Hey everyone! Ready for a another super fun chapter!?...Well too bad, here's one anyways!

Yep, just wanna throw this out and get it done finally. 1st expulsion match GO!


Chapter 9: Masking the Smell of Defeat (See I can make up cheesy episode titles too 4kids)

"Just look at them...nothing but pathetic slackers littering the campus like vermin." Thought Crowler, as he scoured the hallways of the main building. "The hallowed halls of MY Duel Academy are for the elite, not the LAME. And especially not for Jaden Yuki..." That name suddenly caused something in Crowler's head to snap. "I WON'T TOLERATE THAT SLIFER SLACKER AT MY SCHOOL FOR A SECOND LONGER!" This cause all the students, especially the Slifers to react in fear. The Slifers ducked into a nearby classroom. Then, Crowler began to snicker in pleasure. "But soon, he will pay most dearly. Soon, he will look like the fool."

"Dr. Crowler!" A voice called out, as the professor turned to reveal Chazz Princeton walking up to him.

"Ah, Chazz, how can I help you?" Crowler asked.

"You can help by putting me in the duel with Jaden!" Chazz requested.

"You?"

"That's right, I want to get revenge on that Slifer Slacker!" Chazz exclaimed. "This time, I'm sure I can beat him and send him packing!"

"Sorry Chazz, but I'm afraid you'll be sitting this one out." Crowler shot down.

"Say what?" Chazz gasped.

"Don't get me wrong, your skills are admirable, but I'm not taking any chances with this. After all, if Jaden loses, he'll be expelled from the academy." Crowler explained.

"If that's the case, at the very least I could take out that Ra Reject, as a testament to the power for the Blue Dorm." Chazz exclaimed.

"I suppose it's Miles Palmer you're referring to. I never knew you held a grudge towards him." Crowler realized. "However, I already have opponents set up for him and his little friend as well. They are tag duel professionals trained for this type of duel. They'll stand no chance and that little loud-mouth nuisance will be off my island in no time. So as you can see Chazz, your services aren't required."


At the Red Dorm, Jaden and Syrus were preparing their decks.

"How can you be so calm?" Chumley asked.

"How can we not be?" Jaden retorted while sifting through his deck. "Another day, another duel right Sy?"

Syrus nodded nervously as he looked back into his cards as well.

"But this isn't just another duel. It's an elimination tag duel, and if you lose, you'll be on the next bus outta here." Chumley reminded.

"Duh, and that's totally why we're not gonna lose today." Jaden reassured. "And Chumley, we're on an island. Bus?"

"Whatever. Anyways, just in case, maybe you guys should give me your meal cards."

"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence Chum." Jaden spoke sarcastically.

"I'm just saying, someone's gotta eat your grilled cheeses if you go. Might as well be me." Chumley stated.

Syrus looked down at his Power Bond card. "Chumley may have a point. Afterall, the last time I dueled, I was horrible, just like my brother always said. No! If we're gonna stay at the academy, I'm going to have to focus and not let anything get in my head, especially not Zane." Syrus began to look much more confident. "There we go! I gotta believe in myself. Believe in myself! Believe in myself!"

"I BELIEVE IN MYSELF JADEN!" Syrus yelled.

"Uhh, cool Syrus, but save that energy for the duel field." Jaden said. "Now come one buddy, let's head out." Syrus nodded in agreement.

"Good luck guys, I really want you to win today." Chumley cheered.

"More than you want our grilled cheese?" Jaden jested.

"If it meant having you guys stay, I'd give up grilled cheeses for good."

"I think I may just cry." Jaden responded.

"See ya soon Chumley!" Syrus waved as he and Jaden left the room.

"Yeah...I really hope so." Chumley thought.


While this was happening, Jake was in his room, preparing his deck for his judgment duel.

"AH MAN! WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO!" Jake panicked. "I'm totally unprepared!" As Jake was continuing his constant freakout, the door opened to reveal Miles.

"Ah...I...am...PUMPED!" Miles yelled out. "ARE YOU READY ZOMBIE BOYOYOYOY!" His cries of encouragement fell on deaf ears however as Jake was busy continuing his panic attack. "Eh?...I said ZOMBIE BOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOY!" Still no response from his friend. "Zombie boyoyoyoyoy?" Miles huffed in disappointment. "Are you serious? You picked NOW to start doing this Zombie Boy?"

"Miles!" Jake finally noticed his friend.

"Oh yeah, I'm here!" Miles through his arms up a loud, obvious banter.

"Miles, what do we do!?" Jake asked. "I thought I was totally prepared, but now the moment is getting to me and...AHHHH!" Jake began his freakout tantrum again. Miles nodded in disappointment.

"Okay, so I may be a bit too wired right now, and you are clearly freaking the fuck out..." Miles thought for a second, and then it occurred to him. "Ah...the answer to everyone's problems." Miles then sprinted out of Jake's room, and almost instantly returned. "You ready Zombie Boy?"

"What are we gonna do!?" Jake begged.

"What every typical bored California teenager does my friend..." Miles then pulled something out of his pocket. "We burn grass."


Later, Bastion and Kenny had met up together at the Ra Dorm.

"Hey Bastion, you haven't seen Miles around have you?" Kenny asked.

"Afraid not. I haven't seen Jake either, but I'm about to check his room."

"Good." Kenny said. "Miles wasn't in his, so he might be there."

The two Ra's finally reached Jake's room, and Bastion then knocked on the door.

"Jake! Are you in there?" Bastion called out. "It's Bastion! Is Miles there?"

"Nobody gets to see the Wizard!" A gruff voice came from the other side of the door.

"Somehow, this can't be good." Kenny stated. They opened the door.

"What in blazes?" Bastion said to himself, sniffing the air and noticing a very strong smell.

"You are CORRECT sir..." It was Miles, who was lazily walking in front of them in the room, while Jake was sitting on the bed, totally relaxed.

"Wait...I don't understand..." Bastion started before being interrupted by Kenny.

"You guys rolled a joint didn't you..." Kenny plainly stated.

"I can't believe this!" Bastion stated in disbelief.

"I know!" Kenny added. "You guys didn't tell me!?" This caused Bastion to slap his face in annoyance.

"Hey man, this was for Zombie Boy bruh!" Miles then pulled Jake off his bed and poked him in the chest to signify that it was for him. Jake just stared off into space.

"Why can I hear the walls moving?" Jake asked.

"Don't worry buddy, that'll wear off soon."

"Are we just going to ignore the fact that you guys just smoked cannabis on campus right before an elimination tag duel that will determine your future here at the academy!?" Bastion asked, which received blank stares from both Miles and Jake.

"...Pretty much." Miles answered. Bastion sighed in disappointment.

"Bastion, I think you're overreacting. We do live in the 21st century." Kenny shrugged.

"Schizoid man!" Miles added to Kenny's statement, and then started to strum an air guitar.

"Are you sure you two will be fine?" Bastion asked. "I mean, I'm not too worried about you Miles, since it seems you high and you normal are both equally...unusual, but Jake..."

"I'll be okay Bastion." Jake responded struggling to get off the bed. "All I need to do is follow the color green and we'll get to the Devil's house in no time."

"See!" Miles stated. "And you were worried...I know what I'm doing Bastion." Miles firmly stated, then looked around the room. "Hey, who left that donut on the ceiling?" Miles was referring to one of the round lights. He then began to jump in hopes of grabbing it. Bastion pinched his nose in annoyance.

"Alright, forget it! Let's go." Bastion surrendered as he pushed Miles out of the room. "Follow our voice Jake."

"You are really holding true to that Zombie Boy nickname right now." Miles laughed, pointing out Jake's rather dead-like walking. Miles then sprayed what looked like Febreeze onto himself and then on to Jake. "That'll do the trick. Here's your jacket buddy." Miles threw Jake's jacket to him, who dropped it.

"I can see this will end well." Kenny nodded and chuckled as they all departed.


At the main campus, preparations were being made at the duel field. The students had filed into the seats.

"Attention all students! The first of two Disciplinary Duels are about to begin! Remember, these are test conditions. These are sudden expulsion matches."

"Still in my opinion a tad harsh." Bastion opinionated.

"No joke." Kenny added.

"You got that right." The two Ra's turned to see Alexis, who took at seat next to him. "You two are friend with Miles and Jake right?" She asked.

"...To an extent." He coughed. "You're Alexis Rhodes, yes? You must be acquaintances with Miles and Jake too."

"Yeah, and I'm a big reason why they along with Jaden and Syrus are in this mess." Alexis admitted feeling quite guilty.

"Don't beat yourself up too much Alexis, afterall, I'm a bit at fault." A voice shot from the other side of the Ra's, taking them by surprised.

"Ah!" they shouted, the girl revealed to be Sydney, who looked confused by there surprised glances.

"What?" She stated, staring away from her computer.

"Sydney, did you really need to bring that thing along with you?" Alexis asked.

"Of course." Sydney blushed a bit in frustration. "I have a lot of important work to catch up on."

"Hey I've seen that manga before." Kenny pointed at her computer. Sydney suddenly shut it in embarrassment.

"It's a friend of mine's, I'm just reviewing it for her!" She defended. Alexis chuckled a bit.

"I see." Kenny asked.

"Just drop it." Sydney brushed off. "Anyways, as I feared, they're going to need all the help they can get. They're going up against a tandem of tag duel professionals."

"I see..." Bastion acknowledged.

"That means, if the guys are going to pull this one out, they're gonna need to duel their best." Alexis stated. "Because if not..."

"They're done at the academy." Sydney finished.

"That's effed up." Kenny complained.


"Send in the accused!" The PA announcer declared. Meanwhile, in the tunnel entering the arena.

"I'm surprised at how calm you are Zombie Boy?" Jaden chuckled. Jake stood there quite sublime and silent.

"Hey, only I get to call him Zombie Boy alright." Miles warned. "You'd be surprised what some grass and The Police will do to calm one's nerves."

"Hehehehe!" Jaden laughed.

"I don't get it..." Syrus stated in confusion.

"What can I say?" Miles shrugged. "I like Sting's solo work, but it's not the same without Stewart Copeland."

"Time to go boys." Jaden cheered as they charged out...well sortof.

As they entered the stadium, Chazz let out a large, echoing stomp directed at the seat in front of him as Jaden entered the arena.

"Wow, sweet accoustics in here! This is gonna be sweet!" Jaden looked around in excitement.

"Any chance they could count the echo as your partner?" Syrus wondered.

"Eh, enough with that Syrus." Jaden chuckled.

"Worth a try." Syrus mimicked his light chuckling.

"Sobered up yet Zombie Boy?" Miles asked his partner.

"Think so." Jake answered. "I can actually see straight and the colors are rendering properly."

"Exactly as planned. Keep that buzz going buddy." Miles explained. "Relaxed...but alert, like a...like a tiger...or Robbie Gould...a Robbie Golden Tiger."

"...Wha?-"

"Kick that tiger through the uprights!" Miles ordered. "Let's go, we're up first!" He jogged up to the arena, with Jake trudging behind him.

"Oh great..." Jake gulped in fear.

"Yep, good luck to you guys." Jaden cheered the two Ra's. "Just be sure to wish the same for us after this." The two nodded in agreement.

"By the way Zombie Boy, I've got a huge craving for some Frosted Flakes suddenly." Miles revealed. "I'm getting some of that after this duel."

"Now then!" Crowler announced over the intercom. "The first of the 2 expulsion duels will now commence! Ra Yellow's Miles Palmer and Jake...um...there seems to be a smudge on the paper...Anyways, their opponents will be..." Suddenly, a large puff of smoke emerged from one of the entrances of the arena, and then two silhouettes emerged from the smoke.

"*Cough Cough*, you never said there'd be smoke!" One rather raspy voice complained. "You know that I have respiratory problems."

"Oh quit your griping." The other voice was quite clear and smooth. "It's not like you paid for it or anything." Finally emerging from the smoke was two purple cloaked figures, both donning separate masks. One was a short bald man with half of a white mask with red stripes and a huge smiling grin on the right side of his face, the other was much taller, with blue hair and donned a black mask with red stripes and a large beast-like grin on the left-side of his face.

"Lumis and Umbra!" Crowler declared. As he finished the two gentlemen finally reached the arena.

"So our victims are a tandem of kids?" Lumis stated.

"How disappointing, but relax Umbra, we get paid regardless of whom we defeat." Umbra added.

"That is true." Lumis admitted.

"Oh my God." Miles realized. "We're taking on the Neighborhood Watch Alliance...I didn't even think we were clever enough to make a Hot Fuzz reference."

"What do you mean?" Jake asked.

"I'll tell you when you're older." Miles answered.


"If I recall correctly..." Bastion began. "Those two competed in the Battle City tournament." Just as he finished talking.

"Yep." Sydney added, as she typed up the results in her computer. "They faced off against Yugi Moto and Seto Kaiba, but they were defeated and then disqualified from the tournament." She explained. "After that, there isn't a competitive duel on record for either of them."

"I can tell this won't be easy." Alexis stated.

"No joke, especially if these guys gave the King of Games a run for his money." Kenny added.


"Now then." Crowler began. "The rules are simple: Both teams will have a normal field of 5 monster and 5 spell zones, along with the normal field spell zone as well. In addition, neither player can openly discuss strategies, however, you can use what's on the field and in the graveyard. Very good?"

"Hope you're prepared for the duel of your life fools." Lumis stated to the two Ra duelists.

"Sure thing." Miles stated. "As long as this duel isn't for the greater good."

"The greater good." Bastion echoed. Everyone stared at him in confusion. "...What? I'm clever enough to get the Hot Fuzz reference."

"Let's finish them quickly Lumis." Umbra stated, his partner then nodded in agreement.

"Listen up short-stack!" Lumis called out to Jake, who then flinched in fear as Lumis pointed towards him. "You better be ready, because I plan on finishing you first!"

"B-but...wait, you're shorter than me." Jake realized. Lumis blinked a few times, and then realized this. This caused him to be fuming angry.

"Woo-hoo-hoo, Damn, would you like some aloe vera for that burn, Danny DeVito?" Miles stated.

"Enough with the short jokes!" Lumis yelled.

"To be fair Lumis, you did start it." Umbra reminded.

"Just who's side are you on!?" Lumis bit back at his partner.

"Well, this definitely a battle of the most dysfunctional tag-teams I've seen." Bastion stated.

"You raise a very valid point, may the most dysfunctional win, and given Miles is on one team, I'd say their chances are good." Sydney stated.

"Oh come on, they can't be that overly ridiculous." Kenny stated.

"You may have a point." Alexis added.

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS!

This caused all of them to collapse out of their seat, along with a vast majority of the audience.

"Wait!" Miles stated. "Do-over, I thought it was on "shoot"."

"We don't do it on shoot." Lumis stated. "It's rock, paper and then scissors. Got it?"

"I dunno, I'm more keen to shoot too Lumis." Umbra stated.

"Would you stop siding with them?" Lumis yelled. "Forget it, fine on shoot!"

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS SHOOT!

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS SHOOT!

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS SHOOT!

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS SHOOT!

4 times, all results ended in paper.

"Will somebody in this group pick something other than paper!?" Lumis yelled.

"Fine." Umbra yelled.

"Fine." Miles agreed.

"Fine." Jake obliged.

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS SHOOT!

All results were rock.

"...You two are fucking with us aren't you?" Umbra stated.

"I was about to ask the same thing..." Miles answered.

"Amazing. This is beyond the stupidest thing I've ever seen in my life." Sydney admitted.

"For the love of god..." Kenny yelled. "SOMEBODY PICK SCISSORS!"

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS SHOOT!

Finally a result ended in Umbra getting scissors and the rest with Paper.

"Ha!" Umbra cheered. "Looks like we get the honor of going first."

"Or maybe we could do best 2 out of 3?" Miles asked.

"NO!" The audience shouted.

"Very well." Lumis stated. "Let us begin this duel." Both teams walked back to their end of the duel field.

"Thank God." Kenny stated, the 2 girls and Bastion nodded in agreement.


"Now then! Both teams start with 8000 LP. Are you ready!?" Crowler asked.

DUEL!

Miles & Jake: 8000

Lumis & Umbra: 8000

"Go right ahead Lumis, you make the fist move." Umbra granted.

"Why thank you." Lumis stated, as he drew. "I'll place 3 cards facedown and end my turn."

"Interesting, he didn't play a monster to defend himself, which means he's wide open." Bastion analyzed. "However those 3 facedowns are sure to stimy any offensive."

"Miles is gonna have to be careful and find a way around them." Alexis stated.

"Somehow, I don't think he shares your thought process..." Kenny responded.

"Oh man, he's wide open!" Miles drew. "Time for a direct attack without any regard for his facedown."

"Wait why?" Jake asked.

"because YOLO Zombie Boy!...Because Yolo." He whispered for emphasis. "I summon Blackwing - Kris the Crack of Dawn in attack mode, also known as Yolo mode!" His large black feathered warrior donning a golden mask and wore a red vest let out a large caw.

Blackwing - Kris the Crack of Dawn (1900/300) *4 DARK

"If he says Yolo again, I'm leaving." Sydney warned the group.

"Now, let's go after a chunk of their points!" Miles commanded, as Kris lunged at the cloaked duo, but Lumis remained stoic.

"I don't think so." Lumis interrupted. "One of my facedowns will keep your creature at bay, now and forever, I activate Nightmare Wheel!" He declared, as a large devilish watermill wheel appeared on Miles' field, which then pulled Kris back and strapped him to the wheel. "Don't plan on using that monster for a while, because as long as my Nightmare Wheel is in effect, it cannot attack, nor can it change it battle mode." Lumis explained.

"Well, that's just rude." Miles stated. "You usually buy them dinner first before partaking in S&M. I'm just gonna lay this facedown. Back to you perverts."

"Yeah, not gonna lie..." Kenny began. "But that's an image in my head I want erased." Pointing out the nightmare wheel.

"No joke." Alexis agreed.

"And it puts team Ra in a really bad spot." Bastion added.

"It's my turn!" Umbra drew. "My cohort and I have assembled the perfect strategy fools. He will handle the support through spell and trap cards, while I provide the brute force will powerful monsters. You can't win!" He gloated, both Jake and Miles nodded.

"Umbra you idiot! Don't tell them that! Just make your move!" Lumis shouted.

"Oh right." Umbra stumbled.

"Isn't that technically against the rules, since they discussed their strategy?" Bastion wondered.

"I don't think it's cheating to discuss your strategy with your opponent." Alexis stated. "It's just stupid."

"I'll start big and with this card, even if you know our strategy, you'll be helpless to combat it! I activate the ritual spell, Curse of the Masked Beast!"

Onto their field, an alter appeared with a large demonic flaming pot and 2 pillars of fire behind it.

"With this I can tribute monsters, whose levels total 8 and by doing so I summon a powerful creature, one of the strongest you two will ever witness!" Umbra stated, as the two creatures he was sacrificing appeared, one was Shining Abyss and the other was Rogue Doll. "I ritual summon, The Masked Beast!"

As the two creatures disappeared into the ritual pot, a large burst of energy emerged from it, forming into a large centaur-like demon, with the body of a fiendish monster and the upper body and head of a man, though the head was covered by a spiked mask.

The Masked Beast (3200/1800) *8 DARK

"Great Scott!" Bastion shouted. "That must be the greatest creature in their deck."

"Let's try and not act too impressed." Alexis responded.

Jake looked on nervous.

"Don't worry Zombie Boy, the bigger they are the harder they fall, right?" Miles stated.

"Speaking of falling gentlemen." Umbra interrupted. "Your LP meter is next to take a tumble. Especially when I activate my partners facedown card."

"Excellent." Lumis snickered. The facedown was revealed as a spell card. "Mask of Partiality." He stated, as a blue and black mask with yellow stripes and yellow eye holes leaped out and equipped itself to Miles' Blackwing.

"So what? Kris is now a luchador?" Miles asked. "Because I'd be surprisingly okay with that."

"The Mask of Partiality equips to the monster, making it indestructible in battle." Lumis explained.

"That seems like something they'd rather equip to their Masked Beast." Kenny stated.

"I'm certain that card comes with a side effect." Sydney retorted, typing something into her computer. "Here it is, Mask of Partiality will also cause the equipped monster to lose 500 ATK and DEF points and it's effect is negated."

"It's like having our own personal Google." Kenny joked, which got the attention of Sydney, who started typing again.

"What are you looking at now?" Kenny asked.

"Nothing Clarence..." Sydney responded with a slight grin on her face.

"I...how did?" Kenny stuttered in disbelief, as he stared at the computer screen which had his face and full name on display.

"I think she just Googled your arse." Bastion chuckled. This caused Kenny to grit his teeth in anger.

"She did not!" Kenny argued.

"You're right..." Sydney admitted. "Just please don't sick your stuffed animal shark." This caused the others to snort out a chuckle.

"...how did you know about Finn?"

"Let's focus on the duel Clarence? We'll talk about your stuffed animals later." Alexis giggled a bit. This caused Kenny to slam his hands in his face in embarrassment.

"You people have no chill." Kenny sulked.


Back on the duel field, things were looking bleak for the Ra tandem. As the mask weakened Miles' only monster.

Blackwing - Kris the Crack of Dawn (1900/300 - 500 = 1400/0) *4 DARK

"Now it's time, Masked Beast attack his bird now!" Umbra commanded as the masked fiend swung his staff and let out a large red blast at the Blackwing, however the mask equipped to him opened it's mouth and absorbed the attack, causing Kris no harm. Then, the mask forced Kris to turn around towards Miles and Jake, it then unleashed the blast that was absorbed at them directly.

Miles & Jake: 6100

Lumis & Umbra 8000

"I wonder why they decided to keep Kris al..." Kenny began but was interrupted by Sydney.

"Because Nightmare Wheel inflicts 500 points of damage during each turn it's on the field, which means as long as Kris is out, it'll continue to inflict damage, and since it can't attack, it's essentially useless by itself." Sydney explained, not even looking at him. Kenny turned to her and then looked back.

"You're psychic aren't you?" Kenny assumed.

"No, you're just predicable..." Sydney responded while typing on her computer.

Back on the field, Miles recovered from the attack.

"Well great, we're down 1900 points and my Blackwing is currently filling in as a gimp." Miles assessed. "Up to you Zombie Boy." Miles pointed to his friend, who jumped a bit. "...but y'know, no pressure."

"I'll end my turn now, it's your turn boy." Umbra concluded.

"...A-alright, here goes nothing." Jake drew, looking hopefully at his card.

"Before you start, remember that each passing turn, Nightmare Wheel takes away 500 of your lifepoints."

Miles & Jake: 5600

Lumis & Umbra: 8000

"This is bad, they keep losing points each passing turn and Lumis and Umbra have the strongest monster in play." Bastion stated.

"Thank you, captain obvious..." Sydney mumbled to herself.

"I think I got something. Yeah." He stated. "We can't attack with Kris, but he can still be used as material for a Synchro Summon."

"A Synchro Summon?" Umbra blurted out.

"Hmm?" Lumis mumbled.

"Now, I summon Plaguespreader Zombie in Attack Mode!" Jake stated, bringing out his purple zombie tuner.

Plaguespreader Zombie (400/200) *2 DARK/Tuner

"Now get ready, because I'm going to Synchro Summon using my Plaguespreader and Miles' Blackwing Kris, destroying your two equip cards!" Jake stated as he readied both cards.

"Not so fast!" Umbra interrupted, as he revealed his facedown card. "Our trap card activates, and Mask of Obstruction will block your Extra Deck summon, in fact, none of us will be able to Special Summon until the end of our 2nd turn." He explained much to Jake's chagrine.

"Then we can't Synchro Summon!?" Jake feared.

"I'm gonna need you to chillax their broseph." Miles calmed his friend. "You've got 5 more cards to work with." Jake nodded.

"I'll set 2 cards down and end my turn." Jake concluded.

"See, remember, neither team can Special Summon, so they won't gain much advantage." Miles explained.

"Wrong." Lumis stated. "While you're correct as to us not being able to Special Summon, you forget that our Masked Beast is in play and has 3200 ATK points. Without being able to Special Summon, I'd say your chances of summoning a monster strong enough to destroy him are slim to none!"

"Well then get on with it!" Miles directed.

"Very well." Lumis drew. "It's time to eliminate your puny monster, leaving him in Attack mode was amateur mistake. First I'll summon Mask Collector in Attack mode!" He stated, as the new monster had blue skin, large sharp antennae on his head, wore a large red cape and 3 white masks on his face, each showing a different emotion.

Mask Collector (1800/600) *4 DARK

"With this card in play, if a "Mask" Spell or Trap is on the field, his power grows by 400 for each one. Since both Mask of Obstruction and Partiality in play, that's 800 more ATK." Lumis explained.

Mask Collector (1800 + 800 = 2600/600) *4 DARK

"Now my battle phase begins, Masked Beast, eliminate his pathetic plaguespreader zombie!" His creature waved it's staff and unleashed a red beam towards Jake's creature.

"Hold on! I activate my trap card!" Jake stated. "Mirror Force!"

"No not Mirror Force!" Umbra shouted.

"That's right." Jake grinned. "Which means both your Masked Beast and Mask Collector and heading for the graveyard!" As he explained, the Masked Beast's red blast was met with a large white barrier and deflected back at the two creatures.

"Mirror Force is indeed a powerful card, however I still have a way to salvage my Masked Beast." Lumis stated, as he select a card from his hand. "I activate the spell, Forbidden Lance!" He stated, showing a spell card dipicting a brown haired girl in a white dress holding a bronze lance.

"Huh?"

"By deducting 800 ATK points from my Masked Beast during this turn, he is unaffected by Spells and Trap cards until the end phase." Lumis explained, as the lance materialize and Mask Beast grabbed hold of it.

Masked Beast (3200 - 800 = 2400/1800) *8 DARK

As his deflected beam came its way, it spinned the lance around, creating a fan like shield, destroying the blast. However, Mask Collector wasn't so lucky, as the blast hit it dead on, killing it.

"Now a replay occurs, Masked Beast attack his zombie now!" This time the Masked Beast lunged at the Plaguespreader, slashing it into two with the lance, causing massive damage to Jake's score.

Miles & Jake: 3600

Lumis & Umbra: 8000

"Now I'd say is time to panic!" Kenny stated. "They're down by over 4000 lifepoints!"

"Indeed, and they still can't special summon and that Masked Beast is just too power...and they keep losing lifepoints to Nightmare Wheel."

"Could you guys go outside and tell us what color the grass is?" Sydney asked.

"No joke, are you just gonna state the obvious, or cheer on your friends?" Alexis responded.

Bastion gulped at the two females remarks. "I suppose it is possible for them to come back."

"Let's see." Kenny said. "Never know what happens with just one draw."

"My turn is over, which means my Masked Beast returns to its original 3200."

Masked Beast (2400 + 800 = 3200/1800) *8 DARK

"I'm sorry, this is all my fault." Jake apologized, looking down at his feet. Miles just patted him on the back.

"All we need is 1 card to turn this around Zombie Boy. Don't worry, shit happens." Miles said to his friend. "This is just getting started. Let me handle this part."

"I hope you're ready to surrender fool." Lumis stated. "Your friend tried and failed to defeat our ultimate Masked Beast, and you'll share the same fate."

"Zombie Boy did what he needed to do." Miles stated. "He's gonna be the one to beat you guys, so I'd be ready. But I'm a little ahead of myself." He finished, looking at his deck. He then drew, staring at his card.

"Don't forget you take damage from Nightmare Wheel." Lumis reminded.

Miles & Jake: 3100

Lumis & Umbra: 8000

"That will be the last time it happens, cuz it looks like I pulled a rabbit out of my hat. Or should I say, a Downburst spell card." He flipped, revealing his spell card.

"Say what?" Lumis gasped.

"You heard right, Downburst puts all the faceup Spell and Traps and sets them back facedown, and none of them can be re-activated this turn." He explained. Both Nightmare Wheels and the masks disappeared, freeing Kris from it's clutches.

Blackwing - Kris the Crack of Dawn (1900/300) *4 DARK

"Big deal, are cards are still here for next turn, and you still have no monsters strong enough to fight the Masked Beast!" Umbra shouted. Miles only grinned.

"You forget that with Mask of Obstruction reset, Special Summoning is green-lit again." Miles retorted.

"Oh no!" The duo blurted out.

"This may be what they needed to get back into this!" Bastion realized.

"I first summon Blackwing - Breeze the Zephyr in Attack mode!" Miles chose, as his light orange feathered bird gently landed on the field.

Blackwing - Breeze the Zephyr (1100/300) *3 DARK/Tuner

"But there's more. Special Summons are freed up, so I'm special Summoning Blackwing - Zonda the Predator!" He declared, as the winged warrior with the orange, blue and black armor with large dreadlocks to the field.

Blackwing - Zonda the Predator (1700/1300) *4 DARK

"Now he's got a good lineup of monsters to work with." Alexis stated.

"But none are anywhere near strong enough to take on the masked beast." Bastion reminded.

"As surprising as it would seem, I think he may have something planned." Sydney explained.

"Oh, and by the way gentlemen." Miles began. "I'm afraid those facedown cards won't be seeing another go around. Because I'm blowing them right off the field with this." Miles flipped a card in his hand, revealing a trap card. "Delta Crow - Anti-Reverse!"

"Impossible, you can't just activate a trap card from your hand!" Umbra argued. "That's against the rules."

"Read the fine print lurch!" Miles retorted.

"Of course!" Jake realized. "There are 3 Blackwings in play, which allows Delta Crow to activate from the hand."

"And that's a bingo." Miles quipped. The three Blackwings took flight, unified overhead and unleashed a large vortex of black wind, blowing every single facedown card on Lumis and Umbra's field off.

"Now's there chance to strike." Sydney stated.

"All our cards are gone!" Umbra gasped.

"And it gets better, because I'm tuning my lv 3 Breeze the Zephyr with lv 4 Zonda the Predator, causing a dimensional rift in the sky for some reason..." He stated, as the 2 creatures de-materialized forming a vortex of wind and the muscular black winged humanoid creature appeared.

4 + 3 = 7

"Synchro Summon, Blackwing Armor Master!" Miles declared.

Blackwing Armor Master (2500/1500) *7 DARK/Synchro

"Sorry, but with only 2500 ATK points, your creature won't scratch our Masked Beast!" Lumis explained.

"That's why, I've come prepared." Miles retorted, holding another card in his hand. "Behold the Debris Weapon!" He revealed, as Armor Master held out his right arm, as a gauntlet appeared in the form of a silver dragon cannon. "By the way, this makes Armor Master stronger than your reverse Bojack Horseman, by giving it 800 ATK."

Blackwing Armor Master (2500 + 800 = 3300/1500) *7 DARK/Synchro

"No way, it's stronger than our Masked Beast!" Umbra yelled.

"Now Masked Beast, choke on this!" Miles declared as Armor Master swooped down and pierced a gaping hole through the Masked Beast, eviscerating it. "Or...just make a giant hole in his abdomen...close enough I suppose."

Miles & Jake: 3100

Lumis & Umbra: 7900

"Oh no!" They yelled.

"Oh wait, eeeeehh, there's more!" Miles stated. "Ya see, when a monster equipped with Debris Weapon destroys a monster in battle, you take damage equal to half of your monsters ATK."

Suddenly out of Armor Master's body lit up with a silver tint and unleashed a barrage of silver shots towards the opposing team.

Miles & Jake: 3100

Lumis & Umbra: 6300

"Now it's time for Kris to close the gap even further!" As he stated, the large humanoid lunged at the tag team, knocking them over.

Miles & Jake: 3100

Lumis & Umbra: 4400

"They're finally mounting a comeback." Alexis cheered.

"Yeah, took our their best monster and almost half of their lifepoints in 1 go." Kenny stated.

"How could you let this happen Umbra!" Lumis yelled at his taller teammate.

"What? How can you blame me!? This is your fault for letting them blow your cards off the field so easily." Umbra retaliated.

"If you stacked your deck with some decent spell and trap cards, we wouldn't be in this mess!"

"See that Zombie-Boy, we're a much better team than them." Miles pointed out. "They're like Shaq and Kobe...ya know, minus the whole 3 NBA Championships thing."

"We're still losing." Jake pointed out.

"Tsssh...you're about as lively as the real living dead." Miles crossed his arms in frustration.

"Fine, I'll clean up your mess!" Lumis stated as he began his turn. "I draw." He snickered a bit once he looked at the card he drew. "Excellent, if you don't screw this up Umbra, we may have just won us the match."

"Just play it!" Umbra shouted in frustration.

"I summon Grand Tiki Elder in Attack Mode!" Lumis stated, bringing out the light blue, cloaked fiend donning several accessories including 3 shrunken heads.

Grand Tiki Elder (1500/800) *4 DARK

"Next, I activate a spell card, Reasoning!" He declared, a card depicting a man wearing a turban pointing at a designated card. "With this, you have to declare a level of a monster, then I pick up cards until a monster appears. If it's the level you declared, then the monster goes to the graveyard, if not however, then the monster is summon immediately."

"Forty-Two!" Miles blurted out.

"The answer has to be something between 1 and 12 you clod!" Lumis simplified.

"But 42 is the answer to everything." Miles stated.

"It's like he takes joy in acting like a total dimwit." Sydney thought to herself.

"Look, if I tell you the number, will you just shut up and let me continue?" Lumis stated.

"Well that's a mighty fine gesture on your part." Miles complimented.

"Very well it's 12." Lumis admitted.

"Ah, of course!" Miles reacted. "That was my REAL answer!" Everybody faulted in reaction to his sheer stupidity.

Lumis then drew, and the top card was indeed a monster. "Level 4. Makyura the Destructor!"

"Hey! You deceived me!" Miles yelled.

"WELL DUH!" Everybody in the crowd yelled back at him. "Moron!" Another voice yelled out.

"I'm speechless..." Bastion said. "I don't even think Jaden is capable of something that gullible." As he said this, the other group members were reacting accordingly to Miles' acted of gullibility. Alexis simply had her hand on her head in frustration, Kenny shook his head in amazement and Sydney simply slammed her head against her computer.

"I'm afraid no takesies backsies!" Lumis declared, as he summoned his one-eyed, clawed fiend.

Makyura the Destructor (1600/1200) *4 DARK

"Now I sacrifice my two creatures, and summon a creature with more power and less mercy than our previous Masked Beast." Lumis began, as both of his monsters vanished into a dark portal, and out of it came a three-head masked demon, similar to the Masked Beast, but larger, with 2 legs and large claws for hands.

Masked Beast Des Guardius (3300/2500) *8 DARK

"Now Masked Beast Des Guardius, attack his Armor Master with devil grip!" Lumis declared, as the 3-masked demon lunged at his target.

"Are you taking the piss?" Miles asked his opponent.

"Why would he do that!" Crowler shouted, biting his handkerchief.

"Their attack powers are the same." Kenny stated.

"But Armor Master's special ability kicks in. He can't be destroyed in battle." Sydney reminded.

"Then why do it?" Alexis wondered.

"Armor Master, bury that overgrown eyesore!" Miles retorted, as the Armor Master took aim with Debris Weapon, and fired a direct shot at Des Guardius, blowing it to smithereens.

"And because of his debris weapon, half of Des Guardius' ATK power gets deducted from their score." Bastion added.

Miles & Jake: 3100

Lumis & Umbra: 2750

"With that, Miles and Jake are in the lead." Alexis said excitingly.

"I wouldn't be too happy about that." Sydney closed her computer. "I'm sure that was part of their plan. They wouldn't just let their strongest monster die for no reason, and they certainly don't look to distressed."

"You're right." Bastion admitted, as the cloaked partners snickered in delight. Which caught the attention of Miles.

"Uh...you do realize that boss monster + boom = BAD thing for you, right?" Miles said.

"You would like to believe that wouldn't you?" Umbra responded.

"...Mainly because that's exactly what happened." Miles pointed out.

"You fool, you do realize that our Masked Beast Des Guardius reveals his true power once he is destroyed." Lumis stated.

"They can't be serious." Jake shook. "But his monster was destroyed, how can it affect us now?"

"Yeah, look guys, your monster's not the card game equivalent of Frank Zappa. When it dies, it dies."

"Because when Des Guardius is destroyed, he leaves behind a dangerous mask." Lumis explained, as the three masks left behind combined and formed a red disformed mask. "This would be the Mask of Remnant." The mask then launched forward and attached to Armor Master. The bird warrior attempted to pull it off, to no avail. Then suddenly, Armor Master shifted sides to the other duo.

"Hey, what the fuck man?" Miles shouted. "I don't break into your house and steal your...your lamp."

"My lamp?" Lumis questioned.

"Y-yeah! Your Lamp!" Miles reiterated. "Did I stutter!?"

"Grrr...HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT MY LAMP IN THAT WAY!" Lumis barked. "That was a family heirloom!"

"I think you're playing into his words a little too much." Umbra said. "And didn't you sell that lamp at our garage sale?"

"Quiet you!" Lumis retorted. "Now where was I?"

"It was all part of his plan!" Bastion stated in shock.

"Duh?" Sydney responded. "What were the odds they just went insane and decided to throw the match by virtue of kindness?"

"Now Armor Master attacks your remaining pigeon!" Lumis declared, as the masked-controlled winged creature launched a blast from the Debris Weapon, completely eviscerating Kris.

Miles & Jake: 1700

Lumis & Umbra: 2750

"And don't forget your own spell card's ability." Lumis reminded. "With Debris Weapon, you take an extra 950 damage!" Armor Master launched a blast from his equipped weapon towards his former owner.

Miles & Jake: 750

Lumis & Umbra: 2750

"If Miles and Jake don't do something, this duel's gonna be over soon!" Bastion stated.

"Thank you. Bastion." Alexis replied with a very sarcastic tone.

"Now then, I think we've done enough damage for one turn." Lumis concluded his turn. "Now Umbra, make sure to not screw it up on the next turn. Win us this duel."

"And what makes you think I'd screw it up!?" Umbra questioned.

"Oh? Perhaps the fact that I've been pulling all the weight throughout this match!" Lumis barked.

"What!? It was my Masked Beast that blew half of their lifepoints to smithereens!"

"But it's my Masked Beast Des Guardius that took the fall to gain control of their creature and assure us victory!" Lumis reminded.

"Mmph rmph your ass is victory..." Umbra mumbled.

"Aw man." Jake muttered to himself. "I just knew this would come down to me."

"Chillax Zombie Boy." Miles caught his attention. "You got exactly what you need to own these two death eater rejects. You can do it. Just remember, don't give in to security under pressure." Something in that last phrase clicked with Jake.

"Uh, o-okay." Jake turned back to his deck. "Come on, time to man up and win this for me and for Miles." He drew his card furiously, he pulled the card closer to his head and opened his eyes. His expression changed once he saw the card. "I activate the Field Spell, Zombie World!" Jake activated his trademark field spell, turning the field into a dark, desolate wasteland with bones and corpses surrounding the area, and a river of blood with a castle of bones in the distance.

"Yeesh." Miles let out, as he shook off a severed hand from his shoe. "Ja know Zombie Boy, next time warn me before you unleash the fury of the netherworld."

"I uh..." Jake stuttered a bit. "It's part of my strategy. You remember, it turns all monsters on the field into Zombies."

"...Go on." Miles preempted.

"That's it." Jake concluded. "But added to that, will be Bone Mouse #2 in Attack Mode!" Jake summoned forth his small green bone armored rodent.

Bone Mouse #2 (400/300) *1 EARTH

"That pathetic rodent has no chance against the monster we stole, it has 3300 ATK and cannot be destroyed.

"We'll see about that." Jake stated confidently, much to everyone's surprise. "Bone Mouse attack his Armor Master!"

"Say what!" Lumis and Umbra shouted together. Miles just stood very stoic, almost statue like.

"Gutsy move!" Kenny stated in shock.

"More like a kamikaze move!" Sydney added.

"Great Scott!" Bastion shouted.

"I hope they know what they're doing." Alexis exclaimed.

Bone Mouse then charged forward, letting out a loud squeak as it lunged at Armor Master, which easily blasted it into nothing with it's cannon.

"Your foolish mistake has cost you the duel." Lumis stated in a victorious gesture.

"Not quite!" Jake interrupted. "You're forgetting something, Bone Mouse's special ability, which reduces all damage to zero!"

"No way!" They shouted together.

"That's right, in addition, when Bone Mouse battles and is destroyed, his ability triggers, allowing me access to any Zombie monster in either Graveyard, and I'm going with your own creature, the Masked Beast Des Guardius!"

"Impossible! Our Des Guardius is a Fiend, not a Zombie, so your effect does nothing against it...AH!" As Lumis finished, his graveyard lit up and out of it, the Masked Beast Des Guardius erupted onto Jake's side of the field.

Masked Beast Des Guardius (3300/2500) *8 DARK

"You're forgetting that with Zombie World in play, not only monsters on the field turn into Zombies, but those in the Graveyard as well." Jake explained. As stated, Des Guardius began to rot and decay, becoming more undead like.

"It makes no difference." Umbra reminded. "We have your creature, which can't be destroyed in battle. Trying to suicide bomb Des Guardius into it will only result in your defeat."

"Sorry to burst your bubble." Jake interrupted. "But Bone Mouse has one more effect. You see, when he's in the graveyard, I can banish him and destroy 1 Zombie-Type monster on the field."

"Oh no! And thanks to that blasted field spell, our creature is a Zombie!" Lumis cursed in shock.

"Brilliant move!" Bastion complimented. "Combining Zombie World with Bone Mouse's effect allowed Jake to effectively eliminate any creature he wants."

"Sorry to do this Head-Crab-Bird Zombie, but time to get buried." Miles shouted out, as a large fiendish hand erupted from the ground, carrying Armor Master down with it.

"They might have just punched their ticket to victory." Bastion stated. "With that Jake can finish the rare hunters directly and end the duel!"

"You know, I didn't go the bathroom." Sydney reminded. "I've been following the whole thing."

"Now Masked Beast Des Guardius, attack them directly and end the duel!" Jake announced as their former creature lunched at the cloaked duo.

"I won't let it end like this." Lumis stated. "I activate the special effect of Battle Fader in my hand." The small key-like creature with a pendulum like bell. The bell attached to it rung causing Masked Beast's attack to cease.

Battle Fader (0/0) *1 DARK

"Ehhhh, What just happened?" Miles wondered. "Why was our attack stopped by a Halloween ornament?"

"Battle Fader is summoned from my hand once you declare a direct attack, and it then ends the current battle phase." Lumis explained. "So your victory parade is put on permanent hiatus."

"Ah man..." Jake grunted.

"Relax Zombie Boy." Miles replied. "You started this, and we're gonna finish it."

"Got it." Jake nodded. "I have one more move. I activate Foolish Burial." Depicted was a grave stone with a hand and shovel sticking out. "With it, I can send from my Deck, any creature and put it in the Graveyard." He stated, as he milled a card from his deck.

"See, we're just fine." Miles said.

"I wouldn't be too sure." Umbra stated, as Jake set one card facedown. "As now it's my turn to end this duel." Umbra drew.

"Wonder what they have planned?" Kenny thought out loud.

"First, time to bring that traitorous Des Guardius back into the grave, where it belongs!" Umbra stated. "The spell card Smashing Ground!" He revealed his spell, which unleashed a large fist, which smashed Des Guardius into pieces.

"Well so much for that..." Jake grunted.

"And now, I banish both the Masked Beast Des Guardius along with the original Masked Beast."

"Uh oh, I smell ace monster ex-machina." Miles forewarned.

"Now we combine the two strongest creatures in our decks and create a creature of near unparalleled evil and strength." The two creatures appeared for a brief moment, only to be sucked into a large dark red vortex unwillingly. After a few seconds of silence, a large burst of energy was unleashed and through the light, a humungous sillhouette appeared in the shape of a larger centaur creature with 3 heads and demonic and broken wings. All 3 heads were covered with a demonic mask.

"Now the Tri-Mask Devil will tear your hopes of victory to shreds!" He stated.

Tri-Mask Devil (3800/3000) *10 DARK

"Knights of Columbus!" Miles shouted.

"That creature must be the strongest they have!" Bastion stated. "I don't think anything Miles or Jake have is as strong as that."

"You know, Miles is definitely the most annoying guy I've ever met, but you're right now a close second." Sydney admitted.

"Now, Mask Devil will end this!" Umbra gloated. "Attack them directly and finish these fools off!"

Their Masked Devil unleashed a barrage of fireballs from all 3 of it's heads, aimed right towards the opposing duo.

"Can't let you do that Star Fox!" Miles responded, as he flipped over his facedown card. "I activate, the trap card, Synchro Portal!" The revealed trap had a large worm-like creature emerging from a white hole in space. From the card, Armor Master leaped out and blocked the fire blast from Umbra's creature.

"What just happened!" Lumis shouted.

Blackwing Armor Master (2500/1500) *7 DARK/Synchro

"Synchro Portal revives any Synchro monster, given it has to hold onto the trap card, and of course thanks to Armor Master, we were able to block your attack and reduce the damage to 0. So even though there is no cake, this portal is quite beneficial."

"Curses!" Lumis stated.

"He used that blasted bird as a shield." said Umbra.

"Brilliant tactic!" Bastion complimented. "But even his Armor Master can't take out their Masked Devil. It's ATK strength is much too low."

"Do I need to move?" Sydney asked.

"Oh, apologies." Bastion replied.

"Even though your monster can't be destroyed in battle, doesn't mean it can take down our Masked Devil." Lumis explained. "And you'll need to, because our monster cannot be destroyed by your card effects. So spell, trap and monster abilities won't be able to take him down. Your efforts to mount a comeback have failed."

"Well, that's great and all, but I don't expect Armor Master to take down your monster anyways." Miles stated. "It's gonna be Zombie Boy's card that puts that devil in the dirt, and I'll start by activating his first card. I send one card in my hand to the top of my deck, resurrecting Plaguespreader Zombie!" Miles rose Jake's genetic abomination from the ground.

Plaguespreader Zombie (400/200) *2 DARK/Tuner

"Him again..." Umbra grunted.

"And this time we don't have our Mask of Obstruction to block their Synchro Summon!" Lumis feared.

"That's right, shit's bout to get real. And now, I activate the effect of the monster just sent to the graveyard by ole Zombie Boy here. It's called Mezuki."

"Remarkable." Bastion said in amazement. "What teamwork."

"And Mezuki's effect, allows us to banish it, and in exchange, we can resurrect any Zombie-type monster." Jake explained.

"But by my count, all the monsters in your Graveyard are Winged Beasts." Umbra argued.

"Umbra you idiot, you're forgetting their field spell. Thanks to that, ALL of their creatures in the grave are Zombies." Lumis reminded him.

"That's right, and I'm bringing back Kris the Crack of Dawn!" His large vested bird humanoid returned to the field.

Blackwing - Kris the Crack of Dawn (1900/300) *4 DARK

"And things are about to get a lot worse for you my friends." Miles warned them. "Because now I summon Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain in Attack mode!" As stated, his new bird, was dressed as a ninja and carried a pack on it's back with 2 retractable metal wires.

Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain (500/800) *2 DARK

"Why summon that?" Alexis questioned. "It's ATK points are far too low. What's Miles up to?"

"If I had to guess, it's a combo attack." Kenny answered.

"Indeed." Bastion agreed. "If we've learned anything about the Blackwings, it's that they are a collaborative archetype, and rely on eachother to impose their will on the opponent."

"Now it's time for a tune up, and I'm tuning my Armor Master with Plaguespreader Zombie." Miles stated, as Plaguespreader had disappeared forming 2 rings around Armor Master, who then dispersed into 7 orbs of light.

2 + 7 = 9

"We may be seeing a brand new blackwing here." Kenny stated in anticipation.

"Now get ready for our newest creature." Miles stated. "Demongo the Soul Baron...boy is that a mouthful?" Through the light, came a large black and red cloaked skeletal demon, whose bones formed a armor around it's torso. It's head was made up of a blue flame with black forming the face and cold blue eyes and a devilish green.

Demongo the Soul Baron (2900/2900) *9 DARK/Synchro

"Wait since when did Miles have a Zombie in his extra deck!?" Kenny wondered.

"My thoughts exactly." Alexis agreed.

"Maybe Jake put it in his extra deck in case this would've happened." Sydney assumed.

"Impossible! That has to be against the rules!" Crowler cried foul.

"Now Crowler, you said that the teams couldn't share strategies during the match, you never anything about sharing cards." Chancellor Sheppard chuckled.

"Grr...Blast those Ra's and their loophole." Crowler cursed under his breath.

"You still don't have enough ATK points to take us down!" Umbra shouted.

"We're about to have just enough." Miles disagreed. "Fane the Steel Chain attack now!" He commanded, as his shinobi bird lunged in with a quickness towards the duo.

"That's suicide!"

"No, that's strategy." Miles retorted. "Fane's special ability allows him to bypass your monsters and attack your lifepoints directly." Fane then launched both his steel wires at Lumis and Umbra, damaging their lifepoints.

Miles and Jake: 750

Lumis and Umbra: 2250

"Barely a dent." Lumis scoffed.

"How's this for a dent, because Fane's not done yet. When he successfully inflicts damage to you, one of your monsters gets switched into Defense mode."

"It can't be!" As stated, the Masked Devil kneeled into defense position.

"That dent just turned into a crater don't you think? And there's more, as Zombie Boy would explain!"

"Once per turn, Demongo can take any Zombie-Type monster from either Graveyard, banish it, and then half of that monster's ATK is added to him until our next turn." Jake divulged.

"So in other words until we've won." Miles added. "So now, by removing Armor Master from play, Demongo gets an added 1250 ATK point bonus." Armor Master was pulled from the Graveyard and his essence was added to Demongo.

Demongo the Soul Baron (2900 + 1250 = 4150/2900) *9 DARK/Synchro

"Ah! 4150!?" They yelled out.

"Now watch them all in action!" Jake stated. "Demongo take our their Masked Devil!" Jake's Demongo then summon a ball of blue fire and it turned into a wave of dead energy that caused the devil to wither into dust and crumble.

"It's also probably worth mentioning that Demongo can pierce as well huh?" Miles added.

Miles and Jake: 750

Lumis and Umbra: 1100

"It can't be!" Umbra yelled.

"They still have another creature to attack with and we have nothing to defend our lifepoints!"

"Got that right, Kris gets the finishing shot!" Miles declared. "Take them out buddy!" Kris launched himself into the sky, only to dive straight at the cloaked duo, flying right into them, knocking them out of the arena, and dropping their points to zero.

Miles and Jake: 750 WIN

Lumis and Umbra: 0

"They pulled it off!" Alexis declared in surprise.

"Indeed, very impressive from the two of them." Bastion stated. "Not too surprising from fellow Ra's like myself."

"Yeah, we're basically awesome." Kenny added on.

"Wow, way to use the accomplishments of others to feed your own ego." Sydney retorted. "You guys would make great Obelisks." she joked. "But still...despite his consistent annoyance and idiotic behavior. That was rather impressive."


"How did they pull that off against tag duel professionals!?" Crowler shouted in disarray and frustration.

"Naturally Crowler, because they're taught so well." Sheppard stated. "You should be proud Crowler...oh wait, I forgot, they're not your students." This caused Crowler to grow extremely pale.

"Grrr...well at least I get to watch the slackers get shipped off the island." Crowler grumbled to himself.


Back on the arena floor. Miles had Jake in a celebratory headlock.

"Victory headlock!" Miles shouted in joy. "See Zombie Boy, what works? Teamwork!"

"I can't breathe." Jake choked out.

"Whoops." Miles let him go. "But we were awesome out there. Great team, like Jake and Fatman, y'know except I'm not fat. Or like Turner and Hooch, except one of us isn't a dog...I forgot where I was going with this."


Up in the bleachers where the Obelisks were observing. Chazz was disgruntled by the Ra's triumph.

"Hmph, what a shame." Chazz grunted in disappointment.

"Damn, I was hoping to see that cocky Ra get a one-way ticket off this island." Torimaki cursed.

"Oh well, at least we still get to see those Slifer slackers get pummeled, right Chazz?" Raizou remembered.

"That's true." Chazz agreed. "And after all, that was the main event to start. I can crush Miles and his little lackey any day I choose, but watching Jaden and that pipsqueak squirm for a few rounds will be entertaining to say the least." Chazz chuckled.


Miles and Jake were making their way towards their seats, passing Jaden and Syrus on the way.

"What a sweet duel guys!" Jaden complimented.

"That's some high-fructose card games right there." Miles gloated.

"I try to avoid that stuff." Jake retorted, Miles just brushed off his comment.

"Alright, we held up our end of the bargain gents." Miles said. "Now you guys need to take care of these next two goons and we're all home free."

"No joke." Jake nodded in agreement. "Good luck Syrus, we're all rooting for you."

"Appreciate it." Syrus thanked. "Good to see the little guy come out on top, let's just hope it happens twice today." he finished nervously.

"I'm not that little am I?" Jake asked Miles.

"What?" Miles shrugged. "You're travel size for convenience, and chicks dig shorties."

"They do?" Jake asked. Miles put his finger tips together.

"...Perhaps?" Miles ended.

"Alright Sy, time for us to get our game on!" Jaden convinced, as Syrus nodded in agreement with him as they headed towards the arena.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" The PA system voice began. "The first duel has now concluded. The team of Miles and Jake are victorious and thus will not be expelled. Please remain seated for the second duel."


God/Vishnu/Flying Spaghetti Monster did not want me to finish this chapter. Felt longer than a Dragonball Z Fight if it were written by JRR Tolkien. Oh well, we got Round 2 coming up. Will Jaden and Syrus overcome great odds and take down the skilled duelists that Crowler hired to face them? Okay, dumb question, but will it be entertaining? We'll find out in the next chapter!

Oh I think I earned a pint of Jeremiah Red after this one. If you need me, I'll be in a drunken coma for the next 9 hours.