Shout Outs...
Guardian Master: --Puts a tiny band-aid on your head--
ttoad: Let's just say I can't put it on this site. Kidding.
lightningstrxu: Yeah, it would, wouldn't it?
elemental dragon lighting: Thanks pal.
Psycho King: I suppose it's one way to look at it.
EDK: Serenity just fit. It's that simple.
Tyjet: Hope it lives up to your expectations.
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J.B. shivered unconsciously as Chainz's laughter slowly came to a halt. 'Man, what is up with this guy? Well, whatever. I'm here to duel!'
"Students!" The referee shouted out. "This is a DPT practical exam! James Jennings versus Hal Bindings! Shuffle your decks and have a clean duel!" He finished as he stepped away from the two duellists as they began to shuffle their decks.
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"The clown and girl won, unfortunately, but I can settle for this..." Trammel said as he watched on. "After all Chainz may have got his moniker from those shackles he wears, but he wears it to represent his deck..." He poured his tea into a new cup as he grinned. "It's very dangerous if you unshackle it..."
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"Okay then, let the pain start..." Chainz said as he and J.B. put their decks into their disks before activating them and drawing five cards. "We duel!"
Chainz: 4000
J.B.: 4000
"I'll begin this match..." Chainz began drawing a card. "With White Magician Pikeru in attack mode!" He called out, a short white haired girl in a white robe rising to his field. (2/1200/0)
'Weird.' J.B. thought to himself. 'With the way he talked it sounded like he was going to whip out something like a zombie or a fiend. It would fit his looks, but instead he sends this thing out?'
"Next I place a card face down, then I activate the Poison of the Old Man to gain twelve hundred life points." Chainz said, playing his card.
Chainz: 5200
J.B.: 4000
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"Okay, tall dark and creepy plays a life gain deck while talking about dishing pain..." Gonda began. "What is wrong with this picture?"
"Tell me about it." Serenity added. "I'm just that worried something is up..."
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"My move then!" J.B. called out drawing a card. "And I summon the Masked Dragon in attack mode!" He called out, his dragon with the steel mask rising to the field. (3/1400/1100)
"And I activate my trap card, Wall of Revealing Light!" Chainz shouted out. "And now I offer four thousand life points, and by doing so no monster with an attack of four thousand or less can attack!"
"What?" J.B. shouted out as pane of light appeared between the two duellists.
Chainz: 1200
J.B.: 4000
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"Seems the young scholar is confused..." Trammel said idly as he sipped his tea. "Too bad... By the time he realizes Chainz true plans it will be too late..."
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"Now I draw, but first my magician's effect grants me four hundred life points per monster! Of course I only have her out right now, but it's a start." Chainz said as he drew.
Chainz: 1600
J.B.: 4000
"Next I summon Spirit of the Pot of Greed in attack mode!" He called out, summoning a Pot of Greed to the field with a grinning spirit peeking out from the top. (1/100/100) "And now I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards, and thanks to Spirit of the Pot of Greed I get to draw a third card!" He added, drawing. 'Perfect, the first key to unlock my monster...' "Your turn now."
"Okay... Sure..." J.B. said drawing. "I'm not sure what your up to yet, but I'll also play Pot of Greed! And guess what? I also get to use your monster's ability to draw cards!" He added, drawing three cards from his deck.
"Meh." Chainz replied.
"Now, I summon The Dragon Dwelling in The Cave in attack mode!" J.B. added, summoning his humongous dragon. (4/1300/2000) "Then I'll set one card face down and end my turn."
"And now I get to draw!" Chainz said taking his card. "And don't forget my magician and her ability, now I gain eight hundred life points."
Chainz: 2400
J.B.: 4000
"Now I play Spell Absorption!" Chainz said, activating a spell card. "Now I gain five hundred life points for each spell card played, such as this one, Gather Your Mind!" He called out, playing his card.
Chainz: 2900
J.B.: 4000
"And that does what?" J.B. asked.
"It lets me take another Gather Your Mind from my deck." Chainz replied.
"...That's it?" J.B. said simply.
"Frankly, yes."
"...Okay..."
"Next I'll play Upstart Goblin! I get to draw one card in exchange for giving you one thousand life points." Chainz said drawing. 'The second piece... Perfect...'
Chainz: 2900
J.B.: 5000
"Of course we can't forget about Spell Absorption now can we?" Chainz sneered.
Chainz: 3400
J.B.: 5000
"Well my move then..." J.B said drawing. "And I'll summon Winged Kuriboh in attack mode!" We called out, summoning his piny winged fairy. (1/300/200) "I'll end my turn now."
"Very well then, I draw and let Pikeru do her thing." Chainz said as he drew.
Chainz: 4200
J.B.: 5000
'A third piece... Just two more to go...' Chainz thought. 'He won't know what hit him.' "Now I'll play my next Gather Your Mind, to take my last one from my deck." Chainz said, taking the card. "Oh, and don't forget about my Absorption card."
Chainz: 4700
J.B.: 5000
"Yeah, my move now!" J.B. called out drawing. "And I offer my Cave Dweller for Kaiser Glider!" J.B. called out, the large green dragon vanishing to make room for the powerful bronze beast. (6/2400/2200)
"My move!" Chainz said drawing. "And eight hundred more life points more for me!"
Chainz: 5500
J.B.: 5000
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"Well you have to admit, he's been doing well." Gonda said idly. "With that Wall J.B. can't attack. But other than that, he hasn't done squat! He hasn't attacked or anything! What's going on?"
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"Now I activate Graceful Charity to draw three cards, assuming I discard two." Chainz said drawing the three cards. 'Yes, only one more to go!' "And don't forget, since it's a spell I get even more life points!"
Chainz: 6000
J.B.: 5000
"It's your move now!" Chainz said as J.B. drew.
'Okay, press pause, time to think.' J.B. thought to himself. 'He can't be playing 'just' life gain, he can't bury me under a billion life points, so he has to have another plan. Something to do with those cards he's been using... Spirit of Pot of Greed, Upstart Goblin, Charity... He's been drawing a lot... But what does Gather Your Mind do, other than make your deck smaller... Hey, he's trying to draw one card in particular... No, not one card...'
"Going to move yet pal?" Chainz taunted grinning.
"Hey, I know why you got those chains on now..." J.B. said grinning a bit. "They make you look like the monster your trying to get... EXODIA!"
"So you've figured it out?" Chainz said, grinning wider as the students around them whispered. "It's too late! I only have to draw one more piece, the final key and I win!"
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"Ah, he's discovered what he's up against has he?" Trammel said. "No matter. I have never seen Chainz do anything but draw Exodia into his hand... So few duellist are prepared for it! Even the great Seto Kaiba was dealt a loss when Yugi Motou drew it into his hand..."
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"What's... An Exodia?" Serenity asked Gonda as the clown gulped.
"It's a hard to use, but very powerful monster. Well, five monsters really." Gonda began. "Exodia The Forbidden One, Left Arm of The Forbidden One, Right Arm of The Forbidden One, Left Leg of The Forbidden One and Right Leg of The Forbidden One. If a duellist has all five pieces in his hand he can summon Exodia to the field and automatically win the match..."
"An instant win?" Serenity said as she turned to look at J.B. "And he has four of them in his hand? Oh no... James!"
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"You can't stop me now!" Chainz called out.
"Wanna bet?" J.B. replied. "Now that I know your game I can send you packing! Starting with my own Graceful Charity!" He called out, drawing three cards and discarding two. "And even if you get life points, it won't matter soon."
Chainz: 6500
J.B.: 5000
"What are you talking about?" Chainz asked.
"Cause I play this! A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon!" J.B. said, playing his card. "You'll get the life points for it first, but by sending a level five or higher dragon monster back to my hand I can destroy all spell and trap cards on the field!"
"Damn it!" Chainz said as Kaiser Glider flapped it's wings, the wind generated destroying Spell Absorption, Wall of Revealing Light and J.B.'s face down, the dragon returning to J.B.'s hand.
Chainz: 7000
J.B.: 5000
"Next up, I offer Winged Kuriboh so I can re-summon my Kaiser Glider to the field!" J.B. added, his tiny fairy leaving the field as the great dragon remerged. (6/2400/2200) "But wait! There's more! I offer eight hundred life points to revive the Blue Eyes White Dragon I discarded through Graceful Charity with Premature Burial!" He added, as his massive white dragon rose up to the field, roaring as it spread it's wings. (8/3000/2500)
Chainz: 7000
J.B.: 4200
"Blast it!" Chainz shouted out.
"So now, Masked Dragon attack Spirit with Masked Rage!" J.B. called out, the bound monster charging across and slashing the giant pot apart.
Chainz: 5700
J.B.: 4200
"Kaiser Glider, take out White Magician Pikeru with Flash Glide Thunder!" He called out, the bronze dragon charging towards the tiny magician, slamming into her head on.
Chainz: 4500
J.B.: 4200
"And Blue Eyes White Dragon attack directly with White Lightning!" J.B. called out as the great dragon charged it's attack, blasting it off to slam into Chainz forcing him to his knees.
Chainz: 1500
J.B.: 4200
"It... doesn't matter..." Chainz spat out as he stood up. "One more card is all I need!"
"Wanna bet?" J.B. replied. "I place two cards face down and activate Exchange!"
"No!" Chainz called out as J.B. walked past his monsters and towards the Exodia duellist.
"That's right, now show me your hand." J.B. said as Chainz reluctantly let his opponent see his hand. J.B. took one card and passed Chainz the last card in his hand.
"Damn it!" Chainz said as he looked at the card as J.B. walked back to his end of the field. "He takes Exodia's head and gives me The Dragon's Bead! I can't use this!" Then he thought for a second. "Oh, right. That's the freaking point."
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"Damn it, NO!" Trammel shouted out, shaking in barely controlled rage as he watched on. "How could he have done this!?"
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"Awesome move!" Gonda said as he pumped his fist. "He just took an Exodia piece! Which means that guy can't get all five pieces in his hand and summon Exodia!"
"Which means it should be easy sailing for J.B. now!" Serenity added smiling.
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Chainz growled as he looked at his card. 'Damn it, I draw the Left Arm NOW!? Well then, it's time for plan B... I shall summon Exodia, like it or not!' "First I use Card Destruction!" Chainz said, playing his card and throwing The Dragon's Bead back to it's owner. "And since our exchanged cards are being dumped I need that back so I can put it in my graveyard!"
"Sure thing!" J.B. said, catching his card and throwing the Exodia piece back at Chainz.
"Good! Now we draw the same about of cards we dumped to the graveyard!" Chainz said, drawing. Now, I play Dian Keto the Cure Master, to restore one thousand of my life points!" Chainz added, playing his card.
Chainz: 2500
J.B.: 4200
"And now I shall summon Exodia, although not in the way I wanted!" Chainz called out, playing a spell card.
"What do you mean?" J.B. asked blinking.
"I play... Contract With Exodia!"
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"Contract With Exodia?" Trammel said smiling a bit, relaxing. "Oh my... Seems Chainz has a back up plan... Now I recall why I favoured him so..."
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"Contract With Exodia?" Serenity asked blinking.
"Got me." Gonda replied. "Nothing I've ever heard of."
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"I can only activate this card once all five pieces of Exodia are in my graveyard!" Chainz said as black mist began to cloud his side of the field. "And now I can summon a new form of Exodia... Exodia Necross!" He began to chuckle as the field began to shake, the black mists gathering about a figure that grew three heads taller than Chainz himself. Slowly the fog lifted, revealing an Egyptian figure, clad in dull ebony armour, massive shackles on each limb with chains snaking down to the floor. The monster roared as the last of the fog vanished, Chainz chuckles giving way to full blown laughter. (4/1800/0)
"All that work for that?" J.B. asked as Chainz looked over at him.
"Oh, you'll see soon enough... First though, Exodia Necross attack Masked Dragon with Death Oblivion!" He called out, the dead Exodia rushing forwards with a massive haymaker, shattering the dragon.
Chainz: 2500
J.B.: 3800
"No big." J.B. said. "Since you blew up Masked Dragon I can summon another one with fifteen hundred attack or less to the field from my deck, so I call out Element Dragon!" He said, his bird-like dragon rising to the field. (4/1500/1200) "Now I draw..." He added taking a card. "And I attack with the Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
"Go ahead pal, batter yourself against him!" Chainz said, spreading his arms as the dragon charged it's attack. "Even a dead god is invincible!"
"We'll see about that! Go, White Lightning!" J.B. called out as the dragon shot it's blast at Exodia Necross, the impact obscured by dust.
Chainz: 1200
J.B.: 3800
"And that's that." J.B. said as the dust began to clear, Exodia Necross still standing. "What the, what gives!?"
"Like I said, it's invincible!" Chainz said as he began to chuckle. "You can't destroy this monster in battle!"
"Maybe, but I can still attack and do damage to YOU! Kaiser Glider, go! Flash Glide Thunder!" J.B. called out, his bronze dragon, charging and slamming into the undead god as Chainz began to laugh.
Chainz: 600
J.B.: 3800
"Now I swap Element Dragon to defence mode and end my turn!" J.B. said as the smaller dragon knelt down.
"And I draw!" Chainz replied. "And now another effect of my Exodia activates, giving it five hundred attack points for each of my turns!" He grinned, watching as he Exodia grew larger by two feet. (4/1800/0-4/2300/0)
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"It can increase it's own attack?" Serenity asked watching on.
"Man... This is bad..." Gonda added briefly.
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"And now attack that puny Element Dragon with Death Oblivion!" Chainz called out as his monster sent a right hook at the dragon, shattering it. "Now, I place a card face down and end my turn."
"And I draw!" J.B. replied. "I can't destroy that thing, but I can do overflow damage! So attack for the win Blue Eyes! White Lightning!" J.B. Called out as the dragon quickly sent a blast out at the unliving monster.
"And I activate Enchanted Javelin!" Chainz replied, flipping his card. "This will increase my life points by the attack of your monster!" He called out.
Chainz: 3600
J.B.: 3800
"Crap!" J.B. shouted out as the attack impacted Exodia Necross.
Chainz: 2900
J.B.: 3800
"I'll move Kaiser Glider into Defence Mode!" J.B. called out as Chainz grinned.
"And now Exodia gains even more attack points!" Chainz shouted out, as the undead god grew even bigger. (4/2300/0-4/2800/0) "Attack Kaiser Glider with Death Oblivion!" He called out, chuckling as his monster rushed the bronze dragon, smashing it with his fist.
"Well that stinks..." J.B. said as he looked at the opposing monster. 'Okay, we gotta find a way to blow that thing up, because next turn it'll be stronger than Blue Eyes... Here we go!' "I draw!" He called out, pulling his card. "And I activate Burst Stream of Destruction!" He called out, playing his card. "I can only use this when my Blue Eyes is out on the field, and it's effect lets me destroy every monster on your side of the field!" He added. "Now Blue Eyes use Burst Stream of Destruction!" He called out as his great dragon powered it's blast, charging one even more powerful than normal and firing off a massive blast at the opposing monsters, raising a cloud of dust that covered the entire field.
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"How..." Trammel began, sipping his tea. "Ineffective..."
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"A little overkill, but whatever!" J.B. said as the dust began to settle, a massive silhouette still visible. "You've gotta be kiddin' me!" He shouted out as the dust cleared, revealing Exodia Necross, standing and unharmed.
"Did I forget to mention?" Chainz said grinning. "Exodia Necross can't be destroyed by spell or trap cards either. Silly me." He added chuckling. "I should have said something! But thanks to your spell card your Dragon can't attack! And now I draw!" Chainz grinned as his monster grew again. (4/2800/0-4/3300/0) "And now that my Exodia has grown stronger... Attack! With Death Oblivion!" Chainz shouted out the massive monster swinging it's fist in an arc and slamming the opposing monster, shattering it.
Chainz: 2900
J.B.: 3500
"One more hit and you're done!" Chianz said chuckling. "Just one more!"
"Come on J.B.!" Gonda called out from the stands as J.B. closed his eyes, lifting his disk arm in front of him at chest height. "Give a good old what for!"
"You can do it!" Serenity added, standing up. "Even that thing has to have a weak spot!"
'Sunshine's right...' J.B. thought to himself. 'Even something like this can be stopped... But how?' He drew his card silently from his deck. 'Monster Reborn... I can revive any monster I want with this, but what? My Blue Eyes is too weak, and I have no way of increasing it's attack... So how do I... Hey, wait a sec, what was Walker talking about before?'
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"Ah, we'll all do fine." J.B. replied. "I know once Blue Eyes hit the floor I'm gonna own the test!"
"It is quite the monster, eh?" Walker said grinning. "Just remember, at times the graveyard is what you must worry about, not the field."
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'It's not me who needs to use the graveyard!' He thought to himself, opening his eyes and looking at Exodia Necross. 'It's HIM! He needed to get all five Exodia pieces to the graveyard! After all, it's call Exodia Necross! Literally a dead Exodia! He couldn't get all five pieces to his hand, so instead he brought it back as a form of undead! But what happens if I put some life back into it?'
"So, gonna give up yet?" Chainz asked, grinning.
"Nope!" J.B. replied grinning as well. "I never give up! And I play Monster Reborn!"
"So, revive your Blue Eyes!" Chainz scoffed. "I don't care!"
"You will, because I'm not reviving my Blue Eyes." J.B. replied. "I revive... Exodia The Forbidden One and I summon it to my field!" He called out, the golden torso of the god rising to his field. (3/1000/1000)
"NO!!" Chainz called out, his eyes widening.
"Yup! Now let's see what that does!" J.B. said as he watched Exodia Necross, it's head slowly turning chalk white.
'This can't be!' Chainz thought to himself, watching the whiteness spread across his monster. 'Without all five pieces in the graveyard I can't maintain Exodia Necross! It'll fall apart!'
Soon after the entire body of the former juggernaut was pure white. Soon after it turned into powder and was blown away on a gentle breeze...
"And now I activate my face down card Cost Down!" J.B. called out. "By discarding one card, all monsters in my hand are reduced by two levels, allowing me to offer Exodia for my second Blue Eyes White Dragon!" He called out as the god's torso left the field, his second great dragon arriving and roaring out against it's master's opponent. (8/3000/2500-6/3000/2500) "Now attack him directly! With White Lightning!" J.B. shouted out as his dragon charged it's attack.
"This can't be..." Chainz muttered to himself. "I had the power of a god, a GOD! How could I lose?"
"Attack!" J.B. shouted out as the Blue Eyes White Dragon fired it's attack at Chainz, knocking him off his feet and to the ground.
Chainz: 0
J.B.: 3500
"And that's game!" J.B. said giving a victory sign to his fallen foe. "Great game, you had me on the ropes there! Well... See you around!" He added before running up to the audience.
"It was a god..." Chainz muttered from his spot on the floor. "A GOD! An un-opposable juggernaut of destruction... The bringer of the oblivion... How I could I lose...?"
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Another teacup was shattered as Trammel threw it into the ground, physically shaking in rage. "CHAINZ LOST!?" He began clenching a fist. "Chainz lost to HIM!?" He added before standing up and moving to leave the arena. "This is not over... This IS NOT OVER!"
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"You did great J.B.!" Serenity called out as she met her friend in the aisle, hugging him briefly before stepping back.
"Total win dude!" Gonda added as he and J.B. shared a high five. "Man, that monster looked tough!"
"I know! Let's go back to the dorm!" J.B. replied grinning. "I worked up an appetite! And besides, we need to get ready for Halloween, remember!"
"Oh yeah, that'll be cool! The big dance where everyone dresses up like Duel Monster cards!" Gonda replied grinning.
"Then let's go!" Serenity added giggling.
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"It was god... A damned freaking GOD!" Chainz muttered as he began to rise. "How does a GOD of all things lose?" Slowly the Exodia duellist began to walk away, the sounds of slinking chains his only companion. "It was a god... a GOD!"