YuGiOh! GNext Chapter 6: Club Day, a yu-gi-oh gx fanfic

Disclaimer: All official Yu-Gi-Oh! GX characters & cards are property of VIZ, Shonen Jump, and Konami.

This fic a joint project with one of my friends, Comic Master Alpha.

To celebrate Comic Master Alpha's birthday, this chapter gets a midnight(ish) release!

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EPISODE 1-06

Club Day

It was two weeks into the school year and everyone had finally settled down into the groove of things. Mikey was sitting at his desk doing his homework. As he tried to figure out a particularly difficult math question, he started hearing someone humming. He turned toward his roommate's desk and saw Max sitting back in his chair with his mask in one hand and a white cloth in the other with which he was cleaning the ceramic object.

"Do you really have to do that now?" asked Mikey.

"Yes," was Max's reply, his voice exuding with an unusual seriousness for the effeminate goofball.

"Why?" the brunet inquired further. In response to the question, Max picked up a piece of paper from his desk and showed it to his roommate. It was a poster from the drama club saying that they were seeking new members.

"Anyone who's interested has to show up at their booth on club day," Max added.

"Well that would explain a lot," Mikey commented as he continued to read the poster, "According to this, they're looking for someone who can do comedy. Sounds like it's right up your alley, Max." The redhead put the white cloth down on his desk and held his mask out, letting the surface shine in the sunlight streaming in through the window.

"Yes, it is," replied Max, "Joining this club will be a fabulous start to my acting career!" His natural voice seemed to come back in the second half of the last sentence.

"So when is club day, anyway?" Mikey inquired.

"This Friday," answered Max, "You're coming with me, right?"

"Well I'm not really into extracurricular activities," Mikey admitted, "I've always stuck to homework and studying."

"You get credit for extracurricular activities here, though. They're actually a mandatory part of the curriculum."

"You're kidding."

"No, I'm not."

"Well if that's the case, we might as well make it a field day for all four of us," Mikey suggested.

"That idea is simply FABULOUS!" exclaimed Max.

"Uh, yeah..." Mikey sweat dropped with a nervous faux smile etched onto his face. He then suddenly got up and proceeded toward the door.

"Where are you doing?" asked Max.

"I'm going to the common room," was Mikey's response as he put on his shoes, "I'm going to check out the clubs this school has." Once his footwear was on, the brunet left the room and proceeded downstairs and into the center building. He found an empty computer terminal and sat down in front of it. He typed in his student ID and password and logged in. Once he was in, Mikey immediately started up Firefox, which opened up to the school's website. He browsed his way into the Duel Academy clubs page and began to read up on everything they had. The fifteen-year-old was impressed with how many clubs and teams there were. The school definitely lived up to its reputation. He was a little surprised that there were no dueling teams, but then he remembered that card games were the main focus of Duel Academy's curriculum. Taking out a pen and a piece of paper from his pocket, Mikey started to write down the names of the clubs and teams that interested him.

The young Osiris Red wasn't the only one with this idea, though. In the Obelisk Blue dorm, Sammie was going through the various clubs and making mental notes on every one. In the Ra Yellow dorm, Coltyn already had his heart set on a few clubs and was browsing around to look for any back-ups in case the ones he wanted were either full or just didn't want him.

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Early on Friday morning, tables and booths were being set up all over Duel Academy while all the other students were washing up, getting dressed, or trying to catch a few more minutes of sleep. Mikey, who was normally an early riser anyway, was woken up by a voice. He slowly pulled himself up into a sitting position on his bunk and looked down to see Max already up and dressed. The redhead was wearing his mask and from what the still-drowsy Mikey could see, the young aspiring actor was practicing an audition. He leaned against the edge of his bed and watched for a while before making his presence known.

"You'll do fine, Max," he assured his roommate, "You're a great actor. I'm sure the drama club will take you no matter what." Finally getting out of bed, Mikey crawled over to the foot of his bunk and climbed down the ladder.

"Besides, you said so yourself, they're looking for someone with talent in comedy," he added, "And you're the funniest guy in the school that I know of." Max took his mask off and placed it back inside his jacket before turning to the brunet.

"Thanks, Mikey." And with that he threw his arms around his roommate and hugged him, "You're simply the best!"

"Max, could you please not do that right now? This is really uncomfortable," Mikey said, as he stood stunned still wearing nothing but his boxers.

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After breakfast, during which Mikey took some bread, peanut butter, and jam to make a sandwich for lunch, everyone headed off to class. The four friends met up at the entrance to the school and entered together. Almost immediately, they could see signs, posters, and banners asking people to join each individual club posted and hung all over the building.

"The booths will all be in the gym all day," Coltyn took note.

"Looks like that means we're having gym class outside," Mikey moaned as they headed off to social studies, a class that was shared by two teachers: Mr. Bibby of geography and Mrs. Smithson of history.

"And that is the history of the Second World War in a nutshell," Mr. Bibby concluded for his co-teacher as he took over the class. "Now while we're on the subject of Germany, can anyone tell me how tall Hitler was and where he lived? Anyone?" When nobody answered, he then proceeded, starting while placing two fingers under his nose.

"He was this tall and he lived," he then used his right arm up into a Nazi salute, "over there!" The gesture itself caused many of the students to groan at their teacher's immaturity.

Lunch came three periods later, however one hour wouldn't be enough to cover all the clubs in time. The four friends decided to wait until after their last class. After the day's math class, the first-year students assembled for an outdoor gym class.

"Now y'all be startin' today by runnin' five laps 'round the track," Hassleberry announced to the boys. Mikey glanced around for a moment wondering where Sammie was and found her and the rest of the girls having their phys Ed class at the pool.

"Damn, they're lucky," Coltyn said as he stretched his leg muscles.

An hour later, classes were finally done and everybody started to pile into the gymnasium. Right at the door were students who handed out pamphlets and maps indicating where each club had set up its station.

"Where should we go first?" asked Mikey as he held his map in front of him. All at once, everyone started yelling out the names of their respective clubs.

"Okay... Well, let's just start around here and work our way towards the other end of the gym," he said in conclusion. And so the four friends' quest to survive through the insanely crowded and overly busy gymnasium began. Despite the size of the immense room, the fact that so many people had been crammed into it made the room feel so much smaller. Some of the sports teams had extra space to show off what they did and even let people try it out. The basketball team, for example, had a mini-court set up for people to give the game a try. Mikey decided to give it a shot and managed to score five times. After that, the group moved on. The volleyball and curling teams were skipped. The American football team had a television set up showing previous games. The cheer team had a giant cutout of the school's mascot, the Duel Academy Blue-Eyes White Dragon, behind its table. The swim team had posters and their table had swim caps, goggles and Duel Academy swim gear. The girls' swimsuits were light blue one-piece suits with white trims and the Duel Academy logo on the front. The boys' were light blue Speedos with the logo on the back, which frankly didn't appeal that well to Mikey at the thought of having to wear something like that.

"Come on, people. There's more here than just sports teams, you know," Coltyn called to the others from where he stood several booths apart from the others.

"How'd he get over there so fast?" wondered Sammie.

From that point on, the four friends began to look at the other school clubs. The debate team had signs explaining the debating process as well as footage from the movie Rocket Science playing on a laptop at their table. The travel club's booth looked almost like a travel agency office with brochures and pamphlets on different places around the world. Coltyn was the first of the four friends to find his club of choice as he signed himself up at the booth being run by the Duel Academy chess club. Following were the go club, the shogi club, and the photography club.

"Hey Mikey, here's one that's perfect for you," Sammie commented as they approached the booth for the art club, "You're an awesome artist."

"I'm not that great," Mikey said modestly, "I just like to draw here and there. But..." He took another look at the list of clubs available.

"Then again there isn't a whole lot here that appeals to me." The brunet stepped up to the table, picked up the sign-up sheet, and wrote down his name and grade. Afterwards, the group proceeded. A few booths later, they came up to the anime club and everyone felt like they were in the anime section of a movie store. The back wall of the booth was almost completely lined with racks of anime DVDs. There were also lots of models and figurines as well as wall scrolls. The anime club had four laptops open sitting on their table, each one showing a different anime series. In this case, they were showing Death Note, Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, Eyeshield 21, and Ouran High School Host Club. The pamphlet also mentioned that they were monthly contests for fanart and AMVs and on Halloween they would hold a cosplay contest.

"These guys must have a lot of funding," Coltyn remarked. Next to them was the machinima club. A Playstation 3, an Xbox 360, and a Wii were set up inside sealed display cases with a laptop in front of each one playing a different machinima series. The pamphlets also gave a brief guide on how to make a machinima video. Beside them was Duel Academy Radio.

"I've never seen a school with this many extracurricular activities before!" Mikey exclaimed in awe. As everyone continued to walk around, Max could hear a voice over all the others pierce the air. He listened carefully and could immediately tell that somebody was quoting Doctor Faustus.

"I recognize that monologue, anywhere," the redhead thought out loud and immediately pushed ahead.

"Max, wait for us!" Sammie called after him. After some pushing and the blonde literally kicking people out of the way, the others finally caught up to Max, who was standing in front of the drama club's booth. The head of the club, a third-year Obelisk Blue with hair to match, had already turned down six other applicants. Behind him were several other students. There was a couple consisting of a Ra Yellow and an Osiris Red, another Obelisk Blue whom Max had heard quoting Doctor Faustus earlier, an Osiris Red wearing a pirate hat and eye patch, yet another Obelisk Blue with extremely pale skin and thing stringy black hair, and a blond Ra Yellow playing with a toy spaceship.

"There just aren't any good actors out there," sighed the drama club president.

"At this rate, we'll never find someone to fill in our comedy spot," muttered the pale one.

"Looks like they've got some pretty high standards," Mikey commented, "This won't be easy, Max."

"You just need the right approach," Max replied as he took out his mask. He placed the ceramic object against his face and snapped his fingers, immediately causing all the lights in the gymnasium to go out.

"What just happened?" asked Coltyn. Suddenly a spotlight came on and shone down on a single spot where a boy with red hair wearing a white half-mask kneeling down with his Duel Disk on his left arm.

"Bonjour," he greeted, "I am le clown des rêves heureux! And I am here to dazzle you all!" And with that, Max stood up and laughed wholeheartedly, back flipping and vaulting in a handspring backwards to complete the flip. At that time, the lights came back on.

Now that's what I call an entrance, thought the drama club president.

"And many fine greetings to you as well, le clown des rêves heureux," he greeted back in a false British accent, "Or may I call you Clown Reves?"

This guy picks up fast, thought Mikey.

"Permit me to introduce you to my fellow actors, kind sir. This pale young man here is Damien. He is our macabre actor. Lucas, the one with the spaceship, has a love of science fiction. That lovely couple back there is, of course, our romance actors. They are Romano and Julia. The pirate over there is Hector, the adventurer. Our classical friend is our drama expert, aptly named Will. And I am James, master of the performing arts."

"It is a great pleasure to meet your acquaintance," Max replied as he bowed deeply with his arms held out while standing on one foot.

"We are implementing a new style of acting this year, Clown Reves," James explained, "As Duel Academy's main focus is on the game of Duel Monsters, we have begun to use the game to tell a story. So are you up to the challenge of putting on a grand show for this lovely audience around us?" Max giggled childishly and smiled.

"Le clown des rêves heureux is always ready to please an audience!"

"Then choose which one of us you would like to play the opposite role." James stepped back with his cast and let Max make his decision. The clown-loving boy pointed at Damien and the pale teen stepped forward with his Duel Disk ready.

"How will you fair against death?" he asked gloomily as he activated his Duel Disk.

"Enjoy the show, folks!" Max laughed as he switched on his Duel Disk.

Max: 4000

Damien: 4000

"Death waits for no one, so you first," Damien said in his monotonous and creepy voice.

"Thank you kindly!" Max took a step back and bowed deeply as he drew his first card, "I begin by discarding my Crass Clown to the graveyard in order to Special Summon The Tricky in attack mode!" Max sent a card to his graveyard and a blue-caped figure rose out of the floor spinning around before flinging back its cape and revealing the question marked harlequin wearing it. (ATK/2000 DEF/1200)

"And now I'll let you take the stage." Max bowed again before ending his turn.

"Draw." Damien drew his first card and played his move, "Attack mode, Skull Servant." A frail skeleton in a dark purple robe slowly rose out of the floor. (ATK/300 DEF/200)

"A Skull Servant?" asked Sammie.

"That's one of the weakest monsters in the game," Mikey noted, "They're practically worthless."

"Never underestimate a card, Mikey," Coltyn warned, "There's a lot of support for low-level Normal monsters these days and I get the feeling we're about to see some."

"Equip," continued Damien, "Amulet of Ambition." A pendant resembling a star with an eye appeared around Skull Servant's neck.

"See what I mean?" asked Coltyn, "Amulet of Ambition can only be equipped to a Normal monster and when it does it boosts that monster's attack points by five hundred for the difference in levels with the monster it's battling."

"I see," Mikey replied, "Skull Servant is a level one monster whereas The Tricky is level five, meaning Skull Servant gets a two thousand point boost."

"Attack," ordered Damien. With his monster now boosted up to twenty-three hundred attack points, it slowly dragged itself over to The Tricky before swiping it with its bony fingers. The clown buckled back and twitched dramatically as it died.

Max: 3700

Damien: 4000

"Card facedown," Damien declared, "End turn."

"A well-played move, good sir!" Max drew and examined his cards, "I play the continuous Spell Card Stumbling. Now every monster we summon is automatically switched into defense mode. And now it's time for Blade Rabbit to take the stage!" As he announced his move, a hole opened up in the ground and pink rabbit with teeth like twelve-inch butcher knives and a large carrot hopped out. (ATK/400 DEF/300)

"What's that do?" asked Mikey.

"Blade Rabbit destroys an opponent's monster as soon as it switches into defense mode," answered Sammie.

"Just like Dream Clown!" Mikey realized. He watched as the Blade Rabbit performed a back flip and threw its carrot at the Skull Servant, shattering it into a pile of bones. It retrieved its vitamin-filled treat before taking up a crouching stance.

"I'll set one card facedown and end my turn," declared Max. Now it was back to Damien. He drew and then proceeded.

"Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower." A giant black tower completely composed of corpses arose from the ground with several ghosts floating around it (ATK/400 DEF/1500), "Activate Soul Resurrection."

"I've never seen that card before," said Mikey.

"You've never seen a lot of cards," was Sammie's response, "It's the same thing as Birthright except it brings back the Normal monster in defense mode."

"Resurrect Skull Servant." Skull Servant was brought back in a defensive position, "Activate Bone Tower's effect." Two cards were pulled straight from the top of Max's deck and their holograms appeared overhead. One was Crass Clown and the other was Dream Clown. Their mouths hung open as their souls were pulled from their bodies and absorbed into the Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower. The two clowns then collapsed as their cards were sent to the graveyard.

"End turn."

Now it was back to Max. He drew his card and examined the field as well as his hand. As things were at the moment, the Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower was his biggest concern. He needed a way to destroy it, but nothing he had at the moment would be able to do so. First he set a monster facedown and then switched his Blade Rabbit into attack mode. The pink bunny immediately hopped up into a ready position as the redhead set a monster facedown.

"Blade Rabbit, attack his Skull Servant!" Blade Rabbit hopped across the field toward Skull Servant and bit down on it, slicing the frail skeleton to pieces with its teeth. The pink critter then hopped back to its place and stood there in ready position.

"I'll end with a facedown card," Max announced, "And now it's your turn."

"Draw. Activate Enchanting Fitting Room." Damien played his card.

"What does that do?" inquired Mikey.

"Enchanting Fitting Room lets you pick up the top four cards of your deck and Special Summon any level three or lower monsters to the field at the cost of eight hundred Life Points," explained Sammie, "The rest then go back to your deck and you shuffle." And that was exactly what happened. First Damien sacrificed his Life Points.

Max: 3700

Damien: 3200

After he had paid the cost, the pale actor took the top four cards on his deck and looked at them. He took three of them and sent the fourth back into his deck. After he shuffled, he placed the three onto the field. They were two Skull Servants and dirty skeleton in a tattered blue robe wielding a large rusted sword known as The 13th Grave. (ATK/1200 DEF/900) All three switched into defense mode the moment they hit the field.

"Activate Bone Tower's effect," Damien declared. Once again, two cards were pulled from the top of Max's deck. This time, they were Peten the Dark Clown and a second Blade Rabbit.

"I remove Peten the Dark Clown from play in order to Special Summon another one from my deck," announced Max. He removed the card from his graveyard and placed it into his pocket before taking his deck out and searching through it. As soon as he found the card, he placed it on the field in defense mode and called forth a masked clown who tipped his plumed hat and bowed deeply before placing it back on its head. Max then shuffled his deck and placed it back into his deck slot.

"Activate Foolish Burial," Damien declared. He took his deck out and searched it for one card. Once he found that which he sought, he sent it straight to the graveyard and shuffled his deck before putting it back. As he did so, his Duel Disk's built-in holographic projector showed a card on the field being lowered into the ground and then a shovel appeared and covered it with dirt. Once he had done that, Damien ended his turn. Max bowed again as he drew.

He has four monsters on the field, including that Bone Tower, he thought, and I currently have Peten in play. He examined his hand for a moment and set a monster facedown before ending his turn. Then Damien drew and he switched his The 13th Grave into attack mode.

"Activate Spell Card," the pale teen announced, "Polymerization. Fusing Battle Warrior from my hand and Skull Servant from my field." An image of Battle Warrior appeared beside one of the Skull Servants and the two monsters were pulled into a vortex. Two seconds later, a bare skeleton with shoulder guards, a shield, and a one-handed axe appeared. (ATK/1200 DEF/900) It immediately switched into defense mode upon its summoning thanks to Stumbling.

"Fused into Zombie Warrior. Activate effect of Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower." Once again, two cards were pulled from the top of Max's deck and revealed. This time they were Labyrinth of Nightmare and Earthquake. The magical energies from the cards were pulled out much like the souls of the monsters before them and absorbed into the Bone Tower while Max sent them to the graveyard.

"Normal summon The Wandering Doom." Damien emptied his hand of the last card as he called forth a green-robed Skull Servant. (ATK/800 DEF/600) After that, he pointed at Blade Rabbit and ordered The 13th Grave to attack. The frail skeleton slowly walked across the field, dragging its rusty sword behind it. Once it reached the pink bunny, it raised its weapon and smashed it down on the critter.

Max: 2900

Damien: 3200

Once The 13th Grave had completed its task, it returned to its place. Damien then ended his turn and Max began his with a draw. He smiled when he saw his card and immediately played it.

"Dream Clown, take the stage!" Right away, Dream Clown flipped through the air and landed gracefully with a deep bow (ATK/1200 DEF/900), "And with Stumbling switching every monster into defense mode on the turn they are summoned, his effect activates. Therefore, Dream Clown, destroy his Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower." Everyone watched as the zany clown spun around on one foot before tripping on its own cape and falling flat on its back, but not before it threw a small red rubber ball. The tiny sphere bounced along the ground as it moved closer towards Damien's side of the field and as it approached, it seemed to grow bigger until it became the size of a massive boulder. The other zombies on the field quickly ran to the sides as the rubber ball crashed down on the Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower, smashing it to pieces. When the dust finally cleared, the skeletons returned to their original positions. Dream Clown laughed as it picked itself up and crouched down into a defensive stance.

"That was FABULOUS, Dream Clown! And that concludes my turn." Max bowed once again as Damien went ahead and drew his card. First he switched The Wandering Doom and Zombie Warrior into attack mode. Then he summoned Dark Assailant, calling out a skeleton in green assassin's attire with a pair of swords strapped to its back and holding eight daggers between its fingers. (ATK/1200 DEF/1200) As soon as it appeared, it switched into defense mode.

"Zombie Warrior, attack his Dream Clown," ordered Damien. The skeleton warrior charged ahead and raised its axe over its skull. As soon as it came within striking distance, it brought its arm down and the blade made contact with Dream Clown's neck. The beheaded Dream Clown quickly jumped up and ran around frantically as its head stuck out its tongue before dispersing into pixels.

"Oh God," moaned Mikey.

As soon as Zombie Warrior returned, Damien ordered The 13th Grave to attack Max's facedown. Once again, it dragged its oversized rusty sword over to the other side of the field and then chopped down. The card was flipped up and revealed a cute pink creature with an upside-down face. The sword indented the candy-like monster before bouncing the blade back and making The 13th Gave fall on its ass.

"Aha-ha! You just attacked my Marshmallon!" announced Max, "And so you have activated its effect, dealing one thousand damage to your Life Points! And it can't be destroyed through battle, so you are just out of luck."

Max: 2900

Damien: 2200

"End turn," was all Damien said. Then Max drew. As things stood now, none of his opponent's monsters were strong enough to destroy his Peten the Dark Clown. However, he needed to be ready to protect it just in case. He took one card and set it facedown before ending his turn. Then it was back to Damien. The black-haired macabre actor drew and set the card facedown. Then it returned to Max, who decided to pass for the time being. When Damien's turn came, he drew and then activated his facedown.

"Reckless Greed," he announced.

"What's that do?" inquired Mikey.

"He gets to draw two cards but at the cost of skipping his next two draw phases," answered Coltyn. As Damien drew his cards, he saw two that he needed and immediately played them.

"Mystical Space Typhoon. Destroy Stumbling." Max watched as his continuous Spell Card was destroyed. "Summoning King of the Skull Servants." Damien played his other card and summoned a skeleton that looked no different from Skull Servant save for its pose while it stood. (ATK/? DEF/0)

"Interesting" Coltyn exclaimed, "King of the Skull Servants gains one thousand attack points for every Skull Servant and King of the Skull Servants in the owner's graveyard. So that was why he played Skull Servant, not just for the normal monster support."

"Graveyard has two Skull Servants and one King of the Skull Servants," Damien announced.

"When did that King get in there?" asked Mikey.

"He must have sent it there using his Foolish Burial earlier," answered Sammie, "So that means his monster gains three thousand attack points." An aura seemed to surround King of the Skull Servants as its power went up. Damien then switched his Skull Servant into attack mode and pointed forward.

"Attack," he commanded his Skull Servant king.

"I activate my Trap Card," Max declared, "Mirror Force!" A shimmering barrier appeared in front of Peten the Dark Clown. As soon as King of the Skull Servants' attack hit it, it was reflected back and destroyed the monster. The king exploded into countless bones, which flew across the field and destroyed the rest of Damien's monsters.

"Nice move!" Mikey cheered.

"End turn," announced Damien. Now Max could attack. Once he drew his card, he switched Peten the Dark Clown into attack mode and summoned Crass Clown. (ATK/1350 DEF/1400)

"Crass Clown, Circus Trick attack!" he commanded. His clown rolled over on its ball and kicked it into Damien.

Max: 2900

Damien: 850

"Now Peten, attack with Bloodlust Slash!" Peten vanished briefly and reappeared behind Damien before thrusting a dagger through his back.

Max: 2900

Damien: 350

"Max has this duel in the bag!" Mikey cheered, "Go Max!"

"My name is not Max," the redhead replied snidely.

"Sorry. I mean Clown Reves."

"My turn." Since he had activated Reckless Greed, Damien couldn't draw. However, the card in his hand would fix that. He played Upstart Goblin, which let him draw while giving Max a thousand Life Points.

Max: 3900

Damien: 350

The card he received was another Upstart Goblin and he played that, as well.

Max: 4900

Damien: 350

When he received his next card, he immediately played it.

"Summoning King of the Skull Servants." The King of the Skull Servants appeared again and everybody gasped.

"And Damien has FIVE of the boost monsters in his graveyard!" exclaimed Mikey, "That means his monster gets..."

"Five thousand attack points," Damien declared, "Attack Peten the Dark Clown." The now highly overpowered King of the Skull Servants, now surrounded with the most powerful aura it could naturally acquire, lunged forward and slashed Peten with its bony fingers, piercing through the clown, which exploded into a cloud of confetti.

Max: 400

Damien: 350

"Ahhhhhhhhh!" Max had to press his hand against his mask to keep in place as the shockwave of the attack shook the entire gymnasium. Once it had passed, he removed Peten from his graveyard and summoned a third one in its place in defense mode."

"End turn," announced Damien.

"Max is going to have to pull a miracle out of his ass if he hopes to win," said Sammie as she watched the duel progress.

This duel rests on this final draw, thought Max, Don't fail me now, my friends. He slowly drew looked at his card. What he saw made his heart skip several beats and he began laughing heartily.

"Alas, good fortune smiles upon le clown des rêves heureux! I summon Ryu-Kishin Clown!" His card slid into the slot on his Duel Disk and an ugly brown goblin dressed up like a clown with a wide frilly collar and two birthday hats for horns appeared (ATK/800 DEF/500), "And as soon as he is summoned, I can change the battle position of one face-up monster on the field. And I pick King of the Skull Servants." Everybody watched as the overpowered skeleton crouched down into a defensive stance.

"And despite its immense attack power, King of the Skull Servants has zero defense points!" Coltyn exclaimed. Then Max discarded one card from his hand to the graveyard in order to summon the last one he held.

"Take the stage, The Tricky!" The redhead's second The Tricky appeared and he proceeded to end the duel.

"Ryu-Kishin Clown, attack King of the Skull Servants with Twinkle Rain!" Ryu-Kishin Clown danced over to the King of the Skull Servants and sprinkled some glitter all over it. The glitter suddenly morphed into giant razor-sharp stars and they sliced the skeleton to bits.

"Tricky, attack! Clown Trick!" The Tricky then leapt into the air and spun around before producing a dagger from its sleeve and throwing it into Damien.

Max: 400

Damien: 0

"That was a really close match," sighed Mikey. Damien said nothing as his holographic projectors switched off and he returned to the others.

"A spectacular performance!" James complimented as he stepped towards Max applauding, "Bravo! You exceeded our expectations. Clown Reves, we would be honored for you to join our drama club."

"The pleasure is all mine!" Max bowed one final time like a lead actor after a big performance.

With the duel now over, the friends continued looking around. Sammie eventually found a place in the literature club and Mikey decided to join another club and signed up for the basketball team for which tryouts would begin at a later date. When they all left, none were happier than Max Harley, the young aspiring actor who had taken his first step towards his dream.

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