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Also, I apologize for the last chapter I forgot to mention that I will be using some cards beyond GX. No Synchros or Xyzs, maybe some future Fusions but none of the other extra deck summoning methods.
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A Closed Fist to an Open Palm
Chapter 3: A Rival Born out of Another's Fury
It was a new day for the Pair of Obelisk students; Jasmine and Mindy. After Jasmine's duel against Zenn, the Red-head had to explain to her best friend what happened after Mindy vehemently accused Jasmine of bullying. Today, all Jasmine wants to do now is to attend class in peace.
Mindy had other plans.
"So, you and that Slifer Boy made a promise to each other after he dueled you?" Mindy whispered, poking her head out of her book, prying some answers off of her best friend as Jasmine jotted down notes.
"Yeah we did, I promised never to quit dueling, and he promised to stop acting like a dork and be himself in return," Jasmine whispered back in an angry tone, annoyed by Mindy's prodding.
"That's him, right?" Mindy asked, pointing at the Slifer Red student section in the classroom.
Jasmine glance to see Zenn sitting, studying like the rest of his class. He sat cross-legged on top of the desk, writing his notes with an old scroll and thick ink brush. While sitting on top of a table and writing with an ink brush wasn't extremely odd; carrying a clean-cut wooden log over his back like a burdening backpack made him a weird sight to behold.
Zenn would nonchalantly flick his long blonde hair away from his eyes, seemingly unperturbed by the heavy wooden weight that rested on his shoulders.
"Yeah...That's him, see? Total. Dork." Jasmine tiredly answered, facepalming from Zenn's lack of awareness as his log weight blocked the view of several students sitting above him, entirely unaware of the irritated Slifer Red students. They already had failing grades, the last thing they need right now is a log blocking their view from whatever equations they need to copy.
"Then why do you even want to hang out with him if he's so weird?" Mindy then asked, not understanding why her friend would want to hang out with someone who acts so strange.
"...Because he's the Total Dork, who made me realize that I'm better than I think I am." Jasmine admitted as she hugged herself, avoiding Mindy's eyes as she murmured in an embarrassed whisper.
Her cheeks turned pink as she recounted yesterday's events in her mind; from almost quitting dueling forever to being saved by a Slifer Red who hid his true self behind a wall of bizarre quotes and sayings. Jasmine wanted to know the true Zenn, the Zenn who reached out for her in her darkest hour. If it means breaking through a facade of sullenness and discipline, then so be it.
"He's a cute dork at least!" Mindy suddenly chirped, lightly giggling to herself as she garnered Jasmine's attention.
"Don't tell me you already have a crush on him Mindy..." Jasmine sighed, not understanding Mindy's boy-crazy attitude. Mindy placed a finger on her chin, pretending to contemplate before she shrugged.
"I don't know...Do you?" Mindy suddenly asked coyly, resting her head on her hand. Jasmine's face flushed red from such a direct question.
"N-No! Of course not! He's a total dork! TOTAL DORK!" Jasmine denied vehemently, folding her arms and putting her nose up.
"I don't know Jazz...I think he's kind of cute! Nice long blonde hair and he's like, the only Slifer that has muscle. Seriously Jazz, check out those arms!" Mindy gushed, attempting to bait Jasmine into gawking at the Slifer Red. Jasmine tried not to stare only for her curiosity to get the better of her; taking a good long look at Zenn's arms as Mindy muffled her giggling, content in playing Jasmine like a fiddle.
Zenn's arms were muscular and well-toned; smooth like sculpted marble, steady like than sharpened steel. Jasmine blushed as she started to imagine Zenn scooping her off the ground like a bride and carrying her to a beautiful horizon, like the ending of a sappy fairytale.
"Made you look!" Mindy giggled before winking, shattering Jasmine's fantasy. Jasmine's face turned beet red, scrunching up into an embarrassed scowl as she realized that she got tricked into ogling at someone.
"You...YOU!" Jasmine began to huff, fuming like a volcano; ready to explode on her smug friend.
"Jasmine Makurada, since you so rudely interrupted the class with your shouting, I like for you to answer this question!" Dr. Crowler; the teacher of today's class, asked suddenly.
"Oh! Uh, what's the question, professor?" Jasmine replied, abruptly standing up from her seat.
"Who has red-hair, is part of the most prestigious dorm in Duel Academy and is about to be the first Obelisk Blue in history to receive detention if she doesn't focus?" Professor Crowler rhetorically asked.
"Uh..."
"ITS YOU! Now stop gawking at one of your classmates! I don't teach dating classes, you know!" Crowler shouted at Jasmine. The girl yelped in surprise before she began to nod profusely in an apology.
"Yes, P-Professor! Sorry!" Jasmine repeated before sinking back into her seat.
"Kids these days, all about romance and never about Duel Monsters, you should be like me, students! I haven't had a date in years, and I became a professor in the most prestigious academy in the world!" Crowler cackled.
"You haven't had a date in years because of how you look Teach, not because of duel monsters!" Jaden Yuki remarked innocently.
"WHAT?! How dare you Jaden Yuki! Such an insult is worth detention! You Slifer Troublemaker!" Dr. Crowler seethed, the whole class erupted in laughter from Jaden's remark, all except for Jasmine, who sulked in her seat.
"You can't punish me with Detention Teach; I didn't do anything! I'm just stating the facts!" Jaden quipped, laughing at his remark.
"I swear! I will send all of you to detention if you don't stop laughing right now!" Crowler shouted, trying to get the class to behave themselves. The crowd only erupted in more laughter, not at all intimidated by Crowler's empty threats.
"Can't believe Jaden, I almost get detention, yet he doesn't get anything for insulting Crowler right in front of his face. So. Freaking. Unfair." Jasmine grumbled under her breath, lamenting her frustrations as she continued to sulk.
As the laughter began to die down, Jasmine saw Zenn, resentfully glaring at Jaden.
"And that's the game!" Jaden declared as he gave a wink to his defeated opponent. Jaden and his best friend: Syrus Truesdale dueled within the arena of Duel Academy. Syrus was helping Jaden with some tune-up duels in preparation for his upcoming duel against Bastion Misawa.
"Good job, Jay! With me helping you practice, dueling Bastion will be a cakewalk!" Syrus exclaimed, happy to help his best friend prepare.
"Eh, I don't know Syrus, Bastion is pretty good...But then again, he's not as good as me!" Jaden claimed with a cocky smile.
"Don't get so full of yourself Jaden, you may be good, but Bastion's a genius at duel monsters!" Chumley doubted.
"Ah don't worry Chumley, Bastion may be smart, but dueling takes guts! And I got plenty of it!" Jaden replied as he pointed a thumb to himself, cockily laughing.
"Is that so?" Jaden heard, he turned and smiled as he welcomed a glaring Zenn Goto with his usual peppiness.
"Woah! You're that guy who brought a log to class! I guess you needed a new pencil!" Jaden remarked as he laughed once again. Zenn only growled in response, clearly not trying to hide his contempt.
"Uh, Jaden...I don't think this guy likes you..." Syrus pointed out in a mumble, already feeling the animosity the new guy gave out.
"What do you mean? Everyone likes me! Well except for Chazz, but he left Duel Academy so yeah! Everyone likes me!" Jaden sarcastically exclaimed. Finally, the boy muted his laugh to talk with the quiet Zenn.
"So anyway, my name is Jaden Yuki! It's great to meetcha!" Jaden introduced himself as he stuck a fist for Zenn to bump.
Zenn silently stared at the fist before swatting it away. "Hey!" Jaden yelped in surprise. "What's your problem?!"
"If you mettle with Someone's dream, be prepared to face a nightmare." Zenn recited, with a single pull of his sash, the wooden log loosened out of its bindings, falling to the ground in a loud bang that echoed throughout the entire arena.
"You hurt someone I now hold dear to my heart. You planted seeds of doubt that almost made someone fall into the dark below, and that is unforgivable. Jaden Yuki. I demand a duel." Zenn declared, his voice sounding chillingly cold in his long-winded prose, his voice lacking his usual harmonious and calming tones.
"Well, jeez, that's quite a mouthful dude. But if its a duel you want, it's a duel you'll get! Let's go!" Jaden cheerfully agreed to the duel, apparently not noticing Zenn's sneering contempt.
"Jay...This guy is weird. You shouldn't duel him; you should focus on figuring out Bastion instead!" Syrus said, trying to pull his friend out of a bad situation.
"Yeah, he's giving me the creeps already dude, like bad enough creeps that I don't even want to eat today!" Chumley added, somewhat bewildered by Zenn's seriousness.
"Aw don't worry Guys! I'll let him have his fun, and then I'll finish it like I usually do!" Jaden innocently announced. The boy readied his duel disk, seemingly already prepared to duel.
"Hmph, you sprint through mud..." Zenn paused, his duel disk activating. "I will smile as you struggle!" Zenn recited venomously, striking a closed fist to an open palm as he stared his opponent down.
"Whatever dude, its time to get your game on!"
"Get your game on!" Jasmine heard from inside of the dueling arena as she and Mindy were walking out of class.
"Jazz. Please calm down..." Mindy instinctively asked, already knowing that her red-headed friend was already grinding her teeth from the mere voice of Jaden Yuki.
"That Slifer, I swear; if he says that dumb catchphrase ONE MORE TIME!" Jasmine growled.
"Let's just go back to the dorm, take a nice nap, and forget about him for a while, okay?" Mindy suggested, trying in vain to calm her best friend down.
"You're...Right Mindy, besides, Me and Zenn are going to hang out later. I don't want to scare him off by being upset when I meet up with him y'know?" Jasmine agreed after a long pause, her frustration surprisingly fading away. Mindy smiled before clapping her hands together.
"That's the spirit Jazz! I knew you could do it!" Mindy cheered, throwing a fist up in the air. The two Obelisk Blue students began to walk away from the entrance-way.
"I will beat you, Jaden Yuki!" Jasmine stopped herself. The voice was all too familiar; it was Zenn.
"Zenn is dueling Jaden..." The Red-head realized.
"I have to watch this duel, Mindy! Now he'll know what it feels like to duel someone as annoying as JADEN!" Jasmine declared. Mindy desperately tried to object only to be dragged into the duel arena by a sprinting Jasmine.
"And maybe...Maybe, I can see Jaden get crushed!" Jasmine added, excited at the thought of Jaden Yuki groveling in an embarrassing defeat.
"WHY ARE YOU SO OBSESSED WITH JADEN!?" Mindy shouted hysterically, failing to free herself from Jasmine's iron grip.
The two Obelisk Girls entered into the arena seatings in a rush, there, sitting by Ra Yellow student Bastion Misawa, Slifer students Chumley Huffington and Syrus Truesdale, was Alexis Rhodes; queen of the Obelisk Blue Girls Dorm. Noticing her two friends, Alexis turned to them, smiling in greetings.
"Hey Jazz, hey Mindy, here to watch Jaden duel?" Alexis asked politely.
"Jazz wants to see Jaden Lose..." Mindy indifferently answered before Jasmine could, not caring about the duel as she glumly took a seat.
"Hey! That's not true! I came to watch my friend Zenn duel!" Jasmine retorted Alexis, cocked her head, perplexed from how her two friends were acting.
"Zenn, so that's the name of Jaden's opponent, he seems to be quite direct." Bastion said to himself, watching the duel intently.
"He's a total weirdo...Like Dimitri or Damon!" Syrus quipped somewhat sarcastically; the boy would be quickly clobbered on the back of the head by a glaring Jasmine.
"Jazz!" Mindy scolded, appalled at her Friend.
"Says the bush-haired midget!" Jasmine barked back angrily. "Zenn isn't like those two weirdos okay?! Don't you forget it, Syrus!" Jasmine warned before folding her arms. Syrus tried to stand up for himself. "It's not my fault that this school doesn't have normal people attending!"
"Can all of you stop behaving like children? I need to watch this duel." Bastion hushed the bickering teens as the duel got underway.
"DUEL!"
Jaden's LP: 4000
Zenn's LP:4000
"Get your game on dude! I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode!" The clay giant appeared in a defending stance, guarding its body with its arms.
Elemental Hero Clayman
Level 4, EARTH, Warrior, ATK: 800, DEF: 2000
"I end my turn by throwing down two face-downs, your move guy!" Jaden ended his turn, Zenn scoffed as he drew a card.
"A simple defense is a flimsy one, I will start my turn by-" Zenn paused as he noticed that Jasmine was spectating him, along with her friend Mindy.
'...I will not let you down, Jasmine. I will teach this boy a lesson and bring closure to your ailing heart.' Zenn promised, steeling his resolve to defeat Jaden Yuki for her sake.
"I will start! By Discarding Skull Conductor from my hand!" Zenn flashed the Ghoulish Conductor before slotting it to the graveyard.
"And I thought you were feeling tired after having to carry that log around, thank Ra that wasn't the case!" Jaden remarked, Zenn only glared in response as he continued with his turn.
"By discarding Skull Conductor, I can Special Summon two Zombie-type monsters from my hand who's combined are equal to Skull Conductor's 2000 attack! I Special Summon! Burning Skull Heads! Both of them in defense mode!" A pair of flaming skulls flew to the battlefield in wailing cackles, orchestrated by the fading spirit of Skull Conductor.
Burning Skull Head
Level 3, FIRE, Zombie, ATK: 1000, DEF: 800
"That's a pretty cool move, dude!" Jaden commended with a big smile, impressed by Zenn's first move.
"Your compliments flow like oil; slippery yet empty! It is only fair that I will burn them up with my Yokai's flame! I will activate both of my Burning Skull Head's effects! Whenever they're Special Summoned from my hand, they inflict 1000 points of damage!" The Burning Skull Heads opened up their mouths, cackling out buffets of sparks that grazed Jaden.
Jaden's LP: 2000
"Jaden's already at half health, and it's only been Zenn's first turn!" Syrus exclaimed.
"Seems like this Zenn is using a burn strategy, he needs to look out for Jaden's Emergency Provisions if he wants to win." Bastion warned the Martial Artist Duelist.
"I am not done yet! I will tribute both of them tribute summon!" Zenn announced, throwing his hand up in the air.
The two Burning Skull Heads burned themselves out, leaving nothing but figments of ash behind. The blackened dust began to clump together like a gathering swarm of insects, forming an onyx statue shaped of that of a horned demon.
"The great Yokai! Red Oni!" Zenn slammed his fists together as the statue's black exterior exploded into pieces, awakening the hulking red monster that rested within.
A harrowing howl bellowed out the Red Ogre's fanged maw as it raised its spiked club to the sky, in a brutish call for battle.
Red Ogre
Level 8
EARTH, Zombie
ATK: 2800, DEF: 2100
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can send any number of cards from your hand to the Graveyard, then target the same number of cards on the field; return those targets to the hand.
"I activate Red Ogre's effect! I will send the rest of my hand to the graveyard to send your Clayman and one of your face-downs back to your hand! Spirit-breaking Howl!" Red Ogre's fanged maw opened up as Zenn offered the last two cards in his hand as a tribute. The pair of cards disappeared from Zenn's hands, transforming into souls that Red Ogre devoured; empowering the Yokai as its beads began to glow.
The Ogre let out a low brooding growl before bellowing out an ear-pitching scream, scaring away Jaden's field back to his hand.
"Oh no, this isn't good..." Jaden murmured as his confidence started to waver.
"This totally isn't lishus!" Chumley exclaimed, his mouth agape from how sour the duel was turning. "Whatever Chumley is saying; he is correct, this is looking quite dire for Jaden." Bastion added.
"Good, the dumb dork deserve-" Jasmine's mouth would be quickly covered by Mindy's hand, muffling whatever insult she had in stored for Jaden. "That's enough out of you, Salty Jasmine!" Mindy scolded, wagging a finger at a glaring Jasmine.
"C' mon Jaden, you got this!" Alexis encouraged the struggling Slifer Red student.
"Time to snuff out your flame before it's even lit! Red Ogre! Attack Jaden directly with Sin-Breaker!" The Red Yokai lifted its club over its head before swinging it down on Zenn's opponent.
"Good thing you didn't put this trap card back to my hand! I activate A Hero Emerges!" Jaden shouted as he revealed the trap card.
"With A Hero Emerges, you have to pick a card in my hand, and if its a monster, I can Special Summon it to defend me!" Jaden explained as a red globe protected himself from Red Ogre's attack
"Hmph, I will select the middle card in your hand then," Zenn answered, already picking his choice. Jaden smile grew wider as he slammed the card onto his duel disk.
"Guess who's coming back after you tried to put him away! Go! Elemental Hero Clayman!" The clay warrior appeared once again; it's fixed in a guarding stance. Red Ogre's would change its target to Clayman, slamming down its metal club and smashing the clay warrior into pieces.
"I knew Jaden could pull through..." Alexis whispered, satisfied in seeing her friend pull through against the impossible.
"I end my turn, your move." Zenn finished, taking a deep breath before ending his turn.
"Alright! Here I go! Draw!"
"I activate the spell card! Pot of Greed! This allows me to draw two cards from my deck!" Jaden announced, swiping away two cards from the top of his deck as green grinning pot.
"Oh yeah! It times to get serious! I use Polymerization! Fusing Elemental Hero Avian! Sparkman! And Bubbleman to create..." Jaden took a long pause as his friends witnessed the three monsters fusing into an orange and blue vortex.
"Elemental Hero Tempest!" Jaden announced, throwing his hand up in the sky as the monster flew down from a surge of light.
Elemental Hero Tempest
Level 8
WIND, Warrior
ATK: 2800, DEF: 2800
"Elemental HERO Avian" + "Elemental HERO Sparkman" + "Elemental HERO Bubbleman"
Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. You can send 1 other card you control to the Graveyard to target 1 monster you control; while this card is face-up on the field, that monster cannot be destroyed by battle.
"Time to use its special ability! I can send my Elemental Hero Necroshade to make my Elemental Hero Tempest indestructible!" A golden sheen gilded the Elemental Hero, protecting the monster from destruction.
"This means that Jaden can beat Zenn's monster without having his monster destroyed!" Syrus explained.
"Now that's lishus!" Chumley added confidently.
"Go Elemental Hero Tempest! Destroy Zenn's, Red Ogre!" Jaden ordered. The two monsters charged at each other, their fists colliding into each other in a power struggle. Despite the equal power in the two combatants, Red Ogre was the one that shattered into pieces, leaving Tempest the victor.
"I then activate the quick-play spell! De-Fusion! I send Tempest to my graveyard to bring back my friends! Bubbleman! Sparkman! and Avian!" The three heroes returned, parting out of the fusion monster as spirits before appearing on the duel field.
Elemental Hero Avian
Level 4, WIND, Warrior, ATK: 1000, DEF: 1000
Elemental Hero Bubbleman
Level 4, WATER, Warrior, ATK: 800, DEF: 1200
Elemental Hero Sparkman
Level 4, LIGHT, Warrior, ATK: 1600, DEF: 1400
"How, vexing..." Zenn said under his breath, displeased.
"I just wanted to one-up you, that's all! Heroes! Attack Zenn directly!" Zenn braced for the three attacks that came rushing towards him. He would not flinch or shudder, his composure steady as stone as his glare lowered.
Zenn's LP: 600
"Well Done." Zenn complimented, still glaring him down. "Thanks! I end my turn by throwing down a face-down!" Jaden retorted as a new set card entered the field.
"Draw." Zenn drew a card from his deck, seemingly unfazed by the loss of his monster and his lifepoints by Jaden's fantastic play.
"He has no monsters on the field, while Jaden has three and a hand full of options. I do believe it's over." Bastion concluded, shrugging indifferently, not expecting anything less from Jaden Yuki.
"I activate a draw spell of my own! Pot of Extravangance!" Jaden's friends gasped as they saw a double-sided pot of greed, one side gold and gleaming, one side green and dirty appeared on the field.
"I will remove from play six random monsters from my extra deck to draw two cards!" Zenn scraped out six random cards from his extra deck before callously dumping them on the floor.
"Dude, you shouldn't treat your cards like that..." Jaden pointed out, Zenn scoffed back. "I'm not a Fusion user." He replied, seemingly indifferent.
"That doesn't mean you shouldn't trash them like that. All cards can be useful if you put your mind to it." Jaden retorted severely. Zenn paused.
"...It seems like we will both learn something in this duel." Zenn soothed, unexpectedly bowing to Jaden.
"Uh...Yeah dude, can you tone it down a bit?" Jaden asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"I set one card face-down, and normal summon Pyramid Turtle in defense position. Your move." The Pyramid Turtle withdrew into its Egyptian stone shell, hunkering down to defend itself from attacks.
Pyramid Turtle
Level 4, EARTH, Zombie, ATK: 1200, DEF: 1400
"It's time to throw down! I draw!" Jaden started his turn. "Sorry Zenn, but it looks like this is the end of the duel! I use the equip spell! Spark Blaster! Equipping it to my Sparkman, I can change your Pyramid Turtle to attack mode!" Pyramid Turtle would be electrified by Sparkman's newly-acquired weapon, forcing the monster to peek out of its stone shell.
"I attack your Pyramid Turtle with Elemental Hero Sparkman!" Sparkman charged up a lightning bolt within its palms before flinging it at the defending monster, electrifying Pyramid and destroying it.
Zenn's LP: 200
"I activate Pyramid's effect once it's destroyed by battle, I can special summon a Zombie-type monster that has 2000 or fewer defense points from my deck! Come forth!" Like shifting sand, the shattered pieces of Zenn's monster swirled and twisted, forming a monster from its sandy remains.
"Skull Flame! The Master of the Burning Skulls!" Zenn called out. The sand ignited into sparks, creating a firework-like spectacle that the Fire Lord regally walked out of, its wild cape of fire blazing proudly.
Skull Flame
Level 8, FIRE, Zombie, ATK: 2600, DEF: 2000
Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 "Burning Skull Head" from your hand. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect. You can add 1 "Burning Skull Head" from your Graveyard to your hand instead of conducting your normal draw during your Draw Phase.
"It looks like I can't attack anymore, oh well! I don't like the sight of that Zombie, so I'm going to use Spark Blaster's effect on Sparkman himself! Saving me from taking any damage!" Sparkman would glance at its owner, bewildered by his request but ultimately obeying; reluctantly shocking itself with its weapon before it painfully shifted into a guarding stance.
"My turn. Draw. I will attack your Sparkman with Skull Flame!" Zenn ordered. Jaden frowned as he witnessed his monster being burnt to a crisp by Skull Flame's attack.
"I end my turn with another set card, your move." Zenn finished his simple turn.
"I Draw!" Jaden announced, swiping a card from the top of his deck. Jaden confidently grinned at the newly drawn card, satisfied with his streak of luck.
"I use the spell card! Fusion Recovery! I can grab back my Sparkman and a polymerization from my graveyard!"
"Go! Polymerization! I fuse Bubbleman and Avian to fusion summon!" Jaden threw his hand out as his monsters turned into two swirling orbs, fusing together like a great vortex.
"Elemental Hero! Mariner!" The Anchor-wielding Fusion Monster appeared on the field, readying its chain anchor weapon to fire upon its owner's opponent.
"Just what I need! I retaliate with a trap card of my own! Go! Enma's Judgement!" A red devil with a long black beard sitting upon a judge's podium rose from a mass of purplish fog.
"What kind of card is that?!" Jaden exclaimed, his jaw slacked from the sight of the undead judge.
Enma's Judgment
Normal Trap
When your opponent Special Summons a monster(s): Destroy that monster(s), then you can banish 5 Zombie monsters from your GY, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Level 7 or higher Zombie monster from your hand or Deck.
"Once you Fusion Summon a monster. I can destroy it! Face your crimes and weep!" The Undead Judge slammed a gavel down, opening up a fiery pit that Mariner dropped into.
"And once Enma's Judgement destroys Mariner, I can remove from play five of my Zombie monsters from my graveyard to Special Summon!" Zenn lifted his leg high up in the air before bringing his heel down to the ground.
"Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon!" Flying out of the bottomless pit came the decaying Red-Eyes Dragon in stacks of blue smoke, buffeting out miasma throughout the whole arena with its wilting wings.
Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon
Level 7, DARK, Zombie, ATK: 2400, DEF: 2000
You can Tribute Summon this card in face-up Attack Position by Tributing 1 Zombie-Type monster. When this card destroys a Zombie-Type monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon that monster to your side of the field.
"You have a Red-Eyes!? I thought Red-Eyes were like, super rare!" Jaden exclaimed, his jaw slightly agape.
"It's not the genuine one, but it serves it purpose. End your turn now, Jaden Yuki." Zenn demanded as his two monsters stood proudly beside him.
"I'm going to! But right after I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!" A winged kuriboh appeared, purring as it shielded itself in its angelic wings.
Winged Kuriboh
Level 1, LIGHT, Fairy, ATK: 300, DEF: 200
"I think Jaden is going to use Transcendent Wings!" Syrus exclaimed, expecting his friend to transform the lowly Kuriboh into its game-changing form.
"We know Syrus! Can it before Zenn finds out!" Chumley grumbled.
"My turn, I will draw." Zenn started.
"I will attack your Winged Kuriboh with Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon!" The ghoulish Red-eyes breathed out a stream of blue flames. Jaden smirked as Zenn fell right into his trap.
"Sorry man! But I activate the Spell Card! Transcendent Wings!" Jaden's Winged Kuriboh endured the flames as a heavenly light from a collection of shining clouds came down to protect the angel from harm.
"I discard two cards from my hand and send my Winged Kuriboh to the graveyard to bring out Winged Kuriboh LV10!" Winged Kuriboh's wings grew larger as it armored itself in a suit of golden scales, fashioning itself out like a gleaming phoenix.
"Sorry friend, because I will retaliate with the trap card; Solemn Judgment!" The shining clouds started to dim as Winged Kuriboh's armor began to rust, denying the monster aid from the great beyond, closing its gates to the Winged Kuriboh.
"I will pay half of my lifepoints to destroy Negate the summon of Winged Kuriboh LV10 and send it to the graveyard!"
"What!?" Jaden's friend collectively gasped, shocked.
"YES!" Jasmine celebrated, gleefully pumping her fist. Her friends glared at her after hearing her cheers.
Zenn's LP: 100
Jaden's eyes widened as he witnessed his monster wilt away like a dying flower. He sighed, hanging his head, shadowing his eyes as the devastating loss delved into his mind.
"Good game dude." Jaden solemnly admitted, raising his head up and giving his opponent a small smile.
"It was," Zenn replied, respectfully bowing his head.
"Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon! Attack Jaden Directly! Inferno Miasma Blast!" Jaden endured the blast of blue flames, shielding himself as his lifepoints dropped down to zero.
Jaden's LP: 0
Winner: Zenn Goto!
Jaden's friends, as well as several dozen other students spectating the duel, were dead silent, in utter disbelief from Jaden's loss despite his strong start. Zenn's duel disk deactivated as an arrogant smiled shined on his face.
"Hopefully this has taught you a lesson," Zenn remarked as he walked away, leaving Jaden alone in the Dueling Field.
"I can say the same for you...Remember to lighten up a little!" Jaden mumbled under his breath as he regained his composure, shifting back to his usual upbeat self.
Up at the nosebleed seats of the dueling arena, a short and feeble Slifer Red student glared down at the victorious Zenn.
"How dare he beat my sweet prince! He must've cheated!" He fumed, he turned his glare towards Jasmine who started to loudly berate the defeated Jaden Yuki, gloriously heckling the boy.
"They both have to pay!" The student growled. The boy's voice was light and delicate, like that of a young girl.
