Ash Ketchum Attends Duel Academy

Practice Duel

The next day

Ash was in his dorm room that was down the hall from Bastion's room at Ra Yellow. He was currently looking at the cards in his deck.

"Ugh." He groaned out loud in annoyance. This was too much of a hassle to deal with. "This is a lot harder than I expected."

He was just about to give up what he was doing with his deck when...

"Need some help with what you're doing." It was Alexis. She had offered her assistance to the black-haired Ra.

"What are you doing here?" Ash asked, surprised to see her here in the Yellow dorm. "I don't recall inviting you to the Yellow dorm."

"I was in the area and decided to ask Prof. Sartyr if I could enter the dorm." She informed him.

There was another chair at the desk so Alexis took a seat next to him.

"Want some advice for your deck?" She asked.

Ash was uncertain about it, but ultimately agreed to let Alexis help him.

He placed his deck down on the table for Alexis to look at and ultimately give some pointers on.

"I'll tell you what." Alexis suddenly stated, catching Ash off guard. "The card shop might have something to help improve your deck."

They headed to the main building and it wasn't long before they were in the card shop.

"Huh, I've never been here before." Ash said to himself. He was looking forward to checking it out.

The academy's card shop was really big and might have something that can help.

"What packs should I get?" He asked Alexis. Her opinion really mattered in this situation.

Ash looked for anything promising that could power his deck up. After opening a pack, one card caught his eye.

Alexis then came over and saw what he pulled from the pack.

"Those cards are blank." She stated.

The other packs contained a bunch of blank cards.

'That's weird. I can't tell what cards these are.' He thought, having no idea they wouldn't stay blank for long. 

For the time being, he was disappointed that the other cards were duds.

Ash put it in his deck to use in a later duel. He then put a hand on Alexis's shoulder.

"Thanks for the help." He complimented her.

"You're welcome." She smiled back.

Ash then had a idea pop into his head.

"Hey, want me to walk you back to your dorm?" He offered. "You helped me after all, so..."

Alexis liked his idea and accepted it without hesitation.

The two made their way back to the Obelisk Blue girl's dorm. When they arrived, her roommates Jasmine and Mindy were waiting.

"What do you think you're doing?" Jasmine stormed over to them.

"Just leading Alexis back to her dorm." Ash retorted. "You act like that's a bad thing."

"Are you really just here to bring Alexis back?" Mindy asked, somewhat skeptical with his claim.

His expression didn't change during their questioning. Jasmine and Mindy were then convinced he wasn't trying to take advantage of Alexis and allowed him to do so.