Alright guys, another two chapters became one due to it being on the same 'day'.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX or the rest of the franchise or any music in this story, I own Claudio Osbourne and the Jukebox Hero Archetype, aside from a select few made by all the authors/readers who submitted them. And all other OCs and cards submitted © original creators.
S2: Chapter 25: From Blue to White
At the Obelisk's Blue Dorm on the boys' side, Chazz walked up to the front doors with a look of a man on an evil mission.
"Time to crash the party," He stated before kicking the doors open.
It served to startle the several Obelisks that were inside the main room of the dorm. Two of them had turned to be Chazz's flunkies from the prep school he attended to gain his Obelisk status last year. A guy with blue, wavy hair and glasses named Torimaki and a guy with brown, buzz-cut hair named Raizou.
"Chazz?" The boys asked seeing their old dorm mate with confusion.
"Long time, no see boys," Chazz said with a grin. "Did I come at a bad time?"
"Get out of here!" Torimaki scoffed, losing the surprise on his face. "You're Slifer Red, you don't belong here anymore!"
"Yeah, beat it, Slifer Slacker!" Raizou added with a taunt Chazz would've loved to use and it caused the other Obelisks to laugh.
"And what's with the white clothes?" A third Obelisk boy asked, grinning. "Trying to start a new trend?"
"You can say that," Chazz replied, not even phased by the taunts and jeers he was receiving. "I just came here to let you on a little something... Obelisk Blue, Ra Yellow and Slifer Red, they're all a big joke! If you really want to be on the path of greatness, then come with me and see the Light!"
"What light?" Torimaki asked, confused again but angry with what he said at the same time. "And who are you calling our dorm a joke?"
"You're just jealous because Crowler kicked you out of Obelisk Blue for losing to Yellows and Reds!" Raizou added with a scowl of his own.
The SOL member laughed hysterically. "Me? Jealous of you dorks! I'm an elite member of the most powerful organization in the world! The Society of Light!"
"Yeah... good luck with that..." Torimaki muttered, now just looking mildly disturbed.
"So just leave already!" A fourth Obelisk boy yelled.
Chazz sighed. "Looks like you all need a demonstration of my power... as I take all of you pathetic losers into the Light!"
"You take down all of us!" Raizou exclaimed. He and all the Obelisks with him laughed.
"I can spare a few minutes," The SOL member stated as he held up his duel disk and turned it on. "With my power, you're all going to see the Light!"
And in those few minutes, the entire dorm was filled with a holographic explosion that spread to the outside to surround it completely before it fizzled out.
Now, at the Obelisk Girls Dorm, Juli returned to her room with her girl group sitting around waiting for her.
"Hey Juli, what happened to you?" One of the girls asked.
"Yeah, did Shion get away?" The second girl added.
"Enough about her," Juli said with a blank smile as she looked at each of the girls. "Let's talk about how you all are going to serve the Society of Light." She cut on her duel disk.
"The Society of Light?" A third girl asked confusingly. "What are you talking about?"
"And what happened to your clothes?" A fourth girl stated, noticing all the blue colors were missing from her uniform and leaving only white.
"Like it?" Juli asked, keeping that same blank look. "You'll have it too, when you join me into the Light!"
Suddenly, another holographic explosion engulfed the girls' dorm and surrounded the area.
From a spot separating the girls' dorm from the boys' dorm, Jason sat in a white rowboat watching it all unfold.
"And so… it begins, Master Sartorius," He said with a proud smile. "First this island, and then the entire world will share your philosophy of the glorious Light!"
Later that day, Alexis and Kenji were walking towards the Slifer Dorm.
"I think it's good that Professor Sojourner allowed us to stick around the new dorm until the next year." Alexis said.
"He truly is great for allowing all of us to stay in," Kenji added. "It's going to be hard for me to adjust living the 'fancy' Obelisk life again. I was starting to like being in the red dorm with all its new features."
"Well, think about it," The Cyber Girl duelist stated. "You always said that around the Obelisk Blue Dorm was great for you to train at speed and jumping. Once you go back, you can run around the rooftops all you like."
The ninja duelist thought about it for a minute before getting a grin on his face. "I totally forgot about the rooftops! Thank you, Lex!"
"No problem!" She chuckled at her friend's happiness.
"Alexis! Kenji!"
Both turned around to see two girls from the Obelisk Girls' Dorm. One was a brunette named Jasmine and the other was a black-haired girl named Mindy. They had tired and worried looks, probably from running from their dorm.
"What's wrong?" Alexis asked with the look of concern.
"It's the Obelisk Dorms..." Jasmine breathed.
"Something weird has happened..." Mindy added.
"Like what?" Kenji asked, raising an eyebrow.
"It'll be better to show you," Jasmine stated.
"What's going on?"
Jaden, Syrus, Hassleberry, Claudio and Melody ran from the Slifer Dorm and saw the four Obelisk students talking to each other.
"Jasmine and Mindy say that something's gone wrong with the Obelisk Dorms." Kenji told the group of Slifers and Ras.
"Is it bad?" Claudio asked, looking worried.
"Just come see, okay?" Mindy pleaded.
"Alright, alright," Alexis said trying to console her friend. "Let's go check it out."
The gang ran to the boys' Obelisk dorm, only to find the weirdest thing about it...
"Is that the blue barracks?" Hassleberry asked, staring at the dorm strangely.
"Not anymore," Syrus noted.
The entire blue dorm had turned completely white!
"Whose idea was it to paint the Obelisk Blue Dorm white?" Jaden asked.
"Someone who's messed up in the head, probably," Melody said.
"And I think I know who that someone is..." Claudio said, pointing out to the front of the dorm.
Once everyone looked to where Claudio was pointing...
"You gotta be kidding me..."
They saw Chazz sitting in a makeshift throne carried by several students, now wearing all white clothes!
"Hello, losers," Chazz greeted. "Like what I've done with the place? Because soon, the entire world will be like this: following the way of the Light!"
"All hail the Chazz!" The white clad duelists proclaimed. "All hail the Society of Light!"
"You're too kind," Chazz said to his flunkies. "But we have a very special person to thank… and that's Sartorius!"
"All hail Master Sartorius!"
"Sartorius?" Alexis wondered.
"That's Aster's manager!" Jaden exclaimed in remembrance.
"Correct, slacker," Chazz replied with a smile. "But he's so much more than that; he holds the answers to the greatest questions to the universe!"
"What's wrong with him?" Syrus said, turning to his group.
"I think he was exposed to too many paint fumes," Jaden shrugged.
"Typical," The white clad Slifer stated. "All of you are in need some truth, so I'll have to beat some of it into you."
"You know me, I can't say no to a duel," The Neos duelist stated with a smile. "Get your game on, Chazz!"
"Wait a sec, Jaden," Kenji stopped the Slifer from running up to the white students. "I'll duel you, Chazz!"
"Why you?"
"Because, even though I'm not living in the Obelisk Dorm, I'm still an Obelisk," The ninja duelist stated as he pulled his duel disk from inside his coat. "And I defend my own!"
"But Kenji, the guy's insane!" Jasmine stated.
"Then, I'll have no problem defeating him." Kenji declared as he pointed to his intended opponent. "So Chazz, we have a duel?"
"Of course," Chazz said. "But it'll be fair to warn you that I've defeated every single one of these boys single-handedly!"
"You're not the only one," The ninja duelist shrugged, not even phased by the declaration. "I've done that last year, as opposed to the current first years since I haven't battled all of them.."
Everyone gasped at both duelists hearing their statements.
"Anyway, let's go!" Kenji said.
"Ask and you shall receive," Chazz smirked. "But I already know how this duel will end, thanks to a dear friend of mine."
In the white room, Sartorius was shuffling his cards.
"This is most puzzling," He said, deep in thought. "My predictions told me that Aster was sure to defeat Jaden and Masaki was to defeat Claudio. But from what Jason has told me, they've defied the predictions and won."
Suddenly, two cards slipped out of the card pile with one lying face-up in the upright position and the other facedown. Sartorius ceased his shuffling and picked up his dropped cards and staring at the face-up card. It depicted a man in royal red robes outlined in white, a large golden crown upon his head and a small blue scepter in his left hand. He also held up his right hand with two fingers pointing upward.
"The Right-Side Up Hierophant," He exclaimed and smiled. "Well, another potential member! Someone with the knowledge and skill to further my success, in spreading the Light!"
But when he turned over the other card...
"What's this!?"
The card showed a completely black card!
"They're no cards like this in the Major or Minor Arcana! I don't even know what this means!" He gasped feeling disturbed. But then, he quickly calmed himself and looked at the Hierophant card. "No matter, I'll be getting a new servant and I'll receive the call soon."
Back at Duel Academy, everyone from the new Society of Light and Kenji's friends went down to the main arena to see Chazz and Kenji duel.
"To be truthful, I wanted to duel Alexis," Chazz stated as he turned on his duel disk causing the person in question to narrow her eyes.
"Alright, you just went from annoying to creepy!" Alexis yelled, not pleased with the Society member's statement.
"And besides, you're dueling me, not her." Kenji stepped in, turning on his duel disk. "And I don't like how you're always going after Alexis like some kind of stalker."
"Oh, don't you worry, Kenji," Chazz said. "Once I win, you'll be away from her as well. Your destiny is with the Light also."
"And let me guess, there's a white room with a white bed and white curtains waiting for me." The ninja duelist said. "Sorry, white's not really my color to wear."
"Then how about, I change your mind as I deliver you into the light!"
The white clad duelist behind Chazz cheered in adoration as both players drew their opening hands.
"GAME ON!"
Chazz: 8000
Kenji: 8000
"I'll start!" Chazz said as he drew his sixth card and grinned at his initial hand. "I activate the spell Infernal White!"
The SOL Member slipped in a spell that showed a candle with white bat wings and a skull as the base.
"With this is play, I have to reveal all my cards, but during your standby phases you lose 600 life points!"
Holographic images of Chazz's hand appeared: Masked Dragon, Armed Dragon LV7, Level Up!, Mystical Space Typhoon and Level Modulation.
"What's up with revealing his entire hand?" Claudio wondered.
"I don't get it either." Jaden added, just as confused as his friend was. "Now Kenji can prepare for everything Chazz has."
"I'm not sure..." Alexis said, looking thoughtful. "Kenji can prepare now, but if Chazz plays it in all now, it won't matter."
"Next, I summon Masked Dragon in attack mode!"
From a burst of light, a large dragon with a long neck and big wings appeared with a snarl. Most of its body was covered in white scales, but the underbelly was covered in red scales. As for the name, the face looked like was a covered by a mask. (3/1400/1100)
"Then, I'll set this down and end my turn."
Mystical Space Typhoon was set.
"I know what he's going for." Melody said.
"Yeah, if Kenji destroys that Masked Dragon, he can get Armed Dragon LV3 and level it up all the way to LV7 with the cards in his hand." Hassleberry noted.
"My draw," Kenji declared as he drew his sixth card.
"And Infernal White deals 600 points of damage!" Chazz announced as a white aura appeared around the ninja duelist as it drained his life points.
Chazz: 8000
Kenji: 7400
"That's nothing," Kenji stated defiantly as he slapped a card down on his disk. "I summon Ninja Reptile in attack mode!"
A puff of green smoke enveloped a spot on the Obelisk's side of the field, unleashing the green clad ninja staring intently at Chazz with his reptilian slit eyes. (4/900/2000)
"Next, I use Secret Pass to the Treasures!" Kenji announced, playing a spell that showed three cloaked men, two in purple, one in brown, inside of a pyramid and uncovering a secret door way with a bright light behind it. "This spell card allows one monster on my side of the field to attack directly, so long as they have up to 1000 ATK! And since Reptile has 900 ATK, I pick him."
Suddenly, Reptile noticed a bright light right next to him and turned his head to see a gateway opening. Inside it was Chazz who also noticed the same gateway next to him and saw the ninja narrowing his eyes.
"Now Reptile, use the passage and attack Chazz directly with your Venom Punch!" The ninja duelist commanded as his monster nodded and walked up to the portal. Once there, Reptile raised his right hand and threw a punch that connected to the SOL member's face. Chazz grunted in pain and rubbed his face where the blow landed.
Chazz: 7100
Kenji: 7400
"Then, I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Kenji concluded with two facedown cards appearing at his feet.
"Well, I'll destroy one with Mystical Space Typhoon!" Chazz retaliated, revealing his not-so-secret facedown card.
A harsh wind conjured up and then cut apart Kenji's right facedown card.
"Now I draw!" Chazz drew, holding that smirk on his face. The card he drew revealed to be Armed Dragon LV5.
"Uh oh," Jasmine said worriedly.
"I sacrifice Masked Dragon and summon Armed Dragon LV5!"
Masked Dragon vanished letting the giant spiked dragon appear with an angry face and gripped its fists. (5/2400/1500)
"Next, I'll use Armed Dragon's special ability!" Chazz continued, taking his LV7 dragon into his right hand and putting it in the discard slot. "By sending Armed Dragon LV7 to the graveyard, I can destroy a monster with less than 2800 ATK!"
Kenji gasped. 'He's not leveling up the dragon!'
"Now destroy Ninja Reptile with Shrapnel Blast!" The SOL member commanded his dragon.
Everyone on Kenji's watched confusingly and/or worriedly as the spikes on Armed Dragon's back shot outward like a volley of missiles and rained down upon his monster, blowing him away.
"He didn't attack?" Alexis asked with that confused look.
"It is strange that he had the cards to summon the LV7 but discarded it instead." Syrus stated, just as confused as he was.
"He does have Level Modulation on hand," Melody said, pointing out the second spell card above. "But that would help out Kenji first because he could get something to destroy it before Chazz can use it effects."
"What's his game then?" Claudio wondered with a thoughtful look.
"Now," Chazz pointed to his opponent with a grin. "Armed Dragon, attack Kenji directly with your Inferno Roar!"
Armed Dragon let out a fierce roar that made the walls vibrate as spinning blades that glowed red shot out of its body.
"I have a trap, Defense Draw!" Kenji called out as the trap flipped over. It created an emerald barrier that deflected the blades away from him. "This turns all battle damage to 0 and lets me draw a new card!"
"You saved yourself from the big shot," The SOL member stated flippantly. "Still, with Infernal White on the field I can chip away at your life points piece by piece!"
"So long as it doesn't hit 0, I'll still take you down!" The ninja duelist declared as he drew for his draw phase. Then, Infernal White hit him with another aura, draining his life points.
Chazz: 7100
Kenji: 6800
"Okay, I remove Ninja Reptile from the grave, so that I can Special Summon Raizo, the Ninja Assassin!" Kenji declared as he removed the monster card from his graveyard. Then, rising from the ground was the body of a young Asian man wearing an open black leather jacket and black pants, his wet black hair covering most of his eyes as he held a Kusarigama weapon in his hands, the blade swinging freely from his right hand as the weighted ball was clutched in his left. A murderous expression filled his face. (6/2400/1850)
"Wow, looks like Kenji went card shopping during his break!" Claudio said, stunned at the sight of the ninja duelist.
"If you like that," Kenji took another card from his hand and showed it to reveal a spell card that showed a Ninja Soldier Katana standing up straight with a hand sign and his shadow slowly rising out of the ground beside him. "I'll bring back an old favorite, by using the spell card Shadow Clone! I can use this spell to summon a Ninja monster from my deck that has the same level as another ninja on my side of the field or lower."
Kenji then took out his deck, fanned it out and picked out a choice card from it before shuffling the deck and putting it back. "And I choose my Ninja Kasumi in attack mode!"
Raizo performed a string of hand signs, letting his shadow stretch out to the left and from it another figure emerged. Rising up from the shadow was a beautiful, red-headed kunoichi with her slender build clad in a blue ninja outfit, holding the same hand sign as the ninja assassin. (5/2000/1500)
"And with her summoning, I can add another ninja to my hand from the deck that's level 4 or below." The Obelisk announced as a card slipped out of his deck and let him retrieve it into his hand. "And I'll pick Ninja Sheik, which I'll play now!"
After he placed the card onto the field, jumping out of the card image was a short-haired blonde, androgynous female with her muscular build clad in a blue and silver tight jumpsuit. She also had a scarf concealing her nose and mouth and a white turban on her head that only showed her right red eye that started at the Armed Dragon. (4/1500/1450)
"Three monsters!" Chazz gasped, taking a step back.
"Yup, would you like to see them attack?" Kenji smirked as he turned to his first ninja. "Okay, Raizo, you have the first attack! Destroy Armed Dragon LV with Assassin's Swing!"
"But it has the same ATK as the dragon," Mindy pointed out, gasping. "He's destroying them both in a suicide attack!"
The ninja assassin held the chain of his weapon with his right hand and started swinging the ball end, swinging it faster and faster until finally flinging it at the Dragon.
"You want a kamikaze?" Chazz asked, not deterred at his opponent's move. "Well fine, Armed Dragon use Spiked Spinner and counterattack!"
The dragon roar as it started spinning its large arms around with speed matching the ninja's weapon as they met halfway and launched their strikes. Armed Dragon landed his blow, knocking Raizo back but...
*POOF!*
He vanished into a puff of smoke!
"Where'd he go?" Chazz growled as he and the Armed Dragon started looking around. Then, the dragon stiffened up as it felt something sharp against its back. Once the SOL member, turned his direction back to the dragon, he growled even more when he saw Raizo using the scythe end on his weapon and sliced down its back, before exploding into pixels. "Why wasn't Raizou destroyed!?"
"It's his special ability!" Kenji smirked as Raizo stood next to his master. "Raizou can't be destroyed in a battle! He won't die while there are enemies needing to."
"Ha! Kenji faked him out!" Syrus cheered.
"Now Kenji can attack directly and take it to Chazz again!" Alexis added.
"Now my kunoichi, attack Chazz directly again!"
Kasumi and Sheik rushed in from both sides and pulled out a grey metal kunai. Chazz braced himself as he crossed his arms when both kunoichi jumped from their running points and sliced the white clad duelist from front to back, leaving him on his knees before jumping back to Kenji's side.
Chazz: 3600
Kenji: 6800
"I like to see Chazz try to win now!" Jaden smiled. "With three monsters, and one of them who can't be destroyed in battle, Kenji's got this one in the bag!"
"Plus, I never seen Kenji summon out his powerful ninjas with such ease!" Melody looked on, impressed with the move made by the ninja duelist.
"What do you expect from one of the few Obelisks who actually trains to keep his status?" Alexis asked, feeling proud of her friend's accomplishment.
"I'll end my turn with two facedown cards!" Kenji concluded as he emptied out his hand with the two facedown cards set near his feet.
Chazz looked like he didn't even care about the battle as he drew his next card, Card of Demise.
"I'll activate the spell Level Modulation!" He said as the card shined. "Now, draw two cards from your deck."
Kenji stared straight at Chazz as he drew twice.
"Now, I can summon Armed Dragon LV 7 to the field!" The SOL member declared as he took the monster card from his graveyard and slapped it on his disk with a wicked smile on his face.
The sharp-bladed, armored dragon appeared and roared loudly at the Cyber Angel. (7/2800/1000)
"Next, I'll use my Card of Demise!" Chazz continued as he activated a spell card showing a dark cloaked man, cutting his duel deck with a small guillotine. "With this card played, I can draw until I hold five cards in my hand!"
Chazz drew four more cards to appease the rules of the spell, revealing to be Level Copy, Enchanting Fitting Room, Chthonian Polymer and Armed Dragon LV10! Kenji gasped as he knew what was going to happen, while Chazz was eager to play one of them as he quickly slipped one of them in.
"Now, I sacrifice my Armed Dragon LV7 to summon forth the Armed Dragon LV10!"
The Armed Dragon suddenly glowed into a bright yellow aura that grew to immense size that toppled over the field. When the aura vanished, the Armed Dragon was now wearing black and silver metal armor around the red scales. All the sharp blades became sharper and the claws were larger than ever than its previous form. (10/3000/2000)
"It's not going to be pretty after this," Syrus stated watching Chazz place one of the spell cards in his disk.
"I'll activate Level Copy!" Chazz announced with a grin. The spell card he played showed off the three LV forms of the Silent Swordsmen, flashing their swords in the light. "And like the name states, it makes a copy of a LV monster that's currently on the field!"
Syrus gasped. "That means..."
A second LV10 Armed Dragon appeared and roared at the stunned ninjas. (10/3000/2000)
"See Kenji, you're not the only one who can summon many powerful monsters at once!" Chazz boasted to his opponent, "It's just I can do better! And once you join the Society of Light, you'll be more powerful than ever!"
"It's not going to happen, Chazz!" Kenji declared defiantly. "You can take your offer and shove it!"
"Such language, let me respond to that in the following way," The SOL member declared as he discarded his Enchanting Fitting Room. "I use Armed Dragon LV10's ability! By discarding one of my cards in my hand, I can destroy all of your monsters on the spot." He looked to his dragons. "Now go, Sonic Cutter Screech!"
The original Armed Dragon inhaled deeply and then roared out sonic waves that destroyed all the ninjas on the field, reducing them to pixels as Kenji shielded himself and retaliated by activating his facedown cards.
"I now activate my facedown cards, my trap, Burial's Last Gift and I'll chain it with the quick-play spell, Emergency Provisions!" The ninja duelist announced as the two cards appeared face-up showing the trap's picture of a live human hand sticking out of a graveyard plot and carrying five duel monster cards. The quick-play spell revealed to show numerous food items like cracker packages and canned fruit.
"First, Emergency Provisions activates sending my Burial's Last Gift to the grave and restore 1000 of my life points!"
The Trap Card vanished into sparkles and then seeped into the Obelisk's body as it restored his health.
Chazz: 3600
Kenji: 7800
"And even though it was sent to the graveyard, the effect of Burial's Last Gift still resolves!" Kenji declared as he drew three cards, making five cards in his hand. "And it lets me draw until I have five cards whenever a monster of mine is destroyed."
"Go ahead and have your five cards, but it won't save you from my direct attacks!" Chazz bellowed. "Now my dragons, attack Kenji directly with Double Static Orb Thrust!"
The Armed Dragon and its doppelganger roared again, rearing their giant claws into the sky, and created electricity that gathered into a large, sparkling orb. When they were maxed out, the dragons tossed their orbs at the ninja duelist, making him scream out as he was bombarded with lightning bolts.
Chazz: 3600
Kenji: 1800
The ninja duelist dropped to his knees, gasping for air.
"Had enough yet?" Chazz grinned. "Cause if you don't, it's your turn now."
"Kenji!" His friends cried out, worried for their friend who didn't get up.
"He doesn't look so good," Mindy said.
"He only has half the points Chazz has," Jasmine stated reviewing the scores. "Maybe he should just throw in the towel."
"NO!"
Everyone in the audience jumped at the outburst of Alexis Rhodes who stood up with an angry look on her face. "Get up Kenji! You still have life points left!"
"I don't know," Kenji said as he stared up at the dragons. "I don't know if I have anything to beat down 3000 ATK now."
"Stop talking like that!" The Obelisk girl yelled again. "You've faced stronger monsters than those two, or do I have to remind you of the Sacred Beast cards!"
The ninja duelist gasped as he turned his direction towards Alexis as she continued to speak.
"You have weaker monster than that dragon, so what? It's never stopped you from having the skill and strategy to pin them down and have your ninja monsters finish them off!" She said, keeping that glare firm. "I know you have the ability, I have faith in you as your best friend! We're two people known for using weaker monsters effectively just as the stronger ones. So use the skill that got you into the Obelisk dorm and shut Chazz up!"
Kenji smiled wholeheartedly as he got up. "Thanks Lex, I really need that!" He then turned to Chazz keeping that smile. "Hey Chazz, my draw!" He drew his next card, giving him a hand of six.
"And don't forget the effect of my Infernal White!" Chazz announced. "It deals 600 points of damage on your standby phases!"
The ninja duelist didn't even flinch as the white aura surrounded him.
Chazz: 3600
Kenji: 1200
"It didn't even faze him!" Claudio cheered. "Awesome!"
"Looks like that pep talk you have him, really spirited him up, huh Alexis?" Melody asked the Obelisk girl.
"He's lucky he's in a duel now," Alexis stated with a proud smile. "Otherwise he'd get a smack to his face for his sulking."
Jasmine and Mindy giggled to each other.
"If you ask me, I think you like Kenji more than you let on." The brunette Obelisk girl stated.
"Yeah, she's never spoke out like this to other boys," The black-haired Obelisk girl added with a knowing grin of her own. "Even Zane."
"Don't start with me, girls," Alexis said as she sighed.
"Okaaayyy..."
"Whatever you saaayyy..."
Kenji looked over his sixth card hand and found himself a great combo to use as he picked up a card and turned it over. "From my hand, I activate the spell card, Legacy of the Dragon Clan!" He announced as he slipped in the spell card. It showed a picture of a circular emblem of a black dragon that had its wings stretched out to the sides of the plaque, the tail encircling around the edges and the dragon's head stretched out to the right bearing its teeth. "And this special summons from my hand, the one and only, Ninja Hayabusa!"
Kenji's friends cheered as the spell card image spun rapidly until it launched another ninja out. He looked like the epitome of a present-day ninja, as his thin, yet muscular build was clad in a tight, black shirt and pants with tabi boots, ninja head piece, mask, scarf with shin forearm guards. He stood in front of Kenji staring down the dragons. (7/2700/1900)
"Alright, he brought in the big guns!" Claudio grinned.
"But I'm not done, Chazz." Kenji continued as he set another card inside his disk. "I'll give him his weapon of choice: Ryuken, the Sacred Blade! And it grants him 800 ATK!"
Hayabusa held out his left hand as a katana materialized into it that had a red hilt. He then released it from its scabbard, revealing its hard steel and workmanship as its wielder took it into his right hand, ready to strike. (7/2700-3500/1900)
"And then, I'll use my final three cards, all of them Fuhma Shuriken!" The ninja duelist continued as he played is final three cards.
The three spells laid out on the field, depicting the Strike Ninja expertly throwing small silver shuriken with unknown Kanji on them.
"And as you know, one Fuhma Shuriken grants a Ninja monster with 700 ATK!" Kenji explained. "And with three, Ninja Hayabusa gains 2100!"
The ninja monster held out his hand as three small shuriken landed inside it. (7/3500-5600/1900)
"Now my ninja, attack one of the Armed Dragons with your mighty blade!" Kenji commanded as his ninja jumped high into the air and then dived down to the copy of the Armed Dragon. Hayabusa took his sword in both his hands and when he reached the dragon's head, he swiftly sliced it right down the middle and continued to drive it down until he reached the floor. The dragon let out a dying gasp as it exploded into many pixels that Chazz and the other Society members shielded themselves from.
Chazz: 1000
Kenji: 1200
Alexis nodded. 'That's the way, Kenji.'
"Kenji's has got the ultimate lock!" Melody exclaimed, looking over the field.
"What do you mean?" Jaden asked the Ra girl.
"Remember that Fuhma Shuriken can deal an additional 700 points of damage when it's destroyed and sent to the graveyard." Melody explained, as Jaden nodded in understanding. "Well, with three of them gone, Chazz will lose 2100 life points."
"I got ya," Claudio grinned. "If Chazz makes it strong enough to beat Hayabusa by force or use its special ability to wipe him out, he's done either way!"
"Exactly what I'm saying," The magician duelist smiled.
"I end my turn," Kenji announced. "Are there any last words, Chazz?"
"Yes," Chazz replied as he drew, revealing it to be Magical Mallet. "I'll activate Magical Mallet!" He announced as he played the card he just drew. It showed nothing more than a large red mallet with small white wings on it. "This card allows me to reshuffle any number of cards in my hand to my deck and redraw the same amount!"
Chazz did just that as he placed his two cards on the top of his deck and shuffled it up, and then he redrew. This time, the card images showed Mage Power and a strange new Equip Spell card.
"What the heck is that card?" Kenji asked, perplexed by the new card.
"Why don't you see it up close?" Chazz offered as he put both of his cards into the spell/trap card slots. "I activate Mage Power and White Veil and equip them to my Armed Dragon!"
The two spells appeared behind the dragon. Mage Power showed a picture of several, green robed, old mages raising their arms with red auras and fueling the cauldron behind them as it burst in flames. The second card, White Veil showed the back of a woman with long, silver hair blowing back, wearing a magenta gown that clung to her figure. And for the name, she held a clear white veil around her.
"The end is near, Kenji!" Chazz rejoiced. "First, Mage Power grants my Dragon an extra 500 ATK and DEF for every spell and trap card on my side of the field! And with three, it gains 1500 ATK and DEF!"
The Armed Dragon roared as a red aura surrounded him, granting him more power. (10/3000-4500/2000-3500)
"You're still shy by 1100, Chazz!" Kenji stated, crossing his arms. "Unless White Veil boosts its attack by at least that much, Hayabusa won't go down. Besides, even if you do the effect of my three Fuhma Shuriken will send your life points down the drain!"
"Yeah, who's Chazz trying to kid anyway?" Hassleberry wondered for the SOL member's play.
"He's completely lost it," Syrus replied. "Plain and simple!"
"No, it's the power of the Light that will now fuel my dragon and show Kenji its glorious power!" Chazz rejoiced as the White Veil cards suddenly expended a huge amount of light as the Armed Dragon's color went completely white! "Now my dragon, show Kenji the way to the Light!" He commanded.
The Dragon roared as it charged right at Hayabusa.
"You made your last mistake!" Kenji shouted as Hayabusa jumped straight at the dragon with his katana out in front of him.
"No, you made YOUR last mistake!" Chazz yelled. "When a monster with White Veil attacks, it destroys all of your spells and traps and negates any effects they have!"
Kenji let out a horrified gasped as all the weapons Hayabusa had on him shattered into pixels. The ninja gasped and widened his eyes as he found out he jumped into a fight he can't win. (7/5600-2700/1900)
"Now destroy him and deliver Kenji into the Light! Armed Luminizer Blast!"
The Armed Dragon continued its charge and crushed the ninja into pixels and then unleashed a white pulse of energy that washed over Kenji and engulfed him into the light!
Chazz: 1000, Winner
Kenji: 0
"Oh no!" Mindy and Jasmine cried out as Kenji collapsed face down on the floor.
"Kenji!" Alexis shouted as she ran up to the duel platform.
"What are going to do?" Chazz scoffed as he walked up to the fallen duelist. "Your speeches won't help him, Alexis. He's one of us now! And soon, you'll all be joining him!"
Alexis ignored Chazz's statement even has Jaden and the rest of the gang came down with her.
"Kenji, get up!" The Obelisk girls yelled to him.
Everyone smiled when Kenji finally got up, but only kept his head down with his hair covering his face.
"Hey don't look down, ninja dude," Claudio said to him. "You fought your hardest and even pulled off an amazing combo with your favorite card!"
Kenji grinned beyond his hair. "You fools don't get it... I'm glad I lost!"
Everyone except Chazz, who grinned, gasped at what came out the ninja duelist's mouth
"What did he just say?" Jaden asked, not believing what he just heard.
"Thanks to seeing the Light, I can finally be me!"
Kenji raised his head, showing the vindictive smile appearing on his face. Also, the headband on his forehead suddenly dropped off his head.
"As it should be," Chazz said as he placed a hand on the ninja duelist's right shoulder. "Welcome to the Light!"
"No way..." Claudio whispered.
"Kenji..." Alexis muttered.
"Now, how about we check out how Juli did with the Girls Dorm?" Chazz asked his new member.
"Nah, you stay, I'll check it out," Kenji offered as he jumped over his former group's heads and ran out the dorm.
"Come on, we gotta follow him!" Jaden shouted as he ran out the doors as well, prompting everyone to follow.
Once they were gone, Chazz smirked. "You're next, Alexis..."
Jason was still sitting in his rowboat, taking a meditative state with his eyes closed. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and smirked.
"We have a new member, Master." He said. "Chazz has done well!"
"I can now sense his power, Jason." Sartorius contacted from inside his mind. "Now that there are even more people have seen the Light, I can fully see them from your eyes!"
From inside the white room, Sartorius was staring into the image of what Jason was seeing now. Both Obelisk Dorms now painted white.
"And now the soul of the Hierophant is mine!" He rejoiced, staring into the image of the tarot card that now held Kenji's face! His expression changed to concern as he looked at the dark card that fell with the Hierophant card. "But still, this card troubles me. How is it that a card with no meaning in the Arcana cards now appears after all these years? What is this trying to say? Is it about the soul of the Hierophant?" He then turned to his deck and drew a card. "Let's see what it tells me..."
The next card that showed was of a large, tree-like tower ascending to the sky as it was shown among the clouds. But the card was upside down.
"The Tower in the upside-down position," The tarot reader declared. "If right-side up, it indicates catastrophe, but upside down it indicates the rise after a fall." He looked at the dark card again and set the upside-down Tower card over it and the upright Hierophant card. "This is most intriguing." He then connected back to Jason.
"Jason, what is the name of my new servant?" He asked the eyes of the SOL.
Before he was about to answer, something caught Jason's eye. He saw a person, male, dashing across the water without any difficulty. As the person jumped into the air, the Lightsworn duelist was able to see that it was guy also dressed in an all-white blazer and pants with a white headband.
"It's Kenji Yuuyami, sir." Jason confirmed. "A ninja based duelist who is one himself."
"Follow him, and make sure to keep an eye on him." Sartorius commanded. "Something is not right about this one."
"At once, Master." The Lightsworn duelist said as he rowed his boat towards Kenji's destination, the Obelisk Girls' Dorm.
With Jaden and the gang, they had also reached the entrance to the Girls' Dorm and were met with a horrible sight.
"Not them too," Alexis shouted as they saw that the Obelisk Girls' Dorm was painted white like the Boys' Dorm.
"I wonder who the one that did this is." Melody said, crossing her arms.
"It was Juli," Jasmine stated.
"Juli?" Jaden asked.
"One of the new Obelisks this year," Alexis informed him. "In my opinion, she's like how Chazz was in the beginning."
Except for Hassleberry, everyone started to remember how arrogant Chazz was as a first-year Obelisk.
"It's difficult to picture that," Syrus said.
"I don't WANT to picture that!" Claudio added.
"Well it's my opinion to find this Juli chick and set her straight!" Hassleberry shouted, raising his right arm and flexing it.
"Looking for me boys and girls?" A self-righteous voice called out from behind the doors
Everyone turned to see the front door of the dorm open up, revealing the ox-hair styled girl and numerous girls wearing an all-white version of the Academy Girls' uniform.
"Welcome to the new home of the Society of Light for girls!" Juli greeted as the white clad girls cheered.
Claudio leaned towards Alexis and whispered. "Is that her?"
"Yeah," She replied. "And here I thought Missy was the strange one of the bunch."
Juli chuckled. "Alexis, Jasmine, Mindy... you've come back to join our glorious club. Come; let's get you fitted for your new, sparkling uniforms!"
"No way!" Jasmine shouted.
"All white is so not our color!" Mindy added.
"Your silly antics only justify my right to help you see the Light!" Juli declared as she held up her duel disk. "Who's the first among you to join?"
"If you mean the chance to get out of this crazy fad that all the Obelisks seem to have in common," Alexis stood up. "I'll duel you!"
"Aww, is there something wrong, Alexis?" The ritual duelist asked, tauntingly. "Because you do look a lot different today..."
"What are you talking about?" The cyber girl duelist asked.
Juli snapped her fingers. "I know, you must be upset that dear Kenji as finally opened his eyes to the truth!"
Everyone now looked at her in disbelief.
"And just how did you figure that out?" Jaden asked. "That happened across the moat!"
"Because, I told her about it," A voice called out from behind the crowd of girls. They split apart to show Kenji walking up to the group.
"How'd he come here before us?" Syrus gasped. "We saw one extra boat when we crossed!"
"Easy, I crossed the moat by running across the water." The new SOL member stated. "Things are much simpler to reach when you've finally achieved perfect ascension."
"Oh man, this is worse than we thought," Claudio said.
"I only speak the truth, Claudio." Kenji replied as he turned to Alexis. "Alexis, I hear you'll be joining us as well once Juli beats you."
"I won't lose, Kenji." The Cyber Girl duelist stated. "And what's wrong with you? Why are you acting like this?"
"And why are you passing up such a great thing?" The ninja duelist countered. "You can just join up and find your real self, like I have." He then sighed. "You know, why I even bother explaining when actions speak louder than words. How's this; I'll strike up a bargain with you. You duel Juli and if she wins, you join up with the Society. But if you win, you get a request from any member you want."
"Alright," She nodded. "And I'll have you removed from the Society when I win."
"I'll consider it," Kenji said.
"There's no 'when'," Juli stepped in. "There's not even an 'if', after I'm done with you!"
Standing around a corner, Jason saw the stakes of the duel being thrown down.
"This should be interesting," He said. "Two strong players, for the price of one..."
At the main arena, everyone returned there to see the two girls battle it out.
"Alright Alexis," Jaden called out. "You can win this just don't let her rattle ya!"
"The sarge is right, Private Lexi!" Hassleberry added. "Just keep your head in the game, and we'll have our ninja soldier back where he belongs."
On the Society's side, Jason walked up to Kenji and Chazz, who never left the arena since the last duel.
"I knew Alexis would end up seeing things our way," Chazz stated. "And once she loses, she'll be welcome with opened arms."
"And with another elite member into our Society, nothing we'll stand in our Master's way." Jason concluded, but turned the new member. "By the way, welcome Kenji."
Kenji stayed silent, staring intently at the duel.
'He does seem troubling indeed, Master.' The Lightsworn duelist thought.
On the duel platform, Alexis and Juli drew their opening hands and turned on their duel disks.
"Just think, Alexis." Juli spoke up. "Once you join the Society, it will be the best thing that ever happens to you!"
"I rather we get this over with, Juli," Alexis replied. "The sooner I win, the sooner I can get my friend back!"
"DUEL!" Both players shouted.
Juli: 8000
Alexis: 8000
"Society members first," Juli said as she drew her sixth card. "I start with Senju of the Thousand Hands in attack mode!"
In flare of radiance, a strange, monk like person appeared that had a strange bronze color to him from his clothing, which consisted of a medium-sized hat and a ceremonial robe of a Buddhist. And just like the name suggested, he hand exactly 1000 hands appearing out of his body from various places. (4/1400/1000)
"And with his appearance, I can bring any Ritual Monster card from my hand to the graveyard!" The Ritual duelist continued as she picked up her deck and took a card from it. "And I'll pick my Elemental Mistress Doriado!" She stated as she reshuffled her deck and placed it back in her disk.
'That's a new one, I haven't heard about for her deck.' Alexis thought. 'With her Ritual Cards, she's more on power. So why would she have a level 3 monster?'
"Next, I'll play the Double Summon spell card so that I can summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands in attack mode!"
Juli placed another monster on the field. It looked even stranger than Senju's appearance has this one's body was made up of liquid silver arms and hands! And at the very top, was a weird looking head with red eyes and even more arms and hands growing out of it! (4/1400/1000)
"Eww..." Melody muttered, disgusted with the next monster's appearance.
"I think that's an understatement, Mel." Claudio added with a disgusted face of his own.
"And when he's normal summoned, I can choose either another Ritual Monster card or a Ritual Spell card from my deck," Juli continued as she grabbed another card from her deck as soon as it pushed it out. "And I'll choose my Doriado's Blessing card! But before I play it, I activate the continuous spell card Ascending Soul!"
Next, Juli slipped in a spell card that showed the background of the heavens with a Ritual Raven in a white robe reviving another Ritual Raven that was unconscious.
"Now, I'll use the Doriado's Blessing spell to sacrifice the Djinn Releaser of Rituals in my hand and Ritual Summon my Elemental Mistress Doriado!"
Out of nowhere, three orange fairies appeared and started to fly around a chubby purple female fiend wearing a purple dress and a headdress with a gold and blue design on the trim, and held a golden scepter. Suddenly, the form of the Djinn monster started to crack apart like hardened clay until her body crumbled. But now, in her place was a woman, a lot more beautiful than the sacrifice, with long blonde hair and an aura of pleasantness around her. She was dressed in a white robe with a blue crest on the front and blue shoulder padding with it and a red and green headdress with a yellow star on it. (3/1200/1400)
"A ritual monster with 1200 ATK," Jaden wondered. "She must have some special ability."
"She does," Juli replied. "Not only being a LIGHT monster, she's counted as a FIRE, WATER, EARTH and WIND monster as well! Also, with the Djinn I used for the ritual, you're not allowed to special summon!
Alexis and her friends gasped.
"Oh great, she's cut off from summoning Cyber Blader or her Cyber Angels!" Jasmine stated.
"She still has a lot of other moves to use." Mindy consoled her friend.
Kenji grinned on his side. "Without the ability to special summon, Alexis is sunk plain and simple."
"Maybe she'll join us sooner than we thought," Chazz smirked.
"Or maybe if the cards I gave Juli, wouldn't give enough skill for her to get Alexis to join." Jason concluded.
"Okay, enough about Doriado," The ritual duelist said as she pointed to her continuous spell card. "Let's get to the effect of my Ascending Soul!"
"What about it?" Syrus asked, as he looked the spell that was shining now.
"Once per round, whenever a Ritual Monster is Ritual Summoned, I can take one of the monsters used for the summoning from the graveyard and add it to my hand!" The Ritual duelist smiled as she collected Djinn Releaser of Rituals.
"I hate to say it, but that was a good move." Hassleberry stated. "Now she can use that monster on her next turn for another Ritual Summon."
"I'll end my turn with a facedown card." Juli concluded.
"Finally," Alexis muttered as she drew and looked at her whole hand. 'Looks like I'll have to stick with the individuals.' She thought before taking a card from her hand and placing it on the field. "I summon Blade Skater in attack mode!"
An ice pillar rose up to the field right in front of Alexis. Suddenly, it shattered as a bald woman appeared wearing a grayish-purple leotard, ice skates and wrist blades. She skated around the field before stopping right in front of her mistress. (4/1400/1500)
"Time to take of Doriado," Alexis declared as she waved her hand to her monster. "Blade Skater, attack her with Whirlwind Rage!"
The skater dashed towards the ritual monster and then went into a furious spin, turning her into a raging tornado!
"This is where I activate the trap card Fuh-Rin-Ka-Zin!" Juli interrupted as she flipped over her trap card. It showed a samurai's outfit coming to life in a demonic white aura. "I am only allowed to activate this trap card when I have monsters of FIRE, WATER, EARTH and WIND attributes." She then developed an evil smirked. "And how lucky for me that my Elemental Mistress carries all of that, which means I can choose one of the four effects of my trap card."
"Four effects!" Jaden gasped.
"Oh yeah," Claudio said, racking his brain for his thoughts. "Kenji played that card, too. You can either draw two cards, make your opponent discard two cards, destroy all spell and traps or..."
"I choose the effect that destroys all of your monsters, Alexis!" The ritual duelist declared as the trap card sent out a sinister dark light that gripped Blade Skater through the whirlwind and smashed her into pixels. "Aww, your monster fell to pieces..."
"It still won't stop me from using my own Double Summon spell to set one monster facedown before I end my turn." Alexis concluded as a set monster was placed onto the disk and showed up in holographic form.
"Now, it's my turn again!" Juli said as she drew her next card. "I summon Djinn Releaser of Rituals in attack mode!"
The chubby purple fiend appeared, brandishing her wand. (3/1200/2000)
"And, I know that monster you set has to have a high defense points," The ritual duelist narrowed her eyes as she took another card in her hand. "So, I'll use an equip spell, you may be familiar with: Ritual Weapon!"
The cyber girl duelist took a step back in slight fear as Doriado gained a giant white aura, filling her body with boundless power. (3/1200-2700/1400-2900)
"Now my Mistress, attack her facedown monster! Elemental Fury!"
Doriado then clasped her hands in prayer and started chanting mystically.
Then all of a sudden, a bolt of lightning stormed down from the ceiling and struck the facedown card, revealing it to be Etolie Cyber before she shattered into pixels.
"And here comes a triple attack! Senju, Manju, Releaser of Ritual, attack the unbeliever!"
Alexis' friends watched on helplessly as the Cyber Girl duelist was repeatedly struck by thousands of palm strikes from the two-thousand hand monsters before leaving her weakened enough for the Djinn to wave her wand and conjured another lightning bolt that shocked Alexis and sent her to knees.
Juli: 8000
Alexis: 4000
"She took her down to half her life points!" Melody gasped as the onslaught ended.
"Come on, Alexis," Jasmine shouted with encouragement. "It's still early in the duel to give up now."
Alexis grunted in pain. "You're right... I can't let my friends down..."
"I'll end my turn then, Alexis," Juli said. "Now, I hope you're not throwing the duel just to be with your friend. I wanted a worthy adversary to help serve Master Sartorius, not a quitter!"
"I plan on staying," Alexis stated as she drew. "And I plan on getting everyone out of this stupid cult you joined! I summon the Cyber Gymnast!"
Appearing onto the field was a dark-skinned woman with a muscular build and long blonde hair. She wore a form-fitting purple and black leotard and a white mask that hid her expression. (4/800/1800)
Alexis held up one of her cards, which was Polymerization, and stared sternly at the dragons "Now I discard one of my cards, to activate her special ability: she can destroy one face-up attack position monster!"
As she sent Polymerization to the grave, Cyber Gymnast jumped up to Manju and grabbed him by the head. Everyone gasped at the impressive strength of the gymnast as she took lifted the strange monster high into the air before body slamming it to the ground into pixels.
"Yikes!" Jaden exclaimed.
"Yeah, who knew her special ability was that destructive?" Claudio added, with eyes wide open in surprise.
"But guys," Hassleberry interrupted. "She could've used that special ability on the ritual monster instead of one of the weaker ones!"
"Hassleberry's right," Syrus added. "Why'd she do that?"
"Now, I'll deal with Doriado," Alexis said with determination as she placed another card into her disk. "I use the equip spell card Buster Rancher!
A spell card appeared, showing the image of a yellow suited space warrior on a distant planet. It was holding a giant, red blaster that was more than twice the warrior's size!
"I can only use this equip spell on a monster with up to 1000 ATK. And I'll equip it to my Cyber Gymnast!" She explained, as the red laser from the card materialized into the air and dropped towards the Gymnast, who looked up and caught it. She then adjusted it firmly so she could hold it up and kneeled on her left knee.
Juli just scoffed. "It doesn't change her ATK, though!"
"We'll see about that," Alexis said dully as she waved her hand at her monster. "I'll attack your Ritual Monster with Cyber Gymnast!" She said as Cyber Gymnast aimed her large blaster at the Elemental Mistress.
"A suicide mission, huh?" Chazz asked as he chuckled a bit. "It's a done deal."
"Not sure, if that equip spell has effects specific for a weak monster." Jason wondered.
"And I'll let you in on the special effect of Buster Rancher," The Obelisk Girl said with a triumphant look, "When the monster equipped attacks, it gains 2500 ATK during the damage calculation when it battles a monster with at least 2500 ATK! Thanks for powering up your monster!"
The SOL member dropped her jaw when the laser charged up and fired a straight magenta laser blast at her monster. (4/800-3300/1800)
It hit it directly at the bottom of Doriado's feet, causing a giant flame to build up around her. She cried out in agony as she finally shattered.
Juli: 7400
Alexis: 4000
Melody smiled at the current exchange. "Finally, Alexis turned it around!"
"I gotta say, that Buster Rancher thing did leave me confused!" Claudio said, voicing his surprise.
"Now, she needs to keep it that way since Juli has one card coming to her along the one in her hand," Mindy added exuberantly.
"She also needs to get her points out of the gutter," Jaden stated. "4000 life points, is not a place you want to be."
"I end my turn, with a facedown card," Alexis concluded with a smile of accomplishment as a facedown card appeared at her feet.
"Lucky, aren't you," Juli asked as she drew her next card. "I activate the spell card Graceful Charity, letting me draw three cards and then getting rid of two from the overall hand!"
She drew her next three cards, looked them over with the one she had left and grinned as she tossed away two of them.
"And next, Pot of Greed to draw two cards!" She continued as she drew two more. "Now I use the spell card, Preparation of Rites!" The ritual duelist declared as she showed of a card depicting three black cloaked people, gathering up various items and setting them up for a ritual of sorts. And hiding behind an arch, a Ritual Raven was watching it unfold. "With this card, I can add a Ritual monster up to level 7 as well as a Ritual Spell card from the graveyard!"
A card slipped out of her discard slot, and one slipped out of her deck, and she took both into her hands.
"Not another ritual..." Claudio moaned.
"Now, I activate the Field Spell card, Luminous Spark!" Juli declared as she opened her Field Spell slot. Once she inserted the Field spell, her entire side was blanketed in light, prompting the Society members to. Everyone on Alexis' side nearly had to shut their eyes to get a glimpse of the field to risk going blind.
"Hey, turn down the lights, will ya!" Jaden shouted as he also put his right arm in front of his face.
"Now with my LIGHT Attribute monsters, they gain 500 ATK and lose 400 DEF!" The ritual duelist continued as she looked to her Djinn, "Sorry sweetie, but you'll just have to bear it."
The Releaser of Rituals had to cover eyes like a certain half of the crowd, while Senju and Manju were basking in it the light. (4/1400-1900/1000-600) x2
"So, I sacrifice Djinn Releaser of Rituals and Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands to activate Ritual of Grace!" She continued. "Since their levels total exactly 7, it brings out my new monster: Divine Grace – Norsewemko!"
Suddenly, a marble altar surrounded by four pillars with a glass window with a sun design appeared behind her. The Luminous Spark's light passed through the window and created a rainbow-colored light that bather the two sacrifices in it before vanishing. Then slowly, a beautiful figure floated down from the heavens. It was a lovely woman, with blonde hair down to her waist, dressed in a fancy black dress and a headdress. She carried a long staff topped with the same sun design that was on the altar. (7/2700-3200/1200-800)
"Tt begins," Jason stated silently.
"3200 ATK!" Syrus gasped.
"Don't worry, Juli's still in trouble," Melody said. "The moment she uses Northwemko to go after Cyber Gymnast, she'll only destroy herself since Buster Rancher makes her ATK 3300."
"Oh..."
"Now, let's talk about my Ritual monster." Juli announced. "When she's Ritual Summoned, I can choose cards on my field equal to the number of sacrifices I used to bring her out and if their out on the field, my Norsewemko cannot be destroyed by card effects!"
Alexis narrowed her eyes. 'I could've made it easier to destroy her with Cyber Gymnast next turn. Oh well, I still got her on the battle."
"With two sacrifices use for the summoning, I choose my Senju and my Luminous Spark to protect Norsewemko from card effects! Plus, with Releaser of Rituals used for the ritual summoning, you can't special summon again!"
Senju and the field spell were now marked with the emblem of the sun on the chest and on the ground of the arena.
"And for your Buster Rancher, I'll have something you've might have seen just a few minutes ago," Juli grinned as she turned over the card.
Alexis and her friends gasped and the Society members rejoiced at the appearance of the card...
White Veil!
"Oh no, that's the card that beat Kenji!" Jaden stated as Juli equipped it to her ritual monster, making her clothes all white colored.
"I hope you have fun in the Light, Alexis!" The ritual duelist laughed evilly.
"I won't, I activate Waboku!" Alexis declared, quickly activating her trap card and from it, came three priestesses in blue cloaks defending the Obelisk girl by erecting a yellow barrier. "Now for the rest of this turn, my monsters can't be destroyed or take battle damage!"
Juli growled. "I can still shatter that Equip Spell, by having Norsewemko attack! Go Grace of Light!"
The spellcaster raised her staff into the sky and chanted. Everyone watched as if the whole field was coming after Alexis and Cyber Gymnast as the field spell itself launched giant white stars that rained down upon them. The priestesses kept up the barrier, but one star managed to pierce through and destroy the large laser, forcing the Gymnast and Alexis to the ground.
"I knew you'd eventually fall," Juli smirked. "I'll end my turn now!"
"Alexis, get up!" Jasmine shouted.
"Hurry before she uses that White Veil card again!" Mindy added worriedly.
The Cyber girl duelist struggled to get on her feet, but she was still exhausted.
"She still fights," Kenji said. "I've never seen a duel come about this quickly."
"And to have Alexis join our group, will be the greatest!" Chazz added.
Alexis shook off her fatigue and stood straight up. 'This is it, if I don't draw the right card, Kenji and all the Obelisk girls are stuck.' She thought as she placed her fingertips on the top of her deck. 'And I'll end up joining them.'
"Alexis, do it!" Jasmine and Mindy yelled in encouragement.
The Cyber Girl duelist nodded as she drew it out.
"Well..." Juli asked impatiently.
"I've got another shot, with my own Pot of Greed!" She declared drawing her two cards. She nodded sternly at her find and took one of her cards to use. "I use the spell card, Hidden Armory!" The spell card appeared, showing a picture of a giant hand crossing over into another dimension and reaching for a sword. "I'll send the top card of my deck to the grave to retrieve the Buster Rancher from my graveyard!"
Alexis dropped the top card of her deck into the discard slot and was rewarded with the Buster Rancher card that slid out, letting her take it.
"Now, I'll play it!" She declared as the giant laser dropped into Cyber Gymnast's strong hands again. "And finally, I activate my final equip spell card, Nitro Unit, and attach it to your Northwemko since she can be targeted by cards that don't destroy her!"
Juli looked confused when her Ritual monster was strapped to a black box with a green core and attached to a green canister fueling the box with green, nitrous liquid.
"What's this supposed to do?" The SOL member growled. "It hasn't caused my monster to lose a single point."
"Then, how about I show you how it works," Alexis smirked as Cyber Gymnast turned to her and nodded, which the Obelisk returned. "Attack Norsewemko!"
The cyber girl charged up her laser and aimed it at the core of the Nitro Unit. (4/800-3300/1800) Then, she fired the laser and hit the nitro box dead center, pushing the ritual monster all the way right next to Juli.
Juli: 7300
Alexis: 4000
Suddenly, the green canister's gauge was going off the charts when smoke hissed out of it!
"W-What's going on?" Juli stuttered, not liking what was taking place.
"The effect of my Nitro Unit, that's what!" Alexis declared with yell. "When a Monster is destroyed while equipped with it, you lose life points equal to its original ATK!"
The gauge hit critical mass until...
*BOOM!*
Norsewemko was lost in an explosion of fire and light, forcing Juli to the ground.
Juli: 4600
Alexis: 4000
"Alright, Lex!" Jaden cheered.
"Yeah, that's showing her!" Claudio added as he high-fived the Slifer.
"So what!?" Juli yelled, "I'm not... huh?" She was then interrupted by a light energy circle that formed around her. "What else are you doing?" She barked at the Obelisk.
"I'm not doing anything..." Alexis muttered, not knowing what that light was about now.
Suddenly, the circle erupted into a large pillar of light!
"AAAAHHHH!" the SOL member screamed at the top of her lungs. It horrified everyone on the spot, even when it stopped and caused Juli to fall to the floor, passed out.
Juli: 1900
Alexis: 4000
"What just happened?" Melody asked, still horrified at the effect that happened.
"She lost another 2700 life points!" Hassleberry stated, reviewing the scores. "But how?"
That's when it hit Jason as he gasped.
'It was White Veil!' He deduced. 'The card has a side effect if the monsters destroyed while wearing it!' He then turned to Alexis who was stunned at the fallen SOL girl, 'She couldn't have figured it out!' He then saw Juli and gasped at what he saw. The ritual duelist was lying on her right side with her body twitching from the shock. Her face was stunned with shock and pain. Seeing this, he turned to his other members. "Chazz! Kenji!"
The boys nodded as they ran up to the field, with the ninja duelist taking the girl's shaking right hand and placing over the deck holder.
"This duel is over," Kenji stated with a glare.
"What?" Alexis asked, getting out of her shock.
All the holograms started to disappear when the converted ninja duelist removed the duel disk from Juli's arm.
Juli: SURRENDER
Alexis: 4000, Winner
"They had her give up?" Claudio wondered. "What's up with that?"
"You didn't see her twitching on the ground?" Melody pointed out. "That White Veil card did something major to her."
"That card's a lot more dangerous than we thought," Jaden said as Chazz picked up the fallen duelist and started to leave out.
"Well Alexis," Kenji said to her former friend as his fellow Society members started to clear out. "Looks like the Light will have to catch you another day. Have fun trying to survive with your friends." He stated as he turned to leave as well.
"Wait!" Alexis shouted, stopping him from taking another step. "I won the duel! You have to come back with us. That was the deal we made, remember?"
"Actually, I recall saying that I would be consider it." The ninja duelist said, still with his back turned. "And I say no."
Alexis gasped. "But..."
"You just don't get it," Kenji interrupted. "It's over; I'm not a part of your playgroup anymore. You're lucky Juli stepped in to take you on; otherwise I'd see to it personally that you joined by my own hand! So count your blessing today, Miss Rhodes, somehow you defied your fate today... I commend you." He applauded a bit as he finally left out.
The Obelisk girl just stared at the dark hallway with a look of failure on her face.
"Alexis!"
Jasmine and Mindy ran up to her friend.
"We're so glad you're alright!" Mindy smiled.
"Yeah, after that White Veil card was played, we were afraid for you," Jasmine added. "But you already exploited the weakness and got out on surrender!"
"That's not what I wanted!" Alexis snapped, making everyone look at her with astonishment. "I came here to help out the Obelisks, but I failed!"
"It's just one duel," Jaden said, coming down to meet the Obelisk Girl. "You'll get another chance to get Kenji back, and help out."
Alexis sighed as she begun to leave out the arena from the opposite hallway. "I don't know guys I'll have to think about this by myself for a while."
"Poor Alexis," Syrus said. "I know how she feels, losing her best friend like that."
"Let's just hope she recovers," Hassleberry added. "Because even though we kept a soldier from falling into enemy hands, there's now an entire army of those Society guys now."
"And we lost Kenji to them," Claudio said. "And we have to do whatever it takes to stop this crazy cult thing from taking over the island."
"We just gotta hold on to the rest of our friends and students, for now." Melody stated.
Yup, Alexis has been spared! But at what costs...
Also, I wanted to use that combo with Nitro Unit for a while now and Alexis was the perfect one to use. Plus, I got to show ya'll that nasty side-effect of White Veil that never occurred in the anime.
Ninja Sheik (Sheik from Legend of Zelda series)
Level 4
DARK
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1450
Effect: Place Spell Counters on this card each time a Spell Card is played (max 5). This card gains 200 ATK points for each Spell Counter on it. You may remove any number of Spell Counters from this card to destroy the same number of Spell and Trap Cards on your opponent's field.
Raizo, The Ninja Assassin (Raizo from the Ninja Assassin movie)
Level 6
DARK
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 2400
DEF: 1850
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by removing one "Ninja" monster in your Graveyard from play. This card cannot be destroyed by battle.
(The top two cards were created by Psycho Duelist. All creative card rights go to him. The rights of the character Sheik go to the creators of the Legend of Zelda)
Infernal White
Continuous Spell
Play with your hand revealed. During each of your opponent's Standby Phases, inflict 600 points of damage to your opponent.
White Veil
Equip Spell
If the equipped monster attacks, destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls and negate their effect(s). When the equipped monster is destroyed, take damage equal to the equipped monster's ATK.
(These two cards were first played by Chazz Princeton in the GX episode: Obelisk White! All rights go to the creators)
Level Copy
Normal Spell
Select 1 face-up "LV" monster you control. Special Summon 1 "Copy Token", with the same original Level, Type, Attribute, ATK, DEF and effect(s) as the selected monster.
(This card was first played by Chazz Princeton in the 166th GX episode. All rights to the creators)
Next time: To acknowledge the White Dorm, Chazz enlists Society Member Lorenzo to take on Jaden, where if he loses, the Slifer Dorm is trashed! I thought we got passed this!
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