Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Twilight
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Author's notes: So here is chapter 3, I hope you enjoy it, thanks to those that reviewed last chapter.
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Chapter 3: Fire Burning Inside the Winter Tree
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Three days had gone by since classes begun to take place...
A new professor had been introduced, Professor Cobra, who had transferred from West Academy. Along with him came four students, each from a different academy: Amon Garam who hailed from East Academy, Austin O'brien from West Academy, Jim Crocodile Cook was transferred from South Academy and finally was Johan Anderson who had come from the North Academy.
The students were then equipped with Death-Belts and forced to participate in Death-Duels by Professor Cobra. These "Death-Duels" would measure the student's fighting spirit and would affect their status and position in the school...
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The Osiris dorms were quiet that afternoon, it was a soothing combination of the breeze and the sun that brought fourth this atmosphere to the small dorm that sat by a cliff. Two stories tall and not very wide was one way to describe the place. The red roofed dorm was the place in which students with low grades or low dueling skills would stay.
However, amongst these low ranked students was a student who could be called a rising star among his peers. His name was Judai Yuki. He was a student whose skill far surpassed those of even students from the Obelisk dorm, his skill was something no other student on the island could deny.
There were almost no red students outside the dorm; the sun's rays took away the motivation that most of the red students would have to get out of their rooms. However, two students sat behind the dorm, looking towards the ocean.
"Do you remember the tournament the school held last year?" asked a red haired boy in a cheery tone.
"Yeah, I remember, the one in which you lost in merely a couple of days" responded the other boy jokingly. This one had dark hair; it was hard to tell whether it was black or a VERY dark blue. This student also fashioned a pair of sunglasses that covered his eyes entirely.
"I keep telling you that the guy had an Egyptian God! Why don't you believe me?!" asked the red haired student in an annoyed tone.
"I told you before to stop making excuses" replied the dark haired boy.
The other boy smirked "Do you remember when YOU lost and joined that cult? Or maybe I should call it a fan club?"
"Whatever suits you" responded the dark haired boy.
The two boys sat there until they heard a sound coming from the bottom of the cliff. They stood up and saw a giant, armored monster (1500/500) kneeling behind a student wearing a yellow jacket. In front of the black haired Ra student were two cards on their backside, representing his facedown cards.
On the other side was a boy with dark hair resembling that of the boy with sunglasses who grinned ludicrously at seeing his opponent's armored giant kneel down, taking a defensive stance. It was then that he flipped his facedown monster to reveal a green, cartoon alligator that laughed frantically as it swung around a dangerous cartoon axe (800/1600).
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"First, I activate Tempest!" declared the dark haired boy.
The black haired boy just grinned and pushed a button on his duel disk to reveal a trap card "By discarding this card from my hand... I activate Magic Jammer!"
"That won't save your monster Mr. Fuyuki! Attack!"
"Tell me Yamato Hiroshi, have you heard of "Dual" monsters?"
'Dual? Monsters?' thought Yamato 'Wait...!" his face turning into one of astonishment.
"I guess you remember now. I activate Special Dual Summon!" said Fuyuki "this means that Sunrise Guardna' defense gains a small boost... namely eighteen hundred defense points!"
"Damn..." muttered Yamato as the small alligator struck the giant with its axe.
(Y: 2500)
"So, Yamato Hiroshi, do you want to give up?" asked Fuyuki.
"Not at all!" responded the other boy "By the way, you can just call me Yamato!"
"I'm sorry but I can't do that Yamato Hiroshi, I can only call someone by their first name once they've earned my respect!" said Fuyuki.
Yamato felt disappointed "I guess I end my turn then..."
The Sunrise Guardna disappeared, giving Yamato an expression of both shock and relief.
"Let me explain" began Fuyuki "Special Dual Summon makes the Dual monster that got affected by it return to its hand at the end of the turn"
"I see" said Yamato.
"Let's end this now!" said Fuyuki when he drew his card "I activate Premature Burial to bring back my absolute favorite monster!"
A hellish green and black dragon appeared on the field in a burst of flames; it slowly opened its wings, spreading sparks and then began to roar furiously. (2400/1500)
Yamato got scared and dropped his card, tripping and falling down soon after.
"Surprised? Its name is Hell Kaiser Dragon; I'll also second summon it so it can attack twice! Burn to ashes with its scorching flames!" shouted Fuyuki.
The dragon promptly shot out a scalding stream of fire from its mouth, the cartoon alligator turned slowly into cartoon bones while the flare burned its skin.
(Y: 900)
"Finish it!" commanded Fuyuki.
The dragon obeyed the command almost immediately and launched another magnificent stream of its shining flames. By the time the attack had ended, Yamato had already passed out.
(Y: 0)
Fuyuki got close to inspect the body 'He must have passed out...' he thought.
"Oi! You! The Ra student! What did you do to Yamato?!" shouted a loud voice from behind Fuyuki.
Fuyuki turned around to see two Osiris students, one was wearing sunglasses and had a hair color similar to Yamato's while the other had red spiky hair which was held up by a red headband.
"I'm sorry" said Fuyuki nonchalantly "He passed out with my final attack"
"I see" said the boy wearing sunglasses.
"If that's the case then I'll just have to wake him up with my own flames, because those are flames that will burn and shine more than those of your dragon!" shouted the red haired student.
"Br-b-BRIGHTER AND HOTTER THAN HELLKAISER DRAGON'S?!" asked Fuyuki in sheer astonishment "Can a human even do that?!"
"Of course I can!" declared the red haired boy "They're flames straight from my SOUL!"
"I don't know what this is all about but I'm getting PUMPED UP!" shouted Fuyuki
"That's the spirit!" responded the Osiris student as he grabbed the unconscious Yamato.
"Of course any flames can burn more than the holographic dragon's" said the dark haired boy "they're holographic for a reason. Not that any of you can produce flames anyway..."
"Shut up Tezuka! Your little brother is in danger!" shouted the red haired boy.
"He's not in danger. He only fell..." began Tezuka
"SHUT UP TEZUKA HIROSHI!" shouted Fuyuki "I'M CLOSE TO THE SECRET OF THE SOUL'S FIRE!"
The red haired student grabbed Yamato by the arms "Okay! Now punch him!" he shouted to Fuyuki.
Fuyuki closed his hand to form a fist "Understood!" he shouted.
Fuyuki delivered a punch straight to Yamato's face, leaving a noticeable mark.
"Wait? How is this going to help Yamato Hiroshi?! Aren't we just hurting him?!" asked Fuyuki at the realization of the situation.
"Your soul didn't burn strongly enough! Look, just hold him..."
Fuyuki grabbed Yamato in the same position.
The other boy prepared to hand out the strongest punch he could give. Yamato awoke just in time to see the red haired boy's fist hit him straight on the forehead, making it bleed.
"AAAH! Why did you do that?" shouted Yamato, but was startled when he was suddenly dropped to the floor.
"Amazing!" shouted Fuyuki "The soul's flames are real!"
"Of course they are!" said the red haired boy
"My soul is weak! I must make it stronger! Red haired stranger, I challenge you to a duel! Tomorrow at four o' clock in the afternoon!" declared Fuyuki.
The red haired boy held his fist in front of him "I accept your challenge! By the way, some people call me Ken!"
"Good bye then! Ken, Tezuka Hiroshi, and Yamato Hiroshi!" said Fuyuki as he began to run away towards the path on the cliff.
"Wait... How did you earn his respect so quickly?" asked Yamato.
"You've actually been asleep an entire week" said Ken
"What?!" responded Yamato in shock.
"Heh. Just kidding! Let's clean up your forehead before a teacher sees this!" said Ken.
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Fuyuki was walking through the forest near, thinking about the events that had just happened 'So you actually believed that crap about the soul's fire?' asked a voice.
'Yes I did. I don't think it actually woke the boy up but... that passion must have come from somewhere...' thought Fuyuki.
'I see. You better not lose. Even if you're just an artificial personality you're still using my body' said the voice.
'Artificial? We're both one and the same' thought Fuyuki.
'That's what you think. If we're the same... can you tell me "our" real name?" asked the voice.
'...' Fuyuki remained silent
'I thought so' said Fuyuki(?)
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Night had already fallen by the time Kai had returned to the Obelisk dorm 'I got to say, Professor Cobra's way of thinking is certainly ideal' he thought 'with the death-duel system I just have to crush the fighting spirit of those that don't belong here, if I manage to do that then this place will become ideal. You could say he just made it easier to REMOVE my obstacles'
When he reached his door he found a rose at the foot of the door 'Just a common rose' he thought as he examined it. It was then that he noticed a small envelope hidden carefully beneath the door.
'A letter from Kaede?' thought Kai as he read the name on the envelope.
'Maybe she is finally ready to return my humble affections. Maybe she has finally given up and she has realized she can't resist me any longer!' he thought, practically drooling as he opened the envelope.
When he had finished reading the content his face had already turned into a face of absolute disappointment.
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It was exactly 4:03 PM when Fuyuki appeared on the Osiris dorms. In front of the dorm was Ken. The strange part was that Ken wasn't wearing the red jacket representing the Osiris dorm; instead he wore something reminiscent of a particularly formal business suit.
"Why are you wearing that suit?" asked Fuyuki as he approached the red dorm.
"I'm wearing this so that you can measure my skills individually rather than judging me for being an Osiris!" said Ken as he shuffled his deck.
"I've never judged anyone by their school uniform but..." he began while taking off his yellow jacket "yours is an interesting proposition!"
"So you understand! This will be a duel among two duelists not an Osiris and a Ra!" said Ken, sliding his deck into his duel disk.
'This is probably the best way to understand that fire!' thought Fuyuki as he did the same as Ken.
Both duelists began drawing at the same time 'So you still believe in that crap?' asked a voice coming from inside Fuyuki's head 'Of course!' thought Fuyuki so that the other voice could hear.
(F: 4000)
(K: 4000)
Fuyuki's thought was interrupted "You can start first! The order of our turns doesn't matter in this duel!" shouted Ken.
"I see. I'll start with Blazewing Butterfly!" said Fuyuki.
The thin build of the body of the butterfly ascended slowly unto the field until it came to a sudden stop. At that instant the butterfly grew majestic wings of fire. (1500/1500)
"I'll also set three cards facedown and end my turn!"
Ken drew his sixth card very quickly "I guess you've grasped some understanding of the soul's flames so I'll show you something special!"
A robot that was slightly taller than Ken appeared unto the field. Two large cannons sat peacefully on its shoulders. It reached back and grabbed two guns from its armament, wielding one in each arm. (1600/1400)
"Cosmic Machine- Cannon! Remember its name well as it blasts your butterfly to smithereens!" said Ken, immediately signaling an attack to its new monster.
The machine opened its chest to reveal even more armaments before blasting the butterfly with its entire arsenal.
(F: 3900)
"I'll set a single card and end my turn!"
Fuyuki drew his card "I activate Reckless Greed!" said Fuyuki "with this I can draw two cards!" he grinned after he saw the second card he had drawn "I also activate Foolish Burial!"
Fuyuki chose the card from his deck with relative ease and as soon as he had dropped it he pressed a button, revealing a facedown trap.
"With Birthright I can special summon a normal monster from my cemetery!" he explained.
Ken didn't take long to figure out his opponent's move because as soon as Birthright showed itself flames began to burst all over the field. From the bursting flames emerged a green and black dragon. (2400/1500)
"I'll also second summon my Hell Kaiser Dragon!" said Fuyuki just moments before the dragon opened its wings, spreading fire and then roaring at full force in a menacing way.
Yamato looked at the monster and remembered his previous encounter with the hellish beast. He almost lost his balance because he was scared but was suddenly calm after seeing the reassuring figure of his brother behind him.
"Come on! Do your worst! Your dragon's flames won't burn me because the flames of my soul are hotter!" shouted Ken.
Fuyuki signaled for the dragon to attack "Get ready to burn to ashes with its scorching flames!"
The dragon inhaled and moved its head back and immediately launched a stream of flames that headed straight for the armed machine. The machine prepared to launch a counter attack but it was too slow and was slowly molten by the dragon's flames.
(K: 3200)
"Heh. Those flames didn't burn me at all!" declared a confident Ken.
"Of course they wouldn't. They didn't even touch you" said Tezuka in an analytical tone... but they didn't hear him.
"Then get ready for the second attack!" shouted Fuyuki.
The dragon launched another stream of flames which disappeared into a vortex just moments before it hit Ken.
"That was my Negate Attack!" shouted Ken.
"But, why didn't you activate it before?" asked Fuyuki.
"I forgot. Some people make mistakes..." said Ken in a not so serious tone.
"I guess you're right. I activate card destruction!" declared Fuyuki as he activated the card straight from his hand.
Ken silently thought about a comeback now that he was forced to drop his Giant Growth equip card.
"I end my turn" said Fuyuki.
Ken drew his card and grinned at his newly drawn spell card "I summon my Cosmic Machine- Driller!" said Ken.
A yellow robot emerged from the ground and raised proudly the drill on its right hand. (900/1100)
"I also activate Cosmic Part- Sol Burst!" he said as a bright generator installed itself unto the drilling robot making its parts shine radiantly.
"Its stats didn't change. What's the point of that card?" wondered Fuyuki.
"It might not have changed physically but its soul changed! Its soul now shines brighter than your dragon's flame!" declared Ken, pointing towards Hell Kaiser Dragon.
"I'll use its ability to attack you directly by discarding one card from the top of my deck to attack you directly!" he said right before the yellow robot dug into the floor below him and emerged directly below Fuyuki and gave an uppercut with his drill to the teen, making him stumble and fall backwards.
(F: 3000)
"I end my turn!" said Ken
"I guess I can't draw because of my Reckless Greed but..." he began "I can still attack!"
The dragon launched an intense stream of fire towards the new machine but the robot only began to shine even brighter.
"First ability of Sol Burst activates! When attacked by a "Fire" monster my machine will get a boost in attack power equal to half the attack power of said monster until the end of the damage step!"
Cosmic Machine- Driller grew taller until it grew to a size similar to Hell Kaiser Dragon and rushed towards it. (2100/1100)
"Using that robot to take the least amount of damage and inflict damage little by little..." began Fuyuki "Are you hoping for a miracle?"
"Not at all!" said Ken "Whenever a monster equipped with that card gains a boost, be it an attack or a defense boost, the Sol Burst generator adds 400 to its attack or defense. Whatever I choose!"
'Damn! My dragon!' thought Fuyuki.
'Want me to take over?' asked the voice from inside his head.
'This isn't your battle!' said Fuyuki.
'The way you think only makes it clear who the ARTIFICIAL personality is...'
The machine grew slightly taller and with a sudden burst of power defeated the dragon and pierced its body with the drill. (2500/1100)
(F: 2900)
The drilling machine grew dimmer and returned to its original size. (1300/1100)
"I end my turn..." said Fuyuki 'That radiance... It was stronger than my dragon's flames... so the flames of the soul are real?' thought Fuyuki.
'It's just a bunch of metaphorical crap' said the voice 'I'll show you by defeating this idiot!'
"Let's see how strong your flame is!" said Fuyuki(?) as Ken drew his card.
'No monsters I can summon...' thought Ken "I'll attack directly with Cosmic Machine- Driller!"
The radiant machine ran forward and struck the black haired boy with his drill. The boy simply grabbed the yellow jacket he had dropped earlier and put it on his shoulder.
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"Heh! Getting cocky are you? Let's see you stop my soul's fire!" said Ken "That is the end of this turn!"
'Why didn't you use this?' thought Fuyuki(?) while pressing the button on his facedown card.
'I guess I forgot' said Fuyuki
'That's why you're simply a worthless, artificial personality!' said Fuyuki(?) "I activate Autonomous Action Unit!"
Thunder struck the field and a red robot with two cannons on its shoulders appeared in front of Fuyuki. It grabbed the two guns from behind its back and prepared to launch an attack towards the Cosmic Machine- Driller. (1600/1400)
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"Blast the machine away!" he commanded.
The red machine shot out with its entire armament and hit the Driller with full force. The yellow robot exploded as Ken grimaced at the fact of his own machine being used against him.
(K: 2900)
"I end my turn" said Fuyuki(?)
"If I draw a stronger monster then I've won!" said Ken as he placed his hand on his deck "Draw!" he shouted "I activate Cyclone to blow my machine away from your disrespectful grasp!"
The strong wind blew around and the cyclone began to form. It closed in on the face up spell card and shattered it, causing the red robot to explode.
"I end my turn!" shouted Ken.
"I will now activate my Dual Summon spell card!" said Fuyuki(?) after seeing his newly drawn card "I now summon and then second summon my newly drawn..."
A familiar thin insect shot out into the field, growing its magnificent pair of flaming wings in the process. (1500/1500)
"Blazewing Butterfly!" shouted Fuyuki(?) as the butterfly began to burst into flames.
The bursting flames spread throughout the field and out of these flames emerged a dark dragon. The black and green dragon opened its wings more ferociously than ever before. The heat wave spread as the dragon gave its usual yet terrifying roar to Ken.
"What the hell?!" asked Ken in shock at the events that had just happened.
"Blazewing Butterfly allows me to special summon a "Dual" monster straight from my cemetery! The monster that I choose will also get its effect!"
"So that dragon's flame is something that can't easily be overwhelmed, is it?" asked Ken, already knowing what was about to happen.
"There are no flames stronger than the ones from THIS dragon! Burn to ashes with its scorching flames!"
The dragon shot out a big fireball, immediately followed by the usual stream of fire.
(K: 0)
"That was a good duel!" said Ken.
"I think I've begun to understand the secrets of the fire thanks to you!" said Fuyuki "I think I'll return to my dorm and think about it. I have some business to take care of"
"See you later!" shouted Ken at Fuyuki, who was already walking away from the red dorms.
"Later!" shouted Fuyuki in response.
Yamato began to walk away "I'll definitely give him a rematch! For now, however, I should just think about working on my deck for a bit. I'm going to head back to our room. I'll see you later big brother!" he said as he walked up to the second floor.
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'What was that all about?' thought Fuyuki as he walked in the forest.
'I told you that the flame of the soul was a lie!' said the voice.
'At least you could've let me finish the duel' thought Fuyuki.
'I told you once and I'll tell you again. You are just an artificial personality that I created when I needed it. I don't need you anymore but I can't just make you disappear; only you can do that. Feel free to vanish anytime soon!' said the voice 'If you insist on using my body then at least do it right. Remember that we have important business in the next few days'
'I understand' thought Fuyuki, now in a much more serious matter.
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Ken and Tezuka began walking towards the cafeteria "Okay. Come out Kai" said Tezuka.
The brown haired Obelisk slowly walked out into the open. The blue student came out while eating a sandwich bought from the cafeteria, he didn't look happy at all.
"First of all" he said while taking a bite out of his sandwich "I want you to know that I certainly expected you to lose against someone of that caliber"
"Are you mocking me?!" asked an angry Ken.
"Of course I am. What were you expecting after calling me over like this?!" asked a disappointed Kai while taking out an envelope out of his pocket, it clearly read "From: Kaede" in the front.
"Don't remember it? Maybe I should read the contents to you out loud..." said Kai in a frustrated tone.
He began to read slowly:
"Dear Kai:
I would like you to meet me tomorrow at 4:00 PM in the Osiris Red dorms so that I can give you BURNING!! love. Also bring some food so that I can feed it to you in a BURNING!! fashion. I will give you a BURNING!! afternoon that you won't forget for the rest of your BURNING!! life. This is definately Kaede and to prove it I write these words of love: Your manliness is like the gears of many machines that continually spin throughout the BURNING!! cosmos, a man's SWEAT, BLOOD and TEARS are not aas hot as the FIRE of your SOUL!!. Your pure tears are like the oil that falls when my machine monsters are destroyed by battle. Yours truly, your lover for all eternity:
Tezuka"
"Do you remember writing anything along these lines yesterday?!" asked Kai while ripping the paper to shreds.
"It says that Tezuka wrote it. Are you blind?" asked Ken.
"Of course I'm not blind. That's the reason I can see that its YOUR handwriting!" said the Obelisk boy "So, are you ready for some BURNING punishment?!" said Kai in an almost demonic manner.
"If you have no problem with losing your arms!" said Ken right before landing two punches on Kai's shoulders "I've just hit your pressure points in a manner that your arms will explode in but a couple of seconds. Say your prayers and die! Tenth technique of the School of the Fire of a Man's Soul: Exploding Arms...!"
"What?!" asked a startled Kai "My arms...!" he began before he looked at his shoulder and looked at the little bulge that had formed on his jacket.
Kai fainted and fell on the ground.
"Fake Out!" said Ken, a devilish grin forming on his face "It was a complete success! I'm now going to take his room key and play around for a little bit!"
Ken took the key and ran away from the Osiris dorm.
'So he pulled the jacket a little bit this time' thought Tezuka before walking away towards his own room.
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