Duel Academia Legends
By: DarkStorm
Shout outs
unbroken heart: Yeah, Kisho deck is a ritual monster deck.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter Six: Playing Hooky!
As the sun rose over Duel Academy we find Kisho standing in his favorite spot looking over the river.
"Damn Gellert," Kisho said with a yawn. "Classes start today and thanks to him I didn't get any sleep." Actually to be honest, the real reason I haven't gotten any sleep is…Mercy. Kisho thought back to that Duel
Are you okay?" Kisho asked concerned. "Can you stand?"
"Y-yeah," Mercy stated as Kisho let her go she slowly stood up; her legs wobbled a little.
"I'm sorry, did I do something?" Kisho asked concerned. "Its just-"
"Don't worry about it," Mercy stated getting defensive.
"Does it have something to do with-"
"It's okay Caden," Kisho quickly interrupted him. "I think we should postpone the Duel for now," he reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and a pen. He quickly jotted down his PDA number and handed it to Mercy. "Here, seeing as were teammates now," Kisho stated handing it to her.
Mercy sighed and took the paper from Kisho. She then turned away and ran towards the Slifer Red girl's dorm. Thank you, Kisho.
"Someone looks like they haven't gotten much sleep in days," a familiar voice said from behind Kisho.
"Hey Arnia," Kisho smiled signally her to have a seat next to him. "Wasn't expecting to see you out here."
"Yeah, I could say the same thing," she stated as she sat down next to him. "So are you nervous about your first day?"
"Huh? Oh no its not that…" his voice trailed off, as he stared out towards the rising sun.
"Did something bad happen?"
"Well, I really don't know, but my teammate…"
"Teammate?" Arnia looked puzzled.
"I guess I should explain everything," Kisho stated.
"Yeah, I think it make things easier to understand."
"Well you see, a few days ago I got challenged to a Duel by a second year Slifer Red girl name Mercy Cora-"
"Wait a minute, did you say Mercy Cora?!" Arnia barked interrupting Kisho.
"Yeah, you know her?"
"Yeah, but I thought she flunked out of the Academy?"
"Flunked out? Her? But she's such a good Duelist!"
"Well, I don't remember the exact details, but I did hear rumors that she was caught stealing from the Academy Card Shop."
"WHAT?!" Kisho jumped up into the air. "You can't be serious!"
"Like I said they're just rumors but supposedly they didn't have any proof it was her, but she flunked the end of the year exam and got kicked out, at least that what I heard."
Kisho stood there dumbfounded. If what Arnia is saying is true… He pulled out his PDA out of his pocket; Mercy hadn't sent him an email since the end of that Duel.
"We'll continue this later," Arnia stated standing up. "I've got to plan what we're going to do for our Tutor period so I'll see you later."
"Okay," Kisho said snapping out of it. "Thanks for the info Arnia."
"Sure, but remember, what I told you was just the rumors I heard," Arnia bowed to Kisho before walking away.
Mercy…what is going on with you?
DAL
The first half of Kisho's day was devoted to his mandatory classes required for him to graduate from regular school. After he was done with those classes, he made his way back to the Slifer Red Dorm, to grab a bite to eat, when he saw Gellert coming towards him.
"Hey what's up man?" Kisho stated running up to him.
"Nothing, just got up," Gellert stated with a yawn.
"Just got up? What about your mandatory classes?
"Don't have any. My parents made me finish up my normal classes before applying here, so I don't have to be up until its time for my Duel Monster classes," he said with a stretch.
"Lucky you," Kisho said less than thrilled. So he goes to bed early, sleeps in, snores all night and doesn't even have classes until after lunch…talk about inconsiderate.
"So you heard anything from Mercy?" Gellert asked.
"Nope nothing at all," Kisho sighed. "I'm worried about her."
"Well its like you said, she'll talk when she's ready," Gellert stated.
"Yeah I guess so. So want to grab a bite to eat before heading over to Mechanics of Duel Disk 101?"
"Yeah sure, I haven't eaten breakfast anyway," Gellert stated with a yawn.
"Yeah, and seeing as it not even morning anymore I doubt they'll be serving breakfast," Kisho quietly remarked.
"Yeah, well I'm not to into breakfast anyway," Gellert stated walking towards the cafeteria.
"Gellert," Kisho shook his head as he followed.
DAL
After they were done with lunch they headed over to they're next class Mechanics of Duel Disk 101.
After finding some seats they settled down and waited for the teacher to show up. After a few minutes the teacher walked in. He was a man of small statue and very short black hair. He had a very thick beard and was wearing a yellow blazer with brown slacks.
"Settled down," the teacher stated calmly his voice came out like he was talking through his nose. "Some of you may already know me. "I'm the assistant of the Ra Yellow Dorm, Professor Needlebrown."
"Is it me or is guy weird?" Gellert whispered to Kisho.
Kisho ignored him as the teacher walked over to the desk in near him and place his briefcase down.
"As the name of this class suggest, this class deals with Duel Disk," he paused as if waiting for a noise, then a groan was heard from some of the students.
He cleared his throat, "The first week we will be covering how to operate the Academy Duel Disk that each of you were assigned."
A student raised his hand; the Professor acknowledged him and he stood up. Kisho looked over and noticed it was Caden.
"With all due respect sir, the operation of the Duel Disk is something that all students know, why do we have to go over it?"
"Simple," the Professor stated waiting for Caden to sit back down. "This class is to teach you about the nuances about the Duel Disk as well as the history of holographic technology. So like I was saying we will be going over the basics of the Academy Duel Disk…
Kisho let out a sigh as his mind started to wander. I can't focus on this. His mind keep going back to Mercy and her reaction to Shinato King of a Higher Plane, as well as what Arnia had told him. I just don't get it…
After what seemed like an eternity the class was finally over, and Kisho, Gellert and Caden gathered right outside the classroom.
"Talk about boring," Gellert stated.
"Actually once he got into each feature and explained why they came about and how, it was pretty interesting," Caden stated. "I took notes just incase this is on the test." He held up a stack of papers.
"What do you think Kisho?" Gellert asked.
"Huh?" A startled Kisho yelped out.
"Mind elsewhere huh?" Caden asked.
"Yeah, it seems he has a love crush on Mercy," Gellert said with a snicker.
"Its not that!" Kisho held up a fist at Gellert.
"It's her reaction to the monster isn't it?" Caden asked.
"Yeah, and she hasn't even tried to contact me since," Kisho pulled out his PDA. "Not to mention I learned a couple of things about her, but I'm not entirely sure that it is true."
"Rumors eh?" Caden asked.
"Yeah, you could say that," Kisho sighed. He looked down at the time on his PDA. "Damn I've got to get going, I've got Dueling Strategy and Philosophy 101 right now!" Kisho took off around the corner.
"Do you want to tell him or should I?" Gellert asked.
"I sure he'll figure out that the class is in the same room," Caden stated with a sigh.
Kisho made his way through a couple of hallways until he realized he was going the wrong way. "Wait," he looked up at one of the numbers for the classrooms on the wall. "Shit it's in the same room!" Kisho quickly turned around and bumped into someone.
"Oww," Kisho yelled as he fell flat on his rump. "Sorry I-" he looked and saw Mercy sitting across from him. "Mercy!"
"K-Kisho!" she yelled, she quickly got up and took off around the corner.
"Wait you dropped your-" Kisho stood up and picked up a spiral notebook belonging to Mercy and took off after her.
After running around two corners he ran into Mercy standing in the empty hallway waiting for him. "Mercy," Kisho said a little out of breath, he held up the notebook.
She walked up to him and took it. "T-thanks," she said not looking him in the eye.
"Look I know its none of my business but…"
"It's about what happened during the Duel…I know," Mercy stated.
"I just wanted you to know, whatever you did-"
"So you heard?" Mercy stated less than pleasant. "Let me guess now you want nothing to do with me."
"What? T-that's not true!" Kisho quickly replied.
"Yeah, that's what you say in front of me, but deep down you want nothing to do with me," she turned to run away, but Kisho grabbed her arm.
"Wait," Kisho stated.
She looked at him. Kisho quickly released his grip. "I know we just meet and everything, but I trust you. I can tell; you're not a bad person."
She just stared at Kisho. Who is this guy? We just met so why is he so concerned with me.
"I guess I get it from my mom," Kisho stated turning his back to her. "She always worrying and helping out the neighborhood kids. I just can't see someone who needs help wander around here."
"Kisho…" Mercy stated a tear ran down her face.
"Listen, I really don't care what you did, everyone makes mistakes, and you seem to be atoning for that mistake by still being in Slifer Red. Probably sucks to be wearing that jacket too, but I want you to know, that we're teammates now, and teammates watch out for each other. So whatever it is that's making you-"
Kisho didn't get a chance to finish his thought as he felt two arms wrap around him from behind. He felt the back of his jacket getting wet. "Mercy?"
"Kisho I-"
"Its okay, lets not talk about it right now," Kisho turned around. "Lets work our hardest, we'll conquer this thing together okay!" Kisho gave her the thumbs up and smiled at her. "I'll always be here for you, that's the promise of a lifetime!"
"Thanks," she stated looking away from him, "You'd better get going you're going to be late for class."
"Forget it," Kisho said with a smile.
Mercy smiled back, "Actually, if were going to play hooky, how about we go to my favorite spot!"
"Sure!" Kisho stated following her. A few minutes later they were on top of the building.
"Kisho, I have to tell you," Mercy stated after they had sat down.
"Hey, like I said, you don't have to tell me," Kisho stated.
"No, if were
going to be teammates, then we shouldn't hide anything from each other," she stated. "So what did you hear?
"Well," Kisho let out a sigh. "I heard you were caught stealing from the Academy Card Shop, and that you flunked your exam."
"Well actually that's not what happened," she looked away from him. "You see it began near the end of my first year at the Academy…"
The scene changes as we see a struggling Mercy trying to figure out what wrong with her deck.
"I just don't get it," she said out loud going through the deck.
All of a sudden there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," Mercy stated not turning away from her deck, she started to lay each card out on her desk.
"Hey Mercy," the first girl said walking in; she was wearing a Slifer Red Jacket with a pink tank top on underneath she had long flowing brown hair.
"Hey Jana," Mercy stated not looking away.
"Hey what about me?" the second girl said, she was also wearing a Slifer Red Jacket with a yellow tank top on underneath, she also had long flowing brown hair.
"Oh and Jane," Mercy stated, she sighed and turn around. "Sorry guys, it just that-"
"You're still sulking over that deck of yours?" Jana walked over to Mercy and scanned through her cards.
"Yeah, I mean…I just don't know, I feel like something's missing," Mercy stated.
"Let me have a look," Jane quickly scanned through the cards. "I know," she smiled. "You need that one fairy ritual monster," she scratched her chin. "What's it called?"
Mercy head slumped over, "Shinato King of a Higher Plane," she quickly gathered up her cards.
"Huh? What's your problem?" Jana asked.
"I knew you were going to say that, but I can't…"
"Jana its okay, you don't have to tell us Mercy, but I think there is another monster you could use," Jane stated. "Come on lets head over to the Card Shop, I think I saw it there."
Mercy nodded with a smile on her face, "Okay then lets go!"
After they had made it to the Card Shop. They quickly walked over to the glass case that had a bunch of single cards for sale.
"It's right there," Jane pointed to the card.
"Voltanis the Adjudicator?" Mercy stated reading the name off the top of the card.
"Yeah it has a very cool ability," Jane stated.
"Oh," the shop owner stated walking over to the girls. "Do you see something you like?
"Yeah," Jana stated pointing to a Spirit of the Harp card, "I'd like to purchase that."
"Okay," the owner said opening up the top of the glass case and pulling the card out, she went back to close it but Jane let out a yell. "WHAT'S WRONG?!"
"A cute Kuriboh doll!" she stated pointing to the doll behind her, "I've got to have one of those! Can I see it?"
"Yeah sure," the owner stated walking away from the case.
"Go now," Jana whispered to Mercy.
"Huh?"
"Did you see the price on that, you don't have enough Duel Points, go ahead!" Jana whispered.
"H-huh? But that's-"
"Damn it," Jana reached into the case and handing the card to Mercy.
Mercy instinctively took the card, "W-what-"
"Ahh thieve!" Jana yelled.
Mercy let out a sigh and looked back at Kisho who was absorbing what she had said. "Because the Chancellor was a good friend of my fathers he went easy on me and forced me to work at the Card Shop over the summer holiday, and…"
"You got stuck in Slifer Red…" Kisho voice trailed off. "But why?"
"Have you heard about Jane and Jana?"
Kisho shook his head.
"They're the ones who started the Tag Team League here at the school, its something they always wanted to get main stream, and because of what they did to me, Mercy Cora daughter of Frances top Duelist Duke Alexandre Cora…"
"It allowed them to get where they are today…" Kisho made a fist.
"That's why Kisho, I need you to team with me, if I can crush them in a Tag Team Duel I can get revenge on them for what they did to me," Mercy heaved as she held some tears back.
Kisho let out a sigh and stood up, "Mercy, you don't get it do you…I can't team with you."
"Huh? But why?! You said teammates have to stick together!"
"Yeah I did, and because of what you just told me, I can't let you Duel them," Kisho walked over to her.
"Damn! Tu es completement debile! You lied to me!" Mercy could not hold back the tears streaming down her face. "Because of them, I can't-"
"Mercy," Kisho cut her off. "You can't duel with revenge in your heart. I feel for you, I really do. Remember the reason I came to Duel Academy?"
"Kisho there is a reason I challenged you, and at least I should let you know why…" Mercy held her head down
"Hey," Kisho stated, "Don't look so bummed out, I mean whatever reason you challenged me to this Duel, it doesn't really matter, because I'm having a blast."
"Yeah," Mercy stated picking her head up.
"Listen everyone Duels for a reason, so you don't have to feel so bad," Kisho stated calmly. "The reason I Duel and the main reason I came to Duel Academy was to get better, to tell you the truth back where I'm from I don't win to many Duels, in fact I'm always being told I have good potential. So I decided to come to Duel Academy to lose that whole title, to prove I know how to use that potential instead of being told I've got it."
"What does that have to do with me? They made me look like a fou, why should I let them get away with it?! TELL ME WHY?!"
"I never said to let them get away with it," Kisho let out a sigh, "I'm not very good with words, so how about we team up, but instead of dueling for revenge, how about we duel to clear your name?"
"Clear…my…name?" Mercy wiped the tears from her face.
"Yeah, no one should walk around with a burden like you have, so let's prove to everyone that what they think that happened isn't what really happened," Kisho gave Mercy the thumbs up and smiled at her. "I will get those two to admit what they did and clear your name. That's a promise!"
Mercy looked at Kisho, surprised at his comment, "Kisho…" Thank you…
DarkStorm: Personally I was a little unsure with this chapter, but I think I'll go with it. So there you go, sorry to some who were expecting a Duel this chapter, but I felt like getting some of Mercy's back-story out. So now Kisho knows why she wants to team with him, but what about her reaction to Shinato King of a Higher Plane? Stay tuned to see what happens next…