It had been close to a week since the Halloween ball, and Yuki's duel with Necrofear. Things had calmed down a considerable deal since, and nobody save a few people had grilled Yuki about his super ace.
"Well at least tell me how you came across it." Kai had a tone close to begging, as he, Yuki, and Torimaki left the boys changing room. Gym class for the Obelisks had just ended, and it being a Wednesday, meant that the Slifers would share a class with the Ra's. The three boys stood to the side, as several students in yellow colored jackets walked past.
"Okay, but lunch is on you today." Yuki relented, as the Ra's passed by, and the three made for the Obelisk dorm. There was an hour break for lunch, before the next block of classes started.
While the three Obelisks made for their dorm, a rather spirited game of baseball was taking place between the Ra's and the Slifer's, and it was Jaden's turn up at bat.
"Jay, keep your eye on the ball!" Cyrus called from the dugout.
"That's gonna be tough. Afterall, that ball is gonna go sailing over the rafters, and we'll have a 6-run lead!" Jaden replied, his perpetual smile on his face.
"Hold on! Time out!" A voice called from the entrance to the baseball diamond. Both the Ra's and Slifer's looked to see Bastion running in. "Sorry, I was deep into attack quantum mechanics, and I lost track of time!"
"Can you throw?" The Ra on the pitcher mound asked.
"Of course." Bastion replied, with a rather confident smile on his face.
"Good, we need a fresh arm." The Ra said, handing Bastion his glove.
Jaden chuckled, as his friend stepped onto the mound. "This isn't a written exam Bastion. I hope you know what you're doing!"
"Trust me, I've already done all the calculations." Bastion replied, as he readied himself. "Now I hope you're ready for some heat Jaden, because this one has some bite!" Bastion threw, and struck Jaden out three times.
"Nuts…" Jaden groaned.
Afterwards, it was the Ra's turn at bat. Jaden was taking the position of pitcher. And his pitching had made Cyrus call a time out.
"Jaden, what's going on?" cyrus asked, approaching the pitching mound. "You've got two outs, and you walked the last three batters."
"Pretty slick huh?" Jaden smirked rather confidently.
Cyrus was visibly confused. "Slick?"
"Yeah, how else would I get to pitch against Bastion?" Jaden asked, which shocked the smaller Slifer even further.
"You walked all those batters, so you could get even with Bastion?"
"No, I want to get ahead." Jaden replied. "You hear that Bastion, you're going down!"
"Down the baseline perhaps." Bastion replied, pointing his bat at Jaden, before pointing it up in the same manner a professional would when signalling they were going to hit a home run. "Now bring it on. I don't want there to be any excuses when I wallop it out of the ballpark!"
"Game on!" Jaden had fire in his eyes, as he readied himself.
"Game over soon!" Bastion responded, also readying himself.
Close to where the Ra's and Slifer's were playing baseball, Dr. Crowler was absolutely fuming. Had been fuming since the judgement duel. "The Paradox brothers couldn't beat Jaden, Chazz couldn't beat Jaden, I need someone to beat-" Crowler never got to finish his sentence, as a baseball hit him square in the right eye.
"Um… heads up?" Jaden began, as he approached Dr. Crowler who still had the baseball stuck in his eye.
"Of course it was you!" Dr. Crowler screeched, as he sat up. The baseball falling out as he did. "Who else could cause me such intense pain!?"
"Now that's keeping your eye on the ball." Cyrus mused, clearly trying to hold back laughter.
"Sorry, it was-" Jaden began, however he was cut off shortly afterwards.
"My fault! I was the one who hit the ball!" Bastion said, running up seconds later.
"Bastion? Of course, here I was trying to find a new accomplice, and it strikes me right in the face! Well the eye, but that is besides the point." Crowler said, getting to his feet.
"Dr. Crowler, please accept my apologies." Bastion had bowed his head as he spoke.
"Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I've been meaning to have contacts fitted for ages, and now I have an excuse … and a new perfect protege." Crowler said this last bit rather quietly, as he noticed Jaden and Cyrus attempting to listen in. "Alright you two, you've caused enough trouble for today, now go on! Shoo!"
While enjoying lunch at the Obelisk dorm, Kai continued prodding Yuki about just how he'd gotten his hands on what Yuki called his 'super ace' monster.
"Alright, alright." Yuki relented. The three boys were sitting on the outdoor terrace as they ate. "So there was a small tournament almost directly after Battle City. The winner would get a set of rare cards, and a duel with Pegasus. And there was an added stiplation, that if the winner ended up defeating Pegasus, there would be an added bonus."
"Which was?" Torrimaki asked, having a feeling he knew it was Mythic.
"What do you think?" Yuki replied, holding up his powerful ritual monster card.
A seven year old Yuki was shaking rather nervously. Yes there was no form of crowd, which was a relief for the young boy, however he was facing down Maximillion Pegasus. The man that had created the game of Duel Monsters. The only person that had ever beaten him was Yugi Muoto, and that was because he had Pharaoh Atem with him.
Yuki didn't have a Millenium Item like Yugi, or his older brother. It was just him, and his newly constructed dragon deck. How was he going to do this? Especially when he was facing down Pegasus' best monster, and Yuki had no monsters on his field.
Yuki-LP 1000
Pegasus-LP 2000
"What will you do now Yuki-boy?" Pegasus had his arms outstretched. "I've taken your Curse of Dragon, and added it's attack to my Relinquished.
Relinquished Atk-2000
"W-well … I guess it's my turn. Draw!" Yuki shakily drew his new card. "Okay, I summon Decoy Dragon in attack mode."
The tiny adorable dragon appeared on Yuki's field. Def-300
"Is that all Yuki-boy?" Pegasus asked, drawing his next card. He sounded almost disappointed. Then again, he was dueling against a child. Yuki-boy may have been trained by Kaiba-boy, but he was still a child, and it was time to bring this duel to an end.
"I hope you're ready Yuki-boy, because now my Relinquished attacks." Pegasus' monster charged an attack, courtesy of Yuki's monster. "You're rather skilled Yuki-boy, but all good things must come to an end."
"S-sorry Pegasus. But it doesn't end here!" Yuki felt a sudden rush of confidence surge through him. "You attacked my Decoy Dragon, and now his effect activates! I can summon a dragon monster from my graveyard, so I'll bring Tyrant Dragon back in attack mode!"
Tyrant Dragon roared as it reappeared on Yuki's field in front of Decoy Dragon. Atk-2900
"And now you have to attack Tyrant Dragon instead!"
Tyrant Dragon unleashed a stream of flames from its mouth which incinerated Yuki's Curse of Dragon.
"Impressive Yuki-boy, however my Relinquished won't be destroyed since it had a monster equipped to him." Pegasus had a smirk on his face, as Yuki's monster was destroyed. "Your monster to be exact, which means you're going to take the damage instead."
Yuki-LP 100
"But it's my turn now!" Yuki's confidence grew, as he discarded Decoy Dragon. Having to do so due to Tyrant Dragon's effect, before he drew his next card. Not that he would need it. "Now this ends! Tyrant Dragon, destroy Relinquished!"
Tyrant Dragon roared, before unleashing another stream of flames from its mouth. The fire engulfed Relinquished, before the monster was blasted away.
Pegasus-LP 0000
"Very impressive Yuki-boy." There was a smile on Pegasus' face, as his duel disk deactivated. "Kaiba-boy taught you well, though I'm rather surprised someone as young as you made it this far. But that just speaks to your skill as a duelist."
Pegasus was quickly presented an open metallic attache case by one of his personal assistants, which the man quickly opened. Pegasus reached inside, and pulled out two cards. "Since you were able to defeat me, these cards belong to you. This ritual monster is the only one of its kind, as is the spell card you'll need to summon it."
Yuki's eyes widened as he saw the powerful ritual monster he'd been presented with. It looked exactly like the fusion monster that was currently in his deck.
Torimaki's glasses nearly fell off when Yuki finished his story. "You have the fusion in your deck too!?"
"Shhh!" Yuki looked around, making sure nobody else had overheard that. "I don't want people to know I have them. I've only brought Mythic out when I absolutely need to … or when I've been incredibly angry."
Kai frowned slightly at this little piece of news. "Why to both?"
Yuki took a deep breath, and let out a sigh shortly after. "Because whenever I summon her, people get hurt. I summoned her …. Three times before Halloween, although one really shouldn't count."
"And why is that?" Kai asked, now genuinely curious, though that frown was still on his face.
"What do you mean?" Yuki asked, turning his attention to the older Obelisk.
"Why doesn't one of those times count?" Kai asked.
"Oh, okay I might lose you with this." Yuki began. "But that one time that shouldn't count, was because I was reliving events five-thousand years in the past."
"The whole Pharaoh's memory thing?" Kai asked, earning a nod from Yuki seconds later.
"Yup, and the other time was right before Jaden and Cyrus' judgement duel." Yuki supplied. "And those two Obelisks are still in the infirmary.
"So you got backed into a corner on Halloween." Torimaki began counting off the times Yuki had summoned Mythic Dragon. "I'm guessing you were angry the time before."
"Yup, and it was a combination of both five thousand years ago." The three boys snickered at that remark, before Yuki spoke once again. "And the first time, I was angry. Which was during that whole deal with the Orichalcos. So you can see why I have an aversion to bringing that monster out."
"Well maybe you need to find something to balance it." Kai said before getting to his feet. "But we'll have to put a pin in this for now. Classes are gonna start up again soon, and you guys have Dr. Crowler's class."
"Right." Yuki said, getting to his feet, and placing Mythic Dragon back in his deck box. "Don't wanna be late for that. He hates tardyness … which might be why he gets so irritated with Jaden so much."
"Well there's that, and he's always sleeping in Crowler's classes." Torimaki added. "If he could stay awake in class, he'd probably be an Obelisk by now."
"And it still drives me nuts, he didn't take that promotion to Ra." Yuki shook his head, as the three made their way out of the Obelisk dorm, and towards the main building. "I mean he beat Chazz for crying out loud."
"Well he was one of the first." Kai said with a shrug. "And I hear since then, Chazz's reputation has been taking a massive plunge."
"If that's the case…" Yuki began, before he stopped himself. Not sure of how to phrase the next part of his statement. "Hang on, can … can people get demotion matches here?"
"It's not a common occurance." Kai began, while the three ascended the steps to the main building. "But it happens every so often. And if Chazz isn't careful, it'll be what happens to him."
Yuki felt his eyes roll when he saw Chazz swagger into Dr. Crowler's classroom, as if the spiky dark haired Obelisk owned the entire academy.
"How can someone who has lost every duel he's been in walk around with so much swagger?" Yuki asked, and Torimaki who had heard his comment simply shrugged.
"Yo." Chazz had the smarmiest smile on his face, while making his way towards the Obelisk section of the classroom. "Ice tea, foot rub. Now."
"Get it yourself." Another Obelisk replied with a disgusted not in their voice.
"What did you say?" Chazz looked to the Obelisk, wondering just who this guy was, and where he had the gall to talk to him in such a disrespectful manner.
"Chazz, where do you think you're going?" Another Obelisk asked.
"My seat." Chazz fixed the other Obelisk with a look suggesting that he must have been an idiot.
Yuki made no attempt to hide or muffle the laughter that came in response to Chazz's answer. "That's not your seat anymore." He then pointed to where the Slifer's and Ra's were sitting. "You got moved over there."
"What!?" Chazz was shocked at this revelation, just as Dr. Crowler walked into the classroom. "Dr. crowler, tell me this is a mistake! Tell them that I belong up here!"
"But you don't." Dr Crowler narrowed his eyes at Chazz. "And you haven't since you lost to … who was it again? Ah yes, Jaden Yuki. A Slifer! Which is why tomorrow you will duel Bastion Misawa, and should you happen to lose, the two of you will switch dorms."
Chazz felt his stomach drop. "You mean … I'd become a Ra yellow…?"
"Very good." Dr Crowler spoke as though he was talking to a toddler. "Now if only you could duel as well as you listen."
The entire class burst out in laughter, as Chazz ran out of the classroom. "NO! I WON'T BE A RA!"
"Good for you Bastion." Yuki clapped the Ra on the shoulder once classes had ended. Yuki had joined Jaden and Cyrus while the three joined Bastion in heading towards the Ra dorms. "If anyone deserves to wear the blue jacket, it's you."
"That means a great deal coming from you." Bastion smiled.
"Okay, so maybe it wasn't a foul." Jaden piped up, still stuck on what happened during the baseball game the Slifer's had against the Ra's.
Cyrus smiled, as Yuki shook his head at his friend's comment. "Jaden, over the center field wall usually isn't."
"Look." Bastion began. "I play how I duel, with formulas." The Ra student held up his own baseball bat, showing that it had multiple formulas written on it. "I find that science, statistics, and geometry play a role with everything I do in life."
"Y'know, I never thought of it like that." Jaden said.
"Do you have a formula for everything?" Cyrus asked, as the four boy's reached the Ra dorms.
Bastion merely smiled, as he led his three friends to his bedroom. "Here we are."
"Your dorm room?" Yuki asked with a curious look, before his eyes widened. Bastion opened the door to his room, revealing that every wall was covered with mathematic equations. "Woah…"
"My workplace, my lab, my dorm room." Bastion said, pointing out different spots of his room. "That area is for traps, there is for spells, and… well you get it. Most of these I've memorized, and as you can see, I'm running out of room. So…"
"So…?" The three boys asked, before Bastion grabbed some brushes and paint.
"So, mind helping?" Bastion asked.
Yuki chuckled, and was about to take one of the brushes, when he noticed something on Bastion's desk. The Ra had left his laptop on, and was watching a duel. A duel that Yuki was rather familiar with. "Hey! I know this duel!"
"Ah, that one." Bastion walked up to Yuki as he spoke. "It's an older duel."
"Older duel?" Yuki asked. "Bastion, this was last week."
"Who's dueling?" Jaden asked, peeking over Bastion and Yuki's shoulders to get a look at the screen. "They don't look like guys from Duel Academy."
"Because they aren't." Both Jaden and Bastion replied simultaneously.
"It's a duel from North Academy." Bastion explained. "Duel Academy's rival."
"And one of the guys dueling uses dragons like me." Yuki pointed to the screen, pointing to a North Academy student with rather short hair, wearing the standard dark overcoat that consisted of North Academy's uniform. "He's really good. His name is Jackson Corvus. He's got a great ace monster called Felgrand Dragon. It's so strong, that only three copies were ever made. Jackson has two of them."
"What about the third?" Bastion asked.
"I had it." Yuki sighed, looking down. "I say had, because I can't find it anywhere. I don't know if I left it at home, or if I misplaced it in one of my dorms. Either here, or in my old Slifer dorm. But it's eating me that I can't find it."
"Hey, cheer up." Jaden placed a comforting hand on Yuki's shoulder. "You'll find that sweet monster eventually. But let's see how this duel plays out."
On the screen, Jackson was dueling a rather larger student who was built far more athletically than Jackson. On his field were two powerful monsters. Zoa and Metal Zoa.
"Alright Czar, I hope you're ready to go down a rank." Jackson growled, summoning Decoy Dragon.
The larger student, Czar laughed. "When I am done with you, there will be no place for you to go! Zoa, attack that pathetic excuse for a dragon!"
Jackson shook his head smirking. "You really are an idiot Czar. How many times do I have to teach you this lesson? When you attack Decoy Dragon, his effect activates which allows me to summon a level 7 dragon monster from my graveyard!"
"Here it comes." Yuki said excitedly.
"Let the light of the heaven's shine down! ROAR AND TAKE FLIGHT! DIVINE DRAGON LORD FELGRAND!"
Everyone had to shield their eyes, as the screen became very bright when Jackson summoned his monster. As the light died down, they boys got a look at Felgrand Dragon. She was a rather powerful looking dragon, with bright gold scales. Atk-2800
"Oh and don't forget Czar, when she's summoned from the graveyard, I get to banish one of your monsters, and then add their level to their attack points! So say goodbye to your Metal Zoa!"
Lord Felgrand roared, and made Czar's monster vanish in a flash of bright light. And that caused the monster's attack to rise.
Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand Atk-3500
"Oh but wait, there's more." Jackson continued. "Since you attacked Decoy Dragon, your attack has to switch to Felgrand! Which means, your monster goes bye bye!" Lord Felgrand roared, and unleashed a stream of golden flames from her mouth, which destroyed Czar's Zoa.
Czar-LP 1000
"But I'm not done yet, thanks to Lord Felgrand's effect, I can summon another monster from my graveyard." Jackson said, taking his chosen card from his graveyard. "Rise and take flight! Felgrand Dragon!"
Once again the boys had to shield their eyes as Jackson summoned yet another gold scaled dragon. Atk-2800
"Now I can remove another monster to increase her attack by double their level!"
Felgrand Dragon Atk-4200
"Now it's over! To take a page out of a Duel Academy student, burn it down!" Felgrand, direct attack!"
"That was amazing!" Cyrus was awed at the result of Jackson's duel with Czar, before he turned his attention to Yuki. "You have one of his monsters?"
"Had one of his monsters." Yuki corrected. "Like I said, I don't know where it is."
"Well keep your chin up Yuki." Bastion reassured. "You'll find it eventually. However, until then." Bastion chuckled, handing the Obelisk a paintbrush.
That evening, Chazz was holding a video call with his two brothers, Slade and Jagger Princeton on the large flatscreen in Chazz's dorm.
"Got it Chazz?" Slade asked, his eyes narrowed at his younger brother.
"Yeah." Chazz's response was almost under his breath.
"We can't hear you!" Jagger said, rather loudly.
"I said I got it!" Chazz snapped.
"Well you better. Your brother and I are going through with our end of it." Slade's tone of voice sounded like he was threatening his younger brother.
"And you better be following through on your end as well." Jagger took over. "Just think about it little brother. The world of politics, finances, and Duel Monsters! If the Princeton family rises to the top in all three, we can control the world!"
"So be the best!" Slade growled, before ending the video call.
Chazz growled, walking to the large window of his dorm room to see Jaden, Cyrus, and Bastion heading towards the Slifer Dorms, missing seeing Yuki make for his dorm. 'Be the best … how can I be the best, when lucky punks like them around?' Chazz thought bitterly, before a rather evil thought crept into his mind. 'Wait … it looks like Bastion is heading towards the Slifer dorm for the night … which means his dorm will be empty.'
A short time later, Yuki was walking out of the showers. A towel wrapped around his shoulders, and wearing a pair of shorts and professional wrestling t-shirt. He was about to enter his dorm, when someone called out to him.
"Yuki!"
Whirling around, Yuki quickly found himself face to face with Kai … which made him jump back a bit. "Kai?"
Kai paused for a moment in what he wanted to tell his friend. "You kinda look like Samoa Joe right now…" Kai shook his head, as Yuki's choice of attire was neither here nor there. "Nevermind that, you gotta follow me!"
"Another duel you have lined up for me?" Yuki chuckled.
"No, I just saw Chazz heading towards the Ra dorm!" Kai replied.
"Wait what!?" Yuki sputtered, he vanished into his dorm to grab his duel disk, one of his decks, and the Millenium ring. "We gotta stop him! He's probably gonna try and mess with Bastion's deck because of their duel tomorrow!"
"Then we gotta move!" Both Yuki and Kai quickly ran out of the Obelisk dorm, attempting to follow Chazz.
By the tim Yuki and Kai had caught up to Chazz, it was only in time to see him toss something into the water by the docks close to the Slifer dorms.
"There won't be a duel if Bastion doesn't have a deck." Chazz grinned maliciously. "He might even get kicked out."
"So that's how it is huh?" A rather angry voice said from behind Chazz. Turning around, the rich Obelisk saw Kai and Yuki were blocking his path.
"How can you do that to someone else's deck?" Yuki had murder in his voice as he spoke. "If this is how you act when you don't get what you want, there's no place for you here. You should just leave the school."
"Nobody tells me what to do!" Chazz snarled, grabbing his duel disk.
"I just did. And now I'm gonna teach you what happens when you mess with someone else's cards." Yuki growled, inserting his deck into his duel disk.
"DUEL!"
Yuki-LP 4000
Chazz-LP 4000
"So, I'll draw first." Chazz sneered, taking his sixth card. He smirked maliciously once again, glancing at his hand. "I'll start things off with a bang! I banish X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal tank, and summon XYZ Dragon Cannon!"
"Wait what!?" Yuki asked, looking to Kai. "That can be done!?"
"Yeah." Kai said grimly. "The card text says to just banish the above monsters. Never stating they have to be on the field."
"That's not good…" Yuki said rather nervously, as Chazz's fusion monster appeared in front of him.
XZY Dragon Cannon. Atk-2800
"I'll call it a turn there." Chazz sneered. "Let's see what you can do about it dragon boy. Oh, and something else. I don't like you getting special treatment, and especially you getting a powerful dragon monster like that Blue Eyes Kai gave you. So after I end your undefeated streak, I'm taking that dragon."
"There's no chance in hell you'll ever touch my Blue Eyes." Yuki growled, drawing his next card. "And there's no way in hell you're winning this duel! I activate the spell card Dark Hole!"
"Wait, what!?" Chazz sounded panicked as his monster was sucked into a black hole, leaving him utterly defenseless.
"Now I'll set one card, and summon Hannibal Necromancer!"
Yuki's new monster was a blue skinned demonic looking creature, with razor sharp claws. Atk-1400
"Get ready Chazz, because I'm ending this duel right here! Hannibal Neromancer, direct attack!" Yuki ordered his monster, who slashed Chazz across the chest.
Chazz-LP 2600
"Really?" Chazz groaned, getting back to his feet since Yuki's attack had knocked him off his feet. "So much for ending this duel in one attack."
"Whoever said I only had one attack?" Yuki countered, revealing his face down card. "Reverse card open! Berserker Soul!"
"Berserker Soul…?" Chazz asked.
"Let explain how this works." Yuki explained glaring daggers at Chazz. "First I have to discard all the cards in my hand. Then I draw until I reach a card that is not a monster. However, for each monster I draw, I can continuously attack you with a monster that has 1500 or less attack points!"
It was then something clicked for Chazz. "1500 or less… wait!"
Hannibal Necromancer Atk-1400
"You planned that from your first turn."
"And now you're gonna learn what happens when you make me angry! Get ready Chazz, because here comes the first card! Draw!"
Magical Exemplar.
"A monster card! Magical Examplar goes to the graveyard, which means my monster can attack!" Yuki declared, discarding his monster while Hannibal Necromancer slashed Chazz with his claws once again.
Chazz-LP 1200
"Here comes the second card! Draw!"
Crusader of Endymon
"A monster card!" Once again, Yuki's monster slashed Chazz.
Chazz-LP 0000
"Draw!"
Magician's Valkyria
"Monster card!"
Chazz-LP -1400
"Draw!"
Dark Valkyria
"Monster card!"
Chazz-LP -2800
"Draw! Monster-"
"Yuki, that's enough!" Kai grabbed Yuki's arm, preventing him from discarding his next card.
"Let go of me!" Yuki growled.
"The duel is over." Kai said calmly, glancing at Chazz who was lying on the ground in a heap. "Chazz ran out of life points a while ago. It's just overkill at this point."
Yuki took a few deep breaths, and lowered his arm with his new card, which shocked him as it was Neo The Magic Swordsman. He'd been that close to discarding his partner had Kai not stopped him.
'Partner?' Neo asked, placing a hand on Yuki's shoulder as he manifested.
"You good now?" Kai asked, giving his friend a small shake. "You get all that out of your system?"
It was a few moments before Yuki spoke up. "...Yeah. Yeah, I'm good."
"Come on." Kai said. "We'll report this to Dr. Crowler before the duel."
With one last harsh glare with Chazz, Yuki followed after Kai. He'd make sure Dr. Crowler knew exactly what had happened the next day.
That next morning Jaden, Cyrus, Chumley, and Bastion who had stayed with the three other Slifer's as all of his belongings bed included were lining the halls of the Ra dorm while the fresh paint dried, were woken up by frantic pounding on the door. "Jaden! Jaden!"
Quickly getting out of his bed, Jaden made haste to open the door, revealing the person on the other side was the owner of the academy card shop. "What's up Ms. Dorothy?"
"I was unloading supplies from the docks, when I saw them … cards tossed everywhere!" Dorothy explained, making all four students gasp before they all made their way to the docks. And upon arriving, Dorothy's claims were proven true. There were cards scattered in the water.
"That's Ring of Destruction." Jaden said.
"And Vorse Raider!" Cyrus gasped, fishing the card out of the water.
"Bastion." Jaden had a horrified look as he turned to the Ra. "These are all your cards!"
Bastion shook his head, upon this revelation. "It's my own fault. I left my deck in my desk when we moved everything into the hallway after painting it."
"Who would do something like this?" Cyrus asked.
"Someone who doesn't want you to be promoted to Obelisk." Jaden voiced his suspicion while Bastion fished more cards out of the water. "What are you gonna do? You duel is in less than an hour."
"Leave it to me." Bastion replied, before he made for his dorm.
At the main dueling arena, Chazz was waiting with Dr. Crowler before Bastion, Jaden, and Cyrus came running in.
"Bastion, you made it. And I see you brought some friends." Dr. Crowler gave a rather irritated look towards the Slifer's.
"I hope you duel better than the company you keep." Chazz sneered.
"Wait, Chazz is your opponent?" Jaden began. "Bastion, he must be the one who tossed your cards into the ocean."
"Pardon?" Crowler asked, rather confused.
"I don't know what he's talking about Dr. Crowler. I didn't do a thing." Chazz replied in an attempt to sound innocent.
"That's untrue, and you know it!" A rather angry voice called out. Alexis and Zane entered, closely followed by Yuki and Kai. With Kai being the one who had spoken.
"Chazz, I saw Kai and Yuki chase you down to the docks after you threw something into the ocean." Alexis crossed her arms over her chest. "Normally, I don't snitch. But you don't mess with someone else's cards."
Jaden fixed Chazz with a glare. "That's low even for you."
"Oh come on, who's to say I wasn't tossing my own cards into the ocean?" Chazz shrugged. "I guess Bastion and I have similar decks."
"Bullshit!" Both Yuki and Kai had cursed.
"We were there Chazz!" Kai growled.
"I took you down with only three cards!" Yuki's comment shocked Jaden, and intrigued both Dr. Crowler and Zane.
"Wait, you two dueled?" Jaden asked his friend.
"We saw the whole thing." Zane piped up. "Chazz never stood a chance."
"Nobody calls me a liar, or a thief!" Chazz growled. "And you have no proof of anything!"
"Fine, you're not, and we don't." Bastion said, stepping onto the main dueling platform. "Let's just duel."
"But how?" Jaden was visibly confused.
"A good duelist always has a spare deck … or a few." Bastion began. "You saw all the formulas in my room, well they're all for different decks. One for each attribute!" Bastion unzipped his jacket, revealing six different deck boxes.
Chazz growled seeing as his plan had failed. "Yeah, well you can keep your six crummy decks. As for me, all I need is this one!"
Bastion grabbed his duel disk, slipping it onto his left arm, before placing one of his six decks into the deck slot. "You're just a problem to be solved Chazz. A code to be cracked. You're finished!"
"Bring it on!" Chazz growled.
"Duel!"
Bastion-LP 4000
Chazz-LP 4000
"Get ready, because here comes the hurt! I summon Chtonian Soldier in attack mode!" Chazz declared, summoning a soldier in dark colored armor. Atk-1200
"I'll place one card face down, and that'll do it." The Obelisk said, inserting the card into his duel disk.
"Oh will it now?" Bastion asked, drawing his next cards.
"Sounds like Bastion already has a trick of his sleeve." Alexis said.
"He works fast." Jaden smiled.
"I summon Hydrogeddon in attack mode! Rise Hydrogeddon!" Bastion said, as a dark brown dinosaur-like creature appeared on his field. Atk-1600
"Now attack Chtonian Soldier with Hydro Gust!" Bastion ordered his monster, who let out a stream of muddy water from its mouth, destroying Chazz's monster.
Chazz-LP 3600
"Yeah? Well when you destroy my soldier, his effect kicks off! You take the same amount of damage I do!" Chazz sneered.
Bastion-LP 3600
"Not bad." Zane said, crossing his arms.
"Bastion walked right into that one." Kai shook his head.
"I have a special ability also. You see, whenever Hydrogeddon destroys a monster by battle I can summon another from my deck! Rise, Hydrogeddon!" Bastion said, summoning another of his dinosaur-like monster. "Now attack directly! Hydro Gust!"
Chazz growled as Hydrogeddon's attack hit him square in the stomach, forcing him onto one knee.
Chazz-LP 2000
"Now that was a smart move." Yuki had a smile on his face. "It cost him a little damage, but he got to wage a direct attack."
"And, Bastion is ahead now!" Alexis added while catching Yuki's eye. The two smiled at one another, before quickly looking away, both blushing like fools, as they still both remembered the kiss Alexis had given him on Halloween.
"You'll pay for that!" Chazz groaned as he got back to his feet. "I activate my trap card; Call of the Haunted! It lets me summon a monster from my graveyard! And I chose my Chtonian Soldier! Next I activate the spell card Infernal Reckless Summon! It allows us to summon as many monsters from our hand, deck, or graveyard that have the same name as another monster on the field!"
Two more dark armored soldiers appeared on Chazz's field, while another Hydrogeddon appeared on Bastion's.
"It doesn't matter how many of those soldiers Chazz summons. They still don't have the strength to take down those Hydrogeddon's." Alexis frowned.
"Not on their own they won't." Zane said.
"Next I activate the equip card Chtonian Alliance!" Chazz smirked as he slid the card into his duel disk. "The equipped monster gains 800 atack points for each monster on the field with the same name! Bringing his attack points up to … well you're the math whizz,you figure it out."
Chtonian soldier Atk-3600
"3600… that's not good." Kai frowned.
"Attack one of those Hydrogeddon's!" Chazz's super powered monster brought his blade down on one of the Hydrogeddon's, destroying it, and bringing Bastion's life points down in the process.
Bastion-LP 1600
"Bastion's life points have gone down by more than half…" Jaden said rather worriedly.
"He's losing the duel." Cyrus sounded just as worried as Jaden
"Bravo, good show." Bastion began, drawing a card. "However, it'll be short lived. Go Oxygeddon!"
A green pteradactyl appeared in a gust of wind on Bastion's field. Atk-1800
"Now Oxygeddon, attack the 1200 Chtonian Soldier with Vapor Stream!" Oxygeddon unleashed a stream of green water at high-velocity at Chazz's monster, which subsequently destroyed it.
"Forget, whenever my soldiers ae destroyed, you take the same amount of damage I do?" Chazz asked rather confidently.
Bastion-LP 1000
"My turn's not done yet, my Hydrogeddon will attack your other soldier!" Bastion declared, as one of his Hydrogeddon's attacked the second of the 1200 attack Chtonian soldiers … which caused Bastion's life points to drop again.
Bastion-LP 600
"Aw man, why does Bastion keep attacking?" Cyrus asked. "He's only hurting himself."
"He's fine." Both Jaden and Yuki reassured their friend.
"Bastion's playing smart." Zane began. "The Chtonian Soldier with the equip card has 3600 attack points. Bastion would have to summon an incredibly powerful monster to destroy it. Unless however…"
Chazz's Chtonian soldier shrunk, as his allies were destroyed. Atk-2000
"Lastly, I'll set a card face down. That will do for now." Bastion said, inserting his chosen card into his duel disk.
"Will it? I wouldn't be so sure whizz kid." Chazz drew, smirking. "I sacrifice my Chtonian Soldier along with all the cards in my hand, and summon the Infernal Incinerator!"
Chazz's monster was engulfed in a ball of flames, and when the flames dissipated the Chtonian Soldier was replaced by a rather fiendish looking creature with the soldier on the top. Atk-2800
"Better break out your calculator, because if you can't figure out a way to beat this guy on this turn, you're through." Chazz began to laugh.
"Bastion is in very serious trouble." Yuki said, now very worried for his friend.
"One attack from that, and he's done for." Alexis said, sharing Yuki's worried tone and gripping one of his hands.
"Face it Bastion, you have no chance against my Infernal Incinerator. Especially since it gains 200 attack for every monster on your field!" Chazz laughed once again, as his monster powered up.
Infernal Incinerator Atk-3400
"Oh it just got worse…" Yuki groned, feeling Alexis squeeze his hand.
"Attack with Firestorm Blast!" Chazz ordered his monster, who let a stream of fire towards Bastion's monsters.
"Bastion!" everyone present, Crowler being the exception cried out.
"I activate my trap card; Amorphis Barrier!" Several pillars of ice appeared in front of Bastion's monsters, blocking Chazz's attack. "When I have three or more monsters on my field, it negates your attack and ends the battle. Nice try though."
"Big deal, you bought yourself one lously turn." Chazz growled.
"I'm afraid there won't be a next turn." Bastion replied, as he drew his next card. "I activate the spell Bonding H2O, and sacrifice the two Hydrogeddon's and my Oxygeddon, and summon Water Dragon!"
A large geyser of water engulfed the three monsters, leaving a serpentine dragon composed of water in their place. Atk-2800
"And since the number of my monsters has gone down, so does the attack of your Infernal Incinerator!"
Infernal Incinerator Atk-3000
"Doesn't matter, my monster's attack is still higher than yours." Chazz huffed.
"Better double check, because I've already done all the math." Bastion replied.
"All the math!?" Crowler's eyes widened.
"You mean Bastion had all this planned out from the start?" Jaden asked completely shocked.
Water Dragon created a giant tidal wave, which crashed into Infernal Incinerator. Draining all of its power.
Infernal Incinerator Atk-0000
"Water Dragon's special ability. When he's on the field, the attack of all fire and Pyro type monsters instantly become zero. Now attack, Tidal Blast!" Water Dragon unleashed a torrent of water from its mouth. It hit Infernal Incinerator, went through it and hit Chazz which sent the Obelisk hurdling off the main dueling platform, and dousing the whole arena.
Chazz-LP 0000
"Well played Chazz, but not good enough." Bastion said, as his friends rushed up to congratulate him.
"Pure luck." Chazz spat bitterly. "You drew a lucky card, and stumbled into victory."
"Perhaps. But luck favors the prepared, and I was prepared to beat you with half a dozen other cards in my deck. Sorry, but you would have lost. Deny it all you want. Just like you denied throwing my deck into the ocean." Bastion crossed his arms over his chest.
"Prove it." Chazz spat once again.
"Very well." Bastion reached into his pocket, and pulled out a Vorse Raider card with a half washed formula on it. "A card I fished out, with a formula I wrote. I suppose you could have written it, but the math probably would have been wrong. Chazz you lied, you cheated, and you ultimately lost. You deserve to be demoted."
Chazz let out a scream of anger, as he repeatedly hit the ground. "This can't be happening to me!"
"Bastion Misawa, congratulations and welcome to Obelisk." Dr. Crowler was beaming as he approached the Ra.
"Thank you Dr. Crowler, but I must decline." Bastion replied.
"What? But why?" Crowler asked, clearly shocked.
"When I entered Duel Academy, I made a promise that I would only enter Obelisk when I became the best student among the freshman course." Bastion said, before turning to Yuki. "Out of all those students, I believe that student is you Yuki."
Yuki smiled at the compliment his friend had given him. "That means a lot coming from you. Whenever your ready Bastion, even if it means I have to wear the yellow jacket again. I'll gladly take it, if it means putting you in Obelisk. But until then…" Yuki held out his fist.
"Until then." Bastion returned, bumping Yuki's fist, before they all left the arena.
"Hey, you won today." Yuki said. "So you're getting breakfast at the Obelisk dorms."
"Well, I'll accept after all that's happened." Bastion laughed, as Yuki took one last look at Chazz, who was still pounding the ground in anger.
'Maybe a little time in Ra will teach you some humility Chazz'