Chapter 11

*Ring* *Ring* *Ring* *Ring*

Ah shit, they are calling again.

'I really hate Saturdays,' I thought to myself before I took a few deep breaths before opening the call

"Hey Mom," I said, straining myself "How are you doing?"

"Hi Konami, we are both great, your dad is here as well,"

"Hey son," a man's voice said

"Hello… dad," I said through gritted teeth. I really hated talking to Konami's folks. Despite looking just like their son (albeit a bit older), I practically replaced him.

Fuck, don't think about that.

"How was your week, son?" she asks

I take a deep breath, "Pretty good, I crashed the Promotional Exam, I am transferring to the Ra Yellow Dorm,"

"And that is… better?" Konami's mom asks

"Yeah mom," I said with a little sigh, I had explained the dorm system to them twice but they always seem to forget it,

"Then it's good, congrats," she said, "You'll be a Pro Duelist before we know it,"

"My son, the Pro Duelist," Konami's dad said with pride in his voice,

"Yeah, it was good talking with you guys, but I should get going, I have to pack." I said but before I could close the phone she stopped me.

"Wait a second young man, it has been a week since we last talked, so you will not close the phone in a few minutes," she said with a tint of anger laced in her voice.

"Yes mom," I said with a defeated sigh.

"Good, now…" we then chatted for 15 minutes more, which felt far longer to me. It was exhausting talking with these people. I hated pretending to be their Konami.

"Alright… mom, dad… I should get going," I said

"Okay son, we love you," they said like they usually do,

"... Love you too…" I managed to say before finally closing the phone. Talking with these people takes a toll on me.

"Let's get packing," I muttered as I walked towards the red dorm,

I opened the door to my room and saw Drake there, he was packing. I glared at him for a moment, he looked uncomfortable. "I- I'll come back later," he said and exited the room.

Ever since he lost the duel he has been avoiding me, not that I blame him. He hadn't done so well in the written exam, and my FTK sealed the deal for his failure.

Drake got a 67 percent in his written exam, 5 percent in his practical exam. Overall, he got 36 percent, and if a Slifer gets under 40 percent in a Promotional Exam, they have to repeat the year. On the other hand, Ra Yellow students get thrown to Slifer if they get below 60 percent, it doesn't matter if they get 59 percent or 0.

However, to be promoted, a Slifer needs to score at least 80 percent overall, or impress Professors enough in the practical portion of the exam to be directly promoted.

Promotion beyond Ra Yellow is trickier, there has to be a spot available in the Obelisk Dorm, 16 Male Obelisk per year. They also have to beat the Obelisk they are going to replace.

Obelisk can lose their position if they receive below 80 percent in their promotional exams, then, they are given one last chance, they have to defeat one of the Top Ra Yellow students. If they lose, they are demoted to Ra Yellow. There is an exception, that if Crowler decides an Obelisk is not good enough, he could arrange a duel with a fellow student, and the winner gets promoted to the Obelisk.

And since there is a Promotional Exam every two months, everyone has to keep studying. Overall, I think this is a good system to keep students on their toes, and gives everyone a chance to reach the top. At least for guys.

"Too bad most of the Obelisk Blue guys right now are rich kids who don't even know the importance of most low-level monster's effects," I muttered before grabbing my luggage, and opened it, quickly placing all my clothes in there, my cards, and Gameboy in there.

I then put my extra cards there, and got out of the room. Looked at it for a moment before moving to two doors left. *knock* *knock* *knock*

"Come in, the door isn't locked" I heard the cyan haired boy speak from inside

I opened the door, the Koala boy was laying on his bed, and the little man was looking depressed, sitting on the chair,

"Hey Sye," I said as I walked in

"Hi Konami," he said, having a sad smile, "Congrats on the promotion,"

"Thanks, maybe if you don't sleep through the exam you can be promoted on the next exam,"

He cried anime tears, "Moah" he said and I laughed a bit,

"I just wanted to say goodbye," I said with a smile, "Is Jaden around?"

He looked depressed at that statement, "He already left… I wanted say goodbye to him,"

I raised an eyebrow at that, all of Jaden's stuff was still laying around the room, "Are you sure about that bud?" I ask and at that moment Kuriboh-headed boy walks in.

"Hey guys what's up?" he said as he answered

"Jaden! What are you doing here?" Syrus jumped off his chair, happy to see his 'Aniki'

"Why am I here? This is my room, you know, where is the harm in me coming back to my own room?" he asks, practically saying he won't be promoted to Ra Yellow, "That's right! I like it here, I like Slifer Red, the same red as seething flames, boiling blood, and fervent zeal! I never plan on leaving!" he exclaimed, and Syrus started crying and hugging Jaden.

"I am so happy! We will get to stay together!" he shouted while still sobbing

"No homo right?" Jaden asks

"All of the Homo!" Syrus says and then abridged Yami sues him for stealing his line…

"Anyway… So I won't be seeing you in the Ra Yellow Dorm, huh?" I asked as I shook my head.

"Yeah, he he he" he laughed it off, I laughed as well, so did Chumley. Holy fuck I had forgotten about him. Does he ever get out of his bed?

-- An Hour Later, Ra Yellow Dorm --

All the new Ra Yellow students were gathered together.

There were 6 of us only, from different grade levels. 4 ex-Obelisk, 2 ex-Slifers, and I was the only Freshman amongst them.

"Hello Senior Miller, Senior Scarlett, Senior Smith, Senior Johanson, Senior Garcia, and Senior Kujo, my name is Professor Sartyr, as all of you knows by now, I am the foremost art teacher in the Central Duel Academy, as well as the headmaster of the Ra Yellow Dorm. It is nice to meet you Amigos," he said with a smile. I had never seen him in my life, there is no way I would have forgotten someone with such a weird mustache.

"Most of you have lived in this dorm before so are aware of what it offers. While we do not have the Sauna room, gym service, squash courts, 24 hour private chefs, onsen, or the pool like those in the Obelisk Blue Dorm," Holy shit sickles, they have all those, "We have all you can eat food, clean, press bedsheets, soft pillows with fresh mint on top, plus room service until midnight," Me and the other Slifer grinned while the four Obelisks scowled. "Well, once again, I welcome you all to the Ra Yellow Dorm,"

We all nodded as the rest of the students left, while Professor Satyr stopped me, "Senior Kujo, since this is the first time you have been to the Ra Yellow Dorm, I asked our top Freshman to show you around, and he agreed," he said with a smile. "Bastian, could you please come in?"

Bastian walks in, "Hello Konami," he greets me with a smile,

"Hey Bastian," I said returning his smile, "So they ditched introductions to you, it must be tough being the top student,"

"Well, it could be," he said and then laughed, he then showed me around the Ra Yellow Dorm. It had a nice common room, with a foosball table, and an awesome cafeteria. They even had lobster… What kind of a free school cafeteria has Lobster?!

"Thanks for the help Bastian," I said, and he nods his head,

"Don't mention it, see you around," he said as he went to his room

I took out my room key and opened the door, my dorm room looked great, and somebody had already brought my luggage, nice.

Comparing this dorm with the Slifer dorms is like comparing a 4 Star Hotel, and a Motel Down The Street That Low-Class Hookers Use.

The first thing I did was take out my deck, more specifically my cutest monster,

"Yo Tree, come on out," I said and my partner made himself known.

"Ribbit Ribbit!" he made himself known,

"Hey bud, this is our new abode, what do you think?" I ask him, and he flies around before he closes his eyes, smiles, and nods his head, "I know. It's much better, right?"

I then put my deck box onto the table, took a good look around the room, took my posters and decorated the room, and then emptied my luggage. The wardrobe already had 3 sets of Ra Yellow clothes, so that was nice.

I put one of them on, checked myself out for a minute until Tree decided to sit on top of my head, "I know- I know Yellow is really not my color," I said with a sigh, "Don't worry, I'll start wearing Blue before you know it.

"Ribbit Ribbit!"

"Thanks, bud,"

Since the Ra Dorms have personal bathrooms, I could finally take a long, warm and nice shower since finding myself in this world.

(AN: A little bit of ranting: I have no clue if there are any non-Obelisk female students, it was not mentioned, and I do not remember seeing any in the show except Blair who specifically asked to be in Slifer. I checked online, but could not find a clear answer. SO in this fic, there are no girls in any other dorm. They are also the second Largest Dorm, and make up around 35 percent of the student body. So the Promotional Exam for girls is different from guy's. Unless they receive less than 40 percent overall, the promotional exam has no effect. If they get below 40 percent they'll fail the year. This could be the main reason why female duelists in the GX Academy are worse than their male counterparts. They don't have competition to push them further.)