1Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire! Ignore that, just trying something new. Anyways, we'll be continuing with your regularly scheduled program of Duels, ghouls, and school. I do not own Yugioh/GX/5Ds, Jump does.
First Shots Fired, The War Begins
All was quiet. He looked around the room and saw his sleeping companions, minus one odd boy. Shawn found himself awake at midnight and couldn't go back to sleep. In the small amounts of training he received from his mother, he learned how to gain all the energy he needed for days in a few hours of sleep which is why it would be rather pointless for him to go back to sleep. Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything fun as most of that would make too much noise or sound. He decided that it would be an alright night to go outside and enjoy the moon. He would stare at it for hours during his training, wondering how something so large seemed so small. Making as little noise as possible, which was very easy for him, he got to the elevator and went upstairs.
Mansen's Classroom
Darkness covered the room with the only source of light being a number of dimly lit candles positioned in a large circle around a group of people wearing black cloaks with hoods. In the center of this group was Mansen, holding a black amulet. "Welcome club members. I believe you all know why you are here" Mansen said.
"To banish the prophet of the fake god and all who follow him" the people said in unison.
"Very good. Now tell me students, how are we going to banish this prophet?" Mansen asked only as a way of testing their loyalty.
"By dishonoring his word and casting him out of our beloved land" the students said.
"Correct. Now, to defeat the prophet, we need to strike him hard. How do we do this?" Mansen asked with the purpose of hearing their opinions. None answered him however. "Something wrong? None of you have a plan? A scheme? What if I were to banish you?" Mansen asked. Silence was his only answer. "How discouraging. I only accept the best into the Occult, Book, Army, and Nature Clubs to banish the prophet and you can't think of anything. I come to you because the prophet already knows I want him gone so anything I'd come up with would be prepared for. You disappoint me. So far you've only succeeded in keeping those students that side with the boy out of here" Mansen said.
"I have an idea sir" a raspy voice said before going through a series of coughs.
"Hm? You have something you wish to share Mr. Sheelal?" Mansen asked.
"I prefer Griever sir" the boy said before rising up. He removed his hood to reveal a white mask that partly wrapped around his head that looked much like a skull but was longer and had some unusual antennae like parts on the side that were also white and went about the same length as the head. The mask covered his face but allowed his gold eyes and part of his skin which seemed burnt to peek out at the eye holes. Griever was tall, very tall. He was almost seven feet tall when in his semi-crouched position he assumed while standing.
"Of course Griever, now, what is your idea?" Mansen asked, not affected by the boys rather large stature.
"I remember that you, kah, mentioned the kid that beat the prophet, kah kah kah" Griever said trying to contain his coughs.
"Yes, but I've already told you that the boy wishes not to join me and has the prophet's eyes on him which is why we repel his friends from our little clubs" Mansen said.
"That's not what I, kah, meant sir. What if we, kah, targeted the kid and his friends? We'd, kah, make it a point to the prophet that, kah, if he stays here, anyone he, kah, becomes close to will suffer" Griever said, rubbing his sore throat after all the violent coughs.
"Very good Griever. You seem to be a very intelligent young man. How would you feel about leading this assault on the boy and his friends?" Mansen asked.
"It would be an, kah, honor sir" Griever said.
"Alright then. I'm going to leave now, I want you to do what you feel needs to be done to get the plan into action" Mansen said.
"Affirmative sir" Griever said. Mansen nodded and left.
"This boy is smart. Where do I remember seeing him before?... oh well, it matters not. As long as he pulls off this plan, I'll be happy" Mansen thought as his students plotted.
Blue-Eyes White Dorm Roof
The elevator had reached it's destination and Shawn stepped out. Looking at the moon, he fell into his state of wonder. "I'll never understand how something so mysterious can be so beautiful" Shawn thought. He lost track of time staring at the mass of mineral when he realized he wasn't alone on the roof. Moving into the shadows he looked around to find where the other person was.
"I miss you" a sad voice said. Shawn found the source of the voice at the edge of the roof, looking down at the ground. Shawn couldn't tell who the person was but he could tell enough that they were wearing white. "Why did you have to go?" the person asked.
"Who's that person talking to?... or are they reminiscing?" Shawn asked himself. He slid further into the shadows when the person got up. Then Shawn watched in shock as the person jumped off the building. Shawn ran over to check if the person was alright but found noone was there. "This is just too weird. I'm going to my room" Shawn said to himself, rubbing his temples. Jumping off the building, he landed gracefully on the second floor and walked to his room. He walked straight past the sleeping Tanner and jumped into his hammock. "I guess that's where he went" Shawn said before falling into sleep, much needed after that odd situation on the roof.
Veina's Classroom, Next Day
"That's a very good point Sandra, but I still doubt the school board will get rid of exams just because of that" Veina said making Sandra pout. Sighing, Veina said "Okay class, go into study groups until it's time for class to end". Sandra, Shawn, and Dean got together.
"It's stupid. She said I had a good point, but they won't get rid of exams" Sandra said, not over the fact that she couldn't get rid of exams.
"Dang it, quit your winin' and lets get studyin'!" Dean said, a fresh bump on his head appearing afterwards.
"... hey guys. Have you noticed that Miss Veina seems a little... depressed?" Shawn said looking at the blind teacher, sadness obvious in her unseeing eyes.
"Yeah, so? Everyone gets a bit sad, Grammy says to get over it and move on" Dean said poking his bump and wincing.
"Well it's just, I was on the roof last night because I couldn't fall asleep. I was looking at the moon when I noticed someone else was up there. I couldn't make out who it was, but they were sad and talking about how they missed someone, then jumped off the building. I ran over to help them but they were gone" Shawn said.
"Are you sure you actually saw this? You could have imagined it. It happens to people sometimes when they're sleepy. I remember once, I thought I was eating an ice cream cone, turned out I was eating my brother's hair" Sandra said.
"I guess so... what flavor?" Shawn asked.
"Vanilla" Sandra chirped.
"Miss Veina! There's a fight outside by the statue of Pegasus!" Jewels shouted as she ran into the room.
"That's not good. It's only been one day since he left and we're already having problems" Veina said as she grabbed Jewels hand and ran to the fight.
"Should we?" Sandra asked.
"Should we what?" Dean asked.
"I believe so" Shawn said and ran off with Sandra to the fight.
"How come you don't fill me in on these things!?" Dean exclaimed before running after them.
Outside, Pegasus Statue
Cassie was standing over a Red-Eyes Black student, second year it looked like, who was holding his... junk. "Try that again and I'll make it impossible for you to reproduce!" Cassie said.
"That's right! You tell him!" Melinda said.
"What is going on here!? Seriously, I can't see" Veina asked.
"This crazy girl just kicked me in the junk!" the Red-Eyes Black student said. He was thick like he played a lot of sports and had short black hair. He wore the average uniform for his dorm but had on some sunglasses that almost covered half of his face.
"Cassie, is this true?" Veina asked.
"Yes Miss Veina, but I only did it because this brute ran into the classroom after Mr. Mansen left and grabbed Melinda saying he was going to have a lot of fun beating her down" Cassie said as Melinda nodded, a rather meaningless action to Veina.
"Chucky! How could you do such a thing!?" Veina asked.
"Chucky?" Shawn said before chuckling a bit.
"She's one of them! One of the friends of that little cheating liar that supposedly beat Professor Pluto! I'm not the only one that wants to do this" Chucky said.
"Even if that's so, you should settle things in a Duel" Veina said.
"That's what I was going to do. Then the crazy bitch there attacked me" Chucky said.
"Well you should have said something" Cassie said crossing her arms.
"Enough you two! I should give the both of you detention for a week, but I'm a fair teacher. You'll Duel. The loser will serve detention for two weeks" Veina said.
"I'll accept" Cassie said activating her Duel Disk.
"It'll be my pleasure to teach you a lesson" Chucky said activating his own.
Cassie's LP: 8000 Chucky's LP: 8000
"Ladies first" Cassie said drawing an extra card. "Not much here, I'll play Poppet and end my turn" Cassie said as a small, ragged puppet with a frowning face and X's for eyes fell onto the field before picking itself up (Attack: 0 Defense: 0).
"Creepy" Sandra said, voicing everyone's opinion of the living toy. The toy looked at Chucky and pulled out a pair of sunglasses from nowhere and put them on.
"That's all you've got? Ha! I'll make you learn that if you're going to play with the big boys, you better be ready to get hurt. I summon Gemini Elf!" Chucky said as two elves, one in a blue dress with blonde hair while the other was in a purple dress with red hair, appeared (Attack: 1900 Defense: 900). "Teach this little punk a lesson girls" Chucky commanded. The elves nodded and got back to back, grabbed the others hands, and cartwheeled over to Poppet, knocking the little toy into it's master, but other than a few rips it was unharmed, it did however emit a purple aura that made Chucky feel uncomfortable.
Cassie's LP: 6100 Chucky's LP: 6100
"Okay, can you tell me why that little doll isn't destroyed and why I took damage?" Chucky asked.
"Heh, you obviously never heard of witchcraft. One of the main tools of witchcraft is the poppet, or a more familiar term is voodoo doll. The poppet is used to perform spells on in hopes that the person the doll is likened to is also affected. My Poppet is like this in the fact that any battle damage I take through it is done to you as well. Besides that, my doll can't be destroyed in battle or monster, spell, or trap effect" Cassie explained.
"Bravo Cassie!" Haseo shouted, clapping his hands.
"Grrr, I'll set one card and end my turn" Chucky said, annoyed at this new development. As Cassie drew a new card, Chucky activated his face down. "I use Solemn Wishes! Now I get 500 Life Points every time I draw!" Chucky declared. To which Cassie only shrugged.
"I'll play Jinx. This spell allows me to choose one of three effects at the beginning of your turn. One is you can't attack with a monster that turn, the second is you can't activate a spell card that turn, and the third is you can't set cards. I can't use it now, but it'll make things troublesome for you, won't it?" Cassie said. "Now I'll have Poppet attack" Cassie said as the small doll ran forward only to be kicked back by the red haired elf, as a dark purple aura engulfed Chucky.
Cassie's LP: 4200 Chucky's LP: 4200
"Then I'll set one card and summon my Witch's Black Cat and end my turn" Cassie said as a black cat wandered onto the field (Attack: 0 Defense: 0) and Chucky drew his card.
Cassie's LP: 4200 Chucky's LP: 4700
"Now I'll choose to restrict you from using spell cards" Cassie said.
"Fine! I'll summon Vorse Raider!" Chucky said as a beastly warrior wielding an axe jumped onto the field, roaring (Attack: 1900 Defense: 1200). "I'd attack your feline, but I have no idea what it could do, so I'll attack your Poppet again with Vorse Raider!" Chucky announced. Vorse Raider spotted the frail Poppet and threw it's axe in a boomerang fashion that knocked Poppet off it's feet and catching it's axe when it flew back around. Poppet then released the same purple aura that it had before, damaging Chucky again.
Cassie's LP: 2300 Chucky's LP: 2800
"Then I'll set one card and end my turn" Chucky said. Before Cassie drew her next card, Witch's Black Cat hissed and jumped at Chucky, scratching his face before returning to his spot on the field.
Cassie's LP: 2300 Chucky's LP: 1850
"What the hell just happened!?" Chucky asked, enraged as he rubbed the scratch marks off his face.
"You mean you didn't know? Witch's Black Cat's effect does damage to my opponents Life Points at the end of his turn if he's lost Life Points from another card's effect. The damage is always half. That's why black cats are known to be bad luck" Cassie said.
"What!? You mean I could have attacked that furball and not been damaged somehow!?" Chucky roared.
"Yep, pretty stupid move. But it's my turn now and if I'm correct, one more attack should finish you off. Go Poppet! Attack his Vorse Raider!" Cassie commanded. Poppet hung it's head at the fact it would go into a losing battle, and walked in front of Vorse Raider and tried to punch it in the leg but found itself caught in a round seal.
"My Spellbinding Circle will keep your Poppet from damaging me any further" Chucky said triumphantly.
"That blows. I guess I'll end my turn there" Cassie said to which Chucky drew his next card with glee.
Cassie's LP: 2300 Chucky's LP: 2350
"No spells again" Cassie said.
Chucky looked at his new card and said "Great! Now I offer my Gemini Elf and Vorse Raider to summon Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast!". His two, or technically three, monsters disappeared and a large tank that was shaped like a dragon rolled onto the field (Attack: 2800 Defense: 2000). "Now my beast, end this duel! Destroy her black cat!" Chucky announced. The large dragon shaped tank positioned it's guns at the cat and fired a beam of green energy.
"What year are you? It doesn't matter, you should have seen my trap" Cassie said before the beam was disrupted as Fusilier Dragon fell into a giant well that suddenly appeared underneath it.
"What just happened!?" Chucky shouted.
"You like to yell a lot. Just look for yourself" Cassie said as something started to emerge from the well. It was Fusilier Dragon, but it's once red body was completely gray, the metal now stone. "That was my trap card, Petrifying Well. I can activate it when an opponent's monster attacks. The attacking monster's attack is negated, it can no longer attack, and it can't be tributed. Basically it's become dead weight. You should have realized I still had something when I didn't switch Witch's Black Cat into defense" Cassie said.
"Whatever, I end my turn. You still can't do anything" Chucky said.
"Can't I?" Cassie said drawing her card and grinning at it. "I'll end this now. I activate Witch's Cauldron. When I use this card, all my monsters are offered to summon Lady of Witchcraft, Baba Yaga!" Cassie said as a giant cauldron appeared on the field, sucking Poppet and Witch's Black Cat into it's green liquid. The potion in the cauldron bubbled before an old woman emerged from it. The woman was hunched over and wore a long black skirt with a white robe over top. She had grey hair and pupil less eyes and few teeth (Attack: 0 Defense: 0). "Baba Yaga is a supreme witch, almost unparalleled in her field. This is because she's given up her physical strength for ultimate mastery of witchcraft. That's why when she's summoned, I can take any spell card from my deck and add it to my hand" Cassie said flipping through her deck before settling on a card.
"So what? I've still got a strong monster on the field and more Life Points" Chucky pointed out.
"I see. I guess I stand no chance. Especially with Baba Yaga's second effect" Cassie said as Baba Yaga started to float in the air.
"Wh-what's she doing?" Chucky asked, afraid of the witch's actions.
"Nothing really. Just preparing to take you down. You see, her second effect is a little more... brutal. I can offer my battle phase to do damage to you equal to half of all your monsters' attack. Quite obviously, I have no reason to use my Battle Phase so Baba Yaga, do your stuff" Cassie said. Baba Yaga then flew next to Chucky and plucked a hair off his head. Flying up, she presented a doll that looked so much like Poppet but not as well made, and wrapped the hair around it's torso. She then took a pin out and stuck it in the doll, making a large pin appear behind Chucky and pricked him in the rear.
Cassie's LP: 2300 Chucky's LP: 950
"S-so what? I've still got Life Points" Chucky said rubbing his bum.
"Just the spell I got from Baba Yaga's first effect. I activate Witch's Last Spell. In return for offering a monster with 'Witch', 'Warlock', or 'Witchcraft' in it's name, I can deal damage to you equal to half of my Life Points" Cassie said. Baba Yaga then burst into a vaporous form and passed through Chucky, causing him to feel nauseous.
Cassie's LP: 2300 Chucky's LP: 0000
"Teaches you a lesson" Cassie said.
"No! I can't believe I lost!" Chucky shouted as he pounded the ground with his fist.
"Enough Chucky, you know the rules of your match. You now have two weeks detention. Oh, look at the time, class is dismissed" Veina said.
"How does she know it's time for class to end?" Sandra asked.
"No idea" Haseo said. Shawn and the others then proceeded to congratulate Cassie on a good Duel. Chucky however wasn't having such a good time. He entered the school to start his detention when he almost walked into a tall person.
"Griever! Watch where you're going" Chucky said.
"Speak to me with more, kah, respect. You failed your, kah, mission horribly" Griever said, his body now wrapped in a purple cloak.
"You think you could have done better?" Chucky said, the anger in his voice obvious.
"It appears I have to, kah, teach you a lesson" Griever said holding up one of his arms and activating a Duel Disk, though it was not visible underneath the cloak.
"Try me, I just lost a Duel to a freak and feel the need to beat the hell out of someone" Chucky said.
Veina's Room
Veina was lying on her couch lost in thought when someone knocked at the door. "Come in" Veina said. In came a number of footsteps. "I'm going to assume it's Shawn and friends" Veina said.
"Correct, although Tanner's absent" Shawn said.
"That's not good. What do you guys want?" Veina asked.
"We wanted to know if you were alright. You seem depressed today" Sandra said.
"I suppose I am. Pluto left last night and we've always been such good friends, it's hard to imagine life here without him" Veina said.
"Professor Pluto left? Weird. But you have us and we'll always do our best to make you happy" Haseo said.
"Heh, thank you guys. I guess I should have realized students as smart as you would have figured out" Veina said.
"No probs' Miss Veina, just promise us you aint goin' to jump off roofs anymore" Dean said.
"Jump off a roof? Why would I do that?" Veina asked.
"Wha? You mean that wasn't you Shawn saw jumping off the roof last night?" Jewels asked.
"No, of course not! I'm a little sad but I'm not jumping off roofs. I'm blind for heaven's sakes!" Veina exclaimed.
"But if that wasn't you, then who was it?" Shawn asked.
School Hallway
"Pathetic" Griever said as his Duel Disk deactivated. Chucky was on the ground, passed out and covered in injuries with his deck all over the floor. "As a part of our, kah, agreement, I get one of your cards" Griever said as he looked over the many of cards on the ground before choosing one, Fusilier Dragon. "Let this be a warning to you. I do not accept failure, but I abhor disobedience" Griever said before he left the beaten boy.
Original Cards List:
Poppet / Dark / 1 / 0 / 0 / Spellcaster / Effect: This Monster cannot be destroyed by battle or monster, spell, or trap card effect. Any damage done to this monster's controller in battle is also dealt to your opponent.
A ragged doll that has X's for eyes and a frowning face.
Witch's Black Cat / Dark / 1 / 0 / 0 / Beast / Effect: At the end of your opponents turn where your opponent has taken effect damage, deal half of that effect damage to your opponent.
A black cat with hexagons in it's eyes.
Petrifying Well / Trap: When your opponent attacks with a monster, negate that attack. In addition, the attacking monster can no longer attack or be tributed.
A man made well that appears to have to bottom
Witch's Cauldron / Spell: Activate this card by tributing all monsters on your side of the field. You may summon one monster with 'Witch', 'Warlock', or 'Witchcraft' in it's name from your hand or deck.
A black cauldron with a bubbling, green potion in it.
Lady of Witchcraft, Baba Yaga / Dark / 8 / 0 / 0 / Spellcaster / Effect: When this monster is summoned you may take one spell card from your deck and add it to your hand. You may choose to forego your Battle Phase and deal damage to your opponent equal to half of you opponent's monsters' total attack.
An old lady with gray hair, pupil less eyes, and few teeth wearing a long red skirt and white robe.
Witch's Last Spell / Spell: To activate this card you must offer one monster with 'Witch', 'Warlock', or 'Witchcraft' in it's name. Deal damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to half of your Life Points.
An old warlock's spirit reaching out to a laughing young man standing over his body.
Author's Note: Oh boy. I don't think this one turned out so good. For those of you who don't know much about Star Wars, Griever is based off a character called General Grievous. I'm only a small time fan of the series but I loved General Grievous. He was the coolest character, but they killed some of his cool by adding in that annoying cough and having him die to one guy even though he could take on six people of the same level. Also, that kah is supposed to be a cough because I couldn't come up with anything that sounded better, so I'm open to better coughing sounds. Another thing, I forgot to put down that the monsters Haseo played were Dark attribute. Not a big deal, but it steams me that I forgot to add that. Anyways, weird stuff happened there. Some odd group of people hating a 'prophet' and somebody has been jumping off roofs. Not good. Plus, Tanner didn't speak this chapter! Oh well. Long note. Bye, send reviews.
P.S. I forgot to mention that I wanted to thank Orange and Lunar Alias (formerly Kage-Ouji) for their support and to mention both have awesome stories you should check out.