Yugioh! GX: Destined Rulers

by Denton3

A 13-year old boy gains entry to the World famous Duel Academy. But when he does, his life changes. He ends up going on adventures that are full of friends, sadness, tragedy and betrayal. Please read! R&R.

2. Chapter 2: In Grave Danger

Yugioh GX! Destined Rulers
Episode 2- In Grave Danger

All credit goes to Kazuki Takahashi. The OCs and some of their decks belong to me, though.

I had passed my practical exams and I was on my way to the famous duel academy, by boat. I was outside, looking at the disappearing city in front of me. Then, a familiar voice called me. "Hey. Zeke!" I turned around and saw Ricky, standing there, smiling. "Hey, Ricky. What's up?"

"Nothing. I just came up here to see if you wanted to duel." I was surprised. "D-duel?"

"*Smile* Sure. Even though I saw you win at the entrance exams, I want to witness your power for myself."

I thought for a minute, then smiled. "Fine. Let's duel." I pulled out my duel disk, placed it on, and activated. Then, I inserted my deck. Ricky followed.

"DUEL!" Ricky and I yelled. We each drew 5 cards.

Zeke: 4000
Ricky: 4000

"I'll begin. Draw!" I said, drawing a card. (6).

"I summon Rukia Kuchiki(LV 4) in attack mode." The short, black haired soul reaper, appeared. (ATK: 1700). Then, a boy came running onto the deck, yelling. "Hey, guys! Some new kid is dueling some girl!" The kid, then, ran back down. Ricky smiled. "Well, looks like we'll have to finish our duel later."

"*Smile* Yeah. But for now, let's go see what is going down in the cabins." I said deactivating my duel disk. Ricky nodded and did the same. Then, we went below the deck and saw a girl and boy dueling.

Girl: 4000
Boy: 1300

"Grr…This duel isn't over yet. I draw! " Said the boy, angrily drawing a card. "Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV 6, attack Amber directly!" A big, silver dragon tried to blast the girl, named Amber, but she pressed a button on her duel disk. "Wait! I activate my Trap card; Negate Attack." A barrier of light appeared and deflected Horus' blast.

"I end my turn."

"I'm getting bored. Let's end this this duel. Draw!" Amber drew a card. "*Smile* I activate Monster Reborn, summoning Milla, the Temporal Magician(LV 4) in attack mode." A beautiful gray-haired girl , wearing a white dress , and carrying a staff, appeared. (ATK: 1800).

"Next, I activate Magical Dimension." A casket bound by chains within a metal cage(without the bars) appeared. It opened and Milla stepped into it, then it closed, but then it quickly opened again and another spellcaster stepped out. This one, a black haired with a green yellowish, a rag jacket and black shorts, carrying a dark staff, appeared along with a dark bat. (ATK: 1850). "Say hello to Familiar-Possessed Dharc(LV 4). Now, I can destroy a monster on the field, like your Horus."

But then, the boy laughed. "Amber, did you forget? Horus cannot be affected by spell cards. I thought you were the 5th best duelist at Duel Academy?" But Amber just smiled. "I summon Magical Exemplar(LV 4) in attack mode." A black haired woman, wearing a blue-green robe with gold chains attached, appeared. (ATK: 1700). "Then, I activate Magical Blast. This spell card allows me to deal 200 points of damage to you for each Spellcaster that I have on my field. So, with 2, you lose 400 life points." Milla raised her staff and blasted the boy.

Boy: 900

Then, 2 balls of light rose into the air next to Magical Exemplar. "So, what was the point of activating your spell card? I still have life points?" Asked the boy, confused. Amber smiled. "That is why you're a Silfer Red: Because you don't know anything. I activated my spell card because now my Exemplar gained 2 Spell counters. For what, you ask? Her ability is why. I remove 1 Spell Counter from Magical Exemplar to Special Summon from my graveyard, Copycat." A magician wearing a blue hat, a blue cape, with yellow hands, and holding a mirror in front of his face, appeared.

"Oh no! Not him!" The boy whispered.

Amber smiled. "And as you know, Copycat copies the ATK and DEF of any monster on my opponent's field. And I choose your Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV 6." Copycat's mirror shined and the mirror showed an image of Horus and Copycat gained claws. (ATK: 2300)(DEF: 1600).

"Now, Copycat, attack Horus!" Copycat ran up and clawed Horus, at the same time Horus clawed Copycat, resulting in both monsters getting destroyed. "Now, Magical Exemplar, Dharc, attack this weakling directly!" Magical Exemplar shot light balls, and Dharc blasted at the boy, knocking him down.

Boy: 0
Amber: 4000

The crowd stated cheering for Amber. Amber walked up to the boy and kneeled. "*Smile* Next time…don't get in my way." Then, Amber kicked the boy, making him gasp. Everyone gasped in shock. I gasped, too. But then, I narrowed my eyes. Then, I exploded. "Hey!" I gained everyone's attention, including Amber's. "*Smile* Yes?" She asked innocently. "He didn't deserve that!"

"Actually. Yes, he did. I told him not to bother me. But he didn't listen. So I had to teach him a lesson." I couldn't hold in my anger in any longer. I couldn't just let her get away with that. "That's it! I challenge you to a duel!" Amber, and everyone else, was shocked. Then, she laughed. "A duel? Hmm…you don't have a blazer. So I guess that means you're a rookie. Sure, lets duel." Amber and I were about to activate our duel disks, but the captain yelled. "We will be arriving at Duel Academy in 1 minute. Prepare to leave!"

Amber smiled. "Aww! Looks like I won't get the chance to humiliate you. Maybe later, though." Amber started to walk away, but what I said made her stop. "We WILL duel, Amber." Amber smiled and walked away, along with her fans. All who was left was the boy that Amber defeated. I walked up to him and held out a hand. "What's your name? Are you okay?"

The boy looked up, and then, he slapped my hand away. He stood up. "I don't need your pity." The boat docked and everyone started to get off. The boy also left, walking onto the academy island. I sighed, then walked onto the island, also. As soon as everyone stepped onto the island, a tall, skinny man with an average haircut. "Hello, everyone." He smiled. "My name is Chancellor Riko, and I will be your principal for the next 3 years." The students clapped and became quiet. Riko looked at the students who had the blazers on and smiled. "As you probably guessed, there were some students on board who were already students here."

"Why?" A new student asked. "Well, I wanted to make sure that everything was calm."

"Well, it wasn't. Amber Calcifer dueled some Silfer Red and defeated him. Then, she kicked him." Explained a male in a Siler Red blazer. Riko raised a brow and looked at Amber. "Really? Is that so?"

Amber crossed her arms and looked away. "Well, he had it coming. He was annoying me."

"And what else, some kid tried to duel Amber after the incident." The same boy said. "Who?" Asked Riko, interested. The boy pointed at me, who was in front of the crowd. "You. What is your name?"

"Huh? Umm…Zeke Kazuya…sir." Riko looked at me for a second, then smiled. "Okay. Let's do this. Later, Zeke, I want you to duel Amber." Everyone, including Amber, was surprised. "M-me? Duel her?"

"Yes. Are you scared?"

"No,of course not!"

"*Smile* Good. You two will have your duel in the Obelisk Arena. Now, go the the front office and get your dorms and schedules, then get to your dorms." Riko walked away. Then, the students, except for myself, walked away.

I looked at the sky. "I might be in trouble." Then, I walked away.

Later that Day…

I had received my dorm location, which I found out to be Silfer Red, and my schedule, and I was heading to my dorm. On the way, I saw people dueling, eating, and resting against walls. I arrived at my dorm, to my room, and when I opened the door, I saw another person, a male, about 17, unpacking his bags. He noticed me. "Oh, hello. I'm Rodney Wilson. I'm your roommate. What's your name?"

"*Smile* I'm Zeke Kazuya."

"*Smile* Oh yeah! I saw you defeat Mrs. Sophia at the Entrance Exams. Pretty impressive. Not a lot of people defeated her. Although, of course, I did." Rodney smiled.

"Wow! You must be strong! Want to duel?"

Rodney nodded. "Sorry. I have to go to the Chancellor's office. He personally asked me."

"Really? What does he want?"

"I don't know. I hope it's good. So, what about you. What are you going to do today?"

"Well, I have a duel with Amber Calcifer later today." Rodney was shocked. "Hold on! Wait! Did you just say Amber Calcifer?"

"Yeah…why?"

"She's the 4th best duelist in this entire school. She is really good."

"Yeah. I know. I heard."

Rodney finished putting on his Slifer Red blazer and walked to the door. "Zeke, just be careful." Rodney opened the door and walked out, shutting it behind him. I stared at the door. "*Sigh* Amber Calcifer…"

Later That Day, 2:30 PM

Everyone was heading to the Obelisk Arena to see the duel between myself and Amber. On the other hand, I was in my dorm room, looking over my deck. "Okay. I'm going up against the 4th best duelist in the school. I have to be ready." I took one last, quick look through my deck and got my duel disk, placing my deck in it, then placing it on my arm. Then, I left my dorm, heading to the arena.

I arrived at the arena and saw that everyone, including Amber, was already already there, waiting for me. I gulped and walked up on stage. "Are you ready?" Amber asked, smiling.

"Actually. I'm not sure." Then, Riko walked on stage with a microphone. "Okay. Today, we are here to witness the duel between the newcomer, Zeke Kazuya!" Although people cheered, not many did. "He managed to defeat one of the best professors at Duel Academy; Mrs. Sophia Walkins.

"Next, we have Obelisk Blue student, Amber Calcifer! She is the 4th best duelist in Duel Academy. Give it up!" For Amber, almost everyone cheered for her. Then, it became quiet. "Now, let's duu…" Riko was interrupted by a male's voice. "Wait! Let me duel Zeke!" Everyone turned and saw the boy from earlier that Amber defeated on the boat. "Well, isn't this a surprise! We have Deante Deliro, a 2-year Slifer Red student."

"Yeah, everyone knows who I am, Riko." I was surprised that he called the Chancellor by his first name. "Well, you want to duel Zeke?"

"Yeah."

Riko turned to Amber. "Is that okay?" Amber nodded, then she walked off the stage as Deante walked on and activated his duel disk. "Okay. Now, we have a duel between two Silfers."

"Duel!" Deante and I yelled. We each drew 5 cards.

Zeke: 4000
Deante: 4000

"Being the better duelist, I'll begin." Deante drew a card. (6). "I set 1 monster face down and end my turn." A face down appeared on Deante's field.

"My turn. I draw!" I drew a card and smiled when I saw it. "First, I summon Kiyone Kotetsu(LV 4) in DEF mode." A blonde haired girl wearing a standard shinigami uniform with the collar of a white shirt protruding over her top, and white gloves, appeared and kneeled. (DEF: 1200)(5).

"I set 1 card face down and end my turn." A card appeared behind me. (4).

"*Smile* This is too easy. I draw!" Deante drew a card. (6). "I flip summon Gravekeeper's Guard(LV 4)." A big boned wearing a black robe, gold cuffs on his arms, a gold wool for a skirt and holding a spear, appeared. (ATK: 1000)(5).

"Now, Kiyone is returned to your hand." "What!" Kiyone disappeared and the card appeared in my hand. (5). "Next, I summon Gravekeeper's Cannonholder(LV 4) in attack mode." A man with long black hair, wearing a black robe and carrying a big cannon on his shoulders, appeared. (ATK: 1400)(4)

"Now, Gravekeepers, attack Zeke directly!" Gravekeeper's Guard ran up and stabbed me, then, Gravekeeper's Cannonholder blasted me, knocking me down.

Zeke: 1400
Deante: 4000

"This duel is over next turn. I activate Cannonholder's effect. I tribute Gravekeeper's Guard to deal 700 points of damage to you." Guard disappeared and Cannonholder blasted me.

Zeke: 700

"I set 1 card face down and end my turn." A card appeared behind Deante. (3).

"Okay. I might be in trouble. Chances are that his face down card is a card to revive Cannonholder. And if I do that, then, I am going to lose. I have to fix it." I drew a card. (5). "I activate my Trap card, Reaper Soul. This Trap card lets me summon a Soul Reaper from my graveyard. So I choose Kiyone Kotetsu, in DEF mode." Kiyone reappeared and kneeled. (DEF: 1200).

"Then, I tribute Kiyone to summon Ikkaku Madarame(LV 6) in ATK mode." A tall, lean man with a bald head, with red, distinctive markings at the corners of his eyes, wearing a standard shinigami outfit, appeared. (ATK: 2200)(4).

"Next, I equip Ikkaku with Hozukimaru." A regular Zanpakutō appeared; however, the hilt is hollow to store a small vial of healing ointment . Hōzukimaru's tsuba is an oval, with what look like three small teardrops in relief on both the top and bottom end, appeared and Ikkaku grabbed it. (3). "Then, I activate Shikai Release. This card activates Ikkaku's zanpakuto's ability." Suddenly, Hozukimaru's appearance changed. Hōzukimaru took on the form of what initially appeared to be a Kikuchi Yari (spear) with a wax wood shaft. The pommel also had a red horsehair tassel.

"And now, its ability. Ikkaku can attack every monster on your field." "What! But what's the point? I only have 1 monster!" Cried Deante. "*Smile* I activate Crime Summon. This spell card special summons one of your monsters to your field. And you get to pick."

"*Smile* Fine. I Special Summon Gravekeeper's Guard in Def…" But I interrupted Deante. "*Smile* Sorry, but it has to be in attack mode." "What!...Grr…fine, I summon Gravekeeper's Guard in attack mode." The big boned man holding a spear, appeared. (ATK: 1000).

"Now, Ikkaku, attack Guard and Cannonholder." Ikkaku ran up and slashed the said monsters, destroying them. "Ahghhh!"

Deante: 2000
Zeke: 700

"I set 1 card face down and activate the spell card, Soul Heart. I can select a Soul Reaper that I control and I gain life points equal to his or her level x 100. So, because Ikkaku is a level 6, I gain 600 life points." A heart appeared and was absorbed by me, rejuvenating me. (0).

Zeke: 1300

"I end my turn."

Deante smiled. "Well, looks like this is the end. I draw!" Deante drew a card and smiled. "First, I summon Gravekeeper's Assailant(LV 4) in attack mode."3 A woman with black hair done in a ponytail, carrying a dagger, appeared. (ATK: 1500)(3).

"Next, I activate my Trap card, Rite of Spirit."

"Oh no! If that card is used, then Zeke will end up losing!" Cried Ricky. "Oh man! That's not good!" Said a guy, sitting next to Ricky.

"Now, due to my Trap card, I can summon any Gravekeeper from my graveyard. And I think you know which one that is. I win!"

But I smiled. "Not yet! I activate Seven Tools of the Bandit." "Oh no! You just stopped my victory!"

"Right! Seven Tools of the Bandit negates the activation of your Trap card. And since it can't activate, it cannot use its effect." Deante's Trap card shattered before my Trap card disappeared.

Some spectators clapped as I barely saved myself from defeat. But then, Deante's laughter made everyone become quiet. "Huh? What's so funny?" I said, having my attention turned to Deante because of his laughter.

"That's was pretty cool; how you stopped yourself from losing. But like I said before. This duel is over. I will just use my back-up cards. Like this one, I activate Necrovalley." Deante placed a card at the end of his duel disk and a valley appeared, with only two stone platforms standing across from each other, with Deante and myself standing on them. The spectators were outside the valley, although still able to see the duel. (2).

"Now, my Gravekeepers gains 500 ATK and DEF points." (GA: 2000/2000). "Next, I attack Ikkaku!" I was surprised by what Deante said; his Gravekeeper was weaker than Ikkaku. "Why? You're monster is still weaker than mine." But then, to my surprise, Ikkaku kneeled, shielding himself with Hozukimari. (DEF: 1900). Assailant ran up to Ikkaku and stabbed him, destroying him.

"*Smile* When Necrovalley is active, Gravekeeper Assailant can switch the mode of your monster when she attacks."

Then, I narrowed my eyes. "Don't call Ikkaku a monster. I don't like people disrespecting them. They're humans, too."

"Oh, I am so sorry. I'll try not to disrespect them again." Deante said sarcastically. "I end my turn."

"My turn. Draw!" I drew a card with anger. (1). "I activate Pot of Greed." I drew 2 cards. "First, I activate Monster Reborn. This card special summon Ikkaku from my graveyard." But Deante laughed. "I don't think so. Necrovalley negates all cards that involve the graveyard."

"What!"

"So that means you lose!"

"Not yet. I still have another card to play, I activate Reaper Domination. This Spell card destroys your monster, and I can draw 3 cards." Ikkaku ran up to Gravekeeper Assailant and punched her, destroying her. Then, I drew 3 cards. Deante began to worry. "No! I can't lose!" He said to himself. I smiled. "Luckily, you gain 1000 life points."

Deante: 3000
Zeke: 700

"But, because I used this card and I did not control a Soul Reaper, I lose 500 Life points."

Zeke: 200

"Now, Ikkaku, attack Deante directly!" Ikkaku ran up and punched Deante.

Deante: 800

"I set 1 card face down and end my turn." A card appeared behind me. (2). Deante growled. "Okay. You're going to get it now, Zeke."

"What did I do!"

"You're trying to come to Duel Academy and help people, all the time. It makes me sick!"

"I just like to help whoever is in trouble, and when I saw Amber kick you after she defeated you, I couldn't let that go." I looked around and saw Amber, and stared at her. "So, that's why I'm going to duel her. I want to make her regret hurting someone who was defenseless." Amber just smiled.

"Well, I'm not a dog. I don't need you to protect me. I'm strong enough. Especially to defeat you. And speaking of, it's my turn. I draw!" Deante drew a card. (4).

"*Smile* This time, this duel is over! I summon Gravekeeper's Curse(LV 3) in DEF mode." A man with black hair done in dreadlocks, wearing a black robe, carrying a cane, appeared and kneeled. (DEF: 1300)(3).

"Your friend is done." Said a male walking to Ricky. Ricky turned and saw a male with short, straight hair, wearing an Obelisk Blue blazer. "*Gasp* Darrell! What are you doing here?"

"*Smile* What else? To watch the duel between this newcomer and Deante. Its pretty interesting. Anyway, with Gravekeeper's Curse, your friend down there loses 500 life points when he's summoned." "What!"

And as Darrell said, Gravekeeper's Curse raised his staff and blasted me. But I was prepared. I pressed a button on my duel disk. "Wait! I activate the Trap, Trap of Board Eraser. This Trap card negates all damage that I take from a card effect." A shield appeared and deflected Curse's blast. "Then, you have to discard a card from your hand."

Deante growled and discarded a card. (2). "Go."

"Its my turn. I draw!" I drew a card and smiled. "I summon Momo Hinamori(LV 4) in attack mode." The bun-haired soul Reaper appeared. (ATK: 1400)(2).

"Now, Ikkaku, attack Gravekeeper's Curse." Ikkaku ran up and punched Curse, destroying him. "Now, Momo, attack Deante directly!" Momo ran up to Deante. "*Smile* Well, I was wrong about your friend. He's strong…stronger than I thought…It will be a pleasure defeating him."

"He'll defeat you, Darrell." Ricky said, very confident. Darrell chuckled. "Let's see about that." Darrell laughed as he walked away. "Zeke…" Ricky said.

Momo ran up to Deante and kicked him, knocking him down. "Ahhh!"

Deante: 0
Zeke: Winner

The spectators started cheering for Zeke. "Nice game, Deante!" Deante growled as I soaked in the victory. Then, Chancellor Riko walked onto the stage with his microphone. "And the winner is Zeke Kazuya!" He raised my hand up in victory and the audience cheered. After the crowd settled down, Riko spoke. "Okay, everyone. Get back to your dorm! You all have classes tomorrow!" As told, everyone left the arena, except for myself and Deante. Then, Deante stood up. "Zeke. Trust me. This is not over." Deante, angrily, walked away. "*Sigh*"

Later That Day, Red Dorm…

Zeke and Ricky were in their room, the former on his bed, and the latter relaxing. "Hey, man?"

Ricky turned. "Yeah?"

"How strong is Amber?"

*Gasp* Well. I never dueled her myself. But I've heard that she is on the skill level of Joey Wheeler." I gasped. Was she that strong?

"Really? Man." I stood up and walked over to the window and stared out into the sky. It was nighttime and there were many stars. "You know, I came here to get stronger."

"Stronger? Why? What for?"

"To find my dad."

"*Gasp* Y-your dad?"

"Yeah. But it's nothing. I'm going to sleep." I hopped into bed and drifted to sleep. "…Zeke Kazuya…"

Author's Note: So. How did you like it? I managed to introduce the….well, I will not tell you Darrell's story…yet. But I did go deeper with what type of Amber Calcifer is. Next time, once again, Zeke will duel.

P.S.- I want you guys to guess from what movie the name Calcifer came from. It is one of my favorite movies now.