1Hey guys! I'm so pumped! Even if I don't get this done right away, I started this after reading the newest chapter of Deemed Commitment and I started right away. So without further to say. I do not own Yugioh/GX/5Ds, Jump does.
Crazy Competition Commences!
"I'm confused. Why do we have to wear these things?" Tanner asked looking at the odd purple bracelet on his arm.
"I don't know. Professor Pluto said that we have to wear these for the competition. I don't know why, but he did" Shawn said looking at his own black bracelet.
"Okay... why do we have to wear these things?" Tanner asked once more.
"I just told you" Shawn said.
"Right... Why?" Tanner asked. Shawn just shook his head as he prayed the competition would start soon. Time had passed and the school had placed a lock on the Kaiser, Master, and Lady titles. This meant that you could not challenge them for their titles until after the field trip. Now, all students who wished to go but weren't invited were waiting in the new stadium for instructions. Pluto, along with Veina and Mansen; walked onto the stage.
"Welcome students. I'm quite sure you're all here and excited to participate in the competition we're calling the Trip Trials. You've all brought your Duel Disk and decks to compete with, correct?" Pluto asked. He got an excited cheer from the students. "That's good. Unfortunately however, only a third of you will be using them" Pluto said. The students all started asking what he meant. "Let me explain. While you all must prove yourselves, we have different events you will go through. Me, Miss Veina, and Mr. Mansen have all decided on an event that you must partake in so that you may go. I have decided on good old fashion Dueling. As such, anyone with a black bracelet must follow me so we may begin" Pluto said. All students with black bracelets then followed Pluto. Among them was Griever, although his features were hidden by his cloak and hood.
Once all the students were gone Mansen spoke. "Now I've devised a more cunning way of choosing the winner. The students with purple bracelets will follow me" Mansen commanded.
"I guess I'm going on. I'll see you after I win" Shawn said.
"Alright, I'll see you to" Tanner said as he waved goodbye to Shawn.
Mansen led them a good distance away from the stadium before stopping in a forest. "Now students, you're about to perform in an event that will prove your skill. You will be... playing tag" Mansen said.
"What!? You think we're a bunch of little kids or something!?" one of the students yelled out.
"What's the meaning of this!?" another shouted.
"Calm yourselves. I can assure you it's more challenging than you expect. You see, to be a good Duelist you have to be smart and agile. Usually this is in a Duel but you have to have your mind expanded. Now here are the rules. I will give you some time before starting the game. You can go anywhere in the woods but you cannot leave. The bracelets I've given you have sensors that will react if you leave the woods. The game will go on until one person is left, that person will be the winner. You may do what you can to prevent being tagged and get others tagged. To make sure you get tested to the fullest, I brought in some of the most active students here. You may present yourselves" Mansen said. To the students' surprise and horror, Boa, Dove, and Raven walked into sight.
"I hope you all are ready for a work out, cause we're ready to play" Boa said.
"I'm sure you're aware that these three, besides being the best student Duelists, are the top athletes we know of. Boa, expert hunter in tracking and top boxer. Dove, hiking enthusiast and star gymnast of the school. Raven, a master of traps and dominator of the track. While I did say this was tag, that doesn't mean if they touch you it's over. They need to remove the bracelets from you're wrists, so you could fight back, but I doubt it. You have one minute, get running" Mansen said. In an instant all students ran in all directions to gain as much distance from the trio as possible.
"I'm lucky, kind of. I probably have the greatest advantage of anyone here" Shawn thought as he jumped into the trees and began hopping from branch to branch.
Stadium
"Well now that those other guys are gone, we can begin ours. Here's the thing. Pluto is doing Duels and Mansen is letting them play tag to test them under pressure and prove you need quick thinking and agility in a Duel. I've got the last portion, luck. While skill is something you strive for, you always need a little luck. You can't rely on it, but it's just what you need when you're in a pinch" Veina said.
"I see. Luck is very important" Santon said beside Tanner.
"I know you! You're... I forget" Tanner said.
"I'm Santon!" Santon screamed at Tanner. Regaining his composure, he said "Anyways, I'm here to earn a spot next to Lady Sandra in the field trip. Defeating you will be a bonus".
"Were you saying something" Tanner said as he cleaned his ear with his pinky and wiped it on Santon.
"That's it! You're dead!" Santon shouted as he was about to pounce on Tanner but Veina continued.
"Your challenge is a simple one. A bet. I have a list of the signatures of the students that Mansen and Pluto have. You will choose one from each that you believe will win. If you get both, you win. If noone gets both right we'll move on to whoever got one right. If there are multiple winners you'll have to flip a coin. Sorry you guys don't have anything exciting, but I can't judge to well with my eyesight" Veina said. After her explanation, a line formed and one by one, the students chose who they thought would win. When it was Tanner's turn he noticed a few people signed for Shawn.
"Guess I'm not the only one who thinks he's good to win. I don't know any of the people on the black bracelet list. This guy has a funny name, Griever. I'll choose him" Tanner said to himself before writing down the names on his sheet and left.
Forest
Things weren't going to well for the students with purple bracelets. Many learned the hard way that Raven had been allowed to set some traps up before the challenge started. Shawn was happy he learned to sight and avoid such traps and was keeping himself safe at the top of the trees. "It sounds pretty bad down there. I've heard a few people screaming. Could it be the traps? Or are those three having more fun with this than we thought?" Shawn asked himself.
"I must be the lucky one, cause I found you!" Dove said a few branches below him.
"Too bad for you I'll get away" Shawn said.
"How do you plan to do that? You're trapped up there" Dove said.
"Like this" Shawn said jumping from the top of the tree he was in to another tree a ten yards away.
"Impressive, but I have my own tricks" Dove said taking her own leap. Shawn was surprised that her jump was so graceful, she almost appeared to be flying. He broke out of his shock in time to dodge her lunge for his bracelet.
"Nice try, but I won't let you get that close to me again" Shawn said dropping out of the tree and running. Dove knew that Shawn was too fast running that she was jumping from tree to tree, and that was faster than her running so she gave up on him.
"Just avoid running into my brother! He won't give you any slack!" Dove advised him.
"I doubt I'll run into him anytime soon!" Shawn yelled.
"I wouldn't count my chicks before they hatch" Raven said ten yards in front of him. Shawn turned around quickly and began running away, but was confused when he saw Raven not move for him.
"Something the matter? Don't get me wrong, I'm happy you're not attacking me, but shouldn't you be?" Shawn asked.
"Yes, but I like to give a head start, yours is almost out. Five... four" Raven said. Shawn jumped and ran again. He wasn't getting a break because a few seconds later Raven started towards him. He was walking at first, but then he moved into a jog, and before Shawn knew it Raven was running at him like there was no tomorrow.
"This isn't good. He's way faster than me. If this keeps up, I'm going to have to go back into the trees, but I'm sure Dove is probably waiting for me up there. I need something to get him off my trail, but what?... wait, that should do it!" Shawn thought to himself. Shawn then activated his Duel Disk and summoned Kiba. "Kiba attack!" Shawn shouted. The faithful dog obeyed and ran at Raven with all intentions to stop him from attacking his master. Unfortunately, not only did Kiba do nothing since he was only a hologram, but Raven didn't even flinch. "Oh come on! You can't tell me you weren't phased by that!" Shawn complained.
"Fine, I won't. But I will tell you that a bunch of holograms aren't going to keep me from getting you" Raven said.
"As long as I'm around he'll keep on moving, I have to trick him... got another idea. He wants me, he'll get me" Shawn thought to himself. Shawn kept running wildly til he got behind a boulder. Raven followed him behind it and at first could not see Shawn, but then he saw the boy's brown hair and ran after him once more. After a minute went by, Shawn stepped out of the bushes. "I thought so. I'm lucky I have a card that looks so much like me" Shawn said inspecting the Rookie of a Thousand Destinies on his Duel Disk. "That should keep him busy for a while, but once the hologram goes out of range I'm in trouble, I'll have to hide again" Shawn said to himself.
Stadium
"The word is in students, the winner of the black bracelet challenge is Griever" Veina announced. Many students grumbled in irritation. Only a small number was happy.
"What do you know? I actually won there. Now all I need is for Shawn to win" Tanner said.
"That won't happen. I don't know who I chose, but I know fate has called me to be with my love. For this to happen, I will win the competition. I also had Griever to win the black bracelet challenge. It is all a matter of time" Santon said.
"... are you on medication?" Tanner asked.
"I'll slit your throat!" Santon shouted as he lunged at Tanner only to have Tanner flip over him. "How did you do that?" Santon asked, forgetting his hate for the blonde boy.
"Gymnast" Tanner said.
"You're an odd man" Santon said.
"That's what most people say... did you that San has white panties?" Tanner asked, infuriating the boy.
Woods
"Aaaaggghh!" an unnamed boy moaned as he dropped to the ground. Boa stood over the boy, still in the position from when he punched the boy in the stomach.
"You shouldn't have tried to fight back" Boa said as he removed the boy's bracelet.
"Boooaaa! I'm bored!" Dove whined as she jumped down from the trees.
"Why are you complaining to me? I'm not your caretaker. That's Raven's job" Boa said.
"No it is not" Raven said approaching the two from behind.
"Did you get him?" Dove asked.
"Him who?" Boa asked.
"I did not get him" Raven said.
"Who is he?" Boa asked once more.
"He got away? He must be good" Dove said.
"Who the hell is he!?" Boa shouted.
"There is no need to get angry Boa. We are talking about the boy, Shawn. He has eluded capture. He's a smart one. I highly recommend we bring him into our group, along with the girl" Raven said.
"We all think that, but those two are friends with the one with a tainted soul" Boa said.
"It's weird. I've met people with tainted souls before, but none were as corrupt as his" Dove said.
"It's in his blood. Like the girl, he comes from a heritage, but his is one that is steeped in blood and suffering" Boa said.
"But that much? It was worse than any of the murderers we've seen on our tour of the sinful cities" Dove said.
"I know. I doubt the boy is aware of it, but we can't allow him to go running around like that. His dormant nature could awaken one day and he would be a danger to all" Boa said.
"What do you suggest we do? We can't kill him, not unless he commits a great catastrophe" Raven asked.
"We must at least get his friends to see his great evil. We need to get them out of his harmful ways" Boa said.
"Definitely! We can't let the innocent be harmed by him" Dove said.
"It's agreed. Raven, I want you to do some research on the boy's past. Dove, I want you to get close to his friends. Don't mention him and try to avoid him at all costs. If he's around you you'll succumb to the aura that he emits" Boa commanded. Raven and Dove nodded in agreement. "Good, now lets continue this game" Boa said and the three split up once more.
Wise's Studio
Celena walked through the active studio, a number of teens her age preparing for their auditions. She had already auditioned the other day and was back to see if she passed Wise's expectations. She walked up to Wise's office and knocked. "Mister Wise? Are you there? It's Celena" Celena asked.
"Come in Celena, I was just working on something" Wise said. Celena opened the door and saw Wise was inspecting a painting, a good one at that. It was of a dragon like creature with butterfly wings, flying over people looking at in awe.
"That's beautiful" Celena said.
"Do you think so? I find it lacking. The person who made this wanted me to examine it for them, to see if it was good enough. It is good, but there's an issue" Wise said taking the piece of art off the wall.
"What's that?" Celena asked. Suddenly, Wise ripped the painting down the middle and then ripped the rest into pieces.
"It has no soul" Wise said.
"W-why would you do that? The person who made that must have spent hours on it" Celena asked.
"Because I want him to see what I think of this piece. If something doesn't have soul, it's not worth doing. That's why Haseo is a success. He puts his soul into everything he does. Acting, Dueling, you name it... Celena. Do you think you have soul?" Wise asked as he threw the pieces into the trash.
"I-I think so. I know I love to sing and it's what I want to do" Celena said.
"That's what the person who made this is like. He loves painting and is was willing to give up everything so he could do what he loves. I'm afraid that painting may not be his career however... I like you Celena. You do have soul, and you put it into your singing. Your singing however, needs work. But I can assure you that there is hope, and with a few lessons and practice, you'll be a star" Wise said.
"R-really!? You mean you'll sign me!?" Celean asked in joy.
"Yes. All I need is for you to sign a few documents, I'll be right back with them" Wise said leaving the office. Celena was so excited about her future career, she began hopping around the room with glee. She accidently knocked the trash can over and the painting pieces fell out. "Darn it. Better clean this up before he comes back" Celena said. She bent over and began picking up the pieces when she noticed writing on the back of one of them. "Wise... this wasn't made for Wise, this was made by Wise!" Celena realized.
"I hear my name?" Wise said coming back in.
"N-nothing sir! I accidently knocked your trash can over and had to clean it up" Celena said.
"Oh, okay. Well lets get to business" Wise said.
Woods
Shawn looked out from his hiding spot. He found a small boulder and dug a hole underneath it to hide for the moment. He could tell it was closing. From his count, only four other people were still out there. If he could hold out a little longer, he could win this. "Get away! Let me win, please!" a student shouted as he ran by Shawn's hiding spot. Close behind the student was Boa. As he passed, Shawn could see Boa's eyes glance at him. Boa knew Shawn was there, and he was next if he didn't run. As Boa closed in on the student, Shawn lifted the boulder up and ran as fast as he could.. Along with the screams of the one student, he heard two other voices yelling. It was only Shawn and one other student now.
"Yay! It's my new play thing" Dove said above Shawn. She did a few flips and tricks on the branches before flinging herself at Shawn. She grabbed Shawn's jacket, but he was able to spin himself around enough to get her to let go. "That wasn't very nice. I'm going to have to teach you how to treat a lady" Dove said lunging at Shawn once more. Shawn flipped over Dove and ran. He didn't get far before he saw Raven.
"You've got to be kidding me" Shawn said.
"I regret to inform you I am not. Also, you used your head start last time, so I will begin right away" Raven said before rushing forward. Shawn dodged to the side with a spinning motion and ran through some bushes.
"He is a tricky one. I shall catch him" Raven said.
"What!? No! I saw him first. Plus, he's going through bushes, that will slow you down. I can catch up to him faster" Dove said.
"Shut it, the both of you. I will get him, you both had your chance. Find the final student and get him before I get Shawn if you can" Boa said stepping between the bickering siblings.
"You ruin all the fun. Come on Raven, lets get this other kid" Dove said before jumping back into the trees. Raven followed beneath here, running along to find the final student.
"And now Shawn, you're all mine" Boa said as he focused on the route Shawn chose.
Cafeteria
"Why are we doing this again?" Sandra asked as she focused on the piece of paper in front of her.
"Kaiba Corporation requested that you all fill out these forms so they could customize the Duel gear you receive" Pluto said.
"How can they customize it? What is it anyways? I want to know!" Sandra whined.
"Calm down, we'll learn soon enough... I think. When is this field trip anyways?" Haseo asked.
"Unfortunately, we had to settle for a day that you would have enjoyed here. We're going on Halloween. So that means you'll miss out on the parties and food" Pluto said.
"What!? I want food and parties! So unfair!" Sandra complained.
"Quit complaining, you're lucky with what you have already" Melinda grumbled.
"That was a little cold Melinda. Is it just because you're jealous?" Cassie taunted making Melinda blush.
"Jealous? What do I have that Melinda wants? I can help if I can" Sandra asked, wanting to please her friend.
"Sorry San, but what you have is something that Melinda can't just be given" Jewels said.
"I don' understand what y'all girls are talkin' about. Ya don' make any sense" Dean said.
"Shut it grandma's boy, or I'll give you a Tanner beat down" Melinda said. The sheer thought of the punishment one receives from that kind of assault made Dean squirm.
Woods
"I'm going to catch you! How about you give up now and I won't give you the beating I've given the others" Boa shouted as he closed in on Shawn's position. Shawn was tiring from the constant running and hiding from the trio. He knew that unless the other student was captured soon, he was done for.
"Wait! I have a proposition for you!" Shawn shouted.
"You don't have anything I want" Boa said.
"What about a good fight!?" Shawn asked, intriguing Boa. "I know you're tired of taking down all these students with a few hits, what if I gave you a real fight? If I win, you leave me alone. If I lose, it's over for me anyways" Shawn suggested.
"I shouldn't, but I've been lacking a good opponent in either Dueling or fighting for a while now. You have a deal" Boa said. Shawn sighed and approached Boa. Both bumped knuckles as a sign of sportsmanship before starting. Boa took a basic boxing position while Shawn entered a kenpo stance. Despite having started, neither of the combatants made a move, both waiting for the other to strike first. Boa grew tired of waiting and threw a punch with his left that Shawn dodged by ducking low and punching Boa in the gut. Despite the force of the blow, Boa appeared to be unaffected. "You'll have to do better than that. I'm the boxing champion because I have a pistol punch and iron skin" Boa said before he brought his knee up to knock Shawn over.
"That wasn't a boxing move" Shawn said grabbing his aching side.
"I know. You said this was a fight, not a boxing match. I've picked up some other moves. Now get up, I'm not going to hit a man while he's down, not in a man to man fight anyways" Boa said. Shawn got back up slowly and was surprised when Boa jumped right in to action and sent another devastating punch his way. Shawn grabbed his arm and rolled back as it came, then kicked Boa off of him into a tree. "Heh, that was good. But I'm not about to go down like that" Boa said getting back up and brushing his clothes off.
"I know. But if I can keep you from taking me down long enough, I can win the real game" Shawn said.
"I understand. Unfortunately, I won't let you off easy, even if I see great potential in you" Boa said.
"I see... why do you not like Tanner? What has he done to you guys?" Shawn asked.
"This isn't about him right now, it's about you" Boa said before running at Shawn with his fist raised. Shawn wasn't able to dodge this time and blocked the best he could, but Boa's attack knocked him right off his feet. "I was hoping you'd last longer, but it seems this whole thing has worn you down" Boa said.
"I c-can't lose. I need to go with my f-friends" Shawn struggled as he got back up. Boa shook his head and pinned Shawn to a tree.
"Nothing personal kid, but this whole game is over with" Boa said as he grabbed Shawn's bracelet. Just before he was about to pull it off, it began to beep. "What do you know, game over" Boa said backing off.
"What?" Shawn asked.
"The beeping signals the other student has lost. Congratulations, I'll see you on the field trip" Boa said before leaving the beat Shawn.
Stadium
"It's official folks! Shawn is the winner of the purple bracelet challenge. This means that the winner of the white bracelet challenge is Tanner!" Veina announced.
"Oh yeah! Who's the king? I'm the king!" Tanner gloated.
"Nooooo! How could I have lost!? Destiny, do you not want me to be with my love!? No, that's not it. I must earn it, not be handed the opportunity from some challenge. Mark my words Tanner, I shall be the victor!" Santon shouted before running to Ra knows where.
"Odd. But I don't care. Cause I'm the winner! And he's the loser!" Tanner began gloating once more as others stared at him in confusion and anger. Tanner eventually stopped and left for his prize.
Author's Note: Oh boy. Not the greatest chapter, but things get better. We're getting a plot created here. Not to say there wasn't a plot, but now it thickens. I probably could have just said that. Send reviews, or characters.