Yugioh GX: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
The first week at Duel Academy came and went. And like then he received the mail he's to deliver. Anais was true to her word, there were a lot more than he was given last time. After a long time of sorting them out he went out onto his route. Nothing went out of the ordinary until he made his way from the Ra dorm, where he heard a loud thud. Curious, he went further into the main dirt road to find a small van sitting there with a plump, middle-aged woman near it.
"Excuse me, miss, are you alright?" he asked as he approached.
"Oh! That was quick!" she replied, surprised, "Are you from the Auto Club?"
"Auto Club?" he repeated, confused, "I'm just delivering the mail when I heard your car. Is it broken?"
"Well, my van did decide to break down on me. I called the Auto Club a few moments ago, but who knows when they'll come."
"Well then, where are you heading? I'll help you push there until the Auto Club come around."
The lady brightened, "Oh, could you? That's very kind; thank you!"
Since then, Jason helped the lady across the road, until they reached a rising slope where it became more difficult pushing the van against it. A cloud of dust suddenly kicked up over them. Jason coughed trying to keep the dust out of his lungs.
"Never fear, Jaden's here!" the Slifer Red student announced, coming by to help push the van. "Hey, nice to see ya'!"
"Oh, thank you!" the lady groaned, "You must be from the auto club!"
"Don't let the red jacket fool you; I'm just your average good deed dude!" In saying this, he accidentally let go of the van, putting the weight back on Jason.
"Isn't that nice!"
"What would be 'nice' is if I pushed!" he met Jason at the back, "Hey, nice to see you again."
"Huh? Thank you!"
"Hey, it's my pleasure; now I can skip the gym!" Jaden laughed.
"You're such a sweet boy!" she grunted, "I'll remember this."
"How 'bout next time you just remember that extended warranty!" Jaden's help continued until they reached the end of the slope, where he bid farewell and ran off to class. Pretty soon they reached their destination.
"Thank you again, mister. Wait one moment..." she returned from her van to hand out a small foil packet, "A small token for your help."
"Thank you. I'm glad I can help," after receiving his gift he continued on his mail route.
After finally delivering the mail he went straight on to the lecture hall, where his dorm's headmaster, Mr. Lyman Banner was waiting for him. As they were told last week the school have a test that's paired with a field-test duel. And seeing as the room was now bare of students he decided to get on with his written test, which took an hour to complete. After that, he went to the gymnasium for his field-test, just in time for his name to come up on the intercom to be relocated to the school's main arena. As he wonder why, he made to the arena where school's faculty were seated on the front lines, though there are very few present. When he mounted the stage he gasped when he saw Chazz and the two Obelisk Blue students from last night.
"May I have your attention, please!" Anais called out over the P.A., "The match that is about to begin has taken place because of disciplinary issues. As of last week, these four students have broken curfew and now must pay the penalty," that happened a week ago, yet Jason wondered why they were doing something about that now, "So by recent order of faculty, we have arrange a match to determine the actions needed to be taken. As a one-on-one duel, each student must take their position and begin when ready."
"This can't be good..." Jason muttered under his breath.
"Are you ready, Slifer?!" Chazz sneered, "It's you paid back for that embarrassment you caused me! Man, I've been waiting a long time to say: Raizou! Torimaki! School this fool!" on command the two Obelisks stepped in while Chazz jumped off the platform.
Raizou, the one one with brown hair, was the first to take position, "Time to teach you who's boss, slacker!" both activated their duel-disks.
Jason: 4000
Raizou: 4000
"I'm making the first move!" Raizou drew his sixth card, "I activate the spell card Cost Down! By sending a card from my hand to the graveyard, I can downgrade the levels of all the monsters in my hand by 2! So now it's easier to summon this guy, Neo Aqua Madoor (6/ATK: 1200/DEF: 3000) in DEF mode!" a masked wizard in a teak cloak appeared knelt on the field (DEF: 3000), "Next I activate the spell card Monster Reborn to bring back the monster I just tossed out! The Statue of Easter Island (4/ATK: 1100/DEF: 1400), come on out to the field in DEF mode!" a large Easter Island statue rose up next to the wizard (DEF: 1400), "Finally I place 2 card face-down!" Raizou sneered at his two reverse-cards, 'Go ahead and take the bait! No matter what monster you pull out, I'll just use Call of the Earthbound to redirect your attack to Aqua Madoor! And with Cross Counter, not only will your weaker monster be destroyed, but you'll take twice as much battle-damage! There's no way you'll get at my life-points!'
"It's my turn," Jason drew his sixth card, "I activate the magic card Polymerization! With this, I can fuse the Elemental Heroes Ocean and Knospe to fusion-summon Elemental Hero Absolute Zero!" the two heroes merged into the ice-based superhero (ATK: 2500), "Next, I activate the quick-play magic card, De-Fusion! This card returns a fusion monster from my field and replaces them with the monsters I used in its fusion from the graveyard!" Absolute Zero separated into Ocean (ATK: 1500) and Knospe (ATK: 600).
"You should spend more time in class!" Raizou laughed, "You just summoned a stronger monster just to sacrifice him for 2 weaker ones!"
"You idiot!" Chazz snapped, "You're forgetting about Absolute Zero's ability!"
"Huh?!"
"When Absolute Zero leaves the field, every monster on your side of the field is destroyed!" Jason said as both of Raizou's monsters shattered under ice.
"My monsters!" Raizou cried.
"Now I summon Elemental Hero Heat in ATK mode!" the fire-wielding hero appeared, "And he gains 200 ATK points for each hero on my field (ATK: 2200)! Now all my monsters will attack!" all three heroes rushed in towards Raizou.
Jason: 4000
Raizou: 0
The audience began muttering to each other in amazement as they watched Raizou's life-points dropped to zero. It was like they never seen anything like it.
"How could you be so careless, Raizou!" Chazz shouted.
"B-but it's not my fault!" Raizou stammered.
"Step aside and let me show you how it's done!" Torimaki took Raizou's place and activated his duel-disk, "You got us in a lot of trouble! Time for you to pay for it!"
Jason: 4000
Torimaki: 4000
"I'll take the first move!" Torimaki drew his sixth card, "I summon the (1) Lord on D.(4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1100) onto the field!" a wizard in dragon-like armor and a blue cape appeared (DEF: 1100), "Next I activate the spell card, Flute of Summoning Dragon!" Lord of D. was given a dragon-shaped horn and blew from it, "While I have Lord of D. on the field, I can special-summon 2 dragon-type monsters from my hand! So now I call forth (2) Tyrant Dragon(8/ATK: 2900/DEF: 2800), and (3) Prime Material Dragon (6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2000)!" a large crimson dragon with a crimson jewel on his forehead (ATK: 2900), and a solid gold six-winged dragon (ATK: 2400) appeared, "With that, I place 1 card face-down and end my turn!"
"It's my turn!" Jason drew his next card, "I activate the spell card Polymerization! By fusing Elemental Heroes Woodsman and Lady Heat from my hand, I fusion-summon Elemental Hero Gaia!" two more heroes merged into the black-armored earth-based hero (ATK: 2200), "And once he's summoned, I can cut the ATK points of another monster in half and give Gaia the same amount!" Gaia smashed his hands into the ground and encased Tyrant Dragon inside a prison of stone columns. But Lord of D. deflected it with a barrier by a tune from his horn.
"Did you think I wouldn't see that coming?!" Torimaki scoffed, "My Lord of D. protects all of my dragon-type monsters from targeting card-effects! Your Gaia's special-ability just backfired!"
"Then I summon (17) Elemental Hero Ocean(4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1200)!" an armored merman-like warrior appeared, who had a large, long fin erected on his head, and wielded a crescent-bladed lance (ATK: 1500), "I place 2 card face-downs and end my turn."
"It's my turn!" Torimaki drew his next card, "If you think that trap of your is gonna help you, think again! As long as Prime-Material Dragon's on my field, I can negate and destroy any card-effects my sending 1 card from my hand to the graveyard! Now, I sacrifice my Lord of D. to summon Luster Dragon #2 (6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1400)!" the draconic wizard was replaced my a large emerald-scaled dragon (ATK: 2400), "Now you have 3 powerful dragons ready to burn away your life-points! First, my Tyrant Dragon is gonna attack your Elemental Hero Ocean!" Tyrant Dragon spewed out a powerful stream of flame.
"I activate my trap card, Covering Fire!" Jason's reverse-card opened, "When a monster on my side of the field is attacked, he gains ATK points equal to that of another on my field! So Elemental Hero Ocean gains Gaia's 2200 ATK points (ATK: 3700)!" Ocean leap away from the dragon's flame and slayed it with a strike from its staff.
Jason: 4000
Torimaki: 3200
"Doesn't matter! I still have 2 more dragons out and both are stronger than your monsters! Prime Material Dragon, attack!" Prime Material fired a stream of golden flame flame at Ocean.
"I activate the trap card, Magical Arm Shield!" Jason's second card opened. "When I have a monster on your field when you attack, I can target another monster on your field and use it as the target of your attack!" a pair of clamps extended from a white shield and reached out towards Luster Dragon.
"I activate The Dragon's Bead continuous-trap!" a jade gem grew on Luster Dragon's forehead and flashed. The dragon fired a stream of emerald flame that scorched the Magical Arm Shield, "By sending a card from my hand to the graveyard, I can negate the targeting effect of any trap card and destroy it!" Prime Material Dragon continued its attack and destroyed Ocean.
Jason: 3100
Torimaki: 3200
"Now my Luster Dragon will attack Elemental Hero Gaia!" Gaia was destroyed by Luster Dragon's emerald flame.
Jason: 2900
Torimaki: 3200
"See? No Slifer's gonna get the best of me! And to top it off, I activate the spell card, Dragon's Gunfire! This give a dragon-type monster on my field the ability to inflict 800 points of damage! Luster Dragon, attack!" Luster Dragon blasted Jason with a ball of fire, "I end my turn!"
Jason: 2100
Torimaki: 3200
"My turn..." Jason drew his next card, "I set 1 monster in DEF mode and end my turn!"
"It's my turn!" Torimaki drew his next card, "Luster Dragon, attack his face-down card!" Luster Dragon fired away and destroyed Jason's monster, which was Phantom Magician.
"When Phantom Magician is destroyed in battle, I can summon an elemental Hero with 1000 or less ATK points from my deck in DEF mode! I choose Knospe!" the flowerbud hero appeared (DEF: 1000).
"That monster's next! Attack!" Prime Material Dragon attacked and destroyed Knospe, "Now I activate the spell card, Spellbook inside the Pot! This lets both of us draw 3 cards from our decks! But no card you draw is gonna be useful against what I got!" both players drew three cards, "This'll give me something for Prime Material's effect. I'll end my turn!"
"It's my turn," Jason drew his next card, "I activate the spell card Fusion Recovery! This allows me to ad a Polymerization card and a monster card from my graveyard to my hand!" he added two cards back into his hand, "Now I activate Polymerization to fuse together Ocean and Heat and summon Elemental Hero Absolute Zero!" the frigid hero returned (ATK: 2500). "Absolute Zero, attack Prime Material Dragon!" Absolute Zero landed a punch on Prime Material Dragon.
Jason: 2100
Torimaki: 3100
"Now I activate De-Fusion to separate Absolute Zero!" Absolute Zero split back into Heat (ATK: 2000) and Ocean (ATK: 1500), "And when Absolute Zero leaves the field, your monsters are destroyed!" Luster Dragon froze and shattered.
"No! Not this again!"
"Elemental Heroes Heat and Ocean, attack!" Torimaki was knocked back by a combined attack of fire and water.
Jason: 2100
Torimaki: 0
The teachers once again clamored at the outcome of the second duel. It was as interesting to watch as the first one.
"I had enough! Move!" Chazz climbed up the platform and stomped past Raizou and Torimaki, "You've embarrassed us Obelisks for the last time!" he activated his duel-disk, "Time to put you down for good!"
"Hold it!" everyone turned to see Crowler walking towards the arena, "I know we're in the middle of a duel, but I think a change of scenery is in order!"
That change happened to be the academy gymnasium. He stood on a much bigger platform on one of the six smaller arenas, in an auditorium seated by many students. Standing beside Chazz was a well-equipped Crowler. And standing beside Jason was another Slifer.
"I'm dueling an Obelisk?" Jaden gasped, "And it's Chazz?"
That's right, Jaden," Crowler said, "since you always talk such a big game, I pulled some strings for you so you got the challenge you deserved! So you'll be dueling one of the top-ranked students in the school. And this won't be any ordinary contest; you and Jason will be tested the same way you passed your entrance exam; two separate duel's sharing one duel-field. The only difference is, Chazz will be your opponent. And since this is a field test, since you'll be up against a big-time duelist it's going to determine big-time points!" even though it's his first time, Jason knew these are unusual circumstances. But what's so special about it?
"I've got a ba-a-ad feeling about this." Syrus thought.
'This is clearly a trap.' Bastion thought as well, 'only a cavalier fool would agree to it.' but gasped when Jaden gave his answer.
"I'll do it!" Jaden declared and readied his duel-disk, "All right Chazz, get your game on! Let's finish what we started at Obelisk Arena!"
"And what about you, Jason? Are you up for the challenge?" Crowler asked, although he already knew the answer, "I know you're nervous, young man, but how about this..." he pulled out his legendary card and showed it to Jason, "I won't use my Ancient Gear Golem in this duel, so you'll have somewhat of a sporting chance." Jason cursed under his breath. Does Crowler underestimate Slifer Red that much? Without saying a word, he slotted his deck into his duel-disk, "Straight to the point, I see. That's fine by me!" Crowler turned on his custom-made duel-disk and drew his hand with Jason, "Let's duel!"
Crowler: 4000
Jason: 4000
Chazz: 4000
Jaden: 4000
"Bring it, Slifer slacker!" Chazz dared.
"Oh, it is brought!" Jason said, drawing his sixth card, "You remember this guy, don'tcha, Chazz? From our first match? Elemental Hero Clayman!" the colossal clay warrior knelt to the floor (DEF: 2000), "He'd like to get reacquainted."
"Not after he sees what I got for 'im!" Chazz chuckled ,"Don't think for a second that oversized pile of pebbles has a chance against me, Jaden! Or against this!", he drew his next card, "Fresh off the presses! Meet Magical Mallet!"
"What's that?"
"A redo. All the cards in my hand that I don't want, I put back in my deck. Then I shuffle and re-draw," Chazz proceeded and redrew his hand,
"Now I get to pick whichever cards I want. Pretty cool, don'tcha think? And I haven't gotten to the best part! See, Jaden? I got to reshuffle Magical Mallet, too; so if I draw it again which I just did, I can play it again an' again," Chazz repeated the process, "And that comes in handy, when I'm looking for this: (4) V-Tiger Jet(4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1800)! Sharpen your claws for ATK mode!" a large yellow fighter-jet appeared in the form of a crouched tiger with green wings on its sides. Unfolding itslef it landed on the field (ATK: 1600), "And there's a lot more where that came from! Check out the magic of Frontline Base continuous-spell! It lets me summon another level-4-or-below monster this turn. And I have just the one; I play (5) W-Wing Catapult(4/ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500), in ATK mode!" a blue jet platform appeared next to the tiger jet (ATK: 1300), "Gentlemen start your engines!" W-Wing Catapult revs up its jet engines and soared into the air, "Now, merge!" V-Tiger Jet fired its engines and hovered straight up. In midair, the two machines stacked together to form a single, larger unit, "All right! The (6) VW-Tiger Catapult(6/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2100)! But wait, I'm not done yet, 'cause he still has his special-ability!"
"That's not good." Jaden groaned.
"By sending a card to the graveyard, I can force one of your monsters into ATK mode!" Clayman stood up from his guard (ATK: 800), "So now, after this heat-seeker blitz from my Tiger Catapult, your life-points are toast!" Jaden braced himself as his monster was bombarded by a series of exploding missiles.
Chazz: 4000
Jaden: 2800
"I'll finish up with 1 card face-down." A reverse-card appeared.
"Yeah, go ahead and finish up. 'Cause I'm just gettin' warmed up."
"How about you wait your turn; because it's mine to go," Crowler said and drew his next card, "I'll start by summoning (12) Red Gadget(3/ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500) in DEF position, "a red-and-silver robot appeared with a large gear attached to its back, "And when this little guy is brought out to the field, I can add a Yellow Gadget from my deck to my hand," Crowler added another card to his hand, "Now I place two card face-down and end my turn." two reverse-cards appeared.
'I've been hearing rumors of Jason winning against one of the academy's teacher's,' Chakra thought as she kept her eyes on the duel, 'Now I just have to see if it's fact...'
"It's my turn," Jason drew his next card, "I set a monster face-down and end my turn."
"Alright, my turn," Jaden drew his next card, "And I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman! In DEF mode!" the crowd reacted as the lightning-wielding hero settle in DEF position (DEF: 1400), "And, I'll throw down a face-down!" Jaden concluded.
"Ready for round, two, you Slifer slime?" Chazz taunted as he drew his next card, "Well (7) X-Head Cannon (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500) is! And, thanks to Frontline's magic, so is (9) Z-Metal Tank(4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1300)!" a yellow-plated robot with shoulder-mounted lasers appeared supported on a floating metal ball (ATK: 1800), along with a yellow crab-like tank (ATK: 1500), "Now I play, my face-down card! Call of the Haunted!" Chazz's reverse-card rose, "In case you slept through that class as well, it allows me to bring back a monster from my graveyard, and I choose..." a red dragon-based mecha rose to the field, "That's right: (8) Y-Dragon Head(4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1500)! It's what I discarded with my Catapult's special-ability! And now I combine them all to create, (10) XYZ-Dragon Cannon(7/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2600)!" the three monsters stacked together, X on top of Y and Y on top of Z (ATK: 2800), "But wait, Jaden; there's more! Actually, less. Sure, they say two's better than one, but I have to disagree..." both of his monsters soared into the air and started recombining themselves, "Especially when the one in question is the ultimate, (11) VWXYZ Dragon Catapult Cannon(8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2800)!" the collection of machines landed as a giant robot, with V's claws, standing on W's parts as its legs, X connected as its torso with the tiger's head as its helmet, Y's wings on its back and Z's parts hanging from the yellow robot's hands as its arms (ATK: 3000), "Makes your Spark'man' look like a heap of spark plugs, huh," Sparkman then evaporates from the field, on the spot, "Or at least it did."
"My Sparkman...!" Jaden gasped.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Didn't I mention V-to-Z's special-ability?" Chazz chuckled, "He allows me to remove one card on your side of the field once per turn. And if ya think *that's* impressive, just wait'll you see his attack. An attack that will strike your life-points directly!"
"Don't think so, Chazz, I have a trap!" Jaden's reverse-card rose, "A Hero Emerges!"
"Blast it!" Crowler cursed.
"A Hero what?!" Chazz gasped.
"Emerges. As in emerges onto the field! 'Cause now you have to randomly choose a card from my hand and if it's a monster, I get to play it! So take your pick, Chazz."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. The far right."
"Sweet! Elemental Hero Burstinatrix! I'll play her in DEF mode." Jaden's fiery heroine appeared (DEF: 800).
"That's what you think, you Slifer Slacker! When Dragon Catapult Cannon attacks, I get to choose your monster's mode! And ya know what? I choose ATK mode, which means not only will she be zapped-," Dragon Catapult Cannon charged up as Burstinatrix stood and took the full force of the blast. "But your life-points will, too!"
Chazz: 4000
Jaden: 1000
"Aw, what's the matter, Jaden? Having some test anxiety? Don't worry; it'll be over soon."
"No way, Chazz, I got a whole army of vicious monsters in my deck just waitin' to get at you! This isn't over; it's just barely starting!"
"We'll see..."
"Of course you'll have to wait; because now, it's my turn," Crowler drew his next card, "I summon (13) Yellow Gadget(3/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1200) in ATK mode!" a yellow robot appeared with gear halves on both sides of this body and another on its back (ATK: 1200), "And when Yellow Gadget is summoned, I can add a Green Gadget to my hand!" Crowler added yet another card to his hand, "Next, I activate one of my face-down cards, the continuous-trap, Ultimate Offering!" one of his reverse-cards opened, "For a small price of 500 life-points, I can summon an extra monster from my hand. And with it's effect, I sacrifice my Yellow Gadget to summon the (15) Ancient Gear Gadgjiltron Chimera (6/ATK: 2300/DEF: 1300)!" after the yellow machine vanished a giant creature rose to the field, bent down and supported by its forearms. It was made of clusters of rusted metal parts. It had three heads whose shapes were either humanoid, bird-like or bestial.
Crowler: 3500
Jason: 4000
"Another Ancient Gear monster..." Jason gasped, "There's more of them?"
"And now for Yellow Gadget to wind it up a bit!" Yellow Gadget returned and attached itself onto the large gap in-between the chimera's heads. The gears inside started to turn and the machine came to life roaring. Even the cobra-shaped tip of its tail rose up with a hiss,"And, by paying 500 life-points, I can summon Boot-Up Soldier-Dread Dynamo(4/ATK: 0/DEF: 2000) from my hand this turn," a bronze-collared robot appeared, smaller than Chimera, yet larger than Red Gadget (ATK: 0), "Sure, he has zero ATK points now, but as soon as I connect it with Red Gadget, all that will change soon enough. For you see, when I control a face-up Gadget monster while my Boot-Up Soldier is in play, it gains 2000 ATK points!" Red Gadget backed itself into the large gap in the larger robot. As it turned its back gear Dread Dynamo came to life (ATK: 2000).
Crowler: 3000
Jason: 4000
"Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Chimera, attack his face-down card!" the chimera raised its arm and stretched it across the field, landing it on Jason's set monster and crushed it. Jason raised his arms against the dust cloud it created.
"The monster you destroyed was Phantom Magician!" Jason said, so now I can special-summon a Hero monster from my deck with 1000-or-less ATK points! And the monster I choose is Elemental Hero Woodsman!" the wood-based hero appeared (DEF: 2000) as Jason reshuffled his deck. 'At least I have something to protect me with. And since that Boot-Up Soldier has 2000 ATK points...
"You may have saved yourself from Dread Dynamo's attack," Crowler said, "But your life-points are far from safe! Or did it not occur to you that my Chimera also has a special-ability! And since I summoned it using Yellow Gadget as a sacrifice, whenever it successfully destroys a monster, it can inflict 700 points of direct damage!" the bird-like head charged up its beak and blasted Jason with a beam of golden energy.
Crowler: 3000
Jason: 3300
"See? Your life-points aren't safe whether you monsters are in ATK or DEF position. I'll end my turn for now."
"It's my turn," Jason drew his next card, "And I activate the effect of my Elemental Hero Woodsman! Now I can add a Polymerization magic card from my deck," Jason searched until he found the card he was looking for. He could hear the crowd already fussing over how he's been shuffling his deck, "Now... I activate the magic card Polymerization! By fusing Elemental Heroes Lady Heat and Knospe, I can summon (19) Elemental Hero Nova Master(8/ATK: 2600/DEF: 2100)!" the two monsters combined and formed a column of fire burst from the field in which another hero came out, wearing red flared armor with a cape and helmeted mask (ATK: 2600), "Elemental Hero Nova Master, attack that Ancient Gear Chimera!" Nova Master rose to the sky and raised his arm over his head, where a large ball of fire formed in his hand. The warrior threw it down towards the chimera, where the monster was crushed underneath before exploding.
Crowler: 2700
Jason: 3300
"No harm done," Crowler said nonchalant, "I hardly lost any life-points. But just in case, I'll activate the continuous-trap, Stronghold The Moving Fortress!" as Crowler;s reverse-card opened, a large man-like structure of metal rose to the field. And like most of his monsters, it had three gap[s together on its chest fit for gears (DEF: 2000), "Although it's activated as a trap card, Stronghold is now treated as an earth-attribute machine-type monster with zero ATK points, and 2000 DEF points. This should help defend my life-points from any more harm."
"When Nova Master destroys a monster in battle, I can draw a card from my deck!" Jason the drew one card, "Now I place 1 card face-down and end my turn." a reverse-card appeared.
"Alright, my turn!" Jaden drew his next card, "...And I summon Winged Kuriboh in DEF mode!" the small, brown-furred fairy appeared (DEF: 200), and the majority of the audience squealed at the sight of the bright-eyed little fuzzball, "And I'll throw down a face-down, too," a reverse-card appeared, "That's it."
"All done, huh? Good, 'cause now I can cook that Kuriboh and I like mine well-done!" Chazz drew his next card, "There's about to be a fried furball on the field, ya loser!"
"You don't scare me!" Jaden argued.
"No big deal, I don't have to. That's his job," Chazz pointed at the giant robot, "Dragon Catapult Cannon, attack!" All cannons fired on Winged Kuriboh.
Right before the attack connected, Jaden slated the cards in his hand to the graveyard, "I sacrifice two cards and activate Transcendent Wings!"a quick-play spell card rose up.
"Where did he get that?!" Crowler shrieked.
Winged Kuriboh's wings the grew, its wingspan now exceeding the width of the arena. Dragon Catapult Cannon's attack hits, and got refracted, Winged Kuriboh somehow dispersing the attack to either side of him and Jaden.
"It can't be!" Chazz gasped.
"Oh, it 'be'. Transcendent Wings has evolved Winged Kuriboh into (21) Winged Kuriboh LV 10(10/ATK: 300/DEF: 200)!" Through the light, Winged Kuriboh received a dragon-shaped golden headdress of some sort, "And it gets better, too. By sacrificing himself, Kuriboh destroys all monsters in ATK mode, and deflects their ATK points back as damage to you! Kuriboh, why don'tcha go ahead n' show 'im how it works!" a ball of sparking light sat on Jaden's side of the field. An echoing Kuriboh coo can be heard at the center of the explosion, then the ball of light exploded outward, striking Dragon Catapult Cannon and obliterating it.
Chazz: 1000
Jaden: 1000
"Lucky punk!" Chazz growled.
"Lucky? Nah, I just happen to have a soft spot for old ladies. But not for you, Chazz. An' that's too bad, 'cause with 1000 life-points apiece, all I need is the right monster and you'll be finished!"
"I end my turn!"
"Which means it's my turn, once again," Crowler, recently calmed down, drew his next card, "I summon (14) Green Gadget(4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 600)!" the third gadget was a green lower body turning its gear under its upper body (ATK: 1400), "And once he's summoned, I can add a Red Gadget from my deck," he added another card to my hand, "Next I activate the spell Monster Reborn to revive my Yellow Gadget from my graveyard," the yellow machine returned, "And as you already know, it allows me to add a Green Gadget to my hand," he added another card from his deck, "And now I switch my Moving Fortress to ATK mode!"
"But why ATK mode?" Jason wondered, "Doesn't it have 0 ATK points!"
"Normally, yes. But then I have Red Gadget, Yellow Gadget and Green Gadget together on the field, my Stronghold gains 3000 ATK points!" Red Gadget left Dread Dynamo and joined its brethren, attaching themselves to the gaps of Stronghold. The gears inside turned as the iron giant rose to its feet (ATK: 3000), "But he won't be the only one powering up. Next I activate an equip-spell card called Machine Conversion Factory. This can raises the ATK and DEf of any machine-type monster by 300. And I'll be adding these points onto Dread Dynamo," the bronze machine glowed with energy (ATK: 2300/DEF: 2300), "Now, my Dread Dynamo, attack and destroy his Woodsman!" Red Gadget detached itself from Stronghold and reattached itself onto Dread Dynamo. The Boot-Up Soldier ran towards the defending monster, and brought its arms down on him, destroying Woodsman, "And now for that Nova Master! Red Gadget, return to Stronghold and attack!" Red Gadget reattached itself back to Stronghold, so the giant could slam its fist at Nova Master.
"I activate my trap card, Kunai with Chain!" Nova Master's right wrist was then covered in a rope of chains, along with a three-pointed blade attached at the end, "I can attach this card onto Nova Master, giving him 500 ATK points! Nova Master, counterattack!" Nova Master engulfed the blade with flames and swung it against the chain. He then swung it down across Stronghold, the giant splitting in tow before it exploded, throwing the three gadgets down to the ground, "And I get to draw 1 card due to Nova Master's effect!"
Crowler: 2600
Jason: 3300
"Fine then. I switch all my monsters to DEF mode and then end my turn with a face-down." all four of Crowler's monsters, including Red Gadget Attached to Boot-Up Soldier, stood guard.
Red Gadget: (DEF: 1500)
Yellow Gadget: (DEF: 1200)
Green Gadget: (DEF: 600)
Boot-Up Soldier-Dread Dynamo: (DEF: 2000)
"It's my turn," Jason drew his next card, "I activate the spell card, Hero's Bond! While there's an Elemental Hero on my field, I can summon 2 more from my hand! So I summon Elemental Heroes Heat and Ocean!" the flame-wielding hero (ATK: 1600) and the merman hero (ATK: 1500) appeared, "And since there are 3 heroes on my field, Heat gets 600 ATK points (ATK: 2200), "Elemental Hero Ocean, attack Yellow Gadget!"
"I think not. I activate the trap, No Entry!" as Crowler's reverse card opened, all of Jason's monsters dropped to DEF mode, "Once this cards activates, all monsters that are in ATK position are forced into DEF position!"
"Then I place 1 card face-down and end my turn!" a reverse-card appeared.
"Okay, my turn! Here goes something!" Jaden looked at the card he drew and held it up, "Yeah! Elemental Hero Avian!" Both Chazz and Crowler gasped as he summoned the emerald-feathered superhero (ATK: 1000), "Now attack with Featherbreak!" and then . Chazz watched as Avian rose up, unable to do a thing. Numb with shock, he took the rain of razor feathers then fell to his knees, teeth clenched in bitter defeat.
Chazz: 0
Jaden: 1000
The moment Chazz's life-points ran out, the crowd cheered for Jaden's victory.
"Impossible!" Crowler cried, "I can't believe he beat Chazz!" his expression then turned to that of disgust and whipped away, "How pathetic. And I even gave him all those rare cards!"
Chazz turned to Crowler, pleading, "Dr. Crowler! Give me another chance!"
But Crowler ignored him, "Huh? Did someone say something? I thought I heard a flea."
"Dr. Crowler!"
After waving to the crowd, Jaden gave Chazz his customary salute and winked, "That's game! Unless you wanna duel again?"
A bitter and angry Chazz glared venomously at Jaden as he stood, "Oh, we will!" he growled as he stormed off.
"If we're quite done here...!" Crowler interrupted, "I would like to finish this duel sometime today! So if you don't mind..." he then drew his next card, looking at it, he grinned widely, "I think this is card I need to achieve my victory! I activate the normal-spell card, (5D's) Deluxe Limiter Removal! Allow me to demonstrate what this card does: by paying 1000 life-points, I can summon a level-6-or-higher machine type monster from my hand with one extra sacrifice! Of course, I cannot special-summon this turn, but it does give the monster 1000 extra ATK points for this turn!" the three gadgets vanished, "I sacrifice my three gadgets to summon the all-powerful, almighty, (16) Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon(ATK: 3000/DEF: 2000)!" a more colossal cluster of scrap-metal rose to the field in a burst of wind in the formed of a winged dragon. The three gadgets reappeared and attached themselves on the spaces braced around the dragon's craned neck. Gears turning, the dragon craned its elongated neck and roared (ATK: 3000-4000).
"4000 ATK points?!" Syrus gasped.
"Incredible!" Bastion added.
"I knew Crowler got something like that stashed somewhere in his deck..." Chakra muttered, "We just got our wake-up call!"
"And like its predecessor, my Ancient Gear Gadjiltron dragon holds three special-abilities, each one functioned by a gadget I sacrificed. From a Green Gadget, whenever my dragon battles a weaker monster in DEF position, the difference is dealt to the opposing player as damage. When a Yellow Gadget is used, whenever it destroys a monster, it can inflict 600 points as damage to that monster's owner. Lastly, when my Red Gadget is used in its gearwork, when it inflicts battle-damage, it can inflict 400 additional points of damage! And in addition to my dragon's own custom-made ability, you can't activate any spell or trap cards while he attacks!"
"With DX Limiter Removal, he can utilize all three of his dragon's effects without worrying which gadgets to sacrifice for it. And if he decides to attack one of his weaker monsters that are in DEF mode," Chakra lowered his eyes from the scene, sucking her teeth, "He doesn't stand a chance."
"Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon, attack Elemental Hero Heat with Steampunk Shockwave!" Crowler cackled as the three gadgets ground the dragon's gears much faster than they were. The continuous friction was gathered and spat from the dragon's mouth in a stream of fiery energy. It tore a trench through the field as the destructive blast reach Jason's field, resulting in a massive explosion. Crowler stood proudly over the pluming smoke, "Hmph. Well now, that was somewhat entertaining. But I guess you're not so special after all. Nevertheless I should give you a grad on this. I believe a solid '40' would suffi-" but as he could see clearly through the dissipating dust, Jason's field was still active, save for Elemental Hero Heat.
Crowler: 2600
Jason: 1500
"WHAT?!" Crowler screeched, "How could you have life-points left?! You couldn't possible have played any trap cards!" he then heard the sound of clanking metal. He he looked towards his dragon, it suddenly lost balance and collapsed on itself. Something then seeped out of the dragon in the form of a small, clown-like spirit wearing red robes and a green scarf, with a menacing grin stretched across its face, "What is that?!"
"What you're looking at is my trap card!" Jason said as his revealed his opened reverse-card, "Reverse-Trap!"
"A trap?! You can't play that! My dragon's special-ability prevents it!"
"Only when it battles; you said so yourself! That's why I decided to go ahead and activate it before your dragon was even summoned!"
Crowler growled, "That trap card; how did you still have life-points left? What did it do to my dragon?!"
"I thought since you got a degree on dueling you'd know well what it does," Jason tried to joke, "It was here ever since the game was first made. But since you didn't, I guess I'll have to explain: Reverse Trap summons a spirit made to reverse increases and decreases made to a monster's ATK and DEF points. So after activating your Deluxe Limiter Removal, I played my Reverse Trap and its spirit lingered on the field until you summoned your Gadjiltron Dragon, outside the battle-phase so it can got to work on it! Now instead of gaining ATK points, your dragon lost ATK points!"
Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon: (ATK: 2000)
"Don't think this duel is over, Slifer! I activate the spell card Swords of Revealing Light!" a series of large giant swords rained down around Jason's monsters, forming a barrier, "Now you can't attack for the next three turns! In the meantime I'll wait until my next turn to wipe out the rest of your life-points!" Crowler grinned, "You have one more chance to stop my monster before my monster destroys you! All you have to do is free your monsters from my swords!"
Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon: (ATK: 3000)
"It's my turn!" Jason drew his next card, "I activate the effect of my Elemental Hero Ocean! Now I can add a hero from my graveyard to my hand!" Jason added his Knospe to his hand, "Next I summon (18) Elemental Hero Stratos(4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 300)!" a new masked hero appeared wearing tights and armor in different shades of blue and green. It hovered closely on the field with a set of rotors attached to a pair of wings (ATK: 1800), "And it comes with a special-ability: when summoned, I can destroy a number of magic and trap cards for each other hero on my field! And I have only one in mind..." Stratos' spinning rotors launched a pair of miniature tornadoes that slammed into the barrier of swords. The swords endured until they suddenly shattered and crumbled into particles of light, "Finally, I activate the card I just drew: the field-magic, Fusion Gate!" as Jason placed the card inside a hidden compartment at the edge of his card tray, the entire field became a grid of light-green energy, "As I just found out today, there are more way to summon a fusion-monster than Polymerization! With Fusion Gate on the field, I can fuse monsters by removing them from the game! And the ones I fuse are Stratos from my field and Knospe from my hand!" the field in the center warped into a wormhole. Knospe appeared and joined Stratos in jumping inside, where the vortex suddenly burst out a maelstrom, "Now I summon the (20) Elemental Hero Great Tornado(8/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2200)!" the tornado dispersed, revealing another hero. The wind picked up against its tattered cloak, revealing a suit of black, orange and green armor, it's silver shoulder-pads modeled after large fans (ATK: 2800).
"So what!" Crowler scoffed, "Even if you manage to destroy my dragon and soldier this turn, you'll only be able to inflict 1500 points of damage with your Elemental Hero Ocean!"
"I activate Great Tornado's effect! Now the ATK and DEF of all your monsters are halved!" a pair of twisters blasted from Great Tornado's shoulder-pads and crashed into Crowler's monsters.
Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon: (ATK: 1500)
Boot-Up Soldier-Dread Dynamo: (DEF: 1150)
"No!"
"Elemental Hero Ocean, attack Dread Dynamo!" Ocean sliced down the Boot-Up Soldier, "Nova Master, destroy the Gadjiltron Dragon!" Nova Master struck down the dragon with his blade, causing the dragon to explode.
Crowler: 1000
Jason: 1500
"Finally, Great Tornado! Attack Crowler's life-points directly!" Great Tornado launched on last twin tornado that slammed into Crowler, sending him flying across the field. The teacher landed flat on his back.
Crowler: 0
Jason: 1500
At that instant, the crowd roared in another amazing victory. Jason stood dumbfolded. He never once imagined he would be cheered at by a massive audience. He walked to Crowler, who was still laid out on his back. When he was sure he was awake, Jason held out his hand for him, "Umm... Good game!"
Crowler then suddenly swatted his hand away, glaring at him, "I don't need your help!" the doctor stood up, facing away from Jason, "I just got careless, is all! I could have won if I had my Ancient Gear Golem! You're still an inexperienced Slifer Deadbeat like all the others...!" Crowler ran off. Jason could've sworn he heard him crying...
"That was well played, duelists of Slifer Red," Jason looked up to the top box where principal Sheppard spoke through the loudspeaker, "Not in the history of our revered Academy has a Slifer ever dueled an Obelisk or Faculty during these exams. Not only did you hold your own, but, you won! Your courage against overwhelming odds is... inspiring. It is with great pride that I grant you both promotion to Ra Yellow! Good job!"
Jason gasped at that. He's getting promoted?! Many emotions ran through his mind. The one on general, anxiety. Is he actually ready for Ra Yellow...?
Jason leaned against the railing outside the Slifer dorm, still weighing out the pros and cons on the offer he was given earlier. If he agreed, he could get a bigger room and maybe some roommates. He heard they have much better food there. No more skimping out on sardines and sandwiches. And more importantly, he won't be picked on by Obelisk Blues for being a Slifer Red. On the other hand...
"Jason Hutchins," Jason turned to see Anais walking towards him, "I've been meaning to talk to you. First of all, I'd like you to explain why none of the Obelisk Blues received their mail before they went to class today!"
"I'm sorry for that," Jason said, "I was helping someone move a wagon up the hill to the building this morning..."
"That wasn't part of your job!" Anais snapped, "If someone needed help you should call someone and went on with the job you're assigned to! Remember, I'm the one who allowed you to stay in this school; so I'll be the one to put you out if I have to," Anais's voice seemed to grow louder as she became more angered; and her extensions looked to droop down against her head like a dog's ears would, "And another thing, if I ever find out you've been skipping curfew, or lurking around the Obelisk Girl's dorm without permission, no matter what reason you have, you will be certain that you will be on the next boat out of here!" catching her breath, Anais turned and walked away.
"Wait," Jason said, stopping Anais, "Abut that promotion-"
"What promotion?" Anais said, "You seemed to forget that you were in a disciplinary duel. And for a fitting punishment you will be denied of your promotion. Maybe that will teach you to sneak out after curfew."
As Anais walked away, Jason became disappointed, yet relieved from that reply. Now that he thought of it, even if he were in Ra Yellow, there still are many more Slifers for them to pick on. Now that Jaden isn't here anymore to look out for the little guy, then who will?
So, you're still here?" Jason gasped as Jaden came up to the top deck.
"Jaden... Uh, what are you doing here?" Jason asked.
"I wanted to say congrats on passing your field test. Oh, and, uh, also, in case you'd forgotten, I live here!" Jason became completely speechless, "Sure, Ra Yellow's nice with their clean sheets, lack a' cockroaches, and those spiffy blazers, but without any of my friends... It's not actually home, is it?" Jaden went to his dorm before stopping. "Hey, are you still going to Ra Yellow?"
Jason thought about what Anais told him, "I...decided I rather stay here, too."
Jaden gave a bright smile, "Well I think you made a good choice."
"Yeah... I think I'll turn is for today..." Jason went towards his room.
"Um, okay then. See ya' tomorrow," Jaden said as he and Jason opened their doors. As soon as Jason closed it shut behind him, he slipped into the bottom bunk. As he fell asleep he could hear his next-door neighbors cheering and sobbing.
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Lord of D.
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1200/DEF: 1100)
Attribute: DARK
Effect:
(2) Tyrant Dragon
Stats: [Dragon/Effect] LV: 7 (ATK: 2900/DEF: 2800)
Attribute: FIRE
Effect:
(3) Prime Material Dragon
Stats: [Dragon/Effect] LV: 6 (ATK: 2400/DEF: 2000)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect:
(4) V-Tiger Jet
Stats: [Machine/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1800)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect:
(5) W-Wing Catapult
Stats: [Machine/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect:
(6) VW-Tiger Catapult
Stats: [Machine/Fusion/Effect] LV: 6 (ATK: 2000/DEF: 2100)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect:
(7) X-Head Cannon
Stats: [Machine] LV: 4 (ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500)
Attribute: LIGHT
(8) Y-Dragon Head
Stats: [Machine/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect:
(9) Z-Metal Tank
Stats: [Machine/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1300)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect:
(10) XYZ-Dragon Cannon
Stats: [Machine/Fusion/Effect] LV: 7 (ATK: 2800/DEF: 2600)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect:
(11) VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon
Stats: [Machine/Fusion/Effect] LV: 8 (ATK: 2800/DEF: 2600)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect:
(12) Red Gadget
Stats: [Machine/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect:
(13) Yellow Gadget
Stats: [Machine/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1200/DEF: 1200)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect:
(14) Green Gadget
Stats: [Machine/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1400/DEF: 600)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect:
(15) Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Chimera
Stats: [Machine/Effect] LV: 6 (ATK: 2300/DEF: 1300)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect:
(16) Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon
Stats: [Machine/Effect] LV: 8 (ATK: 3000/DEF: 2000)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect:
(17) Elemental Hero Ocean
Stats: [Warrior/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1200)
Attribute: WATER
Effect:
(18) Elemental Hero Stratos
Stats: [Warrior/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1800/DEF: 300)
Attribute: WIND
Effect:
(19) Elemental Hero Nova Master
Stats: [Warrior/Fusion/Effect] LV: 8 (ATK: 2600/DEF: 2100)
Attribute: FIRE
Effect:
(20) Elemental Hero Great Tornado
Stats: [Warrior/Fusion/Effect] LV: 8 (ATK: 2800/DEF: 2o00)
Attribute: WIND
Effect:
(21) Winged Kuribou LV10
Stats: [Fairy/Effect] LV: 10 (ATK: 300/DEF: 200)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect: