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.

Chapter 54: Pro League Dueling


Inside his room, Sartorius started to divine his cards while Gunter stood up against the wall. The tarot reader flipped over one card, the Tower card in the upright position, making him chuckle a bit.

"Looks like you'll soon cause quite a stir with your new cards, my friend," Sartorius said to Gunter, who didn't give a response, "At least I was able to gain one powerful asset after another..."

The door to his room opened, showing Ripley stepping in.

"Master, the two duelists you've requested are here," She announced.

"Send them in," the SOL leader replied as the cosmic duelist left out. A minute later, she returned with two more SOL boys walked in and stood before the leader. The first had black hair in a bowl-cut style and a giant white clock around his neck. The second had slightly unkempt brown hair and white fingerless gloves on his hands, "Welcome Gentlemen, I have some tasks for you."

"Whatever you wish, Master," the boys responded simultaneously.

"Gunter, the decks please," Sartorius demanded of the card designer, as Gunter picked up two deck cases and handed one each to a respective member, "Today, more Professional duelists are coming to participate in the GX tournament. We need you two to duel them and turn them over to our cause. I'd normally send my others... but I have more pressing matters for them."

"Consider it done, Master Sartorius," the clock-wearing member bowed.

"And we'll certainly bring back some good ones, too," the gloved member replied and bowed as well.


(Hours later...)

Syrus and Hassleberry were walking along the many pathways of Academy Island, looking around for more opponents after their required wins...

"I still don't understand why we should look out for more opponents," Syrus whined as he followed the dino duelist.

"Where's your courage private," Hassleberry shouted to the shorter Ra, "I mean you win your match, impressive I may add, but now you're going back to the same wimpy kid!"

"So what," the Vehicroid duelist mumbled, "I'm just saying we should be careful this time; I heard the Pro duelists are coming to the island, starting now! Think about it; we've only fought other classmates... now the best are coming over to kick our butts!"

The dino duelist laughed, "Is that all, half-pint? Let 'em come... although, there's one Pro I like to tackle myself before challenging others."

"And who's that?"

Hassleberry then pulled out a poster out of nowhere and stuck in Syrus' face. The little Ra backed up to see that the poster was of a tall, purple-haired man wearing an all-black leather jacket, plants and shoes look. He had an intimidating looks on his face as he posed with his duel disk, in front of a prehistoric setting backdrop with Black Tyranno standing behind him. "I do believe you know Rex Raptor," He grinned.

Syrus completely bugged out and stared at the poster, "That's Rex Raptor! He's huge!"

"Yup, over the 11 years, he's now a more rough and tough Pro Dinosaur Duelist," the military styled Ra grinned, "Soon as I find him, I plan on dueling him and beating him!"

"He'd clobber you!"

"Not with all my dino troops taking on his! To become the best dinosaur duelist, I have to beat the best!"

"Time to duel!"

Suddenly, the Ras heard two voices further down the road and ran towards the source. They were met with one of the Society duelist who had a clock around his neck facing off against a young, teenage girl. She had brown green eyes, brown hair that went down to her waist, style like into a pony tail, and was around Alexis' height.

"Aw man," Syrus grumbled, "Lousy Society duelists are picking on a little girl."

"Look who's talking," Hassleberry replied, making the shorter Ra glare at him, "Relax, he's messing with Pro Duelist Roxanne Terrador Jones!"

"Isn't she a little young for the Pro League," the little Ra stated.

"Trust me, she's the exception to the rule," the taller Ra replied.

"What's a little half-pint like you doing in a place for big boys," the SOL duelist grinned as he asked.

"Dueling, the same as you," Roxanne stated as she turned on her duel disk, "And you're my first opponent!"

"You won't even get past me, Chrono the Time Duelist!"

"'Time Duelist?'" Roxanne and the Ras parroted.

"Notice the clock's time," Chrono pointed to his giant clock, "1:00: time to win some more duels for the Society of Light!"

"Huh?" the Pro duelist wondered.

"Enough of that for now," Chrono stated as he turned on his duel disk, "Time to duel!"

"If you say so," Roxanne announced as she took her hair and styled in a bun, placing chopsticks to hold it in place, "Let's go!"

Both players drew their opening hands.

Roxanne: 8000

Chrono: 8000

"Hope she wins this," Syrus said in a worried tone.

"Time to begin this duel," Chrono grinned as he drew out his sixth card, "I'll begin the duel by playing Monster Clock in attack mode!"

As the SOL member played the card, a small black fiend appeared with small, skinny arms and a clock as its only eye. (1/0/0)

"Your move," He concluded.

"That's all you're gonna do? Okay," Roxanne shrugged as she drew her sixth card, immediately playing a couple, "I start with the spell card Ancient Rules! It lets me summon a high-level Normal Monster to the field, like my Gaia the Fierce Knight!"

In a flash, a knight appeared covered in blue armor with red horns on the helmet, carrying two red, giant lances. He rode out to the field on his horse that was outfitted with a blue helmet of its own. (7/2300/2100)

"Attack Monster Clock with Spiral Shaver," She commanded as Gaia pulled the reins of his war horse and charged into the fray, about to drive the lances into the small monster...

But the clock wearing duelist flashed another wicked grin when Monster Clock opened its jagged mouth and lashed out its tongue, wrapping the appendage around the knight and horse.

"Wha..."

Then... the tongue pulled Gaia and his horse into Monster Clock's mouth, letting it gobble them up in one bite, somehow making it stronger. (1/0-2300/0)

Chrono laughed maniacally, "Sorry, any monster of yours that's dumb enough to attack first every turn, he'll be swallowed up by my little friend here and have its ATK stolen!"

'I never heard of any card doing that during my own battle phase,' the Pro duelist thought as she inserted two facedown cards into her disks, 'who is this guy?'

"Time for my draw again," Chrono announced as he drew his next card and immediately played it, "I summon Clock Knight #12 in attack mode!"

In a blue portal, a strange knight with the body of a magenta number 12 appeared with a knight's helm on top, armored legs on the bottom, and armored arms on the sides with the right hand holding a claymore. (4/1200/1200)

"Clock Knight," Roxanne wondered, "Has those been released yet?"

"Just recently," the SOL member smirked as he showed off another spell card, showing a strange paradox where numerous Clock Knights floated around, but with the number 3 knight being struck by lightning, "Next, I use Clock Work, letting special summon another Clock Knight with a lower level, so I can play Clock Knight 9 from my hand!"

After playing the card, another knight appeared but with a purple number 9 as its body. (3/900/900)

"Your special summon, activates my Demise of the Land spell card," the Pro interrupted, activating one of her facedown cards, "Now I get to activate a field spell card from my deck, like my Gaia Power!"

Once Roxanne inserted the card into her field spell slot, the whole open field changed into a forest area with a giant tree growing from the side.

"I don't suppose you have the other 10 numbers, do you," the Pro duelist asked.

"Wait and see, but first I activate the effect of Clock Knight 12," the Clock duelist announced, pulling out a sliver coin with the Millennium Symbol on one side, "By tossing a coin, and the result becoming Heads, my Knight gains an additional 1200 ATK, but if Tails, I lose the monster. In fact, all my Clock Knights have this power as part of their archetype. So prepare for the coin toss!"

Roxanne and the spectators watched as Chrono flipped the coin into the air and then descend back into his hand seconds later.

The clock duelist frowned as the coin came up with Tails.

"Looks like you're without one monster," Roxanne stated.

"Not to worry," Chrono grinned, "Once per turn, I can also negate a coin toss and flip again when I have another Clock Knight on the field."

The pro growled as her opponent flipped his coin once again, letting it fly and then drop to his hand again. He grinned when it the coin fell on Heads.

"Ha! Now my Knight gets a 1200 ATK boost," He announced loudly as a blue aura surrounded the #12 knight. (4/1200-2400/1200) "Now, since that worked out so well, let's use Clock Knight 9's coin toss!"

For the third time, Chrono flipped the coin and caught it. This time, the result came up Heads on the first try.

"Now my second knight gets more powerful as well," Chrono stated as his #9 knight became surrounded in blue aura as well. (3/900-2100/1200), "Time for a triple direct attack starting with Clock Knight #12's Claymore Slash attack!"

The nimble knight rushed across the field and then slashed across the Pro duelist, making her stagger back...

Roxanne: 5600

Chrono: 8000

"This is bad," Syrus stated, "She's lost nearly 3000 points already!"

"I take this huge amount of damage you caused, and use it for the Damage Condenser trap card," Roxanne shouted as she revealed her facedown card, "By discarding another card from my hand, I can summon a monster with ATK up to the damage you just dealt me from my deck, like another Gaia the Fierce Knight! Along with Gaia Power, he gets 500 ATK at the cost of 400 DEF!"

From behind the giant tree, Gaia returned to the field on his trusty steed. (7/2300-2800/2100-1700)

Syrus sighed at the sight of the powerful monster.

"See that private, nothing to worry about," Hassleberry stated, "Roxanne's got it all ready to take out Chrono's monsters!"

"I place one card facedown and activate Raregold Armor," Chrono announced, inserting two of his cards into his disk, with one of them creating a white paint with gold outlining on the monster, "Now the only monster you can hit is my Monster Clock, letting me safely end my turn without worrying about my Clock Knight's losing their power."

The blue auras from the knights vanished along with their boost. (4/2400-1200/1200), (3/2100-900/900)

"I draw," Roxanne announced as she prepared to draw.

"Not!" Chrono interrupted as he revealed the facedown card he just set. It showed metal chains erupting from a talisman inside a time portal, "I activate the trap card, Time Seal!"

The Gaia duelist frowned as she moved her hand away from her deck.

"Aw man, she needed that draw, too," Syrus whined.

"I end my turn, here," Roxanne concluded.

"Then it's my turn again," the SOL duelist laughed and drew his next card, "Just to show you no hard feelings, I set two cards facedown and switch the Clock Knights to defense mode as well. Quick enough for ya?"

"Plenty, it's my draw," Roxanne scoffed as she finally drew, "I use my Pot of Greed to pick up two new cards," She announced, drawing her cards, "I set two cards facedown and end my turn."

"Before I begin, I activate my Shattered Axe trap card," Chrono interrupted as he revealed his facedown cards, showing a warrior in shock of his broken axe, "And then, I start my turn with a draw," He drew for his Draw Phase, "During my standby phase, one of your monsters loses 500 ATK, and..." He then, activated his other card, a trap with an ancient clock, "with Pyro Clock of Destiny another turn moves forward and making you lose another 500 ATK!"

Gaia's lances started to develop hairline cracks, traveling from the tip and halfway through it... (7/2800-1800/1700)

"Then, I activate Clock Knight #12's effect," He stated, flipping his coin into the air and caught it, revealing heads, "And my luck continues to get better!"

The blue aura returned to the knight, granting it strength. (4/1200-2400/1200)

"Now I sacrifice Clock Knight #9 and summon Timeater," the SOL member continued as the 9-knight vanished and in its place, a purple ogre with massive arms, legs and head with a demonic looking clock for a body appeared. (6/1900/1700)

"Now, I attack Gaia with my Monster Clock," He commanded as the demonic clock attacked.

"I activate Negate Attack," Roxanne countered, revealing the common trap that created a swirling vortex to block the attack, "Now your attack is negated and the battle phase is over!"

"Fine then, I still got you where I want you," Chrono stated as he concluded with his turn.

"We'll see about that," Roxanne states as she drew, "I activate Polymerization to fuse Gaia with the Curse of Dragon in my hand!"

Soon, Gaia jumped off his horse with a tremendous leap and jumped on a dark yellow dragon with blood red markings over its body that appeared and stayed aloft. (7/2600/2100)

"So what, you'll just make him food for my Monster Clock if you attack," Chrono shouted.

"Which is why, I'm doing this activating my facedown card, Skill Drain," the Pro continued as she revealed the trap depicting the Dark Ruler Ha Des being drained of his power, "Now I pay 1000 life points and your effects are negated! Meaning Monster Clock just lost his power boost."

The crowd cheered as Monster Clock was drained of Gaia's energy and slumped over. (1/2300-0/0)

Roxanne: 4600

Chrono: 8000

"Now attack it with Flying Spiral Shaver," She commanded as Gaia rode the dragon and charged straight through the clock fiend and shattered it.

Roxanne: 4600

Chrono: 5400

"Wow, she's making a huge comeback," Syrus cheered.

"Told ya she's got it under control," Hassleberry assured his fellow Ra.

"And since my Main Phase 2 will be skipped because of your spell card, I'll end my turn," Roxanne concluded.

"I'm not done yet," Chrono shouted as he drew. But grumbled as he saw his dead draw, "I switch both of my monsters to defense mode and set another to end my turn."

"Now you're on the run," Roxanne stated as she drew her lone card, and smiled her fortunate one, "And it won't help as I play the continuous spell card Spiral Spear Strike!" As the pro inserted her card, it depicted Gaia the Fierce Knight striking with his spears with a wind current surrounding it.

"Now any monster that is Gaia or Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight, along with Gaia the Dragon Champion can deal piercing damage," She explained, "So now, I'll attack Clock Knight 12 with Spiral Spear Strike!"

Letting out a battle cry, Gaia took his dragon on a head-on collision against the numbered knight, using the force of the wind to destroy it and knock Chrono a few feet back.

Roxanne: 4600

Chrono: 4000

"Also with Spiral Spear Strike, if Gaia the Dragon Champion does damage with the piercing effect I can draw 2 cards and then send 1 to the graveyard," Roxanne stated as she drew two cards, and sent one of them into her discard slot. "Finally, I summon Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight because it's the only card in my hand!"

Suddenly, a doppelganger of Gaia appeared on the field, quickly than the others. (7/2300/2100)

"She's really getting the duel under control," Hassleberry smiled, "Roxanne's really as good as they say as one of the youngest Pros in the League."

"Let's hope she keeps it up," Syrus added, "We can't let these Society guys win."

"I can't lose with these cards, not even to some Pro," Chrono shouted as he drew, "I play Pot of Greed to draw my two cards," he announced, drawing twice, "I summon Time Wizard to the field!"

From a blue portal, a small magician emerged shaped like a red clock. It currently wore a purple cape and a pair of shoes, along with white gloves over its hands and held a small staff with a clock on top. (2/500/400)

"Time Wizard!" the spectators shouted.

"That's right," the clock duelist grinned as he held up his coin once again, "This time, I'll have to call it right instead of waiting for heads. If right, your monsters are destroyed... if I'm wrong, as if, my monsters go along with half of their total ATK!"

Roxanne sighed, "You should just give up, there's only a 50-50 chance at this. I don't know where you got those unreleased cards from, but this is over."

Chrono scoffed as he inserted another card, depicting the Goblin of Greed picking up gold coins from a zombie who dropped it carelessly with a grin, "Please, you didn't think I forgot about that? I activate Second Coin Toss to improve my chances! Then, I use Timeater and Time Wizard to attack you with! Now let's have a flip of the coin! Heads!"

Chrono flipped the coin into the air and caught it...

Tails...

"Hmm, no matter I use Second Coin Toss to negate it and use the effect again," the SOL member shrugged, "Heads!"

Everyone watched withheld their breath as the coin stopped rising and started falling.

"It can't land on heads," Syrus exclaimed, "The Society will get another member!"

"It ain't gonna happen," Hassleberry assured, but he was clearly worried as well.

The coin suddenly fell into Chrono's hand...

Once he opened it up...

It was...

"TAILS? NO!"

The spectators cheered as a time vortex appeared above Time Wizard, Timeater and a facedown card, revealing to be Clock Knight 11 (4/1100/1100) and sucked them inside... never to be seen again...

Roxanne: 4600

Chrono: 2250

"But... these cards... they said..."

Chrono was lost in his words as Roxanne drew her next card.

"I warned you, but I'll have to finish this the old-fashioned away," the Gaia-themed duelist announced, "Gaia, attack him directly!"

Instead of charging in, Gaia had Curse of Dragon unleash its Dragon Flame attack and burned down the stunned SOL member, sending him to the ground.

Roxanne: 4600, Winner

Chrono: 0

As the holograms disappeared, Roxanne let her hair down. "Wow, I really had to hammer it home there," She said with a sigh before turning to Chrono, "I don't where these new clock monsters came from, but you should use better care with them."

Chrono frowned as he dropped 7 GX medals from his blazer pocket before walking off without a word.

"I hope the rest of Academy duelists pose a better challenge," Roxanne thought out loud, "Maybe I can see where I stay since this tournament can last several days..."

"Uh, if you like we can take you to Chancellor Sheppard and see about living arrangements."

The young Pro turned around to see Syrus and Hassleberry walking up to them.

"Oh, are you also students at the Academy?" She asked.

"Yup, proud Ra Yellow duelists, ma'am," Hassleberry stated, "Sgt. Hassleberry's the name."

"And I'm Syrus, nice to meet you Miss Jones," Syrus introduced.

"You can call me 'Roxanne', I'm no different from you two as duelists," the Pro stated, "And I do appreciate the kind offer, but I'll see about finding more duels before I do that. But you're welcome to join me."

"Sure, we dueled already to keep ourselves in the tournament," Syrus said.

"And we get see more Pros in action," Hassleberry added, "By the way, is Rex Raptor on the island?"

"Not yet, he's coming on the next boat," Roxanne replied.

"Alright, soon I'll prove myself to be the best Dino Duelist," the Ra cheered.


(Elsewhere...)

While other Pro duelists went off the docks and searched the island for other duelists, one of them stayed on docks with a fishing pole; a young 12-year-old with tanned-colored skin, spiky blue hair on his head. He only wore a white muscle shirt, ocean blue shorts and brown sandals, along with his duel disk and deck. He was the sea-themed duelist Matthias Tsunami, son of Mako Tsunami.

"I guess the sea won't provide much of catch for now," He sighed as he stared out at the ocean, "But, I have a tournament to win and possibly a trophy to show my father!"

"I wouldn't be too sure about that!"

Matthias suddenly turned around to see a duelist, older than he was, with unkempt brown hair, wearing an all-white outfit of a blazer, pants, fingerless and shoes. He activated his duel disk and stared down the Pro duelist.

"The name's Indy," He announced, "And you're my next opponent!"

The son of Mako smiled as he stood up and strapped on his duel disk, "Since the fish aren't biting now, I can spare some turns of a duel with you!"

"Hey check it out!"

Matthias then looked behind Indy to see Alister and Erika standing near the docks as well.

"Isn't that Matthias," Erika wondered.

"Alister, Erika... what a surprise!" Matthias greeted, "So this is where you two went after last year!"

"Talk later," Alister called out, "You should worry about this guy first!"

"I'm looking forward to it," the sea duelist smirked as he activated his duel disk and prepared to duel.

"Don't hold your breath, kid," the SOL duelist grinned as both players drew their opening hands.

Matthias: 8000

Indy: 8000

"I'll start this duel," Indy announced as he drew his sixth card, "I summon Ashoka Pillar in defense mode," He then summoned a card on his disk, unleashing an elegant, black monument. (3/0/2200) "And after two cards facedown, that'll do," He concluded as two facedown cards appeared.

"I never heard of any released card called Ashoka Pillar," the Guardian duelist wondered.

"Mean neither," the Maverick duelist added, "Where'd he get this one?"

"Interesting card," Matthias announced as he drew his sixth card, "But they will fall by my creatures of the sea! I start with playing the spell card, A Legendary Ocean and send us to the sea!" After playing the card into his field spell slot, the entire field became submerged in water.

"Oh yeah, he's definitely his father's son," Alister noted.

"You think we wouldn't expect any less," Erika wondered.

Indy scoffed, "Seen one water-themed deck, seen them all..."

"Runs in the family, I'm afraid," the young Tsunami stated as he played a monster card, "But I have different monsters than my father, like Orca Mega-Fortress of Darkness!" Surfacing from the water, a large killer whale with a large aircraft carrier on its back, armed with missiles and cranes. (5-4/2100-2300/1200-1400) "And then, I'll attack your Ashoka Pillar with Armed Sea Force!"

Orca Mega Fortress took a deep breath, and then shot a huge fireball from the cannon in its mouth at the pillar, shattering it to cracks by the force.

"Good for you," the SOL Member smiled, "When Ashoka Pillar is destroyed I take 2000 points of damage..."

Matthias, Alister and Erika looked at the Society member like he was insane as the rubble of Ashoka Pillar started to fall on him. That's when Indy smirked and activated one of his facedown cards...

"... or it would've been the case if I didn't use this spell card, the Curse Reflection Doll!" He grinned, "Now the effect damage gets turned on you!"

The Quick-Play Spell appeared in front of him and the rubble fell on it harmlessly, before a tide of paper dolls shot from the card and bombarded Matthias, who gave a grunt of pain.

Matthias: 6000

Indy: 8000

"What in the..." Erika gasped.

"It's a burn deck!" Alister deduced, "Something like Fonda's Anti-Cure deck that turns a possible bad thing for the user onto their opponent."

"Yeah, but these cards I carry are from various places around the world with ancient curses on them," Indy stated, "It's a thrill to have these cards used!"

"Curses or not, I'll still sink you and your life points soon," Matthias stated as he signaled the end of his turn.

"Oh, you'll understand the curses soon enough," the SOL member countered as he drew his next card, "First, I summon the Cabrera Stone in attack mode as well!" A large stone inscribed with mysterious carvings appeared in front of him. (1/0/0)

"Then, I activate the Stonehenge equip spell card," He continued as the towering standing stones from Salisbury Plain, Britain appeared around them. "This allows me to bring back a monster with zero attack points in my Graveyard and equip it with Stonehenge, like Ashoka Pillar in attack mode!"

Arising from the middle of the stones, the black monument stood tall once again. (3/0/2200)

"I end my turn with a facedown card," Indy concluded.

"My move," Matthias announced as he drew his next card, "It's a pretty bad decision to leave your monsters in attack mode, even with the possibility of transferring damage to me! I summon the monster known as the Armed Sea Hunter in attack mode!" Surfacing from the ocean, a magenta fish-like creature with a bottom of a sea reptile appeared, preparing to fire an arrow. (4-3/1800-2000/400-600)

"I then use the Double Summon spell card to play Oyster Meister, also in attack mode," He continued as a humanoid monster created from oysters appeared, standing on the waters. (3-2/1600-1800/200-400)

The SOL member growled, 'I didn't expect three monsters now...'

"Sea Hunter, attack Cabrera Stone with Hunter Arrow," Matthias commanded, as his monster pulled back the string of the bow and took an arrow from its quiver...

"I activate my trap card, Totem Pole," Indy announced as a great pillar of wood with three masks attached to it rose behind Cabrera Stone. "Using Totem Pole, I can negate up to three of your attacks! So I'll negate your Sea Hunter's attack with it!" One of the masks shot from Totem Pole and took the arrow before shattering.

"Finally, a card I've heard of," Erika noted, seeing the Totem Pole trap at work.

'He wants me to attack his Ashoka Pillar to deal its 2000 points of damage at me,' Matthias thought, 'I'm not...' "Orca, fire at Cabrera Stone!"

Once again, the killer whale opened its mouth to fire a cannon blast, but with a snap of the fingers from Indy, the second Totem Pole fired back and took the blow.

"Here's attack number 3; Oyster Meister attack with Oyster Shot," the sea duelist continued as the living oyster monster chucked a smaller one at the stone. But Indy commanded his third Totem mask to fire and take the hit once more. "Now that your trap is used up, I end my turn here with two cards facedown."

"Fine with me," Indy shouted as he drew his next card, "I'll end this soon, but I need to get the rest of my hand and use Card of Sanctity to draw until I have six, at the cost of you doing the same!"

"Indy's trying to shut Matthias up," Alister figured as he saw both players draw until they reached six cards.

"I bet he can do it too," Erika nodded, "A deck that can turn any damaging effect towards the opponent sounds more dangerous than a normal burn deck."

The SOL member grinned as his hand, "Let's start by using the Piri Reis Map spell card," He announced, playing a card that created an old map right next to him, "I get to choose any monster with 0 ATK from my deck, such as the Crystal Skull, and add it to my hand! But, the moment I play it, my life points are cut in half!"

"Are you really going to risk lowering yourself down to the shallow end," Matthias warned as his opponent collected another monster card from his deck, "It's not worth it!"

"Trust me little Tsunami, it's worth it as I summon the Crystal Skull in attack mode," Indy announced, summoning the card, unleashing a skeleton's head made of crystal. (1/0/0), "But of course, when summoned I take 1000 points of damage... or you shall, as I chain the summoning with my second Curse Reflection Doll!"

A flash of lightning erupted from the skull and zapped the card image of Curse Reflection Doll before hitting Indy. Soon, another paper doll storm came crashing down on the young sea duelist.

Matthias: 5000

Indy: 8000

Also, more energy flashed from Crystal Skull and struck Indy as Piri Reis Map took effect.

Matthais: 5000

Indy: 4000

"You've almost taken yourself out of the game," Matthias protested, "All for the cost of bringing out three 0 ATK monsters in attack mode?"

"As Pegasus once said, 'you must spend life points, to take life points,'" the Treasure duelist shrugged as he inserted another card, depicting the three Ancient Treasure monsters surrounding in three colored comets, shaping up to a triangle, "Now, I use Triangle-O! This card can only be used if I have the Crystal Skull, Cabrera Stone and Ashoka Pillar monsters are on the field together. Now I get to obliterate the field and deal all the damage from card effects to you!"

Alister and Erika gasped as a triangle of light flashed under Indy's monster and spread towards Matthias' side of the field. But they noticed that the water duelist stayed calm...

"Doesn't he realize his field is about to be destroyed," the Guardian duelist shouted.

Yet it didn't matter as a blinding light took control of the field, power crackling outwards and the ensuing explosion that followed...

"Now all that's left to do is..."

The SOL Member gasped as he saw that only the Armed Sea Hunter survived the blast! (3-4/2000-1800/600-400)

Matthias: 2000

Indy: 4000

"His Sea Hunter survived," Erika wondered, "How'd that happen?"

"Simple," Matthias announced, "Whenever Armed Sea Hunter is about to be destroyed, I can send a level 3 or below WATER monster, like Oyster Meister, to the graveyard to let it stay, but token that would have been summoned had already perished. But when you destroyed the field, you destroyed the facedown cards I had..."

He then revealed both trap cards, depicting a whirlpool with a Spiral Serpent at the bottom.

"When my Dreaded Whirlpool is destroyed, I can unleash another sea monster of my own, straight from my hand," He continued, playing another couple of monster cards, "So I play two Spined Gillmen in defense mode!" On both sides of the Armed Sea Hunter, two blue fishmen appeared, holding red tridents in their right hands. As their names suggested, their back fins had spines growing out from them. (3/1300/0) x2

"And while they stay on the field, all Fish-Type, Sea Serpent-Type, and Aqua-Type monsters I have gains 400 ATK," Matthias stated as blue auras surrounded each of his sea monsters. (3/1300-2100/0), (4/1800-2600/400)

"Good, that means Armed Sea Hunter will stay on the field," Erika praised.

"And add in a nice power boost," Alister added.

"No matter," Indy shouted as he took another spell card and played it, "I activate Foolish Burial to send a Crystal Skull to the graveyard!" He stated, sending another copy of the monster to the graveyard. "And now, I can remove from play 2 Crystal Skulls, Ashoka Pillar and Cabrera Stone in my Graveyard to Special Summon Avatar of the Ancient Treasures!" With a loud roar, a giant stone statue seemingly cobbled together from different artifacts appeared. Its right arm appeared Indian in style and wielded a miniature Ashoka Pillar as a spear, while a Cabrera Stone was fixed to its left arm as a shield. It also had a Crystal Skull for a head. (8/?/0)

"Oh great, now he gets a monster that could possibly deal more burn damage to knock out Matthias," Alister grumbled.

"So tell me," the sea duelist said to Indy, "What does this monster do?"

"I'm glad you asked! You see, Avatar of the Ancient Treasures can only be summoned by removing from play any number of Crystal Skull, Cabrera Stone and Ashoka Pillar in my Graveyard while I have no other cards in my hand or on my field," the SOL member explained "And with four monsters, I have it at 4000 ATK!" The stone statue roared again as its head glowed brighter... (8/?-4000/0) "And now, my Avatar shall strike your Sea Hunter with Monument Joust!"

The Avatar of the Ancient Treasures roared and charged, stabbing at Sea Hunter with the Ashoka Pillar spear. The sea monster yowled in pain...

"I send Spined Gillman to the graveyard, for Sea Hunter to prevail," Matthias countered, as one of the Spined Gillman transformed into water and surrounded the Armed Sea Hunter, pushing back the attack. (3/2100-1700/0), (4/2600-2200/400)

Matthias: 200

Indy: 4000

"So close to victory and glory," Indy rejoiced, "And all with new cards I've recently acquired!"

"Really," Erika wondered, "Just how did you get these cards?"

"From Master Sartorius of course," the SOL member stated, "Soon, the Society of Light will have the most powerful cards in the universe, all thanks to this new member we've acquired!"

"New member," Alister wondered.

"How are you going to do that with your monster at its weakest," Matthias pointed out.

"Huh?"

Once Indy saw his monster, he completely freaked out in seeing his statue cracked in all places, causing the artifacts to lose their glow. (8/4000-0/0)

"What happened? What did you do?"

"It's what you did when you attack Armed Sea Hunter," the sea duelist stated as he drew his next card, "When he battles with another WATER monster on my field, he negates the effects of the opponent after damage calculation! And to finish this duel, I'll play the field spell Umi to boost my monsters' power just enough to win!"

Another tidal wave kicked in, covering the field in water and the monsters dived right in, their shadows visible on the surface. (3/1700-1900/0-200), (4/2200-2400/400-600)

"Now attack, denizens of the deep!"

Both underwater monsters' shadows charged towards Indy and then jumped out and tackled him into the water.

Matthias: 200, Winner

Indy: 0

As the holographic water and monsters faded away, Indy was seen with a dazed look in his eyes. 7 GX medals were near his pockets as Matthias went and picked them up.

"Nice work, Matthias," Alister praised as he and Erika walked up to him, "You even took out a Society member."

"Society?"

"Long story," Erika spoke up, "Let's just say, we have a big problem this year, just like the last. Remember when we met up with your father to invite people to the wedding later?"

"I remember something about cards disappearing," the sea duelist said, "Is it happening now?"

"No, but it's something a lot worse," the Guardian duelist pointed out, "You got the time?"

"After a duel, plenty," Matthias smiled. Suddenly, he heard his fishing line tugging inside the water, alerting him to a catch, "As soon as I catch this fish!"

The engaged couple shared a little laugh as the young Pro started to reel in his catch.


In Sartorius' room, the tarot reader drew the Wheel of Fortune in the reversed position.

"It appears the duelists our members faced are more powerful than we thought," He stated, "We'll need our more powerful duelists to take out interference before I launch the Satellite laser."

Soon, Chazz walked into the door and bowed before Sartorius, "You called, Master?"

Sartorius grinned as he motioned for Gunter to hand him over a set of cards, "Your new monsters are ready at your disposal! In fact, you can try it out on any duelist you like."

Chazz grinned back as well, "And I know just who to destroy..."


It's on now!

Monster Clock

DARK

Fiend/Effect

Level 1

0/0

Once per turn, if this card is attacked by an opponent's monster, equip the attacking monster to this card. This card gains ATK equal to that monster's ATK.

Clock Knight #12

LIGHT

Warrior/Effect

Level 4

1200/1200

Once per turn, toss a coin. If the result is Heads, this card gains 1200 ATK until the End Phase. If not, destroy this card. Once per turn, if you control another "Clock Knight" monster, you can negate the effects of a card requiring a coin toss and redo the coin toss.

Clock Work

Normal Spell Card

Image: A time-space portal with numerous Clock Knights warping around and Clock Knight #3 being zapped by lightning.

Activate only while you control a face-up "Clock Knight" monster. Special Summon 1 "Clock Knight" monster from your hand with a lower Level than a face-up "Clock Knight" monster you control.

(The preceding three cards were used by Lyndon in the 5D's episode: Mother Knows Best. All rights go to the creators of the episode.)

Clock Knight #11

LIGHT

Warrior/Effect

Level 4

1100/1100

Once per turn, toss a coin. If the result is Heads, this card gains 1200 ATK until the End Phase. If not, destroy this card. Once per turn, if you control another "Clock Knight" monster, you can negate the effects of a card requiring a coin toss and redo the coin toss.

Clock Knight #9

LIGHT

Warrior/Effect

Level 3

900/900

Once per turn, toss a coin. If the result is Heads, this card gains 1200 ATK until the End Phase. If not, destroy this card. Once per turn, if you control another "Clock Knight" monster, you can negate the effects of a card requiring a coin toss and redo the coin toss.

(The preceding two knights were created by me, based on the previous Clock Knights.)

Terminal World

Continuous Spell Card

Image: A data grid of a Duel Terminal Machine

Activate only during your Main Phase 1. While this card is on the field, both players skip their Main Phase 2.

(This card is currently released only in the OCG version of the game.)

Dreaded Whirlpool

Normal Trap Card

Image: Spiral Serpent inside the eye of a whirlpool.

When this set card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 Level 3 Sea-Serpent, Aqua or Fish-type monster from your hand.

(This card is created by me, and all rights go to myself.)

Crystal Skull

WATER

Rock/Effect

Level 1

0/0

When this card is Summoned, the controller of this card takes 1000 points of damage to their Life Points.

Ashoka Pillar

EARTH

Rock/Effect

Level 3

0/2200

When this card is destroyed, its controller takes 2000 damage.

Cabrera Stone

EARTH

Rock/Effect

Level 1

0/0

If this card is in face-up Defense Position, destroy this card. When this card is destroyed, inflict 1000 points of damage to the Life Points of its controller.

(The above three cards were used by both Yanagi and Yusei in Episodes 6 and 7 of 5D's respectively. Creative credit for them goes to the writers of 5D's.)

Avatar of the Ancient Treasures

EARTH

Rock/Effect

Level 8

?/0

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by removing from play any number of 'Crystal Skull', 'Ashoka Pillar and 'Cabrera Stone' in your Graveyard while this is the only card on your field or in your hand. This card gains 1000 ATK for each card removed to summon it. During the End Phase of a turn in which this card attacked your opponent directly, destroy this card and its controller takes damage equal to this card's ATK when it was destroyed. Then Special Summon the monsters removed from play to summon this card to your side of the field.

(Avatar of the Ancient Treasures was created by Digidramon and creative credit for it goes to him.)

Curse Reflection Doll

Quick-Play Spell Card

Image: A paper doll flashing with blue aura and releasing a barrage of black paper dolls towards the foreground.

Activate this card when you would receive damage from the effect of a card that you control. Negate the damage, and inflict the same amount of damage to your opponent.

Stonehenge

Equip Spell Card

Image: A birds-eye view of Stonehenge.

Special Summon a Monster from your Graveyard that has 0 ATK and Equip it with this card. If this card is destroyed, destroy the Equipped Monster.

Piri Reis Map

Normal Spell Card

Image: An old map of the world, the paper yellowed. A compass is lying on it, and the map is laid out on a table.

Select 1 Monster in your deck with 0 ATK and add it to your hand. If you summon the searched-for Monster, you must pay Life Points equal to half your current amount.

Triangle-O

Normal Spell Card

Image: Crystal Skull, Ashoka Pillar and Cabrera Stone within a triangle of energy, all three of them glowing with auras.

You may activate this card when you control at least 1 each of the following face-up Monsters: "Crystal Skull", "Ashoka Pillar", and "Cabrera Stone". Destroy all cards on the field. Any damage that you would receive from cards being destroyed by this effect is negated, and the same amount is inflicted to your opponent.

(The above four cards were used by Yusei (using Yanagi's Deck) against Bolt Tanner in Episode 7 of 5D's. Creative credit goes to the writers of 5D's.)

Totem Pole

Continuous Trap Card

Image: A Native American totem pole with three masks on it.

When your opponent declares an attack against a Monster, you can use the effect of this card to negate the attack. After using the effect of this card 3 times, destroy this card.

(Totem Pole was first used by Yusei (using Yanagi's Deck). Creative credit goes to the writers of 5D's.)

Next time: First, the return of Melody's older brother as he faces a laywer turned duelist, hoping to drop the book on the second-ever Toon duelist. Then, Chazz's White Knight decks are trashing the Academy and Pro duelists alike, causing Jachin to step in and bring him back.

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