Hi there, FanFiction fans. Blaster Blade X is back with a brand new chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The New Era. Now let's rev it up and go to chapter 2. I hope you all enjoy it.
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Chapter 2:
Welcome to Duel Academy
A helicopter with the Duel Academy logo on the side flew across the ocean and was heading towards an island up ahead. This helicopter has the newest students of Duel Academy who had passed their entrance exams and are now on their way to their new school. The passengers on board include, Yusei, Jaden, Syrus and Bastion.
The island where the Academy is built on is owned by Kaiba Corp, it's primary goal is to educate and improve the skills of young Duelists who all dream of becoming professional Duelists one day or at least find a career involving Duel Monsters after graduation.
Syrus and Bastion were all looking out the window as the copter flew closer to the island, where they got a full view of the island. Bastion had a impressed smile on his face while Syrus looked at the island in awe. Jaden in the meantime is taking a nap. As for Yusei, he in the meantime was looking at his cards, adding new cards to his deck and removing ones he didn't want in his next duel. Yusei is aware that there will be strong Duelists at the Academy and he wants to be ready for them.
"Getting ready to duel already?" a voice asked Yusei. He turned to see where the voice came from and standing there was Akiza, who had a welcoming smile on her face.
"Just getting look at my deck before we arrive." Yusei said as Akiza sat next to him. "So, you're a new student too?"
"Just transfered. My name is Akiza." Akiza said, introducing herself.
"Well, nice to meet you Akiza. My name is Yusei." Yusei said as he extended his hand to her, which she shook.
"I know who you are." Akiza said. "I saw your duel with Crowler. It was very impressive, you used those Synchro Monsters like a pro. It seemed like you had beating Crowler and his Ancient Gear Golem all planned out."
"Well, it wasn't that hard." Yusei said "When I saw him summon that Gear Golem when he dueled Jaden, I knew right away that he would do the same thing in our duel."
"Well, you better not let beating Crowler and his legendary monster go to your head." Akiza said. "There will be plenty of strong and talented Duelists at the Academy."
"I don't expect my duels at the Academy to be easy." Yusei said. "But I am ready to take on any Duelist that comes my way."
"Well I hope you're prepared to keep your word on that, because we're arriving right now." Akiza said as the helicopter was about to reach the island and the pilot spoke on the intercom.
"Attention, new Duel Academy students, if you look outside the windows; you'll see your new home away from home." the pilot saw as the students mutter in excitement for seeing the sight of the school.
"Now, now, I know you're all excited but don't shove. Quite a sight, eh? Now then fasten your seatbelts and send your seats to an upright position. We're going in to land. Next stop, Academy Island." the pilot continued as the helicopter landed. Yusei, Akiza and the other students then stepped off the helicopter.
"Looks like we're finally here." Yusei said.
"I'll see you later, Yusei." Akiza said before making her way to her dorm while Yusei walked with the new students to the main hall of the Academy building.
It is there that they were given their dorm placements and academy uniforms. Bastion wore a Ra Yellow uniform. Jaden, Syrus and Yusei got a Slifer Red uniform. Unlike the other students, Jaden's blazer were unbuttoned. Yusei's blazer was also unbuttoned, but kept his black logo shirt with him. Yusei stood next to Jaden, as they, Syrus, Bastion and the other new students all gathered in a classroom and lined up. Appearing on the big screen was a bald man with a beard, red jacket and welcoming smile on his face.
"Good morning and welcome my students. I am Chancellor Sheppard, the headmaster of Duel Academy, and you are the best brightest young Duelists in the world." Sheppard said on the video screen. The new students were all paying close attention to what he says, except for Jaden, who was taking a nap through the introductions. "Now please, get yourselves settled in at your assigned dorms. I think you will find them quite comfortable, depending how you ranked of course." he finished with a chuckle.
"I don't know about you Sy, but it looks like I'm in the Slifer Red dorm." Jaden said as he Syrus were sitting near the school's main entrance while looking at the Duel Academy PDA's.
"That's cool, same with me." Syrus said while looking at his PDA.
Jaden looked up and see Bastion walk by. "Hey, you in red two?" he asked.
"Let's see, yellow sleeves, yellow buttons. I don't think so." Bastion said, pretending to not know the obvious.
"Oh, so that's why me and Sy are the only ones wearing Red." Jaden said.
"Please tell me you didn't just figure that out." Bastion said.
"So what? Ever think I'm color blind?" Jaden asked, feeling offended.
"Well, no actually I didn't. Are you color blind?" Bastion asked, getting Jaden to chuckle.
"No, but I could have been." Jaden joked.
"Anyways, have you seen Yusei around? I figured that he would be in the Ra Yellow dorm but I couldn't find him." Bastion said.
"No, haven't seen him since the Chancellor's introduction speech." Jaden replied.
"Same here, but I remember seeing Yusei inside and he was wearing a Slifer Red uniform too." Syrus said.
"Yusei in Slifer Red?" Bastion said confused. "That's odd, I figured a Duelist as skilled as him would at least be in Ra Yellow like me."
"Who cares if he's wearing red, blue or yellow. Yusei is still a great Duelist, we all saw it ourselves at the entrance exams." Jaden said.
"Jaden's right, Yusei must have a reason for being in the Slifer Red dorm." Syrus said.
Bastion nodded. "I suppose you're right." he said as he walked off.
"See you around the dorms." Jaden said as he waved.
"I doubt that, your dorm is over there." Bastion said while pointing where it is. Jaden and Syrus then walked to where Bastion pointed to find the place they'll be living during their enrollment at Duel Academy.
…
Meanwhile, Yusei was by the docks with Academy staff as they were dropping off something of his that he requested after he passed the Entrance exam. There, one of the Academy helicopters lowered a large crate on to the docks. Once the crate was opened, inside it was a familiar red and white Duel Runner.
Ever since Duel Runner's have been manufactured by Kaiba Corp, Turbo Duels have become very popular and has been set up with their own Turbo Duel tournaments for Turbo Duelists to participate. There are two types of Turbo Duel tournaments, there is the Turbo Duel Circuit for solo Turbo Duelists and then there is the Turbo Duel Grand Prix for teams
Duel Academy built their own Duel Runner Track and Turbo Duel class in case there are students who wish to be Turbo Duelists after graduation. When he learned about these classes in Turbo Duels and their track, Yusei had to bring his Duel Runner to the Academy.
Yusei's goal is to become a Professional Turbo Duelist and one of the reasons why he enrolled in Duel Academy. Yusei may have his own Duel Runner, but he has yet to have his own official Turbo Duelist license. In order to become a professional Turbo Duelist, he needs to pass a Turbo Duel Class and officially get his license.
"Is this your Duel Runner, Mr. Fudo?" one of the staff asked.
"Yeah, that's it." Yusei said. He then walked towards it and wheeled it out of the crate. "Thanks a lot for bringing it here."
"No problem. The garage is that way along with the track." The worker said while pointing where it is. "Though the school has practice plenty of Duel Runners you can use if you wanted to get your Turbo Duelist license. There was no need to bring this one all the way here."
"Maybe but this Duel Runner was made by me and my friends back home. If I want to become a true Turbo Duelist, then this is the only Duel Runner I want to use." Yusei said as he got on his Runner, started it and drove to where the Duel Academy Track and Garage is.
Meanwhile walking down the pathway from the school was Chazz and his two friends, Taiyou and Raizou. Taiyou is the one with blue hair and glasses while Raizou is the one with brown hair. Chazz had a unhappy expression on his face, unable to get over how both Jaden and Yusei were able to beat the headmaster of their dorm in their entrance duel.
"What's the matter Chazz?" Taiyou asked.
"Nothing." Chazz grumbled.
"Was it because of those two applicants that schooled Crowler?" Raizou asked. Chazz angrily turned to them with a glare.
"So what if it is?!" Chazz angrily asked, scaring the two. "That slacker Jaden, there was no way he had the skills to beat Crowler. It had to be some fluke. Then there's that other one, Yusei. How on earth did a punk like him manage to get his hands on a Synchro Monster?"
"I think you need to calm down, Chazz. Just because that guy has Synchro Monsters doesn't mean he's a better Duelist better than you." Taiyou assured him.
"Yeah, there is no way he or that Jaden kid would be able to beat you." Raizou added. Then out of nowhere, a red blur moved past them in great speed, startling the three. "Whoa! What was that?"
"I don't know, but I'm gonna find out." Chazz said as he ran after where the blur drove off to.
"Chazz, wait up." Taiyou said as he and Raizou followed him.
They followed to where that blur went to and it arrived at the Academy's Duel Field Track garage. Once they arrived, they hid behind the garage to see what they saw. To their surprise, the blur they saw was a red Duel Runner and it's rider.
"No way, is that-" Taiyou began.
"A Duel Runner." Chazz finished.
"And not one of the practice ones the Academy uses." Raizou said. "It's a custom Duel Runner like the ones the Pro Turbo Duelists uses. I wonder who it belongs to?"
They see the rider getting off the Duel Runner and removing his helmet. Their eyes widen in shock and surprise when they saw the rider's face, it was Yusei.
"I don't believe it." Taiyo said in shock.
"It's that Yusei Fudo guy." Raizou said in equal surprise
"You gotta be kidding me. He has his own Duel Runner." Chazz said in both shock and jealousy. First this new applicant can use Synchro monsters and now this.
They Yusei moving his runner into the garage and locking it up before leaving. Chazz in the meantime just glared at Yusei and gritting his teeth. 'This guy thinks he's so cool. If he thinks he's going to be next big shot at the Academy, then he's wrong. I'll show everyone that Chazz Princeton is the number one Duelist around.'
…
Jaden and Syrus then walked to where their dorm was and it was different than the other dorms at the Academy. The Obelisk Blue Dorm for both boys and girls is a giant mansion. The Ra Yellow dorm is a smaller mansion. As for Slifer Red, it a small two story apartment building.
"This isn't a dorm, it's like an outhouse with a deck." Syrus said in disappointment. This was not he was expecting his stay at the Academy.
"You kidding me? Check out the view. This place is great." Jaden said while looking at the ocean view behind the building, trying to see the bright side of things.
Jaden and Syrus then found their room. The room wasn't that big, the inside was standard for a dorm room. It had three-stacked bunk bed, a small kitchen, small couch and desk.
"Okay Sy, this our room." Jaden said.
"It's kinda small, don't you think?" Syrus replied.
"Anyway, I like it. This will make a sweet pad for our first year here." Jaden said.
"Yeah, kinda weird after meeting at the entrance exams and now we're roommates." Syrus said. "Think we were somehow connected to each other in some ancient life, Jaden? You know, like you were an Egyptian pharaoh and I was the guardian seto."
"No offense, but that's just lame." Jaden said, not believing Syrus's theory and thinking he was overthinking the fact their roommates after they just met.
"Well it could be true." Syrus defended.
"Forget it, they broke the molds when they made the two of us." Jaden said.
"Yeah, for different reasons." Syrus said nervously.
"Sy, we're gonna have to work on that confidence." Jaden said while scratching his cheek. "But first let's work on this pad." he said while opening the window curtains.
"Hey, those were closed for a reason!" a grumpy voice said, coming from the top bunk.
"Oh, sorry." Syrus apologized.
"Yeah, we didn't see you up there." Jaden said.
"Well can you see me now?" the voice said which revealed a student with an angry expression on his face. He had a large built, had black hair and big nose that made his face look like that of a koala. He wore a Slifer Red uniform like Jaden and Syrus, only his jacket is white with blue rims. His appearance caused Jaden and Syrus to hold on to each other and scream in fear. "Would you stop your screaming! Who are you and what are you doing in my room?" he asked.
"Oh, sorry, my name is Jaden Yuki." Jaden introduced himself.
"I'm Syrus." Syrus greeted.
"We're your new roommates." Jaden said, but the guy just huffed, went back into his sheets and turned away.
"You're new alright, so let me tell you how things work here." he said.
"What things?" Jaden asked confused.
"Like when parents weekend is gonna be?" Syrus asked.
"Duh, like how the whole color thing works. That's more important than anything." he replied. "You got three different kinds of students here. Obelisk Blue students, Ra Yellow students and Slifer Red students. Now the Blues are the highest rank students, some kids are blue because of grades, others through connections. The Yellows are second highest, mostly younger students with lots of potential. Then there's us, the Red Wonders."
"The Wonders. That's a cool name." Syrus said.
"As in, I wonder how flunkies like us ever got this far maybe." he said causing Syrus to sweatdrop. "Sorry, but we're bottom of the barrel here. Dueling duds. I'm Chumley by the way."
After meeting Chumley, Jaden and Syrus went out for a walk. Syrus sighed, still feeling depressed about their ranking at the Academy.
"Don't tell me you're still depressed?" Jaden asked.
"But Chumley said we Reds are the worst." Syrus said in a disappointed tone.
"Forget that, I mean red is a sweet color." Jaden said smiling. "Think about it. Where do you think the term 'red hot' comes from? From red baby. Besides the year hasn't even started yet, so how can we be the worst?"
"Yeah, you're right Jaden. Red is for red hot, scorching, dangerous, hot." Syrus said as he was literally burning with determination.
"I'm like a furnace or a really big bottle of spicy, hot salsa dip, right?" he said before he saw Jaden ran off towards the school before running after him. "Wait, I'm not a dip, wait up."
"There's some kind of duel action going on in there." Jaden said.
"How do you know?" Syrus asked.
"I just know it." Jaden said as they went inside the school and walked through the hallway. "It's this way, I'm sure of it."
"How can you be so sure? Do you have some kind of sixth sense for Dueling or something?" Syrus asked. Instead of answering, Jaden led him to a big Duel Arena and they were in awe by the set up and the size of it.
"Wow, this is the sweetest Duel Arena I've ever seen." Jaden said, amazed by the sight of it.
"Yeah, no kidding. It looks completely state of the art." Syrus said, just as amazed as Jaden. "I bet it would be amazing to duel here."
"Well, let's find out." Jaden said. Wanting to have a duel in the arena right now.
"Do you think we're allowed?" Syrus asked hesitantly.
"Sure we are, we're students and this is our campus too, right?" Jaden said.
"Wrong, this is the Obelisk Blue campus." said Taiyou with Raizou next to him as they walked up to the two Slifers.
"And you Slifer Red rejects aren't welcomed here. You got that? Check out the crest." Raizou said while pointing a crest that had Obelisk the Tormentor above the door.
"This arena is our turf." Taiyou said.
"Sorry, we were just looking around." Syrus said before turning to his friend. "But we'll leave now, right Jaden?"
"Nah, we don't have to leave not so long as one of you guys agree to duel me. I'll be a guest Duelist." Jaden said while smiling. Jaden wants to try out the arena and can't keep his love for dueling contained.
"Hey, you're that kid." Taiyou said, recognizing Jaden.
"Hey, Chazz, that applicant that beat Dr. Crowler is here. Check it out." Raizou called out. Chazz then showed himself from the stands near them. Chazz looked at the two Slifers with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, hey, what's up? My name's Jaden." Jaden greeted before turning to the two Obelisks. "His name is Chuzz?" Jaden asked, annoying Chazz for getting his name wrong.
"His name is Chazz Princeton, and he was the number one Duelist back in Duel Prep School. So you better make sure to pay the proper respect. Got it?!" Taiyou explained.
"Yeah, he's gonna be the future King of Games. The best Duelist in the world." Raizou added.
"Impossible." Jaden said which confused the two Obelisks. "You see, it's impossible to be the future King of Games because that's exactly what I'm gonna be."
This confused the two Obelisk students at first before they laughed. "A Slifer Slacker is King of Games? That'll be the day." Taiyou said sarcastically as he and Raizou glared at Jaden.
"Can it you two!" Chazz said. "Maybe the new kid is right."
"Whaddya mean there, Chazz?" Taiyou asked.
"He is one of the two applicants that beat Crowler, after all." Chazz said. "And that legendary rare monster of his. I suppose it takes some skill to pull that off."
"Got that right." Jaden said.
"Or was it luck?" Chazz asked with a cocky smirk on his face "I say that we find out right now."
"Bring it." Jaden said confidently.
"That will be something I'd like to see." a voice said belong to someone standing behind Jaden and Syrus.
Behind them was a student leaning against the wall who had his eyes closed and a smirk on his face. This student was the same age as Jaden, has large, spikey orange hair and blue headband around his head that had two silver rings embroidered on it's right side. This guy had multiple marks on his face that were like Yusei's; one on his forehead that was shaped like the letter 'M', one next to it that looked like a dot, and two identical jagged marks under his eyes. The guy also wore a Slifer Red uniform, but the sleeves to blazer were torn off and unbuttoned with a black shirt underneath.
"But it wasn't luck that helped him win that duel with Crowler, it was skill." he said with confident smile. "He played his cards right in that duel and that is what helped him win."
"Would you look at this, boys. Another Slifer Slime who doesn't know where he isn't supposed to be." Chazz said as stepped down from the seats to walk up to this new Slifer with a smirk. "So, who are you supposed to be?"
"People call me Crow, and let's just say that I have zero tolerance to bullies." Crow said.
"Well, you mind your own business, punk." Chazz said with his smirk still present. "Since you're new here, Slifer Scum, you don't know how things work here yet. At Duel Academy, you need to give the proper respect to better Duelists."
"Better Duelists, you say?" Crow asked with a smirk of his own. "So tell me, where can I find these better Duelists?" That comment got Jaden to chuckle a bit, while Chazz growled.
"Why you! You got a big mouth for a Slifer." Chazz said as he glared at Crow. "You know what I think? I think you're asking me to crush you in a Duel first."
"Then I say bring it on." Crow replied still having his confident smile. "I don't care what color you're wearing, I'll beat you anyway."
"Well, isn't this an motley crew." they turned behind them and the voice belonged to a beautiful girl with long blonde hair and wearing a Obelisk Blue girls uniform. It was Alexis Rhodes.
"Whoa, who is that?" Syrus asked.
"I don't know, but I wouldn't mind having the same class as her." Crow said with a flirty smile.
"Hey, Alexis." Chazz said, trying to make himself look and sound cool in front of her. "Have you come to watch me mop the floor with my two new friends here. Both duels will be short, but entertaining ones for sure."
"I'm here to remind you about the Obelisk welcome dinner. You're late." Alexis said.
"Oh yeah, come on, guys." Chazz said as he and his friends leave the arena.
"Sorry if Chazz rubbed you the wrong way." Alexis apologized to the three Slifers. "All of us Obelisks are like that. He's just a jerk, especially with Slifers."
"It's no big deal." Jaden said, confusing Alexis. "Those types don't bother me at all. Besides, I can beat him one turn."
"We have to work on that overconfidence." Syrus said.
"Okay, so maybe two turns and a half." Jaden said as Syrus chuckled nervously. Alexis just giggled and Crow to chuckle.
"I like that attitude of yours, but better not let that confidence go to your head." Crow said as Jaden chuckled a bit. Jaden reminds Crow of himself a bit. "Anyways, we better get going too. Our welcoming dinner is going to start soon."
"Right, we better go, Sy." Jaden said as he and Crow ran for the door.
"Hey, wait up." Syrus said as he followed them.
Before he head to the door, Jaden turned around and face Alexis while jogging in place. "Oh, yeah, what is your name again?" he asked. Alexis smiled.
"Alexis Rhodes. And yours?" she asked.
"The name's Jaden." he replied.
"Hey, Jaden! If you're done flirting, let's go so we can get something to eat already." Crow said while he and Syrus were waiting by the door.
"Alright, I'm coming." Jaden said before turning to Alexis. "See you around."
"Jaden." Alexis said to herself as she watched him, Crow and Syrus leave.
…
After leaving the school building, Jaden, Syrus and Crow were walking the rest of the way to their dorm.
"Thanks standing up for us back there." Syrus said to Crow. "But still, why did you do that?" Crow turned to them smiling.
"Hey, we Slifers need to stick together." Crow said. "Those jerks looked like they were causing you guys some trouble. I wasn't just going to stand around and do nothing."
"Still, thanks again, man. By the way, my name's Jaden Yuki." Jaden said as he introduced himself.
"I'm Syrus Truesdale." Syrus said nervously.
"Nice to meet ya. The name is Crow Hogan." Crow said as he pointed at himself. "By the way, why were you guys at the arena?"
"Well, I kinda thought there might be a duel going on in there and wanted to check it out." Jaden said while rubbing the back of his head.
"What about you, Crow? What were you doing back there?" Syrus asked.
"I wanted to get a look around the school before classes start tomorrow." Crow said. "Plus, I'm looking for an old friend of mine. He just applied here and I wanted to meet up with him."
"Well, I'm sure you will meet up with him soon." Syrus said.
"Totally, right now, let's go." Jaden said. "I don't to be late for our welcome dinner and I'm starving."
They all made their way to the Slifer Red. Jaden then saw Yusei, who had just come back from the Duel Academy Track garage and was about to enter his room. When Crow saw Yusei, he smirked.
"Hey, Yusei. Where've you been?" Jaden called out.
"Had to pick up something of mine that just came to the island." Yusei said before noticing Crow with them "And I see that you made a new friend."
"Well, well, well, look what we have here." Crow said as he walked in front of Jaden and Syrus with his smirk still present, to their confusion. "You got some explaining to do, pal. And I expect you to give me some answers."
"First things first." Yusei said before he started walking to Crow.
"Jaden, what's going on here?" Syrus asked, looking nervous.
"I don't know, Sy, but I have bad feeling about this." Jaden replied.
Yusei and Crow continue to walk up to each other, and reeled their arms back, looking like their ready to fight each other. Jaden eyes widened while Syrus looked away in fear, expecting to the worst.
However, to their surprise, the two didn't hit each other. Instead they did some kind of signature handshake, where they both first grabbed each other's hand up high, then down low, and finishing it with a fist bump.
"Hey, Yusei." Crow said smiling.
"Good to see you, Crow." Yusei said with a smile of his own. The two laughed as they pat each other on their shoulders.
"It's nice to see a familiar face here. What have you been up to?" Yusei asked.
"You know me, trying to become the best Duelist around." Crow said. "Wanted to see what this fancy school has got after we pretty much dueled all other the Duelists back in our hometown. Saw your Duel with the Vice Chancellor. Very nice, you sure schooled him."
"I guess so." Yusei said, not wanting to make a big deal of his victory over Crowler. "Anyways, my Runner just arrived and it's at the Academy's garage. Did you finally finish yours?"
"Yep, it's finally finished and it's by the garage." Crow said. "When we get the chance, we should take them out for a test drive before our classes start."
"Um, excuse me." Syrus said, getting Yusei and Crow's attention.
"Yeah, hate to break up the reunion, you guys mind telling us what is going on?" Jaden asked. "You two know each other?"
"Yeah, me and Yusei go way back." Crow said as he rest his arm on Yusei's shoulder in a friendly manner. "We grew up together when we were kids and we always had each other's backs."
"You wouldn't believe how many times I had to bail Crow out when gets himself into a jam. He had a knack for getting in trouble." Yusei said in amused tone as Crow laughed.
"How cool is that? You guys are like best friends and you enrolled in the same Academy." Jaden said.
"Yeah, we both want to become pro-duelists, so we both decided to enroll in Duel Academy so we can both make it to the top. So Yusei, which room is yours?" Crow asked.
"Room 204." Yusei answered.
"Great, that's my room too. Looks we're gonna be roommates." Crow said.
"By the way, Yusei." Syrus spoke up. "You do know that Slifer Red is suppose to be lowest ranking dorm in the school, right? How come a duelist as skilled as you end up in the Slifer dorm."
"That's because I requested to start my first year as a Slifer." Yusei answered, which shocked Syrus.
"You chose to be a Slifer? Why?" Syrus asked.
"Because, I want to work my way up in the rankings during my years at the Academy." Yusei said. "If I want to be a Ra Yellow or an Obelisk Blue student, then I want to earn it first rather than having it handed out to me."
"That's Yusei for ya. He never wants to start things the easy way." Crow said. "Same thing with me, I never liked taking the easy path, either in life or in school. I want to work my way up in the Academy to prove that I am a great Duelist with my own skill."
Jaden smiled while Syrus looked at the two in awe. They have to be the coolest guys they ever met.
"By the way, Yusei, what did you had to go and pick up by the docks anyway?" Syrus asked.
"My Duel Runner. It just arrived to the island. I asked to the staff back in the city bring to the Academy after I passed my entrance exam." Yusei replied, shocking Jaden and Syrus.
"No way! A Duel Runner!" Jaden said in excitement. "Like the ones Turbo Duelists uses? You actually have one?"
"That's right, it's at the garage right now." Yusei said.
"Do you think we can see it sometime?" Jaden asked smiling.
"I don't mind." Yusei said with a small smile.
"While we're at it, I'll even let you guys see mine." Crow said, shocking the two.
"You're kidding! You have a Duel Runner too, Crow?!" Syrus asked in surprise.
"Yep, made it myself and it's ready for Turbo Dueling." Crow said.
"We can show you them at another time though." Yusei said. "Right now, we should head on inside for the welcome dinner while there is still something in there to eat."
"Good point, I'm starving." Jaden said as he and his friends went inside.
After the four Slifers went inside, the welcoming dinner of all the Academy dorms begins. The Obelisk Blue dorm, both boys and girls dorm, have a very fancy welcoming dinner for all the new students and the students from the previous students. The Ra Yellow Dorm also have a extravagant feast for their welcome dinner as well for the new and veteran students.
The Slifer Red Dorm however aren't as fortunate, the food they have were rice bowls with dried fish and miso soup, much to their satisfaction. The headmaster of the Slifer Dorm wasn't present right now, the one who is present with the other students is his cat Pharaoh. That is until a tall man with long black hair squinted eyes and glasses entered the room.
"Hello, children. My name is Professor Banner." he greeted with a kind smile. "Now, before we eat, I like you each to tell us something about yourselves."
"Hey, this stuff's good." Jaden said as he was already eating his food.
"Jaden, we're supposed to say something about ourselves." Syrus said, slightly embarrassed at his friend's behavior.
"Okay, how about this, I'm starving." Jaden said.
"You might close your big mouth and open up your eyes, Jaden. He's right in front of you." Crow said with a amused smile. Jaden opened his eyes and sweatdropped as he sees Professor Banner was at his table and looking right at him.
"Since some of us don't feel like waiting, let's just eat." Professor Banner said as the other students smiled and started eating their food. They admit that while their dinner isn't as fancy like the ones from the other dorms, it is still good.
…
After they all ate, everyone went back to their rooms for some rest. Their going to need it since classes start tomorrow. Yusei and Crow were in their room. Crow was relaxing on his bed, picking his teeth with a toothpick, while Yusei was staring at the window.
"Man that hit the spot. I got to give props to Professor Banner. I haven't had a home cooked meal that good in ages. What do you think Yusei?" Crow asked but Yusei didn't answer. He was continued just staring out the window. "Hey, Yusei, you alright?"
"I'm fine, Crow. Just thinking about our friends back home." Yusei said.
"Yeah, I miss them too. But they wanted us to follow our own dreams, even if it means that we had to leave home." Crow said.
"I know, and we still have a long way to go." Yusei said as he looked at his deck. Crow can tell what else is Yusei thinking, just by the way he is clenching to his deck.
"Are you also thinking about Jack?" Crow asked. Yusei didn't respond, but Crow knew he was right. "Look, I understand. What he did back then was wrong and you will have a chance to duel him, but Jack is already in the Pro League now. Getting to him is going to take a while."
"I know that but I don't care how long it takes." Yusei said as he looked out the window. "Jack and I have a score to settle. He is not going to get away for what he did."
"I understand, Yusei." Crow said while placing a hand on his shoulder. "But you're not in this alone. I have your back, Yusei, all the way, even if it means I'll have to Duel Jack myself." Yusei smiled a bit.
"Thanks Crow, I know I can count on you." Yusei said, getting Crow to smile too. Suddenly, Yusei Academy PDA started getting a call.
"Who could that be?" Crow asked.
"Don't know." Yusei said as he answered. The screen shows it was Chazz.
"Hey there, Yusei Fudo." Chazz said with a smirk. "What do you know, they put you in the Slifer dorm with all the other rejects. Guess you're not as tough as you thought."
"Who are you supposed to be?" Yusei asked. Crow then walked over to Yusei and see Chazz on his PDA.
"Hey, I know this guy." Crow said before looking at Chazz on the screen. "You're that jerk back at the arena. What do you want, Chazz?"
"I'm calling to challenge Yusei to a duel." Chazz said with a smirk. "The winner gets to keep one of the losers cards. Come meet me in the arena unless you're scared to face me."
"Forget it, Chazz. Not interested." Yusei said surprising both Crow and Chazz, however the latter got back to his arrogant smirk.
"What's the matter? Afraid to get crushed?" Chazz said mockingly.
"No, I just prefer not to duel with someone who likes to take peoples cards for pleasure." Yusei said before signing off. "Go find someone else play with Chazz. There will be no duel." he said before hanging up.
…
Back at the Obelisk Blue dorm was Chazz, who was seething his teeth in anger for Yusei rejecting his challenge and hanging up on him.
'The nerve of that guy, acting like he's better than me. Fine, if this Slifer Scum doesn't want to duel me then I will just get someone who will.' Chazz though with a smirk as he dialed Jaden.
…
Meanwhile back at the Slifer Red Dorm, Jaden was relaxing by the floor while Syrus was pouring tea. Chumley in the meantime was still in his bed.
"Oh, I'm stuffed." Jaden said as he rubbed his stomach. "I'll tell ya, Professor sure can cook. Wow."
"Yeah, and he seems to be a pretty nice guy as well." Syrus said as he brought the tea over.
"With you there, he's good people." Jaden said as Syrus handed him cup of tea. "Thanks."
"Hey, Chumley, want some tea?" Syrus asked as he looked up at Chumley's bed.
"Did I say I was thirsty?" Chumley replied rudely.
"Hey, he just asked if you wanted some tea. You don't have to snap a him." Jaden scolded.
"That's okay, Jaden. I'm use to it." Syrus sighed.
"Tea makes you wet the bed. Not that I ever do-whatever! I'm trying to sleep!" Chumley said. Suddenly Jaden got a call from his Academy PDA. When he answered, it was Chazz.
"Hey, Slifer Slacker, don't think you're off the hook. Tonight at midnight, it's on. Oh, why don't we make it more interesting. Whoever wins, gets the other guy's best card." Chazz said, giving Jaden the exact same challenge he tried with Yusei. He decided to call Jaden next because he knew the Slifer would accept the challenge no matter what the stakes are.
"Cool, guess I'll get to duel at that arena after all." Jaden said. Chumley turned over to them, hearing their conversation.
"If that's Chazz you're dueling, then all you're getting is trouble." Chumley warned them.
Jaden and Syrus left their dorm room and ran for the school so Jaden can duel Chazz. Unknown to them however, Crow saw then through the door window.
"Hey, Yusei, I see Jaden and Syrus outside and they're heading for the school." Crow said.
"Why would they go in there?" Yusei asked.
"Not sure, but I saw Jaden with his Duel Disk on. Someone must have challenged him to a duel." Crow said.
"We better go follow them to make sure they don't get themselves into trouble." Yusei said.
Yusei and Crow then went out the door to follow their new friends to the arena. In the meantime, Jaden and Syrus were already inside the main school building, looking for the arena.
"I'm not so sure this is such a good idea, Jaden." Syrus said as they walked through the hallway.
"Good or bad, when someone challenges you to a duel you got to step up. There's no choice." Jaden said as they made their way to the arena where Chazz was there along with his two friends.
"Well, well, well, he shows." Chazz said as he and his friends smirked.
"You better believe it, there is no way I was going to miss this." Jaden said. He and Chazz then took their spots on the Duel Arena and had their Duel Disks ready as everyone else stood back outside of the platform.
"Time to find out you beating Crowler was either a fluke or fact." Chazz said.
"Yeah, well we're gonna find out something else too." Jaden said. "Like which one of us is really going to be the next King of Games."
"Yeah, yeah, just make sure you have your best card ready to hand over once you lose." Chazz said, confident that he can win no problem.
"You too. Now game on!" Jaden said as he and Chazz activated their Duel Disks, drew five cards and started their duel.
"Duel!" They both said.
Jaden: 4000 LP.
Chazz: 4000 LP.
"All right, Slacker," Chazz started as he drew his first card and looked at his hand cards. "For my first move, I'll summon Reborn Zombie in Defense Mode." he said as he placed his card on his Duel Disk and a decaying zombie with ragged clothing appeared on his field.
Reborn Zombie: 1600 DEF. Level 4.
"And I'll also place one card face down and end my turn." Chazz said as he set a card face down.
"I guess that's one way to start a duel, but I'm going to go a little bigger. Here goes." Jaden said as he drew his next card and started his turn. He looked at his cards and sees Winged Kuriboh in his hand.
"Hey, good to see ya, Winged Kuriboh. Maybe I'll use you later, but now-" Jaden said before continuing his move.
"I'll play Polymerization, fusing Elemental Hero Avian and Burstinatrix and bringing out Elemental Flame Wingman in Attack Mode!" Jaden shouted as he summoned Flame Wingman to his field.
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman: 2100 ATK. Level 6.
"I told you I start big, didn't I." Jaden said confidently.
"I was hoping you would." Chazz said with a smirk.
"Why's that?" Jaden asked confused.
"Because that card I placed face down was a trap, Slacker. That you set off." Chazz said as he activated his face down card. "Chthonian Polymer, do your stuff!"
"Chthonian Polymer's stuff?" Syrus asked.
"I had a feeling I might find you guys here." a voice said. Syrus turned and the voice was from Alexis as she entered the room.
"Alexis?" Syrus asked
"So did we." another voice said. They both turned and the voice came from Yusei as he and Crow entered the arena.
"Yusei, Crow? What are you guys doing here?" Syrus asked.
"I saw you guys leaving the dorm and figured Jaden was challenged to a duel. Looks like I was right." Crow said.
"Though, it looks like Jaden is off to a bad start." Yusei said.
"What do you mean?" Syrus asked.
"Chthonian Polymer's a nasty Trap Card. It allows you to take control an opponent's Fusion Monsters by sacrificing one of your own creatures." Alexis explained.
"Oh no, Jaden just summoned a Fusion Monster." Syrus said worried.
"I sacrifice Reborn Zombie to gain control of your Wingman." Chazz said as his trap card sent his zombie to the graveyard as a Flame Wingman was then teleported over to Chazz's field while surrounded by a dark aura.
"How did Chazz know how to play that?" Syrus asked.
"You're so predictable, Jaden. You wouldn't stop talking about that Wingman at the exam, so I knew you use him soon." Chazz bragged.
"Still, since that Wingman was a special summon, that means I'm allowed to summon another monster during my turn." Jaden said as he looked at his remaining cards.
'Not that anything in my hand is any match for the Wingman.' Jaden thought.
'Go on, you Slifer Slacker, play another monster. After all, I haven't forgotten the Wingman's super power.' Chazz thought with a arrogant grin.
"All right, I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in Defense Mode." Jaden said as he summoned a large hulking hero made of clay and stone appears on his field.
Elemental Hero Clayman: 2000 DEF.
"There, all set." Jaden said as he ended his turn.
"Yeah, set up to get knocked down." Chazz said he drew and begin his turn summoning another monster to the field. "Rise, Chthonian Soldier!" he said as a demonic warrior in silver armor with a sword and shield appeared.
Chthonian Soldier: 1200 ATK.
"This doesn't look good for Jaden." Crow said. "He may have been the one to summon a powerful monster first but Chazz turned things around with one card."
"Chazz no doubt plan this move from the start against Jaden. He knew Jaden would summon a Fusion Monster like the Flame Wingman and he set up a trap to use it against him." Yusei said.
"And now, Flame Wingman attack with Skydive Scorcher!" Chazz said as he ordered his attack. Flame Wingman flew up and dive down at Clayman while covered in flames, destroying him. "And now thanks to Flame Wingman's super power, your life points take damage equal to your destroyed monster's attack points."
Flame Wingman appeared in front of Jaden and then blasted him with a stream of fire from his dragon head arm.
Jaden: 3200 LP.
"But don't think for a second that I'm done yet, Slacker. Chthonian Soldier attack with Windstorm Slash!" Chazz said he commanded his soldier's attack as it slashes Jaden and decreased his Life Points even more.
Jaden: 2000 LP.
"Are you starting to know your place here at the Academy yet?" Chazz asked. "Maybe you were somebody back home, but here in the big leagues, you're nothing but a pathetic little amateur, Slifer Slime."
I'll end my turn with two face down cards. Go ahead, Slacker." Chazz said as he set two cards on his field before ending his turn, he then heard Jaden starting to chuckle, but he thought he was sobbing. "What's wrong? Baby starting to cry?" Chazz said mockingly, to his surprise Jaden was then laughing for some reason.
"This is too fun." Jaden said with a smile.
"What?" Chazz said confused.
"Just what I came for. Man, the trash talking, the action, it's all so great." Jaden said.
"What the?" Chazz said confused.
Here he is, currently winning the duel, having twice as many life points now and yet Jaden was having fun. Chazz doesn't get it and he is really starting to get on his nerves now. He put these thoughts aside as Jaden starts his turn and summons his next monster.
"I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman!" Jaden said as a new hero with gold armor and blue helmet that conceals his entire face appears.
Elemental Hero Sparkman: 1600 ATK.
"All right, Sparkman, attack with Static Shockwave!" Jaden said as Sparkman attacked and fired a blast of electricity that destroyed Chthonian Soldier.
Chazz: 3600 LP.
After Chthonian Soldier was destroyed, it's sword flew up in the air, before it dived down right at Jaden and slashed him, causing him to lose life points as well.
Jaden: 1600 LP.
"Wait, what just happened? How come Jaden lost life points too?" Syrus asked.
"It's Chthonian Soldier's special ability." Yusei said. "When it's destroyed in battle, the opponent takes the same amount of damage as the card's owner. The only problem is Jaden doesn't have that many life points left."
"If this keeps up, Jaden will be the one to run out of life points first." Crow said.
"It's just a matter of time, Slacker, your best card are about to be all mine." Chazz said, feeling his victory is all but ensured.
"This isn't over yet. I throw down a face down." Jaden said as he set a card face down before ending his turn.
"Play what you like, my next attack will finish off your life points." Chazz said as he drew his next card and begins his turn. "And that attack is coming right now. Go, Flame Wingman!" Chazz ordered as Flame Wingman surrounds itself with flames and ready to attack.
"Not so fast! That was a Trap Card I just threw." Jaden said as he activated his Mirror Gate Trap Card.
"A trap?!" Chazz said in shock.
"It's Mirror Gate." Syrus said.
"Then Jaden is still in this duel after all." Alexis said.
"More than that. Mirror Gate makes two monster on both players fields to switch sides they're on when the opponent declares an attack." Yusei said.
"That means Flame Wingman is back on Jaden's side and now Chazz has the weaker monster." Crow said.
Both Flame Wingman and Sparkman switch sides as they jumped in their and grappled each other in the air. "Oh yeah! Go Wingman!" Jaden shouted as the two monsters clashed. Sparkman tried unleash it's electricity, but it backfired and destroyed itself since Wingman had higher attack points.
"Nooo!" Chazz shouted.
Chazz: 3100 LP.
"And just like you told me awhile ago, don't forget my Wingman's special power. You take damage equal to the attack points of your destroyed monster" Jaden said as Flame Wingman fires a blast of electricity at Chazz, damaging his life points even more.
Chazz: 1500 LP.
"All right!" Syrus cheered as Jaden gave them a peace sign.
"Nice moves, Jaden." Alexis said with a smile, impressed with his move.
"You're finally starting to turn this duel around." Crow said with a grin.
"But don't get cocky, you haven't won yet. So be ready for anything." Yusei advised.
"I listen to your friend there if I were you. Those were just some lucky moves, you Slifer School Slime, but my move still isn't over. I activate a Trap of my own, Chthonian Blast!" Chazz said as he activated one of his face down Trap Cards. "Now, since you destroyed one of my monsters, I can destroy one of yours and you take damage equal to half of his attack points."
Flame Wingman was then swallowed and destroyed in a vortex, taking some of Jaden's life points with it.
Jaden: 550 LP.
"Now I activate the Trap Card, Call of the Haunted." Chazz said as he activated the other Trap Card he set last turn. "It lets me select one monster in my graveyard and summon it back to the field in Attack Mode."
"Rise, Chthonian Soldier!" Chazz said as his warrior his revived.
Chthonian Soldier: 1200 ATK. Level 4.
"But he won't be staying on the field for long because I'm going to sacrifice him to summon Mefist the Infernal General." he said as knight with black armor wielding an ax and riding on a ram with black armor appears on the field.
Mefist the Infernal General: 1800 ATK. Level 5.
"Not bad." Jaden complimented.
"Not bad?" Chazz questioned before he smirked. "You're something else, Slacker, you know that? Acting all confident, but your lousy monsters won't get you out of this jam."
Jaden then heard Winged Kuriboh's voice, telling him shouldn't listen to what Chazz says. "I know he's wrong, Kuriboh." Jaden said as Winged Kuriboh winked at him.
"Because Chazz doesn't know that my monsters and I we have a bond." He said as he began his turn and then smiled after seeing the card he drew.
However, before the duel could continue, Alexis heard footsteps heading towards the arena. This means campus security is heading their way. If they get caught by having a duel this late, they would all be in huge trouble.
"Guys, we got company." Alexis said, getting everyone's attention. "If they find us all in here, we'll get seriously busted."
"What?" Syrus asked panicked.
"Why?" Jaden asked "I mean we're all students here."
Alexis shook her head and showed them her Academy PDA. "The rules say no off hour arena duels. Chazz knew that, but let me guess, he didn't tell you." Alexis said which got Chazz to blush in embarrassment.
"Come on, let's go!" Taiyou said to Chazz.
"Well, well, Slacker. Looks like you lucked out this time." Chazz said, deciding to end the duel here.
"What are you talking about? The match isn't over." Jaden said, wanting to finish the duel.
"Yeah, it is. I've seen what I came here to see. You're a sorry Duelist, you beating Dr. Crowler was a total fluke." Chazz said as he and his friends left the arena. Jaden was about to say something back until Syrus spoke.
"Jaden, we gotta get out of here." Syrus said.
"He's right." Alexis agreed.
"Let's go." Syrus said.
"This stinks, I had this guy on the ropes." Jaden pouted.
"You will have a chance to finish your duel with him, Jaden." Yusei said. "But right now, we better leave before security catches us."
"You heard the man, let's go." Crow said as they left the arena.
They left just in time too. As soon as they left, security came in and found no one in the arena with the lights turned off. Jaden, Yusei, Syrus, Crow and Alexis were all able to make it outside without any of security seeing them. Though Jaden was still upset that he didn't get to finish his duel, so upset Crow had to push him on the way out.
"You certainly are stubborn, Jaden." Alexis said amusingly.
"Only about my dueling." Jaden said, still dissatisfied.
"Quit being a baby, it's only the first day. There will other chances for you to duel." Crow said.
"Thanks for showing us the way out, Alexis." Syrus said.
"Sure." Alexis said before turning to Jaden. "I'm sorry you didn't get the chance to finish your duel with Chazz."
"It's okay, I just know how it would have ended anyway." Jaden said.
"You sure, from what we saw, it looked like that duel could have gone either way." Crow said.
"No way, not after I drew this." Jaden said while revealing the card he drew before the duel was interrupted; Monster Reborn.
"Monster Reborn?" Alexis asked both shocked and confused.
"I see, so if the duel continued and you activated Monster Reborn, you would have brought back your Flame Wingman from the graveyard." Yusei said. Crow's eyes widened when he realised where Yusei was going with this.
"Yeah, and then after you attacked and destroyed his Infernal General, the Flame Wingman's ability would have taken out the rest of Chazz's life points." Crow finished as he grinned and placed his arm around Jaden's shoulder. "You would have won if the duel continued."
"Yeah, too bad I didn't get the chance though." Jaden said.
"There will be other chances, Jaden, but right now we better get back to our dorm." Yusei said.
"Yeah, you're right." Jaden replied before turning to Alexis."See ya, Alexis."
Alexis just watched as Jaden and his friends left back to their dorm. She couldn't help but smile at Jaden. 'This is going to be one interesting year.' she thought as she watches the four Slifer returning to their dorm.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter because there is still more to come. I also have some new story ideas planned that I also hope you like. Until then, see you soon.