Duel Academy

By Raymanly73

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX or any other animated characters in this story. P.O.V. stands for Point Of View, in case you're confused.

Caitlin's P.O.V.

BRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG! Caitlin's alarm clock went off. Groaning, she hit the alarm button to shut it up. She warily glanced at the time. It was 4:00 a.m. She shot the clock an angry glare. It had woken her up an hour earlier than it was supposed to, but she guessed it was for the best. After all, it would take a while to get ready to go to the Duel Academy up North. Sighing, she slowly climbed out of bed and headed to take a shower. Her mind wandered onto how the school would be. 'I wonder if I'll have any friends... I wonder what section I'll be placed in…definitely not Obelisk Blue… maybe Ra Yellow…' Caitlin thought. She quickly snapped out of her daze and turned the shower off and put some black slacks and a blue turtleneck on. She brushed her hair and put on her glasses. She then studied herself in the mirror. Looking back at her was a girl of about 14 years of age, with green-blue eyes and brown-blonde hair. Her glasses shielded her eyes, so her eye-color was a bit faded than it would have been had she not had any glasses. She sighed. She looked the same everyday, but everyday she would look in the mirror as if to expect to see someone else there. 'Plain. That's me. Plain, plain, plain.' She thought dismally. She took out two suitcases, which were blue. She chose the clothes she was most likely going to wear and piled those into one suitcase. Then, the carefully chose some books from her small library in her room and put them in the other suitcase, as well as some notebooks, pens, and pencils. She also packed her laptop and her flute. Satisfied, she started to close the suitcase. Then she remembered that she needed to bring the obvious: a blanket, a sleeping bag, a pillow, a hairbrush, toothbrush, a cup, and toothpaste. She ran to her bathroom and grabbed the items as well as a towel, and crammed them into the second suitcase. She thought back to the items she packed, making sure she had everything. Satisfied, she grabbed her brown purse, which had her Duel Master cards, the Duel Master rulebook, and her game mat. She was now ready to go. "Mom, I'm going to the train station now! I'll write to you later, okay?" Caitlin yelled as she started to grab her coat as she was opening the door. "Call me when you get there!" Caitlin heard her Mom call after her. "I will!" Caitlin yelled back, and then she went out of her door, ready to go to Duel Academy.

Syrus's P.O.V.

"Syrus. Syrus, wake up! WAKE UP!" Syrus slowly opened his eyes. He yawned, and then he saw who was screaming at him. It was his roommate, Jaden. "Wha—what's the matter?" Syrus asked as he yawned. "What do you mean, 'what's the matter'! DO YOU KNOW WHAT TODAY IS?" Jaden asked excitedly. "Umm…" Syrus glanced at the calendar hanging on their wall. "Monday?" "Yes, it's Monday, but not just any Monday! Today is the day when new duelists come into the Academy!" Jaden exclaimed. "Oh, I remember now! Yeah, yeah… um, so, where are we supposed to go again?" Syrus asked sheepishly. "We have to go to the duel arena to watch the new comers duel. Duh, Syrus!" Jaden replied sarcastically. When Jaden saw Syrus's face fall, he ruffled his hair lightly and laughed. "I'm kidding! Come on, let's go!" Jaden laughed as he tugged Syrus out of bed. Syrus quickly pulled on his Slifer Red uniform and ran after Jaden into the arena. 'I wonder why Jadens' so excited. It's not that exciting. Maybe we'll get a new roommate… or some new friends. Maybe a girl… Snap out of it, Syrus. What girl would like you? Well, might as well sit back and watch' Syrus thought. He directed his attention towards the arena. "First up, Caitlin Lumpkin!" the commenter roared into the speaker. All of the girls and a few boys cheered, even they had no idea who was going to come up. Syrus personally found this unusual, for they had no idea who the person was. Then he realized that they just wanted to give the girl some encouragement to beat whoever she was going to be dueling. "She will be dueling against… Bastion Misawa!" The commenter declared. More cheers followed after Bastion's name was announced. He was pretty popular, being in Ra Yellow and all. 'I hope this Caitlin girl knows what she's up against. Bastion is a pretty good dueler!' Syrus thought. Then, Syrus's eyes fell on the girl, what's her name... Oh, yeah, Caitlin. She was pretty, with brown/blonde hair and blue-green eyes that were covered by her glasses. She looked pretty nervous, but smiled as she shook hands with Bastion before they dueled. Then her expression changed as it was suddenly filled with determination. It was a bit frightening, but Syrus knew that the duel wouldn't last all that long. "Okay, duelists ready? Now, let's DUEL!" the commenter bellowed into the microphone as everyone screamed and cheered for their favorite duelist. "Yeah! This should be a good duel, huh Syrus? Syrus?" Jaden waved his hand in front of Syrus's face. "Dude, you okay?" But Syrus wasn't listening. He was focusing on Caitlin, and Bastion. 'I hope she gets in the Duel Academy. I have a feeling that things will change this year… a big feeling.'

Caitlin's P.O.V.

'Oh my gosh, I don't stand a chance! I've heard this guy is really good. No, no. Not the thing to think now. I can beat him, I know I can! Just need to focus… Focus…now, just need to get some lucky cards…or some not so lucky cards… STOP IT! Stop with the self-doubt! It doesn't matter if you know what the card does, it matters how you play it.' Caitlin thought. Her face filled with determination, she took the top five cards from her deck. 'Hmm… not bad. Let's see…whoa! This monster has 4000 attack points! I could win this duel in one card! Wait a minute… I need to have another card with over 2000 attack points to summon it… wow, I am lucky today…' Caitlin was amazed. She had never been all that lucky before, so she was pretty happy about her hand. "I play Summoned Skull and Dark Magician! And with this card, Pulverization, I can fuse them together to summon—Skull Magician! Now, attack his life points with everything you've got!" Since Skull Magician now had 4000 attack points, and since at the beginning of the match they each had had 4000 life points, this match was one of the shortest ever recorded, leaving the crowd speechless. Then, the crowd went wild. Caitlin was grinning wide, she was very happy she got into the academy! Bastion looked at her and smiled. "Well played. Well, now I won't have to worry about what to play!" Bastion laughed. "Um, thanks!" Caitlin said, still smiling. She was still a bit dazed. 'This seems too easy… well, at least I won!' Caitlin suddenly noticed someone in the crowd, a boy with light blue hair and small spectacles who was gazing down at her. When he noticed that she had noticed that he had been staring at her, he quickly looked away. 'I wonder who that was.' She thought. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the mystery boy and his brown-haired friend run out of the arena. "Congratulations, uh… Caitlin! You are now in…" the commenter began as he read off a card he held in his hand. "Slifer Red!" people cheered, but not as loudly as before. Caitlin's heart sank. 'Slifer Red? That's the lowest class! I don't understand… I got good grades in school… and I won that match! Whatever…I'll get good grades here and get better. Just because I'm in the lowest dorm doesn't mean I can't rise up and get higher. I'll have a great year here, I just know it!'

Syrus's P.O.V.

'I can't believe what a fool I made out of myself out there! She probably thinks I am a freak or something. But, man… that was some cool dueling! Even thought it only lasted a minute, but still! She's probably going to be in Ra Yellow. Why am I thinking about her? I don't even know her!' Syrus thought. "Sy? SY! Snap out of it, will you! Why were you staring at that girl? Helloooo?" Jaden snapped his fingers in front of Syrus's face. "What? Oh, sorry Jaden. I was thinking…" Syrus's voice trailed off. Jaden suddenly smiled slyly. "You like that girl, don't you?" Jaden asked mischievously. Syrus went pink. "No, why do you say that?" Syrus asked quietly. "Oh, come on! You were staring at her! ATTENTION WORLD, SYRUS HAS A GIRLFRIEND! SYRUS HAS A GIRLFRIEND!" Jaden cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled. "Shut up, will you?" Syrus clamped his hand on Jason's mouth to shut him up. Jaden grinned. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," Jaden promised, still grinning. Syrus narrowed his eyes. It was obvious that he didn't believe Jaden. "Hey, come on! I won't tell," Jaden said sincerely. "Hmm… well, okay," Syrus said, still unsure. "Let's go to our dorm. Maybe we'll get another roommate!" Jaden exclaimed, trying to brighten things up. "Yeah…" Syrus replied, not really caring. His mind had wandered off again, and I think we all can guess where… 'I wonder if we will have a new roommate… I don't think that would be all that great, really. It's squished enough with three people. Well, I wonder if I'll have any classes with Caitlin… I wonder what type of cards she has… Syrus, get a grip! YOU. DON'T. KNOW. HER. I HAVE to stop doing this…' Syrus thought grimly, and before he knew it, he was standing in front of his dorm door. "Well, you ready buddy? When we open this door, we'll find out if we have a new roomy. Now, I'll count to three, and then we'll open the door. One. Two. THREE!" Jaden yelled as he threw open the door. However, when he did, Syrus and Jaden gasped in shock. "Alexis?" Syrus gasped. But, as he looked closer, he realized that it wasn't Alexis. It was—"Caitlin? Um, what are you doing here?" Jaden asked, confused. "Oh, um…" Caitlin went slightly pink. "Is this room number…" she glanced at a piece of paper, one that Mr. Crowler probably gave her. "Is this room number one thirteen?" she asked finally. "Um… yes," Jaden said in disbelief. "Well, this is supposed to be my room. Dr. Crowler, I mean after the duel, he gave me this slip of paper that had my room number on it," Caitlin said uncertainly. "Well, okay then! YAY FOR THE NEW ROOMY!" Jaden yelled, pulling Syrus and Caitlin into a hug. Syrus and Caitlin went pink, but were smiling.

Caitlin's P.O.V.

'I can't believe Mr. Crowler gave me this dorm! Not that there is anything wrong with the boys or anything, but… well, fourteen year-old girls don't share dorms with 15 year-old boys. It's just not how things are done. Well, Jaden doesn't seem to mind.' Caitlin thought. "Well, um, I guess I'll sleep…" she looked around the room. "Um, where do you guys sleep? Then it might be easier for me to decide where I'm going to sleep." "Well, Chumley sleeps on the top bunk, and I sleep on the bottom bunk. Syrus sleeps… um… I think he sleeps in a sleeping bag somewhere…" Jaden said uncertainly, looking around. "Well, I'll sleep here then," Caitlin said, choosing the corner farthest from everyone. She lugged her suitcases and started to unpack. She took out her sleeping bag, her pillow, and her blanket. Then she took out her books and placed them in a pile next to her sleeping bag. Finally, she put all of her pens and pencils into the cup she had brought with her and put that next to her pile of notebooks that she had made. She was going to leave her clothes in the suitcase; whenever she needed them she would simply open up the suitcase and pick out what she was going to wear. Then, something struck her: 'Oh no! Where will I change?' she thought nervously. She knew it would be too awkward to ask the guys were the bathroom was… she decided that she would just wander around until she found it. How hard could it be? As she found, it wasn't all that hard. It was just down the hall. She changed into her nightgown, and went back to the dorm. "Well, it's getting late. I'm going to bed," she said. "Good night, Caitlin," Syrus replied in a shy voice. Caitlin smiled. "Thanks, Syrus," she said. Syrus blushed and went into his sleeping bag and hid behind a book. Caitlin smiled to herself. 'Syrus seems like a cool guy. Well, tomorrow is going to be a big day… My first day of class!' Caitlin thought. Then, she tumbled into a deep sleep… the following is a dream Caitlin was running, running very fast. 'Why am I running? Where am I going' were her only thoughts. Finally, she came to a stop. She was in front of an abandoned dorm, right at the mouth of the forest. 'I wonder what's in here…' she thought to herself as she slowly crept inside of the room. "Finally, you have arrived. Now, you shall never leave!" cried a booming voice. "Who—who's there?" Caitlin managed to cry out in a shaky voice. But no one answered, only an evil laugh. "Soon your soul shall be mine!" the voice cried again, and before she knew what was happening, Caitlin was tumbling into darkness… "AHH!" Caitlin screamed as she awoke with a start. She was trembling, and her face was drenched with sweat. "Wha—what's the matter? Caitlin, what's wrong?" Syrus asked, concerned. "Oh, um, it's nothing, Syrus. Just had a, um, bad dream, that's all," Caitlin said sheepishly. "Well, if you're sure you're okay…" Syrus said uncertainly. "I'm fine. See you in the morning," Caitlin said quickly. "Yeah… yeah, see you in the morning," Syrus replied, deep in thought.

Syrus's P.O.V.

'That was weird… I wonder what made Caitlin so scared… well, maybe I'll ask her in the morning, if I have the guts to do it. Jaden sure is a deep sleeper… How could you not hear her scream? Well, I'd better get some rest if I'm going to manage to do anything in class tomorrow. Maybe I'll have a dream of some sort… well, time to stop this and go to bed…' Syrus thought, as he slowly drifted to sleep… 5 hours hater… "Sy… SY! TIME TO WAKE UP!" Jaden started to shake Syrus awake. "Come on, time for class! Well, almost time for class… wake up, will you!" Jaden yelled in Syrus's ear. "AHH! Ow… Jaden, you didn't have to scream in my ear… okay, I'm getting up already!" Syrus groaned as he rolled out of bed and tugged on his jeans, yellow turtleneck and red jacket. "Happy now?" Syrus asked sarcastically. "Yep," Jaden grinned. "C'mon, we're going to be late for class!" Jaden exclaimed as he pulled Syrus out of the room. "Hey, wait a minute! What about Caitlin?" Syrus asked. "She's already there. She got up earlier than usual, said something about going for a walk and meeting us in class or something… hurry up, will you?" Jaden said briskly. "I'm hurrying, I'm hurrying!" Syrus replied. Soon, they were in their seats, waiting for Mr. Crowler to come in to class. Syrus scanned the room, looking for Caitlin. "Jaden, I don't see her. I think we should look for her," Syrus whispered. "And look where?" Jaden asked impatiently. "Syrus, did it ever occur to you that she just might be in a different class?" Jaden asked. "Jaden, you know as well as I do that that couldn't be true! She has the exact same schedule as us, because if she didn't, she wouldn't be in out dorm, now, would she?" Syrus pointed out. "Oh, um, yeah…" Jaden replied sheepishly. "But we can't sneak out of Crowler's class! He'd have our heads for sure!" Jaden whispered. "He already wants us expelled. It won't matter if we skip class one more time," Syrus said in a determined voice. Jaden hesitated, then, "Okay, let's go." Syrus and Jaden crept past the herds of students rushing in, rushing to get to their seats before Mr. Crowler came back. Jaden and Syrus got out of the classroom successfully, and then ran outside before anyone saw them. "Okay, now where should we go?" Jaden asked breathlessly. "Hmmm… well, how about we go to the woods? It has a pathway there, and not many people use it. If Caitlin wanted to go for a walk alone, then that'd be the place to go," Syrus said, and then started running towards the woods. When they finally got there, they heard a scream.

Author's note: Okay, I know the story sucks, bad. -- Did it when I was bored, but I will continue it! PLEASE REVIEW! Then I'll know whether or not I should continue or not, and anything you could suggest to make the story not suck so much would be appreciated highly!