Kent Spealing
Trainer of Flames
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- 18
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- Age 38
- Seen Oct 9, 2021
My name is Hiroki Koheitsu Imaro and I am a duelist. I have constructed a deck of duel monsters cards and have used them to fend against other opponents and skilled players. Occassionally I score victory, others time I don't. Allow me to explain and set you in the right course of thought. Six years ago, I participated in a tournament known as Battle City along with my best friend. Together we sought to gather three special cards known as the Safeguard Cards and found ourselves in a twist of evil, dark magic, and life and death struggles where the loser spent eternity in the shadow realm. It was through teamwork and the assistance of an ancient Yami resting inside of his pendant that we were able to succeed. After which my friend departed on a trip in order to help his Yami discover his true powers. That is his story. This is mine. I have enrolled into the Duel Academy, achieving a high entrance score on the written exam and a dueling performance that has awarded me entrance into the Ra Yellow dormatory. My name is Hiroki Koheitsu Imaro and I am a duelist.
Duelist Rising
A Duel Academy story
A Duel Academy story
Knock Knock! "Hiroki, hello?" The petite voice of a girl said outside of his door. The room was dark since the curtains had been drawn together. Hiroki was sleep at his desk, his laptop still on. The rap on the door was enough to stir him and have him wake up. Hiroki rubbed his eyes a bit trying to get fully awake. He then turned to the curtains and drew one back with his hand. It was barely daybreak. Asleep at the desk again. Crud! He got up sluggishly and would walk over to the door, opening the locks on it and opening it. Standing there impossibly wide awake at such an hour and dressed was Amber Costello and Bastian Misawa.
"Uh? Amber...Bastian! What are you doing? It's barely six am." He spoke. "Hey, there cutie." She answered. "Good morning, chap. We weren't interrupting anything were we?" He asked, an obvious sarcastic smirk upon his face. Hiroki would rub his eyes again and blink twice, a yawn being let out. "Yeah, you were. My beauty rest." Hiroki answered. Amber giggled. "You're silly." Amber said. "Come on. Get dressed." Bastian said. Hiroki just gave him a confused expression. "For what, Bastian? It's almost six and I just got to bed like 2 hours ago." Hiroki was not exaggerating. He'd been up all night working on a bio-chemistry paper and no sooner had he drifted to sleep was he being coaxed out by Bastian and Amber. That's when Bastian decided to drop a bomb on him or so it could be described as such. "We have the big dueling exam in Dueling Strategies remember?" Bastian said.
Hiroki gasped. He'd clearly forgotten the exam. But Bastian wasn't the type who forgot things like this and since Hiroki's grades came dangerously close to rivaling his own, he wasn't about to let him forget either. "I see someone has forgotten. Luckily you have me to pick up your slack. Now get up and get dressed." Bastian spoke. Hiroki closed the door of his room. It would be just ten minutes before the door opened up and Hiroki would be dressed in his Ra Yellow vest, dark blue jeans and white sneakers. "Ok I'm ready." Hiroki said, still a bit groggy. Bastian merely raised a brow while Amber let out a giggle. Hiroki would look at them, an expression of confusion on his face. It was then that Bastian would point at the top his head and hold a hand mirror up so he could see. He had the worst case of bed hair going. His eyes grew wide and he would blush, his face getting brightly red as Amber giggled a bit more. Oh brother! The things I put up with. Bastian thought as he put a palm on his face.
After getting his hair straight, Hiroki was lead out to the courtyard by Bastian. Amber followed next to Hiroki the entire time. Outside waiting for them were Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, and Chumley Huffington. Hiroki had managed to make quite the impression on Jaden who instantly walked up to him. "I see he got you up to, eh?" Jaden said. "Yeah, he did. What are we doing?" Hiroki asked. "Alright! Everybody listen up. Today we have the big dueling exam in the Dueling Strategies class. You are up now so you may prepare as best as you can. Dr. Satyr had given you all on pieces of paper, the duelists you were going to be facing is that correct?" Bastian said. He would look over to see all but Amber fast asleep. His face would grow dark red. "WAKE UP YOU SLACKERS!" He yelled. As he yelled, all of them would jump up and wave their arms and legs as would be done in the classic style of japanese anime. "This is so not lishus! Can't we do this at a better time, like after breakfast?" Chumley asked. Again Bastian grew angry. "THERE WILL BE NO BREAKFAST UNTIL WE ARE FINISHED!" Bastian yelled.
"Now you are all here because we are going to do some intensive studying. First we'll go through the phases of the turn. Let's begin. First comes the draw phase. During this phase..." This can't be happening. I just got to sleep! I'm exhausted! Hiroki thought. Two hours later, the still sleepy crew was attempting to eat breakfast. But out of all of them, Hiroki was the most exhausted. "Man, you look like a wreck, Hiroki. What's up?" Jaden asked. "Eh, I did an near-allnighter on a paper biochemistry last night and didn't get to sleep till four AM." Hiroki said. "Whoa, hardcore dude!" Jaden said. "Yeah, and my Calculus class begins in an hour." Hiroki spoke sluggishly. "Maybe you should try to get some sleep before the class." Syrus said. "That won't work. I might oversleep and miss the class." Hiroki got up and trudged out of the cafeteria. Jaden watched him walk away. "Poor guy! He works pretty hard." Chumley said.
Hiroki was heading toward the dormatory to get his books for class. Students all over the campus were walking around heading toward the various buildings around him for their classes. He was just near the dorm when out steps Bastian again. "Hello, young chap." Hiroki would just groan. "You're not planning to review trap cards with me again are you?" He asked. "Of course not! But we do have a bit of studying left to do my friend." Bastian said. Hiroki's eyes got beady and a sweat drop came upon his forehead. Why couldn't someone else be his rival? Then he'd leave me alone. Hiroki thought. "You and I are going to duel. The final review for our exam. Let's see just how well you use those cards." Bastian said. Hiroki looked agitated. "Bastian..." Hiroki said. "Yes, Hiroki?" Hiroki's head grew extremely large as his face became red. "GO AWAY!" He yelled, a tiger roar present in his voice. This left Bastian a bit surprised. "I was just getting to sleep two hours prior to your showing up at my dorm for our little review in the yard. I am tired and I have a class in less than an hour. The exam isn't till tomorrow. I checked my PDA! We'll duel later!" He said. He then walked away. "See you in class then." Bastian said. Hiroki groaned some more.
As Dr. Simon lectured on about exponents in Calculus, Hiroki struggled to stay awake. Amber, who sat next to him leaned over. "Hiroki, you look horrible. What's up?" She asked. Hiroki groaned. "You were there. You know why I'm exhausted. Bastian and his early morning study sessions." Hiroki said. "Mr. Imaro and Ms. Costello! Do you have something to share with the class?" Dr. Simon asked. Hiroki's chin dropped to the desk and Amber sat upright in her seat. "No, Dr. Simon!" They said. "Then pay attention! Or you fail!" He said sternly. "Yes, Dr. Simon." Hiroki groaned as he heard the laughter of his fellow students around him. Then Bastian who sat on the seat in front and to the left turned around to him. "You really need to pay attention, old boy. This stuff is important." He said before turning back to pay attention to the lecture. Hiroki just put a palm on his face and growled.