Hello everyone! A Closed Fist to An Open Palm Is now a year old! I would like to thank everyone for reading! Sorry for the long wait...I've just been dealing with a lot of stuff and I've made some important choices in my life going forward.
Also Spoiler for the duel ahead. I've decided to bend the rules a little bit.
In this duel, Jaden uses monster reborn on Flame Wingman, in the 2nd episode of GX, this was supposed to be Jaden's final play against Chazz, so I've changed the ruling of Flame Wingman by a little bit.
Anyway! Onto the latest chapter!
Chapter 20: Confessing an Objection
A soft murmur escaped from Alexis's lips as rays of sunshine slashed against her eyes, interrupting her well-deserved slumber.
She stretched her arms out as she gave in to the light's demand, waking up with a peaceful yawn.
"She's finally awake!" A voice screamed joyously. Alexis opened her eyes to see a horde of boys, all crowing around her, bearing broad smiles, heart-shaped eyes, and chocolate gifts.
"Wha? What are you all doing here?" Alexis questioned, crooning her head.
"We love you, Alexis!" The boys all confessed in unison. Without warning, they shoved their gifts into Alexis's face, basking her in a nauseating bouquet of flowers, chocolate, and love letters.
"Guys, I know! But, I'm interested in some-" Her words came onto deaf ears as the fanboys couldn't take no for an answer. They closed in our her, their arms full before they locked Alexis into a massive group hug.
Spearheading this attack was a love-struck Chazz, in his hands were a comically large box of chocolates and a garden's worth of flowers wrapped into a bouquet.
"You're such an angel Alexis! A Cyber Angel!" Chazz dorkily remarked, his pupils shaping into beating hearts. Eager to join in, the love-struck Chazz tossed away his gifts before he jumped into the swarming pile.
Alexis felt her lungs be crushed under the make-shift death trap of brainwashed boys, forcing her to drift into unconsciousness.
Blair was nervous, yet excited; she gets to duel with Jaden Yuki! Fantasies began to brew in her mind. She pumped a fist as she looked up.
'Our bond was forged from our first duel...Now, this duel will prove I've made the right choice!' Blair declared, ready for the duel.
"Jaden, are you ready?" Blair turned to her crush.
Jaden answered with his usual smirk before he readied a stance of his own.
"Yeah, let's get our game on!" Jaden announced, striking a fist to the air.
"You will submit..." The white Kirigami declared in an alluring tone. "Or break!" The dark Kirigami finished in a wrathful growl. The two servant's duel disks, grafted to their wrists, began to trail in a stream of black and white ink, filling the limb's outlines like water through cracks.
"DUEL!"
Blair and Jaden's LP: 8000
Kirigami's LP: 8000
"I will start first," The white Kirigami announced with a mocking bow to their opponents.
"As it should be, Kiriwhite!" The dark Kirigami stomped, the clone's guttural growls providing a stark contrast to the original's soothing hymns.
"I normal summon Graydle Aligator in defense mode!" Peeking out from the pool of ink was a snout of a paper-white crocodile. The reptile glared down Jaden and Blair with its soulless black eyes, waiting for them to come close so it can trap them within its jaws.
Graydle Aligator
Level 4, WATER, Aqua ATK: 500, DEF: 1500
"And I'll end my turn by setting two cards face-down." The Makai finished as it leaned forward in a slight bow, passing their turn to whoever wanted to go next.
"I'll go! I draw!" Blair took the offer, drawing a card at the top of her deck.
"I'll start with this! I activate the spell card! One for one! I send Bright-Eyed Buten from my hand to the Graveyard so I can special summon Freya, Spirit of Victory from my deck!" In a boon of light came a young woman with silver hair and wearing a royal blue dress.
Freya, Spirit of Victory
Level 1, LIGHT, Fairy, ATK: 100, DEF: 100
"Now, as long as Freya stays on the field, all my light monsters gain four hundred attack and defense points!" Blair explained. The fairy girl's red pompoms danced within her hands as she did a cheering dance, ready to empower whatever monster Blair wanted to summon next.
"And from my hand! I summon Fairy Archer in attack mode!" A young elven girl adorned with butterfly wings, appeared on the field, with a golden longbow resting in her hands.
Fairy Archer
Level 3, LIGHT, Fairy, ATK: 1400, DEF: 900
Fairy Archer's ATK: 1400 - 1800
"Take this, you two freaks! I activate Fairy Archer's special effect! I can deal with four hundred points of damage for each light monster I have on the field!" Grabbing a pair of arrows from her quiver, Fairy Archer readied her bow, firing at the Makai in double-shot, striking them square in their shoulders.
Kirigami's LP: 7200
"A cheap shot..." Kiriwhite said in a growl, effortlessly pulling the arrow out of their paper armor.
"And nothing more!" Their contrasting partner added in a shout, snapping the shaft in two within their claws before throwing the broken projectile into the ink pool below.
"Haha! It looks like we're already ahead! I end my turn with a face-down card!" Blair finished confidently.
'Alright, here goes! If Jaden and I are future couples! He'll tribute both of my monsters so he can summon Bladedge! His shining blades can cut through anything!' Blair hoped, relaying out her prediction with a giddy smile on her. Duelists that are in sync with each other means they're meant for each other! So if Jaden follows through with Blair's plan.
"Then, it's only meant to be!" Blair declared in a giddy laugh, catching Jaden off-guard with her sudden burst.
"Uh...What are you talking about?" Jaden asked as he instinctively took a step back from his bizarre duel partner.
"Time to stomp! I draw!" The dark Kirigami announced, drawing a card in a mighty swing of their claw.
"Kiriwhite!" The copy called, the white version turned their head in reply, ready to listen. "What is it, my precious Kiriblack?" The pallid Makai replied in a delicate purr.
"May I use your set cards?" Their partner asked. A soothing giggle escaped from Kiriwhite's lipless maw, amused by such a question.
"As long as it leads to these two children's demise," Kiriwhite replied with a growl.
"I will crush them into dust! I activate my partner's set card! Moray of Greed! By sending two water from my hand to my deck, I can draw three cards!"
"I set two cards face-down while summoning Graydle Eagle in attack mode!" Rising from the pool of ink with a splash of its wings was a black-eyes eagle, tinted in a shade of yellowish-brown that trailed off into metallic silver.
Graydle Eagle
"And with Kiriwhite's other set card, Double Summon! I can normal summon another monster! So I will bring out Graydle Cobra in attack mode!" Like a spawning pool, the floor of ink produced another monster, this time a black-eyed cobra with scales as purple as the border of a trap card.
Graydle Cobra
Level 4, WATER, Aqua, ATK: 1000, DEF: 1000
"I end my turn, your move, thoughtless child!" The Makai taunted, pointing one of their claws at Jaden. The Slifer smirked in reply.
"Thoughtless? At least I can see, unlike you two! It's my draw!" Jaden retorted as he drew a card from his deck. Jaden flashed a confident grin as he beamed at his hand, ready to take the two makai down. Blair silently watched as Jaden scanned through his hand, hoping that they'll be in sync, dueling together like a perfect metronome. Blair brought out tribute fodder so that Jaden could punish the Makai's monster with Bladedge! And if that happens, they are a destined dueling couple!
"It's time to throw down!" Jaden announced as he threw a fist to the air.
"Yes..." Blair whispered excitedly, shaking a pair of fists of her own, anticipating the exact kind of turn dwelling within her fantasy.
"Here goes! I'll start with this! Oh Yeah!" Jaden continued. Blair's eyes lit up with joy. He was going to do it!
"I activate Polymerization!" Jaden declared, showing off the card to his opponents.
"What!?" Blair exclaimed with widened eyes. With a single card, Blair's fantasy shattered like broken glass, the shards raining down upon her now doubt-ridden heart.
With her prediction of a sign of their fated connection failing to come true, Blair closed her eyes shut as she began to rationalize her irrational thinking, clasping her hands together as she contemplated with a suffering wince.
'It's okay, Blair! He's just going to use polymerization with one of my monsters! That's an even better example of a dueling couple's bond!' Blair desperately told herself as she forced a cracking smile, her faith in her supposed bond restoring into a stint of quivering optimism.
"By fusing Elemental Hero Avian and Elemental Hero Burstinax! I can create!" The two monsters appeared, rising into the air before they came together, forming a swirling vortex of crimson and emerald.
"Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" The shattered dreams of Blair's fantasy soon crumbled into a fine powder of devastation as she perilously watched as Jaden's monsters transformed into an emerald, one-winged hero armed with a weapon in the shape of a red dragon's maw.
Elemental HERO Flame Wingman
Level 6, FIRE, Warrior, ATK: 2100, DEF: 1300
Elemental HERO Avian + Elemental HERO Burstinatrix
Must first be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. When this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster in the Graveyard.
The fine powder known as Blair's crushed dreams then aimlessly scattered in the wind of the valley of her now empty heart.
"Why..." She squeaked, on the verge of crying, rubbing her puffing eyes with her knuckles. Again and again, Jaden continued to crush whatever spirit she had for him, what did she do to deserve this?
Kirigami quickly noticed Blair's breaking composure, they leaned towards their partner, whispering their observations to them.
"Hehehe...It seems like the little girl is getting more and more torn as the boy plays out his turn..." Kiriwhite acknowledged as it a caressed their chin with a contemplating claw, The more brutish Kirigami nodded in agreement.
"She believes her own lies...Let's exploit it..." Kiriblack replied, a scratchy cackle escaping through their maw. With a nasty plan brewed up in their wicked minds, the two Makai laughed in subdued restraint at Blair and Jaden, excited for the ugly surprise they had in store for them.
"Take this, you freaky weirdos! Flame Wingman! Attack Graydle Eagle with Skydive Scorcher!" Jaden commanded. The fiery hero flew up in the air, surrounded by an aura of flames before diving down unto the defending Graydle Eagle, destroying it in an explosion of silvery shards.
"And whenever Flame Wingman destroys a monster, you take damage equal to the monster's attack points!" Jaden then threw a hand out in a dramatic flourish. His monster mimicked his master's move, but to blast a wave of burning fire at its master's opponents.
Kirigami's LP: 5700
The two Kirigami's grinned in response, seemingly content to let their monster, be destroyed. "We will activate Graydle Eagle's effect! Whenever it dies in battle, it can take control of the monster that destroyed it! Like a loving embrace! It will fall under our control!" The two Makai began to laugh as the shattered remains of Graydle Eagle latched onto Flame Wingman like a horde of parasites upon carrion.
"What?! But I'm the one that uses Elemental Heroes!" Jaden protested, erratically waving his arms around in confusion.
The warrior tried to fight back, tearing away the squirming pieces of silvery worms, but its resistance was futile. Flame Wingman's emerald-green skin turned into a sheen of lifeless metallic silver, its red eyes dulling into a dead grey. It emotionlessly floated over to Kirigami's side of the field. Its upper body slumped like a lifeless limb.
"Not as long as my monsters can share their enticing love..." Kiriwhite retorted with a soft laugh, stretching their claws, welcome to take more of Jaden's monsters.
"And break your hope!" Kiriblack added with a cackle, stomping the ground and splashing around ink.
"Fine, I'll rescue Flame Wingman before you know it, I end my turn by throwing down a face-down," Jaden promised as a set card flashed in front of him.
"And my turn, it shall be, Our draw!" Kiriwhite declared.
"I will set Graydle Cobra in attack position and then use it to destroy your weeping partner's Freya, Spirit of Victory! Graydle Scorcher!" The Makai demanded with a laugh, mimicking Jaden's gesture.
"Looks like you've fallen right for my trap! Go! Mirror Force!" Jaden revealed. The two monsters shattered into pieces, their attacks turning right back at them from the reflective binding of the trap card.
"Graydle Cobra's effect activates then! If a trap card destroys it, I can take one of your quivering partner's monsters!" The silvery glass-like remains of Graydle Cobra quickly latched on to Blair's Fairy Archer, covering the monster's skin in a sheen of silver and dying their eyes a coat of glowing red.
The archer suddenly slouched, whatever life it had pumping through its veins now gone as it mindlessly floated towards Kirigami's side of the field.
"Now, Fairy Archer, attack Freya, Spirit of Victory!" The Makai ordered their new monster. The archer sluggishly placed a new arrow upon the string of its before firing at Freya, striking the cheering angel right in the center of her stomach, destroying her.
"My turn ends, and over to you...Child," Kiriwhite insisted, even seemingly lending a helping hand to her opponent. Blair stood still in reply as she emotionlessly stared at the pool of black ink that brought a freezing chill to her feet.
"Blair?" Jaden tilted his head at her, puzzled by her sudden lack of courage.
Jaden let out a gasp. Lashed across the side of Blair's neck was the same cut that everyone else was afflicted with, the same cut that turned any sane person into a love-crazed maniac! And yet, instead of being love-hungry, Blair was catatonic and unresponsive. The girl stood as still as a statue, shoulders slumped and eyes dulled as she wordlessly stared at the dark pool below.
"I...End my turn..." Blair finally said in a depressed murmur, slumping her shoulders as she didn't bother, seemingly more interested in sulking in silence than dueling.
"Ah, man...This is like Syrus all over again! Guess I'll have to beat you two by myself!" Jaden remarked with a sigh, scratching the back of his head. The two Makai growled at Jaden's composure. His partner was catatonic, he had no monsters nor spells nor traps to protect himself, and yet he showed no sign of fear in the face of these overwhelming odds.
"Your partner is broken, how sad," Kiriwhite explained with a lightened giggle, trying to hide their growing frustration at Jaden's undaunted composure.
"And you will join her in her lifeless stupor once we finish you!" Kiriblack added with a stomp.
"Since your partner passed her turn, It's mine now! I draw!" The Makai drew a card from their deck.
"I tribute Graydle Alligator to summon Graydle Slime!" The reptilian monster began to shift and form into an alien creature with thin arms and stick-like fingers, losing its blueish hue as it did so.
Graydle Slime
Level 5, WATER, Aqua, ATK: 0, DEF: 2000
"And now, I send Graydle Slime and Fairy Archer to the graveyard!" The two monsters dissolved into puddles of silver before they combined together, forming a massive blob of squirming mercury.
"From the wounds of a hurting heart...Comes a monster created by the very pain they scurry from! I Fusion Summon!" A pair of clawed arms and taloned legs sprouted out of the shifting mass of goo.
"Graydle Dragon!" The rest of the mass began to shift and move around, solidifying into a beast that bore the scaly body of a white dragon, the wings of a bronze eagle, and the maw of a cerulean alligator, ending with a lavender cobra as a tail.
Graydle Dragon
Level 8, WATER, Aqua, ATK: 3000, DEF: 2000
"Graydle Slime" + 1 monster that you control that your opponent originally owned.
must first be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by sending the above cards you control to the graveyard that's combined levels equal to this card's level. (You do not use "Polymerization.")
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"Now Graydle Dragon! Attack directly! Vapor Blast!" With rigid and unnatural movements, the amalgamation rose to the sky with a flap of its eagle wings before breathing out a buffet of ash-ridden sparks, a pale imitation to a dragon's fire.
Jaden shielded himself from the flames, feeling the burning sensation across his body, forcing a gasp out of him.
Jaden and Blair's LP: 5000
"Dang it, I guess I got to duel alone for now..." Jaden lamented with a sigh as he started his turn.
"First I'll use Pot of Greed! This allows me to draw two cards! Next, I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode!" A golem made of greyed clay appeared, protecting its master in a defensive kneel.
Elemental HERO Clayman
Level 4, EARTH, Warrior, ATK: 800, DEF: 2000
"And I activate the spell card! E - Emergency Call! This allows me to grab Elemental Hero Bubbleman from my deck!" Jaden then plucked the titular hero from his deck before adding it to his hand.
"Now for another fusion! I activate another Polymerization! By fusing Clayman and Bubbleman I can create!" The two heroes combined together, forming a giant golem molded by orbs made of clay.
"Elemental Hero Mudballman!" The warrior monster landed in a crushing stomp as it brought its wall-like fists together, defending itself in a daunting stance.
Elemental HERO Mudballman
Level 6, EARTH, Warrior, ATK: 1900, DEF: 3000
"Elemental HERO Bubbleman" + "Elemental HERO Clayman"
Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways.
"That'll keep you busy for a while! I end my turn!" Jaden remarked, confident in his monster's abilities. Kiriwhite's reply with a confident hum.
"Perhaps that is true, but perhaps it will submit to its desires in this turn...My draw!" Kiriwhite declared, swinging out a card from their deck.
"And it will submit with this! By activating Graydle Dragon's effect!" The dragon opened up its alligator maw before coughing out a spray of metallic spittle upon Jaden's monster.
"I can target...And take control of one of your monsters for the rest of my turn!" The squirming droplets of silver infested Mudball Man's body, digging into its clay bulk before nesting inside of it.
"Oh come on! I'm getting sick and tired of my monsters changing sides all the time!" Jaden exclaimed as he watched as Mudball Man shambled over to Kirigami's side of the field.
"Now! Graydle Dragon, attack them directly once more!" Kiriwhite commanded. The makeshift dragon swirled around, using its cobra part to smack both Jaden and Blair in a fanged tail whip. A gasp of pain escaped from Jaden's lips, pushed out by the sudden shock of pain. Blair, on the other hand, didn't so much as crack a wince, more intent on staring at her reflection upon a black pool of ink.
Jaden and Blair's LP: 2000
"Now your Mudball Man is yours once again...Until your torn partner relinquishes her turn to Kiriblack!" The Makai said in a laugh, knowing that this duel is over for the two students. Jaden's Mudball Man shook off the metallic worms before it apologetically lumbered by to Jaden's side of the field.
"And you two will fall into our visage Just like everyone else!" Kiriblack declared before laughing as well.
Blair trembly edged her hand on her deck, lacking neither the heart nor the stomach to start her turn. She let out a somber sigh before she slumped back to her saddened self, not wanting to be disappointed by her partner again.
"I...End..."
"C'mon Blair! We need to work together if we're gonna beat those two freaks and save the academy!" Jaden objected, Blair replied with silence. More intent on ending her turn then fighting back.
"I end my-" She tried to repeat.
"Don't you care about what happens to your friends?!" Jaden intervened with a growl, frustrated by Blair's persistence. This finally got the silent Blair's attention as she gave back a slight glance. Jaden perked up, while he knew little to nothing about Blair, perhaps he found something that'll convince Blair to start dueling.
"Jasmine, Mindy, Zenn...And the kid with green hair-"
"His name is Brier," Blair interjected, now giving him her full attention.
"I don't know you...But your friends do...And you know them! So if those two bad guys beat us, your friends won't be safe!"
"So what are you going to do!? End your turn and let them win!? Or are you going to stand up and get your game on!?" Jaden waited for Blair to answer.
The young girl paused as she absorbed Jaden's words, trying to find a sense of meaning in them within her clouded mind.
"End your turn! Now!" Kiriblack demanded, their patience running thin.
"And if you do that, everyone you know and love will be in danger!" Jaden countered back, trying to fight the Makai's influence on Blair.
"...Love..." Blair murmured under her breath, the word ringing in her mind like an endless wind chime. Like a torch lighting in the midst of a dark cavern, Blair's eyes lit up with a newfound sense of clarity. She placed her hand across the wound that the Makai inflicted, and with a single swipe, it was miraculously gone.
"What?! How?!" The Two Kirigami's exclaimed, stunned to see Blair free herself from their spell.
"I love you Jaden..." She said in a hushed tone.
"But I love my friends just as much!" She admitted, with a new spring to her step.
"And they're more important than some crush! And you two clowns!" Blair pointed at the two Makai.
"Clowns!?" Kiriblack roared back, insulted.
"Can't make me think otherwise! I...Draw!" With a swing of her hand, Blair started her turn, her fighting spirit reinvigorating into a fiery fervor.
"Heck yeah! That's the Blair her friends know and love!" Jaden cheered on.
"That's right Jaden! I start my turn by summoning Guiding Light in defense mode!" Arriving in a shine of magical white light was an ankh atop of a glowing white ring.
Guiding Light
Level 1, LIGHT, Fairy, ATK: 0, DEF: 0
"And when its summoned, I can special summon Bright-Eyed Buten in defense mode too!" Guiding Light threw its ring out to the field, opening up a portal that a starry-eyed blob of a piglet adorned with angel wings flew out of.
Bright-Eyed Buten
Level 1, LIGHT, Fairy, ATK: 200, DEF: 300
If this card was Special Summoned from your GY, You can banish this face-up card to Special Summon 1 Level 5 or lower LIGHT Fairy-type monster from your deck. You can only activate the effect of "Buten" once per turn.
"Bright-Eyed Buten! I'll banish you to activate your effect! Giving me a free summon from my deck!" The angelic piglet quickly disappeared in a puff of feathers, but not before letting out a snort from its big
"So I special summon..." The feathers then began to drift and sway in a rhythmic pattern, forming a grander pair of angelic wings.
"Airknight Parshath!" In a gust of light, the feathery curtains draped themselves around a centaur warrior with flowing blonde hair and a shield that nested a sword within its wall-like body. The knight dropped to the ground, splashing waves of ink with his set of armored hoofs before he unsheathed his silver sword to Blair, promising a sacred vow of protection to the young girl.
Airknight Partshath
Level 5, LIGHT, Fairy, ATK: 1900, DEF: 1600
If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. When this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent: Draw 1 card.
"Wait, Blair, that monster isn't strong enough to take out their dragon..." Jaden pointed out, a little disappointed.
"Just trust me Jaden...He's my knight in shining armor!" Blair proclaimed as she stashed a card into her spell and trap zone.
"Your move! You piece of scrap!" Blair finished confidently.
"Hold your tongue little girl!" Kiriblack growled back, drawing a card. "Your arrogance will be your undoing! I will activate Graydle Dragon's effect to take control of Airknight Parshath!" The silver dragon sprayed out another blast of brain-washing miasma, taking control of Airknight Parshath.
"I knew you were going to do that...Because I'll use this! Divine Wrath!" A beam of light rained down upon Parshath, wiping away the miasmic coat of silver from the fairy monster like a drying heat upon water.
"I send a card to the graveyard to negate Graydle Dragon's effect! And destroy it!" Blair would then slick her hand into her graveyard, but she stopped at the last second, her face beaming with a confident smile.
"You can't break the rules...Send that card to the graveyard..." Kiriwhite said in a low growl.
"Since I used a counter trap, I can remove from play Freya, Spirit of Victory, and Fairy Archer from my graveyard to summon..." The two monsters appeared for a moment before transforming into two wispy motes of light.
"Sacred Arch-Airknight Parshath!" The two spirits combined together, transforming into a glowing warrior made of glimmering crystals, armored in sapphire, draped in wings of ivory and armed with a blade of sacred white flame.
Sacred Arch-Airknight Parshath
level 8, LIGHT, Fairy, ATK: 2800, DEF: 2300
If you activate a Counter Trap Card, OR if you negate the activation of a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect (except during the Damage Step): You can banish 2 other Fairy monsters from your hand, field and/or GY; Special Summon this card from the GY (if it was there when you activated/negated) or hand (even if not). If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. When this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent: You can add 1 "Parshath" card or 1 Counter Trap from your Deck to your hand.
"Hahaha! Not so tough now without your crazy science experiment around huh!?" Blair pointed out, resting her hands on her hips, a confident smirk on her face as the two Makai froze, completely aghast.
"Shut your mouth little girl...It is only a minor setback because if Graydle Dragon is destroyed I can summon two Graydle Monsters from our graveyard! " Kiri A pair of silver blobs crawled out of the ink.
"So I revive Graydle Alligator and Graydle Cobra, both in attack mode!" The two globs shaped themselves into a blue alligator and a purple snake, both coiled back as if they were cornered.
Graydle Alligator
Level 4, WATER, Aqua, ATK: 500, DEF: 1500
Graydle Cobra
Level 4, WATER, Aqua, ATK: 1000, DEF: 1000
"And now, I end my turn with a card face-down, go on...Attack us," Kiriwhite swiped their claws towards their opponent's way, beckoning them to fall into their trap.
"I will! For it's my turn!" Jaden declared.
"Oh Yeah! I activate Monster Reborn! Bringing Back Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" In a gleam of light, Wingman returned to the field, ready to fight for Jaden once more.
"Now! I switch Mudballman to attack mode so he can battle!" The guarding golem opened its arms up, adopting a grappling stance.
"Yes! Yes! Attack us!" Kiriblack beckoned.
"I hope I can do this right...Airknight Parshath! Attack Graydle Alligator!" The Angel obeyed its temporary master, in a majestic gallop, the knight charged at the enemy, its sword outward like a blazing lance, skewering the Graydle Alligator into pieces.
Kirigami's LP: 4300
"We will take Airknight for ourselves!" The remanents of Graydle Alligator latched onto Parshath, coating the monster in a sheen of mind-controlling mercury.
"That's what I was hoping for because I'll use the Sacred version of Parshath to attack the weaker one!" The Arch-Airknight raised its sword to air, gathering light like a bright beacon before bringing it down in a massive wave of mystical white energy, destroying the stolen Parshath in an intense explosion.
Kirigami's LP: 3400
"And its effect activates! You see, if it inflicts damage, I can add to my hand a counter trap from my deck!"
"Go Mudballman! Attack Graydle Cobra with Clay Rage!" Jaden ordered.
The Two Makai screeched in agony as their monster was destroyed by the attack.
Kirigami's LP: 2500
"We'll take that as well!" The Two Kirigamis warped their pain into a laugh as Mudballman switched to their side of the field, its grey clay now coated in a shiny sheen of brain-washing grey matter.
"Before you attack your former monster, we shall activate this! Graydle Fission!" The brainwashed Mudballman dissolved into a squirming glob of metallic goo.
Graydle Fission
Normal Trap Card
Send one monster you control that your opponent originally owned to the graveyard to Special Summon 1 "Graydle" monster from your GY.
"With Graydle Fission, we can tribute one monster that you originally owned to Special Summon back one Graydle monster from our graveyard! So we shall resurrect Graydle Dragon!" The blob shifted and tightened, the metallic tentacles forming eagle wings, a cobra's tail, and an alligator's head connected to a dragon's scaly form.
"Now we shall win-"
"Go Ultimate Providence!" Blair Interrupted. Right before the Dragon could let out a vile roar it dissolved back into a colorless Mudballman.
Ultimate Providence
Counter Trap Card
When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated: Discard the same type of card (Monster, Spell, or Trap); negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it.
"Ah yeah! I'll discard the Trap Jammer I got from Parshath's effect to negate Graydle Fission! Nice one Blair!" Jaden said with a thumbs-up.
"Brier gave me that card, said it would boost my deck by a lot..." Blair replied sheepishly.
"This means I can attack! Go! Flame Wingman! Attack with Skydive Scorcher!" Jaden declared. Flame Wingman flew up in the air in a mighty jump before diving back down to its target in a blazing kick, shattering the monster in a fiery explosion.
Kirigami's LP: 2300
"Now feel Wingman's effect! you'll take damage equal to Mudballman's attack!"
Kirigami's LP: 400
The two Eyeless Makai screeched in agony as they were grazed in fire.
"That's nothing..." Kiriwhite challenged.
"Once it's our turn...You will succumb!" Kiriblack added with a chomp of its jaws.
"You're not gonna get a next turn! Because I activate this from my hand! De-Fusion!" In a flash of light, a single shadow becomes two, returning Avian and Burstinatrix from the grave.
"Wait a minute-" Kiriwhite realized.
"That means we lost!" Kiriblack shouted, their jaw dropped.
"Avian! Its time to end this! Attack directly with Feather Shot!" Jaden finished.
With a swift jump, the green-winged hero flew to the sky, its wings outreached before raining down a hail of razor-sharp feathers.
Kirigami's LP: 0
Winner: Blair and Jaden!
"And that's game!" Jaden remarked, giving a wink to Blair. She smiled back, her smile would only brighten when she watched as the ink drained away, seeping through the floor like dirty water through cloth.
"How did we lose?" Kiriwhite lamented. Its dark counterpart didn't answer for they've already disappeared, the remains of the defeated makai being nothing but a fleeting heap of drifting ash. Kirigami's other half followed, murmuring confused defeat under their breath as they drifted away, first their legs, then their chest and finally their eyeless face.
"Stop this Jazz! You don't roll this way!" Mindy exclaimed as she desperately pried the Redhead off of herself.
Mindy's words were unheeded, lost within the love craze that bestowed upon the whole school. Jasmine leaned in, smacking her lips as she prepared a kiss for her target.
Mindy eyes began to widen as she turned away, already feeling a mess of emotions that began to unearth ever since this began. Right behind a puckered Jasmine was a hugging Zen, the usually composed and collected Martial Artist now melted into a hopeless romantic.
All of the sudden, the hearts in Jasmine's eyes and the cut around her neck disappeared. Mindy caught a glance from others around her. They too, were cured of the Makai's wrongdoings. Those who were affected swapped profuse apologies, not knowing what came over them.
Like to the aftermath of a storm, the love plague seemed to be finally over. Mindy let out a sigh in relief, glad to not be trading spit with her best friend.
Jasmine wanted to trade spit with Zenn anyway.
"W-what happened?" Jasmine mumbled to herself as she gained her bearings, it was only then she realized two things.
She was on top of Mindy.
And Zenn was hugging her.
Jasmine's whole entire face burned a shade so red she could pass off as a lit matchstick.
"Stop TOUCHING ME!" Jasmine roared, slamming an elbow to Zenn and hopping off of Mindy.
After a grueling duel, Blair and Jaden decided to rest at the entrance of Duel Academy, the two duelists sitting next to each other on top of a stone stand, just watching the sun set before them, seeping through the shimmering horizon.
"So, Brier likes you?" Jaden asked.
"Yeah, he sees me as his protector ever since Bearugard got expelled." Blair said, darting her eyes away from Jaden.
"Aw man, that sucks, that means I did all of that homework for nothing!" Jaden remarked, chuckling to himself.
"Yeah..." Blair replied quietly, was Jaden really that nonchalant about everything? He got someone expelled because of his big mouth, and he's laughing about it.
"Hey Blair!" From the far side of the road that lead to Duel Academy was Blair's group of friends, calling her over.
"Heh, I got to go, I'll talk to you later Jaden," Blair said as she gave him a goodbye hug.
"Wait, Blair, you wanna hang out with me instead?" Jaden asked suddenly. Blair paused for a moment, half surprise, half shock.
This was her chance to finally sprout a blossoming relationship with Jaden Yuki, a chance for her infatuation to grow into a true source of affection.
But then she began to think, should she discard what she has for the unknown? She knew Brier and Jasmine openly disliked Jaden, would they feel betrayed if she spent time with him instead?
Her duel with Jaden, both as an opponent and as a duelist has made her learn a lot of things, both about him and about herself.
Blair shook her head, she knew what to do.
"...No thank you," Blair answered, before quickly joining up with her friends.
While she felt a little bummed out by her refusal, deep down, she knew she made the right choice.