Disclaimer: All official Yu-Gi-Oh! GX characters & cards are property of VIZ, Shonen Jump, and Konami.

This fic a joint project with one of my friends, Comic Master Alpha.


EPISODE 2-12

The Big Buzz

Miss Marina crouched behind some bushes as she surveyed the castle through a pair of binoculars. Behind her, Hassleberry, Mr. Bonaparte, and Mr. Thulin finished setting up their camp. Due to the situation, all four of them had come wearing comfortable clothing. "Anything yet?" asked Hassleberry.

"Not yet," was Miss Marina's answer.

"Monsieur Thulin, are you sure zis was a good idea?" asked Mr. Bonaparte.

"A teacher is responsible for his or her students," answered Mr. Thulin.

"He's right, Marcel," Miss Marina agreed, "We have to make sure the students are safe."

"Oui, zis is true." Marcel looked up at the castle. "Still, it feels like we are walking into a trap."

"Y'ain't got no argument here," Hassleberry agreed.

"We'll have to be careful then," Miss Marina said as she lowered her binoculars, "I just wish we could have registered all of our students."

"It couldn't be helped," Mr. Thulin replied as he sat down on a rock and looked at his Duel Band. He didn't like the fact that he was in a tournament like this, fighting his own students in a game that might mean life or death. He bit his lip and sighed, remembering that the whole reason they were there was because it was his idea. He suggested they go to the island in a small group with the children to participate and make sure nothing bad would happen. Chancellor Rhodes had decided that Hasselberry and Marcel Bonaparte would be the best candidates out of all the teachers to go with Mr. Thulin, having had experience with this kind of duel in the past. Ms. Marina had volunteered, though, wanting to help as best she could. A small group of four was perfect, in case they needed rescue should their plan to protect the students fail.

As the teachers sat together discussing their next move, they were being watched by a pair of men. One of them was a short man with blue hair wearing glasses. The other was a man with long brown hair with a patch of purple sticking out from under a red beanie. They were Weevil Underwood and Rex Raptor respectively. In their teenage years, they had been two of the best Duelists in the world. However, over the past twenty-five years, they had slipped lower and lower until nobody even remembered their names. They had entered this tournament in hopes of rising up and dominating the world of Duel Monsters once again.

"Hey Weevil, let me see," Rex urged as he nudged Weevil, who was using their only pair of binoculars.

"I'm not finished!" the shorter man replied. The two continued to spy on the group of teachers below. "Let's pick off the easy ones first. That weak guy down there looks like someone I can take."

"Heh. You do that. I got my eye on that muscular guy," Rex said. Weevil turned his binoculars and looked at Hassleberry.

"He's Tyranno Hassleberry. A Dinosaur Duelist."

"Exactly. I'm the best Dino Duelist there is! I ain't lettin' no one take that from me!"

"We had it all, Rex. Fame. Money. All of it." Weevil lowered his binoculars. "But then, twenty-five years ago on this very island, it all came to an end. We were beaten by amateurs and then we became the laughing stock of the world."

"Everybody forgot who we are. Like a couple of years ago, this kid thought I was some guy I'd never heard of. Then when I told him who I was, he just stared at me like I was an idiot and asked me who I was. I mean, come on!"

"We'll have it all back, Rex. And we're going to do it by winning this tournament! By any means necessary."

"So, we gonna just go down there and challenge them?" asked Rex.

"Don't be stupid, Rex," Weevil said, "We'd never be able to take them all at once. No, we have to separate them and pick them off one by one."

"How?"

"Hmmm." Weevil brought his binoculars back up and scoured the surrounding area. His vision fell upon a wasp nest dangling from a tree. "I have an idea."

o o o

Max was crouching near a stream filling up a bottle of water. Not far away, Mikey and Coltyn were working on a makeshift tent. "I'm surprised you brought a knife with you," the latter said as Mikey cut a vine after they finished tying some branches together. "Even though our survival packs included one each."

"I used to be in boy scouts," Mikey answered, "My parents made me join. Didn't do too well, but at least I got some useful stuff out of it. Gabe and I went on a lot of camping trips with our parents."

"Speaking of Gabe, where'd he go?" asked Max as he came back.

"I'm up here." Gabe dropped down from a tree and hung from the branch.

"What are you doing up there?" Mikey inquired, "And where's your shirt?"

"In the tree with my jacket." There was a moment's pause.

"Do I even want to know why?"

"Yes." Gabe pulled himself back up and dropped down his shirt and school jacket, both tied up in bundles. Coltyn knelt down and opened the the shirt, revealing a collection of apples inside. The younger brother jumped down.

"Nice work, Gabe." The black-haired teen laid the apples on the ground and tossed the shirt back to Gabe.

"Good timing, too. I'm a little hungry." Mikey took one of the fruits and took it to the stream to wash it. "How do you guys think Sammie's doing?"

"I'm sure she's fine, bro," Gabe assured his older brother.

"She's in good hands," Coltyn added, "And even if she isn't, she can protect herself."

"I guess you guys are right." Mikey shook the excess water from his apple and stood up before biting into it.

o o o

A bit of a ways up a small hillside stood the entrance to a cave. Sitting on the ground just outside was Wes, who was just staring off into space. Inside the cave, Saito sat with his back against the wall while Hayley and Nellie tended to him. "You okay, Kay-Kay?" the former asked.

"I'm fine. Just exhausted," answered Saito, "And don't call me Kay-Kay."

"I don't get it, Sai. How come you're so tired after one duel?" Nellie asked.

"It was probably this thing." Saito held up his arm and showed them his Duel Band.

"You think so?" asked Hayley as she looked at hers.

"This never happened until we got to this island and put them on." As he said this, they could begin to hear the sounds of Duel Disks humming to life coming from the cave entrance. "Sounds like Wes has a challenger."

"You got outta that duel pretty bad, Sai. Everyone's gonna want a piece of ya while you're down," Nellie brought up, dabbing a wet rag against his brow. Outside an explosion erupted followed by a howl and a thud. Wes sat back down and let out a sigh. "And it seems like those duels out there are starting to take it out of Rem out there."

"Please don't call me Rem," Wes called back, hearing that last comment as he polished his Duel Disk after his quick victory with the now unconscious opponent.

"I'll call you whatever I want!" Nellie shot back in faux anger.

"Whatever," he said apathetically causing her to giggle.

"He's so cute when he is pouty like that," Nellie said to Hayley who giggled in return.

"Though he isn't as cute as Maxie." Hayley placed her hands on her cheeks and giggled a little more as she thought about the clownish upperclassman. Saito, meanwhile, sat in exhausted annoyance at the giggling girls around him. Had he known they would be like this he would of had one of them stay out by the entrance, at least then he could keep them separated.

"I just wonder if Samantha is okay," Saito said, worried about the blonde chaos Duelist. His hands balled up lightly and he sighed before looking up to the others who had a smile on their faces.

"Yeah she is," Nellie said warmly. "We know how much she meant to ya."

"Yeah!" Hayley chimed in cheerily and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him on the cheek tenderly. "Sammie will be okay! I mean, come on, she is your girlfriend after all."

"What do you mean by that?" Saito questioned, a partial smile cracking on his lips.

"Anyone who dates you has to be one of the toughest girls in the world. Now you stop being mopey and get ready. We have a tournament to win." Hayley hugged Saito once more, lovingly. Saito smiled wider and laughed lightly, a warm feeling in his stomach that filled him. Wes sat silent but understanding. Nellie leaned against the cave wall with a positive and supportive attitude. Hayley was caring and loving to those around her. He was laughing and he didn't know why, but he just liked knowing that these people were around him.

o o o

Mr. Thulin sat on his own watching his fishing line waiting for a bite. Marcel was watching the campfire when Miss Marina and Hassleberry returned with some fruit. "Do we really need zis much fruit?" the French teacher inquired, "Zey gave us three days of food and water."

"We have no idea how long this tournament will last," Miss Marina answered.

"Best ta save the perserved foods," Hassleberry added. He set his load down and walked over to Mr. Thulin. "Anythin'?"

"Just one," the student teacher replied. He pointed to a trout he had apparently caught some time ago. It was still twitching, but otherwise it was quite dead.

"Where'd ya learn ta fish?" Hassleberry asked.

"Dad taught me." Mr. Thulin was about to go on, but then he suddenly felt a tug on his line. He immediately grabbed onto his makeshift rod and started pulling.

"Yo, you need a hand?" Hassleberry offered.

"Sure." With one hand, he passed the rod to the P.E. teacher and started using his own hands to pull the line in. Before long, the two men had themselves an eight-pound trout.

"That's a big fish!" Hassleberry noted.

"I think this'll be enough." Mr. Thulin got up and carried his catch back to the campsite. Together with Hassleberry, they arrived to find Marcel already washing the fruits.

"Did you catch anything?" asked Miss Marina.

"We should if two people share each fish," answered Mr. Thulin. He set his catches by the fire and sat down on a log. "Who's got the knife?"

"Right here." Hassleberry held his out toward the student teacher. As Mr. Thulin reached out for it, the four teachers heard something hit the ground followed by an extremely loud buzzing noise. They turned their heads and saw a wasp nest that had fallen from a nearby tree.

"SHIT!" Mr. Thulin immediately jumped to his feet.

"Sam Hill!" Hassleberry quickly moved away as the swarm poured out from the nest.

"Wasps!" Miss Marina cried out. Marcel swore something in French and the four teachers ran away.

From a cliff not far away, Weevil cackled as he watched the mayhem below. "Excellent! They're all running in different directions!"

"Aw'right! I'm dishing out some dino destruction!" Rex declared.

"And I've got my bugs' sights set." Weevil followed Marcel with his gaze and cackled again.

o o o

"Miss Marina, you alright?" asked Mr. Thulin as he helped the girl's P.E. teacher to her feet.

"I'm okay, Mr. Thulin. Thank you." The two of them had managed to escape the wasps. In doing so, however, they had been separated from the others. "We need to find Marcel and Tyranno."

"I saw them run the other way, but that's it." Mr. Thulin turned around and looked in the direction of their campsite. "We need to get back."

"I agree," Miss Marina concurred.

o o o

"Marcel! Ariel! Chance? Where are y'all?" Hassleberry yelled. He made his way through the foliage calling out his co-workers names again. He had lost everyone in the panic and was attempting to regroup with them. Unfortunately, he was the only one of the four who didn't bring a cell phone. He hoped that his fellow teachers would be able to contact each other at the very least.

o o o

"Allo? Is anybody zere?" Marcel took his phone from his ear and knocked his hand against it before trying again. "Allo? Mademoiselle Marina? Monsieur Thulin? Monsieur Hassleberry? Can anybody hear me?" He double checked his screen. He definitely had a signal as his display was showing four bars. Yet for some reason he couldn't call anyone. Suddenly, his screen died. "Sacre bleu. Mon téléphone cellulaire est cassé." He shut his phone and put it away. He had no means of contacting the others. For now, the French teacher had no choice but to try to find his way back. He was about to start walking when his Duel Band began to beep. He looked at it and saw that it was flashing red. That could only mean one thing. Somebody he hadn't registered had entered his ten-meter radius. There was no way to escape it. Preparing for the worst, Marcel activated his Duel Disk and inserted his deck.

"'Welcome to my parlor,' said the spider to the fly." Weevil stepped out from among the trees with a diabolical grin on his face. "Prepare yourself. You're about to fall before the insects of the revered Weevil Underwood!"

Marcel just looked at him. "I'm sorry. You are who?"

"You'll remember my name after I beat you in a duel!" Weevil activated his Duel Disk. Both decks were shuffled and the duel began.

--

Marcel: 8000

Weevil: 8000

--

"The first move is mine!" Weevil drew his first card. "And from my hand, I summon Cross-Sword Beetle in attack mode!" The holographic projectors hummed to life and an enormous brown beetle with two pairs of pincers appeared (ATK/1800 DEF/1200). "Next I play the Continuous Spell Verdant Sanctuary. Now whenever one of my Insect monsters is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, I can bring another Insect from my deck to my hand as long as it's the same level as the bug that was destroyed. Your move."

"I draw." Marcel drew his first card. At first he felt like setting a Mad Reloader. However, Cross-Sword Beetle had the piercing effect, so setting that monster would do no good. He fanned out his hand and a plan came to mind. "I set one monster card and one facedown. I will end my turn after that." The French instructor declared as he placed his cards on the field.

"My move then! I draw!" Weevil drew his card and he cackled. Everything was going according to his plan. "I summon Insect Knight in attack mode!" He played his card and summoned a mutated cricket armed with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other (ATK/1900 DEF/1500). "Cross-Sword Beetle, attack that monster!" Cross-Sword Beetle lumbered forward and captured the card in its pincers. With one big squeeze, it shattered its target and was revealed to be Mad Reloader (ATK/0 DEF/0). "Now you take eighteen hundred points of damage!"

"Non! I activate my Trap Card! Defense Draw!" Marcel revealed his facedown card. "Zis card can only be activated during damage calculation. I take no Battle Damage and I get to draw one card." His Life Points were safe as he added a card from the top of his deck to his hand. "Zen with Mad Reloader's effect, I can discard two cards and draw two new ones." He examined his hand carefully and then sent two cards to his graveyard before drawing two more to replace them.

"That still leaves you at the mercy of my Insect Knight!" Insect Knight suddenly flew in and slashed Marcel with its sword only to meet resistance as it collided with the spectral form of a red armor clad warrior.

"I remove zee Necro Gardna in my graveyard to negate your attack." Marcel said with a sinister smirk that became almost habitual from his time possessed by the deranged spirit of Yubel.

"When did you send that to your graveyard?" demanded Weevil.

"When you destroyed my Mad Reloader," Marcel reminded his opponent.

"Bah! Fine, I will still crush you with my insects. I will set one card facedown and end my turn."

"Zen I will draw." Marcel's fingers placed themselves tentatively atop his deck and grasped at his next card. It was going to come in handy in the very near future. But he was lacking the cards he would need to use it. For the time being, he set that card along with one monster. Afterwards, he ended his turn.

"My move!" Weevil cackled as he drew his card and summoned another Insect without a second thought. "Let's see how you do against my Howling Insect." Blue flames appeared on the field and they flared up as a blue grasshopper with its legs ablaze crawled out (ATK/1200 DEF/1300). "Cross-Sword Beetle, attack!" Cross-Sword Beetle crawled across the field and closed its pincers over Marcel's card.

"You'll need a lot more zan zat, I'm afraid." The card was flipped face-up and in the insect's jaws appeared a large green statue (ATK/300 DEF/2000). "My Stone Statue of the Aztecs doubles any Battle Damage you receive when you attack it." Cross-Sword Beetle continued to tighten its grip on its prey until several loud cracks filled the air and pieces of its pincers flew back and hit Weevil.

--

Marcel: 8000

Weevil: 7600

--

"How dare you deny my bugs their feast!"

"Are you going to finish up soon?" Marcel inquired.

"Grrr. Fine! I end my turn!" Weevil declared.

"Excellenté." Marcel drew his card. "And now I summon Chainsaw Insect in attack mode." A loud mechanical buzz filled the air as a large stag beetle appeared with chainsaws infused with its pincers (ATK/2400 DEF/0). "Chainsaw Insect, attack Howling Insect." Chainsaw Insect reved up its jaws and closed them around its target. Its blades sawed deep into the blue grasshopper until the creatures was cut roughly in half.

--

Marcel: 8000

Weevil: 6400

--

Weevil shielded himself with his arms as he lost twelve hundred Life Points, but after the damage had been dealt he cackled again. "You should always be careful when handling bugs. Because you never know when it's going to bite back. With your Chainsaw Insect's effect, I can draw a card whenever it attacks or is attacked." His grin remained etched on his face as he drew a card.

"Zat is where I activate zis Trap Card." Marcel revealed his facedown. "Appropriate will let me draw two cards each time you draw outside of your Draw Phase." Gingerly placing two fingers on top of his deck, he removed the top two cards and placed them in his hand.

"So you got two more cards. It won't matter." Weevil's Duel Disk ejected a card from his deck and he placed it on its surface. "If my Howling Insect is destroyed in battle and sent to the graveyard, I can Special Summon one Insect from my deck with fifteen hundred or fewer attack points. So now I bring out Pinch Hopper in defense mode." A green winged insect appeared beside Insect Knight and crouched down in a defensive position (ATK/1000 DEF/1200). "And don't forget about my Verdant Sanctuary. Because you destroyed one of my insects, I can bring one from my deck to my hand that's the same level as the one you destroyed. Such as another Howling Insect." He showed the card to his opponent and placed it in his hand.

"I am done," Marcel announced.

"Now it's my turn!" Weevil drew his card. With Chainsaw Insect on his opponent's side of the field, it was going to be difficult to deal damage.

First, I may want to get rid of that Appropriate card, he thought, As long as he has it on the field, he's eventually going to gain a hand advantage over me. Looking at his hand, an idea formed in his head and he set a monster facedown before switching the rest of his insect monsters in defense mode.

"Let's see what you've got!"

"Oui, I shall." Marcel drew his next card. "Chainsaw Insect, attack Cross-Sword Beetle." Chainsaw Insect grabbed Cross-Sword Beetle in its pincers and sawed through its carapace until it had cut through it. By its effect, Weevil drew a card which then activated the effect of Appropriate and allowed Marcel to draw two cards. Immediately following, Verdant Sanctuary's effect kicked in, allowing Weevil to add a level four Insect to his hand. He used it to bring Aztekipede, the Worm Warrior to his hand. "I shall set two cards facedown and end my turn."

"It's my turn now!" Weevil drew his card and his eyes grew as wide as his glasses. "First I Flip Summon my facedown Swarm of Locusts!" A large swarm of brown locusts appeared on the field (ATK/1000 DEF/500)."By doing so, I can use its effect to destroy one Spell or Trap Card you control. A card like your Appropriate!" The swarm flew over to Marcel's Trap Card and completely covered it. In seconds, they devoured the card.

"Oh no!"

"Oh yes!" Weevil cackled. "Now I activate the Spell Card Worm Bait. This card can only be activated as long as I have Insect monsters on the field. With this, I can Special Summon two Worm Tokens to the field at the cost of being unable to Normal Summon or Special Summon any level three or level four monsters." Two skull-faced caterpillars appeared on Weevil's side of the field, each only level one with zero attack and defense points. "But they're not staying long because now I'm sacrificing them." The two caterpillars disappeared from the field. "I summon Insect Queen!" A loud screech filled the air as an enormous insect bearing feminine humanoid features crawled out onto the field (ATK/2200 DEF/2400). "She gains two hundred attack points for every Insect on the field." With Pinch Hopper, Insect Knight, Swarm of Locusts, and herself on the field, Insect Queen's attack power rose up by eight hundred to three thousand. "Now I can't attack unless with her unless I tribute a monster. So I'm giving up my Swarm of Locusts. Eat up, my queen!" The enormous bug rounded up the locusts and began to feast on them. When she was done, she only had twenty-eight hundred attack points left, but she could now launch a devastating assault on her master's opponent. "Attack Chainsaw Insect, my pet!"

"I will not allow you!" Marcel flipped over one of his facedowns. "I activate my Mirror Force!" A shimmering barrier appeared before his monsters ready to reflect the attack back with enough power to destroy all of his opponent's insects."

"And I activate MY facedown!" Weevil cackled. "My Trap Jammer will make short work of your Mirror Force!" The barrier began to crack and then it shattered, leaving Marcel's monsters vulnerable again. Insect Queen crawled toward Chainsaw Insect and stuck her legs into its before bringing up to her mouth. She swiftly devoured her prey and swung a leg at Marcel.

--

Marcel: 7600

Weevil: 6400

--

"I end my turn and thus activate my queen's effect. She lays one Insect Monster Token in attack mode on my End Phase." Insect Queen's abdomen shuddered and before long she produced a slimy insect egg behind her, boosting her back to three thousand attack points.

"Zen it is my turn." Marcel drew his next card. With Insect Queen on the field, Weevil would be able to penetrate his defenses quite quickly and quite easily. If he could get all the cards he needed, he would be able to win the duel easily. He examined his hand and an idea began to form. He grabbed two Spell Cards and played them. "I play two copies of One to One. By sending one Monster Card from my hand to zee graveyard, I can Special Summon one level one monster for each. Et my two monsters will be Mad Reloader and Grave Squirmer." A second Mad Reloader appeared on the field in attack mode followed by a large muscular mummy (ATK/0 DEF/0) in the same position.

"Zero attack and defense points?" Weevil laughed. "What can you do with those pathetic monsters?"

"I now play Creature Swap. And with zis card, I shall give you my Grave Squirmer. Now what will you give me?"

"That's easy. My Insect Monster Token!" The two cards were exchanged and Marcel found himself with the slimy egg while Weevil received his mummy.

"Mad Reloader, attack Grave Squirmer!" Mad Reloader opened its mouth and fired a wave of dark energy at its target. In a simultaneous effort, Grave Squirmer fired several of its bandages and wrapped them around the other Fiend. The two fought for a while before their equal strength destroyed them both. "Mad Reloader's effect lets me discard two cards and zen draw two." Marcel sent his two remaining cards in his hand to the graveyard and then drew two new ones. "And now for Grave Squirmer's effect. When he is destroyed in battle and sent to zee graveyard, he can destroy one card on the field." At that moment, several bandages shot out of the ground and wrapped themselves around Insect Queen. She screeched loudly, commanding her Insects to save her, but none would heed her call as she was dragged into an early grave.

"NO! My Insect Queen!"

"Is dead."

"You'll pay for that!"

"I change Insect Monster Token into defense mode and end my turn."

"You won't survive until the end!" Weevil drew his card and looked at it. Seeing its name brought a sudden change to his facial expression. "Perhaps there IS an upside after all. First, I sacrifice Pinch Hopper in order to summon Saber Beetle in attack mode!" He summoned out a Hercules beetle with a glowing white horn (ATK/2400 DEF/600). "Now since my Pinch Hopper was sent from the field to the graveyard, I can Special Summon one Insect from my hand. Such as my Dreadscythe Harvester!" From the remains of Pinch Hopper's broken carapace arose an enormous green mantis wielding a large scythe (ATK/2300 DEF/1600). "Next I remove from play my Pinch Hopper and my Howling Insect from play to Special Summon Doom Dozer!" Beside Dreadscythe Harvester, the ground split open and out burst a giant centipede (ATK/2800 DEF/2600). "Now I play the Spell Card Double Summon, letting me Normal Summon again this turn. So I'll tribute my Insect Knight and summon out Ultimate Insect LV5!" Insect Knight vanished from the field and in its placed appeared an enormous blue pupa with several sharp blades coming out of its back (ATK/2300 DEF/900). "Lastly, I remove from play my Insect Knight to Special Summon Aztekipede, the Worm Warrior in attack mode." In Weevil's final Monster Zone, a large green centipede broke out of the ground (ATK/1900 DEF/400).

"Sacre bleu!"

"Feel the wrath of my bugs!" cried Weevil, "Saber Beetle, attack Insect Monster Token!" Saber Beetle charged and stabbed its horn through the insect egg. A bright line shined out and the small object burst. It then followed up with a charge at Marcel and stabbed him, dealing piercing damage.

--

Marcel: 5300

Weevil: 6400

--

"Dreadscythe Harvester, destroy Stone Statue of the Aztecs!" The mantis raised his weapon and sliced down hard on the statue. The stone monument's upper half slid off from its lower half and collapsed to the ground, leaving Marcel wide open to the rest of Weevil's bugs. "Aztekipede, you're up next!" Aztekipede, the Worm Warrior burrowed beneath the ground and rose up in front of Marcel before slamming its body against him.

--

Marcel: 3400

Weevil: 6400

--

"Doom Dozer, attack!" Doom Dozer crawled along the ground at high speed and rammed its body straight into Marcel.

--

Marcel: 600

Weevil: 6400

--

"It's over! Ultimate Insect LV5, finish him!" Ultimate Insect LV5 spread out its limbs and unleashed a massive rain of stinger. "At last I've won!" Weevil laughed manically as his Ultimate Insect LV5 returned to its place. His joy was short-lived, however, when the smoke cleared and he saw Marcel still standing there. "WHAT? How did you survive that?"

"With zis." Marcel pointed to his side and as the dust settled, it was revealed that he had activated his facedown. "Defense Draw. My Life Points are safe." He drew his card from his trap's effect.

Weevil's expression changed again back into his trademark sneer. "It doesn't matter. There's nothing you can do with only six hundred Life Points remaining. You've lost."

"Zee duel is not over yet." And with that Marcel drew his card. He set it facedown and then ended his turn.

"My move!" Weevil drew and cackled again. "On my Standby Phase, I can tribute Ultimate Insect LV5 in order to Special Summon Ultimate Insect LV7!" The carapace of Ultimate Insect LV5 split open and from it emerged a fully-developed adult insect with an exoskeleton studded with spines and great enormous pincers on its head (ATK/2600 DEF/1200). "You thought my Insect Queen was tough. Just wait until you see what my Ulimate Insect has to offer! Ultimate Insect LV7, attack!"

"I zink not!" Marcel activated his facedown. "I activate my Threatening Roar!" A loud roar seemingly came out of nowhere and stopped all of Weevil's insects dead in their tracks.

"Feh! Fine then. You're just delaying the inevitable." And with that, he ended his turn.

"It is my turn now. And I draw." Marcel placed his fingers on top of his deck and slowly removed the top card.

"Nothing you have can save you!" Weevil cackled. "Just surrender and maybe I'll go easy on you!"

"I think not." Marcel placed his card into his hand and took another. "I summon Phantom of Chaos." A swirling black massless entity appeared on his side of the field (ATK/0 DEF/0).

"Another monster with zero attack and defense points? Why don't you just place your hand on top of your deck and surrender?"

"Zere is more to my monster zan you think." Marcel began to explain. "Once per turn, I can remove from play one Effect Monster from my graveyard. Zen until my End Phase, my Phantom's card name is treated as zee removed monster's name and it gains its effect and attack points."

"And what could you possibly have in that pathetic graveyard of yours that can save you?"

"You obviously have not paid attention to the cards I discarded with my Mad Reloaders." Marcel's Duel Disk ejected a single card and he showed to Weevil. "Among zem was zis card: Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord."

"HA! Now I know you must be desperate. You're trying to scare me. But I know Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord has no attack points. So much for your Phantom of Chaos."

"Are you forgetting about zee rest of my Phantom's other effect?" asked Marcel, "It takes zee effect of zee removed monster too. Including Exodius' instant win effect." He placed Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord into his pocket and Phantom of Chaos changed into a pitch-black version of Exodius.

"B-but..." Weevil stammered, "You can't! You don't have all five pieces of Exodia in your graveyard!"

"Oh really now?" Marcel showed Weevil his graveyard. Buried deep within it were Right Arm of the Forbidden One, Left Arm of the Forbidden One, Right Leg of the Forbidden One, and Left Leg of the Forbidden One.

"HA! Such a bluff!" Weevil laughed. "You only have four! I'm perfectly safe!"

"Are you sure?" Marcel pointed to his card. "With Exodius' effect, my Phantom of Chaos gains one thousand attack points for each of zee Normal Monsters in my graveyard. And he also sends one monster to my graveyard when he attacks. And for zis turn, zee card I choose is Exodia the Forbidden One."

"NO! It can't be!"

"It is ironic, is it not?" asked Marcel, "Zee very man who threw Yugi Mutou's Exodia cards into zee sea at zee first Duelist Kingdom tournament shall now be defeated by Exodia's power."

"Wait...I thought you didn't know who I was!"

"It is amazing what you remember when you duel a coward. Who could ever forget zee footnote you made at zat tournament? Now, Exodius, Obliterate!" Phantom of Chaos, in the body of Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord, charged up its energies in between its hands and then unleashed it in one large blast. Weevil's Aztekipede, the Worm Warrior, Saber Beetle, Dreadscythe Harvester, Doom Dozer, and Ultimate Insect LV7 were destroyed in one fell attack and Weevil screamed at the top of his lungs.

The field quickly cleared of all holograms and the Duel Bands began to flash very quickly. Suddenly, Marcel felt as if his life force had been drained from his body and he fell to one knee onto the ground.

"Th-this can't be!" Weevil stammered, "I was supposed to win! This was my chance to come back on top!" His Duel Band then went off and he too collapsed.

"Chance, I think I heard something over here." Marcel, barely conscious, could just make out a familiar woman's voice approaching before he blacked out. Miss Marina arrived and found him lying facedown on the ground. "It's Marcel!" Mr. Thulin arrived shortly after her.

"Yo, Frenchie, what happened?" Mr. Thulin said to the now tired French instructor. Marcel looked up with a hint of annoyance in his eyes, but was too tired to retort, instead motioning his head to Weevil. "Oh!" Mr. Thulin continued, nudging Weevil with his foot once. Twice. Three times. He looked over to Miss Marina and laughed. "It's Weevil Underwood, that old has been Duelist who got disqualified from the pros for cheating. We got Weeviled."Miss Marina sighed and shook her head before placing a hand on Mr. Thulin's shoulder.

"Chance," she said, "you think we should worry about Marcel here?"

"Not really. He won. He should be fine if he gets some food in him and a little rest. Who we should worry about is Hassleberry. From what I remember on those old pro duels, Weevil always had an accomplice."

"I remember him too," She nodded in realization, "Rex Raptor the...dino Duelist. We have to find Tyranno!"Her young face showed distinct worry as her brow furrowed. Marcel got to his feet and his sickly form seemed even weaker than usual.

"Then, my friends," Marcel said in a shaky voice," we must be off to find ze Tyranno Hassleberry before our insectoid friend's partner does. We would not want to, how you say, lose one of our men zis early on in ze mission."

o o o

The ship was still stationed at the dock. The crew had disembarked a while ago to get some food. The only people on board were the cleaning staff. At least that was what everybody thought. "Let's move, Gio!" a young girl's voice whispered.

"Cassie, wait!" a boy's voice replied.

Two small figures snuck off the ship and made it onto the island. Cassie Rhodes stood in the sunlight as Gio Hassleberry came up behind her. "You're so slow, Gio!"

"I told you I don't do well at sea." Gio's legs still a little shaky as he tried to follow Cassie. "Why did we have to stow away on the ship anyway?"

"Cuz I said so," was Cassie's response. She made her way up the slope of the island and crouched behind some bushes. Gio came up behind her and crouched down beside her. "There's some major stuff going on and I'm gonna find out what."

"I can't believe I'm giving up play time with my rocks for this," muttered Gio.

"Listen Gio, we can get outta here quickly if you just shut your trap so no one can hear us."

"What are you kids doing here?" Cassie and Gio were startled and they turned around to see a man in a black suit standing over them.


Next Week on Yu-Gi-Oh! GNext

It's a battleof the dinosaurs. Tyranno Hassleberry against Rex Raptor. Who will win in this dynamic dinosaur duel? Find out next Friday on Yu-Gi-Oh! GNext!