Chapter One: Veil of Darkness
There were a crowd and a boat at Duel Academia Pier. Many people were saying their good-byes to the visiting students, Johan Anderson, Jim Cook, and Austin O'Brian. They were taking their boat back to their respective schools. Judai, who stood abruptly depressed next to Sho, gave a fake smile. He looked at his new friends and wished them a good-bye. He knew that it was going to happen one day, but he didn't want it to happen now. He didn't feel anything for the missing Amon Garam. He tried to kill them in those different dimensions, so he didn't care.
Soon, the boat's foghorn blowed, and it began to take off. Judai and the others watched it take off. The new champions from the other schools were leaving, and Duel Academia would go back to normal. Once everyone began to leave the pier, however, the clouds that hung over Duel Academia began to grow. Everyone then panicked, screaming and yelling. Lightning began to spit from the clouds of the sky. Soon, Duel Academia was in a state of terror. Judai looked at the students scrambling from the lightning. He knew that something was wrong.
Judai retreated to his dorm room, wondering what could cause such a thing. He knew that the lightning storm occurred so quickly, nothing seemed natural about it. Upon pondering about what was going on, the spirit of his guardian, Yubel, appeared in front of him.
"What do you think is happening, Judai?" asked Yubel, sitting by Judai's side.
"I don't know, but this little storm seems a little bit too strange to me. I don't know what it is, but I don't think it was naturally caused. Something's up, I sensed it when the boat left. I hope Johan and the others are alright." said Judai. Yubel also looked worried.
The lightning continued, with no rain as well. Judai went outside to see the hot streaks of electricity crackling the sky. He then stared at the sky, and almost blinked for a minute. He thought that he saw something in the sky, human-like figures. He tried to see if he could get something else to look, but he didn't want to burn his eyes or anything. Soon, rapid lightning came from the sky. People came out from their dorms and then saw blue, red, and green lightning. Judai ran over to Sho and Kenzan, who were also staring at this sight.
"Aniki, what do you think is going on?" asked Sho, looking at this extraordinary spectacle.
" I don't know, but I know it isn't normal." said Judai. Almost as soon as he said it, the entire crowd of people heard cackling. It was loud, and they didn't know where it was coming from.
"Judai… give us Yuki Judai…" said the voice. Judai saw pairs of eyes glaring at him. He looked at everyone, and then he ran for the Academia's main building. Sho and Kenzan followed him, wondering what would Judai do next. Judai already had his deck, and he could easily find a duel disk in the Academia building.
"Judai, wait up!" yelled Sho and Kenzan, frantically running behind him. Judai followed the murky voice. He knew that the storm was caused by whoever wanted him.
Judai ended up in the gymnasium. He then saw the multi-color lightning from the translucent ceiling. Every time the lightning paused, he saw the darkness surrounding him. He then saw Sho and Kenzan, who had followed him.
"Judai, what's going on?" asked Sho.
"I have no clue, but I have a feeling that we're going to find out soon enough." answered Judai. Soon, blue lightning hit the gymnasium and shattered the glass. Judai and the others took cover and Judai saw the silhouette of a shadowy figure. It radiated with a strange, blue light. Judai stood up and called out to the creature: "Who and what are you?"
The figure did not respond. It stood halfway between its entry point and the door. It raised its arm and Judai heard a mechanical noise familiar to all duelists. It was the activation of a duel disk. As soon as it was activated, the lights of the gymnasium turned on. They saw a woman, wearing a black dress, with a black Academia Duel Disk. She had blue eyes and blue lipstick.
"Hello, Judai, I am pleased to see you." said the woman. Judai looked confused as a red Duel Disk appeared on his arm.
"Who are you?" asked Judai. The lady chuckled as her deck appeared in her deck slot.
"My name is Azura, but you're not going to exist after our duel." answered Azura as she drew five cards.
"Okay then, if it's a duel you want, it's a duel you'll get!" yelled Judai, activating his duel disk and drawing five cards.
"DUEL!" yelled both players as the duel began.
Azura: 4000
Judai: 4000
"I'll begin, Judai," drew Azura, staring at Judai. "I'll summon Nightmare Lancer (1900/0) in attack position. Your move!"
A warrior in black armor appeared on the field with a long sword. Azura looked at Judai with a face to kill. Judai drew his card and began his move.
"I'll use Polymerization to fuse E-Hero Burst Lady and E-Hero Featherman to create E-Hero Flame Wingman! (2100/1200) Now, Flame Wingman, attack her Nightmare Lancer!" declared Judai quickly. The hero jumped up in the air and shot a rush of fire from its dragon-like hand. The lancer exploded and turned into pixels as Azura took damage.
Azura: 3800
"Now, you'll take damage equal to your monster's attack power!" continued Judai. The hero knocked down Azura, decreasing her life points even further.
Azura: 1900
"Now, I set a card and end my turn!" ended Azura. She bared her teeth and drew her card.
"I'll use my spell card, Draw of the Black Flame! This allows me to ditch a card in my hand to draw one more from my deck!" played Azura. She discarded another DARK monster and drew another card.
"Now, I can play a spell card known as Lightning Vortex, I can discard one card from my hand to destroy your monster! Sorry, Judai, but your hero's gone!" Another DARK monster was discarded and black lightning struck the hero. Judai was knocked back on the ground.
"And with three DARK monsters in my grave, I can special summon Dark Armed Dragon!" yelled Azura. She held up the monster and the gymnasium began to shake. Dark energy began to build up and form a beast. It resembled a darker, nastier version of Chazz's star monster, Armed Dragon LV7.
"Now, I declare the attack of Dark Armed Dragon against you, Judai!" yelled Azura, her blonde hair flying wildly in all directions. The dragon shot a blast of dark energy at Judai. He braced himself and screamed with a terror so painful, that even Sho and Kenzan began to run up to Judai. Azura laughed at the weakened Judai.
Judai: 1200
"I'll end my turn, Judai!" declared Azura. Judai got up and drew a card.
"I'll summon-" began Judai before he heard Professor Chronos and a couple of guards enter the room. Azura looked furious.
"Sorry, Judai, but I can't stay for long!" she declared. She raised her duel disk and she disappeared with a sphere of blue light. Judai then fell to the ground. He heard Sho and Kenzan trying to speak to him. Everything was going black, and finally, silence.
Soon, Judai found himself surrounded by Asuka, Manjyome, Sho, Kenzan, and Rei. They looked down at him, and saw that he was exhausted. He looked at them with a smile and said, "I'm glad you guys didn't have to go through that duel."
As soon as those words came from Judai's lips, the lights went out in the academy, and red lightning illuminated the sky.
Next chapter:
Duel in the Medical Ward! Manjyome Vs. Green Thunder
Card of the Chapter:
Dark Armed Dragon
DARK/Level 7
ATK: 2800/DEF: 1000
Effect: Unknown for now.
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