Post by Azuregos on Mar 11, 2013 21:35:06 GMT 10
Episode 1.1- The Next King of Games
Domino City. Home to some of the world's most famous duelists of Duel Monsters. Such as Seto Kaiba, CEO of the Kaiba Corporation, and the King of Games: Yugi Moto. It's also the location of the Kaiba Dome where students from all over were applying to go to the prestigious: Duel Academy. This is where our story begins here.
We see a dark green motorcycle coming up on to the parking lot of the Kaiba Dome and the driver parks his motorcycle and turns the engine off. The driver removed his helmet revealing to be a teenager who is about 16 years old, has dark blonde hair, and has blue eyes. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a blue dragon symbol on it along with the same blue dragon symbol on his right arm. To finish off his look, he was wearing dark blue jeans, with a belt that held his two decks of cards, white socks, blue & white runners.
"Well I guess that this is it, I am still not sure about using these new cards that I got from Pegasus, hmmm… I guess I’ll sort that out later." The boy sighed as he looked at his two decks.
He proceeded to the Kaiba Dome arriving at the desk, where people are signing up to be tested to see if they had what it takes to be at Duel Academy. He comes up to the desk with a man sitting behind it.
"Greetings young man. What can I do for you?" He asked.
"I'm here to apply for Duel Academy." The boy answered.
"Name please?"
"Timothy Azuregos."
The man took a clipboard from his desk and looked at the list carefully. A few seconds later… "Ah, here you are. Azuregos." the man nodded. "Just head inside and when they call you, head to the arena."
"Thanks for that" Azuregos shook the man’s hand before walking in.
Once inside, he saw a lot of students and examinees around. Some who already where wearing their uniforms which were different colours red, yellow, and blue blazer jackets. "Wow, this is a lot of people." Azuregos muttered to himself. He then notices other people wearing clothes other than the red, yellow, and blue jackets. "I guess these must be the other applicants.”
Down below, Azuregos notices a duel going on between a boy about a year older than him wearing a greyish–white school uniform and a dueling proctor. On the field in front of the proctor were two monsters in defence mode. Gear Golem the Moving Fortress and Big Shield Gardna. The monster opposite of them was a Vorse Raider and there was also a face down card in the Spell/Trap Card Zone.
"Alright new guy. Multiple choice; you have two monsters staring ya down, do you A: throw in the towel, B: beg for mercy, or C: run home to mamma?" The proctor asked.
"I'll go with D: none of the above!" The boy with dark hair announced before pressing a button on his duel disk. "I choose to activate my trap card. You see, with Ring of Destruction I can destroy any monster in attack position and we both take damage equal to its attack points."
A ring of red bombs appeared around the Vorse Raider's neck and exploded on impact.
Proctor: 0
Boy: 1300
"Clever move." He said. "Welcome to the Academy."
"Thank you oh wise Proctor." The boy bowed.
'Wow… that guy did a good move.' Azuregos thought.
Up in the stands, he saw three boys wearing Obelisk Blue Academy blazers who also watched the duel as well. "Wow, that guy's pretty good huh, Chazz?" The boy with blue hair and glasses said.
"Guess the rumours about him being some whiz kid were true, huh Chazz?" The boy on the other side said.
"He's a punk." The person in the middle called Chazz scoffed. "We went to Duel prep school for the past three years. We're ready for the Academy. These kids don't know what they're getting into. But they'll learn… the hard way, the Chazz Princeton way."
'Chazz Princeton, huh? Well sounds like this guy is going to be a pain in the back when I get into the academy.' Azuregos thought.
"Timothy Azuregos, please report to Dueling Field #18. I repeat, Timothy Azuregos. Dueling Field # 18." A voice over the PA announced.
"Just great, I am up and I still don’t know which deck to use." Azuregos said to himself as he headed over to his assigned field.
Meanwhile, in another part of the dome a short, a light blue–haired boy also got finished watching the last duel as another teenager with brown hair commented on it. "Wow, that guy really tore it up." He said.
"Yeah, Bastion Misawa; they said he got a perfect score on his written exams out of all of us new applicants." The light–blue haired boy said.
"Wow really? I barely made it through mine. Oh yeah, name's Jaden!"
"My name's Syrus, nice to meet you." Syrus then looked somewhat depressed. "I kinda have a thing where I get test anxiety. I don't know how I won my duel."
"So you're in! Congratulations!" Jaden praised patting Syrus on the back. "I will be too as soon as I have my duel."
"Wait, you mean you haven't dueled yet?" Syrus asked shocked.
"Nope." Jaden replied.
"That might be a problem. There's meant to be one more duel after Bastion's and it's the last one." Syrus explained.
"HUH?!" Jaden exclaimed.
Azuregos rose up from an elevated platform. In front of him was a man wearing the purple blazer with a coat tail. It was one of the proctors.
"Alright, applicant. Name?" The proctor asked.
"Timothy Azuregos." He replied back respectfully.
"Alright then Azuregos, you know the rules: you win, you're in. If not, better luck next year." The proctor said strapping up his duel disk.
"Don’t worry I’ll be getting in this year. I guarantee it." Azuregos smirked as he reached for his decks. “Damn it, I guess I won’t use my Synchro deck now, guess I’ll use my Shining Nova deck.” Azuregos muttered to himself as he put his Synchro deck back into its holder, while he pulls out his Shining Nova deck and places that into his duel disk.
"Well let’s see how your deck fairs in this duel then shall we?" The proctor asked
"You really will not be expecting the power in this deck!" Azuregos said while looking at the proctor
"DUEL!"
Azuregos: 4000
Proctor: 4000
"Since you're the one applying, you have the first move." The Proctor offered.
"Thanks. Don't mind if I do. " Azuregos declared drawing his sixth card. He looked at his hand and smiled at what he got. "Nice… Alright, for my first move, I'll summon Red-Eyes B. Chick in ATK mode!" Azuregos declared placing his card on the tray. At that point an egg appeared before a small dragon burst out of the egg at his side (1/ATK: 800/DEF: 500).
"Huh?" The Proctor blinked. "I've wasn’t expecting to see a weak card at the beginning of this duel."
"Just you wait this little dragon has a secret." Azuregos explained.
Zane Truesdale and Alexis Rhodes looked down at the beginning duel between a proctor and an applicant. Both were idly casting glances, but when the applicant had summoned his first monster, both were trained on the new monster and the one controlling it.
"Red-Eyes B. Chick?" asked Alexis. "Why would he summon a weak monster right at the beginning of his duel?"
"Like he said Alexis, the Red-Eyes B. Chick has a powerful ability if he has the correct card in his hand" Zane reasoned. "
"Hey Chazz," one of the boys in blue asked one Chazz Princeton as they watched the duel. "What you think of that pathetic move?"
"Must be an act of desperation or something," Chazz shrugged. "Who cares? Let the reject duel with what he wants."
"Still, maybe this kid has a trick up his sleeve or something?" Another one of Chazz's friend's stated.
'A weak but powerful monster right at the beginning, hmm?' Bastion thought, showing a thoughtful emotion. 'That would certainly give him the edge if he has the correct card to activate the ability…' he added as he sat down in a seat to where Jaden and Syrus were.
"Wonder why he isn’t panicking at all." Syrus wondered.
"He most likely plans on sacrificing the dragon later." Jaden added, and got a big grin on his face. "This is going to be an awesome duel!" He then noticed Bastion sitting next to them. "Hey there Bastion. Tight duel out there!" Jaden exclaimed.
"Thank you." Bastion said politely.
"From the looks of things, you could be the second best duelist here!" Jaden said, confusing Bastion. "And that guy's probably gonna be the third best since you already got the second best position. Who is he anyway?"
"Timothy Azuregos." Bastion answered. "I've heard he won a tournament some time ago that Pegasus had set up for new duelists, apparently the prize was a new deck of cards that still haven’t been released."
"Guys, talk later!" Syrus jumped in, turning their attention back to the duel.
"I'll put down a face-down and I end my turn." Azuregos said.
"Hmm… interesting. You plan on trying to win with a weak little dragon hatchling, you really are asking for a one way ticket back home,” the Proctor stated. "My turn! Draw!" The Proctor drew a card and added it to his hand. Then he took a card from the other side he continued. "I summon Red Gadget in ATK mode!" On the field, a red and silver machine appeared. Its body consisted of gears (4/ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500). "Now, Red Gadget's effect activates. When it is Normal Summoned, I can add a Yellow Gadget from my Deck to my Hand." The proctor took out his deck from his duel disk and searched through it. He then showed Azuregos the card to prove it and then shuffled the deck. "Lastly, I put two cards face down and I attack your Red-Eyes B. Chick.” Azuregos smirked “I don’t think so for I reveal my face-down trap card Half or Nothing, this trap card forces you to make a choice, either you end your attack or you have to half the attack of your monster.” The proctor smiles calmly “Nice move kid, but unfortunately you get off lucky I end my turn. You're up kid."
"My turn!" Azuregos declared and drew his next card. "Alright, now were talking I activate Red-Eyes B. Chick’s ability, by sending Red-Eyes B. Chick to the graveyard I can summon Red-Eyes B. Dragon to the field from my hand in ATK mode!" At that moment Red-Eyes B. Chick is engulfed in flames before the flames burst revealing the Red-Eyes B. Dragon in its place on the field (7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2500).
"Alright Red-Eyes B. Dragon, Attack! Take out Red Gadget, with Inferno Fireball!" Azuregos said.
"I activate my face down, Waboku!" The face down card on the left flipped up and showed a magenta card with a picture of three women in holy robes on it. "Until the end of this turn, I receive no damage and none of my monsters are destroyed. That was good try though kid." The three robed women appeared and Red-Eyes B. Dragon stopped in its tracks.
"Nice move, I'll end my turn there." Azuregos said with a grin on his face
"My turn." The Proctor drew a card and stared at it. "First off I activate the Spell Card, Double Summon. For this turn, I can normal summon up to two monster. So first off I summon Yellow Gadget!" Next to Red Gadget, a similar looking monster appeared, except the color scheme was yellow (4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1200). "Now his effect activates. When Yellow Gadget is summoned, I can add one Green Gadget from my Deck to my Hand."
Once again the Proctor looked through his deck and got his card. He then shuffled it and returned it to his duel disk. After that the Proctor grabbed another card in his hand. "Now I summon Machina Gearframe in ATK mode!" Next to the other two machines was a skinny orange and silver robot with an overly large orange helmet (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 0). "Now I'll use his effect to add one Machina monster to my Hand from my Deck, and I choose Machina Fortress."
After adding the card to his hand, the Proctor said, "Next I equip Gearframe to my Red Gadget." The orange machine attached itself to Red Gadget, similar to that of a screw into a bolt. "Lastly I put one card face down and end my turn."
'Wow this guy has got something planned and that facedown would probably help him too.' Azuregos thought. "It's my turn!" Azuregos declared and drew his next card. "I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards from my deck." Azuregos drew his two cards. 'This looks like the duel will be coming to a close sooner than I thought.' "I summon Kaibaman!"
A man that looks like Seto Kaiba but with a dragon helmet on his head appears on the field next to the Red-Eyes B. Dragon (3/ATK: 200/DEF: 700). Once he did appear most of the girls in the crowd almost fainted at the sight of him.
"But I am not finished for now I tribute Kaibaman to activate his ability which allows me to summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand in ATK mode!"
A white dragon rises as Kaibaman vanishes, before it roars at the proctor (8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500)
"Now, I am still not finished for now I activate the magic card Polymerization to fuse my Blue-Eyes White Dragon with the other two in my hand.” Azuregos yelled with a calm voice. “Now rise my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.” The Blue-Eyes White dragon on the field turns bright white before growing larger in size and gaining an extra two heads (12/ATK: 4500/DEF: 3800).
Everyone in the audience gasp at how Azuregos not only managed to summon the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, but the fact that he even had three Blue-Eyes in his deck.
“Wow how did this kid manage to get hold of those cards, I thought only Seto Kaiba had the only three Blue-Eyes White Dragons,” Alexis asked Zane confused.
Zane looks at her and at the dragon on the field, “Well Alexis if you should know, Kaiba and Pegasus both agreed to create a new card pack that was called Destroyer from Light. This pack was meant to contain a few Blue-Eyes White Dragons and a very rare card that only was seen by Kaiba, Yugi, Pegasus and few others; I just wonder if this kid has it.”
"OK kid I must admit you managed to bring out a powerful monster but are you going to attack or end your turn,” the proctor says in a nervous voice.
“Actually no I will do neither for I still have one more card to play, for now I sacrifice my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in order to summon the mighty Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon.” Azuregos remarks back at the proctor.
The Blue-Eyes Ultimate starts to crack as bright beams of white light form through the cracks, when suddenly the Blue-Eyes Ultimate shatters revealing in its place the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon (10/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500)
Everyone in the stadium gasp at the revealed Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon before them. “Wow that is one powerful card it looks like Azuregos might actually end up winning,” Bastion says in awe.
Syrus looks at the board and notices the ATK of the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, “Umm Bastion isn’t the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon weaker in ATK points than the Blue-Eyes Ultimate.”
Jaden looks on to the duel before interrupting Syrus, “No way Sy the amount of effort it took him to summon the monster, it must have some powerful abilities.”
Bastion nods at Jaden’s remark “You are right Jaden for the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon has two abilities one is that it can negate the effect of Spell, Trap and Monster Cards that designate it and its second ability is that for every Dragon in his graveyard the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon increases in strength by 300 and at the moment there is five which makes the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon have the same amount of ATK as the Blue-Eyes Ultimate had.”
The Proctor looks on at the powerful Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon (10/ATK: 4500/DEF: 2500). Azuregos smiles at the Proctor’s reaction “Ok, now Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon attack Yellow Gadget!”
"Not so fast kiddo! I activate my Trap Card, Dimensional Prison! This banishes your attacking monster!" the Proctor shouted as he revealed one of his face downs.
"That won't work. I activate my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's ability! I can negate the effects of a trap, spell or monster cards that target this monster!" Azuregos countered.
"What!?"
The Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, rose up into the air above the Yellow Gadget before firing its Shining Nova blast at the Yellow Gadget instantly destroying it. "Ah!" The Proctor exclaimed.
Azuregos: 4000
Proctor: 700
"I'm not done yet! Red-Eyes B. Dragon, finish this match, destroy his Red Gadget with Inferno Fireball!” Azuregos yelled as his Red-Eyes B. Dragon charges up a its attack and launches it at the Red Gadget only for it to get caught in a tube.
"My other trap card," the Proctor smirked. He nodded over towards the second face down card. It was none other than Magic Cylinder. "You should know what this does right? If you don't I'll just tell you. When this card is activated, I can negate one of your attacks this turn. Not only that, I can redirect the damage back towards you." Two cylinders came out from the card. One started absorbing the fireball that was caught in it. When it disappeared into the cylinder, it shot out of the other cylinder sending the attack back towards Azuregos. The force of the attack forced Azuregos to block with his arms.
Azuregos: 1600
Proctor: 700
Azuregos lowered his arms before smiling at the Proctor. "I end my turn."
"Oh man, that attack backfired at him." Syrus said with worry.
"Good, now I draw!" the Proctor announced. After drawing his card he showed it to the boy. "I activate Pot of Greed, which like you know lets me draw two more cards." Drawing again, the Proctor smiled slowly. "First I use the effect of my Machina Fortress! By sending monsters whose levels add up to 8 from my Hand I can Special Summon it onto the field." The man discarded a card and special summoned yet another machine. This time it was a three wheeled tank machine. It was blue in colour and had two mechanical hands on the each side with a large cannon on the left side. (7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1600)
"Next I use Monster Reborn! This lets me summon a monster from either graveyard, and I choose the monster that I just sent there! Come forth, Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon!" The stone floor broke open and out flew an old looking machine. It was made up of several gears that seemed rusted and it was in the shape of a dragon. (8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2000)
Several of the students watching gasped. "Hey, did you know that they had that card in one of the proctor's test decks?" Alexis asked Zane. The older boy stared at the battlefield without saying a word, since he knew that at the moment the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon was still the most powerful monster on the field and it was about to get stronger.
"My word!" Bastion gasped.
"You're telling me!" Syrus added. "That's one big dragon!"
"Dragon, destroy his Red-Eyes B. Dragon!"
The large dragon flew up into the sky and fired down a beam of grey energy. The attack hit its mark, and Red-Eyes B. Dragon roared in fury as it went down in flames.
Azuregos: 1000
Proctor: 700
"Looks like this duel is just about wrapped up." Chazz said smugly. "That kid ain't nothing special."
The Procter smiles “Ok I place one card face-down and end my turn.”
Azuregos quickly glances at the score board and notices how close each of their life points are, “Well then my turn, I draw!” Azuregos draws his one card before activating it. “Ok I play Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two new cards.” Azuregos draws two new cards and places one card face-down. “Ok, let’s try this again, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon attack his Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon. And remember every time one of my dragons are sent to the graveyard my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon gains 300 ATK which brings its ATK strength to 4800.”
The Procter laughs “Not that it matters for I reveal my face-down card Mirror Force which destroys your Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon.”
“If only,” Azuregos counters, “For I reveal my face-down card Iron Core Luster which destroys your Mirror Force, however I need to have Iron Core of Koa’ki Meiru in my hand.” Azuregos then reveals his last card in his hand which is Iron Core of Koa’ki Meiru.
The Procter curses as the glass mirror shielding breaks, “Now let’s try this one final time, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon attack and end this duel!” Azuregos yells as the Blue-Eyes Shining flies right up to the Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon and unleashes its Shining Nova blast right into the other dragon’s face. The Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon blows up and its remains land on the Procter.
Azuregos: 1000
Proctor: 0
The holograms disappeared and the Proctor recovers from the Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon landing on him and said, "Congratulations applicant. Welcome to Duel Academy."
"Thank you." Azuregos replied calmly before leaving the duel field.
"No way…" Chazz growled. "A slacker not only managed to win but how did he get hold of those cards?"
"Alright, he won!" Syrus cheered.
"Sure did, that proctor got crushed!" Jaden grinned.
"At least there's proper competition coming along." Bastion smiled, impressed with Azuregos’ victory.
"This guy is interesting," Alexis smiled, "He definitely has a place here…"
"Only time will tell, don’t forget he wasn’t sure about revealing his other deck at the time." Zane said.
“True, it just makes me wonder if this wasn’t his main deck then what is he hiding in his real deck,” Alexis said back to Zane.
"Right below them, in the VIP seats for Academy facility members, the teachers watched as Azuregos left the duel field. "Looks like we've got a pretty good crop this year." One of them said.
"Yes, indeed." Another teacher agreed.
Also right next to them, another teacher sat there silent not paying attention to the other teachers' talk. He's male, but could easily be mistaken as a woman if you didn't know who he was. He wore a blue blazer similar to Chazz but had some gold shoulder plates and trimmings along with a ruffled pink collar. He also had his blonde hair in a ponytail and was wearing makeup. This was Dr. Vellian Crowler, headmaster of the Obelisk Blue Boys Dorm.
'Another slacker for the Academy.' He thought dismissively. 'I'm just glad that this was the last duel, otherwise there could be more slackers coming in, too.'
He was about to get up and leave when…
"I'm sorry to interrupt." A man in a black, business suit appeared stopping Crowler from leaving. "But one last applicant has arrived to take his exam, Mr. Crowler."
"Excuse me? Did you just call me, 'mister'?" Crowler scowled.
"I'm sorry. I'm new here Miss…"
"I have a Ph.D. in dueling to earn the title 'Doctor' thank you!" Crowler snapped a bit. He then looked away. "Now tell the truant that he'll have to come back next year." The other teachers looked at him like he lost his mind.
"Oh come on, Dr. Crowler, we have time for one more."
"Yes, let's give this duelist his shot."
"He was just a bit late, that's all."
"LATE IS RUDE!" Crowler finally snapped. He slammed his hands down, freaking out the other people around him. "I HAVE NO TIME FOR SLACKERS!" Just then his cell phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered it "YES WHAT!?"
"It's Sheppard."
"Oh, Chancellor Sheppard, how nice of you to call." Crowler said, suddenly changing his angry tone to a pleasant one.
"Just calling to make sure everything is running smoothly." Chancellor Sheppard said. "We wouldn't want a repeat of what happened last year." That made Crowler bug out a bit. "When you cut a third of our student applicants because someone called you 'Mr.' or 'Mrs.'? Whatever, just make sure everyone gets a fair shot!"
"Oh, absolutely," Crowler said as he hung up scowling. 'Furry–chinned windbag; doesn't he realize that there are enough talentless flunkies at this Academy? But he's the boss, and if he wants to give this scrim shaker a duel…fine.' He then got up from his seat. "Pardon me, gentlemen, I'll be right back." He said then starting walking away.
"But sir, who will be the boy's dueling proctor? And which exam deck should we use?"
Crowler just huffed and walked away. "Leave that to me." He pulled out a deck from inside his blazer, grinning evilly.
Back with Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion, they were waiting around until Azuregos showed up.
"Hey man, that was one sweet duel!" Jaden said excited running up to Azuregos.
"Thanks." Azuregos said. "Name's Timothy Azuregos” he said
"Jaden Yuki!" He said and the boys shook hands.
"I'm Syrus Truesdale." The light–blue haired introduced.
"And I'm Bastion Misawa, the duelist that went before you went to duel."
"Nice to meet you guys." Azuregos said back.
"Jaden Yuki, please report to Dueling Field # 4." The PA announced again. "Jaden Yuki, to Dueling Field # 4."
"Go time!" Jaden said as he got ready to go. "Wish me luck, guys."
"Wait! Before you go, what did you mean by me being the second best duellist and Azuregos being the third best? Who's the first?" Bastion asked.
Jaden pointed his thumb to himself. "Why yours truly!" He grinned. "It's what I'm best at." He then continued his stride down to the exam floor.
"Really…Third best even after what you saw?" Azuregos asked confused looking at Bastion.
"You might have a slightly higher advantage over me for now, but I’ll come up with a formula to beat your deck." Bastion answered.
"Jaden sure is confident though." Syrus noticed.
"He's going to need to be." Bastion said, pointing to the exam field in question. "Look who's his up against…" Bastion, Syrus, and Azuregos looked to see the ponytailed Headmaster.
"You have got to be kidding me." Azuregos remarked.
"He is Dr. Crowler; he's in charge of these exams and also the head of the top dorm in the Academy." Bastion replied.
"That's a guy?!" Syrus gasped.
"Yes. And I've heard that last year, he cut a third of the applicants for calling him either 'Mr.' or 'Mrs.'."
"Wow…" Syrus gasped
"It's about to start." Azuregos said gaining their attention.
On the field, Dr. Crowler was being prepped and ready to duel. The duel disk he was equipped with looked as though it was crafted into his blazer. Jaden then rose up from a platform and was on the duel field
"Alright, test time!" Crowler said looking at Jaden. "So, son, your name?"
Jaden stood at attention like a soldier and replied, "Uh… Jaden, Jaden Yuki."
"Well 'Uh, Jaden Yuki', I'm Doctor Vellian Crowler, Department Chair and Techniques Professor here at Duel Academy."
"Wow." Jaden said, rubbing the back of his neck with a hearty laugh. "A Department chair, I had no idea. From the way you were dressed I thought you were some kind of Academy mascot." Crowler sweat dropped at that comment.
"Now that he mentions it," The boy wearing glasses next to Chazz said.
"This guy's got some lip, huh Chazz?" The other said.
Chazz just looked on as he didn't like what Jaden was saying to Dr. Crowler.
"Duel Vest On!" Crowler said activating it and drew his five cards. Jaden was just amazed by the machinery.
"Hey, that's some sweet gear, teach. How do I get one of those?" Jaden asked.
"Oh, a lot of hard work, high marks and dedication." Crowler answered. 'Of course, you have to be accepted first. Which I will make sure you don't.'
"Well, I'm ready!" Jaden said activating his duel disk.
"So let's duel!" Both players shouted as both players drew their starting hands.
Crowler: 4000
Jaden: 4000
"Here goes!" Jaden said as he drew his first card and looked at his hand. "Sweet, I'm going to summon Elemental Hero Avian in DEF mode!" As he placed the card horizontally on the field, a green feathered man with a pair of wings appeared and knelt down (3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000). "I'll also throw down a facedown." A reverse card appeared on the field.
"Huh… so he runs Elemental Heroes." Azuregos stated. "Those cards I hear are hard to acquire."
"Yeah coming from the one who has the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" Bastion stated
“Yeah I guess you’re right,” Azuregos replied with a small laugh
"Alright, get your game on!" Jaden said excitedly.
"Yes, of course." Dr. Crowler said dismissively as he drew his sixth card. 'Don't tell me what to do.' He then took a look at his hand. 'After all, since I'm using my own personal deck rather than those puny test ones, I'll be calling all the shots. I'll fail that miserable little brat and send him home in no time flat.' "I think I'll start out nice and easy, by playing the Spell Card, Confiscation!"
"Okay, so what's it do?" Jaden asked.
"What it does is allow me to pay 1000 life points to take a look at your hand and toss one of your cards to the graveyard." As his explanation finished, holographic images of Jaden's cards appeared. They were Monster Reborn, The Warrior Returning Alive, Hero Signal, and Polymerization.
Crowler: 3000
Jaden: 4000
"Ah yes, I remember some of these when I was a naïve rookie. Now which one shall I banish?" He asked looking at each card. "I know, Monster Reborn to the graveyard!" Jaden's Monster Reborn card was sent there. "Next I'll set two cards face down." Two reverse cards appeared on the field. "And last, but not least, I play Heavy Storm! This spell card destroys every other spell and trap card that's out on the field." A heavy wind picked up and Jaden's facedown was destroyed along with Crowler's two facedown cards.
"Whoopsie, did you forget that you had two cards on the field as well?" Jaden said teasingly.
"Now, now, young scholar, you mustn't speak out–of–turn." Crowler waggled his finger. After that dark clouds began to form around his side of the field.
"Hey, what's happening?"
"Nothing's happening. Not yet anyway!" Crowler grinned. Two yellow worm–like creatures appeared on his side of the field. "But that's about to change."
The audience was awestruck by these two monsters but Syrus was confused, again. "Could someone tell me what's happening?"
"Those two trap cards that Dr. Crowler had out on the field were called Statue of the Wicked." Bastion explained as he observed the duel with Syrus. "It's a special trap card that creates a vicious monster token when it's destroyed by a card effect. That's why he played Heavy Storm."
Azuregos grimaced. "That can’t be a test deck Crowler's using. The test decks shouldn't have cards like Heavy Storm and Confiscation."
"Of course! And they can change the tide of battle without any serious costs!" Bastion realised.
"Meaning?" Syrus asked.
"Crowler is probably using his own personal deck." Azuregos answered. "This guy really doesn't want Jaden to enter the Academy. I wish I was the one duelling him."
And Azuregos wasn't the only one who came to the same conclusion.
"Crowler must be using his own deck in this duel." The boy with glasses said.
"Then this duel is over. No one can beat the deck of an expert like Dr. Crowler." The other boy said.
"I think I'm going to enjoy Crowler wiping the floor with that kid. I just wish they treated all the other second–rate duelists that apply at this academy the same way."
"What an elitist snob." Alexis said, "Bullying some kid with his very best cards."
"You're too soft, Alexis." Zane spoke up. "I just hope we get to see that legendary rare card Crowler had stashed in that deck of his."
"Ready for your next lesson?" Crowler asked Jaden.
"You bet! I can't remember the last time learning was this much fun!" Jaden laughed excitedly.
Crowler simply regarded it negatively. "Yes, well I am quite the teacher, thank you." His monsters then started to glow and started writhing in flames. "And now I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon Ancient Gear Golem!" The worm-like creatures disappeared and a giant robotic monster with exposed working gears appeared. The audience members were in awe of the sight of the monster. (8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 3000)
"That's it, that's his legendary card!" Alexis gasped.
"Now it looks like we're about to find out what makes it so legendary." Zane added.
"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler said sarcastically towards Jaden.
"No way, I've always wanted to take one on!" Jaden said excited. He looked like he had Christmas and his birthday in one day.
This shocked many people in the arena, including Syrus. "Either Jaden's really brave or he's nuts!"
"That Ancient Gear Golem is nothing compared to the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon." Azuregos added.
Bastion smiled at the comment, “Well what you expect with a monster that hard to summon.”
"He's staring down that legendary rare monster like he doesn't have a care in the world." Zane said incredulously. "I guess youth and inexperience does have its benefits after all."
"Give it a rest, Zane." Alexis said. "At least the kid's showing some backbone."
"There won't be much to show after this."
Dr. Crowler cackled as he ordered, "Golem attack, Mechanized Melee!" His Ancient Gear Golem's red eye glowed slightly before pulling back its fist and punched Jaden's Avian to pieces.
"Oh man, Jaden's defense monster didn't stand a chance!" Syrus complained. "It's ATK points were way too low. This doesn't look good."
"And it's about to look a whole lot worse." Bastion added. "When Ancient Gear Golem attacks a Monster in DEF mode, the difference between its ATK points and the defending monster's DEF points are dealt to the opponent as Damage."
"But that would mean that Jaden's Life Points are gonna take a hit!" Syrus realised.
"Yeah, and Piercing Damage is a pain in the ass especially when you are stuck on the defence." Azuregos muttered. A transparent version of Ancient Gear Golem's fist then slammed through Jaden's body.
Crowler: 3000
Jaden: 2000
Crowler noticed that Jaden's body was shaking. "Now don't feel bad." He taunted, "This is the top dueling school in the country, some people simply aren't…" Crowler's voice trailed off as he then started hearing Jaden laughing."
"Now I really wanna come to this school now! You really know your stuff teach!" Jaden said excitedly.
This took Crower by surprise before scowling angrily. 'Doesn't he take a hint? He will not be permitted to pass this exam! And he will certainly not make a mockery of my deck!'
'Just look at him tremble.' Jaden thought as he reached to draw a card from his Deck. 'He must really be impressed by me!' But just as he was about to draw his card, he heard a faint cooing sound. He paused for a second before drawing the card and taking a look at it. 'Winged Kuriboh?' He then remembered that it was the card a guy he bumped into gave to him.
Flashback
"Something tells me that it belongs with you."
End Flashback
'You know, something tells me I'm starting to believe that too.' Then, whether if it was his imagination or not, he noticed that the card actually winked at him! He blinked at first making sure he wasn't seeing things, but got over his shock as it wore off and then made his decision. 'I guess that's a sign that I should play ya.' "Okay, I summon Winged Kuriboh in DEF mode!" When he declared that, a small furry creature with for green paws and a pair of angelic wings appeared above its card image (1/ATK: 300/DEF: 200). "Next, I play a facedown. Not bad, huh, teach?"
Crowler simply laughed at this. "No, not bad, but you must understand that I'm a master technician." He teased Jaden. "A Kuriboh to me is rather pedestrian; even one with wings its DEF points are no match for my Ancient Gear Golem! It's a textbook mistake, so let's proceed." He then drew his next card. "Okay Ancient Gear Golem, attack that Kuriboh with Mechanized Melee!"
The giant Ancient Gear monster reared back a fist and threw a punch at the tiny creature and shattered the hologram to pieces.
'Sorry Winged Kuriboh.' Jaden muttered in his thoughts.
But Dr. Crowler noticed that Jaden's life points hadn't dropped. "Check your gear, your Life Points haven't changed."
"My gear's fine." Jaden shrugged. "On the turn that Winged Kuriboh is destroyed, I take zero Damage!" That actually took Crowler by surprise. Even some of the audience members were stunned that Crowler didn't know that.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh my gosh, when will people ever learn that both version of kuriboh’s have some way negating damage for that turn." Azuregos cracked up with his face up and covering his eyes.
"Well how about that. A technique the good doctor didn't know." Alexis said.
"No one can expect to know every technique, Alexis. Especially one as obscure as that." Zane argued.
"Yeah, well that kid sure knew it." Alexis countered with a slight laugh.
"Fine, fine, I guess your little lame monster saved you there." Crowler taunted.
"Whoa, slow down there, teach! Just because you beat him doesn't give you the right to call him lame!" Jaden snapped.
"Oh yes, I forgot how you new duelists get attached to your monsters." Crowler taunted again. "I'm sorry."
"You should be sorry." Jaden said as he pressed a button on his duel disk. "Because by attacking my Winged Kuriboh you set off my trap card, one of my favourites too, Hero Signal!" As his trap card activated, a spotlight with a unique 'H' symbol appeared on the ceiling. "And that lets me bring out my second Elemental Hero. Elemental Hero Burstinatrix!" He said taking the card from his deck and placing it on the tray. From a column of red flames a grey–skinned woman in a red body–suit appeared (3/ATK: 1200/ATK: 800). "Now it's my move!" He said drawing his next card he then looked at his hand. "Okay, Winged Kuriboh, this one's for you! First I'll bring Avian back to my hand with the Spell Card, The Warrior Returning Alive." The card came out of the graveyard slot of his duel disk. "And now, I'll summon him to the field!" Avian reappeared on the field.
"Oh, okay, another amateurish mistake, but this is good, this is good, now would anyone like to tell me what our little friend here…" Crowler began to taunt.
"I didn't say I was done yet." He said. "See, I know that my two monsters aren't very powerful by themselves, but if I can form them together it's another story! And I have just the card to unite them! Go Polymerization!" Jaden said showing the card to Crowler and then playing it. The two Elemental Heroes leapt up into the air and started to swirl together as the effects of Polymerization activated. "Fusion Summon!" After they fused, a new monster appeared that had some features Avian and Burstinatrix. It had one of Avian's wings along with a few of Burstinatrix’s colours. The only thing new was a dragon–like hand on its left arm (6/ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200). "And there he is, Elemental Hero Flame–Wingman! Hope your Golem's ready for a Clash of the Titans!"
"I must say, you're duelling quite well for an amateur but next time try summoning a monster with more ATK points than the one that's already out." Crowler said.
"What does he mean by that?" Syrus asked.
"He means that the Wingman's ATK points are lower than the Golem's 3000 ATK points." Bastion answered. "A shame too, because the Flame-Wingman has a very powerful ability."
"Well, I have a hunch that that card in his hand is a game changer." Azuregos added.
"Alright, young scholar, I don't mean to rush you but I am a very busy man… Are you done yet?" Crowler sighed.
"Of course I'm not done yet!" Jaden replied as he took the card he drew and opened up the Field Spell Zone. "And, of course, I knew my Wingman had less ATK points than your golem. That's why I'm activating the Field Spell, Skyscraper!" After he played the card, buildings and skyscrapers literally, sprouted up from the field. In the middle of the cityscape, Crowler's Golem looked like a giant monster attacking the city itself while Jaden's Wingman was perched on top of the highest building's steeple roof's lightning rod with its arms crossed.
"Wow… now that is one fancy field spell" Azuregos looked on in awe.
"Alright, Flame Wingman!" Jaden called out. "Time to show those heroics! Attack that Ancient Gear Golem with Skydive Scorcher!" After he announced that, Flame Wingman jumped from the building it stood on and dove towards it.
"Fine, bring him on." Crowler said not worried. "This field spell of yours hasn't lowered a single ATK point of my Golem!" Flame Wingman then landed on the pavement in front of the Ancient Gear Golem before leaping up into the air again.
"You know, you're right, teach. What it has done is raise my Flame Wingman's ATK by a grand total of 1000 ATK points!"
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman – (6/ATK: 2100–3100/DEF: 1200)
"Wait Time Out!" Crowler shrieked, but it didn't stop Flame Wingman from attacking as it launched itself at the Ancient Gear Golem as flames covered its body. Crowler looked like he was having a heart attack as Flame Wingman slammed into Ancient Gear Golem, breaking into pieces.
Jaden: 2000
Crowler: 2900
"No, he was my best card!" Crowler complained before a piece of debris fell on his head.
"Oh and don't forget my Wingman's super power. You see, when Wingman destroys a Monster in battle, the ATK points of that Monster are dealt as Damage to your Life Points. Sweet huh." The crumbled pieces of Ancient Gear Golem fell on top of Crowler, who tried to get away but failed, burying him and depleting his Life Points.
Jaden: 2000
Crowler: 0
"And that's game!" Jaden announced doing a two finger salute with his index and middle finger. "So, I guess I passed the test, huh teach?" The holograms faded, a lot of people were actually stunned.
"Impossible… There's no way this delinquent could've beat me!" Crowler growled.
"It must be dumb luck!" Chazz said with the same expression when he watched Azuregos’ duel. "No way Crowler would lose to some flunky!"
Alexis smiled at Jaden's victory. "This kid's definitely got a future here, wow." She then saw Zane walking away.
"Yay! Jaden won!" Syrus cheered.
"Nice! He gave that duel an explosive ending!" Azuregos smirked.
'Good. I could use some competition.' Bastion thought smiling at Jaden's victory while Jaden did a victory dance. After that, Jaden took out and looked at the Winged Kuriboh card. "We made it!" He said. "And from here on in, we're going to be partners." Again, Jaden could've sworn he heard Winged Kuriboh coo and wink at him
Domino City. Home to some of the world's most famous duelists of Duel Monsters. Such as Seto Kaiba, CEO of the Kaiba Corporation, and the King of Games: Yugi Moto. It's also the location of the Kaiba Dome where students from all over were applying to go to the prestigious: Duel Academy. This is where our story begins here.
We see a dark green motorcycle coming up on to the parking lot of the Kaiba Dome and the driver parks his motorcycle and turns the engine off. The driver removed his helmet revealing to be a teenager who is about 16 years old, has dark blonde hair, and has blue eyes. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a blue dragon symbol on it along with the same blue dragon symbol on his right arm. To finish off his look, he was wearing dark blue jeans, with a belt that held his two decks of cards, white socks, blue & white runners.
"Well I guess that this is it, I am still not sure about using these new cards that I got from Pegasus, hmmm… I guess I’ll sort that out later." The boy sighed as he looked at his two decks.
He proceeded to the Kaiba Dome arriving at the desk, where people are signing up to be tested to see if they had what it takes to be at Duel Academy. He comes up to the desk with a man sitting behind it.
"Greetings young man. What can I do for you?" He asked.
"I'm here to apply for Duel Academy." The boy answered.
"Name please?"
"Timothy Azuregos."
The man took a clipboard from his desk and looked at the list carefully. A few seconds later… "Ah, here you are. Azuregos." the man nodded. "Just head inside and when they call you, head to the arena."
"Thanks for that" Azuregos shook the man’s hand before walking in.
Once inside, he saw a lot of students and examinees around. Some who already where wearing their uniforms which were different colours red, yellow, and blue blazer jackets. "Wow, this is a lot of people." Azuregos muttered to himself. He then notices other people wearing clothes other than the red, yellow, and blue jackets. "I guess these must be the other applicants.”
Down below, Azuregos notices a duel going on between a boy about a year older than him wearing a greyish–white school uniform and a dueling proctor. On the field in front of the proctor were two monsters in defence mode. Gear Golem the Moving Fortress and Big Shield Gardna. The monster opposite of them was a Vorse Raider and there was also a face down card in the Spell/Trap Card Zone.
"Alright new guy. Multiple choice; you have two monsters staring ya down, do you A: throw in the towel, B: beg for mercy, or C: run home to mamma?" The proctor asked.
"I'll go with D: none of the above!" The boy with dark hair announced before pressing a button on his duel disk. "I choose to activate my trap card. You see, with Ring of Destruction I can destroy any monster in attack position and we both take damage equal to its attack points."
A ring of red bombs appeared around the Vorse Raider's neck and exploded on impact.
Proctor: 0
Boy: 1300
"Clever move." He said. "Welcome to the Academy."
"Thank you oh wise Proctor." The boy bowed.
'Wow… that guy did a good move.' Azuregos thought.
Up in the stands, he saw three boys wearing Obelisk Blue Academy blazers who also watched the duel as well. "Wow, that guy's pretty good huh, Chazz?" The boy with blue hair and glasses said.
"Guess the rumours about him being some whiz kid were true, huh Chazz?" The boy on the other side said.
"He's a punk." The person in the middle called Chazz scoffed. "We went to Duel prep school for the past three years. We're ready for the Academy. These kids don't know what they're getting into. But they'll learn… the hard way, the Chazz Princeton way."
'Chazz Princeton, huh? Well sounds like this guy is going to be a pain in the back when I get into the academy.' Azuregos thought.
"Timothy Azuregos, please report to Dueling Field #18. I repeat, Timothy Azuregos. Dueling Field # 18." A voice over the PA announced.
"Just great, I am up and I still don’t know which deck to use." Azuregos said to himself as he headed over to his assigned field.
Meanwhile, in another part of the dome a short, a light blue–haired boy also got finished watching the last duel as another teenager with brown hair commented on it. "Wow, that guy really tore it up." He said.
"Yeah, Bastion Misawa; they said he got a perfect score on his written exams out of all of us new applicants." The light–blue haired boy said.
"Wow really? I barely made it through mine. Oh yeah, name's Jaden!"
"My name's Syrus, nice to meet you." Syrus then looked somewhat depressed. "I kinda have a thing where I get test anxiety. I don't know how I won my duel."
"So you're in! Congratulations!" Jaden praised patting Syrus on the back. "I will be too as soon as I have my duel."
"Wait, you mean you haven't dueled yet?" Syrus asked shocked.
"Nope." Jaden replied.
"That might be a problem. There's meant to be one more duel after Bastion's and it's the last one." Syrus explained.
"HUH?!" Jaden exclaimed.
Azuregos rose up from an elevated platform. In front of him was a man wearing the purple blazer with a coat tail. It was one of the proctors.
"Alright, applicant. Name?" The proctor asked.
"Timothy Azuregos." He replied back respectfully.
"Alright then Azuregos, you know the rules: you win, you're in. If not, better luck next year." The proctor said strapping up his duel disk.
"Don’t worry I’ll be getting in this year. I guarantee it." Azuregos smirked as he reached for his decks. “Damn it, I guess I won’t use my Synchro deck now, guess I’ll use my Shining Nova deck.” Azuregos muttered to himself as he put his Synchro deck back into its holder, while he pulls out his Shining Nova deck and places that into his duel disk.
"Well let’s see how your deck fairs in this duel then shall we?" The proctor asked
"You really will not be expecting the power in this deck!" Azuregos said while looking at the proctor
"DUEL!"
Azuregos: 4000
Proctor: 4000
"Since you're the one applying, you have the first move." The Proctor offered.
"Thanks. Don't mind if I do. " Azuregos declared drawing his sixth card. He looked at his hand and smiled at what he got. "Nice… Alright, for my first move, I'll summon Red-Eyes B. Chick in ATK mode!" Azuregos declared placing his card on the tray. At that point an egg appeared before a small dragon burst out of the egg at his side (1/ATK: 800/DEF: 500).
"Huh?" The Proctor blinked. "I've wasn’t expecting to see a weak card at the beginning of this duel."
"Just you wait this little dragon has a secret." Azuregos explained.
Zane Truesdale and Alexis Rhodes looked down at the beginning duel between a proctor and an applicant. Both were idly casting glances, but when the applicant had summoned his first monster, both were trained on the new monster and the one controlling it.
"Red-Eyes B. Chick?" asked Alexis. "Why would he summon a weak monster right at the beginning of his duel?"
"Like he said Alexis, the Red-Eyes B. Chick has a powerful ability if he has the correct card in his hand" Zane reasoned. "
"Hey Chazz," one of the boys in blue asked one Chazz Princeton as they watched the duel. "What you think of that pathetic move?"
"Must be an act of desperation or something," Chazz shrugged. "Who cares? Let the reject duel with what he wants."
"Still, maybe this kid has a trick up his sleeve or something?" Another one of Chazz's friend's stated.
'A weak but powerful monster right at the beginning, hmm?' Bastion thought, showing a thoughtful emotion. 'That would certainly give him the edge if he has the correct card to activate the ability…' he added as he sat down in a seat to where Jaden and Syrus were.
"Wonder why he isn’t panicking at all." Syrus wondered.
"He most likely plans on sacrificing the dragon later." Jaden added, and got a big grin on his face. "This is going to be an awesome duel!" He then noticed Bastion sitting next to them. "Hey there Bastion. Tight duel out there!" Jaden exclaimed.
"Thank you." Bastion said politely.
"From the looks of things, you could be the second best duelist here!" Jaden said, confusing Bastion. "And that guy's probably gonna be the third best since you already got the second best position. Who is he anyway?"
"Timothy Azuregos." Bastion answered. "I've heard he won a tournament some time ago that Pegasus had set up for new duelists, apparently the prize was a new deck of cards that still haven’t been released."
"Guys, talk later!" Syrus jumped in, turning their attention back to the duel.
"I'll put down a face-down and I end my turn." Azuregos said.
"Hmm… interesting. You plan on trying to win with a weak little dragon hatchling, you really are asking for a one way ticket back home,” the Proctor stated. "My turn! Draw!" The Proctor drew a card and added it to his hand. Then he took a card from the other side he continued. "I summon Red Gadget in ATK mode!" On the field, a red and silver machine appeared. Its body consisted of gears (4/ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500). "Now, Red Gadget's effect activates. When it is Normal Summoned, I can add a Yellow Gadget from my Deck to my Hand." The proctor took out his deck from his duel disk and searched through it. He then showed Azuregos the card to prove it and then shuffled the deck. "Lastly, I put two cards face down and I attack your Red-Eyes B. Chick.” Azuregos smirked “I don’t think so for I reveal my face-down trap card Half or Nothing, this trap card forces you to make a choice, either you end your attack or you have to half the attack of your monster.” The proctor smiles calmly “Nice move kid, but unfortunately you get off lucky I end my turn. You're up kid."
"My turn!" Azuregos declared and drew his next card. "Alright, now were talking I activate Red-Eyes B. Chick’s ability, by sending Red-Eyes B. Chick to the graveyard I can summon Red-Eyes B. Dragon to the field from my hand in ATK mode!" At that moment Red-Eyes B. Chick is engulfed in flames before the flames burst revealing the Red-Eyes B. Dragon in its place on the field (7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2500).
"Alright Red-Eyes B. Dragon, Attack! Take out Red Gadget, with Inferno Fireball!" Azuregos said.
"I activate my face down, Waboku!" The face down card on the left flipped up and showed a magenta card with a picture of three women in holy robes on it. "Until the end of this turn, I receive no damage and none of my monsters are destroyed. That was good try though kid." The three robed women appeared and Red-Eyes B. Dragon stopped in its tracks.
"Nice move, I'll end my turn there." Azuregos said with a grin on his face
"My turn." The Proctor drew a card and stared at it. "First off I activate the Spell Card, Double Summon. For this turn, I can normal summon up to two monster. So first off I summon Yellow Gadget!" Next to Red Gadget, a similar looking monster appeared, except the color scheme was yellow (4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1200). "Now his effect activates. When Yellow Gadget is summoned, I can add one Green Gadget from my Deck to my Hand."
Once again the Proctor looked through his deck and got his card. He then shuffled it and returned it to his duel disk. After that the Proctor grabbed another card in his hand. "Now I summon Machina Gearframe in ATK mode!" Next to the other two machines was a skinny orange and silver robot with an overly large orange helmet (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 0). "Now I'll use his effect to add one Machina monster to my Hand from my Deck, and I choose Machina Fortress."
After adding the card to his hand, the Proctor said, "Next I equip Gearframe to my Red Gadget." The orange machine attached itself to Red Gadget, similar to that of a screw into a bolt. "Lastly I put one card face down and end my turn."
'Wow this guy has got something planned and that facedown would probably help him too.' Azuregos thought. "It's my turn!" Azuregos declared and drew his next card. "I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards from my deck." Azuregos drew his two cards. 'This looks like the duel will be coming to a close sooner than I thought.' "I summon Kaibaman!"
A man that looks like Seto Kaiba but with a dragon helmet on his head appears on the field next to the Red-Eyes B. Dragon (3/ATK: 200/DEF: 700). Once he did appear most of the girls in the crowd almost fainted at the sight of him.
"But I am not finished for now I tribute Kaibaman to activate his ability which allows me to summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand in ATK mode!"
A white dragon rises as Kaibaman vanishes, before it roars at the proctor (8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500)
"Now, I am still not finished for now I activate the magic card Polymerization to fuse my Blue-Eyes White Dragon with the other two in my hand.” Azuregos yelled with a calm voice. “Now rise my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.” The Blue-Eyes White dragon on the field turns bright white before growing larger in size and gaining an extra two heads (12/ATK: 4500/DEF: 3800).
Everyone in the audience gasp at how Azuregos not only managed to summon the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, but the fact that he even had three Blue-Eyes in his deck.
“Wow how did this kid manage to get hold of those cards, I thought only Seto Kaiba had the only three Blue-Eyes White Dragons,” Alexis asked Zane confused.
Zane looks at her and at the dragon on the field, “Well Alexis if you should know, Kaiba and Pegasus both agreed to create a new card pack that was called Destroyer from Light. This pack was meant to contain a few Blue-Eyes White Dragons and a very rare card that only was seen by Kaiba, Yugi, Pegasus and few others; I just wonder if this kid has it.”
"OK kid I must admit you managed to bring out a powerful monster but are you going to attack or end your turn,” the proctor says in a nervous voice.
“Actually no I will do neither for I still have one more card to play, for now I sacrifice my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in order to summon the mighty Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon.” Azuregos remarks back at the proctor.
The Blue-Eyes Ultimate starts to crack as bright beams of white light form through the cracks, when suddenly the Blue-Eyes Ultimate shatters revealing in its place the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon (10/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500)
Everyone in the stadium gasp at the revealed Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon before them. “Wow that is one powerful card it looks like Azuregos might actually end up winning,” Bastion says in awe.
Syrus looks at the board and notices the ATK of the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, “Umm Bastion isn’t the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon weaker in ATK points than the Blue-Eyes Ultimate.”
Jaden looks on to the duel before interrupting Syrus, “No way Sy the amount of effort it took him to summon the monster, it must have some powerful abilities.”
Bastion nods at Jaden’s remark “You are right Jaden for the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon has two abilities one is that it can negate the effect of Spell, Trap and Monster Cards that designate it and its second ability is that for every Dragon in his graveyard the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon increases in strength by 300 and at the moment there is five which makes the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon have the same amount of ATK as the Blue-Eyes Ultimate had.”
The Proctor looks on at the powerful Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon (10/ATK: 4500/DEF: 2500). Azuregos smiles at the Proctor’s reaction “Ok, now Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon attack Yellow Gadget!”
"Not so fast kiddo! I activate my Trap Card, Dimensional Prison! This banishes your attacking monster!" the Proctor shouted as he revealed one of his face downs.
"That won't work. I activate my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's ability! I can negate the effects of a trap, spell or monster cards that target this monster!" Azuregos countered.
"What!?"
The Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, rose up into the air above the Yellow Gadget before firing its Shining Nova blast at the Yellow Gadget instantly destroying it. "Ah!" The Proctor exclaimed.
Azuregos: 4000
Proctor: 700
"I'm not done yet! Red-Eyes B. Dragon, finish this match, destroy his Red Gadget with Inferno Fireball!” Azuregos yelled as his Red-Eyes B. Dragon charges up a its attack and launches it at the Red Gadget only for it to get caught in a tube.
"My other trap card," the Proctor smirked. He nodded over towards the second face down card. It was none other than Magic Cylinder. "You should know what this does right? If you don't I'll just tell you. When this card is activated, I can negate one of your attacks this turn. Not only that, I can redirect the damage back towards you." Two cylinders came out from the card. One started absorbing the fireball that was caught in it. When it disappeared into the cylinder, it shot out of the other cylinder sending the attack back towards Azuregos. The force of the attack forced Azuregos to block with his arms.
Azuregos: 1600
Proctor: 700
Azuregos lowered his arms before smiling at the Proctor. "I end my turn."
"Oh man, that attack backfired at him." Syrus said with worry.
"Good, now I draw!" the Proctor announced. After drawing his card he showed it to the boy. "I activate Pot of Greed, which like you know lets me draw two more cards." Drawing again, the Proctor smiled slowly. "First I use the effect of my Machina Fortress! By sending monsters whose levels add up to 8 from my Hand I can Special Summon it onto the field." The man discarded a card and special summoned yet another machine. This time it was a three wheeled tank machine. It was blue in colour and had two mechanical hands on the each side with a large cannon on the left side. (7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1600)
"Next I use Monster Reborn! This lets me summon a monster from either graveyard, and I choose the monster that I just sent there! Come forth, Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon!" The stone floor broke open and out flew an old looking machine. It was made up of several gears that seemed rusted and it was in the shape of a dragon. (8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2000)
Several of the students watching gasped. "Hey, did you know that they had that card in one of the proctor's test decks?" Alexis asked Zane. The older boy stared at the battlefield without saying a word, since he knew that at the moment the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon was still the most powerful monster on the field and it was about to get stronger.
"My word!" Bastion gasped.
"You're telling me!" Syrus added. "That's one big dragon!"
"Dragon, destroy his Red-Eyes B. Dragon!"
The large dragon flew up into the sky and fired down a beam of grey energy. The attack hit its mark, and Red-Eyes B. Dragon roared in fury as it went down in flames.
Azuregos: 1000
Proctor: 700
"Looks like this duel is just about wrapped up." Chazz said smugly. "That kid ain't nothing special."
The Procter smiles “Ok I place one card face-down and end my turn.”
Azuregos quickly glances at the score board and notices how close each of their life points are, “Well then my turn, I draw!” Azuregos draws his one card before activating it. “Ok I play Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two new cards.” Azuregos draws two new cards and places one card face-down. “Ok, let’s try this again, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon attack his Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon. And remember every time one of my dragons are sent to the graveyard my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon gains 300 ATK which brings its ATK strength to 4800.”
The Procter laughs “Not that it matters for I reveal my face-down card Mirror Force which destroys your Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon.”
“If only,” Azuregos counters, “For I reveal my face-down card Iron Core Luster which destroys your Mirror Force, however I need to have Iron Core of Koa’ki Meiru in my hand.” Azuregos then reveals his last card in his hand which is Iron Core of Koa’ki Meiru.
The Procter curses as the glass mirror shielding breaks, “Now let’s try this one final time, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon attack and end this duel!” Azuregos yells as the Blue-Eyes Shining flies right up to the Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon and unleashes its Shining Nova blast right into the other dragon’s face. The Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon blows up and its remains land on the Procter.
Azuregos: 1000
Proctor: 0
The holograms disappeared and the Proctor recovers from the Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon landing on him and said, "Congratulations applicant. Welcome to Duel Academy."
"Thank you." Azuregos replied calmly before leaving the duel field.
"No way…" Chazz growled. "A slacker not only managed to win but how did he get hold of those cards?"
"Alright, he won!" Syrus cheered.
"Sure did, that proctor got crushed!" Jaden grinned.
"At least there's proper competition coming along." Bastion smiled, impressed with Azuregos’ victory.
"This guy is interesting," Alexis smiled, "He definitely has a place here…"
"Only time will tell, don’t forget he wasn’t sure about revealing his other deck at the time." Zane said.
“True, it just makes me wonder if this wasn’t his main deck then what is he hiding in his real deck,” Alexis said back to Zane.
"Right below them, in the VIP seats for Academy facility members, the teachers watched as Azuregos left the duel field. "Looks like we've got a pretty good crop this year." One of them said.
"Yes, indeed." Another teacher agreed.
Also right next to them, another teacher sat there silent not paying attention to the other teachers' talk. He's male, but could easily be mistaken as a woman if you didn't know who he was. He wore a blue blazer similar to Chazz but had some gold shoulder plates and trimmings along with a ruffled pink collar. He also had his blonde hair in a ponytail and was wearing makeup. This was Dr. Vellian Crowler, headmaster of the Obelisk Blue Boys Dorm.
'Another slacker for the Academy.' He thought dismissively. 'I'm just glad that this was the last duel, otherwise there could be more slackers coming in, too.'
He was about to get up and leave when…
"I'm sorry to interrupt." A man in a black, business suit appeared stopping Crowler from leaving. "But one last applicant has arrived to take his exam, Mr. Crowler."
"Excuse me? Did you just call me, 'mister'?" Crowler scowled.
"I'm sorry. I'm new here Miss…"
"I have a Ph.D. in dueling to earn the title 'Doctor' thank you!" Crowler snapped a bit. He then looked away. "Now tell the truant that he'll have to come back next year." The other teachers looked at him like he lost his mind.
"Oh come on, Dr. Crowler, we have time for one more."
"Yes, let's give this duelist his shot."
"He was just a bit late, that's all."
"LATE IS RUDE!" Crowler finally snapped. He slammed his hands down, freaking out the other people around him. "I HAVE NO TIME FOR SLACKERS!" Just then his cell phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered it "YES WHAT!?"
"It's Sheppard."
"Oh, Chancellor Sheppard, how nice of you to call." Crowler said, suddenly changing his angry tone to a pleasant one.
"Just calling to make sure everything is running smoothly." Chancellor Sheppard said. "We wouldn't want a repeat of what happened last year." That made Crowler bug out a bit. "When you cut a third of our student applicants because someone called you 'Mr.' or 'Mrs.'? Whatever, just make sure everyone gets a fair shot!"
"Oh, absolutely," Crowler said as he hung up scowling. 'Furry–chinned windbag; doesn't he realize that there are enough talentless flunkies at this Academy? But he's the boss, and if he wants to give this scrim shaker a duel…fine.' He then got up from his seat. "Pardon me, gentlemen, I'll be right back." He said then starting walking away.
"But sir, who will be the boy's dueling proctor? And which exam deck should we use?"
Crowler just huffed and walked away. "Leave that to me." He pulled out a deck from inside his blazer, grinning evilly.
Back with Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion, they were waiting around until Azuregos showed up.
"Hey man, that was one sweet duel!" Jaden said excited running up to Azuregos.
"Thanks." Azuregos said. "Name's Timothy Azuregos” he said
"Jaden Yuki!" He said and the boys shook hands.
"I'm Syrus Truesdale." The light–blue haired introduced.
"And I'm Bastion Misawa, the duelist that went before you went to duel."
"Nice to meet you guys." Azuregos said back.
"Jaden Yuki, please report to Dueling Field # 4." The PA announced again. "Jaden Yuki, to Dueling Field # 4."
"Go time!" Jaden said as he got ready to go. "Wish me luck, guys."
"Wait! Before you go, what did you mean by me being the second best duellist and Azuregos being the third best? Who's the first?" Bastion asked.
Jaden pointed his thumb to himself. "Why yours truly!" He grinned. "It's what I'm best at." He then continued his stride down to the exam floor.
"Really…Third best even after what you saw?" Azuregos asked confused looking at Bastion.
"You might have a slightly higher advantage over me for now, but I’ll come up with a formula to beat your deck." Bastion answered.
"Jaden sure is confident though." Syrus noticed.
"He's going to need to be." Bastion said, pointing to the exam field in question. "Look who's his up against…" Bastion, Syrus, and Azuregos looked to see the ponytailed Headmaster.
"You have got to be kidding me." Azuregos remarked.
"He is Dr. Crowler; he's in charge of these exams and also the head of the top dorm in the Academy." Bastion replied.
"That's a guy?!" Syrus gasped.
"Yes. And I've heard that last year, he cut a third of the applicants for calling him either 'Mr.' or 'Mrs.'."
"Wow…" Syrus gasped
"It's about to start." Azuregos said gaining their attention.
On the field, Dr. Crowler was being prepped and ready to duel. The duel disk he was equipped with looked as though it was crafted into his blazer. Jaden then rose up from a platform and was on the duel field
"Alright, test time!" Crowler said looking at Jaden. "So, son, your name?"
Jaden stood at attention like a soldier and replied, "Uh… Jaden, Jaden Yuki."
"Well 'Uh, Jaden Yuki', I'm Doctor Vellian Crowler, Department Chair and Techniques Professor here at Duel Academy."
"Wow." Jaden said, rubbing the back of his neck with a hearty laugh. "A Department chair, I had no idea. From the way you were dressed I thought you were some kind of Academy mascot." Crowler sweat dropped at that comment.
"Now that he mentions it," The boy wearing glasses next to Chazz said.
"This guy's got some lip, huh Chazz?" The other said.
Chazz just looked on as he didn't like what Jaden was saying to Dr. Crowler.
"Duel Vest On!" Crowler said activating it and drew his five cards. Jaden was just amazed by the machinery.
"Hey, that's some sweet gear, teach. How do I get one of those?" Jaden asked.
"Oh, a lot of hard work, high marks and dedication." Crowler answered. 'Of course, you have to be accepted first. Which I will make sure you don't.'
"Well, I'm ready!" Jaden said activating his duel disk.
"So let's duel!" Both players shouted as both players drew their starting hands.
Crowler: 4000
Jaden: 4000
"Here goes!" Jaden said as he drew his first card and looked at his hand. "Sweet, I'm going to summon Elemental Hero Avian in DEF mode!" As he placed the card horizontally on the field, a green feathered man with a pair of wings appeared and knelt down (3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000). "I'll also throw down a facedown." A reverse card appeared on the field.
"Huh… so he runs Elemental Heroes." Azuregos stated. "Those cards I hear are hard to acquire."
"Yeah coming from the one who has the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon" Bastion stated
“Yeah I guess you’re right,” Azuregos replied with a small laugh
"Alright, get your game on!" Jaden said excitedly.
"Yes, of course." Dr. Crowler said dismissively as he drew his sixth card. 'Don't tell me what to do.' He then took a look at his hand. 'After all, since I'm using my own personal deck rather than those puny test ones, I'll be calling all the shots. I'll fail that miserable little brat and send him home in no time flat.' "I think I'll start out nice and easy, by playing the Spell Card, Confiscation!"
"Okay, so what's it do?" Jaden asked.
"What it does is allow me to pay 1000 life points to take a look at your hand and toss one of your cards to the graveyard." As his explanation finished, holographic images of Jaden's cards appeared. They were Monster Reborn, The Warrior Returning Alive, Hero Signal, and Polymerization.
Crowler: 3000
Jaden: 4000
"Ah yes, I remember some of these when I was a naïve rookie. Now which one shall I banish?" He asked looking at each card. "I know, Monster Reborn to the graveyard!" Jaden's Monster Reborn card was sent there. "Next I'll set two cards face down." Two reverse cards appeared on the field. "And last, but not least, I play Heavy Storm! This spell card destroys every other spell and trap card that's out on the field." A heavy wind picked up and Jaden's facedown was destroyed along with Crowler's two facedown cards.
"Whoopsie, did you forget that you had two cards on the field as well?" Jaden said teasingly.
"Now, now, young scholar, you mustn't speak out–of–turn." Crowler waggled his finger. After that dark clouds began to form around his side of the field.
"Hey, what's happening?"
"Nothing's happening. Not yet anyway!" Crowler grinned. Two yellow worm–like creatures appeared on his side of the field. "But that's about to change."
The audience was awestruck by these two monsters but Syrus was confused, again. "Could someone tell me what's happening?"
"Those two trap cards that Dr. Crowler had out on the field were called Statue of the Wicked." Bastion explained as he observed the duel with Syrus. "It's a special trap card that creates a vicious monster token when it's destroyed by a card effect. That's why he played Heavy Storm."
Azuregos grimaced. "That can’t be a test deck Crowler's using. The test decks shouldn't have cards like Heavy Storm and Confiscation."
"Of course! And they can change the tide of battle without any serious costs!" Bastion realised.
"Meaning?" Syrus asked.
"Crowler is probably using his own personal deck." Azuregos answered. "This guy really doesn't want Jaden to enter the Academy. I wish I was the one duelling him."
And Azuregos wasn't the only one who came to the same conclusion.
"Crowler must be using his own deck in this duel." The boy with glasses said.
"Then this duel is over. No one can beat the deck of an expert like Dr. Crowler." The other boy said.
"I think I'm going to enjoy Crowler wiping the floor with that kid. I just wish they treated all the other second–rate duelists that apply at this academy the same way."
"What an elitist snob." Alexis said, "Bullying some kid with his very best cards."
"You're too soft, Alexis." Zane spoke up. "I just hope we get to see that legendary rare card Crowler had stashed in that deck of his."
"Ready for your next lesson?" Crowler asked Jaden.
"You bet! I can't remember the last time learning was this much fun!" Jaden laughed excitedly.
Crowler simply regarded it negatively. "Yes, well I am quite the teacher, thank you." His monsters then started to glow and started writhing in flames. "And now I sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens to summon Ancient Gear Golem!" The worm-like creatures disappeared and a giant robotic monster with exposed working gears appeared. The audience members were in awe of the sight of the monster. (8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 3000)
"That's it, that's his legendary card!" Alexis gasped.
"Now it looks like we're about to find out what makes it so legendary." Zane added.
"Now, now, I hope you're not too scared of my legendary Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler said sarcastically towards Jaden.
"No way, I've always wanted to take one on!" Jaden said excited. He looked like he had Christmas and his birthday in one day.
This shocked many people in the arena, including Syrus. "Either Jaden's really brave or he's nuts!"
"That Ancient Gear Golem is nothing compared to the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon." Azuregos added.
Bastion smiled at the comment, “Well what you expect with a monster that hard to summon.”
"He's staring down that legendary rare monster like he doesn't have a care in the world." Zane said incredulously. "I guess youth and inexperience does have its benefits after all."
"Give it a rest, Zane." Alexis said. "At least the kid's showing some backbone."
"There won't be much to show after this."
Dr. Crowler cackled as he ordered, "Golem attack, Mechanized Melee!" His Ancient Gear Golem's red eye glowed slightly before pulling back its fist and punched Jaden's Avian to pieces.
"Oh man, Jaden's defense monster didn't stand a chance!" Syrus complained. "It's ATK points were way too low. This doesn't look good."
"And it's about to look a whole lot worse." Bastion added. "When Ancient Gear Golem attacks a Monster in DEF mode, the difference between its ATK points and the defending monster's DEF points are dealt to the opponent as Damage."
"But that would mean that Jaden's Life Points are gonna take a hit!" Syrus realised.
"Yeah, and Piercing Damage is a pain in the ass especially when you are stuck on the defence." Azuregos muttered. A transparent version of Ancient Gear Golem's fist then slammed through Jaden's body.
Crowler: 3000
Jaden: 2000
Crowler noticed that Jaden's body was shaking. "Now don't feel bad." He taunted, "This is the top dueling school in the country, some people simply aren't…" Crowler's voice trailed off as he then started hearing Jaden laughing."
"Now I really wanna come to this school now! You really know your stuff teach!" Jaden said excitedly.
This took Crower by surprise before scowling angrily. 'Doesn't he take a hint? He will not be permitted to pass this exam! And he will certainly not make a mockery of my deck!'
'Just look at him tremble.' Jaden thought as he reached to draw a card from his Deck. 'He must really be impressed by me!' But just as he was about to draw his card, he heard a faint cooing sound. He paused for a second before drawing the card and taking a look at it. 'Winged Kuriboh?' He then remembered that it was the card a guy he bumped into gave to him.
Flashback
"Something tells me that it belongs with you."
End Flashback
'You know, something tells me I'm starting to believe that too.' Then, whether if it was his imagination or not, he noticed that the card actually winked at him! He blinked at first making sure he wasn't seeing things, but got over his shock as it wore off and then made his decision. 'I guess that's a sign that I should play ya.' "Okay, I summon Winged Kuriboh in DEF mode!" When he declared that, a small furry creature with for green paws and a pair of angelic wings appeared above its card image (1/ATK: 300/DEF: 200). "Next, I play a facedown. Not bad, huh, teach?"
Crowler simply laughed at this. "No, not bad, but you must understand that I'm a master technician." He teased Jaden. "A Kuriboh to me is rather pedestrian; even one with wings its DEF points are no match for my Ancient Gear Golem! It's a textbook mistake, so let's proceed." He then drew his next card. "Okay Ancient Gear Golem, attack that Kuriboh with Mechanized Melee!"
The giant Ancient Gear monster reared back a fist and threw a punch at the tiny creature and shattered the hologram to pieces.
'Sorry Winged Kuriboh.' Jaden muttered in his thoughts.
But Dr. Crowler noticed that Jaden's life points hadn't dropped. "Check your gear, your Life Points haven't changed."
"My gear's fine." Jaden shrugged. "On the turn that Winged Kuriboh is destroyed, I take zero Damage!" That actually took Crowler by surprise. Even some of the audience members were stunned that Crowler didn't know that.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh my gosh, when will people ever learn that both version of kuriboh’s have some way negating damage for that turn." Azuregos cracked up with his face up and covering his eyes.
"Well how about that. A technique the good doctor didn't know." Alexis said.
"No one can expect to know every technique, Alexis. Especially one as obscure as that." Zane argued.
"Yeah, well that kid sure knew it." Alexis countered with a slight laugh.
"Fine, fine, I guess your little lame monster saved you there." Crowler taunted.
"Whoa, slow down there, teach! Just because you beat him doesn't give you the right to call him lame!" Jaden snapped.
"Oh yes, I forgot how you new duelists get attached to your monsters." Crowler taunted again. "I'm sorry."
"You should be sorry." Jaden said as he pressed a button on his duel disk. "Because by attacking my Winged Kuriboh you set off my trap card, one of my favourites too, Hero Signal!" As his trap card activated, a spotlight with a unique 'H' symbol appeared on the ceiling. "And that lets me bring out my second Elemental Hero. Elemental Hero Burstinatrix!" He said taking the card from his deck and placing it on the tray. From a column of red flames a grey–skinned woman in a red body–suit appeared (3/ATK: 1200/ATK: 800). "Now it's my move!" He said drawing his next card he then looked at his hand. "Okay, Winged Kuriboh, this one's for you! First I'll bring Avian back to my hand with the Spell Card, The Warrior Returning Alive." The card came out of the graveyard slot of his duel disk. "And now, I'll summon him to the field!" Avian reappeared on the field.
"Oh, okay, another amateurish mistake, but this is good, this is good, now would anyone like to tell me what our little friend here…" Crowler began to taunt.
"I didn't say I was done yet." He said. "See, I know that my two monsters aren't very powerful by themselves, but if I can form them together it's another story! And I have just the card to unite them! Go Polymerization!" Jaden said showing the card to Crowler and then playing it. The two Elemental Heroes leapt up into the air and started to swirl together as the effects of Polymerization activated. "Fusion Summon!" After they fused, a new monster appeared that had some features Avian and Burstinatrix. It had one of Avian's wings along with a few of Burstinatrix’s colours. The only thing new was a dragon–like hand on its left arm (6/ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200). "And there he is, Elemental Hero Flame–Wingman! Hope your Golem's ready for a Clash of the Titans!"
"I must say, you're duelling quite well for an amateur but next time try summoning a monster with more ATK points than the one that's already out." Crowler said.
"What does he mean by that?" Syrus asked.
"He means that the Wingman's ATK points are lower than the Golem's 3000 ATK points." Bastion answered. "A shame too, because the Flame-Wingman has a very powerful ability."
"Well, I have a hunch that that card in his hand is a game changer." Azuregos added.
"Alright, young scholar, I don't mean to rush you but I am a very busy man… Are you done yet?" Crowler sighed.
"Of course I'm not done yet!" Jaden replied as he took the card he drew and opened up the Field Spell Zone. "And, of course, I knew my Wingman had less ATK points than your golem. That's why I'm activating the Field Spell, Skyscraper!" After he played the card, buildings and skyscrapers literally, sprouted up from the field. In the middle of the cityscape, Crowler's Golem looked like a giant monster attacking the city itself while Jaden's Wingman was perched on top of the highest building's steeple roof's lightning rod with its arms crossed.
"Wow… now that is one fancy field spell" Azuregos looked on in awe.
"Alright, Flame Wingman!" Jaden called out. "Time to show those heroics! Attack that Ancient Gear Golem with Skydive Scorcher!" After he announced that, Flame Wingman jumped from the building it stood on and dove towards it.
"Fine, bring him on." Crowler said not worried. "This field spell of yours hasn't lowered a single ATK point of my Golem!" Flame Wingman then landed on the pavement in front of the Ancient Gear Golem before leaping up into the air again.
"You know, you're right, teach. What it has done is raise my Flame Wingman's ATK by a grand total of 1000 ATK points!"
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman – (6/ATK: 2100–3100/DEF: 1200)
"Wait Time Out!" Crowler shrieked, but it didn't stop Flame Wingman from attacking as it launched itself at the Ancient Gear Golem as flames covered its body. Crowler looked like he was having a heart attack as Flame Wingman slammed into Ancient Gear Golem, breaking into pieces.
Jaden: 2000
Crowler: 2900
"No, he was my best card!" Crowler complained before a piece of debris fell on his head.
"Oh and don't forget my Wingman's super power. You see, when Wingman destroys a Monster in battle, the ATK points of that Monster are dealt as Damage to your Life Points. Sweet huh." The crumbled pieces of Ancient Gear Golem fell on top of Crowler, who tried to get away but failed, burying him and depleting his Life Points.
Jaden: 2000
Crowler: 0
"And that's game!" Jaden announced doing a two finger salute with his index and middle finger. "So, I guess I passed the test, huh teach?" The holograms faded, a lot of people were actually stunned.
"Impossible… There's no way this delinquent could've beat me!" Crowler growled.
"It must be dumb luck!" Chazz said with the same expression when he watched Azuregos’ duel. "No way Crowler would lose to some flunky!"
Alexis smiled at Jaden's victory. "This kid's definitely got a future here, wow." She then saw Zane walking away.
"Yay! Jaden won!" Syrus cheered.
"Nice! He gave that duel an explosive ending!" Azuregos smirked.
'Good. I could use some competition.' Bastion thought smiling at Jaden's victory while Jaden did a victory dance. After that, Jaden took out and looked at the Winged Kuriboh card. "We made it!" He said. "And from here on in, we're going to be partners." Again, Jaden could've sworn he heard Winged Kuriboh coo and wink at him