That's right. After weeks of "mental preparation" (ie. laziness), I have finally uploaded the new chapter. God, this one was a total biatch. It's over twice as long as the rest of them, and has essentially 3 duels in it. But here it is for your visual (or if you bought my book on tape), auditory pleasure.
Also, PS, there are no refunds.
Chapter 4: That Took Guts, I'm Promoting You.
"And thus, when a continuous spell or trap, or card with a continuous effect are destroyed, their effects are negated. It's a very simple formula gents." Bastion lectured. "Now are there any questions?" Bastion turned to see Kenny and Miles, the latter of whom had his face on the desk. Miles then raised his hand, with his head still on the desk. Kenny just stood with a vacant expression on his face, almost like he was in a trance.
"Yes Miles?" Bastion pointed him out.
"Does this class come with a complimentary gun so I can shoot myself?" Miles asked, sounding bored out of his mind.
"Oh come now chaps! We've got lots to time to prepare for tomorrow's promotion exams." He attempted to convince. "Besides, we haven't been at for that long."
"It's been Three. Hours!" Kenny retorted keeping his blank stare on his face.
"Exactly. Just Three more hours and we should be all set!" Bastion enthusiastically responded. "Now then, Chapter 11 - The Damage Step, quite an important phase of the game indeed, now the key to knowing when you can and can't use effects during the damage step..." Bastion went on lecturing. Miles and Kenny just stared at each other and then ducked below their desks, and pulled out two...dummies and placed their jackets on them.
"...And so begins the thesis of spell speeds. Are you still with me?" Bastion asked as he turned, realizing his friends high-tailed it out of there and replaced themselves with dummies. "Apparently not..." He said annoyingly, especially pissed due to the fact that Miles' dummy had a shirt on stating "I am really Miles", as if he'd actually believe that.
Kenny and Miles didn't feel great about abandoning Bastion like that.
"Man, I feel great about abandoning Bastion like that!" Miles said with great relief.
"Oh brother, my ass fell asleep for sitting that long..." Kenny said as they continued walking.
"I didn't need to know that." Miles said nonchalantly, but as they walked, they saw a short black-haired guy they recognized.
"Rob" Miles yelled out.
"Jake..." Kenny corrected.
"Jake!" Miles yelled almost simultaneously with Kenny. "Jake. How you doing Jake? Really? Good to know." Miles said, looking around for Bastion.
"W-what?" Jake nervously responded.
"Hey, this your room!?" Miles asked quickly. "Cool! Let's chill for a sec!" He said as he pulled Jake and Kenny into the room.
Jake, surprisingly, didn't take much offense to them staying in his room for a while, to hide from Bastion.
"You know, it's fine that you guys want to fix your decks up for the exam here..." Jake began, but confused by something. "But Miles, do you really have to wear that thing?" He pointed out Miles' water buffalo hat.
"Kenny, tell 'em." Miles passed.
"What?...thinking hat." Kenny put it simply.
"Th-thinking hat?" Jake wondered.
"Hail the water buffalo." Miles stated as he continued looking through his deck. "Speaking of thinking..." He said jumping over to Jake. "We need to take a look at your deck, so that you're ready to go for tomorrow too!" Miles stated as he swiped Jake's deck.
"Hey!" Jake yelled in protest.
"Don't you think he's afraid you'll know his cards and then have to duel you tomor...who am I kidding? You have the attention span of a rabbit." Kenny concluded.
"A rabbit that never forgets. To Kill!...no wait, that's elephants." Miles retorted as he looked at his first card. "Now what's this card do?" He asked.
"It revives a Zombie and banishes a monster in the opponent's grave." Jake explained.
"Uh-huh..." He picked another card. "And this one?"
"If it's in the Graveyard, you can return a card in your hand to the deck and summon it." Jake explained again.
"Okay, I get it." Miles then selected another card. "...and this one?"
"...That's the same as the first one." Jake reminded him.
"Oh yeah..." Miles realized, picking another card. "And this one?" Picking the 2nd card he selected.
"Y'know I don't think showing your deck to him is such a great idea Jake, since you might duel this moron in the promotion exams." Kenny explained.
"You're right!" Jake yelled, swiping his deck back.
"Ah, dude. You gotta just chill." Miles advised. "Life's just a huge lottery. Sure you might line up a few numbers, but at the end of the day...that money is going to the government anyways." This received as typical of a reaction as you can get from a Miles comment, blank stares.
"Doesn't really matter, I've already got my deck ready anyways." Jake said with surprising confidence.
"That's the spirit." Miles said, putting him a friendly headlock, which freaked Jake out a bit. "You just take it to 'em tomorrow Zombie Boy."
"Zombie Boy?" Jake said nervously.
"It just rolls off the tongue doesn't it?" Miles replied.
"Okay, I think you're invading everybody's personal bubble..." Kenny mentioned as a knock came from Jake's door. Kenny looked through the peep hole, and it was Bastion.
"Oh damn...it's Bastion." Kenny warned.
"Uh...is that a bad thing?" Jake asked.
"No time! Hide!" Miles freaked out as he tried to find a hiding place.
Bastion wondered where his 2 friends could have gone outside of Jake's room, when the door opened, revealing Jake.
"H-hey Bastion." Jake said, a bit nervous.
"You wouldn't happen to know where Miles and Kenny would have gone would you?" Bastion asked. "We were going over the chapters in our dueling manuals when they gave me the slip..." Bastion mentioned as he revealed the Miles dummy.
"...I wouldn't know Bastion...I-I haven't seen them all day." Jake responded, trying to hide the fact that Kenny and Miles were hiding behind the door, Kenny covering Miles' mouth with his hand.
"Hmm...I tried their rooms multiple times, so you sure?" Bastion asked.
"Yep, I'm sure they're just trying to avoid you." Jake answered, which received an annoyed look, which Jake then responded with a very nervous look.
"Pssh, typical." Bastion turned to walk away. "You try to assist your friends by enriching their minds with dueling knowledge and this is the thanks you get." He pouted to himself, until he was out of sight. Jake then closed the door and Kenny and Miles fell over onto the ground.
"He's gone." Jake said.
"We're aware of this." Miles responded, as they got up. He then looked at the clock, and it was almost 10. "Jeez, all that Bastion avoiding burned some time up. Time to crash." Miles concluded as he re-opened the door.
"Night guys." Jake waved.
"Later Zombie Boy." Miles waved back as he walked out of his room. Kenny waved as well as they both left the room to retire for the night.
That next day, out in the distance of the island, a fleet of battle cruisers and helicopters. Over the transmission across all craft.
"Attention all crafts." He said. "It's been a long journey, fending off attack subs and intruders. But it was all worth. We have reached our objective with the payload safe. This is the moment we've been waiting. The moment Duel Academy gets their new rare cards!"
"Bastion, what are you doing?" Kenny wondered, as he observed his friend outside of Miles' door.
"Well, I thought we'd wake up our dear friend Miles with a little alarm clock." Bastion joyously said, activating his duel disk, and he picked his lock and opened the door.
"I wouldn't do that..." Kenny warned him, but Bastion was already in. He snuck up to a large lump in Miles' bed and summoned Twin Barrel Dragon. "Okay...ready?" Bastion asked, either to his monster or Kenny. "Three..." He warned, as he then grabbed the sheets. "Two...One!" He then unveiled his sheets, only to find instead of Miles, a spring loaded pie shot at his face, causing him to back up into Miles' closet and to fall over. Miles then walked out of the bathroom, fully dressed, outside of his jacket, drying his hair with a towel.
"The ole' pie in the bed trick...never fails." Miles concluded.
"How did you know he was going to do that?" Kenny asked.
"Honestly, I thought you were gonna do it." Miles admitted.
"Frankly, I'm more surprised you're up already." Kenny responded.
"Whatdya mean? I've been up for 2 hours." Miles explained. "I just needed time to adapt to the time change, y'know internal clock stuff."
"What have you been doing for 2 hours?" Bastion asked, getting up and cleaning his face.
"Mostly working out. I've been kinda slacking ever since I got here. So, got up a little before 6, went out and ran 5 miles, got back and did cross-fit the rest of the time...oh yeah and set up that little doo-dad." Miles pointed to his installed pie-flinger. "Alright, you all clean brainiac?"
"Spick and span." Bastion replied with annoyance as he finished wiping his face.
"All this talk about pie has made me hungry." Miles said. "I need a deep-dish pizza omelette."
"Sounds like indigestion." Bastion alarmed.
"Does it also sound like a bitch? Cuz that's what I'm hearing." Miles retorted doing his best Samuel L. Jackson impression. "The pleasantries over? Good, I'll be right out as soon as I get my things..." He pointed to the door.
Meanwhile at the Tool Shed...errr...the Slifer Dorm...
"Please, please, please help me ace my promotion exams today." Syrus prayed, while wearing a white headband that held 3 Monster Reborn cards. "I don't want to be stuck wearing red forver...NOT that it doesn't look good on you Slifer." He reassured the poster of Slifer the Sky Dragon. "I just really want to be in Ra Yellow, so please..."
Then then an alarm went off.
"SLIFER!?" Syrus jumped as he realized it was just Jaden's alarm clock.
"Oh, it was just the alarm clock..." He noticed as he crawled over to the beds. "And of course Jaden sleeps right through it." He then proceeded to nudge Jaden to wake up. "Jaden, wake up! If you miss these exams, you'll never get promoted..."
"WRONG BECAUSE I PLAY A TRAP!" Jaden yelled in his sleep as he nearly uppercut Syrus, causing him to fall backwards.
"Ugh, why can't he ever dream in defense mode?" Syrus groaned to himself.
"Duh, Syrus." Came a voice from the top bunk. It was their rather husky, possible genetic mutation between a human and a giant koala known as Chumley. Syrus then looked up and noticed his other roommate.
"You shouldn't be waking him up at all. After the written exam, there's the field test, and I don't want to be the one that has to face the guy who beat Dr. Crowler. So we let him catch some Z's and it makes our day easier, you get it?" Chumley explained.
"Oh I get it, and I'm starting to get why you got held back twice already." Syrus snapped, and then got up from the floor. "Jaden, get out of bed." He gave up and proceeded to rush out the door. "I'll save you a seat. Hurry!"
Chumley just stood in his bed. "Fine, plan B it is..."
Later on, in the classroom, Banner had already initiated the exam, and they were well into it. Students like Bastion, Alexis and even Kenny were blowing through it...Miles...well...
"Why is he wearing those blasted things?" Bastion wondered as his desk neighbor donned a pair of swirly glasses, so flamboyant they would have Dr. Insano screaming with delight.
"Ah, Acid Trap Hole? My old nemesis!" Miles thought as he stared down one of the questions he got wrong from his entrance exams. "I won't fall into your trap hole this time, you psychedelic rapscallion!"
While that was going on, Syrus wasn't making any progress...well, any real progress.
"Which targets...a Normal Spell." He mumbled to himself in his sleep. "Which counters..."
"I didn't know this was an oral exam Sy." A voice woke Syrus from his snooze, which happened to be Jaden. "Or maybe next time, you can do without the all-night Slifer séance."
"Do you mind keeping it down?" Chazz yelled from a few rows up. "Some of us actually plan on passing this exam."
"Hey. I always plan on passing, it just doesn't always work out that way." Jaden explained to the Obelisk.
"Just like my annual visit to the Wisconsin Cheese Festival..." Miles blurted out, to the confusion of his Ra Yellow cohorts. "Next year for sure..." He thought to himself.
"Oh Jaden..." Professor Banner called, as the Slifer turned to his teacher. "Perhaps you'd like to come down and get your exam?"
"Most definitely!" Jaden shouted as he rushed down to Banner.
"If only he'd apply himself, perhaps he'd be a great duelist..." Bastion said disappointed.
"Do you realize how much of a work load I'd take on if that were the case?" Miles responded. "These classes are boring enough as is, and I can only liven it up so much by myself." Bastion just sighed and eventually everybody returned to finishing their exams...except Jaden and Syrus, who continued snoozing. Unknown to them, was that somebody was eavesdropping on their nap time.
"You may be able to dream your way through the written part Slacker." Crowler said to himself while peeping through a crease in the doors. "But I'll make sure the field test is a pure and utter nightmare for you." He chuckled as he ducked out of the class.
The written exam was over and Banner addressed the class.
"Alright class, the written exam is now concluded. Now please walk, DO NOT RUN to get in line for the new rare cards."
"Wait, they're here!?" One of the students shouted.
"Oh dear."
Once Banner finished speaking, almost the entirety of the class took off in a giant mob. Kenny just stood there in disbelief.
"Wow. Well, I ain't getting tied up into that." Kenny concluded. "A few rare cards ain't worth my well-being."
"You might want to consider waking up." Bastion said as he nudged Syrus, who them jumped up in surprise.
"Ah man...I flunked didn't I?" Syrus sobbed. "I'm a complete failure." Jaden then raised his head up momentarily.
"Sy, if they were giving out grades for melodrama, you'd be getting an A." Jaden then dropped his head back down.
"Wait? Where is everybody?" Syrus wondered.
"Well that's just it. Everyone's at the card shack, trying to get their hands on the newest rare cards." Bastion explained.
"Well then why aren't you and Kenny there right now?" Syrus wondered as the two Ra's stood by.
"Please, one errant card and my deck's delicate balance is completely thrown off." Bastion replied.
"Same here. I got my Deck ready to go. It's unstoppable." Kenny gloated pulling out his deck, but then he noticed something. "Uh, does that mean Miles ran over there then?"
"I'm not sure." Bastion wondered himself.
In the hallway, the mob continued to charge. While this was happening, behind them, Miles stood with a very stoic look on his face. The scene faded to black and white, and eery music began to play.
"You stop to notice a noise coming from down the hallway like a Tyrannosaurus charging towards a Jake and the Fatman Reunion tour. All-You-Can-Eat. Something appears in the distance, so terrifying, you'd rather see Kirsty Alley try to fit into a one-piece. You're frozen. Paralyzed with the thoughts of the utter atrocities about to befall yourself along with anyone or anything around you, along with the possible pleas of faith towards your higher entity for salvation from a bone-crushing, gallbladder stomping demise. These are events ever present in the shadowy corner known as...The Twilight Zone!" Miles finished, and suddenly looked around in confusion.
"Where was I just now?" Miles wondered as he continued looking. "I've got to stop watching those Rod Serling Marathons." Finally, he fixed his vision on the still on-going stampede of students.
"Oh boy! I've always wanted to join an angry mob!" Miles yelled in excitement. "I just need to get my handy mob pitchfork!" He ran in the opposite direction.
At the card shack, the students starting scratching and banging on the steel door, like zombies salivating for their prey. Suddenly a group of armed guards came charging towards the card shark. The students chanted "Cards, Cards, Cards."
"Oh Children!" A voice came as a figure dressed as a Naval officer walked down the hallway carrying a briefcase. "Are you looking for these?" Which caused the students to gush and cheer. The officer then opened the door slightly, bent over and walked in. "Well...come and get 'em." After saying this, the students rush the shack, and as they entered, they were introduced to the briefcase on a table. The briefcase however...was empty. This resulted in a mass face fault.
"What happened to the cards!?" A voice yelled from the crowd.
"You know the rules. First come, first serve." The counter girl replied, alongside her was a large dark cloaked man wearing a hat.
"And I was first, so I took every one." He finished. This caused the crowd to disperse.
Just a few moments later, Jaden and Syrus arrived on the scene. However, all they saw was dust settling from the dispersed masses.
"Excuse me!" Syrus said to the counter girl. "Do you have any cards left?"
"Sure we do, but just normal packs." She said as she slid them a single pack.
"Ah man, just one? I'm done for." Syrus whined. "I slept my way through the written part and now I'm gonna flunk my field test."
"Then you take it Syrus." He said, nudging the pack to him.
"You'd really give me the last pack Jaden?" Syrus asked in disbelief. "But what if you fail?"
"C'mon Sy, I may flunk from time to time, but I never fail." He confidently retorted.
"Yoo-hoo!" A voice came from behind the counter girl. It was an elderly woman, with small circular glasses and black hair. She was wearing a pink shirt and dark blue overalls. "Hello stranger." She said pointing to Jaden.
"How do you know her Jaden?" Syrus asked.
"I think it was the transmission..." Jaden joked, as the lady giggled.
"I know we are out of cards, but I kept some stashed away for nice young boys like yourself." She explained, handing him a pack of cards.
"Thanks!" Jaden said with gratitude and excitement, but as he opened it...
"WE MUST KILL THE BOY!" A voice yelled, as Jaden and Syrus turned to see Miles carrying a lit torch and a pitchfork. "GI..uh..." Miles looked around noticing that everyone had left. "Oh come on! I'm never gonna fulfill my dream of being a part of an angry mob!" Miles complained. "I brought my special pitchfork for nothing!" Bastion appeared next to him.
"For the love of God, please drop the pitchfork. I don't trust you with sharp objects..." As he said, Miles dropped the pitchfork, staring with blank expression his face.
"Damn." Kenny replied as he joined his fellow Ra's. "They cleaned this place out!"
"Actually it was only one guy." A voice claimed, revealing to be Jake.
"Just one guy, Zombie Boy?" Miles asked. "Must've been Chazz. Lord knows, only someone that rich can afford to buy out an entire stock."
"No, it was some shady fellow." Jake corrected. "It was weird, because I've never seen him before on this island. Though he sounded a tad familiar."
"Not to worry chap." Bastion reassured Jake. "I'm sure you have your deck all prepped and ready to go."
"Ya damn right!" Miles shouted as he wrapped his arm around the slightly shorter Jake, which cause Jake to shake nervously. "We helped him put his deck together when we were hidiiiinnggg..." He stopped himself, noticing he was talking to the guy they were avoiding last night. "Fffrrommmm the Noid..." Bastion gave him a stern look. "...Gotta avoid the Noid...hard guy to work with from what I heard, but I wouldn't know." Miles failed attempt at a save amused Kenny a good bit.
"So, you couldn't get here in time either Miles?" Syrus asked.
"Yeah, and it sucks..." Miles pouted.
"Well, don't worry, I'm sure you'll do just fine with you own car-"
"My dream to one day join an angry mob goes unanswered again!" Miles interruption confused the Slifers, but did receive a laugh from Jaden.
Inside the main building, the field test arena comprised of six individual fields. Miles, Kenny and Bastion entered the arena.
"Hey check it out." Miles pointed out. "Zombie Boy is already dueling."
"And winning from the looks of things." Bastion added, as the duel continued. They looked on as Jake was battling another Ra Yellow with short brown hair that pointed at the front.
Erishi: 700
Jake: 2500
The field was set. Erishi had two monsters on the field.
Beast of Talwar (2400/2150) *6 DARK
Airknight Parshath (1900/1400) *5 LIGHT
Jake's field was empty, however he had 5 cards in his hand.
"Make your move already." Erishi urged, as Jake selected his first card.
"You won't be so impatient when you see what I have." Jake responded, placing a card in his Field Spell Zone. "I activate the Field Spell, Zombie World!" Suddenly the area around them turned into a large field, layered with skeletons and a river of red, and in the background was a large bone tower. "With this in play, all monsters become Zombies and no monsters can be tribute summoned unless they are Zombies." Jake explained. Suddenly Erishi's Airknight and Talwar Beast corroded into decaying corpses.
"Next I'll activate another handing Spell Card, Foolish Burial." Jake then activated a card, depicting a creature burying itself alive with it's hand still above the surface holding a shovel. "With this, I'm allowed to send any monster from my deck, straight to the grave." He stated, sending a monster to its resting place. "Next, a 3rd Spell Card, my Reckless Grave." His final spell was that depicting a Goblin Zombie's lifeforce being drained by a larger Revived King.
"With this in play, I can send a Zombie monster to the graveyard and summon a Zombie monster from my graveyard." Jake explained.
"There's a bit of a problem with your plan. You have no monsters to sacrifice." Erishi retorted.
"I said A Zombie, not mine. I can send a Zombie from either players field, and last time I checked, you have 2 sitting on your field right now." This caused Erishi to gasp in shock. "Now I send your Beast of Talwar to the grave, and now rise Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon!" He shouted, and from the ground, sprouted a large decaying black dragon with 1 piercing red eye.
Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon (2400/2000) *7 DARK
"Now Red-Eyes, destroy his Airknight Parshath! Infernal Dead Wave!" He commanded as his large zombie dragon let out a large blue, smoked-filled fire blast, that engulfed the knight, eviscerating it.
Erishi: 200
Jake: 2500
"Oh great, now I'm defenseless." Erishi observed.
"Unfortunately, it gets worse." Jake added. "As Zombie Dragon's effect now activates, allowing me to excavate your destroyed Zombie monster and Special Summon to my field." Jake explained, as Erishi's Airknight returned to Jake's field. "Now Airknight Parshath, attack your master directly!" Jake unleashed the undead angel knight, whom of which struck down the other Ra, eliminating him.
Erishi: 0
Jake: 2500 WIN
"Darn it. That was the closest I got to beating him too..." Erishi complained.
"Oh well. Maybe next time." Jake stated, with significantly less confidence than before.
"That was quite impressive." Bastion complimented.
"Should be. After all, it was thanks to my adjustments that Zombie Boy's deck was all ready to go." Miles bragged.
"I don't think you did anything...in fact, looking back, I don't think we made any changes to his deck at all." Kenny realized.
"Whatya talking about? There was that one...ya know...that can...and uh...that uh, that undead one remember?"
"Oh yes, I remember, considering his entire deck is comprised of those "undead" ones." Bastion retorted.
"I rest my case. Whole deck, my idea." Miles gloated, sitting down and crossing his arms in pride. "In fact, I'm currently getting the name "Zombie Boy" trademarked under my name."
"Yeah, I'm sure somebody is actually going to use that nickname anytime soon..." Kenny said sarcastically.
A few moments later, Kenny and Miles were called down for their duels. Kenny's opponent was a Ra Yellow named America Uchimura. Kenny and America activated their duel disks, staring at each other from the opposite side of the field.
"DUEL!"
America: 4000
Kenny: 4000
"Get ready to mill out!" America shouted, as he drew his first card. "Excellent, I'll start by activating the Spell Card, Gravekeeper's Servant!" He shouted as his spell appeared with a small fiendish silhouette flying off away from a graveyard. "Next up, I'll set one monster facedown, and end my turn." America passed.
"It's feeding time." Kenny said as he drew. "I'll start by summoning Coral Gardna in Defense Mode." In front of Kenny, stood a large grey-finned fish that hid behind layers of large spiked pink coral.
Coral Gardna (100/2200) *4 WATER
"My monster has a special ability go along with his ridiculous defense power." Kenny revealed. "When he's normal summoned, I can Special Summon a WATER monster from my hand in Attack Mode." He said, selecting his next monster.
"I summon Armed Sea Hunter in Attack Mode!" Kenny's new monster seemed to be a combination of the body of a plesiosaur and the torso, arms and head of a fish humanoid.
Armed Sea Hunter (1800/400) *4 WATER
"Next, I activate the Spell Card, Monsoon Crossbow!" He declared as a large purple crossbow appeared, and was then attached to Armed Sea Hunter. "This card not only increases my WATER monster's ATK by 500, but it also allows him to inflict piercing damage to your lifepoints when he attacks your defending monsters." Kenny explained. "Just like that mystery card." This caused America to gasp in shock.
"Now Armed Sea Hunter, attack his facedown monster!" He declared as his hunter launched a large purple glowing arrow at the mystery card. It pierced the monster revealing a large purple worm with large spikes protruding from it's head and sides.
Needle Worm (750/600) *2 EARTH
The attack also caused America to lose lifepoints.
America: 2300
Kenny: 4000
"Thanks to my Gravekeeper's Servant, you have to give up one card from your deck." America said, as Kenny milled his top card. "And let's not forget about my Needle Worm, or it's effect, that makes you send 5 more cards to the grave." But Kenny interrupted.
"Actually, let's forget about that shall we? Because when Armed Sea Hunter attacks a monster, it's effects are negated after damage has been applied." Kenny explained, which once again caused America to gasp. "I'm gonna set one card facedown and stop there."
"Great, my foolproof strategy is already backfiring." America complained as he drew. "Darn it. With that Sea Hunter on the field, I can't use my flip effect monsters. I'm gonna need to try something else." America then selected his first card. "I activate my Spell, Earthquake! Which causes all of your monsters to switch into Defense Mode!" He explained as Kenny's Sea Hunter kneeled down.
"This isn't ideal..." America settled. "But I have to get him off the field, I summon Hiro's Shadow Scout in Attack Mode!" His new monster was a blue being with one eye, green mohawk and 2 horns on his back.
Hiro's Shadow Scout (650/500) *2 DARK
"Now Shadow Scout, attack his Armed Sea Hunter with Optic Blast!" He commanded as his scout launched a large purple laser from his eye, heading right for Kenny's Sea Hunter.
"I have a trap card!" Kenny countered as he revealed his trap, depicting 3 monsters being washed away by water. "Rising Tide forces your monster back into your hand, but it also allows me to add 1 Fish, Sea Serpent or Aqua monster from my Deck who has the same level as the monster returned." He said as he looked through his deck for the right target. "This will do."
"Great, I set two facedowns and end my turn." America sulked as he concluded. Kenny then drew.
"I switch Sea Hunter to Attack Mode again." His monster then stood back up. "Next I play the Spell Card, A Legendary Ocean!" He said as he unleashed his aquatic metropolis onto the field. "With this in play, all WATER monsters get a 200 point bonus, but also lose 1 level on the field and in my hand." Kenny explained, as he selected his next card.
"So I don't need a sacrifice to summon, Vice Shark!" He called on his large blue, vice locked jaw shark appeared with a roar. "And as I said, my WATER monsters get stronger thanks to my ocean."
Vice Shark (1900/1200 + 200 = 2100/1400) 5-1=4 WATER
Armed Sea Hunter (2300/400 + 200 = 2500/600) 4-1=3
Coral Gardna (100/2200 + 200 = 300/2400) 4-1=3
"I activate my two facedown cards!" America declared as he triggered both of his cards. "Metal Reflect Slime and Empty Windmill!" First trap unleashed a large metallic, spikey blob that became a monster.
Metal Reflect Slime (0/3000 + 200 = 200/3200) *10-1=9 WATER
"Thanks for the boost." America mocked as he used Kenny's own field spell to power his trap monster. The second trap depicted a large abandoned windmill in the middle of a barren wasteland. "And thanks to my Empty Windmill, whenever a monster is Special Summoned, you have to send 2 cards from your Deck to the Graveyard." Kenny then sent 2 more cards to the graveyard.
"Hmph, I end my turn with a facedown." Kenny huffed.
"Now I activate Mystic Wok!" America declared, as his spell materialized into a giant wok that began to stir-fry his Reflect Slime. "This card let's me tribute any monster I have out, and then I gain lifepoints equal to his defense points." He explained.
"That thing had 3200 defense though." Kenny realized.
"That's right, so I gain 3200 lifepoints." America finished.
America: 5500
Kenny: 4000
"Next I'll play another 2 cards facedown and end my turn." America said.
"I get it. Your monsters are all flip effect cards, so playing them would be useless with my Armed Sea Hunter out." Kenny drew. "But now you've left yourself wide open." He pointed out. "First I summon, Arsenal Shark in Attack Mode!" Kenny's newest monster, was a metallic, blue and gold shark with razor sharp teeth, large animated red eyes, a blue fin on top with a gold trim on the edge, and 4 shark torpedos attached to it.
Arsenal Shark (2100/1000 + 200 = 2300/1200) *5-1=4 WATER
"I activate both my traps, Threatening Roar!" America declared, as his new trap depicted a winged beast like creature roaring at a large horned, pink monster. "Now you can't declare an attack this turn, and my other trap will make things even more uncomfortable." He said as he revealed his second card. "It's Giant Chasm!" He said as his new trap depicted a huge hole in the ground and an unnamed duelist throwing multiple cards down the hole.
"By activating this card, whenever a trap card is activated, you must send the top 3 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard." America explained, and Kenny milled another 3 cards.
"This is bad. Kenny can't keep milling his deck, or he'll run out of cards." Alexis said as she saw the duel transpire.
"That's the idea." Came a voice from behind her, which turned out to be Jake, who then noticed she turned to look at him. "I-I mean, I'm sure that's what you thought too." She just smiled at him. "But I know how America's deck functions and it's all about forcing his opponent to mill out his deck."
"If that's the case, Kenny has to end this fast." Alexis said nervously.
"I'm sure he will." Bastion responded. "Kenny isn't one to beat around the bush."
Kenny then smirked. "I activate Arsenal Shark's special ability." He stated. "By giving up attacking this turn, my Shark can inflict damage to you equal to 500x the number of WATER monsters I have out." He explained.
"Wait 500 for each!?" America asked in confusion.
"That's right!" He yelled as Arsenal Shark launched three torpedos straight at America, which resulted into 4 large explosions around him.
America: 3500
Kenny: 4000 (26 cards)
"Back to where we started." Kenny realized. "I end my turn."
"Now then..." America drew and surveyed his hand. "I'll set this monster in defense mode, and then set this card facedown." He concluded. "Now all I have to do is bait him into attacking my monster and then I'll spring my trap, Mirror Force. Then all of his attacking monsters will bite the dust."
Kenny then drew. "I tribute my Armed Sea Hunter." He said as both of his monsters were removed from the field.
"Wait what?" America wondered.
"Now I summon, Levia-Dragon - Daedalus!" He called, and from a stream of jetting water, a large snake like monster appeared, with blue scales, sharp teeth, red fins on it's back and a light purple underbelly.
Levia-Dragon - Daedalus (2600/1500 + 200 = 2800/1700) *7 WATER
"I don't get it?" America said. "Sure he's strong, but your Sea Hunter could have run over my facedown monster with no problems."
"Because I'm not dumb, and I know you'll spring your trap card as soon as I launch an attack." Kenny explained.
"Was it that obvious?" America sulked.
"About as obvious as you can get without Admiral Akbar saying "It's a TRAP!" Kenny responded.
"Even so, it's not like you can do anything to stop my trap from going off."
"Oh yes I can." He reassured America. "Because by sending my Legendary Ocean to the Graveyard, I can destroy every other card on the field." He said as his dragon then launched a huge wave from his mouth causing everything to be destroyed, including America's facedowns and Kenny's Arsenal and Vice Shark along with his Coral Gardna as well as his own facedown.
Levia-Dragon - Daedalus (2800/1700 - 200 = 2600/1500)
"Since the facedown I had was Riptide Element, when it's destroyed, I get to Special Summon a WATER monster from my Graveyard." He said, selecting a card from his grave. "A monster like Vice Shark!" He shouted as his vice-grip jawed denizen of the deep returned.
Vice Shark (1900/1200) *5 WATER
"Ah man! I got nothing left!" America realized as he stared down Kenny's Shark and Levia Dragon.
"That's right. Nowhere to run. Now, feeding frenzy!" Kenny shouted. "Levia Dragon and Vice Shark, make a meal out of his lifepoints!" He commanded as his shark and serpent went in for the kill, causing America to fall over in defeat.
America: 0
Kenny: 4000
"Alright!" Kenny shouted in victory.
"Man..." America pouted in defeat.
On the other field, the duel with Miles began. He was facing a duelist named Dimitri, and he had an...odd style...
"You better have a silver platter, because I'm ready to serve your ass." Miles talked.
"Heeheehee." His opponent chuckled, tilting his head upward to reveal a set of large beetle style glasses. "I am ready to serve...a healthy serving of six-legged destruction!"
"Dimitri, what the Hell are you doing?" Miles responded.
"What do you mean?" He asked in a high pitched raspy voice. "I'm not this Dimitri you speak of...I'm the unstoppable Regional Champion, the Great Insector, Weevil Underwood!" He then snickered again.
"...Soooo, you're a cosplayer?" Miles assumed.
"I'm not cosplaying!" Dimitri snapped. "You will pay for that when my insect army swarms you like killer bees!"
"Fine let's just duel." Miles retorted, as they both activated their duel disks.
"DUEL!"
Dimitri: 4000
Miles: 4000
"I'll start." Dimitri snickered. "I'll place a monster facedown in Defense Mode." He concluded.
"...That it?" Miles wondered, but then drew. "Ookay." He then selected his first card. "I activate Black Whirlwind!" He stated as his spell appeared on the field. "Next I summon Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame." He stated as his newest Blackwing had a main of blue and orange feathers on it's head, large black-feathered wings, a lanky body and biceps but large dark blue arms with talons.
Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame (1800/1200) *4 DARK
"And thanks to Black Whirlwind, I get to add another Blackwing from my deck." Miles then picked a card from his deck and added it to his hand.
"Now Shura, attack his monster!" Miles declared as Shura swooped in, landing two strikes at the facedown, revealing a large green winged-insect with big orange eyes. The insect then exploded.
"Hehehehe. Looks like you just walked into my trap. Because you attacked my Flying Kamakiri #1 and destroyed it. I get to summon something with a bit more "bite" to it." Dimitri explained. "The deaded Flying Kamakiri #2!" He said as laughed.
"What a coincidence!" Miles responded. "Because when Shura destroys a monster, I get to summon a Blackwing from my deck with 1500 or less ATK! Isn't that just the funniest thing?" Miles asked in a very sarcastic tone. "And the one I'm summoning is Blackwing - Steam the Cloak!" He shouted as his new Blackwing wore a yellow mask along with a large black feathered mohawk, light blue kimono with a red sash and had purple and black wings.
Blackwing - Steam the Cloak (800/1200) *3 DARK
"So what?" Dimitri wasn't impressed. "That chicken doesn't stand a chance against my mighty insect."
"Somebody's forgetting something." Miles countered. "You see, Steam the Cloak just so happens to be a "Tuner" monster." This gave Dimitri a confused look.
"Tune what?" Dimitri's voice changed, but he then regained his bearing and returned to character. "I mean, I don't know what you're talking about! There's no such thing as a Tun-ER monster. I think you meant Toon monster."
"Nope, you see a Tuner monster ca-...wait, Toon monsters? Whatever." Miles continued. "A tuner monster can link up with another monster and then their levels add up and create a monster that is stronger."
"Nonsense!" Dimitri snapped. "There's no such thing in the game."
"Oh really? Then explain this..." Miles said Shura and Steam then jumped into action, then Steam dematerialized into 3 gold rings and Shura became transparent. "I tune my level 4 Shura the Blue Flame with my level 3 Steam the Cloak."
4 + 3 = 7
"I Synchro Summon, Blackwing ARMOR MASTER!" Miles shouted as out of a large vortex of wind, the newest Blackwing appeared. It was a very muscular bird-humanoid with shining black armor with red stripes, and slick black wings, and had a grey beak helmet and had a large orb-like red eye.
Blackwing Armor Master (2500/1500) *7 DARK
The entire crowd gasped in shock, as they never saw this type of summoning before.
"2500 Attack Points!?" Dimitri yelled.
"Great Scott!" Bastion shouted in surprised. "I didn't even know a card like that existed."
"Synchro what?" Alexis wondered in similar shock to Bastion. Jake however, didn't look that surprised.
"So Miles brought this guy out again." Alexis, Bastion and Jake all turned to see Kenny. "Sorry if I surprised you." Kenny apologized.
"Honestly forgot you were here." Alexis admitted.
"I just want to know how he summoned that creature." Bastion asked, dumbfounded.
"This is absolutely unprecedented!" Dr Crowler shouted from the observation deck. "That must be against the rules, correct Chancellor?" Crowler asked the bald man next to him.
"Hahaha." Sheppard chuckled. "You'd like to think that Crowler, but I know Pegasus, and this is exactly what I expected coming into this year." He explained. "And believe me, this is just the beginning."
"Of all the people to have that ability, it had to placed in the hands of a Ra Yellow?" Crowler complained.
Meanwhile back on the field, Miles ended his turn.
"I don't care what kind of summon it is. It'll get crushed just the same." Dimitri drew as he selected his new card. "I'll start by playing Graceful Charity." He said revealing his spell with an angel offering a glowing card. "Now I draw 3 cards, and then discard 2." He said as he sent two of his cards to the grave, giving him six total. "Now I activate Multiplication of Ants." Dimitri called, as his new spell sent Flying Kamakiri #2 to the grave. "With it, I lose my Insect, but gain 2 Ant Tokens." He explained as two giant green ants appeared in his mantis' place.
Army Ant Token (500/1200) *4 EARTH
"Next up, I summon Pinch Hopper in Attack Mode." He said as his new monster was a large green grasshopper.
Pinch Hopper (1000/1200) *4 EARTH
"Then I activate the Spell, Offering to the Insect Queen." His new spell depicted the Insect Queen devouring a Leghul. "With it, by sacrificing an Insect monster like Pinch Hopper, I can Special Summon any Insect monster from my Deck, as long as it's the same level as the tributed one." Dimitri searched through his deck and made his selection. "Something like the mighty, Aztekipede, the Worm Warrior!" He shouted as a rather large green centipede charged up from the ground.
Aztekipede, the Worm Warrior (1900/400) *4 EARTH
"...Kay. Don't see what that'll accomplish." Miles stated.
"Well, that was simply the beginning, because when Pinch Hopper is sent to the Graveyard, I get to summon ANY Insect-monster from my hand." He chuckled as he picked out his next monster. "And this is among the strongest of all insects! Behold the unstoppable Insect Queen!"
He shouted as out of it's card, the large red-armored beetle-like insect that let out a blood-curdling scream.
Insect Queen (2200/2400) *7 EARTH
"That's not good." Alexis worried. "Among all Insect monsters, Insect Queen is arguably the strongest monster."
"And it only gets stronger for each insect on the field." Bastion added.
"However, my swarm isn't complete just yet." Dimitri explained. "You see, now I can banish both my Flying Kamakiris from my Graveyard, in order to Special Summon, the mighty Doom Dozer!" He called, as a giant pink and black centipede monster appeared behind him.
Doom Dozer (2800/2600) *8 EARTH
"Oh by the way, my Insect Queen gains 200 ATK for each and every Insect on the field. Currently there are 5 on my field for a total of 1000."
Insect Queen (2200 + 1000 = 3200/2400)
"Now I'll be able to take out your Armor Master, and with my Queen and Aztekipede, I can end this duel. Hehehehe!" Dimitri gloated. "Now, Doom Dozer, crush his little bird!" His centipede jumped and launched it's tail at the bird, which caused the field to be clouded in smoke.
"Hehehehe, now you'll be at the mercy of my swarm." Dimitri snickered, but then he looked surprised as there stood Armor Master, blocking Doom Dozer's attack. "What!?"
"You look a bit shocked?" Miles joked. "Or did you not know about Armor Master special ability? You see, Armor Master can't be destroyed in battle."
Dimitri: 4000
Miles: 4000
"But you should still take damage from the attack."
"Not quite, because it doesn't stop there. Armor Master also prevents me from losing lifepoints in battles involving him." Miles explained, which cause Dimitri to growl in frustration.
"Grr...very well. I still have options." Dimitri reassured. "I'll start with a Spell, Exoskeleton Shedding." He showed his spell, which had a large purple horned beetle, crawling out of his old exoskeleton. "Now, I can switch two Insects to Defense Mode and draw 2 cards." He stated as he drew. "I'll set one card facedown, and activate Insect Barrier!" He shouted. His spell depicted a crossing pattern of lasers, blocking the paths of 2 insects. "With this card, none of your Insects can attack me."
"One problem Monsieur, I don't have any insects, so your foppy European rave party is gonna be put on hold."
"So impatient." He wagged his finger at him. "That'll come in time, but for now..." He selected his next card.
"Next, I'll activate another Spell, Insector Cannon." He declared while conjuring up a large cannon in the shape of a flower pod.
"Now during each of my End Phases, I select up to 2 Insects, and I can inflict damage to your lifepoints equal to their total level x100." He said as suddenly two small mantis creatures appeared and inserted 15 shots into the cannon. "Now I end my turn, and with Insect Queen and Doom Dozer in play, that's a total of 15 levels and therefore, 1500 points of damage each turn!" He explained as the mantis creatures launched the cannon at him, causing Miles to dance a bit to avoid the shots.
Dimitri: 4000
Miles: 2500
"Woo-boy, that there was quite the hootenanny." Miles mocked in a Southern drawl.
"It'll get better, because in two more turns, I'll fire off the remaining shots, winning me the duel." Dimitri told him.
"Well...I'll just have to beat your before that." Miles retorted confidently and drew.
"Not if I have this out." Dimitri revealed his trap card, which had a table shot of a demon surgeon and 2 demon nurses, prepping for surgery. "DNA Surgery, and with it, all monsters will become the type of my choosing. Which will be Insects." He explained and suddenly Armor Master transformed to look more bug-like. His wings transformed to look more like dragonfly wings. His talons changed to look more like mantis blades, and his head grew antennae.
Insect Queen (3200 + 200 = 3400)
"Oh my God!" Miles shouted in shock. "Armor Master!...I didn't you were really Jeff Goldblum in disguise!" Miles concluded, making a reference to The Fly.
"This is bad, with that Insect Barrier/DNA combo, Miles can't attack." Bastion said.
"And to make matters worse, that Insector Cannon will inflict enough damage to wipe out his lifepoints in just 2 turns." Alexis added.
"I don't think it'll matter though." Jake reassured. "I think he has a counter measure for all this."
"Well, I uh, I uh guess Armor Master uh, can't attack, but this uh does not, NOT uh mean uh...checkmate." Miles mocked, while emphasizing "checkmate" with a whisper.
"Or he's just going to imitate Jeff Goldblum as usual..." Bastion concluded in an annoyed tone.
"...I'm going to take great pleasure in finishing you." Dimitri responded, which made Miles chuckle a bit under his breath and then respond...
"That's what she said...or he said, I guess you could go both ways..." Then Miles realized. "and that is ALSO what she said!" He returned to laughing. "Hahahaha, oh God, okay okay okay...but no seriously I'm ending this duel." He said selecting his next card. "I activate my Downburst Spell." He said, casting his Spell Card with a giant gust of wind blowing over what appeared to be a bear trap. Out of the Spell, a cyclone of wind rose up and then dove towards Dimitri's Spell and Traps, setting everything facedown.
"What happened?" Dimitri wondered. "My Insect Barrier! My Insector Cannon! My DNA Surgery!" As he realized what happened, Armor Master had returned to his normal form.
Insect Queen (3400 - 200 = 3200/2400)
"Your only defense. With Downburst, not only can I set every Spell and Trap Card on the field facedown, but you now can't activate any Spell or Traps during this turn." Miles explained, which received a huff from Dimitri.
"So what? Your pigeon still doesn't have enough ATK points to destroy my Queen or my Dozer."
"Well, it's a good thing I'm not done. I've got plenty more pigeons left. Like this one." He said as he placed his next monster. "Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North!" He shouted, and appearing above them was a tiny, primarily white bird with black feathers on the edges of his wings and on his mane.
Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North (1300/0) *2 DARK
"This one's even weaker than your other pigeon." Dimitri spoke.
"Yeah, but after I get my other Blackwing, thanks to my Black Whirlwind, this pigeon gets to summon one from my Graveyard in Defense Mode."
"Great! All we're missing is a statue for them to poop on." Dimitri complained, as Blizzard then landed on Miles' duel disk and pecked at his graveyard a few times, releasing Shura from his sleep.
Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame (1800/1200) *4 DARK
"And there we go." Miles said, confusing Dimitri. "Everything's set up to win me the duel."
"You're nuts. You still have no monsters that are stronger than mine."
"Oh, but I do have this..." He pointed out, revealing his card. "A trap card."
"From your hand? Impossible, you must be cheating!" Dimitri accused.
"It's no cheat my friend, when I have three Blackwings in play, this card can activate from my hand. It's known as Delta Eagle - Counterstrike." Armor Master, Shura and Blizzard then jumped into action, hovering above Dimitri's insects.
"So for the folks at home, when Delta Eagle is activated, we count up every monster in play, including the ones facedown or in Defense Mode. And first thing we's gonna do is gonna give 'em some exercise by putting up their dukes." As he said, both Dimitri's Ant Tokens switched back into Attack Mode. "Next up, we tally up every monster in play. 5 for you and 3 for me, and for each one, all of your monsters lose 400 ATK and DEF."
"EACH ONE!?" Dimitri shouted in disbelief.
"Since you're busy being a parrot, I'll do the math for you." Miles joked. "8 x 400 is equal to, 3200." Miles solved. "Which of course means..." He said waiting for Dimitri to finish.
"All my monsters have zero ATK points..." Dimitri stood hopelessly. His answer received an applause from Miles.
Insect Queen (0/0)
Doom Dozer (0/0)
Army Ant Tokens (0/0)
Aztekipede (0/0)
"Well done class, very well done, we'll pick up where we left off on Monday, and just one more thing: Synchro." As Miles stated, Blizzard flew up and de-materialized into two gold rings, surrounding Shura, and then form a cyclone of wind, and out came, a large shotgun-toting, black armor wearing, red-feathered mane donning bird humanoid. Similar to Armor Master, he also had an orb in the middle of his face, but it's was blue instead of red. "I Synchro Summon, Blackwing Armed Wing!"
Blackwing Armed Wing (2300/1000) *6 DARK
"Hey, it's like Birdemic, except nobody is dead...yet. But we'll see about that once these two swoop in and exterminate your insects." Miles dispatched both winged warriors. They both launched themselves into the sky. Armed Wing zigged and zagged through the sky and then let loose a barrage of bullets towards Insect Queen, causing it to explode. Armor Master followed suit by swooping down and chopping through Doom Dozer, destroying it. All this caused Dimitri to fall back in defeat.
Dimitri: 0
Miles: 2500 WIN
"Darn it. I lost again!" Dimitri shouted. Miles de-activated his duel disk and started walking off the dueling field.
Miles made his way back to the stands, where Alexis, Bastion and Jake were looking on the ongoing duel.
"So, did I get an applause?" Miles gloated.
"I guess that was a few snaps worthy." Alexis giggled.
"I'd give it 1 thumb sideways." Kenny gestured, as he walked up behind him.
"Who asked you?" Miles retorted.
"So what did we miss?" Kenny asked the other three.
"Jaden began his duel just a few moments ago." Jake answered.
"And is our rambunctious rascal winning said duel?" Miles asked in confidence.
"Nnnot exactly." Bastion said, pointing to the field, where Jaden was facing down a large blue and yellow jet with a tiger's head, and just one Sparkman defending himself, another thing that was unusual was his opponent.
Chazz: 4000
Jaden: 2800
VW - Wing Catapult (2000/2100) *5 LIGHT
E-HERO Sparkman (1600/1400) *4 LIGHT
"What?" Miles was absolutely flabbergasted by the current standing in this duel. "I am completely flabbergasted by the current standing in this duel." He said. "Also how the Hell is he dueling Chazz?"
"I guess Crowler pulled some strings, in an attempt to humiliate Jaden no doubt. Certainly Chazz didn't decline an offer like that." Alexis assumed.
"That's bullcrap!" Miles cursed in anger.
"And getting those rare cards definitely made it easier for him to accept." Bastion added.
"This blows...I wanted to duel Chazz!" Miles complained. "Why does Jaden get all the attention? Jaden gets to duel an Obelisk, and I'm stuck dueling a guy imitating every generic Sci-Fi movie nerd at once?"
"I'm sure if you're good, you'll get the chance to duel Chazz." Alexis reassured her Ra friend.
"Yeah, but then where's the motivation? The flare? A decent crowd to watch me smoke Chazz's egocentric ass across the arena floor? Is that so much to ask?" Miles finished complaining. "...So wait, those rare cards? I thought somebody snagged them all? And from what I heard, the dude looked nothing like Chazz."
"You think it was Crowler?" Alexis wondered.
"It sounded like he looked like a 6'5 girly-haired french zombie...so yeah, fits the profile." Miles answered. "So things looking bad right now for Jaden?" Changing the subject again to the current duel.
"It's only going to get worse too." Syrus worried. "Chazz got his hand on some really rare cards."
"Hey, we shall have none of that." Miles spoke up. "Be an Optimist Prime, not a Negatron."
Meanwhile, the action resumed on the duel field.
"Ready for round 2 you Slifer Slime?" Chazz insulted.
"I see Chazz's insults haven't improved, so maybe Jaden still has a shot." Miles said to the rest of the gang.
"Well X-Head Cannon is, and thanks to Frontline Base, so is Z-Metal Tank." Chazz announced as his two machine creatures took the field; one being a levitating turret with two cannons and the other a yellow tank.
X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) *4 LIGHT
Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300) *4 LIGHT
"Then I'll activate my facedown Trap Card, Call of the Haunted!" He shouted as his trap card. "You believe in ghosts? Well, thanks to this card, I can ressurect a monster in my graveyard. And I choose..." Then a red metallic dragon appeared next to the other 2 machines.
"No way!" Syrus gasped.
"He has it!" Bastion realized.
"That's right, Y-Dragon Head! I discarded it when I used my Tiger Catapult's ability." Then the 3 machines shot up into the sky and began to disassemble and combine. "Then I'll combine my 3 monsters to form XYZ-Dragon Cannon!" Chazz shouted, as his monster now resembled a montage of the 3 former monsters.
XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2600) *8 LIGHT
"...Okay, am I only the only one thinking that thing needs to be censored?" Miles said, referring to the machine's dragon...head. "...Just me then?"
"But there's more. Well less at first glance, but watch as I merge my Tiger Catapult with my Dragon Cannon." Jaden gasped as Chazz's monster disassembled once again to form a large mech that was much more humanoid than the original two.
"They form the VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon!"
VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon (3000/2800) *8 LIGHT
"First we had Transformers, and now a Megazord? How many copyright lawsuits did the guy making these cards dodge anyway?" Miles complained, but no one really paid attention, they were too be awestruck by Chazz's new monster.
"Makes your Sparkman, look like a heap of spark plugs, or at least it did." As Chazz finished, Sparkman suddenly vanished into thin air.
"What happened to Sparkman?" Jaden cried in confusion.
"Oh I'm sorry, didn't I mention my Dragon Catapult's special ability. Once a turn, he can remove one of your cards from the field. And if you think that's impressive, wait until you see it's attack. One that will strike your lifepoints directly!" He said as the Dragon Catapult aimed it's cannons at Jaden.
"Not so fast Chazz. I have a trap card, A Hero Emerges!"
"A hero what?"
"Emerges, as emerges onto the playing field." Jaden answered. "You see, when you attack, you select 1 card from my hand and if it's a monster, I get to summon it. So choose wisely Chazz."
"Yeah whatever. The far right." Chazz selected.
"Sweet. I summon Elemental HERO Burstinatrix in Defense Mode!" He shouted as his female, fiery hero took her spot in front of Jaden.
Elemental HERO Burstinatrix (1200/800) *3 FIRE
"That's what you think Slacker, but when Dragon Catapult Cannon attacks, I get to choose your monsters mode, and you know what? I'll choose Attack Mode." He explained as Burstinatrix switch her position. His Cannon launched his attack, aiming it at Jaden's hero. "So not only will she get zapped." Burstinatrix was completely disintegrated. "But you will too!" Jaden then got struck by the extra damage.
Chazz: 4000
Jaden: 1000
Everyone in the crowd gasped as Chazz's machine laid waste to Jaden's last line of defense, and took a serious chunk out of his score.
"He could really use some friendly advice right now." Miles said. "Hey Jaden, stop losing!" Miles yelled to him.
"That's you advice?" Alexis asked him.
"Hey that's pro advice." Miles pointed out.
"Aww. What's the matter Jaden? Having test anxiety?" Chazz taunted. "Don't worry, it'll all be over soon. After this is done, they'll all know a Slifer scum like you doesn't belong at this school."
"No way Chazz. I still have a whole army of vicious monsters ready to go. This isn't over, it's just getting started." Jaden then drew and observed the card and gasp in surprise. "What do ya think Kuriboh?" Jaden asked his winged furry partner, who cooed in agreement. "Well, your card, you're the boss."
"Come on Jaden! Sick one of your ravenous, kickass monsters at Chazz!" Miles cheered.
"I summon Winged Kuriboh in Defense Mode!" He said, and suddenly his furry flying compadre joined him on the field, which resulted in a chorus of squeals from the ladies in attendance.
Winged Kuriboh (300/200) *1 LIGHT
"...Or summon Pharoah's magic flying fuzzball, that was my second choice." Miles said with less optimism. Jaden then set a facedown card.
"And that's it." Jaden simply said.
"That's it?" Syrus stood worried. "All he's all match is play defense."
"Oh pssh, come on. I'm sure Jaden has some elaborate ruse to get himself out of this situation, and I'm sure his winged, overly furry gremlin is key to his eventual triumph." Miles explained with a very fake optimism.
"You really think that?" Kenny questioned, not buying it.
"Would I ever steer you wrong?"
"Right into a tree, yes." Kenny retorted.
"That's all huh?" Chazz scoffed. "Good, because now it's time to cook that Kuriboh and I like mine well done." His Dragon Catapult Cannon then took aim at Jaden's fluff ball. "There's about to be a fried furball on the field loser!"
"Wait is he cooking it or deep frying?" Miles wondered. "I'm confused."
"Understatement of the millennium..." Bastion mumbled. "Can we please focus?"
"You don't scare me Chazz." Jaden responded with no fear.
"I don't have to, that's his job." Chazz said, pointing to his giant mech. "Dragon Catapult Cannon attack!" As a blasts of energy launched from it's cannons towards Kuriboh.
Jaden then discarded 2 cards from his hand. "Secret Weapon Time." He thought to himself. "Not so fast Chazz. I activate my Spell Card Transcendent Wings!"
"WHERE DID HE GET THAT!?" Crowler yelled in shock.
Kuriboh's wing grew several times its original size and deflected the blast back at Dragon Catapult Cannon.
"It can't be!" Chazz shouted in disbelief.
"Oh it be alright. Transcendent Wings evolves Winged Kuriboh into a Level 10 monster." He stated as Kuriboh now possessed large wings and equipped with a large golden, dragon-like armor from the head to it's tail.
Winged Kuriboh LV10 (300/200) *10 LIGHT
"Now he's a giant, flying death furball!" Miles shouted.
"And it gets better." Jaden added. "Because when I send him to the Graveyard, I can destroy all of your monsters in Attack Mode and inflict damage to you equal to their total ATK points. Kuriboh, show him how it's done!" As Jaden finished explaining, Kuriboh vanished into a white light and Chazz's Dragon Catapult Cannon exploded. This caused Chazz to take serious damage.
Chazz: 1000
Jaden: 1000
"Lucky punk." Chazz sneered.
"Lucky?" Jaden responded. "Nah, I just have a soft spot for old ladies. But not for you Chazz. And that's too bad, because with my turn coming up and your field empty, all I need is the right monster and you're finished."
"Anything with 1000 or more ATK will win it for him." Kenny stated
"Come on, you can do this Jay." Syrus hoped. "But what if he can't summon the monster? Or it's a Spell or Trap?" He worried.
"Op-Timist Prime!" Miles hammered into Syrus. Jaden then drew his last card.
"Oh yeah! Elemental HERO Avian!" Jaden shouted, raising his card over his head, and then playing it. His green feathered hero took his place in front of Jaden.
E-HERO Avian (1000/1000) *3 WIND
"Attack!" Jaden commanded, and his hero launched himself at Chazz, slashing him with his claws.
Chazz: 0
Jaden: 1000 WIN
The crowd erupted in cheers after experiencing such a surprising result.
Syrus looked awestruck at first, but then it turned into a gaping smile. "He did it! Jaden won!"
"I can't believe he pulled it off." Kenny stood in disbelief.
"What is this guy doing here? He should be in Vegas. His luck runs hotter than a rabbit-footed leprechaun at a four-leaf clover convention while carrying a wheel of cheese." Miles compared.
"I don't think cheese is considered lucky." Bastion argued.
"It is in parts of Soho." Miles added.
"Impossible!" Crowler shouted overseeing the result of the duel he set up. "Not with all the rare cards I gave Chazz." This got Sheppard's attention.
"Rare cards? What exactly do you mean Crowler?" He questioned, which caused Crowler to twitch in fear, but he then shrugged it off and started walking out of the room.
"Uh, Nothing. I...I've got to grade some tests." He grumbled as he left, which caused Sheppard to chuckle and then return his attention back to Jaden.
The crowd continued to cheer as Jaden waved back at them, and then pointed to Chazz. "That's game, unless you want to duel again?" Chazz continued to lay down in defeat, but then raised his head.
"Oh we will." Chazz snarled back.
Jaden was then met with a tackling hug from the back by Syrus. "Jaden you did it!" He yelled, as Bastion, Miles, Jake and Kenny followed right behind him.
"That was well played Jaden." The Chancellor spoke over the loudspeaker, which caught the attention of everyone, including Jaden and the group. "Never in the history of these exams has a Slifer dueled an Obelisk. Jaden, not only did you hold your own, but you won! Your fortitude against overwhelming odds is...inspiring. It is my great pleasure to grant you promotion to Ra Yellow. Good job!" He offered, which received more applause from the crowd.
"You're the best Jaden!" Syrus hugged him again.
"Hey I do what I can." Jaden responded happily.
"Good show Jaden, allow me to be the first to welcome you to the Ra dorm." Bastion offered his hand to shake, which Jaden then took. Miles then wrapped his arm around Jaden.
"The #1 and #2 freshmen now reside with the yellow jackets. This must be what Nick Saban feels like." Miles stated, which received a chuckle from Jaden, and disturbed looks from Bastion and Kenny, and a confused look from Jake.
"Other than Miles, I think you'll really enjoy Ra Yellow Jaden." Kenny then shook his hand, and Jake followed suit.
"Congrats." Jake spat out, as they finished the hand shaking.
Meanwhile at the Ra Dorm, Miles, Jake, Bastion and Kenny were all celebrating a job well done on the entrance exams.
"Here's to Bastion, for all the help studying for the written portion of the test, even though it was clearly obvious we didn't want it." Miles said in a very complimentary tune, but Bastion just sweatdropped, added with his fake smile.
"You're too kind?" Bastion thanked.
"I can't believe you scored a 88." Kenny pointed to Miles.
"Yeah, I should send that back home so my mom can put it up with my 2nd Grade math test. I got an E for Excellent." Miles bragged.
"They actually gave out E's over there?" Bastion asked. Just then, a certain someone walked in.
"Hey guys." It was Jaden, the newly promoted Ra Yellow.
"Jaden. About time you arrived." Bastion greeted.
"Yeah, well I got something to say." Jaden said, but Miles interrupted.
"Okay, but first thing. If you're gonna be in Ra, there are 3 rules, mkay?"
"Number 1: Don't touch the totem pole. Just had it installed and I gotta say it's really giving this place a new vibe."
"Number 2: Freezers here are not for dead bodies, alright? I can NOT stress that enough...and."
"Wait, wait. I appreciate the offer guys, but I just came to tell you that...well, I'm staying in Slifer." Jaden dropped, which caused the spirits of the Ra's to drop along with it.
"...B...But what was the point of getting the totem pole?" Miles fussed.
"Who put this thing in here!" In the distance you could hear Sartyr yell in confusion.
"Bastion did it." Miles stated, not taking his attention away from Jaden. This caused Bastion to stare daggers at him.
"Sorry guys. This place is great and all, but I can't leave Syrus behind." Jaden explained. "He and I are best friends."
"I thought I was your best friend..." Miles asked with a depressed look on his face.
"If that were the case, then it'd be more reason NOT to come here." Kenny retorted.
After Jaden returned to Slifer Red, Miles was getting ready to go to sleep. He dropped all of his stuff on his desk, but his deck box accidentally fell to the ground and spilled out all of his cards.
"Dammit." He cursed, as he began to pick up his cards. Then suddenly he heard a noise, similar to a tweet. "Who's there!?" He shouted as he got up and took a defensive stance. "If you're with the Freemasons or the Carter Administration, I already said "No thanks, I'm allergic." He stated as he continued to look around. He then shrugged. "I guess it's just a figment of my wild and possibly drug-induced imagination." He finally picked up all of his cards and then was off to be for the night.
Uggghhh...That was too long! I think it took longer just to edit this monster, than it did to write any of the other chapters! Well, there you have it. Synchros are now part of the GX canon. Will Xyz follow suit...
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha-no.