Chapter 25: Fight For Your Life

Sora groaned as the teleportation process ended. He looked around to find him back in the Fusion Dimension.

"Rrrrgh, I can't believe that fake fusion user beat me. Why, I outta-"

"Outta what, Sora Pearce?"

Sora flinched at the harsh voice. He turned to see a strongly-built man with hair formed in the shape of antennae glaring at him.

"Commander Sanders, I-"

"You failed to complete your mission, soldier! You were supposed to bring Zuzu Boyle and Yuya Sakaki here last week, but you wasted your time. And to make matters worse, you blew your cover and lost to a weakling from Standard."

"Please, no one understands what Duel Academy means. We'll still have the element of surprise when we invade."

Regardless, the fact remains that you are a failure, and you should know that failure is something that I do not have a very high tolerance for, soldier."

Sora flinched, preparing for his inevitable carding. At least he could still contribute something to the end goal.

"Fortunately for you, The Professor has ordered me to not card you. Not yet, at least. Later today, you will have a duel in the colosseum against another failure like you. But this will be no sparring match. The winner gets to live to fight another day. The loser will be carded immediately."

Sora gulped. For once in his life, he was truly scared.

"Understood, sir."

"Good. You have until 1:00 to prepare. I suggest you enjoy your next meal. It may very well be your last."

With that, Sanders left, leaving Sora to his own devices.

"I won't lose this time. I won't."

(After lunch)

Sora was soon escorted to the colosseum used for training and final exams. Not by choice, however, as he was being dragged to the field by two Obelisk Force members.

"You know, I can walk by myself."

"Yeah, and give you a chance to escape? As if."

"Alright, we're here. Throw the failure in."

With a mighty heave, the two threw Sora into the stadium, the door closing as soon as they were a safe distance away. Sora grunted as he picked himself off the floor. The colosseum looked like a more modern version of the one in Rome, with cameras and other equipment throughout. The stadium was packed, the duel having been made mandatory to watch. For those who couldn't get a seat, it would be broadcast throughout the academy to teach the students the price of failure.

Sora glanced across the field at his opponent. It was an out of shape Slifer Red, who was clearly freaked out. If one did not know any better, they might mistake him for a koala.

Not a second had passed before Sanders began his speech.

"Alright, you mangy maggots! I'm only going to say this once, so listen and listen good. The duelists you see before you are both disgraces to Duel Academy. Sora Pearse was given the mission of preparing for our invasion of the Standard Dimension, as well as capturing our primary targets there. Not only did he fail to do so, but he blew his cover and lost to a fake Fusion user, disgracing the Duel Academy name."

The gathered audience jeered and booed at Sora, who paid no mind.

"On the other hand, Chumley Huffington has continuously proven to be an utter failure as both a duelist and a student. He has not won a single duel in his time here but has failed nearly all of his exams, caring more about grilled cheese than our goal. A true disgrace as a duelist if I ever saw one."

Once again, the audience displayed their disgust.

"If it were up to me both would've been carded immediately. Fortunately for them, The Professor is more merciful than I, so he has given them one last chance. While two duelists entered this colosseum, only one shall leave. The other will be carded for their failures. Which is which shall be decided by this duel. Duel like your lives depend on it, maggots, because they do."

With that, Sora and Chumley turned to each other.

"Hope you like being a card, because I don't plan to lose fatso."

"I'm not fat, and I don't plan to lose either."

"Keep telling yourself that."

"Duel!"

"Get Your Game On!"

Chumley: 4000

Sora: 4000

"I'll start this duel off. Lischious. I'll set one monster face down and throw down a face downs Finally, I play the field spell Forest. That's it for me."

The field around the two changed to a forest full of trees, plants, and bushes. Small insects buzzed around the two, who stood in a clearing.

"You call that an opening move? Because I call it pathetic. I activate the continuous spell card Toy Vendor."

A large gumball machine appeared behind Sora.

"By discarding a card, I can draw another one. If its anything but a Fluffal monster, it goes straight to the graveyard. But if it is a Fluffal monster, I can special summon it. So lets do it!"

After discarding a card, Sora drew another one, smiling when he saw what it is.

"And it is, so come on out Fluffal Leo (1600/1200)!"

The machine released a capsule, which opened to reveal a cute lion with fairy wings.

"I'll follow it up with Fluffal Dog in attack mode."

Sora's angelic dog appeared on the field.

"And when he's normal summoned, I can add either a Fluffal monster or Edge Imp Sabres from my deck to my hand, so I'll add Fluffal Penguin."

Sora showed the card to Chumley before continuing.

"Now I'll attack your face down monster with Fluffal Leo, and when he attacks my king of the jungle gains 500 attack points (1600-2100). Sick him!"

Fluffal leo pounced on the monster, revealing a small brown Koala (1100-1300/1800/2000). Fluffal Leo tackled it, destroying the monster.

"When Des Koala is flipped face up, my opponent loses 400 life points for every card in their hand."

"What?"

"You have 4 cards in your hand, so you lose 1600 life points."

Des Koala appeared in spirit form, slashing Sora 4 times, each time dealing him 400 points of damage.

Sora: 2400

"Yeah, well I'm not the only one who's losing life points. Fluffal Dog, attack Chumley directly!"

The puppy pounced on Chumley, giving him an adorable lick on the face.

Chumley: 2300

"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn.

"It's my turn, then. Draw! I play Ancient Rules, allowing me to special summon a level 5 or lower normal monster from my hand. Come on out, Big Koala (2700-2900/2000-2200)!"

A giant blue Koala appeared, chewing on leaves.

"Take down his Leo, Big Koala!"

The large Koala charged at Sora's field before leaping. Landing on the lion and destroying it.

Sora: 1100

"I end my turn."

"I draw! I play Polymerization, Fusing my Fluffal Dog with Edge Imp Sabres to fusion Summon Frightfur Tiger (1900/1200)."

A large toy tiger with stitched up fur and large blades poking out of its stomach appeared on Sora's field, letting out a ferocious growl.

"When he's special summoned, I can destroy cards on the field equal to the number of fusion material monsters I used to summon him. So say goodbye to your last defense, Chumley!"

"Not so fast, Sora! I activate my face down, Beast Soul Swap! I return Big Koala to my hand to special summon a monster with the same level. And here's the best part, I can special summon the same monster, so welcome back Big Koala!"

Chumley's monster disappeared, only to reappear in a flash. Sora just groaned.

"Due to Frightfur Tiger's special ability, each Frightfur monster gains 300 attack for each Frightfur or Fluffal monster I control. I end my turn."

"My turn, I draw!. First, I activate the spell card Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw 2 cards. Lischious, just what I needed. I activate Wild Nature's Release, adding my Koala's defense points to his attack points, so he now has 5100 attack points, more than enough to wipe you out. Finish him, Big Koala!"

With another leap, Big Koala took out the demented Tiger, but Sora was ready.

"I activate Nutrient Z. Since I'm about to take at least 2000 points of damage, I gain 4000 life points before damage calculation, so I'm still in this."

Sora: 1100-5100-2200

Chumley grunted before continuing.

"You may have survived this turn, but I have more tricks up my sleeve. I activate the spell card Polymerization, fusing Big Koala with the Des Kangaroo in my hand to Fusion Summon Master of Oz (4200-4400/3700-3900)!"

From the fusion vortex appeared a large green Koala wearing boxing gloves (4200-4400/3700-3900).

"I end my turn, but good luck getting past my Master of Oz."

"Where there's a will, there's a way. I draw! Perfect. I summon Fluffal Bear!"

Sora's signature Fluffal monster appeared.

"Next, I activate Extra Fusion, fusing my Fluffal Bear with Frightfur Kracken to fusion summon Frightfur Daredevil (3000/2200)!

Sora's strongest monster appeared.

"He's strong, but not strong enough to take out my Master of Oz."

"Not yet, but when I equip him with Megamorph. Since I have less life points than you, my Daredevil's attack becomes double its original attack (3000-6000). This duel is finished! Attack Master of Oz, Daredevil!"

With a swing of its chain, the daredevil ensnared the Koala and dragged it towards him before impaling it on his trident.

Chumley: 700

"And don't forget, when Frightfur Dardevil destroys a monster, you lose 1000 life points.

Frightfur Daredevil released a blast of energy, sending Chumley flying.

Chumley: 0000

Sora Wins!

As the field disappeared, the audience began clapping for Sora, who approached his fallen enemy.

"Alright, alright, settle down maggots. As promised, Sora Pearse has earned the right to live another day. However, for his failures, Chumley Huffington must suffer the ultimate punishment. Sora, you know what to do."

With a nod Sora turned to his fallen adversary and pushed the button. A purple glow enveloped Chumely before it and him disappeared, sealing Chumley in a card. Sora pulled it out and looked at it for a moment. His expression was not one of fear or sadness, but anger. Anger towards Sora or Duel Academy he did not know.

"Don't think you're getting off easy, Sora. You're on Latrine Duty for the next week. Now get moving before The Professor changes his mind."

Without saying another word Sora left the room. It had been a long day, and tomorrow would be even longer.

(Back in The Standard Dimension)

A strange portal opened on an empty street, from which emerged a white motorcycle, on which was a teenaged rider. He skidded to a stop before looking around.

"I don't know why you took me here, Clear Wing, but I hope you're leading me to Rin. I don't care how many people I need to take out, I won't stop until I have you back."

A/N: Hope you guys liked this chapter. I wanted to follow up on Sora and felt that this was a good time. And our first legacy character has made his appearance. Originally I was going to have a one shot character from GX be Sora's opponent, but I eventually settled with Chumley has he felt like a more fitting character for a second chance duel, considering how much he of a failure he was considered in GX (he only dueled twice, never one once (even against Crowler, who until then had a just as worse duel record), and it was mentioned that he failed the final exam enough that if he failed another time he would be expelled). Don't worry, he won't be the last legacy character to be introduced, and other ones will have bigger roles. In other news, Yugo has appeared. Where will this lead? Find out next time.