April Fools Day Mayhem

It was a peaceful night at Duel Academy. Everyone was sleeping in their dorms... Or not. If one were to look inside the Obelisk boys dorm, they could see some light inside one of the dorm rooms. This dorm room had a king sized bed, a couch of the quality like it was from a 5 star hotel. And also a chair and a desk with the same quality. And right in front of the desk, there was a boy sitting on the floor, going through some stuff he had in a bag. This boy's uniform was blue with white lines, for an obvious reason. Despite the light from the lamp, it was hard to see his face. His hair however was clear to see for anyone who would have been there. It was in shoulder length and messy. It's color was kinda interesting. Most of it was orange, with jet black highlights. The boy was muttering to himself while going through his stuff.

"Let's see. Whoopee cushion; check. Paint cans; check. Stink bombs; check." After counting the items, he tied up the bag and stood up. By doing so, the light was able to reveal his face. His skin was lightly tanned, and his eyes were dark green. A mischievous smile was formed on his face. "Alright, everything is set. This will become a day everyone never forget. It's time for April Fools Day."


Next day

Everything was as calm as any day would be... whenever it is calm that is. Anyway, The students were sitting in classrooms. Among them, there were students in a classroom, waiting for Dr. Crowler's class to start. And as you probably guessed, Jaden was sleeping as usual. Most of his friends were chatting with each other. Andrew was sitting quietly while waiting for the class to start. He was staring at his cell phone while scrolling the pictures it was showing. Most of them were pictures of himself and his family. He stopped when a picture in particular appeared. It was showing Andrew himself standing in front of a fountain smiling, along with two other people. He was wearing a dark-blue t-shirt and a pair of black shorts.

The one standing on his left side was his cousin Angie. She was wearing a red t-shirt that matched the cap she was wearing, a pair of blue shorts and a pair of sandals in the same blue color. She was grinning while holding up the peace sign with the fingers of the her left hand.

The other person who was standing on Andrew's right side was a man that looked like to be a few years older than him. Just like Angie, this man had short black hair and light-blue eyes. He was wearing an opened gray jacket with a white shirt underneath, black sweat pants and dark blue boots. He seemed to be a little muscular. Not like a body builder, but relatively good measured. He had a small smile on his face while having his left hand placed on Andrew's right shoulder.

While staring at the picture, Andrew couldn't help but think… 'I wonder how Peter is doing?'

"What's up?" Someone asked from his right. Andrew turned to see Shiori giving him a curious look.

"Nothing. I'm just looking at some pictures, that's all."

Shiori leaned closer to have a look at the picture the cellphone was showing. He blinked when he got a look at the man in the picture. "And who are those two people? I have a feeling I've seen one of them."

"Really?"

"Yeah. That man who is standing with you. Who is he?"

Andrew smiled before he answered. "Well, this man is none other than Peter Mihaylov."

Shiori widened his. "Peter Mihaylov!? As if Peter Mihaylov, 'The Master of Dragon Rulers'?"

"Yup. That's him alright."

"Man, I can't believe you met a famous Pro League dragon duelist. "

Andrew scratched the back of his head while smiling sheepishly. "It's actually more than just that."

Shiori raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Andrew took a moment before he took a deep breath. He then spoke up again. "Well, believe it or not, but Peter is my cousin."

The ritual duelist almost dropped his jaw at this revelation. "No way! Are you serious?"

"As serious as I can be."

"Well I'll be damned. You and him relatives? That's amazing."

"I would be lying if I said I wasn't proud of that." Andrew admitted. "Once I graduate, I will become a Pro Duelist, just like him."

"You think you will become better than him?"

"We'll find out when the time is right."

Shiori nodded before looking at the picture again. "Anyway, who is that girl?"

"Oh, this is Angie. She's my other cousin."

Once again, Shiori widened his eyes, but not as surprised as he was about Peter. "Really? I didn't know he had a little sister."

"Well, he does. Angie is a nice person, even though she could be a tease sometimes. She's around one year younger than me. She told me once that she's planning to attend this academy next year."

"That sounds good. I would like to see how good she is."

And it was at that moment the doors opened and Dr. Crowler walked over to his desk. "Alright everyone, settle down. Now today's lesson is about...

PHHTBHBHT!

But the moment he took a seat, a loud, fart-like sound was heard from his position. It just took 3 seconds before many students let out a burst of laughter to Crowler's embarrassment.

"(HAHAHA!) Did you guys hear that?" Jaden asked while laughing. "Sounds like Crowler ate something bad this morning!"

"Did Dr. Crowler just do what I think he did?" Jasmine wondered disbelieved.

"Gross." Mindy commented.

"STOP YOUR LAUGHING!" Crowler snapped before he got up from his chair and turned around to see something on it. Everyone saw that he picked up what appeared to be a whoopee cushion. He then gave everyone a hard glare. "Alright who is the wise guy!?" He looked around until he glared at the most likely suspect... according to him. "Was it you!?" He asked while pointing at Jaden who stopped his laughter and flinched.

"Um, not really." He said nervously.

"Don't you lie to me! This time I'm gonna…" While Crowler was yelling at Jaden angrily, he failed to notice a red ballon in front of his desk, and it appeared to be full of some kind of liquid. When the angry Obelisk headmaster was about to approach Jaden, he accidentally stepped on the balloon, making it burst. As a result, Crowler's legs were now drenched in blue paint. "What the…!?" He exclaimed. "What in the world is this!" He then glared at Jaden even harder, making the latter sweat a little. "Alright you little…" And since there were some paint on the floor, Crowler slipped and fell down. He was now laying on the ground with swirling eyes.

And once again, many students were laughing at Crowler. Some of them were just surprised. Including Andrew and Shiori.

"Okay, what just happened?" Andrew wondered.

"I think someone just pulled off an April Fools prank." Shiori replied.

Andrew widened his eyes. "Oh, that's right. Today is April Fools Day. But who could be behind this prank?"

"Who knows? I just hope I don't become a victim."

Among the laughing students, there was a certain orange haired Obelisk boy who smiled smugly. 'This wasn't too bad. But this is just the beginning.'


And it was true, because later on, something else was about to happen. And that took place in the girls locker room. It was no-one there at the moment, so anyone could sneak in unnoticed. Which was exactly what someone just did. It was an Obelisk boy with spiky red hair who stepped in and looked back and forth to see if the coast was clear. Seeing everything was fine, he started to work. The Obelisk boy went over to one of the lockers and placed an object right on the top. He then took out a wire from his pocket and tied one end to the object. Then he used duct tape to attach the other end to the top of the door of the locker. Once he was finished, he quickly left the locker room.

And not too long after he left, two Obelisk girls came in while talking to each other. One of them had short black hair that reached her shoulders. The other one had light grey hair tied into a pair of long pigtails.

"Can you believe that someone would pull off such a prank on Dr. Crowler?" The black-haired girl asked.

"Yeah. I mean, tricking a student is one thing, but a teacher? That's just suicidal." The grey-haired girl said. "Whoever did it, is risking to getting themselves in trouble." As they spoke, the grey-haired girl was opening the door, completely unaware of the wire attached to it. And as soon as the door was completely opened, it dragged down the object that was on the top of the locker, making it fall down. The two girls were surprised by this, but as they got their attention of the object hanging in front of them, they could see that it was a… a...

A human arm!

"AAAAAAHHHHH!"

Right outside the locker room, the red-haired Obelisk Boy snickered as the trick with the artificial arm was a success.


Meanwhile, there were a decent number of Obelisk Blue boys who were in their dorm and eating lunch. And since this is the dorm of the highest rank, the food was unsurprisingly the kind that you would find in a party for famous and rich people. While many Obelisk boys were enjoying the lunch, one Obelisk boy was hiding behind a pillar. He had short, black hair, and he was smiling mischievously. He was holding something in his hand; A plastic bottle full of some kind of greenish liquid. The boy placed the bottle behind the pillar, took a deep breath, and then opened the bottle before he left the place. An odor left the bottle.

The Obelisks kept enjoying the food, until one of them sniffed the air. "Hey, do guys smell something?"

The others paused from the eating and began sniffing the air as well. And as a result, many of them suddenly coughed in disgust, while other Obelisk boys cringed and held their noses.

"Yuck! What's that smell!?"

"What the hell!? What is this!?"

"What's going on!? Did someone left some rotten eggs behind!?"

As all of them were whining, the culprit was standing outside the building and snickered before he ran away.


Speaking of whining, Crowler was walking through the hallway, with some paint on his legs.

"This is outrageous." He muttered angrily. "To pull a stunt like this on me. And right in front of the students. I will make the culprit pay dearly for that!" While we was ranting, a certain orange-haired Obelisk boy watched him approach him from around the corner. He smirked before finishing the preparation of his prank. He set up a trip wire at the stairs that held up a bag filled of some kind of powder hanging above him. And as soon he was finished, he quickly left the area before Dr. Crowler appeared. The angry Obelisk headmaster was still grumbling about the incident that occurred earlier and didn't noticed the trip wire until he stepped on it.

"Huh…" Was all he out before the bag fell on his head, leaving the powder all over him. Now he became really furious. "OKAY, THAT'S IT! WHO'S BEHIND THI…" He stopped at mid sentence when he suddenly had a feeling in his nose. "Wh-what is this-a a ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO!" Crowler sneezed uncontrollably, making the students who passed by give him a weird look. And then, after sneezing one more time, he fell down on the stairs, rolling down. And by unfortunate coincidence, Miss Fontaine and Professor Banner were at the bottom part, with the latter carrying a box full chemicals. They were about to walk up but saw Crowler rolling down towards them. They could only gasp before he landed on them both, making Banner drop the box. Some of the bottles with chemicals broke, causing the liquids spread on the floor. As soon as they got mixed, they created some smoke. And then...

BOOM!

An explosion occurred, startling many students nearby. The area was covered by smoke for a moment, before revealing the three teachers, laying on the floor with swirling eyes and their bodies smudged by the smoke.

The orange-haired Obelisk boy watched this from around the corner and snickered. "Hohohoho. That was better than I expected." He then ran off.


And so, Chancellor Sheppard found himself inside his office with the three teachers standing in front of him. They have just told him about the incident, and none of them was pleased by what they've been through. Especially Dr. Crowler.

"And that's how it went out!" He said angrily. "Some disrespectful students pulled off some awful pranks on us. I even heard that someone left a stink bomb in my dorm. I bet some of those Slifers are behind this."

"Now, now. We don't even have any proof of who's responsible." Miss Fontaine replied.

"I don't know who did this, but I doubt any of my students would do that." Banner said, while stroking the cat he was holding.

"Well, it is April Fools Day, so it's not unusual with pranks." Sheppard said. "But based on your story, it seems the one responsible doesn't know how to restrain their actions. I'll make sure to give everyone an announcement about this." With that, the teachers were dismissed and left the office.


The students were in the hallway, most of them talking about what happened to Crowler, Banner, and Fontaine.

"Did you saw what happened to Crowler and the other teachers?" A Ra Yellow student asked one of his friends.

"Yeah, Dr. Crowler sneezed like crazy, fell on the other two, causing Professor Banner drop his chemicals and create an explosion."

"The prankster got some nerve pulling off something like that on them." An Obelisk girl said.

"Yeah, they don't have any respect at all." Another girl replied.

Before anyone else said anything, they heard the Chancellor's voice from the loudspeakers. "Attention all students. I would like to make an announcement, regarding a prank that occurred earlier. While it is okay to pull pranks on April Fools Day, the one that the teachers suffered went too far. If anyone know about this, report to me at my office."

Everyone who heard this began discussing about this.


And that includes Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Andrew, and Shiori, who just left the academy building.

"Man, talk about a bummer." Jaden said. "I mean, pranks can be funny, but not if they cause some harm to people."

"Yeah, that whoopee cushion and paint filled balloon is one thing, but making Crowler sneeze and bump into someone carrying chemicals is just wrong." Syrus replied.

"Who would do something like that?" Chumley wondered.

"Good question." Andrew replied. "But one thing is certain. We need to find the culprit before he or she do something worse."

"And how are we supposed to find the culprit?" Shiori asked.

"We could start with asking some people about this."

"I don't think it's that simple." A female voice spoke up. The group turned to see Alexis, Jenny, Jasmine and Mindy standing near the entrance of the building.

"Alexis?" Jaden asked.

"What do you mean it's not that simple?" Syrus asked.

Jenny answered the question. "We asked a few people ourselves, but no-one knows anything. They said that they tried to find the one responsible, but didn't find any trace of them."

"Then they must be really good at hiding." Shiori commented.

Andrew frowned. "This is bad. How are supposed to fi…" He stopped at mid sentence when heard some rustling from the bushes nearby.

"What's wrong?" Jaden asked.

"Shh. I think I heard something nearby." The masked hero duelist hid behind one of the statues standing in front of the entrance. And so did the others. They observed the rustling bushes and eventually saw two figures walking away from there. Those two were the Obelisk boys with short black hair and spiky red hair.

"Hey, those two are from the trio that got beaten by Matt." Syrus pointed out.

"Why are they sneaking around here?" Jasmine wondered.

"Maybe they're going to get me some flowers." Mindy said dreamily, making Jenny face palm.

"I don't think that's the case, Mindy." Alexis replied, almost annoyed.

"Then let's find out what they're up to." Jaden declared as he, along with the others, followed the two Obelisk boys. The group kept a safe distance to avoid from being noticed. After what felt like at lest 5 minutes, they stopped when the two Obelisk boys stopped in a clear area in the forest. "Oh, they stopped."

"But why?" Syrus whispered.

On cue, someone else entered the area. It was an Obelisk boy whose messy hair was orange with jet black highlights.

"Who's that guy?" Shiori asked.

"I think I've seen him before." Alexis replied. "His name is James Napier.

They then listened the boys' conversation

"So, are you guys ready to have some more fun?" He asked while smirking.

The two boys in front him scowled at him. "Fat chance." The black-haired one replied. "Not after the Chancellor gave that announcement."

"Yeah, there's no way we're going to take the risk of getting detention." The red-haired one added.

James placed his hands on his cheeks and pretended to be shocked. "What? After everything we've been through, you guys are gonna give up?" He said dramatically, and then gave them a pout. "We worked so hard together to prepare the pranks we pulled off on the teachers and other students."

The group watching this gasped.

"So, they're the ones behind those pranks." Andrew deduced.

"It sounds like that's the case." Shiori replied.

"Listen pal, we agreed to help you with a few pranks, you never said anything to keep pranking until we got caught." The black-haired boy argued.

"That's right, so stop your complaining and give us what you promised."

James shrugged. "(sigh) Alright fine, if you insist." He pulled something out of his blazer and held it out. A pair of duel monster card packs. "Here you have it. Some rare cards."

The two accomplices grinned and took the packs swiftly.

"Oh yeah."

"That's what I'm talking about."

Andrew and the others looked at each other for a moment and nodded. Now was the time to interrupt the celebration. Everyone jumped off from their hiding spot and approached the three Obelisks.

"Alright! Caught you red handed!" Jaden called out.

The three Obelisk boys jumped and turned to the group.

"Ah crap!" The black-haired boy cursed.

"We are so busted." The red-haired boy added.

"LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" And so, they ran away, leaving James behind.

"Hey, wait! You can't just leave me…" He tried to call out to them but were stopped by the group who gave him angry looks.

"Okay, you jerk. You got some explaining to do for Chancellor Sheppard." Jenny declared.

"C-come on. It was just some pranks." He said nervously.

"Just some pranks?" Shiori repeated. "Having a teacher bump into others and cause an explosion is not something to laugh at."

"Well, everything is allowed in love, wars and pranks."

"Hey, pranks are supposed to be funny, not to hurt people." Jaden argued.

"Yeah, so just give up and come with us!" Syrus demanded.

"Come on. Don't you people have a sense of humor?"

Andrew was starting to get annoyed. "You can't just…" He was then interrupted by Jenny who held an arm out in front of him.

"Fine, how about to settle this in a fair way?" She suggested.

Everyone looked at her in surprise.

James got curious. "And by that, you mean…?"

"We'll settle this in a duel." Jenny announced, making everyone even more surprised.

"A duel?" Syrus and Shiori repeated.

"That's right. You and I duel. If you win, then we won't tell anybody. If I win, then you have to explain everything you've done. Deal?"

James was still nervous, but thought about it. That could be his only chance to get away. Eventually he nodded. "Okay, I accept."

"Good." Jenny replied, but saw him holding up a finger while smirking.

"But I have one condition. I agree to duel you, if you promise me this; If I win, not only you will keep quiet about this, but you have to be my servants for a week."

Everyone widened their eyes. Andrew then got annoyed again. "You're joking, right?"

"Nope, not at all." James replied nonchalantly.

Jenny sighed at this but gave him her answer. "Okay, I promise."

Jasmine and Mindy gasped. "Are you sure about this, Jenny?" The former asked.

Jenny got her duel disk ready. "We need to stop his pranking, so yes."

Andrew sighed, but smiled. "It's fine. Jenny won't be defeated that easily."

"But I might surprise you." James said as got his own duel disk ready. Both duelists took their positions while the others watched from the sidelines.

"Show him what you got, Jenny!" Jaden called out.

"Go, get him!" Mindy added.

The duelists drew their opening hands.

"Alright miss. Let's see what you got." James said.

"Be careful what you wish for." SHe replied.

"LET'S DUEL!"

Jenny: 4000

James: 4000

"Okay, here goes." James announced as he drew his sixth card. "I play a facedown monster in defense mode." A facedown card appeared. "Then I'll place another card facedown and end my turn." Another card appeared behind the first one.

"My turn." Jenny drew a card. "And I'll start with the field spell known as The Sanctuary in the Sky." The forest area was replaced by the heavenly palace in the clouds. "And then I summon Nova Summoner." The orange and green ring creature with wings and green core appeared. (ATK: 1400 DEF: 800 LV: 4) "Now attack his facedown monster!" The monster fired a green energy beam from its core that went straight toward the facedown monster card.

It flipped up and revealed... an usual creature. It looked like a green, grinning alligator or crocodile with a small axe in its hands. But what made this monster unusual was that it looked… cartoonish. (ATK: 800 DEF: 1600 LV: 4) Before anyone could say anything about its appearance, everyone watched as the monster held up a sign with the picture of an arrow pointing up. And then, for some reason, the energy beam changed direction and went straight up towards the sky. The toon monster laughed at this.

Jenny was almost weirded out. "What the…?"

"Quite amusing, don't you think?" James asked while grinning.

The spectators were almost weirded out as well.

"Um, what just happened?" Syrus asked.

"Besides the fact that Jenny's monster was too weak to defeat that thing, I have no idea." Shiori replied.

"But what kind monster is that?" Jaden wondered. "Some kind of cartoon crocodile?"

That question caused the 'cartoon crocodile' glare at Jaden and stomp in anger.

"No no no. It's not a crocodile, it's an alligator." James corrected. "Toon Alligator."

The spectators and Jenny gasped.

"Toon? As if a Toon monster like those that Pegasus himself uses?" Alexis asked with a shocked tone in her voice.

"No way!" Chumley said.

"But that's crazy. How could that guy have a Toon monster in his deck?" Jasmine wondered.

"Technically, it's not a Toon monster though." Andrew said, confusing everyone. "I mean, sure it may look like a Toon monster, but despite its name, it's just a normal monster. Just because he has Toon Alligator, doesn't necessarily mean that he has Toon monsters in his deck."

The Obelisk boy smirked mentally. 'You have no idea how wrong you are.'

Even though she agreed with Andrew, Jenny would not let her guard down. "I place one card facedown and end my turn." A facedown card appeared behind Nova Summoner.

"Alright then, my move." James glanced at the card he drew and smirked. "Well well, look at here. We just got the first plot twist of this story." He inserted a card into his duel disk and a card appeared in front of him. "I activate the spell card Toon Table of Contents. This lets me take any Toon card or Manga Ryu-Ran from my deck and add it to my hand." Everyone gasped. "That's right, this is proof that I actually have Toon cards, including a certain spell card that I'm about to unleash."

"No way. Is it what I think it is?" Syrus asked worriedly.

"I think it is, Sy." Jaden replied.

Even Jenny had a good idea what card James is about to play. "Then you…"

He grinned as he took the specific card from his deck. "Yup, you're in my world now, my dear." He then revealed the spell card. "Toon World, to be exact."

(Play Toon World theme)

A big, green book appeared in the air. It opened up with a giant smoke with cartoon sound effects. There were even words like 'POW' and 'BOOM' that flied off. Once the smoke cleared, it show a diorama of haunting, yet childish storybook-type land. It actually looked a child's pop-up book.

"And all I have to do is give up 1000 life points if I want to activate it.

James: 4000-3000

"It appears I have spoken too soon." Andrew commented.

"But I thought Maximillion Pegasus was the only one with a Toon deck." Shiori added. "How is this possible?"

"I guess I owe you guys an explanation." James cleared his throat before he explained. And by explained, I mean narrated like it was some kind of a fairytale. "Once upon a time, there was a boy who was home alone, watching TV…"


Flashback

James was sitting on a couch in a living room, watching TV. He was wearing a red t-shirt and black pants.

"The charming boy was enjoying the show he was watching, until suddenly, it was interrupted by special news." The picture on the screen changed and showed a person smiling at anyone watching this. It was a man with long, platinum hair that reached a little past his shoulders and covering the left side of his face. He was dressed in a red, three-piece suit with a white shirt underneath. Everyone knew him as the creator of Duel Monsters: Maximillion Pegasus.

"Good day, everyone. Maximillion Pegasus here." He greeted as 'charmingly' as he usually would. "I'm speaking to you all today to make a special announcement. Ever since Duel Monsters was created, many people around the world was able to make any card my company ever created to shine. I especially enjoyed all those times when I let my beloved Toon monsters enjoy the game." He then let out a sad sigh. "But alas, they won't have much fun since I'm busy with my company." But then, he smiled as he pointed straight at the viewers. "That however can be changed, by you. How you ask? Because I've prepared a contest for a chance to win your very own set of Toon monsters."

James smiled, obviously very interested in this.

"The rules are simple. You just have to write down your own ideas of some new Toon cards. And then, you post them to Industrial Illusions. And if you're lucky, then the prize will be delivered directly to your home. Best of luck everyone."

"Once our hero heard that, he immediately started to work on his ideas."

James was sitting at a desk in his room and wrote down any card idea he came up with.


Later on, he went to the nearest public mailbox and slid an envelope in it.


"And then, he waited. It was almost a month since our hero posted his ideas to Industrial Illusions, and he started to wonder if he would ever get the prize. That is until…"

DING DONG!

James heard the door bell and opened the door, to reveal a postman holding a small package.

"Are you James Napier?"

"Yes."

"Then this is for you." He handed the package to him before holding up a paper and a pencil. "Sign here, please."

James took the pencil and wrote his name and gave it back to the postman.

"Thank you. Have a good day." He then walked away.

James placed the package on a table and opened it. He was now surprised. Why? Because what was inside the package was a deck full of Duel Monsters cards with a letter on it.

"Could it be…?" He asked himself as he picked up the letter and read it.

Dear James Napier.

It is my greatest pleasure to say congratulations, because you are the winner of our contest.
Of all the ideas I got, your ideas were like a blessing from above for my lovely toons.
I hope you'll make them shine as much as I did.

Signed: Maximillion Pegasus.

James looked through the deck he got, and true to the letter's words, this deck was indeed full of Toon cards. He couldn't help but jump in joy.

"WHOOHOO!"

Flashback end


"And the new Toon duelist lived happily ever after. The end." He finished.

Almost everyone sweat dropped at his story.

"Okay, that's totally weird." Mindy commented.

"Yeah, I mean, did he really have to tell the story like a fairytale?" Jasmine added.

Jaden seemed to be the only one who wasn't bothered by this. "At least we now know how he got those cards. A card contest. Kinda like you, right Andrew?"

"Except I earned my cards from a Duel Monsters tournament." He replied.

Jenny rubbed her forehead before she spoke up. "Thanks for the 'interesting' story, but how about you make your move?"

"Oh right. It's still my turn. Now where was I? Oh, I was about to summon Toon Masked Sorcerer in attack mode." Toon World flipped its pages until it reached a pop up table surrounded by pop up masks. Then, from a puff of pink smoke, appeared James' new monster. It was a goofy looking, red haired man wearing a purple robe, red clown shoes and a blue blue mask that seemed like it was his face. (ATK: 900 DEF: 1400 LV: 4) "And as much as I want to damage your life points, my Toon monster can't attack the same turn it is summoned, so I'll end my turn with two facedown cards."

Syrus sighed in relief. "At least Jenny is safe."

"Especially since the Toon monsters are known to have the ability to attack the opponent directly." Alexis added.

Jenny drew a card and looked over her hand. 'I don't know what he's planning to do with his facedown cards, but I better be careful.'
"First I'll switch Nova Summoner to defense mode." The monster in question lowered itself. "Then I summon Bountiful Artemis in attack mode." The mechanical, purple caped angel rose up next to Nova Summoner. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1700 LV: 4) "Now attack his Toon Masked Sorcerer!" The angel held up its hands and fired a yellow energy beam at the masked man.

"You just triggered my trap card…" One of James' facedown cards flipped up. "Toon Defense. This card is one of the ideas I came up with. And it's very handy, because I can use this continuous trap card to protect my low level Toons from your attacks. All I have to do is make your attack a direct attack."

Everyone gasped.

"But then you'll lose even more life points." Jenny pointed out.

The Obelisk boy however wagged a finger. "That won't be a problem, thanks to my other trap." The other facedown card flipped up. "Ever heard of Spirit Barrier?"

"Well, I've heard of that card." Shiori said "As long as that guy has a monster on the field, all his battle damage is reduced to zero."

"Not Lishus. That means he can protect his monsters and his life points." Chumley added.

The masked man chuckled and wiggled his fingers. Then from a magic circle, a trampoline appeared on the ground. The sorcerer then jumped on the trampoline, getting himself high enough to avoid the energy beam that was blocked by Spirit Barrier. Once back on the ground, he chuckled again.

Jenny clicked her tongue. "I place one card facedown and end my turn..."

"Before I let you do that, I activate my third trap card, Toon Mask." As soon as the trap card revealed itself, a bizarre, green mask emerged from it and attached itself on Artemis' face.

"What are you doing to my monster?"

"Don't worry, your monster won't get hurt. My Toon Mask is just a card that lets me summon a Toon monster from my hand or deck, as long as that monster is up to the same level as the monster I choose from your side. So thanks to your Bountiful Artemis, I can summon a Toon Monster that is up to level 4." The mask glowed and jumped off the fairy monster's face before entering Toon World. And then a card came out of James' deck. "Now I summon Toon Goblin Attack Force." The book flipped its pages until it reached a forest with land with pop ups of trees and bushes. And jumping out of it was a caricature version of the actual Goblin Attack Force. (ATK: 2300 DEF: 0 LV: 4)

"Now I draw." James drew a card and glanced at it before making his move. "Let's see how you handle the strength of my toons. Watch as they strikes your life points. Toon Goblin Attack Force, attack!" The goblins ran towards the fairy duelist.

"I activate my two trap cards." Her two facedown cards flipped in following order... "Negate Attack and Solemn Wishes."

"Negate Attack?" James parroted.

"That's right. This trap card stops your attack and forces you to end your battle phase." The named card created a barrier of its own. The goblins tried to stop their assault, but ended up colliding with the barrier with a cartoon sound effect. After the barrier pushed them back to James' field, they were sitting on the ground with dizzy eyes and a bunch of mini Winged Kuriboh flying above their heads.

"You're no fun, Jenny." James cracked.

"If you don't like that, then you're gonna hate this; Since Negate Attack is a counter trap, Bountiful Artemis' ability activates. I get to draw one card from my deck." The moment Jenny drew a card, her other trap glowed. "And this trigger the effect of Solemn Wishes. Every time I draw cards from my deck, I gain 500 life points."

Jenny: 4000-4500

"Way to go, Jenny!" Mindy cheered.

"You can handle that joker!" Jasmine added.

James sighed. "Okay, then I'll just end my turn."

"Good."

Jenny: 4500-5000

Jenny looked at the card she drew and nodded. 'This should do, but first, I need to play another card.'
"I activate the spell card Celestial Transformation. This lets me summon a fairy type monster from my hand. However, that monster's attack points are cut in half, and it's also destroyed at the end of the turn. But the one I'm about to summon should make that downside worth it. I summon Spirit of the Pot of Greed." Everyone were quite amazed to see her summon a monster that was actually the pot that you could see in the picture of a certain spell card. But what amazed them even more was that something rose up from its inside. It was a small, green spirit that had the same grinning face as the pot itself. (ATK: 100-50 DEF: 100 LV: 1)

"Spirit of the Pot of Greed? Wow, never heard of a monster named after the spell card." Jaden admitted.

"And there's a good reason that monster has a name like that." Alexis replied with a smile.

"Now I activate the spell card Pot of Greed. As you know, this spell card lets me draw two cards." Jenny drew from her deck.

Jenny: 5000-5500

And then, the spirit flew out of the pot and circled around her. "And this is where my spirit comes in. As long as it remains on the field in attack mode, any player who activates Pot of Greed can draw 1 more card." And that's exactly what she did.

Jenny: 5500-6000

Jenny smiled at the new cards she got. "Not bad. I summon Fairy Archer in attack mode." The familiar fairy with a bow in her hand appeared. (ATK: 1400 DEF: 600 LV: 3) "And now I activate her special ability. She can deal 400 points of damage to you for every light monster I have on the field, including herself."

"Smart move." Shiori said. "Spirit Barrier can negate battle damage, but not damage from the effect of a card."

"Which means Jenny is able to get around James' defense." Andrew added.

"Now then, including Fairy Archer herself, there are 4 light monster on my field, so you'll lose 1600 life points." The fairy held up her right hand and created an arrow made of light energy. She then used the bow and fired the arrow at James.

James: 3000-1400

"Next I'll place two cards facedown and end my turn, meaning my Spirit of the Pot of Greed is gone." The named monster disappeared.

"Not bad, but wait until my Toon monsters wipe out most of your life points." James said as he drew a card.

"I'm afraid they won't have a chance to do that." Jenny claimed, making her opponent confused.

"Huh?"

"I activate the trap card Solar Ray." Her facedown card revealed itself. "Here's how it works; for every light monster I control, you take 600 points of damage."

"600 points. That's totally lishus." Chumley commented.

"And there are still 3 light monsters on Jenny's field. So that means…" Syrus said.

"James will take 1800 points of damage." Jaden filled in.

"More than enough to take him out." Andrew added.

"Way to go, Jenny!" Mindy cheered.

"You got him now!" Jasmine added.

Jenny's trap card fired a stream of light energy that straight toward James.

But he smirked for some reason. "Good thing I saved my spell card since the beginning of the duel."

Everyone was surprised.

"Spell card?" Jenny repeated.

James took said card from his hand and held it up. "Poison of the Old man. This allows me to either increase my life points or deal damage to you. And given the circumstances, I choose to increase my life points by 1200."

James: 1400-2600

And his life points were increased just before he got hit by the energy stream.

James: 2600-0800

"Aw man, Jenny almost had him." Syrus said.

"Don't worry, Sy. Jenny still got a bunch of monsters on the field." Jaden replied.

"But they won't do so much." Alexis pointed out. "Remember, James has Toon Defense and Sprit Barrier on the field, so her monsters can't touch his monsters, or his life points."

"Especially since he has a monster strong enough to take down Fairy Archer before she can damage his life points even more." Shiori added.

"Moving on." James announced. "And I play my own Pot of Greed. Too bad that your spirit is gone, otherwise I could have drawn three cards instead of two." He looked at his two new cards and smirked. "Oh well, these two will do, starting with this one, Toon Rollback." A spell card appeared above Toon Goblin Attack Force. "Thanks to this card, one of my Toon monsters can attack twice this turn, and I choose Toon Goblin Attack Force."

"A card that lets a Toon monster to attack twice? Doesn't that sound broken?" Shiori wondered.

"Not good." Andrew stated. "If his goblins can attack twice, then they can destroy Fairy Archer, and then attack Jenny."

"And that's exactly what I'm planning to do. Now my goblins, attack!" The goblins leapt forward and were about to strike the fairy with their clubs."

"You just triggered my trap card, Lumenize." Jenny's other facedown card flipped up. "This trap card lets me stop your attack and then, I can increase the attack points of one of my light monsters with the same amount as the monster you tried to attack with. And I'll give those extra points to my Fairy Archer." The trap card made the fairy monster glow so brightly, that the goblins made a halt and put on sunglasses to protect their eyes. (ATK: 1400-3700)

"Impressive, but my goblins can attack twice this turn, remember?" And so, the goblins struck the fairy duelist with their clubs.

Jenny: 6000-3700

"And now I can play another card. It's called Sebek's Blessing." Another spell card appeared. "Since my monster's direct attack was successful, this card gives me life points equal to the battle damage you just took.

James: 0800-3100

"And now I attack with Toon Masked Sorcerer." The named monster pointed a finger at her and shot a thin stream of magic energy.

Jenny: 3700-2800

"And since my sorcerer caused you battle damage, I get to draw a card from my deck." James drew a card. "And after my goblins attacks, they switches to defense mode." The goblin attack force picked up chairs from Toon World, and sat down to relax. "I place two cards facedown and end my turn." James concluded.

"Then it's my turn."

Jenny: 2800-3300

Jenny looked at the card she drew, and noticed that it was a monster with 2400 attack points.

While she was staring at it, Phantom Magician appeared next to Andrew. "Hm? What's this?"

He glanced at his duel spirit. "What's wrong, Phantom Magician?"

"I'm not entirely sure why, Andrew. But for some reason, I'm starting to sense something from Jenny."

Andrew was surprised by his words. He then looked at the fairy duelist. 'What could it be?'

Jenny was still staring at her card. 'This might come in handy, but first things first...'
"I activate Fairy Archer's special ability. Since I have 3 light monsters on the field, she can give you 1200 points of damage." The fairy in question created another arrow made of light energy and fired it at James.

James: 3100-1900

"And now I sacrifice Nova Summoner in order to summon Tethys, Goddess of Light." The winged ring creature glowed so brightly that James and the spectators covered their eyes. And then, when the light died down, a new monster appeared in Nova Summoner's place. It was a beautiful woman with long, white hair. She wore an elegant white dress with her upper body in armor and had a pair of long, white feather wings. (ATK: 2400 DEF: 1800 LV: 5)

The spectators were awestruck by the beauty of Jenny's new monster. Phantom Magician seemed to look at her differently. "Interesting."

Andrew turned to him. "What's interesting?"

"Jenny's new monster. It's something unusual of her. Something stronger than any other monster she played so far."

Andrew gave the monster in question a curious look. 'Something stronger than her other monsters? What does that mean?'

As for James, he was hardly worried. "Well, that monster is as strong as she's elegant. Unfortunately for you, my Toon monsters are safe, thanks to my Toon Defene card."

Jenny however smirked. "Then that leaves Toon Alligator."

Both the Toon duelist and the named monster blinked.

"It's just like you said, your Toon monsters are safe thanks to your trap card. But like Andrew said, Toon Alligator is not a Toon monster, despite its name. Meaning, that monster is the only one you can't save from my attack."

The alligator screamed like a girl upon realizing that.

"Now Tethys, attack with Heavenly Burst!" The Goddess held her hands and conjured light energy. And then, she fired it like a beam, aiming at the panicking alligator.

"I activate my trap." James's facedown card flipped up. "Astral Barrier. Here's how it works; when you attack one of my monsters, I can save it by taking the hit."

"What!? Isn't that the same as Toon Defense?" Chumley asked.

"Except that Astral Barrier can protect any monster from the opponents attacks." Alexis stated. "So wether the monster is a Toon or not won't matter anymore."

"How right you are." James replied as Toon Alligator stretched around the beam, making it hit Spirit Barrier that kept his life points safe. Once Tethys ceased her attack, the alligator laughed at her.

Jenny was starting to get annoyed.

"You should have watched more cartoons. The cuddliest creature is not getting hit that easily."

Jenny took a deep breath before ending her turn. "Your move." With that said, Fairy Archer's extra points from Lumenize were gone. (ATK: 3700-1400)

"Okay." James drew a card. "And I activate Magic Planter. This spell card lets me draw two cards, after I send a face up trap card from my field to the graveyard. And I choose Toon Defense." The named card disappeared, and James drew two cards. He smiled at what he got. "Nice cards, but before I play any of them, I'll attack with Toon Masked Sorcerer." The masked fired another stream of energy at Jenny.

Jenny: 3300-2400

"And once again, I draw a card, thanks to him." James drew a card. "And now I think it's time for my Toon Alligator to let a new monster take over his place." And out of nowhere, the alligator picked up a briefcase and waved to everyone before jumping into Toon World. "Now say hello to my good friend Toon Summoned Skull." And then, the pages of the book turned to an eerie forest with old tree pop ups. And then, the Toon monster appeared. Just like the name suggests, this was a Toon version of the actual Summoned Skull. It had bulging yellow eyes and a blue coloring. It wiggled its tongue at Jenny. (ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200 LV: 6)

Jenny couldn't help but sweat drop at this. 'Now it's official. I'm starting to know how Yugi Moto felt when he dueled Pegasus.'

"Just like the Toons, this one can't attack for now, but I can play the spell card Fissure. This lets me destroy a monster on your field with the lowest attack strength. Which means your Fairy Archer is no more." Then named monster was instantly destroyed. "And with her gone, my life points are definitely safe. I end my turn.

"Then here goes."

Jenny: 2400-2900

And it was then Tethys was surrounded by a white aura. "I activate Tethys' special ability. When I draw a fairy type monster from my deck, I can reveal it in order to draw another card, and if that's a fairy type monster as well, I can draw again. Now the one I drew first, is Airknight Parshath. So I draw again."

Jenny: 2900-3400

"Agent of Force - Mars." She drew again.

Jenny: 3400-3900

"Meltiel, Sage of the Sky." And drew again.

Jenny: 3900-4400

"Nova Summoner." And again.

Jenny: 4400-4900

"Radiant Jeral." And again.

Jenny: 4900-5400

And now, she drew a spell card. "And it looks like I drew a spell card known as Cards from the Sky. This spell card prevents me from making a special summon and attacking you this turn. However, it lets me take a light-fairy type monster from my hand and remove it from play. After that, I get to draw two cards from my deck. So I'll remove my Meltiel." She stowed the named card in her pocket and drew two more cards.

Jenny: 5400-5900

"Wow! Jenny's life points are high up again." Syrus said.

Andrew nodded while smiling. "That's Jenny for ya. She knows how to boost her life points skillfully."

Jenny looked at the two cards she got. One of them was a second The Sanctuary in the Sky. The other one was a trap card that gave her an idea. 'This card can help me, when the time is right.'
"I place one card facedown and end my turn."

"My move." James drew a card. "And since this is my second turn after I attacked with Toon Goblin Attack force, I can switch them back to attack mode." The goblins got up from their chairs and stretched a little. "And now I can attack with them again. Now Go!" The goblins charged forward and struck Jenny with their clubs.

Jenny: 5900-3600

"And now it's Toon Summoned Skull's turn. But first I must pay 500 life points so he can attack."

James: 1900-1400

"Now, Toon Summoned Skull, Lightning Strike attack!" The cartoonish fiend fired electricity at her.

Jenny: 3600-1100

"And now Toon Masked Sorcerer, it's your turn!" The sorcerer fired another stream of energy.

Jenny: 1100-0200

"And once again, I get to draw an extra card." James drew a card and smirked when he saw what he got. "Aha, just what I was hoping to get. I activate the spell card Magic Reflector." A six legged machine appeared behind Toon World and emitted light on it.

"Um, do you guys have any idea what that does?" Chumley asked.

"Beats me." Jaden replied.

"I don't know either." Syrus added.

Alexis however frowned. "It can place a counter on a face up spell card. And if that card would be destroyed, then the counter takes the hit." Her friends gasped at her explanation.

James smirked again. "Exactly. That means Toon World is safe from one attempt to destroy it. So there's no way I can lose. And to increase my chance of victory even more, I reveal my facedown card." The card in question flipped up. "This is the trap card Gift of The Mystical Elf. Due to its effect, I receive 300 life points for every monster on the field. There are 3 monsters on my side, and there are 3 monsters on your side. That makes 6 monsters, so my trap card gives me 1800 life points.

James: 1400-3200

"And with that, I end my turn."

"Looks like Jenny is in a tight spot." Shiori noted. "Not only she can't attack James to cause damage, but her life points are down to 200. I don't know she can win."

"You should know better than underestimate her, Shiori." Andrew replied. "You've seen how well she did in her previous duels. I know she can win this."

"That's right." Jaden replied. "Come on, Jenny! You can do it!"

The others started to cheer, making Jenny smile.

'They're right. I can still win this.' She glanced at her deck. 'I just need the right cards.' She prepared to make her move. 'Here goes.' She drew her next card.

Jenny: 0200-0700

She looked at the card she drew. 'That's the first one.' She then turned to James. "I activate Tethys' special ability. So I reveal my fairy monster Soul of Purity and Light to draw another card."

Jenny: 0700-1200

The card she drew was another fairy. 'That's the second one.'
"The Agent of Judgment - Saturn. So I draw again."

Jenny: 1200-1700

This time, she drew a spell card. She then gave James a smirk. "Now I can end this duel."

James blinked, and so did his Toon monsters. "What? What are you up to."

"I'll show you, starting with a card you might remember." She held up her spell card.

"Poison of the Old Man?"

"That's right. And just like you, I'll use this spell card to increase my life points."

Jenny: 1700-2900

"And next I remove Nova Summoner and Fairy Archer from my graveyard so I can summon Soul of Purity and Light." A shining, transparent, angelic woman materialized next to Tethys." (ATK: 2000 DEF: 1800 LV: 6) "And now I activate the trap card Miraculous Decent." Her facedown card flipped up.

"What does that do?" Mindy asked.

"I have no idea." Jasmine replied.

Alexis smiled. "What it does is something very appropriate in this situation."

"She's right, because this trap card lets me summon one of my fairy type monsters that was removed from the game. So I'll bring back my Fairy Archer." The red bow wielding fairy rose again on the field. (ATK: 1400 DEF: 600 LV: 3) "And I can us her special ability again. So with 5 light monsters on the field, she will cause you 2000 points of damage." The fairy fired a light arrow at James.

James: 3200-1200

"Nice one, Jenny!" Andrew cheered.

"That was a sweet move!" Jaden added.

James was starting to get nervous. "S-so you restored some of your life points and damaged mine. Big deal. I still have my trap cards to protect my monsters and my life points from your attacks. So just wait until I wipe you out during my next turn."

Jenny just smiled. "Too bad I'm not done yet."

"Huh?"

"You heard me. I can still do something more. For example, I haven't normal summoned a monster yet. And I think I'll do it by sacrificing my Bountiful Artemis." The mechanical fairy disappeared. "And in its place, I summon The Agent of Judgment - Saturn." The new monster that appeared was a woman with purple skin and wings, dressed in a slim white and dark-blue robe, wearing a head-piece and jewelry. (ATK: 2400 DEF: 0 LV: 6) "And with her out, you're finished."

"What do you mean? I told you that my monsters, along with my life points are safe from your attacks."

"That's true, but thanks to her special ability, I don't need to attack you. If I have The Sanctuary in the Sky in play, and my life points are higher than yours, then I can sacrifice her to give you damage equal to the difference."

Everyone gasped, including James, whose Toon monsters dropped their jaws, literally.

"Wait, so if Jenny has 2900 life points and James is down to 1200, then…" Syrus tried to count.

"That will give him 1700 points of damage." Shiori filled in.

Andrew smiled. "Then this duel really is over."

The purple angel disappeared into the palace behind Jenny. And then, the top of the palace fired a beam of light. James braced himself as he was about to get hit. The Toons were panicking because the beam was wide enough to hit them as well.

James: 1200-0000

Once the beam ceased, everyone could see the Toons with burned bodies. They were then laying on the ground and waved with white flags before they disappeared, along with the rest of the holograms, with James laying on the ground.

Jenny sighed in relief as she was approached by her friends.

"Nicely done, Jenny." Andrew praised her.

"Yeah, that was a sweet comeback you made." Jaden added.

"Totally lishus."

"You did great." Alexis said.

"Thanks guys." Jenny replied while smiling.

As the group congratulated her, James was crawling on the ground and tried to sneak away...

"Ooooofff!"

Only to get stomped on the ground by Jasmine and Mindy.

"And where do you think you're going?" They asked angrily.

He gave them a nervous smile. "C-come on. I was on my way to the bathroom."

Jenny approached him and crossed her arms while giving him a stern look. "No excuses. You lost the duel, so it's time to pay up.

The Obelisk boy whimpered in response.


And so, the group dragged him to Sheppard's office so he could confess everything. And as punishment for his prank, he was scrubbing the floor in the main arena. And because he told Sheppard everything (And I mean everything he did.), his two accomplices shared the same punishment.

"This sucks." The black-haired Obelisk boy grumbled. "I can't believe we got busted."

"Yeah, we should have known better than listening to that guy." The red-haired boy added as he was glaring at James.

James just gave them a grin. "Come on, it's not that bad. Sure, we are forced to clean up in here and a few classrooms, but hey, we at least had a good laugh."

That just angered the two boys even more. They were about to approach him. "We'll show you a good laugh you piece of…"

"HEY!"

They made a halt and turned nervously to the source of the two voices that called out to them. Those voices belonged to the two girls who fell victim to the hanged arm prank. They were watching them at the entrance to the arena.

"Stop goofing around and keep scrubbing." The black-haired girl said sternly.

"Unless you want us to report this to Dr. Crowler." The grey-haired girl added.

The boys slumped their shoulders and continued with the scrubbing.


Andrew, Shiori, Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Alexis and Jenny were standing outside the arena.

"Well, that should teach them to not mess around." Jaden said.

"Especially James, who did the most serious things." Andrew added.

"And hopefully, he won't pull of something that crazy again." Alexis said.

Jenny nodded and turned to widen her eyes and look behind the boys.

"Hm? What's wrong?" Syrus asked.

"Looks like Crowler is coming this way, and he seems to be glaring at you, Jaden."

"Wait what!?" The boy in question said with a panicked tone as he turned around. And so did Syrus and Chumley. Even Andrew and Shiori turned around...

But there was no sign of the Obelisk Blue Headmaster.

"Huh? I see no-one." Chumley said.

"Me neither." Shiori added. "Jenny, are you sure you…" It was then the boys heard the sound of giggling. They turned to see Jenny being the one giggling. Alexis covered her mouth to suppress her own giggling. They boys looked at them disbelieved.

"Wait, don't tell me…" Syrus said.

Jenny stuck out her tongue playfully. "Sorry, couldn't resist."

Jaden wasn't so pleased. "That's not cool."

"Come on, that was just a joke." Alexis said with an amused tone.

Despite himself, Andrew chuckled slightly. "Well, I sure fell for that one."

"Same here." Shiori added.

And eventually, everyone was starting to laugh a little. And then, Andrew noticed Phantom Magician appear. 'Hm? What is it now?'

"You know that I sensed something from Jenny earlier, right?' The spirit asked, earning a nod from Andrew. 'Well, look at this.' He said.

Andrew looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a transparent figure floating right next to Jenny. It looked like the spirit of a certain goddess. Jenny didn't seem to notice her though. 'Wow, who knew?' He thought as he smiled.


And done. And with that, I'll be focusing on more episode based chapters from now on. Until next time."