Here's where the Duel Monsters competition finally does begin. The beginning will have competitors that seem goofy, but that's because the competition is starting. It's like American Idol (or whatever country's version of it) where the auditions are set up and you'll run into a number of people that just appear looking like Rodeo Clowns or something and will suck. It is going to be goofy at first, because nobody is going to be interested in a duel, where the winner is so obvious that you're just rolling your eyes just wanting the person to win already. Review please!
Jaylin was excited once she entered the assembly, wearing her dance team outfit. She was sitting at the far corner of the bleachers with the other dance team members. The Cheerleading Squad members were across from the Dance Team. Jaylin never forgot to wave to Alexis, who cheerfullly waved back.
"Judging by the duel disk, I'd say you're joining the competition too?" Jennifer asked, eyeing the duel disk on Jaylin's lap.
"You bet! Dueling's my life and it'd be crazy of me to not join after kicking Carl's ass yesterday," Jaylin bragged.
"Who?" Rachel asked.
"Her roommate and one of the top duelists champs. Where the hell were you last year?" Crystal teased.
"I think she got drunk with Albert," Fonya teased.
"Shut up, I was not!" Rachel glared.
"Oh, I think you totally were."
"Of course she wasn't, I mean drunkenness would totally ruin her complexion," Jaylin teased in a stereotypical valley girl accent.
"It's official! We're not friends anymore! You can go back with your whore friends for all I care!" Rachel shouted playfully.
"Good, because I never liked you anyway!"
"You girls be nice," Ms. Lindsey rebuked.
"We're just playing. We'll stop," Jaylin assured, showing a peace sign. "You know, it's girls like us that give bitches a bad name."
"Na, it's bitches that wish they were us," Cindy smirked as the girls laughed together.
Soon, the assembly started and the Cheerleaders were up to give their performance first. After they gave their performance, the dance team was next. Jaylin was at the third right of the second row, but was fine with that arrangement. They were all dancing to a mix tape of Party Rock Anthem, 1 2 Step, and Soul Sister. Jaylin enjoyed the dance and it seemed the audience enjoyed their performance.
Jaylin and the rest of the dance team returned to the bleachers, feeling more energized than ever before. The crowd was going wild just like after the Cheerleader's performance. Just then, Dr. Crowler appeared in the middle of the gymnasium with a microphone in his hand. He cleared his throat just as the crowd began calming down.
"Students, as you know, we are here to announce the Duel Monsters Competition on the island! Now, all of you are allowed to take part and compete, though there is a catch! Anyone, who wishes to join in this competition, shall be given these!" Dr. Crowler announced, showing a clip of some sort that was dark orange and red. "This will be attached to your duel disks and will score how many wins and losses you have made in each duel! Your scores will decide if you will join the 128 duelists chosen to compete! We will be giving these Duel Score Chips out, after this assembly, here in the gym! You will duel against anyone, who possesses these on their duel disks starting tomorrow for the next four weeks!" Everyone applauded, screaming out loud in a cheer before Dr. Crowler quiet them down. "After four weeks, all of you shall turn in these Duel Score Chips, so it shall be decided if you will be one of the chosen 128 duelists or not! The winner of the competition will go against other academies and compete! I wish you all the best of luck! Duel your hardest and win for this school as our duelist representative!"
Everyone cheered as the Duel Academy's band began playing with their instruments. The students began exiting out of the school or lining up to receive their Duel Score Chip, which came in 30-40 boxes, maybe more. Jaylin was also in line, excited about getting her chip. She already brought her duel disk, along with the other students who wanted to enter. Half of the students never brought their duel disk, but still got the Duel Score Chip anyways.
After Jaylin retrieved the Duel Score Chip, she spotted Zane, who was hooking his chip onto his duel disk. Jaylin excitedly ran and sat next to him to hook her Duel Score Chip onto her duel disk.
"Excited?" Zane asked, showing a smirk on his lips.
"You know it! I've been waiting for this!" Jaylin replied.
"I expect you to be one of the chosen 160, so I will have our duel wait until that time."
"Deal!" Jaylin smirked, tapping her fist on Zane's shoulder by the back of her hand.
"Hey Jaylin! You two together?" Crystal asked hyperactivity.
"Why does everyone assume we're dating?" Zane asked in a monotone, while rolling his eyes.
"He's my rival," Jaylin replied to Crystal.
"Are you sure?" Crystal asked, showing a teasy smirk.
"She's sure!" Zane snapped.
"Stop being an asshole, Zane," Jaylin rebuked as Zane rolled his eyes. She turned back to her friend. "Anyways, I'm sure. I do hang out with other guys besides Zane."
"I know, it's just that Zane never talks to any girl, except Alexis, but they knew each other since Elementary School," Crystal explained as Jaylin shrugged in response. "Not to mention, who wouldn't fall for a cute guy like him?"
"I can name a few," Zane responded plainly.
"Anyways, are you gonna try winning the competition?" Jaylin asked, changing the subject, since it was starting to get weird.
"Yeah! I'm probably not gonna make it, but it's so much fun to try! I'm sure you'll make it!" Crystal said.
"She will. Jaylin is the only duelist I know that can match up to me," Zane said.
"What about Carl?" Jaylin asked.
"Maybe, but her skills haven't matched yet."
"Well, I know I'm going to be in the competition! I'm not gonna be the Duelist Queen without skill!"
"Just remember to never underestimate your opponents. Just because they look weak, doesn't mean they are."
"Oh, I'm not going to duel weak duelists. I'm up for anyone that wants to take me on!" Jaylin smirked, pumping her fist. "Anyways, I'm gonna go to my dorm and set up my deck."
Jaylin ran on her way out of the school and to her dorm room. She began setting up her deck with very powerful monsters. She also decided to add some new cards she hadn't used yet. Excitement was stirring up inside her about the competition. She was anxious for the next day to appear to start her duel and felt it sucked that she had to wait for so long. Though, she did decide to train with her friends, who were still working on building their strength and pain tolerance. Jinzo's warning still stirred up in the young Slifer's mind.
The next day came and Jaylin decided to dress in her duelist clothes. Normally, she would wait until after school, being that she had to wear her school uniform. Though, Jaylin's uniform was part of her new duelist outfit. She wanted to represent her school when she won the tournament. With her uniform, she wore a short black tank top, which once belonged to Yugi when he was 16. Jaylin normally never wore men's clothing, but this one was special to her and could easily be taken as clothing for girls, being that it was so short it reached right above her bellybutton.
"Nice outfit! I've never seen you wear that before!" Carl complimented, sitting on the top bunk with her PJ top and shorts.
"Thanks! I've been saving it for when I start entering the competition," Jaylin replied with glittering eyes.
"And your school uniform is part of it? Besides, we don't need to wear them until we're chosen."
"I know, but I have alot of confidence and my Dad's always told me that when you wear your duelist outfit at the first start of the competition, people will remember you longer."
"I suppose. Though, does it have to be part of your school uniform?"
"I like my school uniform. It fits my personality."
"If you say so," Carl replied with her eyes closed as Jaylin placed on her tennis shoes. She then placed her duel disk in her book bag before leaving for class.
Jaylin waited anxiously for school to be over, but it seemed long. It did eventually end and she began changing shoes from her shoe locker. She placed her red school shoes inside and closed it, being she was wearing her white tennis shoes. She then placed some red lip gloss on her lips before placing it in her pocket, then got out her duelist belt and placed it around her waist, which had her newly built deck inside.
"Why am I not surprised you're already wearing your duelist outfit this early?" Zane teased as Jaylin closed her shoe locker, then faced Zane with arms folded.
"How'd you know this would be my outfit?" Jaylin asked.
"Call it a hunch," Zane shrugged. He then leaned to Jaylin and whispered, "and you're wearing Yugi's shirt."
"How'd you know it was his?"
"Your tag's showing that has his name."
"YIKES!" Jaylin cried out, blushing as she shoved the tag, popping out, hidden behind her shirt.
"On the positive side, you could just say that it's an autograph from him."
"Hey Jaylin, you excited?" Syrus asked, showing a huge smile and a duel disk on his arm.
"You know it! You wanna duel?" Jaylin asked.
"Not yet. I know both of us are going to be one of the 128, so I want to wait until then."
"Fair enough, but who am I supposed to duel until then?"
"I know someone you could duel. Zane told me that, last year, there was this duelist, who called himself the Duel Giant. He gains points by hiding outside of the Obelisk Blue Dorm. That's how he was able to eliminate the Obelisk Blue students from the competition."
"Sweetness! Where can I find this Duel Giant!?" Jaylin asked excitedly with gleam in her eyes.
"He usually hides in different parts outside of the Obelisk Blue Dorm. Being that you're wearing a Slifer Red outfit, you'll less likely be challenged to a duel," Zane smirked.
"Fine, I'll change this once," Jaylin said in defeat, looking around. "Where's Alexis?"
"You could just change into your dance outfit."
"Oh... right. Be right back!" Jaylin cried out before running down the hallway and into the Girl's Locker Room next to the gym.
Jaylin changed into her dance outfit, letting Zane hold her ID for a while, despite the school's policy in NEVER letting other students carry someone else's ID. Jaylin came walking around the Obelisk Blue Dorm, looking around and wondering if this Duel Giant was around. He didn't seem to be around the area where Jaylin was searching at until she heard something, which seemed to take place closer to the courtyard where the Obelisk Blue students would often walk from to their dorm.
Jaylin ran and saw one of the Obelisk Blue students dueling against some huge person covered in Obelisk Blue jackets. The Slifer Red student had to chuckle at the sight of this. The person looked like a pile of laundry. Jaylin tried her hardest to try not to laugh, but she couldn't take this guy seriously, especially the deep voice. Why was he trying to be intimidating, while playing a game of Duel Monsters?
"Looks like I win!" The duel giant claimed in a deep voice as a number on the Duel Score Chip on the left changed from 3 to 4. The numbers on the Duel Score Chip had the number of wins on the left and number of loses on the right. So far, the Duel Giant had 4 wins and 0 losses. If this Duel Giant had wins so far, then he's probably good.
"Aw man!" the Obelisk Blue student responded.
"Hey bro, you wanna duel me?" Jaylin challenged, who already had her duel disk, and put her deck inside the slot.
"Hey, hot stuff, why are you wearing your dance uniform?" The Duel Giant asked flirtatiously.
"I was actually planning on doing a little workout," Jaylin lied naturally, trying to make herself seem like a flirt, so she'd seem like a weaker duelist than she really was. "Why are you wearing the Obelisk's laundry?"
"It makes me terrifying, so people shall fear my duelist skills."
"Right. Anyways, let's start this duel already!" Jaylin responded, turning her duel disk on the same time the Duel Giant turned his on. They both drew five cards. "I'll let you go first."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive," Jaylin replied as the Duel Giant drew his first card.
"I summon Giant Orc in attack mode!" The Duel Giant responded, summoning a giant pale monster with a red cloth for a skirt and a huge bone for a weapon. "Your turn!"
"I summon Winged Kuriboh in attack mode, then end," Jaylin declared as Winged Kuriboh appeared in attack mode.
"My Giant Orc attacks your Winged Kuriboh," the Duel Giant declared as Giant Orc took its huge bone weapon and struck Winged Kuriboh, bursting it from the field. "Orc's ability activates!" Giant Orc changes into defense mode. "Then, I summon Second Goblin and equip it to Giant Orc!" A small purple monster appeared with an eye patch on his left eye, attaching itself to Giant Orc from behind.
"Wow, he kinda reminds me of a Jockey from Left 4 Dead," Jaylin commented.
"Yeah, he does. I switch Giant Orc to attack mode due to it's equip effect," the Duel Giant responded. Jaylin figured he didn't know anything about Left 4 Dead, since he kinda brushed that part off. "I place one card face-down, then end."
Jaylin drew her next card, a smirk appearing on her lips, then declaring, "I play Elemental Hero Knospe..." Elemental HERO Knospe was instantly summoned to the field in defense mode. "then, I play Rose Bud to tribute Knospe to special summon Poison Rose!" Elemental HERO Knospe instantly bloomed into a purple flower and out came Elemental HERO Poison Rose with such brilliance.
"Great monster, but that little beauty isn't enough to beat my Orc," the Duel Giant claimed.
"So you think!" Jaylin smirked. "I play H – Heated Heart to raise my Poison Rose's attack to 500 points, which is enough to destroy your Orc!" Elemental HERO Poison Rose began glowing red as soon a firey letter H appeared surrounding it and its attack points rose to 2400. "She attacks your Giant Orc!" Elemental HERO Poison Rose began shooting poison needles at Giant Orc, bursting it from the field and leaving the Duel Giant with 3800 life points remaining. Elemental HERO Poison Rose's attack rose to 2600 due to its effect. "I place one card face-down and end!" Elemental HERO Poison Rose's attack fell to 2100.
"Nice shot! My turn!" The Duel Giant declared, drawing his next card. "First, I activate my trap card Time Machine, which brings back my Giant Orc!" A giant metal time machine appeared from the smoke and the door opened, revealing Giant Orc. "Now, I summon Goblin King!" A small green monster with a red kingly robe and crown appeared on the field. "Then, I special summon Half-Goblin's by sacrificing Big Shield Gardna and Warrior Dai Grepher from my hand!" Two small brown monsters with black armor appeared on the field, while the Duel Giant placed Big Shield Gardna and Warrior Dai Grepher to the graveyard. Goblin King's attack and defense rose to 3000. "Goblin King attacks your Poison Rose!" Goblin King pointed its scepter at Elemental HERO Poison Rose and a blast appeared out of the scepter and directly at its target, bursting it from the field and leaving Jaylin with 3100 life points remaining. "Then, my Giant Orc and Half-Goblin's attack you directly!" Giant Orc threw its giant bone at Jaylin, dropping her life points down to 900, then one Half-Goblin threw its sword at Jaylin, leaving her with 400. The last Half-Goblin threw its sword when...
"I reveal my trap card Negate Attack!" Jaylin declared, revealing her trap card as the Half-Goblin's sword hit the vortex shielding her and bounced back into Half-Goblin's hand.
"I end! Looks like I'm winning!"
"As they say, the winner isn't decided until one of our life points reaches zero... or if our cards run out... or if you summon Exodia... or if DEATH is spelled on the Destiny Board trap card," Jaylin replied, drawing her next card. "I play Spellbook Inside the Pot, each of us draw three cards!" She and the Duel Giant drew three cards from their deck to their hand. "Then, I summon Ocean in attack mode!" Elemental HERO Ocean appeared on the field boldly, twirling the wand in its hand. "Then, I activate E – Emergency Call to place an Elemental Hero from my deck to my hand!" Jaylin searched through her deck and placed Elemental HERO Woodsman in her hand. "Now, I use Polymerization to combine Ocean and Woodsman to bring out Terra Firma!" Elemental HERO Ocean and Elemental HERO Woodsman fused together in the light and appeared as Elemental HERO Terra Firma. "I also play my field spell Umi!" The whole field became an ocean, surrounding Jaylin and the Duel Giant. "My Terra Firma attacks your Half-Goblin!" Jaylin declared as Elemental HERO Terra Firma attacked one of the Duel Giant's Half-Goblin's and the Duel Giant's life points fell to 1800. "Then, I use De-Fusion on Terra Firma!" Elemental HERO Terra Firma defused back to Elemental HERO Ocean and Elemental HERO Woodsman. Elemental HERO Ocean's attack points rose to 1700 and defense rose to 1400. "Woodsman attacks your other Half-Goblin!" Elemental HERO Woodsman punched Half-Goblin, bursting it from the field and leaving the Duel Giant with 1300 life points remaining. "Then, due to Ocean's ability, he can attack you directly, if Umi is face-up on the field!" Elemental HERO Ocean twirled its wand, then began surfing on the ocean, then the wave hit the Duel Giant, bringing his life points down to 0. Jaylin winked as she shot her two fingers from her forehead to the Duel Giant, pointing at him. "GOTCHA! That was a fun game!"
"Wow, you're good for a pretty Obelisk girl."
"Actually, I'm on Slifer Red. I just heard about a Duel Giant here and decided to check around here to duel you," Jaylin admitted.
"Wait, you mean you're... no wonder you're good! But wait, how are you on the dance team?"
"My dance teacher signed me up. There are Slifer girls at Cheerleading."
"I suppose, but there are as many as two, at the most. I'm trying to duel the easy picks, so I can make it to the chosen 160 duelists. I tried making it last year, but I never made it."
"I'm sure you'll get there sooner or later. What's your name, by the way? Mine is Jaylin Yuki," Jaylin introduced, letting out her hand.
"Brier Kohara," Brier replied, removing some of the Obelisk Blue clothing to show his face, which were bright brown eyes and long dark green hair. He was rather small and petite for a Sophomore. "Between you and me, I'm actually on Ra Yellow. I'm only here, because I've heard that the weakest duelists usually are in Obelisk Blue, due to studies."
"Nice, but be careful. There are powerful duelists on Obelisk Blue too and you could get in trouble for being caught here without an invite. Zane invites me here all the time, so I'm in the clear."
"I'll try. By the way, please don't take this as any offense, but you're really hot."
"Thanks. Nice dueling with ya!" Jaylin waved, running back to the school to change her clothes.
"You too!"
Jaylin noticed the counter on her Duel Score Chip rise to 1/0. She was anxious to duel more students and just couldn't wait for her next opponent. She ran quickly to the Girl's Locker Room in the school to rechange her clothes. Luckily, the Girl's Locker Room was open for Cheerleading practice today.