Hey there guys! Wow, you guys really liked last chapter didn't you. Well now it's gonna get even better! So let's start the next chapter of Kamen Rider GX! Oh, and thanks to Ten–Faced Paladin, Zodiac–Aries, and Duelist of Dawn again for helping out.
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Chapter 11: Ape Escape & Monarch Mayhem
Academy Island…
A place where Duel Academy, the best school where students strive to become the best duelists, resides. There were the three dorms: Slifer Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue. And there was the fourth dorm called the Abandoned Dorm, which no one goes to. I know what you're thinking though. That's all what Academy Island is about right? Ha–ha–ha–ha–ha–ha… WRONG!
Because somewhere in a remote corner of the island, a hidden facility was stationed. It's been there for who knows how long or if someone has discovered it; for all we know, it might be like the Abandoned Dorm…
*CRASH!*
Or maybe not…
*WARNING!* *WARNING!*
"Code red, I repeat code red!"
If we go inside the facility, there were a lot of suits and scientists running around, in search of something or getting some tranquilizer guns. "We must hurry; the specimen can't be allowed to escape." One of the security guards yelled, readying his gun.
Somewhere else in the facility, a monkey with some tech helmet and a duel disk ran out of a room, heading to the elevator. The doors opened revealing a guard with a gun. The guard fired but the specimen was too fast for it. It leapt into the elevator, hopped on the guard's head, then onto the outside roof of the elevator. It rode the elevator to the top where it broke a window and escaped into the night.
The next morning, Chazz walked out of the school with a small bag. He took one last look at the school and sneered saying, "Stinkin' Duel Academy; you demote me, you laugh at me? Well I've had it!" He then continues to walk through to the docks saying, "You won't have Chazz Princeton to kick around anymore!"
Meanwhile… while that was happening, Kurogasa was sleeping in his old room in the Ra Yellow. After partying over at the Ra Yellow cafeteria with Jaden and company over his promotion to Obelisk Blue, he decided to crash in his old room before heading over to the Obelisk Blue Dorm, where he will be staying from now on. He opened up his eyes slowly, got up from bed, and stretched his arms out. He looked around and saw all of his stuff were packed up and ready to be moved to his new dorm.
"Man, what a good night sleep I had…" Kurogasa yawned as he got out of bed and decided to get some clothes from his luggage before taking a shower. Then the Rider spirits appeared.
"So… how does it feel to be in Obelisk Blue?" Eiji asked.
"Well… as Kogami would say it: Subarashii (1)!" That got Eiji to laugh.
"That's good to hear." Eiji said.
"You're moving on up in the world." Yuusuke said giving him a pat on the back.
"We're really proud of you." Hitoshi said. "All of us are."
"Ah… I can't wait to go to the Obelisk Blue dorms," Sieg sighed. "If it is made for the rich, then I shall fit right in. A prince needs his comforts you know."
"Um Sieg, you do know that we won't get maids or anything like that right?" Kurogasa told him. "We still have to do things ourselves."
"I do know that Kurogasa, but my family will help me out with my needs." Sieg made a motion towards the other Taros who all rolled their eyes and groaned.
"Kurogasa, don't let this go to your head. Even though you're in Obelisk Blue now, you still need to improve and get better," Takumi advised him.
"Yeah I know that. What's the use of earning my place if I don't try to get better?"
"That's true." Kintaros said. "And you'll keep on training to get stronger until you achieved the ultimate karate: dueling style! It'll be so strong it'll make your enemies cry! Right?"
"Right." Kurogasa nodded.
So after taking a shower and stuff, he puts on his clothes and for his shirt today, he wore a black shirt with a gold Ryuki symbol. And after putting on his new Obelisk Blue blazer jacket on, keeping it unbuttoned, he got his entire luggage and headed out the door. After walking for a few minutes, he arrived at the doors of Obelisk Blue. Just by looking at it, one would think that it was huge palace, but all it is, is just another dorm. When he went in, he was amazed at what he saw.
The foyer was huge! The walls were white marble and black marble covered the vast floor. Along the walls were couches set up in square units so students could sit together in groups. At the back of the room was an elegant staircase that split into two other stairwells that circled the room halfway along its perimeter as they led up to the second floor. Hanging from the ceiling was a crystal chandelier. But what impressed Kurogasa the most was the foyer's centerpiece. In the dead center of the massive room was a life size statue of Obelisk the Tormentor.
"Holy crap, I'm staying here?!" he said out loud. He had seen the bathroom for the girls and saw how extravagant it was, but this was even more so.
"Ah Mr. Kururugi," Crowler came and greeted him. "It's good to see that you have arrived. I shall take you to your dorm room personally as well as tell you our rules."
"Um… sure. Lead the way Dr. Crowler."
So with that, Dr. Crowler led Kurogasa to his room. They went through the hallways of the first floor and up the stairs to second floor and finally to the third. As they continued to walk and Kurogasa listening to Dr. Crowler about the rules in Obelisk Blue, Kurogasa noticed besides, the extravagant designs of the entire dormitory looking like an extravagant hotel, that the first floor of rooms had room numbers in the 100's and 200's, the second floor, 300's and 400's, and the last floor, 500's and 600's. Soon they arrived at his room.
"Here is your room Mr. Kururugi." Crowler said. Kurogasa looked at the door and noticed the number was Room 555.
'Heh. 555. This might as well be your room Takumi.' Kurogasa chuckled in his thoughts.
Just as they were about to enter, the door behind them opened up. Both Crowler and Kurogasa turned to see who it was and were surprised, well Kurogasa was, to see Zane standing there. "Ah Mr. Truesdale, you are an acquaintance of Mr. Kururugi am I right?"
"Yes," Zane answered. He then turned towards the Kamen Rider Duelist. "I take it we are going to be neighbors then."
"I guess we are," Kurogasa smiled as the two men shook hands.
"I want you to show him around the building Mr. Truesdale. It would help me since I still have other obligations to do," Crowler told the two boys.
"I got it Dr. Crowler," Zane replied. Crowler then handed Kurogasa the card key.
"Oh and when you're finished settling in, Chancellor Sheppard wants to see you." Kurogasa nodded at this and with that, and turned on his heels. The Rider Duelist then took his keycard and slid it into the lock, waited for two seconds, and then pulled it out. As soon as he got the green light, he turned the handle and stepped inside. It was already fully furnished and had a large table with a pot of flowers in the middle of it. His bed was a large king size that was about a quarter bigger than the one in his Ra Room. There was a terrace balcony that looked out, this time it over looked the large lake and had a decent view of the Girls Dorm. Next to the window was a desk with a complete desktop computer. Against the adjacent wall was a large mahogany dresser. Beside it was a full length mirror. There were a couple of couches in various places of the room. And attached to the wall right in front of the bed was a forty–two inch flat screen plasma television.
"Well damn," Kurogasa scoffed in surprise. "This room is great. It's about the size of my living room back home if not a bit bigger."
"Not used to it huh?" Zane asked.
"Not really, I mean this thing is way out of my pay range."
"Don't worry, you'll get used to it." Zane chuckled a bit. "When you're done settling in, come downstairs so I can show you to the dining room for breakfast."
"Sure." Kurogasa nodded. And with that, Zane left the room. As soon as he was gone, the Kamen Rider spirits appeared and Sieg practically got giddy at seeing the room.
"Now THIS is what I call a room!" Sieg exclaimed with pure utter happiness. "Look at it; it's all so nice and furnished. There are couches and a T.V. it's so… so…"
"We get it already tebayaro!" Momotaros shouted as he smacked him upside the head.
"Oh, let him have his moment Momotaros." Kurogasa said as he placed his luggage to the side and went out to the terrace balcony. "The view on the terrace balcony is great." He said breathing in the fresh morning air. "I can just relax out here after a long day."
"And what's best is that we got the best view of the Girls Dorm!" Urataros said. Kurogasa looked at the dorm and it was true, but the unfortunate thing was, the Girls Bath was the one that's in Kurogasa's full view and the Kamen Rider Duelist groaned at this in dismay and narrowed his eyes at Urataros.
"No Urataros, we're not going to be spying on the girls." Kurogasa reprimanded. "I'm not a pervert like you."
"You wound me Kurogasa," Urataros put an arm over his chest. "I'm not a pervert. I just like female company."
"Yeaaaaah… keep telling yourself that." Kurogasa deadpanned.
"Do you think anyone would mind me playing?" Wataru asked. Next to him Hibiki nodded.
"Not sure, not many people can see or hear you guys save in battle," Kurogasa explained. "But anyways, I need to get all of the stuff unpacked and then meet up with Zane for breakfast." So with that, Kurogasa unpacked all of his clothes and other stuff, including his Kamen Rider posters and arranged the room of how he liked it. After a few minutes of that, he left his room with his card key in tow and went downstairs to meet with Zane. When he got to the foyer, Zane was there waiting for him.
"All settled in?" Zane asked.
"Yep." Kurogasa answered.
"Good. Follow me to the dining room."
As they walked they made small talk. They talked about mostly unsubstantial things like favorite things, pro duelist and Zane explained the rules to Kurogasa.
"Now you must know that we are never allowed in the girls' bath," Zane explained. "Each boy has their own showers."
"I could've guessed that." They continued to walk until they arrived to a dining room. The thing about it was that it looked a freakin' five star restaurant! There were lots of tables all covered with white table cloths. Each one had at least two chairs with plush blue padding and a small vase holding a single flower. The windows spanned the entire height of the room and were adorned with elegant blue drapes.
"Ho… ly… cow…" Kurogasa gawked at the sight.
"You're really not used to this style of living aren't you?" Zane said.
"Nope." Kurogasa said still gawking. "This place looks like a five star restaurant,"
"Sort of." Zane explained, "You basically sit down, they give you a menu, you order your food, and they bring it out to you. The only difference is you don't have to pay."
"Wow. What's the food like?"
"Read a menu." Zane grabbed a menu from a nearby pile and handed it to Kurogasa. The cover was bound in blue leather and embossed with gold letters DA in cursive. Abbreviated for Duel Academy. He opened it and skimmed the items. His eyes widened at the selections they have.
"You guys… actually eat this stuff every day?"
"Pretty much. The menus change every week, but other than that, yes."
At that point, Souji appeared next to him whispering in his ear, "Just remember what my Obaachan said about fancy restaurants and their food: Fancy flavors cannot hide poor cooking."
Kurogasa silently agreed as he sat down, but he was still in awe at the number of very fancy dishes that were available for the plucking. "Dude… we had a buffet at Ra Yellow but you guys have a full course meal," Kurogasa gasped as he flipped through the seven page book. "One page is dedicated to just drinks too."
"Oh that's just the breakfast menu," Zane told him. "Wait till you see the lunch and dinner menu." Kurogasa dropped his jaw.
"Is the Obelisk Blue life this high class?"
"You could say that." Zane shrugged. "I wasn't used to it at first too."
"Really?"
"Syrus and I come from a middle class family, so when I first arrived in this dorm I had the exact same expression you had."
As they continued to talk, he didn't notice Alexis come into the room. Spying Zane, her smile grew when she saw that Kurogasa was sitting with his upperclassman. She immediately set a course and approached the pair.
"How's our new resident?" she asked.
"Bwuh?" Kurogasa blinked, wiping his mouth for drool. Looking up, he saw a familiar female face. "Oh, hi Lex. You guys sure have it made up here don't you?"
"Well, as far as food and lodgings go," Alexis shrugged. "So Zane, where are you guys going next?"
"Some of the private sporting areas. The pool and tennis courts for starters," Zane replied.
"Doesn't the school have those already?" asked the Rider Duelist.
"Yes, but these are for private use," the Kaiser replied. "They have a private cleaning crew and groundskeepers to keep them clean looking their best for anyone who wants to use them."
Kurogasa blinked.
"Oh ho. A private pool you say?" asked Urataros as he appeared. "What do you say about exploring it for a while? Maybe convince Alexis to join you for a daytime, or even better a nighttime swim."
The Kamen Rider duelist gulped, but he managed to find his voice, "Holy cow. You guys know how to live it up don't you?"
"Welcome to Obelisk Blue," Zane smirked. "Now come on. The tour is continuing after we have breakfast."
"I'll join you," Alexis agreed.
So after having breakfast, which Kurogasa's was scrambled eggs with wild rice, four strips of turkey bacon, and honey almond polenta, with a glass of orange juice, with Zane having the eggs benedict with smoked salmon with a cup of coffee while Alexis having fresh herb and veggie frittata with tea, the trio left, but Kurogasa was sure some of the other male students in the room were glaring at his back as he left with the Kaiser and the unofficial school idol.
Zane and Alexis then guided Kurogasa to the private sporting areas as Zane said he would, showing the tennis court and swimming pool and he was impressed. But one thing that practically got him impressed the most was the outdoor hot springs. Altogether, it was the size of a swimming pool, but half of it was separated by a wooden frame, to separate the boys and girls. Continuing along the wall near the corner closest to the door that led to the outdoor hot spring was another door which led to a set of lockers lined up with some benches and more towels. These were for students to come in and leave their clothes while they enjoyed the hot springs.
"Oh man… this is unbelievable." Kurogasa said.
"Courtesy of Dr. Crowler's bankbook," Alexis snickered. "The man's loaded even if he doesn't look it."
"Kinda… much for a dorm though, don't you think?" asked Kurogasa.
"Most of the facilities were already here when Kaiba had the academy built," Zane explained. "It was supposed to help inspire the students to study and duel hard so they would be allowed to have these facilities all the time. Unfortunately, it's mostly been taken over by people who managed to buy the right cards or schmooze up to the right people."
"Ugh… those people I'll never understand." Kurogasa groaned. "Well, I guess it's up to us true Obelisks that we think otherwise."
"The old Obelisk Blue coup attempt eh?" Alexis grinned. "Well, we'll just have to see how that goes then."
"Best of luck," Zane shrugged. "I still have to show you where the teachers' offices for Obelisk Blue can be found if you ever need to try and find them."
"Sure." So with that, Alexis and Zane went out of the Obelisk Dorms and guided him to the offices for Obelisk Blue. They soon arrived at Dr. Crowler's office and knocked on the door. The door opened to see Dr. Crowler of course and… Chancellor Sheppard?
"Ah, Mr. Kururugi. I was just about to call you over to my office." Dr. Crowler greeted. "Come in. Come in." The three Obelisks went in the office. "I trust Mr. Truesdale was helpful in your tour of your new dorm?"
"Yes, he is." Kurogasa said. "And Alexis was helpful too."
"I see."
"So how do you like Obelisk Blue so far?" Chancellor Sheppard asked.
"I'm impressed. I think it's still gonna be a few days before I can actually get used to it though." Kurogasa chuckled embarrassedly.
"I'm sure you'll fit in just fine." Sheppard assured.
"So, anyways, I heard you wanted to talk about something Chancellor." Kurogasa said.
"Ah, yes. Well, after reviewing your scores, I think you're qualified for an event that's about to come up."
"And that's…"
"One of the school duels…" Crowler said.
"School duels?"
"It's where Duel Academy and another school battle each other for bragging rights for the next year." The Chancellor Sheppard explained. "Normally, we'd have North Academy go against us. But this year is going to be even better. We're going to have North, South, and East Academy, along with Duel Academy battle it out for bragging rights."
"Seriously?!" Kurogasa gawked.
"Yes. We'll be having a Singles and Tag Team division. The Singles division will be single elimination style and the Tag Team division will be in like manner, only tag team style obviously. The winner will win the grand prize, as opposed to a single trophy. And after reviewing your scores, I think you're qualified."
"Wow… so am I in the Singles or Tag Team division?" Kurogasa asked.
"You will be in the Tag Team Division. But the thing is; another person is also qualified for the spot; so were arranging a duel–off with the two of you. Winner will be in the tag duel and have a partner of their choosing."
"Cool! So who's my opponent?"
"An Obelisk Blue named Callen." Crowler said. "And from your previous duel with Arkana, you should be formidable enough for an Obelisk."
"The duel will take place after classes; do you accept?" Sheppard asked.
"Count me in!" Kurogasa grinned.
"Then it's settled," Sheppard turned to Crowler. "Please tell Callen to report to the Main Arena after all classes."
"Yes sir."
"Thanks for showing me around my new dorm, you two." Kurogasa thanked as he, Zane, and Alexis were walking through the hallways to get to class. "I really appreciated it."
"No problem." Alexis said.
"Anything for a fellow Obelisk." Zane said as they now stopped at 4 way intersection. "My class is this way, so I'll see you two later." Zane said as he went to the right and turned his heel around and left. Kurogasa and Alexis waved off goodbye before they went in the opposite direction. As they were walking though…
"So… Alexis, I wanna ask ya something."
"What is it?"
"I was wondering… uh… when I win the duel–off… you wanna… partner up with me for the school duels?" Kurogasa asked shyly.
"Partner with you?" Alexis blinked. At first it seemed like she would turn him down and Kurogasa was already chiding himself for asking so bluntly like he did. "Sure."
"Huh?"
"You go deaf?" Alexis laughed. "I said sure. I've seen how you duel. And we're friends anyway. Why wouldn't I join up? Of course, that's if you can win the Duel Off."
"Don't worry, I'll win." Kurogasa assured her. A few minutes later, they arrived at the classroom. When the doors opened up, everyone looked to see who came in. Most of the Obelisks who were most likely the rich and snobby ones glared at Kurogasa. Most likely because he walked in with the unofficial school idol.
"I think I just made some enemies." Kurogasa chuckled nervously feeling unnerved.
"Just ignore them." Alexis waved off as she went to her seat to join with Jasmine and Mindy. Kurogasa shrugged at this and then went over to his seat next to Rika and in front of her was Jaden.
"Hey there Kurogasa." Jaden greeted. "Looking spiffy in that new blazer."
"Thanks. Zane and Alexis showed me around the dorm. And I gotta tell ya, it's unbelievable."
"That's Obelisk Blue for ya." Rika grinned. "But don't worry, you'll get used to it."
Suddenly, the doors opened and Syrus ran through the door straight to Jaden. "Jaden, Jaden, it's awful! He's gone!"
"Huh, who's gone?" Jaden asked.
"It's Chazz! He's gone!" Syrus replied. Immediately the class started murmuring.
"Typical." Momotaros scoffed as he appeared. "He can't deal with his problems, so what he does he do? Runs away like the coward he is."
"…and that's awful how?" Jaden asked.
"Well…uh… gee, I don't know. Maybe it's because he's your big duel rival?"
"You're right!" Jaden gasped in realization. "I do need my competition!"
"Hey you know what?" Torimaki said. "I saw Chazz packing his stuff last night."
"Know why? Because he lost to that Ra." Raizou said.
"Bastion right?"
"And that Slifer Slacker too, and I heard that he lost to that Kamen Rider Reject too."
"Yeah. He couldn't beat the ketchup and mustard team, so I say good riddance." Another Obelisk said.
"Geez… who's needs enemies with friends like that?" Kurogasa said. "But if you ask me, I'd say good riddance too."
"A bit harsh there don't you think?" Syrus asked.
"Normally I'm not, but Chazz brought this upon himself. After all, he did try to cheat out of his way to win. His world is turning upside down because he can't accept the fact that his opponent was better than him. If he had half the resolve to be a great duelist, he probably wouldn't be in this mess or at least work to get back to where he was. But he's not all that. So what does he do? Run away from it. And if he can't man up for the actions he did, then he's just an excuse of a duelist who doesn't belong here and shouldn't even pick up a Deck to begin with."
"Well, when you put it that way…" Syrus nodded. He had tried to run away now and then, but when he faced up against his challenges he started to get into his groove as a duelist.
"Agreed," Bastion nodded. "None of us entered this school to coast through on laurels. We came here to become better duelists and prove ourselves. You have to be prepared to work hard or else you're going to flounder." He left it unsaid that Chazz was exactly the type to rest on his laurels having graduated from Duel Prep School with grades like his on top of his reputation in the tournament circuit.
"Jaden," Syrus said to his roommate. "I know Chazz has been a pain to us in the past, but what if he's in some serious danger? He might need our help!"
"You're right." Jaden said. "The right thing to do would be to look for him."
"Yeah, so when should we go?"
"Right now. And besides, this is a great way to sneak out of class."
Jaden and Syrus had snuck out of the school by crawling through a hole in the wall. But as they got up and dusted themselves off. "You know, the school does have regular doors." The Slifers let out a scream. They were caught by Alexis, Jasmine, Mindy, and Kurogasa.
"Oh, hey, Alexis," Jaden greeted, "We were just… uh… getting an early start on our homework."
"Yeah, right," Alexis said sarcastically. "You were going to look for Chazz and we're going to help you."
"Really? Since when do you ditch class?" Jaden asked a bit baffled at this.
"Chazz is an Obelisk Blue and we look after our own."
"And I'm coming along because when we find him, I'm gonna knock some sense into that thick skull of his. Literally." Kurogasa said bringing up a clenched fist.
And so the pair of Slifers and quad of Obelisks went to search for Chazz around the island and so far there was no sign of him. It was continuing on for a half hour, until…
"That's it…" Alexis said, and then at the top of her voice. "CHAZZ, YOU LITTLE TOAD, YOU BETTER SHOW YOURSELF RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IF THIS IS A TRICK, YOU BETTER HOPE WE DON'T FIND YOU!" Her voice echoed through the trees, causing birds to leave out.
"Yeah, threatening him, that'll bring him out," Jaden said sarcastically.
"I'm sure there's a perfectly logical reason for Chazz disappearing." Jasmine said calmly.
"Yeah, like maybe he snuck out to get me some flowers," Mindy said, gushing. "My Chazz–y is so romantic."
"Chazz–y?" Kurogasa asked raising an eyebrow sweat dropping.
"You like Chazz?" Jasmine asked. "Last week, it was Bastion. Who's next, Little Syrus?"
"Well he is kind of cute!" Mindy replied.
Suddenly, they heard something move… Alexis was the first to notice. "Shh…"
"What is it?" Jaden asked Alexis. Everyone noticed that she was staring intently at a bush.
"Something's moving," she said. Everyone followed her glance to see something rustling in the bushes.
"Chazz–y?"
"All right Chazz, game over, we found you," Kurogasa said as they all walked towards the bush. Then all of a sudden, something leapt from the bush, scaring the group and plowed right into them, creating a scuffle for about a few seconds before running back into the woods. The group got up, after the 'brawl.'
"Not Chazz," Syrus said.
"Not human either." Alexis added.
"What was that thing?" Mindy asked.
"He went this way!" The group of teens turned when three new faces came barreling out of the brush. One was a tall man in a black suit with glasses and black hair. Another was a non–descript man with a rifle in his arms and the last was a shorter old man with a gray beard and glasses of his own.
"Blast," the man in black frowned. "He's not here."
"Who are those guys?" Mindy asked in confusion.
"Forget that! Where's Jasmine?!" Kurogasa said all of a sudden. The group looked around and they noticed it was true. Jasmine has gone missing. They heard a scream at that point realized just what or rather who was taken from them.
"Up in the trees!" Jaden shouted pointing up as they saw… a monkey taking Jasmine, while leaping through the trees with Jasmine in its paws.
"It's what she always wanted," Mindy muttered. "Some guy sweeping her off her feet."
"Yeah, some guy, not some monkey," Alexis pointed out.
"What's going on?" Syrus wondered.
"Who cares, it's got Jasmine, we have to save her," Jaden said. The five kids took off.
Jasmine was frantically trying to tell the monkey to set her free to no avail, and it continued all the way to a cliff with a tree. After landing at the tree, Jasmine was hanging on to the primate for dear life! "Don't let me go!"
The men in the black suits caught up to them first. "Take aim and fire!" The short one commanded.
"Sir, I can't shoot him without harming the girl." The man with the rifle said. "As much we need that monkey back, harming a girl would put us in a lot of hot water." It was then that Jaden and the others arrived. With Jaden noticed that besides the weird helmet and harness.
"Hey, that monkey's wearing a Duel Disk! Either that, or a funny–looking banana!"
"That's no banana, or an ordinary monkey," The short old man said. "His name is Wheeler and he's a trained Duelist."
"A dueling monkey, no way!" Jaden said.
"Sir…" The man with the glasses whispered.
"Oh right… top secret." The short old man said.
"Somebody help me!" She cried.
"Wait, if he duels…" Jaden spoke up. "Let me duel him!"
"Duel him?" The short old man asked incredulously. "Can't you see we have a situation?"
"Uh, yeah, that's why I wanna duel him." Jaden said, stepping towards Wheeler. "You hear that Wheeler!? Let's throw down!" Wheeler cautiously started Jaden down, still carrying the Obelisk girl.
"Uh… Jaden, are you feeling okay?" Syrus asked.
"He's not sick, he's just gone crazy." Alexis said.
"Or in this case, gone bananas." Kurogasa muttered to himself on that pun.
"If I win, you let Jasmine go." Jaden said to the monkey. "If you win, we let you go."
"But where's does that leave me!?" Jasmine cried.
"Don't worry, he's not gonna win." Jaden assured her. "So what do you say, Wheeler?" The monkey looked at Jaden for a while before nodding.
"Wow. Gotta hand it to him, they are communicating." Syrus said as Wheeler set Jasmine towards the top of the tree than leapt onto a rock. It screeched as the Duel Disk flicked on.
"Wow, you really know how to work that thing," Jaden said activating his Duel Disk.
"I have a clear shot," The man with the gun said as he took aim.
"No, wait," the old man said. "This could be the field test we've been waiting for."
"All right, time to duel," Jaden announced.
[Duel!] Came a digitized voice from Wheeler's helmet.
"Whoa! The monkey talked!" Kurogasa said flabbergasted. As was Syrus, Alexis and Mindy.
"Please, that would be completely unrealistic," The old man said. "The helmet reads his mind and talks for him." Wheeler laughed, as far as the helmet went and both players drew their initial hands.
Jaden: 4000
Wheeler: 4000
"Here goes!" Jaden said, drawing his card. 'Sweetness. Just the card to grease this monkey.' "I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in ATK Mode!" The electric hero appeared on the Field, ready to fight. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) "And I'll call it a turn! You saw my moves, now do yours." He turned to the others. "Get it, monkey see, monkey do?"
Everyone groaned at his pun.
[My turn, my turn,] Wheeler said. [Draw.] Through his helmet, he scanned the monster in front of him: [Berserk Gorilla, ATK: 2000, DEF: 1000, Level: 4, Recommend: Attack with this monster] [Berserk Gorilla! Attack mode!] Wheeler placed his card on the Field, and a large brown furred gorilla, with red eyes appear before him. (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1000)
"What is he, family?" Jaden quipped. "Guess we now know who got the looks."
[Berserk Gorilla attacks Sparkman!] Wheeler let out some more screeches as Berserk Gorilla slugged Sparkman, destroying him in the process.
Jaden: 3600
Wheeler: 4000
[Now, one card face down! Face down!] Wheeler said as a reverse card appeared on the Field. [Monkey see, monkey duel! Better! I make monkey out of you! You! You!] Wheeler taunted as Jaden groaned.
"Aw man… Jaden's losing the duel." Syrus groaned.
"And he's losing his cool. How could you now? I mean, after all he is getting beat by a monkey."
"Aw c'mon, gimme a break." Jaden said before turning back to face Jaden. "The duel's just started and it's about to heat up! Watch this!" He drew his next card and looked at it. "Perfect! I play Polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Avian and Elemental Hero Burstinatrix to form…" The two mention heroes, combined making… "The Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" (6/ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200) "Now attack that Gorilla with Skydive Scorcher!" Flame Wingman took off to the skies and then dropped doing its signature move, destroying the big gorilla.
Jaden: 3600
Wheeler: 3900
"Now, for its super power, you lose Life Points equal to the destroyed monster's ATK due to Wingman's effect!" The hero flew up to Wheeler, blasting flames from the dragon hand making Wheeler screech in horror.
Jaden: 3600
Wheeler: 1900
"I'm the man!" Jaden cheered, but saw Wheeler sitting down, looking depressed. "You calling it quits, already?"
"Awesome, Wheeler lost 2000 Life Points!" Syrus said. "Good for us!"
"Yeah, not so much for our furry little friend," Alexis commented.
"Does that mean he's giving up?" Mindy asked.
"Oh please," The old man said. "He just made one mistake, that's all. Back at the lab, if he made one mistake, we would punish him for it." The kids gasped. "No, he won't make mistakes again, he'll just get better."
"Top secret, sir." One of the suits whispered to him.
"Oh right, never mind…"
'So they're doing animal testing here on this island?' Kurogasa growled in his thoughts. 'That's just wrong!'
"Hey Wheeler, are you giving up?" Jaden asked again.
[Never surrender, never surrender!] Wheeler screeched as he drew his next card. [Acrobat Monkey, Level 4, ATK: 1000, DEF: 1800] Wheeler looked at his Hand or… paw… or well, you get the idea. [Recommend: Combination with other cards to win battle.]
"Then looks like its game on," Jaden said.
[I summon Acrobat Monkey!] Wheeler summoned a blue metallic monkey that flipped around. (4/ATK: 1000/DEF:1800) [Now, I activate my face down! Trap, trap, DNA Surgery!]
"DNA Surgery?!" Jaden gasped. "That turns every Monster on the Field into whatever Type that monkey chooses!"
[I choose Beast–type, Beast–type!] Flame Wingman turned into a wolf with the same appearance and Acrobat Monkey looked like a real monkey wearing armor. [Now I play Wild Nature's Release!]
"That's not good…" Kurogasa grimaced. "Wild Nature's Release increases the ATK points of one Beast–type or Beast–Warrior type Monster on the Field by the value of its DEF points!"
"And it looks bad for Jaden," Syrus said.
[Acrobat Monkey, power up, power up!] Wheeler ordered. Acrobat Monkey, flexed its muscles, shedding its armor until it was only wearing its helmet.
Acrobat Monkey (4/ATK: 1000–2800/DEF: 1800)
[Go, Acrobat Monkey! Attack Wingman with Somersault Smash!] In a spinning somersault, Acrobat Monkey tackled the Wingman, destroying it.
Jaden: 2900
Wheeler: 1900
After the attack, Acrobat Monkey held its head in pain before it shattered.
"What… just happened?" Syrus asked.
"When Wild Nature's Release is used on a Monster, that Monster is destroyed at the turn's end," Alexis explained.
[Your turn! Your turn!] Wheeler declared.
"Alright, my draw!" Jaden said, but was interrupted by some more monkey noises. He thought it was Wheeler, until he looked over to side, with some rocks nearby. He gasped. "Guys, look over there!" Hiding behind the rocks was a group of about a dozen monkeys.
"Uh–oh, more monkeys!" Syrus said.
"There must be a whole tribe of them!" Mindy added.
"I think the correct term is troop." Kurogasa corrected.
Winged Kuriboh's spirit came out and let out a series of coos and Jaden turned to look at Wheeler. "Is that why you escaped, Wheeler, to get back to your family?"
Wheeler nodded, [Must win! Miss friends, miss family!] He said.
"I was afraid of this…" Kurogasa gritted his teeth. "If Jaden wins, we save Jasmine, but Wheeler goes back to the lab. But if Wheeler wins, it goes free to its friends, and we can't save Jasmine. Damn it!"
"Wheeler, I know you want to be free." Jaden said, solemnly. "But I made a promise that I would rescue Jasmine by beating you in a duel, so I'll have to play Elemental Hero Clayman in Attack Mode!" The bulky rock hero appeared. (4/ATK: 800/DEF: 2000)
[Don't forget, don't forget, DNA Surgery! Clayman turns into a Beast–type!] Wheeler interrupted as the Hero became a bear–looking creature with Clayman's armor.
"Fine with me; but it doesn't stop me from playing the Spell Card, Courageous Charge!" Jaden held up a spell showing a rocket about to go on a collision with a big meteor. "And here how it goes down! First I pay 1000 Life points…"
Jaden: 1900
Wheeler: 1900
"Then I'll choose a monster with 1000 ATK points or less, like Clayman and let him attack!" The beast threw a transparent right hand to Wheeler.
Jaden: 1900
Wheeler: 1100
"Now since I chose him for Courageous Charge, you also take damage from Clayman's DEF Points!" Wheeler lay down on the ground, knowing it was over for him.
Jaden: 1900
Wheeler: 0
Wheeler's helmet showed a picture of a sad monkey with the word "LOSE" over it. "That's game," Jaden cheered. "So time to release Jasmine."
Wheeler picked Jasmine off the tree and put her on the ground. Jasmine got up and ran to the others where she was met in an embrace by Alexis and Mindy. She then turned to Jaden. "Thanks for saving me."
"No problem!" Jaden replied.
"What about Wheeler?" Mindy asked. They turned and stared at the monkey, who was looking like he lost his best friend.
"I know it kidnapped me, but even I think it deserves more than being somebody's needle poking experiment." Jasmine added.
"All right, you flee–ridden failure," The man with the gun said. "Let's go."
"Hold on," Kurogasa called. "Wheeler doesn't belong with you; he belongs out here with his family."
"You know what?" The old man said. "The boy has a point: Wheeler does belong with his family. So we'll just take all of them!" Immediately he and the other man took out guns and aimed them at the monkeys.
But then a pitter patter of little feet preceded a pudgy cat which leapt up on the men and made them all fall into each other. "Pharaoh!?" The kids gasped at the animal who single handedly stop the guns.
"Tsk, tsk Pharaoh. Naughty kitty!" Everyone turned to see a familiar teacher with long hair and bifocals. "You'll have to forgive Pharaoh, he's gets testy when animals… and humans… are threatened."
"Professor Banner!"
"Who are you?!" The old man asked as if he didn't hear what the kids were saying.
"Oh just your average teacher, Duelist… animal lover, if you catch my drift." Still holding Pharaoh, and then kicked the dropped gun over the edge before turning back to the men. The men growled at this… they have no hope of winning this one.
After the men left, the kids removed the armor from Wheeler until all he was wearing was the Duel Disk. The humans watched as Wheeler was reunited with the other monkeys. "It's like a family reunion," Syrus commented.
"Hey Wheeler, let's duel again sometime," Jaden called out. Wheeler let out some more monkey sounds while waving. Jaden did his trademark pose. "Me too, it was a super fun match."
"Uh… Jaden, his talking helmet is gone, you know." Syrus commented.
"That was a close one," Mindy said. "If the Professor hadn't showed up, Wheeler would be dead meat."
"How'd you find us, Professor?" Alexis asked.
"Like I said, I love animals," Banner explained. "Plus it wasn't so hard with a cat who can track as well as Pharaoh."
"But why were you looking for us?" Kurogasa asked.
"Well, children, I wanted to tell you that Chazz is okay."
The kids smiled, "That's great news," Jaden said.
"Yes, but… there is some bad news as well, follow me please." Banner led them down to the dock. "You see, Pharaoh tracked him down here, but the time I came here, Chazz was already on his family's personal yacht."
"Well that's a shame," Jaden said.
"He did make things interesting." Syrus said.
"My Chazz–y," Mindy sighed. The others sighed too but for a different reason.
"Hey cheer up everybody," Jaden said. "I'm sure he'll be back again someday, after all good rivals are hard to find."
"And you know what isn't hard to find? Class." Banner interrupted. "And since you six cut class early today, we have some making up to do." The kids groaned at that. "But first, you, Kurogasa, will have to get to your duel–off with Callen."
"Oh snap! You're right!" Kurogasa realized. "And it starts after classes are done! I completely forgot about that!"
"Well if you hurry you can make it," Banner chuckled. "So you'd better move."
"Right! Gotta go guys!" Kurogasa began to run. "Remember our deal Alexis!"
"Ooooooooh. What kind of deal?" Mindy asked Alexis with a mischievous grin.
"It's nothing!" Alexis flushed. "We just made a deal that if he won the Duel–Off I'd be his partner in the Tag Team tournament."
"Are you sure it's not something more?" Mindy teased all the while.
"W–Why would it be?" Alexis stuttered. She may as well let blood into the water for the sharks for what that stutter meant to Mindy.
"Oh, I don't know," Mindy giggled. "Maybe it's because as far as we know he gets all goofy around you. Remember when we first saw him? He couldn't take his eyes off you. He also tries so hard to be casual when you hang out with him."
"I think Mindy's onto something," Jasmine began to grin. "You know, you two don't make a bad pair. I mean, you use all those beautiful and cute Cyber Girls cards. He's got those tough and manly Kamen Riders. You're both Obelisk Blue. He's smart, humble, and not afraid to make his opinion."
"Sure you only approve now that he's in Obelisk Blue?" Alexis muttered, her face a rosy red.
At the sidelines, Jaden and Syrus were watching with no small amount of amusement. Although, Syrus was more amused on the fact that he now knew something that he could tease Kurogasa about since the new Obelisk Blue would bring up that trip to the girls dorm from time to time. Jaden on the other hand was just amused at seeing Alexis get so flustered over something. Relationships weren't really something he put too much thought into aside from friendship.
"All right children, that is enough." Professor Banner said. "Let's just head to the arena." Alexis sighed in relief at the save Banner made and the five went over.
Meanwhile…
At the Main Arena, the rest of the students and all faculty were waiting for Kurogasa and Crowler and Sheppard and Callen, who was a tall guy with messy brown hair were waiting for Kurogasa.
"What's taking him so long?" Crowler asked getting a bit impatient.
"Relax, Crowler. I'm sure he'll be here soon." Sheppard assured him.
Another five minutes later…
"I'M HERE!" A voice yelled. The two faculty at the platform looked to an entrance and saw Kurogasa running towards them, but then he suddenly tripped forward and was falling, but thinking quickly, he used to momentum of the fall to do an impromptu series of flipping forward with his whole body to reach the platform. He wobbled it at his landing, but still stood.
"Whoa…" Rika said.
"Well… that happened." Bastion blinked.
"Yeah, but that was lishus though on he entered." Chumley said.
"Nice entrance," Crowler quipped, ignoring the applause front he other students.
"I do what I can," Kurogasa panted.
"Well, now that our other participant is here, it's time to start the Duel–Off!" Sheppard announced with the crowd cheering Jaden and company soon arrived as well.
"Awesome! Just in time!" Jaden said.
"And it's about to start too." Syrus said. "Thank goodness."
"This match is for being the representative in the upcoming tag–team duel portion of the School Duel!" Crowler announced. "From the Obelisk Blue Dorm, Callen Crawford!" The crowd cheered. "And also from the Obelisk Blue Dorm, the newly instated Kurogasa Kururugi!" The crowd cheered and even Jaden and the rest of the group cheered as well. "Alright duelists, shuffle each other's decks." The two duelists met up in the middle giving each other's deck and shuffling them.
"So you're the newly instated Obelisk Blue huh?" Callen scoffed. "This should be easier than I thought…"
"What makes you say that?" Kurogasa asked.
"You think you stand a chance at the School Duel? I'd say you don't. You wouldn't last a few turns in that event. You were a Ra Yellow once. And like all Ra Yellows and Slifer Reds, they're weak. Which makes you weak. And I'll beat you for the weakling you are."
"Well then, I guess I'll have to prove you wrong." Kurogasa said narrowing his eyes.
"Alright gentlemen, exchange back your decks." Crowler said. Both duelists gave the other's decks back and went to their respective sides."
"Mr. Kururugi, you'll have the first turn! Now duelist, GO!" He said as he went off the platform with Sheppard following.
"Henshin!" Kurogasa declared placing his Deck into the Duel Disk and went from standby to active. Both players drew the starting Hand.
"DUEL!"
Kurogasa: 4000
Callen: 4000
"You heard Crowler, I'm going first!" Kurogasa declared drawing his sixth card. "I summon Kamen Rider Wizard in ATK mode!" A silhouette of a man appeared and placed a ring over his belt.
DRIVER ON! PLEASE!
The WizarDriver then appeared on his waist. The silhouetted man then used the shift lever to switch the hand on the Driver to his left.
SHABADOOBI TOUCH TO HENSHIN! SHABADOOBI TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
It kept repeating that as the silhouetted man placed a ruby ring on his left middle finger. "Henshin!" He said as he placed the ring over the belt.
FLAME! PLEASE! HI! HI! HI HI HI!
A complex magic circle consisting of very complex symbols formed. It travels from the silhouetted man's left side across his body to the right as he transformed into the ruby colored armored Kamen Rider (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1550). "Saa… Showtime!" He then used the switch lever to change the hand on the belt to his right.
LUPACCHI MAGIC! TOUCH TO GO! LUPACCHI MAGIC! TOUCH TO GO!
It kept repeating that until he places a ring on his right hand in the middle finger and placed it in front of the belt.
CONNECT, PLEASE!
A magic circle appeared in the air on Haruto's right. He places his hand in the circle and pulls out a sword gun before the magic circle disappeared.
"And that's it from me!" Kurogasa said signaling the end of his turn.
"That's all you're gonna do? Heh. Pathetic, watch this move!" Callen declared drawing his sixth card. "I play the Spell Card, Fiend's Sanctuary to summon a Metal Fiend Token!" A fiend like statue appeared on the Field (1/ATK: 0/DEF: 0). "Now I tribute my Metal Fiend Token in order to summon Zaborg, the Thunder Monarch!" a lightning bolt struck the fiend statue destroying into nothing. The thunder then fizzled out to reveal a man in white armor, green helmet and a yellow highlander kilt. He created thunderbolt in his hands (5/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1000)
"A Monarch!?" Rika shouted.
"Not lishus…" Chumley groaned.
"Indeed. Monarchs are a very powerful Archetype when used the right way." Bastion stated.
"Now I activate its special ability! When Zaborg's Tribute Summoned, I can automatically destroy a monster, like that Kamen Rider of yours!" The thunder monarch charged up and raised his arms to the skies summoning a thunder cloud to destroy Kurogasa's Kamen Rider. "Now you're defenseless, Electric Judgment!" Zaborg then gathered up lightning in fist and fired at Kurogasa.
"RRAAAGGH!" Kurogasa yelled as he was shocked.
Kurogasa: 1600
Callen: 4000
"Oh man… the duel's only started and Kurogasa's already way behind." Syrus said in dismay.
"Relax Sy, like you said; the duel's only just started." Jaden assured. "Kurogasa's gonna win this. I know he will."
"I'll place two cards facedown and end my turn." Callen concluded placing two reverse cards on the Field.
"Urgh…" Kurogasa grunted as he shook off the shock. "Okay, you got me right there," He said as he drew his next card, "But it's going to be short lived! First I play the Spell Card, Cold Wave!"
"Good. That prevents Callen from activating or setting any Spells or Traps until Kurogasa's next turn." Banner stated.
"And now I summon Kamen Rider Fourze in ATK mode!" A silhouetted man with the Fourze Driver appeared. He placed on his waist and revealed four switches. First, he places the Rocket switch in the circle slot.
ROCKET
Next, the X switch, in the X slot.
LAUNCHER
The triangle switch, in the triangle slot.
DRILL
And finally the square switch, in the square slot.
RADAR
The silhouetted man then flipped the toggles switch down. And as each toggle switch was flipped down, there was a small screen showing the switches being activated, the belt powered up, increasing the pitch of the noise, and when the fourth toggle switch was hit, a countdown began.
3!
2!
1!
"Henshin!" the second silhouetted man shouted, as he pulled the lever to the side and raised his hand in the air, a space like tune played as a metallic circle appeared overhead, light shining down on him, and smoke coming out. When the transformation was complete, Fourze appeared (4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1200). "Yosha! Uchu kitaaaaaaaa!" He yelled with his legs spread out and spreading his arms into the air.
"And now I'll sacrifice Kamen Rider Fourze in order to Special Summon Kamen Rider Fourze – Cosmic Form from my Hand!" Gentarou took off the rocket switch off and replaced it with a rather large switch and inserted it into the circle slot.
COSMIC
He then pressed the button.
COSMIC ON
At that point, all forty Astroswitches appeared out of nowhere, and circled around Fourze before being absorbed into Fourze. A fanfare like tune started to play as a column of multi–colored light enveloped Fourze until it dispersed to reveal Fourze all blue and on his torso were the number of all forty Astroswitches and in his hand was the club/rocket–like Barizun Sword (8/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000).
"Alright Gentarou attack Zaborg with Rider Super Galaxy Finish!" Kurogasa commanded.
"Are you an idiot?" Callen taunted. "They'll just destroy each other!" Arkana protested.
"Wrong, because when Kamen Rider Fourze is in his Cosmic Form, when he battles a Monster, the targeted Monster loses 1000 ATK!"
"What?!" Callen roared as Zaborg was drained of its strength.
Zaborg the Thunder Monarch (5/ATK: 2400–1400/DEF: 1000)
"Now go!"
"Got it!" Gentarou said before turning to the electric monarch. "Let's do this man–to–man!" He said before pulling the lever on the club/rocket–like sword to actually reveal a blade hidden inside the rocket. He then took off the Cosmic Switch and inserted it at the bottom of the handle.
LIMIT BREAK
"Rider Super Galaxy Finish!" Gentarou yelled as he ran towards the monarch with the blade glowing multi–colored and slashed at the monarch destroying him into pixels before jumping back and closing the club/rocket–like sword back into rocket mode.
Kurogasa: 1600
Callen: 2900
"And I'll end my turn there." Kurogasa grinned.
"Sweet move bro!" Jaden cheered.
"Way to play!" Syrus said.
"Lishus!" Chumley added.
"Good show!" Bastion praised.
"Go get 'em Kurogasa!" Rika cheered.
"Nice job!" Alexis said.
"Grr… you'll pay for that!" Callen growled as he drew his next card. "I summon Reborn Tengu in DEF mode and end my turn!" An old bearded man in robes with a pair of crow wings on his back appeared, knelt on one knee and crossed his arms. (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 600)
"Running scared are we?" Kurogasa smirked as he drew his next card. "Alright Gentarou, attack Reborn Tengu!"
"Gotcha!" Gentarou said as the same event of the attack last turn happened, only Reborn Tengu was destroyed.
"HA! You activated its special ability! When Reborn Tengu's is removed from the Field, I can summon another one from my Deck!" Callen said as he took out his Deck, searched it and a carbon copy of the same Monster was destroyed (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 600)
"And I bet you that he'll use that Reborn Tengu to summon another Monarch." Bastion said.
"I Set one Monster in DEF mode, place a facedown, and call it a turn." Kurogasa concluded as he placed a facedown Monster and a facedown card.
"My move!" Callen declared as he drew his next card. "I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards!" Callen drew two. And now I Sacrifice Reborn Tengu to Summon Granmarg the Rock Monarch!" The tengu disappeared and a tan armored warrior with blue banners on his legs appeared (6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1000) "And once summoned, he can take out a facedown card! And I'll destroy one of my own!"
"Huh? Why'd he do that?" Jasmine wondered.
"How should I know?" Mindy shrugged.
"The facedown card I destroyed was Dormant Volcano which activates the effect. When this card is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, I inflict 300 damage to you. Then, during my next Standby Phase, both of us add 1 FIRE monster from our Decks to our Hands." Kurogasa glowed a red aura to translate as Damage.
Kurogasa: 1300
Callen: 2900
"And since Reborn Tengu left the Field, another one can be Summoned." A third copy of the Monster appeared (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 600)
"Now I play Double Summon to summon once more! I sacrifice Reborn Tengu and Summon Mobius the Frost Monarch!" A freezing wind came in, as the unsuspecting Tengu was destroyed by a rising ice pillar and from it a white armored man with a blue cape appeared. (6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1000) "And like Granmarg, he can destroy a facedown, only this time it destroys set Spell and Traps, times two!"
"Oh man, that means he can destroy Kurogasa's facedown card!" Rika realized.
"I'll destroy your facedown and mine as well!" Mobius summoned up a blizzard and destroyed Kurogasa's facedown and Callen's facedown. "And the facedown I had was Dark Coffin. When it's sent to the Graveyard, you wither discard a card from your Hand or destroy one of your Monsters."
'I can't destroy Gentarou or Yuusuke that's facedown.' Kurogasa thought. He then chooses to discard one card.
"So you chose to discard huh? Not that it matters, because both your Monsters will be destroyed by my Monarchs! Now I play the Spell Card, Shrink and I'll cut your Kamen Rider Fourze's ATK in half!"
Gentarou then started to shrink as he was now half his height. "Hey!" Gentarou shouted.
Kamen Rider Fourze – Cosmic Form (8/ATK: 2500–1250/DEF: 2000)
"Now Granmarg attack his facedown! Mobius attack Fourze!" Callen ordered. The tan warrior then threw his stony fist at the facedown, which revealed to be Kuuga and was destroyed into pixels. Mobius created an ice lance from his hand and threw it Fourze, piercing him and destroying him as well.
Kurogasa: 150
Callen: 2900
"Kurogasa!" His friends cried out.
"Hahahahahaha! See? What did I tell ya! You're weak! You should just give up! You'll never be an true Obelisk like me!" Callen sneered.
"You're right. I'll never be an Obelisk like you…" Kurogasa muttered darkly. "Obelisks like you only care about being superior, rich, and powerful. You only care crushing those beneath you and getting rare cards flaunting it around as you please. That's what an Obelisk should not do. A true Obelisk respects his or her fellow students whether it is an equal or someone beneath him or her! A true Obelisk plays the game like any other duelist and they strive to become better with each duel with his or her fellow student. And a true Obelisk like me, Zane, Rika, and Alexis, will never lose to the likes of people like you!" Callen growled at this.
"Well said." Zane said.
"You show 'em Kurogasa!" Rika cheered.
"Now it's my turn!" Kurogasa declared drawing his next card. "I play Card of Demise! This lets me draw until I have 5 cards, and I lose my entire Hand on my 5th Standby Phase!" He drew until he had five. "Now I summon Kamen Rider OOO in ATK mode!" A silhouette of a man appeared with the OOO Driver and inserted the coins in the driver before scanning them with the scanner. "Henshin!"
TAKA!
TORA!
BATTA!
TA–TO–BA TATOBA TA–TO–BA!
The images of the three coins, hawk, tiger, and grasshopper formed together into one, moving towards the silhouetted man's chest creating armor and creating OOO (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2000). "And next I'll play OOO Roulette! I roll a die and whatever number it lands on, OOO gets a new form! Go, dice roll!" A huge white die appeared and rolled to the ground for a few seconds until it landed on a 5. "Awesome! A five! Now I'll summon Kamen Rider OOO – ShaUTa Form from my Deck!" Eiji switched the three coins with three blue ones. One of a killer whale, the second, an electric eel, and the third, an octopus. He inserted the three in the OOO Driver and scanned them.
SHACHI!
UNAGI!
TAKO!
SHA–SHA–SHAUTA! SHA–SHA–SHAUTA!
The three images of the killer whale, electric eel, and octopus appeared in a column and formed into one, and moved back to OOO's chest. Eiji started to turn all blue as his helmet now donned a blue helmet with yellow eyes, white lightning bolts under those eyes, small fins on either side of his jaw, and a black faceplate. The top part of the helmet was pointed forwards and there was a fin on top. His arms were decorated with blue and had large fins on the shoulders which had white cords running down behind his arms and into the blue wristbands he wore. And his legs were complete covered up to his thighs with bright blue armor which appeared to be similar to octopus tentacles lined side by side with the suction cups pointing out (7/ATK: 2350/DEF: 2150)
BGM: Shout Out
"Now I'll attack Mobius! Go Octo Banish Rider Kick!"
"What?!" Syrus cried out. "He's gonna get destroyed! OOO is weaker Mobius by a 50 ATK points."
"Unless… there's a reason why he did that." Banner said.
"Man, that last attack must've hit harder than I thought!" Callen laughed. "My Mobius is stronger than Kamen Rider OOO's!"
"In terms of ATK points, yes, but in terms of abilities, no because when OOO is in ShaUTa Form and attacks a WATER Monster, that Monster is automatically destroyed without applying Damage!"
"WHAT?!" Callen gasped as OOO liquefies his lower body to propel himself upward, then he used the Unagi Whips to drag Mobius upward while OOO goes back down using the Octo Legs to form a drill.
"SEE–YAAAAA!" Eiji yelled as he burst through his opponent destroying Mobius into pixels.
"And here's the sweet part. You take Damage equal to half of Mobius's DEF." Kurogasa grinned.
Kurogasa: 150
Callen: 2400
"I'll place a facedown and end my turn."
BGM Ends
"Grr… You're really gonna pay for it!" Callen snarled as he drew his card. "Now Dormant Volcano's second effect activates. Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch from my Deck and add it to my Hand.
"And I'll take Kamen Rider Hibiki." Kurogasa said in response.
"Now I'll Sacrifice Granmarg to summon Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch!" The Rock Monarch was set a flame and disappeared. From it, another Monarch monster made his appearance. He wore sliver armor with a gold symbol down the middle and a red cape around his back. (6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1000) "Now I activate its effect to destroy a card in your Hand. If it destroys a Monster card, it deals 100 points of damage multiplied by the level of the Monster Card destroyed."
"He has three cards. One of them is Kamen Rider Hibiki, a FIRE attribute. That means Callen has a 1/3 chance of getting him." Bastion said.
"I choose the middle one!" Callen called. Thestalos shot a wick of fire at the middle card. But when Kurogasa revealed it. "Sorry, you guessed wrong! It was a Trap card!" He said as he discarded that card
"Urgh!" Callen growled. "No matter, I'll still beat you. Thestalos, destroy OOO!" Callen commanded. "Firestorm Crush!" The Monarch raised his hands creating flames at his finger tips and rained them upon OOO torching him.
Kurogasa: 100
Callen: 2400
"I'll end my turn there." Callen said.
"Oh man… he's down to his last 100 points." Syrus groaned.
"Yeah, and this next turn could decide it all." Jaden said.
"C'mon Kurogasa, you can do it!" Rika cheered.
"Okay, you can do this. It's all or nothing. I'm gonna win this. I know I will." Kurogasa said to himself. "Draw!" Kurogasa drew his card and looked at it. He smirked at what he got.
"FINAL TURN!"
"What?!" Callen roared. The audience is in oohs and aahs on that. Everyone knew what that meant.
"Yeah! He called it! Callen's done!" Jaden cheered.
"I summon Kamen Rider Hibiki in ATK mode!" A second silhouetted man appeared and pulled out a small tuning fork and flicked it, making a ringing noise. "Henshin." The man placed the tuning fork near his forehead and a small gold head of an oni appeared. His body suddenly burst into purple flames for a few seconds before it dispersed to reveal Hibiki (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1650).
"Then I'll Tribute both of my Kamen Rider to Special Summon him in their final form from my Hand. So come on out Kamen Rider Hibiki – Armed Form!" Hitoshi took out a small saber like sword called the Armed Saber. As he got in a stance, red crimson flames engulfed Hibiki and suddenly small discs of different colors started to come out of nowhere but then turned small animals of hawks, gorillas, wolves, crabs, lions, eagles, you name it. They started gathering towards Hibiki and attached themselves changing into armor piece by piece, until finally the flames dispersed revealing Hibiki in crimson red armor and his face mask is a samurai like shield and his horns expand a bit. (8/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2300).
"Now I play my facedown Rush Recklessly. Increasing his ATK by 700 for the turn!"
Kamen Rider Hibiki – Armed Form (8/ATK: 2500–3200/DEF: 2300)
"Now Hitoshi attack Thestalos!" Kurogasa commanded.
"Yosh!" Hitoshi then took his Armed Saber as he fire glowed around the blade and the fire extended to be long. He then charged towards the Fire Monarch and slashed at him destroying him into pixels.
Kurogasa: 100
Callen: 1600
"I'm still standing!" Callen shouted.
"That's where you're wrong! I end my turn! And at that point, Hibiki's ability activates! At my end Phase, you get dealt 400 points of Damage for each Kamen Rider in my Graveyard! Guess how many I have?" Callen pondered for a second and then his face paled.
"Wait, so Wizard, Fourze, Fourze in Cosmic Form, Kuuga that was set, OOO, OOO in ShaUTa Form, and Hibiki." Syrus counted with his fingers. "That's 7."
"And 7 x 400 = 2800!" Alexis calculated. "He won!"
Hitoshi pulled out his taiko sticks and sent 7 fireballs at Callen and all of them hit making the latter fall to his knees.
Kurogasa: 100
Callen: 0
The crowd cheered as the holograms went away.
"The winner: Kurogasa Kururugi!" Crowler announced.
"Yes! He won!" Jaden cheered.
"Way to play!" Syrus cheered.
"Good show ol' chap!" Bastion smiled.
"That was a lishus duel!" Chumley said.
"Sure is." Rika smiled.
"Kurogasa…" The Chancellor stepped up to him and patted him on the back. "Fine work, my boy. You are now our tag–team representative of the School Duel; all that's left is to choose your partner."
"Taken care of; Alexis Rhodes." Kurogasa responded.
"Then we hope to see both of you in top form after the winter." Sheppard said.
"You got it!" Kurogasa then looked up to the stands where his friends were cheering. He looked at Alexis and gave her a thumbs up, which see returned with a smile. But meanwhile… Callen was still seething from the loss and looked at Kurogasa angrily…
"I should've won that one. It should be me representing Duel Academy… I'm going to make him pay." Callen growled.
The sun just set and it was now night time. Curfew was at 10:00 P.M., but right now it's only 8:00 P.M., so there was time for relaxation. After the duel off to see who would be in the Tag Division, Kurogasa set off to the outdoor hot springs for relaxation. After getting out of his clothes, he has nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist to hide his well… you get the idea. He came out the locker room area and as of now, he's the only one occupying the outdoor hot spring. He went to the boys' half and went in the warm and content water with his back on the edge of the pool, facing the wooden border and his arms spread out on the edge of the pool.
"Ahhhh… Man, what a day. After a hard fought duel, nothing beats relaxation in the hot spring." Kurogasa sighed in content. Suddenly all of the Riders appeared, all out of armor and enjoying themselves in the hot spring. Kurogasa, who expected them to at least appear armored, nearly shouted in surprise. "What the heck!?"
"Oh this feels so good," Shinji sighed as he leaned back. "It heals the aching muscles."
"This feels better than my own bath," Wataru complimented the waters as he dipped his head in. Next to him Kivat was floating around in a hollowed out violin. Off to the side the Taros' were sighing as well.
"Man, I wish I had this sort of bath," Gentarou smiled. "Then I can bring all my buddies in here." That nearly stopped all conversation between the Riders. They looked at him in surprise. "What?"
"You do know you should separate the girls and the guys' right?" Kenzaki asked. Gentarou widened his eyes and blushed.
Kurogasa and the Spirits stayed in the hot springs soaking for a good hour or so. At that time, the door to the outdoor hot spring suddenly opened up and it revealed to be a female with a towel wrapped around her body. It was… Alexis?! At this all thr Riders disappeared except fpr Urataros unsurprisingly.
Kurogasa was so stunned he couldn't say anything at first. He knew for a fact that he had gone into the boys side of the hot spring so what was Alexis doing on this side? He couldn't help but stare as the blonde slipped into the water, her towel beginning to get wet and cling to her body in very interesting ways.
"Oh ho! Now isn't this interesting?" Urataros spoke up, appearing at Kurogasa's side. "Late night rendezvous with your lady love. Good luck Kurogasa."
"GCK!" Kurogasa choked, finally managing to find his voice.
Alexis heard the noise and looked to the source, spying Kurogasa. She blinked before she turned as bright as a cherry before clutching her towel to her body to try and protect her chastity. "KUROGASA?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE GIRLS SIDE!?"
"G–Girls side?" Kurogasa sputtered. "This is the boys' side! I saw the sign and everything!"
"Boys' side?" Alexis gaped. "The right side is always the girls' side! And stop staring!"
"Sorry!" the Rider Duelist gulped and turned away. "I saw the sign though. The blue figure without a skirt means the boys' side, right? It was on the right side so I went into the door next to it! Honest!"
"What?" Alexis blinked. Frowning, she got out of the water and tried to keep her towel from showing off too much. "Wait here so I can get some clothes on and then follow me in a few minutes."
About ten minutes later, Kurogasa followed after his friend and got dressed. Stepping out of the locker room, he found Alexis scowling at the sign to the room with extreme distaste. Coming out, Kurogasa spotted the sign he used to discern which gender went to which room. At first the sign looked like a regular boys' sign, but then the corner of the sign fell, having been attached by strips of tape. Behind it was the pink stick figure in a dress.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me," Kurogasa groaned.
"Someone's stupid idea of a joke!" Alexis hissed. "And when I find out who, there's going to be some head–busting!"
"But who would?" asked Kurogasa. "I mean, I'd understand if it's hazing since I transferred in but this is a little much."
"Definitely," Alexis nodded. "Either this is some prankster's idea or someone specifically targeted one or both of us!"
"Go report this to Miss Fontaine. I'll find the prankster."
"Save a piece for me," Alexis huffed as she turned to leave. Kurogasa turned around in the other direction and left. He first went back to his room to get his Duel Disk and after that went back outside. As soon as he was out of the dorm, His Spirits appeared. "Everyone the prankster is around here somewhere. Spread out and find him. He couldn't have gone too far." The Kamen Riders nodded and spread out. Those who have flying abilities took to the air and Faiz and Kabuto used their speed to cover more ground.
After a good five minutes, there was still no sign of the prankster. "Man, nowhere to be found." Kurogasa panted as he stopped running. But then out of the corner of his eye, he saw movement. He quickly turned around and saw a figure. "Hey!" The figure then noticed and then started to bolt off. "Stop right there!" He then ran after him.
The chase continued on for a while until it led to inside the dorm in the foyer. "Alright, that's as far as you go!" Kurogasa shouted. The figure turned around and it revealed to be…
"Callen?! It was you that did the prank?" Kurogasa asked shocked.
"Yeah, that's me alright. I did it so you wouldn't be in the Tag Team Tournament! You just got lucky! It should be me that should be in it! I deserve it!"
"Well, sorry, but your plan failed. Now turn yourself in!"
"You're gonna have to duel me first!" Callen said as he took his duel disk and deck.
"Heh. Fine by me." Kurogasa said taking out his disk and taking his deck out of his deck box. "Henshin!" He placed the deck in the disk and activated. Raizou did the same thing and both drew their starting hand.
"DUEL!"
Callen: 4000
Kurogasa: 4000
"I'll start!" Callen said drawing his sixth card. "I play Cost Down to discard one card from my Hand to lower all the Monster's level in my Hand by 2." He did as the card as the card instructed. "And now I summon Kuraz the Light Monarch in ATK mode! A golden armor knight appeared shining with radiance and brilliance in all its glory (6–4/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1000). "Then I'll play Quick Rush meaning I can bypass the first turn rule! Go Kuraz! Attack Kurogasa's Life Points with Excalibur's Light!" Callen commanded. Kuraz took out his golden sword and shot a beam of light of Kurogasa making the latter grunt.
Callen: 4000
Kurogasa: 1600
"And I'll end there."
Kurogasa stood his ground as he said, "Then it's my move!" Kurogasa declared drawing his sixth card. He looked at his Hand and gawked at what he got. But then calmed himself down to smirk at Callen.
"FINAL TURN!"
"What?! Already?!" Callen asked in disbelief.
"Yep. I don't believe it either, but I ain't complaining! I play Dark Hole to destroy Kuraz!" A black hole appeared and sucked up the Golden Warrior. "Then I summon Kamen Rider Decade in ATK mode!" A silhouette of a man appeared with the DecaDriver on his waist. He then showed his Decade card and turned it over to show the Decade logo. "Henshin!" He declared as he placed the card in the Driver.
KAMEN RIDE
He pressed the sides together to make the DecaDriver go horizontal.
DECADE
Ten pillars of grey energy formed and merged into the silhouetted man to create Decade (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1800). "Then I'll play the card I drew!" Kurogasa said as he showed the card. "Megamorph!"
"NO!" Callen cried out in horror.
"That's right. So now Decade's ATK is doubled since my Life Points are lower!"
Kamen Rider Decade (4/ATK: 2000-4000/DEF: 1800)
"Finish it Tsukasa!"
"Hai, Hai…" Tsukasa said as he made the DecaDriver vertical and placed a card in the DecaDriver.
ATTACK RIDE
He then pressed the sides of the DecaDriver to be horizontal again.
SLASH
He took out his Rider Book and it turned into a sword. Tsukasa charged at Callen and slashed at him as his Life Points depleted.
Callen: 0
Kurogasa: 1600
"That was… unfulfilling," Kurogasa sighed, shutting his disk down. "Could do without plots from petty thugs with chips on their shoulders though."
"Kurogasa!" A voice called. Kurogasa turned around to see Alexis, Miss Fontaine, and two Campus Security guards running towards him.
"Hey there."
"You caught the prankster?" Alexis asked.
"Yep. It turned out to be Callen." Alexis, Miss Fontaine, and the two campus guards turned to see the defeated Callen on his knees. "He tried to get revenge on me about the Duel–Off for the Tag Team Tournament, but I beat him. Kinda lame of an excuse to be pulling a prank if ya ask me."
"No kidding." Alexis agreed.
"We'll take it from here. Good job you two." Miss Fontaine praised. So with that, Miss Fontaine and the two campus guards went to Callen and took him away.
"Well, I'm glad that's over." Kurogasa sighed.
"Yeah, me too." Alexis said.
"So, I think it's time we hit the hot springs again, but this time we go to our respective sides finally."
"I like the sound of that."
So the two went over to the hot springs yet again, but this time, Kurogasa was now on the left side, the true boys' side of the hot spring and Alexis was on the girls' side. Both had their towels wrapped around their respective places to hide their modesty and both were on the edge of the pools with their backs facing the wooden border.
"It's more relaxing now that I know that I'm not going to get walked in on or have people gunning for me," Kurogasa commented.
"Totally," Alexis agreed, easily able to hear him from her side. "Though I bet you enjoyed the view while it lasted."
Kurogasa flushed bright red, "A gentleman doesn't take advantage of a lady."
"True, but you did still enjoyed it didn't you?" She teased again.
"I'm nothing like that!" Alexis's laugh echoed far too loudly in Kurogasa's opinion. Grumbling, he sank into the water to try and hide his blush as simply a result of the heat the water brought.
"It's fine though," Alexis continued. "It was an accident. Besides, it's not like you saw me naked."
'Boy what a sight that would've been though.' Kurogasa thought to himself treacherously.
"And I can tell that you're not that type of person. You're considerate enough and I trust you."
"Uh… thanks…" Kurogasa said.
After another good thirty minutes of soaking in the hot spring, Kurogasa decided it was time to leave. "Alrighty, I better get going. Curfew's about to come up soon. I'll see you later Alexis."
"Later." Alexis said from the other side. Kurogasa then got out of the water, but as soon as he stepped on the smooth flat stony edge of the floor, he slipped.
"Uwhoaaa!" Kurogasa yelled as he fell back to the wooden border hitting three planks that were connected together. As soon as his back hit, those same three planks that were connected together, for some unexplained reason flipped over and cause Kurogasa to fall in the girls' side of the bath making a huge splash in the water. Seconds later, Kurogasa's head popped up out of the water. "Oh man, that really hurt…" Kurogasa groaned, when he rubbed the back of his head, but when he opened his eyes, he wished he shouldn't have; because now, he turned bright red at seeing Alexis who was now naked. And at that point, his nose started bleeding.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Alexis yelled as she dived into the water to cover her body. "Get out of here!"
"I'm sorry!" Kurogasa yelled frantically as he got out of the water and out of the outdoor hot springs. But not before tripping and falling and getting back up along the way.
A couple minutes later of drying off quickly, cleaning up his bloody nose, and changing into his clothes, Kurogasa bolted for his room. He didn't stop until he arrived at his room. Taking his card key, he opened his door, went in quickly, and slammed the door. Then with his back on the door he slid down to sit. His Spirits appeared back in their armor seeing Kurogasa, downright mortified.
"Hmm, quite the beauty she is," Sieg commented. "Quite worthy of her charm."
"I wholeheartedly agree," Urataros nodded.
"Shut up Urataros/Ero–kame (2)!" Kurogasa and Momotaros bellowed the former blushing really heavily.
"I don't get it…" Ryuutaros mumbled. "Wouldn't bath time with Lexi–chan be fun?"
"Wow…" Gentarou trembled, the image burned into his mind.
"Kids these days," Shotaro shook his head. "Raging hormones and nothing else."
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
"AH!" Kurogasa yelped jumping up to stand up straight. "W–Who is it?"
"It's Alexis."
"Oh shit!" Kurogasa muttered quietly to himself. Kurogasa steeled himself for a moment and slowly opened the door, expecting a punch in the face to be greeting him in all honesty. But when he opened the door, it didn't happen. There was Alexis standing at the door with her clothes on, with a stoic look on her face. "Uh… hi… Alexis."
"Care to explain what happened?" she asked. "Did you not get a good enough look the last time?"
"I tripped and fell!" Kurogasa claimed. "Honest! The rocks are slippery in there! I thought I'd hit my head on the barrier, not fall right through it! Who the heck built it to be so flimsy anyway?" Kurogasa then looked away from Alexis as he was blushing heavily and feeling extremely uncomfortable. "Look, I told you before, I'm nothing like that. I'm downright mortified as it is already." Alexis looked at him a while longer and when Kurogasa looked at her again; she can see truth and honesty in his eyes. He really was embarrassed about what happened, and he hated that it happened.
"Good," she finally nodded. "You're being honest about this mess so I'll let it go." She looked at him menacingly for a moment, "You do it again though and no force on Earth will be able to save you!"
"Yes ma'am…" Kurogasa gulped.
"Okay," Alexis nodded, turning to her more pleasant persona once again. "Now that we've dealt with that, can I come in? I want to talk strategy with you over the Tag Tournament."
"Uh… sure." Kurogasa said as he let her in his room and closed the door.
Alright, and that's another chapter down! Three duels yet again and 10,000+ words! That last one though, I was getting lazy, so I just did an OTK there. But still, hope you guys enjoyed it! And now I'm happy to announce that I'll take in OC's for the School Duel. As you read, North, South, and East Academy will be in this as well and they'll send in their best duelists. The singles division and tag team division will be 4–way tournament! Chazz is obviously gotten the position for the Singles Division for North Academy, so it's good there. But I'll need an OC form for the rest (i.e.: North Academy Tag Team Division, South Academy Singles Division, South Academy Tag Team Division, East Academy Singles Division, East Academy Tag Team Division). So send in those OC's people! I'll announce the results next chapter. So here are the OC forms!
Singles Division OC Form:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Academy: South or East
Appearance:
Personality:
Deck:
Tag Team Division OC Form:
–Tag Team Member #1:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Academy: North, South, or East
Appearance:
Personality:
Deck:
–Tag Team Member #2:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Academy: Same as your first Tag Team member
Appearance:
Personality:
Deck:
There you have it! Please send it in via PM or review please.
(1) – Splendid!
(2) – Peverted Turtle
