Yugioh GX: The White Dragon Legacy
Disclaimer: Like I said with previous episodes, I do not own Yugioh GX. I only own the cards and character that I have created. Also some of the characters in this episode were inspired by some other T.V. shows, meaning that I don't own those shows either.
Chapter 4: The Legendary Phantom Duelist
-Domino City Docks, Warehouse B-
Inside a small office building, a bunch of thugs stood surrounding a desk. Some of them had weapons visible, while others had their own duel disks on their arms. A suitcase sat on top of the desk; with the top open revealing at least ten or twelve stacks of rare cards inside. Another person, sitting in a chair and acting like a mob boss; could be seen up to his neck as the only light in the office focused on the desk.
"So Tony this Kazama kid is he legit?" The Mob Boss asked.
The one known as Tony nodded. "Yes your honor. All of these cards are as real, and they're all worth a pretty penny. I'd say that you have a million bucks in that case alone." The Mob Boss smiled and picked up a card from the inside of the case. "And we know how your son likes the game; we can get more cards outta Kazama if you want."
"I just don't see it..." The Mob Boss commented, setting the card back down in the case.
"Something wrong sir?" Another thug asked.
"Yeah, how can a guy make so much money with this crap?" The Mob Boss spat, setting the suitcase down. The thugs around the table shook their heads. The Mob Boss stood up and walked to an open window that was behind his chair. "You put a monster on a card, give it some rules, and a bunch of kids can go to town with it. I just don't get how one man can make all of the money he can make with all of this... Duel Monsters crap." He turned and smiled. "Now don't get me wrong, it's an ingenious idea. I salute Mr. Pegasus for getting his game off of the ground. But how does he come up with the ideas for all of these cards and rulings and stuff like that? I dunno, maybe I'm getting too old."
"Don't forget boss, you were the best duelist in your prime too." Another thug piped up. The Mob Boss smiled.
"Heh, yeah I was wasn't I?" The Mob Boss said fantasizing about the past. Minutes passed as he continued to gaze out of the window that led to a view of the Domino City Harbor. As he continued to stare, he didn't notice the shadow making a beeline for the warehouse that they were in.
The shadow was in the shape of an arrow, and continued to make its way to the pier. There were no other discernable features about this shadow, at least until it leapt on to the pier of its own accord. After ducking behind some crates, one could see some details of what the shadow truly was. There was a teenager at least fourteen to fifteen years old, wearing an all blue hooded cloak with black eyes. His face was concealed behind a breathing mask, which he took off and placed a pair of black sunglasses on his nose and an all blue top hat on his head. The teenager then pulled out a duffel bag and set his cloak on the ground. As he began to change, into an all blue suit with a Duel Academy Duel Disk, the figure then placed a deck of cards onto the disk and a cape onto his shoulders. After placing the cloak into the duffle bag, the teen placed it next to the crate before disappearing into the night.
"Hey boss, I'm going to go get a smoke." A thug said quietly as he pulled a cigarette from his pocket. The Mob Boss waved him off before he quickly left the office. The Mob Boss turned and pulled his own cigar from a case in his pocket.
"Sir, you need to watch your health remember? Doc said that you couldn't light one up." Tony warned, watching the boss pull a fat one out.
"Not if there are health conscious brands out there. You gotta do a little thinking Tony, especially if you wanna take over." The Mob Boss said, flashing him the brand. "I just hope that nothing goes wrong tonight." He said, cutting the tip off and lighting it up before taking a drag. He paused to enjoy it before exhaling, only as the sounds of a struggle could be heard from the front of the building. Tony looked up and saw that the thug from earlier was tied up and hanging upside down from one of the shelves in the warehouse.
"What the hell?" Tony exclaimed, pulling an assault rifle from one of the racks in the room. He pointed to two other guys and turned to the boss. "We're gonna check it out. You stay here boss." He finished as he and the other two thugs followed him. A couple minutes passed after they were gone as the Mob Boss waited nervously. He jumped seconds later as gunfire rang out through the air, followed by the sounds of screaming and shouting, before nothing but silence. The Mob Boss rose to his feet and pulled a pistol from a drawer from his desk.
He pointed to his remaining subordinates to the door. They all nodded and slowly made their way outside. Several minutes later and the sounds of Duel Monsters being summoned followed by the sounds of explosions and screaming could be heard. The Mob Boss then closed the briefcase and picked it up, along with a duel disk before sliding it on his arm. Slowly he inched out of the room, looking around and staring nervously at his surroundings.
When he got to the middle of the Warehouse, he couldn't believe his eyes. Several thugs were stuck in boxes that had been sawed in half, but weren't bleeding in the least. A giant playing card sat in the middle of the floor with a picture of the two thugs in the middle like the Jack of Hearts. He had also seen that three boxes had been stacked into a triangle; each with Tony's head, torso and lower legs in each box. What kind of freak is this? The Boss thought, getting really scared.
"I'm not a freak," A calm voice said behind him. The boss turned to see the teen from earlier. "I'm the Phantom Duelist. And here is my card." He said, holding a deck of poker cards and spraying it at the mob boss, causing him to lose his pistol. The boss turned to run only to have the Phantom Duelist appear in front of him
"What do you want from me?" The Mob Boss exclaimed, causing the Phantom Duelist to laugh.
"I want you to accept my duel. Your subordinates did, and well let's just say that they weren't any good." The Phantom Duelist said, activating his duel disk.
"Heh, I was an Interregional Champion! This'll be a walk in the park!" The Mob Boss said happily, activating his duel disk as well.
"DUEL!" They both shouted.
Mob Boss: 8000
The Phantom Duelist: 8000
"I'll go first, since I am a very busy man." The Mob Boss said, drawing his opening hand and grinning. "I'll summon my Back Hitman to the field in attack mode!" He commanded as a purple skinned demon wearing a very fancy business suit and wielding a Tommy gun appeared on his side of the field with a sneer. (1900/ 100 LVL: 4) "I'll throw these two cards down and end my turn. Your move kid." He finished as two cards appeared at his command.
"I draw!" The Phantom Duelist said, drawing his top card. "First off I'll activate my Detective's Guess Spell Card!" He said calmly. The Mob Boss blinked. "I have to pay five hundred life points to activate this card, but I guess the top card of your deck. If I guess right, I can summon a monster to the field with out any problems!"
Mob Boss: 8000
Phantom Duelist: 7500
"There has to be a drawback kid. You can't just do something for nothing." The Mob Boss countered. The Phantom Duelist laughed.
"Of course there is a drawback. If I guess wrong, I discard my entire hand." He said before taking a deep breath. "I believe that the next card in your deck is a trap..." He paused as if he were attempting to divine the card's true nature. "Yes, it is indeed a trap card... The trap card I see is Holy Barrier- Mirror Force!" He declared, pointing at the Mob Boss. The boss pulled the top card from his deck and jumped. "I'm right aren't I? Tell me I'm right please, the suspense is killing me."
"Yes you got it right." The Boss moaned, placing the card back on the top of his deck.
"Now I get to summon a monster from my deck! Ladies and Gentleman let the magic show begin!" The Phantom Duelist exclaimed, pulling a card from his deck and setting it on the reader. "I'll summon my Great Detective the Master Sleuth to the field in Attack Mode!" He exclaimed as a person appeared, dressed like Sherlock Holmes appeared on his side of the field before taking a drag on his pipe. (2300/ 2550 LVL: 8)
"Impossible! A level eight monster on the first turn! You're pulling my leg!" The Mob Boss snapped as he stepped back. The Phantom Duelist just shook his head.
"Now, now; we mustn't be rude. I'm still taking my turn, and there is still so much to do." He said, laughing.
No one in the rest of the city heard the Mob Boss' scream as The Phantom Duelist left the Warehouse with briefcase in hand several minutes later.
-Back at Duel Academy-
"Did you guys see the news?" Sho exclaimed at the Slypher Red Dorm at breakfast. Jaden was busy stuffing himself next to Hayato who had decided to come down for Breakfast for a change.
"About the Phantom Duelist and how he took down a bunch of thugs in a warehouse by himself?" Hayato asked, causing Sho to nod.
"They said that he had a Duel Academy Duel Disk on his arm." Sho said quickly. "When they found the guys in the warehouse, they were caught in magic tricks! And all of the cards that were stolen by this gang were found on the front steps of Domino Cities' Police Department." He exclaimed.
"Magic tricks Sho? They were probably delusional, or running scared from this guy." Jaden said, finishing his breakfast and grinning. "Besides, aren't you a little old to be fooled by magic tricks?" He asked.
"But it's the truth!" Sho snapped causing both Hayato and Jaden to chuckle.
"Look Sho, they print the news into a slant to a way for the readers want you to think." Hayato commented, dashing Sho's hopes.
"Well how do you explain the guys turned into a giant playing card and laying face up on the floor?" Sho snapped.
"It's all slight of hand Sho. Anyone can pull it off." Jaden commented, punching another hole in Sho's testimony.
"Okay, what about those Assault Rifles twisted into balloon animals?" Sho asked.
"Maybe the guy's a really strong clown?" Hayato supposed. Sho just sighed.
"Look, we do have one thing to go on." Jaden commented, watching Sho look up hopefully. "The Phantom Duelist had a Duel Academy Duel Disk. That means he's a student that goes here!" He exclaimed.
"Uhh Jaden, we're on a tropical island hundreds of miles away from civilization and in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. There's no way that he can get there and back in less than twelve hours." Hayato mumbled, causing temples to form on both Jaden and Sho's foreheads.
"Well, let's go and see if Ashton's up yet." Jaden said, bolting out of the Cafeteria.
"You coming Hayato?" Sho asked. Hayato shook his head.
"I've had a bad experience with Obelisks. I'll stay here thank you." He answered, turning back to his breakfast as Sho shrugged before running off.
-Meanwhile at the Obelisk Blue Dorm-
"Well, the weekend is finally here!" Ashton said, staring out of his balcony window. With all of the hectic things been going on since I've gotten here, I'm lucky that I've made it this far. He sighed and turned to the sky before walking back into his room. He headed to the bed, which surprisingly was generally in tact, and flopped down on it. At least I don't have to worry about getting into any kind of trouble today. It is the weekend after all. He thought.
"HEY ASHTON!" Jaden yelled from out side. Ashton moaned and sat up before heading to the open window.
Great, it's the weekend and I just gotten comfortable. You owe me Jaden. Ashton thought grumpily as he stepped out into the sun again. "Yeah? What is it Jaden?" Ashton asked through a yawn.
"You still in bed? Come on, we have a mystery on our hands!" Jaden shouted happily. Ashton chuckled.
"What's the mystery Mr. Detective?"
"Didn't you get the news today?"
Ashton paused for a moment before shaking his head. "No, but I'll check. Hang on for a second!" He then turned and headed for the front door and opened it, picking up a rolled up newspaper on the welcome mat. After skimming the front cover he stopped and blinked. The front picture appeared to have a bunch of gang members turned into or placed into magic tricks one would see at a side show magic act. Either I'm seeing things, or these guys tried to perform for each other at the same time. "I just got it Jaden, but I don't see what the problem is." He said, walking back out to the balcony.
"Well, The Phantom Duelist was wearing a Duel Academy duel disk when he showed up! I've got the feeling that someone here is the Phantom Duelist!" Jaden said happily.
"Do you realize that we're..."
"On a tropical Island hundreds of miles from civilization and in the Pacific Ocean. I know that." Jaden said.
"After Hayato told you that." Sho mumbled.
"Hey, it's the Blue Wonder!" Ashton said cheerfully. "When'd you get here?" Sho sighed.
"I've been here..." Sho mumble, blushing a little embarrassedly. The day after the Obelisk Blue Girls incident, Ashton did his best to get his hair back to its original shape, only to have to forcibly tear a pair of scissors out of his hair. It took Melody only a few seconds to remove the ponytail, but the damage was already done, leaving Sho with a small bald spot at the base of his neck and a scratch on the back of said neck.
That confidence really needs working on... Ashton thought.
"Come on! Get down here so we can crack this case!" Jaden exclaimed as Ashton turned from the balcony and shut the door. A couple minutes later and Ashton was out the front door of the dorm with his blazer on and his disk on his arm.
"All right guys, lets look around. Maybe we'll find him, maybe we won't." Ashton called out. Jaden cheered and began running off towards the main building, leaving both Sho and Ashton to chase after him. What they didn't notice was that someone was watching them from a tree branch just above the fourth floor balcony.
"So they're going to find out who the Phantom Duelist is... I guess the game is afoot." The person said with a grin. This person stood up on the branch he was on and let out a lazy yawn.
I really do wish that you wouldn't keep up with your midnight escapades Devon. It does not do well to either of our physiques or states of health. Great Detective said, appearing next to Devon. Devon cracked a smile and lowered his sunglasses before turning to the balcony. After calming himself down, Devon effortlessly back flipped onto the balcony and turned to the door that was to the right of Ashton's room.
"Oh you really worry too much." Devon said, opening his glass door and entering his room, which was not only covered with his bags and several stage magician acts, but it was also filled with papers that covered every square inch of the main room. His bed room was in just as bad a shape as his living room, but had more of a mad science lab feel to it.
Am I really that much of an idol to aspire to? Great Detective asked as Devon kicked off his shoes and nodded.
"You are my best inspiration. I'm glad that Mr. Pegasus let you into the world, I would have been lost if you hadn't shown up." Devon said quietly before falling backwards onto his bed and staring at a huge picture above his bed. The picture was of a man that appeared to once be very poor at some point in his life. He had long and scraggly black hair that covered a majority of his face with the exception of his right eye, which was all red. The suit the man wore was black as the midnight, and appeared to cause the black background to be darker than the rest of the picture. "It's all because of that man that I lost everything. I won't stop until I find him, and bury him six feet under."
(Flashback)
A beautiful mansion could be seen across a vast prairie that took the majority of the landscape for as far as the eye could see. One could look and see what would appear to be walls of bushes that sectioned off some of the landscape. Laughter can be heard as a small limousine drives down a quaint country road towards another, equally magnificent mansion.
Father and mother were aspiring to have their company work as best they could. They fought hard for their claim and worked from almost nothing, building the relationship with every gaming company in the world as best as they could. Devon began, fighting back tears as he remembered how some of his life was. As the limo stopped in the expensive driveway, a tall and slender woman in a ruby red dress and a sun hat rose from the back of the limo with a smile. She was followed by a man in an onyx colored suit with semi-long black hair. Both adults walked from the limo a bit as a small child could be seen climbing out of the back of the limo, brown hair that was going black and black eyes. The little one wore a suit similar to his father, with the exception of a small blue box that the child had managed to stuff into his pocket. The child chased after his parents and laughed as he fell face first on the driveway before picking himself up and dusting himself off.
It was my father who started The Ishtar Corporation, named after the beautiful princess in the first game that he and mom had ever created. And with the backing of Kaiba corp., and a solid foundation we were always heading to the office or some other event that let my father get some deals with other company owners. Devon sighed as he remembered every party he went to, seeing all of the business men that shook hands with his father, most of which were happy to deal in business with him. Others were just pleased to meet a person so successful. It was then on that day, five years ago where I met you. Well I didn't exactly meet you, but I started reading about you the greatest detective to ever live. Devon smiled as he continued to remember his past; the same small boy, with all black hair now, kicking his legs on a huge chair dressed like Sherlock Holmes with his face buried into a book. Young Devon looked up and around, but then buried his face back into the book after hearing something similar to "I remember that one like it had happened yesterday." I didn't know it at that time, but you and I were spirit partners. And ever since I read my first mystery, I couldn't ever put it down. I only had one equal, Duel Monsters. I was ten when I first gotten my own Battle City Mark two Duel Disk, and I thought that I was on top at home until I went against kids from class. They were better and I had learned the hard way. Devon smiled, closing his eyes and picturing a duel he had against one of his classmates.
Young Devon: 1700
Classmate: 2150
"All right Devon, here I come!" Devon's classmate challenged as he drew a card. Devon stood defiantly behind a woman in an overly huge crown and a red dress with purple skin. (2900/ 2400 LVL: 8) His classmate was behind three cards that had shown the backs of Duel Monster cards. "I'll tribute two monsters on my side of the field to summon my Twin Headed Knight of Jackal! When this monster is summoned to my side of the field by tributing two face down monsters, I can destroy all cards that you control!" Devon's classmate challenged as a two headed jackal humanoid appeared in front of him and threw the chain axe that it was carrying, shattering Devon's last defenses. (1800/ 2100 LVL: 7) "Now I'll attack your life points directly! Chain Axe Devastation!" He commanded as the Jackal Warrior threw his axe into Devon and knocked him back.
Young Devon: 0
Classmate: 2150
"Are you okay?" Devon's classmate asked. Devon nodded and took his classmate's extended hand. "You're pretty good with those spellcaster monsters. You had me going for a while there."
"Thanks. But I still lost." Devon said glumly. His classmate grinned a little.
"Well let's get that deck of yours worked out to where you can beat me the next time!" His classmate cheered running with Devon to an open table.
Then it happened, the worst blow in the history of any man to man action. Devon gulped as he saw himself, eleven years old and staring at his house on fire. After I had just gotten home and was about to say hello to both of my parents in the house, I find my father dueling for his life as this man is about to finish him. My mother was found dead several hours after the fire was subdued with a gunshot to her head at point blank range. Devon said bitterly as the images of him standing over the grave of his mother as the rays of sunlight gently touched his face as though it were his mother. His father was on his knees as the casket was lowered into the ground, and was buried.
(End Flashback)
I don't know how it must feel to lose someone that you love, but seeking revenge is not the way to pay back their respects. The Great Detective commented as Devon flipped over.
"I know, but it helps me feel better anyways." He answered coldly.
-In the main building of Duel Academy, Computer Lab B-
"Aww come on Ashton. Is this really necessary?" Jaden moaned from one of the computer desks behind Ashton.
They had spent at least a couple of hours combing the entire school building, asking anyone and everyone that would lend an ear to see if they had the Great Detective card in their decks. Jaden had personally come up with the idea and saw to it that the three of them were all nearly thrown out of the campus building by bugging several teachers. After another scuffle between Jaden, an Obelisk, and a Ra; Ashton decided to drag Jaden to one of the available Computer Labs and research every registered student's dueling decks.
"Come on Ashton, we could search a lot faster if we just asked around. It's no big deal if we get kicked out of the main building on the weekend." Jaden moaned ducking as Ashton swung his briefcase at his head.
"Yeah, and I'm trying to stay out of trouble this weekend. I think that I'm speaking for Sho as well." Ashton countered, staring at the screen and rubbing his head through a headache. Is this card so rare that no one on this campus has it? Ashton thought angrily, scrolling down the list of possible duelists who ran Spellcaster decks. It's just one card. I don't even think that it's an ultra rare. So why is it so hard to find it? Ashton thought, stealing a glance at the only clock on the wall and moaning.
"I found it!" Sho squeaked from a computer station several rows away. Jaden and Ashton both ran over to where he sat and looked on as a student named Kazama from Slyphir Red listed the Great Detective as his deck's headliner. "See, Great Detective! It's a level four Spellcaster type monster with..." Sho paused as he stared at the question mark on the monster's attack and defensive stat. "Unknown attack and defense points? That's a little odd don't you think?" Sho said calmly, spinning around on his chair. "Didn't you duel him once before?" Sho asked Jaden, who nodded excitedly.
"You bet I did!" Jaden said. "The thing is though; his monster doesn't seem like the monster in the news. The monster that we're looking for is a level eight monster, and has an attack stat of 2300." Jaden said, plopping down on the chair beside Sho as Ashton began to rub his forehead impatiently.
"Nice try though little man." Ashton complimented half-heartedly, walking back over to where his briefcase was and plopping in the chair next to it.
Ashton! Ashton I think I've found something! Cerulean Captain exclaimed, popping out of thin air and startling him.
"What is it? Did you find something that'll help?" He asked watching out of the corner of his eye as Sho and Jaden gave him peculiar looks.
Actually I found it; she just beat me to it. Wind Breaker countered, popping up next to Cerulean Captain and knocking her over. Cerulean Captain then shot at Wind Breaker and knocked her into the floor, causing both spirits to disappear as fast as they came. A few moments later, both Cerulean Captain and Wind Breaker were both being dragged in by Sky Avenger who had a scolding look on her face.
Do you want me to separate the two of you? Sky Avenger snapped, releasing both of them and wiping her hands.
No mam. They both said glumly, shooting death glares at each other as if they were going to start something later.
"So what did you guys find?" Ashton asked, doing his best to try and make it seem like he wasn't going insane.
Well we actually found someone who plays with a bunch of Spellcaster monsters. They're all themed like a murder mystery or Sherlock Holmes type too. Sky Avenger said calmly, releasing Wind Breaker and Cerulean Captain.
"That's good, what dorm is the person in?" Ashton asked quietly.
He's a Ra Yellow Duelist and hasn't been beaten once by anyone in his dorm. Wind Breaker answered, dusting herself off. Ashton nodded and turned to both Jaden and Sho who were both glaring at him.
"Uhh, Ashton do you feel okay?" Sho piped. "Who are you talking to?"
There was silence for a few moments as Ashton struggled to come up with an answer.
"Umm... Uhh... that is to say..." Ashton mumbled, fumbling with his words. Sweat poured down his face as he tried to come up with an answer. He smiled and calmed down as he felt both Jaden and Sho stare at him.
"It's okay Ashton; you don't have to tell us if you don't want to." Jaden said calmly as he could see the faint outlines of Wind Breaker and Cerulean Captain. "Besides, I've got a feeling we're going to meet the person with those cards pretty soon right?" He asked, getting to his feet. Ashton nodded and gulped at the same time.
"Yeah, and I think I know where this person is." Ashton said as he scooped up his briefcase and walked towards the door leading out of the lab.
"Uhh, can some one fill me in on what just happened?" Sho asked as he and Jaden followed suit.
"Sorry Sho, but it's something that'll have to wait until later." Jaden answered as they both quickly followed Ashton down the hall and out of the building.
- Ra Yellow Dorm, ten minutes later –
"Heh, you Obelisks think you're all that." A Ra Yellow duelist snapped as Melody stood in front of them. Both Ra's were about twice as big as she was, and each of them didn't appear like they were easy pickings. "There's no way that you're getting in here."
"But Kazama has my notes! Without them I won't be able to pass!" Melody exclaimed as a third Ra stood behind his companions. In comparison, he was much smaller with his equally small face hidden behind his dark green hair. This Ra student had his blazer open, revealing a highly muscled chest underneath the white muscled shirt he wore. He also wore a pair of shorts to match, which appeared to be uniform jeans that were torn at the knee and haphazardly re-sewn. "Tell them that you have my notes!" Melody cried, cringing at the over-confident smirk on his face.
"What that garbage? I did you a favor and burned them." Kazama said rudely, scoffing as Melody dropped to her knees pathetically. "You Obelisks need to learn to take better notes. You're grades will drop pretty far if you're caught with bad grades like that." Kazama paused as he slowly descended on Melody and gently lifted her chin. "But there are other routes to getting an A in school. All I ask is that you go out with me and you'll have that A you seek." He said in a faux-romantic voice. It didn't take long for him to receive his answer as Melody promptly slapped him across the face.
"Like I would date a second-rate cheater like you!" Melody snapped.
"Oh but you see Melody," Kazama paused, rising to his feet and glaring at her viciously. "You don't get to say no. Gentlemen, do Miss Kujaku a favor and show her why you don't say no to The Kid Kazama." He ordered as both of the larger Ra's advanced on her. Melody let out a shriek and curled up in a ball only hearing a pair of grunts of pain before looking up to see both Ra's on the ground with huge red marks on their faces.
"Now you know that it's not nice to send your body guards to harass a lady who's only looking for her school notes." A calm voice said from behind her. Melody turned to see Ashton, Sho, and Jaden all stood several yards behind her. Ashton had his briefcase open by his feet as he caught a solid black top looking device that was in his hand. "You all right Melody?" He asked, placing the top back into his briefcase before walking over and helping her up.
"Yeah..." She said quietly, feeling his beating heart from behind all of its defenses. Ashton smiled and slowly took off his Obelisk blazer before draping it over Melody and turning to Jaden and Sho. They both ran over to Ashton, who collected both his briefcase and Melody before backing off a safe distance. Wind whipped into the air as his hair and some of his all black shirt flapped against his chest.
"So you think that you're a big strong man now? Don't you Mr. Obelisk? Well now, let's see how tough you are." Kazama challenged, activating his duel disk and grinning. Ashton said nothing and activated his duel disk before clearing his throat.
"Tell me something kid." Ashton began quickly.
"All right, what do you want to know?"
"Are all of those cards yours? Or did you take them from other people?" Ashton asked as he drew his opening hand.
"Well, that's for me to know and you to find out." Kazama snapped quickly, obviously taken aback at Ashton's comment. "Anything else you want to use as slander before you lose?"
"Actually, yes." Ashton said, hearing Melody sniffle a little. "Where are her notes that she let you borrow?" He demanded as a small crowd of Ra's formed at the door. Kazama started with a light chuckle that turned into a full on laugh before calming down.
"Like I told her, the notes were garbage so I burned them. They hardly had any of the info that I wanted so... Wait a minute, why should I be telling you?" Kazama snapped, drawing the top cards from his deck and grinning.
"I was just curious." Ashton countered.
"Well you know the saying, curiosity killed the cat. Or the Obelisk in this case." Kazama smiled.
"We'll see."
"DUEL!"
Ashton: 8000
Kazama: 8000
"Heh, I guess this'll make my 100th win against another duelist! Which means I can sit out of the coming duel test!" Kazama cheered as he drew the top card from his deck. "I first summon my Backyard Bully to the field in attack position!" He said as a child like demon appeared in a red t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans with a small baseball bat. (1800/ 0 LVL: 2) "When my Backyard Bully is summoned to the field, at the cost of 500 life points, I can summon another to the field!" He said as another Backyard Bully appeared next to the first one.
Ashton: 8000
Kazama: 7500
"He probably knew the disadvantage of Backyard Bully; it can't attack if the monster is out alone right?" Sho asked as Jaden nodded quickly.
"Backyard Bully is a good bruiser for low level, but it needs another monster with the same name on the field before it can declare an attack. Ashton probably has a plan in his hand already." Jaden answered as Kazama set another card into the spell and trap reader.
"I'll lay a card face down and end my turn." Kazama finished confidently as a reversed card appeared in front of him.
"Well then, I'll go ahead and draw!" Ashton said as he snapped a card from the top of his deck. "I'll summon my Celestial Hero Techno Alchemist to the field in attack mode!" He commanded as his electrical fairy appeared in front of him in a flash of lightning. (1600/ 1000 LVL: 4) "Now when she is on the field and I control a Celestial Hero monster, all of your monsters take a 400 attack point hit!" Ashton said as lightning bolts streaked towards Kazama's monsters and gave them both an unpleasant zap. (1800-1400 x2/ 0)
"Big deal, I still have two monsters and you have one! It won't make any difference!" Kazama snapped.
"Oh yes it will, especially when I activate my Equip Spell Alchemy Grenade!" Ashton said as a lab table immediately appeared in front of Techno Alchemist. Quicker than a flash, the would be scientist pulled a belt from the top of the table and lashed it around her shoulder and grinned as she grew stronger. "You see my Alchemy Grenade works whenever your monsters are taking a hit through Techno Alchemist's special ability! Now she can attack each one of your monsters in the same battle phase if she's the only monster on the field!" He finished, watching as Kazama went white. "Now Techno Alchemist, light those suckers up! Alchemy Grenade!" Ashton commanded as his monster nodded.
Kazama took several steps back as Techno Alchemist snatched a grenade from her belt and threw it in between both of his monsters, destroying them in quick succession.
Ashton: 8000
Kazama: 7100
"You just activated my monster's effect!" Kazama roared after the explosion. "Seeing as how you destroyed both of my Backyard Bullies in the same battle phase, I am allowed to summon my Elder Demon Gangster!" He said as a new monster appeared behind him; having four arms, purple skin, and two devil horns perched on top of his head. The beast had a long, serpent-like body that coiled protectively around Kazama and stopped in front of him. The monster also had a bright, golden chain around his neck that had a small diamond that glowed in the sunlight. (2800- 2400/ 2000 LVL: 7)
"That's not good..." Jaden mumbled. Melody gasped as the monster let out a mighty roar and glared at her.
"You just got a bigger bully. It doesn't scare me in the least." Ashton remarked, setting another card in his spell and trap reader. "I'll just lay this card face down and end my turn." He finished as the reversed card appeared before Techno Alchemist breathed a sigh of relief. (2400- 2800/ 2000)
"Well then, I'll take it from here and draw!" He said, snapping another card from the top of his deck before pushing a button on his duel disk. "I'll activate my face down card, Hunter's Spirit!" He said quickly as his monster let out another fearsome roar before getting weaker. (2800- 2500/ 2000)
"Hey!" Melody snapped as the card activated. "The little thief stole my card!" Everyone stared at her as Ashton's blazer surprisingly remained on her small frame, her face instantly reddening. "That card was in my notes so that I could remember how to use it right! Give it back you punk!"
"Sorry squirt." Kazama said, shrugging his shoulders. "But there's no way that I'm letting some girl have a card as strong as this."
"So you're admitting that you steal other people's cards?" Ashton commented harshly.
"Pfeh I don't steal cards from guys. Guys and Duel Monsters are meant to be together, that's what my dad told me. Besides if I were to let a girl have a card like this then that would putting a good card like this to waste. They should be just sitting around, doing their nails or going shopping or girl stuff like that. The world of Duel Monsters is only made for men, nothing more." Kazama snapped, causing Melody to get really angry. Ashton clenched his fist furiously. It was all he could do from slugging his opponent out and throwing him to the girls at the Obelisk Blue Girls Dorm. "I don't even see why they even built an Obelisk Girls dorm when half of them aren't even going to make it into the Pro League. They all should drop out and..."
"Shut the hell up!" Ashton snapped, cutting him off. He was steaming, on the verge of throwing this student off of the island. "You don't know anything do you?" He roared, catching everyone off guard.
"Oh yeah, I know enough to make heads roll here at the Academy. Name one female duelist who was successful in the world." Kazama challenged.
"Mai Kujaku." Ashton said bluntly.
"Heh, that broad couldn't duel her way out of a paper bag. You name one tournament that she won all by herself." Kazama snapped; smiling with a hint of malice as both Sho and Jaden did their best to restrain Melody without tearing Ashton's blazer. Ashton remained silent as more students began to gather, wondering what the fuss was about. "Oh, I'm Mai Kujaku! I play with Harpie Lady Cards and dance around like a little girl!" He said in a fake girly voice, obviously intended to be an insult. "Please. I don't even know why Joey Wheeler ever got hitched in the first place. She couldn't even beat Malik Ishtar in the semi-final rounds of Battle City. Why do you think that she's the best female duelist in the world?" He scoffed, watching as Melody couldn't take it anymore, attempting to free herself from Sho and Jaden's combined grip. There was a loud tearing sound, a roar of anger, and silence.
Everyone who stood watching the duel saw that the sleeves of Ashton's Blazer were torn completely off. The crowd could see several scraps of his blazer's sleeves were on the ground as the other lengths of said sleeves were in Jaden and Sho's hands. There were the sounds of quiet whispering and murmuring as the crowd slowly surrounded them. But that wasn't the thing. Ashton had his hand in front of Melody as a ward to keep her from tearing Kazama's body limb from limb.
"Finish your turn bigot." Ashton said coldly.
"Fine then, now due to the effect of Hunter's Spirit my monster loses 300 attack points. After I activate this card, the selected monster can attack your life points directly!" Kazama said before pointing at Ashton. "Now take this you good for nothing Obelisk! Elder Demon Gangster will attack you directly with Darkbringer Claw!" He finished as his monster breathed a dark and purple flame that transformed into a claw and slammed powerfully into Ashton, but didn't knock him over. Jaden and Sho both ran over and quickly drew Melody back before glaring at Kazama themselves.
Ashton: 5500
Kazama: 7100
"I'll end my turn with another face down." Kazama finished. He stopped however as his breath caught fearfully in his throat. Ashton was standing completely upright, as though the attack hadn't affected him at all. It wasn't just that, something about Ashton had changed and it wasn't for the better.
"Uh, did the temperature just drop?" Jaden asked as he and everybody else stared nervously at Ashton. No the temperature didn't just drop. That's Ashton getting angry at this Kazama kid! It's like I'm staring at the back of Seto Kaiba or something!
"I'll draw." Ashton mouthed, picking up the top card of his deck without even looking at it. "You are such an asshole aren't you? You steal cards from people, you're a social bigot towards girls, and you think that just because you are some hotshot back home, you can walk over anybody and everybody? You make me sick." Ashton finished, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. He could feel his own anger pour out of him, almost as if it were coming from a fountain. He reopened his eyes and stared at the card he just drew. "And now because I control a Light Attribute Celestial Hero monster, I can Special Summon my Celestial Hero Twin Blade!" Ashton said as his ceremonious hero monster appeared next to Techno Alchemist. (1900/ 1000 LVL: 4)
Ashton, I can feel your rage. What's wrong? Twin Blade asked quietly.
It's that bigot over there. He's belittling girls everywhere, and we have to do something about it. Techno Alchemist answered. Twin Blade nodded and glared deeply into Kazama's eyes.
"Next I activate the spell card Pot of Greed! This card allows me to draw twice!" Ashton said, snapping two more cards from the top of his deck. "And I hope that you didn't forget my Techno Alchemist's special ability. For every Celestial Hero that's on my side of the field, she subtracts 400 points from your monster's attack and defense!" Ashton snapped as Kazama's monster fell to the ground from the weight of the chain it was wearing and struggled to get up. (2500- 1700/ 2000- 1200) "But what's more is that I summon Celestial Hero Star Slayer to the field in attack mode!" He cried as his flaming heroine appeared next to his other monsters and further weakening Kazama's monster. (1700- 1300/ 1200- 800) (1100/ 0 LVL: 4)
Hey, what's eating Ashton? Star Slayer asked, seeing Ashton glare furiously at his opponent.
His opponent is a chauvinist. Twin Blade answered, causing Star Slayer to grow red with anger.
The asshole! I ought to teach that son of a-
Chill Girl! Techno Alchemist snapped, catching Star Slayer off guard. We all want a piece of him, you aren't alone.
"Well are you going to hide behind your girlfriends all day like a chicken, or are you going to come out and attack me?" Kazama snapped, watching Techno Alchemist and Star Slayer bicker. "It seems like your girls have a problem with me. They probably can't get enough of me, and are fighting over my looks. Then again, what female wouldn't? I am a devilishly handsome man, or so my father says." Kazama added, causing both Techno Alchemist and Star Slayer to glare angrily at him.
The girl students in the crowd were about to tear his throat out just as much as Melody was. Sho started to hide behind Jaden as he could see the death glares given by everyone in the crowd. "Uhh Jaden, I'm going to wait over here. I don't want to get caught in the middle of this when Ashton finishes this duel." He whined, continuing to inch his way to the back of the crowd.
"My friends," Ashton began, continuing to glare at Kazama. "Wouldn't want to go out with you even if you were the last person on this planet!" He roared and slapped another card on to the reader. "I'll activate the Equip Spell Femme Fatale! You see, this Equip Spell can be equipped to a Celestial Hero monster like my Star Slayer," He said as she disappeared in a flash of light and reappeared in a blood red dress while wielding a gigantic rifle. (1100- 1600/ 0) "And when she's equipped with said Equip Spell, I can attack you directly with her!" He finished quickly; cringing slightly as every student, male and female, began roaring in his favor. "Now my Twin Blade will attack that Elder poser of yours. Silent Reaper's Death Strike!" He commanded.
An all black fog rolled onto the battlefield, obscuring the vision of everyone in the view. Kazama's monster let out a silent bloodcurdling scream as the shadows of Twin Blade's Scythe running through the heart of his monster before being beheaded as his body shattered.
Ashton: 5500
Kazama: 6500
"My Twin Blade will attack your life points directly! Silent Reaper's Death Strike!" Ashton Commanded through the fog, watching as Twin Blade swept Kazama off of his feet before stabbing him in the chest with her scythe.
Ashton: 5500
Kazama: 4600
"You've activated my monster's special effect! Go Motherly Angel Defender!" Kazama commanded as a new monster appeared, looking slightly older than any of Ashton's Celestial Heroes and wasn't as happy as they were. The angel's wings tucked in behind her back as she kneeled in front of Kazama and Ashton's Celestial Heroes. (200/ 1800 LVL: 3) "Think of it this way, seeing as how you attacked my life points directly I can special summon her. Now my new monster is immune to all spell, trap and monster effects on the field; which means that your little pixie over there can't get over her to my life points!" He finished. Ashton said nothing, but smirked a little as Star Slayer leapt into the air.
"I now have my Celestial Hero Star Slayer attack your life points directly!" Ashton said as a fireball erupted from Star Slayer's rifle before slamming into Kazama and knocking him to the ground. Kazama's angel turned and helped him up as the smoke cleared, only to be shoved roughly away by Kazama.
Ashton: 5500
Kazama: 3000
"Whoa, talk about harsh." Jaden commented, seeing tears form on Kazama's angel. "She was just trying to help you up man? Can't you at least cut her a break?" He snapped, starting to see why everyone else was really angry.
"Please if I had my way then there wouldn't be any female monsters. And I won't cut this poor excuse for a monster a break only because she's a poor excuse for a weapon. The female cards are only to get what I want, and if that means that I have to rough up those female monsters then I'll do it!" Kazama scoffed. "I mean, you can't expect to win if you don't do things right. And female monsters can't do anything like male monsters can! Now, do you want to know how I got this card? I took it the same way that your father did! That's right," He paused and pointed at Ashton viciously. "Your father is no better than I am! You, Ashton Kaiba are no better than me! Those cards that your father treasures so much are just as ill gotten as my own! You have no right to call me a bigot when your father destroyed those that he deemed were not as powerful as he was!"
Kazama's words hit Ashton like someone had shot him with a handgun at point blank range. A dull roar choked his throat up as his open hand clenched roughly before trembling violently with a shake and a shudder, as the roar itself dropped in his throat as he set another card into the reader.
"I touched a nerve didn't I?" Kazama sneered as another card silently appeared behind Star Slayer. Ashton remained silent as Kazama took another card from the top of his deck and grinned. "It's okay; I'm going to end it now. I'll sacrifice my Motherly Angel Defender for my Executioneer's Axe!" He commanded as his angel disappeared for a giant man in black with both of his arms merged with a giant broad axe.(2000/ 1000 LVL: 6) The monster swung his axe viciously, but did nothing as he stomped in front of his master. "My monster has a special ability that you need to know about. For every monster you control he gains 500 attack, and an extra attack to boot!" He cried as his monster grew stronger. (2000- 3500/ 1000) "However, I can't attack on the same turn that I summoned him so I'll set this last card and end my turn!" He finished as another card appeared behind his monster.
"How dare you..." Ashton began as he drew his next card from the top of his deck. "You aren't a duelist, you aren't even human. You insult women everywhere by taking their cards and mocking them as people, then you laugh when my friends are ready to tear you limb from limb saying that they're fighting for your affection? Those were low blows, but when you insult my father, the head of Kaiba Corporation and one of the top ranked duelists in the world, you play with fire. And trust me, you'll get burned." He threatened, pushing one of the buttons on his duel disk. "I first summon my Celestial Hero Wind Breaker to the field in attack mode!" He declared as Wind Breaker appeared next to Star Slayer and struck a pose. (1400/ 500 LVL: 3)
Whoa, Ashton's really pissed off. Wind Breaker said quietly before being told the situation.
"Next I'll activate Celestial Hero Star Slayer's special ability!" Ashton Roared as Star Slayer leapt into the air. In the next instant, four fireballs appeared in her hands as she began juggling them. "You see, for every face up Celestial Hero monster that I control, you take 400 points of damage!" Ashton roared as Star Slayer threw the balls of flame at Kazama and knocked him back to the ground.
Ashton: 5500
Kazama: 1400
"I then activate my face down card, Wind Breaker's Revenge!" He snapped as Wind Breaker began glowing red and getting angrier. Kazama stepped back as her wings fluttered uncontrollably and furiously.
"Wh...What does your card do?" Kazama asked trembling, as Wind Breaker shot up into the air.
"I'm glad you asked that Kazama, because now if I return Wind Breaker and one other Celestial Hero monster back to the deck I can inflict damage equal to the returned monster's attack points!" Ashton said, flashing a card in his hand. "And I think that Celestial Hero Cerulean Captain will do nicely!" He said, taking the card from his hand before sliding it back into his deck with Wind Breaker. Both monsters than appeared before turning into a turquoise jet of energy; which rocketed over Kazama's monster and slammed into him powerfully before knocking him into the ground.
Ashton: 5500
Kazama: 0
As the holograms faded and the smoke cleared, Ashton calmly took his blazer from Melody and put it on before turning to face him. "Now it's time for something my father called the penalty game." He said, closing the distance on Kazama before grinning. "You see, he was affected by the Shadow Games. He lost to Yugi Muto and experienced the ultimate form of torture."
"What are you going to do to me?" Kazama said, inching away from Ashton as he got on one knee and grinned.
"It's not what I'm going to do to you, but what they're going to do to you." Ashton whispered, pointing at all of the girls in the crowd. "You see, whenever I lost a duel to my father he would punish me. Now some of these punishments that he gave me were jokes, but they all had an underlying lesson in them. This one is going to be one of those moments Kazama. Are you scared?" Ashton continued his voice barely above a deathly whisper. Kazama nodded slightly. "That's good." Ashton said, standing him up and taking his deck. "About ninety percent of these cards aren't yours are they?" He asked, watching Kazama's head nod slightly. "Now for the penalty! You see, the best way to get someone to stop from being a bigot, is for them to experience life in the way that they hate the most." He turned to the crowd. "In this case, Ladies he's all yours." Ashton finished, stepping back as the female students in the crowd rushed Kazama as he let loose a bloodcurdling scream.
"Are you okay Ashton?" Jaden asked as the gigantic female dog pile made its way to the Obelisk Blue Girls dorm. Ashton nodded and turned to Jaden and Sho who both held his Blazer's sleeves in their hands.
"Damn. You guys really know how to tear something up." Ashton remarked with a grin.
"Well we did try out best." Jaden joked, laughing as he handed Ashton's sleeve back to him. Sho did the same thing and sighed a breath of relief. "So what happens now?" Jaden asked as he saw the sun begin it's descent from its highest peak to the other horizon.
"Well we need to get these cards returned to their rightful owners first. Maybe then we can find out who The Phantom Duelist really is. I hope that we don't get caught by Cronos though, I don't exactly want you guys to be thrown in detention or worse because these got ripped." Ashton answered.
"Well he won't know the whole truth." Melody piped up from behind the guys. Ashton turned and saw that she held some of the scraps of the sleeves that laid on the ground minutes earlier. "We'll just tell him and anybody who asks that Kazama tore your sleeves when you tried to get him off of me." Melody answered, watching as Ashton flipped through Kazama's deck and handed Melody her card.
"I believe that this belongs to you Melody." Ashton said before giving her card back to her.
"Thanks..." Melody whispered quietly as she quickly blushed.
- In front of the Duel Academy Campus, Several Hours later-
Searching for the original owners of the stolen cards proved to be a lot harder than Ashton had first perceived. Even after downloading the Student Deck Registry to his pom-pilot he still had to find all of the students that had their cards stolen. They were lucky to even get one of the students to accept their cards without any questions, and the condition of Ashton's blazer wasn't doing anything but attracting teachers and slowing them down. Word had eventually trickled down to Doctor Cronos, who had ordered them all to his own personal office where they repeated the story that they had told everyone who questioned them, and out of all of the teachers, he was the hardest to convince.
"Whew..." Ashton moaned, kneeling against one of the concrete pedestals. "I never thought that he would be that hard to convince. I mean I am one of his precious Obelisk Blues." He finished, wiping the sweat from his brow.
"Well that perk is offset because we were there." Jaden said quietly. "I mean that he hates Slyphir Red students." He paused; blinking lazily as the last card in they had was still in his hands. "We still haven't found the owner of this card."
"Which one is it?" Ashton asked quietly.
"I dunno. I haven't seen this one before." Jaden answered walking over to where Ashton was sitting and handing him the card.
The picture of the card was of a Vampire calmly meditating as a grave began to flash with bright light. Several Cards in the picture floated in mid-air against the black background. "Vampiric Guess huh? It's a trap card that can also be treated as a spell card, and when it activates your opponent flips the top card of the deck and inflicts 1000 damage to a player depending on the result. Who would want to run something so risky?" Ashton asked, handing the card back to Jaden.
"I would." A deep voice said calmly, causing the teens to jump. A figure slowly appeared from beneath the pavement almost like a ghost before any one could react. Ashton and Jaden both activated their duel disks only to face a storm of basic playing cards that obscured their vision. There was a loud shriek, but not before the cards died away.
"Hey, that guy took the card!" Jaden said quickly, looking through the playing cards and not finding the card on the ground. Ashton watched as both Sho and Melody both got to their feet before looking around.
"You guys okay?" Ashton asked, deactivating his disk before turning to the tree line. Sho and Melody nodded as they too began to watch the tree line. "Jaden did you manage to get a good look at the guy?" Ashton asked as Jaden deactivated his own duel disk and shook his head.
"Not at all. He blasted us both with cards before I could see what he looked like." Jaden said as Ashton nodded.
"Well he's probably that way." Ashton began as he started running for an equally obscured figure in the woods. He stopped and stared at everyone with a, "Come on!" look before they all followed him.
A few minutes passed as the figure continued to lead Ashton to a small clearing in the woods. Jaden, Sho and Melody stopped in an attempt to take a deep breath as The figure remained some distance away from them all before he began to dance. It wasn't like a normal dance; the way that he moved made the cloak that he wore appear to be a pair of wings, one opening as he drifted left while the other closed and vice-versa.
"Uhh, Ashton? Aren't you going to do something?" Sho asked as the cloaked figure continued its strange dance, in a false attempt to mesmerize them all. Ashton shook his head and readied himself for anything as the figure's dance slowed to a halt before stopping immediately.
"WELCOME ASHTON KAIBA AND FRIENDS!" A very friendly voice boomed from the surrounding forest before scaring a bunch of birds from their roosts. "MANY THANKS FOR THE CAPTURE OF THE BIGOT KAZAMA AND THE RETURN OF THE MANY CARDS THAT HE HAD STOLEN!" The Voice continued, as a pair of sparkler fountains erupted in bright colors by either side of the cloaked figure. The teens were dazzled as a new figure appeared from behind the cloaked figure as it disappeared into the ground. The new figure wore an all blue suit, including a top hat and a cape with a duel disk on his arm. The figure had black hair that was familiar to Ashton, but he couldn't tell who the person was through the sunglasses.
"Lemme guess, you're the Phantom Duelist huh?" Ashton said, sounding like he was a little impressed with the Phantom Duelist's entrance. "Nice intro, but how did you know that it was us who busted Kazama for being the thieving bigot he was?" Ashton asked.
"Oh, I just knew." The Phantom Duelist smiled. "That's one less thief that I have to worry about, and thanks to you my job has been made slightly easier." He commented, activating his Duel disk. "Now as a sort of a reward, I'm going to give the four of you a show!" He said happily. Ashton grinned as his disk activated.
"Bring it!" He challenged.
"I will, and then some." The Phantom Duelist countered.
"DUEL!"
Ashton: 8000
Phantom Duelist: 8000
"Wow, the actual Phantom Duelist is here..." Sho muttered, his eyes lighting up like a kid in a candy store. "See I told you he was real!" He snapped, punching Jaden a little.
"I didn't say that I didn't believe you, I just said that some of the stuff he does is unbelievable." Jaden answered quickly.
"Please, hold all comments until the show is finished please?" The Phantom Duelist asked as he drew the top card of his deck. "Seeing as how I challenged you Mr. Kaiba, I'll go first."
"Go right on ahead." Ashton answered as The Phantom Duelist set a card on his duel disk's reader.
"First off I shall activate the Spell Card Detective's Guess!" He said as Ashton's duel disk began to glow. "You see, you draw the top card of your deck and I guess what card it is at the cost of 500 points. If I guess correctly, then I am allowed to summon one monster to the field with out any problems! But should I happen to guess wrong I lose every card in my hand."
Ashton: 8000
Phantom Duelist: 7500
"All right, I draw." Ashton said, picking up the top card of his deck. "Now, what is it?" Ashton asked confidently, staring at Angelic Fusion.
"Well I can tell you that it's a spell card..." The Phantom Duelist began. "And just by looking at you, I can tell that you have Angelic Fusion in your hand." He said; smirking as Ashton stared dumbfoundedly at him. "I assume by the look on your face that I'm correct? Well I will summon my Great Detective the Master Sleuth in Attack mode!" He declared as a man that appeared to be dressed in Sherlock Holmes attire appeared before bowing a little to Ashton. (2300/ 2550 LVL: 8)
"There he is! There's the Great Detective!" Sho squeaked, pointing wildly at the Phantom Duelist's new monster.
"Uh, we see it too Sho." Jaden sighed as Melody chuckled a little.
"What's wrong Mr. Kaiba? You seem to be a little nervous, and the duel hasn't even started yet." The Phantom Duelist asked. Ashton shook his head.
"Sorry, but I don't do being nervous. I'm just excited that we'll get to see your friend in action!" Ashton said calmly. The Phantom Duelist nodded as two more cards appeared face-down in front of him.
"I'll lay these two cards face down then, and end my turn. The Show's all yours Mr. Kaiba!" The Phantom Duelist finished as Ashton drew the next card from his deck.
"Heh, first off I'll activate the spell card Heavy Storm!" Ashton declared, as winds violently blew, destroying both of The Phantom Duelist's face down cards. He stopped as two goblins made of fire appeared next to the Great Detective. (0/ 0 LVL: 1) x2
"You activate my Fires of Doomsday. Now I get two tokens to my side of the field in defense position, and they only like being tributed for Dark monsters." The Phantom Duelist said calmly as both goblins nodded calmly.
"Well then, my next move is going to make them disappear!" Ashton said as his fusion card appeared in front of him. "I'll activate my spell card Angelic Fusion! When this card is activated, I'm allowed to send cards in my hand or field to fusion summon a fairy type monster! And then I gain life points equal to the number of monsters used to fusion summon that monster!" As soon as Ashton was finished, Celestial Heroes Twin Blade and Ivory Guardian appeared beside the fusion card before flying into a shining Vortex.
Ashton: 9000
Phantom Duelist: 7500
"Now my Celestial Heroes Twin Blade and Ivory Guardian merge to create Celestial Hero Night Meister!" Ashton finished as his darker Scythe wielding hero appeared in front of him. (2300/ 2000 LVL: 6)
"Talk about being the Grim Reaper..." Melody commented. Jaden and Sho nodded calmly as Night Meister pulled her scythe from the ground and began a weapon demo.
"It looks like your friend is rearing to go Mr. Kaiba." The Phantom Duelist commented as Night Meister struck a calming pose and grinned.
"You bet she is, and now for her special ability!" He said as Night Meister leapt into the air, hefting her scythe above her head. "You see, whenever she's special summoned I can destroy one card that you control! Now let's see if your Master Sleuth is afraid of the Grim Reaper!" Ashton cheered as Night Meister slashed through The Phantom Duelist's monster and destroyed him. "But the magic act doesn't stop there! Celestial Hero Night Meister attacks one of your Fires of Doomsday tokens! Witch Hunter!" Ashton commanded as one of the dark flaming tokens was cut through, exploding on impact. "I'll lay a couple of cards face down and end my turn!" Ashton finished as two more cards appeared in front of him after Night Meister appeared in front of him.
"Well then, I'll take it from here." The Phantom Duelist said as his remaining token erupted in a giant pillar of flame. "Due to the effect of my Great Detective, I can tribute one monster on my side of the field and special summon it to the field in defense mode!" He said as The Great Detective leapt out of the blaze and kneeled in front of him. "Welcome back old friend."
I'm glad to be back. The Great Detective answered.
"Next, I'll activate Spellbooks inside the Pot allowing us to draw three cards from our decks!" He said as they both took three. "Now I summon my Detective's assistant in attack mode!" He said as an elf in clothing you would see in the nineteen twenties appeared beside The Great Detective and smirked a little. (1100/ 1000 LVL: 3) "You see when he's summoned to the field; I am allowed to add one spell or trap from my deck to the top of my deck. And I'll add my spell card Diffusion Wave Motion to the top of my deck!" He said, taking the aforementioned card and placing it on the top of his deck. "Then I shall activate the spell card Summon Check!" He said as every monster on the field began glowing a bright blue light. "This card allows me to flip the top card of my deck or my opponent's deck, and if it's a monster I can summon it to the field!"
"No way!" Melody gasped, voicing all of the spectator's thoughts.
"If there's a powerful monster on the top of Ashton's deck, then he'll get it!" Jaden exclaimed.
"Not good." Sho muttered.
Ashton grinned and flipped the top card of his deck. "Well I guess I have a spell card on the top of my deck, Soul Release!" Ashton commented as both he and The Phantom Duelist began radiating with red light before dropping to the ground.
Ashton: 7850
Phantom Duelist: 5800
"Hmm, it seems that my intuition was off." The Phantom Duelist laughed, rising to his feet as Ashton flipped the top card from his deck before shuffling it.
"I guess. So you wouldn't mind me saying that you aren't really a mind reader." Ashton asked. The Phantom Duelist nodded.
"Reading peoples minds, or seeing into the future are some things that I can't do." He said calmly. "Thanks to the effect of Summon check, we both now take damage equal to the sum of half of all of the monsters on our respective fields. I lay another card facedown and end my turn." He finished as another card appeared on his side of the field.
"Fine, I draw!" Ashton said, pulling the top card from his deck. "I'll now summon my Celestial Hero Techno Alchemist!" He said as his lightning fairy appeared next to Night Meister. "And now for each Celestial Hero monster on my side of the field, I can reduce the effectiveness of your monsters by 400 points!" He said as both monsters appeared to be getting weaker. (2300- 1500/ 2550- 1750) (1100- 300/ 1000- 200) "And now, both of my heroes will attack your monsters! Celestial Hero Night Meister, your up first attack his Detective's Assistant with Witch Hunter!" Ashton said as Night Meister's Scythe began charging up.
"I don't think so my dear boy! I'll activate my facedown card, Dimension Wall! Now anytime that I would take battle damage this turn, you take the battle damage instead!" The Phantom Duelist said as a wormhole opened up as his assistant was destroyed, only to have Night Meister's scythe swing into Ashton, knocking him over.
Ashton: 5850
Phantom Duelist: 5800
"It's your turn I guess." Ashton said, wiping sweat from his brow. Man this guy is tough, I can see why he took down all of those guys like the news said he did. He thought as The Phantom duelist drew another card before wiping sweat from his brow. He's really familiar though. I think I've seen him before. Ashton thought, calmly shaking his head.
"Man this game's close. Ashton's got the advantage right now, but only just." Melody whispered, as her eyes analyzed the field.
"No joke." Jaden agreed. "There's that Great Detective card on the field, plus there's those guessing cards that only someone who can read minds can figure out. I'm surprised that Ashton's hung on for this long."
"It's my turn. So I'll activate my spell card Mystic Box!" He said as a set of Boxes appeared on the field. "You see, I select one monster on both of our fields, and then the magic begins!" He said, pointing at Night Meister and Great Detective. Both monsters were sucked into the boxes as The Phantom Duelist walked in between them. "As you can see, the doors are out front and are locked securely. There is no way that either monster can escape, but when I snap my fingers one of them will be destroyed." He said, knocking on both boxes before grinning. "And now, my Mystic Box will make your Night Meister disappear!" He finished as blades appeared and ran through both boxes. The box that was on the left opened up as Night Meister was revealed to be run through before shattering. The Great Detective appeared on Ashton's side and tipped his hat before turning to face his master. "You see, the down side is that the monster on my side of the field switches control to you. But I'll get him back, you'll see."
I recognize this strategy from somewhere. I know I've seen it before! Ashton thought before taking a deep breath. He paused as something clicked in his head before grinning happily.
"I wonder what's got Ashton so happy." Sho wondered, noticing the grin. He wasn't the only one as Melody and Jaden noticed it too.
"Well now, someone seems to be enjoying himself. Tell me; is the show to your liking?" The Phantom Duelist asked.
"You can cut the act Devon." Ashton said calmly, causing everyone to take a step back.
"Devon? Ashton, you think that The Phantom Duelist is Devon?" Melody asked with surprise. Ashton shook his head.
"No I don't think that he's the Phantom Duelist, I know he's the Phantom Duelist." Ashton said, pausing calmly, watching as the sunglasses and top hat were removed to reveal Devon's face. "I told you so." He finished as Devon grinned.
"What gave it away?" Devon asked.
"The last move that you did to destroy my Night Meister. That move was done by the late Morgan Richards. I remember seeing the last tournament that he was in and the whole thing clicked." He said quietly. "You're playing with your dad's deck right?" Ashton asked as Devon chuckled a little.
"It's the only thing that I have left of him." Devon said calmly before placing another card on the reader. "I summon my Great Detective's Associate to the field in Attack mode!" He said as a very well respected man appeared in front of Devon before pulling out a rapier. (1900/ 1000 LVL: 4) As soon as Devon's new monster appeared, Techno Alchemist let out a scream of pain and was destroyed as The Great Detective leapt back over to Devon's side of the field.
"Techno Alchemist! What happened to her?" Ashton snapped.
"Well my Great Detective's Associate can only be summoned when the Great Detective is on my opponent's side of the field. I can then destroy one monster on your side of the field and switch his control back to me!" Devon declared happily. "Now both of my monsters will make your life points disappear!" He shouted as both of his monsters charged and brutally attacked Ashton.
Ashton: 1650
Devon: 5800
"I'll end my turn with that." Devon finished as Ashton remained on the ground.
"Wow, really?" Ashton asked, as if he were talking to himself.
Yeah, Devon's really hurt. Some asshole killed his mom and put his dad in the hospital. Techno Alchemist answered. The Great Detective told me.
"I see that your friend over there's telling you my story." Devon said calmly. Ashton chuckled a little and rose to his feet.
"So you can see Monster Spirits too?" Ashton asked. Devon nodded.
"Of course I can. I could see them since my dad was put in the hospital by the Magnum Corporation." Devon answered.
"Magnum Corporation? What's that?" Ashton asked turning to Jaden, Sho and Melody who all shook their heads.
"The Magnum Corporation are what was left of Malik Ishtar's Rare Hunters." Devon began. "They're merciless assholes who steal cards, and do far worse. As time went on they took in thieves, criminals, and murderers who all want to make the rest of the world as miserable as possible." Devon answered. "They took my mother away when she refused to sign over the deed to their company. My father has been in a coma ever since I was eleven." He said bitterly.
"And I guess that you took the guise of the Phantom Duelist to take revenge on this Magnum Corporation for virtually eliminating your family..." Ashton muttered quietly.
"You better believe it." Devon answered. "Thanks to you guys, I believe that I can get to know the Magnum Corporation better through that Kazama kid." He finished as Ashton drew his next card.
"I never knew man. We shouldn't have butted in." Ashton said quietly.
"Don't worry about it. It's not your burden to bear." Devon answered. "Now let's see if you can beat me!" Devon challenged, as Ashton looked at his hand.
"First off, I'll activate my Angelic Fusion spell! This time I'll send Celestial Heroes Wind Breaker and Star Slayer to Fusion Summon my Celestial Hero Sky Avenger!" Ashton Declared as his two heroes appeared in front of the vortex and disappeared as his ace monster appeared. (2750/ 2000 LVL: 7)
Ashton: 2650
Devon: 5800
"You've played that one before, how's she going to help you win?" Devon asked, watching Ashton push a button on his duel disk.
"You'll see. First though, I'll bring back my Celestial Hero Techno Alchemist with my permanent trap Call of The Haunted!" He said as his electric fairy erupted from the ground before wiping some of the dirt from her coat. "Thanks to her special ability, your monsters lose 400 points for every Celestial Hero on my side of the field!" Ashton finished, watching both of Devon's monsters appear to be weakened. (2300- 1500/ 2550- 1750) (1900- 1100/ 1000- 200)
"Next I'll activate my Field Spell Lunar Base! This card will increase the Attack of all of my Celestial Heroes by 500 points!" He said as Sky Avenger and Techno Alchemist leapt into the base as the scenery changed. (2750- 3250/ 2000) (1600- 2100/ 1000) "Next I'll activate my spell card Pot of Greed!" He said, taking two more cards from his deck. "Sorry Devon, but you've just lost!"
"What?" Devon asked as Ashton held up his next card, surprising everyone.
"I'll activate my Spell Card Celestial Avenger!" Ashton said as Sky Avenger began glowing brighter and brighter. "This spell card, when equipped to a Celestial Hero monster, increases that Monster's attack by 1000! And when that monster destroys a monster in battle and sends it to the graveyard, the monster's original Defense points come out of your life points!" He said as Sky Avenger grew in power. (3250- 4250/ 2000) "Now my Sky Avenger attacks! Destroy Great Detective the Master Sleuth with Avenging Crush!" He shouted, only to see that the Great Detective's Associate take the hit for him.
Ashton: 2650
Devon: 2450
"You missed one thing; my Great Detective's Associate comes with an extra special ability! Should my Great Detective be selected as a target for battle, he changes the battle target!" Devon countered. Ashton simply shrugged.
"The game still going to end in my favor!" Ashton shouted, flashing his last card. "I activate my Quick Play spell Tailor of the Fickle!" He said as a sneaky looking tailor moved Ashton's equip spell from Sky Avenger to Techno Alchemist. (4250- 3250/ 2000) (2100- 3100/ 1000) "You see, I can move one equip spell on the field to an appropriate target if it's possible on the field!" Ashton finished as Techno Alchemist grew stronger. "And now my Techno Alchemist attacks your Great Detective with Alchemy Storm!" Ashton roared as Techno Alchemist leapt into the air, throwing a bolt of lightning into Devon's monster and destroying him. "And my equip spell will end this, Celestial Avenging!" Ashton said as a second bolt of lightning struck Devon.
Ashton: 2650
Devon: 0
"All right, that was an awesome win Ashton!" Jaden exclaimed, running over to Ashton as his duel disk deactivated.
"Nice duel indeed." Melody said, taking everyone by surprise and leaning into his chest.
Ashton smiled and headed over to where Devon was and helped him up. "Nice game Devon. You had me on the ropes there for a moment." He complimented.
"Yeah, but I still lost." He grinned. "But next time you won't be so lucky."
"Oh that'll have to wait for another day. It's getting late, and we need some sleep wouldn't you say so?" Ashton said calmly.
"Yeah, I'm beat." Jaden said after a happy yawn.
"We'll head back to the dorm now." Sho said calmly yawning also.
"Well I guess it's time that we say our good by's. I'll see you around?" Devon asked.
"Heh, yeah. You'll see us around." Ashton answered, everyone else nodding in suit.
-At the Obelisk Blue Dorm-
"Hey Ashton, do you think that you can cover for me?" Devon asked, wiping his top hat off and placing it on his head.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ashton asked.
"Well, I still am The Phantom Duelist and I still need to keep up with my appearances. The Magnum Corporation isn't going to turn itself in now is it?" Devon asked grinning as Ashton nodded.
"Yeah, I've got your back." Ashton said calmly. "Just don't do anything that'll make me want to change my mind." Devon smiled, looking at his room as the windows began glowing red. He then put his sunglasses on and smiled.
"Now, time for me to disappear." Devon finished, leaping up to his room and opening the door. As soon as the door was shut, the red light disappeared as his room appeared to be normal. Ashton smiled and let out a yawn before heading to the front door to the dorm. Man this is going to be an awesome year. If I manage to last a week that is. He thought entering the dorm without another sound.
Well this chapter wasn't what I actually expected, seeing as how I had wanted to turn it into a magic show. Oh well, I have to learn to make better on my promises. And I just created Kazama as a sort of exception to the rule that all duelists are nice in the world, nothing of what he said is what I actually believe I just needed dialogue for him.
Next Time on the White Dragon Legacy, the Dorm Switch Exams are here! Especially when this exam includes the school getting their shipment of new rare cards! But in the minds of the girly man, I mean Doctor Cronos; they're just another way to destroy the Slyphir Red Ace! Can our hero find a way to break through his chosen opponent and actually pass his exam?
And later, has the circus come to Duel Academy? With both Ashton and Devon the only ones on the campus looking like they don't belong in the circus they have to find out who is behind the sudden Clown population growth! Can they find out who's responsible before they follow the trend? Find out next time on the White Dragon Legacy!
Episode 5: A Quintuple Combination! Vs. VWXYZ in the Dorm Switch Exam!
And
Episode 6: The Circus has come to town! Celestial Heroes versus the Ringmaster Clown!
New Cards:
Back Hitman
Dark Attribute, Demon Type, Normal Monster
LVL: 4
ATK: 1900
DEF: 100
Picture: A purple skinned Demon in a very fancy business suit with a Tommy gun resting on his shoulder.
Detective's Guess
Normal Spell
Picture: A detective standing in front of a bunch of people behind a desk as a person flips the top card of a deck.
Effect: Pay 500 life points and declare a card name. Your opponent draws the top card of his deck and looks at it. If the card is the declared card, then you can summon one monster from your hand, deck, or graveyard ignoring summoning conditions. If the card is not the declared card, discard your entire hand.
Great Detective the Master Sleuth
Earth Attribute, Spellcaster Type, Effect Monster
LVL: 8
ATK: 2300
DEF: 2550
Picture: A human looking strikingly similar to Sherlock Holmes, sitting in a chair in a really cluttered room.
Effect: When this card is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, you can sacrifice one monster on your side of the field to special summon this card.
Twin Headed Knight of Jackal
Light Attribute, Beast-Warrior, Effect Monster
LVL: 7
ATK: 1800
DEF: 2100
Picture: A Twin headed Jackal humanoid wielding two axes. (Exactly like the one used in the original Yugioh Anime, in the last season.)
Effect: When this card is tribute summoned, activate one of the following effects:
Destroy all cards your opponent controls
This Card can attack twice during the same Battle Phase
Great Detective
Earth Attribute, Spellcaster Type, Effect Monster
LVL: 4
ATK: ?
DEF: ?
Picture: A mouse version of the Great Detective, Hiding around a corner from a sleeping cat.
Effect: When this card is summoned, multiply this card's attack by the number of cards in your hand x500. When this card is destroyed as a result of battle, send cards from the top of your deck equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Backyard Bully
Dark Attribute, Demon type, Effect Monster
LVL: 2
ATK: 1800
DEF: 0
Picture: A small Demon child standing next to a broken window with an innocent look and a baseball bat lying by his feet.
Effect: If this card is the only monster on your side of the field, then it can't declare an attack. You can pay 500 life points to special summon one Backyard Bully from your hand or deck.
Elder Demon Gangster
Earth Attribute, Demon Type, Effect Monster
LVL: 7
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2000
Picture: A Demon with a serpent's body and a long chain with a gem hanging on its chest sitting on a throne.
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be special summoned unless two or more Backyard Bully monsters you control are destroyed as a result of battle.
Alchemy Grenade
Equip Spell
Picture: A belt with at least five or six grenades on it against a background full of lightning.
Effect: Equip only to Celestial Hero Techno Alchemist. When a monster equipped with this card destroys a monster as a result of battle and sends it to the graveyard, it may attack once again in a row.
Hunter's Spirit
Normal Trap
Picture: A bunch of Amazons about to pounce on Ojama Black as Amazoness Tiger Watches in spirit form.
Effect: Select one monster on your side of the field. Decrease that monster's attack points by 300. For the remainder of the turn, the selected monster can attack your opponent directly.
Femme Fatale
Equip Spell
Picture: The back view of a very sexy lady in a red dress as she readies a shot with a sniper rifle.
Effect: This card can only be Equipped to a Celestial Hero monster. Increase the Equipped monster's attack by 500 points. The monster equipped with this card can attack your opponent directly.
Motherly Angel Defender
Light Attribute, Fairy Type, Effect monster
LVL: 3
ATK: 200
DEF: 1800
Picture: A very worried looking Motherly angel, looking like she's praying in a church.
Effect: Activate only when you take damage resulting from a battle between a defending monster you control and a monster your opponent controls. Special Summon this card from your hand.
Executioneer's Axe
Dark Attribute, Warrior Type, Effect monster
LVL: 6
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1000
Picture: A humanoid figure with an executioner's mask, whose arms were merged with a huge Axe.
Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned, increase this card's attack by 500 points for every monster on your opponent's side of the field. This monster can attack once for each monster your opponent controls during the turn its normal summoned. Destroy this card 3 turns after its Summoned.
Wind Breaker's Revenge
Normal Trap
Picture: Wind Breaker furious as a tree behind her is caught on fire, as Star Slayer and Techno Alchemist attempt to calm her down.
Effect: This card can only be activated if you control a face up Celestial Hero monster on your side of the field. Return one Face-up Celestial Hero Wind Breaker you control and one Celestial Hero monster in your hand to inflict damage equal to the attack of the returned monster.
Vampiric Guess
Normal Spell
Picture: A vampire meditating in a graveyard as several cards are revealed in a flash of light.
Effect: This card is also treated as a Normal Trap card. When this card is activated flip the top card of your opponent's deck. If the top card is a Spell or Trap Card, Inflict 1000 points of damage to your opponent. If the flipped card is a Monster Card, you take 1000 points of damage.
Detective's Assistant
Light Attribute, Spellcaster Type, Effect Monster
LVL: 3
ATK: 1100
DEF: 1000
Picture: An elf in an outfit one would see in the early nineteen twenties.
Effect: When this card is summoned while there is a face up Great Detective the Master Sleuth on the field, you may place one spell or trap card from your deck on the top of your deck.
Summon Check
Normal Spell
Picture: Two Sorcerers in the middle of two spell circles that are glowing with power.
Effect: When you activate this card, pick either you or your opponent. The selected player then flips the top card of their deck. If the top card is a monster card, Special Summon that monster to your side of the field while ignoring Summoning conditions. If the card is not a monster card, inflict damage to both players' life points equal to half of their monster's attack points. You can not activate this card while you control no monsters.
Great Detective's Associate
Earth Attribute, Warrior Type, Effect Monster
LVL: 4
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1000
Picture: A human in British inspired Military clothes with a very thick beard and a rapier in hand.
Effect: This card cannot be normal summoned or set. This card can only be Special Summoned while your opponent controls a Great Detective the Master Sleuth on their side of the field. Switch control of the Great Detective the Master Sleuth to your control and destroy one monster on your opponent's side of the field. When Great Detective the Master Sleuth is selected as an Attack target, change the target to this card.
Celestial Avenger
Normal Spell
Picture: Sky Avenger giving off a radiant bright light as Cerulean Captain lays defeated at her feet.
Effect: This card can only be equipped to a Celestial Hero monster. Increase the Equipped Monster's attack points by 1000 points. When the equipped monster destroys a monster as a result of battle and sends it to the graveyard, Inflict damage to your opponent's life points equal to the defense of the destroyed monster.
(All above cards are created by me.)