The Unnamed God Card

by viper's fang

Ten years after Judai left Duel Academia, he goes to a dueling school in North America, where he meets up with Asuka and Marie, an OC. He hasn't aged in ten years, so he enters as a student and there's new trouble concerning Marie and her deck. It's a horrible summary, but a good story. Hiatus/Up for adoption

9. Field Exam

Marie's POV, first person (just before she goes to the field exam)

Judai was so lucky. He didn't have to take the exams, since he just arrived a few days ago. I, on the other hand, had to suffer through a long and horribly hard written exam. I spent fifty minutes staring at the same question, then used the remaining ten to randomly fill in answers. Somehow, I managed to pass (if you could call it that) with a D-. Oh, well, the field exams were coming up, and those I always aced those without a single issue.

I was actually amazed at just how much Judai was like me: he was nearly always late to class, he slept late, and sometimes didn't even show up. His homework scores were horrid, but he was always up for a duel. (I only knew that because he always told me. He never really got a chance to duel anyone, so I couldn't see just how good he was.)

We had gotten closer over the past few days, and I began to look at him more as a friend and less as a mystery that needed solving. I never did tell Mr. Thompson about what I overheard, nor did I ask Judai about it. I figured it would be better to leave him alone about it, at least for now.

I walked into the dueling gym, where several dueling arenas were set up. There was just enough to fit ten matches in at a time. I was in the last round of duelists, so I went over to stairs leading to the bleachers.

Somehow, Judai managed to get a seat next to Miss Tenjouin. There were plenty of open seats all around them, so I snuck up behind them and sat down. They didn't notice. I sat behind them quietly the whole time that led up to my match, hoping they were going to talk about their past again, but the subject never came up. They were too absorbed into the duels taking place below. Miss Tenjouin was explaining each of the different decks to Judai, a seemingly student-teacher conversation. For knowing each other so well in the past, they sure kept up a good act.

Either way, before I knew it, it was my turn to duel and I sighed as I got to my feet. At least they assigned me a good partner this time. Maybe he'd last for more than a round. Then again, I just wanted to go back to my room to sleep, so maybe I wouldn't be merciful today afterall...