Hey there people! Wow, I've gotten really good at this haven't I? Anyways, it's time for a new chapter of Kamen Rider GX! Let's go! Oh and thanks to Ten–Faced Paladin and Zodiac–Aries for helping me out with this chapter.
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Chapter 10: Equation for Success
It's been a week since the Expulsion Duels. Kurogasa won his against the insane magician Arkana and Jaden and Syrus won their match against the Paradox Brothers. During that week, Kurogasa, Jaden, and Syrus have been put on dueling probation, but also during that week, Jaden and Syrus were helping out Kurogasa with his physical therapy. It started out simple with flexing his arms and legs, then moving his body around, and then helping with his standing and walking. This routine has been going on for that week until Miss Fontaine discharged him and was in tip–top shape, as if he wasn't injured from the Shadow Game at all.
It was Gym time today and the two of the schools dorms were currently playing America's favorite pastime, Baseball! It was currently the Slifer boys versus the Ra boys as the Slifers were up to bat, while the Ras were in the outfield. All the guys were currently in their white and blue gym clothes with the Slifers were red bandanas on their arms and the Ras wearing yellow ones. It was currently the top of the ninth, with the Slifers leading 3–0. There were two outs and the second and third were bases loaded. Next up to bat, Jaden Yuki!
"Jaden, keep your eye on the ball!" Syrus coached.
"Heh, it'll be hard to do to that…" Jaden replied. "After I hit the ball out of the park, we'll have a six run lead!"
"You wish Jaden." Jaden looked to see Kurogasa, playing catcher for the Yellow team. "All it takes is three strikes, and you're out!"
"Like how I stuck you out, the past three innings?" Jaden taunted. The Kamen Rider duelist growled as he remembered how he kept swinging and missed.
"Hold on! Time out!" A voice called out, running into the baseball field, Bastion Misawa. "I was deep into some ATK point quantum mechanics and lost track of time."
"Can ya throw?" One of the yellow players asked Bastion.
"Sure."
"Well, we need a fresh arm… Pitcher change!" The tired pitcher left the field for Bastion to take the mound.
"This isn't a written exam, Bastion!" Jaden said. "I hope you know what you're getting into!"
"Oh, with Bastion pitching now, it's over…" Kurogasa snickered.
"I believe Mr. Kururugi is right, Jaden." Bastion said, getting ready to throw. "Now get ready; this is coming in red hot!" Bastion didn't even need to wait for the signals as he launched a fast ball, straight down the middle. Jaden missed and Kurogasa caught it.
"Strike one!" Kurogasa called. And as for the next throws…
"Strike two!"
"Strike three, you're out!"
"Nuts!" He shouted.
"I told ya that it's over once Bastion's pitching." Kurogasa said, taking off the catcher's gear. "And if you think his pitching's great, wait 'til you see him bat!" He left for the sidelines to wait his turn to bat.
"Yeah, we'll see…" Jaden said as he took the pitcher's mound, and Syrus took his place as the catcher.
At the bottom of the ninth, Jaden already struck out the first two batters. But he then he started get sloppy, for some reason…
"Ball 4, take your base!" For the next three batters, with Kurogasa being the third, he walked them all intentionally.
"Time!" Syrus called as the Slifers met at the mound. "Jaden, what happened? You got two outs, and walked the last three batters!"
"Pretty slick, right?" Jaden smirked.
"Slick?" All the Slifers asked.
"Yeah, it was the only way to pitch Bastion!" Jaden revealed.
"What?! You walked all those guys to get even with Bastion?!" Syrus asked.
"Nah, I wanna get ahead!" Jaden declared as Bastion took his place at bat. "You hear that, buddy!? You're going down!"
Bastion put on his helmet and smiled. "Down the base line perhaps." He replied. "Now give your best, Jaden! That is even you can get the ball over the plate."
"You want it!? You got it!" Jaden pitched a fast curveball, hoping to get Bastion to swing and miss. He swung, but it hit!
Meanwhile, Dr. Crowler was passing by the field trying to think of his next move on getting Jaden kicked out…
"The Paradox Brothers couldn't beat Jaden! Chazz couldn't beat Jaden! I need someone who can beat Ja… AAH!" His ranting was interrupted by a ball straight to his left eye, knocking him into the baseball equipment.
"Heads up!" Crowler popped out of the pile and saw Jaden and Syrus. When the Slifers realized who was hit, they freaked.
"IT'S YOU! WHO ELSE WOULD CAUSE SUCH INTENSE PAIN?!" Crowler cried.
"That's keeping your eye on the ball," Syrus cracked, as Crowler had the ball lodged in the eye.
"Sorry," Jaden said. "It was…"
"My fault!" Bastion came up to them. "I was the one who hit the ball."
"Of course." Crowler said, his mood completely changing as he heard Bastion. "Here I was looking for a new accomplice and here it hits me right in the face! Well the eye, but that's beside the point."
"Dr. Crowler, accept my apologies." Bastion said, bowing in respect.
"No, no, no, I've been meaning to have my contacts refitted for ages and now I have the perfect excuse." Crowler waved off. 'And a new protégé to back me up!'
"Huh?"
Crowler jumped, he forgotten that Jaden and Syrus were still there. "DO YOU TWO MIND?!"
"Sorry," They said. "See ya, later Bastion!" And they ran off.
"You really shouldn't be associating yourselves with those slackers…" Crowler said. "I think it's time you associate yourself with someone more on your level… like me."
Later on, Kurogasa was sitting by himself in the classroom as he was waiting for Crowler to be finished talking with Bastion seeing as that he was the next teacher. Today he was wearing a black shirt with the gold Kamen Rider Wizard symbol. He was pondering on what Crowler was up to this time.
'What are you up to this time Crowler?' Kurogasa thought. At that point, W and OOO appeared in spirit form.
"Something on your mind Kurogasa?" Eiji asked.
"Yeah, it's about Crowler." Kurogasa muttered to himself low enough so people weren't thinking that he's talking to himself. "I've been wondering what he's up to this time. And Bastion was with him too."
"So you don't know what Crowler wanted to talk to him about?" Shotaro asked.
"Nope. I went over there after seeing what was taking so long, Crowler was walking with him out of the field. I don't see Crowler as the kind of guy to associate with anyone lower than Obelisks."
"It's worth investigating." Philip offered.
"Maybe…" Kurogasa then heard the door open, and at that point, W and OOO disappeared. But it wasn't Crowler that came through the door, but instead it was the hot–headed Chazz Princeton. "Oh great, the fake King of Games is here…"
Chazz entered the classroom and sat down towards the top of the stadium–style room. "It's good to be at the top. Yo, foot rub and an ice tea, pronto!" He commanded snapping his fingers.
"Get it yourself!" A random Obelisk student snapped.
"What did you say?" Chazz asked the Obelisk. "Go on, say it again; I don't think I heard you."
"Chazz, what are you doing?" Another Obelisk student asked, walking up to him.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Chazz asked rhetorically. "I'm sitting in my seat."
"That's not your seat anymore." The Obelisk informed him.
"You idiot, this seat is mine, I even have a name tag right…" But when Chazz looked again, the name tag that he put there personally to show everyone that only he was supposed to sit there was gone! "What the–!"
"I think you'll find your name tag down there." The Obelisk pointed to a seat towards the bottom near the Ra Yellows. And it was in front of where Kurogasa was sitting.
"Great… now I have sit next to Chazz…" Kurogasa grumbled to himself.
"No way, this has to be some mistake! The next King of Games shouldn't sit with third–rate no–names!" It was then that Dr. Crowler, now sporting a shiner from being hit with the ball, walked into the classroom. "Dr. Crowler, what's the meaning of this? I don't deserve to sit with the losers!"
"Oh I wouldn't say that, Chazz," Crowler said. "After all, it was a loser that beat you… what was his name… oh yeah, Jaden Yuki… A SLIFER!"
'Geez… you make it sound like he went up to the Egyptian Gods and called them losers.' Kurogasa thought.
"That's why tomorrow you're going to duel Bastion Misawa and if you lose to him as well, you two switch dorms!"
Chazz gasped as the dilemma he was in. "You mean… I'd become a Ra Reject?!"
"I guess you're not as half as dumb as you pretend to be, Chazz." Crowler said, even applauding in amusement.
Chazz growled in embarrassment with the rest of the class laughing, Chazz fled the room. "I WON'T BE A RA!"
"Well… that's one mystery solved." Kurogasa said as W appeared.
"Indeed. Besides, he deserved it. Fair is fair, after all. The boy just reaped what he sowed." Shotaro said with Kurogasa silently agreeing.
"And you! Mr. Kururugi!" Crowler said suddenly making the guy in question snap to attention.
"Uh… y–yes?"
"I want to speak with you after class today."
"Uh… o… kay." Kurogasa got out with uncertainty in his voice.
Later on, Bastion, Syrus and Jaden had their free time, and were currently heading to the Ra dorm.
"Okay, so maybe that last one wasn't a foul ball." Jaden said, talking about the earlier baseball game.
"Jaden, over the center field fence normally isn't." Syrus added.
"I play like I duel," Bastion explained, while showing him a baseball bat with formulas written on it. "You see, I find that statistics, geometry, mathematics, we use all of them in our daily lives."
"You know, I never thought of it that way," Jaden said to Bastion.
"So do you have a formula for everything?" Syrus asked.
Bastion chuckled, "I'll show you."
"Hey guys." Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion turned to see Kurogasa running towards them.
"Hey Kurogasa." The three greeted. "Finished with class?" Bastion asked.
"Yep. What are you guys up to?"
"We're just about to head into Bastion's dorm room and see it." Jaden said. "Wanna come?"
"Eh, sure why not? I got nothing else better to do." Kurogasa shrugged.
So with that, the four of them went on their way to Bastion's room. While the Ra Yellow dorm, the Slifers thought while it wasn't the posh mansion that the Obelisk dorm was, it was still better looking than the Slifer Red dorm. Bastion led Jaden, Syrus, and Kurogasa to his room which was on the second floor, with Kurogasa's room next to his.
When Bastion opened the door to his dorm room, Jaden and Syrus let out a gasp. The walls and ceiling was covered with equations and formulas.
"Huh… that explains the scratching noises I've been hearing for the first week of school." Kurogasa said.
"Sorry about that." Bastion chuckled. "But nonetheless, welcome to my dorm room," he said. "Also my lab and my workshop." He pointed to the wall his desk was up against. "Over there is formula for trap cards." He swung his hand to point to the opposite wall and ceiling, "Over there is for spell cards." His hand swung again this time pointing to the wall with the window. "And that's… well you get the idea. In here I've cracked the ability to beat almost every card ever made, but as you can see I'm running out of room. So…" He held up a mop and paint bucket with an innocent smile on his face, "Mind helping?."
"Sure." The four set out to whitewash the walls of Bastion's dorm.
"Hey check it out, I'm Michelangelo," Jaden said while standing on a step ladder, as Syrus, Bastion, and Kurogasa laughed at the joke. "Get it, because I'm painting on the ceilinnnnggg!" Jaden lost his footing and his hold on the brush. The brush went flying right into Syrus's face.
"You do realize, Jaden, that this means war," Syrus said, in mock anger.
"Look, Sy, it was just an accident!" But Syrus was already picking up a paint bucket and getting ready to throw it.
"That's enough, you two." Bastion scolded. "Now give me that paint…" Syrus threw the paint at Jaden but Jaden ducked and the paint covered Bastion's face instead. Jaden burst into laughter. "Oh, funny now is it?" Bastion then tried to smack Jaden's face with a paint rag, but Jaden ducked and hit Kurogasa instead. That got him steamed who immediately fought back with his paint brush, but now he hits Jaden with the paint.
And it was pretty much a paint war after that.
After a ceasefire, the three got done painting Bastion's room and after cleaning up themselves, Bastion invited his three helpers to the Ra Yellow cafeteria. Jaden and Syrus practically stormed over to the buffet line and grabbed some fish before sitting down in front of the two Ras and started chowing down. Bastion chuckled as he went to get his dinner as Kurogasa sat down with his dinner in tow and practically stared at Jaden and Syrus's eating habits.
"Are… you guys okay?" Kurogasa asked.
"I don't think I ever had such a good time eating!" Jaden said as he stuffed some fish into his mouth. "Bastion, Kurogasa, you guys are alright."
"Yeah," Syrus agreed. "And so is Ra Yellow's food!"
"Oh, you flatter us," Bastion said bringing over his lobster dinner. "But I'm sure it's not all that much better than Slifer."
Jaden and Syrus's eyes bugged out upon seeing the lobster. "Trust me, the closest thing we have to fish is Banner's cat's breath," Jaden said.
"Wow, now I understand your eating habits." Kurogasa said looking at them in disbelief.
"By the way Bastion," Syrus said. "What were you talking with Crowler about back at the ball field?"
"Actually, he wants me to test to be an Obelisk." Bastion replied.
"Are you serious?!" Syrus asked.
"It's true." Kurogasa said as everyone turned to him. "Heard from Dr. Crowler himself in class today. Chazz is his test opponent and if Bastion wins, he and Chazz switch dorms."
"Is that why you were cleaning your room, because you were switching dorms?" Jaden smiled. "Well congratulations, Bastion, you deserve it."
"Again, you flatter me." Bastion said, trying to endure the praise.
"But you deserve it, bro!" Jaden insisted. "I saw you duel at the entrance exam. You kicked that Duel Proctor's butt!" Jaden exclaimed. "You'll be a shoe–in to pass Crowler's test!"
"Well thank you."
"And he's not the only one that's going to be tested for Obelisk Blue." Kurogasa said making Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion turn to him. "I am too."
"Really?!" The three of them gaped.
"Yep. Apparently, Crowler has given me this test as a way of making up for what he did at the Expulsion Duels last week."
Flashback
"Can I help you sir?" Kurogasa asked, ready for anything the crooked teacher might try on him.
"Look," Crowler sighed, looking decidedly uncomfortable. "I know you and I aren't on the… best of terms…"
"Putting it mildly," Takumi muttered, himself and the other Riders seated in the front rows for viewing pleasure.
"But if there's one thing I'm always concerned about it's the safety of my students… even if I can be something of a hard case when it comes to the pride in my own Obelisks."
"Uh–huh…" the Rider duelist nodded.
"To that end… I want to say that I'm… s… ss… ssss… sorry!" Crowler spat out the last word like he had to fight to say it. Considering the man's egotistical pride in his students, his position, and his dueling then no doubt it was actually very hard for him to admit. Sighing, Crowler continued, looking to the side of the room. "I was aiming for intimidation tactics when I discovered your history back with the Neo Rare Hunters. I had no intention of having things go out of control like they did. For that… I am deeply sssssorry." He said bowing his head.
Kurogasa blinked, an action copied by the rest of the Riders. What they were expecting was perhaps Crowler, may be trying to bribe the Ra Yellow or offer up some kind of compensation or even beg him not to make a big deal out of the disaster. An actual apology was something that he hadn't seen coming.
"Yosha!" Gentarou cheered, leaping from the seat. "Now you can make friends with him!"
"He seems rather sincere," Philip nodded. "I would accept the apology."
"Uh…" Kurogasa blinked. "Okay, if you're sincere then apology accepted."
"Good," Crowler nodded, seemingly unphased by the acceptance as he brought his head back up. "I was also asked by Miss Fontaine to ask you if you would be interested in taking an entrance test into Obelisk Blue."
"Huh? You mean like Bastion?" Kurogasa blinked.
"Yes, although I had to propose the idea to her before I could announce it," Crowler replied, muttering the last part under his breath. "Miss Fontaine apparently was impressed by your performance during your duel despite the… extreme conditions. She feels that you have at least earned the chance to enter Obelisk Blue through your performances thus far into the year. Since she's the head of both Obelisk Dorms for the time being, it's within her authority to make these decisions."
"…okay," Kurogasa nodded, still stunned. "Well… I guess I'll take the test."
"Excellent, I'll let Miss Fontaine know," Crowler nodded. "Now you better get to your next class. I'll have the details sent to you."
End Flashback
"Wow! That's great man!" Jaden said happy for Kurogasa. "You deserve it!"
"The color isn't so much an issue with me, but it does feel nice to have my efforts acknowledged," Kurogasa nodded with a grin.
"I can't believe Crowler allowed it though," Syrus commented.
"Well, he has been suspended from his duties in Obelisk Blue," Bastion commented. "Miss Fontaine now holds responsibility for both dorms now remember? It's up to her who gets promotional exams now."
"True." Kurogasa shrugged. "And speaking of the promotion tests… there's something you need to know about Chazz."
"What's that?" Bastion wondered.
"It's…"
Meanwhile…
In the Obelisk boys' dorm, Chazz was currently in contact with some people that aren't nice; his older brothers, Slade and Jagger on the video screen communicator, that was a flat screen TV.
"Got it, Chazz?" Slade asked.
"Yeah." Chazz replied.
"We can't hear you." Jagger pried.
"I said I get it!" Chazz snapped. Apparently, someone, somehow gotten word to his brothers that his position among the elite was in jeopardy and they called to "check–up" on him.
"Well you better understand," Slade threatened. "The Princeton Group has a plan. Your brother and I are already going through with our ends of it."
"And you had better be following through with your end as well," Jagger added. "Just think of it, Little Brother, the world of politics, finance, and Duel Monsters! If the Princeton family rises to the top of all these things, we will control the world! The future of the Princeton family relies on you."
"Be the best no matter what!" Slade shouted, ending the conversation.
Chazz clicked off the video communicator. 'Be the best?' Chazz thought snidely. 'How can I be the best?' He got up and went to the window. In the distance he could see Jaden and Syrus. 'When there are lucky punks like those guys out there?' He then saw Bastion walk up to them before all three of them took off down the path that led to the Slifer dorm. 'Looks like Bastion's heading off to spend the night at the Slifer dorm. That means that his dorm room would be empty!' Chazz had an idea.
Later on that morning, when it was nearing the morning, Chazz went up to Bastion's dorm room. He put his hand on the door knob when he noticed the desk up against the wall next to the door. He opened the drawer and found a dueling deck. As he searched, Chazz realized it was the deck that he used in the entrance exam and the promotion exam, and developed a big grin. "There's not gonna be any duel, if Bastion doesn't have a Deck!" He cackled.
Suddenly, the door next to Bastion's door opened up to reveal a sleepy Kurogasa in a white shirt with black pajama pants. "Bastion…?" He asked sleepily, but when he saw Chazz taking Bastion's Deck, he was immediately awake. "Hey!" He shouted. Chazz made a break for it. Kurogasa then went back into his room again to grab his Duel Disk and Deck then went after him. "Get back here, Chazz!" As he ran, Kamen Rider Blade appeared in spirit form as he ran with him.
"He fell for it?" Kenzaki asked.
"Ohhh yeah. He took the bait alright." Kurogasa said. "Everything's going according to plan." He added as Blade now disappeared. The chase led all the way to the docks, where Chazz stopped and Kurogasa caught his breath. "Okay, that's as far as you go!"
"Good," Chazz replied. "Because I'm right where I need to be… to do THIS!" Chazz took Bastion's Deck and threw in the ocean. Kurogasa gasped as Chazz laughed. "Now I won't have to worry about anyone getting MY spot!"
"You just made a big mistake Chazz…" Kurogasa growled.
"I'm a Princeton, there's no line I can't cross!" Chazz snickered. Reaching into his coat, he produced his Duel Disk. "If you want to make something of it though…"
"Oh, I'm definitely gonna make something of it…" Kurogasa said as he took out his Deck. "And that's beating the crap out of you! Henshin!" He declared as he inserted his Deck into the Duel Disk and it went from standby to active.
"The feeling's mutual…" Chazz growled and activated his duel disk. Both players drew their starting Hand.
"DUEL!"
Chazz: 4000
Kurogasa: 4000
"I've always wanted to trash you." Chazz said.
"What did I ever do to you?" Kurogasa asked.
"Someone like you shouldn't be around Alexis!" He remarked. "It's been on my case since you got knocked out by that Shadow Game!"
"Well, excuse me if Alexis likes to hang around respectable people instead of stuck–up elitist snobs! Your way of thinking should've died when the Meiji Era began!"
"Well, I'm gonna prove you wrong!" Chazz said as he drew his sixth card. "I play Cost Down! I discard one card to have all the Monster's levels in my Hand go down by 2. So now I'll summon Helpoemer in ATK mode!" A blue, decaying fiend attached to a stone slab appeared. (5–3/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1400) "Then I'll throw a facedown end my turn!" He finished as he placed a reverse card on the Field.
'I feel like the maturity level's going down here, fighting like a pair of thugs over a girl,' Kurogasa pondered to himself.
"Ah, still so naïve," Urataros' voice sighed. "Men prove their true worth in the pursuit of love."
"Right. Draw!" Kurogasa announced, pulling his next card. "I summon Kamen Rider OOO in ATK mode!" A silhouette of a man appeared with the OOO Driver and inserted the coins in the driver before scanning them with the scanner. "Henshin!"
TAKA!
TORA!
BATTA!
TA–TO–BA TATOBA TA–TO–BA!
The images of the three coins, hawk, tiger, and grasshopper formed together into one, moving towards the silhouetted man's chest creating armor and creating OOO (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2000). "And next I'll play OOO Roulette! You know the drill! I roll a die and whatever number it lands on, OOO gets a new form! Go, dice roll!" A huge white die appeared and rolled to the ground for a few seconds until it landed on a 1. "Awesome! A one! Now I'll summon Kamen Rider OOO – GataKiriBa Form from my Deck!" Eiji switched the first coins replacing them with a stag beetle and a mantis coin and scanned them.
KUWAGATA!
KAMIKIRI!
BATTA!
GA~TA GATA GATAKIRI–BA! GATAKIRIBA!
The three images of the stag beetle, mantis, and grasshopper appeared in a column and formed into one, and moved back to OOO's chest. Eiji started to turn all green as his helmet now changed into a green helmet with orange lenses that had stag beetle horns. The arms turned green and he has a pair of mantis claw–like swords, and his Batta legs pretty much stayed the same (8/ATK: 2700/DEF: 2500).
BGM: Gotta Keep it Real
"Okay Eiji, take that thing down!" Kurogasa ordered.
"You got it!" OOO nodded before taking his O–Scanner and swiping it across his Medals.
SCANNING CHARGE!
OOO leaped into the air before aiming for a flying kick. His body then flashed before three clones appeared behind him, one kicking off the one in front to increase the force of the attack as he flew down.
"I don't think so!" Chazz smirked. "I activate the Quick–Play Spell, Shrink! Now your Monster's attack gets cut down by half!" Chazz's smirk grew as the Spell Card lifted up and began to glow.
"Don't think so…" Kurogasa grinned.
"SEE–YAAAH!" OOO bellowed, actually cutting through the magic aura that Shrink attempted to fire at him before it was forced back face down, allowing the Rider to smash into Helpoemer, sending the Monster flying with a cry of pain before it exploded.
Chazz: 3300
Kurogasa: 4000
"What?!" Chazz roared.
"Hate to break it to ya, but when OOO is in GataKiriBa Form, as long as a Monster with "Kamen Rider" in its name is on the Field, including itself, then all Spell Cards, you try to activate on my Monsters are null and void. I'll end my turn right there."
"Tsk! Lucky move that's all!" Chazz snorted.
"Luck and skill are easily mistaken," Kurogasa retorted. "Something you guys don't want to admit up in Obelisk Blue. Someone pulls a good move against you, you guys whine about it saying it was all luck. So far, the only Obelisks I've met who live up to the name Kaiba made for the dorm are Alexis and Zane!"
"Oh yeah? Well, so can I!" Chazz drew his next card. "I play Monster Reborn to bring Chthonian Soldier in ATK mode thanks to discarding it with Cost Down!" A man in dark armor, wielding a large blade appeared on the field (4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1400). "And then I play Inferno Reckless Summon, allowing to Special Summon two more to the Field from my Deck, and I know you don't have any copies of your Kamen Riders!" Chazz said as he summoned two more.
Chthonian Soldier (4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1400) x2
"And lastly, I play Chthonian Alliance! I increase the ATK of one of my Chtonian Soldiers by 800 points for each other face–up Monster on the Field with the same name as the equipped monster."
Chthonian Soldier (4/ATK: 1200–3600/DEF: 1400)
"Uh–oh!" OOO gulped.
"Chtonian Soldier will attack your Kamen Rider! Go!" The black armored soldier bellowed and charged across the playing field to smash down OOO where he stood.
Chazz: 3300
Kurogasa: 3100
"And now my other two Chthonian Soldiers will attack you directly!" Chazz cackled. The other two soldiers rushed towards Kurogasa and slashed at him with the two large blades.
Chazz: 3300
Kurogasa: 700
BGM Ends
"There! Think I don't live up to the Obelisk name now?" Chazz grinned.
Kurogasa coughed from the dust made from the blast, "No, that's about what I've come to expect from you Chazz."
"Huh?"
"You never change. You always go for powerful attacks with really no strategy behind it and your Deck has hardly changed since the school year started," Kurogasa frowned. "You only changed it once and that was when someone gave you all the rare cards to try and take down Jaden. Yet he still won since your overall strategy didn't change!"
"It was a fluke!" Chazz snapped.
"No, you're just stagnating just like most everyone else in Obelisk Blue!" Kurogasa shouted back. "Don't you get it? All you blowhards up there think that when you're up there you will always win when you face someone from a lower dorm! You never change your Decks, you never change your strategies, and in the rare case when you do decide to change your Decks you only pick up the rare and powerful cards that can be brought down with the right combination of more common cards! Are you even aware of how many times I've changed my Deck even if I don't change my monsters? How often do you even try to think up of new strategies?"
Unbeknownst to Chazz or Kurogasa, they were collecting an audience to their little duel and shouting match. Those audience patrons were of course none other than Alexis and Zane, the pair of them having their normal nightly hangout at the lighthouse where Zane felt he could get some normal conversation and Alexis could have her friend open up a little. The pair were enjoying each other's company when they spotted Chazz running for the dock with Kurogasa in pursuit. They were a little confused when they saw Chazz throw what looked like a deck of cards into the water before he got in a duel with Kurogasa. Curious they got closer to hear the dialogue.
"I have to admit, Kurogasa's got a point," Alexis commented, hearing Kurogasa's latest rant. She didn't like to speak ill of anybody unless they deserved it, but even she had to admit that the large portion of the obelisk students she knew were rather… lax about making sure their decks were up to date, creating new strategies, or trying new cards. Most of the Obelisk Blues only dueled for good grades or to lord their status over the lower ranked dorms. Ones like Chazz's two fan boys never dueled another Obelisk.
It may have been Kurogasa's rant which had been building up since arriving at Duel Academy, but it didn't make it any less true. Alexis herself had been constantly looking through her card collection and trying to think up of new strategies. Every duel she went through she kept an eye on what part of her strategies flubbed or what caught her by surprise before she tried to think of ways of making sure that it didn't happen again. Zane himself admitted to have taken years of constant dueling and researching cards to make his deck as good as it was and he always made sure to stay up to date on new expansions and what might be useful.
"Dueling's more than just beating your opponent with the rarest cards and basking in victory," Zane agreed. "It's about growing stronger, smarter, and more experienced with each duel. Unfortunately, a lot of students don't seem to get that and either give up, or just get stagnant." He cast his eyes to Chazz. "Chazz was a champion–level duelist, but since he's gotten here all he's done is duel weaker students. He's gotten stagnant himself when a challenge finally comes his way he just can't figure out how to deal with it."
"What's your point?" Chazz snapped.
"My point is, if you keep doing the same routine over and over again, you'll never change your ways, you're always gonna be predictable, and you'll lose every single time." Kurogasa drew his next card and looked at it.
"FINAL TURN!"
"What?!" Chazz gasped completely caught off guard.
BGM: Justiφ's – Accel Mix
"First, I summon Kamen Rider Faiz in ATK mode!" A silhouetted man appeared and had a suitcase with him. He opened it up and there he took the parts out and put them together to make the belt and puts it on his waist. He then took a silver phone and opened it up dialing: 555
STANDING BY
He then closes the phones and raises it up in the air. "Henshin!" He then places the phone on his belt sideways.
COMPLETE
Red lines appeared on his body and then he glowed for a few seconds before the light dimmed. When the light faded, he turned into Faiz (4/ATK: 1550/DEF: 1450). "And now I'll Tribute him to Special Summon Kamen Rider Faiz – Blaster Form. The Faiz Blaster in suitcase mode appeared. Takumi then took out the phone from his belt and placed it on the side.
AWAKENING
At that point, he dialed: 555 again and pressed Enter.
STANDING BY
Faiz places the Faiz Blaster down and then a light shined down on him changing his body suit color from black to red (8/ATK: 2450/DEF: 2200).
"And now I play the card I drew! Megamorph!"
"NO!" Chazz yelled.
"Yes! Since my Life Points are lower than yours, Faiz will have his ATK points doubled!" Faiz glowed with power as he powered up.
Kamen Rider Faiz – Blaster Form (8/ATK: 2450–4900/DEF: 2200)
"And your Chthonian's effect won't matter either because your Life Points will hit zero before mine!"
"No way! I lost to a Ra Reject?!" Chazz yelled in disbelief.
"Yes you did Chazz! Takumi, finish off one of the weak Chthonian Soldiers with Exceed Charge!"
"Hai!" Takumi said as he now took the phone off the Faiz Blaster and placed it back on his belt. He then opened up the phone from the belt and pressed the "ENTER" button.
EXCEED CHARGE
A red glow of Photon Energy traveled from the belt down the right leg Photon Vein and energy entered the telescope. Faiz then bent down and jumped into the air as a red laser shot out and connected to one of the soldiers. The beam then expanded into a spinning cone as Faiz as he was coming down and then, he kicked and went through him. As soon as that happened, the Chthonian Soldier exploded as a red symbol of Phi appear in thin air and Chazz pretty much fell to his knees as his Life Points depleted.
Chazz: 0
Kurogasa: 700
BGM Ends
"Game over Chazz." Kurogasa frowned as he deactivated his duel disk. "Maybe this Duel will hopefully knock some into that thick skull of yours. And let that be a lesson to you and to people who mess with my friends." And with that, he left without another word.
Sometime after that, Chazz got up with a ticked off look. But at least he did his job as he walked off to his dorm; at least no one else saw the duel. But he forgot one little detail; and that was Alexis and Zane hanging out at the docks near the lighthouse.
In the morning, Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion were awakened by a slamming on their door. "Jaden! JADEN!"
Jaden got up, opened the door and saw Ms. Dorothy, the owner of the card shop. "What is it, Ms. Dorothy?"
"I was unloading some supplies from the docks when I saw them… cards tossed everywhere!"
"Tossed!?" Jaden gasped and the two boys Syrus and Bastion gasped as well as they immediately took off towards the pier. They found Ms. Dorothy's claims were correct, a bunch of cards were scattered among the water.
"That's Ring of Destruction!" Jaden spotted a trap card.
"And Vorse Raider!" Syrus added, spotting the monster card.
"Bastion, these are all of your cards." Jaden identified.
"It's my own fault." Bastion said. "This Deck was in the desk I moved out to the hall while we were painting yesterday."
"Who would want to do something like this?" Syrus wondered.
"Someone who doesn't want you to be promoted to Obelisk Blue that's who," Jaden said. He looked up at his friend, "And I think we all know who."
"Chazz!" Syrus realized.
"What are you going to do Bastion?" Jaden asked. "Your promotion exam is in less than an hour."
'Well it seems that Kurogasa's plan came into fruition.' Bastion thought as he stared at the cards and picked up one. "Not to worry. I have a solution to this minor problem."
Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion soon arrived at the Main Dueling Arena where the promotion exams will be taken. Miss Fontaine, Dr. Crowler and Chazz, were there along with… Rika?
"Ah, Bastion, you arrived." Crowler said. But then frowned a bit, when he saw Jaden and Syrus, "And I see that you've brought some friends with you to watch."
"Hey guys!" Rika waved to Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion.
"I can't believe you Chazz!" Jaden frowned at the Obelisk Blue boy. "I thought you were low, but to go this low? You would throw away your opponent's Deck into the ocean before he can duel you? How low can you get?"
"What?!" Rika shouted.
"Excuse me?!" Miss Fontaine asked shocked.
"Pardon?!" Crowler asked in genuine disbelief.
"I don't know what he's talking about, I didn't do a thing." Chazz denied.
"Oh, is that so?" Everyone turned to see Zane, Alexis, and Kurogasa standing at the entrance. "I saw you Chazz, when Kurogasa chased you to the docks; you dumped those cards into the water!" Alexis said. "Normally, I don't like to snitch but if there's one thing you don't do, it's messing with another duelist's deck!"
"That's low, Chazz, even for you," Jaden said.
"Oh come on, how do you know I wasn't throwing away my own cards?" Chazz said, still lying. "I guess Bastion and I just have similar decks."
"Liar!" Kurogasa shouted. "I was there to see it especially after I beat you in a Duel!" This shocked Jaden and Syrus.
"You beat Chazz in a duel?!" the Slifers shouted.
"He did." Zane answered. "Alexis and I saw the whole thing."
"Hey! Nobody calls Chazz Princeton a liar, a cheat and nobody, absolutely nobody calls him a thief!" Chazz snapped at the growing group of audience members. "It's not my fault Bastion didn't keep a better eye on his deck where anyone could grab it."
It was pretty clear that nobody believed him. Even Crowler was looking shocked at his prized first–year pupil while Miss Fontaine looked absolutely appalled at what she was hearing. The problem was that beyond Kurogasa's claims and both Zane and Alexis's confirmation, there was no proof. Kurogasa had something of a reputation when it came to getting into scuffles with Obelisk Blue Students. Recent rumors also placed Alexis as being somewhat close to the Ra Yellow, making her own testimony possibly biased and the same for Zane who was considered her best friend. Unless there was proof that the cards Chazz threw in the water was Bastion's they had nothing. Worst of all, Chazz knew it.
"Fine, we're not calling you a liar, cheat, or a thief," Bastion commented coolly as he approached the podium. "Let us begin then."
"Huh?" Jaden blinked. "But Bastion, you don't have a deck anymore, don't you?"
"Oh, is that what you think?" Bastion smiled enigmatically.
Kurogasa's angry frown melted into a smug grin, "Be serious guys. You don't honestly think that all of those formulas Bastion drew in his room were for one Deck right? One Deck holds a lot of possibilities, but even it has its limits."
"Couldn't have put it better myself," Bastion agreed, standing across from Chazz. "You see, those formulas weren't for one Deck," Bastion grabbed the edges of his jacket and opened it, revealing a vest with six deck cases attached to the front, three on each side. "They were for all of my Decks! One for each Attribute in Duel Monsters!"
Chazz growled at this. His plan was ruined and there was no way he was gonna get out of this! The only way out is to win the duel. "Grr… fine! Keep your six crummy Decks! Cuz all I need is one!"
Bastion activated his Duel Disk and inserted one of his decks. "You're just a theorem to be solved, Chazz, a code to be cracked, you're finished!"
"Bring it, you worthless reject!"
"DUEL!"
Chazz: 4000
Bastion: 4000
"Get ready! Because here comes the hurt!" Chazz said drawing his sixth card. "I summon Chthonian Soldier!" The same dark armored warrior that faced Kurogasa appeared. (4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1400) "And a card facedown, that'll do it for now." He concluded as he placed a reverse card on the Field.
"Oh will it now?" Bastion asked as he drew his sixth card.
"Sounds like Bastion has something up his sleeve." Jaden commented.
"He works quickly," Alexis said as she and Zane came up to stand besides Jaden and Syrus along with Kurogasa and Rika who got off the platform.
"And Chazz is using the same strategies again when I dueled him." Kurogasa shook his head in disappointment. "He's getting predictable."
"No kidding." Rika added.
"I summon Hydrogeddon in ATK mode!" Bastion declared. "Hydrogeddon, arise!" A geyser of muddy water rose up and created a gray and brown dinosaur with an amphibian tail. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1000) "Now attack Chthonian Soldier! Hydro Gust! Destroy him!" The muddy water dinosaur let out a blast of mud water that sprayed and destroyed the soldier.
"Thanks, you just activated my Soldier's special ability!" Chazz announced. "It causes you to take the same amount of Damage to your Life Points as I do!"
Chazz: 3600
Bastion: 3600
"Not bad," Zane commented.
"Bastion walked right into that one," Jaden said.
"But for good reason." Kurogasa added.
"I activate a special ability also," Bastion said. "You see, Chazz, when Hydrogeddon successfully destroys a Monster in battle, I'm allowed to summon another Hydrogeddon from my Deck. So rise, Hydrogeddon!" Bastion took another Hydrogeddon card from his Deck and summoned it. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1000) "And my Battle Phase continues which means that now I can wage a Direct Attack on you, Chazz. Go, Hydrogeddon, Hydro Gust Attack!" The new Hydrogeddon fired its attack. Chazz screamed as he was knocked down by the attack.
Chazz: 2000
Bastion: 3600
"You'll pay for that," Chazz said getting up as he drew his next card. "I activate my trap card Call of the Haunted! This lets me summon a Monster back from my Graveyard and the monster I choose is… that's right, Chthonian Soldier!" Chthonian Soldier was back on the field. "Next, I activate the spell Infernal Reckless Summon! After I Special Summon a Monster with 1500 ATK or less, we must summon in ATK mode, all Monsters from our Hand, Deck, or Graveyard that match the Monsters we currently have on the Field. And I'll bring out my other Chthonian Soldiers!" He said as he took two more out from his Deck and summoned them. (4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1400) x2
"It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't matter how many of those things Chazz summons," Alexis said as Bastion summoned a third Hydrogeddon. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1000) "They still won't have enough attack points to beat those Hydrogeddons."
"Not by themselves, they won't." Zane said as Chazz took a card from his hand.
"I activate the Equip Spell, Chthonian Alliance! The monster this card is equipped to gains 800 ATK points for every Monster on the Field with the same name as it." The Chthonian Soldier on Chazz's left growled as it was covered in dark energy, and grew three times its normal size. "That brings its ATK points up to… well you're the math nerd, you figure it out."
"3600…" Rika groaned. The spectators excluding Kurogasa and Zane gasped at the power, the soldier was giving off.
Chthonian Soldier (4/ATK: 1200–3600/DEF: 1400)
"Like I said, really predictable…" Kurogasa muttered. "Hey Chazz! Quit being a broken record and use a different strategy for once!" He shouted.
"Shut it Kamen Rider Reject! Chthonian Solider, attack, one of those Hydrogeddons!" Chazz commanded. The giant, Chthonian Soldier slashed through the middle Hydrogeddon. Bastion grunted from the damage.
Chazz: 2000
Bastion: 1600
"Oh no!" Rika shouted.
"Bastion's Life Points have gone down by more than half!" Syrus said. "He's losing the duel!"
"Relax Syrus, Bastion's got this. There's no way he'll lose this one." Kurogasa assured him.
"Bravo, good show," Bastion said drawing a card, not even caring about the loss of points he had. "But it will be short lived. Rise, Oxygeddon!" A Pteranadon monster made of green air appeared in a from an Oxygen geyser (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 800) "Now attack one of the 1200 point Chthonian Soldier with Vapor Stream!" The oxygen made pteranadon breathed a clear air blast at one of the weaker soldiers, taking it out.
Chazz: 1400
Bastion: 1600
"Forget?" Chazz scoffed. "When my Soldier's destroyed, you take the same amount of Damage as me! Some Whiz Kid you are!"
Chazz: 1400
Bastion: 1000
"My turn's not through. Next my Hydrogeddon will attack your other Chthonian Soldier!" Once again, Bastion ordered one of his Hydrogeddons to attack and destroy the Soldier, causing both players to take the same amount of damage from Chthonian Soldier's special ability.
"That Damage still goes back to you loser!" Chazz taunted.
Chazz: 1000
Bastion: 600
"Oh man why does Bastion keep attacking when he's hurting himself more than he's hurting Chazz?" Syrus said.
"He's fine," Jaden assured Syrus.
"And playing smart too," Zane added. "The Chthonian Soldier with the equip card has 3600 ATK points. Bastion would have to summon an incredibly powerful monster to beat him. Unless however…" The large Chthonian Solider lost most of its power.
Chthonian Soldier (4/ATK: 3600–2000/DEF: 1400)
"Wait, I see, unless he takes out the other Chthonian Soldiers and lowers the big one's ATK points!" Syrus realized.
"Right, Sy, so if Bastion's going to win this, he's going to have to give up some Life Points." Kurogasa said.
"Last, I'll place this card facedown." A reverse card appeared on his Field. "That'll do for now."
"Will it? I wouldn't be so sure about it, Whiz Kid!" Chazz taunted as he drew his next card. "I sacrifice my Chthonian Soldier and all the cards in my Hand in order to summon Infernal Incinerator! Bet you didn't see that coming." He started to laugh as his soldier was engulfed in an inferno sphere.
"Infernal Incinerator!?" Bastion gaped. The sphere started to explode, covering the field in smoke and from it; a giant fiend salamander appeared with the top half of a Chthonian Solider on the head. (6/ATK: 2800/DEF: 1800)
"Better break out your calculator because if you can't figure out a way to beat this guy, you're through!" Chazz said. Face it, Bastion; you have no chance against my Infernal Incinerator. Especially since he gains 200 ATK points for every Monster you have on the Field!"
Infernal Incinerator (6/ATK: 2800–3400/DEF: 1800)
"That thing has 3400 ATK points?!" Rika gawked. "That means no matter which Monster receives the attack, Bastion's through!"
"Infernal Incinerator, attack with Firestorm Blast!" The monster opened its mouth revealing a row of sharp teeth and launched a huge ball of fire at Oxygeddon.
"Bastion!" Jaden cried as the blast was nearing Bastion's monster.
"I activate my trap card Amorphic Barrier!" A wall of ice crystal pillars rose up around Bastion's monsters. "When I have three or more Monsters, this trap card stops my opponent's attack and ends the Battle Phase. But nice try, Chazz."
"That was close." Syrus said.
"So what?" Chazz said, not caring in the slightest. "One turn, that's all it buys you and then you'll be all mine!"
"I'm afraid there won't be a next turn." Bastion declared as he drew his card.
"What?"
"You heard me, and I activate the Spell Card, Bonding H2O!" Bastion inserted a spell that showed a beaker, being poured to create water. "I sacrifice two Hydrogeddons and one Oxygeddon…" The three monsters turned into geysers and combined. "…and summon Water Dragon!" The geysers formed a large serpent like dragon made of pure water. (8/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2600) "And since the number of Monsters on my side of the Field has decreased, so does Infernal Incinerator's ATK points."
Infernal Incinerator (6/ATK: 3400–3000/DEF: 1800)
"Doesn't matter, my Monster's ATK points are still higher than yours." Chazz smirked.
"Better double check your work," Bastion warned. "Because I've already done all the math!"
"All the math?" Crowler questioned. "Does that mean that…?"
Jaden confirmed Crowler's suspicions. "Bastion had this planned from the very start?"
"Told ya, Bastion got this one." Kurogasa said. The Water Dragon created a large tsunami wave of water that washed over Infernal Incinerator, that took all of its power away from it.
Infernal Incinerator (6/ATK: 3000–0/DEF: 1800)
"No, it's ATK points!" Chazz cried.
"Indeed, that's Water Dragon's special ability." Bastion explained. "You see when he's out on the Field, the ATK points of FIRE attribute and Pyro–type Monsters automatically become 0. Now Water Dragon, attack! Tidal Blast!" The dragon fired a high pressured blast of water that washed Infernal Incinerator again this time destroying it and knocking Chazz from the stage and dousing the whole arena in water even though it's only holographic.
Chazz: 0
Bastion: 600
"A well–played duel, Chazz," Bastion said when Chazz surfaced and the water started to recede. "But not well enough."
"Pure luck," Chazz retorted. "You drew a lucky card and stumbled into the win!"
"Again, with the luck speech…" Kurogasa growled. "That was not luck at all!"
"No, it's okay, Kurogasa." Bastion waved off. "Perhaps it was luck, but luck favors the prepared. And I was prepared to defeat you with half a dozen other cards as well, just as I was prepared for your suspected sabotage of my Deck."
"Oh yeah? Prove it!"
"Fine, if you insist. The moment I learned you were going to be my opponent; I was prepared to face your underhanded tactics I've heard about from Kurogasa. So before I left last night, I made sure that all of my best cards were with me and the only cards in the Deck in my desk were cards I could afford to lose. Plus…" He looked back to Kurogasa. "I also had my fellow Ra see if you'd try it, and it seems I was correct."
"Yep. Not to mention I had a great time beating the crap out of Chazz in a duel." Kurogasa grinned.
"Also," Bastion said removing a wet card of Vorse Raider. On it were some math equations on the card's face. "I can prove that this was my deck you threw in the ocean by the formulas I wrote on it. I suppose you could've written it but then the math would've been wrong, and it's not. Chazz, you lied, you cheated, you stole. You deserve to be demoted."
"And if you're gonna keep on doing that, at least be like Eddie Guerrero when he lied, cheated, and stole: Being honest about it." Kurogasa added.
"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING TO ME!" Chazz yelled.
Miss Fontaine crossed her arms, feeling most impatient with Chazz's actions. The boy was hailed as one of the best freshmen of the new school year. Yet, when it started to look like he was being challenged the boy seemed to crumble and panic by using absolutely any means possible to win. What was Crowler doing when he was in charge of the Obelisk boys? Did he turn a blind eye to anything they did simply because of his elitist views on the Obelisks? Miss Fontaine had expected a level of behavior from her girls in the girl's dorm. If she heard about someone bullying other students or heaven forbid attempting to cheat in duels she would bring the hammer down and hard!
"That's enough Mr. Princeton!" Miss Fontaine frowned, walking towards the now former Obelisk. "You lost. It happens in duels and despite what you seem to think it can happen to you too. Instead of trying to sharpen your skills though, it seems you've done everything in your power to win without even trying! Normally I'd have you investigated for cheating, especially since Bastion and Kurogasa have proof of your attempt to cheat. Instead, maybe working your way back up from Ra Yellow will give you some decent work ethic." Chazz stayed silent as she then turned to Bastion. "Bastion, Congratulations, and welcome to Obelisk Blue."
"Thank you, Miss Fontaine but I'm afraid I must decline the invitation."
"Oh? And why's that?" Miss Fontaine asked.
"When I first arrived at this Academy, I made a promise that I would only enter Obelisk Blue when I become the number one student in the freshman class." Bastion said, turning to the Slifer. "Jaden, of all the new students, I think that number one student is you."
"Hey thanks, does that mean you want to settle this right here?" Jaden asked. "I mean seeing you guys duel really made me want to get my game on."
"Sorry, but not now."
"Why not?"
"Because I have a lot of work to do before I duel you, many formulas to write, theorems to solve, equations to bounce. You're a good Duelist and I want to be ready." Bastion explained. "Soon my dorm room walls will be filled with new problems and equations and we will have our duel. But until then…" He turned to Kurogasa giving him a small smile to his fellow Ra who could possibly be Obelisk Blue. "Let's have Kurogasa have his shot to be Obelisk Blue. He's earned it."
"Wait, Kurogasa is being tested too?" Alexis asked who was a bit surprised.
"Yeah, you didn't hear? Crowler himself told me. He wanted to make up for what he did at the Expulsion Duels last week. So I accepted his offer of taking the test." Kurogasa explained. "So let's do this!" He grinned.
"Good luck then." Alexis said as Kurogasa took his place on the platform. Rika took her place as well.
"So you're gonna be my test opponent huh Rika?"
"That's right! And I'm not gonna hold back! My Foodons and I are gonna hit ya with everything we got!"
"I wouldn't have it any other way." Kurogasa smirked as he took his Deck out of his deck box. "Henshin!" He placed his Deck in the deck slot and the Duel Disk went from standby to active. Rika did the same thing as well. Both players then drew their starting Hand.
"DUEL!"
Kurogasa: 4000
Rika: 4000
"Yeah! Go win it Kurogasa!" Jaden cheered.
"This certainly will be interesting." Zane said.
"Yeah, this is going to be like the ultimate food fight!" Syrus grinned. "Too bad Chumley's missing it!"
"Since I'm the one being tested, I'll go first." Kurogasa said as he drew his sixth card. "I summon Kamen Rider Wizard in ATK mode!" A silhouette of a man appeared and placed a ring over his belt.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
The WizarDriver then appeared on his waist. The silhouetted man then used the shift lever to switch the hand on the Driver to his left.
SHABADOOBI TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBI TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
It kept repeating that as the silhouetted man placed a ruby ring on his left middle finger. "Henshin!" He said as he placed the ring over the belt.
FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI HI HI!
A complex magic circle consisting of very complex symbols formed. It travels from the silhouetted man's left side across his body to the right as he transformed into the ruby colored armored Kamen Rider (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1550). "It's… Showtime!" He then used the switch lever to change the hand on the belt to his right.
LUPACCHI MAGIC! TOUCH TO GO! LUPACCHI MAGIC! TOUCH TO GO!
It kept repeating that until he places a ring on his right hand in the middle finger and placed it in front of the belt.
CONNECT, PLEASE!
A magic circle appeared in the air on Haruto's right. He places his hand in the circle and pulls out a sword gun before the magic circle disappeared.
"And since I can't attack yet, I'll activate one of his abilities! Which will be his WATER ability! I draw two cards, but I have to skip my next 2 Draw Phases." Haruto then switched the ruby ring with a sapphire ring then used the switch lever again.
SHABADOOBI TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBI TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
It kept repeating that until he placed the ring over the WizarDriver
WATER! PLEASE! SUI! SUI! SUI! SUI!
A magical circle appeared above Haruto and water poured down on him as the magic circle came down as well changing the ruby colored armor to a sapphire colored armor and Kurogasa drew two cards.
"Whoa, never seen that before." Syrus said amazed.
"Then I'll place this facedown and end my turn." Kurogasa finished placing a reverse card on the Field. "Show me what you got Rika!"
"You got it! Draw!" Rika declared drawing her sixth card. "For my first course, I'll play Cost Down! I discard one card from my Hand to lower all the Monster's levels in my Hand by 2." She discarded the card. "Then I'll play Double Summon to summon twice this turn! So now I serve up Fighting Foodon – Crab Quake and Fighting Foodon – Tater–Tons in ATK mode!" A huge and somewhat frightening red crab like Foodon with dozens of cannons that look like factory spouts on his back, tentacles on his behind and thorns all over his legs and claws (5–3/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2000) and a huge 3 piece segmented totem pole of tater tots with a face and crab claws appeared (6–4/ATK: 2200/DEF: 2100).
"Crab Quake!"
"Tater Tons!"
"Now I'll have Crab Quake attack Kamen Rider Wizard!" All the cannons then started to energize and fired a large volley of energy from them.
"I activate my trap card Negate Attack! This negates your attack and ends the Battle Phase!" Kurogasa shouted. As the beams of energy was about to hit Wizard a large red and blue wall of energy and blocked the attack. "Nice try Rika but you have to do better than that."
"Oh this duel is just getting started. It won't end up like our last duel. I put my last card face down and end my turn." A card appeared on the field.
"My move!" Kurogasa declared. "My first Draw Phase is skipped due to Wizard's WATER ability, but I still got options. I summon Kamen Rider Den–O – Gun Form!" A man in a black suit with silver rail line marks appeared with the Den–O belt on his waist. He pressed the purple button and an electronic hip hop tune started playing. He swiped the pass over the belt. "Henshin!"
GUN FORM
Six pieces of purple armor attached to his torso making it V–shaped and his purple V–mask appeared on his face. "Omae taosukeba ii wo ne? Kotae wa kiitanai!" (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200) As soon as he was summoned, he noticed Rika across from him. "Rika–neechan!" Ryuutaros waved.
"Hey there Ryuuta!" Rika waved.
But as soon as that happened, Ryuuta realized what was happening. "Aww, Kuro–chan, why do you have to summon me? I hate fighting Rika–neechan!" Ryuutaros whined.
"Sorry Ryuutaros, but we have to do this," Kurogasa smiled. "But look on the bright side; you get to show Rika how cool you are."
"Really?"
"Really."
"I'll be fine Ryuuta. Just do what you do." Rika assured.
"Okay then! Let's do this!" The Dragon based Rider started to dance in place.
"First off, I use Kamen Rider Wizard's FIRE ability! This turn I get to double his ATK points until the end of the turn in exchange for him not attacking the next turn! Haruto do your thing!"
"Hai, Hai." Wizard reached his driver and pulled the sides twice. The center of the hand shaped buckle started to glow. Wizard also replaced the sapphire ring on his left hand with the original ruby one.
SHABADOOBI TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBI TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
Wizard then proceeded to place his left hand over the driver.
FLAME PLEASE! HI HI! HI HI HI!
Once again Wizard was back in his Flame Form but with an added bonus.
Kamen Rider Wizard (4/ATK: 1700–3400/DEF: 1550)
"Now to go on the attack! I use Kamen Rider Den–O Gun Form's special ability. I'll attack you directly but only doing half the Damage until the end of the turn!"
Kamen Rider Den–O – Gun Form (4/ATK: 1600–800/DEF: 1200)
Ryuutaros did some sort of windmill with his arms before blasting Rika in the gap between her two monsters with purple energy bullets.
Kurogasa: 4000
Rika: 3200
"And next I'll have Haruto destroy Tater Tons!"
"Got it!" Using the gun for of his weapon, he pulled the thumb on the weapon opening the hand.
C'MON AND SHOOT! SHAKE HANDS!
The weapon kept repeating this until Wizard placed his hand over the hand shaped module.
SHOOTING STRIKE! HI! HI! HI!... HI! HI! HI!
Fire energy gathered around Wizard's gun and he was about to shoot.
"I activate my trap card! Secret Ingredient! With this trap card I get to choose a Power Topping Equip Spell from my Deck and activate it during this Battle Phase. It goes to the Graveyard at the end of the turn but it won't matter! I choose Power Topping – Iceberg Lettuce! This will increase the ATK points of one of my Monster's up to 1000 ATK points! I equip it to Tater Tons!" A head of lettuce appeared in Rika hand before turning into a green ball of energy. She then threw it at her large monster.
Fighting Foodon – Tater Tons (6/ATK: 2200–3200/DEF: 2100)
Wizard then unleashed a volley of several fire balls destroying the monster.
Kurogasa: 4000
Rika: 3000
"Nice save," Kurogasa complimented. "I put one card face down and end my turn." A reverse card appeared on the Field, and Ryuutaros's and Haruto's stats returned to Normal.
"Man, she saved herself there." Syrus said.
"Yeah, otherwise, she would've lost a good chunk of her Life Points." Jaden added.
"Now it's move!" Rika declared drawing her lone card. "I play Card of Sanctity letting us draw until we have six cards!" Both players drew until they had six. "Now serving Fighting Foodon – Cowboyritto!" A humanoid Foodon with a burrito for a face wearing old western style clothing with a large brown cowboy hat appeared (4/ATK: 1350/DEF: 1000).
"YE–HAA!"
"And get this! Whenever there's another Foodon on the Field, when he's Normal summoned, you can only attack once. Now I'll play the Equip Spell, Power Topping – Tabasco Sauce! This doubles the ATK of the Monster equipped once per turn during the Battle Phase!" A bottle of tabasco sauce appeared overhead and was poured over the cowboy burrito Foodon.
Fighting Foodon – Cowboyritto (4/ATK: 1350–2700/DEF: 1000)
"Go Cowboyritto Destroy Kamen Rider Wizard!" The cowboy started to spin his lasso overhead and threw it around the Kamen Rider's body. With great strength he lifted up the Wizard and slammed him onto the ground turning him into particles.
Kurogasa: 3000
Rika: 3000
"Now their scores are tied." Syrus stated.
"Not for long though. She has Crab Quake and it has yet to attack." Bastion pointed out.
"Now go Crab Quake, destroy Ryuuta!"
"Rika–nee why!?" Ryuutaros shouted and whined.
"Sorry Ryuuta, but this is a test after all," Rika apologized. The monster crab gathered energy into his cannons and shot it out towards Ryuutaros and destroyed him.
Kurogasa: 2600
Rika: 3000
"I end my turn with a facedown." Cowboyritto's stats returned to normal.
"Here we go again." Kurogasa said. "My second Draw Phase is now skipped, but I can still do this! I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards!" Kurogasa drew two. "Nice. I play my Double Summon! Letting me summon twice this turn! So I summon Kamen Rider Blade and Kamen Rider Ryuki in ATK mode!" A silhouette of a man appeared with the Blay Buckle on his waist. He places the card inside the Buckle and a pulsing noise could be heard until he said, "Henshin!" He then pulled a lever and the card flipped over showing a red rectangle with a gold spade symbol on it.
TURN UP
Blue energy came out of the belt and formed a vertical rectangle of energy. It also showed a picture of a beetle with a spade on it. The vertical rectangle of energy went towards the second silhouetted man, with the latter simply walking through it. When the transformation was complete, out came Blade (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400).
Another silhouetted man appeared and had his thin box with his decks of cards and having the dragon symbol on it He raised it up and a mirror of some sort appeared in front of him. His belt appeared and the reflection of the belt towards the silhouetted man and he now wears it and the mirror disappears. "Henshin!" With that, he inserted the box into the slot and three energy images of his armor merge together into one until now wearing his armor becoming Ryuki (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1750).
"Then I'll Tribute Blade and Ryuki to Special Summon them in their final form from my Hand. So come on out Kamen Rider Blade – King Form and Kamen Rider Ryuki – Survive Form!" Blade equipped himself with the Absorb Rouzer and placed on his left arm. The Rider drew his sword and turned it over so the handle was facing him. Pulling it open it revealed thirteen playing cards inside. Picking out two, he closed the sword again. He then inserted a card into the Rouzer.
ABSORB QUEEN
Once that happened, he took the other card and slid it along the Rouzer.
EVOLUTION KING
The Caucasus plaque then appeared and covered the Rouzer which was blue, with a gold spade in it. In that spade was a gold beetle and in the blade was red spade. Then electricity crackled throughout his body and then the thirteen cards came out, enlarged and surrounded him. As that happened, Blade started to change form and after that, the cards went on his new armor with emblems of animals on his arms and legs. He was now in blue and gold armor with a large blue spade and gold beetle in the middle and his helmet looked like he was wearing a crown to make him look like a king. With it, a large sword called the King Rouzer appeared in his hand (8/ATK: 2600/DEF: 2400).
As for Shinji, he pulled out a dragon shaped like gun of some sort. He draws a card from the buckle and opened up the dragon like gun inserting the card before closing it.
SURVIVE
When that happened, fire surrounded him before it dispersed to reveal Ryuki in his armor more bulky, and with the shoulder armor pointy and extended. His helmet is also extended in a sense as well (8/ATK: 2350/DEF: 2150). "And now, since Ryuki in Survive Form was successfully summoned, I can deal 1000 points of Damage to you!" Ryuki then used his Sword Vent and slashed sending a wave of fire at Rika.
Kurogasa: 2600
Rika: 2000
"Now I attack Cowboyritto with Ryuki! Go Final Vent!" Ryuki pulled a card from his deck showing a shiny red card with a stylized dragon head with wings around the side. He then opened the mouth of his visor and placed the card inside.
FINAL VENT!
From the sky, Dragranzer came down and transformed into a bike in mid–air. Ryuki jumped into the sky and landed on his Mirror Monster before taking the handles. As he landed he pulled the bike, up driving only on his hind wheel. As he did Dragranzer's head pulled up and blasted the area with near Cowboyritto with fire, before it ran him over.
Kurogasa: 2600
Rika: 1000
"Now Blade finish off Crab Quake!" From Blade's King Armor two cards popped out and he grabbed them in mid–air. What Kurogasa found odd though were three silhouettes appeared behind him. They all seemed to be in Rider armor, but he couldn't make out the shapes. The three silhouettes then threw something at Blade before he caught them too. They were more cards. The silhouettes then disappeared.
"Minna arigatou," Blade thanked them. He then placed the cards into his King Rouzer.
SPADE, HEART, DIAMOND, CLOVER SIX!
SPADE ACE!
FOUR CARDS!
In front of Blade five cards made out of energy appeared. The first one was covered with electricity, the second one was made out of wind, the third was on fire and the fourth was made out of ice. The fifth card was made out of golden energy. Blade then ran through them and slashed at multi elemental attack at Crab Quake.
"I activate my second Secret Ingredient and Equip Crab Quake with the Power Topping – Diamond Mushroom!" The ingredient appeared in Rika's hand showing a very shiny mushroom and she threw it at Crab Quake. The monster glowed green for a moment before the energy flowed into Rika. "Diamond Mushroom allows me to gain Life Points equal to the ATK of the equipped monster."
Kurogasa: 2600
Rika: 3000
Blade's attack then hit the crab and destroyed him.
Kurogasa: 2600
Rika: 2400
"Man, she saved herself yet again!" Jaden said.
"Yeah, she's one tough cookie." Syrus added.
"Yes, if she didn't activate that second Secret Ingredient trap, her Life Points would've been at 400." Bastion stated.
"Damn, that was a nice save again," Kurogasa complimented his friend. "You're really giving me a run for my money."
"Like I said, My Foodons and I are gonna hit you with everything we've got." Rika smirked.
"Well, you definitely have been doing that. I end my turn with a facedown."
"My draw!" Rika drew her next card. "And I think it's time for the last course! Now serving, Fighting Foodon – Fried Ricer!" The humanoid fried rice dish appeared with his two big spoons at the ready (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400).
"Fried Ricer! HA! HA! Fried Ricer!"
"And next I'll activate the Spell, Five–Star Meal Ticket!" She said playing the card depicting a pink meal ticket. "This lets me serve up 5 Star Fighting Foodon – Fruit Turtle from my Deck!" A small egg appeared on the Field. Then it grew larger, and larger, and larger until it was really big. Then the egg started hatching and out came a large green turtle with flippers and on its shell was a palm tree and below the tree were fruits of all kinds (7/ATK: 2700/DEF: 2350).
"Fruit Turtle!" The turtle cried out.
"And now, since I have Fruit Turtle on the Field, I'll Tribute Fried Ricer in order to evolve him into Fighting Foodon – Super Fried Ricer!" Fruit Turtle shot out energy to Fried Ricer and the latter started changing form. His clothes are consist of a red sleeveless Chinese kung–fu trench coat, white pants, and his fried rice head now has a lobster on top (6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2000).
"Fried Ricerrrrrr!" The humanoid fried rice dish cried feeling the surge of power.
"And I'll play the last card in my Hand. Power Topping – Garlic! And I'll equip it to Fruit Turtle!" A couple of cloves of garlic appeared in her hand and threw it at the Fruit Turtle; the garlic glowed and dispersed into particles. "Now when Fruit Turtle attacks a Monster, half of the targeted Monster's ATK points are cut in half. Oh, and just so you know, when Super Fried Ricer successfully destroys a Monster, his ATK points go up by 1000 and can attack again!"
"WHAT?!" Kurogasa gasped.
"It's over. With all those ATK points and those attacks, it's over." Bastion said.
"Unless that facedown Kurogasa has can save him." Zane pointed out.
"Now Fruit Turtle, attack Kamen Rider Blade – King Form!" Rika commanded.
"Fruit Turtle!" The turtle cried out as it flew up in the air and then shot sonic waves from its mouth and shot the various giant fruits on her back. As that happened, Kenzaki's strength was cut in half.
Kamen Rider Blade – King Form (8/ATK: 2600–1300/DEF: 2400)
"The sonic waves and large fruit made contact and exploded like fireworks destroying Kenzaki in the process.
Kurogasa: 1200
Rika: 2400
"And to finish this off! Fried Ricer, take out Kamen Rider Ryuki!" Rika said next. Fried Ricer then jumped up somersaulting for a few seconds before whacking Shinji with his two large white spoons destroying him in the process and powering up Fried Ricer.
Fighting Foodon – Super Fried Ricer (6/ATK: 2400–3400/DEF: 2000)
Kurogasa: 1150
Rika: 2400
Fried Ricer then bounced off of Ryuki as he was destroyed and then started falling towards Kurogasa ready to whack him as well.
"Kurogasa!" Jaden and Syrus cried out.
"Activate trap! Option Hunter!" He declared revealing his facedown depicting alien like ships flying in the sky searching for something to hunt. "With this, I can gain Life Points equal to the original ATK of the Monster that was destroyed just now! In this case, it's Ryuki!" Kurogasa glowed a green aura as he gained Life Points.
Kurogasa: 3500
Rika: 2400
Fried Ricer then whacked him in the head with the large two white spoons.
Kurogasa: 100
Rika: 2400
"Aww man…" Rika pouted. "I thought I had you there."
"Sorry." Kurogasa impishly grinned.
"Whew… that was close." Syrus sighed in relief putting a hand over his heart.
"Yeah, a little too close." Jaden added. "I thought Kurogasa lost that one."
"Apparently not. That facedown saved him just in time." Alexis added.
"But all that did was bought Kurogasa one turn." Zane pointed out.
"Yes. And with how many Life Points Kurogasa and Rika have right now, Kurogasa has a long way to go." Bastion said.
"I'll end my turn. And Fruit Turtle's effect activates! For every Monster I have on my side of the Field, I gain 100 Life Points." Rika declared. Fruit Turtle then shot out an apple towards Rika and the latter caught it and ate it. A green aura glowed around her as she gained Life Points.
Kurogasa: 100
Rika: 2600
"Alright… here goes… it's all or nothing." Kurogasa said as he places his two fingers on his Deck. "Draw!" all time seemed to slow down as he drew his card. When he looked at it, he smirked.
"FINAL TURN!"
Rika and the spectators gasped.
"He's got this won?" Alexis asked in disbelief.
"Of course!" Jaden said. "He always wins whenever he says Final Turn!"
"Well it is evident from what we've seen in all his duels." Bastion said.
"First I play Monster Reborn reviving Kamen Rider Blade – King Form!" Kenzaki returned to the Field, in his King Form. "And now to play the card I drew!" He said flipping it over. "Raigeki!" All the spectators gasped at this.
"He's won!" Crowler gasped as two lightning bolts rained down on Super Fried Ricer and Fruit Turtle destroying them into pixels.
"Now to finish it off! Kenzaki, finish it with Royal Straight Flush!" Kurogasa yelled.
"Hai!" Kenzaki responded. Five cards came out of the Kamen Rider and got them in his hand. He then placed each card into the King Rouzer sword.
SPADE TEN
SPADE JACK
SPADE QUEEN
SPADE KING
SPADE ACE
ROYAL STRAIGHT FLUSH
The holograms of the cards appeared in front of him in that order leading to Rika. He ran towards her passing each through each hologram card. When he got through the last one, he slashed at Rika depleting the rest of her Life Points.
Kurogasa: 100
Rika: 0
The duel disks deactivated, the holograms disappeared, and Kurogasa just stood there. He couldn't fathom it. He couldn't believe it. But he did it. He won. Kurogasa wasn't too sure if he had actually won or suffered a bonk on the head from the Fighting Foodons, but when capping noises started sounding off, he realized that he wasn't dreaming. Turning to his friends, he saw them all cheering and whistling out their congratulations.
"All right Kurogasa!" Jaden cheered. "You did it!"
"Way to play!" Syrus grinned.
"Well played," Bastion grinned.
Zane crossed his arms at the sight, but those that knew him best could tell that there was approval there. Kurogasa was one of those precious few who earned their place in Obelisk Blue, not buy their way in or use something other than skill to get there. Alexis was politely clapping, but the happy smile on her face was something her friends had only seen rarely. Zane of course noticed, a knowing smile passing over his own features.
"Great job!" Rika said as she nearly catapulted into him as she gave him a congratulatory hug even though she had lost, and soon the two were joined by their closest friends.
"I must say that was impressive," Miss Fontaine beamed, applauding Kurogasa. "Certainly more than good enough to prove you're capable of being in Obelisk Blue! Congratulations on entering Obelisk Blue!"
"Ah… yeah," Kurogasa blinked, still amazed that he had managed to prove himself up for promotion.
"Yes. Congratulations." Dr. Crowler said coming up to him. "I think it's safe to say that this promotion definitely makes up for what I did to you last week."
"Yeah, you definitely earned the promotion!" Rika said.
"You sure did. Congratulations." Alexis smiled.
"Thanks Lex." Kurogasa said but then blushed at what he said. "Er… I mean, uh… Lexi– no wait! I meant uh–" Alexis couldn't help but giggle at this.
"Lex is fine. You earned it," Alexis smiled. "How about we get you fitted for a blue blazer?"
"Yeah, sure. And after that, we party!" Kurogasa cheered.
"I like the sound of that!" Jaden cheered as well. So it was settled, Jaden and company along with Miss Fontaine and Crowler went out of the arena to celebrate with Kurogasa on his promotion. All but one person… Chazz. He was still seething from the defeat Bastion handed to him. And what's worse, Kurogasa was getting even closer to Alexis.
Everything was falling apart.
"First I get demoted…" Chazz said to himself. "And now that Kamen Rider Reject gets promoted and gets even closer to Alexis. Well fine!" Chazz snarled getting up to his feet. "If Duel Academy won't acknowledge the talent and skill I have, then I'll just go someplace that will! This crummy cut–rate school won't give me the respect I deserve? Fine! I'm outta here then!"
And with that, he stormed off.
Whew! 36 pages and three duels worth 10,000+ words in this chapter! And yes, Kurogasa gets promoted to Obelisk Blue! Congrats to him! Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter! So go ahead and review!
Fighting Foodon – Crab Quake
Level: 5
Type: Aqua
Attribute: WATER
ATK/DEF: 2000/2000
Effect: When this card is Tribute Summoned, all other monsters switch to Defense Position.
Fighting Foodon – Tater–Tons
Level: 6
Type: Beast
Attribute: EARTH
ATK/DEF: 2200/2100
Fighting Foodon – Cowboyritto
Level: 4
Type: Warrior
Attribute: EARTH
ATK/DEF: 1350/1000
Effect: When another Fighting Foodon is on the field, while this card is Normal Summoned: Your opponent cannot attack more than twice.
5 Star Fighting Foodon – Fruit Turtle
Level: 7
Type: Reptile/Effect
Attribute: LIGHT
ATK/DEF: 2700/2350
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Summoned when "5 Star Meal Ticket is activated during your Main Phase 1. During your End Phases: Gain 100 life points for every monster you control. This card cannot switch control.
Fighting Foodon – Super Fried Ricer
Level: 6
Type: Warrior
Attribute: LIGHT
ATK/DEF: 2400/2000
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Summoned when "5 Star Fighting Foodon – Fruit Turtle" or "Deluxe Fighting Foodon – Feastivus" is on the Field. If this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle: This card gains 1000 ATK and can attack again once more until the End Phase.
5 Star Meal Ticket
Normal Spell
Effect: You can only activate this card during your Main Phase 1. Special Summon 1 "5 Star Fighting Foodon – Fruit Turtle" from your Deck or Hand.
Power Topping – Diamond Mushroom
Normal Spell
Effect: Select 1 Monster with "Foodon" in its name. Gain Life Points equal to that selected Monster's ATK.
Power Topping – Garlic
Equip Spell
Effect: Equip this card to a Monster with "Fight Foodon" in its name. Once per turn, when your opponent's Monster targets a Monster equipped with this spell, you can cut the attacking Monster's ATK in half until the end of the Battle Phase.