Ch. 37 The Human's Duel Monster Spirit Day
Everyone is buzzing around the school full of excitement as they prepare for Duel Monster Spirit Day. Duelists everywhere dress as duel monsters on this holiday to celebrate Duel Monsters. Students who attend the Duel Academies throughout the world get a day off to goof off and have fun as the Academy sets out different activities for the students through what can be considered festivals. It just so happens that Jaden and the others are in the Slifer Dorm trying to figure out what to do.
"So any ideas?" Chumley asked as everyone looked exited. Suddenly, Syrus's eyes lit up and everyone turned to him, wondering what his idea is.
"How about a duel between Jaden and Mana?" Syrus asked. "Think about it, they were both trained by Yugi. This could very well be one of the most exiting duels ever held at Duel Academy that didn't involve the Shadow Riders or people who work with the Tainted Light." The others quickly agreed and congratulated Syrus for coming up with such a plan.
"I know how to make it better." Mana said with a smirk. "Syrus has become an apprentice to me as Alexis has to Jaden, so why don't we have me and Sryus duel against Jaden and Alexis?"
"I'm up for it." Alexis said with a smirk. "Just don't expect us to hold back."
"Same goes for us." Syrus said, exited that he gets to test his skills against Jaden and Alexis. "Now, what should we were tomorrow..."
"I know what I'm going as." Mana, Kassandra, and Yasmin all said with smirks. Everyone else laughed already knowing that they will go as themselves.
"I think I'll go in my shadow outfit." Zane said as he leaned against the wall.
"Same here." Atticus said.
"Gemini Elfs!" Jassmine and Mindy said in unison.
"XYZ-Dragon Cannon." Chazz said.
"Des Quala." Chumley said.
"I think I'll go as Swordsman of Doom Lithmus." Bastion said.
"Junk Synchron." Syrus said.
"Dark Gaia." Jaden said. "I already know what Alexis is going to be." Everyone looked over at Alexis, wondering what she was going to dress up as.
"Injection Fairy Lily." Alexis simply stated. Chazz, Chumley, and Bastion's jaws dropped upon hearing what her costume would be. "I'll just have the syringe on my back so I can duel." After the three guys without girlfriends recovered, Jaden got a message on his phone from Akiza.
Jaden,
Your parents have begun to wake up. It looks like it will still be about a hour before they fully wake up, but I thought you may want to be here.
Akiza
Jaden immediately got up, after Alexis read the message, and began to walk towards the Hospital wing. The others followed after Alexis told them what the message read. Soon, everyone was in the Hospital Wing along with Team 5D's. "Hey Jaden." Akiza said as everyone either sat or stood in the room. Upon seeing the worry in Jaden's eyes, Akiza decided a change of subject might be best until his parents fully awoke. "So, what will you guys be for Duel Monsters Spirit Day?" Everyone then told team 5D's what they are going to be. "I plan to be Witch of the Black Rose."
"Turbo Warrior." Yusei said. "Yusei Jr. will be Drill Synchron."
"Myself of course." Jack said. Everyone sweat dropped, expecting that answer.
"Fortune Lady Dark." Carly said. "Jack Jr. will be Red Nova."
"Junk Warrior." Leo said, exited.
"Dunames Dark Witch." Luna said.
"Blackwing Armor Master." Crow said with a huge smirk.
"I'm going to be Mystical Elf." Martha said. The room fell silent again before Martha remembered something. "You know, I heard that Yugi, Téa, Joey, Mia, Tristian, Miho, Bakura, Serenity, Duke, Vivian, Kaiba, Kisara, Mokuba, Rebecca, Pegasus, Cecilia, and Mr. Muto are suppose to come."
"Really?" Jaden asked. surprised that even Mr. Huto, Tristian and his wife Miho, who couldn't hang out with Yugi and his gang once they went to Duelist Kingdom to when Atem left because of family matters, Bakura and his wife Serenity, Duke and his wife Vivian, who eventually gave up on dating Yugi, and Mokuba and his wife Rebecca who also gave up on dating Yugi, much to his relieve that he could now be with T a and no other women would be coming after him.
"I heard that too." Yusei said. "Knowing Kaiba, he'll probably bring all of them on Kisara's back...except Joey who he'll probable force to hang by Kisara's tail." Jaden laughed as he could just imagine Kaiba actually pulling a stunt like that.
"Huh?" Sarah and Tryler both said as they began to sit up. Akiza's doctor instincts immediately went off as she went to check on them.
"How do you guys feel?" Akiza asked as she noted that their vital signs were just fine.
"What happened to us?" Tyler asked, his and Sarah's vision still blurry.
"Don't you remember?" Jaden asked. Tyler and Sarah's eyes shot open as they remembered how they tried to force Jaden to leave Duel Academy only for him to send them to the Shadow Realm to try to open their eyes to understand why he duels.
"Yes, we do." Sarah said, everyone hearing the shame in her voice. "Jaden."
"Yeah?" Jaden asked.
"I'm so sorry for what we did." Sarah said, tears forming in her eyes.
"As am I." Tyler said. "If this is the life you want to live, then live it." Jaden simply nodded before he hugged both of his parents. Everyone decided to leave so that the family could catch up on lost time.
Everyone stood in front of the Slifer Red Dorm, watching as Jaden, Alexis, Mana, and Sryus prepared for their duel. Jaden and the others all dressed up as they said they would dress up as. Some of the boys began to drool at the way Alexis was dressed until Jaden shot them a stare that promised them a slow, painful, and merciless death if they continued to drool. The fact that the had a living Cyber Dragon next to them giving them the same glare caused some of them to excuse themselves so that they could change their pants. Both Tyler and Sarah stood outside to watch the duel since they wanted to better understand their son's love of Duel Monsters.
"You guys ready?" Chazz asked, however he was stunned into silence as a real Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared in the sky before laning in front of the Slifer Red Dorm.
"Jaden!" Yugi shouted, from atop Blue-Eyes wearing a Silent Swordsman LV 8 costume, Téa wearing a Silent Magician LV 8, Kaiba wearing a Kaibaman coustume, Atem was dressed as the Pharoah he was named after, Tristian as Arcana Knight Joker, Miho as Queen's Knight, Serenity is St. Joan, Duke is Orgoth the Relentless, Vivian is Dragon Lady, Mokuba is Black Luster Soldier, Rebecca is Fire Princess, Bakura is wearing a Paladin of White Dragon costume without the dragon, Mai wearing Harpy Lady, Sia wearing a Kuriboh costume, Pegasus wearing a Relinquish costume, Cecila appearing as herself, Sonia wearing a Winged Kuriboh cosutme, Mr. Muto was Dark Flare Knight, and Joey, who was actually on the tail of Blue-Eyes, dressed as Flame Swordsman. "It's been a while."
"Annoying rich boy, forcing me to ride on her tail." Joey grumbled as he stepped onto the ground.
"Yes, it has." Jaden said with a smirk as he and Alexis activated their duel disks. "Now get out of the way. Me and Alexis have a duel to win."
"As if." Mana said as she and Syrus activated their own duel disks.
"A duel between Jaden and Mana." Mai said with a smirk. "This I have to see." Everyone that just arived on Blue-Eyes quickly moved out of the way as Kisara in her Blue-Eyes form stood next to Kassandra in her Cyber Dragon form.
"Get your game on!" Jaden and Alexis shouted as they drew their five cards.
"It's time to duel!" Mana and Syrus shouted back as they drew.
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"I'll start." Jaden said. "First off, I summon Elemental Hero Clayman!" Clayman rose to the field. "Next, I activate Double Summon to play Mist Valley Solider before I tune my level 4 Clayman with my level 4 Valley Solider!" Mist Valley Solider transformed into 4 green rings befoe they surrounded Clayman and changed him into 4 stars. "Out of 2 will come 1, and out of 1 will come great cosmic might!" A pillar of light erupted behind Jaden as he jumped into the air. "Take flight, Stardust Dragon!" As Stardust Dragon appeared, Jaden landed on his shoulder. The students gasped at seeing the duel monster was solid. "I play three cards facedown and end my turn." Three cards appeared in front of Stardust Dragon.
"My turn!" Mana said as she drew. " I use Pot of Greed to draw two cards." Mana looked at the two new cards before sliding on into her Monster Card Zone. "Since Watapon was added to my hand by card effect, I can special summon it." Watapon appeared on the field. "I now sacrifice Watapon to summon Dark Magician Girl!" As Watapon disappeared, Mana hovered over the field. "Next, I use Double Summon to bring out Turbo Synchron and tune myself, a level 6, with level 1 Turbo Synchron!" Everyone watched as Trubo Synchron changed into 1 green ring before it surrounded Mana and caused her to become translucent as 6 stars appeared. "Watch as the magic of the ancients swirl and spiral together to bring life to a single mystical entity! A large pillar of light erupted around Mana. I Synchro Summon, Arcanite Magician! Everyone noticed the duel disk on Arcanite Magicians arm. "I play three cards face down and end my turn." Mana said from within Arcanite Magician's body.
"My turn." Alexis said as she drew. "To start, I'll summon Witch of the Black Rose!" Black Rose appeard on the field. "Now, I have to draw a card and if it isn't a mosnter, both the card I drew and Black Rose gets sent to the graveyard." Alexis drew her card and revealed it to be Rose Fairy. "Since Rose Fairy was added to my hand by card effect, I can automatically summon her!" Rose Fairy appeared next to Black Rose. "I now tune my level 4 Witch of the Black Rose with my level 3 Rose Fairy!" Witch of the Black Rose became 4 green rings before surrounding Rose Fairy who changed into 3 stars. "Let the spirit of the earth intertwine with the essence of the sky. Pitch-dark flower, set into bloom!" A pillar of light erupted behind Alexis. "I Synchro Summon the Black Rose Dragon!" Black Rose Dragon roared as it appeared on the field. "I now remove from play 1 Plant-Type monster to reduce Arcanite Magician's attack to 0!"
"I play Assault Mode Activate!" Mana said as she felt her attack points drop.
"I think I'll do the same!" Jaden said as he activated his own Assault Mode Activate. Both Arcanite Magician and Stardust Dragon disappeared before reappearing as Arcanite Magician/Assualt Mode and Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode.
"I activate Polymerization to fuse Black Rose Dragon and Blade Skater to become Dragon Knight Draco-Esquiste! Alexis said as Blade Skater was enveloped by Black Rose Dragon's wings before she burst into thousands of rose petals and revealed Dragon Knight. Alexis then jumped up and landed on Dragon Knight's shoulder. "I play three cards facedown and end my turn."
"My draw." Syrus said as he drew his card. "First, I'll use Monster Reborn to bring back Mist Valley Solider to my side of the field." Mist Valley Solider appeared in front of Syrus. "Next, I summon Steamroid." Steamroid appeared next to Valley Solider. "Now I tune the level 4 Mist Valley Solider with my level 4 Steamroid!" Mist Valley Solider transformed into 4 green rings before surrounding Steamriod causing it to change into four stars. "Behold as a warrior that trained to acheive strength that overwealms his enemies!" A pillar of light shot up behind Syrus. "I Synchro Summon, Collossal Fighter!" Collossal Fighter jumped in front of Syurs. "Next, I use Mana's face down Assault Mode Activate!" One of Mana's facedown cards flipped up revealing a second Assualt Mode Activate. Collosal Fighter then vanished before he reappeared as Collosal Fighter/Assault Mode. "Now I use Polymerization to fuse Collossal Fighter/Assault Mode with UFOroid to become UFOroid Fighter!" Collosal Fighter now rode on some type of hover craft. "UFOroid's attack is equal to the combined attack points of the monsters used to Fusion Summon him." Syrus explained as UFOroid Fighter's attack became 5500. "Before I end my turn, I place 1 card face down and use Card of Sanctity so we each draw 6 cards since all of our hands are empty." Every drew six cards from their deck and added them to their hand.
"How interesting." Yugi said as he watched the duel with great intrest. "Each of them have powerful monsters on the field, cards in their Spell and Trap Card Zones, and a fresh hand."
"Well, what did you expect from Mana, Syrus, and the Rulers of Darkness." Kaiba said as he watched the duel with just as much intrest.
"They certainly won't make it easy for each other to win." Jack said.
"And this is just their first turns." Yusei said. The others nodded, all of them thinking that this duel will not be won by anyone easily.
"My move." Jaden said as he drew a card. "I activate my face down Dark Fusion to fuse Summoned Skull and Destroyer Golem to bring out Evil Hero Dark Gaia!" Summoned Skull and Destroyer Golem merged together to form Dark Gaia before he descended onto the field. "Next, I use my face down Polymerization to fuse Bladedge and Bubbleman to bring forth Elemental Hero Absolute Zero!" Bubbleman changed into water that surrounded and formed ice around Bladedge before Absolute Zero burst out of the ice and appeared next to Stardust Dragon. "I attack Acanite Magician with Dark Gaia!"
"I activate Negate Attack!" Syrus said as Gaia's attack was blocked.
"I'll end my turn by playing three cards face down." Jaden said as three cards appeard in front of him.
"My move." Mana said as she drew.
"I activate Mirage of Nightmare and Emergency Provisions!" Jaden said as he drew 4 cards before he gained 1000 life points.
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"I use Monster Reborn to bring back Dark Magician Girl before I use Call of the Haunted to resurrect Arcanite Magician." Mana said as both cards appeard on the field. "I now use Polymerization to fuse my two monsters together to become Supreme Arcanite Magician!" Dark Magician Girl and Arcanite Magician spun together inside of a twister made of mystical energy before Supreme Arcanite Magician appeared on the field with 3400 attack points. "Normally, her attack is 1400, but she gains two Spell Counters when summoned and 1000 life poins for every Spell Counter on her." Mana then selected two cards from her hand. "I place two cards face down before I attack Stardust Dragon with Supreme Arcanite Magican!"
"I activate Shadow Spell!" Alexis said as chains surrounded Supreme Arcanite Magician and lowered her attack to 2700.
"Fine, I end my turn." Mana said, knowing that she could not activate either of their effects with Stardust Dragon and Dragon Knight on the field.
"My turn." Alexis said as she drew. "I use Monster Reborn to bring back Stardust Dragon!" Stardust Dragon Roared as he appeared behind Alexis. "Next, I summon Turbo Syhncron before I attack Supreme Arcanite Magician with Dragon Knight!" Dragon Knight destroyed Supreme Arcanite Magician.
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"I'll end with two face downs." Alexis said as two cards appeared infront of her.
"I draw!" Syrus said as he drew his card. "I place two cards facedown and end my turn."
"My move!" Jaden said as he drew a card. "I summon Winged Kuriboh to the field!" Winged Kuriboh appeared on the field. "I now tune Alexis's level 1 Turbo Syhncron with my level 1 Winged Kuriboh!" Turbo Synchron transformed into 1 green ring before it surrounded Winged Kuriboh and changed him into 1 star. "Behold as both power and speed surge towards each other and collide to create pure might!" A pillar of light erupted behind Jaden. "I summon out, the Synchro Tuner, Formula Synchron!" Formula Synchron appeared besides Stardust Dragon. "First, I use his effect to draw 1 card before I tune Level 2 Formula Synchron with level 8 Stardust Dragon!" Formula Synchron changed into two green rings that flew in front of Stasrdust Dragon as he flew behind them. "Let the spirit of all duel monsters now spread its wings and soar to new heights, where it can be transformed by the winds of destiny, where it can become all powerful! Go Accel Synchro!" Stardust Dragon disappeared in a flash of white, purple, and pink light. "I Synchro Summon, Shooting Star Dragon!" Shooting Star Dragon appeared with a might roar as Jaden jumped onto its shoulder.
"Stardust Dragon and Shooting Star Dragon!" Yusei gasped.
"I'm impressed." Jack said, surprised.
"It helps that he has a partner who uses a compatible deck to his." Kiaba stated.
"And her deck works just fine by itself as well." Yugi complimented. "Truly amazing."
"I know equip Shooting Star Dragon with Mage Power, raising his attack by 3000 since Alexis has four cards on the field and I have two!" Jaden said as Shooting Star Dragon's attack rose to 6300. "I now use Shooting Star Dragon's effect to determine how many times he attacks!" Jaden drew five cards. "I get three attacks!" Jaden said as he revealed three of the cards to be Junk Synchron, Magna Draco, and Majestic Dragon before shuffling them back into his deck. "I attack both UFOroid Fighter and Arcanite Magician!" Two copies of Shooting Star Dragon destroyed UFOroid Fighter and Arcanite Magician/Assault Mode. When Acranite Magican/Assault Mode was destroyed, Arcanite Magician stood in its place.
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"I now use Shooting Star Dragons final attack on Arcanite Magician!" Jaden said as Shooting Star Dragon headed straight for Arcanit Magician.
"I activate Magic Cylinder!" Syrus said.
"I use Stardust Dragon's ability to negate and destroy Magic Cylinder!" Jaden said as Magic Cylinder and Stardust Dragon disappeared. Shooting Star Dragon then destroyed Arcanite Magican as Mana reappeared on the field.
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"How do you still have life points?" Jaden asked.
"I activate Emergency Provisions and sacrificed Mana's two face down cards." Sryus said with a smirk.
"Smart move, using Magic Cylinder as a decoy to Stardust Dragon's effect." Jaden said with a smirk. "I end my turn." Stardust Dragon/Assualt Mode reappeared on the field.
"My move." Mana said as she drew. "I use Card on Sanctity so we each draw until we hold six cards." Everyone drew until they held six cards in their hands. "Next, I use Polymerization to fuse Dark Magician and Buster Blader to summon Dark Paladin!" Dark Magician and Buster Blader jumped into a vertex in the sky before it flashed a bright light as Dark Paladin came out of the vortex. "He gains 2000 attack since you have 2 dragons in your graveyard and 2 on the field." Dark Palidin's attack rose to 4900. "Next, I use Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Mage Power!"
"I use Stardust Dragon's effect!" Jaden said as Stardust Dragon and Mystical Space Typhoon."
"Perfect." Mana said with a smirk. "Now I can use my own Mage Power as I place two cards facedown." Dark Paladin's attack rose to 6400. "I attack Shooting Star Dragon with Dark Paladin!"
"I use Threatening Roar!" Jaden said as his face down flipped up and Shooting Star Dragon's attack dropped to 5800.
"I end my turn." Mana said with a huff as Stardust Dragon reappeared on the field.
"My turn!" Alexis said as she drew. "First, I summon Twilight Rose Knight and use his effect to summon Lord Poison!" Both Rose Knight and Lord Poision appeared on the field. "Now, I tune my level 3 Twilight Rose Knight with my level 4 Lord Poison!" Twilight Rose Knight changed into 3 stars before surrounding Lord Poison and and transforming it into 4 stars. "The holy light of protection, shine now and become eternal life and let the magic that lives in each of these creatures merge and become one!" A pillar of light erupted behind Alexis. "I Synchro Summon the mighty, the majestic, the Ancient Fairy Dragon!" Ancient Fairy Dragon roared as it appeared on the field. "I now use her effect to summon Etoile Cyber before I end my turn by playing Swords of Revealing Light!" As Etoile Cyber appeared, swords made of light surrounded Mana and Syrus's field.
"My turn." Syrus said as he drew. "I play two cards facedown, raising Dark Palidin's attack even more." Dark Palidin's attack rose to 7400. "I end my turn."
"I draw!" Jaden declaired as he added a card to his hand. "I summon Junk Synchron to the field!" Junk Synchron appeared o the field. "Next, I use Double Summon to bring out Hanewata!" Hanewata appeared on the field. "I now tune my level 3 Junk Synchron with Alexis's level 4 Etiole Cyber!" Junk Syncron transformed into 3 green rings before they surrouned Etiol Cyber and changed her into 4 stars. "Docking strength with courage to protect the world's peace! Synchro Summon!" A pillar of light appeared behind Jaden. "Envoy of love and justice, Power Tool Dragon!" Power Tool Dragon looked ready to be unleashed when he saw Hanewata. "I now tune my level 1 Hanewata with my level 7 Power Tool Dragon!" The metal armor on Power Tool Dragon began to break off as he flew into a pillar of light. "The power and courage to protect the world's future is a revolution! Synchro Summon!" All of the armor is now off, revieling Power Tool Dragon's true form. "Evolve, Life Stream Dragon!"
"4 Singer Dragons in 1 duel!" Chazz gasped, jaw wide open.
"They truelly are going all out." Bastion comented.
"Now to take care of Mage Power!" Jaden said as Dark Palidin's attack rose to 7900. "I use Giant Trunade to return all Spell and Trap Cards to their owner's hands."
"I discard a card to activate Palidin's effect to negate your spell card!" Mana said as she discarded a card.
"I use Solemn Judgement to negate Palidin's effect!" Jaden said as one of his cards flip face up.
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All Spell and Trap Cards left the field as Palidin was destroyed due to Solemn Judgement and Shooting Star dragon's attack dropped to 3300. "I now attack you with Life Stream Dragon!" Life Stream Dragon then attacked Mana and Syrus directly.
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The entire crowd errupted into cheer upon seeing such a duel for they had yet to see anyone who lasted as long as Mana and Syrus did against Jaden and Alexis when it did not involve saving the world.
"Man, I wanted to win." Mana said with a pout as she stomped her foot into the ground, then she smirked. "Still that was a fun duel." Jaden and Alexis hopped down from their mosnters as the duel monsers disappeared. "It seems that you somehow still get better with every duel."
"Thanks." both Jaden and Alexis said. Jaden then looked over to Yugi and the others.
"So, how long do you plan to stay?" Jaden asked, curious.
"We're on holiday for the next few weeks." Yugi replied. "We plan to use that time to give a few seminars here and to celibrate the true Duel Monsters Spirit Day of course."
"'True Duel Monsters Spirit Day'?" Chazz, Bastion, Mindy, Jassmine, Chumley, Tyler, and Sarah all asked.
"According to Jaden, the Duel Spirit's celibrate Duel Monsters Spirit Day two days from now." Alexis repiled as Jaden, the four duel spirits currently present, Team 5D's, and Yugi and his group all look excited about that day. "Appearently, its even more fun their then it is here."
"You know guys..." Jaden started to say as he look specificaly at Yugi, Kaiba, Yusei, Jack, and Pegasus. "Now that all of us are here, the press will have a field day and we'll find ourselves being spied on by repoters constantly... Everyone's eyes twitched upon imagining never getting a moment of privacy from popperatzie constantly surrounding them and springing out of nowhere to get photos and comments.
"Hey Carly, your still are reporter right?" Kaiba asked as he looked towards Carly.
"Yes." Carly replied, confused by the question.
"Then it's decided." Kaiba said. "You'll be the only reporter to film us and on our terms." Carly seemed shocked by this. "Now, to get you a camera that won't take up too much room and will be easy to cary around by one person." For the rest of the day, everyone celibrated and had fun at on the island. Kaiba got a small camera and contacted all the media companies saying that if they tried to send anyone else besides Carly that they will regret it. Everyone in the media agreed to leave Duel Academy alone and let Carly be the only reporter to film their.