Chapter 3

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LAST TIME: Last time on Duel Academy Returns, Jessup dueled a hothead named Michael Princeton, son of Chazz Princeton. He beat him and they were declared rivals. Also, later on, Ray had a head on duel with Michael's sister, Keisha, who he demolished with his warriors. Find out what adventures take place today, on Duel Academy Returns.

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"I'm bored." Tommy cried out for the trillionth time that day.

"We all are, Tommy, so be quiet." Crystal snapped at him. Tommy looked at her and sighed. All he wanted to do was duel.

"Come on guys. Let's go find someone to duel!" Tommy said as he raced out the door.

"So, who's goin' with him?" Ray asked as he watched him go. He was sipping on a cup of tea. Next to him, Jessup, was just sitting there with a cup of tea in hand, waiting for something interesting to happen. Crystal stood up and walked out the door after Tommy.

"Well that answers your question, Ray." Jessup said, pointing out the obvious.

"Yup. I guess so." Ray replied, taking another sip of his tea. The two continued the sit there and sip on their tea.

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"So, Tommy, who are you going to ask to duel?" Crystal asked after they had been walking for some time.

"I don't know. Whoever we run into I gue-." He was cut off as he ran into a big student wearing a red coat.

"Hey! Watch wear your going, midget." The big guy said to him.

"Tommy are you ok?" Crystal asked as she helped him to his feet.

"Yeah. I'm fine." He turned to the bigger student and noticed he was wearing a duel disk. "Hey! Do you want to duel?" He raised his own duel disk and waited for a response.

"Sure. Let's do this. By the way, my name is Jackson. Jackson Huffington." He raised his duel disk and inserted his deck.

"I'm Tommy Yuki." He inserted his deck into the deck slot and activated it.

"Did you say Yuki? My father knows a Jaden Yuki. He said they are pretty good friends. Are you related to him in any way?" Jackson asked.

"Yeah. He's my father. Now let's duel!" He drew 6 cards and Jackson drew 5.

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Tommy: 4000/ Jackson: 4000

"I start with this, Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000) in attack mode." A green dressed hero appeared on the field with wings and talons. "Then these 2 cards, facedown." Two brown-backed cards appeared in between the hero and Tommy. "That's it for me. Let's see what you got."

Jackson drew a card and looked at his hand. "I play Cost Down by sacrificing my Hieracosphinx (2400/1200) to the graveyard. Now since his level is 4, come forth, Jinzo (2400/1500)!" A robotic man with metallic plated armor appeared on the field in front of the Cost Down card. "Next up is my Premature Burial spell, which raises my Hieracosphinx from the grave, and for the sacrifice of 800 Life Points." A huge sphinx rose up next to Jinzo and roared at Tommy.

Tommy: 4000/ Jackson: 3200

"Jinzo attack Avian with Cyber Energy Shock!" Jinzo charged an electrical energy wave in his hands and launched it at Avian. All of a sudden, the shock wave and Jinzo disappeared and a brown backed card appeared in it's place. "What happened!" Jackson stared over at a grinning Tommy.

"You triggered my Book of Moon. It flips one monster on the field into facedown defense position." Tommy grinned evilly as he explained his card's effect.

"Fine! Hieracosphinx pick up where Jinzo left off! Ancient Rock Bombardment!" Rocks started to float into the air around Hieracosphinx and began to fly at Avian. Once again though, the attack stopped in mid air and then flew right back at Hieracosphinx and destroyed it. "Now what!" Jackson was steaming at the ears.

"My Mirror Force trap card. It wipes out all your attack position monsters." Tommy was grinning once again.

"Fine. I end my turn by setting this facedown." A card appeared in front of Jackson and Tommy drew a new card.

"I play Fusion Sage to get a Polymerization card from my deck." He pulled out his deck and thumbed through. He found the card he was looking for and added it to his hand. "Now I activate Polymerization to fuse Avian and Burstinatrix (1200/800) in my hand into Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (2100/1200)." A picture of a lady hero in red appeared next to Avian and then they began to mix together and then in their place was a new hero with a masked face and a green body with angelic wings. "Next I summon forth Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000), in attack mode." Next to Wingman appeared a new hero that was brown and rock hard.

"Then Flame Wingman attacks with Flame Burst!" Wingman leapt high into the air and then launched a humongous flame out of his claw hand. The facedown Jinzo was wiped out and Jackson's Life Points dropped by 2400.

Tommy: 4000/ Jackson: 800

"Clayman, finish it with Rock Throw Smash!" Clayman raised his fist and brought it down on Jackson. A huge cloud of dust erupted around Jackson and Clayman. As the dust cleared, Jackson was still standing with his Life Points still intact and in Clayman's place was Hieracosphinx. "What!"

"I activated Call of the Haunted to bring back my Hieracosphinx in all of it's glory." Hieracosphinx roared at the sound of it's name.

Tommy: 2400/ Jackson: 800

"Fine. I set this card facedown and end my turn." A brown-backed card appeared behind Flame Wingman.

"I draw!" Jackson picked up his new card and looked at his hand. "I set this monster facedown." A new sideways, brown-backed card appeared on the field next to his sphinx.

"Now I play Heavy Storm to wipe out all Spell and Trap cards on the field." A vortex of wind wiped out his Call of the Haunted and Tommy's facedown card, which was Hero Signal. With Call of the Haunted went his Hieracosphinx.

"Next his my Force Flip spell card." A spell card appeared with a facedown card being flipped face up by a force field. "When I activate this card, I can force any facedown monsters to flip in attack mode and if they have a flip effect, it is activated at this time. Now flip, Dummy Golem (1100/2000)!" A rock golem appeared as the card flipped face-up. "When he is flipped face-up, his effect activates." The rock golem and Wingman faded out of sight and then reappeared on the opposite fields. "Now Flame Wingman, attack with Flame Burst!" Once again, Flame Wingman opened his claw and out came a burning inferno and it wiped out the golem. Tommy covered his face with his arms as his Life Points ticked down to . Then it shot down to 200 points after Wingman's effect.

Tommy: 200/ Jackson: 800

"My turn's done, but you better make your turn a good one, or else you'll lose." Jackson told him with a cocky grin.

Tommy drew a card with a shaky hand. 'I can't lose this duel, it's my first one since I got here.' "I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman (1600/1400), in attack mode! Then I play my De-Fusion spell card to separate Flame Wingman back into Avian and Burstinatrix! Sparkman attack Avian with Shock Wave Punch!" Sparkman leapt forward and brought an electrified fist down on Avian. Jackson shielded himself with his duel disk as his Life Points took another dip.

Tommy: 200/ Jackson: 200

"Looks like we are tied up Jackson. My last card goes facedown." Tommy played his last card on the field and Jackson drew his card.

"I sacrifice Burstinatrix for Guardian Sphinx (1700/2400), in attack mode." Burstinatrix disappeared and in it's place stood another gigantic sphinx. "Guardian Sphinx attack now! Sphinx Claw Slash!" Guardian Sphinx brought its claw down on Sparkman and it exploded into a thousand pieces. "Back to you, Tommy."

Tommy: 100/ Jackson: 200

Tommy drew a card and played it in defense mode. "Go."

Jackson drew and then ordered Guardian Sphinx to attack Tommy's facedown monster. It appeared as Wroughtwieler (800/1200). "Since you destroyed my Wroughtwieler I can take Polymerization and Avian back into my hand."

"I end my turn then." Jackson said as Tommy drew.

"Time to end this then. Reveal The Warrior Returning Alive to get Sparkman back to my hand. Then I play Polymerization to fuse Elemental Heroes Avian, Sparkman, and Bubbleman (800/1200) into Elemental Hero Tempest (2800/2800). Finish it with Tempest Wing!" Tempest rose up and then came down and struck Guardian Sphinx with it's wings and destroyed it, bringing Jackson's Life Points down to 0.

Tommy: 100/ Jackson: 0

The holograms faded as Tommy walked up to Jackson and extended his hand to him. "Good duel man." Jackson took his hand and shook it. He turned and walked away from Tommy and Crystal.

"Good job, Tommy. You cut it close but ya did good." Crystal said patting him on the back. "Come on. Let's head back to the café." They turned and headed back to the café, talking the entire way.

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"So, how long does it take your little brother to win a duel?" Ray asked, sitting in the same place he was, with the exact same posture, and the exact same cup he had when Tommy and Crystal left.

"Dunno. Depends on who he's duelin' I guess." Jessup replied. Just then, Tommy and Crystal walked in with big smiles on their faces.

"Guess what bro! I won against one of dads old friends' son! It was awesome!" Tommy exclaimed sitting down next to his brother.

"Cool." That's all Jessup said. He took another sip of tea and set down his glass. "Well, let's get back to our dorm, Ray. It's almost curfew. Good job Tommy. See ya tomorrow." Ray and Jessup rose and left the café, headed back towards their dorm.

"I guess we should be headin' back to, Tommy." With that, Crystal and Tommy headed out and back towards their dorm.

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NEXT TIME: (Ray) Next time on Duel Academy Returns. It's the beginning of a Duel Tournament here on the island and only 16 of the students are in and me, Jessup, Tommy, and Crystal are all in. The winner of the tournament will be named the Kaiser of the school. Find out how it begins and whose up first, next time on Duel Academy Returns.

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CARDS PLAYED:

Tommy:

Elemental Hero Avian- Level: 3 WIND Warrior (1000/1000)

Elemental Hero Burstinatrix- Level: 3 FIRE Warrior (1200/800)

Elemental Hero Sparkman- Level: 4 LIGHT Warrior (1600/1400)

Elemental Hero Clayman- Level: 4 EARTH Warrior (800/2000)

Elemental Hero Bubbleman- Level: 4 WATER Warrior (800/1200) – Effect: If this card is the only card in your hand, you can Special Summon it in attack mode. When this card is successfully Normal Summoned, Special Summoned, or Reverse Summoned when it is the only card on your field, draw 2 cards from your deck.

Wroughwieler- Level: 3 EARTH Machine (800/1200) – Effect: If this monster is sent to the graveyard, you can return 1 "Polymerization" and 1 monster card with "Elemental Hero" in its name in your hand.

Elemental Hero Flame Wingman- Level: 6 WIND Warrior (2100/1200) – Fusion: Elemental Hero Avian + Elemental Hero Burstinatrix – Effect: This monster can be summoned only be fusion. When this monster destroys a monster as a result of battle, do direct damage to your opponent equal to the attack points of the destroyed monster.

Elemental Hero Tempest- Level: 8 WIND Warrior (2800/2800) – Fusion: Elemental Hero Avian + Elemental Hero Bubbleman + Elemental Hero Sparkman – Effect: Send 1 card on your field into the graveyard in battle in order to activate this effect. This monster is protected from being destroyed once.

Book of Moon- Quick-Play Spell – Flip 1 face-up monster on the field into facedown defense position.

Fusion Sage- Normal Spell – Place 1 "Polymerization" Magic Card from your deck into your hand.

Polymerization- Normal Spell - Fuse 2 or more Fusion Material monsters to Fusion Summon a monster to the field from the Fusion Deck.

De-Fusion- Quick-Play Spell – Return 1 Fusion monster card on the field to its owner's Fusion Deck. If all the Fusion material monsters for the returned Fusion Monster Card are in the graveyard, they can be Special Summoned to the field at this time.

The Warrior Returning Alive- Normal Spell – Place 1 Warrior-type monster from your graveyard into your hand.

Mirror Force- Normal Trap – You can only activate this card when your opponent declares an attack. Destroy all attack position monsters on your opponent's side of the field.

Jackson:

Hieracosphinx- Level: 6 EARTH Rock (2400/1200) – Effect: As long as this card remains face-up on your side of the field, your opponent cannot select a facedown defense position monster as an attack target.

Jinzo- Level: 6 DARK Machine (2400/1500) – Effect: As long as this card remains face-up on the field, all Trap cards cannot be activated. The effects of all face-up Trap cards are also negated.

Dummy Golem- Level: 2 EARTH Rock (1100/2000) – Effect: Your opponent selects 1 monster that he/she controls. Switch control of the selected monster and this card.

Guardian Sphinx- Level: 5 EARTH Rock (1700/2400) – Effect: You can flip this card into facedown defense position once per turn, during your main phase. When this card is flip summoned, return all monsters on your opponent's side of the field to the owner's hand.

Force Flip- Normal Spell – Flip 1 facedown monster into attack position and activate that monsters flip effect, if it has one.

Cost Down- Normal Spell – Discard 1 card from your hand. Downgrade all monsters in your hand by 2 levels until the end phase of the turn this card is activated.

Premature Burial- Equip Spell – Pay 800 Life Points. Select 1 Monster Card from your graveyard, Special Summon it on the field in face-up attack position and equip it with this card. When this card is destroyed, the monster is also destroyed.

Heavy Storm- Normal Spell – Destroy all Spell and Trap cards on the field.

Call of the Haunted- Continuous Trap – Select one monster from your graveyard and Special Summon it in face-up attack position. When this card is destroyed or removed from the field, the monster is also destroyed. If the monster is destroyed, this card is also destroyed.