Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Legends
"Since you're taking too long, I'll take it as you passing on your turn."
"Wait!"
"Too late, Tiger Catapult, finish this off!" The monster plowed right through Arthur again.
(A: 0)
(C: 4000)
Even as he fell to the ground, Arthur felt the Duel Disk rip from his arm by Chazz's friends. They went over his deck until they found the card they were looking for. "Here's the card, Chazz."
"Thanks for the loan, loser." And with a laugh he and his friend walked off, Taiyou throwing the rest of the deck back at Arthur.
Arthur just sat on his knees, crying as the remainder of his deck laid around him.
Alexis had been watching the entire duel just as Arthur was a witness to her duel with Jaden. She gripped a tree in frustration then turned and left.
Episode 5: One Card Short
"There you are." Arthur looked up to see Zane standing before him. "Your duel is coming up soon, are you ready?" Arthur just looked down at the ground. Zane noticed the cards scattered around. "What happened?"
"Chazz took my Seiyaryu card," Arthur said. "And I don't have any extra cards. I'm just going to have to back down."
"I don't think so," Zane said. "Now pick up your deck."
"What's the point, I don't have the minimum number of cards!"
"Shut up!" Zane snapped. Arthur clamped his hands over his mouth. "I did not spend the past few days coaching you just to have you back out. Come with me."
Arthur picked up his deck and followed Zane into the main arena.
"Zane, how am I going to duel with a deck of 38 cards?"
"Don't you mean 39?"
"Worthless card, remember?"
"Well, I can fix that." Zane held out a spell card.
Arthur read the title in a questioning tone, "The Dark Door?"
"Since all you have are weak monsters, you're going to need all the stall cards you can get. The Dark Door allows both players to attack with only one monster per turn so use it wisely. You're going to need a strategy when you face your opponent."
"Who is my opponent?" Arthur asked.
"His name's Charlie Satchel, he's in Ra Yellow. He runs a deck destruction deck."
"What's that?"
"His cards target the cards in your deck, not your life points. You automatically lose when you can't draw any more cards from your deck."
"I understand," Arthur said. He walked into the gym. There were some duels going on and some of them were really intense. Arthur's ring was at the far end.
Charlie was broad-shouldered with a cleft chin and narrow black eyes. You could tell he was strong, his Ra Yellow uniform could barely fit over him.
"I can't believe they're having me duel a stupid Slifer Red," he groaned.
He's trying to intimidate me like Chazz did, I have to be firm like Zane. He took off his gloves.
"Whoa, what happened to your hands, get caught in a freaky jeweler accident?"
The crystal started to glow. His deck box opened and the deck leapt into his hands. He shuffled one-handed before inserting his deck into his Duel Disk.
"Duelists, are you ready?" The proctor judging their exam asked. Arthur and Charlie nodded. "Then let's duel!"
(A: 4000)
(C: 4000)
"Yellows go first," Charlie said drawing a card. "I play the spell Card Destruction, now we have to discard our hands and draw five new cards from our decks."
I guess Zane was right about his deck targeting mine, Arthur thought as he discarded his hand and drew a new one.
"Next I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."
Arthur went into his first turn, there wasn't much he could do. "I also set a monster in defense mode and another card face-down. That ends my turn."
"Should've attacked me when you had a chance," Charlie said drawing a card. "I reveal my monster Morphing Jar (1)!" A gray pot with a single eye and a toothy grin appeared. "Just like Card Destruction, when it's flipped summoned, Morphing Jar causes us to discard our hands and draw five new card, next I play the spell Big Bang Shot! Not only does this increase Morphing Jar's attack points by 400!"
(MJ: 700-1100)
"But if the defense points of your defending monster are weaker than its attack points, you lose life points! Morphing Jar, attack!" The pot lunged forward and destroyed an insect.
(A: 3600)
(C: 4000)
"You just flipped over my Magical Merchant (2) which means I get to draw the top spell or trap card from my deck." The second card Arthur drew was a spell card so he added that to his hand and discarded the first card he drew. "I also reveal my trap card Jar of Greed which lets me draw another card."
"That's fine, do my job for me," Charlie said. "I end my turn."
Arthur started his turn and studied his (rather large) hand. All these cards and not much I can do. "I set another monster in defense mode and play the spell Nightmare's Steelcage! Now no monsters may attack for two of your turns."
"No big deal, I can wait," Charlie said and drew a card. "I switch Morphing Jar to defense mode and set another monster in defense mode. End turn!"
Arthur drew a card, "I reveal my face-down monster Magician of Faith (3), now I get a spell card back from the graveyard!" There were two spell cards in Arthur's graveyard. Arthur considered one, then saw the other. I forgot about this card, this could probably help me. "I play the spell Pot of Generosity! Now I get to return two cards to my deck." There, that should give me an advantage.
Zane saw this from the doorway. Good thinking, kid, by returning cards to your deck, you get to stay here a little while longer.
"Next I sacrifice my Magician of Faith to summon Thunder Dragon (4)!" A green serpentine dragon appeared. "Go ahead and attack my dragon, I dare you," Arthur said somewhat defiantly.
"Oh please, you think I'm some imbecile?" Charlie drew a card. "I flip summon my face-down monster Needle Worm (5) and with its summons, five cards from your deck go to the graveyard!"
So much for my advantage, Arthur thought.
"I also set another monster face-down and a card face-down. That ends my turn."
Arthur drew a card. "I sacrifice my Thunder Dragon to summon Cybernetic Magician (6) and next I play the spell card Reload. With Reload, I can return the three cards in my hand to my deck and draw three new cards."
"That won't change your deck one bit, you're still three cards down."
"Is everyone at this Academy a creep?" Arthur groaned as he drew new cards.
"What makes you so sure we're the creeps?"
"Huh?"
"Maybe you're the creep, maybe the reason everyone is so hostile towards you because you're a crystal wearing freak who will never be normal!"
Arthur's body froze up. Echoes of his past came to the forefront.
"Me… a freak?" Arthur muttered.
"I'll show you WHO'S A FREAK!" Arthur tore a card off of his deck. "Cybernetic Magician, attack his Morphing Jar with Cyber Scepter!" The white-clad mechanical-looking magician fired a blast from its scepter and destroyed the Morphing Jar.
Arthur's anger is clouding his judgment, Zane noted. He should've destroyed the Needle Worm, that way Charlie would've lost life points.
From the shock on Arthur's face, he was just realizing that.
Charlie drew a card. "I flip-summon another Morphing Jar." They discarded their hands and drew five new cards. "I reveal my trap card Two-Pronged Attack, now by sacrificing my Needle Worm and my Morphing Jar, I can destroy your Cybernetic Magician. All the monsters were destroyed. "Next I play Pot of Greed to draw two extra cards. I set a monster face-down and another card face-down. That's it."
Arthur drew a card. That card's probably designed to make me lose more cards in my deck, so if I summon more monsters, I can direct attack him. "I summon Element Dragon (7) in attack mode and play Premature Burial to bring back Cybernetic Magician."
(A: 2800)
(C: 4000)
"Element Dragon, attack his monster!" Another Needle Worm appeared. Arthur continued his attack, "Cybernetic Magician, attack him directly!"
"I reveal my trap card Negate Attack!"
"I really hate that card," Arthur groaned.
Charlie started his turn, "I set another monster in defense mode."
Charlie's jabs were still running through Arthur's mind as he drew a new card. He noticed that he had only one card left in his deck. "I… uh… sacrifice my Element Dragon to summon another Thunder Dragon in defense mode. "I end my turn."
"I play Spell Reproduction, now by discarding two cards I can bring a spell card back to my hand, I'll take my handy-dandy, Pot of Greed and I'll play it." He drew two cards. "I summon Wall of Illusions (8) in defense mode." A wall with a face appeared. "Even if you could, don't try attacking it, your monster will just get sent back to your hand. I think that'll do for now."
He's toying with me. He knows with only one card left in my deck, I'm no longer a threat.
"Ruff-Ruff."
What was that? Arthur looked down at his hand, it was like the only monster card in his hand was talking to him. Actually, it sounded like it was barking at him. Taking a closer look at the picture, a dog with short orange fur and a collar with a bone-shaped tag, Arthur gasped because he recognized the card.
It's the card Alexis picked up for me. Could this mean that...
"Hey, Jet Siegel, make your move," Charlie snapped.
Arthur looked down at the remaining card. If there's any sort of god out there, please, let this card be a good one. He drew the card.
It was Zane's card.
Okay, what can I do with the cards in my hand? He suddenly remembered something Zane said.
"Charlie, I'm not scared of you!"
"What?"
"This duel means nothing for me! You think you're so cool! Well maybe the only freak around here is you!"
"I am your superior classmate."
"No, merely a higher-ranking one," Arthur said. "First I play Spirit Absorption!" Cybernetic Magician and Thunder Dragon disappeared. "Now by removing the monsters on my side of the field and cards from my hand from play, I gain 600 life points per monster that was on the field."
(A: 4000)
(C: 4000)
"Next I play The Dark Door! This spell card makes it so that both of us can only attack with one monster. Finally, I summon Outstanding Dog Marron (9) in defense mode." A dog with orange fur and short ears appeared sitting on its hind paws. "That ends my turn."
"And ends this duel," Charlie said. "I sacrifice Wall of Illusions to summon Inferno Hammer (10) in attack mode, now pound that mutt!" The large skeleton swung its hammer and smashed the dog. "Well, I guess that's the end of the duel."
"NO IT ISN'T," Arthur declared. "It's the beginning of Outstanding Dog Marron's special ability! When it's sent to my graveyard, it returns to my deck instead!" The dog slid out of the graveyard slot and Arthur placed it back onto the deck holder. "You're going to have to do better than that, but later because it's my move." He drew Outstanding Dog Marron. "I think I'll take a page from your book and set a monster in defense mode."
He must know that I know that it's Outstanding Dog Marron, Charlie thought. "Inferno Hammer, attack!" The hammer came down on the card and the dog appeared.
"Outstanding Dog Marron's special ability kicks in again, returning it to my deck."
Zane' eyes narrowed, he realized what Arthur was trying to do.
"I summon Outstanding Dog Marron in defense mode again." Once again, Charlie had Inferno Hammer destroy it and once again it returned to Arthur's deck. "Face-down in defense mode." Inferno Hammer did it again. Arthur continued this trend of playing Marron face-up or face-down. Charlie kept on attacking it until…
"Oh no, my deck's dry!"
"The winner by a deck out is Arthur Yu!"
The students who had gathered started chuckling though it wasn't clear if it was at Arthur or Charlie.
"No, I couldn't have lost to some freak!" He ran forward, murder clearly on his mind, but the judge held him back. Arthur put away his deck, donned his gloves, and headed back out. "You'll pay for that! You hear me, freak? YOU'LL PAY!"
Arthur caught up to Zane as the Kaiser was about to head out. "Zane, I did it, I won the duel, and your card helped!" He handed the card back to Zane.
Zane snapped back the card and turned to walk outside. "That wasn't a duel," he said. "That was a mockery."
"Huh?" Arthur ran around to Zane's front. "I don't understand, what do you mean 'not a duel?'"
"What you did at the end wasn't dueling, it was a farce! You obviously forgot everything I told you during the entrance exams! You were a coward! You exploited a Duelist's weakness and used his emotions to get the better of him! That is the definition of cowardice! Apparently I've been wasting my time after all." He turned around, "Go watch your friend Jaden's duel and see how a real Duelist plays."
Arthur heard the words but his face didn't even register it. His one thought: now it's Zane who hates my guts. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, this always happens. He walked back into the gym and saw Jaden standing at the end field. "There's Jaden… wait, that guy he's dueling, isn't that…?"
Jaden gasped, "You mean I'm dueling an Obelisk and it's Chazz?" He asked Crowler who was judging their exam.
"That'r right, Jaden," the teacher confirmed. "Since you always talk such a big game, I decided to pull some strings for you so you got the challenge you deserve." He pointed to Chazz, "So congratulations, you'll be dueling one of the top ranked students at the school, what an honor! I sure hope you were able to snag a lot of today's rare cards so that your deck's up to snuff. What's wrong, aren't you going to thank me?"
This is bad, Syrus thought.
Arthur saw Bastion and ran over to him, "Bastion, Jaden's dueling the guy who took my Seiyaryu card."
"This is clearly a trap," Bastion said. "Crowler hopes to expel Jaden by having him duel a powerful opponent with nothing stacked in his favor. Only a cavalier fool would agree to this."
"I'll do it!"
Everyone gasped at Jaden's answer.
"All right, Chazz, get your game on," Jaden said. "Now we'll get to finish what we started at Obelisk Arena."
"Indeed," Crowler said indifferently. "And in front of the whole school too so everyone can watch."
"Yeah, watch you get slammed by me," Chazz jabbed. They inserted their decks into their Duel Disks.
"Let's duel!"
Crowler ran out of the way.
(C: 4000)
(J: 4000)
"No excuses this time, Chazz."
"Bring it, Slifer Slacker!"
"Oh, it's brought!" Jaden drew his sixth card.
"Coooo."
"Well, if it isn't my favorite furry friend," Jaden said looking at Winged Kuriboh (1). Kuriboh, you're in for a treat, because we're about to rain down some serious moves on Chazz. "You remember this guy from our first duel, don't you, Chazz? Elemental Hero Clayman (2)!" Jaden summoned him in defense mode. "And he'd like to get reacquainted."
"Not after he sees what I got for him. Don't think that overgrown pile of pebbles stand a chance against me, or against this!" He drew a card. I appreciate the rare card, Crowler. "Fresh off the presses, Magical Mallet!"
"What's that?"
"A redo, all the cards in my hand that I don't want I return to my deck and then I can draw the same number of cards."
"A rare card on the first draw?" Syrus gasped.
"That's like my Reload spell," Arthur recognized.
"Except Magical Mallet is a very dangerous card at that," Bastion explained. "Now Chazz will be able to pick exactly which cards he wants and which cards he doesn't."
"I didn't even get to the best part," Chazz said. "You see, Jaden, I got to shuffle Magical Mallet too! So if I drew it again (which I just did) I can play it again and again. And that comes in handy, know why?"
"Uh… not really."
"It comes in handy when I'm looking for this! V-Tiger Jet (3), sharpen your claws for attack mode!" The mechanical tiger appeared.
"It's that monster again!" Arthur said. "He played that against me."
"Is it strong?" Syrus asked.
"Not by itself," Arthur said.
"And there's a lot more where that came from! Check out the magic of Frontline Base, it lets me summon a level 4 or below monster this turn. And I have just the one, W-Wing Catapult (4)! Gentlemen, start your engines!" The set of wings took off and the V-Tiger Jet soon joined it. "Now merge!" The Catapult revealed two missile launchers. The Tiger Jet landed on top of it. Thruster units appeared on the back of both the machines. "All right, the VW-Tiger Catapult (5)!"
"That was the monster that did me in," Arthur revealed. "He's probably going to activate its special ability next."
"But wait, I'm not done yet, because he still has his special ability."
"That's not good," Jaden complained.
"Is this guy's turn going to end some time this century?" Syrus asked.
"By sending a card to the graveyard, I can force one of your monsters into attack mode!" The card face Clayman was kneeling on disappeared as he stood up. "So after this Heat-Seeker Blitz from my Tiger Catapult, your life points are toast!" The Tiger Catapult fired its missiles. Jaden groaned from the smoke produced by Clayman's destruction.
(C: 4000)
(J: 2800)
Crowler saw all this from the special viewing box where he was watching with Chancellor Shepherd. "My goodness," he said with fake sincerity. "Looks like Jaden can't play with the big boys after all. I guess he's not as good as he thinks."
Shepherd just stared out the window.
"I'll finish up with one card face-down."
"You go ahead and finish up while I'm just getting warmed up." He drew a card. "Speaking of, here's a guy who can really turn up the heat, Elemental Hero Sparkman (6) in defense mode!" The electric warrior crossed his arms to protect himself. "And I'll throw down a face-down.
"Not much else he can do with all the new rare cards Chazz seems to have," Bastion said.
"New rares," Arthur muttered. "I wonder…"
Alexis was also watching the duel but from behind. This is a complete mismatch, how can Jaden fight back if he doesn't know what he's fighting?
"Ready for round two, Slifer Slime?" A blue machine with no lower region and two cannon barrels on its shoulders appeared. "Well X-Head Cannon (7) is and thanks to Frontline Base, so is Z-Metal Tank (8)." A yellow tank that looked more like some kind of bug than an actual tank also appeared.
"He never used those cards against me," Arthur realized.
"Wait, if he has X and Z," Syrus said. "That can mean only one thing…"
"Now I play my face-down card," Chazz said as his trap card was lifted up. "Call of the Haunted, and in case you slept through that class as well, it lets me bring a monster back from the graveyard. And I choose…" A red metallic dragon appeared.
"No way!" Arthur cried.
"He has it!" Bastion confirmed.
"It's him!" Syrus gasped.
"That's right, it's Y-Dragon Head (9)! I discarded it with my Tiger Catapult's special ability." The new monsters flew up and began to transform. "And next I'll combine them to create the XYZ-Dragon Cannon (10)!"
"Now Chazz has two monsters out with over 2000 attack points each," Bastion said.
"Thanks for telling me, I found it hard to believe with my own eyes," Arthur said dryly.
"But wait, Jaden, there's more." Jaden gasped. "Actually, less, you see they say that two heads are better than one. But I would have to disagree, especially when the one in question is the ultimate V to Z Dragon Catapult Cannon (11)!" The two machines joined and transformed. The new creation looked vaguely humanoid and was made up of all the machine monsters Chazz had. "Makes your Sparkman look like a spark plug, or at least it did." Sparkman disappeared.
"My Sparkman!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, didn't I mention V to Z's special ability? He allows me to remove one card on your side of the field once per turn." He chuckled. "And if you think that's impressive, wait until you see its attack, an attack that will strike your life points directly."
"Not so fast, Chazz, I have a trap, A Hero Emerges!"
"Blast!" Crowler cried.
"A Hero what?"
"Emerges, as in emerges onto the field. You see, now you have to choose a card from my hand and if it's a monster card, I get to play it. So take your pick, Chazz."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, the far right."
Jaden sought out the card in question. "Sweet, Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (12), I'll play her in defense mode.
"That's what you think, you Slifer Slacker, when Dragon Catapult Cannon attacks, I get to switch one of your monsters into attack mode." Burstinatrix stood. "Which means not only will she get zapped!" The Dragon Catapult Cannon fired a lightning blast. Burstinatrix cried out in pain as she was destroyed. "But your life points will too."
(C: 4000)
(J: 1000)
The crowd gasped.
"Aww, what's the matter, Jaden, having some text anxiety? I knew scum like you didn't belong at this academy but don't worry because it will all be over soon!"
"No way, Chazz, I still have a whole army of vicious monsters in my deck ready to get at you. This isn't over, it's only just barely started!" He drew a card.
And gasped.
It all started when I woke up and realized I would be late for the written part of the test. As I was heading up a hill, I saw a portly lady having trouble with her van. "Oh man, to be a gentleman or to be on time? Oh well, since I'm never on time anyway. Never fear, Jaden's here!"
"Oh good, you must be from the Auto Club."
"Don't let the red jacket fool you, I'm just your average good deed dude."
"Oh, isn't that nice."
"What would be nice is if I pushed!" I got behind the van and helped the lady pushed it up hill.
And when I was at the card shop with Syrus…
"I'm done for," Syrus whined. "I slept through the written part of the exam and now I'm going to fail the field part because I can't upgrade my deck."
"Then you take the pack, Sy."
"You mean you would give me the last pack?"
"But what if… what if you fail?"
"I may flunk from time to time but I never fail."
"What do you think, Winged Kuriboh?" Jaden asked. The card cooed. "Well, all right, if you say so, let's do it! I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!"
Immediately a squeal went up from most of the females in the crowd. Unfortunately for Syrus, Bastion, and Arthur, they were in the thick of it.
"And I'll throw down a face-down too," Jaden concluded. "That's it."
"That's it?" Syrus asked. "All he's done is play defense."
"Trust me, Syrus, sometimes playing defense works wonders," Arthur said and thought back to his duel with Charlie.
I sure hope Jaden knows what he's doing, Alexis thought staring at the Slifer boy wide-eyed.
"That's all, huh? Good, because now I get to cook that Kuriboh and I like mine well done. There's about to be a fried furball on the field, you loser!"
"You don't scare me!"
"I don't have to, that's his job." Chazz pointed with his thumb at the Dragon Catapult Cannon. "Dragon Catapult Cannon attack!" Once again, a giant blast of energy headed right for Winged Kuriboh.
Secret weapon time. Jaden stashed two cards in his graveyard. "Not so fast, Chazz, by sending two cards to the graveyard, I can activate my face-down card Transcendent Wings!"
"WHERE DID HE GET THAT?" Crowler cried.
Winged Kuriboh's wings suddenly grew and deflected the blast.
"It can't be!" Chazz exclaimed.
"Oh it be," Jaden confirmed. "Transcendent Wings has evolved Winged Kuriboh into a level 10 monster." Winged Kuriboh Lv 10 (13) had a small face wrapped in a helmet that looked like a dragon and extremely large angelic-like wings. "And it gets better, by sacrificing itself, Winged Kuriboh destroys all monsters in attack mode and deflects their attack points back as damage to you. Kuriboh, show him how it's done!" Dragon Catapult Cannon's blast was deflected back at the giant machine and it was destroyed.
(C: 1000)
(J: 1000)
"Lucky punk," Chazz said glaring daggers at Jaden.
"Lucky? Nah, I just happen to have a soft spot for old ladies. But not for you, Chazz, and that's too bad because with a thousand life points a piece and my turn coming up, all I need is the right monster and you'll be finished."
"Do you believe he can do it, Bastion?" Arthur asked.
"After that last move, Arthur, I'd believe anything."
"Here goes something!" He drew a card. "Yes! Elemental Hero Avian (14)! Attack!" The winged hero charged forward and slashed its claws across Chazz's side.
(C: 0)
(J: 1000)
"He did it!" Syrus cried happily.
"I guess... she was right," Arthur muttered. "Colors don't matter, anybody can be a good Duelist."
"Who was right?" Bastion asked.
"Nobody," Arthur quickly replied.
"Impossible!" Crowler cried leaning against the glass. "Not with all the rare cards I gave Chazz, this simply can't be!"
"Rare cards, what exactly are you talking about, Crowler?"
Crowler jumped, he hadn't realized he been talking out loud or that Chancellor Shepherd was listening in. "Uh… nothing… I… uh… have to go grade some tests." He quickly walked off.
Shepherd laughed at Crowler's back.
Jaden waved to the crowd who was cheering for him, and pointed at Chazz. "That's game, unless you want to duel again."
"Oh we will," Chazz hissed.
"Jaden!"
"Hey Jaden!" Syrus, Arthur, and Bastion ran up to him.
"That was well done, Jaden." It was Chancellor Shepherd, speaking over a loudspeaker. "Never in the history of our revered academy has a Slifer ever dueled an Obelisk at these exams. Not only did you hold your own, but you won! Your courage against overwhelming odds is… inspiring. It is with great pride that I grant you the promotion to Ra Yellow. Good job!"
The crowd cheered again.
"You're the best, Jaden!" Syrus complimented throwing his arms around the taller boy's waist.
"I do what I can," Jaden said with a smile.
"Good show, Jaden, allow me to be the first to welcome you to the Ra dorm."
"Thanks," Jaden said shaking hands with the Ra Yellow student.
That night, Arthur dropped by Syrus's room. Chumley wanted to get on with finding a new roommate but Syrus wasn't hearing any of it.
"Hey Arthur," Chumley said. "How about you? There's a free bed here."
"Uh… thanks, Chumley, but I prefer my own room."
"It's just hard to believe he's gone," Syrus said. "The least he could've done was say good-bye."
"Honey, I'm home!" All of a sudden Jaden came bursting through the door.
"Jaden, what are you doing here?" Syrus asked shocked.
"I wanted to say congrats to you and Arthur on passing your field tests. Oh yeah, also, in case you've forgotten… I live here!"
"What?!" The three boys asked shocked.
"Sure Ra Yellow is nice with their clean sheets, lack of cockroaches and those spiffy blazers, but without you guys it just isn't home."
Syrus ran to Jaden and cried into his blazer. "Hey, you're getting my jacket wet!"
"I thought I lost you forever!" Syrus cried.
"Chill out."
"Now I'm never letting go."
"That comment is strangely disturbing," Chumley said. Arthur nodded.
Alexis came up to the Obelisk Boys' dorm. If I heard Zane right, then Chazz has Arthur's Seiyaryu card. I'll duel him and win it back, then Arthur will see that not all Obelisks are mean. As she headed for the entrance, she saw Zane slip inside.
Chazz was still moping over his loss to Jaden. "Stupid Slifer Slacker, he got lucky."
"Why don't you challenge him to a rematch, Chazz?" Torimaki suggested.
"Yeah," Mototani agreed. "You already know his deck so it should be easy the second time around."
"You morons, it's not the same, I wanted to humiliate him in front of the school, now it's like he's the poster boy for Slifer Red, he's going to make all the other slackers want to try to become Obelisks too. He's disrupted the status quo!"
"Princeton!" Zane threw the door open.
"It's Zane!" Torimaki cried.
"What's he doing here?" Mototani asked frightened.
Chazz just sat up on his bed. "What do you want, Truesdale?"
"I know you have the Seiyaryu dragon card, I want to see it."
"Sure, it's right behind you."
Zane turned around but all he saw was the door and a garbage can. Zane peeked into the garbage can and saw the Seiyaryu card.
It was torn into pieces.
"So taking a card isn't enough?" Zane asked Chazz. "You had to destroy it?"
"It didn't fit my deck," Chazz said. "So I decided to get rid of it. Not like there's anyone who DESERVED IT."
"Destroying Duel Monster cards is the ultimate form of sacrilege here at the Academy." He put on his Duel Disk. "Punishable by a vengeance duel."
"So you want a duel? Well you're on, Kaiser."
"Hold on, Chazz, maybe you should back off."
"Yeah, nobody has been able to defeat Zane yet."
"You two losers back off, I know what I'm doing." He put on his own Duel Disk. "Let's see how my new cards stack up against you."
Zane won the duel in a single turn.
Alexis heard the entire thing from the doorway. She smiled and walked off.
Arthur got his stuff and went to the hot tub. Unlike the Obelisk and Ra dorms, Slifer Red really didn't have an actual bathroom. It had an outhouse and the tub was more like a gigantic hot tub.
Arthur disrobed and settled in and thought about the past day. He took a look at the blue crystals on the back of his hands. He tried ripping them out but it was no use. So he just gave up and thought about today. Red, blue, and yellow, those three colors signify what dorm you're in, nothing more. A poor student can wear blue colors, and an excellent student can wear red. Jaden's strength and courage has given me strength and courage. I'm just sorry that the first two of the first three people I met at the Academy turned out to be such rats. "Maybe… I could tough it out here at the Academy for at least one more week."
"I won't even give you that long," a deep voice said. Arthur felt a pair of meaty hands push him under water. Arthur struggled to get away but the hands were firmly holding him under water.
Oh God, I'm drowning, someone's trying to drown me! I need help, someone, anyone! Arthur slowly felt his breath leave him. He felt his body go limp and he start to sink to the bottom. As he fell, he turned and saw the moon shining through the water's surface. I always knew that when I die, I would die alone. He noticed a human shadow enter the water and swim towards him. Just before he blacked out he felt a dainty arm grab his.
Arthur's next conscious thought was of a sound like air being pushed into his lungs. He gagged as someone turned him on his side and he spat out water.
"Easy, kid, you're okay now."
Arthur leaned back and gasped for breath. When his breathing had steadied somewhat, he opened his eyes and saw the moon. "I'm… alive?" He asked.
"You sure are."
Arthur turned and saw Alexis on bended knees behind him. "Alexis!" He instinctively backpedaled and then he realized he was naked and quickly covered up. "Yipe!" Alexis chuckled and threw him a towel. "Thanks, Alexis, but what are you doing here? Last thing I remember is someone holding me under water."
Alexis pointed to something behind Arthur. Arthur turned and saw Charlie slumped up against a tree. "I think Charlie was upset at how you beat him today at the promotion tests so he tried to put you down for good. But Zane tackled him."
"Zane was here too?" Arthur looked around. "But he's not here now."
"That's Zane for you,' Alexis said. "He does what needs to be done than leaves. She stood up. "Come on, let's get out of here. I have a feeling that when Charlie comes to, he's going to be more than a little cranky."
"Yeah, sure." As he took her outstretched hand, Arthur stared at Alexis's curiously noticing that it felt wet. And its size… "Alexis, your hand…"
"Hmmm…?" Alexis looked down at it. "What about it?"
Arthur shook his head, "No, it's nothing." As he gathered up his stuff, he thought, I guess I was wrong, a cruel person wouldn't come rescue me. I hope… that this means my year at Duel Academy won't be all that bad.
The End
Duel Monster Database
Arthur vs. Charlie
(1)
Name: Morphing Jar
Level: 2
Type: Rock/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 700
DEF: 600
(2)
Name: Magical Merchant
Level: 1
Type: Insect/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 200
DEF: 700
(3)
Name: Magician of Faith
Level: 1
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 300
DEF: 400
(4)
Name: Thunder Dragon
Level: 5
Type: Thunder/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1500
(5)
Name: Needle Worm
Level: 2
Type: Insect/Effect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 750
DEF: 600
(6)
Name: Cybernetic Magician
Level: 6
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2400
DEF: 1000
(7)
Name: Element Dragon
Level: 4
Type: Dragon/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1200
(8)
Name: Wall of Illusion
Level: 4
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1850
(9)
Name: Outstanding Dog Marron
Level: 1
Type: Beast/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 100
DEF: 100
(10)
Name: Inferno Hammer
Level: 6
Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2400
DEF: 0
Jaden vs. Chazz
(1)
Name: Winged Kuriboh
Level: 1
Type: Fairy/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 300
DEF: 200
(2)
Name: Elemental Hero Clayman
Level: 4
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 800
DEF: 2000
(3)
Name: V-Tiger Jet
Level: 4
Type: Machine
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1800
(4)
Name: W-Wing Catapult
Level: 4
Type: Machine/Union
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1500
(5)
Name: VW-Tiger Catapult
Level: 6
Type: Machine/Fusion/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2000
DEF: 2100
(6)
Name: Elemental Hero Sparkman
Level: 4
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1400
(7)
Name: X-Head Cannon
Level: 4
Type: Machine
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1800
DEF: 1500
(8)
Name: Z-Metal Tank
Level: 4
Type: Machine/Union
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1300
(9)
Name: Y-Dragon Head
Level: 4
Type: Machine/Union
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1600
(10)
Name: XYZ-Dragon Cannon
Level: 8
Type: Machine/Fusion/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2600
(11)
Name: VWXYZ (V to Z) Dragon Catapult Cannon
Level: 8
Type: Machine/Fusion/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2800
(12)
Name: Elemental Hero Burstinatrix
Level: 3
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 1200
DEF: 800
(13)
Name: Winged Kuriboh Lv. 10
Level: 10
Type: Fairy/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 300
DEF: 200
(14)
Name: Elemental Hero Avian
Level: 3
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1000
Next Episode:
Banner: Never go into the abandoned dorm or you'll be trapped forever, the victim of a Shadow Game!
Syrus: Sounds scary.
Chumley: Sounds ominous.
Jaden: Sounds cool! I have to check this place out.
Alexis: You better listen to Professor Banner, Jaden, my brother disappeared in that dorm.
Jaden: Oh come on, nothing will happen to me.
Arthur: Better listen to Sempai, Jaden.
Jaden: Yeah, or else what?
Zane: Next episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Legends: Beyond a Shadow of a Duel Pt 1
Crowler: I think it's time the Shadow Games make a come back, and I know just who to call too.
