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Yuki's POV
The school year was already well underway, full of good duels, stories and lessons.
"Hmm, you have to do a tag duel or you're going to be expelled. Should have stayed out of that abandoned dorm it's a dangerous place." I looked at Jaden and Syrus "Yeah I thought I heard mumblings about that in the teachers' lounge. Well sorry but I can't really help."
"You're a tag duelist teacher right." Jaden said "Can't you give us some tips."
"I guess." I laughed scratching my head a bit "Look the most important thing is trusting your partner in a tag duel, you don't always have the ability to strategize on the fly so trust your partner and look for subtle hints on what to play. I dueled a pairs duel once with Yugi Muto you know."
"Wait really?" Cyrus gasped.
"Yep back in Battle City, it was actually one of my first duels eyer…man that takes me back." I smiled "But even then Yugi and I struggled."
"The King of Games struggled." Jaden asked.
"Tag duels aren't easy, half they fight depends on your partner and you're up against two others." I told them "Not to mention that your decks have to work together or you'll get in the way. I'm sure you two have the chemistry issue down you just need to sort out how to make your decks work together."
A Few Days Later
It was time for Jaden and Syrus duel, unfortunately their opponents were being custom picked by Crowler.
"Come on let's get this show on the road Crowler, where are their opponents?" I asked "Or could you not find anyone and now you're sad you forfeit and Jaden and Syrus get to stay."
There were an awful lot of students here watching, I wasn't sure if that was good or bad.
"Will they be facing an Obelisk Blue student or a teacher?" The Chancellor asked.
"Unless you want to duel them again and lose." I teased.
"This duel is to deliberate punishment so their opponents must fit the crime." Crowler said "So I outsourced some legendary duelists."
"Is that in the school's budget?" I asked "Does the owner known you're spending his money on nonsense?"
"It is most certainly within budget!" he snapped.
Two men flipped onto the duel ring, one in orange and one in green.
"It's a Kung-Fu movie?" Jaden asked.
"These guys are…" I squinted "Why'd you hire pro duelists to fight a couple of kids for sneaking into a dorm, this is ridiculous!"
"It looks like fun." Chancellor Shepard smiled "And Jaden seems excited, let's do it."
"Be careful you two." I walked away.
Yugi and Joey fought these guys once…I think they're the only people to ever beat them in a duel.
I took a seat and the Duel got under way.
"I summon Gyroid!" Syrus started.
Since no one could attack on turn one the first turns were all swift.
"I summon Jirai Gumo!" Para, the one in orange began.
"Then it's my turn!" Jaden went right away "Elemental HERO Burstinatrix in Defense mode!"
"Kaiser Seahorse in Attack mode!" Dox went last.
"They're monsters are much stronger." I mumbled with a hint of worry "This duel was a bad idea."
"I also activate a magic card in my hand Tribute Doll!" He said "I'll use it to sacrifice Jirai Gumo and summon Kazejin from my hand!"
He then followed up by using a card to allow his brother to draw a monster from his deck Sanga of the Thunder.
"Their going to play a monster like that against a few kids?!" I gasped.
"It's my turn, I summon Steamroid!" Syrus went next "Then I play Polymerization to fuse Steamroid and Gyroid into Steam Gyroid!"
A Train with a propeller appeared.
"The elder made the sacrifice so he has no monsters on his field." Syrus noted "Steam Gyrid attack him directly!"
"I use Kazejin's effect to reduce Steam Gyroid's attack to 0 for the rest of this turn!" the green brother jumped in.
"What team work, protecting his partner…" I hummed.
"Those two are in total sync, I wonder if the same can be said for the other boys since they have no experience dueling together and their decks are so different, one is machines the other is warriors." Cleopatra added in.
"I set one card and end the turn." Syrus nodded.
"My turn, DRAW!" the orange brother went "The magic card Monster Reborn! I bring Jirai Gumo back to the field, then I play the spell Tribute doll and sacrifice Jirai Gumo to summon Suijin!"
"They really are gonna summon that monster." I gulped.
"I then tribute Kaiser Seahorse and summon Sanga of the Thunder!" he yelled "Since it's for a light monster tribute Kaiser Seahorse counts as two tributes! I then tribute Suijin, Kazejin and Sanga to summon Gate Guardian!"
"Only their second turn and they have a monster with over three thousand attack!" I gasped.
"Perhaps this boy isn't the chosen one like we thought." Cleopatra said "If he can escape this duel though…just maybe."
"We gotta do something, the gods are gonna be super pissed if he gets kicked out!" I panicked as Steam Gyroid was destroyed.
"It's my turn." Jaden went next, unphased by the attack "I summon Elemental Hero Clayman and fuse him with Burstinatrix to summon Elemental HERO Rampart Blaster! She can attack directly but her damaged his halved."
He dealt 1000 points of to the brothers and ended his turn.
"I draw next." Dox went "I activate the Equip Spell Fairy Meteor Strike and equip it to Gate Guardian so now it can inflict piercing damage!"
"I play my face down card Mystical Space Typhoon!" Syrus yelled "I destroy your spell."
"I trigger Judgement of Anubis!" Para jumped in "It negates the activation of your spell and destroys your monsters while dealing you the attack as damage!"
"They didn't lose out at all!" I gasped as Jaden and Syrus had already lost nearly half their life.
"I then summon Defense Wall in Defense mode, it has the special ability to be the only monster you can attack while it's on the field! I end my turn."
"This is really bad, even I'm not sure how to get out of this mess." I shivered.
"They'll have to trust one another." Cleopatra hummed.
"I summon…Cycroid in Defense mode." Cyrus sighed.
"I draw!" Para went "Gate Guardian attacks Cycroid!"
They were now down to just under 2000 life points.
"Don't look down." The Chancellor smiled "A duel isn't over till the last turn."
"Hmm…yeah." I sighed.
"I summon Sparkman!" Jaden went looking like he wasn't giving up "And I equip him with Spark Blaster and use it to force gate guardian into Defense mode and then I set a card!"
"I draw!" Dox went "And set. I end my turn."
"I draw and summon Drillroid!" Syrus went next "It attacks Defense Wall!"
"But it's not strong enough" the brothers laughed as Jaden and Syrus took damage.
"But Drillroid's effect activates, if it attacks a monster in defense mode that monster is destroyed! Then I play Shield Crush do destroy a monster in defense mode, Gate Guardian!"
"Nice play!" I smiled.
"I draw!" Para went next "I play Dark Element, I pay half my life points and summon Dark Guardian! And it can't be destroyed in battle!"
A spider like version of Gate Guardian appeared.
"Now Attack Drillroid!"
"I activate Hero Barrier to negate the attack since I control an Elemental Hero!" Jaden stopped them from losing.
"I go!" Jaden went right away "I start with Pot of Greed to draw two cards! Then I play the field spell Fusion Gate!"
"Hey a field spell!" I smiled "They were watching my lesson."
"Don't flatter yourself." Cleopatra scoffed.
"I use Fusion Gate's effect to fuse Sparkman with Avian and Bubbleman from my hand to summon Elemental HERO Tempest!" Jaden smiled "Then I play Skyscraper which overrides Fusion Gate and makes my heroes stronger when they attack a monster stronger then them! Then he attacks Dark Guardian while using his special effect to tribute Syrus set card and avoid being destroyed in battle!"
"Dark Guardian can't be destroyed in battle!" The brothers laughed as the attack did nothing at all, no one took any damage.
"I draw!" Dox started his turn "I play One-On-One Battle to force Dark Guardian and Tempest to fight each other!"
"I sacrifice Skyscraper to prevent Tempest from being destroyed by battle!" Jaden saved his monster one more turn.
"They've only got 200 life points left." I started tapping my foot "Come on you two work together."
"Hmm…he's thinking." Cleopatra noted as Syrus drew a card.
"I sacrifice Drillroid to summon UFOroid!" Syrus yelled "Then I…play Power Bond! I fuse UFOroid and Elemental HERO Tempest to summon UFOroid Fighter!"
"It has no attack or defense value?" Cleopatra asked me.
"I don't know." I looked on.
"The attack and defense of this monster is determined by the value of the two monsters fused to make it so in this case 4000!" Syrus yelled "And because of Power Bond it's doubled to 8000!"
"What?!" I gasped.
"I'll take the original attack as damage at the end of the turn because of Power Bond!" He said "But there won't be a next turn! Attack Dark Guardian!"
"They did it!" I gasped as the brothers were defeated.
"It only took fusing their monsters together." Cleopatra laughed "They just had to work together."
"The Duel is over!" I yelled "Jaden and Syrus win!"
"A comeback like that." Cleopatra smirked "Maybe this kid is special."
"Yeah but…" I frowned "If he's supposed to be a hero to stop an evil…"
"What Evil is coming for this school." Cleopatra glared.
AN
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