AN- heyo ! Im back with another instalment of Trial Of A Duelist ! Ok unlike the last chapter which mostly took place in a sorta flash back dream thing, here were back to average life at Duel Acadamy or as average as it gets at least. So now lets continue with whats next.
I checked my little cellphone apparently it had been ringing when i was sleeping accoriding to Jane. I searched through the missed calls , 5 of them to be exact. 4 of them were from my parents. Those i erased immediantly no need to talk to the people who cared the least about me.
The last one though i couldnt recognize though which i found that strange since i knew everyone that had my number ? It could have been somehow Jaden had gotton my number but the area code was as wrong.
I called the number to see that no one would answer and it was an automatic voice mail so no clue to the persons voice either.
Sighing i got my deck from my night stand. Then got my book on acient egypt that Jane gave to me when we became room mates . It was filled with the stories on how the priest would tame monster and use them to fight evil. In all honesty in intrest me quite a great deal.
From the book slipped out a small white envelope that i had used as a bookmark.
Jane walked over and picked it up inspecting it. She handed it back to me. Taking the envelope i starred at it remembering my parents and their reason for getting me the card within it. I hadnt opened it yet simply becuase of how much i despised them.
Now starring at it i almost wanted to just to see what super powerd high leveled card it held. Surely itd be something impossible to beat and easy to summon. With it i could dominate if i wanted to.
No. If i was going to be the top itd be with skill. Not just brute power and a good card, not luck either. No id be the top through my skills as a duelist alone.
It put the envelope down deciding to open it later. I got off my bed and stood putting on my blue boots. Making sure my black hair was neat and my side bangs stayed put i walked out the door with Jane.
Before reaching our first class we were stopped by proffessor crowler. Jane looked at me then after a nod of my head she kept walking ahead.
" Hello Arata. "
" Hello " i said waving at him as he stopped infront of me. He never really talked to me outside of classes what did he want now ?
"I heard your dueling Jaden Yuki today after school. " he said "My word of advice, win" with that he walked off. It was no secret that crowller hated Jaden after the entrance exam. An since then hes been dying to get Jaden expelled from Duel Acadamy. The fact that he knew about our duel stunned me, then again news about duels around here travel fast.
The day and classes dragged on, the lowest part of my day was spending one hour teamed up with some slifer in a tag duel. Talk about doing all the work and pucking up the slack.
Now i was heading for the edge of campus near a huge oak tree. That the spot where i planned to beat Jaden. I waited there with Jane for Jaden to showed up. I had picked out which deck i was gonna use i chose my Darkness Reign deck. A deck constructed of mostly dark attribute monsters and plently of tricks in it. The deck had won plently of duels in my hands. It brought victory but it also brought back memories.
Some id rather forget ...
I shivered at the thought and pushed that thought to the back of my mind. The last thing i needed was being distracted.
20 mins of waiting me and Jane were just about ready to leave when Jaden came running toward us followed by one of his little friends following behind.
" Your late slifer " i scoffed glaring at him. He grinned rubbing the back of his head and out of the corner of my eye i saw Jane shaking her head at him.
" Yeah sorry Arata but you ready to duel ?"
" Im here arnt i ?"
" Arata are you sure you wanna do this ?" Jane now spoke worriedly behind me. Now it was my turn to glare at her. Why would she even ask me that ? Did she assume i was gonna lose ? " Arata, Jaden won against Chazz dont you think he could beat you ?"
Now i stood shocked wide eyed starring at her. She seriously though id lose to this slacker ! If anything i could cream him. I studied harder and worked more than anyone here ! Yet she thinks i would actually lose to Jaden !?
" That was a fluke ! Jane not now not ever !" i seethed trying to keep my voice even. Jaden laughed and i turn to stare at him. His outright laughter ceased and he grinned at me. What was up with him ?
" Nice to see your so pasionate about dueling but lets see how good you really are !" i sigh in annoyance. What is up with the optimism ? I mean really. I put on my duel disk and put my deck in it. Jaden did the same and we stood facing each other. He grinned again before we both activated our duel disk. I heard Jane sigh behind me before she started muttering percentages. Jaden little blue haired friends shouted at him to win. The last thing i heard Jane mutter was i was gonna lose. Id show her.
" you ready ?"
" yeah game on !"
" Fine . Lets play !"
" DUEL !"
~ Time Skip ~*
" Damnit !" i shouted my monster was just destroyed and thanks to that stupid spell card Jaden could attack me twice. He destroyed both of my trap cards on the field earlier this turn i had no cards on the field plus nothing in my hand i could use. The whole duel Jane was shouting out chances of my win, of an attack working, of spells being negated. This time i heard her say one thing " 0% chance. "
" Ahg! " i shouted through clench teeth as my life points hit zero. An all too familiar feeling of failure washed over me. It was my failure that got me sent here and here i lost again.
I lost to Jaden Yuki, a slifer red and an all time slacker in class. How ?
Jaden smiled at me as i shut off my duel disk. God this kid had some nerve. He walked over to me and picked up a card that i had dropped and handed it to me.
" That was fun and you sure had me going for abit but in all honesty you were great ! " he smiled at me his bright attitude getting to Jane who smiled back warmly. Rolling my eyes i looked off towards the distant for abit.
" What are you talking about i lost" i said looking back at him as his smiled dropped off his face. Somewhere along the line Jane and his friend whos name turned out to be syrus started chatting idly. Great dont tell me now they were friends too. Was there anyone left who wouldnt get lured in by their happy sunshine attitude towards everything !
" yeah but -"
"No buts Jaden ! I lost end of story ! Ill accept defeat im not gonna beg for a rematch like some idiot !
I was pissed still but i knew at least when to accept defeat. I didnt want to drag on this conversation. Grabbing my bag i started to walk away when i noticed someone standing near some tree not to far away. It took me awhile before i realized i was looking at zane truesdale. Had he been watching ?
Great just great if he saw that duel then hes seen my failure. Now i know he isnt the type of person to tell anyone but just having more people know made my embarresment that much worse. Plus i had to walk in his direction to get to my dorm. Uhg ...
Keeping my head up i kept walking until he stepped infront of me. Sighing innerly i looked at him raising a brow seeing if he would move out of my path.
" You just dont learn do you
Arata ?" He asked his voice not showing any emotion. He looked me in the eye almost as if trying to see through me. It wasnt going to work though i wasnt gonna let him get through. I kept silent and he chuckled at my stubornness.
" You need to enjoy the duel more stop taking everything so seriously. " now it was my turn to chuckle. He was telling me not to be so serious ? He was like the creator of serious ! Shaking my head i tried moving past him but i had no way around him. Giving up and sighing i finally spoke.
" Thatll happen when im at the top" with that i finallly was able to move past him. I hurried to my room and shut the door behind me. Duel Acadamy was going to drive me crazy what was up with these people !?
AN- Arata is sorta mean if you havent noticed. Explanation for that later.
* like i said before i cant write out duels ive tried. I suck.
Ok so in our next chapter a few things are explained like what the hell is the card in the envelope ? Who called Arata ? And yes you get to find out a bit more about Arata's past and why shes such a b*tch at times . Soo yeah enough of me ill be back soon though.