The Next King of Games

It was a nice day in Domino City, a tall young man with spiky brown hair passed through a crowd of people standing in the street on his way to the Kaiba Dome. Strapped to his back was a bag containing a collapsible silver metal staff.

He had prepared himself to register for the Duel Academy entrance exams being held there this afternoon.

'Well, let's hope I successfully pass my entrance exam today.' He thought to himself. On his belt were six deck boxes.

A few minutes later, he spots someone with multi-colored hair further up the street.

'Hey, who is that.' The teen thought out loud as he didn't recognize the figure.

"Excuse me!" He called out to the stranger who turned in his direction.

"Who are you?" The teen asked.

The stranger said nothing back to him. Instead he threw a card in the teen's direction.

The teen looked at the card that he had received from the stranger. It was a monster card.

'Winged Kuriboh, huh? Nice to meet you.' He thought, staring at the card in his hand.

"Well, anyway. There's somewhere I need to be right now." The teen continued walking to the Kaiba Dome.

Eventually he arrived at his destination and quickly scaled the side of the building, then jumped over the railing.

"Excuse me." He called out to some people that were working at a desk. "Would I be too late to register for the exams."

"No actually." A older-looking man replied. "Sign your name on this sheet."

After completing registration, the teen entered the Kaiba Dome and saw several duels in progress.

'Looks like there's some worthwhile competition.' He thought to himself.

He went to the other side of the Kaiba Dome and stood next to a blue-haired boy who was wearing glasses.

"Hey, how's it going?" He asked the blue-haired boy.

"I'm Syrus." The boy introduced himself.

"Ryan Walker." Ryan greeted Syrus back.

"I have something called test anxiety, I have no idea who I managed to win my duel." Syrus muttered out loud.

"I was expecting you to have more confidence, but whatever." Ryan shrugged his shoulders.

A blonde haired man with a long blue coat got wind of this late arrival and wasn't pleased with this news.

"Where is the person that dared to show up late?!" He angrily demanded.

"He's on the other side of the arena." A teacher gestured across the Kaiba Dome.

"Ryan Walker, report to exam field 1." The PA system announced.

"Well, guess I'm dueling." He made his way down to the arena.

The blonde haired man, who turned out to be Dr. Crowler stood in front of him.

"Ryan Walker, I'm dueling you personally. Get your deck ready." Crowler instructed.

"Aren't you a instructor? Kind of a unfair advantage if you ask me." Ryan questioned him.

"You can leave right now if you want to."

"You wish pal, let's duel." Ryan said as their duel started. He drew his first card.

"I'll summon Breaker the Magical Warrior in attack mode."

Breaker the Magical Warrior ATK 1600 DEF 1000 LV4 DARK Spellcaster.

"Breaker gains a spell counter and 300 attack points. Then I set one card face down and end my turn."

"How pathetic. I summon Ancient Gear Soldier in attack mode." Crowler said.

Ancient Gear Soldier ATK 1300 DEF 1300 LV4 EARTH Machine.

"Next I activate the equip spell 7 Completed. This increases my Soldier's attack by 700 points."

Ancient Gear Soldier 1300 + 700 = 2000

"And now Ancient Gear Soldier, attack his Breaker." Crowler ordered.

Ryan LP 4000 - 100 = 3900

"Prepare to say goodbye to ever heading to Duel Academy." Crowler said with a grin on his face.

'We'll see.' Ryan thought to himself. He drew his next card. "I activate Twin Twisters. By discarding a card from my hand, I can destroy two spell or trap cards and I choose 7 Completed. And now with your Soldier's attack points lowered, I summon B-Buster Drake which will attack your monster."

Ancient Gear Soldier ATK 2000 - 700 = 1300

B-Buster Drake ATK 1500 DEF 1800 LV4 LIGHT Machine.

Crowler LP 4000 - 200 = 3800

"I end my turn with one set card." Ryan said.

Crowler drew his card.

"I'll bring my Soldier back with Monster Reborn. Then I activate Cost Down, lowering the levels of all monsters in my hand. Now I summon Ancient Gear Golem in attack mode." He said.

Ancient Gear Golem ATK 3000 DEF 3000 LV8 EARTH Machine.

"Go after B-Buster Drake." Crowler said.

Ryan LP 3900 - 1500 = 2400

"If B-Buster Drake leaves the field, I can add a Union Monster from my deck to my hand."

"Ha ha, just try to defeat my Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler laughed manically.

"Trust me, it will be easy." Ryan smirked. "I'll special summon Cyber Dragon because my field is empty."

Cyber Dragon ATK 2100 DEF 1600 LV5 LIGHT Machine.

"I tribute Cyber Dragon to summon Armed Dragon LV5."

Armed Dragon LV5 ATK 2400 DEF 1000 LV5 WIND Dragon.

"Once per turn, I can discard a monster to destroy a monster with equal or less attack then the I one I sent." He placed a monster in the graveyard that turned out to be Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

"Since Blue-Eyes has 3000 attack points, your Golem is destroyed."

Ancient Gear Golem exploded.

"Armed Dragon LV5 attack him directly."

Crowler LP 3800 - 2400 = 1400

"I end my turn with that."

Crowler drew his next card.

"I summon Ancient Gear Knight and end my turn." He said.

Ancient Gear Knight ATK 1800 DEF 500 LV4 EARTH Machine.

Ryan drew his next card.

"I summon Destiny Hero Diamond Dude."

Destiny Hero Diamond Dude ATK 1400 DEF 1600 LV4 DARK Warrior.

"Let's end this. Armed Dragon LV5, Diamond Dude wipe out the rest of his life points."

Crowler LP 1400 - 600 = 800

Crowler LP 800 - 1400 = 0

"Looks like I'm heading to Duel Academy after all."