Chapter 2: Duel Academy

Kyotsu slammed the "off" button on his alarm. It was 8:00am and it was a Saturday.

"Aw man! I set my alarm on a Saturday!" yelled Kyotsu. He then heard a knock on his front door. Kyotsu quickly got dressed and ran downstairs to answer the door. He opened the door and standing in front of him was a tall man wearing a white trenchcoat and black sunglasses. The man's black hair was combed back and looked like gel was run through it many times.

"Are you Kyotsu?" asked the man politely with his deep voice.

"Yes."

"Kyotsu, we have reviewed your application and you are hereby accepted into Duel Academy. We have a bus waiting outside for you. We will give you ten minutes to get your deck and other things you might want to bring."

Kyotsu eyes sparkled with joy. He quickly got his deck and other things he wanted to bring. He then followed the man to the bus. The bus was painted white and wasn't any bigger than a school bus. Across the whole bus in fancy blue letters it said "Duel Academy". The man said to take any seat. Kyotsu looked around to see if Uichi was accepted into Duel Academy.

For several moments he looked around. But, did not find Uichi. Kyotsu then took an empty seat at the front of the bus.

"I can't believe Uichi didn't make it...he's not half bad," thought Kyotsu.

The man stood at the head of the bus right behind the bus driver. He had everyone be quiet as he signaled that he wanted to say something.

"You 20 people have been accepted into Duel Academy. However, there is more for you to do to actually attend Duel Academy. There will be an exam when we arrive at Duel Academy to see if you are a good enough duelist to attend Duel Academy." said the man.

Everyone muttered to one another, except for Kyotsu, who remained quiet, yet looked shocked. Then, a voice said "So what was the point of filling out the application?"

The man smiled and said "You filled out the application because we needed to know your skill and other information. All we did then was look at a piece of paper which YOU filled out. That application could have been deceitful. If we didn't have an exam, even a rookie duelist could get into Duel Academy if they know how to fill out the application the right way."

Everyone suddenly became quiet. Everyone knew that what the tall man said was right. Who would want a rookie duelist attending such a great school?

The man signaled to the driver to go to Duel Academy.

The time to get to Duel Academy was very short. In about ten minutes, everyone on the bus were getting off and lining up outside. The man came out last and said to everyone "Right in front of you is Duel Academy. As soon as you walk in, go up to the front desk and tell the secretary your name. She will give you a classroom to go to. That classroom is where you will be taking your exam."

Before Kyotsu and everyone started walking towards Duel Academy's building, they were all admiring it. All of it was painted white and in huge blue, fancy letters, it said "Duel Academy" on the top of the building. Kyotsu was the first one to walk through the automatic glass door. Kyotsu walked up to a big brown desk with a woman wearing a blue suit sitting behind it.

"Excuse me, my name is Kyotsu Yatana, could you please tell me where I'm taking my exam?"

The woman first stared right into Kyotsu's eyes. Her sparkling brown eyes make Kyotsu stare right back. Her long brown hair tied in a ponytail. Kyotsu couldn't believe such a beautiful woman was working at Duel Academy. The woman smiled at Kyotsu.

"Wow, you're so polite. I never have anyone be that polite to me anymore. Hmmm, let's see."

The woman shuffled through some papers.

"Ah, here we go," said the woman. "You're in classroom 17. It's through the hallway on your left. The classroom should be on your right. Good luck Kyotsu." The woman smiled at Kyotsu.

Kyotsu found classroom 17 quickly. He opened the door and found only a few people were there. A man with short white hair wearing a white trenchcoat walked up to Kyotsu.

"Name." he said.

"Kyotsu Yatana."

The man gave him a packet of papers. "You can begin as soon as you sit down. Sit anywhere. You have until 12:00pm. Good luck."

Kyotsu took the packet and sat down at a seat. After Kyotsu wrote his name on the exam, he looked up at the clock.

"10:00am. That gives me two hours to do this exam. No problem! This'll be easy!" thought Kyotsu.

Kyotsu opened his packet to page 1 and looked at the first question. He read it once, twice, three times. Kyotsu grinned and thought.

"Heh, this exam is going to be harder than I thought."