[@Lord Szall]

Tekkan grinned devilishly, his duel disk done booting up. "Katsuragi Tekkan. And I'll gladly take the initiative, Yuryuu!"

The white-haired youth's disk made a whirring noise as he drew his five cards. His grin grew wider as he saw his first turn combo pieces already in his hand. This would be a cinch.

"For my opening move, I'll place Igknight Gallant and Igknight Cavalier in my Pendulum Zones!" As he did so, two knights, a pink one which resembled a ninja, and a bulky green one with an air of authority around it, materialized on the left and right sides of the field, respectively.

"Next, I'll use Gallant's effect to destroy them both and add a Fire Warrior monster from my deck or graveyard to my hand!" Gallant made signals with his hands towards Cavalier, who nodded in understanding. Seconds later, the two knights fired their weapons at each other, destroying them both and sending them to the Extra Deck face-up. "The card I'm adding is Igknight Templar, which I'll activate in my Pendulum Zone along with Igknight Paladin!"

Two more knights, an orange one with a gunblade resembling a sniper rifle and a purple one with a gunblade resembling a musket, materialized on the left and right sides of the field, much like their comrades.

"I'm not done yet, though! I'll Pendulum Summon Gallant and Cavalier from my Extra Deck by using Templar's Pendulum Scale of 7 and Paladin's Pendulum Scale of 2!" The two knights let out a sharp whistle, causing the green and pink knights to return to the field, jumping out of a small-scale explosion and taking on fighting stances.

"Finally, I'll set one card face-down and end my turn."

Tekkan was chuckling to himself, having done a similar first turn in his first duel of this academy. If everything went as planned, he would activate his face-down card during his opponent's draw phase, hopefully shutting down any summons Yuryuu could perform. [i]Poor kid,[/i] the youth thought. [i]He doesn't stand a chance if he can't summon any of his big monsters! You're toast, Yuryuu![/i] The thought of his opponent being powerless before normal monsters, of all things, made Tekkan snicker in ghoulish delight. Surely his lord Lucifer would be most pleased with this performance.