Chapter 14 Crowler's Combative Confrontations
After that conversation with Syrus, Jaden went to the cliff, wondering if he should or shouldn't do something about the situation, but then it hit him, if Crowler didn't allow then to learn, they wouldn't be able to graduate. He considered that for a while until he understood why Crowler was doing this. He left the cliff and ran to Crowler's office. By the time he got there, there were many people, wanting answers. Jaden had no choice but to shut them up.
"Hey, GUYS!" he shouted. Everybody looked at him as if he was an idiot.
"I KNOW WHY CROWLER IS DOING THIS!" Jaden continued shouting.
"Then tell us, man." One person from the crowd said.
"It's because…..he doesn't want us to graduate." Jaden said, after considering it.
"But, that's not like him!" another person said. They all started to mumble when Zane came. Jaden looked relieved as he saw Zane look at the students, as if he was going to tell them something.
"Guys, Jaden's correct. I saw Crowler looking at pictures of the third years, tearing up." Zane said, calmly but persuasively.
At that moment, everyone stood there, shocked. They didn't know Zane was at the school. Who would know? Zane, normally, doesn't come to this part of the school. No one disbelieved Zane. Many people knew he was telling the truth, especially the third year students, as they saw him and his deck in action. Well, actually his old deck. The moment the silence started, Crowler came out from his room. Jaden knew that he would come out so he had a plan. He walked over to Crowler and asked him why he wasn't giving the third years lessons so that they could graduate.
~Jaden's POV~
When I asked Crowler why he wasn't giving proper lessons, his response started it all. I cheered in my head that my plan was working however all my plans were flawless.
"It's because I don't feel like teaching hard things." He said, in reply to my question.
"Hmmm….You know what, Crowler? You're lying" I said, with a smirk on my face. He flinched at my words.
"I am not!" he shouted, as predicted. At that moment, I nudged Zane and he immediately retaliated.
"Crowler, stop this non-sense now. I saw you, in the computer room, looking at pictures of the third years. It looked like you were about to cry." Zane said calmly, but persuasively, like before.
"I-I don't understand what your talking about." He stammered halfway through his sentence but got his voice back.
"Well, the only way to settle this is with a duel." I said.
"Right. Who is duelling Crowler?" Zane asked.
"You." I said. His face looked like a fish out of water and yes, I do know what a fish out of water is. You don't know how much fishing I've done.
"JADEN! I shall duel Crowler!" someone shouted. It was no other than Aster Phoenix, who was running towards them.
"I know, how about a tag duel. I'll call Sheppard to go with Crowler, Aster, you can choose someone to join you." I said, trying to break up the commotion. It wasn't apart of my plan, but it still worked. As long as someone duel Crowler, it'll still work.
"Crowler, if you lose, you must tell everyone why you haven't given them lessons and start giving proper lessons so we can graduate. Aster, if you lose, you must tell everyone your secret on national television." I said, trying not to laugh. I left the others gob smacked and went to Sheppard's office.
"Hello, Jaden, what can I do for you today?" he asked, as if he was insane.
"I would like you to duel Aster with Crowler in the Duel Arena in about an hour." I said, as calmly as possible.
"Is that all you want for now?" he asked with some curiosity.
"Yes."
"Fine, I shall be there and will not ask questions." He said as he left his chair and to supposedly get his duel disk.
One Hour Later
~Jaden's POV~
"Now everybody please let me introduce you to the duel that could be the third year student's final wish. This is the "Let the third years graduate" match." I said, being the announcer of this match.
"On this side, it's Dr. Crowler and Chancellor Sheppard!"
"And their opponents are Aster Phoenix and……..Stephanie Phillips?" I said in the microphone, dumbfounded.
"Anyways, let's start this duel!" I shouted at the audience roared in cheers for Aster.
Aster, Stephanie: 8000
Crowler, Sheppard: 8000
"You know, Aster, I'll start first." Steph said, smiling at him.
"Hmm…interesting. Crowler, you remember Pegasus, don't you?" Stephanie shouted.
~Narrator's POV~
"Of course I do." he replied in a matter of fact tone.
"Well, then I'll make you relive your nightmare." She said, smirking.
"Relive….my nightmare?" Crowler said.
"Yup. I'll start by summoning Toon World."
"TOON WORLD?!?!?" the crowd shouted. Crowler had frown glued to his face. He had just remembered his duel with Pegasus.
"Stephanie, how on earth did you get your hands on Toon World?" Crowler asked out of fear.
"Crowler, Crowler, did you not read my parental background?" Stephanie said, while smiling at Aster.
"Your-Your parental background?" Crowler asked, while signalling someone to get it. Once he had read it he made a shocked noise and dropped the book.
"Now you know?" Stephanie asked.
"Y-y-yes" Crowler said.
"To tell the audience….I'm Maximillion Pegasus's cousin and adopted daughter." Stephanie said after she took a deep breath. Everyone and absolutely everyone had some sort of surprise in their face, quite visible, even from the arena.
"And this is what you get for messing around with third year students who want to choose their lives, their career paths, to fulfil their wishes. We cannot allow you to destroy their wishes. They are too strong for you to destroy. Wishes are to be destroyed only on the wishers will, not by someone who needs to be BLOODY selfish and keep his students here for a DAMN lifetime" Stephanie said, emphasising the words 'choose', 'wish', 'bloody', 'selfish', 'damn' and 'lifetime' quite loudly as she meant those words. Crowler stood there, shaking in fear. Aster looked like an idiot, staring at Steph as if she did a worldwide speech on national television.
"Oh yeah, to make you more humiliated, I'll piss you off by destroying you as quickly as my father did to you. Or do you want me to call my father my uncle? Your choice. Either way will beat you, mentally or physically, via this duel." Stephanie said, almost grunting in the process. Aster looked frightened, as if his father had just killed him in a dream or something.
"Now, continuing on with my move." Steph said, more sweetly.
"I use the spell card, Scapegoat Version 2, which gives me tokens, four to be exact, that I CAN sacrifice, whenever I want to. I summon Toon Dark Magician Girl in attack mode by sacrificing 1 token!"
Toon Dark Magician Girl
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1700
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned while "Toon World" is on your side of the field. You can Special Summon this monster from your hand, but Tributes are required for monster Level 5 or more. When "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, this card is also destroyed. If your opponent doesn't control a Toon Monster, this card can attack your opponent's Life Points directly. If a face-up Toon Monster is on your opponent's side of the field, you must select the Toon Monster as an attack target. Increase the ATK of this card by 300 points for each "Dark Magician" or "Magician of Black Chaos" in either player's Graveyard.
"I then place 3 face downs and end my turn."
"I'll go, Sheppard" Crowler said, in some sort of bravery but with a hint of fright in his voice.
"I summon The Trojan Horse in attack mode."
The Trojan Horse
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1200
Effect: When Tribute Summoning an EARTH monster, you can treat this 1 monster as 2 Tributes.
"He won't be here long."
"I then play the spell, Quick Summon, to summon Ancient Gear Soldier."
Ancient Gear Soldier
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1300
Effect: If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell or Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step.
"But since I cannot do anything, I shall place 2 face downs and let Aster do what he does best." Crowler said as he sighed in annoyance.
"Right, Crowler." Aster looked at Steph's facedowns. It was painfully obvious she had her deck partially modified for him, since she had some cards that helped him. The three cards were Quick Summon, Swords of Revealing Light and Trap Jammer. Who knew she had freaky cards in her deck?
"I play Swords of Revealing Light!" Aster said, while flipping the card up.
"Now I play the monster everybody seems to hate, Destiny Hero Plasma!" Aster shouted.
"How-how can you play that?" Crowler stuttered. Sheppard stood there, shaking slightly.'
"How? By using the tokens. Come on out, Destiny Hero Plasma!"
Destiny Hero Plasma
ATK: 1900
DEF: 600
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters you control. Once per turn, select your opponent's monster and equip it to this card. (You can only equip 1 monster at a time to this card.) This card gains ATK equal to half of the ATK of the equipped monster. While this card is face-up on the field, negate all the effects of face-up Effect Monsters your opponent controls.
"I then use Plasma's special effect. Ancient Gear Soldier, come here and be possessed." Aster said in a calm tone.
"POSSESSED!" Crowler shouted as his precious monster went to Aster's monster and disappeared.
"Crowler, you must learn. I now use my other facedown, Quick Summon, to summon Destiny Hero Double Dude."
"Then I use a card, which I'm sure you might have heard of. It came out pretty recently. It's something I like to call, Take the Token."
"Take the Token?" Crowler asked.
"Yeah. It allows me to take the tokens in my graveyard and summon them onto my field again." Aster said, trying not to make Crowler angry.
"You know, Aster, this turn of your's, its pretty long." Crowler said.
"I know, it's because it's your last." Aster said, looking like he wanted to laugh at any second now.
"I special summon Destiny Hero Dogma!"
Destiny Hero Dogma
ATK: 3400
DEF: 2400
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters, including at least 1 "Destiny Hero" monster. If this card is Special Summoned, halve your opponent's Life Points during your opponent's next Standby Phase.
"Oh? What do we have here? Polymerisation." Aster said, sarcastically.
Destiny End Dragoon
ATK: 3000
DEF: 3000
Effect: "Destiny Hero - Plasma" + "Destiny Hero - Dogma"
A Fusion Summon of this monster can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters. Once per turn, you can destroy 1 monster your opponent controls and inflict damage to your opponent equal to its ATK. If you activate this effect you cannot conduct your Battle Phase that turn. During your Standby Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard, you can remove from play 1 "Destiny Hero" card from your Graveyard to Special Summon this card.
"You're gone, Crowler. Toon Dark Magician Girl, attack Trojan Horse!"
Aster, Stephanie: 8000
Crowler, Sheppard: 7600
"Destiny End Dragoon, attack Crowler directly!"
"I don't think so, I use the trap Crazy Bullet!" Sheppard said, smiling.
"To counter it……"
"OH SHIT, you have Protect, don't you?"
"Yes I do, Aster. I use Protect!"
"You know, Chancellor, you have some good cards, but so do I. I activate the Trap, Trap Jammer! I use it on Crazy Bullet, which renders your Protect useless." Aster shouted.
"…Damn!" Crowler shouted as the Trap disappeared.
"Now, to continue on with the attack!"
Aster, Stephanie: 8000
Crowler, Sheppard: 4600
"Crowler, game over! I use Defusion!"
"Hey, that's Jaden's trick!" Crowler shouted.
"You know, Crowler, the Trap Jammer thing was also his trick, so be quiet. Anyways, I learn from my opponents." Aster said calmly.
"Dogma, attack them directly!"
Aster, Stephanie: 8000
Crowler, Sheppard: 1200
"Plasma, it's your turn to rip them apart and make them spill the truth, attack them directly and end this duel!" Aster shouted as if he won the World Duel Championships or something.
Aster, Stephanie: 8000
Crowler, Sheppard: 0
"Crowler, now the duel is finished you must tell everyone the truth. Why haven't you been teaching properly?" Jaden asked as he got back onto the duelling arena.
"It's because…..I don't want you people to graduate. Stephanie is right, I don't want you to go, I'm a selfish idiot who doesn't want you to complete your wishes." Crowler started as he started to cry.
"Jaden was right!" one of the people in the audience shouted.
"We're sorry, Jaden" another one shouted.
"You know, peeps, I'm quite used to it." Jaden shouted as if nothing happened.
Crowler was supposed to continue on, but he was dragged out of the arena for excessive crying. Sheppard took his leave right after the teachers dragged Crowler out of the arena. Everyone else left right after Sheppard did. Jaden and Syrus were on their way back when they bumped into Atticus.
"Hey Jaden, Syrus. What happened today?"
"You weren't there?" Jaden asked.
"Yeah, too busy planning the next stage after the duelling one." He said, sheepishly.
"Well, good luck!" Syrus said while literally dragging Jaden back to the dorm.
"You know, Sy, I wonder what Atticus has for us, later." Jaden said, in his half-sleep state.
"I know it's something bad, I just know it." Sy said.
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A/N: Long chapter! And I'm back, I think at least. I made this chapter long for those days I was gone xP
See ya =]
Edit: I know this chapter is boring, but I needed something to fill the spaces. I'll try to make sure the next chapter is more.....exciting?