Chapter 18, Duel with a spirit.

At duel academy the winter holidays had started, most of the students boarded boats to return home for the holidays with only a small number of students choosing to stay at the academy, the students who stayed would not have any classes and could use this time to relax.

Alexis was saying goodbye to Mindy and Jasmine who was both going home for the holidays, "Are you sure you don't want to come Alexis, you could stay at my house" asked Jasmine, "I really don't want to be a bother to your family, don't worry about me, I'll be fine here" said Alexis.

Jasmine know it was pointless to argue with Alexis so she boarded the ship with Mindy and waved to Alexis as the ship set sail, as Alexis waved goodbye to her friends she could see some other people she know on the boat as well, she could see both Chumley and Bastion on different parts of the ship clearly both of them was going home to see their families.

Alexis waited until the boat was out of sight before leaving the port, as she walked along the beaten path she began to wonder what to do during the holidays and which students would choose to stay, "Jaden always talks about how duelling is his life, I bet he's still here" she thought.

As she continued walking Alexis remembered what Robin had told her about his family, "I'm sure Robin's still here, it's not like he has anyone he can visit" she thought sadly.

Continuing up the path Alexis saw Robin sitting on a bench and reading a newspaper with the front page talking about how Seto Kaiba had started building a new space station that connected to Kaiba Corp via a long tube.

Alexis sat on the bench next to Robin, "It looks like Kaiba finally dug himself out of that hole that the Paradius company left him in almost a year ago" she said, "That tournament he held probably helped with that" said Robin closing the newspaper "So are you staying for the holidays" he asked changing the subject.

The two continued talking for a while until it started to rain, "That's a shame, I was enjoying talking to you" said Alexis as she tried to keep her hair dry, "If you want you could come over to the boys dorm and we can continue talking there" asked Robin, Alexis thought about Robin's offer "Ok, that sounds good".

The two quickly made their way to the boys dorm hoping to make it inside before it started to rain faster, once they entered the building Alexis was shocked to see that the boys dorm was just as beautiful as the girls, while the girls dorm looked like a fairy-tale castle the boys dorm looked like a kings castle.

"So, would you like a tour" asked Robin, before Alexis could answer they both heard a loud scream and saw a boy running at full speed towards them, the boy was too busy looking over his shoulder to look where he was going and ran straight into Robin knocking them both down.

"You'd better have a very good reason for doing that" said Robin a little angry, "He's coming, he's coming for me, you've got to help me" said the boy in panic, "Who's coming" asked Alexis, "He'll kill me, please don't let him get me" said the boy too frightened to think clearly,

Suddenly Robin slapped the boy across the face, "Feel better" asked Robin, the boy nodded holding his cheek where he had been hit, "Good, now tell us what's going on" said Robin.

After the boy calmed down Alexis made them all a cup of tea and the three sat down at a table, the boy introduced himself as Torrey Takadera he had shoulder length dark brown hair and silver glasses.

"It started a couple of days ago, me and my friends Isaka and Mukouda heard rumours that it was possible to summon the spirits of duel monsters and the three of us was curious so we decided to try it and see if it's true" explained Torrey.

"You tried to summon monster spirits, but those are just ghost stories aren't they" said Alexis although she couldn't help but remember what happened to Titan at the abandoned dorm.

"We thought so too, but after many failed attempts we finally summoned a spirit" said Torrey, "You summoned a monster spirit? Please tell me you only summoned a Happy lover" said Robin.

Torrey shook his head "We summoned Jinzo" he said, both Robin and Alexis looked worried by this, "During the ritual we heard a voice it said, I am Jinzo offer me three sacrifices and I shall be free, when he said that we thought he meant three cards so we agreed" explained Torrey.

"I'm guessing he wanted something a little more human" said Robin, Torrey nodded "First Isaka disappeared, then Mokouda vanished yesterday, and now I've been seeing Jinzo wherever I go, I even tried leaving the island but I could see him waiting for me on the boat" he said.

"So what are you going to do" asked Alexis, "I don't know, I saw Jinzo waiting for me in my room so I ran as fast as I could, and then I ran straight into you two" said Torrey, "Well I hate to tell you but I really don't know much about duel monster spirits, maybe you could ask Professor Banner I think he teachers a weekend class about them" said Robin.

Before Torrey could answer all the lights went out leaving the three in complete darkness and they all heard an electronic voice "Sorry but I can't let you do that" it said, suddenly Torrey scream in terror and Robin and Alexis heard heavy footsteps leaving the room.

Robin and Alexis followed the footsteps and saw Torrey being carried out of the dorm building by a slightly translucent green figure, "Come on we have to help him" said Alexis as she started to run after the figure with Robin not far behind.

It had stopped raining but now but it was starting to get dark, the figure ran into the forest and Robin and Alexis followed, as they continued to chase the figure they noticed that as more time passed the figure was becoming more transparent.

After a long chase the figure finally stopped at one of the islands power stations that supplied electricity to the island, the figure throw Torrey to the ground knocking him unconscious, next to Torrey ley two other boys, one was short and the other wore glasses, they was most likely Torrey's friends.

Robin and Alexis stopped running and looked at the figure that was almost completely transparent now, the figure placed what appeared to be its hand on one of the generates and electricity ran through its body.

As more power ran through the figure it slowly became less transparent and more solid, by the time the figure removed it's hand it had become completely solid revealing the figure to be Jinzo.

Jinzo looked at Robin and Alexis "You children should not have followed me, this does not concern you" he said in his robotic voice, "We're not going to let you take Torrey and his friends for your twisted sacrifice" said Alexis.

"These three made a deal to give me their souls in exchange for seeing a monster spirit" said Jinzo, "Those three didn't know you wanted their souls, this whole deal is crooked" said Robin.

Jinzo was becoming annoyed "Leave now, or face the consequences" he said, "We're not leaving" said Alexis, Jinzo was silent for a moment "Now that I think about it with a couple more souls I could enter this world as a Jinza lord" he said.

"We're not giving you our souls" said Robin, "You don't have to, I can just take them" said Jinzo as duel monster cards appeared in front of him out of black smoke, "So who's first" he said.

Robin and Alexis turned to each other, "I'll duel him, I know I can beat him" said Alexis, "Alexis no, I've had more experience in shadow games then you, let me handle him" said Robin, "But Robin" said Alexis but before she could finish she was interrupted by Jinzo, "It doesn't matter who goes first, I'll defeat you both in the end" he said.

Robin and Alexis continued to discuss who should duel first trying to convince the other to let them go first, eventually Jinzo lost his patience "That's enough, I'll duel the male first" he said pointing to Robin.

"That's fine with me" said Robin walking up and activating his duel disk to duel Jinzo, "I'll go first" said Jinzo since he didn't have a duel disk Jinzo's cards just floated in front of him and he seemed to place them on an invisible table.

"To start with I summon Mystic tomato in attack mode and end my turn" said Jinzo.

Mystic tomato ATK 1400 DEF 1100 LV 4 DARK plant.

Robin started his turn "If I attack his Mystic tomato he'll be able to summon a new monster, but if I don't attack he'll just use the tomato for whatever he's planning, so I might as well attack and deal some damage to him" he thought.

"I summon Maiden of macabre in attack mode and one card face down" said Robin, "Now my maiden attack his Mystic tomato", Mystic tomato was destroyed.

Maiden of macabre ATK 1700 DEF 0 LV 4 DARK spellcaster.

Jinzo LP 4000 – 300 = 3700.

"Since you destroyed my monster I can summon another one in attack mode" said Jinzo as he summoned Jinzo 7 to the field, "Fine, but since my Maiden destroyed one of your monsters she gains a spell counter and 200 ATK points" said Robin.

Jinzo 7 ATK 500 DEF 400 LV 2 DARK machine.

Maiden of macabre ATK 1700 + 200 = 1900.

Jinzo's turn started "I sacrifice Jinzo 7 to summon myself" said Jinzo as he stepped onto the field, "And I'll attack your Maiden" he said as he launched a ball of dark electricity at Maiden of macabre destroying her, Robin felt pain run through his body as his LP went down, "I end my turn" said Jinzo.

Jinzo ATK 2400 DEF 1500 LV 6 DARK machine.

Robin LP 4000 – 500 = 3500.

Robin drew his card, "I summon Defender the magical knight in attack mode, and since I summoned Defender he gains a spell counter" said Robin as a spell counter was placed on Defender, "I end my turn".

Defender the magical knight ATK 1600 DEF 2000 LV 4 LIGHT spellcaster.

"Pathetic" said Jinzo, "I activate Double summon this lets me normal summon two monsters this turn, first I summon Malice doll of demise in attack mode, then I sacrifice my Doll to summon Spell canceller in attack mode".

Malice doll of demise ATK 1600 DEF 1700 LV 4 DARK fiend.

Spell canceller ATK 1800 DEF 1600 LV 5 WIND machine.

"As long as I have Spell canceller on the filed all spell cards are negated, now Spell canceller attack his monster" said Jinzo, Spell canceller attacked Defender, "I remove Defender's spell counter to prevent his destruction" said Robin.

Robin LP 3500 – 200 = 3300.

"It doesn't matter now I attack your monster as well" said Jinzo as he destroyed Defender, "Now I end my turn", Alexis was getting worried Robin couldn't use spell or trap cards.

Robin LP 3300 – 800 = 2500.

Robin started his turn "I summon Alexandrite dragon in attack mode and attack your Spell canceller" said Robin, Spell canceller was destroyed, "Now that that's gone I activate Shard of greed and end my turn".

Alexandrite dragon ATK 2000 DEF 100 LIGHT dragon.

Jinzo LP 3700 – 200 = 3500.

"I summon Jinzo – returner in attack mode and play one card face down" said Jinzo, "Now I attack your dragon" Jinzo destroyed Alexandrite dragon.

Jinzo – returner ATK 600 DEF 1400 LV 3 DARK machine.

Robin LP 2500 – 400 = 2100.

"Next Returner will attack you directly" said Jinzo, Jinzo – returner fired a small ball of dark electricity at Robin which hit him in the chest, Robin felt the pain of an electrical surge run through his body as he fell to one knee.

Robin LP 2100 – 600 = 1500.

"Robin are you ok" asked Alexis in panic, "I'm fine, I'll be fine" said Robin trying to convince himself more than he was her.

Robin stood back up, as his turn started a counter was placed on Shard of greed "I summon Assault wyvern in attack mode and attack Jinzo – returner" said Robin, Returner was destroyed.

Assault wyvern ATK 1800 DEF 1000 LV 4 LIGHT dragon.

Jinzo LP 3500 – 1200 = 2300.

"And since Assault wyvern destroyed one of your monsters I can tribute it to summon a dragon from my hand and I choose Kaiser glider" said Robin as he sacrificed Assault wyvern to special summon Kaiser glider.

Kaiser glider ATK 2400 DEF 2200 LV 6 LIGHT dragon.

"Because of Kaiser glider's effect he can't be destroyed by a monster with equal ATK points, so I'll use him to attack you" said Robin, Kaiser glider attacked Jinzo sending him flying backwards off of the field.

Jinzo was now back where he began the duel standing just behind his field, as he stood up both Robin and Alexis could see that Kaiser glider's attack had destroyed parts of his armour revealing robotics underneath.

"Don't think that this is over" said Jinzo as he started his turn, "I activate my face down card Royal decree, now even if I'm not on the field you still can't use trap cards" he said, "Now I play a monster in defence mode and end my turn".

Robin started his turn and a counter was placed on Shard of greed, "First I send Shard of greed and it's two counters to the graveyard to draw two cards" said Robin as he drew two cards and smiled.

"I summon Black fang magician in attack mode and use him to attack your monster" said Robin, Black fang magician attacked Jinzo's monster which was Machanicalchaser and destroyed it.

Black fang magician ATK 1700 DEF 800 LV 4 DARK spellcaster.

Machanicalchaser ATK 1850 DEF 800 LV 4 DARK machine.

"Now Kaiser glider finish him off" said Robin, Kaiser glider attacked Jinzo with enough force to rip him in half, the machinery inside Jinzo's severed body parts started to spark as he slowly disappeared in a cloud of black smoke.

Jinzo LP 2300 – 2400 = 0.

After Jinzo disappeared Robin fell to his knees he could still feel the pain from when Jinzo – returner attacked him, Alexis ran to him to help him up, "Don't worry, I'll be fine" said Robin as he stood up with Alexis supporting him.

Torrey and his friends started to regain conciseness, Torrey looked at Robin and Alexis "What happened, where's Jinzo" he asked "I think I might have killed him, just promise me you three won't summon anymore spirits, because I don't think I can go through that again" said Robin, Torrey nodded in agreement.

Isaka was weak after being gone for two days so Torrey and Mukouda had to help him back to the dorm, by the time they reached the boys dorm Robin had recovered enough that Alexis didn't have to support him anymore.

"Well when we planned to spend some time together I didn't think any of this would happen" said Alexis, "Sorry the day turned out like this, but the holidays have only just started, if you want we can still spend some time together before school starts again" said Robin.

Alexis smiled "I'd like that" she said before she turned around and started to head back to her own dorm hoping to make it back before curfew.