Duel Academy Stories

Duel Academy Welcomes You

Three days after the entrance exams, Claudio and the rest of the students that passed the exams sat inside of a helicopter en route to his new school, Duel Academy. He was thinking of all the fun he was going to have dueling lots of people with his deck. He was also hoping to duel Jaden (or as he dubbed him 'Hero Boy') seeing that he beat a teacher of all people. He saw him sleeping near a window seat along with Syrus. He himself was currently sitting next to Bastion, and they really hit it off and became good friends.

"Attention new Academy duelists." He overheard the captain speaking over the intercom. "This is your captain speaking, if you look out your window you'll see your new home away from home." Most of the students, did just that as they saw an island clear in their sights. Far away, it was mainly green due to most of the forest areas and even saw a dormant volcano. But the main attraction, was the building in the center of the island. It was a silver color, surrounded by four tan spires. If you look closely, you'll see three dishes in the middle; a blue, yellow and red one in that order going diagonally down.

"Next stop, Academy Island!" The captain said. "Please fasten your seat belts and sit in an upright position as we make our landing."

After a couple of hours, Claudio found himself in a large classroom you'd see in a University. Before heading over there, he had to change into his school uniform and had noticed that they were all different as he saw the other kids. The one he had was a yellow blazer with gray pants. He also noticed Bastion had the same uniform as him. But when he saw Jaden (who was taking a nap) and Syrus, they were wearing red blazers instead. He then looked around seeing other boys in the blue blazers and even some girls, but they had white blouses without sleeves and blue miniskirts.

Seconds later, a man in his late forties or early fifties appeared on the giant screen before every new student. He was bald but had a tan goatee around the chin. He wore a red blazer that was slightly darker than normal over a shirt and tie.

'Must be the head guy.' Claudio thought as the man on the screen begun his speech.

Good morning and welcome my students." He said in a pleasant voice. "I am Chancellor Sheppard, the headmaster here, and you are the best and brightest duelists in the world." As he talked, Claudio heard some snoring coming from Jaden. He shrugged it off as the Chancellor continued to speak. "Now please, get yourselves settled in at your assigned dorms. I hope you find them quite comfortable; depending on how you ranked of course." He finished with a slight chuckle.

The students were walking out of the main school heading off to their dorm room assignments. Claudio was checking his Duel Pilots, silver hand-held gadgets that showed IDs, grades, dueling credits linking up to the wins and...

"Well, Ra Yellow's my dorm." Claudio said, turning off his Pilot. "Room 468B."

"Looks like we're neighbors, old chum." The Jukebox Hero duelist turned around and saw Bastion walking up to him.

"Hey, Einstein what's up?" Claudio greeted.

"Einstein?"

"My nickname for ya, fits ya perfectly with your brain!" Claudio said, patting Bastion.

"I suppose, ready to head over to the dorm?" Bastion asked.

"Sure, let's go!" But before they could get any further, they heard a familiar voice.

"Hey Bastion, you in Red too?" It was Jaden sitting near a stone decoration in the courtyard with Syrus.

Bastion smiled slightly and looked over himself, "Let's see...yellow sleeves, yellow buttons. I don't think so."

"Oh..." Jaden realized as he looked at his red blazer, "So that's how it works..."

"Dude, you just figured that out?" Claudio asked.