Me: Thank you fo rhelping me, Sensei. Rua, Ruka!
Rua and Ruka: What will today's card be? (Solar Flare Dragon was picked)
Rua: Why did Yamamoto's card get picked?
Ruka: Maybe he's dueling today.
It's a strange feeling, boredom. It has many different versions of boredom. For Rua, the type of boredom he holds right now is a sense of noticing everything. Like how Jaden's hair just seemed to be divided into brown and orange and making him wonder if that's natural like his and Ruka's hair, how there was a long forgotten stain of a spilled drink, probably a can of soda, on his desk and inch away from the bridge of his nose, and how there was a stray lock of green hair on his face that seemed to be doing the Macarena. Indeed, he was bored beyond his wits from the lecture Banner was giving.
"My head hurts…" Rua groaned.
"Yours too?" Jaden asked.
Ruo had the same schedule Jaden had. Right now, both were in their first class; Duelist Alchemy and Chemistry.
"Pay attention, class!" Banner reminded, "Now by mixing these two mixtures together, what do you think will happen?"
Rua raised his hand.
"Yes, Rua?"
"An explosion?"
"Hmm… Good guess, Rua," Yanagi, Banner's assistant, said, "Now let's see."
Holding a vial of green pebbles in his left and a beaker of pink liquid in his right, Yanagi unceremoniously dumped the contents of the vial into the beaker. After a moment of silence, the liquid dissolved the pebbles, sending out a few sparks of white. Banner, curious as to the reaction, peered in to get a closer look as he petted Pharaoh, his round glasses slipping down the bridge of his nose as he did so. Unfortunately for him, Rua was right.
Boom!
The beaker and its contents exploded in a plume of black smoke, shattering the beaker and spraying its contents all over Yanagi's hand and Banner's face. The force of the blast sent both professors recoiling, Yanagi catching himself on the desk, saving himself but still fainted. Banner on the other hand, was not as fortunate. Coughing out a puff of smoke, the lanky professor's knees buckled and his thin frame fell to the floor, out cold. His glasses fell off his face, coated in soot, and shattered upon contact with the cold floor. Pharaoh coughed, shook the black soot off his body, and jumped into the only female he currently trusted in the current class; Aki. Aki gently scratched his left ear as the tubby cat purred.
"Class is over!" a random student cheered.
Everyone began to cheer as well. The door slammed open and everyone silenced as Hibari entered.
"What happened here?" Hibari asked, revealing his tonfa, "Answer me, or all of you will be bitten to death."
"Prof. Banner and Yanagi blew themselves up again," Jaden replied, not once looking away from the two tonfa.
Hibari nodded.
"Stay quiet until the bell rings," Hibari ordered before he left, Hibird singing Duel Academy's national anthem on Hibari's left shoulder.
"…And so, that is why I tied you up," Reborn finished speaking to an Obelisk Blue that was tied up and hung by a wedgie.
The O.B. cried softly as Reborn closed the closet door.
"I will let you out once school is done for the day," Reborn said.
'What is with this teacher?!' everyone thought.
"Just for that thought, pop quiz," Reborn said.
Cue various groans.
"The pop quiz is… a duel," Reborn said, "Between Slifer Red and Ra Yellow. Gokudera and Emiko, you are the duelists for today."
"How is that a not-so EXTREME pop quiz?" Ryohei shouted.
"It is a good way for them to learn to cope with each other," a voice behind him replied, "This might also ease things in the classroom."
The class turned around to see Reborn, wearing an elephant hat, Boxer shorts, and Leon-Boxing Gloves.
"Oh! Coach Pao-Pao!" Ryohei realized, "I see. Then let's see this EXTREME duel!!!"
'Isn't that the teacher?' Jack thought.
"I think so," Red Dragon Archfiend replied.
Gokudera and Emiko grinned, or smirked in Gokudera's case, as they faced each other.
"Your grade for the day will be based on how you duel," Reborn said, "Also, the winner will get a pass on the next three tests and will receive an 'A+' on each one."
Emiko's eyes widened.
"No way am I losing to you, bomber boy!" Emiko stated.
"Nya! We will win!" Riri-chan mewed.
"I don't like you, Neko-Ike-Ike," Gokudera sneered.
"I'm not a cat bitch!" Emiko hissed, "And I don't like you either, octopus head!"
Gokudera growled as he went for his dynamite. Reborn took out a certain recorder.
'Gokudera-kun, please don't!' Tsuna's recorded voice pleaded.
"Hai, Juudaime!" Gokudera complied.
"GAME ON!" (Gokudera: 4000/Emiko: 4000)
"I'll start," Emiko drew, "I summon Elemental Neko Rocky in DEF!" (1)
A cat that went to Reborn's height appeared. The cat's fur was made out of clay and dirt and matted. It's tail had a clay spiked-ball on the end. It's head was covered by a red clay helmet that showed it's yellow eyes. It mewed.
Rocky: (500/2300/Stars: 3)
"Now I place two cards facedown and end my turn," Emiko said, "Go, octopus head."
"Neko-Ike-Ike," Gokudera growled as he drew, "I play a monster in DEF and end my turn with one facedown."
Emiko drew.
"I summon Elemental Neko George!" Emiko shouted.
A tan-furred cat with war paint on its body appeared and hissed at the facedown monster and glared at it with it's black eyes.
George: (1000/1000)
"Also, he's not effected by Trap Cards," Emiko explained, "Now I'll equip Mystical Boomerang to him. Now he's not effected by spell cards except for Equip Spells. Normally, his ATK would only go up by 500, but if this card is equipped to George, he gains 1000."
George: (2000)
Gokudera smirked.
"George, attack!" Emiko ordered, "Neko Boomerang!"
George ran around in a circle before throwing his boomerang at the facedown monster. The card latched onto George, now revealing itself to be a red sphere with four blades for claws and a timer.
???: (1400/1400)
"That's my Blast Sphere," Gokudera smirked, "Once it's your Standby Phase, your little George will be destroyed and you'll take damage equal to his ATK. How's that, Bitch?"
"What happened to your Geass Deck?" Emiko asked.
"That's just my Fan Deck," Gokudera replied, "Lelouch and I are alike in many ways, but I use the deck I made based on 'Code Geass' rarely." (2)
Emiko nodded.
"I end my turn with a facedown," Emiko said.
Gokudera drew. He smirked.
"I summon Newdoria!" Gokudera shouted.
A red-skinned fiend emerged from a black mist. It wore black and gold spiked armor, covering its eyes, green Arabian pants, and green spiking hair in the back of its head.
Newdoria: (1200/800)
"I end my turn with a facedown."
Emiko drew and Blast Sphere began to go off.
"Oh. And don't forget Blast Sphere," Gokudera smirked as George exploded.
Emiko: 2000
"You'll pay for that!" Emiko hissed, "I play Polymerization! Now I fuse Rocky with Elemental Neko Shocker to summon Elemental Neko Raiden!"
Shocker appeared beside Rocky and the two jumped into the vortex, fusing into a panther with blue, rock-like fur, dust surrounding its brown paws, silver, gold, and bronze armor, two large, lightning-shaped, dirt-colored wings, and two tails, one Shocker's tails, the other being Rocky's tail.
Raiden: (2500/2000)
"And get this; he can attack twice if there's another Elemental Neko on my field," Emiko smirked, "Like Elemental Neko Blaze!"
In a pillar of flames, a fire-colored cat with the tip of her ears and tails on fire and dragon-like wings. She hissed at Gokudera with gold eyes.
Blaze: (1500/500)
"Now attack, Raiden!" Emiko ordered, "Terra Shock!"
Raiden hissed before he pounced on Newdoria, scratching an electrocuting the opponent till it exploded… along with Raiden.
Gokudera: 2700
"What gives?!" Emiko demanded.
"Newdoria's effect is simple; when he's destroyed and sent to the graveyard in battle, he can exact revenge on any monster on my opponent's field, like Raiden," Gokudera smirked, "He'd probably be the largest pain in my ass, so I got rid of him."
Emiko hissed at Gokudera.
"Blaze, attack him with Burning Fury!" Emiko ordered.
"Not if I play this; Sakuretsu Armor!" Gokudera countered.
He was covered in gray, spiked armor as Blaze pounced on him, encased in flames. Blaze mewed in pain as she was destroyed. The armor vanished.
"I end my turn," Emiko glared at Gokudera.
Gokudera drew.
"I'll end this with three moves," Gokudera stated, "I summon my Solar Flare Dragon!"
The lava dragon appeared.
Solar Flare: (1500)
"That was step 1," Gokudera continued, "Step 2; Solar Flare, attack the Neko-Ike-Ike!"
Solar Flare roared before whacking Emiko upside the head with its tail.
Emiko: 500
"And now for Step 3; activating Solar Flare Dragon's effect with the end of my turn," Gokudera smirked.
Solar Flare hit Emiko with a tiny fireball.
Emiko: 0
"Gokudera, you win," Reborn said, "You may…"
"I mean no disrespect, Reborn-san, but I don't want any damn passes," Gokudera replied, "Got too many when I was a kid. Just give them to Neko-Ike-Ike."
Emiko glared at Gokudera.
"If I beat him up, will I have detention for a week?" Emiko asked.
"You may go ahead and fight him," Reborn replied.
Emiko was now in a fight cloud with Gokudera. Everyone sweatdropped before running out when Gokudera let loose the bombs. In the end, the two spent their collected five weeks of detention fixing the destroyed classroom after the fight was done and Reborn canceled the free passes and 'A+' on the three tests.
Me: Sensei, I apologize that I haven't updated in a while. I've been trying my best to listen to your advice on spicing the story, but…
Kaze: He only has Salt and Pepper.
Me and Dark: Baka. (clonks Kaze on the head)
Dark: That stupidity is what will cause you great torture. (pulls out tonfa)
Me: As I was saying… (bows) please don't use that double-tipped pencil on me.
1: Emiko's deck is an OC Deck. It is made to reflect her love of cats.
2: I thank DarkScytheQueen-sensei for Gokudera's deck design and for helping me with the chapter.
Extra Note: Hibird is singing Duel Academy's anthem since a certain kid wearing a cow suit taught Hibird that. Hibari also left a memo. (reads memo) 'The child will be bit to death.' Uh oh...