Yo guys! Bet you weren't expecting this anytime soon!
Well to be honest neither was I. I was going to do the Duelist Frontier Amok thingy first but urgh, does anyone even care about that? No? Good, then let's get on with season two!
Chapter One- Back In Action! Naruto's (Somewhat) Amazing Return!
"So, Naruto-boy, are you looking forward to going back to Duel Academy?" Naruto glanced up from his mock duel at the table to see his benefactor, Pegasus J. Crawford enter the room. He was doing some 'shadow duelling' and not the type that involves evil entities and souls being sucked out. It was more like shadow boxing, with Naruto playing the cards he draws and imagining the worst case scenario for him to be put into. This not only helped him get some insight into what could go wrong in a duel, but it also let him practice his combos.
After all, new decks take a while to get used to.
"Sure, I guess." Naruto shrugged, looking back to the cards in his hand. "I mean, on the one hand there's my beautiful girlfriend that I get to see every day again. But on the other hand I'll have to put up with weekly shenanigans and weird logic that no one else seems to point out but me."
"Truly it is a hard life you live." Pegasus deadpanned, and Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly.
"Well it ain't all so bad I guess. I am looking forward to seeing the others again I guess, and it'll be nice to do stuff with Asuka without world ending events going on around us." He tilted his head and took on a thoughtful look. "To be honest it probably wasn't the best time to start a relationship."
"Ah youth, such a wonderful thing."
"Oi, you're not turning into an old man are you, Pegasus? The silver hair is one thing, but am I going to have to listen to your old war stories now too?" Pegasus gave him a small glare, getting a cheeky grin in return.
"Ungrateful brat." He sniffed, pushing some hair over his shoulder. "Don't forget that deck you're using was only made because I allowed it. Not every duellist gets a deck made for them based on their own scribblings in a notebook. You're lucky I haven't printed and distributed copies to the public." He smiled though, taking the bite out of his words. "Perhaps you should consider a career in card design, Naruto-boy. You'd be a star." Naruto shrugged.
"Nah, I'm more of a duellist than a designer. Thanks, again, for making them."
"Don't worry, Naruto-boy. Anyway, I came to tell you that a package just arrived for you from Duel Academy—hence my opening question." Naruto was instantly suspicious when Pegasus' lips twitched at the corners.
". . . What is it?"
"Well–"
[DON'T SAY IF I WERE YOU! DON'T TELL ME WHAT YOU'D DO! HOW THINGS WOULD BE IF YOU WERE IN MY SHOES—BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT M—]
"This is Kaiba Seto, what do you want."
"What the hell Kaiba!"
"Naruto, I figured you would call."
"What is this? I said I didn't—"
"Too bad, you don't get a choice. I let you have your way last year, but I won't allow it any longer. You will wear it and you will be grateful for it. I won't have anyone or anything associated with me look to be anything but the best."
". . . Can I at least have some orange on it?"
"No."
"Crap."
"Goodbye, Naruto."
[Click]
Naruto frowned at the uniform hanging from the door. He tossed his phone onto his bed, his overly large bed, if you asked him. He was grateful to Pegasus for taking him in when he had literally nothing but the oversized clothes on his back. But even after all these years, the opulence surrounding him made him uncomfortable. In his past life, he was used to owning very little but the small apartment granted to him by the Sandaime. It was part of the reason that he refused to be in Obelisk Blue last year; the Ra Yellow dorms reminded him of his old place. He shook his head, rueful.
'Guess some part of me was still hanging on to the past back then.' He felt embarrassed when he remembered what a jerk he was for most of his first year at Duel Academy. He was especially harsh on Judai, since the guy reminded him of himself before he came to this world. Something that he got over after his duel with Yami, the dark spirit that had entered his soul after his loss to a duelling mercenary who was working for a crazy old guy who wanted to feel young again and put the whole world at risk for such a stupid and selfish desire who despite all of this was let off with barely even a slap on the wrist.
He was still a little bitter about that last bit.
"Hey how long are you going to bitch about stuff?" Speak of the devil.
"Shut up, Yami, I'm not bitching."
"Sure you are—what I don't get is why?"
"Because . . . reasons."
'Look at it like this, Naruto-kun. It shows that your skill has been recognised by everyone. Nobody is going to think you got into Obelisk Blue just because you know Kaiba-san.' Yes, as the shinobi turned duel spirit Haku said, the uniform that Naruto was so worked up about was an Obelisk Blue uniform. It was white with blue outlines, exactly like the one worn by Marufuji Ryou—the strongest duellist in Duel Academy—last year.
"Geez, Haku you always know how to cut to the heart of the matter, don't you?" Naruto sighed and looked at his old custom made Orange Ray Yellow uniform hanging in his wardrobe. His expression was forlorn as he admired the glorious garment. "To think that our time together would be so short."
"Dude, it's a jacket. You seriously need to get laid if you're getting so worked up over a jacket." Naruto flushed, mind instantly going to Asuka. "Another benefit of being in Blue is that you'll probably see Asuka more often."
'They'll be in separate dorms though.' Haku muttered, but it seemed that Naruto didn't hear her.
"Hey, that's right! Maybe being in Obelisk Blue won't be so bad. Besides, it's not like anything particularly awful will happen in Obelisk Blue this year that will make me regret ever being in it, like some nut job coming in and taking over the whole dorm as a part of his plan for world domination or anything."
". . . That was awfully specific."
". . . Yeah."
'. . . You've probably jinxed it now.'
"Shit."
A few days later
"Uzumaki, I challenge you to a rematch!" Naruto twitched. He had only been on the island for about ten minutes before some random shmuck accosted him.
"Look pal, I've had a long flight to get here, so can we leave it for today?" He turned around, seeing a guy glaring at him. He was dressed in a blue Obelisk Blue uniform, which meant he was either a first year or an utter scrub.
"Don't ignore me, Uzumaki! I'm here for my revenge!" Naruto squinted, taking a closer look at the guy. He had green hair, spiky like Naruto's own, and an unpleasant face.
"Uh, do I know you?" The guy's face went red.
"It's me!" He spat through gritted teeth. Naruto squinted harder, tilting his head to the side. "Yamashima! The guy you humiliated in front of everyone!"
"Nope sorry, not ringing a bell."
"Damn it, Uzumaki! You set me on virtual fire! It took me seven months of therapy to get over that! I swore that I would get my revenge on you by defeating you in a card game! I've created a deck specifically to beat your own! You don't stand a chance of defeating me with my newfound strength!" Naruto blinked, then hit his palm with his hand.
"Oh, Rantyshima, I remember you now! Your angry monologue helped me out just now. Well, it was, well, not nice, to see you but yeah, see you around." Naruto turned around to keep walking, leaving Yamashima fuming.
"Asuka is still way too good for you, you bastard—doesn't matter if you're in Ra or Obelisk! Or maybe she's not all that great if her standards are so low she'd date a guy like you!" Naruto slowed to a stop.
"Hey, you can insult me all you like, but don't bring Asuka into this." He breathed in, and then out. "Alright, Yamashima, I'll give you your duel. But," he turned around to glare at Yamashima. "When I win you have to grovel at Asuka's feet for forgiveness—in public."
"Fine, but if I win you have to break up with Asuka!" Yamashima smirked as Naruto nodded. Yamashima raised his arm, already equipped with a Duel Disk. "Let's go, right here, right now!" Naruto shrugged and reached into his backpack, pulling out his own Duel Disk. The two switched their Disks on, and with one word began the duel.
"DUEL!"
"I'll go first, Uzumaki!" Yamashima declared, swiping a card from the top of his deck. "I summon 'Cipher Scouter' in attack mode!" He summoned a robot man with a steel face and glowing red eyes. On one of its shoulders was some kind of weapon—Naruto didn't really care to examine it much, he was still inwardly fuming about Yamashima's (pathetic) insult. He doesn't care who they are, nobody says a bad thing about Asuka on his watch!
#Cipher Scouter- Machine/Earth Lvl: 3#
#Atk/Def- 1350/1800#
"I end my turn." Yamashima smirked, looking at his Cipher Scout. ''Cipher Scout' may not be much on its own, but when it battle a Warrior type monster, it gains 2000 attack and defence! Uzumaki's deck is full of Warrior type monsters! And, my entire deck is full of anti-warrior cards- there's no way he can win!'
"My turn, draw." Naruto smirked at the 'Cipher Scout' opposite him. Did Yamashima think him an idiot? 'Of course I know about 'Cipher Scout's' effect. I've run two different Warrior type based decks, so I know a thing or two about what's good against them. I think Yamashima is in for a bit of a surprise though.' "I play the field spell card, 'Mount Myouboku'!" The area around the two became a beautiful landscape.
"What the hell is this?" Yamashima blurted, looking at the field with a startled expression. "I've never heard anything about you using a card like this before!"
"That's because I never have used it before; at least not at Duel Academy!" Naruto smirked and raised his Duel Disk slightly. "You see, I'm actually using a brand new deck right now!"
"What?! But I made this deck to counter your old one!"
"And that is why you'll always be a forgettable side character—you're always three steps behind! At least you had your own thing going for you before. I mean, you were still a dick, but you had a decent deck." Naruto smirked at Yamashima irritated expression. "Right, now I activate the effect of 'Mount Myouboku'. Once per turn, I can special summon a certain archetype of monster by paying life-points equal to their level times by 100."
"Huh?!"
"I pay 400 life-points to special summon 'Toad Summon Archer' in attack mode!"
Yamashima- 4000
Naruto- 3600
A toad half the size of Naruto appeared in a puff of smoke. It was brown with a quiver on its back and a bow in its "hands".
#Toad Summon Archer- Aqua/Water lvl: 4#
#Atk/Def- 900/800#
"Huh, you paid 400 life-points to summon that weakling?" Yamashima laughed. "I was worried for a second there! Even if that thing isn't a Warrior type, 'Cipher Scout' can still destroy it easily!" Naruto sweat-dropped.
'I guess he's decided to throw subtlety out the window now.' Naruto shook his head with a shrug. "Yeah, normally you'd be right—if 'Toad Summon Archer' had been normal summoned." Yamashima frowned in confusion. "See, when 'Toad Summon Archer' is special summoned, its attack points get doubled!"
"What?!"
#TSA- Atk-1800#
"Now my 'Toad Summon Archer' is more than strong enough to destroy your 'Cipher Scout'! 'Toad Summon Archer', shoot that robot!" The toad notched an arrow and fired it at the mechanical man, piercing right between its glowing red eyes.
Naruto- 3600
Yamashima- 3450
"I set one card face-down and end my turn." Yamashima drew a card, and smirked at what he had drawn.
"I play the spell card 'Brainwashing – Brain Control'! By paying 800 life-points I can take control of one of your monsters away from you!" Yamashima gave a wide grin as his life-points dropped. 'Once I have his monster I can tribute it to summon 'Ryu Kokki'! He might not be using Warrior type monsters, but 'Ryu Kokki' is still strong on its own!'
#Naruto- 3600#
#Yamashima- 2650#
"I activate my trap card!" Naruto's face-down card flipped face-up. "The continuous trap card, 'Sealing Tag'! When a spell or trap card is activated, this card allows me to negate its activation!"
"No!" Yamashima yelled as the hologram of his card was surrounded by red static, signalling its negation.
"When the spell or trap card has been negated, it is then banished from play!" A paper tag shot out from Naruto's card and landed on Yamashima's, and in a puff of smoke 'Brainwashing – Brain Control' was sealed away. "Got anything else in that hand of yours, Yamashima?" Yamashima glared before checking his hand again.
'You may have stopped my spell card, Uzumaki, but this trap card will wipe that smirk off your face.' "I set once card face-down and end my turn."
"My turn, draw. I play the quick-play spell card 'Exploding Tag'! This card lets me target one of your spell or trap cards and destroy it!"
"Oh come on!" Yamashima spat as another tag flew at another of his cards. He cried out when the card—revealed to be Mirror Force—exploded, dealing damage to his life-points.
Naruto- 3600
Yamashima- 2150
"Oh yeah, plus it deals 500 damage to your life-points." Naruto smirked at the filthy glare he received for his helpful titbit. He then picked out another card from his hand. "Now, I think I'll restore the life-points I paid last turn with this spell card- 'Mystic Palm'. It recovers my life-points an amount equal to the combined total level of all monsters on the field. Since 'Toad Summon Archer' is level 4, I gain 400 life-points back."
Naruto- 4000
Yamashima- 2150
"Now, that might have been a bit unnecessary, but to be honest I don't want to let this duel end with me having lost any life-points. Even if I spent them myself, it doesn't look good for me to lose any against a loser like you." Naruto blinked. "Wow, I'm already acting like a typical Obelisk ass-hat! See, this is why I wanted some orange on my jacket. It offsets the douche baggy-ness of the blue. And come on, anything's better than white! I do like the coattails though." Yamashima snapped, tired of his rambling.
"Don't act like it's over yet, Uzumaki! Your Archer doesn't have enough attack points to finish me off this turn! Just you wait, I'll turn the tables against you next turn!" Yamashima promised, but Naruto just raised a brow.
"Uh, I do have another monster in my hand, you know?" Yamashima faltered.
"Y-You do?"
"Yep, and unfortunately for you, this one is a Warrior type. Shame you don't have any of your anti-warrior cards down, huh?"
"Damn it!" He looked at a trap card in his hand that would have stopped a Warrior monster from attacking that turn, giving him an extra turn to do something. "You tricked me!"
"Hey, I never said I wasn't using any Warrior type monsters, you just assumed I wasn't." Naruto grinned. "I summon 'Fake Hunter - Haku' in attack mode." He summoned the masked girl to the field, her senbon at the ready.
#Fake Hunter – Haku- Warrior/Water Lvl: 4#
#Atk/Def- 1600/1400#
Yamashima paled as he stared at the two monsters. Even someone awful at mathematics could see that the two of them together was more than overkill right now. Naruto grinned and raised a hand.
"'Fake Hunter – Haku', 'Toad Summon Archer', get ready . . ." The toad notched an arrow and 'Haku' span her senbon. "Aim . . ." The toad pulled the arrow back and 'Haku' pulled her arm back as well. "Fire!" Naruto brought his arm down, signalling for his monsters to fire. Yamashima screamed as the two projectiles flew into his chest, knocking the green haired boy off his feet and onto his ass.
Naruto- 4000
Yamashima- 0
Yamashima cursed, hitting the ground with his fist. "Damn it, I lost again!" He froze when a shadow loomed over him, and he shakily looked up to see Naruto glaring down at him. Before Yamashima could say a word, Naruto had grabbed him by the collar and started dragging him away.
"Come on asshole, time for you to apologise to Asuka for daring to insult her! You better offer to lick the ground she walks upon, bare minimum! Also, you can tell her that it was your fault that I couldn't meet up with her at the time I said I would!" Yamashima nodded frantically, not daring to decline. Naruto sighed as he walked, staring at the main building of the academy in annoyance.
'There better not be any more antics today! It's only day one damn it!'
End
Hope you enjoyed the first look into Naruto's NEW deck! I very much enjoyed writing it, and there's some more great stuff to come- I'm very excited for it.
I'll try and make chapters weekly because these are actually nice and relaxing to do—it makes a nice change from all of the intense planning and plotting I've been doing for other stuff lately.
Until next time!