Duelist of Dawn: It's here! It's finally here! My first 8000 point duel! And man I hope I impress some folks! And I bet you'll be blown away by the duelist facing him! Oh I can't wait, the disclaimer, please!?
Disclaimer: I don't Yu-Gi-Oh! GX or any music used in the story. I only own Claudio while YugiNAtem117 owns Melody.
Chapter 10: Judgment Duel Part 1: A Player's Return
Dr. Vellian Crowler walked through the hallway of Duel Academy's main building, taking note of all of the red-coat students.
'Just look at them, pathetic slackers littering the campus like vermin.' He thought. 'The hallowed halls of MY Duel Academy are for the elite, not the lame and especially NOT Jaden Yuki.' And then, he busted out yelling, "THAT SLIFER SLACKER HAS MADE A FOOL OUT OF ME FOR LONG ENOUGH!" Crowler yelled so loud it caused the Slifer Red students around to duck into a nearby classroom. "But soon he will pay most dearly for it. Soon, he will be the one who looks like a fool."
"Dr. Crowler."
Crowler turned to see Chazz Princeton walking up to him. "Ah, Chazz, how can I help you?"
"You can put me in the elimination duel against Jaden, that's how!" Chazz said. "This time I'm sure I can beat him and send him packing."
"Sorry, Chazz but you're sitting out this time around." Crowler said, making Chazz gasp. "Don't get me wrong, your skills are admirable, but I'm not taking any chances. Whoever the student that loses today will be expelled from the Duel Academy. So to make sure that Jaden Yuki is one of those students, I'm having him face the greatest tag Duelists in the world!"
"Then let me have the Ra Reject, that's also on the hit list." Chazz asked desperately. "I don't care who he is, I'll take him down!"
"Sorry, but this is why you're not dueling today." Crowler remarked. "You're letting your anger blind you, and it'll cost you the duel and the chance to take ANYONE out." And with that, Crowler left leaving Chazz confused and angry.
At the Slifer Red Dorm, Jaden and Syrus were in their room with Chumley, going over their decks.
"How can you guys be so calm?" Chumley asked.
"How can we not be?" Jaden retorted. "Another day another duel right, Sy?"
Syrus just groaned a bit.
"But this isn't just another duel," Chumley said. "It's an elimination tag-duel, and if you lose you'll be on the next bus out of here."
"That's totally why we're not gonna lose today." Jaden said. "And Chumley, we're on an island, bus?"
"Whatevs, maybe you guys should give me your meal cards just in case."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence," Jaden said sarcastically.
"Well someone's got to eat your grilled cheeses if you go." Chumley said.
Syrus stared at the Power Bond spell card. ' Chumley may have a point.' He thought. 'The last time I dueled, I was awful, just like my big brother always told me I was. If we're going to stay at the academy, I'm going to have to concentrate and not let anything get in my head, especially Zane.' Syrus tried to shake off the doubt. 'That's it...I gotta believe in myself. Believe in myself, believe in myself...'
"I BELIEVE IN MYSELF, JADEN!"
Jaden turned away from Chumley to see Syrus leap from the floor. "Uh...that's great Syrus. Now c'mon, we gotta head on out.
Chumley watched as his roommates walked towards the door, "Good luck you guys! I really want you to win the match."
"More than you want the grilled cheese?" Jaden asked, looking at his friend, amazed.
The larger boy nodded. "I'd rather have you guys as friends, then have extra grilled cheeses..."
"You know, I think I might just cry..." Jaden said, breaking into a grin.
"See ya soon, Chumley!" Syrus waved at him, and then headed out the door, followed by Jaden.
'Yeah...I hope so.' Chumley thought gloomily, watching his friends leave.
And at the Ra Yellow dorm, the same support was given to Claudio as he left. He was going to prove that he deserves to be here at the Academy. The only reason he was in this mess was because of Striker being the eyewitness of ordeal. He even brought his guitar to give himself more incentive to stay.
"You nervous, Claudio?" Melody asked.
"Yeah, this is like one of the worst times to be dueling." Claudio replied. "I have to duel to stay in school, rather than have fun with it."
"But that's just it!" Melody said. "You could still have fun; kicking the other guy's butt!"
"Well you got that right." Claudio smiled, until Melody grabbed him by the collar of his blazer.
"And you better win; I won't let my best friend in this Academy get kicked out for saving me!" She retorted. "Especially after the training I've put him through!"
"Okay, okay!" Claudio said, fearfully. "Just don't kill me, and I'll go beat this guy!" Melody let him go.
"Sorry..." She said, feeling down. "You're my first friend at this Academy, before then I had trouble talking to people outside a duel. And, I could be going back to that shy little girl if you're around..."
Claudio smiled softly and hugged her. "Then I better make sure I win."
"You better..." She said, returning the hug and letting go. "Now, let's go; Bastion's already at the main dueling arena!"
"Yes, ma'am!"
At the main dueling stadium, all the students, teachers and the Chancellor took their seats waiting for the first.
Attention! The First of the two Disciplinary Duels are about to begin! Remember, these are test conditions! These are sudden expulsion matches!"
Bastion sat in one of the many seats of the arena, noticing most of the population of the school was filling the arena up and quick. He listened to the announcement and folded his arms, "A bit harsh I'd say..."
"You got that right..."
"Huh?" He turned to see Alexis walking up and sitting next to him.
"You're Bastion Misawa right? One of Jaden's friends?" She asked.
"I...suppose you could say that." Bastion responded as he shifted in his seat. "And you're Alexis Rhodes aren't you?"
Alexis nodded. "Yes, and I'm part of the reason Jaden, Syrus and Claudio are in this mess. They were helping me at the abandoned dorm..." She explained.
"Oh... wait; part of the reason?" Bastion caught on. "What was the other reason?"
"Me." Both Alexis and Bastion saw Melody coming, and taking her seat next to Alexis. "While Jaden and Syrus were getting Alexis, Claudio was saving me from this Shadow Duelist."
"I see..." Bastion understood.
"But now, if anyone's gonna need help, it's those three." Alexis noted. "I hear Crowler got three professional duelists, and they used to work for the creator of Duel Monsters."
"You mean back in Duelist Kingdom?" Melody gasped. Alexis nodded. "Oh great..."
"Send in the accused: Claudio Osbourne, Syrus Truesdale and Jaden Yuki!"
Chazz sat in an empty section of the audience, next to the entrance. He was still angry that he wasn't the one taking on the Slifer Slackers. He turned to see the three of them enter the arena and kicked the seat in front of him, making nearby Obelisks turn to look at him.
Even though they didn't see it, both Syrus and Jaden heard the kick. Jaden looked around and grinned, "The acoustics are great in here, guys! This is gonna be a blast."
"Yeah...you think that they'll count the echo as your tag partner?" Syrus wondered.
Jaden reached over and ruffled Syrus' hair, "For the last time, you're my partner!"
Syrus laughed and pulled away from him, "Wouldn't hurt to ask!"
"Syrus, you should be lucky you have a partner," Claudio jumped in. "I'm the first one being slammed."
"Yeah, but you'll do fine, man!" Jaden said. "I just feel sorry for whoever's gonna duel you!" They both started laughing.
As the two them headed to the platform, Chazz gripped the arms of his seat, his knuckles white. "You Slifer Slackers...it should be me who's taking you out! But I guess as long as you get kicked out, it doesn't matter who does it..."
Higher up in the stands, Zane Truesdale stood as still as a statue, looking on at his little brother with hard stare. 'Well little brother, I guess it's time to prove whether or not you belong here or on the next boat out of here...'
Syrus, unfortunately, looked up behind him and spotted his big brother staring at him. 'Zane!' He thought and then walked after Claudio and Jaden with his mantra of 'Gotta believe in myself, gotta believe in myself.
After both of the Slifers and Ra finally arrived at the platform, Crowler turned to the audience, hand in the air. "And now, for the first discipline duel, Claudio Osbourne to the arena!" And in a low voice, "And you slackers take a seat over there..." He pointed to the two empty seats behind Claudio that had a sign saying 'Reserved for the soon to be expelled! HA HA HA!'
"Whatevs..." Jaden said, heading on over. Syrus was a little bit offended, but joined his friend anyway. Claudio himself went to his side of the arena.
"Now it's time to introduce our first dueling guest..." Crowler said pointing to the dark hallway. The audience was quiet waiting for the duelist to appear. Suddenly, two shining white eyes appeared in the darkness, spooking everyone in the arena except Crowler who was chuckling. Finally, the duelist himself appeared, stunning Claudio to bone.
"No way..." He whispered.
The man he saw appearing had to be at least 7 feet tall. He was a Caucasian, dark-haired man wearing a dark hat and coat with the letters 'P' on the left side, and 'K' on the right side. He also wore a silver armor-like shirt with dark green pants and black boots. The most distinguishable thing about him were the scars over his eyes and burn marks on his forehands.
"... Panik the Player Killer!" Crowler finishing the intro, leaving the entire stadium murmuring to each other.
"P-P-Panik the Player Killer!?" Melody said shaking. "He's supposed to have been dead!"
"My word..." Bastion said. "Back in Duelist Kingdom, the last anyone has seen him was that he died in towering inferno!"
"He wasn't what I expected!" Alexis said, even she was stunned at what she's seeing right now.
"He's a giant!" Jaden exclaimed.
"I'm glad I'm not the one dueling him!" Syrus said, cowering in his seat.
Back on the dueling arena, Panik stood over Claudio with an intimidating grin on his face. "Hello, little duelist..." He said, in a deep voice. "Hope you're ready to Panik!" Claudio cringed at the sight of him.
"Crowler..." Sheppard spoke up. "Isn't this too much for our student? I wondered who've you arranged for the tag-duel?"
"No way!" Crowler said. "The students broke a big time rule, so they'll face big-time duelists!"
"Claudio has a one in one million chance to win his duel." Bastion said. "Panik knows how to use his opponent's fear against him."
"Bastion, shut up!" Melody shouted. "He's not going to lose to some guy who thinks he's the scariest thing ever!"
"Melody's right." Alexis added. "You should have faith in your friend, not placing them in overwhelming odds."
"I'm going to enjoy what this Panik feller going to do to that reject!" Torimaki said, grinning. "Serves him right for him making a fool out of me!"
"And after that, Jaden's next!" Chazz added, with the same devious grin.
"Now duelists, shuffle your decks!" Panik and Claudio shuffled their decks as Crowler instructed. "Now exchange decks and shuffle again!" Both players shuffled the others deck and returned them. "Return to your sides, gentlemen." Both of them returned to their sides. "Now the rules are the same except with 800 points, understood?"
"Yeah..." Panik and Claudio nodded.
"Then DUEL!" Crowler declared, running off the arena.
"DUEL!" Both players drew their opening hands.
Claudio: 8000
Panik: 8000
'This'll be great!' Crowler thought looking at Claudio, still freaking out over Panik's appearance. 'After seeing their poor friend having to pack up and go home, Jaden will lose all hope in winning his tag duel and he'll lose miserably!'
"This will be over soon, boy..." Panik said cryptically.
"Well, I'll make sure that you coming here is a bust!" Claudio declared as he drew his sixth card. "I'll start off, with the Drummer Superstar in Defense Mode!" In a flash, a blonde, wild-haired man playing on a drum set appeared. (500/2000) "And I'll end with a face down card!"
"Hiding already?" Panik mocked. "Well I make sure that's all you can do! I play Cost Down! By discarding one card, all the Monster's in my hand are two stars lower than normal." Panik discarded one card to his graveyard. "And it comes in handy summoning the Lesser Fiend in Attack mode!" A four-armed, muscular fiend with the head of a jackal and the legs of a bear appeared. (2100/1000) "Now my beast, attack that peon! Dark Palm Strikes!" The fiend roared over as it approached Claudio's side of the field and pummeled the drummer into darkness. "And when this beast destroys a monster in battle, it casts it off to the removed from play zone!"
"Grr..." Claudio growled as took his monster and put it in his pocket.
"I'll end my turn with these..." Two face down cards appeared at Panik's feet. "I knew that facedown card was a bluff, I'm going to enjoy inflicting much pain to you, I promise you that!"
"Claudio's off to a bad start..." Syrus muttered.
"Yeah, it's Claudio, I think he's already letting this guy get to him." Jaden said.
"Claudio!" Melody shouted. "Don't let this guy scare you, beat this clown!"
"I know..." Claudio drew his next card. "I'll start off with Jukebox Hero Bowie!" In a flash of light, a red headed man with heterochromatic eyes appeared. He wore a sliver, glittery jumpsuit and carried a normal guitar. (1700/1000) "But, he's not here to fight, because I'll sacrifice him to special summon my Soul Guitar!" Bowie disappeared in golden light as a golden guitar appeared in Claudio's hands. (1000/300)
"HAH!" Panik mocked. "You sacrifice one weakling for an even weaker one!? You must want go home and hide from my monsters!"
"Obviously, you don't know Soul Guitar effect!" Claudio retorted. "When it summoned by sacrificing a Warrior monster like Bowie, its gains the ATKs of the tribute!" The guitar ignited in golden flames as it gained power. (2700/300) "Now let's see if you can handle my music! Wildfire Solo!" Claudio plays a fast paced solo that burns the Lesser Fiend on impact.
Claudio: 8000
Panik: 7400
"First shot, goes to me!" Claudio cheered as he hoisted the guitar on his shoulder.
"Alright!" Alexis cheered. "He's still in this!"
"He was never out of this, just spooked a little!" Melody added.
Panik busted out laughing. "Insolent cur! My monster was a decoy for these: Michizure and Coffin Seller!"
"No!" Claudio cried as a transparent Lesser Fiend came out of nowhere and grabbed Claudio's guitar, and crushed it with its arms.
"Michizure activates when you destroyed my monster, it takes another monster with it to the dark depths of the grave!" Panik chortled. "But I'm not letting your monster take his resting place without a price; with Coffin Seller, anytime monsters are sent to your grave, you lose 300 points!" A cloaked man came behind Claudio and smacked him on the head with a shovel!
"Ow!"
Claudio: 7700
Panik: 7400
"I'll end my turn." Claudio declared.
"Now it's time for more pain!" Panik shouted as he drew his card. "I'll play the spell Meteor of Destruction!"
"Oh no!" Claudio's friends cried out. Claudio saw a massive meteor headed straight for him and crashed right in his face!
"AAAH!" He screamed as he was sent back a few feet. The smoke cleared with him panting.
Chazz and Torimaki were enjoying the pain, the Ra was being put through.
Claudio: 6700
Panik: 7400
"Now I summon the Melchid the Four Face Beast!" Panik summoned a monster made up of four different mask, two red and two yellow. (1500/1200) "And I'll add a little darkness into the manner, with Mystic Plasma Zone!" He opened his field card slot and a dark hurricane cloud appeared over the field. "Now all Dark Attribute monsters gain 500 ATK and lose 400 DEF, but let's be honest, at this rate I won't be hiding anymore! (2000/800) "Now my beast, attack him directly with four-face slam!" The monster growled it spun furiously and slammed into Claudio.
"Aaah!" Claudio shouted as he got slammed again. "I don't know much I can take this..."
Claudio: 4700
Panik: 7400
"If this was a 4000 point duel, Claudio would've lost soon." Bastion said. "I'm sure that next turn, he'll be done."
"Listen Bastion..." Melody growled. "I'd keep your mouth shut if you keep dogging my friend like that. GOT IT!?"
"Yes ma'am!" Bastion replied, freaked out.
"Aw man, if Claudio's doing this bad, what chance do we have?" Syrus asked.
"It's cool, Syrus..." Jaden said, as the little guy looked confused. "Look..."
"I activate Damage Condenser!" Claudio said, activating his trap. "With this, I discard one card..." Claudio slipped a card to the discard slot. "And I can summon a monster with as much ATK as the points I've took! Since I lost 2000 points, I can summon a monster with up to 2000 ATK from my deck!" He searched through his deck and found one. "And I pick Jukebox Hero Voodoo Child!" The afro haired guitarist appeared as Claudio reshuffled his deck. (1600/0) "And he's a Dark Attribute monster, so guess what?"
Panik gasped as the newly summoned monster gained power from the field spell that he played. (2100/0) But after that he smiled. "But I bet you discarded a monster didn't you?" The cloaked man activated Coffin Seller again taking a small fee.
Claudio: 4400
Panik: 7400
"I knew Claudio was waiting for the right moment!" Jaden said.
"But he lost nearly half his points to do it!" Syrus pointed out.
Melody gripped the seat in front of her. "Claudio, I hope you got some kind of plan to risk all those points."
"I bet he does." Alexis commented.
"It's my turn!" Claudio said. "First I play Pot of Greed, to draw two cards!" Claudio drew two more. And smiled. "Like you I play Cost Down!" Another card was discarded from his hand. "And it was another monster if should know..."
Claudio: 4100
Panik: 7400
"Stop losing so many life points!" Melody shouted.
"You must enjoy the pain, don't you?" Panik taunted. "Am I scaring into submission?"
"Actually, no!" Claudio said. "Now, I summon Jukebox Hero Prince of Darkness!" Voodoo Child vanished into darkness taking another 300 life points from Claudio.
Claudio: 3800
Panik: 7400
ALL ABOARD! HA HA HA!
The dark cloaked Hero appeared, powered up by the field Spell. (2500-3000/2200-1800)
"Now this is nice!" The Prince of Darkness said, looking at the cloud above, "You finally summoned me to a place that I like!"
"You're still giving me lip over my field spells?" Claudio asked. "Whatever, just attack that four-faced beast over there!"
The Dark Prince looked at the monster in question. "It'll be my pleasure!" He summoned dark lightning from the field spell, frying the beast in question. "S'mores, anyone?"
Claudio: 3800
Panik: 6400
"About time, I beat some more points out of ya!" Claudio cheered. "And my monster get's strong as well for killing your monster!" (3200/1600)
"Take him down Claudio!" Melody cheered.
"Good show!" Bastion called out.
"Keep it up!" Alexis cheered.
"Yeah, show 'em what your made of Claudio!" Jaden cheered.
"Way to play!" Syrus added.
Pretty soon, the whole school was on Claudio's side... except a select few...
"Aw man, he's supposed by beaten down by now!" Torimaki shouted.
"Don't worry, he just got lucky..." Chazz muttered. "As soon as that reject get slammed, Jaden's next..."
"No, that Ra needs to lose!" Crowler shouted.
"What was that?" The Chancellor was right behind him.
"Nothing sir..."
"How dare you!" Panik yelled. "You're supposed to fear me! I am the Player Killer!"
"I don't care!" Claudio said. "I set my final card and end my turn! Although... I am wondering something..."
"What's that?" Panik asked, roughly.
"Just how are you here?" Claudio asked. "I heard you were burned to ashes in Duelist Kingdom!"
"Oh that..." Panik took off his coat, showing his arms with black burns! Everyone in the arena gasped and was horrified. "It happened when that little upstart Yugi Moto interfered with me! If you already know, I worked for Pegasus as one of his eliminators in the Duelist Kingdom Tournament years ago. As I finished off my latest victim, he came along and demanded a match to save that girl Valentine from being eliminated from the island!"
"Oh yeah, he dueled you to keep Mai Valentine in tournament." The Ra Yellow parroted. "But how does that tie in with the burns on your arms?"
"I used pyrotechnics to instill the fear in my opponents during the match..." The Player Killer explained. "Many of my opponents were begging to surrender, but not Yugi; he beat me and in retaliation I tried to burn him asunder!"
"What the-"
"But somehow that pyramid he wore around his neck, protected him and tried to burn me alive!" Everyone was in awe of his story, by all accounts Panik should have died back then. "And in a last ditch move, I remove my coat, jumped out of the flames and left the island. Ever since, I've been honing my skills in underground duels, inflicting the same pain and fear I once dealt all the years. And now, I get to do the same thing to you!"
"So that's how he survived..." Alexis muttered.
"Yes, and he's no longer using any defense raising tactics." Bastion added. "Meaning, he's dealt with a lot fear and pain himself."
"Would you two think for a minute?" Melody said. "Claudio's dealing with a psycho who enjoys hurting people!"
"We know, but we can only hope Claudio can endure all that and win." Bastion said.
"Both of them are topdecking now..." Alexis added. "It's gonna be a close one..."
'Please be alright..." Melody thought.
"I draw!" Panik said. "I'll set a monster in defense mode."
"Running scared are we?" Claudio grinned as he drew. "I'll set a monster in defense mode and have Prince of Darkness Attack!"
"Let's see what happens, when I do this!" The dark hero threw his microphone at the face down monster and flipped it up. The monster was a small blue Cyclops and Prince of Darkness gained more power. (3400/1400)
"You've destroyed Hiro's Shadow Scout!" Panik declared. "You must draw three cards and discard any spell card among them!" Claudio drew three cards and looked them over: He drew a trap card, and his two field spells, A Favor House Atlantic and Soundgarden. He discarded the spells and held onto the trap.
"From Claudio's face, he discarded some good spells." Bastion said. "But I hope he can use that lone card he has for something."
"Finally, you're showing support!" Melody said, slapping Bastion on his back. "I'm proud of you!"
"Uh... thank you..." Bastion replied.
"I end my turn." Claudio declared.
"Good!" Panik drew. "I set another monster in defense mode!" Another facedown monster appeared.
"My turn again!" Claudio drew his card. 'Time to see if I can call you out buddy...' Out loud... "I activate the continuous spell Welcome Home!" A spell appeared in front of Claudio it was a picture of a video screens with a certain symbols on it.
(Play the instrumental of "Welcome Home" by Coheed & Cambria)
"What does that card do?" Panik demanded. "Tell me!"
"Actually right now, nothing..." Claudio said. "But when played the right way, it'll be something special! But for now, just enjoy the music!"
"I will destroy that card!" Panik declared.
"You can try, but now I flip summon Jukebox Hero Nirvana!" Claudio's face down monster reveled to show Nirvana ready to drum. (500/1200) "With him flipped, I can draw two cards and put one at the bottom of my deck." He drew two cards and put one at the bottom. "Now Prince of Darkness attack!"
"This is getting old..."The Jukebox Hero attacked and destroyed the monster creating a dark smoke.
"HA HA HA!" Panik said. "You've destroyed my Newdoria!"
"Crap!" Claudio said.
"Now your monster goes to the grave and 300 points with it!" A red fiend with a black vest and green pants jumped out of the smoke and latched on to the Prince of Darkness.
"Shaarooonnn!" Claudio's monster cried as he was destroyed.
Claudio: 3500
Panik: 6400
"He lost his best monster!" Melody cried.
"Well then he better get it back!" Alexis said.
"Hey what's going on?" Jaden asked as Claudio's Welcome Home card started glowing. Suddenly two video screens appeared with dark scenes on them.
"Are those... TV screens?" Syrus asked.
"What's Claudio up to?" Melody asked.
"You don't know?" Alexis asked.
"No, it's the first time he's used that card." Melody replied.
"All right, now I'm getting somewhere!" Claudio said. "Nirvana, attack with Drum Bash!" Nirvana played a drum solo that launched the cymbals at the Player Killer.
Claudio: 3500
Panik: 5900
"Next, I place one card face down and end my turn!"
"Grr..." Panik growled. "I draw... and play Card of Sanctity! Be generous for this bounty, for we draw until we have six cards in our hand!" Panik drew a full six card, while Claudio drew five. When Panik saw his hand, he laughed manically. "Now I have something to make you cringe in fear!"
"Like what!?" Claudio challenged.
"First, I'll play this face down." A face down card was played. "Next, I play Tremendous Fire! Now we both feel the pain of the flames that almost ended my life, but I only take half of what you take!" A tornado of flames spread itself and burned both players as the spectators heard them scream.
Claudio: 2500
Panik: 5400
Melody, Bastion and Alexis cringed at the sight, while Chazz and Torimaki relished it.
"Ouch!" Jaden cringed. "Man, this has been a painful duel at Claudio's expense."
"Yeah, this Panik guy keeps using a lot of painful direct damage cards." Syrus added.
"Now I play these two cards: Brain Control and Premature Burial!" Panik declared. "I'll be losing 1600 points, 800 for each card but that makes no difference to me!"
Claudio: 2500
Panik: 3800
"With Brain Control, I'll take your Nirvana!" Nirvana's pupils disappeared as he walked over to Panik in a trance.
"Nirvana, come back!" Claudio cried out, but his voice went unheard as Nirvana took his place beside Panik. "Grr..."
"Now with Premature Burial, I resurrect my Four-Faced Beast!" The monster with four masks appeared again. (1500-2000/1200-800)
"Oh no, Claudio's defenseless!" Melody cried out.
"Even though I could attack you with these monsters..." Panik said. "But I have a more... fitting creature to annihilate you..."
"What do you mean?" Claudio asked.
"A creature that shows my inner turmoil of the flames, a beast that shows true fear to my opponent and a powerful fiend that's only rivaled by the Egyptian Gods!" Panik rejoiced.
"What are you talking about!?" The Jukebox Hero duelist demanded.
"I'll sacrifice these monsters, and since one of them was yours you take damage from the Coffin Seller trap card!"
Claudio: 2200
Panik: 3800
"And now meet the last monster you'll see in your life!" Panik slammed the monster card on the tray. Suddenly, a flaming portal opened up from the ground and flames were shooting out from it.
"Oh crud!" Claudio said. "What's he summoning now!?"
"Stay strong, Claudio!" Melody shouted. "You can still beat whoever he summons!"
"Now meet your doom!" A giant flaming hand reached out of the portal.
"Oh man, oh man, oh man..." Syrus said.
Then a head appeared out of the portal, it was red, had two giant, dark eyes, and had yellow horns coming out of the sides. (3500/3000)
"Meet my ULTIMATE OBEDIENT FIEND!" Panik rejoiced.
"Oh yeah, put the reject in his place, Panik!" Torimaki cheered.
"Great Scott!" Bastion cried. "That's one of the most powerful monsters before the Egyptian Gods!"
"No way!" Alexis cried.
"And Claudio has nothing to defend him!" Melody added. 'I don't want him to leave...'
"Oh no, Claudio's gonna lose!" Syrus called out.
"It doesn't look good..." Jaden muttered. But all doubts were placed aside once Claudio said...
"Too bad that monster of yours has one fatal weakness!" He said, making his friends sigh in relief. "It can only attack if you have no cards in your hand and only him on the field! And by my count, that facedown card and that card in your hand qualify as a hindrance to big ugly!"
"Oh really..." Panik replied calmly. "Well, too bad it's all for naught! I activate my spell Bait Doll!"
"So you're gonna force one of my facedown cards to activate, go ahead!" Claudio challenged. 'Too bad they're both spell cards!'
"Don't worry, I won't!" Panik said.
"Huh?" Everyone asked.
"The last time I tried that, it cost me the duel! So instead, it'll be my own card!" Panik said. "Bait Doll, activate my trap..." A tiny doll dropped on the Player Killer's facedown card, followed by a tiny scythe that stuck the doll and card, forcing it to activate. "...My Darkside trap gives my fiend an extra 500 ATK and its effect is negated for one turn!" The flaming fiend glowed red. (4000/3000) "And now Bait Doll goes to back to my deck and my trap goes to the grave!" Panik reshuffled Bait Doll back to his deck. "Now there's nothing holding my monster back!" The Ultimate Obedient Fiend rose out of the portal showing off its tall height, it was halfway to the ceiling! "Now, my fiend… Show him true terror and wipe out his life points!" The fiend's fist ignited and headed straight for Claudio.
"CLAUDIO!" His friends cried out. As the fist got closer...
"It's not over yet... Spell card, reveal!" Claudio face card activated showing a picture of a Tyrant Dragon in the background as four dragon hands reach out of the ground with music instruments. "Heart of a Dragon!"
(Play the Chorus of 'Heart of the Dragon' by DragonForce)
"When this is activated, I get rid of my entire hand, monster free I might add!" Claudio sent his hand to the grave. "In exchange, I get to summon 4 Jukebox Heroes to the field!" From the ground, four dragon hands tore open the field and took a defensive stance: Jukebox Heroes Nirvana, Voodoo Child, Bowie and Prince of Darkness. They all had dragonic transformation with claws and wings of a dragon. "Also, they get treated as Dragons once they're summoned by this card." The fiend redirected its attack on Nirvana.
Claudio: 1900
Panik: 3800
Another screen appeared from the Welcome Home card.
"Whew!" Melody said, holding her heart. "That was so close!"
"Lucky punk!" Chazz said, kicking the chair in front of him.
"Why don't you just give up!?" Panik shouted. "You continue to be a thorn in my side!"
"Aw calm down!" Claudio shouted. "Just end your turn!" Panik growled as his fiend lost its bonus. (3500/3000) "Thanks!" Claudio drew. "I'll activate my other face down, Mystical space Typhoon to destroy Coffin Seller!" The trap card was blown away by a twister. "I end my turn!"
"Sweet!" Jaden cheered. "Now he won't lose any more points when he's monsters go to the grave!"
"I draw..." Panik said, but it caused the fiend to drop back in the portal, hindering its movement. "At least I can play it now! Offerings to the Doomed! I can skip my draw phase to destroy one monster on the field. And I choose that Dark Prince of yours!" The monster growled as it was destroyed on the spot. It also added another screen from the spell. "Now my fiend, release yourself and attack!" The giant fiend dragged Voodoo Child to the fiery portal, adding a fifth screen to the card. "With only one monster remaining, I destroy you in two turns!"
"Claudio..." Melody whispered, worried for her friend.
"He's gotta pull a winner out of that deck now!" Jaden shouted.
"It's your move, boy!" Panik shouted.
'This could be my last chance...' Claudio thought. 'I may be safe for another turn, but I need something to end this now!' Claudio drew and looked at it and put on a sad face.
"Bad draw..." Panik taunted.
"Actually, it's a second chance." Claudio inserted a spell card with a picture of an unknown duelist drawing cards but receiving an electric shock from it. "Pts. Of Authority lets me draw up to five cards, but I have to pay 200 points for each one." He explained. "And I plan on paying the full 1000!" As Claudio drew, he had to endure the electric shocks while drawing his five cards.
Claudio: 900
Panik: 3800
"Yes! Time to bring out my ace!" Claudio cheered.
"What!?" Panik said. "That Prince of Darkness wasn't your best monster!?"
"No, but he is a favorite of mine!" Claudio said. "And it's high time, that he appears! But first, I activate Gryphon's Feather Duster to destroy my Welcome Home card and gains 500 points!" The spell card shattered. But the five screens spawned from it stayed.
Claudio: 1400
Panik: 3800
"Now, as you destroyed my monsters after I played it, my spell's been collecting "C&C" counters." Claudio explained as the screens displayed those counters. "And now that five of them on the card when it was destroyed, my best monster get's to rock the stage!"
"It's won't be any stronger than my Fiend!" Panik said, feeling uneasy.
"It will be!" Claudio said. "Say hello, to Jukebox Hero Coheed Cambria!" The five screens behind Claudio began spinning around the field, as it happened, a giant symbol appeared on Claudio's side of the field. (A/N: Think of the Coheed and Cambria symbol)
(Play the ending of "Welcome Home")
"Coheed Cambria?" Syrus asked.
"Sweetness, he's been holding out to bring his best monster!" Jaden cheered. "And some great music as well!"
"Coheed Cambria, rise!" Claudio shouted as he played a guitar solo that summoned a brown-haired man, reached down to his shoulders, and a little bit taller than Claudio, playing on a red-double neck guitar. He wore black shirt with the same symbol that was on the screens and black jeans and shoes. (3300/3000) "And thanks to your field spell, he gets stronger than your fiend!" (3800/2600)
"Feels good to finally hit the stage!" The new Jukebox Hero spoke to Claudio. "But I guess you had trouble in other duels."
"You don't know the half of it." Claudio replied. "But right now we're on thin ice, which is how I summoned you. Now let's get some more boys out!" He turned back to Panik. "When Jukebox Hero Coheed Cambria is summoned by the effects of Welcome Home, I can take any two Jukebox Heroes and place them in defense mode. The only downside is that those monsters stay like that."
"You got it!" Coheed plays another solo.
(Chorus of No World For Tomorrow)
Two pillars of light rose out of the ground.
"NO!" Panik screamed, covering his eyes. "Not the light!"
From the first light, The Prince of Darkness made his return in Defense Mode. (2500-3000/2200-1800)
From the second one, Jukebox Hero Nirvana showed up. (500/1200)
"Yeah!" Melody cheered. "Take out that fiend right now, Claudio!"
"He can even win, since Panik can't draw next turn!" Alexis added.
"Brilliant moves!" Bastion praised.
"Now, I could destroy your monster now," Claudio said. "But I got four more cards to use, enough to win on this turn!"
Panik started cringing.
"First up, the spell Rock of Ages!" The giant rock filled with green mist appeared. "For every Jukebox Hero on my field, my warriors gain 200 ATK for each one; there are currently four Jukebox Heroes, so my warrior Coheed gains 800 ATK!" The green mist wrapped around the warrior in question. (4600/2600) "Next, is Single Neck Guitar and I'll equip it to Bowie, giving him 300 ATK!" Bowie's guitar was replaced by a blue six-string guitar, he growled cheerfully at the new guitar. (1700-2000/1000) "Now I'll replace it with Double Neck Guitar which takes the 300 point bonus and makes it a 700 point bonus!" The blue guitar was replaced by red double neck one, similar to Coheed's. (1700-2400/1000) "Third, I'll switch him to ATK mode!" Bowie stood up and tuned his guitar, ready to play. "And now the final touch, Soul Mic in Attack mode!" Claudio played his final monster card, the microphone he played in Melody's duel. (300/200)
"He's won on this turn!" Bastion calculated. Melody was speechless, Claudio was gonna stay at the Academy!
"Now it's time to send you off with a farewell concert!" Claudio said, with the microphone amplifying his voice.
"Hey, where'd he get that microphone!?" Crowler yelled.
"Hit it!"
(Play the Hound of Blood and Rank by Coheed and Cambria)
Bowie, Coheed, Nirvana and Claudio played their instruments as Claudio and Coheed took the vocals...
A scream is heard on the field as the Claudio and his monsters played more intensely...
Coheed yelled as the Ultimate Obedient Fiend was being dragged back into its portal by the music, with Claudio singing back up.
The Fiend was destroyed by an unknown force, making it shatter.
Claudio: 1400
Panik: 2700
Bowie played a solo that blew a forceful wind at the Player Killer, almost knocking him off the stage.
Claudio: 1400
Panik: 300
Claudio then removed the mic stand and started swinging the ball and chain attached to the microphone, wildly.
"NO! HOW COULD I LOSE AGAIN!?" Panik screamed.
"Bye Bye!" Claudio shouted as he threw the chain straight at Panik, knocking him off the stage onto his back.
Claudio: 1400, Winner
Panik: 0
The entire Stadium cheered at the outcome...
"The winner, Claudio Osbourne!" Chancellor Sheppard declared.
"Whew!" Claudio said, dropping to his knees as all the holograms went away. "That was tough!"
"But you manage to pull it out..." Claudio looked up and stared at the spirit of Coheed Cambria. He smiled.
"Thanks, man!" Claudio said, giving a thumbs up to the spirit.
"Tight dueling, Claudio!" Jaden said as he and Syrus ran up to him. "You never stop bringing the folks a show, huh?"
"It's what I do, hero boy!" Claudio replied.
"Claudio!" The Jukebox Hero turned around just time for Melody to tackle him in a hug.
"Told ya I get the stay!" He said.
"And you had me worried, you big jerk!" Melody shouted. "You were losing all those life points just to get ahead!"
"No pain, no gain... even Panik would tell you that!" Claudio replied, pointing to the big guy still lying on the ground. "Or not... I think I hit him a little too hard."
"Good, no one messes with my friends and runs away unpunished!" Melody said, grabbing his arm. "Now let's go to our seats, and watch the Slifers kick whoever they got!"
"Ow, Mel let go!" Claudio cried, as he was dragged to the upper seats as Jaden laughed.
"Darn it..." Crowler muttered angrily, but calmed down. "So Panik was a lost cause, no matter; at least I still can remove those Slifer Slackers out of the picture for good!"
"Aw man, he was almost outta here!" Torimaki cried.
"At least Jaden can get expelled..." Chazz muttered to himself.
"All right everyone, clear the field for the next duel!" Crowler announced.
"Go time Syrus!" Jaden said.
"Right..." Syrus replied.
Oh yeah! I hope my first 8000 point duel wasn't a bust! Because when the school duel comes around, I'm doing it again! And I hope you liked the surprise! Khiruki, thanks for the idea dude. And I thanks AzureKite4 for the Heart of the Dragon Card, be sure to see it on my profile page.
Also another card was added:
Darkside
Normal Trap
Effect: This card is can activate when Ultimate Obedient Fiend is on the field. The monster's effect is negated and gains 500 ATK
Next time, if Panik showed up, who do you think is coming next? Here are some hints: they're bald, brothers and always rhyme in their sentences. Figured it out?
Read and Review, happy people! Later!