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Episode Four
A Legendary Ocean
Bugs sat in a lump on the ground, defeated. Alex smiled proudly and the crowd went wild. Jay grabbed Bugs and pulled him up.
Alex spoke up, "Now remember our agreement, I won the duel so you have to stop bugging us." Bugs snarled and Jay quickly lead him through the crowd. Once they were out of the crowd they took it up to a run, all the way to the Obelisk Blue Dorm.
Nick and Trisha ran up to Alex, "You did it!"
Alex smiled and Trisha hugged him, "I knew you'd do it…my hero." Alex smiled and Nick hit him on the back.
"That was spectacular Alex…very good," Nick commented.
The crowd slowly dispersed and Alex checked his watch, "Yikes," Alex shouted.
"We have ten minutes before the welcome dinner." Trisha quickly took off at a run towards the Obelisk Blue dorm and Alex and Nick jogged the short distance to the Ra Yellow dorm.
Alex and Nick ran up the steps, they heard noises coming from the mess hall. Alex and Nick quietly entered the room. The mess hall was a long room half the length of the dorm and it was two dorm rooms wide. The normal cafeteria tables were pushed to the side to make room for one long table for the welcome dinner only. The Ra Yellows were all mingling with each other and old friends were reminiscing.
Alex and Nick smiled at each other, then they went to the drink table off to the side. They grabbed two drinks and noticed the head of Ra Yellow, Professor Satyr.
Professor Satyr was a tall thin man dressed in a long yellow overcoat. He had short black hair and a black beard.
Alex stood on his tip-toes surveying the room.
"Who are you looking for," Nick asked.
"Those kids," Alex answered. "That Jard was telling me about, Jaden Yuki he is the number one duelist in the school."
"Then why is he in Ra Yellow," Nick asked.
Alex shrugged, "And his friends Chazz and Syrus, and one other…Kenzan."
Nick nodded and Alex continued, "Yeah Jard was bragging about how he almost beat Jaden in a duel last year. Yeah, I doubt he even scratched the kid's life points. I've been looking forward to meeting the number one duelist in the school."
Nick nodded, "Yeah and maybe…I could challenge him to a duel!"
Alex laughed, "You…haha…you wouldn't last three seconds in a duel against someone of number one status, as opposed to me, I could do so damage."
Nick laughed and the two friends continued to joke.
Then Jaden and the gang entered the Ra Yellow mess hall.
Alex ran right up to them, followed by Nick.
"Hello," Alex said proudly.
Jaden looked up but his friend Kenzan stood in his way, "Who dares speak to the almighty Jaden number one duelist in Dueling Academy."
Jaden laughed, "It's ok Kenzan you don't have to do that every single time someone wants to speak with me."
Chazz laughed, "Number one duelist in Duel Academy. Yeah not for long, by the end of the year I will be the number one duelist."
Syrus laughed, "Chazz after two years you still haven't been able to defeat Jaden, give it up."
Chazz growled and Jaden continued.
"I saw your duel against that Bugs kid, Weevil Underwood's son right, it was really impressive."
Alex nodded, "Thanks, my brother Jard has told me all about you, he's a senior Obelisk Blue."
Jaden nodded, "Cool, sorry but I haven't heard of him."
Nick laughed, "You haven't heard of him, that's so typical of your brother Alex."
Alex nodded, his brother hadn't dueled Jaden, "Yeah, I doubt he ever told the truth."
Syrus spoke up, "Did your brother mention any of us."
Alex thought, "Um no sorry he didn't mention anything about you," Alex lied. Jard had told Alex and Nick about the kid Syrus, and how he was a total "wimp" one day while Jard was bragging about how tough he was during the summer and listing all the people he supposedly beat. Alex was hoping Nick wouldn't remember, he didn't want to hurt Syrus' feelings.
Syrus' face looked away and Nick began to think, "I thought your brother said that kid Syrus was a weak duelist who didn't deserve to be at Duel Academy."
Alex hit Nick on the back of the head, "You fool," he whispered.
Syrus growled, "Oh yeah you think I'm weak? Well how about I prove you wrong…in a duel!"
Nick grew nervous, "Come on it was his brother that said it."
"Calm down Syrus," Jaden commanded.
Syrus shook his head, "I promised my self I won't be pushed around this year. No if you think your so tough then duel me."
Nick gulped, "Come on kid I'm sorry."
Syrus held out his duel disk, "Come on I can take you."
Nick saw there was no backing out, "Fine, if you insist."
But this time Chazz spoke up, "But how are we gonna do it if the welcome dinner it going on?"
Jaden laughed, "Come on Chazz what happened to your rebel spirit?"
Chazz glared at his friend.
With Kenzan in the lead the group crept towards the door. They slowly slipped through one by one; Kenzan…Jaden…Chazz…Syrus…Nick…and Alex. Once in the hallway they ran out of the dorm via the front entrance. The crept around the dorm and stood at the back, it was open grass, the perfect spot for a duel.
Syrus stood on one side and Nick stood on the either. The four friends stood on the right side, not behind any duelist.
Syrus spoke first, "I hope this will teach you a lesson to pick on kids."
Nick tried to explain but Syrus' anger was too great; he just activated his duel disk. Nick had no choice so he activated his duel disk. The duel was underway.
Nick: 8000
Syrus: 8000
"I'll go first," Syrus commanded and picked up a card giving him six in his hand.
"I summon Drillroid (1600/1600) in attack position!" A small machine monster appeared on the field. It was tan with blue markings on the top and the machine was cartoon-like. It had wheels on the rear end and drills in place of its hands and a large drill on top of its head.
"And now I end my turn," Syrus announced.
Nick nodded and drew. "I activate the field magic card A Legendary Ocean!'
Behind Nick a large stone temple appeared. From the top of the temple water began to cascade down flooding the playing field. The water continued to drop down and only stopped once it reached the duelists' knees.
Syrus groaned, realizing this card meant trouble.
Then with five cards in his hand Nick continued his move, "I summon Mermaid Knight (1500/700) in attack position."
A large mermaid suddenly swam out of the water. The mermaid had magenta flowing hair and she was wearing blue armor with her green tail sticking out. Mermaid Knight held a matching sword and shield.
"And my Mermaid Knight gains 200 attack points and defense points thanks to the effect of A Legendary Ocean (1700/900)." Nick gulped, "Forgive me Syrus," Nick said.
"Mermaid Knight attack Drillroid!"
Mermaid Knight swam rapidly through the water. She made a short stop in front of the machine and quickly brought her sword down upon its head. Drillroid smashed to bits and Syrus let out a howl as his life points dropped to 7900 (Nick: 8000 Syrus: 7900).
"And," Nick continued. "A Legendary Ocean can be treated as the magic card Umi, and Mermaid Knight's effect states that when "Umi" is on the field she can attack again. So Mermaid Knight attack again, this time go straight at Syrus, Mermaid Slash!"
Mermaid Knight raced across the field. Syrus held up his arms in an attempt to protect himself from the attack. Mermaid Knight stopped right in front of Syrus and held her sword up high. She swung it down onto Syrus' arms sending him flying across the field.
Slowly Syrus' life points dropped down to 6200 (Nick: 8000 Syrus: 6200) as he recovered from the attack.
"Oh come on is that the best you got," Syrus asked.
"What's up with Syrus," Chazz asked. "Why is he so pissed?"
Jaden shrugged, "I guess he took what Nick said the wrong way and it really pushed him over the edge, hopefully after the duel he'll calm down."
"Syrus seriously, will you stop taking this so seriously," Nick pleaded.
Syrus just said, "Is that the end of your move?" Nick nodded and Syrus drew.
"I summon Submarineroid (800/1800) in attack position!"
A large cartoon-like submarine appeared on the field. It had a yellow bottom and the top was a dark navy-blue.
But suddenly Submarineroid's attack and defense rose by 200 points (1000/2000) and Syrus laughed, "Since Submarineroid is a Water monster he gets the benefits of A Legendary Ocean."
"Now Submarineroid, activate your special ability allowing him to attack my opponent directly with his original attack (800)!"
Nick took a step back as the submarine dunked under the water. Nick looked around worriedly, where was it gonna pop up? Syrus stood confidently on the other side of the field with his arms crossed.
Suddenly the submarine rose out of the water right under Nick. Nick fell over and landed in the holographic water with a splash. Nick's life points quickly dropped down to 7200 (Nick: 7200 Syrus: 6200).
Syrus grinned from ear to ear as his Submarineroid rapidly return to his side of the field. Once there something strange happened, the submarine turned horizontally and switched to defense mode.
"What," Nick question. "Sorry Syrus but you can't just switch your monster's position in the middle of your turn."
Syrus shook his head, "Oh yes I can. Because of my Submarineroid's effect, this allows him to switch to defense mode after the Damage Step."
Nick nodded as Syrus set a card facedown and ended his turn with four cards in his hand.
Now Nick drew, giving him five cards in his hand. "I set one monster in defense mode and then," Nick studied his hand. Normally Nick would have been excited about a move like this but…Nick didn't really want to fight Syrus, he seemed like a nice guy. But Syrus was giving Nick no choice so…
"I activate the magic card Book of Taiyou!" A large orange book with strange inscriptions on it materialized on the field.
"Book of Taiyou," Nick explained as Syrus was mesmerized. "Allows me to change one monster on the field from facedown defense position to face up attack position."
Syrus was puzzled, "But the only facedown defense monster is your own, if you wanted it in attack couldn't you have just summoned it that way?"
Nick shook his head, "What I really want is for my monster's flip effect to activate," the reason hit Syrus in the face.
The Book of Taiyou flipped open and slowly Nick's facedown card turned face up, and a new monster appeared on the field.
It was a small girl with icy blue hair. She was wearing a tan robe that covered her green shirt and her blue skirt. In her hand she held an icy blue staff.
"Eria the Water Charmer (500/1500)," Nick announced. Syrus was familiar with Eria, and his face went pale.
Nick went on to explain, "When Eria is flipped her effect activates, allowing me to take control of one Water monster on the field."
Eria held up her staff high. Her sweet voice began to chant slowly. Then it got faster, and faster, and faster until it was a loud scream. And then Submarineroid glowed blue. And the Water/Machine glided through the ocean making waves along the way, until it finally stopped beside Eria.
Syrus growled and Nick continued his move, "Now I am going to switch Submarineroid into attack position and have Mermaid Knight attack you directly!"
Mermaid Knight let out a shrill cry and swam forward, completely disregarding Syrus' face down card.
As Mermaid Knight reached her target she swung her sword up high and then Syrus shouted, "I activate my facedown card…Magic Cylinder!"
As Mermaid Knight swung her sword at Syrus two purple cylinders appeared on the field. Mermaid Knight's sword suddenly got stuck in one of the cylinders and her sword glowed purple.
Syrus cleared his throat, "Thanks to Magic Cylinder you monster's attack is redirected…to you!"
Then the other cylinder suddenly let out a beam of purple energy shaped like a sword. The sword soared across the field and rapidly hit Nick, knocking him backwards to the foot of the holographic temple. And Nick's life points dropped down to 5500 (Nick: 5500 Syrus: 6200).
But even when the cylinders cleared Mermaid Knight remained in front of Syrus.
Nick stood up, "Thanks to Mermaid Knight's effect she can attack you again," Nick explained and Syrus braced himself for the impact.
Mermaid Knight swung her sword ruthlessly at Syrus, knocking him backwards. Syrus groaned as his life points dropped down to 4500 (Nick: 5500 Syrus: 4500).
Nick continued his move, "And now I'm going to have Submarineroid attack you."
Submarineroid shot forward on its propellers and raced across the field. It pushed water out of its way and slammed right into Syrus sending him tumbling and sending his life points down to 3500 (Nick: 5500 Syrus: 3500).
And then Nick ordered the final attack for that turn. "Now Eria the Water Charmer, attack Syrus! Water Blast attack!"
Eria held up her staff and suddenly thrust it forward. All the water on the field rose up into one gigantic tidal wave. As Syrus went completely pale the wave came crashing down on his head, reducing his life points to 3000 (Nick: 5500 Syrus: 3000).
And finally, with three cards in his hand, Nick ended his turn.
Syrus growled angrily, he promised himself he won't let himself get bullied; he had to take control of the duel.
Syrus rapidly picked the top card in his deck and added it to his hand, giving him five cards in his hand.
Syrus's face was consumed by a massive grin. "I activate the magic card Polymerization, to fuse together two monsters in my hand; Rescueroid and Kyuukyuuroid to form…Reskuroid (2300/1800)!"
The two monsters appeared on the field. Then suddenly a purple vortex appeared in between them, sucking them in. As the two monsters were consumed by the vortex it grew bigger and bigger until it shot out a new machine monster.
Reskuroid was a red cartoon-like truck/ambulance with six large wheels supporting it.
"Now Reskuroid, attack Eria the Water Charmer!"
Reskuroid did a pop-a-wheelie and ripped through the water across the field. It didn't let up and completely slammed into Eria knocking her flat and reducing Nick's life points to 2700 (Nick: 2700 Syrus: 3000).
Nick looked horrified and Syrus grinned but suddenly they heard a noise…
"Hey you kids stop right there!"
The group turned to see campus patrol running straight at them. Nick quickly deactivated his duel disk and Syrus did the same, they weren't supposed to be here.
They quickly took off and made a dash for some bushes off to the side. There were three patrol men running around the back of the dorm with flash lights.
"If you come out now," they compromised. "We promise to only let you off with a warning."
Alex began to move but Jaden stopped him. "They always say that, it's a trick."
They continued to search unsuccessfully for a few more minutes and then finally left. The group waited a few more minutes though just incase they were waiting nearby.
After ten minutes they deemed it safe to come out.
Syrus growled, "I want a rematch."
"Come on Sy are you serious," Jaden asked. "Just listen to yourself…you need to chill out buddy. Nick didn't say those things it was Alex's brother so clam down."
Syrus stopped for a moment and realized what had happened. "Listen guys I'm really sorry I acted that way."
Alex and Nick nodded, "No sweat I forgot about it already," Nick said. Syrus laughed and the group slowly crept into the Ra Yellow dorm.
Next Time on Dueling GX…
It's the infamous first day of classes and of course the most trouble is caused in Dr. Crowler's class. Then Trisha gets into a fight with a girl who wants to trade dorms with her. What better way to settle it then…a duel?