Episode(s): 1
"Alright," said Rose as she put on her jacket and grabbed her duel disk. She then ran out of her room and down the stairs.
"Bye Miss Rose," said a maid as Rose ran out the door.
"Would you like me to drive you?" asked the butler.
"No but thank you! Bye!" yelled Rose as she ran to the gate and left toward were the tryouts were.
"This is going to be such a good day!" yelled Rose.
~ After 30 Minutes of running~
"This is it," said Rose as she stopped to compose herself. She walked up to the sign in desk.
"Hello miss! Are you here for the tryouts?" asked a woman at the desk.
"Yes! My name is Rose," said Rose to the women with a smile.
"Last name please," asked the women.
"Heartfilia," said Rose with a smile.
"Please go to the third arena and wait for your turn," said the women with a smile after she found the information she needed.
"Alright! Thanks!" said Rose with a smile.
Rose then walked into the building and started to look around for arena three. After a few minutes of wondering around, she found the area and walked up to the attendant there.
"Hello, my name is Rose and I'm here to take my entrance exam," said Rose with a smile.
"Right this way!" said the man.
"Right," said Rose as she walked up to the arena.
"Hello young lady," said a blond professor who looked kind of creepy.
"Hello!" said Rose with a smile. 'Are they a male or female? Are the transitioning?'
"And who might you be?!" said the professor as he and the testing proctor walked up to her.
"My name is Rose."
"Well then Rose, let's duel!"
"Wait!" yelled a voice casing everyone to look at the source. It was a male student wearing the Obelisk Blue uniform. He had dark Blue hair and eyes and was quite tall.
"Zane, what's wrong?" asked the professor.
"Professor Crowler, isn't it true that once a prospective student places first in a high-end duel tournament, they get automatic entrance into the academy?" asked the man named Zane as he looked at Rose.
"Well, yes," said the now named Professor Crowler.
"That girl is Rose Heartfilia, winner of Americas first all women tournament," said Zane.
"Har-Hartfilia?" said Professor Crowler in shock.
"Did he just say Heartfilia?" said someone.
'I hate it when people talk about me like that. I'm more than just a name. I really hope I find some people who want to be friends with me for me, not because of my name,' thought Rose.
"Mi-miss Heartfilia, I had no idea!" said Professor Crowler in shock. "Please, due to you winning the tournament you do not need to tryout."
"No," said Rose, shocking everyone
"Wh-what?" asked Crowler in shock.
"I wish to duel for my spot, not be handed it because I previously won a tournament. Just because I won that tournament doesn't mean that I am that good. It just means I was better than my opponents at the time. Please, duel me," said Rose with confidence causing everyone to look at her.
'This girl is interesting,' thought Zane with a smirk.
"Ri-right," said Crowler as he nodded to the proctor.
"Let's duel!" said the two as the two started.
"I'll go first!" said Rose as she drew a card. "I play one card face down and place my Flowered Child in defense mode. I end my turn."
Her monster looked to be a young girl with blond hair and a green eyes with a matching dress with flowers in her hair and a basket filled with flowers.
"Very well then, my turn," said the proctor as he drew a card. "I play Flamed Swordsman and then place one facedown. I end my turn."
"I play my facedown card. Double Destruction. This card allows me to summon another higher-level monster and use both to attack you. I summon my Guardian Rose Knight!" said Rose as a male Knight appeared on the field. He had red armor and a sword in the shape of a rose. "Now attack!"
"I play my trap!" yelled the proctor, only for it not to work. "What's going on?"
"My trap card has a special affect that allows me to activate any other trap card I have in my hand when my opponent plays their trap card. I chose Reflect!
Rose's monster attacked Corwler's monster and then his trap card reflected against him sending Rose's monsters to attack him again. This left Crowler with half of his life points.
'She's good,' thought Zane as he watched.
"I play one card facedown and end my turn," said Rose as she placed a monster card down.
~Two moves later~
"Looks like I win!" said Rose with a smile as the last of the proctor's life points disappeared.
"So, it seems Miss Heartfilia," said Professor Crowler as he walked onto the stage.
"Thank you!" said Rose as she went to walk to the stands. 'That felt good.'
"Hey beautiful!" said a voice causing Rose to stop and her left eye to start twitching. She looked to her left to see a boy with dark hair and eyes in an Obelisk Blue uniform smirking at her. "Why don't you sit with the Chazz!"
"No thank you," said Rose as she walked all the way to the top. 'Stupid ass.'
"That was so cool!" said a voice once she stopped. She turned her head to the left to look at a guy who was wearing a red shirt, black jacket and jeans. His hair reminded her of a Kuriboh.
'Kuriboh is so cute,' thought Rose absentmindedly.
"Thanks," she said with a smile.
"My name is Jaden Yuki! I hope we get to duel someday!" said the now named Jaden with a bright smile.
"I would like that too," said Rose with a smile. 'He seems so genuine.'
"Jaden Yuki to exam field four," said a voice over the speaker.
"Go time! Wish me luck guys!" said Jaden, referring to the other two guys he was talked to before Rose showed up.
"Hey, wait," said the one sitting down. He wore an all-white uniform.
"Huh?" said Jaden as he stopped to look at him.
"If I'm the second best, who's first?"
"Yours truly!" said Jaden, pointing at himself. "It's what I'm best at."
"Wow! He's so full of himself. I wonder if he's really that good," said the shorter one with blue hair.
"He's going to need to be. Look who he's dueling," said the one sitting down.
"That guy?" said Rose in annoyance.
"You don't seem to like him much," said the one standing.
"Yeah. He seems like he thinks he's better than everyone else. He's supposed to be a professor. He's supposed to nurture his students, not be an ass to them."
"True," said the one sitting down.
"Oh! By the way, my name is Syrus Truesdale," said the one with light blue hair.
"My name is Rose," said Rose.
"As in Rose Heartfilia? I wanted to watch you duel, but I myself was dueling. I only caught the ending. My name is Bastion Misawa," said the one sitting down.
"Heartfilia?" said Syrus in shock.
"Is it alright if I sit next to you, Bastion?" asked Rose.
"Of course," said Bastion as he moved a little to his right to make room for Rose.
"Let's so how he does," said Rose as she sat down to watch Jaden duel.
~Duel Starts~
"So, son, your name?" asked Crowler.
"Uh, Jaden. Jaden Yuki," said Jaden as he stood straight.
"Well, uh, Jaden Yuki," said Crowler in a mocking voice, "I'm Dr. Vellian Crowler, Department Chair of Techniques here at Duel Academy."
"Wow, a department chair, I had no idea, from how you were dressed, I was thinking you were some weird academy mascot," laughed Jaden with an honest smile.
"Well then, he doesn't know how to hold back," said Rose with a giggle as Crowler got mad.
"It seems not," replied Bastion.
"Lets duel!" said the two.
"Here goes," said Jaden as he drew a card. "Sweet. I'm going to summon Elemental Hero Avian in defense mode! I'll also throw down a face down. Alright! Get your game on!"
"Yes," said Crowler as he drew a card. "Alright, for this first move, I think I'll start nice and easy. I choose to play the spell card Confiscation!"
"Okay, so what's it do?"
"What it does is allow me to pay 1,000 life points for the chance to peak at your hand and toss one of your cards into the graveyard!
"Oh, yes, I remember some of these from back when I was a naïve rookie!" said Crowler as the cards appeared before him, "Hmm, now which shall I banish? Monster Reborn to the graveyard! Next, I'll lay two cards facedown on the field. And last, but not least, I'll play Heavy Storm!
"This spell card destroys every other spell and trap card that's out on the field!"
"Whoopsie! Did you forget that you had two trap cards out on the field, yourself?!" asked Jaden.
"Now, now, you mustn't speak out of turn, young scholar!" said Crowler with a chuckle as everything went dark around them.
"What's happening?"
"Nothing's happening. Not yet!" said Crowler as two monster appeared. "But that's about to change!"
"Uh, could somebody tell me what's going on?" asked Syrus.
"The two trap cards that Dr. Crowler had on the field were called Statue of the Wicked," said Rose.
"It's a special trap that creates a vicious token monster when destroyed," said Bastion.
"That's why he played Heavy Storm," concluded Rose as she glared at Crowler. "He's not using a test deck, isn't he?"
"Your right," said Bastion. "He's probably using his own personal deck."
"That's not fair," said Syrus.
"No, it's not," said Rose with narrow eyes. 'What a horrible teacher.'
"Ready for your next lesson?" asked Crowler with a smug look.
"You bet!" laughed Jaden. "I can't remember the last time learning was this much fun!"
"Yes, well, I'm quite an excellent teacher, thank you," said Crowler, accepting the complement. "And now, I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens and summon Ancient Gear Golem!"
Everyone gasped in surprise.
"That's a legendary rare card!" gasped Rose.
"What?" said Syrus in shock.
"She's right," replied Bastion. "He's definitely using his own deck."
"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Golem!"
"Aw, no way!" smiled Jaden. "I've always wanted to take one on!"
"Either Jaden's Brave or he's nuts!" said Syrus.
"Golem, attack!" laughed Crowler. "Mechanized Melee!"
"Aw, Jaden's monster didn't stand a chance!" said Syrus after the monster was destroyed. "His defense points were way too low! This isn't looking good."
"And it's about to look a lot worse," said Bastion as Rose nodded.
"When Ancient Gear Golem attacks a monster in defense mode, the difference between its attack points and the defending monster's defense points gets dealt to the opponent as damage," said Rose.
"That would mean," said Syrus in shock, "Jaden's life points are gonna take a hit!"
"That looks bad," said Rose as Jaden's life points went down to 2,000.
"Don't feel bad," laughed Crowler, "this is the top dueling school in the country, some people simply aren't cut out for-"
"Boy, I really want to come to this school now," laughed Jaden. "You really know your stuff, teach!
"Ok, I summon Winged Kuriboh, in defense mode!" said Jaden after he drew a card. "And I'll place one card facedown."
"So cute," said Rose with hearts in her eyes causing the other two boys to look at her.
"Really?" chuckled Bastion with a raised eyebrow.
"I can't help that I like cute things," mumbled Rose as she moved her left foot around on the floor.
'She's so cute,' thought Syrus with a blush.
'Nice to know she isn't as tuff as rumors make her out to be,' thought Bastion with a chuckle.
"Now let's proceed," said Crowler as he drew a card, "with the legendary Ancient Gear Golem! Attack that Kuriboh with Mechanized Melee! Check your gear, your life points haven't changed."
"My gear's fine," said Jaden with a smile. "On the turn Winged Kuriboh is destroyed, I take zero damage."
"Fine, fine, I guess your lame little monster saved you there."
"Hey. Slow down there, teach," said Jaden in anger, "you may have beat him, but that doesn't give you the right to call him lame!"
"Oh, yes, I forget how attached you new duelists get to your monsters. I'm sorry."
"Yeah, well, you should be, because by attacking my Winged Kuriboh, you set off a trap card, one of my favorites too, Hero Signal! And that brings out my second Elemental Hero: Burstinatrix!
"My turn," continued Jaden as he drew a card. "First off, I'm going to bring back Avian to my hand with the spell card, The Warrior Returning Alive! And now I'm going to summon him to the field!"
"Oh, ok, another amateurish mistake but this is good. This is good," said Crowler condescendingly. "Now, would anyone like to tell me what our little friend did wrong-"
"Yeah, actually, I wasn't done yet," interrupted Jaden. "See, I know my two heroes aren't very powerful by themselves. But, if I can form them together, it's another story! And I have just the card to unite them! Polymerization! Join Avian and Burstinatrix! Fusion Summon! There he is, the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman! I hope your Gear Golem is ready for a clash of the titans!"
"He might still be in this," said Rose with a smile.
"So, teach, what do you think?"
"I think you're dueling very well for an amateur. But, next time, try playing a monster that has more attack points than what's already out," said Crowler codependently.
"What's he mean?" asked Syrus.
"He means that Wingman's attack points are no match for his Golem's 3,000, Shame, too, because when the Wingman destroys a monster, that monster's attack points are dealt as damage to its owner," said Bastion.
"Wait, you mean they're deducted right out of his life points?" asked Syrus in shock.
"Yup," said Rose.
"Aw, that would've been a great way for Jaden to turn things around."
"Well, if your friend's as good as he says he is, he might still find a way," said Bastion with a smirk.
"Wow, did we really seem like friends?" asked Syrus causing the other two to look at each other.
'Someone doesn't have a lot of friends,' thought Bastion.
'Poor thing,' thought Rose.
"Alright, young scholar, I don't mean to rush you, but I am a busy man!" said Crowler. "Are you done yet?"
"Of course, I'm not done yet!" said Jaden as he got ready to play a card. "And of course, I know my Wingman had less attack points that your golem! That's why I have this! Skyscraper! GO!"
"Wow," said Rose as she looked on.
"Alright Flame Wingman go show those heroics and attack that Ancient Gear Golem!"
"Fine with me," smirked Crowler, "Bring him on! This silly little Skyscraper field card hasn't lowered my Golem's attack level by one point!"
"You know what, teach, you're right!" smiled Jaden. "This Skyscraper field hasn't lowered your golem's attack points, what it's done is raise my Elemental Hero Wingman's by a towering grand total of 1,000!"
"Wait! Time out!" yelled Crowler.
"GO, Skydive Scorcher!"
Everyone gasped as the attack landed and Crowler's life points went down to zero. "That's game!" said Jaden striking a pose. "So, I guess that means I pass the test, huh teach?
"That was good," said Rose as she watched as everyone clapped and cheered.
"Alright! Yeah Jaden!" yelled Syrus.
"He looks happy," said Bastion as they watched Jaden cheer.
"Today has been a good day," said Rose with a smile, causing the other two to smile as they continue to watch Jaden cheer.