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Chapter 8 - For the Sake of Syrus

After Aero had left, Alexis joined Jaden and told him that Zane was Syrus's older brother and that he was the top student of Duel Academy. After a good night sleep, Jaden filled a form for a request duel against Zane. 'I can't believe this Zane guy... why did he do that to his brother?' As Jaden was about to finish the form, Dr. Crowler who was behind him, snatched the form. "What's this? You want to duel the top student, Zane Trusdale? You must be joking!"

"Of course I am! I'm dueling him so that Syrus gets more confidence in our tag battle!" Dr. Crowler didn't give the form back, but was looking at Jaden. "That seems like a splendid idea! In fact, I'm going to approve this". Jaden was a little surprised at his remark. "R-really?" Dr. Crowler narrowed his eyes a little. "No. There won't be any duel". He ripped the form up and laughed, but Jaden looked shocked at the small pieces that were left over.

Meanwhile at the red dorm, Roxas was waiting outside his room and was watching the sea. Roxas has had his lessons, but noticed Syrus wasn't around. He found Syrus still in the room, but with a sheet over him looking sad. Roxas tried talking to him, encourging Syrus to move on and look for the future, but Syrus said to 'leave him alone'. Roxas felt helpless, but obeyed Syrus and left him. Now, he was outside waiting for Jaden to talk to Syrus. He thought that Jaden could try and talk to Syrus instead, Roxas could tell that the both of them are friendly to each other like they were brothers.

"I don't know who you are, but you've got some explaining to do!" Roxas, interrupted by this new voice, looked down to see a duel spirit. The duel spirit is a mobian who had its arms crossed. It has purple eyes, its fur is coloured light grey and it has gloves and boots that were also grey, but darker. What caught Roxas' attention is that the mobian is an enhidna with blond-tipped dreadlocks. "Wait, you're Elemental Hero Mobian Gleam Thief!" Gleam Thief narrowed his eyes a little. "Yeah and who are you?"

Roxas crouched down so he was eye leveled with Gleam Thief. "Name's Roxas and I saved you two nights ago. You were in some duelist's deck that was possessed by something dark, but I saved you before anything bad could happen. You're with me at a dueling school called Duel Academy". Gleam Thief didn't change his look and kept his arms crossed. "And you think I'm supposed to believe that?! I don't believe you and I'm gonna beat the truth out of you!" Roxas was confused by Gleam Thief's actions, but reacted to this by ducking. But Roxas never felt anything as he noticed the attack getting blocked.

Blocking Gleam Thief's weapon which was a hammer, is Scrap King using his sword. Both mobians pressed their weapons with force against each other. "Stop! He's my friend and now he's trying to help you!" Gleam Thief used a bit of force to push slightly further towards Scrap King. "I don't need your help! I have all the power I need! I rather be alone!" Scrap King cringed his teeth at this remark and had enough force to push Gleam Thief back. Gleam Thief was a little shocked at Scrap King's power, but he had to know who this mobian was.

"Who are you?" Scrap King kept his sword ready in case the mobian attacked again. "My name is Elemental Hero Mobian Scrap King or Scrap for short". Gleam Thief lowered his hammer enough for Scrap to know that he wasn't attacking. "Scrap... King? Why does that name sound familiar? Have we met before?" Scrap lowered his weapon and was confused. "N-no. No we haven't met. This is the first time we've seen each other". Gleam Thief looked away and asked himself, "I also remember that small mark by your left eye, but why can I remember my name and nothing else?"

Scrap King had his left hand by his left eye, reminding himself of the small yellow triangular mark. He didn't know how he got that mark, but only remembered a bright white light and seeing his opponent's monsters in the entrance exam. "Gleam Thief..." The said mobian looked at Scrap. "I don't know how you came to this world, but... please here me out. I know very little about myself just like you, but I was then found by this duelist Roxas and we became friends instantly. We may not know much about ourselves, but we can figure it out, the three of us".

Scrap King held his left arm up for a handshake and Gleam Thief looked surprised at Scrap. He was quite amazed at Scrap's personality, he was kind and helpful, but like Gleam Thief, he too had no memory of his past. Gleam Thief then shook Scrap's hand and understood what Scrap had previously said. "Fine. We're acquaintances... for now". Roxas sighed with relief as he was not targeted for an attack anymore. "I didn't know you guys had no memory of your pasts. What do you remember, Scrap?"

Scrap looked down as he was thinking back to what he remembered. "The only thing I remembered was a bright white light and then appearing at your entrance exam. That's all I remember". Roxas looked at both mobians, he knew that he had to help them somehow, but amnesia was one of those things that gets fixed overtime. Roxas looked at the two mobians with a smile. "I guess we'll figure something out together. It will take some time to recover your memory loss, so we'll stay together and try to find any information".


As he heard the sound of the stairs being used, Roxas looked at who was coming while the two mobian heroes hid in his deck. It was Jaden with Chumley. "What's the matter, Jaden?" Jaden seemed annoyed. "Crowler shredded my duel request form. But I'm gonna duel Zane no matter what". Roxas shook his head, he was getting annoyed of Professor Crowler picking on Jaden and Roxas was determined to teach Crowler a lesson and duel him. "Crowler is such a jerk... Hey, do you mind talking to Syrus? I tried talking to him myself, but I got nothing".

Jaden nodded as he opened the door to the room and he, Chumley and Roxas saw Syrus completely covered up in the sheets. "Sy, are you still in bed? Look I know you feel bad, but you got to get up. Even Chumley got up this morning". Roxas giggled to himself and Jaden pulled the bed sheet off, only to find no one there. Chumley looked at where Jaden was looking, only to find a small piece of paper by the pillow. "You found something, Chumley?" Chumley read the message that was written on the note.

Jaden, everyone, I'm running away. Don't try and stop me, it's for the best. You'll do better without me.

Syrus

Jaden snatched the paper from Chumley and scrunched it up in his hand. "Syrus isn't going anywhere. C'mon guys, let's go find Syrus!" Jaden left the room in a hurry and Chumley and Roxas soon followed him. Roxas was the last one to close the door and tried to figure out where would Syrus go if he wanted to leave. Scrap appeared beside Roxas. "Do you have any idea where Syrus could have gone?" Roxas looked at Scrap. 'The only way off this island is either by boat or aircraft and I doubt Syrus has a plane... I'll search the coasts'.

Far from the three slifers, Syrus build a wooden boat that could fit one person with a long stick in his hand. He was on the coast and was about to leave. "So long, Duel Academy..." But getting closer to Syrus was Jaden and Roxas. Winged Kuriboh appeared beside Jaden and chirped in response. Roxas saw this, but tried to make no response. Jaden saw Kuriboh and said to himself, "Oh, it's you!" Winged Kuriboh floated the pathway towards Syrus.

"Do you know where Syrus is?" Winged Kuriboh nodded to Jaden's question and Jaden followed his duel spirit. "This way guys!" Roxas followed Jaden after hearing this with Chumley catching up to the both of them. After a while, Jaden found Syrus on a boat and was about to drift with the current, but Jaden stopped him by jumping on it. Winged Kuriboh disappeared back into the deck and both Jaden and Syrus were panting as they couldn't breathe underwater. "Jaden, please leave me alone... I don't belong here". Jaden sighed. "Sy don't say that! You just have to believe in yourself more!"

"He's right you know". Both Jaden and Roxas looked up to see Alexis and someone else they both didn't recognise. "You never belonged here Syrus". It wasn't Alexis who said this, but Roxas wanted to know who this guy was. "I don't know who you are, but you have no right to talk to him like that! Who are you?" The person looked down to see Roxas talking to him. "Zane Trusdale". Roxas and Jaden's eyes widened. "You're Zane Trusdale?! How could you be mean to your brother like that?"

Zane ignored what Roxas had said as he was interested about something. "Are you the duelist who has the rare deck?" Roxas tilted his head a little, but he understood what Zane meant by 'rare deck'. "If you mean my mobian deck, then yeah that's me. Why? You want a duel?" Zane was silent for a moment, but he answered. "Duel a slifer? Sure, I see no harm". Jaden was surprised at how brave Roxas was and Syrus was trying to warn him that Zane was tough to beat. "Syrus, I'll be fine. It's you I'm concerned about". Roxas looked back at Zane. "No deals and you choose the place to duel". Zane made no movement, but he seemed to understand what Roxas said.


Docks - Night

Both duelists readied their duel disks and Syrus looked at Roxas, worried about how the duel outcome would turn out. Once Roxas and Zane drew their five cards, both of them said, "DUEL!"

Zane - 4000

Roxas - 4000

Roxas' Turn

"First move is mine!" Roxas drew his card which was Eggman Plan 7. Roxas' hand contained Mobian 1 Up, Espio, E-123 Omega, Charmy and Eggman Plan 2. 'Well this isn't a good start, I guess I'll try this out...' Roxas picked one of the monsters in his hand. "I summon Espio in defense mode!"

Espio - ATK 1300 DEF 1500 LV3 Reptile / Effect - EARTH

This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, if this card is being attacked by an opponent's monster, you can remove 1 Speed Counter on Espio; when you do, banish this card until the end of the Battle Phase.

"I place two cards face down. Your move". Two cards appeared behind Espio, but disappeared. Zane began his turn.

Zane's Turn

"That's all? Okay". Zane drew his card which was Cyber Dragon. "I summon Cyber Dragon!"

Cyber Dragon - ATK 2100 DEF 1600 LV5 Machine / Effect - LIGHT

If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand).

Jaden was both shocked and confused. "How can you summon that without sacrificing a monster?" Roxas narrowed his eyes a little as he answered for Jaden. "Because he can if I have monsters and he doesn't". Zane showed a familiar spell. "And I also play Mystical Space Typoon to destroy the first face-down you placed". The first trap card got destroyed which was Eggman Plan 7. "That was fast". "And now Cyber Dragon, attack Espio!" Roxas didn't lose any life points since his mobian was in defense mode. "To finish my turn, I activate Different Dimension Capsule".

Different Dimension Capsule - Normal Spell

Select 1 card from your Deck and remove it from play face-down. During your 2nd Standby Phase after activation, destroy this card and add the removed card to your hand.

"This lets me select a card from my deck and it gets put in the capsule, then in two turns, it gets put into my hand". The capsule from the card appeared and something glowing was put into it, the lid closed and the capsule was hidden.

Roxas' Turn

'Whatever that card is, it can't be good'. "My turn! Draw!" Roxas drew the spell Power Ring. "Now I can activate this! I activate the spell, Mobian 1 Up!"

Mobian 1 Up - Normal Spell

If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters, you can Special Summon 1 "Mobian" monster from your hand, Deck or Graveyard. The Special Summoned monster has its effect negated.

"Like your Cyber Dragon, I can summon a monster without a sacrifice! I special summon, Silver in defense mode!"

Silver - ATK 2000 DEF 2800 LV7 Beast / Effect - LIGHT

This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, if this card is attacking or being attacked by an opponent's monster, you can remove 1 Speed Counter on Silver; when you do, banish both it and this card, then any monster banished by this effect returns to the field at the end of the Battle Phase.

"Next I summon Charmy in defense mode as well and equip him with the Power Ring equip spell!"

Charmy Bee - ATK 100 DEF 700 LV1 Insect / Tuner / Effect - EARTH

This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, by removing 1 Speed Counter, you can send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard to draw 1 card.

Power Ring - Equip Spell

Equip to any "Mobian" monster. Once per turn, if the monster equipped with this card gets destroyed by battle, it is not destroyed. Send this card to the graveyard once it's attacked.

"This is all I can do at this point, your move Zane".

Zane's Turn

Zane drew Cyber Dragon. "I activate the spell Polymerization to fuse the Cyber Dragon on the field with the one in my hand, to fusion summon Cyber Twin Dragon!" The two metallic serpents merged together and made a monster that looked similiar to Cyber Dragon, but with two heads.

Cyber Twin Dragon - ATK 2800 DEF 2100 LV8 Machine / Fusion / Effect - LIGHT

"Cyber Dragon" + "Cyber Dragon"

A Fusion Summon of this card can only be done with the above Fusion Material Monsters. This card can make a second attack during each Battle Phase.

"Cyber Twin Dragon, attack Charmy!" The beam hit Charmy, but the ring disappeared in its place. "When a mobian monster is equipped with a power ring, they don't get destroyed once!" Zane continued his attack. "Cyber Twin Dragon can attack twice, so attack Charmy again!" This time the attack connected to Charmy, but got destroyed.

Roxas' Turn

"Well I'm in a tight spot. Let's see what I got for you". Roxas drew the card, Chaos. 'Not what I was expecting really, I guess it's not my day...' Roxas immediately summoned the monster. "I summon Chaos in defense mode!"

Chaos - ATK 100 DEF 1800 LV2 Sea Serpent / Effect - WATER

This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, if this card has been targeted by an opponent's monster, you can remove 1 Speed Counter to negate that attack. If "Tikal" is on your side of the field, you can equip this card to "Tikal".

"I littery got nothing at the moment, I just have to end with this".

Zane's Turn

Zane drew his card but the capsule from before appeared again. 'The capsule! I forgot about that!' Zane explains what he put into it. "It's been two turns since I acivated Different Dimension Capsule and now the card that was put in there gets added to my hand". The card gets added to his hand and he added, "I activate the spell, De-Fusion to split Cyber Twin Dragon into two Cyber Dragons. Then activate the card that was added to my hand, Power Bond!"

Power Bond - Normal Spell

This card's name is treated as "Polymerization". Send, from your hand or your side of the field to the Graveyard that are listed on a Machine-Type Fusion Monster Card, and Special Summon that Fusion Monster from your Fusion Deck. The Special Summoned Fusion Monster ATK is doubled. During the End Phase of your turn, the player who control this monster takes damage equal to the original ATK of the monster.

"I fuse the two Cyber Dragons and the other Cyber Dragon from my hand to fusion summon, the Cyber, End, Dragon!"

Cyber End Dragon - ATK 4000 DEF 2800 LV10 Machine / Fusion / Effect - LIGHT

"Cyber Dragon" + "Cyber Dragon" + "Cyber Dragon"

A Fusion Summon of this card can only be done with the above Fusion Material Monsters. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

Cyber End Dragon - 8000 ATK

Roxas stared at the three headed machine, shocked at the massive amount of attack points. But he then realised something that Zane couldn't, after Syrus left that duel with Jaden, he researched the Power Bond card wondering on what its effect was. It was a powerful card, but it had one set back, you have to take its original attack points as damage at the End Phase, so he had to survive this one turn. Roxas looked down at the two mobians he had left on the field and realised that he could actually win this duel.

Roxas laughed as he knew what would happen, everyone looked at him confused. Syrus asked, "What's so funny Roxas? You've got a beast you can't beat!" Roxas stopped laughing. "Zane, you just made the biggest mistake. You almost made the same mistake Syrus did and Sy..." Syrus looked at Roxas and Roxas added, "...here's a lesson to be learned. Using a card and knowing how to use it are two totally different things!" Roxas looked at Zane and added, "Now bring it on, Zane!"

Zane wondered on what Roxas' was talking about, but showed no movement. "Good because the next attack is coming! Cyber End Dragon, attack Chaos! When it attacks a monster, it inflicts piercing damage!" The attack was about to hit Chaos, but Roxas declared the last move. "I'm afraid that isn't happening Zane! I use Chaos' ability! By removing a Speed Counter, I can negate this attack!" Chaos morphed away so that the attack didn't hit him, Cyber End Dragon was back at Zane's side.

Zane was shocked as his eyes widened slightly. "No one has escaped my Cyber End Dragon's attacks like that!" Roxas smiled as he knew what is going to happen next. "And you know what happens next, you have to take 4000 points of damage due to Power Bond's effect, which leaves me the winner!" Syrus was also shocked, but he understood Roxas' words of wisdom. 'Now I get it! Roxas used his cards well and won!' Zane declared, "I end my turn". Due to effect of Power Bond, Zane's life points dropped to zero.

Roxas - 4000

Zane - 0


Zane smiled a little and walked away from the slifers. "Nice duel Zane! Thanks for that!" Alexis followed beside Zane and asked, "What do you think of Roxas?" Zane thought about that answer. "He's good. I'm curious about this Jaden kid you told me about though, I'll definately see him again". Roxas watched Zane and Alexis until they were out of sight, but then asked Syrus a question. "So Sy, did you learn a valuable lesson? Learn how to play your cards right before playing them. To be honest you guys, that felt like pure luck to me".

"Luck? Luck?! That was pure skill!" Jaden said with a big smile. He grouped-hugged with Roxas and once the slifers released the hug, Roxas thought it was time to sleep. "I'm gonna go get some shut-eye, see you back at the dorm guys!" Roxas ran back the way to the red dorm while thinking in his head, 'I can't believe I just beat Zane! That still felt like pure luck to me... now that I think about it, if Zane attacked Silver, I would have lost that duel... good thing Zane attacked Chaos instead...'


To be honest, I really wanted Zane to win this duel, but hey, the Mobians win! I hope everyone like this and please review and fav!

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