Animaniacs 5D's Episode 10

Trial By Fire

Yakko sat through his classes, either focusing on his next prank or the girl that constantly sat next to him when they were together, no one could tell. But so far, he was able to drive three people crazy, his math teacher, the school bully (which wasn't too hard, but incredibly funny), and himself. He was determined to be the last of his friends to fall asleep in History this time, but for some reason, Lillian had taken him up on his silent challenge, and refused to fall victim to the monotonous voice of the History teacher. "As we see here in chapter three, dueling is an ancient ritual, thought to be challenges against the pharaoh for his throne. Many fell victim to the Pharaohs powerful monsters." the teacher said, but Yakko tried his best to tune him out, thinking and looking at other things, like the girl across the room that was drooling on her desk. His eyes, though heavy with boredom, stayed awake due to his will power, though he doubted they would last much longer. "And that is why we are all going to the Duelist Museum this Friday!" the teacher finished. Yakko's eyes shot open and he noticed Lillian as she shot her head up, followed by the rest of the class. Yakko nudged her side, giving her his 'I won' look. She simply growled at him silently, letting him know she didn't like being shown up like that. "Did he just say what I think he said?" Stone whispered. "Something about going to a Duelist Museum on Friday." Yakko whispered back. Lillian's eyes widened with interest, and he could see her eyes as they sparkled with excitement. "YES!" she shouted gaining the eyes of everyone in the class. Opening her eyes, she glanced around the class room, noticing that everyone was looking at her, "Eh-heh!" she chuckled as she turned red.

[Cue Yugioh 5D's Opening Theme]

"I still don't get the concept of 'Permission slips'." Yakko commented as the three of them walked to their dorm rooms. Lillian turned to him with a small depressed look, "At least you have a guardian to ask."

"And a cool one at that!" Stone piped in. Lillian let her shoulders drop in exasperation, "I still have no recollection of my past, so I don't know who to ask."

"You could always get Jack Atlas to sign it." Stone told her as the two neared the doors. "Have me sign what?" they heard Jack say. Looking to the door, they saw Jack standing there, still as a statue, and the TV going in the background. Lillian started to sweat, "Um…Uh…"

"She wants to know if you'll sign her permission slip." Yakko spouted off. "What kind of permission slip?" he heard Yusei call back from the couch. Yakko stiffened up sort of embarrassed. Glancing around Jack as the tall man stood in the door frame, Yakko spotted Yusei with Akiza in his arms and Crow sitting on the couch. Carly was standing off in the kitchen, with a can of soda in her hand. "Our History teacher is taking us to the Duelist Museum on Friday." Stone answered for him. "Yakko and Lillian are too young to sign their own slips like me."

"I see." was all that Jack said and held out his hand to Lillian. At first Lillian was confused, quirking her eyebrow at him. When it finally hit her, she reached into her back pack and pulled out a half sized yellow slip of paper. Gently taking the paper, Jack glanced at it, then slid it into his coat, "I'll make you a deal, if you win this round of the tournament, I'll sign her permission slip, otherwise she stays here!" Everyone nearly stopped in shock, staring at the man in bewilderment. "Yusei talk some sense into him." Crow said in shock. "Jack what are you doing?" the black haired duelist asked in shock. "Yakko has a scheduled duel today in the tounament. In fact it starts in about twenty minutes. Call this incentive." Yakko watched as Lillian nearly ready to breakdown into tears, and turned to the blond man, "That's low Jack, why make her suffer because of something I can't control?"

"A Duel is something you can control Yakko, just don't lose and she can attend that museum." Jack told him as he glanced at the toon with just his shining blue eyes. Yakko gritted he is teeth in anger at the man in front of him. "Fine, and when I win this duel, you owe Lillian an apology."

"I'll apologize by signing her permission slip, if you win."Jack responded. An extremely audible growl could be heard coming from Yakko's throat as he not only clenched his fists, but also his teeth, "If it's for my best friend, I promise you…I won't lose!" with that he pushed past Jack, who barely moved, and stomped to his room to ready himself for his duel. Lillian looked after him, her eyes in shock of wonder, and a single tear rolling down her cheek. 'He'd duel…just for me?' she thought to herself. When Yakko quickly emerged, he had his cards, in his belt pouch and his custom duel disk on his arm. Again he pushed passed Jack, who again barely moved. Lillian and Stone followed close behind, "Are you sure you know what you're doing Jack?" Carly asked. "More than sure Carly." he reassured her. "Just remember that trick won't work on me!" she said, sarcastically. Jack stiffened up before relaxing and dropped his shoulders. "I thought I had a good strategy there." he whispered. Yusei and Crow looked on in surprise only to look to Akiza for the answer, "Jack probably made her mad." she guessed. Crow and Yusei both cringed, "Ehhg!"

The stadium was packed with people, wall to wall. Not a single seat was empty. "There sure are a lot of people here today." Akiza said as she sat next to Yusei. "Yah, everyone and their mother is here today." Crow shouted from the other side of Yusei. "Yakko is the second one up, first is a guy named Tank dueling against a boy named Robert." Carly said from Crows other side. "Yakko has to survive three duels today, first is this Geoffrey fella, then it's the winner that faces the winner of this duel, and the next winner faces Blizzard." Jack explained as he read the program. "I think I've heard that name, Blizzard, before." Carly stated as she read the same piece of paper that Jack had. Lillian stayed silent as she glanced down, staring nervously at her hands. "Hey, don't worry Lillian; Yakko's got this in the bag!" Stone tried to cheer her up. "I know that, but I can' help but feel nervous. It's like something is very wrong here." she whispered, and the lights went out, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for!" The announcer said as the microphone carried his voice throughout the stadium. "Behold the main event of the Annual Domino City's East Duelist Academy, First Year's Tournament."

At that the stadium filled with the sound of cheering people, screaming as loud as they could, though the noise had been dulled by the thick walls as Yakko prepared his deck for combat. In the room with him stood three large men, and a boy around his age, sixteen. The boy had on a brown leather vest and a black Australian hat with crocodile teeth attached to the hat band. The black cargo pants and combat boots he wore brought out the white shirt he wore as well. Gazing at the other three, he noticed one that looked to dress as an Eskimo, in white fur and light blue fabric. His white hair spiked up, almost like a ton of icicles. The second man wore a red tank top and bright orange pants with a black belt holding up his cards and a long red ponytail. The last looked as if his cloths were made from metal in color, and he kept flipping a coin in his hand. "G-day!" Yakko heard. The toon turned his attention back to the boy in the hat. "Name's Robert Wildwind, never seen a bloke like you?" he said in his thick Australian accent. "Yakko Warner!" Yakko told him and the two shook hands. "So you're the guy I've heard of the uses Naturia monsters."

"Been usin me mates since I could hold a Duel Disk, I have! Best of mates we are." Robert told him. "Oi! You're that bloke who wiped the floor with Draco aren't you?" the boy asked in realization. "I wouldn't say 'wiped the floor'…" Yakko started, "Don't be modest mate, no one in his old school could ever get around that combo of his, yet you did just that without knowing about it before hand, that's a feat of power there!" Robert interrupted. "Would Robert Wildwind and Tank Bolts, please report to the stadium for the first duel?" the announcer called out. "Well, best be going, I'll see you again then right?" Robert asked. "Only if you can make it to the next round." Yakko commented, only to receive a thumb up from his new friend. As Robert exited through the door, Yakko couldn't resist, "My new friend!" he said to no one in particular, pointing his thumb at the retreating boy.

Five minutes later Robert and Tank came back through the doors, Robert with his head hung low. "Don't tell me…" Yakko surmised. "I lost mate!" Robert said sadly, and then picked up his head to glare at tank and the other two. "Watch them Yakko, I don't think either of them is an actual student, and they may be specifically after you." Yakko didn't quite understand, but wasn't aloud time to speculate when his name was called, "Will Yakko Warner and Geoffrey Blaze please come to the arena?" the announcer called out. "That's me, wish me luck!" Yakko stated. Robert gazed at the toon serious and stern, "You'll need more than luck to beat these guys, but still, it might help so, good luck mate!" Yakko quirked an eyebrow at him, before exiting the door, wondering what the boy meant. It seemed as if Robert also couldn't resist, "Me new best mate!" he said and stuck his thumb in the direction Yakko just disappeared to.

"That was some loss." Leo whispered to his sister, he sat next to Carly. "I'll say, those were some pretty advanced moves for a first year student." Luna replied. "You think he's a pro or something?" Leo asked. "Not likely," Trudge said from next to Luna, "Everyone is usually screened before the tournament begins, and if security sees anything strange in their background we usually stop it in its tracks. Amy is very good at those things, and she has been assigned as the head of security here." Leo narrowed his eyes mischievously, and his sister joined him, "Bet you were hoping to bring her hear on a date, huh Trudge." the boy said. Trudge simply turned red with blush.

Yakko stepped up onto the platform and glanced around, he noticed the enormous crowd of people filling the seats in the arena, and wondered just how he would find his friends. His question was answered when he saw Stone stand up with Lillian on his shoulders. Lillian waved wildly at first, but quickly steadied herself, and gazed at him. It was as if their eyes locked onto each other's, trust combined with confidence and Yakko gave her his signature smile, showing that like her, he also believed that he would be victorious. "Hope you're ready to disappoint your girlfriend there!" came an almost choked voice from across the stage. Yakko glanced down only to see the read heard man from the locker room. "Duelist's are you ready?" the announcer asked. Yakko watched as his opponent placed his deck into his Duel Disk, a red flame looking custom Duel Disk. Yakko also placed his deck into his own Duel Disk, and drew his hand. "LET'S DUEL!" they shouted at each other.

"My turn first my good man!" Geoffrey said as he drew his card. "I summon 'Jurrac Velo' in attack mode." [Jurrac Velo is a level 4, fire attribute, dinosaur type monster with 1700 ATK and 1000 DEF.] "Next I lay two cards face down and call it a turn."

"My draw!" Yakko called out. 'Heh, even if his attack succeeds and destroys my monster, its special ability will allow me to special summon a 'Jurrac' Monster with 1700 or less attack points from my deck. And I know just the one. Just as well, my Mystical Space Typhoon will keep him from popping my monster with a trap card on my turn.' Geoffrey thought to himself. "I summon Cartoon Ganger to the field!" Yakko called out, "Thanks to his special ability, I can destroy one monster on your side of the field!"

"WHAT?!" Geoffrey called out in surprise. "Don't tell me you didn't see this one coming!" Yakko said, and the Ganger whipped out a bazooka from his seemingly empty pants pocket, before blowing the dinosaur away. "A destructive special ability? How did he get a card like that?" Geoffrey asked. "Next I attack you with my Cartoon Ganger. GO, GANG FIRE ATTACK!" Yakko shouted. The oversized Pistol that his monster smoothly pulled from his coat pocket was fired at Geoffrey, and reduced his life points to 2200. "Gerrrr!" he growled. Yakko grabbed three cards from his hand and slid them into his spell/trap zone on his Duel Disk, "I lay three cards face down and call it a turn." Turning back to where Lillian sat, he could see a worried look behind the smile she had on her face, however he somehow knew that even the smile itself was genuine. Turning back to his opponent, he noticed a glare, almost a growl in the man's eyes. Geoffrey drew his card, without a word, "I activate my trap card, 'Fossil Excavation'. Now by sending one card from my hand to the graveyard, I can special summon one dinosaur monster from my graveyard. Its effects are negated but I never said I was going to use its effect now did I?"

'He's bringing back his Jurrac Velo, why? Unless…' Yakko thought to himself, "I summon my "Jurrac Aeolo' to the field and use my Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy one of your face-downs." [Jurrac Aeolo is a level 1 Dinosaur Tuner monster, with 200 ATK and 200 DEF.] "I activate my Bottomless Pit trap card. By sending one of my cards from my hand to my graveyard, I can negate the activation of your Mystical Space Typhoon and destroy it. Also, my trap gets set back face-down instead of going to the graveyard." Yakko told him. "It doesn't matter, because I can synchro summon my 'Jurrac Velphito' to the field." At first the ATK and DEF meters read 0, but they soon raised, both stopping on 1900. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that is going to need some explaining!" Yakko said. "Oh, well sorry about that, you see, when my Jurrac Velphito is synchro summoned, its attack and defense points are equal to the total ATK of the monsters I used to summon him." the smile Geoffrey had on his face was of pure malice, like a wild animal hunting its prey. "Oh!" Yakko replied nervously.

"That monster would have been better used if he had more attack points out on the field." Stone said, but Lillian remained silent biting her nails in worry. "There's something familiar about this person, but I can't put my foot on it." Jack said almost quietly. "Like what Jack?" Carly asked concerned. "I'm not really sure, but it feels like I've seen this guy before." he responded.

"Now I can destroy your Cartoon Ganger with my Jurrac Velphito!" Geoffrey shouted. Yakko quickly pressed one of the buttons on his disk, revealing one of his face-downs. "Not if I use my Clever Disguise trap card, I can negate your attack and place it face down again for next turn." Geoffrey growled as his monster struck the card instead of his intended target. "Fine, I spend 800 life points so that I can use my 'Premature Burial' spell card. This lets me special summon one monster from my graveyard and I choose my 'Jurrac Stauriko'." [Jurrac Stauriko is a level 2 fire attribute monster with 500 ATK and 400 DEF.] "Now I end my turn." Yakko stopped as he grabbed the top card of his deck, 'I think he wants me to attack his monster using Ganger, something tells me he's got a strategy based on me making amateur mistakes. He's got a more powerful synchro summon lined up, but so do I.' Yakko thought to himself. Quickly he pulled the top of his deck off, and revealed his monster. "I summon from my hand, 'Cartoon Synchron'!"

"Cartoon Synchron!?" Yusei called out in surprise. "What the…?" Jack asked. [Cartoon Synchron is a level 3 Toon type tuner monster with 1300 ATK and 800 DEF.]

"Cartoon Synchron usually lets me special summon a level 2 or lower monster from my graveyard, but instead I activate from my hand Cartoon Boost, so that my Cartoon Synchron gets and extra star and 500 ATK." Yakko shouted, "And now I get to synchro summon a Level 8 monster." The light the touched ground behind him illuminated all, and covered the face of Yakko in shadows. "From the drawing board to the big screen, I synchro summon King William Warner!" Yakko chanted. "This guy didn't do anything I thought he'd do!" Geoffrey called out. "Course not, I'm a toon, and toons are unpredictable. Now my King William Warner's special ability kicks in and he removes one of your monsters from play, like your Jurrac Velphito." Yakko's father, walked right up to Geoffrey's monster and looked it up and down, before pulling open his scroll. On it was a picture of Jurrac Velphito with a red 'no' circle over top of it. The monster sweat dropped, and a red hand of energy emerged from the paper, grabbed the dinosaur and pulled it into the scroll. The King released the scroll, allowing it to spin closed and with his right hand, snatched it out of the air. "Now I can attack your remaining Jurrac and take away the remainder of your life points. GO ROYALTY GAVEL!" The moment those words left his mouth, the King leaped into action, raising his scroll and slamming it into the head of the last monster Geoffrey had on the field, and relieving him of the last of his life points. "AAAAAAND that's game!" the announcer shouted into his mic. "This was an absolutely amazing duel, ladies and gentlemen. Yakko Warner has defeated Geoffrey Blaze without taking a single life point of damage, what a duel!"

Lillian sat back in her seat and breathed a sigh of relief, "Just two more to go." she said to herself. "Two more, and he can finally rest."

The End of Episode 10

To be continued…