Chapter 2: Welcome to Duel Academy!
3 days since the entrance exams.
It was early in the morning and Davis was at his house and was just about ready to go to the Kaiba Dome where the helicopter will take them to Duel Academy. He was walking in his living room with his luggage which consist of extra clothes like shirts and a pairs of pants along with bathroom accessories, a backpack of minor school supplies, his cellphone, iPod and its charger/alarm clock, laptop, guitar (he's a good singer/guitarist,btw), and of course his duel disk and deck in tow and was about to head out the door until he saw a standing picture frame on a small table next to his couch. It had a picture of him as a kid all smiling a goofy smile and next to him was a black-haired woman who looked like that mom from Wizards of Waverly Place. He solemnly looked at the picture as he took it.
'Mom… I'll find you… wherever you are…' Davis thought. Just then, a faint image of a woman showed up. She had on this soldier costume with a USA flag motif and carries a circular shield that matches her outfit. This was American Dream, Shannon Rogers.
"Davis. We need to get going." Shannon said.
"Yeah, I know…" Davis said still looking at the photo.
"You're still thinking about your mother aren't you?" Davis nodded. "Don't worry; I'm sure she's out there somewhere."
"I know, but… it's already been three years since she's vanished and still… nothing…" Just then Ben and Bartman OOO appeared in spirit form too.
"Hey, there's no need to get emo Davis," Bart reassured him. "With us by your side there is nothing you can't do."
"Bart's right," Ben stated. "We will find your mom no matter what."
"You see Davis," Shannon once again spoke, "You have nothing to fear. We, the cards your mother made, will stand by you through and through. Not only that," She turned her head towards the Avengers deck as a faint glow of multicolored light was emitted from it, "all the others will help too."
Davis smiled at their words. The duel spirits within his deck, his friends, were all cheering for him and supporting him. What sort of guy would stay sad at that? "You guys are right. This isn't a time to be sad. I got into Duel Academy! Let's go there and Get some! I'm sure mum would be proud of me!" The three current spirits cheered and nodded their heads before disappearing. Turning his head back to the picture once more he gave it a confident smile. "I'll find you mom and the cards you made will help me on the way." Grabbing his cards and putting them into the deck holder on his belt, Davis grabbed his luggage and left the house he's lived in. Until he realized...
"But first..." Davis went back to take care of some serious business (don't ask what) as a mysterious man in a fisherman hat and a trench coat stalks him. As Davis closed the door, the man grinned an evil grin.
"Davis Eitoku...I will make sure you will -(sniff sniff) Oh God! That smell! IT BURNS!" he was down having a seizure due to the scent of whatever happened in Davis' bathroom before he even get to finish. "Geez, what did he just EAT?!"
Of course, Davis noticed as he got out, but he didn't care as he needed to get going. That's what happens when you're near the part of the house where the bathroom is.
Soon Davis got to the front of the Kaiba Dome where all the other students were and boarded the helicopter that was in front of it. Davis sat next to Bastion while Syrus next to Jaden, who was sleeping during the trip.
"Attention new Academy Duelists. This is your captain speaking. If you look out your window you'll see your new home away from home." Davis and most of the students did just that as they saw an island clear in their sights. It was mainly green due to most of the island being forest areas and even saw a dormant volcano. But what stuck out, was the building in the center of the island. It was silver color, surrounded by four tan Obelisk like pillars. And there were three dishes in the middle; a blue, yellow and red one in that order going diagonally down. "Next stop, Academy Island! Please fasten your seatbelts and sit in an upright position as we make our landing."
As soon as it landed, the Freshman class immediately went to the gym to get their school equipment, such as their PDA, or Duel Pilots as they call it, and the blazers jackets they'll be wearing. Davis was given a yellow blazer, which would mean that he is in Ra Yellow. Bastion was in it too. Davis looked to Jaden and Syrus, and they were given Red blazers, meaning they were in Slifer Red. He looked to other students and saw that some of them were wearing blue blazers, but it had coat tails on the bottom, indicating they were in Obelisk Blue. And he also got the Duel Academy issued Duel Disk. After about half an hour or so of getting that settled, Davis, who is now wearing his new yellow blazer unbuttoned now showing a shirt with the grey Avengers logo, and the Freshman class got into what appears to be some kind of college lecture class that you would see in a University. In front of them was a large screen and soon enough, a person's face appeared. He was a bald man with a grey beard and looked to be in his late 40's to early 50's and was a coattail blazer like the blue blazers Davis saw, but it was darker red.
"Welcome, Elite Duelists." The bald man greeted. "I'm Chancellor Sheppard, the Headmaster of this school. You all used your skills to open the narrow admission gates." Davis noticed that Jaden was half asleep on this, which he chuckled at before turning his attention back to the Chancellor speaking. "Please have fun studying in hopes of becoming the future King of Games. Now please, get yourselves settled in at your assigned dorms. I hope you find them quite comfortable; depending on how you ranked of course." He finished with a slight chuckle.
After the speech, the students walked out of the school to get to their room assignments. Davis was checking on his Duel Pilot that showed all the personal info that's related to school and whatnot.
"Well, looks like I'll be staying at Ra Yellow." Davis said.
"That would make us neighbors then." He turned to see Bastion walking up to him.
"Hey Bastion, it looks like we will be neighbors." Davis greeted. "So? Ready to head over there then?"
"I suppose." Bastion answered. The two were walking until they saw Jaden and Syrus sitting on a stone decoration of sorts.
"Hey Bastion, you in red too?" Jaden asked.
"Let's see… yellow buttons, yellow sleeves, nope. I don't think so." Bastion answered.
"Same here. We're in the Ra Yellow dorm." Davis added.
"Oh… So that's how it works…" Jaden realized looking at his red blazer.
"Are you saying you just figured that out?" Davis asked incredulously.
"So what? You ever think that maybe I was color blind?" Jaden glared.
"Actually, no we didn't." Bastion said.
"Maybe." Davis guessed.
"Are you color blind?" Syrus asked.
"Nah, but I could've been!" Jaden snickered. "Maybe we'll see you and Davis around the dorms!" Jaden said to Bastion.
"I doubt that…" Bastion said as he pointed his thumb towards the other side of the island. "Your dorms are over there."
"Ya, so see ya later." Davis waved as he and Bastion walked left Jaden and Syrus to themselves.
It didn't take long for Bastion and Davis to find their dorm seeing as it was really… yellow. It can't be explained much clearer than that. Bastion and Davis soon found their rooms which were actually next door. After unlocking his room with the key he got as soon as they got to the island, Davis was met by a nice room whose walls are white with a full sized bed, a dresser, a closet, a good–sized desk with a computer and lamp, and a window with a nice view. It even had a small fridge and stove for cooking. His luggage was all there thanks to staff who dealt with it.
Laura appeared in spirit form. "Hmmmm.. this place ain't so bad." She commented. "Just like home."
"Pikachu!" a voice exclaimed. Davis turned to see yet another spirit appear on the bed. It was a mouse-like creatures that has short, yellow fur with brown markings covering its back and parts of its lightning bolt-shaped tail. It also has black-tipped, pointed ears and red circles on its cheeks. This was Pikachu.
"Hehe. Look's like you're getting used to this place, huh, Pikachu?" He gave him a gentle rub on the head.
"Well, it is all right, but maybe it needs a little touch of us," another spirit said as she and two more appeared. The catgirl with blue hair and white fur was Felecia. Appearing after her were two normal looking girls; A blonde who had some sort of mechanic/adventure themed outfit with an orange top, goggles, a big brown glove on left hand and a small one on her right, and what kind of looks like black shoes and some shin armor on her long socks (Rikku) and a redhead wearing a green dress with a yellow tornado symbol on the chest with candy cane-colored sleeves and leggings (Cyclone, or Maxine Hunkel).
"We might as well make it feel like home." Maxine stated.
"She's right." Rikku agreed.
So with that, Davis set to work; placing his guitar next to his desk, setting up his laptop and iPod, and hanging all of his clothes including extra blazers and pants in case, the one he's wearing got dirty. He did all of that in a few minutes. "Done." Davis said.
"Alright, Davis," Maxine commented.
"We'll see you again later, Davis." Rikku said. After that the spirits went back to rest within their cards when Davis heard knocking on the door. Opening the door, Davis saw Bastion waiting for him.
"All settled in, I take it?" Bastion asked.
"Yep." Davis answered. "So, Bastion, what's up next on our list after settling in?"
"There is the Welcome Dinner for us. And that's not going to be a while until tonight."
"KK. That means a lot of free time for me to check out the whole school. Lots of exploring to do, people to meet, and hopefully duel." He said as he took his Duel Academy issued duel disk out of his backpack.
"Happy hunting then." Bastion grinned.
So for the rest of the morning heading, Davis explored the campus, and he's got to admit, it was pretty impressive. He's been also meeting other people too. Some were friendly, others not so much. He's heard of stuff about lower classmen about discriminated by the upperclassmen, especially when it comes to the Obelisk Blue students. In fact he's heard from Bastion while on the way to Academy Island, about the dorms and how they work.
He's been told that the Obelisk Blue dorm is mostly made up of students who have connections and are rich. Luxurious interior design, high–quality rooming, and finer food are offered as well. As for the Ra Yellow dorm, the one Davis was in, were the ones with the second best qualities. Which would explain why his dorm room was like a regular bedroom you would find in any house. Then there's the Slifer Red dorm, where students are categorized as being the weakest duelists among the dorms, and the room quality is only as good as having an apartment complex. They have very weak decks and poor strategies which cause them to lose most of the time. In some cases students from this dorm have never won a duel at all and drop out. He was a little disgusted by this social discrimination the school has, but he's gonna have to bear with it during his three years here, and during those years, he'll prove to those who are snobs and elitists that social status isn't everything.
Putting that aside right now, Davis continued to explore around the campus. He needed to know the area well, otherwise he'll always get lost.
"Wow. This place never ceases to amaze me." Davis said impressed by the inside of the Academy. He didn't notice four girls walking in the opposite direction. One of them is Alexis, a red head, the third girl having black hair, and the fourth was the Deena look-a-like. He kept on walking until he bumped into the latter, making the latter fall on her butt.
"OW!" She cried.
"Huh?" Davis said before looking down at who he bumped into. It was that same girl from the exams. "Oh, I'm sorry! Didn't see you there!" He quickly apologized.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?!" The red headed girl snapped.
"Yeah, watch where you're going!" The black hair girl added.
"C'mon, guys. It was an accident." Alexis said as she offered her hand to Davis. "You okay?"
"I'm fine, thank you." Davis said looking up at her. He then proceeded to do the same to the Deena Look-a-like. "What about you?"
"Yeah, same here." she said.
At that point, Davis blushed seeing her face. To him, she's the cutest girl he's ever seen. As Davis helped her up to her feet, he attempted to talk to her, but he can't. He opened his mouth, only to close it again when he couldn't seem to find the right words to say. This happened several more times as he really tried to speak to her. The girl in the black hair and Alexis giggled at his actions causing him to stop. 'I can talk to pretty girls back home, yet I can't seem to ask this girl for her name!' he cursed himself mentally.
"Do you want something?" the red head asked seeing as Davis was just staring at the girl.
"Jasmine don't be mean now," Alexis told her friend. The blonde then turned to Kurogasa who still seemed to be struggling to find the words he wanted to say. She gave him a smile and decided it was time to go see the other new freshmen in her dorm. "See you later new guy. Mindy, Jasmine, Rachel, let's go."
As they passed him, Davis found his voice. "Wait!" he called after them. The three girls turned around and looked at him curiously. "I'm Davis Eitoku, what's your name?"
"Rachel Figueroa."
"Rachel, huh? Nice name. Uh… do think you could show me around the island? I'm new here and I don't want to get lost." The girl with black hair, Mindy, giggled while Jasmine rolled her eyes. Alexis and Rachel, on the other hand, just smiled.
"Maybe next time, Davis. We have to go see our new classmates in Obelisk Blue. See you around." The quartet then left Kurogasa alone again and caused him to look after her.
"Rachel." He said to himself, but then sighed. "Man, that was embarrassing."
"Awwww...Davis has a crush." A new voice teased. A spirit appeared next to him. She was a female image of a certain spider-themed hero. This was Spider-Girl, May Parker.
"M–May! You saw that!?" Davis exclaimed.
"Of course I did. I have to say I'm a bit ashamed of you. What happened to all the hard work we had training you to speak to girls?"
"Um… she was so pretty that I forgot all about it?" The red and blue heroine facepalmed.
"Seriously? She looked like Deena from Jersey Shore!" exclaimed another spirit as she appeared. She was an African American woman with mid-length spiky black hair. She wore a formfitting blue shirt that also included a partial hood that covers her cheeks and forehead. Over this, she has brown coveralls, and has a belt with three glowing circles on it, kept in place by black straps on her thighs. Oddly enough, this looked like Iron Man's technology. She also wears black kneepads and has three silver hoop earrings on both of her ears. This was Rocket, Raquel Rhodes. "However, Spidey's right you know."
"Not you too, Raquel!" Davis whined.
"C'mon, you looked stupid Davis!" Raquel giggled. Rocket was a little strict when it comes to women but she's cool. "You kept opening and closing your mouth like a fish!"
"Yeah, I know I looked stupid," Davis grumbled. He along with the two heroines then decided to explore the school.
"This place is soooo cool! So high tech! Are we going to be living here now Davis?"
"Yes Raquel, this is where we are going to live."
"Nice!"
As they explored he took note of the places he went through, that way he'd be sure to remember it. He continued walking around until he noticed something up ahead. He saw a large duel arena and in there, he saw Jaden and Syrus and three male Obelisk Blue students. By the looks of it, the male Obelisks were smack talking to Jaden and Syrus. "That can't be good…" Davis said grimacing his face.
"Better swing them out of there." May said.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Davis said as May and Raquel disappeared. He walked inside the arena, and the Obelisk Blue student wearing glasses saw him.
"Hey, it's that kid with those Avengers cards." The boy with the glasses said recognizing Davis. "Hey Chazz, it's that kid with those cards who did that thing on that proctor!"
"Huh?" Jaden and Syrus asked simultaneously as they turned around and saw Davis coming their way.
"Is it now?" the black haired kid, presumably named Chazz smirked as he turned to see Davis. "Well, it looks like he's a Ra Reject. Better than the Slifer Slackers anyway."
"Obelisk Blue doesn't sound much promising either if people like you three are in it." Davis scolded. "You three are just a bunch of snobs that have more talking skill than dueling."
"What did you say?!" a bulkier Obelisk Blue student growled as Chazz looked like he was about to blow a gasket.
"Ouch!" Jaden laughed. Not even a scathing glare from Chazz seemed to be able to crush his amusement.
"Do you even know who you're talking to?" the glasses kid frowned. "That's Chazz Princeton! He made the top of the class at duelist prep school! People say he's got what it takes to become the next King of Games!"
"Impossible…" Jaden scoffed crossing his arms with a look of indifference on his face.
"What?" Chazz growled at Jaden.
"I said impossible because that's gonna be me!" Jaden grinned pointing his thumb at himself.
"Aren't you a first year, too?" Davis asked Chazz.
"The best there is!"
"Then, you're the same as all of us." Davis shrugged. "I just don't have the money or many connections to have Obelisk Blue handed to me on a silver platter. And if you're the impression of the next King of Games, then why would anyone want the title?"
"You'd better watch your mouth, Ra Reject!" the bulkier Obelisk threatened.
"Or what?" the Avengers duelist asked, "Just because you Obelisks got higher status now, doesn't mean you all could be equal or actually be beneath me or anyone else in an actual duel."
"Then let's prove it right now." Chazz challenged. "One of my guys against you. I still want to show that Slifer Slacker that I'm the best."
"What's going on here?" A voice called. They all turned to see two other Obelisk walking towards them. It was Alexis Rhodes and Rachel Figueroa.
"Who're they?" Syrus wondered.
"Uh… hey Rachel, Alexis." Kurogasa greeted.
"You know this Ra Reject?" Chazz asked in surprise.
"Chazz, you need to stop insulting the other houses." Alexis said.
"You're even making our house look bad." Rachel added.
Chazz scoffed before turning back to Davis. "What do you say Reject? Up for a duel against one of my men?"
"Alright, then. We got time. The Dinners aren't gonna be 'till tonight and I'll let your flunkies do the work." Davis waved off. "Makes no difference to me…"
"Are you sure?" Rachel asked.
"It's okay Rachel, I can take them on." Kurogasa assured her. "So who's game?"
"Me!" the bulkier Obelisk shouted. "The name's Raizou! And I can't wait to show you up for the weaker duelist you are. I'll beat you so bad; they'll demote you to Slifer."
"At least at the end of the day, I'm not you." the Avenger duelist stated, "A duelist who really doesn't need to be in high graces." The bulkier Obelisk and Davis got on the duel arena stage. Davis got his deck and puts on his Duel Academy issue duel disk. He then inserted the deck inside the deck slot and the disk went from standby to active. Both players then drew their starting hand.
"DUEL!"
Raizou: 4000
Davis: 4000
"This is going to be sweet." the glasses wearing Obelisk student snickered.
"That Ra Reject won't know what hit him." Chazz chuckled.
"Seniority goes first!" Raizou stated. "Draw!" The Obelisk thug studied his hand before making a decision. "First off I summon Marauding Captain in ATK mode!" A middle aged man with blond hair appeared on the field. He had a sword in each hand and was wearing steal knight armor on his body. Behind him was a billowing red cape (3/ATK: 1200/DEF: 400) "Next his ability activates. When he is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a level 4 or lower monster from my hand. I choose to summon a second Marauding Captain!" A carbon copy of the knight appeared next to the first one. "Lastly I put a card face down and end my turn. Let's see you get through that Reject!"
"That's not good. He's got Davis in an ATK lockdown." Alexis stated. Rachel nodded in agreement.
"How's that?" Syrus asked.
"Marauding Captain's ability is that Davis cannot target Raizou's Warrior monsters for attacks, except him. But he's got both of the same Monsters on the field. He can't attack neither one."
"It's my turn! Draw!" Davis declared drawing his sixth card. 'Okay, he's got me in an attack lock down, so I can't do much.' Davis thought.
"Davis! Get me on the field!" Yet another spirit cried out from her card.
Davis looked at it and then smirked. 'And of course there's you Cassie. Alright then, I'll get you on the field.'
"Finally!"
"For my first move, I'll summon Stinger in ATK mode!" Kurogasa declared. A blonde girl in a red/black outfit wearing a mask appears. This was Cassie Lang, AKA Stinger (3/ATK: 1500/DEF: 700).
"Cassie, attack the idiot in the blue."
"You can't do that! Unless-Hey!"
"Yeah, that's right! You see once per turn I can halve the ATK of Stinger to attack you directly until the end of my turn. Do it!"
"Got it!" Stinger responded (3/ATK: 1500–750/DEF: 700). Shrinking to about 4 inches and growing wings while doing so, she flew towards Raizou and blasts him with some of her Bio Stings.
Raizou: 3250
Davis: 4000
"Yeah! Davis gets first blood!" Jaden cheered.
"Way to play!" Syrus cheered.
'Wow. He somehow managed to find a way to bypass Raizou's Marauding Captain's abilities.' Rachel thought. 'And it's just with that one monster.'
"I place three cards facedown and end my turn." Davis said as three reversed cards appeared on the field and Cassie's ATK points returned to normal.
Raizou growled before drawing. "Lucky shot! Next time, you won't be so lucky! I activate my Trap Card, DNA Surgery!" The face down card flipped up and showed a picture of a man in a surgeon's clothes along with two other people. "With this on the field I get change all face up Monster's Type into whatever I want. I choose Warrior."
"What's the point in that? My Stinger is a Warrior already." Davis said confused.
"You should wait and watch Reject; you'll see what I mean. Next I summon Summoner Monk in ATK mode!" A priest in dark robes appeared with surrounding him. Suddenly armor appeared on the monster, symbolizing its change from Spellcaster to Warrior type. (4/ATK: 800/DEF: 1600). "Now its effect activates and I change him into DEF position." The monk then sat down into lotus position, going into defense mode. "Next I activate A Forces! For every Spellcaster or Warrior on the field, my Warrior types get an extra 200 ATK point boost each. From what I see, there are four warrior types on the field. So that is an 800 point boost to each of my Monsters."
Marauding Captain: (4/ATK: 1200–2000/DEF: 400) X2
Summoner monk: (4/ATK: 800–1600/DEF: 1600)
"And that's enough for the Marauding Captain's to take out Stinger!" Syrus realized.
"Go Marauding Captain destroy his monster!" One of the warriors lifted up its sword and slashed Cassie across the chest, destroying her into pixels.
Raizou: 3200
Davis: 3500
"Now my other Captain Attacks!" The second captain charged forward and sliced Davis across the chest.
"AGH!"
Raizou: 3200
Davis: 1500
"I activate Damage Condenser!" Davis said revealing one of his traps. "With this Trap, I can Special Summon 1 monster from my Deck with ATK equal to or less than the total Battle Damage you took this turn. So since I took 2500 points, I can summon a Monster with 2500 ATK or less, and I'll choose American Dream!" The shield-wielding American heroine appeared (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 2100)
"And who's that?" Raizou scoffed.
"Shannon, tell him who you are." Davis said.
"I am American Dream, leader of the Avengers!"
"Wow, you have a Duel Spirit too Davis!" Jaden shouted from the sideline.
"Are you sure Jay?" Syrus asked slowly. Just like the proctor, Syrus thought Davis was just throwing his voice and using ventriloquism to speak for his monsters, even changing his voice for the girls, probably.
"Yeah, I mean, are you sure it's not just ventriloquism?" Alexis asked. She also believed Davis was just throwing his voice in as well.
"I'm sure you two." Then Jaden looked at Dream. "Although I have to ask, why is the leader a girl?" Davis was shocked. He knew Shannon gets pissed when men make the mistake to ask that question.
"You got a problem with that?!" Shannon shouted at Jaden.
"Wow! You're right! It is a Duel Spirit!" Syrus realized. "And you got her mad, Jay."
"Davis' not using ventriloquism after all." Rachel added.
"Also, I don't have a Duel spirit. I have Duel Spirits." Davis corrected and then turned to Raizou. "Are you done?"
"I place a facedown end my turn."
"Good, I draw!" After looking at his cards, Davis nodded to himself. "Alright, I play Card of Sanctity! Letting us both draw 'til we six cards in our hand." Both drew until they had six. "Now I'll play the Spell, Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your A. Forces!" A heavy wind blew destroying the card and Raizou's monster's stats dropped.
Marauding Captain: (4/ATK: 2000–1200/DEF: 400) X2
Summoner monk: (4/ATK: 1600–800/DEF: 1600)
"Next I play the Spell, Double Summon allowing me to summon twice this turn! So now I summon Reptil and Felecia ATK mode!"
Felecia (4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1200) appeared along with an Hispanic guy wearing a dark/light green shirt, black pants, and combat boots, the latter was Reptil (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1000)
"Next I set a card face down and activate it," a card appeared face down on the field.
"You can't do that!" Raizou protested. "You just placed it facedown!"
"Unless I activate Bait Doll! With this card, I can select a Set card in the Spell/Trap card zone. If it is a trap, I am forced to activate it. If the timing is wrong, it is destroyed instead. If it's not a trap card at all, it just goes back face down. The card I choose the effect to use Bait Doll on is the card I put face down!" The face down card then flipped face up. "Skill Drain! I pay 1000 Life Points to activate the effect of my trap, but in exchange I get to negate the effects of all effect monsters face up on the field."
Raizou: 3250
Davis: 500
"What?!" Chazz and his groupies shouted in surprise.
"Now Bait Doll goes back into my Deck." Davis said as he did so. "Now get ready for my counter attack. Humberto! Attack his first Marauding Captain!"
"Let's do this, amigo." Reptil, or Humberto Lopez as Davis calls him, said as he charged at the first Marauding Captain, with his hands changing into claws of a Velociraptor, which he used to destroy the monster. Reptil then jumped back and his hands were normal once more.
Raizou: 2750
Davis: 500
"Now Felecia! destroy Summoner Monk!" The catgirl then charged at the Monk while curling into a wheel of fur at a fast pace. Felecia then easily destroyed it with an uppercut and jumped back to Davis' side.
"I got to admit, that was pretty cool," Jaden replied with a smile. "Man, this makes me want to duel Davis even more."
Back on the field Davis wasn't done. "Dream, clear the rest of his field."
"On it," American Dream responded. She then charged at the Captain before stopping to throw her shield towards him. The Marauding Captain exploded as the shield struck him and went back to its owner.
Raizou: 2150
Davis: 500
"I activate my Trap Card, Call of the Haunted!" Raizou shouted as his trap card flipped upward. "As long as this card remains face up on the Field, I can bring back one monster from my Graveyard! I choose Summoner Monk!" The once destroyed monk reappeared on the field.
"Fine, I'll end my turn." Davis finished.
"My draw!" Raizou declared drawing his next card. "I play Pot of Greed to draw cards." Raizou drew two. "Next, I'll sacrifice my Summoner Monk in order to summon The Fiend Megacyber in ATK mode!" The monk disappeared only to be replaced by a yellow armored spiky warrior with robes that goes down its waist. (6/ATK: 2200/DEF: 1200). "Then I play two Cost Downs. I'll discard two cards so I can lower the Monster's level in my hand by 4." Raizou said as he discarded two cards from his hand.
"Why did he do that?" Rachel wondered.
"He probably has a powerful Monster in his hand." Alexis stated.
"Now I play Double Summon letting me summon once more, and I'll summon Sword Hunter due to playing the two Cost Downs I had in my hand. In a show of light and a gladiator, that had several swords on its back appeared (7–5–3/ATK: 2450/DEF: 1700).
"So that's why he played those two Cost Downs." Jaden figured out.
"Now to finish you off! I play the Spell, Lightning Vortex!"
"Oh no!" Jaden cried.
"That'll leave Davis defenseless!" Syrus added.
"You should know what this card does by now, but I'll tell you anyway. I discard one card from my hand, and it'll destroy every one of your Monsters on your side of the Field!" A vortex of lightning appeared and sucked the Avengers in, destroying them in no time.
"That kid's done." Chazz said smugly.
"No way can he get out of this one." The kid with the glasses said.
"Now Fiend Megacyber, Sword Hunter finish this Ra Reject off!" Raizou ordered. The two monsters went straight for Davis, ready to strike at him at a moment's notice.
"DAVIS!" Jaden, Syrus, and Rachel cried.
"Sorry, but this duel is still going on! Activate facedowns! Nutrient Z and Emergency Provisions!" Davis countered revealing the facedowns.
"NO!" Chazz and his groupies yelled.
"That's right!" Davis smirked. "I knew you Obelisks like to do overkills, so I set these cards just in case. "First Nutrient Z gives me 4000 points if I'm about to take 2000 or more points in Damage." A small vile appeared in Davis' hand and he drank the contents before throwing it away. And vomitting them out because it tastes like crap, despite the stuff not being real.
"Eeeeeeeeewwwwwww!" everyone said, being grossed out.
"You try playing that card!" Davis shouted back at them.
Raizou: 2200
Davis: 4500
"And finally, Emergency Provisions allow me to destroy any of my Spell or Traps that I have on the field, and for every one destroyed, I gain 1000 Life Points. I choose to destroy Skill Drain!" The said card then shattered.
Raizou: 2200
Davis: 5500
As soon as that resolved, Sword Hunter and Fiend Megacyber hit Davis making the latter slide back a couple feet.
Raizou: 2200
Davis: 850
"Damn! I thought Raizou had him!" The Obelisk with the glasses growled.
"Doesn't matter, Torimaki. When Raizou's turn comes up, he's finished." Chazz assured him, who is also miffed with that last move.
"Whew… that was close." Jaden sighed in relief.
"Yeah, too close." Syrus added.
"Now he just needs to draw something good to win this duel." Alexis added.
"Yeah" Rachel said in agreement.
"Damn you! Next turn, you're done Ra Reject!" Raizou growled.
"There's not gonna be a next turn." Davis said.
"Why's that?"
"Because…" Davis said as he drew his next card. "THIS IS IT!"
"What?!" Raizou gasped taken off guard by the declaration. Chazz and the Obelisk boy with the glasses cringed at this.
"Uh–oh, you're in trouble now." Jaden snickered.
"I play Card of Demise drawing until I have five cards, but discarding my Hand after my 5th Standby Phase." Davis said as he drew his five cards. "Next I summon Bartman OOO in ATK mode!" The Filipino man appeared and on his waist was a belt with a rectangular box that had three circular slots. He took out the traffic light coins and inserted the coins in the slots. Taking the scanner from the side of his belt and scanned them making three chiming sounds. "Let's Ride!"
HAWK! TIGER! GRASSHOPPER! TATOBA!
TA–TO–BA TATOBA TA–TO–BA!
The silhouetted man became surrounded by spinning colored Medals which accompanied the transformation. Images of the three Medals he was using appeared. Hawk was on the top, Tiger was in the middle, and Grasshopper was at the bottom. The three images then combined into one large crest which flew backwards and into his chest. His body then became enveloped in energy which swiftly hardened into solid armor becoming Bartman OOO (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2000).
"Next I activate the Spell, OOO Roulette!" Davis said next playing a card depicting a array of various different colored crests. "I roll a die, and OOO will gain a new form depending on the roll! Go, dice roll!" He yelled. A huge die came out of the card and dropped to the ground. It rolled, for a few seconds until it landed on a 2. "Nice, it's a 2! With that, I can Special Summon Bartman OOO – RaToraTah Form! And I'll special summon him from my Hand!" Bart took out the red and green coins and replaced them with two new yellow ones. One yellow coin has actually had a gold colored, but nonetheless still yellow, and it had a picture of a lion, and the other new yellow coin, a cheetah. OOO then scanned the medals.
LION! TIGER! CHEETAH! RATORATAH!
RATA RATA… RATORA~TAH!
BGM: Ride on Right Time
Bart became surrounded by spinning colored Medals by the spinning medals again. Images of the three Medals he was using appeared. Lion was on the top, Tiger was in the middle, and Cheetah was at the bottom. The three images then combined into one large crest which flew backwards and into his chest. His body then became enveloped in energy which swiftly hardened into solid armor.
A blinding light burst from OOO's body as the armor formed on his body making everyone cover their eyes. When the light finally faded, it had completely formed. The head piece represented the head of a male lion having a metal mane around his oval face and he had blue lenses. The Tiger arms were the same. The legs were also yellow but it had black spots that resembled a cheetah. The O–Lung Circle crest had a composite crest with a lion on top, tiger in the middle, and cheetah on the bottom (8/ATK: 2300/DEF: 2200).
"Man, that's bright!" Jaden said rubbing his eyes.
"I couldn't see a thing!" Syrus added.
"Sorry about that. But that's how the transformation goes." Davis said. "Now I play this!" He then flipped the card over to show. "Look familiar? It's Lightning Vortex!" Davis said.
"NO!" The Obelisk boys gasped in shock.
"He won!" Rachel gasped. Alexis was surprised as well.
"That's right Rachel, I win. I just gotta discard this card from my hand." Davis said as he did so. A lightning vortex appeared and sucked up Fiend Megacyber and Sword Hunter, destroying them into pixels.
"No way! I lost to a Ra Reject?!" Raizou growled.
"Yep. Bartman OOO, finish him off with Liodias!" Davis commanded. Grabbing the scanner from his side, he swiped it across the Medals and three chiming noises were made.
SCANNING CHARGE!
Yellow rings projected in front of OOO. He then rushed through them towards Raizou. As he was close enough, his entire helmet flashed with the blinding light of Liodias. Raizou was blinded again as he struggled to see and OOO roared, "SEE–YAAAH!" before swinging his Tiger Claws at him.
Raizou: 0
Davis: 850
BGM Ends
The holograms disappeared and the duel disks deactivated. "Hmph. All bark and no bite." Davis scoffed to himself as Jaden and Syrus ran over to him and the former turned to them.
"Way to play, Davis!" Syrus praised.
"Yeah, what he said. The "This Is It" thing is still great as ever!" Jaden grinned.
"Thanks." Davis grinned back and then turned to the three Obelisks with Raizou slowly getting up on his feet. Those three were just mad.
"Don't think that this is over Ra Reject!" Chazz growled. "You're gonna regret messing with us Obelisks."
"Well, I'm always up for a challenge Chuck." Davis smirked. Jaden and Syrus laughed as Chazz and his flunkies stomped out of the arena.
"You know all of us Obelisks aren't that bad," Alexis said as she and Rachel strode up toward the trio.
"Well, some of us, technically." Rachel corrected. Davis turned around and shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know about that. One of your friends seems a bit ditzy, while the other seems to glare at me nonstop. So far you two have been the only one nice to me," Davis replied with a smirk appearing on his lips.
"Mindy and Jasmine will come around," Alexis smiled at them.
"You guys should get going now. It's almost time for the Welcoming Feasts." Rachel told the boys.
"Whoa we get feasts!?" Jaden asked with excitement. "Sy, let's go! See you later Davis! You too Alexis and Rachel!" The brunette ran out of the arena, dragging his blue haired friend behind him. This left Davis who put his hands into his pocket and went towards the opposite the one Alexis and Rachel were going. He then turned around and called out to the latter.
"Rachel!" The blond Deena girl looked over her shoulder at the boy. "So when will I get my tour of the island with you?"
"Maybe tomorrow… if you're lucky." Rachel then left with Alexis, leaving the smiling boy to himself. Looking around to make sure nobody would see him; Davis pumped his fist into the air and jumped for joy.
"Alright, I still got it."
"You still could have made it better," May laughed as she appeared next to the boy. "And also, save your victory dance for when you're alone or with the others at least."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" Davis waved off. "Well, I get going. The feast is about to begin!" And with that, he ran off to his dorm.
Later that evening, all the welcoming dinners were starting. The Obelisk Blue dorms dinner was basically a fancy party, with gourmet food, punch bowls and classical music played by musicians in the background. As for the Slifer Red dorm, all they had was bowl of rice, sardines, some sauces, and a pair of chopsticks. In the Ra yellow dorm, it was better than Slifer Red, but it wasn't as luxurious as the Obelisks, but they still had great food you'd find at restaurants, especially the Coca Colas. Not to mention the Headmaster of Ra Yellow, who he introduced himself as Professor Sartyr, was the one that cooked it. Davis and Bastion were sitting next to each other enjoying the feast they were having. As they were talking, Davis told Bastion about the duel he had against Raizou before the Welcome Dinner.
"My word, you defeated an Obelisk Blue?!" Bastion asked rather shocked.
"It really was no big deal." Davis shrugged as he chugged his Coke. "Obelisks like Chazz, Torimaki, and Raizou are all bark and no bite. And this color business don't mean anything either. It's all because Kaiba wanted people to believe his old Obelisk was the best and that Yugi's Slifer, and Marik's Ra sucked. That's being biased there, don't you think?"
"Good point." Bastion agreed. "Still, you defeated an Obelisk Blue student. That's quite the feat you just did."
"Yeah, and I feel good just doing that. This Welcome Dinner and this drink here are just added bonuses." Davis grinned as he continued to eat and mostly drink.
After the Welcome Dinner, Davis was in his dorm room lying down on the bed resting...and just farted since the food was too good. "Aw man… I'm stuffed. Today turned out to be the best day and it's not even the first day of school yet." Davis sighed all happy patting his stomach before letting another fart, albeit a small one.
"Yeah! And tomorrow is going to be even better!" Reptil, or Humberto, stated as he appeared in the room. "We're going to make more buddies aren't we Davis!"
"We'll see about that, 'Berto."
"Maybe if I'm lucky, I can take good pictures of Davis and his little crush," Rikku, teased as he appeared on the computer chair with her handmade camera. She brought it up and took a picture of the lying down duelist.
"It would be funny to have some pictures for us Avengers to have a laugh about when you get embarrassed." Bartman OOO stated as he appeared. Although he couldn't see his face, Davis knew that Bart was smirking at him. The comment got the desired effect though, he was blushing embarrassedly.
"Shut up! It was just nerves okay?"
"Maybe you can serenade her. Maybe use that guitar of yours." Bart then turned towards the unopened guitar.
"I guess." Davis replied.
"You only got your confidence back when you dueled that Obelisk loser," May stated. "I mean your love life isn't going to go anywhere if you keep doing that around pretty girls."
"Can we not talk about my love life right now? Besides I just met the girl," Davis grumbled. Behind him Reptil and Bart laughed, Rikku chuckled and May sighed.
"Fine," Reptil replied. "Although you may need to get some rest. We have a big day of school tomorrow!"
"Yeah, better get ready for bed." And he was about to go too until…
"Davis, there's some people outside." Rocket said as she appeared.
"Huh?" Davis asked as he looked to the window and saw Jaden and Syrus running towards the Obelisk arena they were at earlier today. "What the? What's Jaden and Syrus doing going to the arena this late? It's past curfew."
"We got to help them again, do we?." Bartman OOO groaned.
"Yep…" Davis sighed as the Avengers disappeared. He then decided to follow them so he could figure out what they're up to. He was about halfway there until…
"You shouldn't be out here this late." A voice called out, making Davis jump before turning around.
"Oh, hey Rachel. What are you doing here?" He said, trying to shake off the shock.
"I should ask you the same thing." She said.
"Hey, I was trying to get Jaden and Syrus to come back from the arena, when you caught me." Davis reasoned.
"Why would Jaden sneak out around here?" She wondered.
"That's what I'm trying to find out."
"Alright, we'll find out together. Let's go." Rachel said as she and Davis ran to get to Jaden and Syrus.
Inside the Arena, Jaden and Syrus made it inside to find Chazz on one side waiting with his two friends.
"Well well well… you showed up after all, Slacker." Chazz greeted.
"Of course. After that challenge you sent to my DP, no way was I gonna miss this!" He told him as he climbed onto the dueling platform. Syrus took to the sidelines as the two duelists went to their respective ends of the platform.
"Now, we see whether you beating Dr. Crowler was a fluke, or a fact." Chazz said.
"Yeah." Jaden replied. "And we're gonna find out something else too; like which one of us is gonna be the next King of Games."
"Yeah yeah, whatever. Just be sure to get your best card ready to hand over after you lose."
"You too, Chazz. Now get your game on!" Both of their duel disks turned on and they each drew their starting hands.
"DUEL!"
Jaden: 4000
Chazz: 4000
"The best go first!" Chazz said drawing his sixth card. "I summon Chthonian Soldier in ATK mode!" A man in dark armor, wielding a large blade appeared on the field (4) (ATK: 1200/DEF: 1400). "I'll then place one card facedown and end my turn."
"Now it's my go!" Jaden drew his card and looked over his hand, "Ok, first off, I'll summon my Elemental Hero Sparkman in ATK Mode!" A strange looking human dressed in a yellow and blue garb with a curved blue helmet appeared (4) (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400). "Alright, Sparkman. Now attack Chthonian Soldier with Static Shockwave!" Jaden ordered. The Sparkman jumped into the air with his arm charged with electrical sparks before sending out an electric shockwave from his hand and hit the dark armored monster dead on, destroying it completely in an explosion.
Chazz: 3600
Jaden: 4000
Chazz growled at first, but smirked as he saw Chthonian's curved blade fly straight at Jaden, hitting him in the stomach. In pain, Jaden fell to one knee, holding his gut.
"Whenever Chthonian Soldier is destroyed, you take the same amount of Damage to your Life Points as I did!"
Chazz: 3600
Jaden: 3600
"Okay, that was just a minor setback." Jaden grunted getting back up. "I'll place a facedown and call it a turn." Jaden said placing a reverse card on the field.
"Oh man, Jaden walked right into that one." Syrus said in a nervous tone when he heard someone chuckle. He turned to see Davis and Rachel walk into the stadium.
"You worry too much Sy." Davis said.
"Davis? Rachel?" Syrus said when they walked up to him.
"I thought we'd find you here." Rachel said with her arms crossed. "Looks like Jaden is holding his own against Chazz."
"He is, but Chazz's facedown worries me." Davis said while he stared at Chazz's lone facedown. "He's waiting for something."
"Minor?" Chazz scoffed and started his turn. "After this turn, you're gonna have a major setback! I play the Trap Card Call of the Haunted in order to bring back Chthonian Soldier!" The dark knight reappeared on the field with a large battle cry. "Next I play my Reborn Zombie in DEF mode!" A decaying zombie appeared on the field with tattered clothing. (4) (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1600).
"Alright! Time to go bigger!" Jaden drew his next card and smiled. "And I have just the card to do it!"
"Bring it on slacker!"
"It is brought! I activate Polymerization, fusing Avian and Burstinatrix from my hand in order to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" Everyone watched as Avian and Burstinatrix jumped into the fusion portal as Jaden's ace monster appeared on the field (6) (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200). "See? Told ya I'd go bigger."
"You know, I was hoping you'd do that." Chazz smirked.
"Why's that?"
"Because that card I put facedown was a Trap that you set off!" Chazz said as his facedown card flipped up. "I play the trap card Chthonian Polymer!"
"What does it do?" Jaden asked.
"I sacrifice my Reborn Zombie in order to take control of your Wingman!" Reborn Zombie was engulfed by dark flames as it surrounded Flame Wingman, pulling him over to Chazz's field, giving him a darker look.
"Not my Wingman." Jaden groaned while he was staring down his best monster.
"That's not good!" Syrus worried.
"Yeah, now Jaden's gonna have to go up against Flame Wingman's super power when he attacks." Davis grimaced.
"You know Slacker, you're so predictable. You wouldn't shut up about that Wingman during the exams so I knew you were going to summon him sooner or later."
"Well, since that Wingman was a Special Summon, I can summon another monster during my turn." Jaden looked at his hand and thought, 'Problem is, none of my monsters even come close to Flame Wingman's ATK points.'
'Go ahead Slacker, play a monster.' Chazz thought. 'I haven't forgotten about your Monster's ability.'
Jaden made his decision. "Alright, I play Elemental Hero Clayman in DEF Mode and switch Sparkman to DEF." A large bulky warrior made of clay appeared on the field while Sparkman kneeled down (4) (ATK: 800/DEF: 2000). "There, all done."
"That's your move?" Chazz drew his next card and smirked. "I'll show you what a real move is! I play the Spell Card, Mystical Space Typhoon and destroy your facedown!" A green typhoon destroyed Jaden's facedown card which revealed itself to be Mirror Force.
"Not my Mirror Force too." Jaden whined.
"Now Flame Wingman, attack his Clayman with Skydive Scorcher!" Flame Wingman enveloped himself in orange flames and rammed himself into Clayman, destroying him with little effort. "Let's not forget his ability, since he destroyed a Monster, you take damage equal to the destroyed Monster's ATK points!"
Flame Wingman appeared in front of Jaden and used his dragon arm to send a fire stream at Jaden who fell to his knees.
Chazz: 3600
Jaden: 2400
"I'll set one card facedown and end my turn." Chazz said while a reverse card appeared on the field. Chazz then heard some muffled sounds coming from Jaden. Chazz smirk grew wider. "Aw, what's wrong? You gonna cry?" Chazz got his answer when the 'crying' turned into full blown laughter which threw everyone threw a loop including Chazz. Jaden stood up with a huge grin on his face.
"This is awesome!"
"What?!" Chazz stared at Jaden thinking that the Slacker had just gone insane.
"This is exactly what I came for." Jaden rubbed his nose. "I mean come on; the trash talking, the action, it's incredible!"
"You're insane." Chazz said flatly.
"That's a compliment to me." Jaden drew his next card. "I switch Sparkman into ATK Mode and place one card facedown and end my turn." One reverse card appeared on the field while Sparkman stood upright.
"You truly are insane Slacker." Chazz drew his next card. "I summon another Chthonian Solider in ATK Mode!" Another shadow knight appeared with its curved blade ready. "Now Flame Wingman, attack his Sparkman now!"
"Not so fast there Chazz, I have a Trap!" Jaden revealed his face down which made Chazz's eyes widen.
"M–Mirror Gate!"
"Aw yeah!" Syrus cheered.
"Jaden's still in this!" Rachel smiled.
"Sure is. Mirror Gate's ability allows Jaden to switch one of his Elemental Heroes with the attacking Monster. In this case, Flame Wingman and Sparkman!" Davis grinned.
"That's right! Now Sparkman and Wingman switch sides!" Sparkman and Flame Wingman switched duel fields as they clashed in the middle with Wingman overpowering Sparkman, causing a huge explosion.
"NOO!" Chazz screamed as his plan fell apart.
Chazz: 3100
Jaden: 2400
"And just like you said a while ago, let's not forget about my Wingman's ability! You take damage equal to Sparkman's ATK points!" Jaden told Chazz as the residual electricity from Sparkman attacked Chazz, causing him to scream again.
Chazz: 1500
Jaden: 2400
"Yeah! He's in the lead!" Syrus cheered even more.
"He just might win this." Rachel added.
"Pure luck!" Chazz started his turn and revealed his facedown. "I play the trap card Chthonian Blast; now since you destroyed one of my Monsters, I can destroy one of your Monsters, and you take Damage equal to half of the destroyed Monster's ATK points!" Dark mist swirled around Flame Wingman and swallowed him whole.
Chazz: 1500
Jaden: 1350
"Now Chthonian Solider, attack his life points directly! Windstorm Slash!" The shadow knight slashed Jaden, making him step back.
Chazz: 1500
Jaden: 150
"Oh man… now he's back in the gutter…" Syrus groaned.
"Now I sacrifice my Chthonian Solider and summon Mefist the Infernal General!" Chthonian Solider disappeared in a black mist as a heavily armored knight with a giant axe appeared on the field on a black horse (5) (ATK: 1800/DEF: 1700).
"Not bad…"
"Not bad?" Chazz smirked. "You're something else ya know that Slacker, acting all confident. But your monsters won't save you now!"
'I know he's wrong… because I know that my monsters and I have a bond.' He drew his next card and smiled slightly. 'Speaking of…'
Just then… Cassie, in her small form, showed up.
"What's wrong?" Davis asked quietly.
"We got company." Cassie said before disappearing.
Rachel turned her head to the entrance of the arena, a nervous look on her face. Her eyes went wide and she snapped her head back to the two dueling students, "Guys! It's Campus Security! If we get caught here, we're all gonna get seriously busted!"
"What?!" Syrus yelped.
Jaden looked at her, "What? Why? I mean, we're all students here, so why should we worry?" he asked her.
Just then, Alexis appeared, having been following Rachel and Davis and watching the Duel the whole time "The Rules of Duel Academy say that there is no off–hour dueling in any arena! Chazz knows that!" She looked at the other the boy in question whose face was red. "But lemme guess…he didn't tell you?"
"Must be a backup plan of some sort. In case he lost, he would've been happy with Campus Security catching him." Rachel figured.
"C'mon Chazz, let's go!" Torimaki said.
"Fine…" Chazz snorted then turned away.
"Hey wait a minute, this duel isn't over!" Jaden protested.
Chazz hopped off the platform and started walking away with Torimaki and Raizou, "Yeah it is, Slacker. I saw what I needed to see. You're a sorry duelist and you beating Crowler was a fluke…"
"But…"
"Jay! C'mon!" Syrus urged.
"Yeah man, we gotta bail." Davis added.
"I'm not moving from this spot until I finish my turn!" Jaden defied staying put.
"We don't have time for this!" Davis said as he grabbed Jaden and carried under his arm as Alexis lead them out of the arena.
After some time, Alexis and the others made it outside of the main building. She looked to see Jaden who was being let down by Davis with Syrus and Rachel right behind them.
"You sure are stubborn aren't you?" She asked Jaden.
"Only about my dueling." Jaden scowled.
"Anyway, thanks for showing us the back way out, Alexis." Davis sighed.
"No problem. I'm just sorry that you didn't get to finish your duel with Chazz, Jaden."
"It's ok. I just picture on how it would've ended anyway…"
Alexis raised an eyebrow at this. "Oh? From my point of view, it could have gone either way."
"Pfft, no way! Not after I drew this." Jaden lifted up the card he had drawn before they bailed out of the area. It was the Monster Reborn spell card. Alexis looked at it, surprised.
"You lucky son of a bitch." Davis chuckled.
"You know it! Catch ya later!" Jaden said and Syrus ran back to their dorm leaving Davis, Rachel and Alexis alone.
"I got to go, too. Come back once you're done talking to him, Rachel." Alexis teased, knowing something that Davis might have an idea on what she's talking about. As Alexis left, there were only two.
"So…" Rachel started to speak.
"So… uh… do you want me to walk you back to your dorm?" Davis asked. She giggled and he blushed a bit. "I mean… it's not that far away but I wouldn't want you to get hurt and all." This caused her to giggle again.
"Thanks, but I can handle myself."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. I'll see you around." With that, Davis was left alone in front of the main building. His shoulders slumped and he shook his head.
"Ouch, rejected," Bartman OOO sighed.
"It's okay. I still have these three years to try right?"
"Yeah, sure, whatevs." Bart said. With that, Davis walked back to his dorm, singing to the song of "Magic" by B.O.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo.
