Chapter 4: The Atlas World Cup
"I call up the dragon of darkness from before the beginning of time! Come forth and consume the light of this pathetic world, VOID-EYES PRIMAL DRAGON (3000 ATK)!" A deep purple dragon crawled out of the black hole.
Aerin laughed, "Now that we have our two cosmic dragons on the field, there is no way you can win!" The blue and purple auras around them grew stronger.
Sadow continued, "I set 2 cards face-down and pass it to you… but I doubt there's much you could do!"
Damian drew his card. "This might be just what I need! I normal summon Uni-Zombie!" Damian smiled. "I activate Uni-Zombies Effect! I can discard one card to his level by 1! So I discard Wightmare to increase Uni-Zombie's level by 1 (Lv 4)! And because there is another servant in the graveyard, my king grows even stronger (4000 atk)!" The pile of bones under Damian's king grew even larger. "But I'm not done yet! Uni-Zombie can activate his effect again, but this time he sends a zombie from the deck to the graveyard instead! Say hello and goodbye to Wightprince!" His monster appeared from his deck and was sucked down to the graveyard. "And you remember what he does when he's sent to the grave… I get to send 2 more 'skull servants' to the graveyard, which means King gets another 3000 atk (7000 atk)!" Damian laughed as he played his next card, "Next I activate the trap, Powerful Rebirth! This lets me special summon a monster from my graveyard and increase its level by 1!" A skeleton rose from the graveyard, "Welcome back Wightprince (lv 2)! Next… I tune my level 2 Wightprince with my level 5 Uni-Zombie! I Synchro Summon Nosenth, Bone Dragon of the Skull Servants in defense position (2800 def)"
"I didn't know you could Synchro Summon, Damian." Naka said with a surprised look on his face.
"Yeah," Damian grinned, "I've been practicing!" Damian looked at Naka and then at his undead dragon, "And since Wightprince was sent to the graveyard, YET AGAIN, I can send another two 'skull servants' to the graveyard!" The pile of skulls beneath King grew to a massive size.
"Wow!" Sadow laughed, "9000 atk… That's enough to easily finish us off." Aerin and Sadow exchanged glances.
"Well I'm not done yet!" Damian continued, "When Nosenth is on the field, I can give my King another 1000 atk, plus he is unaffected your card effects!" Damian pointed forward, "King of the Skull Servants, attack Sadow's Void-Eyes! That's going to be 7000 points of damage! You're out of this duel!"
"Hold on!" Sadow yelled, "I activate my trap, Graveyard Void Hole! With this, I can target one monster in a graveyard that was sent there this turn and banish it, along with any monster with the same name!"
"But… but… ALL of my monsters have the same name while they're in the graveyard!"
"That's right! Which means your skull servant has 1000 atk! And it's way too late to call off your attack!"
"King! Nooo!"
"King, yes!" Sadow mocked, "I'm afraid you're out of this duel!"
"What is going on here?" A voice in the distance called out, "An unsolicited duel!" Headmaster Atlas stepped out of the shadows in a robe and slippers, "This is unacceptable! I'm glad to see your enthusiasms for dueling, but we have rules here!" He put his hands on his hips. "And there is no dueling on campus afterhours. This duel is over!" The holograms dispersed.
"But, sir—" Naka yelled.
"But nothing!" Jack interrupted. "Just consider yourself lucky I'm letting you off with a warning… Unless you'd rather be expelled?"
"No, sir…" Naka looked down angrily, "But those two—" Naka pointed over where Aerin and Sadow were, but they were gone. "Never mind."
"Alright then!" Jack continued, "Like I said, I'll just let you boys off with a warning this time… But next time…" Jack looked at them over his clearly fake reading glasses, "You'll face the wrath of my Red Dragon Archfiend!" Jack paused, noticing their confusion. "And by that I mean expulsion!" He was clearly aggravated the whole situation. "Now please… Go to your dorms!"
"But Mr. Atlas!" Sierra cried, "We can't find Yusu anywhere!" She reached out and grabbed his robe.
"Yusu, eh…" Jack showed some concern, "Well we—"
"Guys," a voice called out, "Where were you guys?" Everyone turned to see Yusu.
"Yusu!" they all yelled.
"Where were you?" Sierra bellowed.
"Woah, Sierra," Yusu laughed nervously, "I was just getting some new cards. What's the issue?" He scratched the back of his head and smiled.
"Dude, there were two Obelisk Blue students that we dueled," Damian started, "And they made it seem like something happened to you. We were worried, man!"
"Well, I'm fine, guys," Yusu laughed, "Don't worry…"
"Obelisk Blues…" Jack looked down, "I'll have to look into this…" Jack headed to his office.
"Well, it's been a long day," Naka began, "Let's take Mr. Atlas' advice and go to our dorm." They headed off.
Later that evening, Aerin and Sadow were talking with an orange haired Obelisk Blue. "We would have gotten Yusu if his friends and that Australian asshole hadn't interfered!" Aerin sneered.
"It's alright…" the third kid said calmly, "I have a plan… And it involves that same Mr. Atlas that just thwarted out plans!"
"What are we going to do?" Sadow asked, his arms crossed as he leaned against the wall.
"Just leave it to me, Sadow!" The third person began to laugh.
That night, Jack was in his office, reviewing the day's security footage to find the recent tag duel. "Hm… Is there actually something going on in this academy…" he said to himself.
"Mr. Atlas!"
Jack jumped up from his deck to see the orange haired Obelisk standing at the other end of the room. "Who the hell are you?" Jack yelled, "You're not a student here! Why are you wearing that uniform?" Jack looked up and his eyes widened, "You must be one of the duelists that my students were telling me about! In the unsolicited tag duel!"
"None of that matters now…" he continued, "All that matters is that your mind now belongs to us!" He held up a glowing black card and gave a twisted smile.
"Is that a…" Jack paused as his eyes widened.
"A negative number card!" He laughed, "And with it, you will be under our control!" His eyes narrowed as the purple glow became blinding.
The next morning, Jack had called an early assembly. It quickly began as the students arrived. "Attention, duelists!" Jack called out as everyone found a seat, "I know it's very early in the school year, but I feel this student body deserves a nice treat!" The students murmured to each other. "Hush! It's a very special treat indeed. I've decided to invite students from all of the top academies around the world to compete with us in a tournament I call 'The Atlas World Cup.'" The murmurs grew louder. "Quiet down! This tournament will begin in two weeks. That should give you all plenty of time to prepare! However, I've decided that each school can only have 5 representatives to compete in the tournament. And I've already decided the five for our academy…" Everyone looked around hoping they would be chosen to represent.
Naka nudged Yusu in the side, "I bet we both get chosen." Yusu shrugged his shoulders and gave a little smile. After his performance in his entrance duel, he felt sure he would be chosen.
"The first student to represent our school will or course be our top duelist, Nick Grath!" The crowd let out quiet jeers.
"He was beaten by a nobody!" Someone called out.
"Why should that loser represent us?" Someone else hissed.
"SHUT IT!" Jack yelled, "One loss does not make him any worse of a duelist than he was! He will be a representative and I don't want to hear another word about it!" Everyone quieted down. Jack continued, "Next is Hayato…" Jack paused, not wanting to mispronounce his last name, "Anyways… Hayato! You all know who he is. Our third representative will be Hiro Tokoma!" A tall boy in a robe stood up and waved as those around him cheered. "Fourth will be Delaney McMullen!" A short brunette girl stood up briefly and gestured to the crowd.
"Wait…" Naka said, looking confused, "That's four representatives… That means we can't be chosen, Yusu." He looked over at Yusu and squinted.
"Oh I'm sure you'll be chosen over me, Naka." Yusu smiled and patted him on the back.
"And last but certainly not least!" Jack continued, "Our fifth and final representative will be…" Naka began to stand up, "Yusu Hokuma!"