Hey everybody I'm back! Ye! Here's chapter two, with a little difference in the start. Also INTRODUCING a whole buncha OCs this chapter! Also titles aren't really related to the stories itself, but I try to get it related or it's probably a song title that gives an overall feel of the chapter, or songs I played dominantly while writing this story.
Anyway, let's go.
Discalimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. I own my own OC and the effects of the Gatchaman monsters are mine. WrittenWhim, ShadowKuriboh900 and Robs The Universal Warrior's mystery OC and their fanmade cards belong to them and I would like to thank all three for letting me use their OCs in this fanfic!
Chapter 2: SAIL
Early in the morning, a group of 3 boats left the docks of Domino City, filled with children who leaned over the railings, waving at the adults or younger children, presumably their siblings, as the boat moved away.
"Bye Dad!" Carrie waved from the boat, after slightly struggling to find a spot where she could look over the boat.
"Bye sweetheart! Mom said good luck!" Her father replied, waving to the peach haired girl.
After a good distance away from the docks, Carrie pulled out her cellphone from her pocket, dialed a number and waited.
"What…?" The voice on the other line grumbled.
"Mom? Just wanted to tell you I'm out already?"
She heard clattering on the other side and the shuffling of sheets and soon, a gasp. "Oh! Oh! Oh my God! It's happening! Congrats sweetie! Oh God I'm so proud of you!"
Carrie laughed at her mother. "By the way, when's your match?"
"Huh?" There was a pause as her mother checked the phone. "I overslept!" She realized.
Carrie sighed jokingly. "You said this was important to you!"
"Shh! I have to get ready now! You know I love you sweetie, call me later!" Her mother called out, her voice distant as she ran around her hotel room.
"Alright bye-bye!" Carrie sang out and clicked her phone off, smiling at her mom's antics.
She smiled at the memory as her boat approached Duel Academy island, an island out in the Pacific ocean, with an active volcano on one side and a building at the base of said volcano. The building had 4 domes at the top, a large white dome, a blue dome under it, a yellow one then a red one, arranged like stairs. The side of the buildings had some pillars on it. Alongside that, Carrie could make out a waterfall and the docks, along with a nice sandy beach.
"Attention new Duel Academy students, this is your Captain speaking. Ahead of us is Duel Academy island, your new home away from home." The captain announced over the PA "Beautiful isn't it? Now please return to your seats, and when we dock, exit in an orderly fashion so you can explore the islands faster. So kids, welcome to Duel Academy."
The children inside exchanged excited conversations and whispers as they walked back to their seats and Carrie remembered hers, it was next to the girl who hasn't moved one bit when they announced they're within Academy Island view range. She has choppy, chin length umber hair, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans along with grey sneakers. Her name's Kaye Aoki, Carrie vaguely remembered her duel, specifically the girl's Wind monsters.
"Are you sure you're alright not seeing it?" Carrie asked Kaye who didn't budge. "It's a nice view out there."
"I don't get it, we're gonna live there anyway, plenty of time to explore." She shrugged.
Carrie plopped down to her seat, grabbing her duffel bag just for the sake of having it near her. "I guess you're right." Carrie thought aloud as she fixed her hair, this time it was let down and there was a lock of hair that she braided across her head and cleaned up her skirt, a yellow high waisted skater skirt that tucked in a white shirt.
Kaye looked at her new schoolmate oddly, "You pay so much attention to all of that." She realized.
"Nothing better to do." Carrie puffed her right cheek and shrugged
After a moment of registration and picking up her uniform, Carrie realized she was in a dorm called Ra Yellow, specified also by the color of her uniform. She was then directed to the main hall, where she reunited with Kaye, who she got separated with while changing to each other's uniforms along with Jaden, Syrus and Bastion, the first boy was sleepy and halfway through the speech that their Chancellor, Chancellor Sheppard, gave, he actually dozed off.
"Now please, get yourself settled in at your assigned dorms! I think you'll find them quite comfortable, depending on how you rank of course!" Their Chancellor looked like a kind middle aged man, with the docile appearance and the bald head and he gave a jolly laugh at the last bit.
Outside, Syrus, Jaden and Carrie were sitting outside, in front one of the statues at the path to the main building and the two boys in red were checking out their standard issue PDAs. "I don't know about you Sy but it looks like I'm in the Slifer Red dorm!"
"That's cool, me too!" Syrus said.
"How 'bout you Carrie, are you in Slifer Red?" Jaden asked.
She saw Bastion and Kaye pass by, sharing a conversation and getting acquainted with each other, seeing as she and Bastion are also in Ra. "Hey, Bastion, Kaye, do you think we're in Slifer Red?"
"Let's see now, yellow sleeves, yellow buttons…" Bastion began after stopping at his dorm mate's call.
"Yellow trims, yellow skirt…" Kaye added.
"Yellow boots and yellow gloves, guess we're in the Ra Yellow Jaden." Carrie said.
"Oh I get it, that's why Sy and I are in red." The Slifer looked down to his blazer, understanding the concept.
"Did you… honestly just figured that out?" Kaye asked.
Jaden frowned and looked at the group, "So what? Ever think I'm colorblind?" He snapped.
Everyone grew silent, most shocked was Kaye, who felt bad for being possibly insensitive. "Actually… No, are you colorblind?" She asked softly.
Jaden laughed cheekily. "Nah but I could've been! Oh yeah, I'm Jaden! Jaden Yuki."
Kaye calmed down considerably and sighed, "Kaye Aoki, you're the guy who beat that teacher huh?"
"Aw man you should've seen that duel! It was so cool, shame your entrance exam was pretty early…" Carrie looked at her new dorm mate who simply shrugged it away. "Anyway I'm heading to my dorm."
Kaye nodded. "Me too." She added and the two Ra girls walked away, Bastion followed a little later and Jaden waved at the three.
"See you around the dorms!" He called out and prompted Bastion to turn around.
"I doubt that, your dorm's over there." Bastion interjected and pointed his thumb ways off the path to the Ra dorm. Syrus and Jaden looked at each other, the former a little bit worried.
"Phew!" Carrie sighed as she finished setting up her room and plopped on to the bed. She placed her new school equipment over at the table, like her PDA and lunch tickets along with her own cellphone which she left charging. Along with that, she emptied her duffel bag, which consisted of 3 different pyjamas and 3 sets of the Ra Yellow uniform that she unceremoniously stashed in her bag when she got it this morning.
The last thing she brought out were two boxes, the first was large, used to contain cards that she found in pack but never used, but now it only contained a few, most of which her mother took. The other was a jewelry box where she keeps her accessories. It was brown, made of wood, and her dad was against her bringing it but she brought it anyway. She smiled at the sight of the box before placing it on the table before exiting the room and with her duel disk on her left arm.
The Ra Yellow dorm was large, not as large as any of the Obelisk buildings, but large enough to contain a more or less equal number of male and female students. While the male students took up the right wing, the female students took up the left wing. In the center of the building was a main dining hall, behind that being a kitchen, and a study hall.
"Are you settling in to Ra well?" Someone asked her as she passed by the dining hall and was met with the Headmaster of the Ra Yellow Boys Wing, Professor Sartyr, a kind looking man with a thick Spanish accent.
Carrie nodded, smiling at the teacher. "I haven't seen the Ra Yellow headmistress though…"
"Ah, about that, there is none currently." Professor Sartyr began and Carrie tilted her head. "The previous one's contract expired and the school is in the process of finding another one. For now, the Obelisk Headmistress and I are sharing the responsibility of that."
"Oh I see now… Well thanks then! I'm gonna go look around the island!" Carrie said as she walked away.
"Be back by 6! The welcome dinner starts then." Sartyr advised.
"This isn't a dorm… It's like an outhouse with a deck…" Syrus muttered as he set down his satchel to look at their dorm. The Slifer dorm was… simple, to put it nicely. It was long and rectangular, with a shabby red roof and a rickety staircase that lead to the second floor. There was a small appendage at the side of the building, the showers. Jaden and Syrus went up to the boy's floor, after realizing the first floor is for the limited number of girls in Slifer and the two Headmasters of Slifer red.
Jaden had a much better outlook that Syrus however, as he went to the corner of the second floor, looking at the sea. "Yeah but check out the view! This place is great!"
The two then walked to one of the doors, Jaden put his key in and opened the door, met by a darkened room. "This one here's our room!" He announced to Syrus.
The small boy was reading his PDA, making sure they're in the right room. "It's kinda small huh?"
"Well you're a small guy!" Jaden waved off and finally got a good look of his room. There's a small TV next to a study desk, a triple decker bed and on the wall next to him was the wardrobe, a small stove with a kettle on it and a small tap. "Anyway, I like it, this'll make a sweet pad for our first year here!"
"Yeah… Kinda weird meeting at the entrance exams, and now roommates?" Syrus wondered. "Think we were somehow connected to each other in some ancient life Jaden?" The small Slifer was beginning to let his imagination lose, not noticing Jaden walking across towards the window, giving him an odd look. "You know like you were some Egyptian Pharaoh and I was the guardian Seto?"
"No offense but that's just lame…" Jaden disagreed.
"Well it could be true." Syrus defended half-heartedly.
"Forget it! They broke the mold when they made us!"
"Yeah, for different reasons…" Syrus sighed as his mood sunk.
"Sy, we're gonna have to work on that confidence." Jaden scratched his cheek at his roommate. "But first, let's try getting some light in here! A sweet view and its covered up with a curtain? Where's the fun in that!" Jaden forced the curtains open and finally let some in to the darkened room.
"Hey! Those we're closed for a reason!"
"Huh?" Jaden closed the curtains and looked at the top bunk.
"O-Oh sorry…" Syrus apologized meekly.
"Yeah, we didn't see you up there!" Jaden added.
"Well can you see me now?!"
The covers raised to reveal a boy whose face, build and hairstyle reminded Jaden and Syrus of a koala and wore a blazer like theirs, but the color was inverted so it was mostly white with red trimmings. He growled, angry at being interrupted in his slumber. The two boys shrieked at the sight of the boy, which only irritated him further. "Would you stop the screamin'! Who are you and what are you doing in my room?" He demanded.
Jaden took the liberty to start their introduction. "Oh, sorry! My name's Jaden Yuki!"
"And I'm Syrus."
"We're your new…" The other Slifer grumbled before he rolled to his other side, his back faced the new boys, causing Jaden to look at Syrus, confused. "Roommates?"
"You're new alright, so lemme tell you how things work here." He began.
"Uh what things?" Jaden asked.
"Like when Parent's week's gonna be?" Syrus joined in.
"Duh, like the whole color system, it's the most important thing here."
Syrus and Jaden simultaneous gave a confused 'Huh?' but the third Slifer continued anyway. "You've got three different kind of students here. Obelisk Blue students, Ra Yellow students and Slifer Red students." He began. "Now the blues are the highest rank, some get in 'cuz they're great, others through connections. Yellows are second highest, mostly younger students with lotta potential. Then there's us, the 'Red Wonders'…" He concluded, sounding upset just by explaining it to them.
"The wonders…" Syrus parroted. "That's a cool name."
"As in I wonder how flunkies like us ever got this far maybe!" The Slifer snapped, shocking Syrus. "Yeah, sorry, we're bottom of the barrel here, dueling duds!" He continued, only serving to upset Syrus even more. "Oh, I'm Chumley by the way!"
"Duel!"
She didn't know how it came down to be like this. Those two had one misunderstanding and now they're dueling in the study hall.
Carrie was heading out when she heard two people argue nearby. Drawn by it, she came over, seeing Kaye and a boy with short brown hair. He looked physically fit and along with that, had an angry look on his face.
"Alright fine! We'll settle this with a duel!"
"I couldn't agree more!"
"Just speed this up, we gotta see the island before dinner Kaye!" Carrie cheered. A small crowd of 4 had huddled around them, including Bastion, who had an exasperated look on him. "Bastion? What's wrong?"
"I know him, just met him this morning, Kaye's dueling Matt Roberts." Bastion explained.
Carrie titled her head, not recognizing him. "Is he good?"
After a pause, Bastion replied. "Possibly more than that. His deck's rather powerful."
Kaye: 4000
Matt: 4000
Matt started first, drawing his sixth card. "I summon Magician's Valkyria in defense mode!" He announced as a magician's seal appeared on the ground, bringing a female spellcaster to the area, hovering over the seal and the seal disappeared as soon as she arrived. The spellcaster had strawberry blonde hair with a light blue hat with gold trims and wore a light blue magician's outfit with gold trims, and some parts were purple with gold trims. She carried a purple staff with had 3 dark green jewels on it. After soaring slightly, she crouched down, her staff went across her (4/1600/1800). "I also set a card facedown, your move…"
After drawing, Kaye briefly checked her hand, before placing a monster on her tray. "I summon Dodger Dragon in attack mode!" She said and in a flurry of wings, a 6 legged lizard appeared. It has green scale on its backs which spiked at the sides and a yellow underbelly. Near the end of its tail was a 3 pairs of dragonfly like wings. Its tail created a crescent and was silver and metallic in nature (4/1900/1200). Kaye saw how it wasn't setting off Matt's facedown and looked at the dragon. "Attack the Valkyria with Crescent Slash!"
The slim dragon soared over to Matt's side and latched itself to the Magician, coiling around her before jabbing her with its crescent tail, making the magician explode while the dragon returned.
"I activate Broken Blocker! Since you destroyed Valkyria, whose defense is higher than her attack points, I get to summon up to two monsters with the same name in defense mode!" Matt announced as he opened his deck and took out two cards, placing them both on the field in defense mode as the two Valkyrias appeared, crouching down like the one before (4/1600/1800)2x.
Kaye sighed. "I'll place these two facedown and end my turn."
"Wow, the Valkyria lock already." Carrie whistled.
"Not bad huh?" Matt grinned and looked at the small crowd around the two duelists.
"Eyes on me! We're dueling!" Kaye called out while Matt shrugged and drew a card, a little unpleased with the Dodger Dragon's high attack.
"I summon Defender, the Magical Knight in defense mode!" He said and a knight in blue armor with golden trims appeared, carrying a large blue shield with gold accents and a red stone in the middle and a small dagger in the other hand. He set the shield down and knelt behind it as the stone glowed red and now bore the insignia of a spell counter (4/1000/2000)[1 SPELL COUNTER]. He made no further moves and signaled the end of his turn, meaning Kaye got to draw a card.
Kaye smirked at her hand. "First I play my facedowns, Degenerate Circuit and Soul Absorption! With Degenerate Circuit, any monster that's supposed to return to your hand gets removed from play instead! While Soul Absorption gives me 500 lifepoints for each one removed from play!" She then placed a monster next to her Dodger Dragon. "And now I summon Flying Kamakiri 3!"
In a small flurry of winds, an insect like monster appeared, it stood on both legs like the first Kamakiri but had the lower abdomen of the second Kamakiri, and its arms looked like the second Kamakiri (4/1600/700).
"And for my next trick I play Double Summon, letting me summon again!" Kaye briefly inserted the spell card, registering it in her Duel Disk before sending it to the graveyard. "And now I'll tribute Dodger Dragon and Flying Kamakiri 3 to tribute summon Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry!"
Her two monsters were covered in a golden tornado and vanished as they were tributed. And now, a golden bird with four wings and an ornament on its back swooped on to the field. The large bird wore a necklace with a green jewel in the middle and shark teeth adorned it. It cawed menacingly at the opposition's Defender (8/2900/2000).
"And when he's tribute summoned with only WIND attribute monsters, he can return 2 cards on the field to your hand! But thanks to Degenerate Circuit, they're removed from play!" Matt frowned, knowing the target of her Simorgh's effect. "But there's more, because now my Flying Kamakiri 3's special ability activates! If he goes to the graveyard from the field, I can summon a WIND monster with 1500 or less attack points!"
Kaye picked a card from her deck and shuffled it, placing the deck in its place and the new monster on the field. "I summon the Hunter Owl!"
From a tornado on the ground, a bipedal bird appeared, carrying a silver spear. The bipedal bird had the head of an owl with amber eyes and parts of it were either white or red, while some feathers around its eyes were white with red tips. Some of its sharper, larger feathers were on its back, colored beige with red tips (4/1000/900).
"And now for Simorgh's ability! I pick your two Valkyrias!" Simorgh flapped its wing, kicking up a golden tornado that covered the two magicians. It blew them upwards, where static electricity from Degenerate Circuit ripped the ceiling, creating a portal to another dimension where the two Valkyrias went. Matt pocketed the cards while Kaye gained lifepoints.
Kaye: 5000
Matt: 4000
"While Hunter Owl gets a boost because he's a Wind monster and so is Simorgh, his attack goes up by 1000!" Kaye added as the Owl gained a boost (4/1000-2000/900).
"Oh boy…" Matt grumbled.
"Simorgh, attack Defender with Ancient Wind!" Kaye commanded as the golden bird screeched and lifted up into the sky, flapping its wings before giving one large thrust and sent a tornado towards Defender, it impacted with the shield.
However, Defender stayed, despite wavering against the storm. "You must be familiar with Defender's effect right?"
"Yeah, he can remove a spell counter to keep a Spellcaster on the field." Kaye confirmed.
"Never said it had to be another spellcaster!" Matt grinned.
"Well unless you have a way to defend him, he's gone next turn!" Kaye said as she ended her turn, seeing as her hand contained a card she couldn't use.
"My draw then!" Matt drew a card and smirked. "I hope you're ready to meet a celebrity because now I play Cost Down and discard this!"
Matt showed his card and everyone gasped at the sight of it.
"No way…" Someone muttered.
"He has it!" Another gasped.
"Guys! Guys! He has the Dark Magician!" Another shouted to the doors that lead to the outside and it caught the attention of the few students walking around, all of whom started walking in and surrounding the two duelists. Matt nonchalantly discarded the Dark Magician as twin swords appeared above him.
"And now, with Cost Down in play I can reduce the level of all monsters in my hand by two, and with only 4 stars in her name now, I can summon the Dark Magician Girl without a tribute!"
Kaye flinched as a magician's seal appeared on the ground, summoning the famous spellcaster to the field in a flurry of hearts. She twirled her scepter in her hand as she appeared and the small crowd that were there cheered and gave their mixed reaction at the appearance of the Dark Magician Girl (6-4/2000/1700).
"And thanks to her Special Ability, since the Dark Magician is in the graveyard, she gains 300 attack points!" Matt announced as the scepter's twirled edge shined along with the jewels on her outfit as the spirit of the Dark Magician bestowed his magic to her (4/2000-2300/1700).
"Please you can't even touch Hunter Owl, when another Wind attribute monster is out, he's untouchable!" Kaye explained although she did look slightly worried.
"I'm aiming a little bit bigger, like at your Simorgh! And that bird is gonna go away real soon, after I play Spellbook of Power! It gives a Spellcaster monster of mine 1000 attack points until the end phase, and for each monster the Spellcaster destroys, I can add a 'Spellbook' card from my deck to my hand."
The red spell book appeared in the Dark Magician Girl's hands, who read it, idly waiting for more to do, all the while gaining more power (4/2300-3300/1700) and Kaye winced slightly.
"Dark Magician Girl, attack Simorgh with Dark Power Attack!" Matt said as the spellcaster looked up from her book, closing it and nodding to Matt. She lifted her scepter and conjured black flames that headed for Simorgh, who screeched and exploded.
Kaye: 4600
Matt: 4000
Hunter Owl weakened at the loss of a Wind monster (4/2000-1500/900). "I place one card facedown and end my turn." Matt said as a reversed card appeared and Dark Magician Girl returned to her normal strength (4-6/3300-2300/1700).
"He didn't add a Spellbook card." Carrie realized.
"He probably doesn't have any that would help him in mind." Bastion offered and Carrie simply nodded.
Kaye drew a card, and glowed red thanks to Degenerate Circuit
Kaye: 4100
Matt: 4000
She ignored the pain and looked at the card she drew, and playing it immediately. "I play Pot of Greed." She said casually as the pot appeared, letting her draw two cards, both of which caused her to smile. "I summon Whirlwind Prodigy!"
In a tornado a brunette boy wearing a green shirt, adorned with a belt for his dagger, and beige pants appeared, he had a pointed green hat on his head. He also had a mischievous grin on him as the winds faded (4/1500/1600).
"And now I'll overlay both of them!" The two monster glowed green and shot up to form two shine balls and a green portal opened up in front of Kaye. "Here comes the bird that defied nature! Xyz summon! Lightning Chidori!"
A sword on a pedestal rose from the portal, causing confusion amongst the crowd. The sword seems to emit a small amount of light blue static electricity, the kind one would see on a small tesla coil. They soon started to grow in number and soon in strength and caused a burst. In a flash, a bird made of electricity appeared from the sword, releasing a powerful and warped 'caw' as it cackled at each movement, surrounded by the green orbs, its Xyz materials (4/1900/1600).
"When he's Xyz summoned, I can target a set card on your field and place it to the bottom of your deck." Matt looked genuinely concerned for a moment before Lightning Chidori released a lightning bolt from its mouth, striking the facedown and forced it to the bottom of Matt's deck. "And I can detach an Xyz material from Chidori to move a card on your field to the top of your deck!"
His eyes widened as the bird opened it mouth, releasing another lightning bolt that struck the Dark Magician Girl, shocking her enough to return her to Matt's deck, clearing it completely.
"And Lightning Chidori can still attack! Attack directly with Lightning Flux!"
The lightning bird opened its mouth again and Matt expected a lightning bolt, but this time, the bird fired a full on salvo of it, taking his lifepoints down.
Kaye: 4100
Matt: 2100
Kaye smiled at the result. "I place a card facedown and end my turn."
Matt smiled anyway, despite the loss and drew a card. "I have my work cut out for me…" He said to himself. "Alright then plan B! First I'll summon Magical Exemplar!"
A woman slowly rose from the ground, having long black hair, a golden neckpiece that matched her bracelets and headpiece, she wore a green robe and a lighter, slightly blue dress with a dark middle, showing inscriptions that glowed green on the fabric. She wore a light blue-green belt with a golden ring and chain on it. She had a kind, sagely look on her face, calmly looking the lightning bird (4/1700/1400).
"And now I play Card of Sanctity, letting us both draw until we have 6 cards!" Matt said as he drew 6 cards while Kaye drew 5. "And since I played a spell card, Magical Exemplar gains two spell counters."
A black stone with a golden insignia appeared above the Exemplar's palms, hovering softly [2 SPELL COUNTERS].
"And now I play Silent Doom, bringing back a Normal monster in my graveyard in face up defense mode!" A card slid out and Matt placed it on the field. "I summon the Dark Magician in defense mode!"
A yellow hand appeared on ground, and on it was a magician's seal. The legendary spellcaster rose from the seal, showing the growing crowd his power, but the hand glowed eerily, forcing the Magician to kneel, soon the hand disappeared, leaving only the Dark Magician (7/2500/2100).
"Since I played another spell card, Magical Exemplar gains 2 more spell counters!" Another pair of stones appeared, this time it appeared above the first set [4 SPELL COUNTERS]. "And now I remove three Spell Counters to summon a Level 3 Spellcaster from my hand! The tuner monster, Conductor Magician!"
3 of Magical Exemplar's stones floated away [1 SPELL COUNTER] to another monster spot and changed to red stones with yellow stars. It stood in a triangle formation, a red line connecting it. It formed a thin veil of red light and a magician materialized in the middle of it. The magician wore a tall, green conductor's hat, with a black stone resting on it, a black feather behind it. Her outfit was an all green coat, its tail split in two and it had black trims and 6 black buttons, all of which were hollow in the middle. She wore beige pants and black knee high boots. Her baton was light green similar to the color of the rings for Synchro monsters (3/1000/1000).
"And now I tune my Level 3 Conductor Magician and Level 4 Magical Exemplar!" Matt announced as the Conductor raised her baton, giving it a series of gestures and conjuring 3 rings as she disappeared. Magical Exemplar turned to 4 stars that aligned themselves to the center of the rings.
"The years of hardship and training now come into fruition, show them the might of your arcane mastery! Synchro Summon, the mightiest magician, Arcanite Magician!"
The center of the ring lit up in a beam of light, summoning a purple skinned, white haired magician in a white cloak with purple patterns on it. He had a hood which forked at the sides, creating what looked like horns. The shoulders of the cloak were large and pointed. The inside of the cloak was a dark red color and an inner cloak. He carried a green staff with a bright yellow orb resting on it (7/400/1800).
"When he's Synchro summoned, he gains 2 spell counters and for each one on him, he gains 1000 attack points!"
Kaye gasped as two of the stone appeared, circling the green orb at the top of the staff as the magician gained power (7/400-2400/1800).
"In addition, since I used Conductor Magician as a tuner monster for a Spellcaster, I can add a Spell Card to my hand from my deck." Matt opened his deck and picked a card, shuffled his deck and placed it back in its place. "Finally, I play Thousand Knives, since Dark Magician is on the field, I can target one of your monsters and destroy it!" Matt said as the Dark Magician stood up, raised his staff and conjured an obscenely large amount of knives, all of which aimed for Lightning Chidori. On his command, the knives moved, all of it hit Lightning Chidori, who let out one screech before exploding.
"And now, Arcanite Magician! Attack directly with Arcane Flash!" Arcanite Magician raised his staff at the command and the orb glowed brighter and fired a beam at Kaye, who flinched at the force of the attack.
Kaye: 1700
Matt: 2100
The crowd gasped at the result and how her lead dropped so quickly. "I set a card facedown. Your move." Matt smirked.
Kaye regained her composure, drawing her card and glowed red, forced to pay Degenerate circuit's cost.
Kaye: 1200
Matt: 2100
"I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy my Degenerate Circuit." The face up card shattered to pixels. "And now I play Monster Reborn to bring back your Conductor Magician!"
Everyone gave a puzzled look at the monster choice and the Conductor appeared on Kaye's side of the field (3/1000/1000).
"Next I play Temptation of the Goddess! Now I can look at your hand and if there's a Level 4 or below monster, I can summon it to your side of the field."
Rings of light appeared from the card and revealed Matt's hand, showing the Dark Magician Girl, Mage Power, Sage's Stone and…
Old Vindictive Magician!
Matt grumbled as the spellcaster appeared on the field, holding its staff and hunching over, despite being in attack mode (2/450/600).
"Since you control two monsters of the same attribute, I can special summon Alector, Sovereign of Birds!" Kaye announced. A card appeared and from it came a humanoid creature wearing silver armor and possessing red wings. The armor he wore possessed sharp features and a few red jewels scattered on places of his armor. His helmet had the shape of a bird and styled to look intimidating (6/2400/2000).
Matt squinted. "What are you playing…?" He mused.
"And now for my Normal Summon, Harbinger of Guides, Hercinia!" Kaye announced. They heard a bird cry and a petrel-like bird, with glowing silvery feathers, swooped in and landed on Kaye's shoulder, cawing (3/800/800). The bird jumped down from her shoulder and landed on the ground, hiding behind its wings. "When Hercinia is removed from play or sent to the graveyard, I gain 400 lifepoints for each card in my hand. And now, it's over!" Kaye's facedown card flipped up and the crowd gasped.
"No!" Matt shouted as Icarus Attack flipped up. Hercinia shined as it was tributed, silver sparkles rained down on Kaye, increasing her lifepoints due to Hercinia's effect.
Kaye: 3200
Matt: 2100
In its wake, two lightning bolts broke out and hit Matt's facedown, Pitch Black Power Stone, and the Dark Magician, causing both to shatter to pixels.
"And once per turn, Alector can negate the effect of one card on the field, and I pick your Arcanite Magician!" The orb on the magician's staff flickered before it died out, weakening the Magician (7/2400-400/1800). "Conductor Magician, attack the Old Vindictive Magician!"
The Conductor produced three green rings and flung it at the Magician, slicing through it and causing it to explode.
Kaye: 3200
Matt: 1550
"Alector, attack Arcanite Magician with Storm Lance!" This time, the birdman moved and flapped his wings creating a concentrated wind spear that stabbed the weakened magician, exploding on contact and depleting Matt's lifepoints.
Kaye: 3200
Matt: 0
"Alright Kaye!" Carrie cheered after a moment of stunned silence. The umber haired girl returned to her timid state.
"What were you two arguing about in the first place?" Bastion asked.
Matt walked over to Kaye and the two Ras looked at each other. The two looked away, thinking hard but in the end, they both shrugged.
"Good game by the way." Matt complimented. "Thought I had you there."
"I see, that was why you set up Pitch Black Power Stone. I have to admit, I thought you did have me there." Kaye replied.
"Although, that was a long way to summon one monster." Matt noted.
"I was thinking I should set myself up for the hurt with Hercinia, in case your facedown would've wrecked everything." Kaye explained and Matt nodded, understanding.
"Anyway…" Carrie interjected. "C'mon let's go!"
"Go where?" Kaye asked,
Carrie scoffed, as if the answer was obvious. "Explore the island, duh!"
Kaye shook her head, "I'm kinda beat, besides I'm not done with my stuff." She said.
Carrie pouted and sighed. "Fine… Bastion how 'bout it?"
"I rather not. I was in the middle of setting up some materials in my room." The intellectual Ra replied.
"Oh, dude lemme help with that." Matt offered. "Saw them in front of your room, they looked heavy."
Carrie stuck her tongue out, seeing no one's available. "Fine I'll go myself then!" She said defiantly, turning around and walking out the Ra dorm, walking past the dispersed crowd, most of which were impressed by the duel.
The duel took up a lot of time, meaning she'll have to see more some other time and headed for the main building. Along the way however, she passed by Jaden, Syrus and a third boy wearing the Red jacket. He had semi long-black hair that went just a bit below his shoulders and kept in a ponytail and brown eyes. "It's in the air Sy, can't you just smell it?" Jaden asked.
"Maybe if the pollen count was lower…" Syrus sighed and looked around, seeing Carrie. "Oh, hey." He greeted.
"Heya, guess you three are heading in there too?" She asked.
"You bet! Can't you tell? There's some duel going on!" Jaden replied excitedly.
"Well we are in a Dueling school, no doubt there was a duel already." The third guy pointed out. "By the way I'm Daryn Jader."
"I'm Carrie Robbins." Carrie introduced and the two shook hands briefly. "Speaking of duels, there was duel in Ra."
"Really? Who dueled?" Jaden asked, walking towards the main building.
"Kaye and another Ra kid named Matt, used Spellcasters and boy were we in for a treat, we saw him bring out the Dark Magician Girl and the Dark Magician!"
"No way really?" Syrus gasped. "Who won that?"
"Kaye did! It was pretty close, if she didn't make that draw, she would've been toast!"
"Kaye?" Daryn asked.
"Oh yeah." Carrie nodded, realizing Daryn doesn't know. "Kaye Aoki, Ra yellow student, uses a Wind and Winged Beast deck, I think she has more stuff hiding in her deck too…" While in the building, the Ra explained to the three of Kaye and Matt's duels, particularly her favorite parts and the Dark Magician. Jaden expressed most of the excitement of the group.
"I have got to duel this guy!" Jaden exclaimed.
"Well the year just started, I'm sure you'll get the chance to." Daryn shrugged as the group of four walked to a large room. In the middle was an arena, surrounded by stands for other students to watch, Daryn let out a whistle.
"It looks state of the art." Syrus complimented but then a worried look crept on to his face. "But you think we're allowed here?"
"Don't worry, we're students here, it's our campus." Jaden pointed out but was quickly interrupted.
"Wrong, this is the Obelisk Blue campus!"
"No slackers of any kind allowed!"
The group turned to see a pair of Obelisk Blue students, Torimaki and Mototani. They both jumped down from the arena to the entrance where they were.
"Really?" Daryn asked, stepping forward and frowned.
"Yeah, really. Look up there, this is Obelisk territory!" Mototani pointed to a crest above the entrance, everyone turned to see a plate depicting a demon looking like a simplified version of the mentioned Egyptian God, painted a blue-teal color.
"Sorry, we were just looking around, but we'll leave now right guys?" Syrus apologized.
"Nah, we don't have to leave…" Jaden disagreed before looking at the two Obelisks cheerfully and pointed to their general direction, "Unless one of you guys agrees to duel me I'll be a guest duelist!"
The two boys gasped when they saw Jaden's face. "Hey you're that kid!" Torimaki realized.
Mototani turned to the stands. "Hey Chazz, that applicant who beat Doctor Crowler is here!" He called out. "Check it out!"
From the stands came Chazz Princeton, the black, spiky haired teen in the Obelisk Blue coat, looking down on the rest with a flat face. However, he soon glared at the crew with judgmental eyes, assessing they were no better than rocks, Carrie frowned at that. Jaden however waved at him. "Hey, what's up? My name's Jaden and he's… Chuzz was it?"
The group suppressed their laughter while Chazz gritted his teeth. "His name's Chazz Princeton!" Torimaki corrected. "And he was the number one duelist at Duelist Prep School, so you be sure to pay the proper respect!"
Mototani nodded. "Yeah, he's gonna be the next King of Games, the best duelist IN THE WORLD!"
Jaden scoffed and crossed his arms. "Impossible…" He stated matter-of-factly, causing the Obelisks to gasp.
"What did you just say?" Torimaki questioned in disbelief.
"I said it's impossible for him to be the next King of Games… 'cuz that's exactly what I'm gonna be!" Jaden explained simply and the Obelisks looked at each other, laughing hysterically.
"You? A Slifer Slacker, the next King of Games? That'll be the day!" Torimaki said between laughs.
"Well I don't see you two becoming the next King of Games…" Carrie pointed out.
"You watch it too Ra! Second bests don't get to be the King of Games!" Mototani countered. "Your entrance duel was a fluke!"
"You talk a big game, but you're not showing anyone anything." Carrie rolled her eyes. "And please, a fluke? Wait till this fluke mops the floor with you." She said confidently while Mototani only looked at her, his face tense.
"A duel should settle this nicely." Daryn smirked. "Or are you two scared?"
"Why you…"
"Can it you two!"
Everyone turned to Chazz, who got up from his seat and leaned over the wall to get a better view of them. "Maybe they're both right, the Slifer did beat Crowler after all, and that rare monster of his. And the Ra did use two different sets of monsters effectively. I guess it takes some skills to pull that off."
"Aw, thanks!" Jaden grinned but Carrie was unconvinced.
"Or was it luck?" Chazz interrupted. "I say we figure out both of these right now. One after the other, I'll take you both on."
Jaden grinned, looked at Carrie, who nodded in agreement.
"I like the sound of that…" She said.
"Bring it!" Jaden added.
Jaden went first, and Chazz walked down the stairs, both headed for the arena. "Well this looks like a motley crew…" Was what interrupted their trip and they turned to face two Obelisk Blue students, both girls, the first being Alexis Rhodes and the second, a senior named Danny Jones-Cain. Danny's back faced the group as she yawned, exhausted for some reason so everyone's focus shifted to Alexis.
"Wow, who's she…" Syrus whispered silently.
"I dunno, but she seems ok." Daryn replied silently with a slight shrug.
Chazz reacted to Alexis' arrival and smirked. "Hey Alexis, you here to see me get two birds with one duel? I promise they'll both be short, but fun nonetheless."
"We're here to tell you guys about the Obelisk welcome dinner, you're late." Alexis warned, glaring at them.
"Right…" Chazz muttered and leapt over the railing to the floor. "Come on guys." He called out and the three Obelisks walked away. Alexis rolled her eyes at the three retreating figures.
"Sorry 'bout that, not all Obelisks are like them…" Danny explained nonchalantly, turning around.
"Chazz is just a big jerk to anyone below Obelisk." Alexis sighed and shook her head.
"Nah, it's no big deal."
Everyone turned to Jaden, confused, but the one who was most confused was Alexis, who gave him a puzzled look.
"Those types don't really bother me at all." Jaden waved off. "Besides I could take him down in one turn!"
Danny smirked at that. "Really? One turn?"
"Well, two turns… Ok, maybe two and a half turn." Jaden corrected, making Alexis laugh, and even Syrus joined in. "Hey, what's so funny?"
"Never mind, but the Slifer Welcome Dinner's about to start too, you don't want to be late right?" Alexis stated.
Daryn checked his watch and looked at the Slifers. "She's right, if we don't move now we'll be late!"
Jaden nodded. "Well we're gonna go and get some food before it's all gone!" He said, he ran out followed closely by Daryn.
"Wait up!" Syrus called out as he chased the other two duelists.
However Jaden skidded to a stop, Daryn missed this and skidded even further away from Jaden. Jaden ran in place, turning around. "By the way we never got your names!"
Alexis blinked and smiled. "My name's Alexis, Alexis Rhodes!" She introduced.
"Forget me, who're you?" Danny asked
"Jaden Yuki!" He replied and continued to run, Syrus followed closely but Daryn stuck around for a second. "See ya around!"
"I'm Daryn Jader by the way!" Daryn shouted and ran after Syrus.
"Wait we were introducing each other?" Syrus asked. "Why didn't you introduce me?"
Carrie checked her PDA, realizing its 17:58 and flinched. "I'm late! Well nice meeting you Alexis!"
"This will be a fun year." Alexis said after the four left. Danny was the first to turn around and the second Obelisk followed as the two walked to their dorms.
The Ra headmaster raised his glass after introducing himself and explaining the lack of the headmistress. "Now that I've gotten myself out of the way, would anyone like to tell us all about each other?"
Matt started first, standing up and a few conversations were exchanged about the Magician duelist. "I'm Matt Roberts, and I guess some of you remember my duel earlier." He said with a wink.
"A duel already? What a way to start a year!" Sartyr commented as Matt sat back down. "Alright, who's next?"
Kaye stood up this time. "I'm Kaye Aoki, I… tend to be cautious." She said plainly, leaving more to be desired. Yet still, others remembered how she defeated the Magicians today. "Ah! I also dueled Matt earlier today." She said before sitting back down, with another positive feedback from Sartyr.
Bastion was next, standing up and explaining himself. "I'm Bastion Misawa, I have numerous equations for the numerous decks I possess." He said promptly before sitting back down.
Carrie was the last, or at least the last that she knew of. "I'm Carrie Robbins, and I guess I'm kinda lucky!" She introduced before sitting back down.
She then learned of the rest, such as a boy named Dimitri who idolized famous dueling icons. A large boy named Beauregard who enjoys art and a small shy boy next to him named Brier who faltered in the middle of his introduction and sat back down. Those were the few prominent ones she could remember as the faces passed by.
They finally ate, complimentary of Professor Sartyr, who was an outstanding chef. Carrie smiled, glad to be in Ra and Duel Academy in general as she watched the crowd, such as Beauregard and Brier introducing each other, Matt conversing with Bastion and Dimitri doing an impersonation in front of a group of students. The atmosphere was a wonderfully lively one, she concluded that Ra Yellow is a wonderful dorm.
However, not the same can be said for Slifer Red. The meal for each of the students were nothing but a bowl of rice, flimsy sardines, what appears to be chopped pineapples and some… brown... chunky thing… Regardless of what it was, everyone eyed it in disbelief.
"This is our 'fancy welcome dinner'?" One boy asked.
"Forget that, check out our headmaster!" Another said and everyone looked to see a fat brown cat with dark brown stripes and a light underbelly. It stretched and mewled before curling up again next to its bushy tail.
"It's a cat!" Everyone sang out in disbelief. Suddenly the cat looked back towards the doorway and from it, a tall man as flimsy as the sardines appeared. He has long black hair and eyes hidden behind a pair of glasses and wore a white shirt, a red tie and black pants. He smiled kindly at the relieves students, relieved they won't be cared for by a cat.
"Hello children, I'm Professor Banner." The man greeted in with a slight German accent. "Before we eat, I'd like to apologize, I had to cook for the girls too. Now, would anyone like to introduce themselves-"
However he was interrupted by Jaden, stuffing his mouth with rice and sardines. "This stuff's good!" He complimented.
"Jaden, I think we're supposed to say something about ourselves first…" Syrus whispered.
"He's right, the Professor's coming over…" Daryn added then looked up behind Syrus. "Jay he's here…"
Syrus turned around while Jaden looked up. He was still smiling at the Slifers as he loomed over them. "Well since some of us don't feel like waiting…"
"Let's just eat!"
Dinner went smoothly for everyone, even the Slifers. Afterwards, some hung out with their new friends until curfew hits, particularly Jaden, Syrus and Daryn, in the former two's dorm room. Jaden sat down on the floor of his room, patting his belly. "Boy I'm stuffed, that Professor Banner sure can cook."
Syrus was preparing some tea, he turned around to look at Jaden. "Yeah and he seems like a pretty nice guy."
"Yeah." Daryn nodded. "The food wasn't as great as Jaden thought but he's a good guy."
Syrus passed around the tea, receiving thanks from the two, and looked up to Chumley. "Hey Chumley, want some tea?"
"Did I say I was thirsty?" Chumley replied gruffly, shocking Syrus and upsetting him.
"Hey he just asked if you wanted some tea, no need to snap at him." Jaden scolded.
"It's ok Jaden, I'm used to it." Syrus waved off.
"Duh, tea makes you wet the bed." Chumley added matter-of-factly, making the three look up to him. "Not that I do, or ever did, I mean… Whatever!"
Before anyone got the chance to ask, Jaden's PDA rang, a sign that he has mail. He opened it to reveal a video message, from Chazz Princeton.
"Hey Slifer Slacker, don't think you're off the hook." Came Chazz's voice. "Tonight at midnight at the Arena, it's on, I'll duel you then the Ra. Oh and why don't we make it interesting? Winner takes the losers best card."
The message ended and Jaden smirked. "Cool, I guess I'll get to duel at that arena after all."
Chumley turned around and looked to the floor. "If that's Chazz you're dueling, all you've got is trouble." He warned before turning around again.
Carrie just finished watching the video message, slightly different from Jaden's message but conveyed the same message anyway. "Is he stupid, it says on the guidelines we can't duel in any of the conditions he set up… Who'd agree to that-" She stopped halfway, realizing Jaden would most likely say yes to those conditions. She got up, put on a jacket over her uniform and walked outside.
She was right to put on her jacket, it was cold outside but the trip to the main building shouldn't take too long…
"Ra Yellow's that way." She heard a voice say and turned around slowly, seeing Alexis near the woods. "What are you doing?"
"It's uh…" Carrie paused, running through what she wanted to say in her mind but found it ridiculous. Instead, she took out her PDA and played the video message and handed it to Alexis. "Here."
The Obelisk looked at the video, frowning. "You're gonna duel him?" Alexis asked after she finished watching the video, rather apprehensively.
Carrie raised her hands in defense. "No, no, I won't! But, I think Jaden's gonna duel…"
"How would you know?" Alexis asked skeptically.
Carrie shrugged. "But think can you really see him missing out on a challenge?"
Alexis thought back, putting as much as she can remember about Jaden, his excitement at the entrance duel, the way he didn't back down despite the staggering odds, how eager he was to duel at the arena, it all pieced together to one conclusion.
Jaden would be careless enough to duel in the given conditions.
"Alright I'll bite." Alexis agreed reluctantly. "What're we standing around here for?"
The Ra nodded and walked first towards Academy Building.
"Duel!"
Jaden: 4000
Chazz: 4000
"Alright Slacker…" Chazz drew his sixth card. "I'll start things off by summoning Reborn Zombie in defense mode, and this facedown card."
What appeared before them was a zombie, once a muscular man but now nothing but a decaying zombie with unruly white hair and most of his flesh gone, leaving only his bones and tattered rags (3/1000/1600).
"I guess that's one way to start a duel." Jaden said as he drew. "But I'm gonna start even bigger! With my Spell Card Polymerization, fusing Avian and Burstinatrix from my hand to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!"
The fusion hero from the entrance duel appeared and everyone saw the now familiar shape of the winged hero (6/2100/1200). "Told you I'd star big didn't I?"
Chazz simply chuckled. "I was hoping you would."
"And why's that…?" Jaden asked after realizing the implications that might follow.
"Because that facedown I set up, it was a Trap Card! One called Chthonian Polymer!" He called out and the facedown flipped up to show a man wrapped in flames.
"What's Chtonian Polymer?" Syrus asked.
"Doesn't sound good…" Daryn muttered.
"You're right, it doesn't! By tributing one of my monsters, I can take control of a fusion monster that was just summoned!" Chazz explained as Reborn Zombie disappeared in a flash. Afterwards, dark mist came from the card and wrapped itself around Flame Wingman, confused and shocked as he was forced onto Chazz's side. Eventually he stopped resisting and his coloration turned darker.
"Not my Wingman…" Jaden groaned at the loss of his monster.
"How did he know he should play that!" Syrus gasped.
Chazz laughed. "You're so predictable Jaden, you wouldn't stop talking about that monster at the exam, I knew you'd bring it out sooner or later."
"So what? Since that was a Special Summon, I can still bring out a monster from my hand." Jaden said but frowned slightly at his hand. 'Not that it'll help. Nothing in my hand can go against the Wingman…'
'Go on, summon a monster, after all, I haven't forgotten the Wingman's special ability…' Chazz grinned inwardly.
"Alright, I'll summon the Elemental Hero Clayman in Defense Mode!" Jaden declared as another hero appeared, a large golem like monster with a red dome for a head and some blue lines to symbolize his eyes (3/800/2000). "There, all set up…"
"Set up to get knocked down!" Chazz grinned as he drew a card. "Rise, Chthonian Soldier!" This time a man in dark armor and a dark blue loincloth appeared carrying a large sword and a shield(4/1200/1400).
"And now, Flame Wingman, attack with Skydive Scorcher!" Chazz commanded.
The controlled Hero rose into the air and after reaching a preferred height, dove down, drenched in flames. It hit the earth Hero, and shattered him to pixels. "And don't think I forgot about special Ability, Slacker! Now your lifepoints go down equal to the attack points of the destroyed monster!"
Flame Wingman appeared in front of Jaden and opened the dragon arm and released a flurry of flames that took a part of his lifepoints.
Jaden: 3200
Chazz: 4000
"I'm not done yet! Chthonian Soldier, attack with Windstorm Slash!"
Before he could recover from the Wingman's special ability, Jaden felt the blade go through him and the soldier sliced him.
Jaden: 2000
Chazz: 4000
"Jaden!" His friends cried out as the Slifer fell to his knees.
"Have you learned your place now, Slifer? You may have been someone back home, but here you're nothing but an amateur, you Slifer Slime!" He insulted as inserted a pair of facedown cards. "I end my turn with two facedown cards!"
Jaden laughed, silently and muffled, his shoulders shook and Chazz grinned even more. "Aw, what wrong, baby? Are you crying?" However he was fazed when he realized the crying was in fact, laughter.
Jaden lifted his head, his own grin on his face. "This is too fun!"
Chazz's stare grew even more bewildered. "What!"
"This is exactly what I came for, I mean the trash talking, the action, it's all so great!"
"What the…"
"Wow, I guess he wasn't kidding when he said he doesn't get bothered by these things…" Daryn blinked slowly.
Jaden continued anyway, drawing his card. "I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in Attack mode!" Jaden's new monster was a man in a blue and yellow outfit with lightning motives on it and a blue helmet, he crackled with electricity as he appeared on the field (4/1600/1400).
"Alright Sparkman, attack Chthonian Soldier with Static Shockwave!" Sparkman jumped and aimed his fist at the Soldier, charged with electricity and shot a large thunderbolt at the Soldier, shattering him.
Jaden: 2000
Chazz: 3600
However, from the dust, came the sword of the Soldier, rising up and aimed itself to Jaden and struck him.
Jaden: 1600
Chazz: 3600
"Still think you won that one? Whenever Chthonian Soldier is destroyed, you take the same amount of damage to your lifepoints as I did!" Chazz grinned. "Only difference is, you barely have any left to spare!"
Jaden grunted. "It's only a matter of time 'till your best card goes to me Slacker…" Chazz laughed triumphantly.
"This isn't over yet." Jaden reminded, placing a card facedown. "I play a facedown and end my turn."
"Play whatever you want Slacker, my next attack will finish you off!" Chazz drew a card but he didn't look at it. "Flame Wingman, attack!"
The Winged hero jumped up again, diving and covered in flames. Sparkman jumped up too and countered by forcing the Wingman's arms with his own.
"Now it's my turn! I play my facedown!"
"A trap?!" Chazz asked in disbelief.
"It's Mirror Gate!" Syrus said in awe. "… Uh, what does it do?"
"What it does is let me switch the ownership of two monsters in battle!" Jaden explained as a mirror appeared in front of Wingman and Sparkman and some even behind the two heroes. The mirrors spun, confusing everyone, before it stopped and shattered, revealing the two heroes that switched places.
Their attack continued, and Wingman and Sparkman grappled each other. Sparks and flames were thrown all over as the two combatted their elements, until eventually, Wingman produced larger flames, defeating Sparkman.
"NO!" Chazz shouted at the loss.
Jaden: 1600
Chazz: 3100
"And don't forget, Flame Wingman's special ability kicks in! You take damage to your lifepoints equal to the destroyed monster's attack points!" Jaden reminded as Wingman flew over to Chazz's side and opened the dragon arm in front of him, hitting the Obelisk with flames
Jaden: 1600
Chazz: 1500
"There you guys are!"
Everyone turned around to see Carrie and Alexis, the latter's arms crossed and her eyes looked at Chazz, equally cross. The Obelisk turned away, back to the duel.
"They're dueling already?" Carrie sighed and looked at the scores. "Whoa they're all evened up!"
"Lucky shot." Chazz clicked his tongue. "But it's still my turn and I play the spell card, Chthonian Blast! Since you destroyed one of my monsters, I get to destroy one of yours!"
"And that's not all…" Alexis muttered, "Jaden takes damage equal to half of the destroyed monster's attack points!"
A swirling vortex appeared under Flame Wingman and surrounded the hero, forcing him down as he weakened and shattered to pixels.
Jaden: 550
Chazz: 1500
"And now I activate my trap! Call of the Haunted!" Chazz continued as his facedown flipped up. "This lets me bring back a monster from the graveyard, like my Chthonian Soldier! But he's not staying for long, because now I tribute him to summon Mefist the Infernal General!"
Now a knight carrying a large axe atop a fully armored horse appeared, his cape billowing behind him (5/1800/1700).
"Not bad." Jaden said confidently.
"Not bad?" Chazz asked and smirked. "You're something else, you know that Slacker? Acting confident and all, but your lousy monsters won't get you out of this jam."
Jaden looked at his hand and saw Winged Kuriboh. "He's wrong Kuriboh, I know it, because my monsters and I, have a bond!" Jaden drew his card and smiled. 'Speaking of...'
Alexis' ear suddenly perked and she looked behind her to the entrance. Carrie looked behind her too and heard footsteps. "Damn it!" She hissed silently. "Guys, we're not supposed to be here!" She warned, slightly whispering.
"Huh?" Jaden asked.
Alexis pulled out her PDA and read from it. "It says so here, no off-hour arena dueling. And no ante duels too! Chazz knew that…" The Obelisk's face turned red. "Guess he didn't tell you huh?"
Torimaki leaned forward from the ground. "C'mon Chazz let's go!"
"Hmph…" Chazz said arrogantly and the monster on his side of the field disappeared. "Fine."
"Hey, wait a minute, the duel isn't over yet!" Jaden protested.
"Yeah it is Slacker, I saw what I needed to see." Chazz jumped down the platform and looked at Jaden. "You're a sorry duelist and you beating Crowler was a fluke."
"But…"
"Jaden we gotta go now!" Syrus countered, rushing the taller Slifer.
Jaden growled and grumbled, crossing his arms. "This stinks!"
After a lot of close calls, a lot of sneaking, a lot of grumbling and a lot of looking around, the group finally found the exit that was obscure enough that Campus Security would most likely end up far away from it. Along the way however…
"Ow!" Carrie winced as her toe stubbed a rock that jutted out oddly on the ground. "What the…?"
"You're stubborn aren't you?" Alexis asked Jaden snapping Carrie out of her pain for a while.
"Only about my dueling." Jaden pouted.
Syrus and Daryn looked at him oddly but then the latter looked at Alexis. "Anyway thanks for showing us the back way out!
Alexis smile and nodded. "No problem, I'm sorry you didn't get to finish your duel with Chazz."
"And I'm sorry I didn't get to beat him…" Carrie muttered.
Jaden simply shrugged. "Nah, no big deal, I knew how it ended."
"Actually, it looked like it could've gone either way." Daryn pointed out.
"Hah, no way! Not after I drew this!" Jaden showed them the card he was gripping on to so tightly as they made their hasty escape, Monster Reborn, making the group gasp in retaliation as Jaden gave a confident smirk.
"I get it, you would've brought back Flame Wingman to finish off Mefist!" Syrus realized.
"Yup!" Jaden nodded. "Well it's pretty late, we better get back, see you tomorrow!"
The three Slifers walked away from the two girls. Alexis blinked in surprise. "That Jaden is one lucky kid." She praised.
"Nah, I think he's powerful in his own way…" Carrie stated her own opinion. "Luck's my game! Anyway I'm gonna head back, see ya!" Carrie waved at Alexis who lingered around as she watched them go.
'This is going to be one interesting year…' Alexis thought with a smile on her face.
Wheehoo! 25 pages and 10 000+ words! I hope I did an alright job with Matt and Kaye's duel! And? Introducing the characters in general (I really hope)!
Note about Card of Sanctity, I'm using the anime and manga effect! Sorry!
Also as you've read it, the dorms are split in two, some part, I need an OC or a pair of OCs willing to be Ra Yellow's Headmistress!
ANYWAY
********Card Feature section! Any fan made card goes here (by the way, you can submit a card!) ********
Flying Kamakiri #3
Wind/Insect/Effect
(4/1600/700)
(It stands on both legs like Flying Kamakiri 1 but has the tail of a mantis like Flying Kamakiri 2. Its arms are more mantis like than claw like)
When this card leaves the field in anyway and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 WIND monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck.
Conductor Magician
Dark/Spellcaster/Tuner
(3/1000/1300)
When this card is used as a Tuner monster for a Spellcaster-type Synchro monster, you can add a spell card from your deck to your hand.
(Created by Me)
See ya!
