Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Yu-Gi-Oh GX

Zane smirked as he watched one of the examinees, Jaden Yuki if he remembered correctly, jump and dance in joy down at the testing area. Much to the surprise of many, the teen had won a duel against one of the Academy's best duelist, Dr. Crowler, even with the teacher using his personal deck. It was no small feat for anyone, especially when facing a card such as Ancient Gear Golem. He smirked and slowly tipped his head to the teen jumping about. Duel Academy had become so dull and people like this Jaden would liven it up. Mayhaps even present him with a challenge. Among the other examinees that interested him were Bastion Misawa and Harry Potter.

The one named Harry Potter interested him the most. The teen was quiet and patient, unlike much of the duelists in the Academy. During the entrance duel, the boy used a deck unlike any that Zane had seen that effectively locked down his proctor's deck. Most of his peers scoffed at using such a deck but Zane was fascinated by the deck. Just watching it, he knew the teen was simply holding back.

"Zane?"

Zane was pulled out of his musings and turned to see one of his best friends' little sister looking at him.

"Yes Alexis?"

"Have you heard anything else about Atticus?" Alexis asked. Zane shook his head.

"No. Only the information that I've already told you," Zane told her. Zane felt sorry as the girl thanked him. He knew that Alexis dearly missed Atticus. He too missed the fun-loving, romantic goof. Zane sighed and shook his head. Despite all of his efforts, Atticus simply seemed to have wandered off the face of the Earth. There was no trace of him, even after thorough investigation.

"Hey Zane!"

Zane glanced to see one of his "friends" waving to him. He sighed softly under his breath, slightly exasperated by this flunky's efforts to befriend him simply because he was the strongest duelist in the school. He hated these syncophants and wished that they would leave him alone.

"What is it?"

"What do you think about this year's duelists?" the teen asked. "I gotta say. That Jaden kid looks interesting but I'd bet Chaz or Alexis would beat him easily. Even that Bastion kid in Ra Yellow."

Zane gave the student a piercing glare before looking away. "Out of this year's students, stay away from Harry."

The teen tripped over in shock. He quickly scrambled up to his feet, giving Zane a confused stare.

"Why?"

"Because, you and everyone in this school will lose," Zane replied before walking away.

Zane smirked inwardly as the student ran away, probably to spread the news. Students will challenge him in order to simply to see why Zane said so. And Harry Potter will rise to the challenge, beating all comers. And when that time comes, Zane will challenge Harry Potter, and prove why he was the school's strongest.

At the Academy store, Harry waited in line for his uniform and duel discs along with all the other students. He ignored the chattering of the other students, mainly because most of them were full of hot air. They might've been the best back at home but in this Academy, you were simply average.

"Of course, you're the only wizard here Harry," a voice whispered.

Harry glanced to the side to see a ethereal man standing near him. Normally, a person would be disturbed to see a ghostly man wrapped in shredded robes standing near them and responding to them. Harry already knew her though. He was his Duel Spirit Partner, D.D. Survivor. He was his constant companion and the only one who knew his true identity. A dimension traveler that fell though a rip in the Space-Time Continuum.

"I know Nomen. I know," Harry whispered, so as to not attract attention. It wouldn't do to be tagged as a candidate from the friendly men in white on your first day of school. After all, first impressions were very important.

"Be patient, young wizard. After all, Fate has sent you here for a reason," Nomen responded before fading away. Harry sighed in annoyance.

"I am just Fate's favorite spitting cup, aren't I?" Harry whispered bitterly.

"Excuse me."

Harry turned around to see a teen around his age, wearing a yellow jacket. The teen was slightly taller than him and had an air of self-importance about himself. However, it seemed to be unintentional as the teen gave Harry a smile and held out his hand.

"My name's Bastion Misawa, pleasure to meet you," the teen said. Making sure that he was still in line, Harry shook the proffered hand.

"Harry Potter's the name. Dueling's my game," Harry said, inwardly cringing on how cheesy he sounded. Bastion made no note of this but Harry saw the slight twitch in Bastion's eyebrow. "So anyway, how can I help you?"

"I'd like to duel you," Bastion stated.

A lot of heads turned. Bastion was reputed to be the best freshman dueler in the school. Who was this person he's challenging? Harry gave Bastion a curious glance.

"May I inquire why?" Harry asked.

"I saw your duel with the proctor and how easily you locked down the proctor's deck. It was a perfect merger between spells, traps, and monster cards. I want to duel that deck for myself as it is one of the most complex decks I have ever seen," Bastion said.

Harry shrugged. "Tonight at twilight. Outside of the Ra dorms."

Bastion nodded. "Don't hold back on my account."

Bastion left, leaving a lot of murmurs in his midst. Already, Harry was on the receiving end of a lot of stares.

"So much for not standing out," Harry muttered. "It's like Diagon Alley all over again."

"Do not worry Harry, for I shall be at your side," Nomen said. Harry chuckled.

"Who said that I was worried?"

Harry tugged at the Ra Yellow jacket he wore, slightly annoyed by how bright it was. If it wasn't for the fact that he was outside, he would have pulled his wand out and forcibly transfigured the blasted jacket into something more to his liking. As of now though, he pulled out a pair of scissors and ripped off most of the sleeves, turning the jacket into a rough vest. He unbuttoned the jacket, and smiled at how comfortable the vest was.

"Much better," Harry muttered, not sure if it was the vest itself or that he had ripped off the sleeves of the jacket.

"HELP!"

Harry's head jerk upwards at the cry. He turned around and saw a dark figure running towards his direction. He instinctively threw the discarded sleeves at the thief. The thief caught the sleeves but did not see Harry's foot until it smashed into his face. The man spun head over heels before landing on the ground with a sickening thud. Harry looked back up to see a girl his age in an Obelisk Blue jacket running towards him. She ran towards Harry and bent down, catching her breath before standing back up again.

"Thanks for stopping him. He stole my card when I was showing my roommate," the girl said. "Oh by the way, my name's Mindy."

Harry nodded and bent down. He searched through the thief's pockets and found a card. He pulled it out and handed it to Mindy.

"Is this it?" Harry asked, holding out a Airknight Parshath. Mindy nodded and happily took the card.

"Thank you so much!" Mindy said. Before Harry could stop her, she hugged him tightly before giving him a kiss on the cheek. Harry blushed brightly, making Mindy giggle in amusement.

"Aww, I made you blush. You're a lot more innocent than you look. That's cute," she said.

Harry frowned in annoyance.

"I'm not cute," Harry muttered, berating himself on how stupid he sounded. Mindy giggled.

"Sure you are big boy. Now how about you escort me back to the Obelisk Girls Dorm, my hero?" Mindy asked. Harry gave the girl an annoyed glance.

"Can't you go there by yourself?" he asked. He immediately felt guilty when Mindy gave him a teary look with her big brown eyes, similar to a hurt puppy.

"You'd leave a poor, defenseless woman alone in the woods?" Mindy asked, widening her eyes in mock astonishment. Harry tried to come up with a reason but as he stared into Mindy's eyes, he felt terrible just leaving her.

"Fine," Harry said. "Where is the Obelisk Dorms?"

Mindy gave him a victorious smirk and pumped her arms.

"It's this way," Mindy said. She grabbed his hand and began dragging him.

"Oi, oi! Let go of my hand! You don't even know my name!" Harry yelped. Mindy turned back at Harry.

"That's true. What is it?"

"Harry Potter."

"Hm. That's a humble name for a cutie such as yourself," Mindy said. She giggled when Harry's face flushed.

"I'm not a cutie," Harry muttered, much to Mindy's amusement.

They walked together, talking about various things. After his initial discomfort, Harry found Mindy to be welcome company. If he had to be honest to himself, she reminded him a lot of like Ginny with Fred's and George's mischievousness mixed in. She seemed to love to make Harry blush and stammer. Harry cursed his hormones. It was bad enough to go through puberty once but to go through it twice was just plain cruel. After ten minutes, they came upon a large white dorm on a lake front. Harry's eyes bulged at the opulence and the elegance of the large dorm. It was amazing how much the Academy was willing to spend for some of their students. Despite Harry's numerous protests, Mindy dragged Harry towards the dorm, not willing to let her "hero" go. She found him to be amusing to be around. He also didn't treat her like a airheaded floozy or a slut, even though she like to flirt.

"C'mon, it's fine!" Mindy said as she tugged on Harry's hand.

"But it's the girl's dorm, woman!" Harry said. "The girl's dorm! I am a man!"

"Don't worry. You're with me!" Mindy said, ignoring Harry's protests.

With an almighty heave that was surprisingly strong for such a thin body, Harry flew inside the main entrance of the girl's dorm. He rolled several times before stopping. Mindy hurried over to him, crying out apologies to Harry. Harry reddened when his eyes inadvertently saw under Mindy's small skirt, cursing his blasted hormones once again as his face reddened. Mindy saw Harry's face turn red and smiled slyly when she saw him avert his eyes.

"Oh? Are you staring under my skirt, Harry?" Mindy asked. She bit her lip to stop herself from laughing as a stream of apologies flowed out from Harry. She placed a hand on her skirt and winked coyly at Harry.

"I don't mind if you look, Har-ry Pot-ter," she whispered, raising her skirt just a bit.

Harry froze and turned the color of a tomato. A small choking noise came from him as Mindy raised her skirt a couple more centimeters.

"Pervert," Mindy said and dropped her skirt before bursting into laughter. Harry groaned when he realized that he had been had and slumped to his knees, relieved that she wasn't angry and angry at himself that he fell for it.

Mindy sighed and wiped tears of laughter from her eyes. She turned to see Harry's scowling face, glaring at her in annoyance.

"Are you finished teasing me yet?" Harry asked, annoyed. "Because if you are, I'll bid you farewell."

Mindy's face immediately fell at the harshness of Harry's voice.

"I'm sorry Harry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings," Mindy apologized. Harry sighed.

"It's alright," Harry muttered. "Just try not to over do the teasing."

Mindy nodded. Harry stood back to his feet and strode past her, to the dorms. Just before he left, he turned around and gave Mindy a nervous smile.

"Do you want to me to walk you back here tomorrow?" Harry asked.

"Of course I would!" Mindy said. "Cutie-pie!"

Harry gave her a mock glare before leaving the girl's dorm with all the dignity he could muster. Mindy watched as he strode away, smiling wistfully after the teen. She knew that she was a flirt and a tease, yet she was never romantically interested in any person aside from her friend Jasmine. Now she could feel her heart race as she looked at Harry. She gave a long sigh as a goofy smile spread across her face. She finally found her first serious crush. And she loved it.

That evening, Harry walked to the front of the Ra dorms to see Bastion already waiting for him. He was sitting on the ground with a notebook making several calculations in a notebook. Harry glanced around and saw several students from all different dormitories observing them. News of the duel must have spread quickly. Harry ignored the looks and strode over to Bastion, tapping the young genius on the shoulder. Bastion looked up in surprise and smiled when he saw Harry. He jumped to his feet and pocketed the notebook.

"Well, Harry, I see that you're here. I'm eager to duel you so do you mind if we skip the pleasantries and start the duel already?" Bastion asked.

Harry smirked and held out his duel disk.

"Let's get started," Harry said and loaded his deck into the duel disk. Bastion nodded and unfolded his duel disk as well.

"DUEL!"

Harry: 8000LP/ Bastion: 8000LP

"I'll start," Harry said. "I set a monster and place two cards face down. Your turn."

Harry: 8000LP/ Bastion: 8000LP

Bastion nodded and drew a card. He smiled at Harry.

"Bad luck, old bean. I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode!" Bastion said.

Vorse Raider: ATK 1900/DEF 1200

"I also play Heavy Storm to eliminate your face down cards!" Bastion said, triumphantly. He placed the card on his duel disk and watched as a holographic storm surrounded both himself and Harry. However, Harry flipped a card to reveal a trap card.

"I play Judgement of Anubis! I discard one card from my hand and negate the activation and the effect of a spell card that has the effect of destroying a spell or trap card on my field. In addition, I can destroy one of my opponent's monsters and inflict damage to your life points equal to its attack points," Harry explained.

"No!" Bastion said as his Vorse Raider shattered into pieces. In addition, a black flash of light hit him, draining his life points away. Bastion panted and pulled a card from his hand.

"I play two cards face down and end my turn."

Harry: 8000LP/ Bastion: 6100LP

Harry nodded and drew a card.

"I reveal my face down card, Macro Cosmos!" Harry said, much to Bastion's surprise. A large ornate symbol appeared and surrounded Bastion and Harry.

"What is this?" Bastion asked. Harry smirked.

"It's simple. Any card sent to the graveyard is removed from play instead," Harry explained. "I also play Soul Absorption, allowing me 500 life points for every card removed from play."

Harry smirked as he placed another card on his duel disk.

"I summon D.D. Survivor in attack mode and reveal my face-down monster, Needle Worm!"

D.D. Survivor: ATK 1800/DEF 200

Needle Worm: ATK 750/DEF 600

"And since Needle Worm's been flipped, its effect activates, forcing you to send the top five cards of your deck directly to the graveyard," Harry said. Bastion cursed as he realized what Harry did.

"With Macro Cosmos out and Soul Absorption, the five cards sent to the graveyard are removed from play, allowing you to increase your life points by 2500 points!" Bastion exclaimed. Harry nodded.

"Excellent deduction, my dear Bastion," Harry said. "Now I attack with both of my monsters!"

"Not so fast! I play Mirror Force which destroys all monsters in attack position on your side of the field!"

Harry watched, amused, as both of his monsters were destroyed by the trap.

"You do know what this means, right?" Harry said.

Bastion palmed his face.

"Of course!" Bastion said. "With your two monsters and my trap card destroyed, you gain 1500 life points!"

"Exactly," Harry said. "I play one card face down and end my turn.

Harry: 12000 LP/ Bastion: 6100 LP

Bastion sighed and drew a card. He looked at the rest of his cards in his hands before making his move. However, he stopped when he saw a monster on Harry's side of the field.

"Didn't I destroy that monster?" Bastion asked. Harry nodded.

"D.D. Survivor's effect allows him to be special summoned to my side of the field at the end phase of the turn he was removed from play.

Bastion cursed before playing his card.

"I play Monster Reborn, summoning Vorse Raider from my graveyard!" Bastion said. "I sacrifice him in order to summon Summoned Skull in attack mode!"

Harry watched as a demonic monster replaced the Vorse Raider's place in a shower of lightning.

Summoned Skull: ATK 2500/ DEF 1200

"Quite a rare card. Congratulations," Harry said. "However, I play my trap. Bottomless Trap Hole!"

A hole appeared under Bastion's monster, sending it down the dark abyss, destroying it. Harry smirked.

"Summoning your monster and activating my trap costs four cards, raising my life points 2000 more points. What now, Bastion?" Harry asked.

"I end my turn," Bastion said sullenly

Harry: 14000 LP/ Bastion: 6100 LP

"I play D.D. Assailant in attack mode," Harry said.

Harry watched as a female assassin carrying a broad blade appeared next to his D.D. survivor.

D.D. Assailant: ATK 1700/DEF 1600

"Now I attack directly with both of my monster," Harry said.

"I play my trap, Negate Attack!" Bastion called out.

A barrier appeared, stopping both of Harry's monsters from attack Bastion.

"Fine. I play one face down card and I end my turn," Harry said.

Harry: 14500 LP/ Bastion: 6100 LP

Bastion sighed in relief but could not help but feel despair when he saw the difference in life points.

"This is impossible. I've never heard of life points going this high. Every move I make and every card I have only feeds his life points. I need to eliminate his card, Macros Cosmo!" Bastion thought as he drew a card from his deck. "Perfect."

"I play Mystical Storm Typhoon and destroy your Macros Cosmo!" Bastion said victoriously.

Harry watched as his trap card was destroyed by the spell card. He frowned in annoyance.

"I see that you found the keystone in my deck," Harry said.

Bastion nodded. "Indeed. I have to congratulate you Harry. It is quite an ingenious strategy yet victory shall be mine!"

"I play one monster face down and end my turn," Bastion said.

Harry: 14500 LP/ Bastion: 6100 LP

Harry drew a card and smiled.

"I play my face down card."

Bastion gasped when he saw the face down card.

"Another Macro Cosmos?"

Harry nodded. "I also play a spell card, Grand Convergence! It can only be played when I have a face-up Macro Cosmos on my side of the field. It destroys all monsters on the field and inflicts 300 points of damage to your life points!"

"GAH!" Bastion cried as his monster was destroyed as well as Harry's two monsters while his life points dipped down to 5800

"With the three monsters and the spell card, discarded, I gain another 2000 life points," Harry said. "I also play my face-down trap, D.D. Dynamite!"

"What does that do?" Bastion asked.

"I'm glad you asked. For each of your cards removed from play, you take 300 points of damage," Harry explained. "And if I counted right, eleven of your cards were removed from play, causing you to take 3300 points of damage!"

"BLAST!" Bastion cursed as a large sphere with sticks of dynamite protruding from it exploded, decreasing his attack points down to 2500.

"And for my final move, I summon Gren Maju Da Eiza!" Harry proclaimed. He placed the card on the field and watched as a twisted red monster appeared on his side of the field.

Gren Maju Da Eiza: ATK ?/DEF ?

"What now?" Bastion asked. Harry smiled.

"This card's attack and defense is dependent on the amount of cards I removed from play, gaining 400 points for each of my cards removed from play. Throughout the duel, ten of my cards were removed from play, causing my monster's attack and defense to increase by ten!" Harry explained triumphantly.

Bastion watched in horror as the monster grew and towered over him, snarling demonically at Bastion.

Gren Maju Da Eiza: ATK 4000/DEF 4000

"Attack with Dimensional Blaze!"

Bastion screamed as the monster ripped open a space in the air and hellfire blasted Bastion.

"And so it ends," Harry said as he watched Bastion's life points decrease all the way down to zero.

Harry: 17000/ Bastion: 0

The holograms faded away, leaving Bastion slumped against the ground, completely flabbergasted. Harry strode up towards him and held out a hand to the young mathematician, pulling him to his feet.

"Good game Bastion," Harry said. "Thank you for the duel."

And to Bastion's utter shock, Harry bowed to him. Bastion snapped out of his shock and bowed back.

"I lost this time Harry. I know your weakness and I'll make a deck specifically against you so that I will win!" Bastion said. Harry chuckled and held out a hand to Bastion.

"That's a line I've never heard," Harry said, sarcastically. Bastion laughed aloud and shook Harry's hand.

"Well count on it."

RRRRRRRRRUMBLE.

Bastion looked at Harry in confusion. Harry rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment.

"Well that's embarrassing."

Bastion laughed and slung an arm around Harry's shoulder.

"Well old bean, let's get some grub then hit the old hay, shall we?" Bastion said as the two walked back to Ra dorms.

"That seriously cannot be the way you normally talk," Harry said.

"Hm? You say something, old chap?"

Well, there's the first chapter. I thought about Harry using a spellcaster's deck but I thought it would be too cliche. Instead I have him using a Different Dimension Deck. All the cards I used are real cards so feel free to look it up.