(Flashback)

*Mont Saint Michel Duel Academy Cafeteria, Normandy, France 12:34 P.M. LST.*

Ali Clairoux was sitting alone, as usual, at a table surrounded by the students speaking gossip about her.

"Regardez-la." One girl gossiped to her friends. "Elle n'a même pas faire un effort pour essayer de se faire des amis." (Look at her. She doesn't even make an effort to try to make friends.)

"J'ai entendu dire qu'elle essaie d'obtenir un diplôme tôt." Another girl gossiped. "Elle participe à la plupart des cours facultatifs." (I heard she's trying to graduate early. She participates in most electives.)

Ali sighed as she overheard them. *On pourrait penser qu'ils ont eu la décence de garder leurs voix vers le bas.* (You would think they had the decency to keep their voices down). She thought to herself.

"Qui se soucie d'elle?" A Third girl spoke up, loud enough to make sure everybody heard her. "Sa famille l'a jetée ici pour se débarrasser d'elle. Je ne les blâme pas! Elle est froide, condescendant, et juste une horrible personne. J'espère avoir obtenu son diplôme au début." (Who cares about her? Her family just dumped her here to get rid of her. I don't blame them! She is a cold, Condescending, and just a horrible person. I hope she graduates early.)

Ali finished her lunch, ignoring all of the chatter, except for some Breadsticks with a Marinara sauce. She threw the breadsticks away, but kept the sauce. As she past the table with the gossiping girls, she took the sauce and smashed it down onto the Third girls head. Ali left the Cafeteria without hearing another sound about her.

(End Flashback)


In the gardens of Chateau Méchant, the noble party was quite lively with the gossip the rich Europeans spoke to each other. Ali Clairoux, standing around in her lovely red dress, couldn't stand to listen to these people.

"Where the hell are Sam and Tinker?" She asked herself.

She found Tinker busy talking with one of the maids.

"Why does the cheese smell so bad?" Tinker asked her.

"The Duke ordered the cheese that way on purpose." The maid explained. "The Duke wants us to go up to any Frenchman and ask 'Would you like some of this fine cheese, imported from France?' and shove the stinky smell in front of their faces just to insult them. Oh, excuse me."

The maid walks up to Ali with the platter of cheese.

"Would you like some of this fine cheese imported from France?" The maid held the cheese in front of Ali's face.

Ali just knocked the platter out of the maid's hand and catapulted the cheese into the air.

"My apologies, madam." The maid bows and goes to clean up the mess.

"You know they confiscated my Duel Runner as soon as we entered the country." Ali told Tinker. "At the checkpoint, because I was an honored guest of the Duke, they were going to hold it in his garage with other Duel Runners."

"That's just stupid." Tinker said. "They can mess with some of the circuitry if they wanted."

"Exactly." Ali agreed. "Which is why we need to get in and make sure that our Runners are ready to go in case something comes up."

"The only people the guards are letting into the manor are maids and butlers." Tinker pointed out. "How do you plan to get in?"

"We need a distraction." Ali answered. "Where is Sam?"

Tinker pointed across the garden and showed that Sam was speaking to a very gorgeous young lady in a sparkling, top heavy, black dress.

"So, you're an American?" The woman asked with a Spanish accent.

"Yeah, that's right. I'm Sam." Sam introduced himself.

"Paola Castille, Lady in Waiting." She introduced herself. "And I have to admit, I thought all Americans were lazy, fat, violent hypocrites."

"Most of us are." Sam responded. "Not all."

"Interesting." Paola said with smirk. "You came with-what's-her-face, don't you think you'd like to accompany a Lady in Waiting?"

"Sure...Just what is a Lady in waiting?" Sam asked.

"It means she has too many STD's to get a husband." Ali interrupted coming over to them.

"I wouldn't understand new money to understand the hardships of true nobility." Paola confidently said.

"Yes, it must be so difficult to sit on your ass all day and order people around." Ali sarcastically responded.

Paola kept up a fake smile at Ali's insult and just turned back to Sam. "Let me know when you wish to have intelligent conversation with a real woman instead of this she-man." She told Sam and arrogantly walked away.

"Wow, that was uncomfortable." Sam tried to liven things up. "Do all noble, rich people insult each other like this?"

"Actually, that one ended rather nicely." Ali told him. "Anyway, me and Tinker need to sneak in to find my Duel Runner, so if you'd be so kind as to cause a distraction. I want you to insult a noble and have him challenge you to a Duel. Everyone will be fixated on the Duel between you two."

"How am I supposed to do that?" Sam asked.

"These people are proud, ignorant people." Ali explained. "Simply having the nerve to talk to them will be reason enough, but you might want to act like a jerk while you do it."

"Can't be too hard." Sam said. "Hmmm... what would Colin do?"


Inside the main building, the Maids were scurrying around making sure all the food was bad enough for the guests. Sherry was able to walk in without raising any suspicion. She turned down one hallway and headed deeper in the mansion. As she past the kitchen she could overhear a conversation between a maid and chef.

"Maudit! I dropped the Candied Rat. It's so Filthy."

"Oui? Or just put it back on the plate. No one will notice. And Baron Valen will eat anything."

Sherry just kept walking through as if she was a regular maid. She was lucky enough to come across one of the manor's guards, alone, at the edge of the hallway. He looked ill and was clutching his stomach. Sherry saw an opportunity.

"Monsieur!" Sherry called rushing up to him. "Are you alright?"

"I think I..HR...I ate something..." He said trying to keep his vomit down.

"Zut Alor!" Sherry exclaimed in a marvelous job of acting. "Let's get you in one of the rooms so you can lie down!"

Sherry then helped carry the guard into one of the nearby rooms that was completely empty. She then closed the door behind them.

THUD!


Sam found a gentlemanly English lord speaking to a couple of fine ladies... about half the lords age.

"All right, brother." Sam spoke to himself. "Time for all those years of you being a douche bag are about to pay off."

Sam then mozies on over there with a swagger and cuts between the lord and the ladies.

"Hello, ladies!" Sam interrupted them. "What are you fine dames doing here talking to a fossil like this guy?"

"I beg your pardon!" The lord was baffled.

"Beg all you want, old man!" Sam responded. "You'll still be old enough to be their grandpa! On top of that, ladies, he's English! You know these guys don't brush their teeth!"

The ladies, disgusted by both of them, rolled their eyes and left.

"Well, look at that old man! You scared them off!" Sam continued to be an ass.

"Well I never!" The English lord said. "Do you know who I am? ! I am Lord Ashton Collinsworth! I will not suffer this Indignity you insufferable American Brute!"

" 'Will not suffer this Indignity' ?" Sam mockingly repeated. "You lost AAAALLLLL of your dignity around the end of the American Revolution! Where we BRUTE Americans KICKED your ASS!'

Lord Ashton Removed his white Glove and smacked Sam with it. "I Challenge you to a Duel!" He demanded. "Then I will see to it that you are Removed from the Grounds!"

"Sounds good to me you old prick!" Sam Accepted...realizing he wasn't wearing any gloves, he took the one Lord Ashton used and Slapped across his face.

The two men took their positions and readied their duel disks for a Duel. Everyone in the garden was now fixated on the two.


With everyone distracted, Ali and Tinker decided to make their move. However, there was a single guard at the entrance to the Manor.

"How we gonna get past him?" Tinker asked.

"I got this." Ali said.

Ali walked up to the guard then acting frantic. "Monsieur! I Just found some Spanish Duchess Wearing the EXACT. SAME. DRESS as ME! I need to change IMMEDIATELY!" Ali fanned herself while breathing heavily to act as a stuck up noble.

"Utter Humiliation Sir!" Tinker interjected. "Her Ladyship is not fit to be seen in such condition!"

"Oh no!" The Guard said in shock. "My Apologies Madame, I shall take you to the Dress rooms at once! You may take which ever dress you like. This disgrace must be avoided!"

The guard opened the doors to the Manor and led Ali inside. Tinker followed behind them, but snuck off to find the Duel Runners.


Sam (LP 4000) Collinsworth (LP 4000)

Collinsworth made the first move. "I set a monster face-down in defense mode and end my turn!"

Sam then drew his first card. "I now Special Summon Cyber Dragon (Lv.5 2100/1600)! Then he'll attack your face-down monster!"

Cyber Dragon shot its Strident Blaze attack at the face-down monster, which revealed itself as Morphing Jar (Lv.2 700/600), and destroyed it. Due to the Jar's effect, both Sam and Collinsworth were forced to send all cards in their hand to the Graveyard and each drew 5 cards.

"Since they were sent from my hand to the Graveyard by a card effect, I can Special Summon Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World (Lv.4 1600/1300), Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World (Lv.5 2300/1400), Latinum, Exarch of Dark World (Lv.6 1500/2400) and Sillva, Warlord of Dark World (Lv.5 2300/1400)!" Collinsworth summoned more monsters. "And since Broww, Huntsman of Dark World was sent from my hand to the Graveyard in the same way, I can draw a card!"

"I place one card face-down and end my turn!" Sam said.

Collinsworth drew his next card. "Goldd, attack his Cyber Dragon!"

"I activate the Trap Magic Arm-Shield!" Sam countered. "I'll use this to force your monster to attack Sillva!"

The Magic Arm-Shield grabbed Sillva and pulled him in front of Goldd and they destroyed each other.

"I place one card face-down and end my turn!" Collinsworth ended his turn.


Ali was taken to the Dress room and was left alone inside. Hundreds of dresses were lined up on racks, each more revealing than the last.

"This is ridiculous." she said. "Whoever designed these rags clearly has a Perverted Fantasy."

Looking over the dresses, mostly to kill time for Tinker, something did catch her eye. She walked over and took the dress off the rack and looked the dress over.

"Hmm...I actually like this one." she muttered.


Tinker found the Chateau's garage and saw Hundreds of Duel Runners lined up inside the massive room.

"Holy Escargot!" Tinker said. "Where the hell is Ali's runner?"

Tinker then sniffed the air. The Diesel fuel and Oil aromas were toxic. But there was a lovely smell hidden beneath. The Smell of Clean Energy. Ali's Runner.

"This way!" Tinker said as he ran down the garage.


Sam drew his next card. "I summon Proto-Cyber Dragon (Lv.3 1100/600) and then use Polymerization to fuse it with my Cyber Dragon to create Cyber Twin Dragon (Lv.8 2800/2100)! Now attack his two monsters with Double Strident Blaze!"

Cyber Twin Dragon attacked both Deiige and Latinum, destroying them and inflicting a total of 2500 points of damage.

Sam (LP 4000) Collinsworth (LP 1500)

"Since you just destroyed my monsters, I can activate the Trap Curse of Vengeance! When a monster I have is destroyed by one of yours, that monster cannot attack or switch its Battle Position and you take damage equal to its attack points.

Sam (LP 1200) Collinsworth (LP 1500)

"I place one card face-down and end my turn!" Sam ended his turn.

Collinsworth drew his next card. "I summon Trance Archfiend (Lv.4 1500/500) and then I send a Fiend-type monster from my hand to the Graveyard to increase his attack power by 500 until the End Phase! Now I activate Monster Reborn to bring back the Fiend I discarded Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World (Lv.7 2500/1800)! Now I boost Reign-Beaux's strength using the Spell Rush Recklessly! Now attack!"

"I activate the Trap Spellbinding Circle!" Sam retaliated.

Reign-Beaux became caught in the Spellbinding Circle and couldn't move.

"I end my turn!" Collinsworth said.

Sam drew his next card. "I summon Machina Sniper (Lv.4 1800/800) and then I use Double Summon to summon Machina Soldier (Lv.4 1600/1500)! Now I activate De-Fusion to separate my Cyber Twin Dragon! Now I send all of my Machine monsters to the Graveyard so I can summon Chimeratech Fortress Dragon (Lv.8 0/0)! Since I used 4 monsters in his summoning, he now has 4000 attack points! Just enough to end this! Chimeratech Fortress Dragon, attack his Overlord of Dark World!"

Chimeratech Fortress Dragon fired a charge of pure energy at Reign-Beau, obliterating the monster.

Sam (LP 1200) Collinsworth (LP 0)

"Your Can of Whoop-ass, is served." Sam said victorious.

The Party guests applauded Sam's victory. Although it seemed to be more for the discontent of Lord Collinsworth, rather than praise for Sam.

"Well Done boy." Duke Méchant said emerging from the crowd. "I must admit my first impressions on you were correct, but you proved you can duel with the best of us."

"Thanks...I think." Sam replied.

"Your last name is Kennat correct?" The Duke asked. "You're related to one...other one all over the Sports Networks, I can't ever remember his name. He doesn't impress me."

"You going somewhere with this?" Sam asked.

"But you just impressed me." The Duke told him. "Impressed me So, that I wish for you to meet a very important benefactor."

"You want me to meet who?" Sam asked.

"I insist." The Duke said ignoring the question. "Please walk this way." The Duke then led Sam into the Chateau.


Tinker had Found Ali's Duel runner and began to look it over. He noticed that it was seriously locked down, which would make it impossible to ride. Even if the lock down was lifted, there were restrictions in the Runner's Computer making it very dangerous to ride.

"They sure don't want us leaving early." Tinker said. "Better get working."

He took out his tool belt and began to work his Magic.


Duke Méchant led Sam into the Chateau's Balcony, where Lester was looking over at the Party.

"I brought him," The Duke said. "Yliaster Pure Noble Lester."

"Yliaster?" Sam asked. "You mean the kid in the White Hood?"

"I am Not a Kid!" Lester said turning around. "Show some Respect!"

*Oh great another asshole.* Sam thought.

"Anyway, I just want to talk." Lester said with a sinister smirk.

"I Got a Bad feeling..." Sam muttered.


Cards

Curse of Vengeance

Trap/Continuous

You can only activate this card when your opponent destroys a monster(s) on your side of the field. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the attacking monster and equip this card to that monster. A monster equipped with this card cannot attack or change its Battle Position.