The Return of the Admiral
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh GX or any of its characters. This is purely a work of fanfiction; no profit is being made from it.
It was a quiet weekend at Duel Academy. With no classes that day the students were making the most of their time off, some were duelling others studying for upcoming tests and others just hanging out.
No one was aware that at that very moment beneath the waves, a submarine was hurtling towards the island. Aboard the hi-tech vessel a man rubbed his hands together eagerly as the helmsman announced "Duel Academy Island dead ahead sir. ETA is thirty minutes."
"Good. Soon me first mate will be right back where he belongs."
Meanwhile on the island's largest beach, Jaden and Syrus were busy having fun, blissfully unaware of the trouble that was currently heading their way. They had invited their other friends to come but all of them had been busy with other things so it was just the two of them.
"Okay Syrus, heads up!" Jaden yelled cheerily. He drew back the Frisbee in his hand and then launched it as hard as he could.
"I got it, I got it" Syrus called as he ran across the sand while looking over his shoulder. He was so focused on the incoming Frisbee that he failed to notice the blobby creature in front of him or the tentacles trailing out from it until it was too late.
"YOW!" Syrus cried as he trod on one of the tentacles, accidentally tangling it around his foot. He tripped and fell forwards, sending up a small cloud of sand. "Ow, ow, ow" he continued to call out as he rolled onto his back.
"Syrus are you okay?" Jaden asked as he came running over. He stopped momentarily as he saw the jellyfish. "Oh man." He ran around it, careful to avoid the tentacles, and hurried over to Syrus.
"Ow, ow. It stung me Jaden!" Syrus cried out. "OW!"
"Hold on Syrus, I'll call Miss Fontaine" his friend reassured him.
Aboard the submarine, the master of the vessel looked over as one of his crew called, "we've located him sir. I'm bringing it on-screen now."
An image appeared of Jaden Yuki on the beach. Before him was Syrus Truesdale. The smaller boy was lying on the ground seemingly hysterical. There was no sound but it looked as though Jaden was trying to calm him down.
"Arg, how nice of the lad to make it easy for me" said the man. "Hmm, the waters there be too shallow for the submarine, but tis of no concern. One of the mini-subs will do just as well. We'll be gone before they even know we were here."
In the nurse's office Fonda Fontaine was typing up a lesson plan for the following week. Things have been quiet for a while now she thought. I hope that lasts. In this academy you never know when…
Just then her PDA suddenly beeped. Speak of the devil she thought as she answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hi Miss Fontaine, its Jaden" the Slifer Red student said on the other end of the line. "Sorry to bother you but could you come down to the beach? Syrus has been stung by a jellyfish."
"Oh my. Hold on, I'm on my way."
"Sure thanks" said Jaden as he hung up.
Fonda gathered the items and medicines she would need and hurried down to the beach. When she got there she found Syrus lying on a blanket groaning faintly in pain while Jaden fussed over him. He looked up as he heard her approach and smiled in relief.
"It's okay Syrus, Miss Fontaine's here now"
"I got here as fast as I could" she said as she crouched next to Syrus and put on a pair of rubber gloves. "Hold on" she said gently as she opened her bag and took out the items she required before turning to Jaden. "Where was he stung?"
"His left foot" he replied. "He was running along and he stepped on it."
"Okay here we go." She examined his foot and sure enough there was a jellyfish tentacle wrapped around it. Selecting a bottle, she began dousing his foot with its contents.
Jaden watched curiously. "Hey is that vinegar?" he asked.
"Yes" she replied. "It'll stop anymore toxin from being released."
"Wow, really?"
"Yes really" she replied before turning back to her patient. "Don't worry Syrus, you'll be fine" she told him comfortingly.
"Thanks Miss Fontaine" he replied, already feeling more at ease.
"Shouldn't we remove that thing?" Jaden asked, pointing at the tentacle.
"Not yet Jaden" Fonda explained patiently. "We need to wait until the vinegar completely deactivates the stinging cells. If I try and remove it now it'll make it worse."
"Wow" he repeated. "I'll have to remember that."
Ten minutes later she carefully removed the tentacle with a pair of tweezers, then applied a paste of baking soda to the affected skin and ran a safety razor over it.
"There, that should remove any stinging cells remaining" she said before applying a final dose of vinegar to make sure.
"Thanks again" said Syrus. "It feels a lot better now."
Fonda smiled. "I'm glad. You should take some of this and go and get some rest now" she said as she handed him some pain relief medicine. "And make sure to wear sandals next time you come to the beach."
"I will" he promised.
Just as they were about to leave, a mini-sub rose up from beneath the sea, water cascading off of its sides. "Avast ye landlubbers!" a voice boomed from a speaker
Jaden groaned. "Oh no not him again" he muttered.