Mother's Day Special
As usual, it was a peaceful day at Duel Academy, and right now, Andrew was hanging around his dorm, with his cellphone in hand. Apparently he was talking to someone.
"So how are you doing?" A female voice asked.
"I'm doing fine, mom." Andrew replied. "The studies aren't so hard."
"Good to hear. I just wish you didn't have to be so far away." His mom said with an almost sad tone.
Andrew smiled softly. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. I'm not alone here."
"Yeah, that's true. You've got friends there with you, so I should know better."
Andrew nodded. "Yeah. Well, I wish to talk to you more, but I promised Jenny to meet up for studying."
"Oooh. Is it a date?"
That question caused Andrew to blush. "N-no, it's not! I told you, we're just friends!"
He could hear his mom giggling. "Whatever you say, sweetheart. Have fun.~" At that, she hang up.
Andrew sighed. "Jeez, she can be embarrassing sometimes."
Wilson's residence
Andrew's mom, Marie, was sitting on the coach and watched the news on TV. She was wearing her usual indigo blue sweater and white skirt. Even though she was watching the news, she didn't pay much attention. Because she missed her son. She knew that he was okay, but she still missed him. Sure, he did come home during the winter break, but it would be nice to spend some more time with Andrew.
It was then Andrew's father, George, entered from the hall. He was wearing a white sweater and a pair of black pants. "Hi honey, I'm home."
"Hi dear." Marie replied with a low tone.
George looked at her worriedly. "What's the matter, Marie?"
"Nothing. I just miss Andrew, that's all. I know he said he's doing fine, but sometimes I wish I could see it personally."
George smiled, understanding how she felt. He missed their son as well. "Yeah, I know." He then glanced at something in his left hand. "You know what? There is something you can do."
The wife looked at him. "What?"
"I found this in the mailbox." He handed her what appeared to be a piece of paper. She looked at it and noticed the DA logo at the right, upper corner. But then it was these words that caught her attention:
"Duel Academy Mother's Day"
For you who has a child attending to Duel Academy, is welcome to visit our prestigious school
for a chance to spend some time with your children.
We will also give you a tour around and serve lunch at the school gym.
Additionally, we're going to randomly choose two of the students to have an exhibition match
Marie kept reading the invitation carefully. It also read the time the boat to the academy will leave. Once she was done, she looked at her husband with a brightened mood. "Oh George…"
He smiled. "You should go. I'm sure Andrew will be glad to see you."
Marie nodded and glanced at the invitation. "Yeah.
A few day passed, and everything was normal at the academy. Some students were walking around campus while others were sitting on benches and chatted. If one were to look at a bench in particular, one could see Andrew and Jenny sitting on it with the latter looking at an opened notebook.
"Okay, let's see if you can solve this…" She said. "Your opponent has 4500 life points, and a monster known as Newdoria in attack mode. Your life points are down to 1400. You have a monster called Summoner Monk and a facedown trap card called Generation Shift on your field. In your hand, you have four spell cards: Monster Reincarnation, Polymerization, Premature Burial and Reinforcement of the Army. In your deck, you have four monsters: Summoner Monk, Queen's Knight, King's Knight and Jack's Knight. Finally, you have one monster in your fusion deck: Arkana Knight Joker. Now, what will you do to wipe out your opponent's life points in one turn?"
Andrew rubbed his chin while thinking. He then hummed before he snapped his fingers. "Okay, I know:
First I activate Summoner Monk's ability, which lets me summon a level 4 monster from my deck by discarding a spell card from my hand. So I'll discard Monster Reincarnation to summon Queen's Knight.
Next I'll use the trap card Generation Shift, which lets me destroy a monster I control and then add a copy of that monster from my deck to my hand. So by destroying Summoner Monk, I'll add the other one to my hand.
Then I'll use Reinforcement of the Army to add King's Knight from my deck to my hand since it's a warrior type monster that is up to level 4.
Then I'll summon King's Knight to the field, and activate its ability. By having Queen's Knight on my field when he's normal summoned, I can summon Jack's Knight from my deck.
Then with all three of them on the field, I'll use Polymerization to fuse the knight monsters and summon Arkana Knight Joker, a monster with 3800 attack points.
Next, I'll activate the spell card Premature Burial, which lets me pay 800 life points and then summon a monster from my graveyard. And the monster I summon is Jack's Knight.
After that, I attack Newdoria with Jack's Knight, causing the opponent to take 700 points of damage, bringing them down from 4500 to 3800.
When Newdoria is destroyed in battle and sent to the graveyard, its special ability activates, which destroys a monster on the field. And this is when I'll use Arkana Knight Joker's ability. When he's targeted by a card effect, like Newdoria's ability, I can negate its activation by discarding a card from my hand that is the same type as the card that was activated. So by discarding the monster card Summoner Monk, Newdoria's effect is cancelled out. And that leaves the opponent wide open for a direct attack from Joker, wiping out the rest of their life points."
After hearing Andrew's answer, Jenny smiled proudly. "Correct. That was very good." She praised.
"Thanks, that was kinda tricky."
"Well, it wouldn't be a challenge if it wasn't tricky, would it?" She asked. "If you know your resources and your opponent's... if you're able to plan ahead, it may get done quicker and safer since your opponent cannot stop it."
Andrew nodded. "I'll keep that in mind."
A few students passed by and spoke to each other.
"I can't wait to see my mom." An Obelisk blue girl said.
"Me neither. It's almost boring to not see her for so long." Another girl said.
"I don't mind if my mom comes, but I hate it when she say something embarrassing." A Slifer red student said.
"I feel you, man." A Ra Yellow student replied.
Andrew blinked. "What's with all this talk about their mothers?"
Jenny gave him a curious look. "Didn't you know? Tomorrow is Mother's Day, and mothers from various students are allowed to visit the academy."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I've heard that they're going to get a tour and have lunch served in a restaurant that is set up in the gym. And also, anyone who wants to, can submit their name for a chance to an exhibition match."
Andrew smiled. "That's interesting." He then thought… 'I wonder if my mom will come as well.'
Next day, at the mid-morning, a ship was making its way through the ocean, heading towards Academy Island with a load of passengers on board. All of them was in fact women. One of them was Marie Wilson, Andrew's mom.
"It'll be nice to see Andrew again." She said to herself. She turned to walk to another part to the ship, but ended up bumping into someone. "Oh, I'm so sorry."
"Don't worry, it's fine." The woman in front of Marie assured her. The woman was slim and had sapphire blue eyes and her long light-blue hair dropped down loosely. She was wearing a white bluish t-shirt and and a pair of blue jeans. "So, you're going to visit the academy?" She asked.
"That's right." Marie replied. "I have a son who's attending there, and it's kinda lonely when my only child is far away."
The woman nodded. "I understand that feeling. I only have one child as well, a daughter. Sometimes it's not easy for me when she's gone, especially after me and my ex-husband divorced."
Marie widened her eyes. "Oh my, that lonely? What made you and your husband divorce?"
The woman held an almost bitter expression on her face. "I'm afraid it's a touchy subject for me. I can only say that he's no longer the man I used to love."
"I see." Marie's eyes softened. "Sorry about that."
The woman gave an assuring smile. "Don't worry, it's fine. My name is Leila Siegrain by the way." She offered her a handshake.
"Marie Wilson." She accepted it.
The woman now named Leila raised an eyebrow. "Wilson, you say?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Well, my daughter told me…" Leila was interrupted by a voice coming from the loudspeakers.
"Attention all passengers. We're approaching Duel Academy and will be docking in 15 minutes. Please be sure to secure your belongings, and we hope you had a pleasant trip."
The two women looked to see the Academy Island from a far distance.
"Almost there." Leila said.
"Yeah." Marie the turned to her new acquaintance. "So what were you going to say?"
"Oh, right. You see…"
Later on, many students were at the pier and waited for the ship to arrive. Among those students were Jaden, Andrew, Syrus, Chumley and Jenny.
"It's gonna be sweet to see mom." Jaden said.
"Well, my mom won't come. She told me when she called." Syrus said.
"Same here." Chumley added.
"That's a shame." Jenny said.
"But that won't stop us from having fun, right?" Andrew asked.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Eventually, the ship arrived at the pier, and the passengers walked down the boat ramp. They could see many different moms greeting their children, giving hugs, etc. One of them approached the group, eyeing at Jaden. She had brown hair trailing down to her shoulders and eyes of the same color. She wore a light blue business like suit and a pair of black high heels. "Hello Jaden." She spoke in a soft voice.
"Hey mom." He greeted back as he gave her a hug. "Good to see you."
"It's good to see you too."
Everyone smiled at this.
"Isn't that sweet?" Another voice said. They all turned to see a woman with dark blue hair that reached her shoulders and green eyes. She was wearing an indigo colored sweater and a white skirt. And she was someone Andrew recognized.
"Mom." He said as he gave her a hug.
"How've you been doing, Andrew?" Marie asked.
"I'm fine."
"So this is your son." Another voice spoke up.
Andrew turned to his left to see another woman standing there. She was wearing a white bluish t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. But what got Andrew's attention was her light-blue hair and sapphire blue eyes, which reminded him of a certain someone.
"Hey mom." Jenny greeted happily.
"Jenny, nice to see you." Leila said as she gave her daughter a hug as well.
"That's your mom, Jenny?" Andrew asked.
"That's right. Her name's Leila. Mom, this is Andrew."
"Pleasure to meet you." Andrew greeted.
"Likewise. Jenny told me so much about you." Leila said. "Your mother told me a few things as well."
That made him give his mom a surprise look. "You know each other?"
Marie giggled. "Well, she and I made acquaintance on the way here. By the way, you never said that your friend Jenny was this pretty." She said the last part with a teasing smile.
"Huh?" Andrew's face turned slightly red.
"I hope you haven't done something funny to Jenny." Leila added, with an equally teasing smile. "Because it would be bad if you two rush things."
That made poor Jenny blush in embarrassment. "Mom! It's not what you think!"
"Is that so? Then why are you two so red?" Marie asked, causing both to blush even more.
"I told you many times we are just friends!" Andrew exclaimed.
Both mothers giggled.
"Well that's just cute." Leila commented.
"MOOOM!"
Everyone watched as Andrew and Jenny got embarrassed by their moms. "Well, guess some moms can be embarrassing." Jaden commented.
"I guess so." His mom replied before approaching them. "Anyway, I hope we get along. My name is Eileen."
"Pleasure to meet you." Both Marie and Leila shook hands with her.
"Now, according to the invitation, we were supposed to head to the main arena for the announcement." Jaden's mom said.
"Then you can just let us take you there." Andrew suggested.
They all nodded as the moms followed the students.
And so, the group walked through the hallway with the students leading their moms to the main dueling arena. Once they arrived, the moms were quite amazed by its size and all stands around it. They walked up to take their seats. Once all people settled down, Chancellor Sheppard stepped up on the platform and spoke into a microphone.
"Welcome everyone. For those of you guests who don't know, I'm Chancellor Sheppard. Headmaster of the prestigious Duel Academy. From starters I would like to say welcome to our school. I'm sure that the mothers are happy for the chance to spend the day with their children. Well, that's what Duel Academy Mother's Day is all about. To begin with, all guests, along with their children will split up into groups so one faculty member or a volunteering student can give them a tour around campus. After that, we will serve lunch for you in a restaurant that is set up in the gym. And at end of the day, two of ours students will be chosen to have an exhibition match for those who want to watch. And that's all for now. Good day."
Everyone applauded the Chancellor. A few minutes later, many of the students along their moms looked around for someone who would give them a tour, while others already found someone, wether they were faculty members or students who volunteered for this. As for Andrew and the others, they haven't found someone yet.
"There are so many to choose." Syrus said.
"Who should we pick?" Jenny wondered.
"Anyone but Dr. Crowler." Jaden said, making his friends laugh a little.
"Is this Dr. Crowler some bad teacher?" Marie asked.
"You have no idea." Andrew replied.
"Someone looking for a guide?" A voice spoke up. Everyone turned to see a familiar, purple-haired Obelisk boy. "If so, then I'm your man." He said while smirking.
"Hey Michael." Jaden greeted.
"So you're one of the guides here?" Andrew asked.
"Got that right."
The moms were quite surprised by this.
"For real?" Eileen asked.
"I actually expected at least second year students helping with the tour." Leila said.
Michael shrugged. "Well, Sheppard did say that students could volunteer. He never necessarily said that only third or second year students could."
"But, are you sure you can do that?" Marie asked.
"I wouldn't worry about my son if I were you." A woman spoke up from behind Michael. They turned to see that she was slim and had black hair held together in a bun on the back of her head, and grey eyes. She was wearing a pair of glasses and a business suit that looked similar to Jaden's mom, except it was black. "He is pretty good with responsibilities." She said with a smile.
"Oh, hello there." Leila greeted.
"So you're Michael's mom?" Jaden asked.
"That's right." She replied as she picked up what looked like a business card from her pocket and handed it to Leila. "Here's my card. Mira Kageyama, attorney at law."
"A lawyer? Oh my." She said.
"That's right. So if any of you guys would end up in a court, then my mom is the best lawyer you can ask for." Michael said proudly, making his mom smile at him.
"That's impressive." Jenny admitted.
"And you must be Michael's friends." Mira eyed at the five students, staring with the Slifer trio. "You three must be Jaden, Syrus and Chumley, right?"
"Yup, nice to meet you." Jaden replied as his roommates nodded.
Mira then turned to the fairy duelist. "And I believe you are Jenny."
"Yeah, it's a pleasure to meet you." She said as she bowed politely.
"And you must be Andrew." Mira said, turning to him. "Michael told me you're an excellent duelist."
"Thanks. Your son is a tough player as well. Beating him after he used his virus combo wasn't an easy task." Andrew admitted.
Mira smiled. "Yes, from what he told me, you played very well. Many opponents would face justice by his combo, but apparently, you had justice on your side…"
"Anyway," Michael spoke up. "How about we get this tour started?" Everyone nodded at his suggestion. "Then let's go.
This was the first stop...
"If you look ahead, you can see the Slifer Red dorm." Michael explained.
The four moms were a little surprised by its cheap appearance.
"My goodness. Is that really a dorm?" Marie asked.
"It looks like an outhouse to me." Leila said.
"I don't believe that living in a place like that would be comfortable." Mira added.
"And you actually live here, Jaden." Eileen asked her son.
"I sure do. Sure, there are a bunch of cockroaches, small spaces in the dorm rooms, but it's the best dorm of campus." The EH duelist said with a wide smile.
Eileen couldn't help but chuckle at her son's attitude. "At least you're doing fine here."
"What's up?" Someone greeted. They all turned to see the flip duelist Matt approach them along with a woman who they assumed was his mother. She had the same light-purple hair as Matt and grey eyes. She was wearing a pair of glasses and a white dress. She was a little broader than the other moms. But only a little.
"Hey Matt." Andrew greeted. "I believe that's your mom?"
"Got that right. Mom, these are my friends, Andrew, Jenny, Jaden, Syrus and Chumley. Everyone, this is my mom Julianne."
"It's nice to meet you all." Julianne greeted cheerfully.
"Nice to meet you." They all greeted back.
"I was so glad when I heard Matt made some friends here. Most people would bully him, mostly because of his size."
"Come one, mom." Matt complained.
"It's alright, Matt." Syrus said. "If anything, I'm smaller than you, so I've been picked more than you."
"Not that it matters." Jaden stepped in. "We Slifers are sticking together and faces any obstacle. So I say let them have it!"
Everyone laughed a little. After that, they all chatted a little while looking around until the group decided to move on.
The next stop was the Ra Yellow dorm. And when they arrived there, Andrew was the one who took the lead, simply because he's a Ra student. They looked around, and their moms were quite amazed by this place. They then came to Andrew's room.
"And this is where I sleep." He said.
They looked around and thought the room looked nice.
"Well, this is very comfy." Leila commented.
"Indeed." Marie agreed as she turned towards her son. "It's good to see you're living in a nice dorm."
"And I'm glad I managed to promote to this dorm." Andrew said.
"No joke." Jaden said. "You should have seen his promotion duel. This guy named Norman packed quite the punch with his fiend monsters. But Andrew made a sweet comeback with his heroes. It was like, wham!" He said enthusiastically, making everyone laugh.
"Well, how about we take a look at the Obelisk dorms?"
"Dorms?" Mira asked her son. "Don't you mean dorm?"
Jenny spoke up. "I guess you didn't know, but there are two separate Obelisk dorms. One for the boys, and one for the girls."
"I actually wondered why all the girls have Obelisk blue uniforms and not uniforms from the other dorms." Leila admitted.
"Well, why there is only one girl dorm, I have no idea." Michael shrugged. "But how about we move on?"
Everyone nodded as they left the dorm. But as soon as they came out, they were met by a certain ritual duelist.
"Oh, hey Shiori." Andrew greeted.
"Hey Andrew. How's it going?"
"I'm doing fine."
"So this is your friend Andrew?" A slim woman spoke up from behind. She had light-blonde hair, like Shiori, and brown eyes. She was wearing an orange shirt and a pair of jeans.
"Oh, is that your mom, Shiori?" Andrew asked.
"That's right." He replied.
"It's nice to meet you. My name is Sara." She greeted with a smile as she shook hands with Andrew. "My son told me a lot about you. He said you're a great duelist and a good friend."
"You don't say." Andrew replied as he smiled at his friend.
"And it's nice to meet you all as well."
"Thank you." They replied.
Shiori's mom chatted with the others for a few minutes before they headed to their next destination.
Later on, the group arrived at two separate paths, each one of them leading to one of the Obelisk dorms.
"Okay," Michael spoke up. "The right path leads to the Obelisk boy dorm. The left one leads to the Obelisk girl dorm."
"So what do we do?" Syrus asked. "We can't just leave Jenny and her mom alone, can we?"
"No way." Jaden said. "We shouldn't leave anyone from our group alone."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Andrew then noticed another group of students and moms coming from the path leading to the girls' dorm. He also noticed Miss Fontaine leading them. They then stopped as she turned toward them. "All right, everyone. That should be enough. I hope you liked the tour in the dorm." She said cheerfully.
Andrew's group noticed that among those people was Alexis and a woman they assumed was mer mom. She was wearing a white sweater and a grey skirt. She had short hair with the same blonde color as Alexis and the same eye color. She almost looked like an elder version of Alexis. The Obelisk girl noticed Andrew's group and walked up to them. "Hey guys."
"Hey Alexis." Jenny greeted. "How's the tour going?"
"Well, so far so good. And my mom is enjoying this quite well." The woman in question joined them.
"Hello there, you must be Alexis' friends." She addressed Andrew and the others with a gentle tone in her voice. "My name is Lisa."
"Pleasure to meet you." They greeted back.
Leila approached her. "Lisa, it's been a while." She said smiling.
"Good to see you, Leila." Lisa greeted back.
"So they know each other?" Jaden mused.
Andrew shrugged. "I'm not really surprised. Alexis did tell us that she and Jenny were friends since they were kids."
"Oh, right."
Ms. Fontaine chose that moment to greet them. "Hi there. Are you here to visit the dorms?"
Andrew nodded. "Yeah. However, out of all of us, only one pair can head to the girls' dorm." He said, indicating Jenny and her mom.
Ms. Fontaine nodded. "Don't worry, Chancellor Sheppard came up with a conclusion for that problem. As the headmistress of the Obelisk girl dorm, I'll be the one who will give all girls and their moms a tour around there, unless they're being led by any other girl. As for the boys and their moms, they will be guided by whoever is guiding them to the boys' dorm, as long as they're men."
"Then I guess we'll split up for a while." Jenny said as she and Leila walked up to her. They then turned to the others. "We'll see you guys later."
"Yeah, see ya." Andrew said as Jenny and Leila followed Ms. Fontaine, while Alexis and her mom walked away with their group.
"Then let's go." Michael declared as he led the others to the boys' dorm. As they arrived, everyone, especially the moms, were quite awestruck by the building. It kinda looked like a castle you would find in a fantasy story, with blue-colored roof. "Pretty good sight, isn't it?" Michael asked. "Now let's go inside." They all entered the building and were even more amazed by the building's inside. The hall was very big and looked fancy, like it was as if you were inside one of the world's most expensive hotels. Everyone followed Michael up the staircase that led to the second floor and went through a hallway.
Dr. Crowler, who was leading another group happened to pass by, and grimaced when he noticed Jaden and the others. 'Just my luck. Jaden wandering around in my dorm. If it wasn't for the program of this day, I would have kicked him out of here right now.'
On the way, Jaden couldn't help but say… "Wow. I must say you Obelisks got a sweet dorm."
"Thank you. If it wasn't for those students who have an elitist attitude, this place could probably have been perfect." Michael admitted, a tiny bitterness in his voice.
"Oh yeah. You told me many of the Obelisks treated other students badly because of their ranks." Marie said, turning to Andrew.
"That's right." He sighed. "I just hate it that many of them are acting so mighty and arrogantly, all because they're on the highest rank."
"No kidding." Michael agreed. "I mean, just because you're on the highest rank, doesn't mean you're unbeatable. Andrew proved it when he beat me. Jaden proved it when he beat Chazz. Ranks doesn't matter much. What matters is your hard work, skills and determination. That's all there is to it for a duelist."
The guys nodded while smiling, while the mothers were amazed by Michael's speech, especially his own mother. Eventually, they stopped as Michael opened one of the doors of the hallway.
"And here is my room." He said as everyone went inside. The room was very gorgeous. It had large picture windows on one side, allowing a calming flood of natural light enter the room. They noticed a chandelier dangling from the ceiling. On another side of the room was a king sized bed, and drawers that would have room for all Michael's clothes... and more. On the opposite side was a big plasma TV with a fancy blue coach facing it. On the same side as the entrance of this room was another door, leading to a bathroom. Saying the group was surprised by this luxury would be an understatement.
"My goodness, Michael!" Mira said astonished. "I know how you described your dorm room, but just seeing it in person, it's just… wow!"
"I must say, I'm pretty jealous right now." Andrew admitted.
"Same here." Jaden added.
"Totally Lishus." Chumley said.
"Aw man." Syrus said.
"I know, right? I almost never get bored by living like this." Michael said.. "Of course, I won't let luxury making me cocky for my accomplishments."
"Still though, this is pretty amazing." Marie said. "You think you would like to become an Obelisk Blue?" She asked Andrew.
He smiled sheepishly. "If so, then I'm going to need higher grades than the ones I've earned so far."
"I'm sure you can if you put your heart into it." Michael said, giving him a thumbs up. "Let's move on, shall we?"
And so, they left the dorm and met up with Jenny and her mom. On their way to the academy building, they listened to Leila who told them about how amazing the girls' dorm was and that she could hardly believe that Jenny lived there. Once inside the building, Michael showed them the many classrooms in there. Eventually, they came to the card shop, where many other students along with their moms looked around.
"And this is where anyone could buy some new cards." Michael explained. "And during the Sandwich Day, which takes place once in a week, anyone can try to get the famous eggwich."
"Oh yeah. It's good that everyone gets a chance to get it." Jaden said. "Especially after Damon stopped stealing them."
"Who?" Eileen asked.
"He's an Obelisk Blue, just like me and Michael." Jenny explained. "He's a duelist who always got bad draw, wether it was in a duel or Sandwich Day. So he tried to become a better drawer by simply being tune to nature."
Andrew then sweatdropped as he turned to the moms. "And by that, she means training out in the nature until he became like Tarzan."
The moms blinked at that statement.
"Oh my, really?" Leila asked.
"Tarzan? Are you serious?" Marie asked.
"Well, that's a first." Mira added. "Well, as long as he realize his mistakes, then there's no harm."
"He sure did." Jaden replied.
"Welcome, everybody." Appearing in front of the group was none other than Ms. Dorothy.
"Well, thank you." Mira responded with a smile. "And you are?"
Michael decided to make introduce them for Dorothy. "This friendly lady here is Ms. Dorothy. She is the owner of the card shop."
"A pleasure to meet you all." She said while bowing to them.
"Thank you." They said.
At that they all had a conversation about the things that happened here. Ms. Dorothy told them about the time she had trouble with her van and Jaden and Andrew helped her with it. Of course, their moms praised them for being so gentlemanly. After that they got a detailed story about the eggwich thief, which included the part when Andrew, Jenny and Shiori had to deal with the card thief. Marie and Leila were simply shocked by this. Mira made a comment saying he should have been locked up for stealing, making Michael shake his head. After a while, they said their goodbyes to Ms. Dorothy and left.
Now it was lunchtime, and everything was nicely set up in the gym. There were tables standing around the area with with comfy chairs. Everyone was sitting their and were served by some faculty members acting as waiters/waitresses. The food was quite fancy, made by some of the chefs from the Ra Yellow dorm and a few from the Obelisk dorm. Andrew's group was sitting around one of the tables and enjoyed the meal peacefully. Well, as peacefully as they can as Jaden was stuffing his mouth like crazy.
"Jaden, don't eat so fast." Eileen scolded.
"What? I can't help how delicious this is."
"I almost forgot how Jaden is when it comes to food." Andrew commented as he sweatdropped at his friend's manner.
"Seriously, he is almost like a bottomless hole or something." Michael added.
"And I always thought my husband had a big appetite." Mira commented as she enjoyed what looked like a steak.
"Well, Jaden is always ready for seconds, or even thirds." Syrus stated.
Chumley nodded while chewing on grilled cheese. What a surprise.
"So, how are the teachers treating you?" Marie asked Andrew. "Are they friendly?"
He nodded. "Yeah, they're all very nice." He then heard a coughing sound from Jaden. "Well, except for Dr. Crowler."
"And what's the problem with this Dr. Crowler?" Leila asked.
"He's the headmaster of the Obelisk Blue and always treat them with favoritism. He's always looking down on the lower ranks. Especially the Slifers." Jenny explained.
"That's just awful." Leila frowned.
"No kidding." Jaden replied after swallowing his food. "Not to mention he was always trying to get rid me, and all just because I beat him in a single duel."
"He was?" Eileen asked.
"He sure did." Andrew replied. "There was one time when someone dueled against the Obelisks during midnight, making them play with ante. In other words, they put up their best card and handed it over when they lost. That is against the school rules by the way. So Crowler requested Jaden to take down this person and turn him in. But that was just to give Crowler evidence to kick him out of here. Fortunately, we were able to solve this problem without getting Jaden expelled."
"My goodness." Andrew's mom said.
Michael's mom scowled. "That's just outrageous. A man like him shouldn't be allowed on this school."
"Relax, mom." Michael said. "It doesn't matter what Crowler do to get Jaden expelled, he always get what he deserves when he fails."
"And the humiliation he gets for his failures are pretty much enough punishment he'll get." Andrew cracked.
Everyone couldn't help but laugh."
Later on, after the lunch was over, the students, along with the visitors, were all gathered in the main duel arena. Andrew and his friends were sitting together in one row of seats, while the moms are sitting behind them. Shiori, Matt, Alexis and their moms joined the group.
"So uh... why are we here again?" Chumley asked.
"For the exhibition match, remember?" Syrus reminded him.
"Oh yeah. They're supposed to randomly pick two candidates for a duel." Shiori said.
"Well I hope I get to duel. This is super sweet!" Jaden said excited, to his mom's amusement.
"I don't think we have to wait any longer." Matt commented as he noticed Chancellor Sheppard stepping up on the dueling platform and spoke into his microphone.
"Could I have everyone's attention please." He spoke up. "We're about to reach the end of the day, and from what I've heard, everyone had a very great day today. And I'm glad that's the case. And before we let this day reach the end, it is now time for the final part of our program: the exhibition match. We had many students to submit their names, so we will now choose two random students to let them duel each other right here, right now. Ms. Dorothy, if you would." Dorothy came up to the stage, holding a bowl with a bunch of paper slips for SHeppard to pull out two of them at random. "The first duelist is... Andrew Wilson."
His friends cheered for him being picked.
"And the second one is... Jenny Siegrain."
The girl in question was surprised. "Whoa, really?"
"That's great, Jenny." Leila praised her.
"It's been a while since we dueled each other." Andrew said.
Jenny then smirked. "It sure is. But it won't end the same way as the last time."
Andrew smirked as well, confidently. "We'll see."
"Duelists, will you please come down here and get ready?"
"Good luck guys." Michael encouraged them.
"Show everyone what you got." Jaden added.
The two duelists nodded as they made their way to the stage. Once they were down there, they shuffled each others deck.
"How do you think this day has been?" Jenny asked.
"It's been very fun for me." Andrew replied. But he then formed an embarrassed look on his face. "Well, except for mom's stupid question about us."
Jenny sighed. "I know. That's just embarrassing." She then smiled. "Still though, it's always nice to be with someone from your family once for a while."
Andrew smiled and nodded. "That's true." The two them returned their cards, then stepped away from each other, standing on opposite ends of the platform, strapping on their duel disks and inserting their decks.
"Duelists... you may begin!" Sheppard declared, removing himself from the stage.
"DUEL!"
Andrew: 4000
Jenny: 4000
"I'll go first." Jenny drew her sixth card. "I place a facedown monster in defense mode, and another card facedown." Two cards appeared in front of her. "That ends my turn."
"My move then." Andrew declared, looking over his hand for a moment before he made his move. "I summon Elemental HERO Heat in attack mode." The white and red armored fire hero appeared from a fire pillar. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200 LV: 4) "As you know, he gains 200 attack points for every Elemental HERO on my field." (ATK: 1600-1800) "Now attack her facedown monster with Burning Fist!" The here ignited his right fist and dashed forward, and punched the facedown monster, which turned out to be a marshmallow-like blob with with two cute eyes and a mouth. Only, its face was upside down. (ATK: 300 DEF: 500 LV: 3) Andrew widened his eyes after seeing what he just attacked. "Oops."
Jenny smiled. "Oops is right. Because you attacked Marshmallon. Since your attack caused it to flip up, you take 1000 points of damage." The marshmallow blob glowed brightly, and then, Andrew winced as he was surrounded by a red aura.
Andrew: 4000-3000
"And as a bonus, my Marshmallon can't be destroyed in battle." After Andrew's monster moved away, the marshmallow blob blew a raspberry.
Despite his mistake, Andrew smiled. "Not bad, Jenny. I place one card facedown and end my turn." A facedown card appeared at his feet.
"Well, looks like Jenny took the lead." Leila noted.
"Yeah, but my son doesn't give up that easily." Marie replied.
"That's true." Jaden added. "Last time they dueled each other, Andrew always kept fighting, no matter how much life points Jenny had in advantage."
"And there's no doubt he will do the same here." Shiori said.
"Here goes." Jenny looked at the card she drew and smiled. "First I activate the spell card Marshmallon Glasses." A spell card appeared behind her monster. "As long as I have Marshmallon on the field, you can't attack my other monsters."
"Uh oh. Which means Andrew can't do so much until he get rid of either the spell card or the monster." Michael said.
"Especially since Marshmallon can't be destroyed." Mira added.
"And now I summon Barrier Statue of the Heavens." The monster that appeared next to Marshmallon was a floating, golden statue of a goddess on a pedestal. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 LV: 4)
"A barrier statue, huh?" Matt mused.
"You know anything about it?" Syrus asked.
"Yeah. Including the one Jenny just summoned, there are six kinds of monsters that are known as the Barrier Statues. And each one of them has a special summon-limit ability."
"Summon-limit?" Chumley repeated.
"What do you mean by that?" Jaden asked.
On que, Jenny spoke up. "Now, as long as this monster remains on the field, only light monsters can be special summoned."
Andrew gasped. "No way!"
"So Andrew can't special summon monsters, unless their attribute is light." Matt's mom realized.
"And his deck his full of elemental heroes. Creatures with different attributes, not just light." Michael said.
"Which means he won't be able to special summon the monsters he might need to win this duel." Mira concluded.
"Oh my." Marie said.
"And to end my turn, I play another card facedown." Jenny concluded.
"My turn." Andrew declared as he drew his next card.
"I play my trap." Jenny interrupted as one of her facedown cards revealed itself. "Synthetic Seraphim."
"What does that do?"
Jenny wagged one finger. "If I told you, that would spoil the surprise."
Andrew was wary of that and looked at the card he drew and saw that it was a certain wind based hero. 'Stratos. He's just the card I need. As soon as I summon him, I can destroy Jenny's Marshmallon Glasses. With any luck, that Seraphim card is not something that will interfere with my strategy.'"I summon Elemental HERO Stratos." The turbine winged hero joined his fire based comrade." (ATK: 1800 DEF: 300 LV: 4) "And now when he's summoned, I can activate his special ability. Say goodbye to one of your spell or trap cards."
But before Stratos did anything, Andrew heard Jenny giggling. "Come on, Andrew. Did you really think I would make this easy for you?"
It was then Andrew realized what she meant. "You knew I was going to summon Stratos!"
"That's right. And since you activated his ability, I can activate my other trap." Her facedown card flipped up. "It's called Pulling the Rug. With this I can negate the activation and effect of an effect monster whose effect activated when a monster was normal summoned (even itself), and also destroy it." Andrew could only watch as his hero monster disappeared.
"Whoa! She stopped Andrew's monster from destroying one of her cards." Syrus noted.
"If it wasn't for that trap card, Andrew could have got rid of those glasses." Chumley added.
"What did you expect. Jenny is pretty good when it comes to counter strategies." Alexis said.
Andrew then noticed that Jenny's first trap started to glow. And then, something suddenly came out of it. It was an odd-looking robot with huge forearms. It was white and blue. (ATK: 300 DEF: 300 LV: 1) "What is that?" He asked with an almost shocked tone.
"This is the effect of my trap card, Synthetic Seraphim. Every time a counter trap is activated, it automatically creates a Synthetic Seraphim Token."
"That's new." Andrew commented as he inserted a card. "I end my turn with a facedown."
"Then here goes." Jenny drew a card. "And now it's time for this. I place one card facedown." A facedown card appeared. "And now I sacrifice my token in order to summon Tethys, Goddess of Light." The robot disappeared and was replaced by the beautiful, winged woman dressed in white. (ATK: 2400 DEF: 1800 LV: 5)
"Tethys. Isn't that the same card she used against James?" Syrus asked.
"It sure is." Jaden replied.
"James who?" Eileen asked.
"Just some guy from Obelisk Blue who likes to play practical jokes."
"But he did take things too far on April Fools' Day." Shiori said.
"What did he do?" Sara asked.
"I'll tell you later."
Andrew stared at Jenny's monster. 'Tethys, huh? Last I saw her, Phantom Magician found out that she was a duel spirit. Jenny didn't seem to notice though. I wonder if she knows anything yet.'
"Now Tethys, attack his Heat with Heavenly Burst!" The Goddess held up her hands in of her and fired a beam of light energy at the fire hero, tearing him into pieces.
Andrew: 3000-2400
"I activate my trap card, Hero Signal." One of Andrew's facedown cards flipped up. "Now I can summon an Elemental HERO from my hand or deck, as long as it's level 4 or less."
"That's good, but my Barrier Statue keeps you from special summon monsters that aren't light monsters." Jenny reminded him.
"Then I'll summon Elemental HERO Voltic in defense mode." The purple and golden armored hero appeared and kneeled down in front of Andrew. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1500 LV: 4)
"I end my turn." Jenny concluded.
"I draw." Andrew announced. He looked at the card he drew and smiled. "Maybe I can't attack, but I can use this to build a good defense. I activate the spell card Mask Change. Now I can sacrifice HERO monster and summon a Masked HERO with the same attribute. So I'll sacrifice Voltic and summon this…" The electric hero glowed brightly. "Masked HERO Koga!" The light died down, and in Voltic's place stood the familiar golden armored hero with the blades attached to his arms. (ATK: 2500 DEF: 1800 LV: 8)
"Koga. I haven't seen him since you dueled Panik." Jenny said, staring at him with awe.
"That's true, and you won't get through him so easily. Especially since he gains 500 attack points for every monster on your side of the field. And I count 3." The golden armored hero glowed for a moment. (ATK: 2500-4000)
"My goodness." Leila gasped. "That's a lot of points."
"And that's not all." Michael said with a smirk. "That monster has the power to weaken any monster on the field."
"Which means Andrew is safe." Shiori added.
"For now, maybe." Alexis said. "But I wouldn't count out Jenny just yet."
"I end my turn." Andrew concluded.
"Before that, I activate my trap card, Solemn Wishes." Jenny's facedown card flipped. "Now I gain 500 life points whenever I draw cards from my deck." She drew her next card.
Jenny: 4000-4500
"And now I activate Tethys' ability. If I draw a fairy type monster from my deck, I can draw another card. And I can keep drawing as long draw more fairy type monsters. The first one I drew is Zeradias, Herald of Heaven." She drew another card.
Jenny: 4500-5000
"Airknight Parshath." Then she drew another card.
Jenny: 5000-5500
"Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin." And another card.
Jenny: 5500-6000
"And that's all I'll get so far. Now I discard Zeradias and use his ability to add The Sanctuary in The Sky to my hand." She slid her monster card into the graveyard slot and took the field spell from her deck. "And now, time for a change of scenery." She inserted the spell card, and both players found themselves at the familiar stone palace in he clouds. "As you know, I don't take battle damage when any of my fairy type monsters is in battle. I place a card facedown and end my turn." She concluded as she inserted another card.
"Let's see." Andrew drew a card and looked over his. 'It's possible that she might bring out her Neo-Parshath on her next turn. And even if I use Koga's ability to weaken it, it won't be enough. I guess I have to play safe.'"I place one card facedown." A card appeared at his feet. "Then I activate the spell card Swords of Revealing Light." Jenny's monsters were now surrounded by swords of light. "Now You can't attack for three turns."
"Not exactly." Jenny said with smirk. And then, here facedown card revealed itself. "I activate the trap card Divine Punishment. With my field spell in play, I can negate your card's effect." The swords were absorbed by the palace.
"Déjà vu." Andrew commented.
"And Divine Punishment is a counter trap, so you know what happens next." Jenny's continuous trap glowed and created another Synthetic Seraphim Token. (ATK: 300 DEF: 300 LV: 1)
"Nice move, Jenny." Andrew praised. "You're really amazing."
Jenny couldn't help but blush. "Thanks. But don't think I plan to make it easier for you."
"I know. Anyway, with another monster on your field, Koga gets stronger." (ATK: 4000-4500) "I end my turn."
"Well then…"
Jenny: 6000-6500
She looked at her new card, and it was a monster with 2700 attack points. "I drew Master Hyperion, a fairy type monster. So I draw again."
Jenny: 6500-7000
"And now I sacrifice my token and summon Airkinght Parshath." The token disappeared and was replaced by the centaur fairy. (ATK: 1900 DEF: 1400 LV: 5)
"Uh oh. With that monster on the field…" Syrus said.
"Jenny is going to bring out the big gun." Jaden filled in.
"And now I sacrifice Airknight Parshath in order to summon Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin!" The centaur transformed into its advanced form, with shield and sword in hand. (ATK: 2300 DEF: 2000 LV: 7)
"Well, I can't say I found it easy to deal with him last time we dueled." Andrew stated.
Jenny smiled. "Well, when it comes to his special ability, I can't blame you. With The Sanctuary in the Sky on the field, and my life points higher than yours, his attack and defense points are increased by the difference." The majestic fairy illuminated with glowing light. (ATK: 2300-6900 DEF: 2000-6600)
The crowd gasped at the power boost.
"Oh my god!" Marie exclaimed.
"That's my girl." Leila said proudly.
"Damn, her monster is so strong." Shiori said.
"You should have seen their last duel." Syrus replied. "She was able to increase its attack to over 10000."
"And it wasn't easy to beat a monster like that." Matt added.
"And now I attack. Neo-Parshath, destroy his Masked hero with Celestial Judgement Blade!" The fairy raised its sword and swung it downward, creating a large arc of energy which went straight toward Andrew's monster.
"I activate Koga's ability! By removing a HERO monster from my graveyard and play, I can drain a monster's attack points equal to that hero's attack points. So I'll remove Heat to weaken your Tethys."
"Huh?" Jenny was surprised as the spirit of Heat appeared from Koga's armor and tackled the Goddess, draining her power. (ATK: 2400-800) " I don't get it. Why did you weaken her instead of Neo-Parshath?
"Because for him, I have this trap card." One of Andrew's facedown cards flipped up. "It's called Desperate Tag. If a monster I have in attack mode is destroyed in battle, I can reduce the battle damage from this battle to zero." Koga was struck by the arc of energy and destroyed. "After that, I'm allowed to summon a level 4 or lower warrior type monster from my hand. And I choose Elemental HERO Sparkman." The blue and golden armored hero appeared in front of him. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1400 LV: 4)
"I see." Lisa said. "He couldn't stop the Sky Paladin, so he used a combo to keep the other monsters from attacking."
"Your son is a clever one." Leila complimented.
"Thank you." Marie said with a proud smile.
"Okay, I'll just end my turn by activating the spell card Spell Absorption." Jenny concluded as the continuos spell card appeared. (ATK: 800-2400)
"I draw. And I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards."
"Okay, but I gain 500 life points from Spell Absorption since a spell card was activated."
Jenny: 7000-7500 (ATK: 6900-7400 DEF: 6600-7100)
Andrew drew his two cards and smiled at what he got. "Perfect."
Jenny widened her eyes.
"First I play the spell card Mask Charge.
Jenny: 7500-8000 (ATK: 7400-7900 DEF: 7100-7600)
"This lets me take two cards back from my graveyard. A Change card and a HERO monster." Two familiar cards came out of his graveyard slot.
"No way!"
"That's right. I brought back my Stratos and I'll summon him to the field." The turbine winged hero appeared again. (ATK: 1800 DEF: 300 LV: 4) "Now, let's try this again. Stratos, use your ability and destroy her Marshmallon Glasses!" The hero created a cyclone and blew away Jenny's spell card.
"Ugh... my spell card." Jenny groaned as she held up an arm for protection.
"Yup, it's gone, so your Marshmallon can't protect your monsters anymore. And now for my next move, I activate the spell card Enemy Controller." The familiar video game controller appeared. "I can use one of its two abilities, and I choose its second ability: first I must sacrifice a monster, like Sparkman." The electric hero disappeared and the cable of the controller attached itself to the Barrier Statue. "And then for one turn, I can take control of one of your monsters." The buttons of the controller were pressed in following order: right, B, right, A, left, down, left, A. The statue was then moved to Andrew's side of the field.
Jenny: 8000-8500 (ATK: 7900-8400 DEF: 7600-8100)
"What are you planning to do to my monster?"
"I'm going to to do this. Barrier Statue of Heavens, attack her Tethys!" The statue glowed and created a magic circle that fired an energy beam. But the angel held up a palm and absorbed the energy beam. Then, she sent it back to the statue and destroyed her. "Of course, the statue was a fairy type monster, so I won't lose any life points." Andrew then smirked. "But more importantly, I can now special monsters with any attribute I want. So I'll use my Mask Change and turn my Stratos into Masked HERO Divine Wind." The hero was enveloped by a pillar of light and then came out as the emerald green armored, white caped warrior. (ATK: 2700 DEF: 1900 LV: 8)
Jenny: 8500-9000 (ATK: 8400-8900 DEF: 8100-8600)
"And that doesn't stop there. Divine Wind, attack Tethys with Storming Justice!" The hero conjured a strong storm wind that surrounded the white winged angel.
Jenny then noticed that she glanced at her. And then… '…Sorry.'
"Huh?" Was all she let out before the angel was destroyed.
"Now, since my Divine Wind destroyed a monster in battle, I can draw a card from my deck." Andrew drew a card. "And next I play another spell card, Form Change."
"What!? You're gonna summon another Masked hero?" Jenny asked after she snapped out of her confusion from what happened to her Tethys earlier.
"That's right. So I'll return my Divine Wind to my fusion deck and summon someone you might remember." The wind hero disappeared and was replaced by a certain dark blue armored warrior with his gun in hand. (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2100 LV: 8)
Jenny: 9000-9500 (ATK: 8900-9400 DEF: 8600-9100)
"Acid!"
"Yup. And as you know, this Masked HERO destroys all your spell and traps when he's summoned. And you know what that means, don't you?" The hero fired a stream of acid that rained down over Jenny's field. She could only watch as her spell and trap cards, including her field spell disappeared, making the heavenly area disappear.
"Sweet! Now Jenny can't boost her life points." Jaden pointed out.
"Not just that. Without her field spell, Neo-Parshath loses all his extra points." Michael added. (ATK: 9400-2300 DEF: 9100-2000)
"Great move, Andrew." Jenny praised. "You never cease to surprise me. But do you think you can bring down my life points."
Andrew smiled. "We're about to find out. Now then, since Acid successfully destroyed your spell and traps, your monsters loses 300 attack points. (ATK: 2300-2000) (ATK: 300-0) "Which means my Acid can destroy your Paladin. Attack!" The hero fired another stream of acid and destroyed the majestic fairy.
Jenny: 9500-8900
"And with that, I end my turn with a facedown card." A facedown card appeared.
"Then here goes." Jenny drew a card and was pleased when she looked at it. "Well, it looks like I'm about summon a new powerhouse I've got."
Andrew blinked. "And what could that be?"
"I think you recognize him." She said as she revealed one of her cards: Master Hyperion.
"That one, huh? And how do you plan to summon such a strong monster if you don't have enough monsters to sacrifice."
Jenny wagged her finger. "I don't have to sacrifice anything. I can summon him if I have a certain kind of monster I can remove from play. A monster that has the words 'The Agent' in it's name. Like this one." She revealed the card she drew. It had the picture of a certain red angel.
"The Agent of Force!"
"That's right. So I'll remove him in order to summon Master Hyperion!" The red angel appeared on the field, but was instantly surrounded by flames. And out of it came a heavy armored fairy, with a stern look on his face. (ATK: 2700 DEF: 2100 LV: 8)
"Whoa! That monster doesn't look friendly." Andrew noted.
Jenny nodded. "And he can be even less friendly when he uses his special ability. By taking a light fairy type monster from my graveyard and remove it from play, I can destroy one card on the field."
"My goodness!" Marie gasped.
"That means she can destroy Andrew's monster and then attack him directly." Lisa said.
"And if Andrew can't stop her attack…" Alexis said.
"Then it's game over." Matt filled in.
"Then let's see what happens." Jaden said.
"I remove my Barrier Statue in order to destroy your Masked hero." The spirit of the statue appeared and gave the armored fairy some light energy, which he used to create and orb and threw it at Andrew's monster and destroy it. "And now to end this. Master Hyperion, attack!" The fairy created another orb of light and threw it.
"I activate the trap card, Call of the Haunted." His trap card revealed itself. "Now I can summon a monster from I graveyard. I'll bring back my Stratos." The turbine winged hero appeared once again. (ATK: 1800 DEF: 300 LV: 4) "And now I'll use his second ability and add Elemental HERO Woodsman from my deck to my hand." He held up the card he took.
"Then I'll destroy Stratos instead." The orb exploded and destroyed the hero.
"And once again, I'll Desperate Tag's effect. I summon Woodsman in defense mode." The wooden man kneeled down in front of him. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 2000 LV: 4)
"Okay, I'll end my turn."
Andrew drew a card. "Then I'll start by using Woodsman's ability which lets me take a Polymerization from my deck to my hand. And I'll use to fuse Woodsman and Ice Edge in order to summon Elemental HERO Gaia." Woodsman combined with the icy kid and appeared on the field in the form of the black armored giant. (ATK: 2200 DEF: 2600 LV: 6) "And now his ability activates. For one turn, he absorb half of your monster's attack strength." Gaia grabbed Mater Hyperion with one hand and absorbed his energy. (ATK: 2700-1350) (ATK: 2200-3550) "Now Gaia, destroy Master Hyperion!" THe hero let go of the fairy and smashed him with his other hand.
Jenny: 8900-6700
"I end my turn."
"My draw." Jenny announced but the card she drew wasn't so much useful. "I pass."
"Okay then." Andrew drew a card. "I play a facedown monster in defense mode and end my turn." A card appeared next to the giant hero.
"Then here goes." Jenny drew her next card and it was a handy spell card. "This will do. I activate the spell, Dimension Fusion. First I must pay 2000 Life points…"
Jenny: 6700-4700
"After that, we both get summon our monsters that are removed from the game."
"If that's the case, then I'll summon Heat in defense mode." The fire hero appeared. (ATK: 1600-1800 DEF: 1200 LV: 4)
"And I'll bring back Barrier Statue of the Heavens." The angelic statue appeared. "(ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 LV: 4) "Then I'll equip her with the spell, Heart of Clear Water." The spell card appeared behind it. "Now, my monster can't be destroyed in battle or targeted by destruction effects. I end my turn."
"Looks like Andrew's back to square to one." Michael noted.
"Then he can't special summon any other monster." Chumley added.
"Don't be so sure."Jaden said with a smile. "Andrew did get through that statue once and he can do it again."
"Let's hope so." Marie said.
I draw." Andrew said and drew a card. He then smiled at Jenny. "I hope you're ready, because I'm about break through your defense."
Jenny widened her eyes. "But how?"
"By flipping up my facedown monster." The facedown card revealed a brown potted plant with a green bush at the tip. (ATK: 500 DEF: 500 LV: 3) "This is Fiber Jar and it has a flip effect. We must collect all cards from our hand, field and graveyard and shuffle them into our deck. Then we draw 5 new cards."
Jenny gasped.
"Whoa! That resets the entire field." Shiori said.
"It's a very nice flip effect. I should know." Matt commented.
All cards on the field disappeared. The two duelists then shuffled their cards into their deck and drew a new hand. Andrew was pleased at the cards he had. "And couldn have asked for better cards. First I summon Elemental HERO Lady heat." The white and red clade fire heroine appeared. (ATK: 1300 DEF: 1000 LV: 4) "And then I activate the spell, HERO's Bond. Now I can summon two more heroes. And I choose Ocean and Heat." Lady Heat was joined by the aquatic hero and her counterpart. (ATK: 1500 DEF: 1200 LV: 4) (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200 LV: 4) "And thanks to all heroes, Heat gets stronger." (ATK: 1600-2200)
Jenny were silent for a moment, but then she smiled. "Looks like this the end."
"Yeah. But it was a great duel, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, and I couldn't have asked for a better opponent like you. You're someone I'm glad to know."
That made Andrew blush a little." T-thank you."
Jenny noticed his state and almost blush herself before she spoke up again. "Well, how about to end this?"
"Right. Heat, Lady Heat, Ocean, end this duel. attack her directly." All three heroes attacked her separately. Ocean stabbed her with his trident. Heat gave a fiery punch. And Lady Heat threw a fireball at her.
Jenny: 4700-0000
The whole crowd was silent for a moment befors before cheered loudly.
"Wow! Awesome!" Shiori cheered.
"Sweet!" Jaden exclaimed
"Way to play!" Syrus said.
"Well done, Andrew!" Marie said proudly.
Andrew walked up to Jenny. "Thanks for a great duel. I almost thought you had me there."
Jenny smiled. "Yeah, me too. But in the end, you managed to pull it off."
"Yeah, but it wasn't easy. Especially with that barrier statue you used. You really know how to counter your opponent."
Jenny giggled.
"A splendid performance." Sheppard spoke into the microphone. "Let's give these two a big hand, everyone!"
Andrew and Jenny waved to all people who applauded for their dueling.
And so, the visiting mothers were about get on board on a ship. Many of them said goodbye to their children. Including Andrew and the others.
"Take care, Matt. I'll miss you." Julianne said.
"I'll miss you too, mom." He said as he gave her a hug.
"It was great seeing you." Shiori said to hos mom, Sara.
"I'm glad to see you're doing well." She said while giving her son a hug as well.
"You better not slack with your studies, young man." Mira said with her right hand on Michael's left shoulder.
"Don't worry, I won't." He said while giving her a thumbs up, making her smile warmly.
Alexis gave her mom a smile, but her eyes had a small trace of sorrow. "Thanks for coming, mom. It's nice to be with you for once in while. Especially since... since..." She couldn't finish her sentence.
Lisa placed a hand on her shoulder to confort her. "I know. It's hard to believe that he just disappeared. I miss him too. But I believe he's out there somewhere. So don't give up, you'll find him."
Alexis nodded. "Yeah."
Jaden was hugging his mom. "It's been really good seeing you, mom."
"It's been really good seeing you too, Jaden." Eileen said before she pulled back. "Now I hope you'll study well."
That caused Jaden to grimace. "Don't worry, I will... I think." Eileen couldn't help but giggle at him.
Andrew and Jenny were hugging their moms right next to each other.
"Thanks for coming. It was so nice to see you." Andrew said.
"Same here, Andrew." Marie replied. "And good luck with the rest of the school year."
Andrew nodded with a smile.
"I'm glad to see you're having fun here." Leila said to her daughter.
"With the friends I have made here, it's always one fun day after another."
"Yes, I can tell." Leila then turned to Andrew. "And as for you."
"Hm?"
"I can tell that you're one of Jenny's closest friends. Keep an eye on her for me, will you?"
Andrew blinked before he smiled and nodded. "Sure. No problem."
Marie then gave him a teasing grin. "And let me know when you two start dating."
Of course, that caused him (and Jenny) to blush. "MOM!" Both mothers giggled at their reaction.
After a few minutes, the students watched their moms leave on the ship. Then waved at them as much as the could until then couldn't see them. And so, they all want went back to their dorms for the rest of the day.
And that's the end of the Mother's Day themed chapter. Just wanted to make tris before I continue with the episode based chapters. Until next time.
