Duel Academy Stories

Love's First Duel

It was morning at Duel Academy and everyone was in class now. The seating chart was set so that the first year's were at the bottom and the higher years were going up. But since that dorm color thing's got most Obelisk Blue kids feeling that they are better than the Yellows or the Reds, it was more like the blue were higher up with the yellows in the middle or sides and the reds at the bottom. So basically, Alexis and Chazz were at the top, Claudio and Bastion in the middle, and Syrus and Jaden at the bottom. Yippee...

Back to the school, as all the students were finally seated, the first teacher showed up...

"All right everyone, be seated!" Dr. Crowler said, cutting off any noisy conversations. "Listen up, because I won't repeat myself; I am your first teacher of the day, Dr. Vellian Crowler and I teach the different types of cards. Now can anyone tell me the three types of cards in Duel Monsters and their categories? How about you, miss Rhodes?" Alexis nodded and stood up.

"Duel Monsters cards can be grouped into Normal, Effect, Ritual, Fusion, and the Trap and Spell cards that can also be monsters or summon token monsters. Trap cards can be grouped into Normal, Continuous, and Counter Traps. And Spell cards can be grouped into Normal, Quick-Play, Field, Continuous, Equip and Ritual Cards." Alexis addressed to the entire class.

"Perfect!" Crowler said, happily. "Outstanding! Of course, I'd expect nothing less from one of my Obelisks!"

"Yes, Dr. Crowler." She responded as she sat back down.

"Hmm, now who shall we question next?" The doctor directed his attention to the lower seats, eyeing the Slifers until he found a perfect vic... I mean candidate. "You! Syrus Truesdale!" His voice caused the little, light blue-haired boy to jump to his seat. "Explain to the class, what a Field Spell is, please."

"Uh... a Field Spell... is the thing... that affects the thing..." Syrus started stammering and shaking, trying to avert his eyes from the class.

"Poor guy, I remember having stage fright..." Claudio mumbled. Bastion also groaned at Syrus's plight.

"Even pre-duelers know the answer to this one, ya Slifer Slacker!" One of the Obelisk students taunted causing most of the Blues to laugh out loud. Chazz was smirking but Alexis was shaking her head at everyone laughing.

"Wait, I know this one!" Syrus whined over the laughter.

"Relax, Sy..." Jaden said, trying to calm him down. "You totally got this one!"

"I think not!" Crowler interrupted. "Sit down." Syrus did as he was told. "Now would someone else, kindly tell me the answer? Preferably someone not in red, thank you." This caused the most blues and some of the yellows to laugh again.

"I blew it; I made all the Slifers look bad..." Syrus said, feeling down on his luck.

"You know something, teach?" Syrus turned his attention to Jaden who spoke out to the Blue Headmaster. "You shouldn't be making fun of the Slifers. I mean, I'm a Slifer that beat you so; when you make fun of the Reds, you're making fun of yourself!" Crowler was livid and started to bite down on a handkerchief. Now it was Slifer's turn to burst out laughing, Claudio included. Even Alexis chuckled a bit when she heard that.

'That's it! I won't this slacker in my school for another second!' Crowler thought, fuming. 'I'll see to it that he's expelled from here permanently!'

(Later that day...)

Thankfully, the next teacher was Slifer Red Headmaster...

"Alright class, as some of you may know, my name is Professor Lyman Banner." He greeted. "I specialize in some of the lesser know tactics in the world of dueling, some that might be unnatural to even the experienced duelist..."