Disclaimer: see previous chapters
Chapter 2
Yusuke was skating to KC dome where teenagers his age were. He then sighed for relief that he was not late and took off his skates, "I can't believe that right under my nose there was a game school and all those times I'd to go to a damn regular school." He said to himself as he put on his black shoes and got to the line.
When he got to the front the line, a blonde lady walking towards him, "Young man, your name please?"
"Yusuke Urameshi!" he said proudly
The blonde looked at her clipboard, "Okay Mr. Urameshi, you're on time for your exam. Now go to Exam Field 3 and your proctor will be there."
"Thank you, ma'am!" he said walking into the building and looking for the designated examination field.
"Yep, as soon as I win my entrance duel, I'll be soon getting away from this town." Yusuke said to himself
"You know, Yusuke," came a cheery voice, "Everyone will miss you, while you're gone."
Yusuke knew the voice anywhere, so he turned to see Botan, standing in the end of the hallway, wearing a pink shirt and jeans. Yusuke stared daggers at her, "I hope you're not convincing me to drop out of the exam to say goodbye to HER, Botan."
"Well, actually, I'm not," Botan said, "I'm just going to see how well you do on your duel. I know that you've made up your mind, Yusuke. But do you have to leave the city that you grew up in, with hostility for the person, who……."
Yusuke growled, "You have no idea, what I've gone through. You didn't have a person that you thought cared about you and stabbed you in the back."
"Yusuke is that a way……"
"Leave me the FUCK alone, okay, now let's get this exam over with so the sooner I pass this exam the better for me to bury the past forever!" Yusuke said glaring at the blunette with a little tear
Botan sighed again, "Okay Yusuke, for once you win."
"Thank you!" Yusuke replied stubbornly, "The sooner we'll get this over with, the sooner I become the next King of Games!" Yusuke walked away from the blunette
Botan had a cynical look, 'Yusuke you don't really know how much she really cares about you, right now!' she thought as she followed Yusuke to the auditorium, where most teenagers his age, where dueling their proctors, while others mostly from the academy, watching the duel. Yusuke was looking around the audience, as if he was looking for someone. Suddenly, something bumped into him, causing him to fall on his backside.
"Hey Yusuke, are you alright?" Botan asked aiding the black haired teen, "Yeah!" Yusuke said rubbing the back of his head and glared the person, who knocked him down and glared at the person, who knocked him down, "Hey pal, watch where you're going next…" he was cut off when he saw the face of that person, "Hey wait I know you," he said as he saw which appeared to by a small fifteen year old boy, with light blue hair and matching eyes, small glasses, and wearing a dark blue school uniform trying to get up.
The boy rubbed his head, "Sorry about that!" he said and looked at Yusuke's face and eyes widened, "Y-Yusuke!" he squeaked
"S-Syrus!" Yusuke responded
Botan looked at this with awe, "Yusuke, you know this boy?"
Yusuke and the boy known as Syrus got up on their feet, "Yeah, his name is Syrus Truesdale, meet him years back when I was a kid."
Syrus smiled, "I'm glad that you remembered me, Yusuke!"
"Oh and Syrus, this is Botan," Yusuke said, pointing at Botan, "Nice to meet you, Syrus!" she said with a bow.
"Nice to meet you too, Botan, so are you like Yusuke's girlfriend." Syrus teased
Yusuke and Botan blushed, "Uh! No way!" they both said in unison, "So, you're here for the entrance exam, too?" Yusuke asked, forgetting about Syrus's question.
"Yeah, I just finished with mine," Syrus replied, "I don't how I won my duel and you already know about my test anxiety. What about you?"
"Well I'm applying to this school as soon as I win my duel." Yusuke said, "Man, I can't believe that it's been six years since we seen each other. So, how's the family been doing?" he added with gleefully expression
"They've been great and you know Zane is already in this school," Syrus told him, "This will be his third year as an Obelisk!"
"That's great, I wonder how he has been doing for the past six years," Yusuke said, "Yeah, you remember Hikari, right?"
"Your twin sister?" Syrus said, "Yeah, I remember her, she always make fun of you anytime you lose a duel with Zane."
"Yeah, which is all the time, too!" Yusuke said, irritably
"Uh! Yusuke, I been hearing about your title 'Great Urameshi' the most feared street punk in Sarayashiki Junior High, is everything about that true?" Syrus asked
Yusuke grimaced at the thought of that title, "Yeah, but not anymore, Sy," he replied, "I gave all that up, when……" he was cut off
"Hey Yusuke, shouldn't you be going to your dueling field?" Botan asked, interrupting the black haired teen with his conversion.
"Oh yeah, right!" Yusuke said, 'She must be here somewhere.' He thought as he walked away from Botan, "Good luck, Yusuke!" Both Syrus and Botan said
"Thanks guys!" Yusuke said as he walked on the stairs going down to his exam field, "I guess that this must be the place," Yusuke said, as he walked to the field to see a young woman, with a reddish brown hair, tied to a ponytail, wearing a pink suit, with a matching mini-skirt, with a white and blue blazer waiting for him, with a weird duel disk, "I see that you must be Yusuke Urameshi, I'm a right?"
"Yes, ma'am," Yusuke bowed, "And you are?"
"I'm Fiona Fontaine, supervisor of female Obelisk Blue dorm and gym teacher of Duel Academy," she replied, 'So, he must be related to her, they look almost alike.' She thought
Yusuke and Ms. Fontaine activated their dueling gauntlets and put their decks into their holders, "Okay Yusuke, ready?" Ms. Fontaine asked
"Ready!" Yusuke replied with determination
"Let's duel!" they both said (4000/4000)
"Ladies first," Yusuke suggested
"That's real gentleman of you, Yusuke, but the applicants are suppose to be the ones going first," Ms. Fontaine said, "Thanks anyways!"
Yusuke draws, "Okay, if you say so," he said, "I'll summon Mystic Swordsman LV2 in defense mode!" a swordsman in purple clothing appears, kneeling down on 1 knee, on the field (900/0), "And leave it at that!"
"My turn!" Ms. Fontaine said drawing her card, "First I'll summon Masked Dragon attack mode!" a red and silver dragon, spreading its wings ready for attack (1400/1100) "Now Masked Dragon, attack Yusuke's Mystic Swordsman with Destructive Roar!" the dragon blasts fire towards the kneed swordsman and destroying it, "And I'll set one card face down. Then I'll end my turn!"
Yusuke draws his card, "All right I'll summon Gearfried the Iron Knight!" an iron clad knight appears on the field (1800/1600), "And now say goodbye to your monster, Gearfried Fore Blade Strike!" Gearfried slashes the dragon to pieces and explodes at Ms. Fontaine's face (4000/3600) the iron knight returns back to his master
"Alright!" Syrus cheered, "Yusuke took the lead!"
"Thanks Yusuke, you've activated my dragon special ability by summoning a dragon monster with 1500 ATK points or less and I choose Red Eyes Black Chick!" a large red egg appeared and hatched out a red-eyed black baby dragon, breathing a small black and red flame (800/500)
Yusuke burst out laughing, "You're kidding me, right! My Gearfried could cream that chick!"
"Rule number one in dueling, always expect the unexpected," Ms. Fontaine drew her card, "Okay, I'm going to activate my chick's special ability and you'll find out why it's called Red Eyes Black Chick. It's a baby Red Eyes Black Dragon!" the chick grows to an adult red-eyed black dragon (2400/2000)
"RED EYES BLACK DRAGON!" Yusuke cries
"What Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Syrus exclaimed, "There's no way that Yusuke can win now!"
Botan looked at the troubled blunette, "What do you mean?"
"The Red Eyes Black Dragon is one the toughest monsters in the world!"
Botan was freaked, "If that's the case then Yusuke won't stand a chance!"
"Now Red Eyes Black Dragon attack Gearfried with Inferno Fire Blast!" A huge ball of red energy appeared in the dragon's mouth and fired outward, engulfing Yusuke's knight and destroying it. Yusuke grimaced (3400/3600) "Next, I'll place a face down card and that will do for now!"
Yusuke cursed under his breath and drew, "I'll play the spell card of Reinforcements of the Army! With this baby, I can add 1 warrior monster from deck to my hand!" Yusuke gets out a card from his deck and places it onto his hand, "Then, I'll shuffle my deck!" he does that, "I'll summon Marauding Captain in attack mode!" a blonde warrior appears on the field, shouldering his sword (1200/400)
"Why would Yusuke have that monster in attack mode?" Syrus asked, "That monster won't stand a chance with ole Red Eyes there!"
"Now Yusuke, how can you put that card in attack mode? My Red Eyes has more than enough power to take out your captain out!" Ms. Fontaine pointed out
"I wasn't done, yet! Next, I'll activate my captain's special power, see whenever its normal summon, it allows me to summon another warrior on the field and the monster choose is another Marauding Captain!" another captain is summoned
"What a nice defense, Yusuke," Ms. Fontaine commented, "With your two captains out, I can't attack because of its power, prevent me from attacking another warrior on your side of the field. Since, you have two of them on the field I can't attack!" she added, "That's something, I won't expect from a new student."
Yusuke blinked twice, "Gee thanks," he said, "Next, I'll place two face downs and call it a turn!"
Syrus looked at this with awe, "So that's why Yusuke put those warriors in attack mode," he said
Ms. Fontaine draws, "Okay I'll summon onto the field, Lord of Dragons and you can't play any monster, spell or trap effects on my dragons!" A cloaked wizard wearing dragon bone armor appeared on the field, "that will do for now!"
"My turn!" Yusuke needed to think of something to take out Red-Eyes, "Okay I'll activate my Harpie's Feather Duster spell card! Here how's it works, see it destroys my opponents' spell and traps cards!" a tempest of feathers appeared and ripped through Ms. Fontaine's face-down cards, leaving the proctor gasping.
Yusuke smirked, "Oh yeah, it's about get worse for you, Ms. Fontaine! Now, I'll activate a spell equip card to my warriors called Lightning Blade to my captain increase it's strength by 800!" a sword with electricity surrounding it appears onto one of the captain's hand (2000/400)
"No way!" Ms. Fontaine yells
"I'm afraid so, now Marauding Captain, attack Lord of Dragons with Lightning Blade Strike Attack!" the captain charges and slices Lord of Dragons, then destroys it with electricity. It exploded right at Ms. Fontaine's face and the red-head is screaming, (3400/2800). The smoke disappears.
"I'm done!" Yusuke said
Ms. Fontaine drew her card, "I'll activate Raigeki, which destroys all monsters on your side of the field!" she said, as a lightning bolt destroyed the two captains, "Now, you're wide open for a direct attack, Yusuke!" Ms. Fontaine declared, "Now Red Eyes Black Dragon attack Yusuke directly with Inferno Fire Blast!" Red Eyes prepared for attack, "Not so fast, Ms. Fontaine!" Yusuke said, "I'll activate my face-down Ring of Destruction trap card." One of Yusuke's face-down cards stood up, and a segmented iron ring appeared around Red Eyes's throat like a collar, a large red appendage protruding from each section. He smirked as Red Eyes grasped the collar.
Syrus smiled, "That's Ring of Destruction, now that Red Eyes is toast, without that Lord of Dragons out! But Yusuke's life points won't be so lucky." He said with a frown at the last part.
"What do you mean by that?" Botan asked
"When Ring of Destruction is activated, it destroys one monster and all players take damage equal to the monster that was destroyed because of this effect."
"When my trap ring is placed on a monster, that monster is destroyed and both players take damage equal to the attack points as the destroyed monster!" Yusuke replied
"What then you're sacrificing your life points to destroy my dragon?" Ms. Fontaine yelled
"Excuse me, but who said anything about me sacrificing my life points, you're taking the damage alone!"
"How's that possible?"
"Simple, because I'm activating my face down spell card known as Ring of Defense!" Another steel ring, sporting four shields, spun vertically before Yusuke, "With this spell card, it blocking any damage coming to my life points!" the auto-kill ring detonates and destroys the dragon (3400/400).
"Now you're wide open for a direct attack from my monsters," Yusuke said, as he drew, "I'll summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode (1400/1200) attack Ms. Fontaine directly, with Silver Blade Slash!" the elf attacks and slashes Ms. Fontaine's left shoulder (3400/0)
"All right!" Syrus cheered, "Yusuke won!"
"He actually destroyed that dragon!" Botan exclaimed
Yusuke yelled, "All right, I actually passed a test!"
Ms. Fontaine twitched, "Clever move, Yusuke," she said, "Welcome to Duel Academy."
"Thank you," Yusuke said
"Although, because you're exam grade, you would be put in the Ra ranks, but because of your grades from Sarayashiki Junior High being so incredibly low, you'll be put in Slifer Red."
Yusuke shrugged, "It's better than not being accepted by this school, anyways."
Ms. Fontaine smiled, 'So much alike they are,' she thought as she was walking away.
Then, Syrus and Botan, not looking like her usual cheerfulness came by, "Well Yusuke, you got what you wanted, admission to Duel Academy, congratulations." She said sadly
Yusuke looked at the depressed blunette, "Thanks Botan, I hope that she saw me duel though!"
Botan looked at the blackette with confusion, "She who!"
"Yusuke, you did it!" came a female voice, with excitement
They turned to see a girl running towards them, this girl was same age, height and facial appearance as Yusuke, except in girl form and pale skin, dark long brown hair, tied to a ponytail, bangs covering her forehead and brown eyes. She was wearing a black sleeveless shirt, white sleeveless blazer with two blue lines on the chest, with a blue collar, blue gloves, a blue mini skirt all the way to the mid-thigh and boots.
Yusuke smiled at the girl, "Hikari, you saw me!"
The girl known as Hikari came at Yusuke and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, pulling him into a hug, "Of course, I saw you, Yusuke! Who wouldn't see their little brother, getting admission to the same school as me?"
Yusuke brought his arms around her back, "Not you of course, but I'm glad to be accepted to this school."
"I'm glad too, baby brother!"
Yusuke's eyebrows twitched at the 'baby brother' part, "Kari, I'm not a baby, anymore."
Yusuke lets go of Kari, "Botan, you remember Hikari, right?"
Botan carefully looked at the brunette, "Hikari, it's nice to see you again!" Botan said, with a bow
"Nice to see you too, Botan!" Kari said and looked at Syrus, "Syrus Truesdale, is that really you?" she asked
"Yeah, how's it been Kari?"
"It's been great," Kari replied and then remembered, "Hey Yusuke, is Ke…" Yusuke put his hand onto his sister's mouth, "Please Hikari, don't EVER say that name, while I'm around EVER again!"