Chapter 60, The costume contest.
Everyone was ready for the party, Jaden was in his room putting on his costume, Jaden had been unable to find any full costumes yesterday so he had thrown together whatever he could, Jaden was wearing the hat of Saggi the dark clown, the torso of Breaker the magical warrior, the boots of Makyura the destructor, the shoulder pads of Celtic guardian and the shield of Gearfried the iron knight.
Jaden walked out of his room and found Syrus and Chumley waiting for him, Syrus was dressed as Patroid and Chumley was dressed as Des koala, "Hey guys, those are some sweet costumes, I bet that you'll win the contest for sure" said Jaden.
Just then the three of them heard a loud scream come from Chazz's room, the three immediately ran into Chazz's room fearing what had happened, "Chazz are you ok" asked a worried Syrus.
Chazz was kneeling on the room with a look of horror on his face, "Chazz what's wrong" asked Jaden, "It's gone" said Chazz, "What's gone" asked a confused Jaden, "My costume, it's gone" said Chazz, "What" asked the three.
"Last night I left my XYZ-dragon cannon costume here" said Chazz pointing to a draw, "But then when I woke up this morning it was gone and it had been replaced with this" said Chazz as he held up a Ojama yellow costume.
The three couldn't help but laugh, "Hey, what's so funny" said an annoyed Chazz, "This is great, your going to have to go to the party dressed like that" said Jaden with a smile, Chazz looked down at the ridicules costume with despair, "I'm going to be the laughing stock of the whole school" he thought.
Soon the group arrived at the party and saw that almost the entire school was there and everyone was wearing a costume, Jaden could see people dressed as Marauding captain, Armed ninja, Summoned skull and many more.
"Nice costume Chazz, but what's Jaden dressed as" said a familiar voice, the group turned to see Bastion who was dressed as Amazoness tiger, "I honestly have no idea" answered Jaden.
"Bastion, why did you dress as Amazoness tiger" asked Chumley, "It's because he's still not over Tania" sniggered Chazz, "That's not true, this was the only costume I could get" said Bastion who was now bright red, however no one seemed to believe him.
"Anyway what do you think my chances are of winning the costume contest" asked Jaden posing, "You don't have a chance" said Bastion knocking his ego down, "If anyone's going to win it's going to be Alexis" continued Bastion as he pointed to where Alexis was.
Alexis, Mindy and Jasmine had dressed as the Harpie lady sisters, Alexis was Harpie lady 1 and her costume was the most accurate of the three she had even gone as far as to dye her hair pink for the occasion.
Alexis was enjoying the party, after everything that had happened recently she was happy to have a change of pace.
"Great costume sis" said Atticus who was dressed as Panther warrior, Alexis was about to greet her brother when she noticed that he had his phone out and had taken a picture of her.
"Atticus, what are you going to do with that picture?" asked Alexis, "I'm posting it online, wait until grandma see this" said Atticus barely able to hold in his laughter.
Alexis turned pure white, her grandmother would probably have a heart attack if she saw her dressed like this, "Atticus give me that now" said Alexis forcefully, Atticus held the phone just out of his sister's reach, "If you what it you'll have to take it" he said.
Atticus began to run away with Alexis chasing him, "Somebody please stop him" shouted Alexis as they ran passed many other students.
As the two passed the boy dressed as Armed ninja the boy put his foot out and tripped Atticus up.
While Atticus was on the ground Alexis quickly grabbed his phone and deleted the picture, Alexis turned to the boy that had tripped Atticus to thank him and she saw a familiar pair of green eyes, "Thanks Robin" she said, "Anytime" said Robin.
Suddenly a girl who was dressed as Magician of faith ran up looking excited, "Have you heard, someone came as the Dark magician girl and her costume's really good" she said.
"That would be a first, no one can ever get the hat right" said Robin jokingly, "Do you want to go and see, maybe she's telling the truth" suggested Alexis, "Sure, why not" said Robin.
Robin and Alexis wasn't the only one who was curious, most of the others also wanted to see just how good this girl's costume supposedly was.
Just as they was all nearing where everyone was Ms Dorothy jumped out of the crowd dressed as the Dark magician girl, "Hey everyone great party" she said, everyone was less then pleased to see her dressed like this, Chazz was stunned into silence and Robin looked like he was about to throw up.
"That's going to be in my nightmares tonight" thought Robin as he turned away, however before Robin could leave Alexis said "Hey look, there she is" while pointing to the crowd.
Everyone squeezed passed the crowd and saw that there was a girl who was dressed as the Dark magician girl taking a selfy with some of the other students.
This girl's costume was amazing she looked exactly like the Dark magician girl, Syrus quickly turned bright red at the sight of her, "It looks like Alexis might not win the costume contest after all" said Bastion.
Robin stared at the girl for a second as he tried to recognise who she was but he couldn't think of who she was under that costume, "Do you know who she is" Robin asked Alexis, "No, I don't think so" answered Alexis.
Robin turned to another student who was already here when they had arrived and asked "Do you know who that is" while pointing to the girl, "She said that her name's Mana, and she a really good duellist, she's already beaten everyone who's duelled her" answered the student.
"Mana? I don't know anyone called Mana do you" asked Robin, "No, she's not in my dorm, maybe she from Slifer or Ra" suggested Alexis.
"Alright then, so who wants to duel me next" said Mana eagerly, she had a duel disk on her arm which strangely was modelled to resemble the armour of Dark magician girl.
"Hey Syrus you should totally duel her" said Jaden, "What, no way Jaden, I can't you know how bad I am" said Syrus nervously, "Come on you'll do fine, besides I know how much you like the Dark magician girl" said Jaden with a smile.
"Hey over here, Syrus will duel" said Jaden as he pushed Syrus forward, Syrus wanted to run back into the crowd but Jaden had put him on the spot and everyone was watching him.
"Ok then, are you ready to duel" said Mana happily as she activated her duel disk, "Um sure" gulped Syrus, "Are you ok, you don't have to be worried this is only for fun" said Mana sounding concerned for Syrus.
Syrus looked at Mana and when he did he started to feel a little better, she did seem to be genuinely friendly, "Ok, lets duel" he said with a little more confidence.
Mana took the first turn, "Ok, I discard one card from my hand, this lets me special summon Apprentice illusion magician from my hand" she said as she discarded Palladium oracle mana.
Apprentice illusion magician ATK 2000 DEF 1700 LV 6 DARK spellcaster.
"And when Apprentice illusion magician is summoned she lets me add a Dark magician to my hand from my deck" said Mana as she added Dark magician to her hand.
"Next I'll summon Lemon magician girl to the field and place a card face down now I'll end my turn" said Mana with a smile.
Lemon magician girl ATK 800 DEF 600 LV 2 LIGHT spellcaster.
Syrus was clearly worried and he wasn't sure if he was afraid of Mana's face down card or the fact that she looked so much like the real Dark magician girl.
"Come on Sy you can do it" cheered Jaden, Syrus took a deep breath, "Jaden's right, I can do this" he thought, "I summon Steamroid in attack mode" he said.
Steamroid ATK 1800 DEF 1800 LV 4 EARTH machine.
"And when Steamroid attacks a monster he gains an extra 500 ATK points so he'll have no trouble taking down your magician, Steamroid attack Apprentice illusion magician" said Syrus.
Steamroid ATK 1800 + 500 = 2300.
Apprentice illusion magician was destroyed.
Mana LP 4000 – 300 = 3700.
Since the battle ended Steamroid's ATK points returned to normal.
Steamroid ATK 2300 – 500 = 1800.
"Now I'll play two cards face down and end my turn" said Syrus.
Mana started her turn, "Ok, I summon Chocolate magician girl in attack mode, and now I'll use her effect, she lets me discard a spellcaster monster in order to draw a card" she said as she discarded Dark magician.
Chocolate magician girl ATK 1600 DEF 1000 LV 4 WATER spellcaster.
"Alright Chocolate attack Steamroid" said Mana, Chocolate magician girl attacked, "And since I declared an attack with a spellcaster monster I can activate my trap card, Spellcaster's circle, this card lets us both special summon a spellcaster type monster from our decks with 2000 of less ATK" explained Mana.
"Ow man, I don't have any spellcasters in my deck" said Syrus feeling disappointed, "That's too bad, I guess I'll just summon mine then" said Mana cheerfully as Dark magician girl appeared on her side of the field.
Dark magician girl ATK 2000 DEF 1700 LV 6 DARK spellcaster.
Since Mana had a Dark magician in her graveyard Dark magician girl gained 300 ATK points.
Dark magician girl ATK 2000 + 300 = 2300.
Syrus's face turned impossibly red as he looked at Dark magician girl.
Amongst the crowed Robin looked at Dark magician girl and then at Mana, "Wow, her costume is really amazing, she looks just like the Dark magician girl" he said, "I know, if I didn't know any better I'd probably think that she was real" said Alexis.
Chocolate magician girl continued her attack but Syrus was able to get over his shock at seeing Dark magician girl summoned to react, "I activate my face down card, Supercharge, since you declared an attack while I only control Roid monsters this card lets me draw two cards" he explained as he activated his trap card.
"That's ok, I'm attack can still go through" said Mana, "True, but you won't want it to, I activate my other face down, it's the quick play spell Limit removal, this will double my monsters ATK" said Syrus.
Steamroid's ATK was doubled but then it lost 500 ATK points because of it's effect.
Steamroid ATK 1800 + 1800 = 3600.
Steamroid ATK 3600 – 500 = 3100.
"Excellent move, now Syrus's monster will win this battle and deal a large chunk of damage to Mana" said Bastion as Chocolate magician girl was destroyed.
Mana LP 3700 – 1500 = 2200.
"Well I guess there's nothing else that I can do so I'll end my turn" said Mana, since Mana's turn ended Steamroid was destroyed by the effect of Limit removal.
Syrus's turn started, "Come on Syrus there has to be something that you can do" he thought as he looked at the cards in his hand, "Wait, that's it" he thought as he got an idea.
"I use Polymerization to fuse the two Drillroids in my hand" said Syrus as he fused his two monsters, "By fusing two machine monsters with the same name I can summon Pair cycroid" he said as his new monster appeared on the field.
Pair cycroid ATK 1600 DEF 1200 LV 5 EARTH machine.
"And Pair cycriod's effect lets him attack directly" said Syrus as his monster attacked Mana directly.
Mana LP 2200 – 1600 = 600.
"Alright great move Sy" cheered Jaden along with most of the Slifer red students however the other students wasn't cheering just yet, "Syrus had better do something else before he ends his turn or else Mana will destroy his Pair cycroid" thought Alexis.
Syrus entered his main phase 2, "Now I'll activate Vehcroid connection zone, this card lets me fusion summon a Vehicroid monster by fusing monsters from my hand and field" said Syrus as he fused Pair cycroid with Armoroid from his hand.
"By fusing a Roid monster with a fusion monster I can create Super vehicroid – mobile base" said Syrus as he summoned his monster in defence mode.
Super vehicroid – mobile base ATK 0 DEF 5000 LV 10 EARTH machine.
"And now I'll use Mobile base's effect, once per turn he lets me target one of your monsters and then I can special summon a Roid monster from my deck or extra deck with an ATK less then or equal to the ATK of your monster, so I'll target Dark magician girl to summon Mixeroid from my deck in defence mode.
Mixeroid ATK 0 DEF 2200 LV 4 EARTH machine.
"Sorry but you just activated the effect of Palladium oracle mana in my graveyard" said Mana, "If you target one of my spellcasters while she's in my hand or graveyard I can special summon her to the field" she explained as her monster appeared on the field.
Palladium oracle mana ATK 2000 DEF 1700 LV 6 LIGHT spellcaster.
"That's all that I can do" said Syrus as he ended his turn.
Mana's turn started, "First I'll activate the equip spell Wonder wand and equip it to Lemon magician girl" she said, Lemon magician girl gained 500 ATK points thanks to Wonder wand.
Lemon magician girl ATK 800 + 500 = 1300.
"Now I use the second effect of Wonder wand, by sending both it and the monster that it's equip too to the graveyard I can draw two cards" said Mana as she sent both Lemon magician girl and Wonder wand to the graveyard.
Mana smiled as she looked at the cards that she drew, "I activate the spell card Dark burning attack, since I control a Dark magician girl this card will destroy all of your monsters" she said.
Mixeroid was destroyed but Super vehicroid – mobile base remained on the field.
"Hang on, why wasn't Mobile base destroyed" asked a confused Jaden, "It's because Mobile base was summoned with Vehicroid connection zone, when a monster is summoned by the effect of Vehicroid connection it can't be destroyed by card effects" explained Bastion.
"Next I'll use Dark magician girl and Palladium oracle mana for an xyz summon, with these two LV 6 monsters I can summon Magi magi magician girl" said Mana.
Magi magi magician girl ATK 2400 DEF 2000 RK 6 DARK spellcaster.
"Now I'll use Magi magi magician girl's effect, by detaching one xyz material and banishing a card from my hand she can take control of one of your monsters until the end of the turn" continued Mana as she banished Thousand knives from her hand.
Super vehicroid – mobile base switched control to Mana leaving Syrus with no monsters to defend himself.
"And it gets better, I'll also summon Magician's valkyria in attack mode" said Mana.
Magician's valkyria ATK 1600 DEF 1800 LV 4 LIGHT spellcaster.
"Ok, Valkyria go ahead and attack" said Mana, Magician valkyria attacked Syrus directly.
Syrus LP 4000 – 1600 = 2400.
"Go ahead Magi magi it's your turn" said Mana as Magi magi magician girl attacked Syrus.
Syrus LP 2400 – 2400 = 0.
Syrus looked like he was close to tears as his LP dropped to 0, Jaden was about to go over and comfort Syrus but Mana beat him to it, "Hey chin up, you did great" she said as she approached Syrus.
"R really" asked Syrus trying not to sound too upset, "Yeah I really thought that you was going to beat me for a second, I bet that your going to be a great duellist some day" said Mana with a smile that made Syrus blush.
While Syrus was swooning the others congratulated Mana on her victory, "Congrats" said one student dressed as Dark witch, "Nice duelling" said another dressed as Denko sekka.
Everything seemed normal until Robin shook Mana's hand. as soon as Robin touched Mana she gasped as if she had been dipped in icy water, "Are you ok" asked Robin who was both confused and concerned by Mana's reaction.
"Oh it's nothing, I just got a static shock that's all" said Mana as she made her way away from Robin, "That was weird" thought Robin.
After this nothing else unusual happened at the party, everyone had fun and was eagerly awaiting for the winner of the costume contest to be announce.
After a few hours it was time to announce the winner of the costume contest, everybody was gathered as Chancellor Sheppard walked on stage closely followed by Crowler who was holding a box containing the contest's prize of twenty booster packs.
"Settle down, settle down everyone" said Sheppard as the crowd quieted, "Now I know that you are all existed to learn who won the contest and will be receiving the prize of these booster packs".
Sheppard pulled a envelop out of his coat, "The votes have been counted and the winner is" he said as he opened the envelop, "Mana the Dark magician girl".
Most of the crowd began to cheer while a few students was disappointed that they didn't win.
"Mana please step forward and receive your prize" said Sheppard, however Mana didn't step out of the crowd, "Mana please step forward" repeated Sheppard, everyone began to look around but they couldn't see Mana anywhere, it was as if she had vanished.
There was an awkward silence until Sheppard spoke up again, "Well since Mana doesn't seem to be here I guess that the prize will go to the runner up" he said trying to salvage this situation.
Sheppard pulled out a list and ran his finger down the names for a second, "And the winner is Alexis Rhodes for her Harpie lady 1 costume" he said.
Alexis stepped forward and Crowler handed her the prize, however there was one thought on everyone's minds, where was Mana.
Some distance away Mana was watching the party, she had had a lovely time here but she knew that she had to return home now, the power that the Sacred beasts had unleashed was almost gone now and if she didn't go soon she would be stuck here.
Mana waved her wand and in a flash of light the Dark magician girl disappeared returning to her own world.
