This is the prequel of Our War Game which is written by Arcana Force XIII Thanatos. He, my friends, and I are the main characters of this story but I do not plan on making anyone too powerful.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Chapter 1: Good Luck or Bad Luck, the Entrance Exam!
A young man walked into the large room that was filling with wannabe students. Some of them were already down in one of the sectioned off squares below the stands. The young man watched over some of the duels, not really interested in anyone particular. He leaned over the railing and watched a struggling young man duel but on his next turn he managed to switch everything around and win.
"Shadow Templar, end this once and for all!"
"Not bad." The young man said to himself, brushing aside his long light brown bangs out of his right eye. "I wonder how much longer it will be until my exam duel comes up."
I know, I'm so excited!" another person cheered near the young man. He looked over and saw a boy the same age as him. He had pure black hair and red eyes. His face was curved up in a happy and excited grin. He wore a simple black t-shirt and jeans. On his shirt were the words "Genius by birth. Slacker by choice." "So when are you dueling?" the boy asked.
"Sirocco of the Dawn, finish him!" a student cried from below.
"In the third tier of entrants." The young man answered quietly.
"I'm dueling in the second. Once all of these guys are finished up I'll be heading on down there and kicking butt!" the boy cheered.
"Good for you." The young man answered melancholically.
"Solar Flare Dragon, burn off the rest of his Life Points!" a female student ordered.
"Looks like that guy wasn't as lucky." The boy said as he looked down at the duel. "I hope I don't have to go against that girl."
"Well some students were picked to help weed out the weaker entrees. If you aren't good enough to beat a Slipher Red then you can't get in." the young man answered with a shrug.
"Wow, I hope I don't have to duel an Obelisk student then." The boy said worriedly. He blinked, suddenly realizing something important. He held his hand out to the young man and smiled widely. "People call me Thanatos. It's nice to meet you." The young man looked at the outstretched hand and sighed a little bit.
"Tsukiyomaru." He answered as he reached out and shook the boy's hand.
"Nice to meet you. Hey, maybe we'll get into the same dorm! That'd be pretty cool huh? Or maybe even dorm mates!" Thanatos chuckled.
"That will not happen." Tsukiyomaru answered as he took out a foldable fan from his brown jacket and covered his face with it. The spread out fan had a red bird sigil on the front of it. "I intend on finishing at the top and becoming an Obelisk Blue student. It is something you can only do if you've gone to a preparatory school prior to this. Judging by your mystified attitude about everything I'm guessing you haven't so the most you can hope for will be Ra Yellow."
"Wow that was good detective work." Thanatos said in awe. "You should try helping people with a gift like that. I mean I'm sure there are plenty of students at Duel Academy that need a little extra help. Maybe some tutoring in a friendly and relaxing environment."
Tsukiyomaru watched Thanatos continue babbling on about a stupid club idea he had. He shook his head, and turned back to the duels. Thanatos didn't seem to notice that he was being ignored because he continued to ramble on. Tsukiyomaru slowly became frustrated as the boy's incessant talking refused to stop. "Thanatos shut up." He snapped as he noticed something odd.
"Why, what's wrong?" the other boy asked.
Tsukiyomaru closed his fan and pointed down to a lone student walking towards one of the duel proctor's stations. "Is he late?" Thanatos wondered.
"Yes. I thought they had a strict policy of not letting you in if you were late." Tsukiyomaru answered. He looked to who the boy was dueling and frowned. "Professor Meiga?"
"Huh? What's this about a parasitic moth?" Thanatos asked.
"The duel proctor is one of the professors at the school, Proffesor Meiga. Is that boy really expected to beat a professor?" Tsukiyomaru wondered. "I mean this sort of thing has only happened one other time between Jaden Yuki and Crowler, and that was a long time ago."
"Maybe their making an exception for this guy?" Thanatos suggested, but Tsukiyomaru put a hand up to signal him to be quiet. Tsukiyomaru wanted to see this mysterious boy duel.
"They're probably letting him since it's not quite time for the second tier of duels yet." Tsukiyomaru answered with a tone that said shut up.
"Oh look, a late little neophyte has wandered into my lab. Well, how shall we experiment on you first?" Meiga chuckled. He had platinum blond hair and wore a very tight white shirt with gloves that were so close they seemed to be a single piece of clothing. He wore baggy white pants and sat at a throne that looked like it was made of bone. One of the arms extended over and glowed, acting like a duel disk.
The late student looked rather strange as well. He had spiky white hair and piercing yellow eyes. He wore a long-sleeved black shirt and jeans. He had black gloves and shoes, and a white button up shirt over his black shirt. He smiled kindly as he activated his duel disk. "I apologize for being late, I promise when I attend your classes this year it will not happen again. My name is Haseo by the way."
Haseo: 4000
Meiga: 4000
"We shall see about that!" Meiga laughed. "I'll start by playing two cards face down and a monster face down."
"That's a good move, but I think I have something better." Haseo said as he drew a card. "I activate Painful Choice. This lets me grab five cards from my deck. You pick one of them for me to keep, and the others go to my graveyard." Haseo placed the cards on his duel disk, the holograms appearing in front of Meiga.
"I pick the middle one. At least you won't be able to play her." Meiga sneered.
"I wasn't planning on playing any of them anyway." Haseo answered as he pocketed the four cards. "I remove those four Lightsworn monsters from my graveyard to summon my Judgment Dragon (4000/4000)." Light engulfed the duelists as a large dragon covered in soft gray, cloud like fur with large angel wings appeared on the field. It's eyes glowed red as it glared down on Meiga. "Now with his ability I give up 1000 Life Points to destroy everything but him."
Haseo: 3000
Judgment dragon roared and raised it's wings. Light shone down in pillars that destroyed the hidden cards instantly, leaving Meiga stunned. "Now Judgment Dragon, destroy him." Haseo ordered. Judgement Dragon roared and let loose a large beam of light that covered Meiga completely.
Meiga: 0
"No way!" Thanatos cried in shock.
"It was a one turn kill." Tsukiyomaru said in exasperation. "He defeated a professor without even batting an eye."
"Well that was easy." Haseo said as he collected his deck. "Now who was it that I borrowed this deck from?"
"How could a little neophyte like you beat me so easily?" Meiga wondered, his eyes turning from stunned surprise to pure rage. "You little bastard! How dare you beat me, you little neophyte!"
"Well come now," Haseo said with an innocent smile. "It's not like it was all that hard."
"Wow, that guy is just asking for Meiga to kill him." Tsukiyomaru said bluntly.
"Oh man this is getting me really excited for my duel!" Thanatos cried excitedly. "See you later buddy, I'm going to go get ready and make sure my deck is at it's best!"
"Right you do that." Tsukiyomaru muttered as Thanatos zoomed off. "Weirdo." Tsukiyomaru muttered.
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"Let's both have a fun duel, but don't cry when I kick your ass!" Thanatos challenged the proctor. The proctor had brown hair and wore a teacher's obelisk blue uniform. He had green eyes and a small scar on his chin. Both player's duel disks activated and the proctor began.
"I summon my Elite Goblin Attack Force!" Proctor cried. Four armored goblin knights carrying pole-arm axes appeared on the field. The all pointed their blades at Thanatos, signaling they were ready to charge. "Now I play a card face down and end my turn."
"When a card like this is played, I know I'll end up happy with the duel." Thanatos said as he drew his card. "I'm bringing out Fortune Telling Witch Hikari (0/0)!" A small fairy wearing a yellow dress and holding a yellow staff appeared on the field in a burst of light. Tsukiyomaru, watching from the stands, nearly fell over when he saw what was in Thanatos' deck.
"That's what he's using?" he asked quietly.
"Now I play a card face down and end my turn." Thanatos finished.
"Oh man, I knew you new kids were bad but this is just pathetic." The proctor chuckled. "I summon my Goblin Attack Force (2300/0)!" Another set of goblins appeared with less armor but all of them with large clubs and axes. "Now go my Goblin Elite Attack Force, attack his Fortune Witch!" The small fairy cried as the four goblins destroyed her with their large weapons. He returned to their posts and pulled out large shields as they were forced into defense position.
Thanatos: 1700
"Now my Goblin Attack Force, take him out!" The goblins charged at Thanatos but he quickly stopped them.
"I activate my trap card, Hidden Prophecy! This card can only be activated on a turn when one of my Fortune Witches were destroyed and you try attacking my directly." The card revealed itself, depicting Hikari being covered in light and protecting a red fairy. "It let's me stop your direct attacks and summon a Fortune Witch who has one star level higher than the previously destroyed one. That means I'll play my Fortune Witch En in defense mode (0/0)!" A small explosion appeared and stopped the goblins from attacking. In the middle of the explosion was a red haired fairy with a red staff and dress.
The goblins moved into defense mode and Thanatos drew his card. "I'll summon my Fortune Telling Witch Sui (0/0)." A blue fairy appeared in a small burst of water. "Next I activate Unacceptable Results. This card let's me summon a Fortune Telling Witch whose level is one star higher than a Witch that is already here. So that means I can summon my Fortune Telling Witch An in defense mode (0/0)." This time it was a purple fairy that appeared a small smirk on her face.
"These fairies are starting to get on my nerves." The proctor said.
"Well then this will really tick you off. I activate my spell card Advance Fortune Loan. This card let's me summon a Fortune Telling Witch whose level is lower than another one's, so once again I'll use this on Sui to summon Fortune telling Witch Fu in defense mode (0/0)!" A green fairy arrived in a small tornado, a sly look on her face. The four fairies all smiled as they floated around each other.
"My move then." The proctor said as he drew a card "I summon my Goblin Decoy Squad (1000/0) and have them attack Sui!" A squad of goblins appeared with part favors and then charged at Sui. The Witch cried as the goblins overtook her and destroyed her. "Now since they destroyed a monster I can draw a new card. Now finally I activate a spell card called Goblin Wake Up Call!" a spell card appeared on the field depicting a person covered in shadows shouting into a megaphone and startling Goblin Attack Force.
Thanatos: 700
"This card puts all of my Goblin monsters in attack mode and keeps them from going into defense mode because of their effects for this turn." The proctor explained as all twelve of the Goblins got ready to attack. "Granted they still can't attack this turn, but still it works."
"I guess I'll have to end this now then." Thanatos said as he drew his card. "I activate Triple Fortune! This let's me summon a new Fortune Telling Witch from my deck. So I'll summon my final one, Fortune telling Witch Chi (0/0)!" A brown haired fairy appeared wearing large glasses that covered her eyes. "Looks like I've gained an edge over the competition. I activate Good Fortune-Miracle Stone!"
A large glowing stone appeared on the field, showering the Witches in it's light. "This card powers my Fortune Telling Witches by 1000 attack points for every Fortune Telling Witch I have." Thanatos explained. "That means they all have 4000 attack points!" The fairies were all covered in an aura of their elements. "The problem is that they can't attack this turn, but you're mine next turn."
The proctor drew his card and smiled. "You did pretty well kid, but sadly, you're not quite good enough to win. I summon my Goblin black Ops (1300/0)." Four goblins wearing black ninja wear appeared on the field, each one holding kunai knives. "They have the ability to attack you directly."
The smile vanished from Thanatos' face when he realized what that meant. He stared in shock as the four goblin ninjas jumped past his fairies and each one slashed their blades into him. Thanatos dropped to the ground as the Fortune Telling Witches disappeared.
Thanatos: 0
"Well well, it looks like for all of your boasting you weren't good enough after all." Tsukiyomaru said as he looked down on Thanatos. "Still, your duel was fairly interesting to watch. I'll have to keep my eyes on you." Tsukiyomaru walked away from the arena and began preparing his own deck for his entrance duel.
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Hidden Prophecy, Trap: Activate only when a Fortune Telling Witch is destroyed this turn. Summon one Fortune Telling Witch from your hand or deck that has one star level more than the destroyed monster and end your opponent's Battle Phase.
Goblin Wake Up Call, Quick Play Spell: Activate only when one of your monsters is switched to defense mode by it's own effect. All monsters on your side of the field are switched to attack mode and the monster that would have been switched to defense mode stays in attack mode. The monsters cannot attack this turn.
Triple Fortune, Spell: Activate only when you have three Fortune Telling Witches on your side of the field. Special Summon one Fortune Telling Witch that isn't among those monsters from your deck.