Author's Note: Warning! This chapter contains short jokes, short tempers and a short parody of a internet fad! You have been warned, so don't blame me in the reviews if you didn't get it or if you get scared.
DAMN IT!
I didn't want it to be this way!
Why did it have
to be this way!?!
WHY DID THE AUTHOR HAVE TO USE THIS DAMN TITLE!?!?
… Urgh… Fine!
It seems that no matter where I go, I always find a damn idiot who keeps referring me as… As… ACK! I can't say it! No matter what! I won't say it! NEVER!
Anyway, I hate the fact that I even here, with the crap that I deal with on a daily basis, what happened with that damn ninja freak and that stupid… Hell, I don't know what call that thing…
But that's besides the point, once again, I'm forced to do something that I don't want to do, and yet here I am again. Is it my fate that I'm bound to idiots for the last of my life?
Ugh…
I do have to give idiots, including this new batch of idiots I just met, something though.
… They sure do know how to make things interesting….
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Chapter 55
Big Things, Little Package
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It was early morning, the sun was barely rising over the academy, but in a currently rented out Obelisk Blue room, a familiar white haired duelist was busy at work. He couldn't sleep, and so, he decided to do some repair work…
"… Toss in this card," Cain muttered throwing the other card onto the pile of cards that were scattered all over the desk. "And I suppose this is done for now…"
With a shake of his head, Cain leaned back into his chair. He never felt so tired before, but with the ship ride last night and the time change, his internal clock wouldn't allow him to sleep until it was night again.
But it was a surefire bet that Mustang was asleep in the next room, heck if Cain didn't make a sound, he could hear the Die Hard Pain in the ass snore. 'And he says that he's a gift to women…'
Rubbing his sleep deprived eyes, Cain turned towards the window with a loud sigh. A new island and the only person he knows is that very pain in the ass snoring loudly. But according to that girl Kaiser, whose name escaped Cain, he was more than allowed to roam the island while she along with the other top duelists on the island were sleeping.
Personally, Cain would've preferred to beat himself senselessly with his own right fist…
… But at this point, Cain was good for at least a walk around the island.
Taking a look out on the island, Cain couldn't help but notice that he wasn't the only student up at this hour. There were too many to count, but it was easy to see that in the clearings on the island, Cain saw that the students were probably getting ready for that festival that Mustang told Cain on the ship.
"… I guess a little walk around couldn't hurt," Cain stated looking at his uniform overcoat that he had thrown on the bed last night. '… But first… I need a shower to wake me up…'
As the glare from the morning sun reflected off the window, Cain looked at his right arm, shaking his head, "This is always a pain…"
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"So… Tell me why we're building this?"
On the island grounds, more specifically the area near the Ra Yellow dorm where students were setting up the apparent Date Café, Van, Klein and Koji were building the top of the extra large gazebo, Van carrying the support beams while Koji and Klein nailed them in place.
"Huh? What was that Koji?" Klein asked, spitting out the nails he kept in his mouth.
"Why are we doing this?!" Koji asked again, this time getting Van's attention. "Van… I can understand why you're doing this… Rukia's on the committee and you want to get a good impression."
Van didn't need to say a word, as he pulled his hat down in front of his face, the two brothers could see that his face was turning red, which was hard for him since his other arm held a large board of wood.
"But what in the world would possess you to do this?" Koji asked tilting his head to the side slightly. "I mean… There isn't a girl in this for you, is there Klein?"
"Of course not you idiot!" Klein shouted standing up straight, trying to get his footing right. "I'm doing this for one reason and one reason only… And it's a reason that you're familiar with!"
"Don't tell me that its money…" Koji sighed with his head lowering slightly.
"YES! Money!" Klein exclaimed with flames roaring in his eyes. "That's the only love I need! And with coffee, drinks and other things that couples want… It's a goldmine!"
Koji and Van looked at each other for a few seconds as Klein laughed loudly into the air, then with a cough, Van decided to burst his friend's bubble, "Uh, Klein, you do realize that you're not going to see any of that money?"
"… What?" Klein asked with his eyes drained of life.
"Yeah, all money we get goes to the academy," Koji answered blinking behind his large glasses.
"ACK!" Klein shouted before his entire body seemed to stiffen up into pure stone.
"… It's almost a shame that his eagerness disappeared just like that," Van admitted pushing his hat back up.
"Van!"
Van turned his head to the side, wondering who called his name, but out of the corner of his eye Van smirked greatly as he slowly began to turn around, "Ah! Hey! Rukia!"
Unfortunately, Van forgot that he was holding onto the wooden beam, and had smacked the board right into the back of Klein's head, "ACK!" And with that, Klein was knocked off the makeshift roof and onto the hard flat ground.
BAM!
It wasn't until the loud crashing sound that made Van and Rukia turn towards the fallen shorty, "Oh… Uh, sorry Klein! My bad!"
As Klein was trying to stand up, Yukino walked past him with a clipboard in her hands and a yellow hardhat covering her hair, "… Should I even ask what happened here?"
"… I'd prefer if you didn't," Klein groaned rubbing the newest bruise on his head.
"Whatever, Moe," Yukino sighed continuing on her way as Van ran past her to help Klein up. "Hey, Rukia!"
"You called boss?" Rukia asked walking up to Yukino, adjusting the matching yellow hardhat on her head.
"Yeah, you're roommates with that Rena right?" Yukino asked getting a nod for an answer from Rukia. "Well… Do you know where she is? She was supposed to help out as well this morning."
"Um… Well, I'm not sure where she is," Rukia answered rubbing her chin. "But I know that she was awake when I left… And she looked like she was thinking over something…"
"Perfect," Yukino groaned, and as much as she didn't want Rena around, Yukino needed all the help they could get with the Date Café's set up. Holding the clipboard up to Rukia, Yukino sighed, "Look, I'm going to go find her. I just need you watch over things here… Make sure this place doesn't catch fire or whatever."
Taking the clipboard from Yukino, Rukia saluted, "Yes ma'am!"
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Speaking of Rena, she was just locking the door to her dorm hut, her dueling deck clasped on the back of her skirt's belt. Leaning her head against the door, Rena sighed loudly, ever since her match with Lyra Musician yesterday (which was still quite weird); she was in deep thought…
… But not because of what Lyra had said…
Ganryu's firm grip had grasped her by the chin, turning the young Elf Duelist's face towards the Samurai duelist's. Their eyes met, and Rena couldn't help but notice that Ganryu's cold grey eyes seemed to soften slightly, with a small tint of cobalt surrounding his irises.
Time seemed to slow to a snail's crawl… and yet the blush grew on Rena's face, as a tint of red began to show itself on Ganryu's face. Rena tried to speak, however, all she could mumble, "G-Ganryu…"
The blood in Ganryu's face seemed to overflow, his entire face blushing greatly although his eyes just looked straight into the pools of emerald that were Rena's. And then, slowly, Ganryu's face began to close the gap between his and Rena's.
She could feel Ganryu's body next to hers, his weight on the bed drawing her closer to him… so close she could feel his increasing body heat against Rena's bare arms. The two's breaths danced in between each others', until they both held their breaths.
The ticks and tocks of the clock that pended on the nearby wall seemed to halt as only a centimeter seemed to be the only obstacle between the two red students' faces…
Ganryu's grip fell limp on the jaw line of Rena's face, he didn't need the strength at the moment. And when he leaned forward, the two teens' lips met…
Rena made no move to fight, only her eyes flickered with surprise and then softened as she closed them.
It was almost as if a cool blue aura of serenity flowed around the two young teens, the moments that they shared in their kiss seemed to last an eternity, and the aura seemed to die around Ganryu's body… and yet, he still didn't pull away from Rena.
This felt like a moment that could've lasted forever…
A large blush crept up on Rena's face as she shook her head furiously. So many questions were rushing through her head, 'Why… Why did he kiss me?! What's going on here!?! And… And what's up with Ganryu!?!'
There was one thing that Rena had to do… And that was to find Ganryu and ask him straight out. And nothing was going to…
"Good Morning Rena," Leo chuckled appearing dramatically behind Rena.
It took a few seconds for Rena to have that registered, and when it did, Rena jumped up into the air with a surprised look on her face, "AAAH! LEO!?!"
"Not just Leo-kun!" Kimatori announced popping up from behind Rena just as she landed on the ground.
"AAAAH!" Rena stumbled backwards, making her deck case clip off of her belt and bounce on the ground a few times. "W-Where in the world…!?!?"
"Leo-kun's been teaching me!" Kimatori giggled running behind Rena for her deck case.
Holding his hand towards Rena, Leo smiled his trademark grin, "I do apologize for that Rena. But how are you doing today?"
"Ugh… Well, I'm wide awake now," Rena answered, using Leo's hand to pull herself up, and as she dusted off her skirt, Rena sighed loudly.
This didn't go unnoticed by Leo, "… Rena? Is there something the matter? Normally you're screaming or lecturing me about scaring you…"
"Huh?" Rena questioned with a few question marks appearing over her head, a large blush appearing immediately afterwards. "Uh… N-Nothing's on my mind…"
"Then why does Rena-chan have a red face?" Kimatori asked holding up Rena's deck case to the Elf Duelist.
"Urk!" Rena muttered, slowly taking the deck case from the little girl.
"She does have point Rena," Leo pointed out with a smirk on face as he crossed his arms. "Now, you can tell us now in a calm manner… Or we can do some sneaking around…"
"NO!" Rena shouted, making both Leo and Kimatori step back slightly. With her face turning redder than before, Rena looked around before she ran off. "SorrybutIgottagetgoing! I'llseeyalaterLeo!"
Leo couldn't help but blink at Rena's reaction, but then a large smirk appeared on his face as he turned to Kimatori, "… Well then… Should we get to work with the other members of our group?"
"Nah!" Kimatori replied with a large smile on her face. "We should follow Rena-chan!"
"Great minds, Kimatori," Leo chuckled tapping his forehead a few times. "… Great minds."
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It wasn't too long since Cain trekked out on the island, but personally, there was something about this island that seemed to make Cain a tad bit more relaxed…
… But it wasn't enough to fully calm him down.
"Wow! I didn't think we allowed kids at the academy…"
"Dang, look at that shrimp!"
"Whoops! Didn't see you there tiny!"
It too all of Cain's will power not to pummel each and every one of those students into the ground. That and the fact that if Cain got in trouble while he was on another island, he would more than likely get in trouble when he got back to the Pacific Academy.
So, biting his tongue and holding his fist back, Cain was merely standing at the side entrance of the main building, since there wasn't a lot of people there at the moment. Heck he was the only one there, so he could enjoy the small veggie drink he managed to bring before he got on the boat.
"Ah!" Cain breathed a sigh of relief as he leaned up against the large building, messing with the can of veggie drink. "At least this stuff calms me down…"
Because of all those comments that were shot towards him earlier, Cain didn't really have the patience to be sociable with the current student body. That would be why he was at this area at the moment, it was almost completely void of the very students that would…
"Excuse me."
With his train of thought derailed, Cain opened his eyes and turned his gaze to the side, seeing a Ra Yellow girl with slightly long dark purple hair and a pair of large glasses on her smiling face. Yet, Cain still wasn't in the mood to deal with people, "… What?"
"Ah yes, have you seen…" Yukino started holding her hand up.
"No…" Cain answered immediately, returning to his veggie drink.
"Uh, I didn't say who I was looking for," Yukino muttered with a sweatdrop rolling down the side of her head. "I'm looking for a Red student, a girl with a petite figure, slightly longer brown hair with red highlights…"
"Does it look like I care?" Cain growled as he crushed the can in his right hand's powerful grip, the remaining drink staining his black gloves.
"Uh… I'll just be going then, heh," Yukino sheepishly chuckled before she ran off away from the annoyed Cain.
That's when it dawned on Cain that he crushed his drink in his hand, "Aw crap! That was my last drink!"
Tossing the ruined can the side, Cain slapped his forehead with his left hand with a loud groan, 'Why does it always end with me getting the short end?'
Cain lowered his head as he slowly walked away from his former private hiding place, now that someone had found him and knowing his luck he was more than likely going to find that more and more people are going to find him.
So slowly, Cain began to turn the corner of the building, his eyes closed…
Not the smartest idea…
WHAM!
"URK!"
"AAH!"
Being thrown the ground wasn't something that Cain was used to, so when he stumbled over his legs and landed on the ground, it took a few seconds for it to register with him. "Damn it! What the hell was that about?!"
"Uh… Sorry!"
When Cain opened his eyes, he immediately changed his gaze into a glare that was shot at the red uniform dressed girl he bumped into. But as he looked at her, with her slightly long brown hair (which had a few red highlights in them) billowing over her apologetic face, Cain raised an eyebrow.
The girl immediately stood up and bowed slightly towards Cain, surprising the short duelist, "I'm so sorry! I was looking for someone and… And, uh, let me help you up!"
Cain blinked as the girl immediately took his left arm and tried to pull him up…
Key word there was 'tried'.
"Ugh!" The girl moaned releasing Cain's left arm. "You're pretty heavy for a little guy…"
SNAP!
"WHAT THE HELL!?!" Cain roared jumping to his feet as he stomped up to the now surprised red girl. "First you knock me down, and then you insult me!?! Why kind of people are on this island anyway?!"
"Well, I'm sorry!" The brunette gasped lowering her head slightly. "I was just in a hurry!"
"… Huh?" Cain backed up slightly, surprising the girl once more. "Why are you in a hurry? I was told that classes were cancelled during this time."
"Well… I'm looking for someone," The girl answered rubbing the back of her head, a small blush appearing across her face in the process. "Did you happen to see…"
"Yeesh, what's with people asking me if I've seen someone else today?" Cain muttered rolling his eyes.
Unfortunately, this comment didn't reach the ears of the girl, "… A gray haired guy, kinda tall with cold eyes? He was wearing a red uniform that's slightly ripped…"
"No, I haven't seen anyone like that," Cain sighed rubbing his forehead.
"Oh well, thanks for your time," The girl sighed lowering her head before walking past Cain.
"… Weird…" Cain muttered watching the girl walk away until he turned his head forward.
Just as he took a step forward, Cain's foot collided with something, prompting the young duelist to shift his gaze to the ground… Seeing a small deck case at his feet, picking up the case of cards, Cain raised an eyebrow at the name written on it, "… 'Rena Akira'… This must be that girl's…"
More than likely, the girl dropped the deck case when she and Cain walked into each other, and didn't realize she had dropped her deck in the process.
Looking at the deck case, and then in the general direction where the girl, Rena went, Cain sighed as he pocketed the deck case.
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It was a while since she ran into that overly enraged, yet strange short Obelisk Blue student, but Rena's search for Ganryu had gone as well as it usually went. Taking a break from her search, Rena sat down on a bench nearby another class's area throwing her head back over her shoulders. 'I'd like to learn how Ganryu can disappear into thin air… Or how Leo can appear out of anywhere…'
A few yards away…
"Alright! Alright! Keep it up, ya know!"
"Asche," Cleo stated crossing her arms as she walked up to the larger Obelisk Blue student standing in front of the large stage. "How are things going on construction?"
"Oh! Miss Cleo!" Asche chuckled rubbing his nose's bridge as he turned from the large stage where several people were adding the final touches to the stage. "We've almost finished with the stage, ya know!"
"Good, so we're almost ready for the pageant," Cleo giggled with a wink with a large heart popping from her eye's corner. Clasping her hands together, a large red curtain appeared behind her as she spun around. "So, it'll only be a matter of time till my beauty is a known fact around the entire island!"
Holding up his duel disk, Asche gulped slightly as he took out the field spell card he had slipped it into it. "Uh, Miss Cleo… C-Can I ask a favor, ya know?"
As the holographic curtain disappeared, Cleo blinked a few times at Asche, "Huh? Oh, sure Asche. What can I do for you?"
"Actually, me and some of the other guys, ya know," Asche stated waving his hand up, getting a few of the workers behind him to jump off the stage, one of them carrying a stereo. "Wanted to perform a show before your pageant, we've even got an act, ya know."
"Oh?" Cleo raised an eyebrow. "And what kind of act did you have in mind?"
"You're going to love it ya know!" Asche exclaimed with a snap of his fingers, getting the one student with the stereo push a button on it.
Back with Rena…
"… Oh man…" Rena sighed lowering her head a little bit more towards the ground. 'Am I ever going to be able to find Ganryu?'
"Hey…"
Rena's head shot back up, seeing the short Cain standing in front of her, his arms crossed over his chest in a manner that he was the one looking down on her (which was weird cause even sitting down, Rena was still taller than him). "Oh, you're that one sh… One Obelisk Blue Duelist."
"… I'm glad you remembered me," Cain stated, not losing his cool cause the girl actually caught her mistake.
"So, what are you doing here…?" Rena asked, remembering that she didn't catch this young white-haired man's name.
Cain tapped his forehead with his left hand a few times, "… Cain Sonryu… My name in case you're wondering Rena Akira…"
"Oh, nice to meet you Cai…" Rena started until it dawned on her that Cain knew her name. "W-Wait! How do you know…"
That's when Cain produced a familiar deck case, that had Rena's name stitched into it, "You dropped this when you bumped into me. So that answers any questions you have about me, I assume?"
"Uh… Pretty much I guess," Rena chuckled sheepishly as Cain dropped the deck case into her open hands. "Thanks."
"… No worries," Cain replied and was about to walk away…
"AAAH!!"
"WAIT MISS CLEO! YA KNOW!"
That's when Cleo ran past the two, tears streaming from her eyes and a cloud of dust being swept up behind her. Because of the dust, Asche wasn't able to keep up with Miss Cleo, "You still haven't told us what you thought about our act, ya know!"
Cain couldn't help but sweatdrop at the weird blue's choice of words, '… Whatever act you did to make a girl run… I'm sure the answer is easy to know…'
"Huh?" Asche questioned turning to the side. "Oh! Miss Rena, good day!"
"Hey there Asche," Rena chuckled rubbing the back of her head. "Um… Should I even ask what's up with Cleo?"
"Oh, she's just going off to think about the act me and the guys were planning," Asche explained with a nod of his head and a large grin on his face. "Ya see, she's in charge of that Miss Duel Academia pageant in a few days, and I wanted to perform before that, ya know!"
"Really?" Rena questioned raising an eyebrow, not knowing that Asche was one for wanting attention. "Well, what was your act?"
"We're going for a musical number, ya know," Asche explained placing his hands on his hips with a large grin appearing on his face. "Hey, ya wanna see it and tell me what ya think of it, ya know?"
"Ha!"
Both Rena and Asche turned towards Cain, his eyes narrowed down at Asche with a smirk on his face, "I think you've already got your answer Mr. Muscles."
"Huh, ya know?" Asche questioned, a small blood vessel appeared on the side of his head. "What the hell are you talking about shorty?"
This time a blood vessel appeared on Cain's head, "Look, you towering titan! From that girl you call 'Miss Cleo' and her reaction to your act; I'm willing to say that it's a safe bet that you're act sucks!"
"WHAT!?! YA KNOW!" Asche snarled slamming his foot into the ground in front of Cain and lowering his head to be eye level with Cain. "I dare ya to say that again ya little pipsqueak!"
"Your act is probably so scary that it could raise the dead and run away!" Cain shouted back with his neck veins starting to appear.
"RUNT!" Asche roared with his eyes slitting slightly.
"PEA-BRAINED IDIOT!" Cain shouted throwing his fist to the side.
"Uh… I don't think this is how Obelisk Blue students here are supposed to act," Rena stated looking left and right, turning from Cain to Asche. "Besides, don't you guys have like a code of honor or something?"
"Huh?" Cain questioned turning his enraged gaze from Asche.
"That's just a myth, ya know," Asche explained with a fist to his chest. "Besides, I've never even seen this shorty till today!"
"But, he's a blue and…" Rena stated with confusion popping through out her head.
"… I'm getting tired of this," Cain growled lifting his right fist up towards Asche. "And I'm getting tired of hearing crap being sputtered from your mouth."
"You little," Asche growled lifting his own face up. "You looking for a fight, ya know?"
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Although she didn't know what was going on, Rena knew she couldn't let a fight just break out right here! So stepping in between the two blue duelists, the elf duelist lifted her arms up between the two of them. "C-Can't you two settle this other than by fists?"
Cain scoffed to the side before turning back to Asche, "… She's got a point… If you want to settle this…"
Reaching for something underneath his uniform, a small clicking noise echoed through the air as Cain held up a small black deck case, "Then we'll settle this little argument with a duel."
"Fine by me!" Asche snarled pulling up his own sky blue deck case. "But, when I win, not only will you eat your words, but you'll be in our little act!"
"… Sure," Cain snickered turning towards Rena. "You wouldn't happen to have a couple of duel disks on ya, would you?"
"Does it look like I do?" Rena asked holding up her empty arms.
"I happen to have a pair of duel disks," Leo stated holding up a pair of duel disks up while Kimatori sat on his shoulders.
…
"AAAH!" Rena, Cain and Asche screamed loudly as they all jumped back.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?!" Cain snapped stomping his foot into the ground.
"Stop doing that!" Rena shouted.
A few minutes later, Rena and Kimatori sat on the bench while Leo stood behind them, watching as Cain and Asche shuffled each other's decks furiously. "So, Rena, mind if I ask who this young white haired blue duelist is?"
"Huh? You too Leo?" Rena questioned as Cain and Asche walked away from each other, both of them activating their duel disks with their decks loaded in them. "I thought between you and Asche, I figured at least one of you would know this guy."
"Sorry," Leo replied with his usual smile on his face. "But he's a new face to me."
'And yet… There's something about him that I just can't put my thumb on…'
"You can go first shorty, ya know," Asche chuckled looking at his five card hand. (ALP: 8000)
"Before we begin, I have to say something," Cain stated holding his right hand up slightly.
"Huh?" Asche, Rena, Leo and Kimatori questioned.
"Ready…"
"Set…"
"DUEL!" Cain shouted!
"… Wow… that was so lame," Asche chuckled with a sweatdrop rolling down the side of his head.
'I'll make you eat those words,' Cain thought pulling his sixth card up to his eyes. "I'll start off slow… I set a monster face down in defense mode! And I'll set a single card face down!"
The two face down cards appeared in front of Cain, allowing the short duelist to cross his arms, "So that'll be that."
"Oh come on, ya know!" Asche announced pulling up his next card from his deck. "If you're a blue, you should at least have a big opening in a duel, ya know!"
"… Yeesh, you haven't seen a real opening, ya know!" Cain spat out with his tongue sticking out.
"Oh, I'm so going to enjoy this, ya know!" Asche shouted slapping a card onto his duel disk, creating a powerful burst of electricity forming over his head. With a loud roar, the electricity shattered into a large cybernetic serpent dragon, roaring loudly as electricity surged through its body (2100/1600). "I summon Cyber Dragon in attack mode!"
Cain's eyes widened at the large steel dragon, but then immediately barred his teeth, '… K-Kazica…'
"And since that was a special summon," Asche announced slapping another card on his duel disk, creating a powerful flame around his body, the flames flying of its body to reveal a large cybernetic phoenix that screeched loudly into the air (1200/1600). "I can normal summon Cyber Phoenix immediately!"
"Cyber Dragon! Attack his face down defense monster!"
A powerful blue flame erupted from the cybernetic dragon's mouth, crashing into the face down monster, just in time to allow it to flip up into a fancy young man dressed in flowing green clothes, a small book in his hands before he shattered into a million pieces (1000/800).
And yet, Cain kept his white hair overshadowing his cold eyes…
"Boo-ya!" Asche shouted throwing his arm to the side. "Too bad I didn't attack with my Phoenix, that would've been more damage… Oh well, Phoenix! Attack the shorty directly, ya know!"
With a loud screech the cybernetic phoenix flew towards Cain, its wings set ablaze…
And it would've set Cain ablaze if it wasn't for that mysterious shadow that landed directly in front of the short duelist, kicking the steel phoenix back to Asche's field, "W-What the heck?! What just happened ya know?"
"You big guys need to pay attention," Cain growled lifting his head up, revealing his sharp eyes. The shadows around his monster disappeared, revealing a young man standing in front of him; his wild red hair covered his right eye while his red shirt and black pants were covered with silver armor. With a nasty scowl appearing over his face, the man drew a large red and steel chain covered sword from his back (1500/1000). "Otherwise, you would've realized that the monster you destroyed was my Noble Alchemist…"
At that word, everyone in the area turned towards the duel, and yet Cain just continued on as a red aura appeared over his body, "And when flipped, I can special summon another alchemist from my deck or removed pile. And I chose my Alchemist Swordsman. After which, I take two hundred points of damage times the summoned monster's level…" (CLP: 7200)
"But that's a cost that I'm willing to pay."
"A-Alchemists…" Asche gulped taking a step back.
Rena's eyes widened Cain and then his alchemist monster, sure she had only seen two of this guy's alchemists, but it was only coincidence that he ran the same deck as the Kaisaris…
Even Leo seemed to shift his normal calm behavior to a more serious look as he rubbed his chin.
"… What's the matter?" Cain asked narrowing his eyes at Asche. "Don't tell me you're throwing in the towel yet! I haven't even attacked yet and you're already in the lead!"
"Uh… I'll set a card," Asche announced as the face down card appeared behind his two Cyber monsters. "And that'll be what I've got, ya know."
"Leo! What's going on here?" Rena whispered as Cain silently drew his next card. "How does Cain have Luntina's deck?"
Leo's eyes widened slightly as he turned towards Rena, "Rena… Did you say that his name was Cain?"
"Y-Yeah, Cain Sonryu," Rena replied raising an eyebrow. "Why?"
"… Allow me to explain a few things…" Leo suggested leaning towards Rena with his hand close to her ears.
Looking at his newest card, Cain immediately looked at his next card, "… Well now… I didn't expect to do this so soon."
"Huh?" Asche questioned before Cain slapped his next card onto his duel disk, causing a large dust storm to erupt from the ground, making everyone cover their eyes.
The dust storm shattered, revealing another young man only with grayish brown hair dressed in a brown jacket and white shirt underneath. While around his waist was a large sword that he immediately drew (1900/1000) with a smirk at the Alchemist Swordsman. "Now that I have Rogue Alchemist… I can bring out my deck's favorite move…"
"Wait… You can't mean…" Asche shouted as a large red transmutation circle erupted from underneath the two Alchemists.
"Alchemic Fusion!"
Both of the Alchemists nodded towards each other before they disappeared in the light of the red transmutation circle, combining them into a powerful figure basking in a bright red light. The red light shattered, revealing a young brown haired man with his hair combed down except for two large hairs in the front, wearing a red vest with a leather brown jacket with the sleeves rolled up. Around his dark red pants was a large dark blue belt connected to a large sheathe with a large sword in it. In his right hand was a large four bladed windmill that spun in his hand (2200/1500). "Arise Alchemist in Arms!"
"It… It can't be possible!?!" Asche shouted taking a few steps backwards. "But how can you…"
"Don't sound so surprised!" Cain shouted as the Alchemist in Arms spun the bladed windmill in his hands before he threw it towards the Cyber Dragon. "Alchemist in Arms! Attack his Cyber Dragon!"
And yet, Asche couldn't help but smile as his face down card flip up, "Sorry to disappoint you shorty! But I've got my Attack Reflector Unit! Allowing me to release my Cyber Dragon…"
The Cyber Dragon wrapped itself in a bright blue light, bulking up the cybernetic dragon until the light shattered to reveal the Cyber Dragon with a large satellite addition strapped to it's neck (800/2800). "… Allowing me to special summon Cyber Barrier Dragon!"
"Well, since you summoned, I get a recall," Cain explained before snapping his right arm to the side. "But I'll ignore it! Alchemist in Arms! Slay that Cyber Dragon!"
The windmill blade continued towards the Barrier Dragon, only to be stopped in its place thanks to a large shield of light that appeared around the dragon's body, sending the windmill blade back into the air. "HA! Looks like someone didn't know that once per turn my…"
Asche's boast was cut short as the Alchemist in Arms ran directly in front of the Cyber Barrier Dragon, spinning his sword around before he stabbed it directly through the Cyber Barrier Dragon's head, making the machine bulge slightly before exploding right in front of Asche, "AAAAH!" (ALP: 6400)
"I said my Alchemist would slay your dragon," Cain restated as his Alchemist in Arms leapt backwards, catching the windmill blade while in mid-air. "You see, my Alchemist in Arms can attack twice a turn."
"Urk…" Asche growled as Cain looked at his hand.
"I'll end this turn with a set card," Cain wrapped up as the second face down card appeared in front of him. "And that'll be that."
"Then it's my draw!" Asche roared pulling off the top card from his deck, and as he looked at the card a small smirk appeared on his face. "First things first! I activate the spell card, Graceful Charity!"
Pulling off the top three cards from his deck, Asche nodded his head immediately as he fitted two cards, Proto-Cyber Dragon and Photon Generator Unit. "Next, I'll set two cards face down and a face down monster in defense mode. And to end my turn, I'll switch my Phoenix to defense mode… Turn end!"
"Running scared, big guy?" Cain asked plucking off the top card from his deck with ease. "I guess it can't be helped… And with this guy, you'll be running with your tail between your legs! I summon Sync Alchemist in attack mode!"
A powerful twister swept the field, allowing a familiar golden masked alchemist to land onto the field (1500/1300), his arms crossed as he shot a glance towards the Alchemist in Arms. "And next, I'll enter my battle phase! Alchemist in Arms! Get rid of those two monsters he has on the field!"
Spinning around a few times, the alchemist in arms unleashed the windmill onto the ground, tearing up the earth that it came crashing through, until it sliced right through the face down monster and Cyber Phoenix, the dirt flew up into Asche's face as he fitted the two cards into his duel disk's graveyard, "W-What the?!" (ALP: 5200)
"I forgot to mention that my Alchemist in Arms has a trampling effect," Cain chuckled as his alchemist caught the windmill blade in his hand easily again. "But more importantly, I can attack you directly with Sync Alchemist!"
Asche's eyes widened just before the Sync Alchemist slammed his foot directly into his stomach, sending Asche to the ground. "Urk!" (ALP: 3700)
"… I can't tell who's the bad guy here…' Rena thought with a sweatdrop rolling down the side of her head.
"N-Not bad," Asche coughed pulling up two cards from his deck. "But both of those monsters were Cyber Phoenix cards… And when destroyed I can draw a card for each of them! And that's two ya know!"
"And that's my turn…" Cain sighed tapping his forehead a few times with his left hand.
"Heh…" Asche snickered before he jumped back onto his feet, pulling his next card into his hand. "You fell for it, ya know!"
"Huh?" Cain questioned raising an eyebrow.
"I activate my trap card, Call of the Haunted! Allowing me to special summon," Asche announced as a small serpent like dragon made out of steel (1100/600). "Proto-Cyber Dragon! And since I special summoned him… I can activate my face down spell card, Inferno Reckless Summon! So, you get to special summon all copies of…"
"I don't have any copies of the monsters on the field," Cain stated with his eyes narrowed.
"Then that just makes things so much easier!" Asche announced as two cards popped out of his deck and then one from his graveyard. "Because now I can special summon the three headliners from my deck! Arise… Cyber Dragons!"
Three orbs of blue electricity appeared around Asche's body, before all three of them shattered into the three Cyber Dragons (2100/1600), all of them roaring loudly through the air. "And I know what you're thinking… How'd he…
"Proto-Cyber Dragon is treated as Cyber Dragon," Cain growled with his eyes narrowed down at Asche. "I know what the card is capable of."
"Then I guess I don't need to explain what this next card can do," Asche stated holding up one of the remaining three cards in his hand. "I activate, Polymerization! Fusing all three of my Cyber Dragons into…"
All three of the dragons began to warp together, forming into the titan of power, with all three of the Cyber Dragons' heads (4000/2800). "CYBER END DRAGON!"
"Well, there's Asche's signature move…" Rena muttered pushing some of her hair out from her eyes.
"… Is that supposed to scare me?" Cain asked taking this moment to spit on the ground.
"No… It's supposed to destroy your Alchemist in Arms!" Asche shouted as all three of the Cyber End Dragon's heads charged up a powerful blue energy that was immediately erupted towards the surprised armed Alchemist.
Cain lifted his right fist up just as the blasts crashed into the ground, engulfing his Alchemist in Arms, shattering the alchemic warrior into millions of shards that flew back into Cain's body, "Ugh!" (CLP: 5400)
"Heh, ya know!" Asche laughed as several other Obelisk Blues in the area (save for Leo) laughed loudly. "Looks like you're just a copy cat Alchemist Duelist!"
"… Copy cat?" Cain asked lifting his head up, showing his white glowing eyes slightly. "I don't think so! I activate my trap card, Alchemy – Tears of Hyanthe! Since you destroyed a monster, I can remove one on your field! And I choose your Cyber End Dragon!"
"No you don't!" Asche roared sliding another card from his hand into his duel disk. "I activate De-Fusion! So, Cyber End Dragon be gone! And your target is gone, ya know!"
Cain's eyes widened as all three of the Cyber Dragons (2100/1600 x3) roared back onto the field. "… You lucky little…"
"Luck has nothing to do with it!" Asche laughed loudly throwing his hand forward, prompting one of the Cyber Dragons to fly over his shoulders. "Cyber Dragon number one! Attack the Sync Alchemist!"
The cybernetic dragon roared loudly as it wrapped itself around the Sync Alchemist's body, tightening and tightening the monster until a loud cracking sound echoed through the air. (CLP: 4800)
"Ew…" Rena and Kimatori flinched at the same time before the Cyber Dragon shattered as well.
"Hate to be the bearer of bad news," Cain growled looking at his field that only had one set card on the field. "But when destroyed in battle, your Cyber Dragon get's removed from play…"
"Like that matters now!" Asche shouted throwing his arm one the field, making the two Cyber Dragons and Proto-Cyber Dragon roar loudly into the air, "Cyber Dragons! End this duel! Triple Evolution Burst!"
All three of the Cyber Dragons took aim with their energy bursts…
"I activate my face down spell card!" Cain roared as his face down card flipped up.
"Nothing can save you, shorty!" Asche shouted as all three of his Cyber Dragons unleashed the powerful energy that flew towards Cain and his field as a small figure appeared in front of Cain.
The three bursts of energy crashed into the ground in front of Cain, engulfing the short duelist in the holographic smoke and debris.
"Ha! Looks like we've got a new dancer in our act, ya know!" Asche laughed as all the members of the same act clapped each other's hands.
…
"Why is it that all big muscled guys don't listen?"
From the smoke and debris, everyone's eyes widened at the sight of Cain with his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes narrowed down on the larger Blue Student. "W-What… H-How…"
That's when a small ghostly figure appeared around Cain's body, making the smaller man smirk at the winged brown puffball (300/200). "Gotta love the classic combos, Flute of Summoning Kuriboh and Winged Kuriboh." (CLP: 4800)
"Wow… Asche fell for the oldest trick in the book," Leo chuckled rubbing his chin at Asche stomping the ground at his feet.
"Fine! Ya know!" Asche growled spinning the last card in his hand into his duel disk. "I'll end my turn with the spell card, Different Dimension Capsule! Allowing me to put a card from my deck into my removed from play pile so I can get it in two turns!"
"If you last that long!" Cain shouted snapping off the top card from his deck, looking it over as a smirk appeared on his face. "… And it looks like it won't last that long! I summon Wandering Alchemist in attack mode!"
A small shadow appeared in front of Cain, making everyone look up to see Cain's monster falling to the ground, his large red overcoat billowing over his short black clothed body. When the young man landed on the ground (surprisingly he managed to pull off a soft landing), he stood up with a smirk on his face while his long blonde hair billowed slightly in the air, showing that it was braided into a tail (1500/1300).
"Ah… Could it be possible that he…" Leo mused with his smirk on his face growing larger with every few seconds.
"Huh? Do you know something Leo?" Rena asked shooting a weird look at the noble duelist.
"Of course not," Leo chuckled with a large smirk on his face.
That's when a card shot out of Cain's deck, allowing the short duelist spin the card in his fingers before he tossed it into his hand. "And when summoned, I can add one of three different kinds of cards from my deck to my hand… But for now, I'll activate the spell card, Double Summon! Now, I can summon once more this turn…"
Slapping another card from his hand, a small red transmutation circle popped next to the Wandering Alchemist, turning into a small blonde haired kid wearing an oddly familiar red overcoat holding onto a small book with a transmutation circle on it (500/500). "My Trainee Alchemist is my choice!"
"What in the world are you up to, ya know?" Asche asked before a large blood red transmutation circle erupted from under the two alchemists' feet. The light covering their bodies with both of them with smirks on their faces. "W-Wait! Don't tell me that…"
"Ya know, you're right," Cain chuckled as the two alchemists shattered. "You see, my Trainee Alchemist can allow me to use it as a Fusion Material for any alchemist fusion monster…"
The blood red transmutation circle immediately transformed into a cool blue version of itself, immediately shattering like glass to unleash a new Alchemist on the field this one a taller version of the Wandering Alchemist with dyed white bangs, his red overcoat was replaced with a blue one and with two thin swords strapped to the back of his waist, the young alchemist drew the weapons at the same time (2750/2500). "Especially for a favorite, Dark Steel Alchemist!
"And next, I'll outfit him with the equip card I got with Wandering Alchemist," Cain announced as a powerful green glow appeared around the Dark Steel Alchemist's swords (2750/2500 +700/0). "And now… Dark Steel Alchemist! Slay that proto-type!"
Like the calm breeze, the Dark Steel Alchemist slid right in front of the Proto-Cyber Dragon, bringing both of his swords down at the same time to destroy the machine in a quick second. (ALP: 850)
Asche stood back, mostly at the fact that his opponent summoned a monster that was almost equal with his Cyber End Dragon… But who knew what this Alchemist was capable of…
"Is… Is that all you've got, ya know!" Asche shouted throwing his arm to the side. "That big baddie doesn't scare me!"
"I'm not aiming to scare you," Cain replied snapping his fingers as the Dark Steel Alchemist slashed the blades in the air a few times around his body, creating a steel like aura around his body. "I'm aiming to end this charade of a duel! You see, my Dark Steel Alchemist has an effect similar of another alchemist you saw earlier in this duel…
"Care to guess which one?"
Asche tried to remember the effects of Cain's new alchemists, he was only familiar with the Alchemic deck that Luntina played, "Uh… I, I don't know, ya know."
"He holds the same ability for double attack like my Alchemist in Arms!" Cain shouted throwing his arm to the side getting several gasps from the crowd.
"DARK STEEL ALCHEMIST! END THIS!"
Like a blue and silver blur, the Dark Steel Alchemist swept through one of the remaining two Cyber Dragons, slicing its head off to make the machine explode violently into millions of electric blue flames. Asche's eyes widened at the sight of his favorite monster being destroyed so easily and as his life points dropped to zero, the larger duelist fell to knees, "… N-No way… ya know…" (ALP: 0)
"And that's how a real Obelisk Blue duels," Cain sighed spinning on his heel, putting his back to everyone as his Dark Steel Alchemist disappeared into thin air. Throwing his right arm to the side, Cain revealed his thumbs up… But then changed it to a thumbs down. "So before you go running your mouth off… Learn how to fight properly…"
"… You were the one who shot the first insult," Rena pointed out, making Cain sweatdrop greatly with a dull look on his face.
"That's not the point…" Cain muttered placing his right hand to his chin.
"Then what was the point of the duel in the first place?" Rena asked with a large sweatdrop rolling down the side of her head.
"Now, now, now, Cain Sonryu has always been a confusing duelist," Leo chuckled with his arms raised slightly.
"C-Cain Sonryu?!" Asche shouted falling backwards. "Y-You mean, I dueled against the second best duelist from the Pacific Academy!?!"
"Second best?" Rena gasped, not believing that she actually met one of the top duelists from another school… Well, more than that was the surprise that someone that short was a major duelist from another academy. That's when Rena turned towards Leo, "Wait, did you know who he was in the first place Leo?"
"… Oh, I had my suspicions," Leo admitted with sneaky smile on his face. "But, when I saw that Wandering Alchemist… Those suspicions cleared up in a matter of moments."
"I hate it when you do that," Rena moaned with a slap to her forehead.
A few minutes later, at the stage site that was back under construction by most of the students who were watching the duel, Rena and the others were standing in front of a sighing Asche. "… I just wanted my act to lead off the Miss Duel Academia Pageant… Ya know?"
"… I never said that you couldn't do it," Cain sighed rolling his eyes. "You just need to keep me out of it."
"For real?" Asche asked with the glimmer of hope returning to his eyes. "Does that mean that I can show you guys our act?!"
"N-Now, let's not get…" Cain started with a cold bead of sweat appearing on the side of his face…
… Only to get Rena to clamp her hand around Cain's mouth, "Of course Asche! Just go get ready and we'll wait."
"Alright ya know!" Asche shouted running towards the group of students behind him.
Breaking free from Rena's surprising strong grip, Cain glared daggers at Rena, "Do you realize you could've killed me?!!?"
"Well excuse me!" Rena replied placing her hands on her hips as she leaned towards Cain. "But you need to learn a few manners! You could at least let him perform his act! It won't kill you!"
"If it made people run and scream in terror," Cain retorted with his eyes narrowed. "Then I've got good reason that it just might!"
"Leo-kun, shouldn't we try to stop them?" Kimatori asked from her perch on Leo's shoulders.
"Nah, best to let them get it out of their systems," Leo chuckled rubbing his chin. "Then again… That only works for guys…"
Taking a step forward, Leo lifted his hand up getting both Rena and Cain's attentions, "So, Mr. Sonryu, if may I ask what the pleasure is that we have you on our humble island?"
"Humph," Cain scoffed to the side with his arms crossed. "No real mystery. I was dragged here by that Die Hard Dumbass of a Kaiser we've got back on the Pacific Academy. Told me that was the reason for that was for the festival… Although, I think was a way for me to get away from the chaos of our academy…"
Rena blinked at this, "Why? What's going on at your…"
"We're ready!" Asche announced, getting everyone to jump and turn towards the stage.
Asche and several guys were standing on the stage, one of them standing on the ground with a stereo over his shoulder. "Hit it… Ya know!"
The one student on the ground pushed a button, getting a jumpy upbeat techno like song to play from the stereo while Asche and the students on stage tapped their feet on the stage to the beat.
All the while making Cain's and Rena's eyes widen in surprise while Kimatori and Leo bobbed their heads to the beat…
And that's when Asche and the students on stage lifted their hands up over their head and began to sway their hips. "We are wondering if you'd join us now…
"Hands in the air, we will show you how! Come and try, caramel melody you guys!
"So come and move your hips – Oa-a-a!"
"NOOO!" Cain shouted with tears in his eyes as he turned towards a shocked Rena. "Now do you see?!"
"Uh…" Rena was almost speechless as she turned towards Leo and Kimatori… Her eyes widening at the sight…
"O-la-la-la! You and me… Can sing this melody!"
"I find it quite invigorating!" Leo chuckled as he and Kimatori mimicked the swaying hips and flapping hand motions.
"Ooh! Ahh! Oooh!"
"You would ya freak!" Cain snapped with a blood vessel appearing on the side of his head.
"Dance to the beat, wave your hands together!
"Come feel the heat, forever and for ever!
"Listen and learn! This is the time for prancing…
"Now feel the beat with Caramelldansen!"
"O-o-oa-oa! O-o-oa-oa!"
Meanwhile, in an area far enough to barely hear that Swedish pop beat, but close enough to see the group, another duelist who's origins trace back to the Pacific Duel Academy watched Cain pulling his white hair.
"… What the hell is he doing here?!?"
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On the ocean front, a lone cruiser was floating on the oddly calm waters, its destination only a few hours away. On the main deck of the ship, two people sat at the single table, several cards placed in a clockwise manner on the table in front of the two men. "Hmm… Well, according to the cards, we might just be getting an interesting time at the academy…"
The other person just sighed, his sight set on the sea.
"What's the matter, Mao?" The first man asked gathering up the cards in his hand. "Normally you'd call this a bunch of hooey with my card tricks…"
"… I would…" The second man named Mao replied, not turning his gaze away from the sea. "… But this time, you just might be right sir…
"After all… From the reports we've gotten, the Atlantic Academy is said to have a good crop of duelists this year…"
"Indeed Mao," The first man cackled crossing his arms, joining his companion in watching the sea. "I do believe you're right…"
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Card Stats
Noble Alchemist / Wind / LV. 3 / ATK: 1000 / DEF: 800 / Spellcaster/Effect: [Flip]: When this card is flipped up, you may special summon one level four or monster with 'Alchemist' in it's name from your removed from play pile or deck with 1500 attack points or less. After the selected monster is special summoned, inflict 200 points of damage to your life points times the level of the special summoned monster.
Description: A blonde haired man wearing fancy green clothes with a book in his hand.
Alchemist Swordsman / Fire / LV. 4 / ATK: 1500 / DEF: 1000 / Warrior/Effect: When this card battles another monster, you may remove up to three cards from the top of your deck from play. For each card removed with this effect, increase the attack of this card by 300 until the end of the turn this effect was used.
Description: A young man with fiery red hair combed over one eye. His red shirt and black pants are covered with slight armor and a large red sword is strapped to his back with many chains.
Alchemy - The Tears of Hyanthe / Trap / Effect: This card can only be activated when a monster on your side of the field is destroyed. Remove from play one of your opponent's monsters.
Image: An ancient Statue with tears coming from her eyes.
Rouge Alchemist / Earth / LV. 4 / ATK: 1900 / DEF: 1000 / Warrior: A young man who actually failed his state alchemist license exam. As a result, he practices alchemy on his weapons hoping to become a famous alchemist.
Description: A young grayish brown haired man wearing a brown jacket over a white baggy shirt. Around his blue pants is a small belt connected to a large sheathe and sword.
Alchemist in Arms / Wind / LV. 6 / ATK: 2200 / DEF: 1500 / Warrior/Fusion/Effect: [Alchemist Swordsman + Rouge Alchemist] You can Fusion summon this monster by removing from play the above monsters from your side of the field. This card may attack twice during the battle phase. When this monster attacks a defense mode monster and this monster's attack points are higher than the target monster's defense points, inflict the difference to your opponent's life points.
Description: A young brown haired man with his hair combed down except for two large hairs in the front, wearing a red vest with a leather brown jacket with the sleeves rolled up. Around his dark red pants is a large dark blue belt connected to a large sheathe with a large sword in it. In his right hand is a large four bladed windmill spinning in his hand.
Wandering Alchemist / Dark / LV 4 / ATK: 1500 / DEF: 1300 / Warrior/Effect: When this card is Normal, Flip, or Special summoned successfully, you may add one card from your deck with "Alchemy", "Alchemic" or "Transmuted" in its name and add it to your hand.
Description: A short young man with golden hair braided backwards. His long red overcoat covers the ground and his black under clothes.
Alchemic Elixir / Equip Spell / Effect: This card can only be used when equipped to a monster with 'Alchemist' in the card's name. Increase the equipped monster's attack points by 700 points. When this card is destroyed, remove from play one monster on the field.
Image: A gauntlet with a powerful red liquid in tubes attached to the weapon.
Trainee Alchemist / Light / LV. 2 / ATK: 500 / DEF: 500 / Warrior/Effect: You may substitute this monster for a fusion material monster written on a fusion monster with "Alchemist" in it's name.
Description: a little blonde haired boy wearing an extremely large familiar red overcoat over his shoulders. In the kid's hands was a small book with a transmutation circle on it.
Dark Steel Alchemist / Dark / LV. 8 / ATK: 2750 / DEF: 2500 / Warrior/Fusion/Effect: [Wandering Alchemist + Ash Alchemist] You can Fusion summon this monster by removing from play the above monsters from your side of the field. This card may attack twice in a battle phase. Your opponent cannot chain spell or trap cards to monster's attack(s).
Description: A taller version of the Wandering Alchemist with dyed white bangs, his red overcoat has been replaced with a blue one and with two thin swords strapped to the back of his waist
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Cain: I'm going to have nightmares for weeks now…
Leo: Oh come now… It's not that bad to enjoy a show…
Cain: Dancing like that isn't a show! It's a tumor in training!
Leo: My, my, my… No need to be rude, especially since there's a couple of new duelists on the island.
Cain: … I know… I'm one of them, remember?!?
Leo: Ah, but I'm referring to the other duelists… Especially the next Kaiser to join in on the festivities…
Draw your deck and your cards… This next chapter will throw the gauntlets down!
Next time on Duelist Twilight – Chapter 56: DRAW!
Leo: Hmm… Simple… But I like it…
Cain: You would you freak…
