Monkey See, Monkey Duel
Nighttime hung over Academy Island like a blanket. It was very peaceful in the main building, the three dorms, the docks and all the other structures. One building in particular could be found deep in the forest. In a remote corner of the island, a hidden facility was stationed. It was very quiet around this place… until the sound of breaking glass was heard, followed up the sound of an alarm.
"Code red! I repeat, Code red!" A voice spoke through speakers.
Inside the facility, scientists and men wearing suits ran about, many of them holding tranquilizer guns. "The specimen can't escape, no matter what." One of the men in suits said.
Somewhere else in the building, a monkey with some tech helmet and a duel disk was running out of a room, heading to an elevator. The doors opened, revealing a guard with a gun. He was about to shoot the monkey, but it was too fast and jumped on him, then through the roof of the elevator. It rode the elevator to the top where it broke a window and escaped into the night.
The next morning, Chazz walked out of the school with a small bag slung over his shoulder. He looked at the academy with a sneer on his face. "Stinking Duel Academy. You demote me. You laugh at me. Well that's it. I've had it." He walked further away from the school. "You won't have me to kick around anymore."
Later on in the day, the students were waiting for Professor Banner to start class. Syrus ran though the doors, straight to Jaden.
"Jaden, it's awful. Chazz is gone!
"And that's awful how?" The Elemental HERO duelist asked.
"Well, gee I don't know. Because he's your big duel rival?"
"You're right. I need my competition."
Andrew was a little surprised by this news. 'It seems like Chazz is more of a sore loser than I thought, if he's skipping out on the academy.'
"Hey you know, I saw Chazz packing his stuff late last night." One Obelisk said.
"Know why? Because he lost to that Ra." Another said.
"Bastion, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, and I've heard he lost to another Ra Yellow. That Andrew guy."
"He also lost to some Slifer."
"Yeah, if you can't beat the ketchup and mustard team, good riddance." The Obelisks then laughed.
"What a bunch of jerks." Jaden said. "I'll tell ya, if those were the only friends I had, I'd probably run away too."
"Jaden." Syrus said to his roommate.
"Hm?"
"Well, I know Chazz has been a pain in the past, but what if he's in some trouble and needs us to help him."
"Good point. The right thing to do would be go look for him."
"Yeah. So when should we go?"
"Right now, Sy. After all, its also a great excuse to sneak out of class." Jaden and Syrus went out of the classroom. Alexis, Jasmine, Mindy and Jenny left soon after.
"Hmm." Andrew thought he should go after as well, so he left the classroom.
Jaden and Syrus crawled out of a hole in a wall.
"All clear." Jaden said as he confirmed it was no one there.
As they got up and dusted themselves off...
"You know," A feminine voice spoke up, making the Slifers let out a scream. "This school does have regular doors." They turned to see Alexis, Jasmine, Mindy and Jenny.
"Oh, hey Alexis. I bet you're wondering what we're doing out here. Well we were just um… getting an early start on our homework."
"Yeah right." Alexis said sarcastically. "You're looking for Chazz. And we're going to come with you."
"Really? Since when did you guys ditch class?" Jaden asked.
"Chazz is an Obelisk Blue and we take care of our own." Jenny replied.
"And besides, you two might need some help." Another voice spoke up. The group turned to see Andrew approaching them.
"Andrew? You're looking for Chazz too?" Syrus asked.
"Of course. I heard you two talking about it. I just want to help two of my best friends, that's all." He explained.
"That's cool." Jaden replied with a smile on his face.
The boys and girls were walking around in the forest, searching for Chazz.
"Chazz! Chazz!" Jaden called out.
"Come on out!" Syrus called out.
"Yeah, we're worried about ya, you scrub!"
"Where are you Chazz?" Andrew called out.
"That's it…" Alexis said, deciding that she'd run out of patience. She took a deep breath and… "CHAZZ, YOU LITTLE TOAD, IF THIS IS SOME KIND OF TRICK, YOU BETTER HOPE THAT WE DON'T FIND YOU, YOU GOT THAT!?" Her voice echoed through the tress, causing birds to leave out.
"Yeah, threatening him, that'll bring him running." Jaden said sarcastically.
"You know, I'm sure that there's a good reason Chazz ran off." Jasmine said calmly.
"Yeah like, maybe he just snuck out to get me flowers." Mindy said with a dreamy look. "My Chazzy is so romantic!"
"Chazzy?" Syrus asked as he and Jaden thought how strange she was acting.
"You like Chazz?" Jasmine asked. "Last week it was Bastion. And before that it was Andrew. Who's next, little Syrus?"
"Well he is cute." Mindy replied.
Andrew blinked at the girls' conversation. "Did she just say that Mindy liked me?"
"Never mind that." Jenny replied while shaking her head. "Mindy is a little boy crazy, she would fall for any guy she gets interested in."
"Hmm." Alexis hummed.
"What?" Jaden asked.
"Look there." She pointed a bush. "Something's moving."
Everyone followed her glance to see something rustling in the bushes.
"I don't see anything." Jaden said.
"Chazzy?" The rustling continued.
"Must be." Syrus said.
"All right, game's over, we found ya." Jaden said as the group approached the bush. "Come on out. Chazz?"
A figure leapt from the bush, scaring the group and plowed right into them, creating a scuffle a few seconds before running back into the woods. The group got up after the brawl.
"Not Chazz." Alexis said.
"Not human either." Syrus added. "What was that thing?"
The group then heard someone or something else approaching them, making Jaden even more frightened.
"What now?" Jenny asked.
What appeared in front of the group were three men wearing suits. One of them was shorter than the others and had gray hair and beard. One of the other two was wearing sun glasses and holding a gun. The third one was taller than any of them and was wearing normal glasses. "He's gone."
They all heard a girl's scream and the six remaining kids realized just who was missing.
"Jasmine!" The group looked around until they heard her scream again.
"Up in those trees!" Jaden said. Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing at and saw the figure that attacked them earlier. They could see the figure was in fact a monkey holding Jasmine and leaping through the trees with her.
"It's what she always wanted." Mindy said. "Some guy to sweep her off her feet."
"Yeah, some guy, not some monkey." Alexis replied.
"Put. me. down. NOW!" She told the monkey who carried her.
"Over there." One of the men said.
"Move."
"Wait, what's going on?" Syrus asked. "What is that thing?"
"Who cares," Jaden said. "It's got Jasmine and we've gotta follow it." At that the six kids ran after them.
Jasmine was frantically trying to tell the monkey to let her go to no avail, and it carried her as it kept through the woods, over a river and ending at a cliff with a tree. After landing at the tree, Jasmine was hanging on the primate for dear life. "Please, don't let me go! Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go!"
The three men arrived soon after.
"Aim the tranq and fire when ready." The tall one ordered.
"Help, save me! Someone get this monkey off of me!"
"Blast! We can't tranq him or else he'll drop the girl."
It was at that moment when Jaden and the others arrived. Which Jaden noticed the helmet and duel disk the monkey was wearing. "Hey, that monkey's got a duel disk on."
"You're right." Syrus said.
"It's either that or a really funny-looking banana."
"That's no banana." The short man said. "And that's no regular monkey. His name's Wheeler. He's a trained duelist."
"A dueling monkey?" Jaden asked.
"Sir." The tall man whispered.
"Oh yes, I forgot, top secret."
"Wait, if he duels, let me duel him." Jaden suggested.
"Duel him? Can't you see we have a situation here?"
"Uh yeah. That's why I want to duel him."
"Jaden, are you feeling okay?" Syrus asked.
"He's not sick, he's just gone bananas." Jenny commented.
"Look. I bet if I beat this monkey, he'll hand over Jasmine. I mean It's only fair." Jaden stepped towards Wheeler. "So how about it Wheeler? Ready to get your game on?" Wheeler looked at Jaden. "That's right, banana-breath, put the girl down and let's settle this like men, or higher primates or whatever."
"Gotta hand it to him, they are communicating." Syrus commented.
"I don't get how that monkey understands him." Mindy said.
"Maybe all the training he's had has taught Wheeler how to speak human, or maybe Jaden's really a monkey." Alexis attempted to explain.
"Okay, so I win, Jasmine's free."
"And if you lose?" Jasmine worried.
"If I lose? Wow, I didn't really think of that. Okay, if Wheeler wins the duel, then we'll let him go."
Jasmine wasn't reassured by this. "Wait let him go? Well where does that leave me?"
"Look, he's not gonna win. So don't worry about it, okay Jasmine" Jaden assured her.
The monkey stared at him for moment, before giving him a nod. He set Jasmine down on the tree and leapt onto a rock.
"What a weird first date." Jasmine whined.
The monkey screeched as it activated its duel disk.
"Wow, uh you really know how to work that thing, don't ya." Jaden said.
"I hope this works." Alexis said.
"All right, Wheeler. Let's throw down." Jaden challenged as he activated his duel disk.
"I have a shot." The man with the gun said as he took aim.
"No!" The old man said. "This duel is just the kind of field test we've been waiting for."
'All right, time to get down to business… monkey business.' "Ready or not, let's duel!" Jaden announced.
"Duel!" A computerized voice came from the helmet, making all the students very shocked.
"Whoa, it talks?" Syrus asked.
"Please, that would be completely unrealistic. His helmet reads his mind and speaks for him." The old man explained.
Jaden got over his astonishment, while Wheeler laughed. They both then drew their starting hands
Jaden: 4000
Wheeler: 4000
"Here goes." Jaden said as he drew his sixth card. 'Sweetness. Just the card to grease this monkey.' "Go, Elemental HERO Sparkman!" The golden armored electric hero appeared on Jaden's field. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1400 LV: 4) "All right monkey, you saw my moves, now do yours. Get it? Monkey see, monkey do?"
"Jaden, there's no time for jokes now." Andrew groaned.
"My turn, my turn. Draw." Wheeler said as he drew. The helmet scanned the monster card he held. "Berserk Gorilla! Attack mode!" A large brown haired gorilla with red eyes appeared in front of the dueling monkey. (ATK: 2000 DEF: 1000 LV: 4)
"What's he, family?" Jaden joked. "Guess now we know who got the good looks."
"Berserk Gorilla, attack Sparkman! Attack, attack!" The beast ran forward on its knuckles and slugged Sparkman in the gut.
Jaden: 4000-3600
The monkey made a couple of backflips before inserting a card into its duel disk. "Now, one card facedown, me through. Monkey see, monkey do! Bettter! I make monkey out of you! You! You!" Wheeler taunted, making Jaden growled.
"Jaden's losing the duel." Syrus said.
"Yeah, and he's losing his cool as well. But then, how could you not? I mean he is getting beat by a monkey" Alexis added.
"Hey come on, gimme a break, the duel just started. And it's about to heat up. Watch this" Jaden looked at the card he drew. "Perfect. I play the magic of Polymerization. With it, I fuse Elemental HERO Avian with Elemental HERO Burstinatrix to summon…" The two heroes combined in a whirlwind to form Jaden's signature monster. "Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!" (ATK: 2100 DEF: 1200 LV: 6) "Now, with Flame Wingman's help, I really will lose my cool. Go, Infernal Rage!" The winged hero blasted the gorilla with fire from his dragon arm. Wheeler screeched as he lost some of his life points.
Wheeler: 4000-3900
"But I'm not done yet." Jaden said, getting the monkey's attention. "Next, I'll use Flame Wingman's super power; you lose life points equal to what your destroyed monster's attack points were. Now how's your cool?"
"Awesome, now Wheeler will lose 2000 life points. Nice Jaden." Syrus cheered.
"Yeah, but not so nice for our furry little friend." Alexis said.
The hero flew up to Wheeler and gave him a second blast of fire.
Wheeler: 3900-1900
"I'm the man!" Jaden cheered. "I mean, nothing you could be, but you know. Uhh Wheeler, hello. You calling it quits already?" He asked as saw Wheeler sitting down, looking defeated.
"Ah, so is that it? Does that mean Wheeler's finished?" Syrus asked.
"Oh please." The old man said. "He just made one little mistake, that's all. But he won't make it again. Believe me, it's all part of his training. You see, back at the lab, if he made a mistake twice, he'd be harshly punished. We poked and prodded him that way for years. No, he won't give up, he'll just get better." The kids gasped at the info.
"Poked and prodded?" Syrus asked.
"Top secret." The taller man whispered.
"Oh, right. Never mind."
"So monkey, are you calling quits or what?" Jaden asked.
"Never surrender! Never!" Wheeler replied an drew a card.
"That's the spirit. Yeah! All right then game on!"
"I summon Acrobat Monkey. MONKEY!" A blue metallic monkey did a couple of flips before landing on the ground. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1800 LV: 3) "Next, I play my facedown. Trap! Trap! DNA Surgery! Go!"
"DNA Surgery!?" Andrew repeated. "That card changes all monsters on the field to any type that monkey chooses."
"I choose beast type, beast type." Flame Wingman's appearance was kind of the same, but more wolf-like. Acrobat Monkey turned into a real monkey under its armor. "Now I play, Wild Nature's Release!"
"Wild Nature's Release!?" Alexis said, realizing what's gonna happen next. "That spell card will increase the attack points of one beast type or beast-warrior type monster on the field by the value of its defense points. Wow, this monkey is getting better!"
"Which means for Jaden it's… gonna get worse!" Syrus added.
"Acrobat Monkey, power up, power up!" The monkey monster flexed its muscles, breaking most of its armor until it only wearing its helmet. (ATK: 1000-2800)
"Uh oh." Jaden let out.
"Go, Acrobat Monkey! Attack! Somersault Smash!" In a spinning somersault, the monkey struck Flame Wingman.
Jaden: 3600-2900
After it attacked, the monkey held its head in pain until before it exploded in a shower of pixels. "Wait a sec. I don't get it. What just happened? Anyone?" Syrus asked.
"When Wild Nature's Release is used on a monster, that monster is destroyed at the turn's end." Alexis explained.
"Your turn, your turn!" Wheeler announced.
"Nice moves Wheeler, but no banana yet. Now here goes. Draw!" Jaden looked at the spell card he drew. 'All right, it's time to show this hostage taking hairball that it takes more than just opposable thumbs to be a good duelist.' He then picked another card from his hand. "I'm gonna play…" But was then interrupted by some more monkey noises. He looked to the side and a bunch of other monkeys behind some rocks.
"Uh oh. More monkeys." Syrus said.
"It's like an entire tribe of them." Mindy added.
'Wait a sec.' Jaden thought as he figured out the situation here. "That's why you were trying to escape, isn't it? To get back to your family."
"Must win! Miss family, miss family!" Wheeler replied.
"Look pal, I know you want to get back with your family, but I need to get back Jasmine. So unless you let her go, I gotta beat you. Which means I gotta summon the Elemental HERO Clayman!" The stone warrior rose in front of Jaden. (ATK: 800 DEF: 2000 LV: 4)
"Don't forget, don't forget! DNA Surgey! Clayman turns into a beast type." The hero grew fur and turned into some kind of bear-like creature.
"Fine with me, that's not gonna matter when I play this," Jaden held up a the spell card he drew earlier. "Read them and weep; Courageous Charge! Oh yeah. Here's how it goes down, I take one of my monsters with 1000 attack points or less and pay 1000 life points,"
Jaden: 2900-1900
"Then if my monster deals damage to your life points in battle, you also take damage equal to his defense points. Pretty sweet, huh? Now Elemental HER Clayman, attack Wheeler with Clay Clobberer! The bestial hero threw a transparent right to the monkey who was spooked by the attack.
Wheeler: 1900-1100
"And now, thanks to Courageous Charge, his 2000 defense points are dealt to you too." Wheeler kneeled in defeat.
Wheeler: 1100-0000
The helmet showed the picture of a sad monkey due to the loss of Wheeler's remaining life points.
"All right, he won." Syrus cheered.
"Well played Jaden." Andrew said.
"Fair's fair." Jaden said. "Time you let Jasmine go."
Wheeler stood there for a moment before he walked up to the tree, picked up Jasmine and put her on the ground. She ran to her friends.
"Jasmine!" They ran to her and embraced her.
"He reeked of bananas!"
"It's okay, you're safe now." Jenny said.
"Thanks for saving me." Jasmine said to Jaden. "But what happens to Wheeler now? He shouldn't have he snatched me, but he still deserves better than those needle poking scientist guys."
"All right you flea ridden failure," The man with the gun said. "Let's go."
Jaden placed himself between the three men and Wheeler. "Hold it. He doesn't belong with you. He belongs out here in nature. He belongs with his family. So that's where we're gonna leave him, got it?"
The three men were surprised by this.
"Then he can pick grubs, eat berries and ya know… other monkey stuff."
"It's alright Wheeler, we won't let them take you back to the lab." Syrus assured him.
"Because if you do, I'll call the TV-stations." Alexis said.
"And I'll call the newspapers." Mindy added.
"And it's goodbye top secret." Jasmine said.
"Enough nonsense, out of the way." The men pushed past Jaden and captured Wheeler in a net.
"Stop it!" Andrew and Jenny said.
"You think that your threats scare me?" The short man asked. "Please, you're just some kid. Who's gonna believe you? Not only will my lab work continue, but it will grow larger."
"How's that?" Jaden asked.
"Because I'm taking them all." The man with the gun aimed at the other monkeys. "Your friend won't miss his family. They'll all be there in cages with him."
But before the man with the gun had a chance to shoot any of them, a certain tabby cat appeared and hit his face causing him to drop the gun. "Tsk, tsk Pharaoh. Naughty kitty." The students turned to see a certain teacher pick up his cat.
"Professor Banner!"
"Who are you?" The short man asked.
"Oh you know, just your average teacher, duelist," He kicked up the gun and caught it in his hand. "Animal lover. If you gentlemen get what I'm saying."
The old man growled as he had no hope to take Wheeler back to the lab, so he and the other men left.
The kids removed Wheeler's equipment until he only had his duel disk left. He made his way to the other monkeys. "Oh look, it's like a family reunion." Syrus commented.
"It is." Jasmine added.
"Hey let's duel again sometime!" Wheeler let out some monkey sounds while waving back at Jaden. The Slifer did his trademark pose. "Me too. That was a super fun duel."
"Uhh Jaden… his talking helmet is gone, you know?" Syrus pointed out.
"Take care, Wheeler!" Andrew called out.
"It's a good thing you showed up." Jenny said to Banner. "Otherwise they would have taken him away for sure.
"How'd you find us professor?" Alexis asked.
"Like I said, I love animals. Of course, it'd be hard not to be with a cat who can track as well as Pharaoh."
"Yeah but why were looking for us in the first place?" Jaden asked.
"Well children, I wanted to tell you that Chazz is okay."
"That's godd news." Jaden said.
"Sure is." Syrus added.
Jasmine and Mindy laughed, being happy for those news.
"Of course, there is some bad news as well. Here, come with me." Banner led them to the docks. "You see, Pharaoh tracked him here to the docks, but when I arrived, he was already leaving on his family's personal yacht."
Flashback
On the said yacht, Chazz was glaring towards the island. 'You haven't heard the last of Chazz Princeton, Duel Academy. No way.'
Banner arrived in time to see the yacht drive away.
"Well that's a shame." Jaden said.
"Yeah I guess, he did make things interesting." Syrus agreed.
"My Chazzy." Mindy sighed.
"Well, I'm sure he'll be back someday." Jaden regained his positive attitude.
"Me too." Syrus added.
Alexis and Jenny nodded.
"After all, good rivals are hard to find."
"That's true." Andrew agreed.
"Yes, and do you know what is not? Class. And since you cut out early today, we have some making up to do. So let's go." The kids groaned as Banner led them back to the school.
Sorry guys, no OC-duel this time. But I should be able to make one next time. Until then.
