A/N; 'kay so I've finally decided to post this, here's the first chapter.
Azura wakes up to the smell of coffee.
"Wake up Azura-chan."
"Taki?"
"Yep, got a coffee for ya. Drink up, we've been called to the lecture hall for an announcement."
" 'Kay." Azura starts to drink her coffee when suddenly the door opens and Kyoko enters.
"Hey guys. Hurry up, the school meeting is in like five minutes."
"Alright, let's get going."
"Get out Taki, I still have to change into my uniform!" Azura starts pushing Takumi out the door.
Leaning on the wall outside Taki sighs. "Why didn't Kyoko have to wait outside..?"
5 minutes later, lecture hall.
Azura and the twins enter the hall and take their place in the middle of the fourth row together.
Looking to the front, the three are surprised to see none other then Azura's father; Seto Kaiba, standing in front of the students.
"Given the seriousness of what has happened here the past three years, I have decided to oversee this school myself. Therefore I will be the new head teacher of the Obelisk Blue Dorm. Crowler, you're fired."
is looking at Seto with a shocked expression.
"You have ten minutes to pack your bags and leave the school."
Crowler runs from the hall in a fluster.
"Now, I've gotten some reports that there are still students being attacked. The infirmary is filling up by the day. Therefore I have called in some assistance to help solve the issue. Allow me to introduce the latest King of Games; Yugi Mutou!"
With a flamboyant gesture at the back of the hall the trio turn to see a familiar spiked head walking down the stairs to the front of the hall to stand beside Kaiba.
"Is that really dad?"
"I think it is, wait he's wearing his puzzle... does that mean the Pharaoh's back again? Bes, can you see Atem anywhere?" Takumi addresses this last question at the spirit hovering over his shoulder; and exact copy of him but dressed in ancient egyptian garbs.
"I cannot, but if he is back inside his puzzle then he will not be seen until he appears."
Bes' reply can only be heard by Kyoko and Taki as he is a spirit and Azura can't see them.
"What did Bes have to say?"
"He can't see Atem, but if he's there he won't appear until he has to."
"Student's, Yugi is here for two reasons; first and foremost he's here to solve the mystery of why there are still students getting attacked, and secondly he's here as the head teacher for the Slifer Red Dorm."
"Pity Jaden left at the end of last year, he would've loved to have dad as the dorm head."
"Hey kids, I hope to have a good year with all of you, if you have any questions then feel free to ask me, and please, if you know anything about these disappearances then please, please come to me with it, don't keep it to yourself."
Slifer red dorm, 7:30pm
A cowled man steps out of the shadows and looks on at the dormitory building.
"The time has come, the owner of the three legendary dragons is here once more..."
Takumi steps out of his dorm room to head down to his fathers room. Knocking on the door he's welcomed into the room.
"Ah, Taki. I wanted to see you and your sister... Azura too actually. I have some legendary cards for you three, for you; The Eye of Timaeus. For your sister; The Claw of Hermos. And for Azura; The Fang of Critias."
"These are the cards you used on the Orichalcos..."
"Correct, the students in the infirmary have all been robbed of their souls, the only time I've ever seen this many souls taken from one place is the Orichalcos incident. Also the three dragons made their way back into my deck around a month ago, so we can only assume they were put there as a warning against what is happening now.."
"So you think it's happening again, the Orichalcos incident?"
"Yes, and just in case I'm right I want the three of you to be prepared."
"Fair enough, but what about you father?"
"I have the Pharaoh, and Slifer and Ra are still in my deck too remember."
Kyoko had given her father the Winged Dragon of Ra card back after they returned home for the holidays, having not drawn it once over the whole year she figured it was Ra's way of telling her she wasn't worthy.
Her father had attempted to buoy her spirits by telling her he rarely draws Ra either, but she just accepted Ra's "decision" philosophically, figuring she had plenty of other powerful monsters that deemed her more than worthy of using them.
"Very well."
Takumi heads to the room that Kyoko and Azura share.
"Hey girls, got a present from dad for the two of you. Sis, for you I have the legendary Claw of Hermos. And for you little Azura; The Fang of Critias."
"So I guess you've got the Eye, when did the Dragons come back?"
"Good guess, dad said it was about a month ago and he wants the three of us to be prepared because he believes that the seal of Orichalcos might have something to do with these injuries."
"Great, so the people in the infirmary are all soulless, that explains why our dads got involved, thanks for giving me Critias by the way. Of the three of us he'll work for me the most willingly."
"Right. Well I'll talk more to you in the morning, I'm goin' to bed, night."
"Night bro'."
"Night Taki, stay safe."
"I'm just going upstairs Azura it's not that far..."
Outside
"Stop right there child, my master wants that dragon card your precious father gave you!"
Taki turns to see a hooded man walking towards him.
"Like hell! You'll have to duel me for it."
Taki vs. Orichalcos duelist
"Fine, prepare yourself child for a duel like you've never experienced. I'll start us off by activating Graceful Charity. This card allows me to draw three cards, as long as I discard two. Then I'll activate A forces, this card takes my warrior monster's attack points up by 200 for every warrior and spellcaster on my field. Next I'll summon Lightray Grepher(1900atk) in attack mode, set one card face down and end my turn."
An active spell card appears beside the man, followed by a white and blue unitard wearing warrior with a golden sword in front of him and a card face down on his other side.
"I'll start by summoning Skilled Dark Magician(1900atk) and set a card, Skilled Dark Magician attack!"
Skilled Dark Magician is a small sized spellcaster with a brown robe and dark armour similar to the Dark Magicians, but less of it. A face down card appears behind him.
If I can get an early advantage by killing this guys monster than I have to take it! Taki thinks to himself.
"You've triggered my trap; Mirror Force."
Taki growls when his Skilled Dark Magician is destroyed.
"My move, first I'll activate Mystical Space Typhoon destroying your face down card. Now that your field is empty I'm clear to attack with my Lightray Grepher!"
Another magic card appears in front of the man, a swirl of wind bursts from it to destroy Taki's face down. Then Grepher springs towards him and slashes at him effortlessly.
4000
2100
"I'll set one card face down and set one defence monster. Your move."
A face down card appears sideways before Taki.
"I'll attack your defence monster."
Grepher leaps forward to impale the defence monster.
"You've destroyed my Queen's Knight. I'll set one card and end my turn."
A face down card in Taki's spell/trap zone..
"I place a card face down and attack you directly with Lightray Grepher."
A second direct strike from the mans Grepher.
4000
0200
Takumi feels himself start to panic as his life points drop to 200.
Relax Taki.. trust in yourself, and have faith in the heart of the cards!
Right, thanks Bes...
Taki takes a deep breath, focuses hard on the card he needs most right now and draws.
Smiling at the card he pulls, he puts it into play; "I activate the spell card Swords of Revealing Light."
The magic card appears briefly before a collection of shining swords drop from the sky and block the space between the two duelists.
"I'll draw and end my turn, I can't attack as long as those swords are out, but once they're gone you're finished."
"I'll place a card face down and end."
A second face down card on Taki's field."
"I'll draw and pass."
"I draw and end"
"Now comes the card of your demise I activate the legendary Seal of Orichalcos, this card strengthens all of my monsters by 500 and grants me a second row of monster summoning positions, as long as there are monsters in the front row the back row can't be attacked. Next I'll summon Chain Thrasher(1500atk)."
An Atlantean star covers the field beneath the pair, Taki can feel a surge of energy flow beneath him as the Seal grows. A blond man armed with a kunai appears beside Lightray Grepher.(2400atk)
"I summon another Skilled Dark Magician(1900atk). Equip him with Mage Power (3400atk) and attack, with my attack I can activate the trap card; Magicians Circle. This card allows us both to special summon a spellcaster with 2000 attack or less from our decks in face up attack mode I choose the Dark Magician Girl(2000atk). Because your field has changed I can cancel my attack."
An identical copy of Taki's original monster appears in the same monster zone, an orange aura flows over him as Mage Power is triggered, and in response his effect causes his shoulder's spell counter to light up. He swipes his staff at Chain Thrasher, and it's intercepted by Taki's own trap as a magic circle appears in the middle of the field, a Dark Magician Girl coming from Taki's side of the circle and a Neo the Magic Swordsman(2200atk) appearing from the opponents side.
"I'll sacrifice the Neo the Magic Swordsman I got out of your trap and my Chain Thrasher to summon Gilford the Legend(3100atk). I don't trust your face down so I'll just end my turn."
The two monsters vanish and in their place a giant warrior monster appears with a massive sword on his back.
"I'll Equip the Dark Magician Girl with Magic Formula (2700atk) then sacrifice her to summon a second Dark Magician Girl(2000atk)."
A grey book appears in the Dark Magician Girls hands before she vanishes and a second one takes her place.
"Why on earth would you do that?"
"Because when Magic Formula is sent from the field to the grave I gain 1000 life points!"
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1200
Taki heaves a sigh of relief as his points go back above the thousand mark.
"Next I'll activate Sage's Stone, this get's me a Dark Magician from my deck to the field. Skilled Dark Magician is on three spell counters so his effect allows me to summon another Dark Magician from my deck. Next I'll activate the spell card Dark Magic Attack, this card destroys all of your spells and traps on the field."
A stone appears in the Girls hand and a true Dark Magician appears on the field beside her. The Dark Magician waves his staff at the back row of the opponents field, destroying every card behind his monsters.
"Due to it's effect the Seal of Orichalcos cannot be destroyed by card effects."
"Fine, then my Dark Magician will attack Lightray Grepher and I'll end my turn."
Dark Magician destroys the opponent's monster.
3900
1200
"I draw, set a card and Gilford the Legend will attack Dark Magician."
Taki cringes and is shocked when he feels actual physical pain when the attack blasts through the Dark Magician and into him.
3700
0600
"I'll activate the effect of my Skilled Dark Magician; now that he has three spell counters and I don't need him on the field, I can sacrifice him to summon a Dark Magician from the hand, deck or graveyard. I think I'll choose the one in my graveyard. Next I'll activate Dedication Through Light and Darkness, sacrificing this Dark Magician to special summon the Dark Magician of Chaos. Dark Magician of Chaos' effect lets me get back a spell from my grave. I'll get my Sage's Stone, now I'll reactivate it to get a second Dark Magician from my deck. Next I'll activate Black Magic Ritual to summon the Magician of Black Chaos by tributing the Dark Magician and Kuriboh in my hand, set a card and Magician of Black Chaos will attack Gilford the Legend!"
Taki's field is a flow of confusion as spellcaster after spellcaster enters then leaves play, when the field clears and Taki declares an attack it's with one of two identical looking magicians, wearing nothing but leather and a series of belts, the ritual monster strikes itself against Gilford and the warrior swats at the spellcaster like it's a fly, destroying it.
3700
0300
Taki clutches his chest as the pain of his monster being destroyed flares through him.
"You fool, why would you attack a monster that's stronger than your own?"
"Because now my Dark Magician Girl is on 3200 attack points!"
"No, I can't lose my Gilford! Activate Rising Energy; by discarding my Sword Hunter I can take Gilford up by 1500 attack points."
"I'll end my turn."
"I'll set one card face down and summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in defence mode."
A warrior with silver armour and a green cape appears with his sword crossing its vision a face down card setting itself behind it.
"I'll set a card face down and my Dark Magician Girl will attack Gilford the Legend!"
"You've triggered my face down Waboku trap. Now it's my turn, I switch Obnoxious Celtic Guardian to attack mode, and activate the spell card Full Force Strike. This card allows one of my monsters to attack and destroy one of yours... even if it's weaker, of course neither of us take battle damage from the attack. Now I think my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian will attack the Dark Magician Girl."
The Celtic Guardian switches to attack mode and rushes towards the Dark Magician Girl.
"I counter with the trap card Mirror Force!"
Hitting a seemingly invisible barrier, the Celtic Guardian's attack bounces back to his allies and destroys not only him but Gilford the Legend too.
"I'll set one card and end."
A lone face down card is all that stares Taki down as he draws his next card and smiles.
"Now is the hour of your demise scum! I sacrifice my Dark Magician Girl and the Dark Magician of Chaos to special summon the Sorcerer of Dark Magic.(3200atk) As long as he's on the field you can't activate your trap cards! Sorcerer.. Attack!"
The largest and most butch of Taki's magicians appears on his field. When Taki declares an attack he blasts the opponent with a massive magical strike.
0500
0300
"I'll summon the Marauding Captain in defence mode."
A tiny looking warrior appears on the field.
"Sorcerer, kill the Captain."
Marauding Captain disappears as fast as it appeared.
"I summon the Blue Flame Swordsman in defence mode."
A large, shirtless warrior with a blue flaming sword appears on the field with his sword crossed over his chest.
"I'll place 3 face down cards and attack the Blue Flame Swordsman."
Three down cards appear behind the Sorcerer of Dark Magic, who then attacks the Blue Flame Swordsman.
"Due to it's effect, when Blue Flame Swordsman is destroyed, the original takes it's place."
Blue Flame Swordsman is replaced with an identical monster with an orange blade.
"Your move..."
"I'll summon the Silent Swordsman level 3 and activate the spell card Level Up, by tributing my level three swordsman I can summon a Silent Swordsman level five from my deck."
A small warrior with a respectively tiny sword appears next to the Flame Swordsman, a magic card tributing it.
"Not If I chain your spell card with this; The trap known as Exchange of the Spirit, this card can only be activated if I have 15 or more cards in my graveyard, I count twenty. By paying 1000 life points I can use this trap to force both of us to swap our current graveyards with our current decks. Meaning you no longer have a Silent Swordsman level five in your deck as he's now in the grave. Therefore you've just sacrificed your Silent Swordsman level three for no reason!"
Taki's card springs in response to the opponents magic card.
"You fool, you don't have 1000 life points!"
"That's why I'm chaining it with my other down card; Emergency provisions, by tributing one card from my spell and trap zone I can gain 1000 life points, since it's already activated I'll tribute my Exchange of the Spirit. This means I have the 1000 life points to sacrifice for Exchange's effect."
Taki's second face down triggers, a magic card that tributes the trap after it's triggered.
"Now it's my turn, time to end this! I activate the Call of the Haunted trap card, calling back from the grave Obelisk The Tormentor. Sorcerer of Dark Magic will attack your Flame Swordsman and Obelisk will attack you directly, and that's the game. Your attack has failed, your master will never get his hands on the legendary dragons or the god cards!"
Taki's final facedown triggers, a monstrous, hulking blue form appearing behind Taki. Sorcerer destroys the Flame Swordsman, the God card leaning down and swatting the man as if he's an insignificant insect.
Taki is surprised to see the seal closing in on his opponent and a bright light shoot up into the sky and his opponent's body collapses.
hearing a couple of doors behind him open, he turns to see Azura, Kyoko and his father running across the courtyard towards him.
"Are you alright son?"
"Fine dad, just some lame ass Orichalcos duelist thought he could take Tomias from me."
"Taki that was reckless! If you'd lost..."
"But I didn't Azura, the only one I've ever lost to is you..."
"That's beside the point! If you had, you would've lost your soul..."
"True, but if I hadn't have dueled, he would've taken Tomias and come after you two for Critios and Hermos. I couldn't let him get to you Azura.."
"Who ever asked you to defend me!?"
"Why are you so angry at me?"
"Because you were completely careless, I can see your gear Takumi you only had three hundred points left! That means you were less then an attack away from losing the duel!"
Taki can see tears welling up in Azura's eyes, he steps forward and pulls her into a hug.
Kyoko chuckles as Azura's face changes from one of misery to a look of total contentment.
A/N; R&R if you liked it, or let me know why if you didn't. Also give me some feedback on the descriptions, first time I've bothered to do it like that and idk if it was really worth it...