Episode 10: A reason to Duel
Jaden let out a large yawn as he rubbed his eyes, just finishing the last of his homework, before frowning as he looked back at Zack, who simply had his head in his knees as he had the rest of his head covered by his arms. Since he lost the duel three days ago, he has barely left that spot to do anything let alone eat or just going to the bathroom. Fortunately, Jaden was able to get the ok from their teachers, saying that he was simply having leg pain walking around with one leg all the time, getting homework or studies that Zack missed during their classes.
He was also fortunate for the fact that none of them, aside from his friends, knew about the dueling that went on three days ago as well, considering he wasn't suppose to be with a broken leg. He was lucky he didn't injure his leg any more severe from it's weakened conditioned since he lost the duel that day, only having minor bruising and such from when he fell. Still, since he lost that Stardust Dragon, he hasn't said a word to anyone, give or take a few to Jaden. In fact, he hasn't even dueled since he lost.
God, it's a pain seeing him like this, it's eating me up practically. Jaden thought to himself, knowing how depressed his brother must be of losing his favorite card. Even though he knew the risks of becoming a card tester, he still fought with all his might, and managed to keep his cards for the last 3 years now. But all that went down hill the minute he faced X in the duel a few days ago and lost. As much as he wanted to talk to his brother about this, he just didn't know exactly what to say about it. All possible thoughts were interrupted as he heard knocking on the door, catching Zack's attention as well.
"Opened this door right now or we'll bust it down!" A voice shouted, pounding on the door again. By the sound of it, it was a woman's voice, and it didn't sound the least bit friendly. Jaden simply smirked a bit with a still somewhat sleepy attitude.
"Oh, is that so? You and what army?" Jaden asked rhetorically.
"The Disciplinary Action Squad Army!" The Woman sternly replied, causing both brothers eyes to widen in surprise.
"Disciplinary Action Squad?" Zack asked, never hearing of such a thing, and regretting to have. Jaden rushed over to the door, quickly opening it less they anger the Squad even more.
"You must be Jaden." The woman said, before looking back at Zack. "And that must be Zack Yuki." Zack grabbed his crutches as he walked over to the door.
"What'd we do?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
"That will be made more than apparent at the interrogation!" The woman said again. Both brothers just blinked in confusion before looking at each other.
"Interrogation?"
Chilling out with thecrew in the schoolyard
Finding trouble, were never working too hard
Were back at class, they never tought this!
Somethings you gotta learn hit, or miss.
Tough times! Hard Climbs!
Well will work together!
Right Now! Lets Go!
Yugioh Gx! Generation X!
Game On!
Getcha game on!
comeon now, you better play your cards right
Game On! Getcha game on!
Well make the grade and win the fight!
Well make the grade some how
YEAH!
Yugioh Gx...
Game On! Getcha game on!
Come on now, you better play your cards right
Come on and getcha game on!
"What? Suspended?" The brothers asked in a bit of shock.
"That's what I recommended. You both trespassed into the abandoned dorm." The woman replied. At the current time, the two students appeared to be in a dark room, surrounding them large TV screens, all with different people, although most of them they knew like Crowler and Sheppard.
"Hold it time out! I thought we were cleared if I showed Sheppard the photographs!" Zack argued, only to twitch a bit in fear as the woman gave him a much more evil-looking glare.
"Watch your tone, or you'll be expelled before you can even pack!" The woman warned. Zack moaned a bit before looking back at Sheppard.
"Chancellor Sheppard, you saw the photos, didn't you?" Zack asked. Sheppard replied with a frown as he shook his head.
"I'm sorry you two, but there aren't any photos whatsoever relating the abandoned dorm." Sheppard replied.
"And therefore you must be punished, so we must set an example here for all the students." The woman added.
"But what kind of example are we setting?" Crowler asked, catching the two slifers attention. "That we are a bunch of hard hearted tyrants? I say we arrange something more...sporty." Crowler said, narrowing his eyes more as he grinned. The two just blinked in confusion.
"Sporty?" Jaden repeated. "What do you mean by that?"
"Well Jaden, off the top of my head how about...you partner up with Zack in a tag duel. Win and your cleared, lose and your expelled." Crowler replied. Jaden simply smiled as he nodded.
"Sure, that sounds sweet!" He replied.
"However..." Crowler began, catching both their attentions, "there is to be one condition that both of you must agree on."
"Sure, what is it?" Jaden replied, answering for the both of them although Zack would've argued had he the chance.
"Neither of you can use your Synchro monsters or Fusion monsters." Crowler sneered, to which both Slifers looked in shock.
"What?" They yelled.
"It's either that or no deal." Crowler added.
"Are you kidding, there's no-" Zack started to say before he was called off by Jaden.
"Deal." Jaden replied, causing Zack to look at him shocked.
"What!"
"Chancellor, I believe they have accepted the condition" Crowler said, looking at him.
"Fine, then I'll arrange some opponets." Sheppard said, but Crowler quickly added in.
"Ohh now Chancellor, don't you fret about that. I'll have all the arrangements made personally."
"Hold it, I'm not suppose to be dueling while my leg is healing, remember?" Zack argued.
"No need to worry about that Zack. Due to your recent condition, the Tag duel won't be until this Saturday, so you'll have at least five days to relax your leg until it's time." Sheppard said with a hearty smile, before all the screens turned off and the lights came back on as the TVs went back into the ceiling.
"Heh, now all we have to do is get ready to-" Jaden was interrupted as he was suddenly bumped on the head by a rather hard blunt object, more notably, one of Zack's crutches. "Ow!" He whined, before looking irritant at Zack. "What was that for?"
"Are you crazy?" Zack yelled. "There's no way I'm dueling without my synchros, much less at all these days." Zack replied, causing Jaden to give a somewhat worried look.
"But Zack-" He didn't even have time to reply as Zack already started to walk away.
"Forget it Jaden, I don't care if I get expelled solo but I personally want nothing more to do with this place. Ever since I came here anyway, everything's gone from bad to worse. At this rate I'll be dead before we even hit Saturday." Zack said as he left. Jaden just moaned a bit as he saw Zack left, knowing it would be very hard to get him to come to his senses before Saturday.
"You have to duel without your Fusions or Synchros?" Syrus stammered in disbelief as Jaden nodded, his arms crossed. At the time, the three Slifers were hanging out in Syrus and Chumly's room, while Zack continued to mope around in his and Jaden's room. Sadly, Jaden had gave up trying to convince him after four straight hours of talking. It was like nothing was even phasing through him.
"Yeah, but considering how Zack is right now, I doubt we'll even be dueling." Jaden replied.
"Man, I can't believe he's not going to even try. It's more saddening than you Syrus." Chumly commented.
"Yeah, more than- Hey!" Syrus retorted as the other two laughed. At this point, humor was a good thing to have around considering all the things that were happening at the moment. However, even at this, the only one who couldn't have a sense of humor was Zack, who continued to hang around his room. Despite everything his friends have said, he just can't get it out of his mind what they said X said before he left;
"A duelist like him has potential, but as far as he goes, he's nothing more than a weakling who wasted my time." He grunted to himself every time he had these thoughts. And as far as he knew, he reached his full potential fighting X, and it still wasn't enough to save Stardust Dragon. What's worse, since he's lost him, he's had headaches of Stardust Dragon roaring out, crying in pain, every now and then, even when he's fully awake. It brought him anger to know someone like X had Stardust Dragon, even more considering that it was his most prized card. His thoughts were interrupted as he heard knocking on the door, glaring over at it.
"Go away Jaden, I'm not in the mood." Zack yelled, only to blink in surprise as saw Alexis opening the door.
"Umm is this a bad time?" She asked, wondering if Zack was still too upset about what happened. Zack simply sighed before looking back at her.
"You can come in." He said, before huddling his head in-between his knees again. Alexis gave a small smile as she closed the door behind her, sitting on the bed next to Zack.
"Hey, you ok?" Alexis asked curiously. "I heard about what happened with the pictures. I'm really sorry to hear that Zack." Alexis commented, rubbing his shoulder somewhat soothingly.
"I've almost been expelled multiple times, I broke my leg four days ago, I'm five days away from losing to a tag team match, and I've lost one of my most prized cards. What do you think?" He asked somewhat angrily, although tried to maintain as much calmness as he could. Alexis just blinked as she backed her hand away at the stuff he's said, surprised about his mood.
"I guess I'd be in a bad mood too. But what are you mad about Zack?" Alexis asked. "You lose one duel and you decide to call it quits? Even if you lost your Stardust Dragon, I don't understand what your complaining about." Alexis commented, getting a somewhat irritant look from Zack.
"You don't get it do you? When I lost that day, it wasn't just the day I lost Stardust Dragon." Zack said, looking away again.
"What do you mean?" Zack sighed a bit before looking back at her.
"I mean when I lost to X, I lost more than Stardust Dragon. What he said to me...I lost any chance of getting that card back. There's no way I can beat him if I already reached my potential. It's like he said Lex, I'm nothing more than a waste of time." Zack muttered, burrowing his head in his knees again. Alexis looked at him with a bit of a saddened face at what he just said. By the looks and sound of things, it didn't look like anything she said at this point, or was going to say, would help him. She sighed a bit as she went into though for a moment, trying to think of the bst solution at this point, then smiled a bit as she got an idea, standing up in front of him on the floor.
"Ok tell you what Zack, I'm willing to make a bet at this point." Alexis said, catching Zack's attention as he looked up at her with curiosity. "I'm willing to duel you to determine what goes on at this point. If you win, you can continue to be grouchy if you want, and if your really serious about leaving, I'll even help you back. But if I win, you have to promise to stop with this bad attitude, and prepare for your tag team duel on Saturday, deal?" Alexis proposed. Zack simply starred at her for a few seconds before lowering his head down. She frowned a bit as she moaned, knowing he still wouldn't cooperate at this point. "Ooohhh c'mon Zack, what have you got to lose at this point?" She asked, expecting an answer from him.
"What have I got to win at this point? Even if I do lose, it'll change nothing." Zack commented. Alexis simply starred at her for a few seconds before sighing in defeat.
"You know, when you first came here, I thought you were just like every other tournament winner and synchro duelist, yet after we met personally, you opened my eyes and showed me that not everyone is bad as I thought they were." Alexis commented, as she headed to the door. Zack blinked a bit at this comment before looking back at Alexis, who only took a glance back at him. "But you know, maybe I was wrong. I guess you really are no better than the other winners. Maybe it was just a sign of false hope." She said before she left the door. Zack looked back to where she was sitting, blinking a bit in surprise as he saw she left the Ancient Fairy Dragon card he gave her a couple weeks ago.
The whole room was silent for a few seconds before Zack simply sighed, laying back on his bed, spreading his arms out. Doesn't she get it? Zack asked himself, turning so that he was facing the wall near his bed. It doens't matter how many times I try, I'll never be able to surpass my potential. Even if I did, that wouldn't change the past. He said to himself before slowly closing his eyes a bit as he yawned. God, why do I feel so sleepy all of a sudden...His thoughts drifted off as he slowly embraced slumber, or what he could of slumber. Or at least what he had assumed was slumber, before he suddenly heard a strange, and familiar noise.
"Midimiii!" A voice rang out. Zack simply opened his eyes, rubbing them from still having somewhat of the sleepies in them. He yawned a bit before he looked back at Tuningware, who was floating near his head, with a halfway look.
"Tuningware, what do you wa-" Zack suddenly paused as he looked around him. His eyes widened shock as everything had changed around him, even where he was sitting. He was currently in a grassy field with a bright sunny view, with a forest nearby. As he looked up to the sky, he gazed in awe as he saw it was a beautiful sunny blue sky with perfect weather, not even a cloud in the sky. What also surprised him, was that, unlike before, Tuningware was completely solid, not hollow or transparent whatsoever. He blinked for a few seconds before moaning.
"Awww great! I died and went to heaven." Zack complained to himself, before feeling something laying on top of his head. "Ack! Hey, stop pulling my-" Zack suddenly froze at what he saw: normally, especially since it was a hand, he would expect to see some type of person or whatever, but this was not the case here. No, here, he was starring face to face with his own monster card; Speed Warrior. He starred at him for a few seconds before shaking his head.
"Ok, new explanation: I'm obviously dreaming." He said, pinching his arm, only to let out a yelp. "Ow!" He screamed. He blinked again though as he suddenly realized he felt himself there though. "Wait a second, I shouldn't be able to hurt myself." He said to himself before noticing Speed Warrior was gone. As he looked around for him, he stopped as he saw him within the woods, motioning his hands for Zack to follow him before running deeper into it.
"Wait!" He yelled, running straight after it. It took him a few seconds, but eventually he stopped as he suddenly looked at his right leg, realizing it was no longer broken. "Hey, the pain's gone..." He commented, kicking it back and forth in the air, surprised he didn't feel anything whatsoever.
"Mimidii!" The voice caught his attention as he saw Tuningware waving at him before heading deeper into the woods.
"Wait! Hold up!" Zack yelled again as he chased right after him. He started panting for a few seconds, seeing nothing more than miles and miles of wood from running, noticing the never ending path that laid before him. After about another five minutes of running, he came upon an opened field with a small pond, panting as he paused to take his breath.
"If I don't feel *huff* pain, then *huff* *huff* why does it still make me feel exhausted when I run?" He asked himself, before walking over to the pond. He kneeled down as he scooped a bit of water in his hand, taking a sip, then sighed in a relaxing manner as he felt the nice cool water enter the back of his throat. "Least the water here tastes good." He said happily as he began drinking more and more.
However, completely unaware, Zack failed to notice the gleaming eyes that seemed to stalk him. It watched Zack's every move with it's predatory eyes, gnarling it's fangs as it gave off a small growl, to which Zack suddenly paused to. He blinked to himself for a few seconds before looking around the woods, just now realizing something was nearby.
"Hello?" He asked, looking around. He waited for a few seconds for a response, then shrugged his shoulders as he went back to take a drink. However, before he could even scoop the water back into his hands, his eyes widened as he quickly jumped out of the way, avoiding the quick collision with the strange creature that nearly lunged at him, hearing it splash into the pond near him. He quickly rose to his feet, trying to see what it was that tried to get him. He didn't have to wait or stare too long though, as the creature soon jumped out of the water, shaking it's fur from the water. Zack gulped in fear of the creature, the white lion that showed it's fangs again to him.
"Who are you?" The creature asked, causing Zack to yelp in fear again, this time at the fact the strange lion could talk.
"T-The names Z-Z-Zack!" He blurted. The creature growled again as it started to walk closer to Zack who continued to back up slowly. "W-Who are you?" He asked.
"The Name is Regulus." He replied, lowering down to the ground as if ready to take a leap. "You do not belong here, Dark One!" The beast growled. Zack just blinked in confusion.
"Dark One? What are you talking about?" Zack asked confused.
"Do not play games with me, I know who you are, and I'll make sure you do not defile this sacred land!" Regulus said with a growl. Zack suddenly froze as he snapped on a twig, to which Regulus' eyes narrowed, lunging straight at him as Zack fell to his back. He covered his eyes with his arms, waiting for the inevitable to happen. However, before Regulus could strike his target, a large, golden barrier formed around Zack, pushing him back a few feet away. As Zack heard the strange sound, he looked back, then freaked out at the sight of some strange, blue tail a few feet around him.
"What the?" He asked, looking to where the tail went to. After about two or three turnings to find the source of the strange tail, Zack gasped in surprise as he saw Ancient Fairy Dragon herself floating around him, being as long and large as his other, or was his other, dragon was, looking as dazzling as it did in card form.
"Leave this boy alone, Regulus." Ancient Fairy Dragon commanded.
"Bu-But Ancient Fairy Dragon! He is the one the Prophecy proclaims! We should be rid of him while he still hasn't-" Before Regulus could go on, Ancient Fairy Dragon interrupted.
"Enough. He had no part in coming to this land. It was I who brought him here." The dragon stated. Zack was only lost in more confusion now as he listened to the conversation.
"Ok, I'm still getting confused. Am I dead here or have I just really lost it?" Zack asked as Ancient Fairy Dragon simply chuckled.
"Your still sane, so you can relax Zack. Hop on my back." Ancient Fairy Dragon said as she lowered herself to the ground. Zack just starred a bit at the circumstances.
"I...wait what?" Zack replied, in an never ending cycle of confusion.
"Relax, you'll be safe, unless you want to hang around here with Regulus." Ancient Fairy dragon implied, to which case Zack immediately jump up to, despite Regulus' growling.
"Dragon, despite your intention, you know if we let him leave now, we'll lose any chance of survival." Regulus warned. Ancient Fairy Dragon nodded as she understood, but still refused to be in on any part of Regulus' plan.
"I know Regulus. But I have faith in him. He won't betray us." Fairy Dragon said before she spread her sparkling wings. Zack awwed in amazement at the sight of them. They were like the wings of butterflies but with glitter and a set of four. He let out a yelp as he hung on for dear life, as Ancient Fairy Dragon soared to the air, all the while Regulus continued to stare until they were out of sight. I hope your right about this. Regulus said to himself before taking off back into the woods.
Zack looked below, for awhile, although soon learned to regret it as he felt his heart racing again. As he watched, the land below him became smaller and smaller. What he saw as the huge pond soon turned to a small drip of water as the forest itself, which seemed to be five times longer than he had thought, also shrunk with view as he reached higher into the sky. He didn't bother looking back up as he felt the wind blowing fiercely past his hair, feeling that if he looked ahead, he would blow off from the wind and eventually plumet back to the Earth, or wherever he curently was. He gasped in shock and relief as they finally stopped, unfortunately for him, right above the clouds so they couldn't see anything.
"Please never do that again." Zack moaned, already dizzy and frieghtened at the thought of another "thrill ride" like the one he had just taken. The Dragon simply chuckled again.
"Your funny." She commented as he grabbed the back of Zack's slifer jacket, lifting him to in front of her, and causing another panic attack.
"Wait what are you doing?" Zack asked. Before he could ask anything else, much less protest, he started to scream as the Ancient fairy dragon let go, falling straight to the clouds. However, instead of typically passing through them. he blinked in surprise as he realized he was standing on them, feeling like great big balls of cotton. "Woah, they're really soft." Zack commented, patting the thick fluffy clouds, before looking back at Fairy Dragon. "So...why'd you bring me here?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. The Ancient Fairy Dragon flew towards him again before having a duel disk drop out of her mouth, a rather saliva covered one at that.
"Ewww..." He commented, picking it up with one of his hands. He starred at it for a few seconds before moaning, looking back at the dragon. "You want me to duel, right?" Zack asked, only to huff as he saw her give out a nod.
"Yes Zack. I've felt your sadness since you've lost Stardust, and I just can't bear having you all depressed on life." The ancient fairy Dragon commented, before five holographic cards appeared in front of her, the backside facing Zack. "So until you do, I refuse to let you leave here until you duel." The Ancient Fairy Dragon commanded. Zack just groaned again before sighing, inserting the duel disk into his left arm. He grew surprised as he saw his own cards materialize before him in his deck.
"Do I have too?" He moaned again. Ancient Fairy Dragon simply nodded.
"Yes, and to make it more interesting, you have to agree to duel me without using your synchro mosnters." She added, getting a louder groan from him.
"Awww c'mon!" He whined.
"It's either that or your stuck here till you do." She gestured with a grin. Zack simply sighed to himself, trying to calm down from the whole situation, before looking back at her.
"Fine, but either way, I want to be allowed to leave once we finish, whether or not this helps." Zack added. Ancient Fairy Dragon nodded in agreement.
"Deal." She said, before their life point counter started ringing up.
AFD: 4000
Zack: 4000
"Ladies first." Ancient Fairy Dragon said as another card appeared in front of her. "First I'll Summon Gellenduo in defense mode (1700/0) and activate the magic card Court of Justice, which, if I have another fairy type monster on my field, lets me special summon another one from my hand. So I'll summon Koitsu, in defense mode. (200/100) And I'll put two cards face down. Your turn." The Dragon said. Zack simply stared in confusion as he looked at the monster.
"Why would a monster be level 10 if it only has 200 attack points?" Zack asked, confused. The Ancient Fairy Dragon only chuckled in response.
"You'll find out." She said with a wink.
"Yeah, well I rather not, so I'll summon Speed warrior in attack mode (900/400). And on the turn he's summoned, I gain double the attack points, but I doubt it'll matter at this point. Speedwarrior, attack her Koitsu!"The speed warrior's goggles flashed before dashing straight towards the monster without pause.
"Nuh uh uh." The Ancient Fairy Dragon commented, before revealing her facedown. "I activate my trap card, Angelic Mercy, which switches your attack to my Gellenduo." Ancient Fairy Dragon commented as the two monsters suddenly switched sides, making Gellenduo Speed Warrior's new target.
"But why would you switch it to a monster with Zero Defense?" Zack asked.
"Simple silly. Gellenduo can't be destroyed by battle." She said with a calming smile. As the speed warrior thrusted it's foot straight towards the monster (or monster(s) in this case), the two simply eeped as they ran to the separate sides, dodging the attack entirely before sighing in relief.
"Awww." Zack whined, looking back at his hand. "I'll lay three cards face down before ending my turn."
"Yeah. I'm up." Ancient Fairy Dragon said as she had another card materialized. "First I'll use the effects of my Court of justice, to special summon Aitsu in attack mode (100/100)."
"Again with the weak monsters? I don't mean to be rude or offensive, but I really don't see the point here." Zack commented.
"Hmm hmm! Well you will when you find out they're union monsters!" Ancient Fairy Dragon Stated.
"Union mons-" Zack suddenly flinched as he remembered the cards from Chazz. "Oh don't tell me...' He moaned.
"Yup. So I'll equip my Doitsu to Aitsu, which increases it's attack power by 3000!" Ancient Fairy Dragon commented as Zack gawked in disbelief. The two watched as Doitsu quickly hopped off it's paper airplane before running under Aitsu's, lifting it with both his hands.
"3000?" He stammered.
"Yup. And I think I'll switch my Gellenduo into attack mode." She commented. Zack gulped a bit to himself as he watched. This isn't going to end well. Zack thought to himself as he watched. "So first, I'll use my Gellunduo to take out your speed warrior. Sorry about this Speedy." Ancient Fairy Dragon apologized as the Gellenduo's suddenly morphed together into a twister, rushing straight towards Speed warrior and wiping him out, as well as some of Zack's lifepoints.
AFD: 4000
Zack: 3200
"And now, Aitsu, be a dear and take out most of his lifepoints." Ancient Fairy dragon said with a somewhat heartwarming smile. Suddenly, Doitsu's muscles grew to the size of cannonballs before he thrusted Aitsu straight at Zack with a quick burst of speed.
Before Zack even knew what hit him, he let out a large gasp as he felt himself being pushed back a few feet from being struck straight into his chest, dropping to his knees. He grunted a bit as he tried to deal a bit with the pain as he suddenly activated his trap card.
"I activate Dust Tornado, and with it, I can destroy a spell or trap card. However, because your union mosnter is an equip card, it also counts as a spell and or trap card!" Zack stated. Ancient Fairy Dragon watched saddening as she saw Doitsu being sucked into the spinning vortex before disappearing along with it. "Too bad it took a strike to the chest to remember that, otherwise I would've activated it sooner." Zack commented as he rubbed his head.
AFD: 4000
Zack: 100
"Ohhh sneaky. That was pretty clever." Ancient Fairy dragon commented as Zack rubbed his nose.
"Aww thanks. To be honest, I wouldn't have known it if I didn't watch Alexis duel Chazz." Zack commented, drawing a card as his turn started, smiling. "And now watch as I take out the rest of your life points, all in one turn!" Zack said with a grin. For a single moment, if just briefly, Ancient Fairy Dragon gasped as she saw a tint of yellow appear in Zack's eyes before disappearing again. Zack looked a bit confused as he saw the look of horror within Ancient Fairy Dragon's eyes. "Hey, something wrong?" Zack asked. Ancient Fairy Dragon snapped out of it's expression as she smiled a bit again.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just surprised that you think your gonna take me out this turn, when I clearly have more lifepoints to spare, while you only have 100." She said in glee.
"Well then, lets find out as I summon one of my newer Synchrons, Fleur Synchron (400/200)!" Zack stated, as a plant-like humanoid monster appeared on the field.
"Flowers? I'd ever expect to see a boy to play with flowers." Ancient Fairy Dragon teased.
"Heh, well you'll be in for more of a surprise as I activate my first facedown, Reckless greed, which allows me to draw two cards, and in exchange, skip my next two draw phases." Zack said as he drew his cards, grinning at the sight. Bingo, just what I was looking for. "And in quick response to that, before it fully resolves, I activate my second facedown card Rising Energy. So by discarding one card from my hand to the graveyard, I can increase the attack power of my monster to 1900. But this doesn't end there, as I activate one of my more powerful magic cards, Chain Summoning! And with it, if its the 3rd chain in a chain of cards I used, I can summon or set up to 3 additional monsters this turn!" Ancient Fairy Dragon flinched at the sight of the card.
"Chain summoning?" She repeated. Strange, that card wasn't in his deck before...Ancient Fairy Dragon thought to herself, before shrugging it off as she saw his hand. "I hate to disappoint you deary, but you only have one monster in your hand, and I don't think it'll be enough to take out my lifepoints." She commented.
"Well then, it's a good thing it's not a monster; it's pot of greed!" Zack said, to ancient Fairy Dragon's surprise as he drew more cards. "Now, about me not being able to summon anything? I think you'll be happy to know I got everything I need right here. First I'll summon Samurai Sword Baron in attack mode (1600/1200). And as my 2nd guy goes, I'll introduce you to Drill Synchron (800/300)! Now for my masterpiece. First I'll have my Drill Synchron drill right through that Aitsu of yours." Zack commanded as he pointed to it. The Drill Synchron gave off a humming noise as it charged straight towards the Aitsu, skewering it with it's three drills before it shattered to pieces.
AFD: 3300
Zack: 100
"And if you think I forgot, think again. I learned about Gellunduo's effect. If you take any damage while it's face up on the field, it's automatically destroyed." Zack said with a grin as he watched the Gellunduo (seriously, should it be Gellenduo or Gellenduos'?). "So now that leaves you wide open! So first I'll attack you with Samurai Sword Baron!" Both watched as they saw the Sword Baron grab the hilts of both his swords, before slicing Ancient Fairy Dragon twice, leaving an X mark for a few seconds where it, err hovered.
AFD: 1700
Zack: 100
"And now, to finish it off! Fleur Synchron, take out the rest of her lifepoints." Zack said with a fist of victory. The flower synchron suddenly shot out buds of pollen all across the area where Ancient Fairy Dragon Stood. Before she knew what was happening, they all lit up in a ball of flame before creating a huge explosion that enveloped her.
AFD: 0
Zack: 100
"That's game." He said, posing, before running over to the knocked down Ancient Fairy Dragon. "Hey, are you ok?" He asked, shaking her a bit. He smiled as he heard her giggling a bit.
"Ohhh I'm proud of you Zack. You beat me fair an square." She said with a smile, before Zack smirked.
"Don't try to flatter me, I know what you did." He said with a grin. Ancient Fairy Dragon looked at him with a suspicious look.
"What do you mean?" She asked curiously.
"Don't play dumb with me, you took it easy on me, didn't you?" He gestured, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know what your talking about..." She replied, sarcastically, as she grinned.
"Hmph, I bet. Though, I need to thank you. You helped me realize I can improve my skills even past the point of my potential. Which reminds me, think you can send me back or something? I kinda need to apologize to someone." Zack commented, rubbing the back of his head.
"You mean the girl you like?" She teased as she saw Zack blush a bit.
"Well...sorta." He repleid a bit embarassed. She simply chuckled again before replying.
"Sure thing, next drop, duel academy." She stated. Zack looked confused at what she just said.
"Don't you mean next stop?" He asked.
"Noooo, I mean next Drop!" At that moment, Zack began screaming as he suddenly went hurdling down towards the ground again, screaming in fear. As Ancient Fairy Dragon saw him fall, her smile turned to concern as she descended down back to the forest, where she had first met up with Regulus. As expected, he was waiting patiently, more or less sleeping, but soon perked his ears up as he heard her coming down.
"So what have you confirmed?" He asked.
"It is true. His dark side is starting to become unstable. He's even getting cards which he never had before." She added as Regulus let out a lion-like yawn before getting up on all his legs.
"So, do you think he's the dark one?" He asked, only to growl a small bit as he saw her nod.
"It is true, I do believe he may be the one Prophecy speaks of. And I'm also concerned what path he'll take once he embraces the darkness." She added. Regulus simply growled.
"You should've let me do away with him while we had the chance!" He growled, even as Ancient Fairy Dragon gave a small smile.
"However," She started, getting more of Regulus' attention, "I also sense a small spark of decency and trust within him. A light that isn't extinguishable, although, it has weakened with the absence of Stardust protecting his heart." She added.
"So, what's your true verdict on him then?" regulus asked in curiosity. Ancient Fairy Dragon waited a few seconds as she went deep into thought before smiling.
"I really don't know. All I do know is that with his friends watching over him, his path will be clear."
At the same time though, Zack continued screaming as he felt himself dashing right through the wind. What's worse, it didn't really help the whole ordeal as he saw the ground getting closer to him, faster than when Ancient Fairy Dragon flew away with him. He simply covered his eyes with his arms as he waited for the inevitable splat. However, to his surprise, his splat turned more into him saying whoa as he suddenly jumped from the bed where he was, and unfortunately, landing broken leg first onto the floor next to his bed.
"Aggh!" He yelped in pain. The door suddenly whooshed open as Alexis came running in, helping Zack up.
"Zack!" she said worriedly. "Are you ok?" she asked as she gently helped him to the bed. Zack looked at her surprisingly.
"Alexis? You waited outside my door all this time?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. Alexis looked at him with confusion.
"All this time? What are you talking about? I just took no more than a step away from the door when I heard you yelling and hearing something fall to the ground." Alexis replied. Now Zack was really confused. How long was I gone for? He asked himself, before seeing Alexis get up.
"Well...I guess you wanna just stay here and pack, huh?" She guessed. Zack just gave her a calm smile as he shook his head no, to her surprise.
"Why would I do that? We have the tag team duel on Saturday, remember?" Zack commented, trying to stand up, which failed as he almost fell back down without his crutch, were it not for Alexis who quickly grabbed his arm, helping him gain balance.
"Tag team? You mean you want to..." Alexis stopped as she saw Zack nod, to her surprise.
"Of course. How else am I going to get my Stardust Dragon back? If I give up now, I'll never get passed my potential." Zack commented, to her delight. "And Alexis?" He said, getting her attention more forward.
"Yes?" She asked.
"I want to apologize about what I said earlier. You were right, I won't be able to get anything done if I just sit around and mope all day." He said with a somewhat calming smile. She returned with her own calming smile as she shook her head.
"No Zack, I should apologize to you. You were right about one thing, since you were here, things have gone bad for you, I guess I wasn't seeing it from your perspective." Alexis replied. Zack simply laughed a bit at this.
"Ha, well either way, wanna help train me for the tag team? I still need to kinda get use to dueling without synchros." Zacked asked, although a confused look overtook Alexis' face.
"Used to? You make it sound like you've done it before." She commented, cocking her head in a curious fashion. Zack simply chuckled again as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Oh, just uhh figure of speech." He said as he grabbed his crutches near the bed. "Now how about we get some dueling done?" He added, getting a nod in reply from Alexis as she got the door open for him. Before they left, he looked back towards the bed, seeing the Ancient Fairy Dragon card again. He smiled a bit as he saw it, knowing whatever happened to him a few moments ago, he was right about the Ancient Fairy Dragon giving him comfort whenever he felt down.
Thanks Ancient Fairy Dragon. He said to himself as Alexis closed the door behind them. Again, the room went stiff first, before silent. The only thing that seemed to make a noise, was a small shimmer from the Ancient Fairy Dragon Card...
Me: Well a nother B E A utiful chapter in my opinion
Alexis: Not in ours.
Me: Huff, guys why do you have to be so mean to me?
Alexis: Because, of your OC ness.
Zack: Yeah dude, I mean no one asked you to put us in personal lives now did they?
Me: But I thought you two were getting along?
Zack: Are you kidding? Have you even seen Alexis?
Alexis: Yeah Have you- wait what?
Zack: I mean first off, shes completely flat chested in my opinion, thats her braw for the most part
Me: O_O uhhh Zack...
Zack: Second of all, she has these horrible to god anger, seriously I've seen Crocodiles with better anger management than hers...
Me: Zack...
Zack: And seriously, I've seen a woman with alot of makeup on, but do you even know how much she even uses? I bet she goes without makeup on for Halloween!
Me: ZACK!
Zack: What?
Me: *points to alexis who's carrying a double barrel shotgun with Sunglasses*
Alexis: I'm gonna bust a cap in yo ***!
Zack: EEEEEEEEEK *begins running away as Alexis starts shooting at screaming for mother again*
Me: *sweat drop* well anyway, I decided to have a special treat for everyone. To the next person that reviews for my FF first tom, I will give them the special privalege of deciding what I should do for a filler episode. I kinda plan on having one in the next chp, then having the tag team duel, but for now I cant think of anything. Any suggestions would be helpful, please send msg AFTER reviewing for my FF. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go save Zack before Alexis tries to kill him again *grabs dart gun with tranquilizers*