"Alright, my turn." Yuki chanced a glance around the stadium. Yuki Hyoudou was a young man of average height, his dark hair was a little wild, and looked to have teal highlights that matched his teal colored eyes. Yuki wore a dark blue shirt with a dark coat over that, which looked to be some sort of school uniform. He also had dark pants and shoes on, possibly also a part of the uniform. He was currently one of the last people to take his practical exam to enroll in Duel Academy, and a lot of eyes were on him. The 16 year old did not particularly like crowds, and this was a rather large crowd due to how many applicants had already completed their practical duel.

To make matters worse for Yuki, his exam proctor had a Buster Blader on his side of the field. Which was the absolute worst card Yuki could be facing with the deck he was currently dueling with. Even worse for him, he had no monsters on his own field. Meaning that if he didn't summon a monster now, with only 2000 LP left, Yuki would lose the duel, and be unable to get into Duel Academy. He needed a comeback and he needed to make it now.

"Draw!" Yuki's eyes went wide, and a smile formed on his face. "I play the card I just drew: Pot of Greed! Now I can draw two more cards!" Yuki's smile grew, when he saw the two monsters he needed he needed. The exact monsters that could help him win this duel. "Okay, I'll summon this, my Drago Warrior in attack mode!"

Yuki's summoned monster Drago Warrior resembled a bipedal dragon clad in armor, with a sword in one hand, and a shield in the other. The monster had 1600 attack and 1400 defense. "And that ends my turn."

The proctor opposite Yuki shook his head in dismissal. "Shameful, your monster is a dragon-type monster. Which means my Buster Blader gains an additional 500 attack, bringing his total up to 3100! And it's my turn, so Buster Blader attacks now!"

"Oh no he doesn't!" Yuki placed the second monster he had drawn due to Pot of Greed onto his duel disk, summoning it in defense mode. "On the turn Drago Warrior is attacked, if I have a Drago defender in my hand, I can special summon him to the field!"

Drago Defender looked similar to Drago Warrior in that it was a bipedal dragon in armor, only its shield was far larger. The monster had 1000 attack, and 2000 defense. "At the cost of half of its defense points, I can automatically end the battle phase!"

Yuki's exam proctor smiled. "Well played applicant, now what will you do that it's your turn?"

"You're about to find out! Draw!" Yuki took the next card off the top of his deck, and his eyes went wide. He'd drawn Pollymarization. Just the card he needed. "I'll play the spell card Pollymarization! Fusing my Drago Warrior and my Drago Defender together to summon a much more powerful monster! Rise, my Drago Knight!"

Everyone in the crowd gasped in awe at Yuki's move. The fusion monster like the two others Yuki had tributed in order to summon it also resembled a bipedal dragon. The difference between the three monsters, was Drago Knights armor was a bright gold in color. The monster had 2900 attack and 2800 defense.

"And while I know his base attack isn't enough to beat your Buster Blader, Drago Knight's effect will more than make up for that." Yuki explained, his confidence growing now that he had one of his best monsters on the field, and was about to win, his discomfort with large crowds was beginning to ebb away. "Like your Buster Blader, my Drago Knight gains attack strength revolving around dragon monsters. Though unlike your monster, mine gets an additional 300 attack for every dragon monster in the graveyard … and it's not just limited to my graveyard, so that means there's a total of eight dragon monsters, giving Drago Knight a 2400 boost to his attack!"

The proctor's eyes went wide with shock when he saw Drago Knight's attack boost to 5300. "A-and I only have 2000, the same as you…"

"Meaning, since you don't have anything in your back row, this duel's over! Drago Knight, destroy Buster Blader!" Yuki ordered the holographic monster, who swung its blade making the proctor's monster explode, and the audience cheer. Yuki had won the duel, and gained entrance to Duel Academy.

"Well fought." A young man around the same age as Yuki said as a way of greeting. His dark hair looked to be combed back into a single point, he had on a white coat with a dark shirt, pants, and shoes, and he had his hand outstretched for Yuki to shake. "Bastion Misawa."

"Yuki Hyoudou." Yuki smiled, taking Bastion's hand in his own. "I was terrified when that proctor summoned Buster Blader."

"Yes, a card one truly needs to watch out for when running a dragon deck." Bastion said thoughtfully, and Yuki had a feeling Bastion was planning a way to defeat Yuki's deck as they spoke. "But you still managed to pull through and win in the end."

"I guess luck was on my side." Yuki replied, as another person stepped up to them.

"Luck or not." The newcomer began. "A win's a win!"

"And who are you?" Yuki asked the newcomer. He looked to be dressed the same as Yuki was, the only difference was his undershirt was red instead of blue. His eyes and hair were a brown color, and his hair looked to be rather messy and styled to a point towards the back, slightly similar to Bastion's.

"Jaden Yuki." He greeted with a laid back smile. "And I'm planning on being the next King of Games … well after I ace the entrance exam that is."

Yuki and Bastion exchanged awkward looks. "That could be a problem. I believe Yuki and I were the last two duels of the day."

Though Bastion was proven wrong moments later when an announcement over the PA system called for Jaden to come to exam field number 4. Both Yuki and Bastion looked towards one another and simply shrugged, the two had simply assumed Jaden had caught a lucky break. At least until they saw that his opponent looked to be one of the teachers at Duel Academy.

"Okay, I'm impressed." Yuki said to Jayden as the two along with Bastion, and a smaller boy with teal colored hair named Cyrus boarded the choppers that would take them to Duel Academy. "I've never seen anyone play Elemental Heroes that well before. You just may be the second best student at Duel Academy."

"Hey, whaddaya mean 'second best'?" Jayden asked laughing. "If I'm second best, who's gonna be better than me?"

Yuki laughed, taking a seat near a window after setting his bags with the other new students. "Me."