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I'd like to dedicate this chapter to AzureKite4. Even though I didn't use his character or the cards he made up, they still helped. And you should check out his fic too.
The Samurai Kid
By: Patattack
Giants and Ninjas
Late in the night, a duel was going on in the forest. A sound could be heard, accompanied by an explosion of light. An Obelisk Blue student was thrown back and his cards were tossed about as he was defeated. He looked up and could see his opponent clearly enough to distinguish him. He was a giant person who wore a bunch of Obelisk Blue blazers about him and black shades that covered his eyes. He bent down and took one of the loser's cards.
"I'll be taking this," the giant said. "You're lucky a card is all you're losing tonight!" the Obelisk student was shocked still with fear. "Next time, pick on someone your own size." He laughed a little to himself as he walked away.
Next day, a couple of Obelisks were talking amongst themselves about the duel that had happened the previous night. "I heard he picked off another one last night."
"Me too. They say he's huge. And that no one can beat him."
"I heard that-"
"Hey, what's up?" Jaden greeted them as he walked up to them, along with Syrus, Chumley and Jeremy. The three Obelisks looked in their direction, sneered and walked away. "Wow, is my breath really that bad?" Jaden asked no one in particular.
"They're just a bunch of elitist snobs," Jeremy said.
Syrus was no happier at their behaviour. "Lousy Obelisks. Whispering behind our backs and then just strutting off."
"Duh you guys, they're talking about the Duel Giant," Chumley explained.
"Duel Giant?" Jaden asked.
"Yeah, some really big guy who's been challenging all the Obelisk blue students to duels and winning. What's scary is that he only comes out at midnight."
"Wait a sec, I heard about this guy," Syrus realized. "He takes their cards too!"
"Yeah, he makes them play with an ante. You know, when you put up your best card, and if you lose you give it up."
"Isn't that illegal though?"
"Sure is. That's why he duels in disguise. See, he wears the blue blazers of all the Obelisk students he's beaten."
"Sounds like one though guy," Jeremy commented.
"Oh Jaden m'boy!" The four Slifera saw Dr. Crowler walking up to them with a smile on his face.
"He's being nice, something's not right," Syrus said.
"How would you like to have no homework for the rest of the year?"
"No homework?" Jaden asked.
"You, Syrus and Jeremy. That is, if you're willing to help me out. So, what do you say?"
"Cool! Works for me!" Jaden exclaimed.
"For no homework all year I'd do almost anything," Jeremy said.
"Uhh guys? Shouldn't we know what were helping him with before we agree to anything?" Syrus spoke up.
"Don't fret about that, it's nothing big. Just going out on a little field trip," Crowler said with a smile still plastered on his face.
Jaden smiled at the prospect of such an easy task. "I love field trips. So, where's this one taking us teach?"
"All around the campus. I need you to find and duel the one who's having these illegal matches. You know who I'm talking about don't you? The Duel Giant?"
"Oh, you mean the guy who's beaten most of the guys in your dorm," Jeremy mentioned.
Crowler's smile dropped for a moment because the comment. "I don't keep track of these things. Good luck to you all." 'This is perfect,' he thought to himself as he walked away. 'Once Jaden reports back to me with whoever this Duel Giant is, I'll have them both expelled for illegal dueling. This can't possibly go wrong.'
"Alright!" Jaden pumped his arm in the air. "Let's find this super sized duelist."
"Uhh Jaden? Is it too late to point out that this is a bad idea?" Syrus asked. "I mean, doesn't Crowler have a thing that he kind of doesn't like you?"
"That much is obvious. But how could I possibly turn down no homework, a field trip and a big duel?"
"By saying no?" Syrus proposed.
"I mean, do you even know how to say no?" Chumley asked.
"Yes." Chumley and Syrus groaned while Jeremy chuckled at this.
"So how're we gonna find this guy?" Jeremy wondered. Jaden simply shrugged his shoulders in response.
"You mean to say, we don't even have a plan?" Syrus cried out. "This is getting worse by the second."
"Then we'd better hurry up and get started." The four Slifers then went off in search of their target, unaware of the shadowy form watching them from around the corner.
"Interesting," the person muttered to themselves. "This could be just the perfect opportunity to prove that samurais aren't all that you think they are."
Despite the fact that the boy's goal was to find the Duel Giant, Jaden had stopped for a moment to watch a duel in an arena between an Obelisk and a Ra. "Jaden, if we keep taking breaks like this, we'll never find the Duel Giant. Shouldn't we be working on our homework instead?"
"Come on Sy, the Duel Giant will be easy. And when that's done, we won't have any homework. Plus, this duel looks like a good one."
The Obelisk student had 200 life-points, one card face-down and Marauding Captain in attack mode. (1200) He was facing off against a small green haired nervous boy with three hundred life-points and Mad Sword Beast also in attack mode. (1400) "Okay, I'll play…uhhh…" he said as he looked at the card in his hand.
Jaden leaned forward to see the Ra's cards better. "Sweet! He's got Earthquake."
"Cool! And with Mad Sword Beast effect, he's got this one in the bag," Jeremy added.
'Come on Brier, you've got him right where you want. Now win this duel and go home. Just forget about everyone who's watching you. Now, should I use Earthquake to switch his captain to defense mode? Or should I just attack with my Mad Sword Beast?"
"Make you move!" his opponent yelled impatiently. "I'd like to get home sometime this school year!" The Obelisks watching joined in on putting the Ra down.
"What's the matter short-stack? Can't see over the cards?"
"Looks like the little baby's gonna cry. Wanna call you mommy?"
Brier tried to focus on his hand despite their words. "Eenie, meenie…"
"Miney, moe!" the Obelisk finished the angrily. "Just make a move, you're going way too slow!"
Brier cringed from the outburst and closes his eyes. "I… I attack with my Mad Sword Beast!" he yelled.
"Wha?" The four Slifers in the audience were visibly confused by the fact that he didn't use the card they thought he would. The opposing Obelisk smirked as the dinosaur charged the swordsman.
"I activate my face-down card. It's called Reinforcements and I give me 500 attack points. And I think I'll give them to my Marauding Captain." The warrior was powered up as he charged to meet the incoming monster. (1200-1700) With a swing of a sword, he defeated his enemy.
Brier: 300-0
"That's too bad," Jeremy commented
"And he was so close," Jaden added.
"A classic case of stage fright." The four of them turned to see Bastion standing next to them with his arms crossed. "The boy has tremendous skill, but he hasn't been able to get over his anxiety of dueling in public like this."
Brier was down on his knees, almost on the verge of crying. "I didn't think it was possible, but on his knees he's even smaller than before." The victorious Obelisk and his dorm mates laughed at the diminutive Ra.
The small boy had an angry look on his face as he walked off the stage. The anger he displayed made Jaden fell a little uneasy. Winged Kuriboh and Shien's Footsoldier appeared beside their respective partners. 'Coo!' Kuriboh resounded.
'There's more to this boy than meets the eye,' the monkey spirit said to the two Slifers. They both silently agreed that the Ra was not quite what he seemed.
"So, what's the crew up to these days?" Bastion inquired.
"We're looking for a giant," Syrus explained.
"A giant?" he gave them a questioning look.
"Yeah, you know the one who's been beating all the Obelisks."
"Yes, I've heard about this titan. He doesn't sound like someone you'd want to come across if he's angry."
"Hey, speaking of…" Jaden indicated on of the exits, "check it out!" They looked to where he was pointing and saw Brier walking towards a big Ra student who was holding his arms out as if to comfort him. He almost reached the ceiling and was wider than most people.
"Seriously, just look at that guy. He's huge!" Syrus said.
"Who, Beauregard?" Bastion chuckled. "Please, he's no Duel Giant."
"What're you talking about? He certainly looks like one."
Bastion laughed at this. "But he's no duelist Sy. He's at the academy studying to design games, not play them. I know him, he can barely duel."
"Games huh? Oh well."
Brier and Beauregard were walking through the hallway by themselves, the larger student attempting to console his friend from his loss. "Well, looky what we got here!" The Obelisk Brier had dueled approached them with his friends in tow. "Someone's going over the hall's maximum weight limit." Beauregard groaned, but did nothing more than such. "Are you catching my drift, wide-load? You're in my way!"
He looked down at his friend who tugged on his sleeve. "Come on." Both stepped of to the side to make way for the blue students.
"Next time you should use the freight elevator." The Obelisks didn't notice the glare Brier sent at them as they walked past.
"Hey, hold up!"
Brier stepped back as he saw Jaden, Syrus, Jeremy and Chumley running up to him and Beauregard. "Who are you?" he asked cautiously.
"I'm Jaden." He responded to the question and turned looked up at Beauregard. "Sorry, but I didn't want to wait until midnight to duel you."
Beauregard's expression turned into one of surprise, while Brier took a step forward. "And what's that supposed to mean?" The larger Ra scowled, which caused Syrus and Chumley to step back.
"It means, I know you're the Duel Giant. So let's throw down right here!"
"What're you talking about?" Brier interceded. "There's no such thing s the Duel Giant. Come on Beauregard." He grabbed his friend's hand and lead him away from the Slifers.
"No?" Jaden asked.
"No," Brier called back.
"Nooo?"
"NO!"
"Jaden, I really don't think that guy's the Duel Giant. You heard what Bastion said. He's a game designer, not a duelist. It doesn't add up," Chumley pointed out.
"I don't know," Jeremy said. "There's something about Brier that seems a little… off." Syrus and Chumley looked at him with quizzical expressions. "I mean, the Duel Giant's been the talk of the campus lately and he's saying he doesn't even exist."
"Yeah, I noticed something strange about him." They stood there in thought for a moment. "I've got an idea. We'll wait at the academy's front entrance until this Giant makes an appearance. Then we'll swoop in for a duel."
"Works for me," Jeremy said.
It was almost midnight and the four Slifers were currently behind a large stone near the front of the academy. Jaden and Jeremy were peering around the stone, looking for any signs of the Duel Giant, while their friends were being a little spooked out by the night. "Hey guys?" Syrus spoke up. "You really think the giant is gonna show up tonight?"
"Shh!" Jeremy silenced him. "He might not if we don't keep quiet."
"Look, there's two things I do with my mouth," Chumley said. "One's talking, the other's eating. So either give me a grilled cheese or-" He didn't get to finish his statement as he was interrupted by a scream coming from in the woods.
"That must be the Duel Giant!" Jaden exclaimed. "Let's go guys!"
"More like his newest victim," Syrus muttered.
The four boys ran for a while, until they found an Obelisk Blue boy kneeling on the ground with his deck strewn about. "You okay dude?" Jeremy asked.
"The Duel Giant took my best card," the Obelisk moaned.
"Where'd he go?" he pointed ahead and Jaden they all continued running.
"Hey, that guy's from the arena," Chumley realized as he passed by him.
As they were running, Jeremy's duel spirit appeared next to him. 'There's someone else around here,' he warned before fading away.
Jeremy suddenly stopped moving and held back his friends as well. "What's going on Jeremy?" Jaden asked.
"Wait a second, there's someone nearby, other than us and the Duel Giant." They paused for a second, before a shadowy form dropped down in front of them. Syrus and Chumley screamed in fright, while Jaden and Jeremy jumped back, the latter putting his hands up in front of himself.
Having the time to examine the person a little, they could see an Obelisk Blue Boy standing before them. He was about as tall as Jeremy, had pale skin, green eyes, wore a black bandana covering his short bluish hair and his dorm's blazer. "You're Jeremy Wheeler, the academy's famed Six Samurai duelist," he spoke of the Six Samurai with a sneer on his face. "I'm surprised you even knew about me beforehand."
"Yeah, I duel with the Six Samurais," came the reply, though he omitted mention of his duel spirit. "Lemme guess, you're some elitist blue guy who uses a ninja deck and has it in for me because I'm a Slifer and because of how our monsters clash. Right?"
Jeremy's friends looked stunned by the deduction. "How'd you figure that out?" Jaden asked.
"I've seen a lot of movies, and I know a fair bit about samurais, which includes knowing about the fact that ninjas are their rivals. Plus, this guy moves like one, so it's logic to assume he duel's the same way." The three other Slifers nodded in understanding. "Why don't you guys go after the Duel Giant? I'll stay behind with ninja boy here."
"You sure?"
"Relax Jay, I'll be fine." Jaden, Syrus and Chumley started running again in pursuit of the Duel Giant and left the two duelists behind to face-off. "So, it's just you and me."
The ninja Obelisk smirked. "Good, now I, Kaniq, shall show you why Samurais are worthless against ninja's superior techniques."
"If that's what you really think, then you're in for a major shock."
Both of them started up their duel disks and drew their starting hands. "Let's do this!"
Jeremy: 4000
Kaniq: 4000
"I summon The Six Samurai Nisashi in attack mode." Jeremy's green armored samurai stood tall before him (1400) "And I equip him with The Samurai Standing Alone. This let's him use his effect when he's the only six samurai monster I control and it can save him from destruction once. That's all for now."
"I summon Ninja Haguro in defense mode." A short man wearing a dark blue ninja outfit showing only his hands and face appeared on Kaniq's field. His face was painted white and he carried two short daggers on each side of his belt. (500) "Thanks to his special ability, when he's in defense, I can summon another one from my deck." A copy of the blue ninja crouched down next to the first. (500) "That ends my turn."
"All right then. I summon Spirit of the Six Samurai." A full set of purple armor with golden symbols on it appeared next to Jeremy's warrior. Inside the armor was a blue ghost like figure. (500) "And since it's a union monster, I can equip him to Nisashi." The spirit then proceeded to cover the green samurai in its own armor. "With that done, Nisashi gains 500 attack points." (1400-1900) "By the way, thanks to his special ability, he can attack twice per turn." The union enhanced monster unsheathed his swords and dashed at the defending ninjas, eliminating them each with one blow. "And when a monster equipped with Spirit of the Six Samurai destroys a monster in battle, I get to draw a card. So I'll go ahead and end my turn with a face-down."
"Very well then. I summon back one of my Ninja Haguro's thanks to Silent Doom." The blue clad ninja kneeled down in front of the Obelisk student. (500) "And I'll activate his special effect once again, to summon the last Ninja Haguro from my deck." The final blue ninja appeared beside the other. (500) "Now I'll sacrifice one of them to summon Ninja Master Shogun." One of the ninja monsters disappeared and was replaced by another wearing red armor. The new warrior also wore a mask with horns, a yellow shirt and purple pants. (1600)
'Wonder why he played that. It's not like he can beat my samurai.'
"Now I activate his special ability. When he's tribute summoned, I can summon two level four or below ninjas from my deck. I choose Ninja Commando Kabuki and White Ninja." The first named monster had a mask over its face, an outfit that was white above the waist and yellow underneath and black pants. The second wore entirely white and gray, its face covered entirely except for a line across its eyes. (700) (1500) "And when Ninja Commando Kabuki is summoned, I can bring out another ninja from my hand or deck. So meet the Strike Ninja." The renown Dungeon Dice monster appeared beside the others. Wearing a black outfit, with a star shaped golden mask, armbands, leggings and a red cape. (1700)
"Nice moves. But unless you're gonna play another card, none of your monsters can beat Nisashi."
"But I will. I equip Strike Ninja with Fuhma Shuriken. Giving him an additional 700 attack points." The named monster put away its two daggers and drew out a pair of shurikens. (1700-2400) "Strike Ninja, attack his samurai." The upgraded ninja jumped in the air and tossed both his weapons at Jeremy's monster.
"Not so fast there. I have a trap. Mirror Force. Say goodbye to all your monsters in attack mode." A transparent barrier appeared around the green armored warrior. The two shurikens broke into shards upon contact and were reflected at Kaniq's field.
"Like ninjas in the past, mine can disappear in thin air. I activate Strike Ninja's effect. By removing two dark monsters in my graveyard, I can remove him from play for the rest of the turn. So he won't be affected by Mirror Force. And there's more, since Fuhma Shuriken is going to the graveyard, you lose 700 life-points." The black clad ninja caught the shard coming at him and tossed it back at Jeremy, before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. The piece of metal hit Jeremy's disk, but the remaining ninjas were destroyed by the others, with the exception of Haguro.
Jeremy: 4000-3300
"I play this face-down and since my turn is over, Strike Ninja comes back." The named monster reappeared in the same manner that it left. (1700)
"My go then. And I'll summon The Six Samurai Yaichi." The yellow armored samurai stood next to its green counterpart. (1300) "With his ability, I can destroy one of your face-down spells or traps once per turn. Rapid Arrow." The bow wielding monster took an arrow from his quiver and aimed at the only card in Kaniq's magic and trap zone.
"I'll activate that card. Dust Tornado. And since your Spirit of the Six Samurai is acting as a spell card, I can use my trap to destroy it." A small tornado was formed and blew away the incoming arrow, as well as Nisashi's newer armor, weakening him at the same time. (1900-1400)
"Fine then, but he can still destroy your other ninja." The blue clad warrior was promptly struck down by a double bladed strike. "I'll throw this down and turn things over to you."
"At last. I play Pot of Greed. And as you should know, I get to draw two more cards. Then I'll play a monster face-down and activate Book of Taiyou. This automatically takes a face-down monster and forces it into attack mode." The concealed card flipped up and revealed yet another ninja. This one wearing mostly blue, with a helmet hiding all but his eyes and holding a pole with a sickle at the end. (300) "Thanks to Armed Ninja's effect, I can automatically destroy one of your spell cards." The new ninja dashed at Jeremy and destroyed his equip card with his weapon. "Now I play Monster Reborn, to bring back Ninja Master Shogun."
"Oh no you don't. I reveal my face-down, Transmigration Prophecy. With this, I pick a total of two cards from your graveyard, mine, or both. Then they're returned the owner's deck. And I pick the monster you were about to summon and my Spirit of the Six Samurai."
"Whatever, like it matters. Strike Ninja, use your Stealth Slash Attack on his Six Samurai Nisashi." The black ninja rushed forward and swung one of its daggers at its opponent, making a mark in his armor before he was destroyed.
Jeremy: 3300-3000
"I end my turn."
"I activate my own Pot of Greed. I'm pretty sure you can remember what it does. Anyway, now I summon the Six Samurai Yariza." The dark armored samurai appeared beside the other. Its spear hooked to its side with a cable and held in one hand. (1000) "Then I'll throw Allied Forces in the mix. So my two guys gain 400 attack points." (1000-1400) (1300-1700) "Yaichi, take out his Armed Ninja with Rapid Arrow." The bow wielding warrior nocked and released an arrow that hit the ninja in question right in the chest.
Kaniq: 4000-2600
"I should tell you, seeing as he's not alone on the field, Yariza's allowed to attack you directly. Blazing Spear." Jeremy's monster jumped up and launched his weapon at Kaniq.
Kaniq: 2600-1200
"I'll end my turn by playing Shien's Castle of Mist." The Dark Japanese style rose behind Jeremy.
"I summon Ninja Ugashi." A teenage boy wearing a light green tunic and pants appeared opposite the two armored warriors. He had a dark mask tied around his head to cover his eyes, his brown hair was cut short and he held a short spear in both hands. (1600) "Strike Ninja, attack The Six Samurai Yariza." The black and gold man took one of his daggers and threw it at the named samurai. It simply pinged off his armor without making a scratch.
"There's a reason that I played my castle. As long as it's out, any monster attacking a six samurai loses 500 attack points." The Strike Ninja received a spear in his gut as the monster attacked replied.
Kaniq: 1200-1000
Kaniq chucked despite the loss of his monster and life-points. "You're so predictable. You see, Ninja Ugashi has a pretty special ability. When another ninja I control is destroyed in battle, one time only, I can increase his attack points by 100 for each of the destroyed monster's levels." (1600-2000) "Now let's try this again, shall we? Avenge your comrade and destroy his samurai." The teenager dashed forward and clashed his own spear with Yariza's, though he overcame him shortly despite his diminished points.
Jeremy: 3000-2900
"But wait Jeremy, that's not all. Thanks to his special ability, whenever Ugashi does damage to you, I get to draw one card. Now I'll activate my own field spell, Ninja's Secret Ambush." Jeremy's castle crumbled as dozens of shadowy figures appeared in the woods surrounding them. "If I play this when you have a field spell in play, I'm automatically allowed to destroy another of your spells or traps. So say goodbye to Allied Forces." (1700-1300) "One card face-down and it's your move."
"Here goes. I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode." The elven warrior stood tall before Jeremy. (1400) "Next I'll play one card face-down and equip my guardian with Mage Power. So for each of my spells and traps, he gets 500 attack and defense points stronger." (1400-2400/1200-2200) "Now attack, with Silver Blade Strike."
"First, I reveal my trap, Enchanted Javelin. Now I gain life-points equal to your monster's attack points."
Kaniq: 1000-3400
"Then my field card takes away 500 of his attack strength." The ninja stopped the charging elf's sword with his spear and then kicked him back to his own side of the field.
Jeremy: 2900-2800
"Well at least my guardian stay on the field since he can't be destroyed by a monster with 1900 attack points or more."
"Regardless of that, I still get to draw another card thanks to Ugashi's effect."
"I'll just switch Yaichi to defense mode and that's all."
"My turn. And I summon Ninja Kisari." A girl that seemed about the same age as the already present ninja appeared on the field. She wore a dark brown outfit, had her black hair tied into a ponytail, her face painted white and a katana at her hip. (1900) "Then I play Offerings to the Doomed. And by simply skipping my next draw phase, I get to destroy one of your monsters. I'm sure you're smart enough to guess which one." Jeremy's guardian exploded in a shower of pixels. "Kisari, destroy his last monster." The female ninja dashed forward and eliminated the kneeling warrior. "Ugashi, attack him directly." The samurai duelist managed to block the incoming spear with his duel disk, though not without taking severe damage.
Jeremy: 2800-800
"I end my turn," Kaniq declared simply.
"I activate the spell, Card of Sanctity. So we both get to draw until we had six cards. Then I'll set two of those face-down and let you go."
"I may not be able to draw because of Offerings to the Doomed, but it's not like I need to. Because I'm attacking you with both my ninjas." The two Japanese warriors advanced, intent on delivering the final blow.
"First, I send Shadow of the Six Samurai to the graveyard to reduce all my damage to zero this turn." A shadow in the shape of a samurai appeared in front of Jeremy and repelled the incoming monsters. "And while I'm at it, I'll go ahead and activate Paths of Destiny. Now we flip a coin and gain 2000 life-points for heads, but lose them for tails." The two students flipped their own coins, Jeremy obtaining tails and Kaniq heads. "Even though I just got tails, Shadow of the Six Samurai negates my damage."
"And I have heads. Thanks for the extra life-points."
"There's no need to. Because I'm activating my face-down Bad Reaction to Simochi. So instead of gaining 2000 life-points, you lose em."
Kaniq: 3400-1400
"I'll just end my turn with one face-down."
'Nice!' Jeremy thought to himself. 'With this combo I can finally beat this guy.' "I'll start by activating Monster Reborn, to resurrect The Six Samurai Nisashi." Jeremy's dual sword wielding monster appeared in front of him. (1400) "Then I also summon The Six Samurai Irou." The shadowy samurai stood next to its colleague. (1700) "And I'll equip Nisashi with United we Stand. Giving him an additional 1600 attack and defense points, since I have two face-up monsters." (1400-3000/700-2300) "Remember what you said about my samurais not being worth anything? Well how's this then? Nisashi, wipe out his ninjas." The now strongest monster charged at his enemies, ignoring the shurikens hurled at him from the shadows. He swung one sword across the boys' midsection. The girl attempted to run away, but he threw his other sword, catching her in the back.
Kaniq: 1400-300
"You fell right into my trap."
"Huh? What're you talking about?"
"By destroying both my monsters, you allowed me to activate this, Rage of the Fallen Ninjas. During my opponent's battle phase when two ninja's with the same attribute I control are destroyed in battle, I can summon my toughest monster from my deck. Infernal Ninja General." A pillar of fire erupted from the ground in front of Kaniq. When it died down, there was a new monster on the field. It was a tall man wearing a mask, a ninja outfit and light armor, all of which were a fiery red color. His face carried a harsh expression, demonstrated further by the angry look in his red eyes. To top it off, he held a long sword in one hand that was literally on fire. (2800)
"Whoa!" Jeremy exclaimed.
"And now for the fun part. Because he was summoned by Rage of the Fallen Ninjas, my monster automatically destroys every single card you have out in play." The powerful ninja swung his sword, from which came a wide arc of fire that burned away all of Jeremy's cards. "The down side is that I can't declare an attack next turn. Plus I have to send the rest of my hand to the grave."
'At least I'll have that long to find another way to win,' Jeremy thought. "I end my turn."
"I summon Ninja Soldier Katana." A man wearing a black ninja uniform with only his eyes showing and a katana on his back stood up next to its fiery counterpart. (400) "But like I said, I can't attack. But I can still activate my Infernal General's ability. By sacrificing a ninja apart from himself, he deals 500 points of damage to you." The new monster disappeared, at which the fire monster breathed flames at his master's opponent.
Jeremy: 800-300
"I'll just wait to finish you off next turn."
Jeremy's spirit partner appeared on his shoulder as he prepared himself for the draw that could likely decide the fate of the duel. 'Hey buddy! Good to have you around,' he thought to the monkey spirit.
'It's good to be around. Jeremy, know that the heart of a samurai resides within you. It holds power inside that can help you overcome any obstacle, whatever it may be.'
'The heart of a samurai?' Jeremy pondered to himself. 'That sounds… good. Thanks buddy!'
'No problem. Now go on and show this ninja what you can do!' The spirit faded away as Jeremy drew his card.
"Ok then, I activate Card Destruction. Now normally we'd each send our whole hands to the graveyard and draw the same number of cards we had from our decks, but you don't have any. So I'll just trade in my last card." 'Come on deck, show me some love.' "Yes!" he exclaimed as he drew again.
"For your sake, I hope you got something good," Kaniq said tauntingly.
"You bet I did. Specter of the Six Samurai." The pearly white ghost of a samurai materialized on the field. (1200) "When he's normal summoned, I get to draw cards equal to the number of Six Samurai monsters in my graveyard, which translates into five. Now normally if he was still on my field at the end of my turn, I'd lose 100 life-points for each card drawn by his effect. But before that happens, I'll summon Grandmaster of the Six Samurai." The old, one-eyed, battle hardened warrior appeared beside the specter. (2100) "And then I activate Six Scrolls of the Samurai, sacrificing both my monsters to summon Great Shogun Shien." His two warriors disappeared and were replaced by Jeremy's ace card. (2500) "I'll throw this down and end my turn."
"He may be your best monster, but mine's even better. How about I prove it to you? Infernal Ninja General attack." The fiery ninja dashed forward, its sword blazing. Jeremy had a small smile on his face as he saw him approach.
"I reveal Spell Textbook. With this, I get rid of all the cards in my hand and draw one from my deck. If it's a magic card, I can play it."
"So, you're depending on luck then?"
"I only depend on luck some times. The rest, I make my own. You see, one of the cards in my hand is Sword of Deep Seated. And when it's sent to the graveyard, it goes right to the top of my deck. And because of Spell Textbook..." Jeremy's Shogun's sword morphed into a wide purple blade, granting him more power. (2500-3000) "And since your field spell only works when your ninjas are attacked, Infernal General is history." The two fire monsters swung their swords at each other. The shogun's cutting through the ninja's and destroying him.
Kaniq: 300-100
"No way! I've got nothing left to defend myself now!"
"Then that means that it's game over. Great Shogun Shien, show him what it means to be a samurai." The powerful warlord charged Kaniq and swung his sword at him. Hitting him hard enough to knock him flat on his back.
Kaniq: 100-0
"Now that's how you duel!"
"Lucky punk," Kaniq muttered under his breath.
"Lucky? Sure, I may use luck sometimes, but I've got skills as well. And you have some pretty good ones too." The ninja duelist grudgingly pressed two fingers against his temple and gave Jeremy a little salute, before disappearing into the darkness. "Ah well, at least that duel was fun. Wonder how the others are doing?"
Jaden, Syrus and Chumley ran past the blue clad ninja and continued chasing after the Duel Giant. Not too long after, they came into a bit of a clearing where they saw a giant figure with many Obelisk Blue blazers covering him. "Hold it!" Jaden shouted. "Caught ya big guy. Not so fast on your feet are you?"
"Uhh, you know what Jaden?" Syrus and Chumley stepped back as the person turned around to face them. "I don't think he really needs to be. Just look at the size of him. I mean, who in their right mind chases after a guy like this?"
"The same person who's gonna duel him! Time to throw down!"
"Huh?"
"Wadda you say we start this duel, big guy?" Jaden's deck shone brightly and Winged Kuriboh's spirit floated next to him.
"Coo!"
"All right, if you say so. I guess we're in this one together now." The winged monster cooed in agreement and faded away. "Since you only duel with an ante, I'll put this card up." He held the card of his duel spirit.
"So be it, duelist," the giant agreed. They shuffled their decks, placed them in their disks, started them up and drew their cards.
Giant: 4000
Jaden: 4000
"Get your game on!"
"If you insist. I summon Giant Orc in attack mode." A muscular orc as big as the Duel Giant with a large bone club in its hand appeared in front of him. (2200)
"First move, first mistake," Jaden said.
"What mistake?" Syrus asked.
"When Giant Orc attacks, he switches to defense mode. Normally that wouldn't be a problem, except for the fact that all he has are attack points."
"Make your move duelist," the giant said.
"With pleasure." Jaden drew his card which turned out to be Winged Kuriboh.
"Coo!"
"You're telling me you want to come out and play? Sounds good. I summon Winged Kuribohin defense mode." The brown furred monster appeared opposite the large fiend. (200) "Your turn big guy."
"And it will be one you'll remember. I summon Goblin Black Ops." A bunch of six or seven green goblins dressed in black ninja suits with different weapons appeared beside their taller counterpart. (1300)
"And I thought Jeremy was the one dueling against ninjas," Chumley commented.
"Now with Black Ops' effect, they can attack you directly." The ninja goblins passed by Jaden's monster and all struck him with their weapons.
Jaden: 4000-2700
"Now Giant Orc attacks Winged Kuriboh. Bone Basher." The massive fiend raised his bone club and brought it down on the furry monster that closed its eyes as it braced itself before the hit.
"Well now both your monsters switch to defense. Now that either of them have any." The black garbed goblins and the large orc all kneeled down. (0) x2
"Not that they need any. I play Goblin Replacement. Now I can sacrifice one goblin monster to summon another from my hand with equal or less attack points. So I'll give up Goblin Black Ops for Second Goblin." The ninja creatures disappeared and the Duel Giant placed the monster card in one of his spell and trap card zones.
"Wait! That's a monster but he's playing it as a spell," Syrus noted.
"That's because once per turn I can treat it as a spell card. A spell with the power my orc from defense, to offense." The large fiend stood up as a small pinkish goblin with an eye patch appeared in its shoulder. (2200)
"To offense!" Syrus said.
"What's offensive is his face," Chumley commented.
"Yeah, can't you wrap a couple of blazers around him?" Jaden asked. "Well, if you're not doing anything about it, then I guess I will. I play Polymerization. And use it to fuse together Elemental Hero Clayman and Burstinatrix. Now let's all welcome, the Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster, in defense mode." The newly created monster kneeled down with her shield in front of her. (2500) "But that doesn't mean your safe from harm. Because her special ability can hit you directly with half her attack points." The defending hero shot out a few rockets from her right arm.
Giant: 4000-3000
The blast from the projectiles caused the Duel Giant's blazers to be blown back, revealing the big Ra they'd seen earlier. "It's Beauregard," Syrus realized.
"I though he couldn't duel," Chumley said.
"What should I do?" he spoke into an earpiece.
"You can stop the charade to start. How about the real Duel Giant comes out now?"
Brier climbed over the rock behind his friend, also wearing a headset. "How did you know it was me?"
"Well, back at the arena, I felt how mad you were at those Obelisks. Then I saw your friend, it just came together," Jaden explained.
"But I lost that duel. What made you think I could beat all those Obelisks?"
"Because I was told you were a great duelist, but your only problem was that you had stage fright. Which cleared up why the Duel Giant only came out at night. And used a radio transmitter."
"Well I guess it's over now," Syrus said. "Just give back the cards and…"
"Wadda you men over!" Brier yelled. "Nothing's over! I won't just go home and be little Brier anymore. Everyone makes fun of me. They say I'm small, a shrimp. I'm tired of them always laughing at me. Don't you see? That's why I get nervous and can't concentrate. He placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. Then I met Beauregard. They teased him too, so we decided to make all them all pay!"
A flashback of the moment when the idea of the Duel Giant had emerged came to Brier's mind. Him and Beauregard were in a dimly light room while putting together a bunch of card to make a deck. "And we'll play with the ante rule. So if they lose, we'll take their best card."
"But what if we get caught?" Beauregard worried.
"You let me handle that."
Brier's mind returned to the present as the flashback finished. "So that's why you put on the costume," Syrus realized. "To avoid getting caught for breaking the rules."
"That's right!"
"Well, what now? Your secret's out and pretty soon everybody'll know who you are, including Dr. Crowler. That is, unless you and I continue this duel. Out in the open."
"What? Well, since you aren't giving me any choice… Let's do this!"
Brier/Beauregard: 3000
Jaden: 2700
"That's the spirit! I'll place one card face-down and end my turn."
Beauregard nodded to his friend and drew his next card. "I summon Goblin King in attack mode." A smaller green goblin with a tiny crown and wearing a long red robe appeared. (0)
"Zero attack points?"
"Not for long. Because by sending a warrior from my hand to the graveyard, I get to summon a Half-Goblin." Beauregard discarded one warrior and placed a monster in defense mode. Another green goblin appeared between the orc and king, this one with a leather chest plate and a small knife in his hand. "And thanks to Goblin King's special ability, he gains 1000 attack and defense points for every fiend type monster on my field other than himself. And there are two." The monster in question cried out he it grew within its robes. (0-2000/0-2000) "Then I equip him with Axe of Despair, giving him another 1000 attack points. The already powerful monster gripped the sinister red glowing axe. (2000-3000)
"3000 attack points!" Chumley said in astonishment.
"This isn't good!"
"Goblin King, attack Rampart Blaster." The powerhouse fiend pulled back its arm and slammed the hero with his fist.
"I activate my trap," Jaden announced. "Hero Signal." A ray of light emerged from the trap card, with an 'H' at the end. "When one of my monsters is destroyed in battle, this let's me summon a level four or below elemental hero from my hand or deck. And I choose Elemental Hero Bubbleman." Jaden's water hero kneeled down with his arm crossed in front of him. (1200) "And because he's the only card on my field, I get to draw two more."
"Fine with me. Giant Orc, pop his Bubbleman." The named fiend bashed the defending hero with his bone club. Then it went down on one knee, but was brought back to its feet by the Second Goblin. "And in case you forgot, your Winged Kuriboh's still up for grabs."
"If you want my kuriboh, then you'll have to earn him. And I'm not gonna go easy on you just because of your size, I'll be giving you my very best. You want an example? Then how about this? First I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode." The golden armored hero appeared in a flash of electricity. (1600) "Next I equip him with Spark Blaster." The handheld weapon materialized in its owner's hand. "To explain how it works, it has three shots, each of which changes the battle mode of a monster." Sparkman fired his weapon at the Half-Goblin which stood up and the Giant Orc that kneeled down. (500)
"Lishus! now Jaden can destroy one of Brier's fiends and lower Goblin King's attack points."
"So what? Second Goblin takes the hit for Giant Orc, so you can only destroy my Half-Goblin," Brier pointed out.
"But I'm not done yet. I bring Clayman back to my hand with the Warrior Returning Alive. And play Polymerization to combine my two monsters to create, Elemental Hero Thunder Giant." Both heroes swirled about each other to form the giant who let out a deep voiced cry as he appeared. (2400) "And he's a real giant. Cause when he's summoned, he can destroy any monster whose original attack points are lower than his. And your Second Goblin's effect only works against battle, so Giant Orc's history." Thunder Giant shot a blast of electricity from his hand that vaporized the large fiend. "And I still have his attack to use on the Half-Goblin." Jaden's monster disposed of the smaller goblin with another blast of electricity.
Brier/Beauregard: 3000-1100
"So what? I still have life-points left!"
"But without your other fiends, Goblin King loses points." (3000-1000) "Then I activate De-Fusion, which splits Thunder Giant back into Sparkman and Clayman." The towering hero separated into the two fusion material monsters. (1600) (800) "This means each of them can attack. Go Sparkman." The electric hero shot a stream of power from the palm of his hand at the armed goblin.
Brier/Beauregard: 1100-500
"Now it's Clayman's turn." The stone warrior charged the Ra students and met them with a shoulder slide, knocking both of them down in addition to depleting them of points.
Brier/Beauregard: 500-0
"You did it Jaden!" Syrus congratulated.
"Jaden the giant-slayer," Chumley added.
"He beat us," Brier said dejectedly. "We're through."
"No, not we. Please, just turn me in, forget Brier," Beauregard pleaded.
"Beauregard?"
"I've always been alone and I'm not gonna let them expel you for being my friend. After all, didn't we allways promise to stand up for each other? You're the best duelist I've ever seen. I won't let them kick you out of here."
"But what about you? Your dream of being a game designer?"
"Not all dreams come true." He gave him a smile.
"Hold on a minute!" Jaden interrupted. "We're not turning either of you two in. I know what it's like to have people make fun of you. Everyone get's that sometimes. So don't worry about it. I just said I'd turn you in so that you'd come out. You know? Duel me in the open, and realized that you could. You should be proud of yourself."
"I guess you're right Jaden," Brier admitted. "I did play well, and in front of people too. Maybe I can do it again."
"Of course you can. I just hope it's not against me." Brier laughed a little at this. "Now get out of here before Dr. Crowler catches us." The two Ras waved goodbye and ran off.
"You know Jaden, there's a problem with this," he looked at his smaller friend. "Because we let him go, were gonna have to start doing homework again." Jaden moaned. "Including the stuff we didn't do while looking for this guy." The four of them eventually met up with Jeremy and they all exchanged the details of what had happened at their own ends. The blond Slifer was no happier at the idea of extra homework then Jaden was.
The next morning, Jaden, Syrus and Jeremy found themselves sitting down with a tremendous amount of paper near them, courtesy of Dr. Crowler. They were filling them out as fast as they could in an effort to catch up on their work. "Let me get this straight. You found the Duel Giant, beat him, and then he was able to escape!"
"Yep, that's what happened teach. Last I saw, he was headed up a beanstalk or something."
"We actually ran into some Obelisk ninja guy named Kaniq who wanted to duel me," Jeremy added. "I had to stay behind while Jaden was taking on the Duel Giant. I didn't manage to beat him fast enough to go see the other duel though."
Crowler's mouth almost dropped wide open at the mention that Jeremy had beaten one of his dorm's very best. "And you're saying that you didn't duel using the illegal ante rule, but all the other Obelisks did?" he asked, trying to get over his shock at the same time.
"They did?" Jaden managed to sounds surprised. "I heard they all just kinda lost their cards, temporarily."
"So first you find the Duel Giant, then he escapes. First all those cards were lost, now they're found."
"First we have no homework, and now-"
"Keep writing!"
At the same time, Brier and Beauregard were hanging around the academy's front entrance while listening to a bunch of Obelisks talking amongst themselves. "Yeah, I found my rare card this morning too."
"Mine just turned up in my deck."
"My baby, I missed you so much."
The two Ras looked at each other and smiled.
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Cards made up by me
Ninja Haguro
Lv: 3
Attr: Dark
Type: Warrior
Atk/Def: 500/500
Effect: If this card is in face-up defense mode during your main phase, you can summon another 'Ninja Haguro' from your deck. You cannot activate this card's effect on the turn it is summoned by the effect of 'Ninja Haguro'.
Image: A short man wearing a dark blue ninja outfit showing only his hands and face. His face is painted white and he carries two short daggers on each side of his belt.
Ninja Ugashi
Lv: 4
Attr: Dark
Type: Warrior
Atk/Def: 1600/700
Efect: When a 'ninja' monster you control is destroyed in battle, increase this card's attack by 100 for every level of the destroyed monster once only. When this card inflicts damage to your opponent's life-points, draw one card from your deck.
Image: A teenage boy wearing a light green tunic and pants. He has a dark mask tied around his head to cover his eyes, his brown hair is cut short and he hold a short spear with both hands.
Ninja's Secret Ambush
Field Spell
Effect: If you play this card while your opponent has a field spell in play, you can destroy another spell of trap they control. When a 'ninja' monster is attacked, the attacking monster loses 500 attack points during damage calculation.
Image: The middle of a forest when it's really dark. The outlines of several people can be seen around the trees.
Ninja Kisari
Lv: 4
Attr: Dark
Type: Warrior
Atk/Def: 1900/1500
Normal monster
Image: A teenage girl wearing a dark brown outfit, her black hair tied into a ponytail, her face painted white and a katana at her hip.
Rage of the Fallen Ninjas
Normal Trap
Effect: Activate only during your opponent's battle phase when two 'ninja' monsters with the same attribute you control are destroyed in battle. Summon 'Infernal Ninja General' from your deck. Discard your entire hand afterwards.
Image: Infernal Ninja General standing in the middle of a raging fire.
Infernal Ninja General
Lv: 8
Attr: Fire
Type: Warrior
Atk/Def: 2800/2300
Effect: When this monster is summoned by the effect of 'Rage of the Fallen Ninjas', destroy all cards on your opponent's field and you cannot declare an attack during your next turn. You can sacrifice one other 'ninja' monster you control to deal 500 damage to your opponent.
Image: A tall man wearing a helmet, a ninja outfit and light armor, all of which are a fiery red color. His face has a harsh expression and he has an angry look in his red eyes. He holds a long sword in one hand that's on fire.
Specter of the Six Samurai
Specter of the Six Samurai
Atk/Def: 1200/400
Attr: Light
Type: Warrior
Lv: 3
Effect: When this card is normal summoned, draw one card for every 'Six Samurai' monster in your graveyard. If this card is face-up on your field during your end phase, you lose 100 life-points for every card drawn by this effect.
Image: The white ghost of a samurai.
Goblin Replacement
Normal Spell
Effect: Tribute one 'Goblin' monster you control and summon another one from your hand with equal or less attack points.
Image: A Second Goblin chasing away a Goblin Attack Force.
Next Chapter: The Eggwiches are being stolen! What'll happen?