A/N: Well, for the most part, it was a warm reception. But it looks like I'm on the right track. Got one small request though. For those wanting to submit an OC, I'm looking for female OCs. I'll accept male OCs too, but females are preferred at the moment. Anyways, today is the boat trip and then the arrival at Duel Academy.
"Woohoo! Now this, rocks!" said Jay aloud as he settled into his living quarters. "A ride on a ferry, awesome food, hot girls, and excellent duelists; who can ask for more!"
After the examinations had all finished, written and the duel exam, all those that had passed at Toronto's tryouts were then awarded with an all expenses paid trip to Duel Academy, where they would spend the next nine months. Learning how to duel and improving his math grades all in the same place.
After leaving his duffle bag in his room, he went out to see the rest of the ship. The atmosphere here reminded him of that place where he had done the examination duel minus several hundred people. Jay was pumped. He knew it was going to be a blast. There was the recreational room where most people were socializing, and outside, there were girls sunbathing on the deck, others playing in the swimming pool, and some just enjoying the crisp sea air. As for Jay, he was more interested in just looking at his cards. The ones that had gotten him through the examination duel.
As he sat at a table in the ship's cafeteria, a thought then came to him; "Hey if those teachers are supposed to be amongst the best duelists out there, then how I was able to win?" he wondered aloud. "Was he holding back?"
"That's because those examiners were only using test decks and not their real decks," a cheery voice said right beside his ear.
"YAAAHHH!" Jay yelled as he nearly jumped out of his seat, surprised someone entered his conversation with himself. Looking to see who it was, it was a girl. She had brown eyes and long black hair that gave her a down-to-earth look. She had a rather cute looking button nose and had a dark hairclip that held some of her hair back.
Regaining his composure, Jay spoke to the girl, "Hi there. You surprised me more than any trap card ever could."
"Oh I'm sorry," the girl replied apologetically. "I'm just trying to make some new friends here."
"Nah, I've had worse scares. Don't feel bad," Jay waved off. "Come have a seat."
"Oh thank you," the girl bowed to him before taking a seat opposite to him. "By the way, my name's Namida. Namida Kuriyashi! You're Jay Gilder right, the guy who used the Dark Magician?"
"Yup, the one and only," Jay boasted proudly. "Master of the Magicians, following in the footsteps of Yugi Moto, the King of Games!"
Jay then focused more on Namida, "So which dorm are you going into?"
Namida bowed her head down, "I used to think I would be in Obelisk, but now I'm not so sure."
"How come?" asked Jay, "I thought all girls went to Obelisk. They're pretty lucky if you ask me."
"There had been some changes, come the end of last year," answered Namida. "Since Duel Academy started six years ago, all girls went to the Obelisk academy. But then Kaiba Corp. received complaints that there weren't enough girls attending the academy. So Kaiba Corp built two more dorms; a Slifer Red dorm, and a Ra Yellow Dorm for the girls."
"What's wrong with that?" asked Jay. "Your chances of getting into the Academy are now the same as the guys."
"Do you know the layouts of the dorms?"
Jay thought about it for a second, "Somewhat. I know that Obelisk is the best, Slifer is the worst, and Ra is the middle of the road."
"And I obviously don't want to end up in the Slifer Academy," said Namida. "I've worked too hard for it."
"Then you'll obviously get good results like I got," declared Jay. "I'm probably bound for the Obelisk Academy, because I got awesome written scores and I won my examination duel!"
"I must beg to differ," interjected another voice. Jay and Namida turned to face the new voice. Next to them stood a boy, about five feet ten inches, with a solid build. He had glasses and short slick black hair. His face showed his origins came from the Orient. To top it off, he wore a dark blue blazer jacket. On his right leg hung what could only be his deck box
"Only students who spent a junior year with a dueling academy AND high marks have the honours of enrolling in the Obelisk Blue dorm. And I doubt you have all that criteria."
"Yeah so what?" Jay shot back as he stood up to match the other boy's height. "Who the hell do you think you are walking around acting like Mr. Bigshot of the Academy?"
"Well for starters, I am a student that will be enrolling in Obelisk Blue this semester. So number one, I obviously have incredible grades, and number two my dueling skills are almost completely unmatched on this ship. Only a few surpass me in skill."
"And you know what Bigshot?" retorted Jay, "I'll be one of them!"
The oriental boy's eyes narrowed, "Is that a challenge?"
"If that's what you call it in Japan," said Jay strapping on his dueldisk. "In Canada, it's called 'My Foot in Your Ass'."
Pool Deck
Chris Gear stretched his arms out and relaxed. He had just had a nice swim in the pool, and decided to let Mother Nature dry himself off. The sun was glowing right into his blue eyes, so he covered them with a pair of sunglasses. He had a rather skinny build for his age, and spiky black hair to top it off.
He didn't do so well on his entry exams, but he managed to make up for it in the examination duel. With his deck, which he created he hoped he would be able to progress quickly, and hopefully he could pick up his grades.
However, his attention was now turned to what he saw at the pool. Nobody was in the pool anymore, as everyone focused on what was going on along the pool edge. On one width of the pool, was a brown haired guy wearing black shorts and a white t-shirt, who looked like he was from either North America or Europe. The other was oriental in appearance and had a blue blazer on. One look at his face instantly told Chris who he was… Koji Kuramoto. Chris remembered this guy all too well. Hopefully this guy knew what he was up against.
"Okay!" shouted Jay, "Time to show you how Canadians kick ass!" He activated his dueldisk and prepared to duel.
"Your overconfidence will be your undoing," declared Koji. He activated his dueldisk too, but his make was different from Jay's design.
"LET'S DUEL!" they both yelled.
Jay: 4000LP
Koji: 4000LP
"I'll start this off!" said Jay. He then drew the top card from his deck, 'Let's be cautious for now, who knows what Bigshot here will pull.'
"I set one card in defense mode and that's all for now."
"That's it?" mocked Koji as he drew. "I think I'll also set one in defense mode. I'm done."
"You mock my move, then you imitate?" Jay drew. Selecting a card, he placed it face up on his dueldisk.
"I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior in Attack Mode!" With a flash, emerged a warrior dressed in red and yellow armour. The magician, sport a sword and shield rather than the traditional staff. (4/1600/1000)
"And because it automatically gets a Spell Counter upon being summoned, it gets 300 Attack Points! (4/1900/1000) Now go Breaker, attack his face down card!"
"Fool," muttered Koji as the magic swordsman slashed his card. "You destroyed my Cyber Jar! (3/900/900)" A satellite shaped creature appeared before exploding taking the other monsters with it. "And when it gets destroyed, all monsters are destroyed. We then draw five cards, show them to each other, and Special Summon any monsters with four stars or less."
"Fine," Jay drew his cards. "I drew Peten the Dark Clown, Old Vindictive Magician, Negate Attack, Mage Power, and Premature Burial. Peten, and Vindictive Magician are going face down Defense Mode."
"I draw my five cards," said Koji. "I have drawn Program Drive, Rairyu, Fuuryu, Power Bond, and Galeon. And Rairyu and Fuuryu are going into Attack Mode." (2x 4/1800/1300) As his monsters materialized, two humanoid machines identically shaped appeared. One was a yellow coloured with a dump bucket acting as its surfboard, the other with a green body instead with a mixer on its back. Jay sighed. It was a two on two and eight cards in his hand.
Two of them went into his dueldisk's Spell and Trap slots, "Two cards face down, and I discard of one card and that's all for now."
"My go," declared Koji, "And now check this out, I'll merge my two monsters together using their ability of Symmetrical Docking to form a new monster. Meet my new monster, GekiRyuJin! (6/2400/1500)" Fuuryu and Rairyu jumped into the air as they formed up into the new monster. The new monster that took their place was half yellow with the bucket mounted on its forearm, half green with the mixer as its forearm, and a yellow head with red eyes, and a glossy chest.
"Now I'll activate his special ability. He gets to flip one monster face up and negate its ability." To Jay's shock, one of his monsters was flipped, which turned out to be his Old Vindictive Magician. (2/450/600) Now its effect wouldn't activate and destroy Koji's monster like he had hoped it would.
"Damn it!" he cursed aloud.
"Damn it is right," boasted Koji. "GekiRyuJin, attack his Old Vindictive Magician now!"
As the mechanized being moved to attack, Jay hit a button on his dueldisk, "Guess again Bigshot! I activate my Trap Card! Negate Attack will negate all attacks for one turn!" Koji watched as monster punched into a swirling barrier, which pushed his monster back.
"Not bad, I guess you're somewhat worthy of some respect. Two cards face down." Two flashes of light revealed two more cards before him as he indicated for Jay to start.
"Good, now for my move!" With that Jay swiped another card off the deck. 'Now he's in trouble!' "I sacrifice my two monsters, in order to summon my Buster Blader! (7/2600/2300)" Instantly a knight with great sword clad in purple and silver armour materialized before him as it let out a battle cry.
"Your … machine is no match for my warrior! Now go and attack!"
"This is why I'm a top ranked student," Koji shot back. "Reveal Trap Card, Mechanics over Organics!"
"What's that!"
"Whenever my machine monster is attacked by a non-machine monster that is stronger than my own, my monster gains 1000 Attack Points!" (6/3400/1500) To Jay's horror, his warrior was parried by the machine's dump bucket left arm then hit hard with a devastating punch from the mixer arm that sent it flying before it dispersed into data.
"Damn."
Jay: 3200LP
Koji: 4000LP
Chris watched the duel closely from his vantage point. From what he knew, Koji hadn't even brought out his best monster to attack this other guy with, and had already trumped what was likely one of his best monsters. 'Come on. Hurry before he brings 'it' out.'
Jay quickly selected another card in his hand, "I play Premature Burial to raise Buster Blader from the graveyard in Attack Mode at a cost of 800 Life Points."
Jay: 2400LP
Koji: 4000LP
The purple armoured warrior emerged from within the ground, and aimed its sword at Koji's machine.
But Jay wasn't done, "And then I boost its strength with Mage Power. This raises my warrior's Attack and Defense Points by 500 for every Spell or Trap Card I have on the field, which is two." (7/3600/3300)
Now Koji drew his card. 'Hmm, he's good, but my draws are just better. Like this move.' "Now I activate Limiter Removal. This card, will double my GekiRyuJin attack points! (6/4800/1500). Go my machine! Blow away his Buster Blader with Wind Cannon!" At Koji's command, his machine executed his orders. GekiRyuJin trained its right arm on Buster Blader delivering a powerful whirlwind that blew Jay's warrior away and dispersed it.
"Holy shit," Jay muttered. He was in big trouble. With a monster that strong he would need to be lucky.
Jay: 1200LP
Koji: 4000LP
"However, you have some good fortune," explained Koji. "Because I used Limiter Removal, all machine monsters are destroyed at the end of this turn, but not before I throw a face down card. My turn ends." The moment he said that last sentence, his GekiRyuJin began to act like it was overloading, sparking, before downright exploding.
"Draw!" declared Jay. 'This card will help plenty. I can get a Spell Card back with this,' "Now I set one monster in Defense Mode and then…"
"Not so fast," interrupted Koji. "Now I'll activate this Trap Card, Call of the Haunted. It lets me bring back one monster from my Graveyard in Attack Mode, so say hello to GekiRyuJin!"
The dump bucket and mixer hybrid humanoid robot returned roared as it leaped up from the ground and back onto the field at Koji's command. (6/2400/1500) "And now its special ability activates, flipping your monster face up and negating its effect!" Jay's face down monster then flipped up, revealing Magician of Faith. It was a girl with lavender hair and a purple robe with magenta underclothing. (1/300/400)
"I'm not completely dust this turn," Jay angrily called out. "For I play this: my Swords of Revealing Light!" Large glowing swords rained from the sky bombarding Koji's field. "This will prevent you from attacking for three whole turns, starting now."
'All right!' thought Namida who watched the duel with great interest. 'This buys Jay three turns to find something to ultimately crush that GekiRyuJin!'
"Very well," Koji stated as he began. "Now I'll play this. My Polymerization Spell Card. To fuse Galeon and Cyborg Guy in my hand to summon this, GaiGar! (6/2000/1600) A flash of light covered the swimming area. When it cleared, the light revealed a robot with a lion chest, humanoid head with a vertical horn, and humanoid arms and legs robot.
"Now you have two monsters to contend with. But to wrap things up, I will summon Drill Gao in Defense Mode. (4/300/600)" What looked like a black tank with two yellow and red canopies appeared next to GaiGar. "This makes it 3-on-1. To finish, one card face down and back to you."
"And so it is." Jay snapped another card.
"Hmm, it seems that all it takes is a challenging duel to humble you I've noticed," said an observant Koji. "You're attitude changed since the start of this duel."
"Obviously, because I've only got 1200 Life Points left, and that leaves me no room for much boasting. I'm sorry for calling you a big shot earlier."
"Good. You have humility indeed. That is one skill you will require when you face even more challenging opponents at Duel Academy. You were overconfident right off the bat, and that likely threw your game off."
"You're right" resigned Jay. "Thanks for teaching me that lesson."
"Good. Now let's finish this duel, so these kids can use the pool again!" Koji finished. "And I believe it's your move!"
"You bet!" replied Jay with a big grin on his face. "And I got this: Graceful Charity! Now I can draw three cards and discard two!" Quickly making his choices, he snapped up another card, "I sacrifice my Magician of Faith, in order to summon my Chaos Command Magician!" (6/2400/1900) Emerged from the shadows came another sorcerer, clad almost completely in a green robe with gold rims around it, which matched the colour of the staff it wielded.
'All right' cheered Namida mentally. 'That puts him on par with that guy's GekiRyuJin!'
"And that's not all. Now I activate the Field Spell Card Yami!" Jay's field slot opened up on his dueldisk, and he slipped the appropriate card inside. Soon a dark aura began to engulf the entire swimming area covering it in what looked like a dark void.
"Like it?" Jay asked. "I know my Spellcasters do, as they now each receive an extra 200 Attack and Defense Points, which includes my Chaos Command Magician!" (6/2600/2100) He pointed at GekiRyuJin, "And now it's no match for my monster. Go Chaos Command Magician! Attack his GekiRyuJin with Chaotic Magic Strike!" The green mage wound up, generated a magical orb of energy before firing it at the intended target. It tried to resist the attack, but it was in vain, as the hologram exploded, taking some of Koji's Life Points with it.
Jay: 1200LP
Koji: 3800LP
"All right!" said Jay. "Finally Buster Blader has been avenged!"
"And so you did," replied Koji. "But don't you ever ask yourself if that was the best move? You had juicier targets to hit."
"What do you mean?" Jay asked in surprise, raising an eyebrow. What could've been juicier than his strongest monster?
"I mean this," answered Koji. "First I activate Pot of Greed, which let's me draw two cards. Next I activate my all powerful Spell Card, Program Drive!" A magic card appeared, displaying an image of a control panel with a glass casing on it, covering a button. The casing itself had the word DRIVE in bold letters.
"This is the price you will pay for not destroying one of my other monsters! Now I merge GaiGar, Drill Gao on the field, with Stealth Gao and Liner Gao in my hand."
"This is bad," muttered Chris as he saw what was about to happen.
Koji had a big smile on his face as he watched his two of Gao Machines, a bullet train and a B-2 stealth bomber facsimile, materialized as they began attaching themselves to his GaiGar. GaiGar's arms folded back behind him as Liner Gao became his shoulders, his waist twisted in which then Drill Gao split in half and became the lower legs, and Stealth Gao landed behind GaiGar with the nose down as its two engines mounted onto Liner Gao creating the forearm as hands twisted out. The back end of Stealth Gao shot out a helmet as it landed on GaiGar's head, replacing the original face with a completely new face. It had a golden like horn much like a gundam with an emerald in the center of it. Its head was black with red, and its silver mouth guard had an outlining of fangs.
"Now rookie, say hello to my ultimate monster: Yuusha'Oh GaoGaiGar! (9/3200/2800)" Jay could only stare in awe at the mighty machine. Its towering presence in the dark realms of the Yami Field Spell Card seemingly darkened the field. It was massive! Koji was only about knee high to this thing.
"Now I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, which destroys your Swords of Revealing Light! And now, feel its wrath! Drill Knee attack GaoGaiGar!" Jay watched as GaoGaiGar charged his Chaos Command Magician. GaoGaiGar brought back one let as it prepared to strike Chaos Commander Magician with the drill it sported on its knee. People turned away in disgust the drill grounded it up into raw meat before being deleted from the field.
Jay: 600LP
Koji: 3800LP
'Oh my god,' thought Jay. 'That… thing just ground up my best monster on the field. What can I really do now?'
"That was gross," Namida muttered.
"I hate it when he uses that attack," Chris muttered as he rubbed his stomach.
'This is bad. With that thing out I'm a sitting duck. Well, really I don't know what I can do, but there's got to be a way out of this.' "I don't care how powerful that thing is, I'm not giving up!" He slammed a face down card sideways in the monster zone and inserted a face down card in the Spell/Trap zone. "That's all."
"I bet. GaoGaiGar, attack with Broken Magnum!" At his master's command, the giant machine came down with a powerful punch to the face down card. Revealed was another Magician of Faith. (1/300-500/400-600) In short, it was pulverized.
"Looks like your, powered up monsters don't stand a chance. Look, you've fought well, toss it in."
"Well for starters," Jay began, "Magician of Faith let's me, bring my Graceful…"
"Wait. Pick this card instead."
'Huh, what was that?' Jay wondered. Suddenly, something took control of his hands and guided him to his Mage Power card. 'Mage Power?'
"Yes," answer the voice. It had a female's tone to it.
'Well I assume it wants to help, so I'll listen!' "Change of plans! I'm moving Mage Power back to my hand instead! And wanna know something? I got one last surprise and it ain't over just yet!"
"Then let's see it! My turn's done! Show me what you've got!" demanded Koji.
"Go for it Jay!" called Namida.
"Take 'em down!" called out Chris.
"I will! Here goes! First I reveal my Call of the Haunted Trap Card. It lets me raise my Buster Blader for one last try!" (7/2600/2300) Buster Blader was now on the field, glaring face to face with GaoGaiGar.
"Next, I will play this, my Polymerization Spell Card. This will merge together my Buster Blader, with the Dark Magician in my hand. Now prepare to meet my ultimate magician!" The two monsters flew up into the sky, and were consumed by a blinding light in the dark realm. As the light dispersed, a new being floated down covered in a brilliant aura. It was another magician, clad in a dark green and topaz coloured clothing. It looked like a cross of light armour and a magician's robe. It wielded a staff with a blade at the head of it.
"Say hello to my Dark Paladin!" (8/2900-3100/2400-2600)
"Excellent," said Koji. "Two powerhouses going head to head, but mine still has the edge."
"Not until I activate Mage Power, which will raise my Dark Paladin's Attack and Defense Points by 500 for all Spell and Trap cards. That includes my Call of the Haunted that is still on the field, my Yami Field Card, and this face down card. This gives him an additional 2000 Attack and Defense Points!" (8/5100/4600) "Now it is time to say goodbye to GaoGaiGar! Go Dark Paladin, ATTACK!"
The mage's staff began to glow. Then it charged at the monster, before swinging its staff in mid-flight, sending a wave of energy at it. The magical force threw GaoGaiGar back as it short circuited and exploded almost throwing Koji into the pool.
Koji: 1900LP
Jay: 600LP
"How'd you like that?" asked Jay "One more attack, and I have this duel won."
"That you would," said Koji. "However, there is no need for this duel to continue."
"What do you mean?" inquired Jay who was now really confused.
"There is more to dueling than just winning or losing," explained Koji. "Sometimes, important lessons that need to be taught are more important than any win or loss. I may have the lead, and perhaps the necessary cards to make a comeback, but alas you have learned the lesson I wished for you to learn. In a sense, you have won by learning this important lesson in humility." He placed his hand over his dueldisk. "I submit the duel."
Koji: 0LP
Jay: 600LP
Once his counter hit zero, the holograms began to fade away until the pool deck could be seen fully again. The people gave Jay a thunderous applause for winning the duel.
"Alright, I did it!" yelled Jay who pumped his fist in the air.
"Well done Jay," murmured Koji as he walked away. "I look forward to facing you when we both are truly dueling at our best." With that, he walked back inside the ship.
A/N: And how was that people? Awesome or what? For those who also have read Marine Brother Shran's fic, I'll say for the record that he gave me permission to use his ideas and OC for this duel. And I also introduced some OC requests too. Expect to see more of them too. Well next time is the arrival at Duel Academy! Until next time, be cool!
A/O/N: I do not own Yuusha'Oh GaoGaiGar either. I'd be rich if I did.
Card of the Episode
Dark Paladin
8/2900/2400
Attribute: Dark
Type: Spellcaster
Fusion: Dark Magician + Buster Blader
Effect: This monster can only be Special Summoned by Fusion Summon. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, you can negate the activation of 1 Spell Card and destroy the Spell card by discarding 1 card from your hand. The ATK of this card increases by 500 points for each Dragon-Type monster on the field and in either player's Graveyard.
Jay: Say hello to a powerhouse that lives in my deck. This monster, when summoned is a force to be reckoned with. Not only can it bring Dragon monster to their knees with Dragon-killing ATK increasing, but it can make every card in your hand a Magic Jammer. Just lethal in the right hands. Koji learned that lesson pretty well.
