I watched one of my friend duel to get into that school of his. Even though it was a little bit funny for him to react to those monsters, it scared me a little when that black dragon attacked him.
Master Yoh asked the two of us to watch over him, for the sake of my…I cannot say it.
I heard the three things that Master Yoh told my friend before he ran off into the night.
'You'll always have a home here,'
'Never give into the pressures,'
'And destiny is something we make for ourselves, not for someone else to make for us.'
This whole duel academy seems stupid to me, even though the change of scenery is good for a person. Garu could be making a huge mistake of his life and I just want to stop that from happening...But then I'd be going against what Master Yoh said to all of us…
…What is worse is that he is actually talking to other girls! Not that I am jealous or anything like that, I just worry that he will get into something that he will regret later in his life.
Right now, he is dueling against this weirdo…who apparently is taking orders from a wolf cub. I know it sounds strange, but this guy is really tough. I wonder why he's in this dorm?
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Chapter 2
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"NOW! My monster finish that bug off!" The muscular tiger stripped karate master slashed the huge soldier ant in two sending the remaining pixels into the duel proctor.
The young female duel proctor with short platinum hair wearing a red blazer knelt to the ground smiling. "It was close, but good match Miss Yae Nanako." (CLP: 0)
Yae bowed her head to her proctor as her monster disappeared. "It was nothing; really it was my first duel Professor Clare." (YLP: 700)
"Then let me be the first to congratulate you into the academy," Clare said smiling to the young ninja.
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"I see you managed to win," Takashi snickered as Yae walked up to him. "Not bad for three newbies."
Yae just walked past Takashi and glanced at the row of seats that Garu was in. "Whatever, how'd you do?"
Rubbing the back of his head, Takashi chuckled. "Well, I managed to barely win."
"Where exactly did you get these cards anyway? I'll admit that the art on them is beautiful but they are weird looking none the less," Yae questioned while looking through the cards. "Especially this one that won me that duel, the Tiger Tai-Jutsu Master."
"Just some extras that I didn't like," Takashi replied.
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"Will all applicants who applied for the Pacific Duel Academy please report to the main hall. I repeat, will all applicants who applied for the Pacific Duel Academy please report to the main hall."
A few minutes passed before all of the applicants gathered around the huge screen TV with pictures of the passing applicants. Depending their grade and performance, they each had a border of a different color around his or her picture. As expected Garu was looking for his rank. "Come on, I should've passed. I beat that Satoshi guy."
"Hey ninja boy! Try looking over to the right!" Garu looked around trying to find the person who made the comment.
Unfortunately, when he didn't find the character who said that he shrugged it off and found his face with a red boarder around it. Underneath his picture, he saw the green word…PASSED. "I did it! I really did it!"
Above his picture was Zeff also with a red boarder and the PASSED word underneath. "I guess we both made it eh Garu?"
Garu turned his head to see Zeff and Rox standing next to him with a grin on both of their faces (At least on Zeff's part, Rox just really wagged his tail around). "I guess so."
"Yeah…but barely, we both got into the Slifer Red dorm," Zeff pointed out as Garu had a confused look on his face.
"So? I like red," Garu replied as Zeff sighed and began to walk with the rest of the passed applicants.
As Garu followed Zeff, Zeff pulled out a pamphlet from his pocket and began to read it. "There are three levels to the duelist academy. The lowest known as the Slifer reds, mostly filled with rookies.
"Next are the Ra Yellows, mostly filled with the promising students. Known to have more intellectuals and hard workers.
"And last, but certainly not least, are the Obelisk blues. These are the best of the best here, and they get the best of the best as well, mate."
Garu looked at the students who were already in uniform. "Oh! So that's why everyone's wearing three colors…guess I'm all set."
"Actually, every one of the new students get a new uniform and it's a strict policy," Zeff continued while all the applicants reached a large boat that had the Pacific Duel Academy symbol on it. "Also, we get our uniforms on the boat, mate."
"So…what exactly is the Slifer Red uniform like?" Garu asked as he looked into his backpack.
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"Number 77, Garu Honzou, dorm: Slifer Red, Duel Proctor: Satoshi Hikari, Duelist Rank: Number 178," Fortanu read off the clipboard as Garu tapped his foot on the boat floor.
Crossing his arms, Garu started to show his irritation. "Damn it…hurry it up."
"Okay…what's your size?" Fortanu asked as Garu rubbed his chin.
"Medium," Garu simply replied as Fortanu turned around.
Turning back this time holding onto a red jacket with a white trim on it and a gray duel disk, Fortanu tossed it to his newest student. "Enjoy your new uniform and duel academy duel disk."
Garu took the jacket and duel stepping out of line. After unfurling the jacket, Garu scanned it. "Sleeves? Nothing a little touch of Garu charm can't fix."
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The boat left the pier as soon all of the students had gotten on it; Garu was on one side of the boat making modifications to his new jacket. While on the other side of the boat.
"I kind of like this new yellow blazer," Takashi stated looking over his new clothing walking from the bathroom. "How's yours Yae?"
Takashi turned towards the woman's bathroom, waiting for Yae to come out to show her uniform. However, she didn't come out. "Yae? Is something wrong?"
"Of course there's something wrong!" Yae yelled from the bathroom hiding behind the door. "This uniform is stupid!"
Takashi scratched the back of his head, although he wasn't an expert on women, he knew that they focused more on their looks. At least that's what Master Yoh stated. "Come on…how bad could it be?"
"The person who designed these uniforms is a pervert!"
Now some thoughts occurred in Takashi's head, making him blushing slightly wondering how bad the uniform was (at least on Yae's part). "Okay, fine. But you'll only delay the embarrassment before it erupts and becomes worse."
A loud sigh emerged from behind the door and the door began to open slowly. "Fine…just don't drool on yourself."
Takashi's eyes just widened at the sight of his fellow ninja peer. One thing was for sure…the designer of the uniform was a pervert.
The mainly white uniform top with red trim didn't cover Yae's arms, but hugged tightly on her petite body. In addition, an extremely small red miniskirt, exposing Yae's well-sculpted legs, that she held down with her hands.
A large blush began to crept on the two teen's faces…and an awkward silence filled the air, until Takashi rubbed the back of his head with a goofy grin on his face. "Wow…how come I never noticed those legs of yours earlier?"
A few seconds later Takashi rubbed his sore cheek and black eye. Yae was just shaking her hand, proving a valuable lesson to Takashi. "Don't ever ogle me like that again… or I'll make the pain twice as horrible."
"Noted," Takashi replied rubbing his bruises. '…and who says ogle now-a-days…?'
All of a sudden, many yells caught the attention of the two ninja students. Turning towards the source, Yae and Takashi saw a teenaged guy with short black hair that looked to be a dark blue tint and a scar that crossed his right eye and a thin build being surrounded by several people dressed in the same uniforms that Yae and Takashi were wearing as well as blue versions of theirs.
Under his large black and blue overcoat was a dark symbol and baggy pants with many chains attached to his belt. The yells came from the many uniformed students following him. They all were chanting the same thing following the duelist. "Vic! Vic! Vic! Vic!"
"Can you say…Mr. Ego?" Yae thought as the apparent duelist named Vic walked towards Yae and Takashi along with his fan club following.
Takashi sighed watching Vic walk near the other side of the ship. "It must be annoying to have so many fans."
Halting his entire group, Vic stopped in front of Yae and Takashi. However, it was really apparent that he was more focused on Yae. "Wow…she must be new here, I better introduce myself."
"Great…now everyone else is looking at me," Yae thought covering her eyes.
Vic stepped over to Yae, pushing the bruised Takashi to the side and silencing the other students as he cleared his throat. "Hello there new peer of mine…it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Vic Vanhemer, known far and wide as the Dark World Prince..."
Opening her eyes Yae saw that Vic had his hand extended outwards towards her. "Uh…nice to meet you too…"
"Can I get a name?" Vic asked as Takashi stood up.
With a quick reflex, Takashi grasped Vic's hand and began to shake it, making the Dark World Prince blink in disgust a few times. "The name's Takashi Kuromori! And this happens to be my girlfriend Yae Nanako!"
Vic pulled his hand back in disgust, and growled as he began to walk towards the other side of the ship with his fan club. "I see…what a shame."
Eventually, Vic and his club slowly stepped out of sight. And with a quick punch to the head, Takashi went down thanks to Yae's fist. "What the hell were you thinking!? We're not dating!"
Rubbing the new bruise added to the others he had acquired, Takashi turned back to see a pissed of Yae. "Well…I just got a bad vibe from him and didn't want you to get involved with him."
"We're supposed to watch for Garu…so don't worry about me and lets try to find him," Yae sighed as she walked towards the other side of the boat.
Takashi just sat down on the deck nursing the bruise. "I'll never understand women…of course listening to Master Yoh's theories on them aren't wise."
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"And now, to slip on the jacket…" Garu muttered as he slipped his arms into the now sleeveless jacket. "…and here's my new uniform!"
Standing up Garu decided to check out his newly changed uniform. He had cut the sleeves of the jacket and managed to attach some extra fishnet sleeves that he ripped from his extra ninja suit. Speaking of ninja suits, he exchanged his normal red attire for the (now) sleeveless black ninja suit that seemed to hang off of his skinny tanned body. "Not too shabby at all."
"Great minds do think alike," Garu turned around to see Zeff now clothed in the standard red jacket, only the sleeves were ripped off. And apparently the sleeves now acted as a new scarf for Rox. "Didn't like the style of the uniform?"
Garu sat down at the nearby tables and sighed loudly slapping his forehead, and here he thought that he was being original. "Pretty much so."
Zeff just chuckled as he sat down, and Rox leapt onto his master's lap. "Hey Garu, there was something I was meaning to ask ya."
Seeing no harm in a simple question, Garu just shrugged trying to relax. "Go ahead."
Scratching the back of Rox's ears, Zeff's relaxed face suddenly turned into a more serious look. "I can't really believe that someone doesn't know what a duel disk is in this day and age…let alone being afraid of duel disks…what's up with you mate?"
"Uh…well…" Garu stuttered rubbing the back of his head slightly, not wanting to give away his cover…so he just slowly remembered the duel's beginning…
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"I am Professor Satoshi Hikari, the duel proctor for your entrance exam," Satoshi introduced activated his duel vest. Garu looked at his opponent with a confused look in his eyes. "Well? Aren't you going to get your duel disk out?"
After blinking a couple times, Garu finally bit the bullet. "What's a duel disk?"
A few seconds passed before everyone in the stadium anime dropped to the ground (all except two equally confused applicants). Satoshi stood up dusting himself looking at the confused Garu. "How could a duelist not hear of a duel disk?"
"Um, did I do something wrong?" Garu asked as Satoshi snapped his fingers and a girl in a red uniform walked from same doors that Professor Satoshi used to enter the duel arena with a battle city duel disk in her hands. She quickly handed it to Professor Satoshi before running back.
"You can borrow this duel disk for our duel," Satoshi stated sliding the duel disk towards Garu.
Garu immediately took the duel disk and held it up still confused as to what this device was for. "Okay…now what?"
Slapping his forehead, Satoshi sighed loudly. "You slide the duel disk on your left arm and snap your deck under the life point counter."
Nodding his head, Garu immediately did what the professor said to do. Just as the duel disk hummed to life, Professor Satoshi's did the same. "Now then… let's duel!" (SLP: 4000)
Garu nodded as he drew his opening hand. "My first real duel…and mission…I kinda wonder what the point of these 'duel disks' is?" (GLP: 4000)
"Now then, as to the rules of the enrollment, you are allowed to select who goes first," Satoshi stated as Garu thought for a minute.
Drawing his sixth card from the deck slot of his duel disk, Garu answered with his actions. "I guess I'll summon a monster on the defensive…and place a card face down."
As the two card backs appeared before Garu, he was slightly taken back with the appearance of them. "Well, that's weird."
Satoshi put his hand to his chest and the card shot out of his duel vest. "Standard openings for a rookie. Let's see, more than likely that face down card is something to block my attack. Either that monster has a high defense, or a good effect. I think this ought to do the trick."
"For this move, I'll start off nice and easy, I summon Black Stego in attack mode!"
A circle of light appeared before Satoshi, and before Garu could ask what was going on, a large dark scaled stegosaurus appeared slightly in the air above the circle of light before crashing on the ground. With a snap of its spiked tail, the dinosaur roared loudly into the air (1200/2000). "So do you wish to chai…what the heck?"
Gazing at his opponent's expression, which was pure fear, Satoshi groaned at Garu's screams as the duelist fell to the ground. "AAH! A MONSTER!"
"'Where'd they find his Back-Watered Duelist?' It's not a monster, it's a hologram," Satoshi growled as Garu scratched his cheek with a dulled look on his face as he stood up.
"A hol-o-gram? ...Is that edible?" Garu asked causing everyone in the stadium to sweat drop and fall face first to the ground.
Ignoring the ignorance of his opponent to stand erect, Satoshi raised another card from his hand and slid it into his duel vest. "NO!"
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"Oh…that, well…" Garu stuttered turning his eyes slightly…it seemed like it was getting harder and harder to not blow his cover. He didn't need to expose his secrets, so he just simply decided to change the subject. "Oh yeah, I never saw your duel...how'd you do?"
With a huge grin, Zeff laughed loudly as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I smashed the proctor in the ground, mate! Even my other friend managed to do well."
Before the conversation could continue, loud chanting caught the attention of all of the new students on this side of the boat. From the deck leading to the other side of the vessel appeared multiple older chanting students behind a single Obelisk blue student. His short black hair exposed his sharp face with a sharp scar under his right eye.
As he stopped his movement, the chanting ceased. Turning his head slightly to the right then to the left viewing the new students. "A few freaks, a couple of losers, and a handful of lookers...this aims to be an interesting bunch of students."
Zeff leaned closer to Garu's ear as Rox jumped off his lap. "Any idea that this guy is, mate?"
"How do expect me to know? I only met three new people today and you're one of them," Garu whispered back. "And quit saying mate…its getting annoying…"
The popular Obelisk Blue walked over to a table with no students on it and stomped his foot into the deck catching the attention of all the new students. "Attention rookies, slackers, and lucky applicants, I am Vic! One of the top duelists in all of Pacific Duel Academy! I have been chosen to welcome you all to this academy, however, don't expect me to be this friendly.
"If you ever challenge me to a duel or upset me, I will not hold back. Consider this a warning!" With that, Vic and his fan club began to walk back to the other side of the ship.
"Seems like he sure is full of himself," Zeff stated as he petted Rox on the head. "Anyway...what other cards do you have, mate?"
"You'll have to duel me to find that out," Garu replied as Rox barked loudly.
"Why if it isn't Zeff? I thought I spotted you here," Garu and Zeff turned their heads to the voice.
Zeff smiled at the sight of this familiar face. "Ah if it isn't my good friend, Taylor! How ya doing mate?"
Garu just raised an eyebrow at this new person; she had long braided hair that was covered at the top with a red bandana. Yet, that wasn't what Garu was really looking at…he was more focused on how the yellow uniform she was wearing fit over her small body. He somewhat noticed the dinosaur fang that was hung around her neck. "And how's little Rox doing?"
Rox just leaped into Taylor's arms and began to rub himself up against her. Zeff chuckled at the sight but mentally. "Lucky wolf…"
After placing Rox back on the deck, Taylor noticed Garu staring at her, and with a raised eyebrow. "Like what ya see?"
Garu quickly shifted his gaze a little, blushing on his face. "Un, well you see…"
"Don't worry about it…the guy who made these uniforms was a pervert," Taylor replied as Garu cocked his head to the right.
"Let's move off that subject, so Taylor, anything new, mate?" Zeff asked petting Rox behind the ears.
Clasping her hands together, Taylor's eyes seemed to brighten up. "Oh I saw the love of my life today!"
Slapping his forehead, Zeff sighed loudly, making Garu raising an eyebrow. "Again? First it was Dinosaur Ryuzaki, then Joey Wheeler, now who is it?"
Blushing, Taylor sat down with her hands on her face. "A local duelist who's coming to this academy. He's already been there once…and when I saw him duel a guy with music themed cards, he was in complete control despite his chaotic monsters."
"And his name is what now?" Zeff asked as Taylor blushed even more as she began to waiver slightly.
"I know not his name, but his stole my heart," Taylor sighed with a few stars leaping from her body as Garu just shrugged.
"I'm meeting more and more interesting people today," Garu sighed, but then again, they're nothing compared to him.
Taylor changed her expression towards Garu. "Hey you're kind of cute too…what's your name?"
Zeff slapped his uncovered eye, sighing loudly at the sight of his friend's behavior. "Why can't it ever be me?"
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"That ought to show those rookies whose top dog around the academy," Vic sighed sitting down in the Obelisk blue's more luxurious room. The room was filled with fruit bars, expensive cuisine and many forms of entertainment.
Quite an excellent prop to be in the Obelisk Blue dorm when you get to the academy, the dorms were much more up to date, the food in the cafeteria was better, and classes were easier. It was mostly due to the connections that the Blue students had, some proud working, others not so noble, but it wasn't something that people talked about openly.
Truly, the Blue Dorm life was as sweet as the fruit punch Vic sipped gracefully. And as he lowered the drink another Obelisk blue walked up to him with a clipboard on it. "There you are Vic…I managed to find those stats on the top five rookies this year."
Vic glanced up to see his fellow Obelisk Blue; the reddish blonde hair passed his broad shoulders. "You've certainly changed Kiro…I guess three months can do that to a guy."
"Whatever…anyway, the number one rookie got the highest exam score and didn't lose any life points when he faced off against his duel proctor," Kiro stated handing Vic a picture of a new student. "On top of that he went to the duel prep school, graduating top of his class."
Shrugging off that fact, Vic tossed the picture back to Kiro. "And his deck type?"
"That's the thing…he didn't use his real deck during the examination," Kiro replied as Vic spat out some of his fruit juice. "But from the rumors I've heard from the other duel prep school students; he used Clay monsters in the prep school."
With a dulled look on his face, Vic slowly sipped his drink before placing it onto the table that sat next to him. "We'll have to worry about him later…and the other four?"
Kiro flipped the next page up and looked. "Well, the next one got the highest score on the written exam…but you're not going to like it. It's Ami Sonryu."
"Another Sonryu thorn in my side, even though there is one true person standing in my way to become Kaiser, the Sonryus will become a threat," Vic replied lifting his drink. "But, I digress, who are the other three?"
"Um, the next is another blue student…he did exceptionally well, but he completely eradicated the duel proctor," Kiro read off flipping some of the papers on his clipboard, and running his finger on the list of names that was written on the paper. "I think his name was…Fomalhaut? That's a weird name…"
"Eh, we've got loads of weird named people at the academy," Vic sighed shaking his head with a slap of his head. "Get back on the list…"
"Uh, right, the next one is quite weird, his rank is 178th yet he's stated as being the third best duelist this year," Kiro said as Vic raised an eyebrow as well as his drink to his lips. "Not much in the grades, but he managed to defeat that professional duelist hired by the academy."
Vic spat out even more of his fruit drink, this time getting it on Kiro. "He defeated Satoshi Hikari? The duelist ranked seventh in the pro leagues last year?! What kind of deck defeated him?"
"Um…a ninja deck," Kiro replied as Vic dropped his glass on the carpeted floor.
"A stupid…ninja deck defeated a former pro?" Vic stuttered as he stood up.
Kiro was almost afraid to say what else the report mentioned. "I don't know if this matters…but the duelist who defeated Satoshi stated that was his first real duel and that it was his first time operating a duel disk."
Calming himself down before he grew too angry, Vic sat down combing his hair back. "Then I suppose we'll have to see just how good this slacker really is…what's his name?"
"Garu…Garu Honzou."
"…great, another weird named person…"
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Throughout the night the boat sailed till the next day's noon when it reached its final destination… Pacific Duel Academy.
Once all of the students had exited the boat and were gathered into what seemed to be a main auditorium with multiple seats that were immediately filled. At the stage a middle-aged man scratched the back of his pitch-black hair. On his average body was a long grayish overcoat and black pants while on his face was a small beginning of a beard, in his grasp was a microphone. "Welcome students new and old! I am proud to see so many familiar faces as well as new ones. Now then…with the greeting out of the way its time for the new rules.
"First off, the basics. The ante card rule is strictly forbidden, anyone caught taking another's card through victory of a duel will be dealt with the highest punishment. Same thing goes with stealing."
"Then, with a few exceptions of the dorms, no one of the opposite gender may be permitted in your dorm room after ten p.m. If caught, then punishment will be in order. Next for duels, we're going to instate that in the beginning of the year to get you all used to the duels, your duel disks will be programmed to use four thousand life points…however, after the midpoint of the semester, you're going to be using eight thousand."
"Also, the new rules have been updated in the Duel Academy's standard PDA that will be handed out at your dorm. So I hope you all enjoy yourselves…depending on how you rank of course!"
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"You're kidding! This is the Slifer Red Dorm?" Garu shouted as he looked at the two-storied apartment looking building. Hell, it wasn't even that good. It looked more like a run down old barn that had indoor plumbing that was sticking out of the side of the dorm.
Zeff just shrugged it off and walked towards it with Rox following him. "Whatever…reminds me of home actually, mate."
"Doesn't remind me of home…at all," Garu sighed loudly before walking behind Rox. '…well, maybe when Master Yoh sent me to live outside for that one week…'
"Now I don't understand why I get to be here while you are in the more comfortable suite!" Garu shifted his gaze to see a sandy blonde girl yelling at a tall red haired guy. The girl was wearing a Slifer Red uniform while the guy was wearing the Ra yellow blazer. "How the heck did you get to Ra Yellow anyway?"
Shrugging off the fact of the two oddly familiar students, Garu just headed towards the small cafeteria where there was a sign posted about getting the PDAs…whatever those were.
"Ah…Mr. Garu Honzou, I see you've definitely arrived," Garu had just entered the small cafeteria to see Fortanu sitting behind a table with multiple small machines that were red along with card keys. "Please come over here to receive your room number, room key and PDA."
"So…whom I bunking with?" Garu asked, to him it really didn't matter. Back at the ninja academy, the guys and gals usually slept together…to a degree of course, mainly in the same room.
"Well, you'll just have to find out," Fortanu responded with a snicker in his voice. He immediately handed Garu the two items. "You're on the second floor, room 7B. And remember tonight is the welcome dinner so don't take too long to unpack. Also, your personal schedule is also loaded into the PDA."
"Got'cha," Garu replied as he began to walk out of the cafeteria, noticing that the sun was beginning to set.
A few minutes later, Garu was inside his small, yet, cozy dorm room. Not much to look at, three desks, three bunk beds over each other. A small stove in the corner next to the small fridge, there was even a small TV in the ceiling corner. "Not as bad as I thought…though the roaches I could live with out."
"I don't know…the roaches give the room a certain charm, mate," The door creaked behind Garu who just turned around to see Zeff and Rox enter the dorm room.
Garu scratched the side of his head, somewhat confused as to how awkward his meeting Zeff and now being roommates with him. Maybe it was fate, or some cruel joke that was being played on him. "Ya think we'll get a third roomy?"
"Who knows? All I know is that…I call the bottom bunk mate!" Zeff and Rox jumped into the bottom bunk completely messing up the red bedding and dumping many different things at the bottom of the bed.
"Don't people usually call the top bunk?" Garu asked setting his backpack and duel disk on a nearby desk.
"Yeah, but I'm not like normal people…and I'll prove it by doing this, mate!"
A huge sweat droplet appeared on the back of Garu's head by watching Zeff scratch the back of his ear…with his right foot! "You're right…that is weird. What are you? Part dog?"
"Actually, I prefer wolf," Zeff yelped placing his leg back in a regular form.
The door slowly creaked open once more; both Garu and Zeff turned their heads to see Yae enter the room with her eyes closed. "Stupid lousy dunce…first with that girlfriend crap then this…"
"Yae?" Garu asked as Yae opened her eyes to see Garu starring directly at her.
Cold sweat appeared on the back of her newly dyed head, she had to come up with something and something quick. "How'd you know my name? Last time I checked, I only knew my friend here and he's in Ra Yellow."
Meanwhile in Yae's head… "Oh come on! That sucked! Not even Garu would fall for that!"
"So you're named Yae? Its really strange…except for the hair, you look a lot like my friend," Garu replied surprising Yae. "Of course she wouldn't be too happy in a uniform like that, and she'd be a lot meaner."
"I…see," Yae growled. She couldn't blow her own cover, not yet anyway. "Well…what are your names?"
Garu smirked…almost as if he knew that it was the Yae he always knew. "Garu…Garu Honzou."
"This little guy is Rox and I'm Zeff, pleasure meeting you from the both of us lovely lady," Zeff introduced as Rox barked loudly. "And I might want to add it's an honor to have such a lovely lady as our final roommate…want the top bunk?"
"Thanks…but I'll wait later," Yae replied setting her stuff on the ground.
Before the conversation could continue, a loud bell filled the room followed by. "All Slifer Red students…please report to the Slifer Red Cafeteria for the welcome dinner."
"I wonder what's on the menu?" Garu thought aloud as the three duelists headed for the door.
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"You've got to me kidding me!" Yae shouted looking at her meal. "A bowl of ramen noodles and some tea? This is supposed to be our welcome meal?"
Apparently the same thing was on other the other Slifer Red students' minds as well. Even though Fortanu was enjoying the noodles, it was likely that he too was disappointed with this year's welcome meal (more like a snack really). Suddenly, two loud slurping sounds caught the attention of everyone in the room. "Mmmmmm! Ramen with miso! My favorite!"
Garu and Zeff thoroughly enjoyed their bowls of ramen. Garu broke his slurping to sip some tea. "Now all they need is some rice balls and we're set."
Yae sighed to herself before she quietly ate her ramen noodles. "Of course…Garu could eat almost anything…as long as it was served with ramen."
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"Man that was good!" Zeff sighed as Rox whimpered by his side. "Whoops, almost forgot, I've got your food in my backpack."
"I'll admit this…Fortanu can make some really good ramen noodles," Garu stated as Yae sighed.
"Man this island is huge, how about we check out some of it?" Yae asked as Garu rubbed his chin.
"I dunno, I mean, it's getting late," Garu pointed out. "But I'm game for anything."
"I was actually hoping ta face someone in a duel," Zeff stated as he searched through his backpack. "Any takers?"
"You want to duel him Yae?" Garu offered as Yae looked away.
"I wanted to check out the island and these two just want to duel," Yae scoffed to her side before she turned her head back to her roommates. "No thanks…I'd rather watch."
Garu just shrugged as he took his dueling necessities from his desk. "Okay then, I'll face ya Zeff."
"I have ta warn ya…I'm tough to beat, mate," Zeff stated sliding his duel disk on.
"And so am I," Garu stated. "…and I thought I asked you to stop saying mate?"
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"Just cause we're roommates, don't think that this will be an easy duel!" Behind the Slifer Red dorm Garu and Zeff stood facing each other on the beach. Rox was sitting on Zeff's shoulder while Yae sat on one of the nearby rocks. The small waves crashed slightly into the sand as the evening twilight began to appear. "Let's roar Rox!" (ZLP: 4000)
Garu drew his five-card hand and raised his fist towards Zeff. "Enough talk and let's get this duel going!" (GLP: 4000)
'What better way to pass the time than with a children's card game?' Yae thought sarcastically with dulled eyes watching the duel.
""And we'll start off mate!" Zeff announced snapping off another card from the top of his deck. "What's a better way with the monster card, Sangan in attack mode?"
Leaping from the top of the dorm onto the sand in front of Zeff, was a small furry monster with three blinking eyes (1000/600), and with a small growl the monster glared at a slightly freaked out Garu. "Urk!?"
"Oh, what's the matter, mate?" Zeff chuckled fitting another card from his hand into his duel disk while Rox seemed to snicker slightly. "Still a little afraid of the holograms?"
"No, that thing's just ugly," Garu stated blatantly sticking his tongue out as he drew his sixth card.
"I gotta agree with Garu on that one," Yae pointed out crossing her arms.
"Yeah…I'll give ya that, mates," Zeff laughed loudly as Rox sighed loudly. "But my little bugger here has his uses…"
"Whatever you say," Garu replied lifting one of the cards up from his hand. "All it is to me is a large three eyed target! Especially for my White Ninja!"
Erupting from the sand, a tall, sleek white clothed ninja jumped onto the sandy beach, placing his arms behind his back (1500/800). "And now, White Ninja! Attack that little…fuzz ball!"
Dashing forward, the White Ninja slammed his foot into the little fuzz ball's face, sending it flying backwards into Zeff's torso, knocking him and Rox down to the sand as the Sangan shattered into several pixels that flew over the his body. "OW, what was that for mate?" (ZLP: 3500)
"Uh, well…isn't it part of the game to defeat your monsters?" Garu asked blinking slightly as the White Ninja shrugged at him.
"Heh…yeah, just having a tad bit of fun, mate!" Zeff laughed jumping to his feet from the ground as he snapped out his deck. "In fact, its part of the game as well, and so is my Sangan's effect, cause when he's destroyed I can add one monster from my deck with fifteen hundred attack points or less…"
"And Silver Fang counts with only twelve hundred points."
"Silver Fang?" Garu questioned fitting another card into his duel disk, making it appearing behind his White Ninja.
"Yep…and since you already attacked," Zeff chuckled pulling another card from his duel disk as Rox leapt to his shoulder once more. "I'll assume that it's my turn and now watch this! I activate my face down card, Call of the Wild!"
The face down card flipped up, showing a small girl running through a thick forest with several yellow glowing eyes following her through the bushes. "Now, thanks to my spell, I can add one Beast type monster from my deck to my hand! And I'm thinking another Silver Fang might do the trick!"
"What exactly is a Silver Fang?" Garu asked, his mind already picturing a large fang made completely out of steel.
"Patience is a virtue mate!" Zeff chuckled with his only good eye closed; however, he immediately lifted another card from his hand. "And that virtue's going to pay off! I activate the spell card, Desperado Manager!"
Zeff's spell card appeared on the field, showing a rough young man with his back to Garu with a dragon design on his black leather jacket. "First, this spell card allows me to draw two cards from my deck…"
And with two snaps, a large bolt of electricity crackled through the air, making Rox howl loudly into the air as Zeff held up three cards from his deck. "And in return, I have to place three cards from my hand onto the top of my deck. And thanks to your little attack, I've got my three Silver Fangs to take care of that!"
"Okay…and you're telling me this because?" Garu asked raising an eyebrow at the sight of Zeff lifting another card into the air.
"Because…now I can activate the spell card, Enchanting Fitting Room!" Zeff announced as a pair of long flowing red curtains appeared over his head, flapping in the twilight's wind. "And here's how my spell works! For a mere cost of eight hundred life points…" (ZLP: 2700)
The curtains immediately flew opened, allowing four holographic cards to fly up into the air, three of them displaying a white haired wolf howling into the air in front of a full moon. The forth card was green bordered, with a picture of multiple feral wolves howling towards a full moon, each of the wolves' eyes glowing red. "…and then I can lift up the top four cards from my deck and if there are any level three or lower normal monsters amongst them, I can special summon them!"
"However, since my spell card, Lunar Cry, is clearly not a monster, it gets shuffled back into my deck."
The three cards displaying the three silver furred wolves shattered, allowing the very same wolves to land on the sandy beach (1200/800), all three of them snarling at Garu and his White Ninja. And at the sight of his wolven brethren, Rox yelped greatly, his tail becoming a blur as he wagged it left and right simultaneously. "BARK! WOF!"
"Here comes the Calvary…the Wolf Brigade!" Zeff laughed loudly crossing his arms, making both Yae and Garu sweatdrop at their roommate's behavior.
"Are you always like that Zeff?" Yae asked from the side.
"Nah, I didn't get a lot of sleep last night, so I'm kinda drained of my energy," Zeff yawned slightly, scratching his arm. "…so sorry if I'm a little out of it…"
"Are you kidding me?" Garu asked blinking a few times in confusion with Yae. "Man, you scratched the back of your ear with your foot earlier, and you claim to not have that much energy?"
"Yep!" Zeff snickered with a toothy grin. "…but my three Silver Fangs have all the energy that I need, especially when I activate the spell card, Delta Attacker! Since I've got three normal monsters with the same name, all three of them can attack you directly!"
"Wait…like when that overgrown lizard attacked me yesterday?" Garu asked noticing that all three of the Silver Fangs were standing right in front of him, all three of them barring their teeth as if they were smiling. "Uh…"
"Attack!"
With a loud yelp, all three of the Silver Fangs pounced on top of Garu, clawing and snapping their fangs at him. However, using his duel disk like a shield, Garu tried to wave the three wolves off of him. "GET THEM OFF!" (GLP: 400)
"Heh, heh, it's funny to see Garu attacked by wolves," Yae giggled trying to stifle her giggling as Garu slowly stood up as the three wolves ran off from him.
"Ugh…that bites…" Garu coughed slightly, rubbing one of the bite marks on his arm. "Literally…"
"…that was a bad pun," Zeff sighed lifting up another card from his hand. "But watch this…I'll sacrifice two of my Silver Fangs…to summon Behemoth, the King of Beasts!"
Two of the Silver Fangs howled loudly as they leapt into the air, warping into two orbs of light that crashed together. The crashing light shattered into an extremely large purple four-legged beast that had a large, blue mohawk mane that streamed from the top of its head onto its rigged back (2700/1500).
The beast roared loudly into the cold air, making Garu stumble backwards, falling to his bum. "W-What the!?"
Two cards popped out of Zeff's graveyard, allowing him to lift up the two Silver Fang cards that were used for the Behemoth's tribute. "And here's my Behemoth's special effect, I can add the two Silver Fang cards back to my hand from the graveyard…and to end my turn, I'll set one card face down…your move, mate!"
"Okay, that's going to be annoying…" Garu muttered slowly snapping his next card from his deck. "Now watch this, since you've got a killer monster out, I'll bring out my own! I summon Kitsune Ninja!"
In a cloud of red and yellow, the blue haired ninja slowly stepped forward, lifting up the pipe staff up into the air (1400/900) towards the Behemoth. "And now, I'll activate the spell card, Double Summon! This spell gives me another normal summon this turn…and I'll sacrifice both of my monsters to summon Impact Shino…"
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?" A loud booming voice caught Garu, Zeff, Yae and Rox by surprise. As they turn towards the source of the voice, there was Fortanu extremely mad cracking his knuckles. "Its past ten thirty…the curfew was fifteen minutes ago…now get to your dorm rooms and go to bed! Or I'll give you both demerits!"
"Yes sir!" Garu and Zeff announced shutting off the duel disks with the holograms disappearing, forcing the three new red students to run back to the room. Yae was already running before they could even start.
Fortanu sighed loudly as he watched the three run up the stairs, yet a smile crept on his face as he slowly followed the three back to the dorm. "Yep…I've still got it!"
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"There's no way you could've beaten me," Zeff announced as Rox climbed on his chest and began to sleep.
"You didn't see what I had coming next," Garu replied as Yae covered her head with a pillow to drown out their talking, not really working.
Zeff just chuckled as he scratched Rox behind the ears. "Alright…humor me, mate."
"You got it!" Garu snapped pulling a card out from his dueling deck that he kept next to him when he slept. "The card I had was known as Impact Shinobi, and it would've…"
Will both of you shut up!" Yae yelled scaring everyone else in the room.
"See ya in the morning!" Garu and Zeff announced before they hid under their covers.