CHAPTER NINE: The New Deck and the First Date
It was a few days after Dai's victory of Bastion and things were more or less normal at Duel Academy, well for everyone except Crowler. He was still livid over the fact that a Slifer would be representing his prestigious Duel Academy in the biggest event of the year. "I can't believe that Daisuke is going to be Duel Academy's Student Representative at the School Duel. What an embarrassment, I wont let it take place. I'll do whatever I must to stop it. Which brings me here." He said as he walked up to a chicken coop. "To the site of Duel Academy's most dangerous specimen." He was suddenly attacked by several of the chickens in the coop. He fought them off and quickly uncovered a secret hatch in the ground. He opened the hatch and quickly went down the ladder until he reached another hatch in the wall. Opening it he stepped inside and put on one of the suits sitting inside the room. "And now it's time to break Daisuke. After all with what is lurking inside this containment vault. He won't stand a chance." Crowler said as he went inside the large containment dome.
Dai was currently sitting in one of the classrooms looking through his cards. He had finally finished his second deck to his liking and was debating on which one to use in the upcoming School Duel. "You know my Water Dragon would be a fine addition to your deck for the upcoming School Duel." Bastion said, as his friends came up behind Dai.
"No way you need my Des Koala." Chumley said
"You can use my Power Bond if you need." Syrus suggested.
"What I need is some time to think." Dai yelled.
"There's no need to be rude Dai we're only trying to help. After all you've been selected as the Academy representative in the School Duel, this is huge." Bastion said.
"Aw come on, like there's not enough pressure on me already?" Dai asked. "I know the school's counting on me, but all I can duel is my best."
"You're right, dueling isn't about trophies. It's about being the best you can, and the best needs the power of my Water Dragon card." Bastion said, holding up his card.
"Or Power Bond." Syrus chimed in.
"Des Koala all the way." Chumley said.
"Alright that's it. No more, if I'm ever going to arrange my deck I need to be alone." Dai yelled while he grabbed his cards and duel disk and ran out of the room, with Bastion Chumley and Syrus hot on his tail. He quickly ducked around a corner that they didn't see him take and they continued running. Dai turned around and headed for the stairs he knew would take him to the roof when suddenly someone grabbed his arm. Turning around Dai saw that it was Alexis. "Hey Alexis, I was afraid it was Syrus and the other guys." Dai said in relief.
Alexis giggled. "I saw what happened. You know that they mean well." She said.
"Yeah I do, but it's too much, I can't use those cards that they were offering me, my decks aren't designed around any of them." Dai said with a laugh.
"Not to be rude, but can you stay here? I just need some alone time." He asked the attractive blond, who nodded.
Dai quickly walked up to the roof of Duel Academy. Emerging onto the roof they heard a voice yell at him. "What's up?" Looking toward the sound of the voice he saw a young man with dark hair wearing a tattered Obelisk Blue blazer. He also had a light blue shirt and cut off jeans.
"No offense pal, but we were kind of hoping to get some alone time. What are you doing up here anyway?" Dai asked the boy.
"I'm here to duel you Daisuke." He said with a happy smile.
"Okay, first off who the hell are you?" Dai asked the strange boy.
"Just a dude with a deck, call me Belowski. You ever notice how clouds look like Duel Monsters if you look real close?" He asked Dai with a strange laid back sounding voice.
Suddenly the spirit of Dai's Mystical Beast Cerberus appeared behind him. "Hey Cerberus, what are you doing here pal?" Dai asked his friend.
"Nice Cerberus. I heard they like being scratched between where the their heads meet." Belowski said
"Wait, you can see him?" Dai asked.
"Yeah and here them, but my Cerberese is a little rusty." He replied.
"You've got to be shitting me." Dai said.
"You know, unless you use if every day. Anyway let's duel." Belowski said holding up his duel disk.
"Again with the duel? He must think I'm easy pickings because I'm in red." Dai said to Cerberus.
"Red, blue, yellow, who cares? Those are just symbols the Man uses to propagate social division. You see it's all a conspiracy of the political industrial complex to permeate the so call free market…" Before Belowski could really get into his ranting Dai interrupted him.
"Okay, whatever you say nut job. Let's just duel." Dai said, already sick of his conspiracy theories.
"Far out." Belowski said distractedly.
"Dai there you are." Came Syrus's voice.
"I tried to stop them, but as soon as they found out where you were they wouldn't stop." Alexis apologized.
"It's okay Lex, you guys re just in time." Dai said.
"In time for what? And who's that Obelisk over there?" Syrus asked.
"Well he's gonna be my opponent." Dai explained before turning back towards Belowski. "I've been looking for a chance to test out my new deck, and you're the perfect test for it. Nothing really on the line, just a friendly duel." Dai said as he pulled up his hood."
"Far out man." Belowski said.
"Duel!" Both said.
Dai {4000LP}
Belowski {4000LP}
"Alright man first I'm gonna summon Mokey Mokey in defense mody mody." Belowski said, while laughing at his own joke as his monster appeared in a small burst of pink smoke. It was a small, white, square monster with little arms and legs and small yellow wings and a red question mark on its head {100DP}.
"Goodness me, that's not a monster it's a marshmallow." Bastion said in a dreamy voice.
"It's so cute, like a big fluffy pillow." Alexis said distractedly.
"Makes me want to take a nap." Syrus said.
Chumley was already giving a big yawn. "You know now that you mention it, me too."
"Alright, I guess I'll just toss down a couple and chill then." Belowski said as he laid two cards down.
"My turn." Dai said as he drew. "I summon Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World in attack mode." Dai said as his first monster from his new deck appeared. It was a large monster with wrinkled light purple skin and bone like armor, carrying a large spear {1600AP}. "Next I play Polymerization and since I have Blast Asmodean and my Twin Headed Wolf in my hand I can fuse them to create my Infernal Werewolf." Dai said as his second monster appeared. It was a large Werewolf with red fur that was covered in dark red flames {2100AP}.
"So you still wanna duel me?" Dai asked.
Belowski was clapping and laughing at his monsters. "Totally man, those monsters look righteous." He said happily.
"Righteous? That's not the reaction I was hoping for." Dai said as he heard Cerberus growl softly behind him. "Yeah good point Cerberus, maybe an attack will knock some sense into him. Go Beiige, attack with Fiendish Spear Slash." Dai commanded as his monster, which rushed forward to attack with its spear.
"You attack will not stand man, I have a trap card it's called Human Waive Tactics. Wrap you mind around this, at the end of each turn I'm allowed to summon a monster that's the same level as the one that was destroyed. They have to be level two or below, but it's about the balance man, the Yin and the Yang." Belowski said.
"Yeah, whatever freak show. All I know is that my attack is still happening." Dai said as his monster slashed through Mokey Mokey. "And now with Mokey Mokey out of the way Infernal Werewolf can attack you directly." Dai said as his fusion monster leapt forward and slashed Belowski with a flame-covered claw. "And now I'll call it a turn Belowski." Dai finished
Dai {4000LP}
Belowski {1900LP}
"That was very un-chill dude, but now I can summon Happy Lover thanks to Human Waive Tactics." Belowski said as he drew and his new monster appeared. It was a small orange ball with a heart above its eyes and pink wings {800AP}. "And since Happy Lover likes to share the love I can summon his bud Mokey Mokey in attack mody mody." Belowski said as the small marshmallow looking monster appeared {300AP}.
Suddenly Dai heard a chorus of loud yawns behind him. Looking back he saw his friends all standing there with dazed looks on their faces.
"That's just the beginning man next I play Mokey Mokey Smack down, and then I think I'll have my Happy Lover attack your Beiige." Belowski said.
This move caught Dai by surprise since his monster was twice as strong as Belowski's. "Why are you doing that? My Beiige has way more power that your Lover." Dai asked.
"I know but it's all good. Go Gushy Burst." Belowski commanded. His monster shot out a beam of orange energy at Beiige, who simply deflected the blast back at the small angel and destroyed it. Mokey Mokey saw this and immediately became angry, turning a dark red. "Now because your Beiige just destroyed a fairy type monster my Mokey Mokey Smack down spell cardactivates and raises Mokey Mokey's attack points to three thousand. Far out huh? Power to the Mokey Mokey." Belowski explained.
Dai {4000LP}
Belowski {1100LP}
"You've gotta be shitting me." Dai said in disbelief.
"Brilliant move." Bastion said in a daze.
"That Mokey Mokey is the best." Alexis said.
"Still warm and fuzzy." Syrus chimed in.
Suddenly a pillar of light surrounded Mokey Mokey and he gained strength {3000AP}. "Now where was I? Oh yeah I was gonna have my Mokey Mokey destroy your Infernal Werewolf." Belowski said, making Dai grimace. "Don't worry, the Mokey Mokey train is full of good vibrations." Belowski said as his monster started to shake and cause sound waves to be expelled. "Well not good for your Werewolf." Belowski amended and Infernal Werewolf was destroyed.
Dai {3100LP}
Belowski {1100LP}
"Since you destroyed my Infernal Werewolf, its effect activates, which means I get to take back one of the fusion material monsters that made him up. And I chose my Twin Headed Wolf." Dai said.
"Mokey Mokey, Mokey Mokey." Bastion Alexis and Syrus were all chanting together, Chumley was already asleep behind them.
"What the hell is with you guys?" Dai asked while getting a bit angry at the way they were all acting.
"They're feeling the moke." Belowski said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"The moke?" Dai asked, now completely confused.
"The moke is all about harmony man, and there's more where that came from. I'm playing Mystic Wok, and just like a sizzling hot plate of Kung pao tofu, Mystic Wok refills my energy. But balance dude, I only gain life points equal to the monster I sacrifice attack points. So I sacrifice Mokey Mokey, and that's three grand in points, and since Happy Lover's gone, Human Waive Tactics restores balance to my universe. I just need to choose which balance, and I'm thinking Haniwa is just my type of Zen." Belowski said as the little rock monster appeared on the field {500DP}.
Dai {3100LP}
Belowski {4100LP}
"What the fuck is this guy gonna pull out next?" Dai asked.
"Hey Dai." Bastion said from behind him. "You've gotta chill out man." Bastion said while sitting cross-legged on ground.
"You're surrounded by all this negative energy dude, you can't bring that to a duel." Alexis said in a daze.
"Sing our mantra." Syrus said.
"Mokey Mokey." They said together.
Turning around Dai scowled at Belowski. "What the fuck did you do to my friends?" He asked angrily.
"Freed their minds man." He said with a happy smile.
"Mokey Mokey." They all said again.
Suddenly Dai heard laughing coming from above him, looking up he saw someone jump down from one of the higher pillars in a strange pink armored suit, before he his the ground jets appeared from the back and fired, slowing down the fall. Once the figure landed he saw it was Crowler. "Daisuke, I see that you've met one of my favorite students Belowski. I just love him, well when I'm safe from his powers." Crowler said as he gave Belowski a hug.
"Powers?" Dai asked.
"That's right. You see Belowski is a very special duelist. He was left on the Academy's doorstep as a baby, and quickly became a master duelist. As a mere child he rose through the ranks of the Academy. It was then that strange things began to occur." Crowler explained.
"Oh like what?" Dai asked, although he had an idea.
"Like the way that Mokey Mokey comes alive when he duels with him." Crowler snapped.
"Comes alive?" Dai asked.
"Yes, powers and all, powers that lull everyone around him into a lazy daze. Like your friends, and soon like you." Crowler said with an unpleasant smile.
"Mokey Mokey." Dai's friends said again.
"It's cool man, it's not like they're in any kind of danger or anything. Mokey Mokey just makes them fell all nice an cozy." Belowski assured Dai.
"Indeed, it once made all the students feel that way, that I why we had to move Belowski, and build him a new home. I Titanium encased holographic chamber deep underground." Crowler explained.
"You mean a prison." Dai said looking disgusted.
"Prison is such an ugly term. We prefer Mandatory Restraint Habitat." Crowler countered. "It was actually quite nice inside, like an island paradise."
"Sure it was, and just like an island he was completely stranded there." Dai said.
"Hey man its all good, I just chill, and then every time there's a student Dr. C. wants me to take care of I get to come out. You know duel, whatever. It's a pretty sweet gig." Belowski said. "Plus I get plenty of time to hang with my monster crew and spin our wheels and stuff, and dude we have some deep talks. We're like totally unraveling the universe and stuff, you should join us."
"No thanks, dueling is our thing. So what do you say we get back to it?" Dai asked as he drew. "I summon Twin Headed Wolf in attack mode." Dai said as his monster appeared. It was a large two-headed wolf with green fur on its body and purple fur on its two heads {1500AP}. "And now go and attack." Dai said, as the large two-headed monster tore Haniwa apart. "Next up Beiige, slice him up." Dai commanded as his second monster also attacked and stabbed Belowski with its spear, knocking Belowski over. "Next I'll lay one facedown and end my turn."
Dai {3100LP}
Belowski {2500LP}
"You know you're a real party pooper, good thing I got Human Waive Tactics to summon a new Happy Lover to the field." Belowski said as the little orange angel appeared {800AP}.
"Belowski, shouldn't he be nodding off by now?" Crowler asked, starting to panic a bit. "Mokey Mokey is supposed to drain Daisuke, but no he's fine. Just check out all his friends, why isn't Daisuke like that?" Crowler asked the boy.
"Search me." Belowski said.
"That's your answer?" Crowler asked.
"Its cool, just watch." Belowski assured as he drew. "I'm gonna use my Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Far out, I got Dark Factory of Mass Production. It may sound totalitarian, but it lets me bring back two monsters to my hand. I'll pick two Mokey Mokey's since I'm already holding a third and fuse them to bring out this little friend." Belowski said as the three little marshmallow monsters fused and formed a gigantic version of themselves, the monster was almost half the size of the main Academy building {300AP}.
"That's big." Dai commented.
"You said it man, he's Mokey Mokey King. Now check out his King Waive." Belowski said as the giant monster attacked.
"Twin Headed Wolf, use your Twin Fang Attack on that thing." Dai commanded. His monster leapt at the much larger monster and crashed right through it, destroying the monster. Three little Mokey Mokey's appeared on the field to replace the large one.
Dai {3100LP}
Belowski {1300LP}
"That was totally awesome man, but the circle of life must go on. From one comes many and the King's special effect brings back all three Mokey." Belowski said.
"That's just fucking fantastic." Dai muttered.
The three Mokey Mokey monsters started to vibrate due to Belowski's powers, shattering Crowler's glass helmet and knocking him over. "Alright man, and now Happy Lover attack Twin Headed Wolf with Gushy Burst." Belowski commanded. The little orange angel shot a beam of orange energy at the large two-headed wolf, which roared and deflected the blast back, destroying the little angel.
Dai {3100LP}
Belowski {600LP}
Immediately after the little monster was destroyed all three Mokey Mokey monsters turned red with rage. "Aw man, look what you did to my little Mokey Mokey's. Good thing my Smack down card is still in effect, now they all three get three thousand attack points." Belowski said happily.
"This is nuts." Dai said.
"Mokey Mokey one go get that Wolf. Mokey Mokey dos, you're on Beiige." Belowski commanded, as both monsters started sending out vibrations that destroyed Dai's Twin Headed Wolf.
Dai {1600LP}
Belowski {600LP}
"I play my trap Spellbinding Circle. The trap cancels one of your monsters attacks and that monster cannot change battle position or attack again." Dai said as one Mokey Mokey caught in the traps effect.
"Nice move man, but I still have one Mokey Mokey." Belowski pointed out as his monster destroyed Dai's Beiige.
Dai {200LP}
Belowski {600LP}
"And now thanks to Human Waive Tactics I get to bring out another Happy Lover for another go around. Plus I play this way cool trap, it's called Gift of the Mystic Elf, of course it's not wrapped. Still it's like totally full of good karma, because I get three hundred life points for each monster out." Belowski explained.
Dai {200LP}
Belowski {1800LP}
"You're not looking too hot, you wanna take a burrito break or something?" Belowski asked as his three Mokey Mokey's attack returned to normal {300AP}.
"Not now, maybe after I end this duel." Dai said as he drew. "Now I'm going to remove three Fiend type monster in my graveyard from play in order to summon up Dark Necrofear." Dai said as the monster appeared in a wave of shadows. It was female with dark blue skin, no hair and silver armor over its torso and right arm, while its left arm and legs were covered in dark purple armor {2200AP}. "Now Dark Necrofear attack Mokey Mokey with Infernal Scream." Dai commanded and his monster opened its mouth and left forth an inhuman screech that destroyed Belowski's monster.
Dai {200LP}
Belowski {0LP}
"Great duel, I thought you had me a few times." Dai complimented as he pulled down his hood.
Belowski laughed. "Yeah but I don't get it. Why didn't you trans out?" He asked.
"Why would I? When I sleep I dream of dueling." Dai said with a smile.
"Oh I get it. You love dueling so much the more Mokey Mokey tried to zonk you out, the more revved up you got. Good to know…for next time. Right now I think I'm gonna take a nap." Belowski said as he lay down and fell asleep.
Looking around as all of the sleeping people, Dai decided to leave most of them where they were, although he did pick up Alexis bridal style and carried her to her dorm room.
The next day Dai went into the Chancellor's office. "Hello Dai, how can I help you?" Sheppard asked.
"Well Chancellor, the School Duel is in two weeks. I know that you've given me time off from classes in order to prepare for it, but I still can't get any real time to myself here. Everywhere I go around here students are trying to offer me cards to put into my deck, I can't deal with it anymore. With your permission I'd like to leave the island for about a week so that I can have some time to prepare and relax a bit." Dai explained to the elderly Chancellor.
Sheppard thought for a few minutes, he had seen the way that Dai was mobbed by students offering him cards for his upcoming duel. "Very well Dai, I will allow you to take a few days away from the academy in order to get yourself ready for the big duel." He said to the young Slifer.
Dai grinned at him. "Thank you Chancellor, I'd like to not go completely by myself though. Again with your permission I'd like to ask Alexis to come with me when I go. I know that she isn't exempt from homework and classes like me, but we both know that her missing a few classes won't hurt her grades in any way. She has the highest grades of anyone on campus besides Bastion." Dai asked Sheppard.
Sheppard again thought for a few minutes before answering. "Yes I suppose I do see your point Dai. You shouldn't leave the island by yourself, and we cannot spare any faculty members to accompany you. Alexis would be a fine choice to take with you. Now I do have some ground rules for you, you may ask her if she wishes to accompany you. If she refuses then I suppose I will just send Crowler with you." Sheppard said, causing Dai to pale considerably at the thought of his least favorite teacher going with him. "But if she does decide to go then she will be in charge, she will have the same authority as a teacher on this little trip. Is that understood?" Sheppard asked the boy.
"Perfectly Chancellor, I can ask Alexis if she wants to go with me, and by the way I was thinking Domino City." Dai said, getting a nod of approval from Sheppard. "If she says not the Crowler escorts me. And if she says yes she has all the same power as if it was Crowler with me." Dai recited back to the head of the academy.
Sheppard nodded. "Good, now you may go ask her, and if she accepts send her into my office where I will go over the final details with her." He instructed.
Dai immediately went in search of the blond Obelisk. He already had other ideas for what he would do in Domino City aside from working on his deck. He found Alexis outside the girl's dorm having a duel with her friend Jasmine.
Alexis currently had her Etoile Cyber {1200AP} out on the field and two facedown cards. Jasmine had Yaksha on her field and no facedown cards. Yaksha was a large humanoid monster with light blue skin, long black hair, wielding two swords {1900AP}. Both girls currently had two thousand life points.
"Now I'm going to win Alexis. Yaksha attack Etoile Cyber with Twin Spinning Slash." Jasmine commanded, her monster rushed forwards and attacked Alexis's monster.
"No you don't Jasmine, I activate my trap Doble Passé, this card turns your monsters attack into a direct attack on me, in return my monster gets a direct attack on you as well." Alexis said as she revealed on of her facedown cards. Jasmine's Yaksha shot past Alexis's monster to strike her directly. "Now my Etoile Cyber gets to attack you directly, and when she attacks you directly she gets an automatic six hundred point boost. Finally I activate the quick-play spell Rush Recklessly which increases my monsters attack points by another seven hundred for this turn, which means the duel is over." Alexis said as her monster struck Jasmine with a powerful kick, ending the duel.
"Man I really thought I had this one Alexis. It just shows why you are the Queen of Obelisk Blue." Jasmine said to her friend.
"Don't you mean Ice Queen?" Asked a male Obelisk student. "She's so frigid she won't go out with any of us. I've asked her out and so have a lot of other people and she keeps turning us all down. I'm starting to think that she bats for the other team." He said condescendingly.
These comments really got Dai mad. He hated hearing people talk down to others, especially those he considered close to him. Walking up to the mouthy Obelisk Dai grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him around, only to punch him in the face and knock him over. "You better watch you mouth punk. That's my friend you're talking about." Dai said in a threatening voice. The male Obelisk quickly got the hint and ran off.
Alexis walked up to Dai with a smile on her face. "Thanks for that Dai. Those assholes are always saying stuff like that about me. It's because I wont go out with any of them that they started the whole Ice Queen of Obelisk thing about me." She explained to her friend.
"Yeah well they'll learn not to shoot their mouths off in front of me." Dai said, remembering why he went to find his friend he turned to fully face Alexis. "Hey I was actually looking for you. I got permission from the Chancellor to take a week off and leave the island before the big School Duel." Dai said.
"That's great Dai, now you can have some privacy to decide which of your decks you'll use and you can come up with some new strategies." Alexis congratulated.
"Yeah, but Sheppard doesn't want me going by myself so he gave me permission to ask you to come with me and act as a Chaperone of sorts. You'll have the same kind of authority as a teacher. What do you say? Will you go with me?" Dai asked the blond.
Alexis for her part was stunned. She hadn't ever been given this kind of responsibility before. "Yeah Dai of course I'll go. But wait, what about classes and homework? I know you're exempt thanks to the School Duel, but I'm not." She said to the black haired Slifer.
"It's okay, Sheppard said he would work all that our with the teachers. He said that if you accepted you should just go to his office and talk to him about it. He said he'd give you all the final instructions. I'm gonna go pack now, oh and we're going to Domino City for a week." Dai said as he went off towards his dorm room to pack for his trip, he was also thinking about what that Obelisk boy had called Alexis. 'Ice Queen of Obelisk Blue? I may not like that guy, but it's still a fitting title and I think that she deserves something special to go along with it.' Dai thought as ideas began forming in his head.
The next day Dai and Alexis got off the boat at the docks in Domino City. The two teens were no longer dressed in their school uniforms instead they wore normal clothing. Dai had on a black leather jacket with a red hoodie underneath; he also had on a pair of jeans and black Chuck Taylors. Alexis wore a teal colored spaghetti strap top with a dark blue jacket, a pair of jeans and black boots. "So what do you say we go to the hotel and check in, then go around town for a bit?" Dai asked Alexis.
Nodding she quickly agreed. The two were soon checked in and met back in the lobby. "So Alexis, how about I take you out on that first date we discussed?" Dai asked her. The blond nodded eagerly and the two headed out. Dai took her out to eat at a nice sushi restaurant.
"This is really nice Dai, you know you didn't have to do all of this just for me." Alexis said as she ate one of her salmon rolls.
"Your welcome Lex, but it's not over yet." Dai said as he reached into the pocket of his jacket. He pulled out a small rectangular box and handed it across the table to her. "Here you go Alexis, I hope you like it. I put a lot of effort into this."
Blushing fiercely Alexis took the box and opened it, inside was a dueling deck. Shocked by the gift Alexis took out the deck and looked through it. "Dai, where did you get these cards? There are so many rare cards in here." Alexis asked shocked at the apparent strength of the deck she had been given.
"Oh here and there, I remembered what that annoying guy called you the day before we left. The more I thought about it the more Ice Queen seemed like a fitting title, and I came up with this deck and thought it fit with that title." Dai explained as he finished eating his own sushi. "So what do you say after dinner we go and test out your new deck? There's an arcade with a small dueling arena just down the road from our hotel." He offered.
Alexis nodded her head eagerly as she continued looking through the deck. She quickly noticed the theme of the deck and smiled.
The two teens finished up their meal they went to the arcade Dai had seen. The two of them decided to play a few of the regular games before going to the duel arena. As the two of them were playing one of the dancing games, when suddenly another couple came up to them. "Hey you two, what do you think you're doing? This is our game." The new boy said. He was a tall boy about the same age as Dai and Alexis. He wore biker leathers and had his hair dyed green and spike up. He also had several piercings in his ears and nose. The girl with him had bubble gum pink hair and wore a very revealing black top and a short leather skirt; she also wore knee high boots with high stiletto heels.
"Yeah, we always play this game. You two need to leave, now." She said.
"Um, excuse me?" Dai asked incredulously. "We've been here playing this game for over a half hour and haven't seen the two of you this whole time." He said to the duo.
"Yeah well, we're here now and you two need to leave." Said the new boy. "Unless you two wanna duel us for the right to play this game?" He asked.
Dai and Alexis looked at each other and smirked. "Sure we'll duel you, it'll be a tag match. What are your names?" He asked the pair.
They both smiled. "I'm Hoshi and this is Karu, we agree to a tag duel. Rules will be that you can't use what's in your partner's hand, but you can use what's on their field, double normal life points. By the way, what're your names?" Hoshi asked.
"I'm Alexis and this is Dai. We accept your terms." She said as both couples went down to the duel arena. It was a more classic arena with holographic projectors. It was set up for both one on one and tag duels. The four of them got onto their respective platforms.
Dai looked at Alexis and smiled as he pulled up his hood.
"Duel!" All of them said.
Dai/Alexis {8000LP}
Hoshi/Karu {8000LP}
"My draw." Dai said. "I summon La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp in attack mode." Dai said as his monster appeared. It was a large green genie with rippling muscles and a tail going into a lamp {1800AP}. "I lay one facedown and end my turn." Dai said.
Alexis drew her card. "I summon Strategist of the Ice Barrier in attack mode." Alexis said as her monster also appeared. It was an old man wearing dark green robes with a light blue Haori over them carrying a closed fan {1600AP}. "I also lay one facedown and end my turn."
Hoshi drew. "My turn, and I summon Nin-Ken Dog in attack mode." His monster appeared. It was a humanoid dog wearing a red ninja outfit, with a ninja-to on his back {1800AP}. "Then I lay one card facedown and end my turn."
Karu drew. "I summon Lady Panther in attack mode." She said as her monster appeared. It was a female humanoid panther wearing black armor, wielding a golden spear and large round shield {1400AP}.
"My draw." Dai said. "I play the equip spell Dark Energy, and I equip this to a my La Jinn, so it gains three hundred attack and defense points." Dai said as his monster was surrounded by a light purple energy and gained strength {2100AP}. "Now La Jinn attack Nin-Ken Dog with Mystic shockwave." Dai commanded, as his monster slammed his fist down onto the ground and shot out a wave of purple energy that struck Hoshi's monster and destroyed it.
Dai/Alexis {8000LP}
Hoshi/Karu {7700LP}
"My move, I activate the spell card Magic Triangle of the Ice Barrier, now by revealing three different Ice Barrier monsters in my hand." Alexis began as she revealed the three monsters. "I can destroy one of your monsters and special summon one Ice Barrier monster from my hand, and I chose to destroy your Lady Panther." Alexis said as Karu's monster was encased in ice and shattered. "Now I can special summon Spellbreaker of the Ice Barrier in attack mode." Her new monster appeared on the field. It was a female monster wearing red robes and light purple pants; it had long white hair and carried a scepter with a golden orb on the top {1200AP}. "Now Strategist of the Ice Barrier and Spellbreaker of the Ice Barrier double direct attack." Alexis commanded as both her monsters raised their weapons and shot out ice blue beams of energy, which struck Karu.
Dai/Alexis {8000LP}
Hoshi/Karu {4800LP}
"Oh man that was brutal." Hoshi said as he drew. "I activate the trap card Call of the Haunted which lets me return a monster from my graveyard to the field. So I return my Nin-Ken Dog to the field. Unfortunately he won't be around for long, I sacrifice him in order to summon Manticore of Darkness." Hoshi said as his monster was replaced with a new monster. It was a large humanoid like golden lion with large black wings and a scorpion tail {2300AP}. "Now my Manticore attack Spellbreaker of the Ice Barrier with Inferno Blast." Hoshi commanded and his monster released a breath of fire that destroyed Alexis's monster.
Dai/Alexis {6900LP}
Hoshi/Karu {4800LP}
"Great job baby, now it's my go." Karu said as she drew. "I summon Koa'ki Meiru Urnight in attack mode." Her monster appeared. It was a large centaur monster wearing golden armor and carrying a large sword {2000AP}. "Next I play the spell card Rush Recklessly which increases my monsters attack by seven hundred during the turn it's played." Karu said, as her monster became stronger {2700AP}. "Now Urnight attack La Jinn with Infinity Sword Slash." Karu commanded as her monster rushed forward and destroyed Dai's monster.
Dai/Alexis {6300LP}
Hoshi/Karu {4800LP}
"Next I lay one facedown and end my turn." She said as she placed her card down and he monster lost its power boost {2000AP}.
"Good move, but not good enough. I play the spell card Graceful Charity so I can draw three cards, but then I discard two." Dai said as he drew three cards. "Now I discard two of them, and one just so happens to be Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World, and since this monster was discarded due to a card effect I get to immediately summon it to the field." Dai said as his bone-armored monster appeared {1600AP}. Then I activate the spell card Fiend Sanctuary and bring out one Metal Fiend Token. Finally I sacrifice my two monsters in order to summon Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World." Dai said as his monsters disappeared and were replaced by a new monster. It was a huge black-scaled dragon with forward facing horns {2700AP}. "Now Grapha destroy his Dark Manticore with Acid Surge." Dai commanded, his monster roared loudly before unleashing a breath of acid from its mouth and destroying Hoshi's monster.
Dai/Alexis {6300LP}
Hoshi/Karu {4400LP}
"Great Job Dai now it's my turn." Alexis said as she drew. "Now I sacrifice Strategist of the Ice Barrier in order to summon Royal Knight of the Ice Barrier." Alexis said and her new monster took the field. It was a large knight with ice-like full armor carrying an ice spear {2000AP}. "And now since this monster was tribute summoned you get a little present, an Ice Coffin token." The blond said as a literal coffin made of ice appeared on Karu's field. "Now it's time for me to get rid of my present, Royal Knight destroy that Ice Coffin Token with Freezing Spear Thrust." Alexis commanded as her monster rushed forward and thrust its spear into the coffin and covered it in a layer of ice before it shattered.
Dai/Alexis {6300LP}
Hoshi/Karu {3400LP}
"Man you guys are stubborn, but you wont beat us." Hoshi said as he drew. "Perfect I play Raigeki. This card destroys all monsters on my opponents field." He said as lightning struck both Dai and Alexis's monsters, destroying them. "Now I summon Minoan Centaur in attack mode." Hoshi said and his new monster appeared. It was a large centaur with red horns carrying a large battleaxe {1800AP}. "Now Minoan Centaur direct attack." Hoshi commanded as his monster rushed forward and struck Dai.
Dai/Alexis {4500LP}
Hoshi/Karu {3400LP}
"Now it's all up to you baby, finish these punks off." Hoshi said to his girlfriend.
"Yeah I've got this. I summon Ogre of the Black Shadow in attack mode." Karu said as her monster appeared. It was a large humanoid with yellowish skin surrounded by a large black shadow {1200AP}. "Now both my monsters will wage a direct attack on you guys." Karu commanded as her monsters both his Dai and Alexis.
Dai/Alexis {1300LP}
Hoshi/Karu {3400LP}
"Yeah baby, now that's what I'm talking about. Take those punks down." Hoshi cheered.
"Thanks for that, you just activated my trap Damage Condenser. Now thanks to your direct attack I get to special summon any monster straight from my deck whose attack points are less than or equal to the thirty-two hundred points of damage I just took. So now I'll bring out my strongest monster Black Ice Dragon." Alexis said as her new monster appeared on the field. It was a huge dark blue scaled dragon with large pieces of black ice covering it's chest, arms, and back. It also had two large backward sweeping horns made of black ice {3000AP}.
"Holy shit, that thing's huge." Hoshi exclaimed.
"I lay a facedown and end my turn." Karu said.
"Nice move Alexis, now it's my turn. I summon Brron the Mad King of Dark World." Dai said as his new monster appeared. It had skeletal features and was wrapped in a chain around it. It also wore a large dark blue coat on its shoulders {1800AP}. "Now unfortunately Brron won't be staying around for long. I return him to my hand in order to activate my Grapha's special ability. When I return one Dark World monster from my field to my hand I can re-summon him straight from my graveyard. So say hello again to Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World." Dai said as Brron disappeared and Grapha returned to the field {2700AP}. "Next I activate the field spell The Gates of Dark World." Dai said as a large set of demonic looking gates appeared behind him. "Now thanks to this card all fiend-type monsters gain a power boost, to the tune of three hundred extra attack and defense points." Dai's monster glowed purple and gained strength {3000AP}. "Now Grapha, attack Minoan Centaur with Acid Surge." Dai commanded and his monster shot a wave of acid and destroyed Hoshi's monster.
Dai/Alexis {1300LP}
Hoshi/Karu {2000LP}
Way to go Dai, now I'm going to finish this. I summon Samurai of the Ice Barrier in attack mode." Alexis said as her new monster appeared. It was a samurai in ice armor wielding a katana also made of ice {1600AP}. "Next I play the spell card Ice Mirror, this spell card lets me choose a Water attribute monster on my field, and if I have another copy of it in my deck I can summon it to the field. I choose my Samurai of the Ice Barrier and bring out another one." Alexis said as her spell brought out another copy of the monster."Now it's time to end this, Black Ice Dragon attack Koa'ki Meiru Urnight with Breath of the Frozen Wasteland." Alexis commanded. Her monster shot a blast of icy air, destroying the large centaur monster. "And now Black Ice Dragon's special ability activates, when it destroys a monster in battle, I get to place an Ice counter on any card on your field and I choose that facedown you have." Alexis said as the facedown card was encased in ice. "Now as long as my Black Ice Dragon is on the field, any facedown cards with ice counters on them cannot activate. Now my two Samurai of the Ice Barrier, end this with Double Frozen Slash." Alexis commanded and her one of her monsters rushed forward and slashed Karu's monster with his ice katana, causing it to be incased in ice before shattering and the other slashed Karu directly.
Dai/Alexis {1300LP}
Hoshi/Karu {0LP}
"Damn you guys are really good, I thought we had you." Hoshi said as the arena powered down. Alexis and Dai were currently getting a round of applause from the gathered crowd.
"Thanks you guys. You're pretty good too." Dai said as he pulled down his hood. "Well Alexis what do you say we head back to the hotel? We got to test out your new deck, and I got in some more practice with my new one too."
Hoshi and Karu were gob smacked by what Dai just said. "Wait a minute. Are you telling me that those decks you guys just used against us are brand new?" Karu asked.
"Well Dai's isn't brand new, he's only had a few duels with it, but this was my decks debut duel. Dai just gave it to me as a present tonight as part of our first date." Alexis explained.
"Holy shit, you guys must be dueling prodigies or something to be that good with new decks you've barely used." Hoshi said.
"Well we do go to Duel Academy. We're just taking a little break before mid terms." Dai said, not wanting to advertise that he was Duel Academy's rep in the biggest duel of the school year. "Come on Lex, we better get going. Thanks for the duel you two, you can have that dance game now." Dai said to the couple as he and Alexis went back to the hotel.
The remainder of their stay in Domino City was uneventful; Dai took Alexis out on a few more dates, nothing fancy. He also helped Alexis out with fine tuning her new Ice Deck, and she helped him tune both of his decks, as well as decide which deck to use in the upcoming School Duel. Finally after a week of having fun, and doing some work, the two headed back to Duel Academy so that Dai could participate in the annual School Duel.
END CHAPTER NINE
Authors Note: Welcome to another new edition of Hello Duel Academy. This chapter took me forever to write, I hope you all enjoy it. I decided to give Alexis a new deck because I never really liked the Cyber Girl deck she used in the show, it seemed weak for someone of her caliber. Original cards in this chapter are Infernal Werewolf and Black Ice Dragon. I never realized this before looking through the Yu-Gi-Oh card guide, but there are very few good fiend fusion monsters available, so I made up one of my own. As far as Black Ice Dragon is concerned, it is the ace card of Alexis's deck, I don't think it is too overpowering. Now that Dai's second deck has been determined, I am starting a new poll. This poll is to determine which deck he uses against which of the seven Shadow Riders. Please leave your votes in any reviews, although PM's will also be counted. Also again any one that wants to make up original cards and submit them is more than welcome to. Full author credit will be given to any card that is made up by someone else.
Shadow Rider Poll:
Nightshroud
Camula
Tania
Don Zaloog
Abidos the Third
Titan
Amnael
