A/N: Hello everyone, this is The Azure Guardian. First of all, Happy Holidays to everyone reading. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Second, just in case anyone may be worried that this story might turn out like my previous GX fics, I swear to Aura that I'll see this one through to the end. And when I make a promise in Aura's name, I keep it. HOWEVER! Whenever The Duelist of Dawn catches up enough to the point I need him to be at with his GX story, I'll be focusing solely on my sequel to Death Rising. Once that story is done, depending on whether or not Kingdom Hearts 2.5 has been released and I get a copy or not, I'll either focus entirely on Keyblade of the Onmyouji or this series. But once Keyblade of the Onmyouji's first part is done, I'll be working on this series completely until Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out. Now then, in this chapter we get to meet one of my other OCs which I had named in the disclaimer of last chapter along with teasing two other OCs, one of which being mine and the other belonging to Storylover213. It'll be a bit before they make their real appearances in the story though. Also, I haven't decided on an OC to use yet so I'll still be accepting submissions until after the duels against North Academy. Yes, that means I'll be having more than 1 duel for that. So if anyone still has a character they want to see in this story, use the character sheet at the bottom of Turn 1. Now then, let's get started.
Also, the duel for this chapter (excluding Judai vs Manjoume) was once again done with the help of Master of the Wild Card.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Yu-Gi-Oh! Franchise! I do, however, own my OCs Kagemochi Kaito, Ikeda Kenji, Hayami Akira, and Kururugi Michiru as well the the Digital HERO, Agarest Soul and Sengoku archtypes.
-Turn 2-
With the practical duel exams over, the faculty of Duel Academia gave the accepted examinees a few days to pack everything they'd need for their stay on the island during the course of the year. Afterwards, the accepted students were being flown to the island via helicopter with Judai sleeping against the window and Sho sitting beside him. Kaito was currently sitting in front of then and looking around at some of the other students. A few that caught his eye consisted of a young man with short reddish-brown hair and a rather dejected look on his face and in his crystal blue eyes, a young woman with brown hair that stopped at her shoulders and grey eyes, and a few seats in front of him Kaito saw someone who had spiked crimson hair with black streaks.
"Whoa, look at that!" one of the students exclaimed, to which all the other students minus Judai moved around to look out their windows.
Not too far off was an island with a large building surrounded by forests, what looked like a beach, and a volcano.
After the helicopter landed near the building, the students were led inside where they were directed to various changing rooms. Kaito found himself going into the same room as Judai and Sho before noticing everyone in the room had been given a red jacket uniform. Kaito's jacket though, upon request, had its sleeves shortened to his elbows to reveal the longer sleeves of his blue shirt, much to his preference. Once everyone had finished changing, they were led out of the room where they met up with the other students who were dressed in blue or yellow and were taken to a classroom, which was on par with those one would find at a university. Once the students were lined up in front of a large screen, Kaito had a look around at the students and spotted the three he had seen earlier on the helicopter. The brown-haired girl was wearing a white uniform with a raised collar, yellow trimming, yellow elbow-length fingerless gloves and a yellow miniskirt. The crimson-haired person was a young man with golden-amber eyes and had had a forest-green tattoo stretching down the left side of his face and he wore a yellow jacket with a raised collar. The dejected-looking young man from earlier though wore a blue long-tailed jacket with a raised collar and white trimming.
'Huh… I wonder what the colors are for…' Kaito thought to himself before the screen at the front turned on to show the face of a bald man with a goatee wearing a oxblood uniform.
"Welcome, Dueling Elites," the man greeted. "You all used your skills to open the narrow admission gates. Please have fun studying in hopes of becoming the future Duel King."
Once the introduction was finished, even though Judai slept through the whole thing only to wake up once it was over, the students were given PDA-like devices, which stored their ID, grades, a map of the island, and just about everything else they'd need during their year-long stay on the island. Every student was also given an academy-issued Duel Disk with the sole exception being Kaito who instead had his own Duel Disk reconfigured to the school's database. Once finished, all the students made their way out of the building, checking their planners for where they would be staying as Kaito spotted Judai and Sho sitting on a small statue.
"Sho! Judai!" Kaito waved over to the two, earning their attention.
"Oh, hey Kaito," Judai greeted.
"What are you two up to?" the Digital duelist asked.
"Looking at the map of the island and seeing where our dorm is," Sho answered as Judai continued to tap on his Student Personal Planner, or SPP for short.
"The dorms we'll be living in from now on are split into three," Judai explained. "Oh, Osiris Red is my dorm."
"Ah, I'm Red too," Sho said as he also looked through his SPP.
"Looks like we might be roommates then," Kaito said with a smile as he held up his SPP. "I'm also in Osiris."
"Awesome!" Judai said ecstatically before seeing Misawa walking up to the group of three. "Hey, Number 2, are you Red too?"
"Nope, I can tell from my uniform," Misawa answered as he raised his right arm a little. "I'm a Ra Yellow."
"Oh, so that's what your uniform color means?" Judai wondered as he looked over his jacket.
"But why are you and Kaito in Red?" Misawa wondered aloud. "That's very peculiar."
"Hmm? That's putting it somewhat vaguely…" Judai grumbled as he pouted.
"I don't mind, I kinda like the color red," Kaito said as he folded his arms behind his head and smiled a bit.
"Well, don't let it bother you," Misawa said as he turned to walk away. "I'll be on my way, now, Number 1-kun."
"Well, you just better do your best, and try not to let things get you down!" Judai said as the Ra Yellow student was walking away, but then stopped.
"Ah, that's right…" Misawa said as he turned back to face the group of three Osiris Reds and pointed his thumb to the west. "Your dorms are over there."
The group of three looked in the direction Misawa was pointing and then looked to each other as the Ra student walked off to the southwest.
"Well, how about we go check our place out?" Kaito suggested.
"Sure, might as well get settled in before we start looking around," Judai agreed as he and Sho stepped away from the statues and the three of them walked west of the main building.
Once the group of three arrived at their dorm however, it wasn't quite how they imagined it…
"What is this?" Sho asked as the group of three checked out the shack of a dorm. "Is the Osiris Red dorm the only dorm that sucks?"
"Oh, yeah? This place has a great view, and it's got appeal!" Judai said as he looked out to the ocean.
"And by the looks of it, this place at least has everything we'd need," Kaito added.
The group of three had their attention drawn elsewhere soon as a truck slowly pulled back towards the dorm before coming to a complete stop.
"What're they here for?" Sho asked as the group of three saw two men step out of the truck and begin unloading large boxes, which seemed to make Kaito smile widely.
"All right, my stuff is here!" Kaito cheered as he ran down the stairs to check on the boxes.
"All that stuff is his?!" Judai and Sho shouted in unison.
Once the truck was unloaded and Kaito thanked the two men, he turned back to Judai and Sho and waved to them as the truck drove off.
"Think you guys could lend me a hand real quick?" Kaito asked his friends.
"Sure, but what for?" Judai asked as he and Sho walked down the stairs.
"Getting all this into my room," Kaito answered as he pointed his thumb to the five large boxes and four suitcases behind him.
"All of this?! To your room?!" Sho repeated.
"Don't worry, my room's on the bottom level," Kaito explained before scratching his cheek with one finger with a bit of an embarrassed look on his face. "I made sure to request it so I wouldn't have to haul them upstairs."
Sho and Judai stared at Kaito for a bit as if he had said something strange before Judai started to laugh, "Sure, we'll give you a hand."
"Thanks guys," Kaito said with a nod. "Just be careful, some of them are really fragile."
Kaito first opened the door to his room before he and his two friends began to carry the boxes and suitcases in one at a time. Once all the items were in though, Judai felt the need to crack his back while Sho shook his arms.
"Geez, those were heavy," Judai said as he snapped his back into place.
"I don't think I'll be able to lift anything again…" Sho complained as his arms kept falling to his sides every time he raised them.
"Thanks a lot, guys. I'll be sure to return the favor," Kaito said.
"No problem. We'll let you know if we need help with anything," Judai accepted the gesture before he and Sho made their way out.
"See you later, Kaito," Sho said, closing Kaito's room door behind him.
Once his friends were gone, Kaito slowly looked around the room, "All right then, time for me to get to work."
The first thing Kaito did was push the suitcases against the wall near the bunk bed and then he pulled the small desk away from the wall and towards the bed. Then he proceeded to open one of the boxes, revealing it to be a large foldable desk. Once unfolded, Kaito pushed the larger desk against the wall where the smaller desk had previously been. Next he opened three matching boxes, revealing all of them to be computer monitors, and carefully lifted them up onto the large desk with the two end monitors turned slightly inward. In the last box was a large computer tower, a keyboard and a wireless mouse. After placing the mouse and keyboard in front of the monitors, Kaito slowly pushed the tower underneath the desk. With everything in place, Kaito began to hook up the monitors, keyboard and mouse to the tower before plugging the tower into the AC socket.
"Now for the moment of truth…" Kaito said to himself as he pulled up the chair that was in the room, set his backpack down beside the chair and sat down before turning on the computer's power.
The tower whirred to life as the three monitors lit up and loaded the desktop, causing Kaito to smile in satisfaction.
"Kaito-san, is it ready yet?" the woman's voice from before whined from inside the young man's Duel Disk.
"Yep," the Data-HERO duelist answered the voice before pulling his Duel Disk out of his backpack and ejecting a small computer chip from it. "Here you go."
Kaito then inserted the chip into the computer's tower and soon the sound of a young woman stretching came out of the computer's speakers.
"Thank you, Kaito-san," the woman's voice said, now coming out of the computer. "It was so cramped in your Duel Disk, but now there's so much space."
"I'm glad you're happy," Kaito said with a smile. "Now, think you could do one more thing for me?"
"Sure, what do you need?" the voice questioned.
"I would like you to connect to the academy's systems and check their security," Kaito requested as he pulled a yellow and white laptop out of his backpack and placed it next to the keyboard, turning it on before plugging it to the tower. "Connect it to our systems and hide us in their firewalls. We don't want them to know we're inside."
"That's a lot of work, Kaito-san," the voice whined, but then giggled lightly. "I'm just kidding. I'm always happy to help."
"Thanks," Kaito said, nodding once. "And when you're done you can take a break in the network."
"Yay!" the voice cheered happily. "And in the meantime, you should have a look around the island. I'll also see if I can get you a detailed map."
"Thanks a lot…" Kaito said, but then trailed off with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Kaito-san…" the voice said in a worried tone. "Don't worry, I think Saika-chan would be happy that you're doing this for her."
"Yeah," Kaito agreed, slowly nodding once. "Thank you. I guess I'll let you do your thing while I go have a look around."
"Good luck," the voice said as Kaito got up from the chair, grabbed his Duel Disk and prepared to head out. "Oh, and don't be gone too long. According to the schedule, there's supposed to be a welcoming party for the new students tonight."
"Don't worry, I'll be back before then," Kaito replied with a light laugh before leaving his room and closing the door behind him.
"Oi, Kaito!" the Data-HERO duelist heard Judai's voice call him, to which Kaito turned around and looked up to see Judai and Sho standing outside of what he guessed was their room. "Heading out already?"
"Yeah, gonna have as much of a personal tour of the island as I can," Kaito answered. "What about you guys?"
"We're doing the same, but I think Big Bro wants to try looking for a duel…" Sho said, to which Kaito tilted his head in confusion at Sho suddenly calling Judai "Big Bro".
"Speaking of, do you wanna duel me, Kaito?" Judai asked eagerly.
"As much as I'd like to, I'm going to pass for now," Kaito answered. "I want to see just how strong you really are before you and I have a duel."
"You too, huh?" Judai questioned as he rubbed his nose. "I know what you mean. I'd really like to see what you can do with those cards before facing you."
"Then why'd you ask him in the first place, Big Bro?" Sho asked with a sigh.
"Well, see you guys later then," Kaito said as he waved to his friends and turned around to walk away.
"See ya!" Judai and Sho called out.
After wandering around for what felt like hours, Kaito found himself in the forest somewhere between the Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue dorms, but didn't run into Misawa or any of the other three students he saw on the flight to the island.
"Hm… Maybe I should head back soon," Kaito thought aloud to himself. "She should be done with the system's check by now…"
"Hey, you there!" Kaito heard the voice of a young man call out.
"What do you want?" the irritated voice of a young woman replied.
'I wonder what's going on…' Kaito thought to himself with a raised eyebrow before making his way towards the two voices.
"What do you think? I'm challenging you to a duel!" the male voice answered in a snobbish tone.
"You really think we'll have time?" the young woman asked. "The welcoming party is going to starting in less than an hour."
Making a mental note of how much longer he had to be wandering around, Kaito continued towards the voices until he saw a clearing. Keeping himself hidden to stay out of a fight, Kaito looked out to the clearing and saw the brown-haired girl from the helicopter flight facing a young man wearing the Obelisk Blue jacket.
"I'm not worried, I'll beat you well before then," the Obelisk student said confidently.
"You're not going to leave me alone until we duel, are you?" the Ra girl asked before letting out a sigh. "Fine, we'll do it your way."
The Obelisk student just grinned as the two put on their Duel Disks and activated then, drawing their initial five cards.
"Duel!"
Ra: 4000
Obelisk: 4000
"Watashi no tān!" the Ra girl shouted, taking the first turn as she drew her sixth card. "I summon Agarest Soul – Golden Leonhardt!"
As the young woman played her card, the Monster that appeared was a young man with short silver hair spiked forward wearing a black shirt and pants with a pair of grey boots and a white long-tail coat and a pendant around his neck. (4/1700/1600)
"Then I'll set one card face-down!" the Ra student continued as a reversed card appeared behind her Monster. "Tān endo!"
Ra's hand: 4
"Ore no tān!" the Obelisk shouted as he drew his sixth card before placing two cards on his Duel Disk, causing two face-down cards to appear in front of him. "I'll set a Monster in Defense mode and set one card face-down! Tān endo!"
Obelisk's hand: 4
"What's wrong, I thought you were looking for a fight?" the Ra girl questioned as she drew her next card. "Watashi no tān!"
After drawing her card, the young woman looked through her hand before grabbing a card.
"I summon Agarest Soul – Treasure Hunter Fer!" the young woman announced as she played her card, calling forth a Monster that had the appearance of a young boy with short dirty blonde hair and pointed ears wearing a yellow traveler's suit with brown gloves and carrying a brown backpack (1/300/200).
'She's gotta be baiting him. There's no other reason she'd play a Monster that weak,' Kaito thought to himself as he watched the duel.
"Tān endo!" the Ra concluded.
Ra's hand: 4
"Ore no tān!" the Obelisk boy said as he drew his next card. "I summon Dark Grepher!"
As the Obelisk student played his card, the Monster that appeared was a muscular man with obsidian-black skin and blood-red eyes wearing a breastplate that looked like the face of a demon while carrying a dark longsword. (4/1700/1600)
"Activate Trap card, Hidden Soldiers!" the Ra student countered as her face-down card rose. "When my opponent Normal Summons or Reverse Summons a Monster, I can Special Summon a Level-4 or lower Yami Monster from my hand! And I choose Agarest Soul – Sky Gunner Murmina!"
The young woman grabbed another card from her hand an played it, summoning a girl with short blue hair wearing a blue tank top and skirt one-piece with a pair of black wings sprouting from her back. (3/1300/1000)
"I activate Dark Grepher's Monster Effect! I can send a Yami Monster from my hand to the Cemetery to send a Yami Monster from my deck to the Cemetery!" the Obelisk announced. "So I'll send Wight from my hand to send Madame Wight from my deck!"
The Obelisk student pulled the card from his hand and grabbed the card from his deck before pushing both into his Cemetery slot.
'He sent Wight and Madame Wight using the effect of Dark Grepher…' Kaito thought to himself before his eyes widened. 'He's using a Wight King deck!'
"Wight and Madame Wight? You're not exactly hiding your strategy," the Ra girl pointed out.
"Doesn't matter to me, I'll still beat you," the Obelisk student declared. "Dark Grepher, attack Treasure Hunter Fer!"
Just as the dark Warrior raised his sword and charged across the field...
"I activate Fer's Monster Effect!" the Ra girl quickly countered. "When he's selected as an attack target, I can return him and the attacking Monster to their owner's hand, but my opponent gets to draw a card!"
Once the young woman finished explaining the effect, both Monsters turned into balls of light and disappeared from the field, to which both players removed the cards from their Duel Disks and the Obelisk drew a card.
"I'll set a card face-down to finish my turn!" the Obelisk concluded as a second reversed card appeared in front of him.
Obelisk's hand: 5
"Watashi no tān!" the Ra student called out, drawing the next card from her deck. "I summon Agarest Soul – Grappler Qua!"
The next Monster to appear on the Ra's side of the field was a rabbit girl with decently long ears wearing a black leotard and thigh-high boots, a thin yellow breastplate and a pair of silver knuckle guards over each hand. (3/1200/1200)
"Now I'll attack your Monster with Murmina!" the Ra girl declared, to which the winged girl took flight and pulled out a handgun before firing a few rounds into the face-down Monster.
The Obelisk student just grinned though as the card was filled with bullet holes… but one bullet ricocheted off the card and flew back at the Ra girl.
Ra: 3900
Obelisk: 4000
"What the?!" the Ra girl shouted in surprise while Kaito's eyes widened while he watched.
"Too bad for you, my Monster was Pyramid Turtle!" the Obelisk student said as the destroyed card changed shape into a large turtle with an Egyptian-themed face and a pyramid on its bad (4/1200/1400).
"Then I'll have Qua attack Pyramid Turtle!" the Ra girl declared, to which the rabbit girl ran across the field with her arms pulled back. "And during the Battle Phase, her ATK increases by 300!"
Qua leapt into the air as her right fist started to glow (3/1200-1500/1200) and she launched herself downward, smashing her powered-up fist into the turtle's pyramid, causing it to shatter and destroy the Monster in an explosion of pixels before the rabbit girl returned to her comrades.
"Pyramid Turtle's Monster Effect activates! When it's destroyed by battle and sent to the Cemetery, I can Special Summon an Undead Monster with 2000 or less DEF from my deck!" the Obelisk student explained before grabbing a card out of his deck and playing it. "So I summon another Pyramid Turtle in Defense mode!"
As if undoing all of his opponent's work, another Egyptian turtle appeared on the Obelisk's field. (4/1200/1400).
'I know he'll just bring out something else, but I have to keep the number of Monsters on his field low,' the Ra girl thought to herself. "Leonhardt, attack Pyramid Turtle!"
Drawing a silver longsword, the male Monster charged across the field towards the Undead turtle.
"Activate Trap card, Holy Barrier – Mirror Force – !" the Obelisk student countered as one of his set cards rose, causing the Ra girl to gasp in surprise. "When my opponent declares an attack, this card will destroy all face-up Monsters they control!"
"Leonhardt, stop!" the young woman called out to no avail as a barrier appeared just as the swordsman swung his weapon, destroying him instantly and sending his pixels flying back to the Ra's side of the field to destroy her other two Monsters. "I'll set one card face-down and end my turn!"
A single reverse card appeared in front of the young woman to signify her move.
Ra's hand: 3
"Ore no tān!" the Obelisk shouted as he drew his next card. "I activate the Magic card, Dual Summon! This card will allow me to Normal Summon twice this turn! So I'll summon Dark Grepher and Wight King!"
As the Obelisk played his three cards, the first Monster to appear was the obsidian-skinned swordsman (4/1700/1600) while the second Monster was simply a skeleton garbed in a blue tattered robe (1/?/0).
'There it is… Wight King…' Kaito thought to himself as he saw the Undead Monster before shifting his eyes towards the young woman. 'How is she going to counter it?'
"Wight King's Monster Effect! His ATK is equal to the number of Wight and Wight King in my Cemetery times 1000, and there are currently two as Madame Wight's effect treats her as Wight while in the Cemetery," the Obelisk student explained as his ace Monster gained ATK (1/?-2000/0). "Then I activate Dark Grepher's Monster Effect to send a Wight in my hand and a Wight in my deck to the Cemetery!"
As the Obelisk student sent the two cards to his Cemetery, his ace Monster grew even stronger. (1/2000-4000/0)
"4000 ATK already?!" the young woman shouted in shock as she took an involuntary step back.
'If that thing hits her she's as good as done,' Kaito thought to himself before eyeing the face-down card the Ra girl had. 'That card better be able to stop him somehow if she plans to stay in the duel.'
"Dark Grepher, attack her directly!" the Obelisk commanded, to which the dark Warrior charged across the field with his sword and slashed at the female Ra, causing her to flinch and step back before the Warrior returned to the Obelisk.
Ra: 2200
Obelisk: 4000
"So that face-down card was a bluff after all," the Obelisk said with a smirk. "Wight King, attack her directly and end this duel!"
In response, the robed skeleton conjured four floating skulls and launched them at the young woman.
"Activate Trap card, Curse of the Hexagram!" the Ra student countered as her set card flipped up and shot out a magic circle that disintegrated the skulls on contact and ensnared Wight King.
"What the?!" the Obelisk shouted in surprise.
"Curse of the Hexagram prevents a Monster my opponent controls from attacking or changing its battle position," the Ra explained. "You really think I would let myself get hit by a direct attack by something that strong? Idiot."
The Obelisk just growled before pushing a card into his Duel Disk, causing another reversed card to appear on his field, "I'll set one card face-down to end my turn!"
Obelisk's hand: 2
"Watashi no tān!" the female Ra called out as she drew her next card. "I summon Agarest Soul – High Elf Ellis in Defense mode!"
As the Ra played her card, a young woman with pointed ears and long pink hair dressed in a white and pink outfit that'd most likely be seen on a magical girl materialized on the field carrying a white staff. (3/1100/500)
"Then I activate Ellis's Monster Effect!" the Ra continued as she pushed a card from her hand to her Cemetery. "By sending a card from my hand to the Cemetery, I can Special Summon Agarest Soul – Larva Warden Borgnine from my deck!"
After taking out her deck and pulling a card, the next Monster to appear on the young woman's field was a large hulking creature with dark skin, horns growing out of his forehead and shoulders, and a strange flame-like substance around his wrists. (6/3000/3000)
"What in the…?! A Level-6 with 3000 ATK?!" the Obelisk shouted is surprise.
"Next, I play the Magic card, Magic Book in the Pot!" the Ra girl continued as she played her next card. "This will allow us both to draw three cards!"
"Fine by me!" the Obelisk said as the two duelists drew their three cards.
"Now, since I have Golden Leonhardt and Queen Knight Elaine in my Cemetery, I can Special Summon Agarest Soul – White Ladius from my hand!" the young woman continued as she played her next card.
Appearing on the field was a young man with short, spiked black hair clad in white armor. (5/2400/2500)
"Wait, when did that card get in there?" the Obelisk questioned.
"When I used Ellis's effect, I sent Elaine to the Cemetery from my hand," the Ra explained. "Now then, I'll have Borgnine attack Dark Grepher! Broken Knuckles!"
"Activate Trap card, Attack Nullification!" the Obelisk quickly countered as one of his set cards rose up. "When my opponent declares an attack, I can negate it and end the Battle Phase!"
Just as Borgnine was about to reach his target, a barrier appeared in front of Dark Grepher. Seeing it, the larger Monster stopped himself before returning to the Ra's side of the field.
"I'll set one card face-down!" the Ra said as a reversed card appeared behind her Monsters. "Tān endo!"
Ra's hand: 2
"Ore no tan!" the Obelisk called out, pulling the next card from his deck. "I summoned Madame Wight in Defense mode!"
But before the Obelisk student could play his card, the Ra girl countered, "Activate Trap, God's Pronouncement!"
As soon as the face-down card rose up, a bolt of lightning shot down from the sky and struck the Obelisk.
"When my opponent Summons a Monster or activates a Magic or Trap card, I pay half of my Life Points to negate it and destroy it!" the Ra explained.
Ra: 1100
Obelisk: 4000
"Fine," the Obelisk scoffed as he pushed the card into his Cemetery, but then smirked. "But now that I have another Wight in my Cemetery, Wight King gains another 1000 ATK!" (1/4000-5000/0) "Dark Grepher, attack High Elf Ellis!"
Raising his dark sword, the Warrior once again charged across the field. But once he was within rang of the female elf, Borgnine stepped in his way, causing the Warrior to stop and back off.
"What the hell?!" the Obelisk questioned.
"Sorry, but while Borgnine is on the field, Ellis can't be selected as an attack target," the Ra explained. "The servant has to protect their master after all."
"Damn it… I'll end my turn!" the Obelisk declared.
Obelisk's hand: 5
"Watashi no tān!" the Ra called out as she drew her next card. "I activate the Magic card, Heavy Storm, to destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the field!"
As the young woman played her card, a powerful gust of wind blew across the field, destroying the Obelisk's face-down card as well as her own Curse of the Hexagram which got the Obelisk to laugh.
"You fool! Now that your Trap is gone, I'll be free to attack with Wight King next turn!" the Obelisk student stated.
"Too bad for you he won't be staying long enough," the Ra girl said as she played her last two cards. "First I play the Magic card, "Attack" Sealing, to force Wight King to Defense mode and then I play the Equipment Magic, Bigbang Shoot, onto White Ladius to increase his ATK by 400 and give him a piercing effect!"
As the Ra played her two cards, the robed skeleton was forced onto its knees (1/5000/0) while the white-armored Warrior raised his right arm as his fist was outfitted with some kind of machine. (5/2400-2800/2500)
"Now Borgnine, attack Dark Grepher! Broken Knuckles!" the Ra commanded, to which the hulking creature once again charged across the field, this time smashing his fists into the dark Warrior, causing him to explode into pixels.
Ra: 1100
Obelisk: 2700
"Now Ladius, attack Wight King!" the young woman continued, to which the white-clad Warrior rushed across the field with his right arm glowing from the added machine before striking the skeletal creature, causing it to shatter and explode into pixels, the explosion knocking the Obelisk onto his back.
Ra: 1100 (winner)
Obelisk: 0000
"Damn it," the Obelisk groaned as he pushed himself up, the holograms from the duel fading.
"We had our duel and I won, now stop bothering me," the Ra girl told her defeated opponent, who scoffed after rising to his feet and then walked off to which the young woman sighed. "Geez." The Ra student then turned in the direction where Kaito was hiding. "Hey, it's rude to stare! Come on out!"
Flinching for a moment at having been seen, Kaito stepped out into the clearing as he rubbed the back of his head, "Sorry, I didn't mean to."
"It's almost time for the welcoming party, so what are you doing out here?" the Ra girl asked as she folded her arms and gave the Data-HERO duelist a skeptical look.
"I just thought I'd take as much of a walk around the island to have a look around until evening," Kaito explained. "I overheard you and the other guy and came over to check it out. When I saw you two dueling I decided to stick around and watch."
"Uh-huh…" the Ra girl said in a tone that said she didn't believe him.
After a few seconds of awkward silence between the two, Kaito suddenly bowed apologetically, "My name's Kagemochi Kaito!"
"Eh?" the young woman was surprised at the young man's sudden introduction that she unknowingly unfolded her arms. "R-Right. My name's Hayami Akira." The young woman introduced herself in return, to which Kaito pulled himself back up and Akira's eyes widened at a sudden realization. "Wait a minute, Kagemochi Kaito? You're the one with those Digital HERO cards that ranked Number 2 on the written exam!"
Kaito laughed shyly as he rubbed the back of his head again, "Am I already that popular?"
Akira just narrowed her eyes at the young man, "Don't get so full of yourself. A lot of people would be really jealous that an Osiris Red has a deck full of extremely rare cards and one of the highest academic scores of the first-years."
"Y-Yeah, I guess you're right," Kaito agreed as he lowered his arm.
"Anyway, we should both be heading back soon. The welcoming party should be starting shortly," Akira pointed out.
"Ah, right," Kaito agreed. "Well, it was nice to meet you. See ya later!"
"Huh? Y-Yeah," Akira said as Kaito waved to her and headed back towards the Osiris dorm to which she made her way back to the Ra dorm.
Later that night, all of the dorms were having parties to welcome the new students. The Obelisk Blue dorms were being treated like five-star restaurants or hotels, serving fancy, rich foods while playing classical music as the students conversed amongst each other. Though in the boy's dorm, one of the second-year students, Ikeda Kenji, took notice of a first-year young man with reddish-brown hair with a rather dispirited-looking expression trying to stay away from the other students.
At the Ra Yellow dorms, the students were treated to rich seafood while introducing themselves. Misawa Daichi was already hitting off a friendship with a young man who had spiked, crimson-red hair with black streaks and a green tattoo running down the left side of his face while Hayami Akira was focused on eating her meal.
Over at the Osiris Red dorms, however… things weren't going as well for the students as at the other two dorms.
"What's this!?" one of the students complained as everyone was looking at their food; a bowl of rice, a plate of small fish, and a bowl of dipping sauce all served on a cafeteria lunch tray. "The other dorms have an incredible feast! And to make things worse, our dorm leader isn't even human!"
All of the students turned their attention towards the table at the front of the room to see a rather fat brown cat curled up on it before letting out a yawn.
"He's a cat…?" another student questioned.
Stepping out from the room at the back though was a rather scrawny-looking man with long black hair tied back into a ponytail wearing a white shirt, black pants, belt and necktie and a pair of square-lensed glasses.
"I'm your dorm leader, Daitokuji-nya!" the man greeted his students. "In class, I'll be in charge of alchemy. Pleased to meet you all-nya."
"Delicious!" the familiar voice of Yuki Judai rang out, earning everyone's attention as he had already started to eat.
"T-That's tasteless, Big Bro," Sho told the E-HERO duelist.
"Really? It's awfully delicious to me!" Judai said with his mouth full.
"That's not what he means, Judai," Kaito sighed. "The Professor was still introducing himself…"
Before Kaito could continue, Daitokuji was already standing at the table occupied by the three friends, causing Judai to stop eating and sweatdrop as the three of them looked up at their dorm leader.
"A matter so small doesn't bother me-nya!" the dorm leader said with a grin on his face before turning around to face the other students. "Well, everyone, it will be a pleasure working with you all-nya."
Once everyone had finished their meals and gotten through introductions, the students had returned to their rooms.
"How was the party, Kaito-san?" the familiar woman's voice asked.
"It was pretty good. That food wasn't bad, but I get the feeling this dorm doesn't get treated very well," the Data-HERO duelist said as he walked up to his desk and sat down in the chair. "How was the systems check?"
"Perfect!" the voice said in a gleeful tone. "I'm in the academy's network and I've left alarm traps in case anyone else tries to hack in. Plus I've found that map I promised you."
"You're the best," Kaito praised with a smile as various windows popped up across his three monitors, the center one having a 3D-rendered map of the island with a scanning program to check any underground passageways. "Hm? What's this one?"
"What's what one?" the voice asked.
"There's a blank spot on the map in the forest," the young man answered. "Nothing's showing up and it keeps saying "classified"."
"Oh, that. As soon as I ran into it I thought it best to leave it alone," the voice replied. "But I left a few extra tripwires around it just in case."
"Good idea. Don't want to get on anyone's bad side," Kaito said with a nod. "And I see you got enough time to relax while I was gone."
"Sure did. It feels so nice to be connected to the Internet and gather data," the voice said cheerfully. "And how was your tour of the island?"
"Wasn't able to do much in the time span until the party," the young man answered. "But I think I made another friend…"
"Another friend already?" the woman's voice asked in mock surprise, but then giggled happily. "Well you've always been good at making friends. So who is it?"
"A girl from the Ra Yellow dorms, name's Hayami Akira," Kaito answered. "I ran into her as she was starting a duel with some guy from the Obelisk dorms as I was about to make my way back."
"Well it's nice to see you're already making friends here. This makes your fourth one at the academy," the voice said in a cheerful tone. "I think Saika-chan would be very proud of you…"
"I hope so," Kaito said with a sad smile on his face. "I know she's not the kind of person who'd want someone to avenge her death, so this is the only thing left I can do…"
The voice from his computer let out a concerned sigh, but before she could say anything they heard someone on the stairs from outside.
"Who could that be at this time of night?" Kaito wondered. "You should probably go into safe mode."
"Got it," the woman's voice replied quietly before the monitors went dark, to which Kaito got up from his chair and opened his door to peek outside only to see…
"Judai? Sho?" Kaito wondered, earning the attention of his two friends. "What are you two doing out here so late?"
"Big Bro got a challenge to a duel at midnight, so…" Sho explained.
"You wanna come watch?" Judai asked.
"It's a little late… but sure, why not?" Kaito accepted as he stepped out of his room and closed the door behind him to follow his Osiris friends.
As the group of three got closer to the main building, Sho start to become worried, "Big Bro, Asuka-san said we shouldn't deal with them!"
"What are you talking about? It's a duel!" Judai said, treating it like it was nothing. "A man takes up a challenge if he's posed with one."
"But you'll be going in with the Ante Rule," Kaito noted, having been informed by Sho about the message Judai received as well as what the two did after Kaito left the dorm earlier on their way to the arena. "You could lose your best card if you lose."
"What, you think I'm going to lose?" Judai questioned as the group of three entered the arena.
"No, but there's always a possibility," Kaito responded.
Standing on the Duel field were three Obelisk students; Manjoume Jun and his two "lackeys" Mototani Raizou and Torimaki Taiyou.
"How good of you to come, Number 110!" Manjoume greeted Judai with his arms folded over his chest and already wearing his Duel Disk before noticing Kaito. "And I see you brought a friend."
"Ah, that guy!" Raizou exclaimed, earning everyone's attention. "He's the one who scored Number 2 on the written exam and has that deck of rare cards!"
Manjoume and Taiyou turned their attention towards Kaito.
"Yeah, what about it?" Kaito asked as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Why does an Osiris have cards that rare and score so high?" Taiyou wondered in surprise.
"It doesn't matter," Manjoume directed at Taiyou and Raizou. "He's not my concern."
Judai laughed a little, knowing Manjoume's attention was directed at him, "I'd have no reason not to come once I'm told about a duel."
"B-Big Bro!" Sho called out as Judai walked up to the Duel field.
"Just let him go, Sho," Kaito said as he placed a hand on Sho's shoulder, earning the shorter boy's attention. "Let's give him our support instead, okay?"
Sho silently nodded once in agreement before the two walked to the Duel field and stood behind Judai as Raizou and Taiyou stood behind Manjoume.
"You're going to show me either the dumb luck or the skill that beat Professor Chronos!" Manjoume declared.
"Right! And I wanted to know just how skilled the elites of the Duel Academia are," Judai said.
Manjoume just laughed, "Listen up! We'll be using the Ante Rule, putting both our best cards at stake."
"Sure! I'm ready for anything!" Judai agreed casually.
"Duel!" the two called out as they started up their Duel Disks and drew their starting five cards.
Manjoume: 4000
Judai: 4000
"It's my turn first!" Manjoume declared as he drew his sixth card and looked over his hand. "I summon Reborn Zombie in Defense mode!"
As Manjoume played his card, the Monster that appeared was a rotten corpse with his left arm and left leg reduced to skeletons with long, dirty white hair and wearing a tattered green robe. (4/1000/1600)
"I place a card face-down and end my turn," Manjoume concluded as he slide a card into his Duel Disk, causing a reversed card to appear behind his Monster.
Manjoume's hand: 4
'Duels contain the element of luck as long as there's drawing. However, what decides a match is a strategy based on careful calculations,' Manjoume thought to himself as she smirked. "Obelisk Blue against Osiris Red. The difference in our intellect has already determined the outcome of this!"
"You can't play a duel in your head! My blazing heart will take you on!" Judai countered as he drew his sixth card. "Ore no tān. Draw!" Judai looked at the card he drew and then fanned out the cards in his hand before spotting a familiar card. "Oh, Partner!"
'Hm? Partner?' Kaito thought to himself curiously after overhearing Judai. 'Does he have one?'
"He has one, but no more than that," a voice familiar to Kaito said as a certain Monster from his deck appeared next to him in spirit form.
'Tsukasa?' Kaito questioned his Monster through his thoughts. 'You're positive?'
Tsukasa nodded once as she gripped her staff, "Yeah. My Guardian can sense it."
'I see. Thank you,' Kaito mentally told the spirit, who nodded once more before returning to the deck.
"With lucky old you by my side, I've got nothing to fear!" Judai said to his card as he grabbed a different card from his hand. "I activate the Magic card, Fusion! I fuse together Elemental HERO Featherman and Burstlady…" Judai held up the two mentioned cards, causing Manjoume's eyes to widen with surprise as the two Monsters appeared on the field before jumping into the air. "…to summon Elemental HERO Flame Wingman in Attack mode!"
The two Monsters disappeared in a flash of light and were replaced by the same Fusion Monster that Judai had used to defeat Chronos with during his exam. (6/2100/1200)
"All right! This is my favorite card!" Judai said as he flashed the card to Manjoume before placing it on his Duel Disk.
"I've caught you already, it seems," Manjoume said calmly.
"What?!" Judai wondered what Manjoume meant.
"I've already thoroughly analyzed your entry exam duel. Duels are all about brains!" Manjoume shouted. "I activate the Trap car, Hell Polymer!" As Manjoume's card rose, the artwork depicted a Monster being engulfed by flames as the card itself gained a dark aura.
"Hell Polymer…?" Sho repeated, likely not having heard of the card before.
"This is bad for Judai," Kaito realized.
"It's basic knowledge to a duelist," a young woman's voice spoke up from behind the two, causing the Osiris students to turn around and see a girl with long blonde hair wearing the female Obelisk uniform walking up to them.
"A-Asuka-san," Sho identified the girl.
"When your opponent summons a Fusion Monster, you can gain control of that Monster…" Asuka explained. "…by releasing one Monster on your field."
"Huh? What does that mean?" Sho wondered.
"You're about to find out. Watch," Kaito said as he turned back around to watch the duel with Sho doing the same.
"I release Reborn Zombie to gain control of Flame Wingman!" Manjoume declared, to which his own Monster was destroyed by a bright light.
"Flame Wingman!" Judai called out as his Fusion Monster started to glow and was soon sucked into Manjoume's Trap.
The Trap card soon exploded and Flame Wingman rose up from the ground, now surrounded by the same dark aura as the Trap had been, changing Flame Wingman into something more demonic and turning his wing pitch black. (6/2100/1200)
"His Monster got taken!" Sho stated the obvious with a surprised gasp.
"I knew a Fusion Monster finished Professor Chronos off in your battle with him, so I had that Trap set," Manjoume explained. "I can't believe that you'd step your way right into my Trap, without even knowing that. You're a typical Osiris Red."
"A Fusion Summon's a Special Summon, so I can still Normal Summon this turn," Judai reminded his opponent before looking at the rest of his hand. 'But I don't have any Monsters in my hand with the ATK or DEF to overcome Flame Wingman. Guess I'll tide things over with a defensive Monster…'
'Flame Wingman is a Monster that deals damage equal to the ATK of the Monster it destroys…' Manjoume thought to himself with a grin on his face. 'Whatever he does, he can't go unscathed next turn!'
"I summon Elemental HERO Clayman in Defense mode!" Judai announced as he played a card.
The next Monster to appear on Judai's field was a creature with a body made of stone and either had a red head or was wearing a red helmet. (4/800/2000)
"Tān endo!" Judai concluded.
Judai's hand: 2
"I draw my card!" Manjoume announced as he pulled the next card from his deck. "I summon Hell Soldier!"
As Manjoume played his card, the Monster that appeared was humanoid in appearance and wore some kind of dark armor, carried a shield and sword, and had red eyes. (4/1200/1400)
"Go, Flame Wingman!" Manjoume commanded the possessed Fusion, to which it leapt into the air and was engulfed in fire. "Flame Shoot!"
The Fusion Monster than dove down at Judai's defending Clayman and destroyed it.
"Due to Flame Wingman's Monster Effect, the ATK of the destroyed opposing Monster is dealt as damage to the opposing player!" Manjoume felt the need to tell Judai the effect of his own Monster as the possessed Flame Wingman stood in front of Judai and held out its right dragon arm before unleashing a torrent of flames right in Judai's face.
"Judai!" Kaito called out as Judai cried out from the attack.
Manjoume: 4000
Judai: 3200
"You don't have a single Monster left to defend you! " Manjoume reminded his opponent as Flame Wingman returned to his side of the field. "Hell Soldier! Hell Attack!"
The armored Monster dashed across the field with amazing speed and slashed at Judai with his sword, causing the E-HERO duelist to cover his chest with his arms and drop to his knees.
Manjoume: 4000
Judai: 2000
"By putting a stop to your Fusion Monster, you're already out of options, it seems!" Manjoume assumed as Hell Soldier returned to his side of the field. "I don't know how you were in your small town, but you're not at the level you need to make it in the Duel Academia! Got that yet!?" Manjoume then pushed a card into his Duel Disk, causing a reversed card to appear behind his Monsters. "I set a card face-down, ending my turn!"
Manjoume's hand: 3
"Now, it's your turn!" Manjoume called out, but then started to laugh when he saw Judai's body shaking. "Shedding tears of regret, are we, Number 110?"
Judai then raised his head, revealing that his body was shaking because he was laughing as the Osiris student got back to his feet, "I'm touched!"
"What…?" Manjoume quickly asked, surprised to get this kind of response from his opponent.
"The Duel Academia sure is fun!" Judai said. "There's a bunch of guys like you around here, aren't there? This is gonna be great!"
"What was that?!" Manjoume questioned, completely confused by what Judai was saying in comparison to his situation in the duel.
"Ore no tān! Draw!" Judai called out as he drew his next card. "I summon Elemental HERO Sparkman!"
The next card Judai played called forth a human-shaped figure wearing a blue and yellow suit with a helmet and some yellow armor around his wrists, shoulder and chest with some kind of device on his back. (4/1600/1400)
"Go, Sparkman! Spark Flash!" Judai commanded.
His Monster responded by charging electricity and then firing it through his arm at Hell Soldier, destroying the dark creature instantly as Manjoume tried to cover himself from the explosion.
Manjoume: 3600
Judai: 2000
However, Hell Soldier's sword flew up out of the smoke, took aim at Judai, and then launched itself at the E-HERO duelist.
Manjoume: 3600
Judai: 1600
"Its Monster Effect activates!" Manjoume explained, having recovered from the destruction of his Monster as he flashed the card to Judai. "Hell Soldier has an effect that deals the same damage its player took to the opposing player when it's destroyed!"
"Big Bro!" Sho called out.
"Your big brother is mighty spirited, but pretty careless," Asuka told Sho, not taking her eyes off the duel. "To just disregard a Monster Effect like that…"
"Judai-kun isn't my real brother…" Sho explained, earning the attentions of Asuka and Kaito. "How could you put it… Well, he's my "spiritual brother"."
Asuka and Kaito looked at Sho, though Asuka had a confused look on her face as if to say she didn't know what he was talking about.
"I think what Sho's trying to say is that even though Judai isn't his real brother, he looks up to Judai like an older brother," Kaito tried to explain. "Right, Sho?"
"Yeah, that sounds about right," the smaller Osiris answered.
"I guess that makes sense," Asuka said as the group of three returned to watching Judai's duel.
"I place a card face-down and end my turn!" Judai concluded as a reversed card appeared behind Sparkman.
Judai's hand: 1
"I'm sure to win with my next attack!" Manjoume prematurely declared his victory as he drew his next card. "I draw my card! Go! Flame Wingman! Use your Flame Shoot on his Sparkman!"
Without playing another card beforehand, Manjoume declared his attack to which the possessed Fusion Monster's body become engulfed in flames again.
"I activate the Trap card, Different-Dimensional Tunnel – Mirror Gate!" Judai quickly countered as his set card rose.
"What?!" Manjoume gasped in shock.
"All right! Great move, Judai!" Kaito cheered.
"Mirror Gate?!" Sho repeated.
"When your opponent declares an attack on an Elemental HERO you control, Mirror Gate will change possession of those Monsters and resume the battle!" Kaito explained as the two Elemental HERO Monsters shattered into pixels only to return on opposite sides of the field with Flame Wingman returned to his original state. "That means not only does Judai get Flame Wingman back, but Manjoume's going to take a lot of damage!"
The two Monsters then leapt into the air, Sparkman surrounded by a dark aura and Flame Wingman surrounded by an aura of flames, and tried to overpower each other.
"Sparkling Breaker!" Judai called out, to which Sparkman tried to send an electric current into Flame Wingman's body, but the Fusion Monster turned the electric flow right back, electrocuting Sparkman and destroying him.
Manjoume: 3100
Judai: 1600
"Next up, due to Flame Wingman's Monster Effect, the ATK of the destroyed opposing Monster is dealt as damage to my opponent!" Judai stated as his Fusion Monster released a surge of excess electricity at Manjoume.
Manjoume: 1500
Judai: 1600
"That's my Big Bro for you!" Sho cheered.
"He's pretty good, huh?" Asuka mused.
"You're almost there, Judai! Keep it up!" Kaito called out.
"You're so cool, Big Bro!" Sho called out as well, to which Judai flashed a victory sign with his fingers to the group of three behind him.
"What a cut-up…" Asuka couldn't help but laugh a bit.
"Why, you…" Manjoume growled. "Don't get too ahead of yourself there, you freaking Osiris Red dropout!"
"Hm? Dropout?" Kaito repeated to himself.
"Has no one told you yet?" Asuka asked the Data-HERO duelist.
"Told me what?" Kaito questioned the Obelisk girl.
"Apparently the dorm you get put into is determined by when you took your written test," Sho explained.
"Ah, I see. I guess I'll look it up when we get back," Kaito said.
"I activate the Magic card, Hell Blast!" Manjoume announced as he grabbed a card from his hand, causing a vortex of wind to appear on the field. "During the turn in which a Monster under my control is destroyed, it destroys one Monster on the field, dealing damage equal to half that Monster's ATK!"
A similar vortex appeared underneath Flame Wingman and soon expanded upward, surrounding the Fusion Monster until it destroyed Judai's creature.
"Flame Wingman…!" Judai uselessly called out to his Monster as his Life Points dropped.
Manjoume: 1500
Judai: 550
"Next, I activate the Trap card, Call of the Living Dead!" Manjoume continued as his set card rose. "This card selects a Monster card from my Cemetery and Special Summons it in Attack mode! And I'll Special Summon Hell Soldier!" As the card slid out of the Cemetery slot, Manjoume grabbed it and play it, summoning the dark-armored swordsman again (4/1200/1400), but then the Monster quickly disappeared from the field. "Then, I release Hell Soldier to summon Hell General Mephisto!"
The next Monster to appear on Manjoume's field was another humanoid Demon, but this one was clad in black armor with a black cape and had what might've been long blonde hair while on a black-armored steed and wielding a large, double-bladed axe. (5/1800/1700)
"One way or the other, it appears I've clinched my win!" Manjoume declared. "And according to the Ante Rule, I'll take your best card!"
Manjoume's hand: 2
Judai couldn't help but scoff, "We'll see about that."
"What?" Manjoume questioned, but then smirked. "A duel is determined with 99% intelligence, with luck playing its part a mere 1%."
"Kuri kuri!" a familiar voice squeaked to Judai, causing the Osiris duelist to look down at the lone Winged Kuriboh in his hand.
"Yeah, I know, Partner," Judai said the to card, to which the artwork winked at him. "I'll risk it all on that 1%! My draw will call out a miracle!" Judai then grabbed the next card from his deck and drew. "Ore no tān. Draw!" Turning the card over and looking at it, a smile spread across Judai's lips. 'All right!'
However, the sudden echoing of approaching footsteps caught Asuka's ears as she quickly turned her head to look down one of the hallways and then turn back to the duelists.
"The security guards are coming!" Asuka warned them, to which the holograms slowly faded. "With the Ante Rule being forbidden by school regulations, and using a facility after hours, you could get expelled for breaking regulations!"
"Huh? There are school regulations like that?!" Judai asked.
Asuka sighed and held up her SPP, "Didn't you read your Student Personal Planner?"
Then, as if he just now noticed Asuka, Manjoume started to blush a bit, 'Asuka-san had been watching my duel?'
"Manjoume-san, this is bad!" Taiyou warned.
"That's enough for tonight. I'll take care of my win," Manjoume said, heeding the advice as he turned and walked off the Duel field.
"The match isn't over yet!" Judai called out.
"That's plenty. You've shown me how capable you are," Manjoume said as he jumped off the field. "Apparently your entry exam was just dumb luck."
"Quit messing around!" Judai called out as Manjoume left with Taiyou and Raizou right behind him.
"Big Bro, they're gonna find us!" Sho cried out with worry.
"Come on, this way!" Asuka said, leading to a way out.
"Hurry! Hurry!" Sho said.
"No! I won't move from the spooot!" Judai whined like a brat.
"Big Bro!" Sho cried out.
"We don't have time for this, Judai!" Kaito said as he climbed up onto the Duel field and grabbed Judai from under his arms. "Let's just get out of here before we get in trouble!"
"Hey, let me go!" Judai struggled as Kaito pulled him down from the Duel field and following Asuka and Sho out of the arena until they were outside, at which point Kaito released Judai.
"For crying out loud, you're quite the hassle, aren't you?" Asuka berated the E-HERO duelist.
"Tch, I don't need your opinion…" Judai grumbled.
"You could've gotten us in a lot of trouble, you know," Kaito continued to berate his friend in Asuka's place. "What would you have done if we all got expelled?"
Judai just scoffed and shrugged off the question as Sho showed his gratitude to the Obelisk girl, "Thank you, Asuka-san."
"So how did that harsh ordeal from Obelisk Blue feel?" Asuka directed her question at Judai.
"Okay, I guess," Judai shrugged. "But I thought I could've gone on a little longer."
"Is that so?" Asuka asked skeptically, earning the Osiris boy's attention. "If no one had interfered, you would have lost you most important card due to the Ante Rule right around now, right?"
"Nope. I had that duel won," Judai said assuredly with a smile on his face as he held up the last card he had drawn and turned it over to reveal the Magic card, Resurrection of the Dead.
Asuka gasped with surprise and Judai smirked as all four of them imagined how the duel would've turned out from there. Judai would've used the Magic card to revive Flame Wingman and attack the weaker Hell General Mephisto, dealing 300 damage and then dealing 1800 damage from its effect, a total of 2100 damage to Manjoume's remaining 1500 and giving Judai the win.
"Too bad it had to end so soon then," Kaito said with a grin. "I would've liked to see the real end of the duel."
Judai nodded once to Kaito in agreement before he started to walk away.
"Big Bro!" Sho called out to his friend as he ran after him to catch up with Kaito walking behind them.
'He might be interesting…' Asuka thought to herself as she watched the three Osiris students head back to their dorm.
Agarest Soul - Golden Leonhardt
Level-4
Honō
Warrior
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1600
Agarest Soul - Treasure Hunter Fer
Level-1
Mizu
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 300
DEF: 200
Effect: During damage calculation, if this card is being attack by your opponent's Monster: You take no Battle Damage from this battle, your opponent draws 1 card, and you return this card to your hand.
Agarest Soul - Sky Gunner Murmina
Level-3
Yami
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1000
Effect: If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate card effects until the end of the Damage Step.
Agarest Soul - Grappler Qua
Level-3
Chi
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1200
Effect: Increase this card's ATK by 300 during the Battle Phase.
Agarest Soul - High Elf Ellis
Level-3
Hikari
Magician/Effect
ATK: 1100
DEF: 500
Effect: Once per turn, you can activate 1 of the following effects:
• Special Summon 1 Agarest Soul – Larva Warden Borgnine from your hand.
• Send 1 card from your hand to the Cemetery and Special Summon 1 Agarest Soul – Larva Warden Borgnine from your deck.
Agarest Soul - Larva Warden Borgnine
Level-6
Yami
Beast-Warrior/Effect
ATK: 3000
DEF: 3000
Effect: This card's Attribute is also treated as Kaze. While this card is face-up on the field, Agarest Soul - High Elf Ellis cannot be selected as an attack target. While this card is in face-up Defense mode, your opponent cannot target other Monsters for attacks.
Agarest Soul - White Ladius
Level-5
Chi
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 2400
DEF: 2500
Effect: This card's name is treated as Agarest Soul – Ladius. You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) if you have 1 Agarest Soul – Golden Leonhardt and 1 Agarest Soul – Queen Knight Elaine in your Cemetery.
Agarest Soul - Queen Knight Elaine
Level-4
Chi
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1500
Effect: Once per turn, you can increase the DEF of 1 Monster you control by 300.