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Chapter 8: Redemption


The new day started off with Kaleb Wilde's class in the Obelisk Arena, the students already seated and awaiting the South Academy Teacher's word.

"Well guys and girls of the class," Kal announced. "Ever since the class tournament started, we see a lot of people dropping out in such a short time. I guess you all have that aggression in your dueling or really want to come at me with a duel for that A+."

"He sure is happy about it," Lyra droned.

"Sounds like he's eager for a duel himself," Allen added.

"But because of so many being dropped out, I decided it's time for two of you to get back in the running," the South Academy teacher announced. "These two will participate in a duel against myself and a special guest that's coming later."

"Alright, now we get to see him duel!" Jaden cheered. "I hope I get picked!"

"You would have a chance if you were knocked out," Reyna said, poking her brother's arm. "You're closer to dueling him for that A+, which would be good for you."

"Honestly, I can't see him getting knocked out in the early stages anyway," Claudio noted from the front of the class.

"But it would be good to see Professor Kal dueling so when the winner battles him, we'd know how he strategizes," Melody added.

"I would like to inform you all though," Kal announced, "I'm a duelist, too. Come at me like one and I'll be sure to judge you fairly."

"Otherwise, he will make you pay for it," A female voice called out as the arena doors opened up. She revealed herself to be the new Headmistress of Obelisk Blue's girls, Rachel Mason-Wilde. "Trust me, I've dueled against and beside him many times to get the point."

"And this would be my special guest," Kal smiled as he walked over to his wife and wrapped his arm around her. "She'll be taking on one of you while I take on the other."

"And I will put you through the test," Ray smirked to everyone, "Plus, I'm itchin' to duel someone as well since I have the free time this class. And I have time to spend with my Kali, here."

"'Kali? Several people wondered.

"Anyway, let's call up the first opponent for my Ray here," Kal announced as everyone that lost in the tournament waited on their name to be called. "And it will be Miss Lyra Raines, come on down!"

The Goth in question stood up from her seat and walked down the stairs without a word.

"Lyra got knocked out?" Melody wondered. "Wow, tough new competition this year..."

"Yeah, and it was not easy beating her," Claudio said.

"You did that?" the Spellcaster duelist gasped.

"Yeah, sometime after class she was shown on my Bio-Band as my fourth opponent." The J-Hero duelist admitted. "She really let me have it with a Synchro Monster that was out of this world, but somehow I was able to get past that and win."

"What she say afterwards?"

"Said I was very strong, and it was a pity I couldn't play a song during the win. She could have felt whatever emotions I felt through it, she added."

"Everybody feels the same as you when Viper took your guitar," Melody pointed out.


Once Lyra stood at the arena floor, Ray was already at the opposing side.

"Alright, Lyra," She announced, activating her disk. "Hope you're ready to be judged..."

"I am," Lyra replied, activating her disk.

"Woman of a few words," Ray deduced. "I can't wait to hear more..."

"GAME ON!"

Ray: 8000

Lyra: 8000

"I'll start things off here," Ray announced, drawing her sixth card. "It will be this cute little guy, Pirate Monkey in defense mode!" In a flash of light, a small brown and white furred monkey appeared wearing clothes of around the 1740s era: a white long sleeve shirt with a brown vest and pants. It chattered loudly at Lyra before climbing on Ray and sat on her shoulder. (3/1000/1000)

"A monkey, huh?" Jaden smiled. "Somehow it reminds me of Wheeler..."

"Who?" Reyna, Jesse, and Allyson said at the same time.

"I'll also place one card facedown to end my turn." Ray concluded, inserting her facedown card.

"My turn," Lyra announced, drawing her sixth card. "I place two cards facedown." She stated as she inserted two cards from her hand into her disk, and then held up another card. "Next, I activate the Spell Contract of Void." She announced, revealing a Spell card that showed Infernity Knight appearing from the destruction of many cards. "Since I have 3 cards in my hand, I can discard them all."

"Already, she's got her handless combo out to play," Allen noted as Lyra discarded the rest of the hand.

"She's now more of a threat," Melody added. "And it's early in the game..."

"Furthermore, I can Special Summon 1 Infernity Monster that was discarded among those cards," the Infernity duelist continued as she retrieved one of her cards. "And I choose my Infernity Archer!" She announced, summoning the monster to the field. It was a dark armored warrior outlined with orange and yellow markings. He held a large black bow with a quiver of giant yellow arrows. (6/2000/1000)

"This reminds me of her monsters she used against Lucien," Chazz stated. "Knights instead of Fiend-Type monsters..."

"You mean that guy who had the Grim Reaper you told me about," Jachin asked.

"The same..."

"You went too strong, I'm afraid," the Obelisk Headmistress stated to her opponent. "My monkey friend can't be targeted by Monsters with at least 1800 ATK."

"Then it's a good thing that I don't have any cards in my hand," Lyra replied, "I can have my Archer attack directly!" The Archer pulled back on the string on its bow and aligned a giant arrow with it. Letting go, the arrow flew across the field and struck Ray's duel disk with a powerful force, causing Pirate Monkey to screech in fear.

Ray: 6000

Lyra: 8000

"Lyra really wants to get back in the tournament, huh?" Alex wondered.

"More like she wants to get stronger," Allen corrected. "She really didn't care about the tournament; it's more about showing that she's powerful enough despite her rank and what Viper thinks of her. Besides, she's been winning a bunch of Survival Duels before and after losing her spot."

"Sounds like her, alright," Vincent noted.

"I end my turn." Lyra concluded.

"I won't let a fourth of my life points be gone without taking anything from you," Ray stated as she drew her next card. She showed it to the monkey on her shoulder, "What do you think?" Pirate Monkey pointed to the side of her disk. "Right, I activate the Field Spell Pirate Ship!" After the card was inserted, the ceiling of the arena turned to a bright blue sky while the arena itself was on the deck of a ship and the sea around them. "Welcome to my ship, children," She smirked. "My crew and I will be happy to entertain."

"Wow, does she really think she's a pirate now?" Blair asked.

"Remember what Professor Valtona said," Crystal interjected, "A duelist's deck says a lot of about a person; it wouldn't surprise me if she was influenced by pirates in her youth or was one."

"On my ship, all WATER monsters on my side of the field are considered 'Pirate' monsters and they gain 400 ATK/DEF but lose 2 Levels from my hand, field, and graveyard," Ray explained as Pirate Monkey leapt off the shoulders and hung on to the crow's nest on top of the sails. (3-1/1000-1400/1000-1400) "Not only that, but this card's name is also treated as 'Umi'."

"Meaning all of those cards that deals with Umi will provide Mrs. Wilde with a lot defense," Lily figured.

"And with her monsters at a low level, she could use cards to take advantage of that plus summon her strongest monsters easily," Jeremy added.

"Now, I also summon Pirate Cannon in attack mode!" Ray announced, playing her next monster card. It was towering man made up of black iron metal and had an old cannon for its left hand. (4/1700-2100/2000-2400) "Fire away, Cannon Fire!" She commanded as her metal monster lifted the cannon arm and aimed it at the Archer. With a blast, a black cannon ball shot from the arm and shattered its target into pixels. Not only that, one of Lyra's facedown cards had shattered from the impact.

Ray: 6000

Lyra: 7900

"And since I destroyed your monster, I can destroy one of your facedown cards as you just saw," She continued before she turned her attention to the crow's nest. "Alright, little pal attack Lyra directly!" The monkey screeched once more as it dropped down from up high and grabbed Lyra's disk, started to bite and punch it.

Ray: 6000

Lyra: 6500

"I activate my facedown card, Damage Gate!" Lyra announced, revealing her facedown card. "By taking battle damage, I can Special Summon a monster from the graveyard who's ATK equals the damage I took or less," She then took out another monster from her graveyard and placed it on the field, "I Special Summon the Tuner Monster, Infernity Beetle in attack mode!"

From the dead, a large, black beetle with two intimidating horns appeared. (2/1200/0)

"Alrighty, I'll end my turn," Ray concluded.

"500 point gap and it's anyone's game, ladies," Kal stated.

"I move," Lyra announced, drawing her next card. "First, since I drew Infernity Archfiend from the deck before I had a hand, I can Special Summon it immediately," She began, bringing out a demonic flare that erupted beside her, forming into a tall, skeletally thin purple-skinned demon with four amber eyes, clad in a grey shroud. (4/1800/1200"And because he was Special Summoned while I have no cards in my hand, I can take an Infernity Monster from my deck and add it to my hand." She stated, searching through her deck and found her choice card and then shuffled the rest of the deck to place back into her disk. "And then, I summon Infernity Necromancer!" A dark portal ripped open beside her and a skeletal monster clad in dark purple robes appeared, its face like a horse's skull and its hair made of grey feathers. It pulled apart the robes on its chest, revealing a purple gate in place of its ribcage. (4/0/2000)

"She's getting started with her monster summoning business," Claudio noted.

"When Infernity Necromancer is Normal Summoned, it turns to defense mode!" Lyra continued as the Necromancer crossed its arms over its chest. "And then, I'll activate Infernity Beetle's effect! Because I'm handless, I can tribute this monster to Special Summon two more Beetles from my deck!"

Everyone gasped at what Lyra was starting to do. "At this rate, she'll fill up her field with monsters!" Teo stated as the Beetle glowed dark and then split into two more Beetles. (2/1200/0) x2

"And then, I use Necromancer's effect to Special Summon my Archer back from the graveyard!" the Infernity duelist stated as her monster revealed its cape again, and freed the Archer from its grave once more. (6/2000/1000)

"She's going to Synchro Summon," Fidel realized.

"First, I'll have my Archer attack you directly once more!" Lyra announced as her Archer launched another arrow from its bow and struck Ray's duel disk.

Ray: 4000

Lyra: 6500

"Man, Lyra's making a killing with just that one monster," Masaki gasped.

"She won't even need to Synchro Summon at this rate," Kenji added.

"I tune my Level 6 Archer with one of my Level 2 Beetles!" Lyra announced as one of the beetles flew into the sky and transformed into two tuning gates. The archer then flew into the two gates and transformed into six glowing stars and let the power combine.

"From these dark souls I combine, I create the dragon of death. Synchro Summon! Rise from the dead, Infernity Death Dragon!"

The darkness spread from the Synchro Summoning process and unleashed a pitch black dragon that stood on two legs and spread out its wings that looked torn and tattered. It had four arms, two smaller, dinosaur-like arms and two larger ones with clamps for hands. Its head was topped off with a grey crown made of prongs with what seemed to be a portion of its brains being shown. (8/3000/2400)

"A Dragon," Lily gasped.

"Even though my Battle Phase is over, I can still activate my Dragon's special ability," Lyra stated. "I can destroy one monster on your side of the field and then deal damage equal to half of its ATK. And I select your Pirate Cannon! Flames of Death, now!"

Infernity Doom Dragon roared and unleashed black flames from its mouth to burn up the iron pirate and make it explode.

Ray: 2950

Lyra: 6500

"Yikes, now I see how you were having a tough time against her," Melody said.

"That's not the monster I fought, but I have seen another Dragon she earned that stepped up the pressure," Claudio stated.

Lyra smiled at the destruction she caused and concluded with, "I end my turn."

"Lyra could win this next turn," Jeremy realized. "Infernity Necromancer could bring back Infernity Archer and then Doom Dragon could destroy the Monkey with its effect and then every monster could attack and win."

"It would depend on what the new Headmistress has next," Alexis pointed out as Ray drew her next card.

"Alright, it's time to change the tide of this battle," the Obelisk Headmistress announced. "First, I summon the Captain of this Ship... my Pirate Captain!"

She placed the card on her field and brought out a tan, mustachioed man who wears his dark brown hair in dreadlocks decorated with numerous beads. His beard is similarly styled into two smaller dreads, each with two very small beads near the tips. He wore a faded red bandana on his head, on which is another small beaded ornament ending in a silver coin along with a pirate captain hat. He wears brown boots and has brown eyes, and carries the scabbard of his cutlass on his left hip, kept in place by a black strap that goes over his right shoulder. He wears another, tan belt around his waist; overtop a tattered, white piece of cloth tied around his waist. Jack's compass hangs from this second belt, tied on by a piece of twine, and his pistol is tucked into the cloth. He wears a faded, loose white shirt underneath a black jacket that exposes his chest, both tucked beneath the cloth and belt. The legs of his black pants are tucked into his boots. Finally, he sported a fingerless glove on his right hand. (5-3/2000-2400/1200-1600)

'Lyra's in for it now,' Kal thought.

"For every other Pirate monster on the field, the Captain gains 100 ATK," the Pirate duelist stated as the Captain drew his cutlass. (3/2400-2500/1600)

"Next, I use the Spell card Keelhaul!" She continued, inserting a Spell card depicting a sailor being tied up and held over a Pirate ship, about to be submerged into the seas. "With this card, I can destroy a number of cards on your field equal to the number of Pirate Monsters I control. And that means two cards are about to bite the dust!"

Lyra gasped as she knew which ones would go.

"I select Infernity Doom Dragon and Infernity Necromancer!" Ray announced as ropes suddenly appeared out of every corner of the ship and ensnared both Infernity monsters in question. Everyone then watched as they were thrown overboard into the waters to drown, "Monsters overboard to Davy Jones' locker!"

"Yikes, she's just a brutal as Lyra can be," Hassleberry exclaimed.

"Just acts sweeter..." Syrus added.

"Now to business," Ray smirked. "Pirate Monkey, take down the Infernity Beetle!" Everyone then was surprised as the monkey pulled out a small flintlock pistol, cocked it, and fired the single shot it had into the beetle and shattered it into pixels.

Ray: 2950

Lyra: 6300

"And then the Captain will kick the Archfiend off the ship!" The Pirate Captain ran across the deck and skillfully slashed the Archfiend into ribbons.

Ray: 2950

Lyra: 5600

"Wow, in one turn she's taken down Lyra's lineup!" Claudio gasped. "This teacher knows her stuff."

"It's still too close to say if Lyra's finished or not," Melody noted. "But if she doesn't step it up, she'll lose."

"I'll end my turn once again." Ray concluded. "I have the field advantage, but I won't hold it against you to have something planned for me."

"My turn," Lyra said, drawing her next card. "I'll activate Pot of Greed, enabling me to draw two cards!" She began as the grinning pot appeared above her, letting her draw her two cards before shattering. "I place one card facedown and one monster in defense mode." She concluded as she inserted of the cards in her disk slots while placing the other face down on the duel tray, with the holograms appearing perpendicular to each other.

"On the defensive are we?" Ray stated, drawing her next card. "Too bad it won't help; I summon Pirate Mermaid in attack mode!" A flash of light sparked from outside of the ship. And then jumping out of the seas, was a red-headed mermaid woman a wearing a white sleeveless pirate blouse and a blue tail and landed on the side of the boat. (3-1/1000-1400/2000-2400), (3/2500-2600/1600) "And her special ability allows her to attack directly!"

The mermaid jumped back in the water with a sounding splash. Lyra then stood wary of where the attack would come from. She got her answer when she heard the water splash from her right and saw the mermaid with a wild expression on her face and slashed Lyra with her sword before landing on the deck.

Ray: 2950

Lyra: 4600

"And when she deals Battle Damage, I gain 500 life points!" Ray continued as she felt a blue aura envelope her.

Ray: 3450

Lyra: 4600

"Not only that but I can switch my Mermaid to defense mode." The mermaid then leapt back into the water for cover. "And then, I'll have my Captain destroy your facedown monster!" The Pirate Captain smirked as he got another chance to strike down another Set monster, revealing to be a bizarre Native American style Infernity with pallid white skin appeared, puffing smoke rings from a pipe. (4/1000/1000)

"You destroyed my Infernity Signaler that was Set," Lyra continued as she took out another monster. "So, I may Special Summon a Level 4 or below Infernity Monster from my deck! And I Special Summon my Infernity Guardna!" She announced as a hulking, fiendish warrior in black armor, with massive black spearhead-shaped shields attached to both forearms. (4/0/2200) "Furthermore, by destroying Signaler you activated a monster effect from the graveyard."

"That you sent with Contract of Void, I take it," Ray interjected.

"Correct," the Infernity duelist replied, taking the monster card from her graveyard. "And that will be my Tuner monster, Infernity Avenger!" From a dark flash, a small cowboy appeared wearing the stereotypical brown cowboy hat, pants, boots, coat and was armed with two blue and gold pistols. The thing that set them apart from the real cowboys was the devilish-looking face. (1/0/0)

"Scary," Jethro whistled, "But seeing most of her monsters lately, not surprised..."

"And since Avenger was Special Summoned this way, his level matches the monster that was destroyed in battle and sent to the graveyard." Lyra stated as a red aura surrounded the Avenger. (1-4/0/0)

"She's Tuning next turn," Vincent figured. "Man, she's quick."

"I'll end my turn again," Ray stated. "Let's see who's coming this time..."

"As you wish," Lyra replied, drawing her next card and immediately placing it on the field. "First, I'll summon Infernity Dwarf in defense mode!" A short, squat dwarf clad in green overalls over a white shirt and grey trousers appeared from a prominence of darkness, wielding a flaming battleaxe. (2/800/400"And then let my Level 4 Guardna tune together with Level 4 Avenger!" Avenger blasted its pistols twice before transforming into four tuning gates. Guardna then jumped in and transformed into four glowing stars...

"After many years wait, the witch revived shall seek the Eye of memories' past. Synchro Summon! Appear now, Infernity Umbra Witch!"

The Synchro Summoned flashedwith something like a spotlight with the silhouette of a woman inside. Soon, layers of black shroud just suddenly appeared and clung to her figure until she's clad in a frayed outfit that exposed the top part of her back and the upper chest, but had a black jewel covering that spot. She also wore high heels on her feet, red framed glasses over her eyes, and her black hair spun up to beehive with a red ribbon around it. The favored weapons were four guns, two she held on her hands and the other two were on her heels. (8/2900/2500)

"Wow," Allen said, staring at Lyra's new Synchro Monster. "Going from monsters that are fiends to monsters like... that?"

"Just say it, she's freakin' hot!" Alex waved off, but grinning at the same time. "Be subtle all you like..."

"Everyone must think that monster's great and all," Jaden stated. "With 2900 ATK, Lyra's monster could beat any monster the headmistress throws her way!"

"Just be glad that's he not 'making eyes' at her like the rest of the taken boys," Reyna whispered to Allyson, to which both girls giggled.

"That's the monster that gave me a hard time," Claudio pointed out, but not being as googly-eyed as most of the other boys. "If she combines it with other Infernity monster effects, it'll be powerful."

"What's her effect?" Melody asked.

"I see your monster's the talk amongst the boys," Ray smirked. "I'd be jealous if I wasn't married already..."

"Let them see; she's just a monster in the game," Lyra stated. "For now, since I don't have any cards in my hand, Umbra Witch is allowed to attack every single monster on your side of the field. And then with Infernity Dwarf, now I can deal Piercing damage to your monsters, not including the monkey that can't be targeted by my monsters since attack points are over 1800."

"Not only that, but she's weakening the Captain by 100 since Mermaid will be destroyed before he does," Jachin figured.

"Umbra Witch, attack the Mermaid and then the Captain with Bullet Climax," the Infernity duelist commanded. Umbra Witch smirked as she first fired a barrage from her hand guns to the monkey, making it screech in fear when trying to dodge them all, but none did. Next, she jumped to the side of the deck and laid down provocatively on her side, aiming her hand guns in the water and then the ones of her feet at the Captain. The Mermaid jumped out to counterattack, but was met with a few bullets that made an explosion upon impact.

Ray: 2950

Lyra: 4600

Finally, she stretched out her long legs to fire bullets and shot the Pirate Captain and saw him fall flat on his back.

Ray: 2850

Lyra: 4600

But Lyra saw something wrong and turned her attention to the skies. At first, she didn't pay them any mind when she attacked the monkey, but now she saw the night envelop the field with the only source of light was from a full moon. "When did that happen?"

"Before you started attacking," Ray announced, "I activated my Full Moon Curse Trap Card that I've been saving the entire time!"

"But was that have to do with..." The Infernity duelist's question died out in her mouth, when she saw the monsters she thought were finished… all of their skin (and fur in Pirate Monkey's case) were gone, leaving their skeletons bare for everyone to see. The clothes looked torn up and looked worn out from years of wear and tear.

"They're zombies!" Hassleberry exclaimed.

"How did that happen?" Yuri added.

"My Full Moon Curse actually curses my monsters in a life that's neither of the living nor of the dead," the Pirate Duelist stated. "It comes from the legend of pirates taking the Cursed Aztec Gold of Cortez from the Isla de Muerta. But by taking that gold from the chest, they become this…" She pointed to the undead looking pirate monsters, the Captain taking a gold coin out of his pocket and shuffling along his fingers. "In short, no mortal weapons can kill them and they can't be destroyed in battle now."

"She waited until the opportune moment," Kal stated to himself, "When it would truly benefit in the duel... that's what she does for a living..."

"I end my turn," Lyra concluded.

"Alright, let's go," Ray announced, drawing her next card. "Since I am able to deal more damage and ultimately recover from your life points, I'll add the Saber Cutlass to my Captain to give him 500 ATK, plus Piercing Damage!" The undead captain's regular blade was replaced with a new, more refined cutlass which he taken a liking to. (3/2600-3100/1600)

"Oh no, he can now stop Lyra's Synchro monster and she'll be defenseless again," Allen stated.

"I don't Mrs. Wilde will go after her," Claudio replied. "She added a card that deals piercing damage. If she wanted him gone, she would have used something else to power him up."

"Yeah, by going for piercing damage she's going after..." Melody stopped her words and eyed the Infernity Dwarf, feeling the Captain's eyes on him.

"Let's stop that piercing damage, shall we?" the Pirate duelist grinned. "Attack that dwarf and shave some points off Lyra..." The Captain ran across the deck and raised his cutlass high...

"And now, I activate the card I saved," Lyra announced, revealing her facedown card depicting Infernity Beast evading Layard the Liberator's onslaught. "Infernity Force! Since you attacked an Infernity Monster, while I had no cards in my hand, I can destroy your monster and then Special Summon an Infernity Monster from my graveyard!"

Ray gasped as a dark force erupted from the dwarf, giving him a sinister look. Once the Captain reached the dwarf, the latter unleashed black flames from his body and burned the undead captain to ashes. She then closed her eyes and smiled sadly, "Yes, they can't be destroyed by battle but they are vulnerable to magic."

"Which is why I waited to activate this trap card," the Infernity duelist stated as she took out a monster from her graveyard. "Now, I'm able to return to the field, Infernity Death Dragon!" From the flames that Infernity Dwarf unleashed, it reformed into the dark dragon ready for another strike. (8/3000/2400)

"By doing that, you activated a Quick-Play Spell card from my hand!" Ray announced, inserted her card into the disk. It showed Pirate Captain stuck on an island and holding on to a flintlock pistol. "I activate Marooned! By Special Summoning a Monster, I can stop it from attacking and deal damage equal to its DEF!"

Lyra groaned as her Dragon was forced off the ship by the sails and left on an island, and felt the red aura burn into her.

Ray: 2850

Lyra: 2400

"And then, I'll add the final part by allowing Pirate Mermaid to attack directly!" The mermaid slid across the deck, passed by the monsters and slashed Lyra's disk once more while Ray was surrounded by a blue aura, healing her points.

Ray: 3350

Lyra: 1400

"And then, I'll move her into defense mode and end my turn with a facedown card." Ray concluded as her mermaid dove into the water.

"My turn now," Lyra said, drawing her next card. "I place one card facedown and then have my Infernity Death Dragon activate its effect, destroying the Pirate Mermaid and deal half of her ATK to your life points!" The dragon unleashed another dark flame from its mouth, while the Pirate Mermaid jumped out in time to be incinerated.

Ray: 2650

Lyra: 1400

"Great, but you still can't touch my Monkey!" Ray wagged her finger as the undead monkey returned to her shoulder and chattered with a grin.

"But I can touch you," Lyra smirked. "I activate another monster's effect from the graveyard. When I sent my hand to the graveyard in the first turn, I also sent the monster Infernity Queen there as well."

"Sound like a big one," Jaden nodded.

"Oh it is," the Infernity duelist stated as she showed off the monster in question. It depicted another monster with a dark armored battle dress, wearing a grey cape and helmet while wielding a large scepter. "My Infernity Queen allows me to select one monster on my field, and they are allowed to attack you directly. And I choose my Umbra Witch, of course!"

"Sweet, with 2900 ATK she's won!" Allen exclaimed.

"Umbra Witch, attack the pirate!" Lyra commanded as her monster winked at Ray before firing a bullet, heading straight for her arm...

"Let's share the pain, why don't we?" Ray asked as she revealed her facedown card. "Thanks to Contagion of Madness, when I take Battle Damage you'll be losing half my pain to your life points!"

"That means..." Jeremy's words died out once Umbra Witch's bullet impacted Ray's disk, but only for to ricochet back to Lyra and hit her disk.

Ray: 0

Lyra: 0

DRAW!


The holograms disappeared as people applauded and Ray made her way towards Lyra.

"I can see now you really are a great duelist," She stated. "Even with everything I did to keep you from hurting me much, you calmed down soon after and worked on a strategy to keep going despite the odds. I'd say you earned your tournament spot back." She then turned to Kal. "Kali?"

"With your Infernities, it's mostly on luck to have drawn the right cards before continuing the handless combo," Kal replied. "Having multiple, high-attack, and wall monsters seemed to be protecting that... as much as I don't approve of it, you don't have a problem with it."

"I understand since my cards are frowned upon by many," Lyra noted. "But, like any other card, they can be beaten, so it makes no matter to me whether or not my strategies are liked."

Kal laughed a bit, "Good girl, that's why you're back in the tournament. If you like it, that's reason enough. You can return to your seat now."

"Thank you," Lyra bowed out and then returned to her seat.

"Now, it's time I got my cards played," Kal smirked, going back to his list of names. "And I'm eager to play against... Syrus Truesdale!"

Everyone looked at the kid in question.

"Me?" Syrus gasped.

"Yeah, come on down and let's go," Kal said, inviting him down.

"Alright," Syrus said after taking a deep breath and then walked on down, meeting Lyra halfway.

"Good luck," She said as he walked by.

"Thanks," He replied.

Lyra returned to her seat next to Allen.

"That was great duel out there," He said, "And nice Synchro Monsters, too."

"You enjoyed seeing my Umbra Witch," She stated.

Hearing that, made the fairy duelist blushed, "Well... I... uh..."

"All I needed to hear," Lyra noted.


Once Syrus made it to the arena floor, he saw Kal already having his duel disk turned on. "So you ready?"

"Sure," the Ra replied, activating his disk. "I'm ready..."

"Remember what I said in my first class," Kal smirked, "You will lose..."

Kal: 8000

Syrus: 8000

"I'll have you start the party, little guy," Kal offered.

"Alright then," Syrus said, drawing his sixth card. Looking at his current hand, he smiled at his find. 'This looks like a good start already...'

"Looks like Syrus got some sweet cards in his hand already," Jaden smiled.

"Hope he'll know what he's doing since he has the first turn and he can't attack," Reyna added.

"Alright," Syrus announced, taking out one card from his hand, "Since I have no other cards out on my field, I can Special Summon the Roaring Express Train Rocket Arrow automatically!" He announced as he placed the monster card on the duel tray. A roaring sound came through the air, having the people cover their ears. Crashing through the arena doors, in holographic fashion of course, a blue, turbojet train appeared skidding next to Syrus which extended out. Attached to the very top was a white fighter jet with red engines. Everyone bugged out on the size, but more on the stats of the Ra's new monster. (10/5000/0)

"A 5000 ATK on the first turn," Chazz exclaimed with a shock.

"This kid is nuts," Sam stated. "How'd he get a card like that? And what's he doing playing it so early?"

"Yeah, that doesn't sound like what Syrus would do," Jachin figured.

"Yeah..." Claudio mused.

"With this card summoned, I can't attack on the first turn anyway plus I'm unable to activate or Set cards," Syrus continued. "So, I'll end my turn."

"A monster that strong on a first turn is a bad move," Kal sighed, drawing his sixth card. "Kinda showing off all that you're capable of in one card... and very easy to counter... and I'll just start with one card facedown and ending my turn." He concluded, inserting a lone Set card.

"Now he's only using a Spell or Trap card to counter Syrus' monster," Melody gasped. "It's crazy."

"Then again, it could be the ultimate defense against the ultimate attack," Kenji figured. "If all Professor Kal's going to use is a facedown card, then it must be something."

"It's my turn again," Syrus announced, drawing his next card. "During the standby phase, either I have to give up five cards in my hand or destroy my Machine monster. And I choose to send the five of my cards to the graveyard." He stated, discarding the number of cards. "I'll then attack you directly!"

The fighter jet part of the machine fired several lasers from its wings...

"I activate my Defense Draw trap card," Kal announced, revealing his facedown card. An emerald green barrier had erected around the South Academy Teacher, preventing the lasers from touching him. "Thanks to this, I can make the battle damage 0 plus draw one card," He stated, drawing his single card.

"I end my turn," Syrus concluded, sounding disappointed.

"Wow, so much from one card and he couldn't land a hit on him," Alexis noted. "Just hope Syrus knows what he's doing..."

"Looks like you couldn't get much out of that single attack," Kal smiled, drawing his next card. "But I know there must be a method for that card that you made a risk. And while I figure that out, I'll use the Spell Knight's Crest," He announced, inserting the card into the disk and letting the hologram show off a red banner with three, small triangles aligned as two on the bottom and one on top. "Thanks to this, I can add one Knight that's Level 4 or below from my deck into my hand."

"Yeah, he's not too worried about staring down a Level 10 monster that couldn't do much," Jesse stated as Kal retrieved his choice card.

"And then, I'll summon my Hidden Blade Knight in attack mode." Kal announced, placing the monster card on the duel tray. Walking out of the card image, was an Italian man shrouded in a white and red hood and robes, with a wide, red sash over with an insignia on it and carrying several throwing knives. It also had a cape over the left arm and shoulder with a leather spaulder, (3/1200/800) "Attack Syrus directly!"

The knight reached into his sash for the knives in a quick second, and threw it straight into Syrus' disk in the next who didn't notice the quickness of it all.

Kal: 8000

Syrus: 6200

"Let's see how you get out of this," Kal concluded, inserting another facedown card.

"I will," Syrus stated, drawing his next card. "Since I don't have five cards to discard, I have to destroy my monster." Rocket Arrow shattered into pixels on the spot. "I activate the Spell Tremendous Fire! This card deals 1000 points of damage to you while dealing me 500 points of damage as well."

Soon, a blazing inferno surrounded the field that blasted the flames at the duelists.

Kal: 7000

Syrus: 5700

"He managed to hit Kal, but it'll have to be more than that to win against him," Jim said.

"Now I activate the effect of the monsters in my graveyard," Syrus called out.

Kal raised an eyebrow at the Ra's declaration, and got everyone else confused. "In the graveyard?" they all asked.

"Right," Syrus smirked, "When I used Rocket Arrow's cost effect, I discarded five monsters... all of which had the same Summoning effect." He then reached into his graveyard, taking out five cards. "And I now summon to the field the Transformer Aerialbots Sliverbolt, Skydive, Slingshot, Fireflight, and Air Raid!"

"Transformers," Syrus' friends wondered as five blue flashes appeared in the sky, creating five robotic forms in the sky. The first was Silverbolt, a small scale version of a white Concord SST jet liner, with a symbol of a red, robotic face on the back wings, before transforming into a robot. (3/800/400)

Second, Skydive, a blue and red F-16 Falcon Fighter Jet with the same symbol on his back and then transformed as well. (2/600/300)

Third, Slingshot, a white Sea Harrier jumpjet with the same symbol on its wings and then transformed. (1/500/250)

Fourth, Fireflight, was a red F-4 Phantom II with white wings and then showed off his robot form. (3/700/350)

Fifth and finally, Air Raid, a black F-15 Eagle who transformed into the last robot... (2/600/300)

"Five monsters at once," Ray gasped. "They may be weak, but that was fast!"

"And since he's battling against someone who probably has more powerful monsters," Lyra continued, "There may be more than meets the eye to these new Machine-Types."

"Impressive tactics," Kal smiled. "If I didn't know better... you set me up..."

"Before you decide that, I activate my next card, Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your facedown card," Syrus announced, inserting the named Spell card into his disk, creating a windstorm that blew away the lone facedown card Kal had. "And with your Spell/Trap Zone clear, I'll send all of the Aerialbots back to the graveyard and fuse them together to create Transformer Superion!"

"Cool, and without a Polymerization card," Kurogasa stated as the Aerialbots transformed back into fighter planes and flew into the air. Silverbolt transformed into a torso, Skydive and Air Raid became the legs and grew black feet, and Firefight with Slingshot became arms and grew fists. Once all Aerialbots became one, the body grew a head and bared the Autobot symbol on its back. (9/?/?)

"He's giant compared to the five little guys," Mikoto gasped.

"And when combined, all the ATK and DEF of all Aerialbots become his original stats!" Syrus proclaimed as Superion armed himself with two guns. (9/?-3200/?-1600)

"And now Kal's in trouble," Blair pointed out.

"Now attack Hidden Blade Knight!" the Ra announced as Superion fired a flurry of energy bullets at the knight who tried to evade as best he could before being struck down.

Kal: 5000

Syrus: 5700

"Sweet, Syrus got the upper hand now!" Jaden cheered.

"Man, he's certainly got a lot better with this deck," Yuri said, impressed with the Ra.

"Guess you can say he stepped up a little," Jim added.

Waving off the smoke from the battle, Kal couldn't help but smile. "I was right, you set me up with that 5000 ATK monster just to make me seem you played your best out on the field. Now it looks like I have to step up the seriousness of my game play!"

"I'll end my turn before that with a facedown card," Syrus concluded.

"Alright then," Kal said, "Instead of making my draw, I activate Knight's Crest from the graveyard," He announced, taking out the named Spell and putting it into his pocket. "By banishing it, it lets me add a Level 5 or higher 'Knight' card into my hand from the deck."

"And it looks like, he's going in for the big time," Ray smiled as her husband took out his choice card from the deck before shuffling it and placing it back into the disk.

"Next, I summon Marauding Captain!" In a flash, a soldier with sandy blonde hair wearing silver armor and a cape. In his hands were two silver blades. (3/1200/400"And everyone knows his effect, so I'll just get to it and Special Summon the Sword Knight!" He then put another card on the tray, bringing out a knight wearing grey-blue plate armor and helmet that concealed his body, and held the standard knight's sword. (4/1600/1000) "And also Special Summons a monster, but of the Knight persuasion... the Tuner Monster, Chibi Knight!" For the third time, Kal placed a monster on the disk and this time it was as the named implied, a chibi knight that wore silver armor similar to Sword Knight, only the helmet was opened from the front showing the small eyes. (4/1400/0)

"Three monsters at once, Sam Hill," Hassleberry gasped.

"You're telling me," Jethro added. "And one of them being a Tuner, meaning he'll be Synchro Summoning soon."

"Once summoned, Chibi Knight gains the ability of a Knight in my graveyard," Kal continued. "So he shall become the Hidden Blade Knight!" Next, the armor dissolved from the knight and then reformed into Hidden Blade Knight's assassin robes, complete with mini-throwing knives. "Now, attack directly!"

Déjà vu came back for Syrus as he didn't see how fast the knight threw the knives into his disk.

Kal: 5000

Syrus: 4300

"Syrus is back in the low end, but he's still got field advantage ready." Claudio pointed out.

"Not for long..." Melody said, pointing to the Tuning Process between Chibi Knight and Sword Knight becoming four Tuning rings and four stars.

"I now Synchro Summon, the Colossal Fighter!" The Synchro Summoning power unleashed a massive warrior with a silver, cybernetic armor, with blue jewels embedded, covering him appeared. He also wore a green visor over its eyes and stomped down on the floor. (8/2800/1000)

"Cool monster," Masaki noted.

"And then for every Warrior monster in the graveyard, he gains 100 ATK. And there are currently three," The blue jewels glowed lightly on the fighter, boosting his strength. (8/2800-3100/1000"I then end my turn by placing one card on the field." He concluded, inserting a card into his disk.

"Now we know he's setting up Syrus," Aster noted. "Either he lets him destroy Marauding Captain, just for Colossal Fighter to match Superion for a simultaneous kill."

"There must be some other monster effect that Fighter has then," the S-Hero duelist figured.

"Yeah, and Syrus better see it before he makes the big move," the D-Hero duelist nodded.

"Alright, my move," Syrus announced, drawing his lone card, "I play my facedown card, Deconstruct!" He announced as the facedown card depicted Superion being separated and the five Aerialbots appearing in front of him in their robot forms. "With this card, I can return Superion back to my Extra Deck and resummon all of the Aerialbots from my graveyard!"

"But that's a Quick-Play Spell," Lyra wondered. "Why use it in front of the opponent, when he could use it as a Trap?"

"Superion, deconstruct now!" Syrus commanded as the fusion monster separated itself into the five Aerialbots with all of them being in attack mode and the line up being Slingshot, Skydive, Silverbolt, Firefight, and Air Raid. (1/500/250), (2/600/300), (3/800/400), (3/700/350), (2/600/300) "And then, all of them have the power to attack directly as long as there is another Aerialbot with them. And it avoids destroying your monsters and making Colossal Fighter stronger!"

Kal couldn't help but smile even as Silverbolt lead his fellow Aerialbots into shooting their guns and lasers, putting him down.

Kal: 1800

Syrus: 4300

"Whoa, Syrus is really tearing it up out there with only six monsters being put out there!" Jaden exclaimed. "If he can pull off the direct attacks once more, he'll win with nearly half his score intact!"

"And he'll probably get promoted back to Obelisk Blue," Allyson added.

"I then place one card facedown to end my turn," Syrus concluded.

"You really are a powerful duelist, Syrus," Kal admitted, while drawing the next card. "But I see what you're doing; and we shouldn't end it so soon. This is why I'm using my facedown, Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy it!" He then inserted the spell into the disk, creating the windstorm that would destroy his opponent's facedown card.

"I activate it before that happens, No Entry!" Syrus announced, revealing the trap card. "This forces all monsters in attack mode to go into defense mode!" The trap flashed causing, Colossal Fighter and Marauding Captain to take a knee and cross with their arms or swords, while the Aerialbots transformed back into their aircraft forms.

"But I see that was intended for me to attack so you could attack me directly next turn," the South Academy teacher pointed out as he switched his monsters back into attack mode. "Since I didn't manually switch the modes of my monsters, I can do it now and then sacrifice Marauding Captain to summon out the Axe Knight!" The captain vanished and then replaced with another knight clad in silver, plate armor with gold trim, wielding a halberd. (6/2400/1200), (8/3100-3200/1000) "And then, thanks to his special ability he can attack up to three times as long as you have monsters on the field!"

"Oh man," Syrus cringed.

"Along with Colossal Fighter, everyone but Air Raid's going to crash and burn," Kal grinned, "Axe Knight, take charge with Rolling Halberd!" The Knight yelled as he charged in, halberd held out to the left side. Once he got close enough, he was able to swing it with such speed and force that Slingshot, Skydive, and Silverbolt were cut in half and taken apart into exploding. "And then, Colossal Fighter takes out Firefight with Colossal Crush!" The Fighter was able to catch the Aerialbot in question in his massive hand, crushing it to scrap.

"Four monsters gone just like that," Axel stated. "That boy doesn't stand a chance, especially since Zane's not so tough either."

"Don't be so quick to judge, amigo," Fidel said, pointing out Syrus' demeanor. "He's still got fight in him..."

"It's my turn," Syrus said, not losing resolve while drawing his next card. "I summon the Tuner Monster, Transformer Blaster!" He announced, placing the monster on the field. A large red stereo system appeared, complete with black speakers. Then, it started to transform into a robot with the speakers as its legs, and the cassette opening on its chest. (4/1400/2200)

"You're Synchro Summoning this time, hmm?" Kal mused.

"First, with his Special Ability, I can summon an Autobot Cassetticon Token!" Blaster opened up its chest and ejected a white cassette tape with the Autobot Crest on the front. (2/500/500"And it's level 2, so I can tune it with Level 2 Air Raid with Level 4 Blaster!" The cassette tape went back into Blaster while Air Raid jumped in front of the Tuner monster, all becoming four Tuning rings and four glowing stars.

"Righteous forces combine to open the way to the one who will lead to them to hope. Synchro Summon! Roll Out, Transformer Optimus Prime!"

From the light, a loud horn blared and the sound of tires on the road came closer to the field. Soon, a large, blue truck with a silver steel trailer attached to it rolled on to the field. Once it stopped, the trail detached and then the vehicle transformed into a taller, blue and red robot. One look at his eyes showed the leadership and righteousness he had. (8/2600/3000) "Meet the leader of the Autobots!"

"Good monster, but he needs something to help him," Crystal said. "He's matching against Kal perfectly, but need something more..."

"And then, I activate the Field Spell Cybertron!" Syrus continued, inserting a card into the Field Spell slot. It transformed the entire arena into an advanced and robotic world with the surface of it mechanical and the water was dirty-looking. "But before I get into its effects, I'll have Optimus Prime attack Colossal Fighter!" Optimus charged towards Colossal Fighter with his feet clacking against the ground.

"What's the catch?" Bradshaw wondered.

"He's getting to it," Kairi sighed.

"When Optimus Prime attacks a monster stronger than himself, he gains 1000 ATK during that fight!" the Transformer duelist announced as Prime charged up a golden aura from inside of him, spurring him on to fight harder. (8/2600-3600/3000) Once he reached his target, Prime picked up the Fighter and dealt a massive uppercut that sent him flying into the stars.

Kal: 1400

Syrus: 4300

'If only I had another monster right now to take down Axe Knight, but it's still cool,' Syrus thought. 'I can summon a new monster next turn and...' He then gasped as from the dirty water, came Colossal Fighter crawling out and making his way back onto the battlefield. (8/2800-3200/1000"He came back?"

"There it is," Aster pointed out. "Colossal Fighter can resurrect a Warrior-Type monster back to the field whenever he's destroyed in battle."

"And since he's a Warrior-Type himself, Colossal Fighter's fair game to revive as well," Masaki figured. "If only that power boost could work on both sides of the battle."

"Aw man, Syrus almost had him," Allen sighed.

"It's cool, man," Alex called out. "You're still in this with 4300 life points, you got time!"

"I end my turn with a facedown card." Syrus stated, inserting a card into his disk.

"My turn now," Kal announced, drawing his next card. "And then, I'll have Colossal Fighter destroy Optimus Prime!" The Synchro Fighter saw his chance to retaliate as he charged in to meet Optimus head on and locked up. However, Colossal Fighter showed his superiority when he broke down Optimus' arms and then headbutted him in the chest to send him down.

Kal: 1400

Syrus: 3700

Next, the ground opened up and swallowed up the remains of the Autobot Leader which got Kal's attention. "What's going on here?"

"Cybertron's effect activates," Syrus stated, "Whenever a Machine-Type monster's destroyed and sent to the graveyard, I'm able to Special Summon another one who's level matches Optimus' or less. Plus when Optimus was destroyed, I can add a certain Equip Spell from my deck."

"Man, Syrus is getting more planning and action from this deck," Kenji smiled.

"Yeah, I haven't seen him duel this intensely since the GX tournament when he started facing Pro Duelists." Alexis added.

Syrus then took out two cards from his deck, placing the Monster card on his field. "I summon Transformer Ultra Magnus!" Rolling onto the field after the card was placed on the field, was a white Freightliner COE with a blue and red car-carrier trailer that carried weaponry. He then transformed into a robot that was as tall as Optimus Prime, maybe even taller than that and carried a rocket launcher on his shoulders and a rifle in his hands. (6/2300/1500) "And since he's in attack mode, he gains 100 ATK from each LIGHT Machine in my graveyard. And there are currently 7!" He announced as the several images of the fallen Autobots which energized Magnus. (6/2300-3000/1500)

"Since my Axe Knight cannot win this fight, I'll stand down and then end my turn."

"Then it's my turn," Syrus said, drawing his next card. "I activate the Equip Spell, Matrix of Leadership onto Ultra Magnus, increasing his level by 2 and his ATK by 1000!" A light flashed in front of the Autobot in question, and appeared as a hollow, spherical metal shell with two handles on either side and with a core sphere of bluish crystal at its center. Magnus took it in his hands, opened up his chest and placed it inside to fill him with great power. (6-8/3000-4000/1500)

"Next, I play Graceful Charity to draw three cards and then discard two of them," He continued, drawing out his need cards and then sending two of them to the graveyard. "And then, I activate Old Model to the Frontline! This card Special Summons a Machine monster from my graveyard!"

"You bringing back a monster you discarded?" Kal asked.

"Yup, and it's my Legendary Planet monster..." A lot of people gasped as the declaration and saw as the Ra placed it on the field. "The Big Saturn!" The light from the graveyard flared out and then brought out another massive machine that looked as round as the very planet it was named after complete with its own rings and big red spot in the center. It also had two large arms that weren't attached to the body, two legs that had thrusters without feet and a battle pack on its back. (8/2800/2200)

"Wait a second," Kairi stated. "Erika had that card... did she give it to Syrus?"

"I think so," Bradshaw figured. "Don't know why, but I guess she saw something in Syrus that said he deserved that card."

"A Legendary Planet monster," Kal smirked. "Now it's way better!"

"I activate Saturn's effect," Syrus announced, discarding his last card. "I discard one card and pay 1000 life points to increase Big Saturn's attack by 1000!" A red aura surrounded Syrus...

Kal: 1400

Syrus: 2700

...In which reacted to the big red spot inside Saturn, causing the Legendary Planet to change as well. The torso went inside the body, causing it to open slightly, the legs turned sideways facing the thrusters at Kal, the pack slid up to its shoulders to show missile launchers. (8/2800-3800/2200)

"Wow," Jeremy whistled. "I thought mine was crazy with just its look and ability."

"I wonder who else has the other planet series," Lily wondered.

"Saturn, attack with End of Cosmos!" Syrus called out as his monster charged up its weapons. "Target Colossal Fighter!" Saturn then proceeded to fire everything it had on Colossal Fighter: missiles, lasers, flames, floating fists all to eradicate the Synchro Monster, which it did and left nothing remaining.

Kal: 800

Syrus: 2700

However, thanks to the ability it somehow revived itself from the water, albeit tired. (8/2800-3200/1000)

"It's almost done," Syrus said to himself, "And this will end it! Ultra Magnus, attack Axe Knight!" He announced as the Autobot charged up his guns and fired at the halberd wielding warrior.

"I activate Dimension Wall!" Kal announced, revealing his facedown card. "Now all my damage becomes yours!"

Syrus gasped as Axe Knight was gunned down, but the pixilated remains went through a dimensional rip before they reached Kal and closed up. He then turned around to see the rip open up to get hammered by the damage.

Kal: 800

Syrus: 1100

"I'm not ready to end it yet," Kal stated. "And with Axe Knight in the graveyard, Colossal Fighter gains 100 ATK!" He stated as another jewel powered up the Fighter. (8/3200-3300/1000)

"I end my turn," Syrus concluded as Big Saturn powered down. (8/3800-2800/2200)

"And now I'm ready to end it," Kal announced, drawing his next card. "I activate the Pump Up Spell Card, which will double Colossal Fighter's ATK!" Colossal Fighter roared loudly as his muscled bulged through the armor he wore, making it crack apart. (8/3300-6600/1000) "And that's the game!"

The Fighter charged with thunderous footsteps as it tackled the Legendary Planet into the ground, creating a massive explosion with surrounded Syrus, taking out the rest of his life points.

Kal: 800, Winner

Syrus: 0


The holograms disappeared, and everyone was now feeling bad for Syrus for losing after he came so far. But before anyone could say anything, Syrus smiled...

"That was a great duel, sir," He said. "Just wish I was able to win my first duel with this deck."

"Hey, I was impressed with how you used every card effectively," Kal replied.

Back in the stands...

"Wait, Syrus is not sad with his loss," Jaden wondered. "He's smiling?"

"Why not," Claudio stated. "You did it when Zane handed your first loss at the Academy."

"Then again, Syrus is stronger than ever," Allyson noted. "He sometimes lets his emotions get the better of him."

"But this time, he was able to keep his head in," Melody added.

"So Syrus, the question is this," Kal said, "How in the Hell did you get demoted by Viper?"

"Guess he didn't like how I handled my first duel of your tournament against Yuri," Syrus shrugged.

"She told me you had her up against the wall," the South Academy duelist stated, and then turned to the girl in question.

"Still, one way or another, I got a lot of work to do before I graduate and I want to get used to using my new deck." The Transformer duelist announced. "I shouldn't have gotten upset after that duel anyway and just thought about what went wrong besides the obvious end that prevented from me winning."

"And we got a winner," Kal smiled. "You're back in, and besides you said you need to get used to that new deck."

"Thank you, sir..."

"Kal will do," the South Academy teacher said, "Come on now, I'm trying to give you some leeway of informal greeting and you don't take it, I'm hurt..."

"Sorry, s... Kal," Syrus replied, scratching his head in confusion.

"That's better," Kal smiled. "By the way..." He turned to everyone in the stands, "Like I said, even in the midst of the tournament, anyone who wants to duel with me should take advantage of that chance before it's too late... I still got class time, after all!"

"Then, here I come!" Jaden shouted as he prepared to get past everyone to get his shot, only with the others holding him back.

"Jaden, you should calm down before you hurt someone," Reyna shouted, grabbing on his leg.

"As much as I'm enthusiastic about dueling as much as you, I'd politely ask," Allyson scolded.

"Sorry," Jaden sighed. "But can I duel him, please?" He asked with a grin that showed how eager he was to duel.

"Sure..." the girls said.

"Really?" Jaden asked.

"After me!" Reyna shouted as she ran down the stairs.

"Hey, no fair!" Jaden shouted, running after her. "You got two more years, this is my last chance!"

Jesse and Allyson couldn't help but laugh especially since it got contagious and spread through the arena.


Chapter End