A/N: seem to be getting some negativity in the reviews for this particular fic, but I guess I shouldn't let that get in the way of those of you who actually want to read it so after much deliberation, here's the next chapter;
Oh btw, there's a 5 vs. 3 duel in this chapter and it gets a little convoluted so just be warned, the turns for the good guys are Zane then Azura then Taki then back to Zane
Azura looks over her shoulder at Kyoko and Takumi clinging onto the back of her Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon as it flies through the sky to land behind the walls of the tower.
Entering the tower they see the man in the black coat and the man in the white suit that Skilled Dark Magician mentioned, with a third stranger at there side. They're talking to a group of duel monsters on the staircase to the supreme king's throne room.
"You won't get past us scum, you'll never get to the supreme king!"
"I think not, Axel go on ahead, I've got this."
"We'll lend a hand, if your objective is to save Jaden then count us in!"
The two turn and see Takumi, Kyoko and Azura running toward them.
"There's five of them, and now there's five of us. so let's get on with this."
"Right, but who the hell are you?"
"Takumi Mutou, these are Kyoko, my sister and Azura my... friend."
"Zane Truesdale, this is Aster Phoenix."
Shogun Shien gets frustrated.
"Enough of this, who do I fight?!"
"I'll take on all of you myself!" Azura threatens the five duel monsters.
"I think not, this duel proves to be a challenge... I like a challenge."
"I'm not letting you take them on without me Azura! Count me in."
I will commence the duel.
4000 - Taki
4000 - Zane
4000 - Azura
4000 - X-Head cannon
4000 - Mobius the frost monarch
4000 - Shogun Shien
4000 - Doomcaliber Knight
4000 - Vampire Lord
"Great, one of our opponents is a robot..."
I place one defence monster, two face downs and end my turn.
"My move, so much for the challenge, disappointed so far! I'll activate pot of greed to draw two more cards. Next I'll activate Mystical Space Typhoon on the face down on my left. Since you have a monster and I don't, I can special summon my Cyber Dragon(2100 atk). Now I'll activate wave motion cannon. Cyber Dragon attack his face down card."
The monster you attacked was my blast sphere, when attacked face down, this monster attaches itself to the one that attacked it, destroying it during your next standby phase and dealing damage to you equal to the destroyed monsters attack.
"My move, and it's a frightening one. I place one card face down and summon my Double Coston in attack mode(1700 atk)."
"Pitiful, let me show you a real move.-"
"At the start of Azura's turn, X-head's blast sphere detonates dealing 2100 damage to me." Zane interrupts as Azura draws a card
"-Two facedowns, then I summon Axe Dragonute(2000 atk) and equip it with dragon treasure taking it up another 300 attack points(2300 atk). Dragonute, attack X-head Cannon directly!"
I activate my remaining face down card; Shrink, this halves your monster's original attack points so I only take 1300 damage
X-head cannon:4000 - 1300=2700
Vampire lord:4000
Mobius:4000
Doomcaliber knight:4000
Shogun shien:4000
Zane:4000-2100=1900
Azura:4000
Taki:4000
"Time for the master of Ice to show you how it's done! I place two face downs and one defence monster. That's all."
"How 'bout next time you make sure you can make a decent move before you bluster your way through one. I activate Monster Reborn on Zane's Cyber Dragon. I'll bring it forth in defence mode."
"My move, I'll play Swords of Concealing Light this card sends every monster on your field into face down defence mode, their mode cannot change for two of my turns. Next I'll play Dark World Dealings this card forces us all to draw a card, then discard a card from our hands, now I summon Pitch-Black Warwolf."
"I'll use my face down Compulsory Evacuation Device, this sends your Wolf back to your hand, leaving you wide open for an attack!"
"Nice job Azura."
"Thanks Taki."
"My turn once more, I summon Cyber Dragon Drei in attack mode.(1800 atk) Now, since Swords of Concealing light doesn't stop me from attacking; Cyber Drei, attack Vampire Lord's Double Coston."
Vampire lord:4000-100=3900
"My move, first I activate the spell card Shien's Smoke Signal to get Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki to my hand. I'll normal summon him, when he's summoned I can special summon another six samurai monster from my hand so come forth Six Samurai - Kamon, with Kamon's effect I can destroy one face up spell or trap on the field at the cost of his attack this turn, say goodbye to wave motion cannon. That will end my turn."
"I set a card, next I'll summon Kaiser Sea Horse in attack mode(1700 atk), Sea Horse attack X-Head Cannon directly."
X-head cannon:2700-1700=1000
My move, I Special summon Cyber dragon(2100 atk), set a monster and attack Takumi's face down
"Your attack has triggered my draining shield! This card takes my life points up by the attack strenght of your monster."
Azura:4000+2100=6100
"My turn, thanks for the save Azura."
"It's what I'm here for."
"Right.. Well, I'll activate Pot of Greed, set a card, summon Skilled Dark Magician and Attack vampire lord directly with him."
Vampire lord:3900-1900=2000
"My turn I'll activate Pot of Duality."
"Your spell card has triggered my Magic Jammer trap."
"And your Magic Jammer has triggered my Seven Tools of the bandit trap, at the cost of a thousand life points it negates your trap."
Mobius:4000-1000=3000
"And back to my move, Pot of Duality lets me look at the top three cards of my deck, pick one and put the other two back in any order. But I'll skip that step and just activate Hand Destruction forcing us all to discard and draw two cards, now call of haunted on the Vampire Lord I just discarded, but he won't be around long because I'll sacrifice him to summon Vampire Genesis. Now Vampire Genesis, attack!"
"Not so fast, Azura's not the only one with trap cards, I activate my counter attack trap; Changing Destiny, this card switches your Genesis to defence mode permanently, also you can choose either to take damage equal to half its attack or grant me life equal to half its attack, in this case 1500."
"Since the damage effect of that card specifies your opponent it would deal damage to all five of us, so I'll grant you the excess life points..."
Takumi:4000+1500=5500
"Begrudgingly by the sounds of it... I'll set a monster, and now Cyber Drei, attack kamon. I'll end with a face down."
Shien:4000-300=3700
"I sacrifice my face down snowman creator to summon Myself to the field, when I'm summoned I can destroy two spell or traps on the field so I'll destroy Taki and Zane's remaining face downs, then I'll attack Skilled Dark Magician."
Taki:5500-500=5000
"My move, I sacrifice my face down monster to summon Luster Dragon #2(2400 atk), next I think I'll level the playing field a little; Raigeki, this card in case you're unaware, destroys every monster on your fields. Now Kaiser Sea Horse will attack X-head cannon directly and Luster Dragon #2 attack Vampire Lord directly. I'll throw down one face down card to end my turn."
X-Head Cannon and Vampire Lord shatter into a burst of light and are gone.
"You'll pay for that! I activate Book of Life, by banishing Skilled Dark Magician from Taki's grave I can special summon my Vampire Lady to the field, next I summon my second Pitch Black Warwolf, a good duelist always has a spare... Now attack Taki's face down monster."
"Sorry Zane, didn't mean to get your dragon killed.. My move! Excellent, I activate Dark Magic Curtain, at the cost of half my life points this spell card allows me to special summon a Dark Magician from my deck. Dark Magician attack his War Wolf."
Doomcaliber:4000-900=3100
Taki:5000/2=2500
"My turn, I activate Temple of the Six, for every Six Samurai I summon this card gains a bushido counter, for every counter your monster's lose 100 attack points. Next; Double Edged Sword Technique, allowing me to summon two Six Samurais from my grave. Now I'll sacrifice them to summon Myself; Great Shogun Shien and attack the Dark Magician."
"You're not getting to Taki that easily! Magic Cylinder!"
Shien:3700-2500=1200
"Thanks again Azura, remind me to buy you dinner or somethin' when we get home." This statement causes Azura to blush.
"My move, so far you five have been a rather large disappointment to the three of us. I summon Cyber Valley, Cyber Drei attacks Vampire Lady."
Doomcaliber:3100-50=3050
"I summon Shore Knight, set a card and attack Cyber Valley"
"Not so fast, I know what Valley does Zane, but this will hurt them more!Azura's not the only one with a Magic Cylinder. But that's not all, Magic Cylinder gives me the timing I need to activate this; Dedication Through Light and Darkness, when this card is activated I can tribute the Dark Magician on my field to special summon a Dark Magician of Chaos(2800atk) from my deck or hand, when he's summoned I get a spell card back from my grave so I'll choose Monster Reborn!"
Mobius:3000-1400=1600
"Scum!"
Azura 6100
" 'Kay, looks like its my turn again. Mystical Space Typhoon on Temple of the Six. Now that he's back to full power Kaiser Sea Horse will attack Doomcaliber Knight directly. Now Luster Dragon #2 can attack Shore Knight."
Mobius:1600-1000=600
Doomcaliber knight:3050-1700=1250
"I summon Fear from the Dark and attack Zanes face down defence monster!"
"Sounds like you three are getting desperate, I can't say I blame you. I activate Monster Reborn on Dark Magician. Now I'll sacrifice Dark Magician of Chaos and Dark Magician to special summon the Sorcerer of Dark Magic(3200 atk) and attack Grand Shogun Shien. Uhhh, the monster not the duelist..."
Shien 1200-700=500
"How dare you destroy my strongest monster! I special summon elder of the six samurai in defence mode(0 def) with it's effect, which is the same as Cyber Dragon's. Next I'll summon Shien's Daredevil in attack mode (1900 atk) and end my turn."
"Just the card I was waiting for, I banish all light machines from my field and graveyard to special summon Cyber Eltanin, his attack is equal to the number of monster's banished for his summoning. (2000 atk) Eltanin attacks Mobius."
"And I activate my down card; Waboku"
"My move, first I activate the field spell Lemuria the Forgotten City, next I'll set a card and defend with a monster."
Azura 6100
"Kaiser Sea Horse will attack elder of the six, Luster Dragon #2 attacks Daredevil."
Shien is the first to follow his two comrades to the stars, exploding in a burst of light and blowing away with the wind.
"I set a monster, switch my Fear from the Dark to defence and end my turn."
"I Summon the King's Knight(1500 atk). Now King's Knight attack Mobius directly. Sorcerer of Dark Magic, your turn. Attack Doomcaliber's defence! I'll end with a face down."
Mobius' screams echo throughout the hall as he too bursts into a ball of light
Doomcaliber 1250
"I'll set another defence and end."
Zane 1900
"Time to end this, I activate the spell card Power Bond, by tributing the two Cyber Dragons in my hand and the Cyber Dragon Drei on my field I can special summon Cyber End Dragon(4000 atk). Due to Power Bond it's attack is doubled (8000 atk), but that's not all. I activate the spell card Limiter Removal, this card doubles its attack once more.(16000 atk) Cyber end dragon, attack!"
"By banishing the Necro Gardna in my grave your attack is negated."
"And in doing so, you've triggered my down card; the quick play spell card; Double or Nothing, when a monster on my side's attack is negated, this card doubles it's attack and lets it attack again!(32000 atk)"
"Thanks Takumi, now Cyber End Dragon, let's try that again. Attack his Fear From the Dark!"
Doomcaliber Knight is blown apart with a look of pure shock on his face.
"Thanks for the help Takumi, guess I forgot to tell him that Cyber End Dragon inflicts piercing damage..."
"I think he worked that out.." Azura responds to Zanes offhand comment with a smile.
"I know what Power Bond does... I also know what happens when you lose a duel in this place, I wasn't going to let that happen to such a powerful duelist."
"Lets get a move on, Jaden's waiting..."
"Right."
The five duelists head up the stairs, when suddenly their path is blocked by none other than the Dark Paladin.
"None shall pass."
Takumi steps forward.
"Go on ahead guys, I'll deal with him."
"Right." The four run past, heading to the throne room. By the time they get there, Zane, Aster and Azura have been stopped by their own duelists.
"Jaden, were here to save you!"
"There is no more Jaden... There is only I; the Supreme King."
"Never! I know Jaden's still in there somewhere, and if I have to go through you to get to him then I will. It's time to duel~!"
Taki vs. Paladin
"I'll start. One face down, one in defence, your move." Takumi gives the Dark Paladin no choice in the matter.
"Right, my move. I'll place a monster in defence and set one card."
"My turn. I'll set a card and sacrifice my face down to summon the Dark Magician Girl. Dark Magician Girl, attack!"
"My move! I'll set a monster and place two more cards face down."
"I activate Magical Blast, dealing 200 damage for every spellcaster on my field. I'll then equip my Dark Magician Girl with Magical Formula to take her attack points up by 700 (2700 atk). Dark Magician Girl attack."
4000
3800
"Your attack has destroyed my Morphing Jar, causing us to discard our hands and draw 5 fresh cards."
"I'll activate my Call of the Haunted to summon the Dark Magician Girl from the grave and attack with it."
4000
1800
"I'll then set a monster and place two more cards face down."
"I'll set another monster and place two face downs."
"My turn, and your end! I sacrifice my Dark Magician Girl and my facedown Kuriboh to summon the Dark Magician. Then I'll activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy one of your face downs. Dark Magician attack the defence monster."
"Magic Cylinder."
1500
1800
"Dark Magician Girl destroy his defences!"
"I'll draw, activate Monster Reborn to summon Double Coston from the grave, then tribute him using his effect to summon the Dark Magician and activate Thousand Knives to destroy the Dark Magician Girl."
"Destroying Magic Formula, giving me an extra 1000 life points"
2500
1800
"Now I'll activate United We Stand to strengthen my Dark Magician by 800 attack points. Dark Magician attack!"
"Mirror Force. My turn Dark Magician attack. End him!"
Dark Magician blasts the Paladin with his Dark Magic Attack and he explodes in a burst of light.
Zane vs. Slate warrior
"I'll begin. I set one card and end my turn."
"Not impressed, I draw. I'll place 3 cards face down, summon Proto Cyber Dragon and attack."
4000
2900
"I draw, activate my Pyramid of Light, now by paying 500 life points I can special summon AndroSphinx(3000atk).Then I'll pay another 500 to summon Sphinx Teleia(2500 atk), equip her with axe of despair(3500 atk) and activate Graceful Charity. Summon Opticlops(1800 atk). Opticlops attack."
4000
1900 (-1000 from Pyramids effect)
"I'll activate my face down Magical Arm Shield, when a monster on my field is targeted as an attack target and you have two or more monsters on your field, I can take control of one of your monsters, and redirect your attack to it. I think I'll take control of your Sphynx Telia!"
4000
0600
"My Androsphinx can still attack. Now my sphynx, attack his Proto Cyber Dragon!"
"I activate the effect of Honest, by discarding it from my hand when a light monster I control battles, I can take it's attack up by the strength of the monster it's battling(4100 atk)
4000
-500
Zane has just enough time to see Takumi racing past him up the stairs before he smirks at the now smouldering pile that was the Slate Warrior.
Turning, he calmly walks up the stairs, following Takumi.
A/N: 'Kay, that was a little messy :T but I hope you guys like it and I'm just polishing off chapter 5 now, don't think there'll be much more of the story because after chapter 5 there's a lot of Canon that I can't be bothered writing out so from chapter 5 we're going to leap to the final encounter between Jaden and Yubel which is all I'll be putting in then we'll be returning to campus