and Burstinatrix so I can Fusion summon!" Jaden yelled as his feather green hero and fiery red clad wearing heroine appeared onto the field, before being sucked in by a Red-Blue spiral vortex.

"Time for my favourite Hero to come to the scene! Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!" yelled Jaden as from the vortex came out a Hero with a beast like face, with one angelic wing on the left side of his body and on the right side of his body he had a red dragon's head as his arm. He had a foot long red tail. When it came on the field, the aura around him was getting stronger each minute.

(Elemental HERO Flame Wingman: Fusion - Level 6 - Wind Warrior - Attack: 2100. Defense: 1200.)

"So, teach, what do you think?" asked Jaden.

"Well I think you are doing well," started Crowler, "for an amature. Remember that I have monsters on my field that can both deal you damage in my next turn, so you really should have summoned a better monster."Crowler looked at Jaden, to see any change of his expression, but he saw no change, "Now young scholar, I don't mean to rush you, but I am a busy man. Are you done yet?"

"Of course I am not done yet! And of course I knew the situation that if I don't defeat you right now, I would be a goner, so I am activating this Field Spell card! Skyscraper!" yelled Jaden as he put his card in his field Spell zone. From the grounds came out one skyscraper, and soon came out multiple that surrounded both Ancient Gear Golem and Howitzer. And the highest skyscraper was Flame Wingman, looking down at them like they were villains.

"Alright, Flame Wingman! Go show those heroics and attack that Ancient Gear Golem!" yelled Jaden as his Fusion monster jumped down from the skyscraper.

Crowler thought he was going down like kamikaze so he accepted the challenge, "Fine by me! This silly little Skyscraper hasn't lowered by Golem by 1 point!¨ Flame Wingman was dashing from left and right, impossible to the naked eye as he landed on his feet below his Golem. Which resulted in him jumping above Ancient Gear Golem.

"You know what, teach!? You're right, this Skyscraper field hasn't lowered your Golem's attack points, but it does increase Flame Wingman by a total of 1000!" yelled Jaden as everyone couldn't believe what they heard, "GO! Skydive Scorcher!"

Flame Wingman: 2100 - 3100 attack points

Then went head first at Ancient Gear Golem, now in a raging hot fire. Crowler was ruffling his hair. Flame Wingman made contact with the Ancient Gear Golem around its chest, completely destroying it into pieces.

Jaden: 100 lp

Crowler: 2100 - 2000 life points

"This can't be!" Crowler COULDN'T believe it. His strongest monster was destroyed by this lackey's monster, "He was my very best card!" as then one of the pieces landed on his head.

Flame Wingman landed close to his master. "And with my Wingman's effect activating, you take damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack points." Jaden said with a proud smile on his face, "Pretty sweet, huh?"

"No way." Crowler then started left and right, but couldn't exactly pick the faster option so the Ancient Gear Golem landed on his body, crushing his body.

Jaden: 100 lp

Crowler: 2000 - 0 life points.

JADEN YUKI: WINNER!

Jaden put his index and middle finger together as he then pointed at the now down Crowler, "That's game!So I guess I passed the test, huh teach?"as then the holograms disappeared signaling that he won the duel as the crowd went wild. Clapping and cheers went wild as Jaden started jumping everywhere, thanking everyone.

In the sidelines

Chazz was shocked at the end of the duel, the very best teacher lost to a flunky like him?! "It must be dumb luck! No way, Crowler could lose to him!"

Syrus and Bastion on the other were cheering for Jaden winning this duel, one was more expressive than the other, "Alright, yeah Jaden!" Syrus was so happy that his new friend was going with him to the same school. They can even hang out after class, chillin out in the schoolyard, maybe not look for trouble. It can not be that hard, right?

Bastion smiled at Jaden, "Nice, I could use some competition." thought Bastion.

Zane walked of the stands, satisfied at seeing him duel. "He does the potential to be the best his year, but why do I get the feeling, it's not going to be easy for him."

Alexis smiled and looked at her now classmate, "That kid has a future here. Wow.", but then she saw a blue and purple haired female with a yellow ribbon on her head.

"Uhh, excuse me Miss." said Celina.

"Yes?" Alexis turned around as she saw Celina, "Ohh you must be Celina from the duel before this one." Celina nodded her head, "Well, I am Alexis Rhodes. Nice to meet you!" she said as she reached for hand which Celina accepted, "Though, I must ask. Why did you come here? I did see you around the cyan haired boy over there."

"Well, that's the thing. I came here to ask you a question. Is that fine?" asked Celina as Alexis nodded her head, understanding it, "Alright." she breathed in and out, before she asked, "Is that the Obelisk Blue Girl uniform?"

Alexis looked at Celina in shock, she thought it was something completely different, but she had to answer the question. "Unfortunately yes. This is what you are seeing, is the Obelisk Blue Girl uniform."

Celina tried to hide her shock, it worked for a moment, nodding, "Thank you, Alexis. That's all I needed to hear." she said as she left the stand to get her uniform.

Celina couldn't believe what she saw! She can wear a uniform just fine, but not a uniform like that! Seriously, a blue skirt that was not even to the knee level, no sleeves around the chest area to cover her arms, no leggings for her to cover her legs from the cold, and possibly one of the worst parts of the uniform, it looked way too tight for her to handle.

She shook her head, no way in hell is she gonna wear that! So she thought to either go to Ra Yellow or Slifer Red. While Ra Yellow does seem to look way more stable than Slifer Red, and way more respected, she thought to go with Slifer Red.

Red was her favourite colour and she loved wearing red everything at times, don't judge her, and it will be less of a pain for her parents to pay.

Celina Boyle sighed as she went into the room for her to get her uniform, she decided to pick Slifer Red, the worst dorm, over the other two. It sure would be a weird year for her.

Authors Note:

So, I finally decided to write a fully story driven fanfic. And which one I decided to do? A Rewrite of my personal favourite piece of media of all time. To address the elephant in the room first, yes I am making Celina one of the main characters here. Why?

Because I think she was the best written female character in Yugioh, and she is one of my personal favourite characters to watch. I will make her use different decks from time to time, but her main one will be Lunalights.

I am gonna use Arc V characters in this, but only the ones that appeared in the Fusion Arc of Arc V, like Celina.

Also I am using Dub names because that is my preferred version of Yugioh.

Hope you enjoy the show!