1: The One Who Inherits the Game!
Power Ranger Ninja Storm Freak: I've decided to do a story where Judai/Jaden is the adopted son of Yugi Mutou, but he uses the last name Yuki to keep the spotlight off of him. Also just as a heads up, I will be using Stardust Dragon in this cause, 1. I love Stardust, 2. it's a fanfiction so I can add it to the story if I choose to, and 3. cause I damn well want to. Well, anyways, now the disclaimer.
Tsuki: Power Ranger Ninja Storm Freak doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX cause if she did then Crowler and Chazz wouldn't exist and Asuka/Alexis and Judai/Jaden would be together plus she would have made sure that 4Kids kept their damn hands off of the series. She does, however, own yours truly, Tsuki Kaiba.
Power Ranger Ninja Storm Freak: Thank you, Tsuki. Well, please read and review. Ja ne!
...My Line...
Domino City was home to the greatest Duelists on the Pro-Dueling Circuit, like Seto Kaiba, the CEO of Kaiba Corp; Joey Wheeler, a duelist with so much good luck that to others it wasn't funny, and the King of Games, Yugi Mutou. The city was also home to the Kaiba Corp Duel Dome where teenagers were to take a test to get into a school for dueling called Duel Academy. However, right now one could find two teens running through the streets towards the dome.
One of the teens was a young boy about 15 years of age with two-tone brown kuriboh style hair and chocolate brown eyes. He was wearing a red shirt underneath a gray blazer with matching pants while on his feet he was wearing red and white shoes. The other teen was a young girl around the same age as the boy only she has upper thigh length dirty blonde under tone light brown hair with her bangs parted over her left eye where she had a silver crescent moon hair clip as her side bangs reached her bust while framing her porcelain face beautifully, soft amethyst eyes, and curves that other girls would kill for. She was wearing: a white blazer over a black v-neck button down shirt, with a white dress shirt underneath, a midnight blue mini skort, black mid-thigh length socks, and brown dress shoes. She wore a single silver neck band around her neck.
"We're late! We're late! We're late!"
"Then why the hell did you sleep in?" the girl asked angrily. "Actually why the hell did I even bother to stay?!"
The boy laughed sheepishly as they picked up their speed.
"The train just had to be late on our big day of all days!" the boy went on making the girl to roll her eyes. "No, it's exciting! This is just one of the test that's been given to me!" The two of them ran through the crowd of people while also dodging them. "Guts! Just you wait, Duel Academy!"
The teens really picked up the speed going down hill, but it was the girl who noticed the familiar male in front of them and she was quick to hit the breaks.
"Judai, watch out!" she yelled as she managed to slow down enough to just jog.
"Whoa!" Judai yelled making the male to turn around to see them. "Watch out!" The girl just shock her head as Judai crushed into the male which sent him to the ground along with his duel disk and cards. "Sorry..."
"Judai," she sighed as she bent down to help him.
The male laughed as he watch the two teens.
"Late again Judai?" he asked.
Judai's eyes widen at the familiar voice while the girl just shook her head.
"Yeah," Judai answered with a laugh. "I'm on my way to take the test for Duel Academy, right now."
"I thought as much," the older male cackled before he looked at the girl. "And I thought you would have been there already Tsuki."
Tsuki looked off to the side with a blush before glaring at Judai.
"I was trying to get Judai up and then our train was late..." she stopped talking then before hanging her head. "We should have just tooken the limo like Dad wanted."
It was Judai's turn to roll his eyes as the two stood up as Tsuki handed him back the rest of his cards. The older male just smirked as he opened up his deck holster and pulled out two cards.
"These are lucky cards," he told them as he held the two cards out to them. "They want to go to you."
"Huh?" both teens asked as they looked at the cards that he handed them.
"Th-thank you..."
"Do you best," he stated as he walked by them.
"Yes, dad," Judai agreed.
"Of course Yugi," Tsuki seconded with a smile.
"U-um...thank you very much!" Judai said with a smile as he bowed.
Yugi stopped walking, turned slightly, and gave them a thumbs up before continuing on. Judai watched him leave with a smile before he looked at the card to see it was Winged Kuriboh.
"Kuri. Kuri."
"Huh?" both teens said when they heard the noise before Judai looked around.
Tsuki smiled at him before letting out a giggle. After a while, Judai looked at his watch and freaked out.
"Aw, crap!" he cursed before he grabbed Tsuki by her wrist and took off running the two teens placed the cards that Yugi gave them in their holsters.
...My Line...
Tsuki ran up the path way to the dome before coming to a stop in front of two Ra Yellow students and one of Seto Kaiba's employees panting. Once she caught her breath, one of them smiled at her.
"Exam Number?"
"2."
"Name?"
"Tsuki Kaiba," she answered.
This had all three of them stopping what they were doing to look at her.
"Kaiba-sama," the male employee greeted.
Tsuki just looked at him before looking back at the females.
"Age?"
"15."
"Any medical problems?"
"I'm allergic to fish, but other then that, nope," Tsuki answered while popping the p.
"What are the reactions to eating fish?"
"I get sick for a few days, so it's nothing to serious, but I still won't eat or touch it," was the simple answer.
The short brown haired female filled out the sheet while Tsuki answered any questions.
"All I need is for you to sign," the light brown haired girl told her as she hand over the sheet on a clipboard.
Tsuki just took the board and pen before signing with a quick fluid movement that she learned from her adopted Father for signing papers. Once she was done, the younger Kaiba hand the sheet, pen, and clipboard back over to the girl with a smirk in place.
"You can go on in now," the dark brown haired female told her.
With a bow to them, Tsuki took her leave having decided not to wait for Judai who she knew was going to do something stupid.
...My Line...
Tsuki sat in the back of the stands with her arms crossed her chest and her right leg crossed over her left leg while scanning the duels below.
"Oh! They're at it! They're at it!"
Tsuki tilted her head up a bit to see Judai above her with a smile as he watched one of the duels go on.
"I see, you managed to make it in time Judai," she stated as she looked back down at the fields.
"Yup," Judai answered while never taking his eyes off of the duel below.
Tsuki just rolled her eyes before leaning back to watch with a smirk in place.
"No matter how well-capable you me be, in the face of my Super Defense Deck, you can no longer reduce my Life Points," the examiner told a dark haired and gray eyed boy.
'There's more then one way to get some one's life points,' thought Tsuki.
"I activate the Trap card, Ring of Destruction!" the dark haired boy told him which caused the younger Kaiba's smirk to grow. "This Trap card destroys a face-up monster on the field, and then has both sides take damage equal to its attack."
The ring appeared around the guy's monster before blowing up and lowering the players life points, but the examiner's hit 0.
"This examine duel is over," he told the dark haired teen. "Congratulations. You've won."
"Thank you very much," the teen thanked as he bowed.
Tsuki just continued smirking as the two duelist walked off the field.
"Number 1's combo was amazing, huh?" Judai asked.
"Of course it was," a small girlish like voice told him making both Judai and Tsuki to look at a short wild turquoise hair and gray eyes wearing glass boy who appeared to be around their age. "That's Misawa-kun, Examinee Number 1, or in other words, first place in the written test."
"Oh, so that's what your Examinee Number means, huh?" Judai asked confused.
"You pass depending on your grades on the written portion and the details of your duel," the boy answered while Tsuki let out a sigh. "Even though I managed to win my duel, I'm not sure if they'll me, being that I'm Examinee Number 119 and all..."
"Don't sweat it," Judai told him as he patted the boy on the back. "If you're lucky enough, you'll pass! I'm Number 110 after all!"
"You're an examinee too?" the boy asked him.
"Sure am," Judai answered with a smile. "And my friend here..." He pointed at Tsuki who was looking forward. "Is an examinee too, but she's number 2."
"But, that duels for 100s already ended with the very first group," the turquoise haired boy told him.
Tsuki snirked as Jaden anime fall before she pulled out her deck and took the first card off the top of it see a white scale dragon with blue eyes looking back at her. A small smile appeared on her face as she heard a dragon's roar come from the card as it's way of letting her know that it was ready for action. Looking to her left when she heard some walking up the stairs to see Misawa walking up to them so without being told, Tsuki moved to allow him to get to the seats next to her. And once he was setting down she went back to her place.
"You're one tough customer," Judai told Misawa made the other teen to look at him.
"I guess," Misawa slightly agreed.
"You may be the third-strongest out of this years examinees," Judai stated making them all to look at him surprised.
"Examinee Number 2: Tsuki Kaiba-sama..."
Tsuki stood up and all eyes seemed to turn to her as she walked down the stairs heading for the field, putting on her duel disk and slipping her cards into the holder as she went.
"Good luck!" Judai called down. "To your opponent that is!" Tsuki looked over her shoulder at him with a smirk before facing forward again and heading for the field. "Go Tsu-kun!"
"Tsu-kun?" the other two boys asked confused.
Judai looked at them with a smile and a nervous laugh.
"Yeah, but only her parents, Uncles, my own parents, and I can call her that and get away with it," Judai answered before they looked back at the field.
"Your name?" the examiner asked.
"Tsuki Kaiba," she answered.
"Well, Kaiba-sama, you know the rules," he said. "You win, you're in, but if not then better luck next year. Ready?"
"Oh, I'm ready," Tsuki answered as she activated her duel disk. "Time For a Magic Show!"
Tsuki: 4000
Examiner: 4000
"I'll go first," the examiner told her as he drew his sixth card. "I summon Axe Dragonute in attack mode!" A dark blue dragon with lavender colored neck, forearms, stomach, and thighs appeared on the field carrying an ax. Its wings were outlined in blue and it had 2000 Attack Points. "I'll place two cards face down and end my turn."
"My draw!" Tsuki stated as she drew a card.
"Who is she?" the turquoise haired boy asked.
"She's Examinee Number 2: Tsuki Kaiba-sama," Misawa answered as he looked a bit more alert.
"I'm going to enjoy this," Judai laughed with a smile. "Her deck is awesome."
"I activate the magic card known as Double Summon!" Tsuki announced as she held up the card. "This let's me normal summon twice this turn. So I summon a Magician's Valkyria in attack mode!" A girl who looked a lot like the Dark Magician Girl only with light brown hair and grayish blue eyes appeared on the field in front of Tsuki with 1600 Attack Points. "Next, because of my spell card, I summon a second Magician's Valkyria in attack mode!" Tsuki watched with a smirk as her second spellcaster appeared next to the first. "And thanks to both of my Magician's Valkyrias' effect, you can't attack any of my spellcasters." The Examiner looked at his hand before looking back at her monsters. "I know what your thinking and it won't help. Cause you see, both of my Magician's Valkyrias protect each other. So good luck getting around them."
"Wow," Bastion breathed the word in surprise as he watched. "She was able to put the examiner into an attack lockdown."
Judai smiled bigger while also leaning closer as well.
"That's Tsu-kun for you," he stated. "She's always seems to be one step ahead.
The three boys weren't the only ones watching Tsuki's duel with interest though for different reasons.
"Not bad," a teal haired boy said as he watched the duel. "But, they're all still weak compared to that Axe Dragonute."
"You're right, Ryo," a girl with dirty blonde hair agreed. "However, you have to take into account her Valkyrias effect."
The two of them turned back to the duel wondering how the examiner was going to get around that combination.
"I'll throw down two face downs and end my turn," Tsuki concluded.
"Then it's my turn," the examiner said as he drew his next card. "I'll activate the magic card known as Change of Heart!" The examiner held the card up for Tsuki to see making her eyes narrow. "This card allows me to take control of one of your monsters and seeing you only have two Magician's Valkyrias out then you know that I'm after the first Magician's Valkyria." Tsuki growled under her breath as her monster went over to the examiner's side of the field. "Now my Axe Dragonute can attack your second Magician's Valkyria!"
His dragon flew at her spellcaster, swinging its ax down, and destroying the Magician's Valkyria. Her Life Points dropped to 3600.
"And because I attacked this turn, I have to switch my Axe Dragonute into defense mode," the examiner concluded. "But, I still have your own monster to attack you with. Go Magician's Valkyria attack your master directly with Mystic Scepter Blast!" Tsuki crossed her arms in front of her as her own monster attacked her making her life points drop to 2000. "And now I'll end my turn. And since it's the end of my turn, your monster returns to your side of the field."
Tsuki smirked as she drew her new card once her Magician's Valkyria was back on her side of the field.
"First things first, I'll activate Monster Reborn to bring back the Magician's Valkyria that's in my graveyard," Tsuki explained to him as her female spellcaster reappeared. "Second of all I'll summon White Magician Pikeru in attack mode."
An adorable pink haired girl wearing a sheep looking hat and white clothes appeared inbetween the two Magician's Valkyrias with 1200 Attack Points. Every girl in the stands awe at the sight of the monster making Tsuki to roll her eyes. Misawa sat up a bit straighter with a look of wonder on his face.
"I wonder what she has planned," Bastion said in a thoughtful tone.
"What do you mean?" Syrus asked.
"What I mean is that Tsuki Kaiba-sama has been dueling with a Spellcaster-type deck since she was 8, but when she was 14 years old, she has won a tournament sponsored by Industrial Illusions and was gifted with new Spellcasters for her deck."
"You got that right," Judai agreed. "LET'S GO TSU-KUN!"
"Now I think my first Magician's Valkyria wants a little pay back and she'll get it by taking out your dragon!" Tsuki exclaimed as her Spellcaster raised her scepter into the air before attacking and destroyed the examiner's dragon. "Now my second Magician's Valkyria can attack you directly with Mystic Scepter Blast!" The examiner let out a cry as Tsuki's second spellcaster attack him lowing his life points to 2400. "And don't think that I'm done yet because now I'll let my White Magician Pikeru attack you directly as well." The little girl let out a giggle before firing off an energy blast which dropped the examiner's life points to 1200. "Now I'll throw down a face down and end my turn."
"I'll play Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two cards," the examiner told her once he had finished his initial Draw Phase. Tsuki just rolled her eyes as he drew his two new cards. "Next, I summon Lord of Dragons in attack mode!" A Spellcaster-type monster appeared on the field with 1200 Attack Points. "Now I'll activate the Flute of Summoning Dragons, and because I have Lord of Dragons on the field, I can summon up to two Dragon-type monsters." The spellcaster brought the flute to its lips before blowing into it. "So I'll summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Darkflare Dragon!" Two dragons appeared on the field, glaring down at Tsuki's Spellcasters. Both of their Attack scores were at 2400 points. "For now I'll end my turn with a face down."
"My turn then," Tsuki announced as she drew a new card. "And because it's my stand by phase then my White Magician Pikeru's effect kicks in. For everyone monster I have out on the field I gain 400 life points. And because I have three that means that I gain 1200 points making my life points 3200." The little girl giggled once again as she turned to her card holder and waved her wand increasing Tsuki's life points up to 3200 like she said. "Now that's out of the way, I activate the magic card Ancient Rules. This magic card allows me to summon a 5 or higher normal monster from my hand." Tsuki smirked as she pulled a card from her hand. "And I have just the card to. I summon the Dark Magician Girl to the field in attack point!" A young female wearing a blue and pink outfit appeared on the field with a wink and attack of 2000. Tsuki felt her smirk grow bigger as the examiner swallowed. "I activate one of my face downs. The trap card known as Jar of Greed which let's me drew one card from my deck."
Up in the balcony, Ryo leaned a bit more forward wondering where Tsuki was going with her moves.
"I don't get it," the girl next to him said. "She has a two Magician's Valkyria, a White Magician Pikeru, and now a Dark Magician Girl out on the field." The blond looked over at Ryo. "Just what is she aiming for?"
"I think we're about to find out Asuka," Ryo answered while keeping his eyes on the field.
The girl, Asuka, turned back to the duel to see just Tsuki has planed who just drew her new card.
"Now I activate the spell card that I just drew Card of Sanctity. Thanks to this card we drew till we're holding 6 cards into our hand." Both the examiner and Tsuki drew more cards from their decks. Tsuki looked at the cards she drew before smirking bigger then ever as she looked up at the examiner. "Your in for it now. I summon the tuner monster: Night's End Sorcerer in attack mode!" Dirty haired boy appeared in front of Tsuki with an attack of 1300. "But, I'm not done yet. I'm tuning my level 2 Night's End Sorcerer with my level 6 Dark Magician Girl..." As she spoke, Night's End Sorcerer turned into two rings that Dark Magician Girl jumped into before turning into 6 stars. A green light-like barrier appeared behind Tsuki. "Out of two will come one and out of one will come a new shinning star! Become the path its light shines upon! I Synchro Summon! Take Flight, Stardust Dragon!"
Everyone stared in awe as from the beam of light behind Tsuki, a sparkling silver dragon with golden eyes appeared on the field with 2500 Attack points.
"SYNCHRO WHAT?!" everyone yelled out though Judai just smiled as he watched.
"Synchro monster," Misawa answered, causing the turquoise haired boy and anyone near by to look at him. He started to explain. "It's a newer version of fusion monsters. As you know, to get a high level fusion monster, you have to use either Future Fusion, Polymerization, Power Bond, Fusion Gate, and all of the other fusion card normally. This way, you use only one Tuner monster. By tuning a Tuner monster with one or more non-Tuner monsters, you can summon a high level monster onto the field. In other words, it's a form of fusing two or more monsters together to get one. You add up the total number of stars from your sacrificed monsters to get the level of the monster you want to summon."
Up in the balcony, Asuka was looking closely at the monster in awe.
"Now, I activate Mage Power and equip it to my Stardust Dragon," Tsuki went on with her turn as she held up the card. "Thanks to this spell card my Stardust Dragon gains 500 attack points for every spell and trap card I have out on the field." Tsuki then held up three cards with a smirk. "Like these three for starters." She then placed the cards on the field while Stardust's attack went up to 4000. "Next I'll activate the field spell known as Secret Village of the Spellcasters!" Tsuki placed the card in it's place before both the examiner and her were surround by trees and houses with sunlight coming through the branches. "And let's not forget that my Dragon's attack power is increased by 500. Raising it's attack to 4500." Stardust gave off a roar as it's power once again increased. "Now time to end this! Stardust attack his Lord of Dragons with Cosmic Flare!" Stardust roared his head back before thrusting it forward and unleashing a sparkling silver stream that hit the it's target which brought the examiner's life points down to 0. Tsuki gave a smirk as did a three finger salute. "Now That's Magic."
"Welcome to Duel Academy, Kaiba-sama," the examiner said, looking sore that he lost. He bowed and walked away.
Tsuki smirked as she turned to walk away as well, aware that she was being watched by everyone in the dome. Tsuki smiled as she walked up the stairs, coming face-to-face with Judai who smiled really big at her.
"You rock out there Tsu-kun," he told her.
Tsuki blushed at the praised while smiling softly at Judai.
"Thanks, Ju-chan," she thanked him.
"Examinee Number 110: Judai Yuki-kun..."
"Alright, I'm up then," Judai said with a smile before he moved to walk down.
"Hey, you," Misawa called making Judai to look back at him. "Why am I Number 3?"
"Because I'm Number 1," Judai answered as he pointed at himself. "And Tsu-kun is Number 2."
This surprised Misawa as Tsuki took a set next to him once again.
"He only scored nine higher than me on the written exam, so why is he so confident?" the shorter boy asked.
"Ju-chan may not be the most studious of students, but when it comes to dueling then he really knows what he's doing," Tsuki answered as she crossed her legs and arms.
"Lucky guy..."
Then he ran off to the field where he had to face his own examiner, the Duel Academy teacher, Professor Chronos. One look at that teacher, though, and Tsuki knew she'd be calling him a he-she in her thoughts for the rest of the year.
"Good day," Chronos greeted with a smirk.
Judai quickly turned around to face him and stood at attention.
"Judai Yuki, sir," the teen told him.
"Signore Judai, I am Chronos de Medici, acting Chief General Director of Practical Application at the academy," the Professor introduced himself.
"What an honor," Judai stated with a smile. "To think that the Director of Practical Application would challenge me!" Judai closed his eyes and rubbed the back of his head. "I'm sure that means you're expecting a lot out of me!"
All Tsuki could do was face palm at Judai's comment while wishing that she was some where else.
"Duel coat, on!" Chronos said as he touched the vest like duel disk.
"That thing is really awesome!" Judai cheered at the sight as Chronos took five cards from his deck. "Professor, can I buy one of those coats, too?"
"All of the High-achieving students have one," Chronos informed him.
"Alright, then," Judai said with a smirk. "I'll do my best!"
Tsuki gave an unlady like snort.
"Duel!"
Judai: 4000
Chronos: 4000
"My turn!" Judai said as he drew his sixth card. "Alright. I summon Elemental Hero Avian in defense mode!" A green winged male appeared on the field in front of Judai on one knee with his arms crossed in front of him and a defense of 1000. "Next, I'll set a card face-down on the field." A reversed card appeared behind Avian. "My turn's finished."
"It is my turn," Chronos said as he drew his sixth card. "Allow me to teach you just how broad the world is!" Chronos put his new card into his hand before taking on from the cards he held. "From my hand, I activate the magic card, Confiscation!"
"What?" Judai asked confused. "Confiscation?"
"By paying 1000 life points, I can look at my opponent's hand, pick one card from it, and discard it to the Cemetery," Chronos explained as his Life Points dropped to 3000 points while Judai's hand glowed and the cards appeared in front of the teacher. "Sure enough, a dropout boy's deck, I see."
Tsuki growled under her breath while Judai just glared.
'Is he scolding the deck I put my life into?' he thought.
"I'll send Monster Reborn to the Cemetery!" Chronos said as he chose the card before Judai placed the card into the graveyard. "Then, I'll place two cards face-down on the field." Two reverse cards appeared on the field in front of Chronos. "Next, I activate the Magic card, Heavy Storm, from my hand! This card will destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the entire field!"
A storm started up, destroying both of their face down cards.
"But, Professor, your cards got mixed into it, too," Judai reminded him.
"That's what they call "being a frog in a well." Ribbit, ribbit!" Chronos told him.
"What's this?" Judai asked as the field turned dark.
"I special-summon...the Wicked Lord Tokens!" Chronos announced as two golden, snake-like monsters appeared on the field, shocking not just the students down below, but Tsuki as well.
"Those cards can't be in any of the test decks," Tsuki whispered to herself.
"I don't have a clue as to what happened..." the shorter boy said.
"Golden Statue of the Wicked Lord is a special Trap that creates Token when it is destroyed," Misawa explained. "Professor Chronos destroyed his own Golden Statues to utilize its effect."
Up in the balcony Asuka looked at the field sadly.
"I feel sorry for him," she stated. "It appears Chronos doesn't fancy him."
"This should be worth seeing," Ryo told her which had the girl looking at him in surprise. "The Dark Ages Deck...Thanks to Number 110 here, we might have the honor of seeing its legendary rare card."
Asuka looked back down at the field also in wonder.
"My turn is not over as of yet," Chronos told him.
"Sounds fun!" Laughed Judai. "What're you going to show me this time, Professor?"
"Next, I sacrifice both my Wicked Lord Token..." The two Statues went up in flames. "To summon Ancient Gear Golem!"
Everyone let out a gasp as the monster appeared on the field.
"That's his...legendary rare card...!" Asuka exclaimed in surprise.
Judai stared in awe of the monster.
"Awesome," he breathed. "The rumors told me about this thing."
This had everyone minus Tsuki exclaiming in surprise.
"An eight-star monster just out of the blue like that!"
No one said anything as they just stared in surprise though Ryo just kept a blank look.
"Chronos de Medici has yet to lose once he's summoned that card," he pointed out. "I wouldn't have pegged that examinee to have the power to make the Professor take this seriously."
"Professor Chronos is rather fickle, you know," Asuka reminded him. "It's a shame. I caught the sound of the Academy's iron door closing shut."
"Here I go!" Chronos laughed. "Mechanize Melee!"
It wasn't long till Avian was destroyed.
"Ancient Gear Golem's attack is 3000 while Avian's defense is only 1000. I didn't stand a chance."
"And that's not the half of it," Misawa in putted. "What that monster attacks a monster in defense mode, and its attack is higher than that card's defense...its effect deals that difference as damage to the opponent."
"N-no way...Then, that monster defies the rules, doesn't it?"
Judai's Life Points dropped to 2000 points. Tsuki frowned, concern spreading across her face. Judai was hunched over and it looked like the boy was crying.
"Already lost your fighting spirit, have you?" Chronos asked with a laugh.
However, what looked like crying turned out to be laughing.
"I'm really touched...that the General Directing Professor is dueling his hardest again me," Judai told him with a smirk.
'This is where my true power'll get put to the test,' thought Judai as he moved to pulled another card from his deck.
"Kuri, Kuri."
Tsuki sat up straighter while Judai looked at his deck a bit surprised when the two of them heard the noise.
'Who's that calling me?' Judai thought before he drew his card and was surprise to see the card that was given to him by Yugi. 'It's you from earlier...could it be?' He was looking at the card with a strange smile, and seemed to be listening intently to something. 'I see, then. You're Winged Kuriboh?' Judai got a surprised look on his face when the monster on the card winked at him. 'Alright. I'll trust in you.' "From my hand, I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode! Then, I set a card face-down to end my turn!"
A kuriboh with wings and a reverse card appeared on the field in front of Judai.
"A feathered Kuriboh..." Chronos laughed. "You have quite a rare card there, don't you? However, it is just a low-level monster is it not? You may have played it in defense mode, but it will not stave off Ancient Gear Golem's piercing effect! I suppose a smallfry monster befits a smallfry! My turn, is it not?" Chronos reached up and a card was shot into his hand. "This is the end. Ancient Gear Golem, use Mechanize Melee on Winged Kuriboh!"
The Winged Kuriboh was destroyed, but nothing happened.
'Forgive me, Winged Kuriboh,' thought Judai.
Professor Chronos frowned.
"Why aren't your Life Points decreasing?" he asked in surprise.
"On the turn that Winged Kuriboh's destroyed, any damage I take becomes 0," answered Judai.
Asuka's eyes widen a bit in surprise while Chronos just looked shocked.
"Who'd think that there's a card Chronos doesn't know about?" she asked.
"There are some places that not even the Professor can reach," Ryo answered her. "The Dueling World is boundless."
"And that's why it's so interesting," Asuka smiled.
"So, that was your smallfry monster's special ability, was it?" Chronos asked as Judai placed the card into the graveyard.
"You'll pay for calling a friend who put his life on the line to protect me a smallfry!" Judai informed him.
"Such a smart-alec! Is there a problem with me calling your throw-away monster a smallfry?"
"There is," Judai answered. "Winged Kuriboh's shriek is the signal that'll call the monsters in my deck out into action! Trap card, activate! Hero Signal!" The reverse that was still on the field lifted up. "From my deck, I special-summon my Elemental Hero, Burstinatrix!" A female hero with hardly any clothes appeared on the field in front of him. "My turn!" Judai drew his next card. "Winged Kuriboh, I've got a tight hold on all of your encouragement. Just watch me! And then, Avian's going to use his unyielding fighting spirit to come back from the dead! I use the Magic Card, Warrior Returning Alive, to bring him back from the Cemetery and into hand, and then summon him!"
Tsuki smiled as she watched the male hero reappear on the field next to Burstinatrix.
"What good will your fragile little comic book heroes do you?" Chronos asked him. "They are nothing more than normal monsters!"
"Avian and Burstinatrix...normal monsters with low attack are just their temporary forms," Judai answered in away. "You'll be surprised once you see their true form, Professor. I activate the Magic Card, Polymerization!" Judai showed him the card while the younger Kaiba cackled under her breath. "This'll fuse Avian and Burstinatrix! Fusion-summon! My favorite card, Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!"
A green and red monster appeared on the field with an attack of 2100.
"Cool!"
"Flame Wingman can only be summoned through a fusion-summon," Misawa explained. "It can deal damage to the opposing player equal to the attack of the opposing monster it destroys by battle."
"But, even so, Flame Wingman's attack is 2100 falling short of Ancient Gear Golem's attack."
"Yeah, but if he's really Number 1, he'll figure something out."
"Actually, he's Number 110..."
Tsuki cackled a bit louder making some of the people near by to look at her.
"If that last card in Ju-chan's hand is what I think it is then this duel is finished," she stated with a smirk in place.
The boys looked at her for a bit before looking back at the field.
"Allow me to give you a special lecture," Chronos told him. "Listen up. Your worthless tripe is useless in a duel! Make sure to keep that in mind. You may have fusion-summoned it, but its attack is 2100. It comes well short of my Ancient Gear Golem!"
"Then, I'm going to teach you something, Professor," Judai smirked. "Heroes have a battle arena fit just for Heroes! The field Magic, Skyscraper!" Judai placed a card into a slot on the side of his duel disk. Buildings shot up into the air all around them, forming a tall cityscape. "Okay, stage is set! Go, Flame Wingman! Attack Ancient Gear Golem!"
"Scherzi! You must be joking! Flame Wingman's attack doesn't hold a candle to Ancient Gear Golem!"
"A Hero always wins," Judai stated. "Skyscraper's effect is Field Magic that, should a Hero fight against a monster with an attack higher than its own...will increases its attack by 1000 points!"
"Oh my god!"
"Take this! Sky Dive Scorcher!"
Judai's monster did as it was told to do and attacked the Ancient Gear Golem. The whole crowd minus Tsuki gasped in shock as Chronos monster was destroyed.
"Mamma mia! My Ancient Gear Golem...!"
"Flame Wingman's effect makes you take damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack, Professor."
"What? N-no, no, no, no, no."
Everyone stared in shock as Chronos's Life Points plummeted to zero.
"Gotcha!" Judai said, striking a pose. "That sure was a fun duel, Professor!"
Tsuki smirked as she stood up from her set and moved to walk out to meet up with her parents.
"He's pretty interesting, isn't he?" Asuka asked with a smile.
Ryo just humphed before walking away, leaving Asuka to watch the boy on the field.