Author's Note: An old friend of mine came up with Radnor's character and decktype but I change his character around except the decktype. I will probably check his deck in the far future because…well, you'll see this chapter. OH and this chapter, it will reveal Tsubaki's connection with two GX characters and two Duel Monsters character. I'm very sure you can guess three out of four. If you managed to guess the fourth one, tons of cookies of you!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh at all. Credit goes to GLL99 for subs of Yugioh GX episode 7.
Episode 6: PART B!
Kurai appeared on the screen with a pissed off look. Izumi was in the center with a concerned expression. Tsubaki was facing the left with the cruel look of jealously. And of course, the official logo of Yugioh GX on the bottom right corner.
Kurai blinked at this new screen, "There's no duel monster in there."
"Oh that's because I don't want to spoil the story by showing a new card!" The narrator explained.
"Doesn't really matter. You still suck." Kurai walked away.
The narrator gaped with teary eyes and shocked expression.
At the Duel Academy, Kurai was stomping on the hallway, feeling extremely pissed off.
"Yuki!" Izumi shouted as she followed him, "Do you think Lisa took your deck? Maybe that's why she's too nice to you!"
"Doubt it." Kurai replied.
"Doubt it?" Izumi gasped, "Is it because you actually like her?"
"Hell no," Kurai scowled, "She's an idiot. That's why."
"Oh," Izumi understood and then pointed out, "Yuki, we have to find your deck right away! Dueling class is going to start in hour!"
"Do you think I already know that?" Kurai growled because his deck, his very deck that was made to beat that person, was stolen.
Izumi asked, "Okay when do you last have it?" Suddenly random female students ran past them and soon a lion chased them afterwards. A giant sweat-drop formed on Izumi's head.
Kurai pointed to the lion and was about to ask but Izumi pushed him away, "Don't ask!"
Somewhere else in the Duel Academy, a red-haired person was holding a deck of cards in his hand. He held it over the trash bin, hesitating if he should dump it or not. Tsubaki sighed frustratingly, "I can't believe I'm doing this…am I really that jealous of Yuki because he won so much?" He withdrew the deck away from the trash bin and groaned, "I shouldn't be doing this…this is not me…Wait…" Tsubaki just remembered something, "…this is me…" His golden eyes wavered, "I'm doing the same thing like before…"
"Hey, whatcha doing?"
"Ahhhhhhhh!" Tsubaki screamed as he almost dumped the cards in the trash but he quickly caught it. He sighed out of relief and glanced around to see where the voice came from. He blinked in confusion, "Huh?"
"Up here!" There was that voice again.
Tsubaki looked upward and suddenly, a maroon-haired boy just jumped from the second floor walkway. He screamed in shock, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The boy suddenly landed in front of him, causing Tsubaki to fell on the ground as he was completely stunned. The red-haired guy's eyes wavered in disbelief while staring at black sporty sneakers that belonged to the boy that just jumped, 'Did…did he just jumped all the way from the second floor?' Tsubaki looked up to see the jumper's face.
It was a Ra Yellow student with an athletic body and messy yet cool maroon falling toward the ground due to the gravity. He wore short-sleeved Ra Yellow sports jacket over beige shorts. He greeted with a bright smile, "Hey there, fresh meat!"
"Fresh meat?" Tsubaki felt offended.
"Ha! Ha! Chill! I'm a fresh meat too except we're in different grades of course." The Ra student grinned and then he noticed the deck in Tsubaki's hand, "That's your deck, right? Why would you want throw it for? It's like your baby, you know? So you gotta treat it with care and lots of loving."
Tsubaki just stared at him as the guy was insane, 'Did he just compare a deck of Duel monsters to a baby?…is he crazy?'
The Ra student continued, "Your deck is something you create with your own heart. You put your joy and love into this thing! You slept with it! You eat with it! You duel with it! Don't give it up on it so easily! The road to a perfect marriage is always tough."
Numerous sweat-drops appeared on Tsubaki's head. He thought, 'What the hell? Now he's comparing a deck to marriage? Okay, this guy is creeping me out.' He was about to leave him alone.
"Hey, where are you going?" The Ra student asked.
Tsubaki was sweating nervously. He laughed nervously too as he rubbed the back of his head, "Well, I just remember I have dueling class, so I gotta go."
"Hold on, you're going to dueling class?" The maroon haired boy grinned, "I'm going there too!"
Tsubaki laughed more, "Ha, ha, ha, I see. But that's impossible because I never seen you there."
The Ra Yellow student laughed along, "Oh that's because I usually skip it when I felt like it."
Tsubaki laughed, "Oh, I see. So why are you going this time?"
The Ra student laughed more, "That's because I want to see the deck that you're about to throw away and since we're going to the same class, you'll show me, right?"
Tsubaki laughed as he sweat-dropped, "Oh I see, I see. Well, now, why would I want to show you the deck?"
The Ra student laughed proudly, "Because I'm curious! So I won't give up until I satisfy it!"
Tsubaki's laughter slowly came to an end, "Oh…in that case…" He suddenly ran off, leaving blinking signs of his frame behind.
The Ra student blinked in confusion, "Hmm something's up." He grinned, "And I'm going to find out."
Tsubaki was running down the hallway, 'What the hell am I doing? I shouldn't be running away. I didn't do anything wrong…okay maybe I did…'
"Hey, wait for me!"
Tsubaki looked back and his eyes turned wide as softball as the Ra Yellow student was chasing after him. Tsubaki panicked, 'Why is he after me?' He realized, 'Does he realize what I did? Oh crap, if he gets me, I'm going to be expelled from Duel Academy!'
Tsubaki ran even faster with adrenaline gushing in his blood.
"Woah, now that's one fast dude!" The Ra student complimented.
Tsubaki suddenly heard a vroom and blinked, "Vroom?" He looked back and gaped.
The Ra Yellow student was chasing Tsubaki in Ra-like motorcycle and students were avoiding his way.
Tsubaki cried, "Is that even allowed?" He picked up his own pace. He made a skidding sound as he made a stop on the stairs. He grabbed the rail and jumped to the bottom floor, "Whew, I don't think he would follow me now."
But the Ra student suddenly broke through the window on the first floor and landed on the floor with perfect aerobics, "That's a 10! I'm telling ya!"
Tsubaki was stunned. He screamed and ran off.
Ra student blinked, "What do I do? Oh kids, don't try this at school. Oh what the hell, Go ahead and do it! Live free!"
Suddenly the entire map of the Duel Academy was a Pac-Man stage and Tsubaki was an innocent red Pac-Man fleeting for his life. On the other side was the yellow Pac-Man eater.
Tsubaki was running and screaming while the Ra student was chasing him on roller skates with jet engines.
Tsubaki complained, "That's impossible!" The Ra student was getting closer.
"Alright, got ya….woah, woah!" The Ra student skated past Tsubaki as he was getting too fast.
Tsubaki stopped and cringed as he heard a loud crash and a smoke wave completely covered him.
On the stage, the yellow Pac-Man eater was getting further away and the red Pac-Man was coughing smoke.
Tsubaki ran up the crowded stairs pushing students away. The students were complaining until the rude pushes until they heard a yahoo!
Tsubaki blinked as he repeated, "Yahoo?" He looked up and screamed as he watched the same Ra student sliding down the rail on a skateboard. Tsubaki quickly ran down the stairs while the students watched in awe.
On the stage, the yellow Pac-Man eater was even closer and the red Pac-Man was out of air.
Tsubaki was swimming through the gym swimming pool. He looked back and his eyes widened in shock again. He took out a sign that said That's impossible! He swam even faster and a Ra yellow scuba diver followed him.
On the game stage, the yellow Pac-Man eater was closer than ever while the red Pac-Man was soaking wet.
Tsubaki was running down the hallway with panicked look. Students were screaming as they scurried away. The Ra student yelled, "Yee Haw!" He was riding the lion.
At the Obelisk blue dorms, Lisa was walking down the hallway with Vanessa by her side. She suddenly remembered something. She glanced at Vanessa, "Did we ever return that lion?"
Vanessa just stood there in long silence. She was unsure how to answer that question. Meanwhile, the lion was still on the loose inside the Duel Academy.
On the stage, the yellow Pac-Man eater just swallowed the Red Pac-Man. The huge red printed words, "GAME OVER," flashed across the screen repeatedly.
Tsubaki was panting like crazy since he's been running for awhile, "Okay, I give up! Arrest me! Report me to the principal! Expel me!"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" The Ra student asked.
"Didn't you know what I just did?" Tsubaki snapped.
The Ra student grinned, "I thought we were playing tag." He laughed, "By the way, I won!"
Tsubaki blinked. He blinked again. He yelled, "You chased me all over the academy just because you thought we're playing tag!"
The Ra student blinked, "You didn't know we're playing tag?" He smiled, "Heh, I couldn't tell because you're such a good runner. I have lot of fun!" He laughed cheerily.
Tsubaki twitched, "Jeeze, I'm glad you have fun while I was scared shitless."
"Since I won, can I look at your deck, please?" The Ra student begged happily.
Tsubaki groaned, "Fine." He handed it to him, 'How did this crazy guy get to be in Ra Yellow while I'm stuck in lousy Osiris Red?'
The Ra student skimmed through the deck and commented, "Elemental Mercenaries? I never see this kind of monster. That's wicked awesome!"
"…it's not that awesome…" Tsubaki looked away.
"It's probably cool as my Elemental Heroes but you really have an advanced strong deck here!"
Tsubaki gritted his teeth, "It's…not that strong…"
The Ra student didn't hear him as he continued praising, "I bet you won a lot with this deck."
Tsubaki clenched his fists as it was the final straw. He roared, "Shut up!"
The Ra student was surprised and whistled, "Okayyyyy, someone need anger management class."
"Just shut your yap!" Tsubaki shouted, "The guy who owns this deck is a prick! A stupid goddamnit prick! The way he acts and the way he talks so arrogantly just pissed me off! He shows no respect for duelists like us!" Once he finished yelling, he panted with his eyes wavered out of a shame, 'And I'm a worser prick for doing such a stupid dirty move…'
"…so this deck belong to someone else right?" The Ra student asked, "You stole it, huh?"
Tsubaki couldn't say anything.
"I never met the guy who owns the deck but I'm sure he's not so bad." The Ra student smiled, "I could tell he works hard on this deck. Beside you must really admire him, huh?"
"What?" Tsubaki was confused by Ra student's words.
Ra student grinned, "If you hate him so much it's probably because you admired him so much. After all…if he got you this riled up, you got a strong connection with him."
Tsubaki stared at the positive guy for awhile as he was pondering if he's right.
Ra student smirked, "You just gotta ask. Why are you jealous of him?" Suddenly the bell rang, "There's the bell, we gotta go to dueling class!" He ran off.
Tsubaki asked himself, "I admired him." He looked at Kurai's deck and narrowed his eyes, "No way I do…I hate that guy's guts…" He put it in his pocket and walked off the other direction.
The dueling class had started and Izumi had stars in her eyes as she clasped her hands with sparkles floating around her. She cried happily, "This is my first day here in Dueling class. All my patience in detention had finally paid off! I'm so happy that I'm going to cry!"
Kurai twitched.
Izumi sweat-dropped, "Not that I'm happy that your deck is still gone."
"Izumi-san."
Izumi heard a familiar voice, "Shizuka-san!"
Shizuka walked up to her, "Izumi-san, it has been awhile. Who's your friend?"
"Oh this is Yuki, a classmate of mine." Izumi pointed to him, "What are you doing here?"
"Today, first years and second years are assigned together." Shizuka explained.
"Really why?" Izumi asked.
"If you pay attention to Instructor Rebecca, you'll know why." A calm voice spoke behind her.
"ACK!" Izumi jumped and looked back, "Alex! Would you stop appearing out of nowhere?"
Alexander chuckled, "It's fun."
"Oh Shizuka-san, this is Alex. Alex, this is Shizuka." Izumi introduced each other.
"Nice to meet you." Shizuka offered her hand.
"Charmed." Alexander smiled as he shook her hand.
"Will everyone please be quiet?" Rebecca shouted from her pedestal and the class quieted down, "Thank you. As you all know, the promotion exam is next week. I know some of you are probably not confident in this exam and you're probably thinking if I failed, I will be kicked out of Duel Academy just because I didn't study hard enough or duel enough. Well that's your own fault."
The students sweat-dropped at the small instructor's comments. Izumi sweat-dropped, "That's not very reassuring…"
Shizuka laughed nervously, "That's just how she is but she's really nice."
Rebecca continued, "But I'm being very generous, decided to give you plenty opportunities to practice dueling which is why I'm combining second years and first years for the following week, so you can have practice duels with each other."
The students cheered.
"Settle down," Rebecca shouted, "Great, I'm sounding like an adult. I have to tell you that this year we have a far larger number of first years than second years, so there will be first years against first years." She grabbed a stack of papers, "I'll be shouting your name and you'll duel your assigned opponent in the gym." She started yelling names.
"A duel?" Izumi was worried, "I hope I succeed."
"Don't worry, just try your best." Shizuka assured her fear.
"Shizuka is right." Alexander put his hand on Izumi's shoulder, "it's just practice."
Izumi smiled, "Thanks guys," She looked at Kurai, 'But what about Yuki? He still doesn't have his deck.'
"Kurai Yuki!" Rebecca shouted his name.
Kurai didn't move from his position. He just stood there with his arms crossed.
Rebecca sighed, "Kurai Yuki, didn't you hear me?"
"Loud enough." Kurai replied boredly with his arms crossed and not making any movement.
"Well you're supposed to duel against Ra Yellow student, Radnor Cielo." Rebecca explained, "Do I make myself clear?"
"Clear as crystal." Kurai replied.
"Then why are you not moving?" Rebecca questioned.
"Because I'm not dueling." Kurai responded.
Rebecca twitched slightly, 'cocky rude brat.' Rebecca explained, "I'm afraid you're not in position to refuse."
Kurai looked at the tiny instructor, "Perhaps you didn't listen to me. I said I'm not dueling."
Rebecca frowned.
"Instructor," Izumi was about to explain.
"Oh? Is it because you defeat Domon, all the Ra Yellow duelists are not good enough for you?" Tsubaki taunted, "I bet you even think that we Osiris Red are not even worth a challenge."
Kurai glanced at Tsubaki and glared.
Izumi gasped, "Tsubaki! That was a mean thing to say!"
"Shut up, Izumi!" Tsubaki glared back at Kurai, "You know I'm right. Yuki here is an arrogant prick. He only wanted to fight strong opponents and ignore us like we're trash!" He narrowed his eyes, 'I admire him..yeah right...I hate him…I hate that a cold guy like him gets away with winning…that's just not fair!' Tsubaki gritted his teeth, "That's why I hate you! You think you're all that but you're not!"
'…I see…so he's the one.' Kurai's frown slowly turned into smirk and then he started laughing. He laughed mockingly at Tsubaki.
Tsubaki narrowed his eyes, "What's so funny?"
"You're pathetic and I hate pathetic." Kurai's eyes became a deadly cold glare, "At least I don't resort to underhanded tricks to defeat my opponents."
Tsubaki realized what he said, 'He knew…he knew I stole his deck,' He yelled, "SHUT UP!"
"If you don't like it so much, why don't you face me? Or are you some big coward?" Kurai smirked.
"Yuki!" Izumi looked at Kurai and then she looked back at Tsubaki.
The word "coward" repeated in Tsubaki's mind. He looked down with his eyes covered in shadow. He looked up at Kurai with intense fury in his eyes, "I'm not a coward! I bet I can beat you and that will teach you to look down on me!"
"Really?" Kurai smirked, "Why don't you fight my opponent, if you think you're good enough?"
"Fine!" Tsubaki looked at Rebecca, "Instructor, let me take over his spot!"
Rebecca twitched because she knew what Kurai was planning, "Oh whatever, do what you want." She yelled, "Where's Radnor Cielo?"
A Ra Yellow student replied, "Um….he's not here."
Rebecca asked, "Again?" She smacked her head, "I don't care if he's the number one 1st year Ra Yellow duelist. He cannot skip the practice duels. Where is he then?"
Shizuka suggested, "Well, he's probably lost."
Rebecca's forehead vein twitched, "This is how people my age act? Look if Radnor doesn't get here in five seconds, he will lose the match by forfeit and gets detention."
"But it's just practice duel." Alexander pointed out as he smiled.
Rebecca looked at him, "There's something about you that I don't like…"
Alexander smiled, "How lovely."
"Never mind." Rebecca ignored him, "If he doesn't come here soon, I'll just have to assign another opponent."
Suddenly a wild lion with a Ra Yellow rider broke through the classroom window and landed near Rebecca, "Sorry, I'm late instructor! I took a wrong turn."
Rebecca was shocked, "W-w-why is there a lion here?" She sighed, "You know what. I seen stranger things, so never mind." She glanced at Tsubaki, "He's here."
Tsubaki blinked and yelled, "That crazy guy is my opponent?"
Izumi sweat-dropped, "That lion….."
Kurai just sat in his desk, "Hot headed idiots are so easy to manipulate." He's extremely glad that he's not fighting the crazy duelist.
Izumi looked at Kurai, "…..You are so mean…."
Radnor smiled, "I'm Radnor but you call me Rad! Nice to meet you, Yuki! I heard all about your duel with Domon!"
Tsubaki's forehead vein twitched and he yelled, "I'm not Yuki! I'm Tsubaki!" He took out Yuki's deck, 'Uh…this is not mine…but….' He looked down as he quickly put it back and took out his own deck, 'this is not mine…too…'
Rad noticed Tsubaki's sad expression, 'This guy…I wonder why he's so upset…'
Tsubaki inserted his deck into the duel disk, "I'll be dueling you."
"I see. I hope we have a good duel." Rad smiled calmly.
Few minutes later, students were dueling each other on the arenas.
Tsubaki, who was still at mad at Kurai, yelled, "I'll go first! Draw!" He drew his card and quickly grabbed a card without looking at his hand, "I summon Ruby Gem Dragon!" [M1(4/1900/1200)] He slammed his card vertically on the Duel disk and suddenly a beautiful and scary creature came out. The Ruby Gem Dragon had red wingless lizard-like body with ruby scales and two long serpentine tails with ruby gem at the tips. On the top of its body contained many red crystals and two thick beautiful ruby crystals on its shoulders. The dragon's head contained two horns made out of ruby and shaped like jets of flame, "Your move!"
Rad closed his eyes and grinned as he drew his card, "Impatience leads to foolish judgment. I put one card face-down!" He stuck his card in the M/T slot and selected another card from his Hand, "I summon Steamroid!" [M2(4/1800/1800)] Suddenly, a train whistle was heard as a steam locomotive with red shed came to the field. The steam locomotive stood vertically with eyes on the front and mouth below and wheels as its arms.
"What the hell?" Tsubaki commented as he gaped at this strange sight.
"Steamroid, attack his Ruby Gem Dragon!" The locomotive released steam from his funnel and charged on its wheels toward the dragon monster.
"Are you crazy?" Tsubaki yelled, "Never mind, don't answer that. My monster still has a higher ATK power!"
"Correct but it has an effect," Rad explained, "When it attack your monster, it increase its attack strength by 500!" The train blew his whistle numerous times, increasing his ATK 1800 to 2300. The tracks were laid and the dragon was on its path. The train charged on and crushed the dragon.
Tsubaki: 4000 – 400 = 3600. Rad: 4000.
As the dragon shattered to pieces, his giant ruby crystal was left behind on the Field.
"When my Ruby Gem Dragon goes to the Graveyard," Tsubaki discarded his card to the Graveyard, "I can special summon a Ruby Gem Pup Token!" [Token(1/100/100)] The ruby crystal cracked and revealed an adorable baby dragon with tiny ruby crystals on its back.
"Cute. I end my turn." Rad was finished.
"Draw!" Tsubaki drew his card and snatched his card furiously from his hand, "I summon Emerald Gem Dragon!" [M3(4/1800/1300)] Suddenly another ferocious monster arrived on the field. It had green lizard-like body with scales made of green gems and wings made out of beautiful Olivine gem stone. It contained a fox-like tail made out of gems and its dragon-like head contained two long horns made of green gem, "Then I play a magic card, Ruby Destruct!" [S1] The magic card showed up on the field with a picture of a ruby with an obvious crack and was glowing dangerously, "By destroying Ruby Gem Pup token, I can deal 1000 damage to you!" The baby dragon suddenly jumped high and glowed brightly red. It dived toward Rad with a rocky explosion.
Tsubaki: 3600. Rad: 4000 – 1000 = 3000.
"I place one card face down and end my turn!" Tsubaki declared.
"Pity," Rad's face was serious as he drew his card, "Didn't you know you could destroy my Steamroid?"
Tsubaki countered, "And let my monster get destroyed? No thank you, I'm not stupid!"
"Really, you seemed like one," Rad countered back.
Tsubaki glared.
"My Steamroid may seem like a powerful but it has its drawback," Rad explained, "If you attack my Steamroid, its ATK will decrease by 500 but you're too late. I summon Gyroid!" [M4(3/1000/1000)] A cartoon blue plane flied to the field with eyes on the front and helicopter wings on the top, "I order Steamroid to attack your monster!" The train blew his whistle as its ATK strength increase from 1800 to 2300. The train chugged toward the green gem dragon and destroyed it.
Tsubaki: 3600 – 500 = 3100. Rad: 3000.
"Now I order Gyroid to attack you directly!" Rad ordered.
Tsubaki's eyes widened as he heard the words of attacking him directly. He shouted, "Not so fast! When my Emerald Gem Dragon goes to the Graveyard, I can special summon Emerald Gem Pup Token!" [Token(1/100/100)] The wing that was left by the green gem dragon suddenly hatched into adorable green baby dragon with small lime green crystals.
"Heh but that token only has 100 defense! Gyroid, destroy it!" Rad ordered again.
'Damnit…should I let my Emerald token get destroyed by that weird cartoon robot? Or…should I use it to destroy that face-down card?' Tsubaki then decided, "I play my face-down card! Gem Cyclone!" [S2] His face-down card revealed a picture of a powerful cyclone sucking up different colored gems, "By destroying one Gem token, I can destroy one of my opponent's face-down magic/trap cards! I'll destroy that one!" He pointed to the only face-down card on Rad's field. The baby dragon glowed green as it charged at the face-down card and exploded.
The trap card flipped up, revealing an image of Patroid driving through the city with sirens on, and shattered into pieces as it was destroyed. Rad placed his card in the Graveyard, "You have destroyed my trap card, Robo Siren but that doesn't stop me from a direct attack!" Gyroid flew straight toward Tsubaki and gave him a strong headbutt in his chest, causing the Osiris Red to fell on his back.
Tsubaki: 3100 – 1000 = 2100. Rad: 3000.
Rad smiled, "I place one card face-down and then I end my turn."
"Another card face-down?" Tsubaki wasn't sure if he should attack or not, "Draw!" Tsubaki drew his card and narrowed his eyes at Rad's smile, 'Damn him, look at him. He's like he's taunting me!' He placed another card, "I summon Sapphire Gem Dragon in attack mode!" [M5(4/1700/1400)] An ocean-blue lizard-like dragon came to the field. This time it had thin blue sapphire crystals on its spine in a straight line all the way to its serpentine tail. The dragon's head contained two neatly spiraled horns made out of blue crystals, "Sapphire Gem Dragon, attack Steamroid!" The Sapphire Gem Dragon roared and dashed across the field. It turned itself into a wheel and destroyed Steamroid with gem spikes on its spine. Due to Steamroid's drawback, his ATK decrease from 1800 to 1300.
Tsubaki: 2100. Rad: 3000 – 400 = 2600.
"I'm done!" Tsubaki yelled.
Rad just smiled as he drew his card, "Draw!" He smirked as he looked at his hand.
Tsubaki glared, "Whatcha smiling about?"
"Haven't you learned by now?" Rad asked.
"Learn what?" Tsubaki asked annoyingly as his hand was clenching his cards tightly.
"I guess I'll just have to show you." He planned to use all the cards in his hand, "I summon E-Hero Featherman!" [M6(3/1000/1000)] A tall muscular warrior flied to the Field. He was dressed in green and gray superhero costume with talons on his feet and white feathered wings. He wore a tall furry green helmet with eyes protection but left his mouth bare, "I play a Magic Card, Sidekick Summoning!" [S3] The Magic card appeared on the field with an image of many sidekicks doing their justice poses, "With this card, I can pay 100 Life Points and special summon E-SKIK Wing Boy!" [M7(2/500/400)] A small child-like warrior came out to the field in his green and gray costume with two small white wings and a heroic green tiny cape. He looked at Featherman and gave him a thumb-up. His initial ATK/DEF increased from 500/400 to 1000/900.
Tsubaki: 2100. Rad: 2600 – 100 = 2500.
Rad smiled, "Cool monsters, huh?"
Tsubaki just blinked, "You have Roid monster, E-Hero monster, and…E-SKIK? What the hell?"
Rad smirked, "I played my last card, Polymerization. [S4] I fuse my E-SKIK Wind Boy and Gyroid to create E-SKIK Turbo Wing Boy!" The child warrior and the plane vanished into the swirling circle and then came out the same plane but with battle eyes and the Wing Boy riding in its cockpit. [M8(4/1500/1400)] "Since E-Hero Featherman is on the field, it gained a 500 ATK/DEF boost." The Turbo Wing Boy's ATK/DEF increased to 2000/1900, "And since you had a Water-Type Monster on the field, I can attack you directly!" The Wing Boy suddenly flied the plane forward with loud whirring sound. The hatch under the plane opened and a machine gun came out. The Wing Boy pressed the trigger and fired numerous feather bullets that struck Tsubaki.
Tsubaki: 2100 – 2000 = 100. Rad: 2500.
At Duel Academia, at the bottom of the cliff, two Osiris Red students were dueling each other.
Shou screamed as he was blown away from E-Hero Featherman's attack.
Judai placed his card in the M/T slot, "I place one card face down, and end my turn." The card appeared behind E-Hero Featherman and E-Hero Sparkman.
Sho laughed nervously as he was putting a fake smile despite his worries, "It's pretty cruel of you to get all serious so suddenly, aniki."
On top of the cliff, Asuka was observing, "Has he lost his will to fight already?"
Hayato was watching too. He gritted his teeth as he couldn't take it anymore with Sho's weakness, "Get it together!" He grabbed Sho's attention, "If you're getting depressed over stuff like that, you'll look even worse than a first-year repeater like me!"
Sho was stunned, "Hayato-kun…"
Hayato continued shouting, "Pull it together! Pull it together, Sho!"
"A guy like him, who never yells, is cheering for me as hard as he can…" Sho was touched. He clenched his fists on the soil, 'I have to fulfill…his expectations!' Sho stood back up with determination in his eyes, "It's my turn!"
Asuka smiled slightly as she averted her eyes from Sho to Hayato, "Looks like your cheering got him his motivation back, Hayato-kun."
"Eh?" Hayato was surprised by Asuka's comment but then smiled, "Since I'm hopeless, I think I understand how others who get to be hopeless feel."
Asuka countered, "I'm pretty sure you can understand how others feel because you're not the useless individual you think you are." She looked back at the duel.
Hayato blushed slightly from Asuka's compliment, "G-go figure…" He looked back at the duel.
Back inside the dueling courts of South Duel Academy.
Tsubaki groaned as he fell on his knees. He couldn't believe his eyes, 'Damnit…I'm losing again…if I have my original deck…if only if I have my original deck! I would never have lost…what's so…wrong with me being a winner? How come a cold prick like Yuki get to be a winner but I can't? Damnit…damnit…I hate him because he reminded me of me…'
Many years ago, in one of many cities located in the southern USA.
"Ahhhhhh!" A pale-skinned man with short slimy gray hair and oval-shaped glasses suddenly fell down roughly on a wet alley. He groaned as he tried to get up, "What the hell did you think you doing?" He received another smack from a bat, "AHHH!" He fell down again.
A red-haired boy was holding a bat, "Heh, I heard you're a top designer from that Duel monsters company, Frantz or something like that."
Frantz held his wounded face, "What do you want with me, brat!" He watched the red-haired boy smacked Frantz's metallic case opened
"I like Duel Monsters…but I'm too poor to buy one…so I thought of something great…" The red-haired boy smirked, "Why not steal cards from top designer…?" He noticed a folder with a large red print that said Rejected, "What's this?"
"Don't touch those! Those are mine!" Frantz tried to get him back but that only earned him another smack that rendered him unconscious.
The red-haired boy dropped his bat as he picked up the cards from a folder, "Heh, these are mine now…!"
Tsubaki closed his eyes, 'I was really a bastard back then…I stole banned rejected cards from an old geezer of Industrial Illusions…I was trying to be cool like him…the guy I admired so much...but he went missing ever since the orphanage burned down…so I thought…if I do the same thing as him…he'll find me…'
"Ahhhhhhhh!" A random gangster suddenly fell on his back from a powerful attack of a hologram, "Too strong…that was too strong…." He fell unconscious.
The red haired boy laughed as he turned off his duel disk, "Another win for me…all of them…they're just weak…Soon, I'm going to be strong just like him…"
'I was literally blinded with power…I thought if I kept winning…he'll find me, right? That's what I wanted…so strength was everything to me…man, I was really cold…I was really arrogant…I claimed myself as a top duelist with that deck I stole…I was messed up kid…'
A red haired boy was running down that alleyway, panting like crazy. His heavy gasps for breath indicated that he was running for a long time. He suddenly tripped, "Ah!"
Older gangsters caught up to him. One of them kicked the boy while he's down, "You think you're hot shot like a pro duelist?"
The second gangster kicked him in the chest, "Just because you beat your our boss in a duel, we're going to respect you?"
Another one kicked the boy, "You're just some lousy kid with the luck of the devil!"
'Luck of the devil…that punk got that right…my strong deck…it's like holding the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge…of course, I then knew why the cards were rejected…but I didn't realize that until I was separated from my deck after I was sent to juvie center.'
Inside juvenile prison, two security guards were escorting an important visitor down the dark hallway between walls filled with cells occupied by teenage inmates. They finally reached a cell where the inmate was sleeping alone. The security guard clanged the bars with his baton, "Hey, kid, wake up. You got visitor."
A red haired boy removed the gray blanket and slowly sat up to look at the visitor, "…who?"
The important visitor smiled, "Why, good morning, Tsubaki-boy."
'There…I met a savior…he introduced me to a good family in New York…I never got my deck back…so he lend me one…but…it wasn't mine…according to my savior…I'm holding this deck until the right person come along…I was jealous…I want to prove that I can use that rare deck well…but…I never won with it…I only barely won against the Duel Academy examiner with a test deck I asked to borrow…' Tsubaki looked at his deck, "You guys don't think I'm good enough to use you, huh?"
"Are you done yet?" Rad broke Tsubaki's thoughts.
Tsubaki looked up, "Done with what?"
"Feeling bad about yourself," Rad pointed to Tsubaki, "as long as you kept feeling that, your deck is never going to help you. Have you learn enough already?" Rad asked with a serious expression on his face, "That dueling is not about winning or taking revenge," He smiled, "Dueling is about fun!"
Tsubaki didn't answer. He just closed his eyes as he remembered many years ago, he used to have so much fun playing with others in the orphanage, 'He's right…I'm letting my own darkness get best of me….This duel is not even a life-and-death situation…..It's supposed to be fun…..and to think I did all the dirty tricks to Yuki…..No more.' He slowly opened his eyes and smirked, "You're going down!"
"Draw!" Tsubaki drew his card high, 'From this point forward, I will change.' His drawn glowed slightly golden, "Eh?" He looked at the card he drew, 'This card…I never seen this card before…I see…it's not that you guys don't think I'm good enough…you were waiting for me…to believe in myself, huh…? I'll show you…I'll show him…I'll show Yuki…I'm going to become stronger with my own hands!' He looked at his hand and grabbed two cards, "I placed two cards face-down!" He puts his two first M/T cards on the Duel Disk, "Now Sapphire Gem Dragon, attack E-Hero Featherman!" Tsubaki thought to himself, 'I have to reduce his Wing Boy's ATK first.' The Sapphire Gem Dragon charged across the Field and flipped into a spiked wheel that was heading toward Featherman in attack mode.
Rad quickly pressed the button on his Duel Disk, "I activate my face-down card, Heroes' Teamwork!" [T1] The trap card revealed itself and showed a picture of E-Hero Featherman and E-SKIK Wing Boy working side by side, "When my E-Hero monster get attacked, I get to increases my E-Hero Featherman's ATK by the original ATK of Wing Boy which is 1500 and then I resume battle!" The E-Hero Featherman glows a green light sent by Turbo Wing Boy. His ATK increased from 1000 to 2500. The Featherman was about to deliver a punch combined with wind at the Sapphire Gem Dragon.
Tsubaki yelled, "I won't let you do that! If I can't weaken Wing Boy, then I'll have to increase my Life Points! I play a quick-spell card, Mystik Wok!" [S5] He quickly played a magic card that had picture of a chef cooking with a giant Chinese pan, "I sacrifice my Sapphire Gem Dragon and increase my Lifepoints by its ATK!" The giant pan appeared below the dragon. There was a huge burst of fire and the dragon was turned into a charred meat. The meat dissolved into energy that traveled to Tsubaki.
Tsubaki: 100 + 1700 = 1800. Rad: 2500.
Tsubaki continued, "And when Sapphire Gem Dragon goes to the grave, I can special summon Sapphire Gem Pup Token!" [Token(1/100/100)] The blue Sapphire that was left behind hatched into a blue baby dragon with tiny sapphire crystals on its back, "I end my turn!"
Rad drew his card and ordered, "Because your token is water type, I can attack you directly! Turbo Wing Boy!" The plane flied forward and a machine gun came out. The Wing Boy pressed the trigger and fired feather bullets but it dissolved before it even came close to Tsubaki.
Tsubaki yelled, "I activate my face-down card, Negate Attack!" [T2] The trap card revealed, showing a picture of red and blue and white color swirled together, "I end your battle phase and protects my Life Points."
Rad smiled, "I see you're finally serious." He inserted one card in the M/T slot, "I place one face-down card and I end my turn."
"Draw!" Tsubaki drew his card and narrowed his eyes, "This is the end!" He smiled cockily, "I play my face-down card, Rock Bombardment!" [T3] His trap card shows a castle being under attacks by falling rocks, "I choose Topaz Gem Dragon from my deck!" [M9(4/1600/1500)] Suddenly a giant catapult appeared on the field next to Tsubaki. A brown lizard-like dragon with a small tail and a shell filled with thick yellow topaz crystals. He had two thick yellow gem horns fitting for ramming. He appeared on the catapult's bowl. The catapult suddenly tossed the dragon at Rad, sending showers of crystals.
Tsubaki: 1800. Rad: 2500 – 500 = 2000.
"Because my Topaz Gem Dragon goes to the Graveyard, I can special summon Topaz Gem Pup Token!" Tsubaki shouted as the yellow crystal hatched into a small chubby brown baby dragon with onyx crystals as its shell. Tsubaki snatched one card from his hand, "Now I sacrifice two tokens to normal summon my strongest card, Gratia Gem Dragon!" [M10(8/2700/2200)] A magnificent sight befell everyone's eyes on the stage. A giant white dragon soared from Tsubaki's Duel Disk. Its powerful dragon body and thick long tail was made out of scales of white pure diamonds. Its chest area was covered by thick plate of shining black obsidian crystal. It contained two magnificent white diamond wings with inner obsidian coverings and golden-color skeletal structure. On the dragon's spine contained red crystallized scales in straight line all the way to the end of the tail. Its claws and horns were golden yellow and its sharp fangs were clear blue diamonds. The dragon stood tall as two stories high.
"Due to his effect, he gains an ATK increase of 300 for each rock type on the Field." Tsubaki explained as the mighty crystal dragon roared and increased his ATK from 2700 to 3000.
Tsubaki yelled, "Now Gratia Gem Dragon, attack Turbo Wing Boy with Prism Breath!" The dragon roared as he fired a rainbow beam from his mouth toward the Turbo Wing Boy.
"Woah, that is really cool monster!" Rad exclaimed, "But sorry." He pressed a button and revealed a trap card that had a picture of two colored cylinders.
Tsubaki's eyes widened in shock, "Magic Cylinder." [T4]
Two colorful cylinders appeared on Turbo Wing Boy's sides. The rainbow breath entered one cylinder and went through the other cylinder, heading toward Tsubaki and created a giant colorful explosion.
Tsubaki: 1800 – 3000 = 0. Rad: 2000.
The holograms disappeared and Tsubaki was on his knees.
"That was a fun duel." Rad smiled as he offered his hand to Tsubaki.
Tsubaki grinned and took his hand, "Yeah, you're right."
Izumi rushed in, "What did I miss? Aww, I missed the entire battle!"
Tsubaki laughed, "Yeah, you did and too bad, it was really cool!"
Izumi was surprised at Tsubaki's laughter, "Tsubaki…" Her eyes wavered, "You're back to normal!"
Tsubaki sweat-dropped, "Oh come on, I'm not that bad, am I?" He smiled, "Sorry, if I was rude…but right now, I need to fix something."
In Osiris Red dorm, Kurai was just lying on his bed and reading his book.
Tsubaki came back to the dorm, "Hey! Did you get to see my match?"
Kurai replied instantly, "No."
Tsubaki's forehead vein throbbed but he ignored it, "I see…You could have seen it, it was an awesome match!"
Kurai replied immediately, "I heard you lost. Big deal."
Tsubaki's second forehead vein twitched, "…..Arrogant jerk…." He sighed as he slammed the deck down.
Kurai lifted his book and saw his deck lying next to him.
"One day, I will make you see me as your rival. I'm not going to use dirty tricks anymore!" Tsubaki declared as he crossed his arms.
Kurai stared at him with a bored look. He went back to his reading, "Whatever."
Tsubaki's third vein twitched as he gritted his teeth.
Kurai continued, "I have no time to play with dogs."
Tsubaki exploded, "Dog? Why you?"
Suddenly there were few minutes of yelling and crashes and bangs.
"Hi guys!" Izumi greeted as she opened the door.
SPLATTER!
Tsubaki sweat-dropped, "Opps…" He was holding a paint bucket from last time.
Kurai just stood silent but a tiny sweat-drop appeared on his face.
Izumi's face was completely soaked in paint and suddenly red demonic eyes appeared on her face.
"BOYSSSSSSSSS!"
Her rage was heard throughout the entire island.
TBC
Tsubaki smirked: Am I cool or what? Along with my trump card!
Izumi: Uh huh and you still lost.
Tsubaki: Oh shut up! I'll win next time when I get my chance to duel!
Izumi: Speak of the devil, you get to duel next episode!
Tsubaki: Eh? Already?
Izumi: Of course, you have to train first!
Next Episode: Episode 7 – ZAM! Intense Training!
Tsubaki:…ZAM?
Izumi smiled: Work hard, Tsubaki!
Strongest Card of the Duel: E-SKIK Turbo Wing Boy
Alexander: Today's strongest card is E-SKIK Turbo Wing Boy. It's not very powerful Lv. 4 monster but it's capable of delivering a strong direct attack.
Izumi: E-SKIK, E-Hero, and then there's E-Merc…..there's certainly lot of monsters with E in it, huh? I wonder what it means.
Alexander: Eh, Izumi? You didn't know what E means? What a surprise.
Izumi: Hey! I just don't know a lot about duel monsters alright. So you know what E is?
Alexander smiled: Of course, I do know what E is, would you like me to tell?
Izumi: Of course! What is it?
Alexander: It is….
Izumi: It is…?
Alexander whispered: Exotic.
Izumi: Exotic!
Alexander smiled: Why do you think they have weird names for? Exotic stars don't use their names too but street names. So…that means…
Izumi: Yuki use exotic monsters….so…he's some kinda strange pervert? NOOOOOO!
Alexander smiled: Of course, I was joking.
Cards used in Duel
M1 - Ruby Gem Dragon – Fire/Rock/4/1900/1200: Effect: When this card goes to the Graveyard, you may special summon [Ruby Gem Pup Token] (Fire/Rock/1/100/100) to the Field.
M2 - Steamroid: Earth/Machine/4/1800/1800: Effect: If this card attack your opponent's monster, increase the attack of this card by 500 points during the damage step only. If this card is attacked by your opponent's monster, decrease the attack of this card by 500 points during the damage step only.
M3 - Emerald Gem Dragon – Wind/Rock/4/1800/1300: Effect: When this card goes to the Graveyard, you may special summon [Emerald Gem Pup Token] (Wind/Rock/1/100/100) to the Field. You may sacrifice this token to destroy one magic or trap card on the field.
M4 – Gyroid: Wind/Machine/3/1000/1000: Once per turn, if this card would be destroyed as a result of battle, it isn't destroyed. (Damage calculation is applied normally)
M5 - Sapphire Gem Dragon: Water/Rock/4/1700/1400: Effect: When this card goes to the Graveyard, you may special summon [Sapphire Gem Pup Token] (Water/Rock/1/100/100) to the Field.
M6 - E-Hero Featherman: Wind/Warrior/3/1000/1000
M7 - E-SKIK Wing Boy: Wind/Warrior/2/500/400: Effect: When there's [E-Hero Featherman] on your Field, this card increase its ATK/DEF by 500.
M8 - E-SKIK Turbo Wing Boy: Wind/Warrior – Fusion/4/1500/1400: Effect: When there's [E-Hero Featherman] on your Field, this card increase its ATK/DEF by 500. If your opponent only has Water, Fire, and Wind Main-Type monsters on the Field, you can attack your opponent directly.
M9 - Topaz Gem Dragon: Earth/Rock/4/1600/1500: Effect: When this card goes to the Graveyard, you may special summon [Topaz Gem Pup Token] (Earth/Rock/1/100/100) to the Field. You may sacrifice this token to destroy one monster card on the Field.
M10 - Gratia Gem Dragon: Light/Rock/7/2700/2200: Effect: Increase this card's ATK by 300 for each Rock type Monster on all Fields. For each Monster that this card destroys and send it to the Graveyard as a result of Battle, do 300 points of damage to your opponent.
S1 – Ruby Destruct – Quick-play Spell: Destroy one Ruby Gem Pup Token on your side of field. Inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
S2 – Gem Cyclone – Quick-play Spell: Destroy one [Gem Pup] Token on your side of the field. Destroy 1 Spell or Trap card on the Field.
S3 - Sidekick Summoning – Continuous Magic: At the cost 100 LP, you can special summon 1 monster with [E-SKIK] in its name from your Hand per turn.
S4 - Polymerization – Normal Magic: Fuses 2 or more Fusion-Material Monsters to form a new Fusion Monster.
S5 – Mystik Wok – Quick-play Spell: Tribute 1 monster. Select either its ATK or DEF and gain that many Life Points.
T1 - Heroes' Teamwork – Continuous Trap: When a monster with [E-Hero] in its name was selected as an Attack target, increase this monster's ATK/DEF by the original ATK/DEF of the respective [E-SKIK] monster on the Field during the Battle Phase. Afterwards, continue the battle.
T2 - Negate Attack – Trap: Activate when your opponent attacks, negate that attack and end your opponent's battle phase.
T3 - Rock Bombardment – Trap: Choose 1 Rock Sub-Type Monster from your deck and send it to the Graveyard. Do 500 damage to your opponent's Life Points. Afterward, shuffle your deck.
T4 - Magic Cylinder – Trap: Negate the attack of 1 of your opponent's monsters. Do damage to your opponent equal to the attack strength of that monster.