The Tournament

Jaden smiled as he waited in queue to register in the tournament. According to the news, the tournament was being hosted at Duel Academy. Just then, Yubel appeared beside him, asking,

"Jaden, you seem happy. Why is that? You're usually just quiet."

" It's just that there are a lot of people registering in this tournament. So, there should be a lot of good duelists which would give me the opportunity to exercise my skills." replied Jaden.

"Hmmm, you're right. You'll get plenty of exercise here." said Yubel.

"Why is that?" asked Jaden.

"I heard that a lot of tough duelists are participating."

"Good."

After a half-hour wait, the queue finally moved up. The woman at the counter handed Jaden the registration form and he eagerly completed it in less than forty-five seconds.

(A/N: I wish I could type this chapter that fast. It took me three hours, with all the hw I've got and everything. Oh yeah, this chapter is going to contain a duel. I hope that it will be good as I'm not good at writing duels. Anyways, on with the story!)

"That's, that's impossible. You just completed the registration form less than one minute! That's impossible!" a voice spoke.

Jaden turned around to face the speaker. He was a kid wearing a formal-looking yellow shirt, the Ra Yellow uniform. His hair was neatly sleeked back and he had a Duel-Academy issued duel disc.

"What do you want?" asked Jaden.

"Well, how about duel? I'm always looking for practice." said the kid. "Oh, by the way, my name's Bastion, Bastion Misawa. I'm the-"

"Let's skip the intro. Get your game on!" replied Jaden.

"Alright. I'll start first. I summon Hydrogeddon in my turn in attack mode (1600). I end my turn."

"My turn. I draw. First, I play permanent spell, Life Leech. This will drain your 200 life points from you every time I suffer damage. I then summon Dark Assassin (1100). Then I activate the spell card, Damage Booster. This gives any monster I choose an additional 500 attack points for one turn. I choose Ninja Assassin (1600). Ninja Assassin can attack you directly once per turn, although it needs to reduce its attack points by half in order to do that (800). Now I order it to attack you directly!"

Ninja Assassin became a blur as it sped towards Bastion. It disappeared as it neared him, then appearing behind Bastion, slashing with its sword. Bastion's LP fell to 3200.

This guy is good, he thought.

"Alright, my turn. I draw. I summon Oxyggedon in attack mode. Then I order Hydrogeddon to attack your Dark Assassin!"

After Hydrogeddon attacked Dark Assassin, Jaden's LP also fell to 3500 and Dark Assassin was sent to the graveyard.

"Now, Oxyggedon, attack Jaden directly!"

Jaden's life points now fell down to 2100, but then rose to 2300 as the permanent spell Life Leech activated, while Bastion's LP fell to 3000.

"My turn. I draw." said Jaden. "I activate the spell card, Revenge of the Dead! This spell can activate so long as I have received damage and I have a monster in my graveyard! As its name suggests, the monster that went to the graveyard most recently will be revived and it will dealt twice the total damage I've received directly to you!"

Dark Assassin jumped onto the field again and then began running at light speed. He then flipped into the air and drew his twin daggers, flinging them right at Bastion. His life points fell to 0.

"That's game." said Jaden.

"Man, you're good." said Bastion, but Jaden had already walked away, thinking, Of course I'm good! I'm the Supreme King of Darkness! Idiot!

Suddenly, Yubel appeared beside him. Jaden, don't you feel it?

Feel what? asked Jaden.

There's really powerful force of Darkness here, replied Yubel.

Hmmm, really? Maybe we should stay here and investigate it. I'll stay here as a student in Duel Academy and I'll investigate it. said Jaden.