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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller

Chapter 8: Blair Flannigan

I was challenge by Bastion as soon as I got close to the Ra Yellow dorm. During the duel, I sort of place Bastion in a corner.

Sora's Life Points: 2300

Bastion's Life Points: 1100

On my side of the field, I have Stardust Dragon and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian along with one facedown card.

Stardust Dragon: Level 8, Wind

ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000

Obnoxious Celtic Guardian: Level 4, Earth

ATK: 1400 DEF: 1200

On Bastion side, he has this huge serpent-like dragon that is made out of water.

Water Dragon: Level 8, Water

ATK: 2800 DEF: 2600

It's my turn now as I draw a card from my deck. "I summon Silent Magician in attack mode!" Silent Magician appears next to Stardust Dragon.

Silent Magician Level 4: Level 4, Light

ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000

"Next I use Polymerization as I fused my Stardust Dragon and my Celtic Guardian together to become Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste in attack mode!" Stardust Dragon and Celtic Guardian merges together and Dragon Knight descends next to Silent Magician.

Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste: Level 10, Wind

ATK: 3200 DEF: 2000

I ordered my Dragon Knight to finish off Bastion's Water Dragon. Dragon Knight uses his spear and stabs Water Dragon right at its throat, which causes it defeat.

Bastion's Life Points: 1100 – 400 = 700

"Silent Magician! Attack!" I said as Bastion gasps. Silent Magician got close to Bastion and fires a beam at him, which causes him to lose.

Bastion's Life Points: 700 – 1000 = 0

As the holograms disappear, Bastion becomes speechless for a moment. He then spoke, "You're good! Or maybe I chose the wrong deck. Or my drawing skills were unlucky. There couldn't possibly be anything wrong with my technique…"

This guy sure over-analyze a lot, does he? I just keep silently smile as I listen talking to himself.

Bastion notices that he talks too much. "Opps! Was I talking out loud?" I nod my head as my answer, which made him blush in embarrassment. He regains his composure and said, "Let's duel again sometime. I promise I won't lose! Goodbye!" I watch him walk inside the dorm and then I head back to my dorm to get some sleep.


The next morning, Professor Banner calls everyone in Slifer Red dorm to the cafeteria. Everyone arrives as we saw a small boy wearing the Slifer Red uniform and a hat.

Professor Banner smiles and said, "Please join me in welcoming our transfer student, Blair Flannigan."

The small boy made a small smile and bows. "Hello everyone," he mutters.

"Please make him feel at home." Professor Banner left the cafeteria.

Jaden walks up to Blair and smiles at the small boy. "Hi, Blair! I'm Jaden! And this is Syrus, Chumley, and Sora!" We all greeted him in a polite manner.

Then Blair asks, "Can you help me out with something?" We all listen to what he has to say. "Do you know Zane?"

"Huh? Why?" Syrus gasps.

But Blair only answer by saying, "I've got business with him." Syrus asks him about this "business" but he refuses to answer that question.

We all notice Syrus's reaction as Jaden and I ask him, "Syrus/Sy, do you know this Zane?"

"Jaden, Sora," Chumley spoke, "you two must be the only two in the entire school who doesn't know who Zane is!" We all look at him as he explains, "Zane has the skills to put pros to shame. He's the strongest duelist at the Academy."

Jaden and I are surprise to hear that. "Wow!" Jaden exclaims. "I didn't know there was someone that great here!"

"Neither do I!" I added. "And I've duel and beat a bunch of first-years and second-years!"

I saw Jaden shaking Chumley down for more information. "Chumley! Where can we find this guy?"

He stops his shaking as Chumley answers, "Duh. He's in Obelisk Blue, of course. He's a third year."

Jaden looks excited. "If I ask him to duel, I wonder if he'll face me." Before I can say anything, I saw Blair leaving the cafeteria.

"Where are you going?" I ask with a smile.

Blair looks at me as he answers, "I'm heading to my room. Later."

He's acting a bit strange, I thought to myself. How come I have this weird feeling that he's not who he seems to be?

Syrus took notice how Blair is acting strange as he asks Jaden, "Don't you think that new kid was a bit strange?"

Join the club, Syrus. I scratch my head with that thought.

Jaden just smiles and said, "Who cares. There are more important things, like what kind of deck Zane plays with!"

"You really think he's going to duel you?" Chumley asks. "In your dreams." After eating our breakfast, we all hurry to school.


Afterschool, I went to Obelisk Blue dorm. I went there because I became interested in this Zane person, so I decided to walk up to the dorm. In front of the Blue dorm, I saw Jaden and I run up to him.

Jaden notices me and asks, "Sora, did you come here looking for Zane too?" I nod my head as my answer. He smiles and said, "I knew it. Since Chumley told me about him, I couldn't sit still. But… We don't know what room he's in, or even what his face looks like." Jaden laughs with a huge smile and I laugh along with him.

Then we both notice that we're not the only Slifer Red here. We notice Blair the transfer student and wonder why he's here. We then see him walk inside the dorm and we follow him.

Inside the Obelisk Blue dorm looks like we're walking inside the castle's interior. We look around for Blair and we follow where Jaden thought that's where Blair went. We walk inside a room and we're shock to see Blair inside a really nice bedroom. Blair is also shock to see us.

Jaden asks, "What are you doing here?"

Blair screeches like a girl. Wait! I notice something odd. Did his voice sound like a girl's voice right at that moment?

"N-none of your business!" he stutters. "Leave me alone!" Blair ran out the window and we're lucky that we're only on the first floor, so the ground is close for safety to jump out.

We later try to follow him, but we're stop by a male student. I recognize that student as the same guy who was talking with Alexis that night at the lighthouse.

Next to that male student is another student who asks, "What are you Slifer slime balls doing in here? You trying to steal from Zane?"

Zane! I gasp in thought. This blue hair guy who talks with Alexis is Zane!

"This is Zane's room?" Jaden asks as he looks around. "And you're Zane?"

Zane nods his head and replies, "That's right."

"Jaden!" I called out. "We have no time for this! Let's hurry and follow Blair!" We ran pass the two Obelisk Blue students and quickly got out of the dorm. I look back and notice that there's no one following us.

We look around and have no idea where he is. We agree to split up and search him. Jaden decided to look around the school area and I decided to look around the area back at Slifer Red dorm.


I went inside the cafeteria of the Red dorm, which surprises both Chumley and Syrus who are in the room. They look worried as Syrus asks, "What's wrong, Sora?"

"Have you guys seen Blair?" I ask and they just shook their heads. I explained to them of the events that had just happened and they were shock when I told them about Blair being in Zane's room.

"Why was Blair in Zane's room?" Syrus asks.

"I'm not sure… but I'm going to find him!" I said. "If you two happened to see Blair, contact me as soon as possible!" They nod their heads in agreement as I walk out of the dorm. I decided to move my search at the forest near the mountain.


Nighttime comes to be as I'm still walking around looking for Blair. During my search, Silent Magician appears next to me in spirit form and asks, "You notice something about that new student, didn't you?"

"I did," I answer with a determine look on my face. "I want to know his reason why he's here in Duel Academy." I notice some rustling close by as I quickly run towards where the noise comes from.

Then I heard Blair yelling, "GET AWAY FROM ME!" I was able to get in front of him and collided at him. We both fell and I notice Blair's hat on the ground and saw his or rather her long, black hair. She blushes and said, "I guess you now know my secret."

An awkward silence fills the night air as the spirit of Silent Magician disappears. Seeing Blair reminds me of my young self from 5 years ago. Thinking back about my past made me feel sad.

Blair snaps me out of my thoughts as she exclaims, "I challenge you to a duel right now!" I remain silent as she continues, "You heard me! I want my secret to remain a secret. So if I win, you have to promise to keep quiet!"

How come I'm sensing a bit of déjà vu here? I agree with her terms as we both activate our duel disks.

"Duel!" we simultaneously said.

Sora's Life Points: 4000

Blair's Life Points: 4000

Blair starts off the duel as she draws a card from her deck. "I summon the Maiden in Love in attack mode! Turn ended!" A very young, and cute girl who has long, brown hair and wears a princess dress appears in front of her. The cute girl politely bows as if she's greeting me.

Maiden in Love: Level 2, Light

ATK: 400 DEF: 300

That's a pretty weak monster. I draw a card from my deck. "I summon Speed Warrior in attack mode!" Speed Warrior appears in front of me.

Speed Warrior: Level 2, Wind

ATK: 900 DEF: 400

"Speed Warrior attacks your Maiden!" I declared as Speed Warrior skates his way to Blair's monster. "Speed Warrior's special ability activates! His attack points doubled at the turn that he's summoned." Blair gasps in shock.

Speed Warrior: ATK: 900 x 2 = 1800

Speed Warrior kicks the Maiden at her guts, but something was off. Usually a monster gets sent to the graveyard after being attacked, yet the Maiden is still alive. Blair explains that as the Maiden in Love is still face-up and on attack position, she cannot be destroyed in battle. To make matters worse, she also explains of another ability that only the Maiden can do.

Blair's Life Points: 4000 – 1400 = 2600

I don't know what she means by Maiden's second ability, but I am able to see it as Speed Warrior gets down on one knee and beg for forgiveness from the Maiden. "Please forgive me, milady," he said, "I didn't know what I was doing."

The Maiden smiles at him and replies, "Of course I can forgive you." She kisses him on the cheek, which made him blush.

"SPEED WARRIOR!" I yelled, as my face becomes red from watching this scene. "What's wrong with you?" I notice a heart symbol on Speed Warrior's chest and wonder if that's the second ability that Blair was talking about earlier.

Blair happily explains, "The Maiden in Love leaves a Maiden Counter after being hit by the attacking monster."

"What does the Maiden Counter do?" I ask out of concern.

She just giggles and winks at me. "It's a secret…"

I felt irritated as I end my turn by placing one card facedown. A card appears behind Speed Warrior as my Warrior's attack points turns back to normal.

Speed Warrior: ATK: 1800/2 = 900

Blair draws a card from her deck. "I equip Maiden in Love with the equip spell, Cupid's Kiss! Now my Maiden attacks your Speed Warrior!" I pointed out that Speed Warrior's attack points are still higher than her Maiden; however, Blair explains her Cupid's Kiss spell. "When a monster equip with this spell card attacks a monster who has a Maiden Counter, I can take control of your monster. Though I still take battle damage, it's still worth it."

I gasp in shock as I saw the Maiden running up to Speed Warrior. But she trips halfway and started to cry like a baby. Speed Warrior rushes to her aid and ask, "Are you okay, milady?"

The Maiden stops her crying and cutely looks up to Speed Warrior. "I'm okay," she answers with a smile. "I'm so happy that you care for me! Will you please fight by my side?" Speed Warrior nods his head and joins her side.

Traitor! I angrily yelled in my head, even though I know Blair still receive damage from her own attack.

Blair's Life Points: 2600 – 500 = 2100

Blair smirks and said, "Now that I have your Speed Warrior, I have him attack your life points directly!" Speed Warrior appears in front of me and kicks at my stomach.

Sora's Life Points: 4000 – 900 = 3100

Blair ends her turn by placing two cards facedown. The two cards appear behind her two monsters.

I draw a card from my deck. "I discard one card from my hand so I can use the spell, Cost Down! All of the monsters in my hand have their levels reduce by 2, which makes it easy for me to summon Dark Magician Girl without a tribute summon!" Dark Magician Girl appears in front of me, as she looks very angry.

Dark Magician Girl: Level 6, Dark

ATK: 2000 DEF: 1700

"Forgive me, Speed Warrior," I said in a sad tone. "Dark Magician Girl attacks Speed Warrior!" Dark Magician Girl fires a black orb that headed straight into Speed Warrior.

"Not so fast!" I look at Blair smiling face as she activates both her facedown cards. "I activate the trap, Defense Maiden and the quick-play spell, Shrink! Shrink cuts down your Dark Magician Girl's attack points by half!"

Dark Magician Girl: ATK: 2000/2 = 1000

"As for Defense Maiden, this trap allows my Maiden in Love to protect Speed Warrior from your attack!" I gasp as I saw the Maiden steps in front of Speed Warrior and took the hit.

The Maiden is on her knees and Speed Warrior looks concern. He checks up on her and asks, "Milady, are you okay?" She nods her head as her response. "Why did you protect me? I should be the one protecting you." The Maiden didn't say anything but just hugs him.

I look at this scene and think of it being a little cheesy. But when I look at Dark Magician Girl, she tries to hold back her tears. I gasp and wonder why she's acting like that, until I notice the heart symbol on her chest: she receives the Maiden Counter.

Blair's Life Points: 2100 – 600 = 1500

I end my turn with no facedown cards. Dark Magician Girl's attack points return to normal.

Dark Magician Girl: 1000 x 2 = 2000

Blair draws a card from her deck. "I activate the spell card, Dian Keto the Cure Master! This spell restores 1000 of my life points!" A shining ray of light shines over Blair for a moment.

Blair's Life Points: 1500 + 1000 = 2500

"Next I equip Maiden in Love with the equip spell, Happy Marriage! This card increases my Maiden's attack points from the attack points of a monster that I took from your side, which is Speed Warrior." I gasp as I heard wedding bells ringing over the Maiden's head.

Maiden in Love: ATK: 400 + 900 = 1300

"Maiden in Love attacks your Dark Magician Girl!" The Maiden runs up to Dark Magician Girl and gives her a hug.

I am shock to see Dark Magician Girl embracing the Maiden by hugging her. With the help of the Maiden's Cupid's Kiss, Dark Magician Girl turns to Blair's side.

Blair's Life Points: 2500 – 700 = 1800

"Now Dark Magician Girl attacks your life points directly!" Dark Magician Girl fires a black orb at me, which hits me.

"I reveal my facedown card, Defense Draw! This trap reduces the battle damage that I received down to zero and I get to draw one card."

Blair only smiles and orders Speed Warrior to attack me. Speed Warrior kicks me at the gut.

Sora's Life Points: 3100 – 900 = 2200

Blair ends her turn with no facedown cards.

If this keeps up, I'll be gang up by my own cards! I thought in frustration. I look at the three current cards in my hand and notice that I have Monster Reborn, Level Up, and Dandylion. Am I going to lose from my own cards?

I slap myself and said, "I'm not going to lose! I will win for sure!" I draw a card from deck and smile at the card that I draw. "I summon Synchron Explorer in attack mode!" Synchron Explorer appears in front of me.

Synchron Explorer: Level 2, Earth

ATK: 0 DEF: 700

"Synchron Explorer's special ability activates! When he is summoned onto the field, I can bring back one 'Synchron' monster from the graveyard and onto the field. So I'm reviving Quickdraw Synchron!" Quickdraw Synchron appears on the field as he points his guns towards the Maiden.

Quickdraw Synchron: Level 5, Wind

ATK: 700 DEF: 1400

"Now I tuned my Synchron Explorer with my Quickdraw Synchron in order for me to Synchro-Summon a monster that will destroy everything!" Quickdraw Synchron becomes 5 green rings and Synchron Explorer becomes two stars inside the rings as a beam of light fires into the sky. "Let's rev it up! Black Rose Dragon!" Black Rose Dragon appears out of that light and it roars for everyone to hear.

Black Rose Dragon: Level 7, Fire

ATK: 2400 DEF: 1800

Blair is shock to see the dragon and said, "I've never seen that card before, but I know that dragon is bad news."

I chuckled. "You're right about that. When Black Rose Dragon is summoned onto the field, I can destroy every cards on the field including itself!" Blair gasps as Black Rose Dragon explodes and takes every monsters and spells/traps that Blair has with it.

The smoke blows away, and notices that the field is completely empty. Blair panicky asks, "Why do you destroy your own cards? What is the point of it?"

I answer, "The point is to get rid of your defense so I can take you down without any interference." Blair steps back a little out of fear. "I activate Monster Reborn so I can revive Black Rose Dragon from the graveyard!" Black Rose Dragon appears behind me as it roars at Blair.

Blair sweats in fear as I order Black Rose Dragon to attack her life points directly. My dragon fires a red fire from its mouth and it actually hits her, which resulted her lost.

Blair's Life Points: 1800 – 2400 = 0

The holograms die down as soon as the duel was over. Blair is on her knees and she began to start crying. She said with her sobs, "But… but… but…"

Seeing her cry makes me feel like a bad guy. I walk up to her and I petted her on the head. My petting seems to calm her down a little.

Blair explains her reason why she snuck into Duel Academy. She said, "Zane's the greatest, so I snuck into Duel Academy so that I could meet him."

"Let me get this straight. You disguise yourself as a boy because you want to meet Zane like some crazy fan girl?" I ask and she nodded her head as her answer. Her reason for the disguise is totally different from my reason.

Then Jaden comes out of the bushes and calls out our names. When he saw Blair, he is shock to see that she's really a girl. With her secret have been revealed to Jaden, she decides to go home.

This got me thinking about her age. I ask, "Blair, how old are you?" She answers that she's from the sixth grade and it shock me. I almost lost to an elementary school girl! We all walk back to Slifer Red dorm so we can wait for the boat to arrive tomorrow, along with an explanation for everyone in the dorm.


The next morning, Jaden, Syrus, and I arrive at the harbor with Blair. The boat arrives to pick her up.

"So Blair was a girl?" Syrus said. "I have no clue!"

Blair walks onto the boat as Jaden said, "Come back to visit, Blair!"

I look at Jaden with disbelief and thought; can the Academy allow her to visit?

Blair smiles and replies, "Thanks. I'll definitely be back! Goodbye Sora! I can't wait to see you again!" When she said that, it makes my heart skip a beat.

Syrus looks at me and asks, "Are you blushing?"

I AM? I gasp in thought and I can felt my cheeks being red. But I'm a girl and I don't swing that way! Especially to a girl who is younger than I am!

We watch the boat taking Blair away from the island. As soon as the boat is far away, Syrus began to speak. "Actually, I have something I wanted to tell you."

Jaden and I look at him as Jaden commented, "You look tense, Sy."

"Zane's full name is Zane Truesdale," said Syrus.

Zane Truesdale… I gasp and notice that Syrus's last name is Truesdale.

Syrus notice my reaction and said, "That's right. Zane's my older brother. I just couldn't bring myself to say anything. I can't keep secrets from you two. I entered Duel Academy because I want to be as good as my brother." He looks like he is going to cry, but Jaden places his hand on Syrus's right shoulder.

Jaden thanks Syrus for his honesty and told him that no matter what they will always be friends. Seeing this scene makes me want to tell them my secret. I too want to be honest with them.

"Jaden, Syrus," I spoke and they look at me.

"What is it, Sora?" Jaden asks.

C'mon, say it! I angrily thought to myself. Tell them that you're a girl! However, for some reason, I couldn't even form the words to say it. I ended up saying, "It's nothing… Let's hurry and get some breakfast." We left the harbor and headed back to the dorm.