Disclaimer: I don't own any of the names of both the characters and the cards. I do have one original character.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller
Chapter 11: Suspended
Jaden, Syrus, Alexis, Jasmine, and Mindy are the only people who have known my real gender. Everyone in this school doesn't know that I'm a girl and I'm still keeping on my disguise. I feel happy to have some people who know the real me.
I'm with Jaden and Syrus as we're eating our breakfast. As we're finish with our breakfast, we heard some noise coming from outside. Then a bunch of people in black clothing comes in and surrounds the three of us.
"Who the hell are you guys?" I yelled at frustration.
Professor Banner looks shaken as he said, "They're the Disciplinary Action Squad: they only show up when a student does a bad thing."
A woman among the squad looks at us. "Jaden Yuki, Sora Fernandez. You two are under campus arrest!"
"Oh yeah! On what charge?" I retort.
"That would be more apparent under interrogation!" Then she drags Jaden and I into some van as we drove all the way to the school.
The Disciplinary Action Squad brings us into the Chancellor's office, where we see both Crowler and Chancellor Sheppard are in the room. Chancellor Sheppard told us that we're suspended. We gasp in shock as I ask on what charge that would get us suspended.
The lady who drag us here from before answer, "That's what I've suggest. You trespass into the abandoned dorm. An anonymous letter from one of our faculty members confirms it."
I glare at Crowler because I have a feeling that he's the anonymous source. God, I hate you!
"You must be punished," the lady continues, "so an example has been set for all the students."
Then Crowler spoke, "But what kind of an example are we setting? That we are a bunch of hardheaded tyrants, I say we arrange something more sporty."
"Sporty?" Jaden asks. "What do you mean by that?"
Crowler puts on a huge grin on his face and said, "How's about a duel? You and Sora teamed up against the two duelists that I'm going to arrange. If you win, then we forget about you guys being in the abandoned dorm. But if you lose, then you're expelled."
"A tag-duel, huh. Awesome! That sounds sweet!" I look at the gleam in Jaden's eyes. "What do you say, Sora?"
I didn't say anything. I'm became too afraid of the conditions. But I know everyone wants to hear my answer. Then suddenly, I heard the door opening up. I turned around and see Syrus.
"Wait!" he exclaims. "Chancellor, I was at the abandoned dorm too!"
"Same here!" said Alexis as she comes in the room. Everyone is surprise to see Alexis Rhodes coming in the office saying that. "Listen, they were at the dorm helping me."
As the grown adults are bewildered at this event, I've begun to remove my bandages without removing my blazer and shirt. Everyone saw what I'm doing as I show the adults my bandages. They were shock as I grabbed Syrus's water bottle to splash some water on my hair to get rid of the gel that makes my hair look a bit boyish.
"I don't want any of you guys to face this punishment," I said, "I should be the one to do the punishment. Not Jaden, not Syrus, not Alexis, but me. Since I'm the one who has broken a few rules besides trespassing."
"So, you're a girl?" the Chancellor asks.
I nod my head. "I lied about my gender being a boy since the Entrance Exams. Jaden and Syrus only know my secret last night. Alexis knows my secret by accident. So I should be taking the punishment instead! Leave these three out of it!"
"What are you saying, Sora?" Jaden exclaims. "I won't back down a duel! And I can't let you take this punishment on your own!"
"No way, Jaden!" I retort. "I don't want to cause you or anyone any trouble! I mean… it would suck if you got expelled in your first year."
Then Chancellor Sheppard spoke, "Sora, Jaden has already accepted the terms for the tag-duel. Also, you two are students of Slifer Red: it would be best to take the tag-duel with your fellow classmate."
I look at his eyes and know that he's serious. "Fine, I'll be Jaden's partner."
"I'm glad that you agree." He then turns to Crowler. "I leave it to you for the arrangement."
Crowler bows his head. "Don't worry, Chancellor. I've already arrange their opponents; they'll come within three days."
Chancellor Sheppard smiles as he looks at us. "Syrus and Alexis, I want you two to continue your studies. As for Sora and Jaden, you two are suspended and can't participate all of your class activities until your tag-duel. You are all dismissed."
I walk out of the Chancellor's office with Jaden, Syrus, and Alexis. We walk down the hallway as I started the conversation by saying, "I can't believe that you guys try to help! You guys want to be expelled as well!"
"What's wrong with helping your friends in need?" Alexis retorts.
Then Jaden spoke, "Sora, we're going to win that tag-duel!"
Looking at Jaden smiling makes me feel sad. "I don't want to cause any trouble to you. But considering that you're serious about this duel, then I would say, 'we are definitely going to win'!" I gave him my serious look when I said that.
"Awesome!" Jaden chuckles. I told him that I'm going on ahead to the dorm and quickly run, leaving him and the others behind.
When I got back to the dorm, I look around and notice everyone is gone: possibly because they all went to school. I went back into my room and quickly pull out a new set of clothes. I change out of my male Slifer uniform and put on a bra as I put on the new clothes. I put on a black t-shirt, a short, red blazer vest, white jean shorts, and black knee-high socks. The clothes that I'm wearing are my version for female Slifer students.
I heard someone knocking on my door. "Sora!" Jaden calls out through my dorm. "Are you in there?"
"The door's open!" I responded. "Don't worry, I'm decent!"
Jaden comes in the room. When he saw me in my new clothes, he becomes surprise on how I look. "Wow, Sora! You look incredible!"
"Thanks, Jaden!" I smiled at him. "What is it that you want, Jaden?"
"I just got curious on what you're up to, since you did went back to the dorm first," he answers with a smile.
Looking at Jaden's smile makes me feel calm and I don't know why. Then I made a sad face as I said, "Jaden, I have to be honest with you. Our decks aren't compatible for tag-duels."
Jaden gasps in shock. "Really? Our decks aren't compatible for tag-duels?"
I nod my head. "Your deck focuses more on fusions while mine's focuses more on synchro-summons. There's a slim chance that we win the tag-duel with our current decks."
"Is there a way for our decks to be okay with each other?"
I answer, "If you have Elemental Hero fusion cards that allows your Elemental Heroes to fuse with my monsters, then our chances will improve significantly."
Everything gone silent as Jaden is in deep thought. I notice that we're alone in my own room and it got me thinking how awkward it is.
"I got it!" Jaden exclaims and it surprises me. "I do have some cards that would do that. I'll be in my room to fix my deck, so give me at least 30 minutes. Later!" He leaves the room and I kind of chuckle at his amusement.
My eyelids began to feel very heavy and I yawn. I guess all those times of waking up early have finally started taking a toll on me. I went to bed and take a quick nap.
"Sora… Sora… Wake up…" I could hear a man's voice calling out to me in my sleep.
"Not now, big bro… it's Sunday…" I groggily reply.
Then Jaden's voice calls out to me by saying, "Hey, Sora! Wake up!"
I slowly got up from my bed, but I still feel like wanting to go back to sleep. "What is it, Jaden?" I ask while I yawned. "Have you finished putting your deck together?"
"Yeah," Jaden answers and he sounded happy. "Also, Professor Banner's here!"
My eyes widen as I saw Professor Banner standing next to Jaden. "Headmaster! Why are you here?"
He answers, "I forgot my lunch so I had to come back to get it." Professor Banner puts down his cat next to me as Pharaoh got on my lap. "When I saw Jaden coming out of his room, I got curious. He told me about your tag-duel and the fact that you're a girl. First Blair and now you, I'm starting to think that Slifer Red is a place for anyone to put on a disguise."
I petted Pharaoh on his head and said, "I'm sorry, headmaster. I didn't mean to lie to you or anyone here in Duel Academy."
"It's okay," he said, "I am going to wish you two luck to your tag-duel." Professor Banner grabs his cat from my lap and leaves the room.
When we saw him gone, Jaden asks me for a duel. "Why do you want to duel me again?" I ask.
Jaden answers, "I want to test out my new and improved deck. Also, I want to know if this deck works well with your deck." I grab my duel disk and deck as we walk outside.
We activate our duel disks and shouted, "Duel!"
Sora's Life Points: 4000
Jaden's Life Points: 4000
Jaden starts the duel as he draws a card from his deck. "I summon Elemental Hero Stratos!" A blue man wearing a helmet with a full-face visor, blue torso armor, and white leg armor with propeller fans for wings hovers in front of him.
Elemental Hero Stratos: Level 4, Wind
ATK: 1800 DEF: 300
"I activate Stratos's ability! When he's summoned onto the field, I can add one Elemental Hero monster from my deck and into my hand. The Hero that I'm going to chose is Burstinatrix!" Jaden then ends his turn by placing one card facedown. That facedown card appears behind his Hero.
I draw a card from my deck. "I use Graceful Charity! This spell allows me to draw three cards from my deck and I discard two cards from my hand. Next I summon Tune Warrior!" A red robot with jackhammer or points from a screwdriver as hands appears in front of me.
Tune Warrior: Level 3, Earth
ATK: 1600 DEF: 200
"I activate Quillbolt Hedgehog's ability! If I have a tuner monster on the field, I can revive him from my graveyard." A brown hedgehog with bolts as his quills pops out of the ground.
Quillbolt Hedgehog: Level 2, Earth
ATK: 800 DEF: 800
"I tuned my Quillbolt Hedgehog with my Tune Warrior so I can perform a synchro-summon!" Tune Warrior becomes three rings and Quillbolt Hedgehog jumps in the rings and becomes two stars. A beam shots out of the rings. "Fight by my side! Scarred Warrior!" The light dies down as a man that have cybernetic armor and legs and his right arm is wrapped in bandages with a blade sticking out appears in front of me.
Scarred Warrior: Level 5, Earth
ATK: 2100 DEF: 1000
I order Scarred Warrior to attack Jaden's Stratos, but Jaden activates his trap card. The trap is Hero's Barrier; as long as he has one Elemental Hero on the field, the trap negates one attack. As Scarred Warrior uses his blade to cut Stratos into pieces, a barrier appears between the two monsters and blocks my warrior's attack.
"Fine… I end my turn by placing two cards facedown." Two cards appear behind Scarred Warrior.
Jaden draws a card from his deck. "I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman!" Sparkman appears next to Stratos.
Elemental Hero Sparkman: Level 4, Light
ATK: 1600 DEF: 1400
He also activates the field spell, Skyscraper. Our entire surrounding turns into the city of Manhattan or any city that is big. The whole sky above us turn into night as it shows the full moon.
"Sparkman attacks Scared Warrior! And thanks to Skyscraper, Sparkman gains 1000 attack points since his attack points is lower than your Scarred Warrior's!" I watch Sparkman gathering this huge electrical surge in his arms as he runs to punch Scarred Warrior.
Elemental Hero Sparkman: ATK: 1600 + 1000 = 2600
Sparkman punches Scarred Warrior at his face, but Scarred Warrior absorbs the attack and smirks. Jaden is surprise that my warrior wasn't destroyed.
I explain, "Once per turn, Scarred Warrior can't be destroyed in battle." Jaden gasps in shock, but I still received damage from Sparkman's attack.
Sora's Life Points: 4000 – 500 = 3500
Elemental Hero Sparkman: 2600 – 1000 = 1600
Then Jaden orders Stratos to attack Scarred Warrior. With the power of Skyscraper, Stratos gained 1000 attack points.
Elemental Hero Stratos: ATK: 1800 + 1000 = 2800
Stratos fires a huge cyclone at Scarred Warrior as I activate one of my facedown cards. The facedown card is a spell called Book of Moon: it's a spell that forces any face-up monster to the facedown defense position. I use the Book of Moon on Stratos and he becomes a facedown monster.
Jaden ends his turn by placing one card facedown. A card appears behind Sparkman.
I draw a card from my deck. "I summon Junk Synchron!" Junk Synchron appears next to Scarred Warrior.
Junk Synchron: Level 3, Dark
ATK: 1300 DEF: 500
"I tuned Scarred Warrior with my Junk Synchron to synchro-summon a monster of demonic power!" Junk Synchron turns three rings, as my warrior becomes 5 stars inside the rings. A beam shoots out of the rings. "Show us your power! Red Dragon Archfiend!" The light dies down as Red Dragon Archfiend descends from the sky.
Red Dragon Archfiend: Level 8, Dark
ATK: 3000 DEF: 2000
I order my Red Dragon to attack the facedown monster. My Red Dragon clenches his right hand into a fist as his fist turns into a fire fist. He then punches the facedown monster, which causes its, or rather Stratos's, destruction. Since Sparkman wasn't in defense position, he won't be destroyed along with Stratos. I end my turn with just the attack.
"My turn! I draw!" Jaden draws a card from his deck. "I activate Polymerization! I fuse together Sparkman with Burstinatrix in my hand so I summon Elemental Hero Nova Master!" Sparkman jumps with Burstinatrix inside a portal and a red armor shogun warrior appears out of the portal.
Elemental Hero Nova Master: Level 8, Fire
ATK: 2600 DEF: 2100
I gasp in shock to see this new Hero monster. "Jaden, where you get that Hero card?"
Jaden answers, "I got them from the School Store." Hearing his answer makes me feel like I'm an idiot. "Nova Master! Attack Sora's Red Dragon Archfiend!" Nova Master creates a huge fireball in his hands and tosses it at my dragon, and thanks to Skyscraper, Nova Master's attack points increase by 1000.
Elemental Hero Nova Master: ATK: 2600 + 1000 = 3600
"I activate the trap card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! This trap negates your Nova Master's attack!" A metal scarecrow appears in front of my dragon to protect him from the huge fireball. But then I saw a magic circle wrap around the scarecrow.
Jaden shouted, "I activate the trap, Trap Jammer! During the battle phase, if you activate a trap card, then Trap Jammer negates and destroys your trap card." I gasp in shock as I saw my scarecrow crush into pieces. The fireball got through and hits my dragon, which causes my dragon's destruction.
Sora's Life Points: 3500 – 600 = 2900
Elemental Hero Nova Master: ATK: 3600 – 1000 = 2600
"Nova Master's ability activates! Once he successfully destroys a monster in battle, I can draw one card. I end my turn."
I draw a card from my deck. "I use the spell, Ancient Rule! With this, I can special summon a normal monster that is level 5 or more. So I summon the Dark Magician from my hand!" Dark Magician appears in front of me.
Dark Magician: Level 7, Dark
ATK: 2500 DEF: 2100
"Next I equip him with Magic Formula! This spell increase my Dark Magician's attack points by 700." A red book appears in my magician's hands.
Dark Magician: ATK: 2500 – 700 = 3200
Then I order the Dark Magician to attack Nova Master. The Dark Magician freezes Nova Master with dark magic and crushes him like glass, thus killing Nova Master.
Jaden's Life Points: 4000 – 600 = 3400
"I activate the trap card, Hero Signal!" Jaden said as a huge signal light with an H appears over his head. "Hero Signal allows me to special summon an Elemental Hero from my deck or hand. From my deck, I special summon Elemental Hero Ocean!" A man made of water with a fin for its head, wears fish-like armor, and wields a two-pronged spear appears in front of Jaden.
Elemental Hero Ocean: Level 4, Water
ATK: 1500 DEF: 1200
Another Elemental Hero that I don't know. I end my turn and let Jaden go.
He draws a card from his deck. "I activate Ocean's ability! During the standby phase, I can return one Hero card from the field or graveyard back to my hand. The Hero that I'm sending back into my hand is Stratos. Next I summon Stratos back onto the field!" Stratos appears next to Ocean. "I activate Stratos's second ability! Stratos can destroy any spell/trap cards on the field for every Elemental Hero, besides Stratos himself, on the field."
I gasp as I saw Stratos creates a cyclone and destroys Magic Formula. "I activate Magic Formula's power! Once it was destroy, I gain 1000 of my life points!"
Sora's Life Points: 2900 + 1000 = 3900
Dark Magician: ATK: 3200 – 700 = 2500
Jaden orders Stratos to attack Dark Magician. Stratos flies up in the air and dives straight at my magician and thanks to Skyscraper, Stratos's attack points increases.
Elemental Hero Stratos: ATK: 1800 + 1000 = 2800
Stratos punches the Dark Magician at his face, which resulted in my magician's defeat.
Sora's Life Points: 3900 – 300 = 3600
Elemental Hero Stratos: ATK: 2800 – 1000 = 1800
Then Jaden orders Ocean to attack my life points. Ocean throws his spear at me and after the spear damages me, it returns back to Ocean's hands.
Sora's Life Points: 3600 – 1500 = 2100
Jaden ends his turn with one card facedown, which appears behind Ocean.
I can't believe this! I thought to myself in a serious tone. Jaden just modified his deck and he already did this much damage against me! I draw a card from my deck. "I set a monster in a facedown defense position and I end my turn." A card appears in front of me.
Jaden draws a card from his deck. Ocean's ability activates as he brings back Sparkman into his hand. He then gets rid of Skyscraper and replaces it with Fusion Gate. The field change back to normal and we can the brightness of the sun.
"I activate the power of Fusion Gate! This field spell allows me to fuse monsters without the use of Polymerization. So I fuse Sparkman and Bladedge from my hand in order to summon Elemental Hero Plasma Vice!" I watch and saw Sparkman and Bladedge fly into a portal. Then a big guy in golden armor and creates sparks from his arms appear out of the portal.
Elemental Hero Plasma Vice: Level 8, Earth
ATK: 2600 DEF: 2300
"By the way, Sora," Jaden said, "Plasma Vice has Bladedge's piercing power!" I gasp in shock as Jaden orders Plasma Vice to attack my facedown monster. Plasma Vice fires a lightning bolt at my monster, which reveals that my monster is Marshmallon.
Marshmallon: Level 3, Light
ATK: 300 DEF: 500
It doesn't matter that Jaden receives the 1000 points of damage from Marshmallon's effect; I still lost because of Plasma Vice's piercing effect. The lightning bolt pass through Marshmallon and hits me, which resulted my first lost here in Duel Academy.
Sora's Life Points: 2100 – 2100 = 0
The holograms die down as Jaden does his usual point and wink and said, "That's game! So what do you think about my deck? Is it okay with your deck for the tag-duel?"
I look at him with a smile and answer, "Yes! We are going to win with that deck of yours!" Jaden and I began talking on what sort of ways to make some combinations for the tag-duel. But first, how I'm going to explain to the other Slifer Red students about my gender?