Hey all. Been quite a while hasn't it? Funny thing about Life, it always drags you down. Anyways, I was browsing my old stories and checking the dates. Lo and behold, I saw that my first big hit on this site, Darkness is My Ally, was published ten years ago today.
Ten. Years.
Wow. Back then I was just a sophomore in high school just writing to get away from the humdrum of life and school. Realizing this, I decided to dust off my old writing skills and remake DIMA in a new form! That's right, you heard it folks! I am making a remake and I promise you it'll probably be better then before!
At the end, I will explain what direction I want to take this story, but for now, just sit back, grab a cold drink and read 'Yugioh GX: King of Darkness'.
It was a beautiful day in Domino city. It was also a day filled with the buzzing of excitement. Why? Because it was the day of the Duel Academy exams. A school founded by Seto Kaiba, former champion of Duel monsters and CEO of Kaiba Corporation dedicated to the learning of Duel monsters, a card game based off of stone tablets dating back to Ancient Egypt.
Duelists from around the world flocked to the school to learn how to be the best.
Currently one such duelist, a hooded figure, walked at a sedated pace. The cloak was black with several gold lines in the form of some sort of vertical eye on the back. The hood hid the face save for two glowing golden eyes that promised power and pain if anyone annoyed him. The figure wore dark blue jeans, white sneakers, a white shirt, and gray fingerless gloves. The figure was a teen if the height was to be believed. At his side was an older duel disk with several deck boxes on his hip.
A figure appeared next to him, invisible to all except to the hooded figure. The ghost could be easily described as demonic and female. The most noticeable features of the female was her sickly-pink skin, large black wings, heterochromic eyes, and a third vertically placed eye in the middle of her forehead. Her clothing was just as bizarre; one of her legs is completely covered, the other is mostly exposed. Her hair is somewhat reminiscent of Marik and Bakura if one watched the Battle City tournament DVD. Each side was contributing to one half. She also has blue lips and pointed teeth resembling those of a vampires.
Crossing her arms under an impressive bust, she spoke to the hooded male.
"You've grown up so fast, Jaden. To think that so long ago, you were just teething on your Kuriboh plush," The ghost teased making the figure groan.
"Yubel, you promised you wouldn't bring that up!" 'Jaden' snarled making the spirit chortle.
"I tease, Judai...I tease," Yubel said with a smirk making Jaden huff.
"I hope so...for your ass's sake," Jaden said, the last part in a whisper.
The whisper made Yubel's smiling face freeze for a moment, memories of old being recalled. She bit her lip, taking pleasure in the memories; the now squirming spirit made Jaden chuckle. So engrossed was he, he didn't see the other figure. The two crashed into one another, Jaden falling to the ground, one of his boxes opening and the cards scattering. Mentally swearing, Jaden began to pick the cards up, apologizing to the one he bumped into.
A deep chuckle made the hood look up and gasp lightly. Even Yubel stiffened at seeing who they had run into. The man smiled at Jaden, pulling out a single card and handing it over wordlessly. Jaden took the card automatically and looked it over. Tears sprang up as he heard a faint coo near him and a small furball with large eyes and wings appeared. Yubel gasped, touching the furball in shock before hugging it tightly. The man walked past the trio, a whisper carrying on the winds.
"Show them what you are made of...Supreme King."
Jaden didn't reply, instead pocketing the card in a deck box with a large H on it. Mentally thanking the man, Jaden hurried on, fire burning in his eyes.
~KOD~
Jaden walked into a large arena, watching the duels happening below. He crossed his arms, his golden eyes narrowed as he mentally assessed all the duelists here. Yubel joined him, using her psychic abilities to peer into the minds of the crowd.
Weak-awful-downright boring, The dark king thought with his assessments.
The duel with a British sounding teen ended with the boy winning via a trap card making Jaden smirk.
"That one has some skills."
He overheard several boys mock the duelist and scowled; preppers, great. He DESPISED those that went to the Prep Schools for the four Academies. North actually had the best way to get in and he had seriously considered going there for a time. Sadly, he missed the deadline for their exams so he was forced for this one.
True, the central academy was better equipped, but still. Noticing that they hadn't called him, he scowled. Yubel whispered to him about the head examiner, a man who was more often then not mistaken as a woman stated that anyone late was not allowed to participate. That just made his blood boil yet again; he wasn't late! He was right on time and forced to wait a long ass time.
This was not going to go over well if he returned to the circuit.
"Jaden Yucky to the Main arena, Jaden Yucky to the main arena," A rude shrill voice echoed making many laugh.
That tore it for Jaden. He selected one deck from his series of boxes that held a single star on it. He placed it in his disk and stormed away, the aura of darkness rising from his frame.
~KOD~
The first thing he and Yubel noticed when they got into the arena was the man-woman thing being attended to by two women. Now Jaden really felt good about his deck choice; one look and he knew instantly this duelist was more bark than bite. Rank amateur at best, rookie at worse.
"Name?" The creature asked, snobbish tone clear in their voice.
"Jaden YUKI." Jaden bit out, readying his deck.
"Who cares? You'll not get into MY school, hooded freak! I, Doctor Crowler, swear this on my deck! Duel!"
The two disks activated and lit up.
Crowler: 4000/Jaden: 4000
Up in the stands, several people watched the duel eagerly. They had heard that Doc Crowler had a rare monster card in his deck and if he was dueling...there was a good chance they'd see it against the hooded duelist.
"That hooded freak is going down. No one has beaten Doc Crowler." An arrogant boy in a blue blazer stated.
Jaden ignored all the jeers and sneers, opting instead to look at his hand. Crowler's voice cut over his planning and he looked up.
The good doctor had played Confiscation, a spell card that by giving up 1000 allowed him to get rid of a card. Holograms of Jaden's card showed up and Crowler clicked his tongue. Making a derogatory comment about Jaden's choice in cards, he chose Monster Reborn and sent it to the grave. Playing two cards, the doctor then played Heavy Storm destroying his own cards.
Two statues appeared on Crowler's field and Jaden instantly got it; Statue of the Wicked, two copies. A high level monster was coming.
Right on the nose, Crowler tribute both his tokens to bring forth-
"ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM!"
The mammoth monster appeared with a groan. Jaden simply looked at the creature, bored. This set off the doctor who ended his turn, smirking triumphantly at the boy.
"Well, I can see that you're shaking in your boots there, boy." He crowed.
All Jaden did is scoff.
"It appears I was right in choosing my one star deck," Jaden calmly stated. "Let me explain it to you; I do not have one deck, I have several."
Here, he pulled out his one star deck box and held it aloft.
"Each deck box is marked with an emblem that shows what the deck level is; twelve and the more specially marked decks are for duelists with extreme skill, eleven through nine are for those with average skills, seven through five are those with mediocre skills, and four through two are those with rookie skills. I believe that you can guess what one stars are for."
At hearing the negatives, he groaned in annoyance.
"My one star deck is to be used against duelists that are amateurs at best, novice at worse!"
That set off the doctor who went on to say that he had a Ph.D in dueling. That just made Jaden scoff.
"Good for you, I know someone who has six ; one in duel theory, another in deck building, third Science, Fourth math, fifth Law and finally sixth in Duel History. And allow me to show you how you are a novice."
Jaden pointed at Ancient Gear Golem and then at the field.
He pointed out that there were no spells or trap cards to protect the golem at all. Sure, its power made it useful against direct assaults, coupled with its effect, BUT the effect could only work DURING the battle phase. There are a number of spells, traps, and even monster effects that didn't NEED the battle phase to work such as Brain Control, Change of Heart, Mind Control, or even Lightning Vortex.
Crowler's face grew paler and redder at the same time while the rest of the audience were watching with slack jaws; a newbie was schooling a teacher!
Jaden continued his turn, played Pot of Greed, drawing two cards and looking at them. He smirked at seeing a monster with eyes in a jaw and in his hand, a golden book.
"I'll play this monster card facedown following up with the Book of Tayiou! I'm sure you know this card's effect Doc, but I'll explain it anyways. Book of Tayiou allows me to flip up a card on the field, provided it's already facedown. Now, arise Jowls of Dark Demise!"
(Jowls of Dark Demise – LV/**, Attribute/WATER, ATK/200, DEF/100, Type/Fiend/Effect. FLIP: Take control of 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field until the end of the turn that this card's effect is activated. When the controlled monster attacks, it can attack your opponent's Life Points directly.)
A small crab like creature with a large mouth, two eyes inside the mouth arose from the now flipped up card, skittering about on the field. It locked eyes with the Gear Golem. Soon, its twin eyes glowed and Gear Golems did the same. It lumber over to Jaden's side much to the shock of the doctor and the large audience.
"Jowls here can take over the mind of one monster you control until the end of my turn. Sadly, that won't be happening. With no more monsters, spells, or even traps, you're defenseless. So, Jowls attack the doctor directly and Gear Golem, finish it up with your own attack on your former master! Make it hurt!"
The tiny crab raced over and bit Crowler on the leg, making him scream.
Crowler LP: 2800/Jaden LP: 4000
So distracted with the bite, the doctor failed to notice his own monster winding up or the punch that struck him true in the body, sending him crashing into the wall, leaving an impression.
Crowler LP: 0/Jaden LP: 4000 (WINNER)
The holograms left and the entire arena was dead silent.
A hooded boy had just defeated-no, destroyed-the head of the Obelisk Blue dorm without losing any life points and using a (supposedly) weak deck! Everyone watched the boy leave the arena, shaking his head in disappointment.
"If this is the best Kaiba's school has to offer, I fear for the Next Generation of Duelists."
The hooded duelist walked away, not seeing the look of amazement on several of the new students.
~KOD~
High up over the arenas, a blonde haired girl and a blue haired boy were staring at the kid.
"Whoa...intense." The girl muttered making the boy nod.
"Agreed. He's not wrong either, a duelist's power is determined not by the deck, but by the duelist themselves. Crowler was simply out of his own league with this kid."
The girl nodded; she could see that the kid had a future here.
Okay, a simple start, but already things are different this time around. One, Yubel is with Jaden. In this AU of mine, she was never sent into space along with the Neo-Spacians and Neos. Second, Jaden is not limited to just his Evil Heroes, more on that in later chapters. Finally, and this is going to probably make some of you drop this story, is that its going to be a Harem based story.
That's one part of the reason why I have this rated as an M story, but not the main one. The big reason why this is M is because I'm putting adult situations in. Adult situations you ask?
Think logically for a second here; they are going to an ISLAND and from what we've seen of the security force in the anime, it consists of a woman and at best five to seven guys.
Yeah, really protecting the girls and boys' lives there with just ten security members covering a at most twenty thousand square foot mile island. See where I'm going with this? So if this turns you off to the story, I'm sorry.
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