27. Kaijou's Decent
"This is a great story, The Odyssey..." Kyu said, setting a large book down as the class bell rang.
"Come on, Kyu, we have to get to lunch! I'm starving" Hide said, nudging Kyu's arm.
"Just a sec, let me finish this section." Kyu said, his eyes scanning the book quickly. "Ok let's go."
Kyu dumped the book in his book bag and left. "I wish I was just like Odysseus from the Odyssey... Such a powerful and smart warrior" Kyu laughed.
"Many people would compare you two, but you get a D on smarts." Hide joked.
"Haha, whatever. Hey there's Yukie." Kyu pointed out.
"Hey guys, what took you so long" Yukie asked.
"Reading a great book." Kyu said happily as they sat down with Doxx. Doxx looked a bit nervous. "What's up Doxx"
"I hear South School Duelist Academy's principle, Kaijou, is coming for a visit." Doxx said.
"What's there to be so nervous about" Hide asked.
"He's been trying to buy this island off from Seto Kaiba for a while, I have a feeling there's been a student here whose been researching for Kaijou." Doxx explained. "If he buys Duelist Academy, then he go by Kaijou's rules and Osiris red students, along with low rank students in other dormitories will be sent home without an education within this school."
"How does Kaijou expect in gaining ownership of this school" Yukie asked.
"Dueling. It's been a tradition for several years. Kaiba and Kaijou duke it out, if Kaiba wins, Kaijou waits another year, if Kaijou wins, Kaiba gives the deed of the school to Kaijou." Doxx said.
"What does Kaiba have to lose? He's a great duelist." Kyu said. "I wish i could challenge him to a duel... He's one of my most favorite duelist, aside from Yugi Mutou."
"Kaijou has also a reputation to spread, he deals with a deck which no one has beaten, except for Seto Kaiba." Doxx said. "The match will begin after lunch hour."
"Then we've got to see it" Kyu said. "If Kaiba really counts on us to work hard, then we'll have to study from his strategies"
"Excellent idea." Yukie said.
"Yeah, I'd like to see what kind of deck this Kaijou man has." Hide said. And hour came by and students rushed into the Sky Dome arena where Kaijou, the principle of South School stood in front of Seto Kaiba.
"Kaiba, you know the rules." Kaijou smiled, brushing his hand through his slick black hair.
"Of course, our battles proceed us, you may have the skills, but not enough to rule my school." Kaiba growled as he slid his deck into his deck holster.
"Very well." Kaijou said, brushing the dust off of his slick black suit.
"Duel" Kaijou and Kaiba announced, their lie points raisin to 4000. All the students began to chant Kaiba's name as he drew his first five.
Kyu joined along with the chanting while Quartz appeared, leaning against a post and smiling. Hide eyed Quartz who gave him a smiling evil expression.
"I will begin" Kaijou announced, drawing his card. "Siren of Ballad, in defense mode! (2200/300)"
"Siren..." Kyu said as a magical woman appeared, she wore a long pink gown and she threw back her blonde hair.
"I'll then set two cards face down and end my turn." Kaijou announced.
"My turn, draw" Kaiba announced. "I'll activate this magic card, Decent of White Dragon"
"Hmm, already trying to summon your Blue Eyes are you..." Kaijou smirked as the magic card rose up onto the field and began to glow.
"By using this magic card, I'll sacrifice Blade Knight from my hand to bring forth Knight of White Dragon! (1900/2000)" Kaiba announced as the arena began to rumble and the knight riding dragon burst out from the card. "And now! I'll activate it's effect by sacrificing it to summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)"
The knight suddenly vanished and the dragon appeared in it's place. People cheered as Kaiba's signature card was summoned, it roared through the dome at Kaijou.
"Because I used Knight of White Dragon's effect, my Blue Eyes can't attack your monster, so I'll set a card face down and end my turn." Kaiba announced as Kaijou smirked.
"Draw..." Kaijou said calmly.
"This is not like him this year... What is he up to..." Kaiba thought.
"I'll summon this, Siren of Melody! In defense mode (1400/1700)" Kaijou announced as another siren appeared, dressed in a light blue gown and with brown hair.
Both stood there, singing a wonderful melody. Suddenly Kyu gasped. "The Sirens" He said.
"What" Doxx asked.
Kyu took out his book, of The Odyssey and showed him a picture of the same exact looking Sirens as Kaijou had on the field. "What a coincidence..." Hide said, surprised.
"If I'm right, then if he summons another Siren, then Kaiba might be in trouble." Kyu said, looking into the sky arena.
"My turn ends." Kaijou announced.
"Summon any more of these weak monsters, then you'll be doomed for sure." Kaiba threatened.
"Oh please, Seto Kaiba, I have full intention on summoning these so called 'weak' monsters." Kaijou laughed.
"Draw" Kaiba announced, drawing his card. "I'll summon Versago The Destroyer in defense mode (900/1100). Now! Blue Eyes White Dragon, destroy his Siren of Ballad"
"Reveal trap card, Poseidon's Rage..." Kaijou said calmly as his trap card flipped up. "This trap allows me to negate your attack, but that's not all, any water monsters in my hand will have the exact same attack power as your Blue Eyes White Dragon."
"What" Kaiba gasped as a giant water wave appeared. Blue Eyes blasted a lightning blast from it's mouth directly into the water wave, making an explosion of water.
"No way, Kaijou could just summon any weak water monster and it'll automatically become as strong as Kaiba's ultimate Blue Eyes..." Hide said.
Kaiba growled. "I'll end my turn." He said angrily.
"Draw... Kaiba, your anger is the essence of which keeps you from winning any duels. You're letting your students down, but I can bring them back up." Kaijou said, taking a card from his hand. "So now! I'll activate this, Athena's Love Song"
"So your deck is based on The Odyssey, how nice." Kaiba said. "I've read this novel before, but none of your cards will be able to take me down."
"Seto Kaiba, you seem so confident, I'm surprised not even you could sense what your students are up to. Your too busy working on ways to defeat every single duelist you don't even bother to search up on anyone trying to defeat you." Kaijou said.
"What" Kaiba said.
"My trap card allows me to take control of one of your monsters on the field once I discard two cards from my hand." Kaijou explained, sending two cards from his hand, to his graveyard holster, he now only had one card in his hand. "And now! I take control of your Blue Eyes White Dragon"
"No..." Kaiba growled as several music notes floated out of the magic card and floated around the dragon's head. The dragon was lead to Kaijou's side of the field by the music notes. Kaijou laughed evilly as the music notes vanished.
"And now... I'll sacrifice your Blue Eyes White Dragon in order to summon this, Siren of Nocturne! (2400/1500)" Kaijou announced as a Siren in a black gown appeared, her black hair flowing in the wind. "And now that I have my three Sirens, their effects are active"
"What do you mean" Kaiba said.
"Don't you remember when great Odysseus traveled from Circe's island to try and get back home? On his travels, he came across the beloved Sirens who gave out sweet melodies to lure men out and destroy them." Kaijou explained. "Well that's exactly what my three Sirens plan on doing. As long as all three are on the field, your monsters may not change their battle positions or attack on your Battle Phase"
"No..." Kaiba growled, clenching a fist as the three sirens began to sing a soft melody in front of Kaiba.
"Kaiba's caught in a trap..." Yukie said.
"I'll shift Siren of Melody into attack mode (1700/1600)" Kaijou announced as the Siren's voice became louder. "And now, Siren of Melody, destroy his Versago The Destroyer"
The Siren's voice became into screeching. Everyone in the crowd covered their ears in pain as a sound wave came and crashed into the demon, destroying it.
"And now, Siren of Nocturne, attack his life points directly" Kaijou announced, pointing at Kaiba. The siren once again screeched directly at Kaiba. Kaiba growled in pain, covering his ears as his life points reduced to 1600.
Kaijou laughed. "Music to my ears, my turn ends." Kaijou announced.
"My turn, draw" Kaiba announced, drawing his next card. "You were just lucky... I will not let my students rule under your hands..."
"We'll see about that." Kaijou smirked. "Your monsters can't even attack, they're just useless to you."
"Activate magic card, Pot of Greed" Kaiba announced. "This card allows me to draw two extra cards from my deck."
Kaiba looked at his hand and smiled. "Heh..." Kaijou said.
"And now! I'll activate my face down card, Mechanical Magic Mirror" Kaiba announced.
"No..." Kaijou said in shock, predicting the card which Kaiba would want.
"This trap allows me to use one magic card from your graveyard, and I chose Athena's Love Song" Kaiba announced as a machine appeared with the head of a mirror. The mirror glistened and revealed the magic card. "I'll discard two cards from my hand to gain control of your Siren of Nocturne"
Suddenly the black haired siren floated to Kaiba's side of the field. "Next, I'll activate this magic card, Cost Down" He announced. "This magic card reduces all monsters in my hand by two levels, allowing me to summon a great monster with the price of one sacrifice"
"Another Blue Eyes..." Kaijou growled. "How I hate those things..."
"And now! I sacrifice Siren of Nocturne to summon my second Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)" Kaiba announced as the dragon rose up, roaring. People began cheering, Kaiba was finally picking it up. "And since you're missing one siren, I'm allowed to attack! Blue Eyes White Dragon, destroy his Siren of Melody"
The Blue Eyes sent a lightning blast from its mouth to the siren, destroying it. The siren screamed as she was destroyed, reducing Kaijou's life points to 2700. Kaijou growled. "I'll set a card face down then end my turn." Kaiba announced with a smirk.
"Draw..." Kaijou growled, but suddenly his angered face turned into a smile. "Now, I sacrifice my Siren of Ballad to summon this..."
"You do remember when Odysseus traveled through the land where Scylla resides..." Kaijou said.
"Enough of this! Continue this duel now" Kaiba demanded.
"Very well, Seto Kaiba, but have you know, your winning streak is about to stop." Kaijou said with a determined face of evil. Kaijou's Siren of Ballad dissolved and then he slapped down the card on his duel disk. "Now I summon this, Scylla of The Sea! (1600/1600)"
"No a water monster..." Kyu gasped.
"A weak monster for such a high level." Kaiba said as an eight headed sea serpent rose to the field.
"This sea monster gains three turn counters, you can still attack it, but it won't be sent to the graveyard, instead a turn counter is taken off. Just like it has eight heads to survive with, this one has three lives you must destroy before you can target the heart of this beast." Kaijou explained. "Oh, and let's not forget about my old trap card, Poseidon's Rage."
"No..." Kaiba growled.
"That's right, because you attacked with Blue Eyes, my Scylla of The Sea's attack power is now at level with your Blue Eyes" Kaijou announced as his sea serpent's attack power grew to 3000. "Now, Scylla of The Sea, attack his Blue Eyes White Dragon"
The two monsters collided together and there was an explosion. Kaiba covered himself from the bright light as Kaijou stood there snickering. Kaijou's Scylla of The Sea was perfectly fine but Kaiba's Blue Eyes was gone.
"No" Kyu gasped.
"Kaiba... Is losing..." Doxx said.
"How can this happen" Hide said.
"This is impossible" Yukie added.
Kaiba was also shocked, Kaijou was different then the last few years. "How are you able to do this, Kaijou..." Kaiba said.
"I had a friend... Someone who knows that they are worthy enough to rule over you." Kaijou smiled.
"One of my honor students..." Kaiba said.
"Excellent guess, Seto Kaiba, but I was asked not to reveal any identities." Kaijou smiled.
"Quartz..." Hide growled as the group looked over at the smirking Obelisk Blue student.
"Great show, isn't it, Kyu-Haru." Quartz said. "Maybe it's about time we had a new leader."
"Why would you do this type of thing! Spying on Kaiba just because you don't like him" Yukie hissed.
"Why? I was a full fledged honor student, I was so close to being better than Violet, until you arrived to this school..." Quartz said, walking down the steps. "You ruined my reputation here..."
"You ruined it yourself" Kyu growled, standing up to face him. "If you weren't so greedy and power hungry, none of this would be happening and we wouldn't know each other"
"Kyu-Haru, Quartz-san, settle down." Miss. Yukiko said.
Quartz simply smiled as Kyu sat down with a glare. "Well anyway, I better be off, Kaijou wants me to be in his new office after this duel." Quartz said.
"My turn ends." Kaijou announced.
"Draw..." Kaiba announced, drawing his card. Kaiba's expression turned desperate.
"I see your deck is not on your side this time." Kaijou smiled. Kaiba looked down from the glass arena down at all the students whose faces looked up.
"I'm sorry..." Kaiba uttered. He placed his hand over the top of his deck holster. There was a sudden alarm which announced on the big screen that Kaiba surrendered.
Everyone was in disbelief as Kaiba looked down in failure. Kaijou smiled, putting his hands in his pocket. "It's what I want for these students. You're just a young teenager, an adult is much better for the kids." Kaijou said.
Kaiba didn't say anything all Kaijou did was show him a contract. "Sign here and the school will be out of your control." Kaijou said, handing him a pen.
Everyone went silent. "Don't do it Kaiba! This school is yours and you've got nothing to lose" Kyu suddenly screamed.
People joined in, yelling at Kaiba to not sign the contract. "I made a deal... And I must be true to my word..." Kaiba said, signing his signature.
Kaijou took the contract and handed it to his personal security guard who quickly walked off. The arena lowered and students began to boo at Kaijou, Kaiba stood up in anger. "Stop this nonsense" Kaiba yelled. "He is your new leader, you will learn to appreciate him and obey his rules! If you hate it so much you might as well drop out"
Everyone grew silent and Kaiba left quickly. Kaijou stood there. "Back to your dormitories, students." Kaijou announced. With that the students silently left.
Kaiba had moved out his items from his office. "Where will you be now" Kaijou asked, entering the giant office.
"Where ever you won't be." Kaiba growled, leaving and slamming the door.
Kaijou laughed as suddenly the door opened. Quartz came in. "Kaijou-Sama..." He said.
"Ahh yes, your reward, let's talk about it tomorrow, I need to get use to my surroundings first." Kaijou said, brushing him off. Quartz left silently.
"I can't believe this..." Kyu said. "Kaiba seemed like he knew he was going to lose..."
"I just don't know what to do now..." Hide thought. "Without Seto Kaiba, it's not the same."
"I see you on that." Yukie said, throwing a girl magazine into a pile of other magazines.
The night fell and dinner passed by without a sound. Many Osiris Red students were being scheduled to leave in a week, some Ra Yellow students were also scheduled along with a few Obelisk Blue students.
Kyu, Hide, Yukie, and Doxx were one of the lucky ones to stay. Sophia and Genesis were to stay because of Quartz's reasonings.
Bed time came upon and Kaijou scheduled a early sleep for all students. There was a tight crowd of security guards passing by, making sure no students were going out or staying up.
"You've got to be kidding me..." Kyu said, covering his ears with his pillow. He couldn't go to sleep with all the walking going on outside.
The walking stopped and Kyu looked out the window into the star lit sky. "Kaiba... Don't give up, I promise I'll find a way to get you back your school." Kyu said in his mind.
CARDS PLAYED
Siren of Ballad: Level 4 / 300/2200/ Air / Angel / Desc: When this card is face-up along with "Siren of Melody" and "Siren of Nocturne" on the field, Monsters on your opponent's side of the field cannot change their Battle Position, or attack during your Battle Phase.
Decent of White Dragon: RITUAL MAGIC / Desc: This card is used to Ritual Summon "Knight of White Dragon". You must also offer monsters whose total level equal 4 or more a sa Sacrifice from the field or your hand.
Knight of White Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/2000/ Light / Dragon / Ritual / Desc: This monster can only be Special Summoned by the Magic Card"Decent of White Dragon". You must also offer monsters whose total level equal 4 or more as a Sacrifice from the field or your hand. When this monster attacks a face-down defense position monster, destroy the face-down monster immediately with this card's effect without flipping it face-up or damage calculation. You can Special Summon 1 "Blue Eyes White Dragon" from your hand or deck by offering this card as a Sacrifice during your Main Phase. ("Blue Eyes White Dragon" cannot attack in this turn.)
Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Light / Dragon.
Siren of Melody: Level 4 / 1700/1400/ Air / Angel / Desc: When this card is face-up along with "Siren of Ballad" and "Siren of Nocturne" on the field, Monsters on your opponent's side of the field cannot change their Battle Position or attack during your Battle Phase.
Versago The Destroyer: Level 3 / 1100/900/ Dark / Demon / Desc: You can substitute this card for any 1 Fusion-Material Monster. When you do this, the other Fusion Material Monster(s) must be the correct one(s).
Poseidon's Rage: TRAP / Desc: Negate the attack of one of your opponent's monsters. For the rest of the duel, any Water-Type monsters that are summoned to the field (Excluding any monsters on the field) will have the same ATK as the attacking monster.
Athena's Love Song: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 2 cards from your hand to take control of 1 face-up monster on your opponent's side of the field.
Siren of Nocturne: Level 6 / 2400/1500/ Air / Angel / Desc: When this card is face-up along with "Siren of Melody" and "Siren of Ballad" on the field, Monsters on your opponent's side of the field cannot change their Battle Position, or attack during your Battle Phase.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw 2 cards from your deck.
Mechanical Magic Mirror: TRAP / Desc: Activate 1 Magic Card from your opponent's Graveyard.
Cost Down: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand to reduce all monsters in your hand by 2 Levels for the rest of the turn.
Scylla Of The Sea: Level 5 / 1600/1600/ Water / Serpent / Desc: When this card is summoned, add 3 "Turn Counters" to this card. Each time when your opponent attacks this card with a higher ATK, remove 1 "Turn Counter" but do not send this card to the Graveyard (Battle damage still counts). When this card is attacked with no "Turn Counters" this card is sent to the graveyard.