Joe Goes to Duel Academy

[Guest PikaPerson01]

First time fic writer, long time... uhh... idk.

 

Note 1: Joe never makes it to Duel Academy.

Note 2: There is no dueling in this fic. That is to say, if there is a duel the reader never get to see it, only the results.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 1: Outcast Corner] Joanna Surname had just beaten the cruel Obelisk dorm leader in her entrance duel, her Crystal Beasts narrowly edging out the man's Ancient Gear deck. A tiring and stress inducing test, as failure lurked beyond every corner.

 

Joe walked around the huge auditorium, not particularly lapping up all the attention she was getting for defeating the leader of the Blues. She just wanted a nice place to sit and to have a bit of breathing room.

 

Taking a seat in a bit more of a secluded area, where few duelists were around only ten or so kids were around the area, and they didn't seem to be enraptured by her amazing beauty or impressed by her amazing duel skills.

 

"Uhh? Hello? Can I sit here?" A single young boy looked up at her.

 

"Yeah hi." he muttered glumly, downtrodden eyes cast down on the floor.

 

"Hey! Why so glum, chum?" Joe smirked, trying in her ever-so-not-subtle way to cheer up the young man. "We're both gonna get to go to the most prestigious, well equipped Duel Academy in like, the whole entire world. High tech, state of the art facilities; caring, well educated experts in their field as professors; and luxurious dormitories... for Obelisks at least." Joe had the brochure memorized, smiling as she imagined herself in her Blue uniform.

 

"We're sitting here alone, by the way, because we failed our entrance exams. We don't get to go to Duel Academy this term."

 

"Wh-uhh-umm..." she awkwardly stated, feeling 1 inch tall at the boy's response.

 

The boy seemed slightly more relaxed by her reaction. "Name's Bob by the way." He extended a hand, waiting for a handshake.

 

"J-Joe." she stammered, accepting his handshake. "Call me Joe."

 

A loud noise as a gentleman with dark hair slammed his fist on his armrest. "Yeah well Joe listen, we don't need condescending jerks like you here reminding us 'losers' that we couldn't make it to Duel Academy. I failed my Entrance Duel for a ridiculous technicality anyway, so I have no idea why I'm being lumped in with the rest of these chumps."

 

"It's always a technicality though, isn't it?" Bob replied, rolling his eyes.

 

"What'd you say?" the other boy stood up, walking over to the duo. He was actually noticeably quite taller and older then everyone else there.

 

Bob didn't look too worried, not even standing up from his seat. "I'm just saying, you've been blaming someone else for your defeat every single time you've dueled."

 

"Wanna say that again!?" the other boy raised his fists in a threatening manner. Joe quickly did her best to put herself between the two. After all, even the vilest of villains would never hit a girl, right?

 

"H-hey now!" She shook her hands in front of her, an exaggerated and nervous smile on her face. "We're all friends here, right? M-my name's Joanna Surname." She tried to introduce herself to the older gentleman.

 

"Call me Euryval." he muttered, dismissively. Telling from Joe's eyes, he began again. "Pronounced like 'arrival', with a 'u' at the beginning. Remember it, it'll one day be well known throughout the dueling world."

 

"Cornelius Arschloch." muttered Bob, a slight smirk.

 

"Listen stalker punk, if your girlfriend wasn't here I'd-"

 

"I'm not stalker." Bob muttered, face slightly pink but not correcting the second. "Professor Linden's my mother."

 

"And she brought you for Take Your Daughter to work then, huh punk?" Euryval scowled at Bob, a sickened expression on his face. "I don't really care if you've got my real name memorized. Any good duelist knows they need an awesome name to go by when entering tournaments."

 

"Yeah, they could do without all that 'talent and skill'."

 

"You wanna talk about skill? You failed your entrance exam too!"

 

All the while, Joe continued standing between them, awkwardly trying to keep a fight from breaking out. The others in the Outcast Corner didn't seem interested in the possibility of a scuffle ensuing. They... actually seemed more concerned for hearing something else, but more on that later.

 

"S-settle down you two. I'm sure you can-" Joe began.

 

"No, I got this." Bob raised his duel disk. "If you wanna call my skills into question, let's go."

 

Joe scrambled to get out from between the two, as their disks loaded up. "Boys and their little macho contests..." Joe muttered dismissively, shaking her head.

 

"I'm already way ahead of you." Euryval declared, his deck already in his disk. "Duel!"

 

 

End of Chapter 1

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 2: Setting Sail]

And so their duel began, Euryval versus Bob. An impressive show by both of them, however the rest of the Outcast Corner didn't seem to care. In fact, about halfway into the duel Joe noticed all of them getting up, practically in unision and leave. She shrugged, their loss if they couldn't appreciate a good duel, focusing all her attention on Bob and Euryval.

 

The battle raged on, and if this were a different fic there duel would have lasted this entire chapter. However, at the last second Bob's deck gave up, his Gladiator Beasts fell to Euryval's Zombies.

 

"Ha, predictable scrub." Euryval laughed.

 

"Damn... that sucks." muttered Bob, looking as down as he did when Joe first saw him.

 

"Alright you won, big deal." Joe walked over to Bob. "You okay?"

 

"It's just card games." muttered Bob. "No big deal..."

 

"Hah, two loser love birds, not enough skills between them to make competent duelist."

 

"Hey, I'm an Obelisk Blue, and I got into the academy!" Joe raised her duel disk, not appreciating the insults Euryval was slinging.

 

Euryval raised his eyebrows, then looked at the door. "Sure... after all, looks like we got plenty of room now."

 

"He's right." Bob replied. "Uhh... Joe?"

 

But Joe wouldn't here it, dead set on avenging Bob and putting the 18 year old in his place.

 

And so Euryval and Joe began their duel. If this were some other fic, this would have probably been a two parter. Her Crystals, his Zombies, clever zingers about her liking pretty colours, hence her love of Crystal Beasts, and him being a disgusting rotten monster, hence his preference towards Zombies.

 

At last, Joe came out on top, because she's the main character.

 

"Ha, beat by a 14 year old girl!" Joe smiled towards Bob, who seemed less then thrilled.

 

Euryval smirked quickly, despite his defeat. "Not all victories come from winning you know." He turned heel and quickly, quietly, and calmly walked out of the large auditorium, leaving the two kids alone.

 

"That was so awesome! I was sweating bullets when he used Dark Bribe on my Crystal Abundance."

 

"Yeah but-"

 

"And then just when it looked like I was out, paying the cost of all my Crystals, wham! Rainbow Dragon came along!"

 

"Right but-"

 

"So then I summoned it and then defeated his Stardust Drag-"

 

"JOE! Listen! Everyone's gone."

 

"Oh, that's no big deal, right?"

 

"... They're all gone, because they went to Duel Academy. You've missed the bus... and probably the ship too."

 

Her eyes widened as she processed what he said. "Wh-what?"

 

Racing up the gentle slope of steps, Joe and Bob rushed outside to see an empty parking lot, and a nearly setting sun.

 

"I..." Bob began, before Joe grabbed him by the collar.

 

"Why didn't you teeeeell me all the buses were gone!?" she cried out before letting him go, collapsing into a pile of shame and sadness.

 

"S-sorry Joe." Bob began, a pained expression on his face. "But they left a while ago, probably between Euryval and me's duel."

 

"Euryval and I..." Joe corrected, picking herself up.

 

"Well, it's not the end of the world." Bob reminded. "You can just head back home and-"

 

"BACK HOME!?" Joe panicked. "No way! After THAT huge display mom and dad will never let me back! No, no, no! Out of the question!"

 

She blinked, realizing how hysterical she looked. "Uhh... besides, I'm from out of town. I had to take a train and a bus and then another train and all kinds of things to get here. It's like, a 3 day trip back home, and then it'd be another 3 days back here and... it'd just be too big of a headache."

 

Bob blushed lightly. "Well... umm... my mom's working at Duel Academy, and dad's out of town for a week for business." he looked down. "If you wanted, you could uhh... st-stay with me..."

 

Joe seemed to perk up at Bob's suggestion. "Really!?" Her face was uncomfortably close to Bob's, so much so he had fallen on the ground. "Thank you sooo much! I promise I won't make a mess or anything like that.

 

Bob unevenly tried to stand. "R-right. We'll just call the Duel Academy and... then you'll be gone and far from here... towards where you deserve to be."

 

Upset, for different reasons, the pair spoke little as they took the train and bus towards the residential section of town.

 

End of Chapter 2

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 3: Bridge Burning]Lol, chapter 3

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 4: Longing Looks]If I had a fourth chapter, it would go here.

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 5: Presenting Palindrome]Euryval shows up in this one... might be pretty cool... idk.

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 6: Tournament's Trials]Some Battle City rip off goes here.

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 7: Fatal Finale]Finals of the tournament. Yeah, skipping all the details of duels is awesome.

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 8: Annoying Alliteration]Because if we acknowledge our own flaws, that erases them, right!? =D?

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 9: Sudden Silence]This will be the last chapter.

 

[CrabHelmet]

Even ignoring the deliberate so-bad-it's-good factor, this is significantly better than Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and most of the fanfics posted on this forum. And that's terrible.

[tommers2008]

Could be good could be bad, but i feel it was a bit too short

[Guest PikaPerson01]

Even ignoring the deliberate so-bad-it's-good factor' date='[/quote']

 

Right... deliberate...

 

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>_>

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^_^

 

Could be good could be bad' date=' but i feel it was a bit too short

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Err, it's only the first chapter so far. Will probably post the second either tomorrow or never... *nods*

[tommers2008]

I no it only one chapter, nut i was hoping for a longer chapter perhaps containing the duel or something i dunno lol

[J-Max]

Even ignoring the deliberate so-bad-it's-good factor' date=' [b']this is significantly better than Yu-Gi-Oh! GX[/b] and most of the fanfics posted on this forum. And that's terrible.

I actually found GX to be quite enjoyable. More Duels and less talk about God Cards and saving the world.

 

Also great start Pika/

[CrabHelmet]

Right... deliberate...

 

<_<

>_>

v_v

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^_^

 

Of course' date=' I'm sure the bit about Our Heroine's "amazing beauty [and'] amazing duel skills" was in no way intended to be a parody.

 

Of course.

[Womi]

Indeed, that's one of the better fics I found here.

 

Belongs into the Top 3. ^_^

 

"Call me Euryval." he muttered, dismissively. Telling from Joe's eyes, he began again. "Pronounced like 'arrival', with a 'u' at the beginning. Remember it, it'll one day be well known throughout the dueling world."

Although this line was somewhat pointless. Didn't they hear the pronunciation when he told them his name? He should've said how his name is spelled.....

 

Cornelius Arschloch

xD

I'm German, you know?

[Guest PikaPerson01]

Right... deliberate...

 

<_<

>_>

v_v

...

 

^_^

 

Of course' date=' I'm sure the bit about Our Heroine's "amazing beauty [and'] amazing duel skills" was in no way intended to be a parody.

 

Of course.

 

Of course!

 

 

I no it only one chapter' date=' nut i was hoping for a longer chapter perhaps containing the duel or something i dunno lol

[/quote']

 

The second note specifically mentions there won't be any dueling. Sorry. o_o

 

Indeed' date=' that's one of the better fics I found here.

 

Belongs into the Top 3. ^_^[/quote']

 

Srsly? I'm not trying to mine for compliments or w/e and I know that allegedly YCM-kun is bad at writing but I've not read a lot of fics here. Are they really that bad? o_0

 

 

"Call me Euryval." he muttered' date=' dismissively. Telling from Joe's eyes, he began again. "Pronounced like 'arrival', with a 'u' at the beginning. Remember it, it'll one day be well known throughout the dueling world."[/quote']

Although this line was somewhat pointless. Didn't they hear the pronunciation when he told them his name? He should've said how his name is spelled.....

 

He mentioned in quickly, then repeated it for them to. I dunno, it didn't seem odd to me at the time. I've seen it happen multiple times with people with strange names, in roll calls during class. They say their name, then a similar sounding word to try to get the person to help remember the pronunciation. ("It's like regina, but with a v." "Ah, revina.")

 

As for spelling, considering it's his made up name that he thought was cool, I don't think Euryval really thought much on the spelling of it.

 

Lastly, it's certainly not meant to distract the reader from the fact that he's actually pronouncing it like: "Call me your rival". Nope.

 

Cornelius Arschloch

xD

I'm German' date=' you know?

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... So is Euryval! =D

 

On an unrelated note, Chapter 2 is up. o_o

[CrabHelmet]

Srsly? I'm not trying to mine for compliments or w/e and I know that allegedly YCM-kun is bad at writing but I've not read a lot of fics here. Are they really that bad? o_0

 

Almost all of my Foe Fic commentaries I do blind' date=' i.e. without actually reading the story in question first. That makes my choices of stories fairly random, since I don't even read them in advance to see how good they are. Despite this, I still consistently hit terrible stories. Why? Because YCM isn't just sometimes bad, it's [i']consistently[/i] bad.

[Womi]

Srsly? I'm not trying to mine for compliments or w/e and I know that allegedly YCM-kun is bad at writing but I've not read a lot of fics here. Are they really that bad? o_0

 

Almost all of my Foe Fic commentaries I do blind' date=' i.e. without actually reading the story in question first. That makes my choices of stories fairly random, since I don't even read them in advance to see how good they are. Despite this, I still consistently hit terrible stories. Why? Because YCM isn't just sometimes bad, it's [i']consistently[/i] bad.

 

Truth. Hurts.

[Dr. Cakey]

i think they should ban crysta -

 

Just out of curiosity, why do the failures have meta decks? Is your win percentage inversely proportionate to the power of your deck? Actually, that would explain a lot...

[Guest PikaPerson01]

I've strangely felt an unusual desire to finish up what I started, but I have like, no time... So, here's the rest of the story, in short little paragraph form!:

 

Summary so far:

 

Our protagonist, Joe, short for Joanna, has just aced her Duelist Entrance Exam. She meets two jerks off in the "losers" sections, the ones who failed so bad they didn't even make it into Red. Bob, the Cyrus Ripoff, and Euryval, who's name is actually pronounced "Your Rival" because the writer is unoriginal and about as subtle as a T-Rex. Bob duels Euryval. Bob loses. Joe duels Euryval for Bob's honour. She wins. However, Euryval announces the boat for Duel Academy had left long ago, about halfway into their duel. He laughs evily, leaving our protagonist... and Bob, to sulk.

 

 

Chapter 3 - Bridge Burning:

 

Joe has no where else to go, since she came from superdy duper far away and expected to be on the boat to Duel Academy, so she decides to hang out with Bob at Bob's house. Bob calls up his mom and she explains that the Duel Academy boat does return in 4 weeks, to pick up late registrations, and also to pick up supplies and stuff. So, Joe is told she has to wait until next month before she can get to Duel Academy.

 

While chilling out with Bob in the school yard or whatever, at his local card shop, she spots a poster for a big epic tournament offering a cash prize of some absurd amount of money. Like, half a million? Good enough. *shrug* A half a million dollar tournament. Joe thinks she can use the money to buy a boat to get to Duel Academy. Bob thinks they money could be better spent in savings and wise investments, but this is Yu-Gi-Oh and nobody cares. He joins the tournament too, to up the chances of her and Bob winning.

 

Meanwhile, they also learn Euryval is entering the tournament.

 

 

Chapter 4 - Longing Looks:

 

It turns out the tournament is a long while from now. Meanwhile, Bob find himself smitten over our beautiful and annoying Mary Sue. Tension and stuff, but ultimately they never act on anything. Terrible, filler chapter. Also, some duels, maybe.

 

 

Chapter 5 - Presenting Palindrome:

 

It's the day of the big tournament and we meet the primary villain. Owner, head CEO, and only employee of the Palindrome Enterprises. He's a computer programmer, 18, and still working out of his parent's garage. He needs the half million to start up a business. He's actually pretty damn poor. He tells Bob and Joe he speaks in palindromes. He then goes on to explain he's actually just speaking one long palindrome, that, when read from the beginning of his life to the end of it, will read the same way forwards and backwards. Since the group never knew him beforehand or will speak to him afterward, it seems difficult to call his bluff out on this, but just go with it.

 

After his big lengthy introduction, the tournament begins.

 

 

Chapter 6 - Tournament Trials:

 

The tournament begins. Bob and Joe face off against a colorful cast of annoying people. The chapter ends with the announcement of the top 4, predictably. Joe, Bob, Euryval and Mr. Head CEO of Palindrome.

 

 

Chapter 7 - Fatal Finale:

 

The story picks up where the previous one ended. Joe duels Euryval and Bob duels Palindrome CEO guy. In a move surprising no one, Palindrome CEO wins, and in a lampshade hanging moment, our protagonist loses against her rival.

 

Sulking and sad and such, Bob and Joe leave the tournament in shame, forgetting the third and fourth place prize, enough money to buy a terrible, but still fully functional boat, and a scholarship to Duel Academy as a Ra Yellow respectively.

 

 

Chapter 8 - Annoying Alliteration:

 

They lost the tournament, but the boat was going to come next week anyway. Joe says her goodbyes to Bob and takes the boat to Duel Academy, ready to fulfill the title of the fic.

 

 

Chapter 9 - Sudden Silence:

 

Boat sinks. Joe never makes it to Duel Academy. Whether or not she even survives is left up to the reader to decide.

 

.. The end!

 

Lock this now plz. >_>

[Dr. Cakey]

The important question is: does Palindrome CEO of Doom beat Euryval?

 

In the Epilogue, Joe flies away on Rainbow Dragon, showering the world with rainbows and happiness. Her evil alternate personality then takes over, and Rainbow Dragon becomes Rainbow Dark Dragon because shut up, and it goes on a rampage, destroying Duel Academy and wherever it is this story takes place, before finally being defeated by a Turbo Synchron.

[Guest PikaPerson01]

The important question is: does Palindrome CEO of Doom beat Euryval?

That actually is a good question. One that doesn't have a worthwhile answer. They (presumably) never saw Palindrome CEO or Euryval ever again, so all that mattered for the sake of the story was that it wasn't Joe and it wasn't Bob.