Chapter Seven: The Girls' Dorm: The Forbidden Area

As usual, Justin and Pat were taking their walk around the island. This time, they took a few different routes. They had found several places of interest from doing that. For the final leg of their journey, the two took a path going to a blue building… They had made a decision that perhaps would alter the course of their lives… Forever.

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Justin and Pat had come across a light blue building with castle-like structure, with a darker blue roof. Part of the building was suspended over a picturesque lake.

"Wow. Where are we?" Justin asked no one in particular.

Pat, holding a map of Duel Academy Island, said: "Oh, crud. Justin, I know where we are. The… Obelisk Blue Girls' Dorm."

"And the problem is?"

"YOU IDIOT! THE GIRLS' DORM CANNOT BE VISITED BY THOSE OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER OF THOSE INSIDE!"

"Don't forget to breath." Justin sweat-dropped. "Well, we'd better hurry back to the Ra Dorm."

The two turned to run away, and then made a sprint in the opposite direction of the Girl's Dorm, when…

"Hold it right there!" shouted a feminine voice.

Justin and Pat stopped running and turned back around to see the speaker. They saw a female about 16 and approximately their height, with reddish-brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a white sleeveless shirt with blue collars and buttons, a blue miniskirt, and blue boots.

"We're toast." Pat muttered.

"What are you two doing here?!" cried the female.

"We… We were just taking our usual walk and decided to take this path!" Justin explained. "We didn't know the Girls' Dorm was here!"

"Whatever! I can think of another reason or two, and both aren't good reasons!" The female glared at them, now only a foot and a half from them.

"Heh…" Pat smirked. "You can't threaten us. Females have no upper body strength!"

A red anger cross appeared on the girl's head, followed by her delivering a slap to Pat's cheek, knocking him onto the ground and turning his eyes into Anime swirls.

"I… Lay… Corrected." he moaned.

Soon, the sound of another girls' voice reached the three's ears.

"Hey, Jasmine! Found some spies, huh?"

The three looked further down the path to see another 16-year-old female, with light brown hair and blue eyes, wearing the same as Jasmine.

"I found two of them, Mindy." smirked Jasmine.

The other girl, Mindy, walked up to where Jasmine stood, smirking at Justin and Pat. Actually only Justin since Pat was on the ground still.

"Wait a minute… I know those two." Mindy picked up Pat to get him upright. Pat's spike of hair at the front of his head was now bent in several different places.

"MY HAIR HAS BEEN RUINED! JASMINE, YOU WILL DIE NOW!" Pat yelled. Justin, however, grabbed him by his collars, in the same manner that he did a few days earlier when they met Sartorious.

Mindy, Jasmine, and even Justin sweat dropped at Pat's actions.

"So, who are these nut cases, Mindy? I mean, I know one is a collar-snatching blonde, and the other is a hair-obsessed freak, but other than that…"

Several small red anger crossed popped up on Pat's head. "I AM NOT HAIR OBSESSED! AND I'M NOT A FREAK!" He then reached inside his coat and pulled out a comb and a mirror, and began reshaping his spike.

"Yeah. Not hair-obsessed. Right." sweat-dropped Mindy. "Anyway, these two are those guys that defeated Chazz and that Hassleberry person. And the certain brown-haired one even beat Crowler by himself!"

"Whoa. Well, still… We can't let them get away with spying on the Girls' Dorm."

"I already told you we didn't know the Girls' Dorm was here!" growled Justin.

"Too bad; we're reporting you to Crowler!" Jasmine and Mindy walked away, but were stopped by yet another female's voice.

"Hold it, you two."

For a third time, Justin and Pat looked in the direction of where the voice came from, seeing, of course, a girl of 16. This girl, however, was about an inch taller than them, with golden hair reaching to the middle of her back. She wore the same as Mindy and Jasmine did, a white and blue sleeveless shirt, blue miniskirt, and boots.

Upon sight, Justin and Pat's eyes took the shape of red, beating hearts, and small blushes appeared on their cheeks.

"Ah! Alexis!" cried out Mindy and Jasmine.

"Guys, they might be telling the truth. Remember what happened a year ago with Jaden and Syrus?" asked the female.

So this is the Alexis Rhodes, AKA Obelisk Blue Queen… Pat thought.

"Yeah, but why would they not know where the Girls' Dorm is?" Mindy said. Alexis walked over to them.

"I believe them." she said.

"WHAT?!" cried out Mindy, Jasmine, and Pat.

Justin reacted and knocked him in the head with his arm.

Alexis giggled, and then stood in front of the two Ras.

"Sorry if these two caused you any trouble."

"N-N-N-No problem, Alexis. None at all." stuttered Justin. Pat took one long gaze at Alexis' face, which caused his eyes to roll up into his head and for him to fall over, KO'd.

"Um… Is he gonna be okay?" Alexis asked.

"He always does that when he meets a pretty girl."

CRUD! I CALLED HER PRETTY! Justin yelled in his mind.

"Oh, I'm pretty, huh?" Alexis giggled once more.

Don't tell me she's falling for them now! Jasmine thought. "Well, if you think their okay, Alexis…"

"I do. However… I'm not letting them go just yet…" A small smirk appeared on Alexis' face. "You two can go free if you'll duel Mindy and Jasmine tonight."

"WHAT?! BUT WE'LL GET CREAMED!" cried out the other two girls.

"And why did you bring them into this situation?" Justin asked. He shook Pat violently, waking him up. "Did you hear Alexis, Pat?"

"I heard her." he mumbled.

"Well, they wanted to have a challenge, so you two would be perfect! But promise me one thing: you'll use your weakest deck. I guess that goes only for you, Pat. See ya at 10:00!" The three females walked away to their dorm.

"We are gonna rule." Pat smirked.

"Hey, where's your sense of chivalry, Pat?! We gotta go easy on them!"

"You only said that 'cause you use a Warrior deck."

"That's true…"

The two looked at each other evilly, both saying in synch: "We'll destroy them."

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Several Hours Later, the Girls' Dorm, Ten o' Clock

Pat and Justin, both wearing their Duel Disks, stood on one side of a thinner part of the lake by the Girls' Dorm, with Mindy and Jasmine on the other side, also wearing Duel Disks.

"Okay, before we begin…" Alexis said. She walked over to Pat and snatched his deck from his Disk's deck slot and looked at it.

"Hmm… This deck will do. Okay!" Alexis handed the deck back to Pat.

All four duel participants shuffled their decks and put them in their respective slot.

"Let's duel!" shouted all.

Duel Setup: Pat McClintock and Justin Cheek vs. Mindy and Jasmine

LP: 8000 Per Team

DUEL!

Everyone drew five cards.

"Ladies first." Pat said.

Mindy smirked and drew a sixth card. "How polite. So, I'll start of with this: I activate Scapegoat!"

Mindy placed a Spell in her Graveyard, and four small sheep with round, fluffy bodies and brown horns appeared, one blue, one red, one green, and one yellow. (All Sheep Tokens) ATK/0 DEF/0

"Oh, brother." Pat muttered.

"Oh, help me! I'm so scared! Oh, no! Not four Sheep Tokens!" Justin cried out mockingly.

"Don't insult them! Their too cute!" giggled Mindy.

Pat and Justin sweat dropped as Jasmine drew another card. "It's my move! I summon Celtic Guardian in attack position!"

A warrior wearing green and silver armor, brown arms, a blue cape, brown boots, orange eyes, blond hair, and orange eyes holding a long sword. ATK/ 1400 DEF/ 1200.

"Oh yeah, now that monster I like!" Pat smirked.

"Now I'll activate Legendary Sword and equip it to my Celtic Guardian!" shouted Jasmine.

Celtic Guardian's blade was replaced by a silver-bladed, green-handled sword. (Celtic Guardian) ATK/ 1700 DEF/1500.

"That's all."

Justin snatched up a card. "I'll go next. Tell me, you two… Why do you use monsters that are weak?"

"Because their so cute!" Mindy grinned.

"Cause their cool!" replied Jasmine.

"Uh-huh… Well, whatever. I place two cards facedown and… end my turn."

Pat eyed Justin suspiciously. "Are you mad?! Trying to get us expelled?!"

Justin winked at Pat.

"Okay… My move!" Pat drew a card from his deck. "I summon Battle Ox in attack mode!"

An ox-like monster that stood on its hind feet, wearing red and gold armor with red eyes, holding an axe, appeared. ATK/ 1700 DEF/ 1000.

"Um… Pat? THAT MONSTER IS WEAK BY MINE AND EVEN WEIRDER, YOUR STANDARDS!" yelled Justin.

"Hey, Alexis told me to use a weak deck! This is a collection of my very first cards... The cards of mine that are the only ones that are… WEAK! REPULSIVE! UNWANTED! FORGETTABLE! FEEBLE! PUNY!"

Justin had covered his ears due to Pat's loud outburst, and he now uncovered them.

"Loud mouth." he mumbled.

"Hmph. I'll continue now. I'll place one card facedown, and I'll equip Battle Ox with a Spell: Fairy Meteor Crush!"

Battle Ox began glowing a red color.

"So, attack Sheep Token blue!"

The ox monster jumped at the blue token monster, slicing it in half.

"And thanks to Fairy Meteor Crush, the difference between Sheep Token's Defense and Battle Ox's Attack is taken from your Life Points!" Pat smirked.

Mindy and Jasmine's LP: 6300.

"Big meanie!" pouted Mindy.

"Oh, for the love of hatred… I end my turn."

Mindy drew another card. "Hmm… I place one card facedown and end my turn!"

Jasmine drew next. "I summon Magician's Valkyria in attack mode!"

A female in a blue and yellow magician's outfit with long golden-brown hair and pink dots under her blue eyes, a cane-shaped scepter, and blue boots appeared. ATK/ 1600 DEF/ 1800.

"And now, I'll activate the Equip Spell Energy of the Magicians! For every Spellcaster on my side of the field, Valkyria gains 200 Attack and Defense points, including her!"

Magician's Valkyria began glowing a purple color. ATK/ 1800 DEF/ 2000.

"Magician's Valkyria, attack Battle Ox!"

The feminine Spellcaster's scepter began glowing in numerous colors, with a multi-colored energy ball forming at the tip. It was launched at Battle Ox, causing the monster to explode.

Pat and Justin's LP: 7900.

"And now, Celtic Guardian! Attack Pat directly!"

Celtic Guardian made a dash for Pat, jumped up halfway, and slashed him with his sword.

Pat and Justin's LP: 6200.

"Heh-heh… Nice move, Jasmine, but you activated my Trap! I play Revenge! Whenever you directly attack me or Pat, I can destroy one of your monsters! I choose Magician's Valkyria!"

Magician's Valkyria disappeared.

"Grr… I'll end my turn."

Justin smirked and said: "My turn!" He drew a card and placed it in his hand. "I'll summon Marauding Captain in Attack mode!"

A man in silver armor with blond hair, a red cape, and a long sword materialized. ATK/ 1200 DEF/ 400.

"And now, I'll use his effect! I can now Special Summon a Level Four or lower Warrior Monster from my hand, and I choose Familiar Knight!"

Another man with dark gray armor, brown-gold hair, red eyes, and a silver face mask holding a shield and sword appeared. ATK/ 1200 DEF/ 1400.

"Now, Familiar Knight, attack Celtic Guardian!"

Familiar Knight threw his sword at Celtic Guardian, who hit it with his sword and causing it to fly back and slash Familiar Knight in half.

"JUSTIN!" Pat yelled angrily.

Pat and Justin's LP: 5700.

"But since Familiar Knight was destroyed, either I or Pat can summon a Level 4 monster to the field. I don't have any monsters, but I happen to know that Pat does…"

"Indeed I do! I summon Rare Metal Dragon!"

A small black draconic monster with yellow claws and a horn on its nose appeared. ATK/ 2400 DEF/ 1200.

"How is that thing Level 4?!" Mindy cried out.

"Its effect. It cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Only Special Summoned. Is that all, Justin?"

The blonde Ra nodded, and so Pat drew.

"Heh-heh… I'll summon Mystical Elf in Defense mode."

A blue-skinned female elf with back-length light brown hair, a white crown, and a blue dress appeared. ATK/ 800 DEF/ 2000.

"And now, Rare Metal Dragon! Attack Celtic Guardian!"

With a powerful ram, the black-silver dragon destroyed Celtic Guardian.

Mindy and Jasmine's LP: 5600.

"I'll end with one facedown."

A facedown vertical card appeared as Mindy began her turn with a draw.

"I'll summon Dark Elf!"

A brown-skinned elf with purple hair, a dark yellow crown, and a light blue dress appeared. ATK/ 2000 DEF/ 800.

"And now, I'll do this: activate Creature Swap! I swap my Dark Elf with your Mystical Elf, Pat!"

The holograms faded briefly as Mindy and Pat walked up to one another, handing each other the desired monster. As they walked back Dark Elf was now on Pat's side of the field, and Mystical Elf was on Mindy's.

"And now, I activate Polymerization! I fuse Mystical Elf with Lady of Faith in my hand…"

Mindy, after holding out a Spell Card, discarded two cards from her hand to the Graveyard, and threw Mystical Elf to Pat, who placed it in his Graveyard.

"I summon Elf of Faith!"

A blue-skinned elf wearing a green dress with dark green shoulders, a pink and purple crown, and white elbow-length gloves. ATK/ 1900 DEF/ 3000.

"I'll end my turn."

Why didn't she put in attack position?! I could've beaten it with my Dragon! Of course, Mindy knows that… But she could've taken out J's Marauding Captain! Hmm…Pat thought.

"My move!" Jasmine smirked as she withdrew her next card.

"I summon Shining Friendship!"

A green monster with a spherical body, blue eyes, and white wings appeared. ATK/ 1300 DEF/ 1100.

"Next, I'll use Silver Bow and Arrow on Shining Friendship!"

Shining Friendship now held a glowing bow, with a pack of arrows on its back. ATK/ 1600 DEF/ 1400.

"AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" laughed Pat. "Not a fluff ball! No! Not a fluff ball with a bow and arrow! NO!" He continued laughing, as did Justin. However, Pat stopped abruptly, saying: "We're serious Duelists, Jasmine. We don't have time for bad monsters and forgettable Spells."

"Oh, I know. Do it, Mindy!" Jasmine said.

"Right." replied the brunette Obelisk. "I use my Elf of Faith's ability! I can halve its Attack Points and add them to another monster… AKA Shining Friendship!"

Elf of Faith began glowing a red color. ATK/ 950 DEF/ 3000.

The red energy transferred to Shining Friendship. ATK/ 2550 DEF/ 1400.

"Now, Shining Friendship! Attack Rare Metal Dragon!"

The petite monster shot a glowing arrow towards Rare Metal Dragon, with white energy trailing it.

"Hold it! I play another Trap: Attack Redirection! I pay 500 Life Points to redirect an attack made to my partner. It was specially made for a tag team duel."

Pat and Justin's LP: 5200.

As Justin placed a Trap into his Graveyard, the arrow from Shining Friendship went towards Marauding Captain, causing the Warrior to fall over and explode.

Pat and Justin's LP: 3850.

"It's my turn!" Justin growled, drawing.

"I'll place one card facedown and place a monster facedown. Your move Pat!"

Two facedown cards appeared.

"Good. It's go time!" Pat sneered as he drew a card from his deck. "I… Perfect. I place two cards facedown, and then I activate Dark Hole! This super-powerful Spell destroys all monsters on the field!"

A black hole opened up, sucking in all monsters on the field.

"Now, we can start fresh… I'll use Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three cards, as long as I discard two."

Pat drew three cards and placed one of them in his Graveyard, along with a card in his hand from before.

"Now… I activate Soul Release to remove from play two cards in my Graveyard: Rare Metal Dragon and Battle Ox! That's all for now…" Pat smirked.

But my facedown cards will help me out big time…

"I draw!" Mindy shouted. She glanced at her card, and then placed it on her monster card zone. "I set one monster facedown, place a card facedown, and… Um… That's all from me."

Jasmine whisked out a card next. "Okay! My turn! And I'll begin by summoning Mystic Horseman in attack position!"

A centaur with yellow hair holding a very large scythe in his hand appeared. ATK/ 1300 DEF/ 1550.

"Mystic Horseman, attack Justin directly!"

Mystic Horseman jumped towards Justin, with his scythe brought back in preparation for slashing.

"Ha! I play my facedown: Mirror Force! All attack mode monsters you two have, girls, are sent to the Graveyard!" Pat shouted.

A mirror appeared in front of Mystic Horseman, reflecting him, causing the centaur beast to disappear.

"Thanks, Pat." sighed Justin.

"Ooh!" growled Jasmine. "I end with a facedown!"

The fourth facedown card on the field appeared.

Justin drew his card. "Heh-heh-heh… I play Vorse Raider!"

A brown-skinned man wielding a double-bladed sword in a black and blue suit with brown boots appeared. ATK/ 1900 DEF/ 1200.

"Attack Mindy's facedown!"

Vorse Raider jumped at Mindy's facedown monster, slashing it with his sword. The monster was revealed to be a pink ball of fluff with an upside-down smile.

"AH! Marshmallon?!" cried Justin. "When I attack it when it's facedown, I lose 1000 points!"

Pat and Justin's LP: 2850.

"And even better, my cutie-pie can't be destroyed in defense mode!" Mindy smirked.

(Marshmallon) ATK/ 300 DEF/ 500.

Vorse Raider returned to Justin's side of the field.

"I hope you have a plan, Pat, cause if not, we could be done for."

Pat gave a smirk of reassurance as he drew his next card. "I now play my other facedown: Return from the Different Dimension! I pay half my Life Points…"

Pat and Justin's LP: 1425.

"And that lets me Special Summon as many removed from play monsters that I can. So, return to my field, Battle Ox and Rare Metal Dragon!"

The axe-wielding ox and silver-colored dragon returned. (Battle Ox) ATK/ 1700 DEF/ 1000. (Rare Metal Dragon) ATK/ 2400 DEF/ 1200.

"And now… I play a Spell I used earlier I believe… Fairy Meteor Crush! I equip it to my Dragon."

Rare Metal Dragon glowed a red color.

"Now, I place one card facedown. Rare Metal Dragon, ATTACK MINDY'S MARSHMALLON!"

Rare Metal Dragon rammed into the fluffy creature, slicing it in half for a moment. The small marshmallow's parts rejoined.

Mindy and Jasmine's LP: 3700.

"Grr… I activate my Trap Card!" shouted Mindy.

"And I'll do the same!" Jasmine yelled out. Their face downs rose up. Both were the almost the same…

"WE ACTIVATE…" began the two female Blues in synch.

"Destruction Ring!" Mindy cried out.

"And Ring of Destruction!" exclaimed Jasmine.

A ring with ten red circles around it spun around after materializing in front of its card, attaching itself to Rare Metal Dragon's horn. Additionally, a silver ring appeared, wrapping around Battle Ox's.

"Okay, I know what Ring of Destruction does, but not Destruction Ring." Justin said.

"Grr… These two are ending the duel in a draw, J. Ring of Destruction inflicts damage to everyone's Life Points equal to a monster's Attack power, which would be 2400 right now. And Destruction Ring inflicts 1000 points to everyone, regardless of the monster's power."

"Oh… Okay."

There was a silence, and then…

A loud BOOM echoed across the lake as both rings self-destructed, blowing up the monsters they were equipped to.

Mindy and Jasmine's, and Pat and Justin's LP: 0000.

DRAW

All holograms faded, and, from the force of the explosion, knocked all participants onto their backs.

"Urgh… Well, we didn't win, but we didn't lose. So, what happens?" Pat muttered.

"Well, I say we tell!" shouted Mindy.

"Yeah! You'd be trespassing after the duel's over, anyway! So…" Jasmine said.

Jasmine and Mindy shouted at the same time: "YOU'RE BUSTED!"

The two girls giggled and tried to run back to their dorm, but were stopped by Alexis.

"I'll be the deciding factor here… I'll duel one of them for the decision." she said, walking up to the boys.

"But, Alexis…" Jasmine blinked.

"So, whose the lucky guy?" Pat mumbled quietly.

"Why, you are. No offense Justin, but I want a good challenge." Alexis grinned at Pat, making him blush slightly.

"Hey! I'm a great duelist!" Justin whined.

"I'm dueling Pat, that's final. I'll give you an hour for deck prep, Pat." Alexis walked away to the Girls' Dorm.

"Well, I'd better get a better deck…" Pat said. Leaving Justin with the other two girls, he ran back to his dorm at supersonic speed.

"I TOLD YOU, PAT: WE ARE IN A CARTOON!" yelled Justin

Pat, Mindy, and Jasmine sweat dropped as the blonde's yell.

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An Hour Later

Pat and Alexis both stood in small boats anchored to the lake bed, with Justin sitting behind Pat, with Mindy and Jasmine sitting beside Alexis' boat in a separate one.

"I'm ready when you are, Alexis." Pat smirked, activating his Duel Disk.

"Well, I'm ready!" replied Alexis, activating her own Disk as well. She now wore on both arms blue elbow-length gloves, with silver bumps on the knuckles.

"Remember, Pat… Lose, and we get expelled…" Justin said quietly.

"Oh, gee. No pressure there." Pat growled. "And pressure is not what I need."

"Shutting up now." Justin said.

Pat turned his attention back to Alexis.

"IT'S TIME TO DUEL!" smirked Pat.

With the participants' hands now holding five cards, a new duel began…