It's now the secound of the academy life for our friend Alexei, and he's already in some rather deep crud. Now the question is if, despite already having made the self-proclaimed best duelist at the academy his- more or less- archrival, he will be able to endure the hardships of life at the Academy, or otherwise? Find out in this next chapter of GX; Twenty Years Later! On a side note... sorry for taking so long to put this chapter up. I'm sure those of you who have read and enjoyed the Fanfiction will forgive the long delay.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, Rachel Bolt, or any affiliated characters to Yu-Gi-Oh(Though I really wish I did... .). The makers of Yu-Gi-Oh and my dear friend, Ruin Queen of Oblivion(As is her penname) does. Full credit goes Cyber Commander for the card "Cyber Dragon Mechanic," Ruin Queen of Oblivion for the card "Mechanized Clock," and King Dragun for the card "Pot of Charity."
Chapter Five
Duel in Homeroom; Mechanical Melee
Alexei woke up to the giggling of his roommates; Sam and Sarah. He sat up with a slight grunt, he didn't look too bad, considering having slept in his uniform and having a serious case of bad hairday. The girls continued to giggle as he looked at them, muttering the question of what was so funny. They continued to giggle for a few moments more, at least Sarah did anyways, before answering.
"Oh, nothing. Heehee..." Sarah said.
"Uhmm... here. You should see for yourself," Sam added, handing Alexei a handheld mirror.
". . ." Alexei stared blankly at his reflection in the mirror for a few minutes before his senses came to, then he rubbed his face vigerously, glaring at Sarah and Sam. "Which one of you did this?" His face looked like a clown's on a bad make-up day. . . a very bad make-up day.
Sarah couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into a howling laughter, holding her stomach and finally falling onto the bottom bunk, rolling and crying because she was laughing so hard. Alexei just climbed down, grumbling about girls and their pranks. If I had a dollar for every time a girl tried to prank me, ending in failure or success, I'd be richer then Seto Kaiba. He thought sourly as he washed his face with a clean washcloth that Sam handed to him, she seemed to be feeling embarressed or guilty about the little prank, though in her mind she was laughing, it was pretty funny after all. After Alexei had finally gotten himself straightened up, hair combed, uniform straightened and on correctly with his white trenchcoat over the buttoned Sliffer jacket. Sarah and Sam were waiting just outside the door, the later ready to bolt at any moment.
"Hurry up, Alexei! We'll be laaate!" Sam cried anxiously.
"Why the rush? It's only homeroom," Sarah question came calmly as if she wasn't worried.
"Sarah, if you get detention again, I am not going to stay behind with you!" Sam's voice seemed to screech, making Alexei grimince as he grabbed his belt and walked out, closing the door behind him and locked it.
Sam plain bolted as soon as she heard the door was closed and locked. Alexei started walking off in the same direction in which Sam bolted, despite the happenings of the day before, he could still remember where the classroom was. Sarah walked beside him, and giggled a little, remember the little prank she had, evedently, ended up forcing Sam to participate in. She laughed and grinned at Alexei, who was shaking his head.
"Come on, Alex, cheer up, will you?" she said, patting him on the back.
"Please do not call me that... use my full name," Alexei replied quietly.
The bell rang and Alexei stopped for half a secound, leaning back as if to start a track run, Sarah just started running right away. It didn't take very long before Alexei starting running, his trenchcoat flapping in the air behind him, and passing Sarah. Alexei skidded to a stop and caught his breath before walking into the classroom, where Benito slammed a stick onto a desk.
"Your late, Mr. Krustev!" the teacher screamed. Alexei glanced at his watch and shook his head, he hated countering a teacher, but sometimes it had to be done.
"Sorry to say, sir, but that was only the five minute bell," Alexei replied calmly as he walked to his seat and sat down. "The late bell will be ringing in ten..." He counted down in his mind from there. "Now." The bell rang and Sarah skidded to a stop inside the classroom and nearly fell down one of the small sets of stairs that divided the classroom into three parts. Just in time... Alexei thought with a hidden smile.
Benito growled and smacked the pointing stick against the desk again. "For you new brats, I'm your teacher, Doctor Benito Crowler. You will call me Doctor Benito or Doctor Crowler. Now that that is out of the way, today will begin with the simplistics of Dueling. Sammantha Truesdale, what are all of the Spell Card types?"
Sam stood up. "Uhm... field spells... normal spells... uhh..." she studdered for a few more minutes before Benito had enough of it.
"I expected as much from a slacker like you. Why don't we ask someone who actually knows how to duel? Jazz." Sam sat down, blushing out of embarressment.
Alexei didn't give Jazz the chance to even stand and start, he stood and began. "I'll take that question, comrade. There's the normal spell cards, counter spell cards, quick-play spell cards, field spell cards, and continuous spell cards." With the final word said, Alexei sat down, leaving both Benito and Jazz growling under their breath.
". . . well done, Krustev, at least one of you slackers knows the game." Benito chided, Alexei gave a frown. "Now, because our Chancellor, Miss Kaiba, is forcing it, we'll have a little deminstration duel. Does anyone volenteer? And none of you slackers are able to beat me, so I'll instantly disqualify you if you even suggest it!"
Rachel was about to stand up when a voice from the back most of the rows of chairs sounded.
"If anyone should have the right to beat you into the ground, Benito Crowler, it should be me." All the students turned to the person who spoke, and it was none other then Zelda Truesdale, the Academy's famed Kaiser- the top Duelist in the school. She walked down and faced Benito.
"Very well, Miss Truesdale. Let's get this other with. Good luck." Benito seemed cocky for dueling the Kaiser, as he was looking at his hand.
Zelda's reply came firmly, her face like someone who's played poker and has become a master of keeping her face clean of any signs that may give her strategy away, or any cards she has away. "You're the one that will need luck. I will take the first move." Zelda drew her hand and glanced at the cards. "And I will summon Proto-Cyber Dragon, in attack mode." The smaller version of the better known serpent-like dragon machine appeared with a weak mechanized roar. "To finish my turn I will place one card facedown. Make your move."
"Fine!" Benito exclaimed as he draws cards. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon and get rid of you facedown card."
Zelda just stood there silently for a moment before making her counter, just as Benito was about to complete the move. "And I will counter by activating Attack Reflector Unit! By sacrificing my Proto-Cyber Dragon, I can special summon the Cyber Barrier Dragon from my deck."
"Hmph... fine." Benito didn't seem too happy as the grey and red-striped mechanical dragon rose with a roar. "It won't last long. I summon Roulette Barrel in defense mode!" The little gun-on-a-trash-can rose up, but was dwarved by the size of the cyber dragon. "Then I will activate it's ability!"
"Hmm." Zelda didn't budge as a single die rolled and landed on a six, then rolled again and landed on a three. The two results made Benito grin.
"Now, I choose the six that was rolled first, allowing my little gun to destroy your dragon." Benito scowled as the gun whirled, fired a few shots, and destroyed the Barrier Dragon. Zelda didn't even twich. "I will place two cards facedown and end my turn."
"It's about time... too bad your monster was in defense mode." Zelda drew her card and glanced at her hand. "I'll special summon one of my Cyber Dragons to the field." The serpent-like dragon machine appeared with a mechanized roar. "Next I will play the card Pot of Charity. This lets me remove my Proto-Cyber Dragon from the game to draw three cards. Now I play the spell card Heavy Storm." The windstorm picks up and blows away Benito's facedown cards, Negate Attack and Zero Gravity, leaving Benito himself growling."Now I summon Cyber Dragon Mechanic, in attack mode." A burly man, complete with a tool belt and several tools in his hands, rose up. "I'll set one card facedown. Now, Cyber Dragon, attack the Roulette Barrel! Strident Blast!" The weak defensed machine is blasted away by the dragon's energy attack. "Now, Cyber Dragon Mechanic, direct attack!" Benito was struck by the mechanic's tools and let out a scream. "I end my turn."
"Ugh..." Drawing his card, Benito smirked. "I play the magic card Monster Reincarnation! I'll send one card to the graveyard to bring back another to my hand." He discarded a card and pulled out another. "Now I'll summon the card I just brought back, Roulette Barrel!" The trashy gun appeared again. "And I will activate it's effect." The die appeared and rolled twice... both threes. This caused Benito to curse under his breath. "I play Pot of Greed. This allows me to draw two cards!."
"I know what the cards do, Benito... I am the best duelist in the Academy, after all." Zelda's snide remark didn't do much for Benito's temper as he drew his two cards.
"I'll set these two cards facedown and end my turn." Benito said with a slight growl.
Without further delaying the duel Zelda drew her card. "I will sacrifice my Cyber Dragon Mechanic for Jinzo." The machine freak of nature rose up, the light reflecting off his red glasses. Benito muttered a curse under his breath, but loud enough to be heard. "Watch your language, Crowler. This is a school, after all. Where was I? Ah, right. Now, let's see... I'll activate the spell card known as Mechanized Clock. This card jumps the duel forward two turns, in exchange it allows you to summon your best monster. I should mention that it forces your monster to attack the monster currently on my field with the highest attack points."
Benito nearly howled with amusement. "You stupid, foolish girl! I SUMMON THE ALMIGHTY ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM!" The giant bucket of rusted bolts rises with a great deal of creaking."NOW ATTACK WITH MECHANICAL MELEE!" The giant threw it's best punch at Zelda's Jinzo, sending him into a world of mechanized pain, but Zelda doesn't even flinch.
"If your done, I'll continued my turn now. With that done, I can now summon my own monster. I'll use the card I removed earlier, Power Bond. Now rise, Cyber End Dragon!" The three headed hydra-like serpetine dragon rose with a bright flash of light. "Now, Cyber End Dragon, destroy the Ancient Gear Golem. Super Strident Blaze!" With that, the Machine Dragon sent a gigantic blast of energy and completely obliterated the ancient machine with an explosion comparable to a nuclear bomb, causing Benito to get blown back into his desk. "I guess that means class is no longer in session." Zelda deactivated her duel xero and walked back up to her seat.
Alexei blinked a bit and glanced up towards Zelda's seat and turned back to his binder. God damn... I don't think I want to duel her... the thought came dryly to him. The bell rang and the class moved out all at once. Alexei walked out last, as his pre-decided custom, and joined up with his roommates outside of the building. Sarah and Sam were talking about the duel.
"Zelda really knows what she's doing, huh?" Sarah commented, glancing over at the build and waving to Alexei. "Hey, Alex!" Alexei frowned as he joined the girls. "Some duel, eh?" Alexei shruged slightly in return, in truth he didn't watch the entire duel, just the last two moves. He had been drawing, really.
"So... where to now, comrades?" Alexei asked silently. The first actual day and he was almost bored. Before either Sam or Sarah could answer Alexei glanced at his watch and started towards the Sliffer Red dorms. "It's getting a bit late, so I'll be in the room."
Sam blinked a moment before turning to Sarah. "Think he's shy?" she asked.
"Not as shy as you!" Sarah chided, laughed and started to run as Sam chased her.
So with the day slipping over the horizons, Alexei managed not to get through without attracting attention to himself. Will his luck keep up? Find out in the next episode of Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Twenty Years Later!
"Hey! Don't forget about us! Sarah here! All of heck breaks loose on the soccer field when Alexei shows Jazz and his buddies that dueling isn't the only thing he can do! ... something tells me Alexei doesn't find practical jokes funny... I wonder if the next prank'll get him to smile at least a little. . ."
"Uhh... Sarah... what are you doing with the glue?"