Chaper 6: Escape the Academia!

The Academia attack force has returned from passing out due to the effects of Jaden's Shadow Game, but managed to quickly recover. Even if they didn't card every citizen of Heartland, the amount of destruction and sealed people made the Professor consider the first wave a success.

The participants of the hunting game were hanging out on the courtyard talking and discussing about how much destruction and despair they caused, and they didn't showed any regret or humanity. They were just making jokes and laughing.

"So how many of those bastards did you catch?" one of the Slifers asked to another one so casually.

"A sick number of 25, easy-peasy!" The other joyfully replied.

"Ha! I got 30!"

"The coolest part was when they ran away and we have to hunt them down as if they were wild animals!" Another Slifer contested as if it was a game.

"I hope that the Raid to Standard starts soon. Can't wait to show those cavemen how to Fusion Summon!" Another student said with enthusiasm in hopes of carding more people for its amusement.

But it wasn't all smiles and laughs for all students. Some of them showed a remnant of humanity and regret. They mostly sat on the floor crying and muttering words, with one of the best examples being both Blair and Nate Adams, who were still having horrible flashbacks about the Xyz raid.

"Come on you 2! What's the matter?" Alexis walked where the 2 were and tried to consolidate them, but it didn't seem to work.

"I-it's the Academia! T-they lied to us!" Blair cried out while still sobbing.

"What? The Academia lied?" Alexis still didn't knew what the Slifer was talking about. How could the Academia lie to its own students? There's just no way on earth they could make it.

"I-it's true…" Nate walked where Alexis was downed and depressed. "B-but was we talk somewhere more private?"

Alexis even if she wasn't conviced about what the 2 students were talking the truth, she was concerned about Adams' mental and emotional health. "Fine… But you both not better plot something fishy or I will be force to call the Obelisk Force to apprehend you 2."

"Believe me… you won't need to… We can go to your room if you want so…" Nate told the Cyber Angel duelist on his downer tone.

The 3 went to Alexis room and the place was comparable to a queen's room. The place was filled with luxury with a crystal chandelier, a queen size bed made of the most expensive bed sheets out there and even the bathroom was shiny and stuff.

"Geez! How can you live in such a flash place!? Do you need to usually wear glasses or something? Because this place is hurting my eyes from all the flash!" Nate complained about how this place is so bright it was hurting his eyes and had to shield them with his arm.

"Oh, about that… I'm mostly use special contact lens to not get my vision blined by the flashes. I still have to request the Professor to remove all that glitter from my room." Alexis told them.

Nate was searching on the drawers for scarves for Blair, but instead, he found out something that caught his attention completely. They were photos and pictures of Jaden and Alexis and the Supreme King wore a Slifer uniform and looked more… happier…

Nate asked the Pro duelist about the photos, but her response was an awkward silence. She didn't want to tell them about Jaden and her. Still knew that Blair already met the HERO duelist before Nate and got heartbroken once she knew what became of his prince…

"Fine… I'll tell you, but as long as you don't gossip tis to Jaden, you got that?" Alexis closed her eyes while sitting on her bed. "Me and the Supreme King… Used to be in love…"

There was a silent moment until Nate yelled one gigantic "WHAT!?"

"Shhh! Quiet, won't you?" Alexis shut Nate before someone could hear their conversation. "Anyway, when Jaden first arrived at the Academia when it used to be called Duel Academy, he was a completely different person. He was naïve, optimistic and loved to duel and make friends… Well, that's until that moment happened…" Alexis shredded a tear while remembering when Jaden break up with her.

*Flashback*

Alexis was waiting outside the Professor's Throne Room, Leo Akaba needed to talk with Jaden Yuki about something important. When Leo Akaba took over the Academia, Jaden constantly challenged him at duels. But to her dismay, Jaden lost every one of them.

Each time he lost a duel, one of his friends mysteriously disappeared and the HERO of the Academia looked somber and somber from every defeat.

Jaden opened the door of the throne room with his head tilting down.

"Jaden!" Alexis were to hug his boyfriend. "Is anything okay? What did the Professor told you?"

"Get off me Alexis…" The Slifer whisper on her ear. She noticed a bitterness and emptiness on his inside.

"Jaden! You look, sad… is there something I can help?" Alexis wanted to help her boyfriend in some way, shape or form.

"They promoted me to Supreme Commander status…" Jaden muttered. He seems like he didn't want to look Alexis straight through her eyes, as if he was hiding something from her.

Alexis gasped at her lover's response. "That's amazing!"

"Maybe for me, but I can't say the same for you…" Jaden muttered to Alexis.

Alexis' smile then faded away from her face… She was concerned about what he's going to tell him. "W-what do you mean?"

"I-it's about our relationship… I-i…" The HERO duelist tried to hold his tears from being released, but Alexis knew exactly what her boyfriend wanted to tell her…

"N-no! I-it can't be!" Alexis cried knowing what it's about to happened.

"I'm sorry Alexis, I'm truly am! I-it's just that we can't continue anymore being together!" Jaden then spilled what he wanted to tell Alexis. He wanted to break his relationship with her…

"Y-you can't Jaden! After everything we went trough together! When we faced off against the Shadow Riders, free the school from the Society of Light, survived the other world and saved our friends from the death! With every passing second getting more closer to one another! And…" Alexis was about to cry.

"I CAN'T CONTINUE THIS ANYMORE!" Jaden roared at her face with hatred. "Haven't you seen what life really is? It's not all funs and games! Life doesn't work that way! You almost died at the other world! I have lost all of my friends and you still want to love me!?"

"B-but Jaden…" Alexis looked more somber and somber.

"I'm sorry Alexis, but its for your own good, what if the enemies discover that you mean alot for me and they kidnap you?" Jaden stared at Alexis trying to hold his tears. "I'm sorry, but this is over between the both of us…" Jaden muttered at her girlfriend.

"Jaden! NO! Please! Don't…" Alexis didn't wanted to accept this, but inside, she knew that it was for their best… She just went back to her room holding her tears.

But for the Supreme King, he had running tears coming from his eyes. This hurt him more than Alexis.

End of Flashback…

"Ever since that day, me and Jaden became more distant and more distant… But I can't blame him, the Academia's objectives are more important after all…" Alexis sighted before putting the photo back to where it was.

"Geez… never knew that Jaden would be so…" Blair was heartbroken knowing that his dear prince was beyond salvation. And to think that he was the sole reason she wanted to enter the Academia.

"Anyway, about what you experienced on the the Xyz Dimension… You can now tell me everything." Alexis gave permittion to Nate and Blair to tell them everything.

"A-about us carding people… they weren't evil, they were innocent people! All of them!" Blair cried out still remembering those painful memories on the Xyz Dimension.

"The Supreme King and the other adults forced us to card every single civilian we could find without quarter or mercy. No one was spared, not even the women, children and the elderly!" Nate exclaimed while trying to repress his traumatic memories. "We could see our fellow classmates laugh at the residents being overwhelm by fear and despair, as if it was a game! W-we though that we would face against the scum of the universe, but funny story… we were the scum to begin with…"

What Nate told Alexis made her snap. Jaden ordered innocent youth to purge an entire city full of civilians. "N-no way Jaden would be that heartless! I knew him ever since his freshman years!" Alexis was still denying the truth.

"We're not lying Alexis! You want proof? Then get a load of this!" Adams snapped out while pulling out the cards containing the people he was forced to seal. They were from women, children, newborn and even elderly. "I… Managed to snuggle them when The Supreme King ordered us to give the carded people to the Professor."

When Alexis took a look at the cards, she could felt her soul broke into pieces. To know that the Academia, the institution she admired and worshiped the most and even Jaden Yuki, the man she trusted and loved the most would hide such things from their students.

"My… God…" She muttered absolutely speechless.

"That's why I have to escape right here, right now! I can't stand or forgive myself into supporting such a despicaple organization posing as if they were good people! I don't want to duel anymore in my life! I don't want to remember about that blasted war we were forced to cause! Please, help me to escape before I lose my humanity! Haven't you see what the Academia TRULY transform us into? They don't train us to become Pro Duelists! They try to brainwash us into becoming heartless monsters with no empathy on others!" The Yo-Kai duelist hugged the Pro Duelist and started to sob a sea of tears.

Alexis embraced him while calming the boy by hugging him back. "Alright Nate, I'll help you both into escaping, as long as you take me with you that is." She reaffirmed to the 2.

This caused the 2 to gasp in surprise. To know that Alexis also now wants to get our of the Academia alongside them.

"Besides, I know this place like the palm of my hand." Alexis reminded the 2 about her knowledge about the Academia. "But if we want out prison break to be successful, we need to plan and trace a perfect route. So each time your school session ends, come with me so we can plan our escape plot even further." The pro-duelist reminded the 2 before they went to their bedrooms.

And the days passed. Nate and Blair continued to being trained and educated by the Academia. Becoming stronger and stronger duelists, but something that bothered them is their teachings. About never try to improve your dueling strategies since they could be just a waste of time.

After a whole month worth of teachings, it was finally time to pu their escape plan they plotted all this time into action.

The gang has managed to gather outside Nathan's room in excuse that the 3 would study for tomorrow's exams.

"Alright, everyone's in position?" Alexis asked the 2, to know if they're ready for their great escape.

"Yup. To think that I would escape the place I dreamed to return…" Blair sighted about the sad irony she is envolved in.

"One moment please!" Exclaimed the Yo-Kai duelist as he came out from his dorm with a backpack full of his Yo-Kai medals, his cards, clothes and also hygiene products. "Coming!" He told the girls while quietly opening and closing the door.

"Great. Now that we're all here, let's repass our escape plan." Alexis told the 3 while bringing out a map filled with small doodles of the 3. "Every night, the Academia reinforces its security on these hours. There will be Obelisk Foce members patrolling all around the area" Alexis explained while pointing at a bunch of hand drawn Obelisk Force mooks with grumpy faces and really big teeth, holding lanterns. "All doors excepting the bathroom and the dorms are closed with lock."

"Psst… Hey Alexis." Nate wanted to say something, which the Pro Duelist looked at the Yo-Kai Duelist. "I think I have a good idea on how to get out faster." He whispered about a really absurd and out of place theory on how to fly away from the academic prison.

"Don't know… It sounds stupid, but stupid enough to work. But I still have my doubts." Alexis replied back as they looked at the map.

"Nate, the members of the Obelisk Force has gossip me about that you posses the powers to cause strange phenomenon's with the help of your watch. Speaking of Obelisk Force members, they're patrolling all over the halls. If we don't take care of them, then our destiny will be to become cards for eternity. So your mission will be to knock out the guards without causing a fuss." Alexis voice could be hear while Adams, Whisper and Jibanyan were hiding behind a wall, spying on the Obelisk guards patrolling the halls.

"Alright Nate, if we count correctly, the Obelisk Force's Dueling strategy consist on the Ancient Gear Hunting Hound. Even if your could technically win against them if you follow my great dueling advises, it would just ruin the whole plan." Whisper reminded his master while peeking at the hall. "Is it time Jibanyan?" The white ghost asked while the feline was checking if it was time to cut the cheese.

"Nyalright, my nyose is covered!" Jibs gave a thumb up while covering his nose with his other paw.

Nate then opened his backpack and pulled out a Yo-Kai medal from the Eerie Tribe. "Alright, this is going to stink. Come on out Cheeksqueak!" Adams inserted his Medal inside the Yo-Kai Watch, causing the Butt-face Yo-Kai to appear.

"Pou Pou!" The Eeire Yo-Kai pouted in preparation.

"Cheeksqueak, can you inspirit Jibanyan? I need you to make him toot the biggest, meanes, smelliest and nasties fart you can bring!" Nate ordered the Yo-Kai who gladly followed the given order.

Cheekqueak aimed his face toward the red cat and holded his hands on each cheek before firing a stream of farts toward him, inspiriting Jibanyan.

Jibanyan stomach started to roar and gurgle, and he didn't felt well. "Oh nyo… Nyate! This wasn't part of the plan!" He reclaimed about being used as inspirit bait for Cheekqueak.

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Whisper shouted out in warning before the atomic bomb coming from Jibanyan's rear could detonate.

PPPPPRRRRAAAAAAAAFFFFFFFHTTTTTT!

A gigantic fart sound was heard toward all the main hall. When the coulds of whaft cleared, it revealed the feline Yo-Kai and all the patrolling Obelisk Force members knocked out.

"Alright, the main hall is clear. Now let's get the hell outta here!" Nate reaffirmed while grabbing Jibanyan and run away.

"That's our Lady Satsuki to you Hoomaru. She mostly tries to play fair and square, but when she wants to play dirty, she cranks it up to 11." Jakuzure smuged to the secretary, admiring Satsuki's ways of getting what she desires.

"Blair, we need you to get the main key of the Academia that is located on the security room. Go get it as fast as you can." Alexis' voice echoed toward Blair's mind while she was spying on the security rooms where all the cameras are connected on the vent.

"Alright, looks like you're past your bedtime." She delivered a punchline before using her Duel Disc to summon a Mokey Mokey.

"Mokey Mokey." The oversize fairy pillow descended and grapsed the staff member security guard on his head, causing him to fall asleep.

Blair then descend toward the room and snatched the keys out of the guard before silently leaving the room.

The gang managed to snatch a boat to proceed their great escape.

"Huh! Never though that the use of tropes and gags would get us out of here pretty quickly. Thanks Nate." Alexis thanked the Yo-Kai Duelist while driving the aquatic vehicle.

"Neh, no need for compliments. But less talking and more dri-GAH, LOOK OUT!" Nate screamed out pointing to be a barrage of anti-magic arrows that came directly towards them. The arrows managed to pierce through the boat's engines, but it missed the passengers and drivers who dodged the projectiles as if they were dancing. Though, Nate managed to stretch Whisper to a degree it would able to protect the boy from the arrows, not without his Yo-Kai butler's complains.

"Quick! Over there!" Alexis pointed at a spot of concrete land. The 3 didn't though it twice and jumped where the dock was, leaving the boat to sink.

"Phew! That sure was closed." Blair sighted in relief watching the boat sink, just for the machine being eaten by a shark, and that shark was shallowed by a bigger shark, and that big shark was then devoured by a gigantic whale passing through.

"Well, there goes our ticket to freedom…" Whisper sighted out in disappointment. "Oh! Why don't you use Mirapo or the portable Mirapo to get us out of here?"

Nate after being asked that question was starting to sweat. "About that… Let's say I forgot the medal, ark and portable Mirapo in my home…"

"YOU WHAT!?" The white ghost yelled in anger, but then a spotlight flashed where the 3 where, revealing that they're surrounded by Juvenile officers with their armor dogs.

"Huhuhuhu! Going somewhere?" An ominous voice called the 3 renegates.

The voice of the individual grabbed Alexis attention. "Heh… For a parlor magician, you sure are a good warden, aren't you Arkana?" Alexis pointed what it looked like a man with a long purple ponytail wearing a red magician outfit with top hat and a blue and blast mask.

"My my my! To think Alexis Rhodes would have the audacity, the nerves, the guts to betray the Academia! Hahahaha! I'm wondering what your sweet Jaden would think about this?" Arkana asked Alexis with a mocking tone.

Alexis just gritted her teeth in anger.

Arkana then looked at the 2 Slifers for a moment, seeing that their face are in utter confusion. "Oh! I see you're wondering who I am, right? I am Arkana, the warden of the Academia in charge of looking for desertors that try to escape the installations, and the master of magicians!" Arkana boasted himself while doing a pose.

"Geez… Who the hell lets a magician be the warden of this placed?" Nate cringed by just looking on who hired for the job.

"Don't know Nate. I mean, maybe they had budget issues and he was the only one left with the lowest price." Whisper deduced while whispering those same words to his master.

Arkana was about to give more malevolent speeches, until he noticed that Blair wasn't around the other 2 criminals. "Did you really think you could snuck behind me, don't you? A good magician knows all sorts of tricks, so hitting us on our backs will not work mey dear." The former member of the Rare Hunters turned around to see Blair with her Commander Maiden ready to shoot.

"So many things the Academia has hid from us, I had enough of this!" Blair exclaimed giving the order to her Fusion Ace to fire, but one of the Juvenile Officers quickly carded her before do that, releasing a scream of fear.

"Abra cadabra, you friend is nothing more than a carta!" Arkana mocked Blair's cardification while putting the carded girl on one of his pockets. "You know, even the disloyal can serve a purpose to our ambition."

The mere act, the mere sight of seeing one of her most closest friends on the Academia, being carded on his own eyes caused his painful memories back at the Xyz Dimension back to him. "NO! PLEASE NO! NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE!" The poor boy kept jabbering about the same word while those flashbacks were staring to come back, remembering the screams and deaths of the Xyzians.

"Nyah! Whisper! Nyate is experimenting PTSD! D-do something!" Jibanyan shook Nate's head in hopes to make him snap out.

"What do I look like Jibanyan? A therapist?" Whisper yelled back, still trying to calm down.

"Oh! What's the matter? Did I touched a funny vein? If that's the case, then good for me!" Arkana laughted at the boy's PTSD in order to demoralize him, but it only made him very, very, very angry…

"That does it… Duel! RIGHT HERE AND NOW!" Nate bellowed at the malicious magician while preparing his duel disc.

"WAIT NATE! DON'T!" Whisper tried to calm his master's fumes, but it was too late.

"Ohohoho! It is a duel then? Then beware, I duel as good as my magic tricks!" Arkana replied preparing his duel disc.

"NATE! STOP!" Alexis ran to stop his companion from dueling, but she was then captured and binded by Juvenile Officers, forcing her to watch the duel.

DUEL!

Nate Adams: LP 4000 vs Arkana: LP 4000

"I'll go first!" Exclaimed while looking at his hand. "Since I don't control any monsters on my center Monster Zone, I can Special Summon Papa Windbag to the center Monster Zone from my hand!" Nate then summoned the elderly and priderful Yo-Kai of the Eerie Tribe.

"Haha! Here comes the the rarest, most powerful monster in all of Duel Monsters!" Papa Windbag self-praised himself as always.

(DARK/Zombie/Lv: 3/ATK: 0/DEF: 0)

"And since I control a Yo-Kai monster, I can Normal Summon Pallysoul the Heartful Yo-Kai to add 1 Polymerization to my hand!" Nate exclaimed while summoning the parasoul Classic Yo-Kai to appear while adding the Fusion Spell to his hand.

(WIND/Zombie/LV: 3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)

"Kiya! Pallysoul-Senpai! Over here, it's me Whisper! Your biggest fan!" Whisper couldn't contain his fanboyism over the Classic Yo-Kai, until Jibanyan knocked some sense to him with a paper fan.

"And guess which card I'm going to use now Sherlock? I activate Polymerization to meld Windbag and Pallysoul and call forth a Fusion monster!" Nate shouted slightly pissed off as the Fusion vortex sucked on the 2 Yo-Kai. "Come forth! Kyubi the Mysterious Yo-Kai!" Adams brought out his Fusion monster with the highest Attack on his Extra Deck by date.

"So anyway, who are we going to toast today?" Kyubi joked with his mischielvious demeanor rather than his more flamboyant one.

(FIRE/Zombie/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 3500/DEF: 0)

"Oh I see, bringing your strongest monster on your first turn? What's the fun on that? You still know if you win, I'll just going to throw you to the dungeon rather than carding you and your compliance, but then again, you're too precious for the Professor to be turned into overpriced paper." Arkana teased Adams' aggressive playstile.

"I just want to get the hell outta here! I've had enough with the invasion to the Xyz Dimension! And I want to retaliate Blairs carding, you, YOU MONSTER!" Nate bellowed before ending ending his turn.

"Hah! I've seen parlor magicians do better turns that the one you did! My turn!" Arkana exclaimed while drawing his card.

Arkana's Hand: 6

"Let's start this show with something small. From my hand, I summon Masked Sorcerer!" Arcana then started his turn by summoning a a magician in a robe wearing a metallic mask.

(DARK/Spellcaster/LV: 4/ATK: 900/DEF: 1400)

"So you summon an ugly wizard, big deal!" Adams said angrily wile still having that very antagonic glare against the warden of the Academia.

"He He He… You'll see that this magic show will offer more than your mind can imagine. I activate the titular card Polymerization!" The magician activated the Fusion card, causing the red and blue vortex to appear behind him. "Say Nate, do you like puppet shows?"

"I guess by what you say, you're just going to summon a creepy doll, don't you?" Nate deduced since it would be really obvious.

"No shit Sherlock…" Whisper sighted.

"You're right my dear spectator! As I merge my Shaddoll Dragon and my Apprentice Piper, it opens the curtains of a unfortunate soul possessed by the fallen puppeteer! Fusion Summon!" Arkana then pointed his staff on the air, revealing what it appeared to be a sinister doll versio of Winda, Priestress of the Gusto and Pulao of the Yang Zing archetype. "Obey my command like the mindless puppet you are, El Shadoll Winda!"

(DARK/Spellcaster/Fusion/LV: 5/ATK: 2200/DEF: 800)

Alexis was just frightened by the look of the Shaddoll monster. If she was correct, the El Shaddoll Fusion monsters are specialized in limiting and punishing Special Summon. And with Fusions counting as Special Summons, they could be devastating.

"Don't you love my monster? If it causes you fear, then great!" Arkana cackled while trying to get on Nate's nerves. "And now, I'll set 1 card face-down and end my turn." He declared while putting a face-down on his spell/trap field.

"Was that all you had to play? What about 'muh magic show'?" Nate fumed on a really pissed way to the Magician.

"Uhuhuhu! Don't worry Mr. Adams, things are about to get magical soon." Arkana chuckled full of himself.

"If you insists, I draw!" Nate Drew his next card, he really wanted to win this duel.

Nate's Hand: 4

"Nate, I know you're mad of him carding Blair, and don't get me wrong, I still want Lady Karma to take revenge, but don't let your anger take over you." Whisper reminded his master to stay calm and on his toes.

When he heard those words, he decided to take a deep breath and exhale. "Thanks a lot Whisper. I'll try." He thanked his Yo-Kai butler before continuing to duel Arkana. "From my hand, I activate my Continuous Spell Crank-A-Kai!" Nate played one of his core cards of his Deck, making the giant tree appear on his behind.

"Oh, so you want to test your luck I see? I always love good risk games." Arkana giggled for a moment before narrowing at the boy with a cold and malicious glare. "And more where lives are on the line like this game for example."

"Would you just that crap? I'm trying to win here!" Nate angrily exclaimed at the Magician.

"And I can say the same thing about you, young man ehehehe!" Arkana laughted while re-arranging his cards from his hand.

Nate gritted his teeth for a moment. This mage was really getting into his nerves. "No matter, I activate my Crank-A-Kai's effect! By discarding a card, I think you know the rest if you so much talk about me." Nate joked before discarding Mezuki, causing a coin to be inserted on the stone vending machine.

"It will be the question. If fate really wants you to live on prison forever!" Arkana commented while pointing his staff at the teenager.

"And it will be since I drew Whisper, the Slippery Yo-Kai! You know what to do!" Nate ordered his Yo-Kai friend as he made his grand appearance inside the capsule."

"Mwahahahaha! I'm baaack!" He said on a malicious and deep voice while dressing as a terrifying Genie!

(DARK/Zombie/LV: 4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 100)

"And now his effect! When summoned, I get to add 1 Yo-Kai monster from my Deck to my hand!" Nate exclaimed while adding a certain red and powerful Yo-Kai to his hand. "Now if I Special Summon Pallysoul with Mezuki, I will be able to Fusion Summon another Kyubi from my Extra Deck and win the Duel! But, its that face-down that disturbs me." Adams thought about his next play before snapping back to reality. "I shall now activate Mezuki's effect from my grave-"

"Cannot Summon!" The robotic voice of Nate's duel disc repeatly said.

"Wait, what!?" Nate gasped, continuing to still trying to resolve Mezuki's effect, but it seem that his duel disc seem to forbid him to do so. "What the hell did you done? Don't you say, you sabotaged my duel disc with some mumbo jumbo of yours!" Nate accused Arkana of cheating. When your life revolves around invisible ghosts, then your opponent cheating is not that farfetched.

"Uhh… Nate…?" Whisper then pointed to the sky, forcing his master to look up. He saw with horrot that Mezuki was being binded by the same strings that sustained Winda.

"Oh right, I forgot to mention! El Shaddoll Winda posseses the effect of restricting the both of us to only Special Summon once during each turn. Sorry kid, but that's how I duel!" Arkana laughted at the boy being helpless.

"Pfft! Whathever! I still have my Battle Phase! Go Kyubi!" Nate ordered his Yo-Kai friend to tast and burn Winda.

"Time to burn some wood! Inferno!" Kyubi exclaimed, throwing a wave of flames toward the Shaddoll, but Arkana started to laugh.

When Alexis heard his laugh, she knew that he's about to summon "that" monster! "Nate! Watch out!" She warned her friend about the upcoming threat.

"Oh foolish boy! You fell right into my trap! And speaking of traps, I activate my face-down card Dark Renewal!" Arkana exclaimed while liberating a smokescreen from his baton, covering the whole dueling field in smoke.

"Aw crap! *Cough* not this shit again!" Nate protested while covering his nose.

"If you would Summon or attack with one of your monsters, I can send that monster and 1 monster I control to the graveyard and then summon 1 Spellcaster monster from my Deck! I think my Masked Sorcerer has fulfilled his purpose! Perish along that fox!" Arkana bellowed as a purple coffin appeared and sucked the Masked magician and the Kitsune.

"Gaaah! This is clearly your fault Nate!" Kyubi blamed his destruction to the Yo-Kai duelist before being fully vacuumed by the coffin.

"And now ladies and gentlemen, allow me remind you all why they call me the Master of Magicians!" Arkana told everyone as the coffin started to emit an aura of Dark Magic. "For this spectacular show, I'll present you the ultimate wizard in terms of attack and defense! The warlock that knows one million dark spells and then some! I Special Summon the one, and only, DARK MAGICIAN!" Arkana screamed in joy when he Special Summoned one of his Ace monsters. It was him, the Legendary monster wielded by the King of Games, but it had a red outfit, white hair and a darker skin color.

(DARK/Spellcaster/LV 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)

Nate was in trance by just looking at the intimidating monster. The sheer sight of it made his heart beat faster. "T-T-T-THE D-D-D-DARK M-A-MA-MAGICIAN!? How d-did you even got it!?" He stammered in fear by just staring at the Legendary Spellcaster.

"Oh, if only you knew that they exist more Dark Magicians than you could think of! I'm going to tell you the crude truth, but the King of Games is nothing compared to my mastery of the Dark Magic!" Arkana exclaimed still remembering his duel against the famous King of Games.

"Shit… I'll set a card and end my t-turn…" Nate got on his knees due to the fear of dueling against a Dark Magician.

"Hehehe! Guess you're finally acknowledging how weak you are compared to my tricks! I draw!" Arkana cackled before drawing his next card.

Arkana's Hand: 2

"You know, it has been quite a thrill dueling you, you almost made me put up a good fight. But I'm afraid that your efforts will be for naught." Arkana contested before raising a Spell Card. "I activate the Spell Card, Dark Magic Attack! Wipe my opponent's backrow my servant!" Arkana ordered his Magician as it was recharging a ball of dark magic before spreading it all across Nate's Spell/Trap zone, completely burning down the Crank-A-Kai into smitherines.

"I still have a dace-down remember? I activate my face-down card Waboku!" Nate revealed his face-down trap, calling up the Waboku nuns who created a light barrier all around Whisper before disappearing. "Now my monsters cannot be destroyed by battle and I can't be damaged until the end of this turn!"

"Oh… Just look at you. Hiding behind your Spells and Traps, that's just so adorable." Arkana mocked the boy once again before continuing his turn. "In that case, I Summon this! Keeper of Dark Magic!" The former Rare Hunter then summoned a humanoid figure wearing a dragonic armor. "And I now activate my Keeper's effect! By revealing a Fusion monster from my Extra Deck, I can Special Summon one of its Fusion materials specifically listed on its text in face-down defense position." Arkana then showed up a copy of Dark Paladin. "After all, you can't get enough Dark Magicians. Mwahahahaha! Now I end my turn. I recommend you to take your time, since this will be your last turn!"

Nate tried to calm his fumes. "Only time will tell! I draw!" He drew his next card in hopes that this one card would turn the tides of battle. And it sure did…

Nate's hand: 4

"You know, you sure were a pain in the ass." Nate sarcastically compiled Arkana in hope of bothering him.

"Why thank you. That's my job after all." The magician responded back.

"But I think it will be a curtain call for you! I Special Summon Dimmy from my hand!" Nate declared before summoning the ninja shadow from his hand.

(DARK/Zombie/LV: 4/ATK: 100/DEF: 100)

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry about me…" The poor Shady Yo-Kai said melancholy.

"Hey Whisper!" Nate called his white ghost.

"Yes?" Whisper came near Adams as the good friend he is.

"I'm going to do the following, so don't be mad." Nate then whispered to Whisper his plan.

"Oh! If that's the case, then go ahead!" The Yo-Kai butler happily responded.

Nate then got his serious tone again and looked straight into his opponent. "If Special Summon shall not do the trick, the I'm forced to Tribute Summon then! I Tribute my Dimmy and Whisper in order to bring out an Oni that comes for naughty children who get out of their homes without their parent's permittion! And luckily for me, I'm a teenager!" Nathan declares as Whisper and Dimmy disparaged, transporting the white ghost near his master again.

One of the Juvenile Officers who was watching the fight suddenly heard loud footsteps. Not only that, but behind Arkana, a looming and quite large figure wielding a club slowly walked in.

"Aka… Aka… Aka…" The figure growled the color red in Japanese everytime he made a footstep. "AAKAA!" The giant figure jumped to Nate's side of the field, creating an impact wave covering the beast. And that's when his eyes glowed yellow.

"I'll like you to meet my big friend, Gargaros the Tough Yo-Kai!" Nate exclaimed as the cloud of dust revealed the giant red and infamous red Oni.

"GAAAARGAROOOS!"The demonic Yo-Kai roared, causing the Juvenile Officers to tremble.

(FIRE/Zombie/LV: 7/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2100)

"Luckily for you, I can't activate Gargaros' effect since it wasn't Special Summoned. But it won't matter! Let's Battle!" Nate declared the Battle Phase while the Oni charged where the Shaddoll was. "Go Gargaros! Smash that puppet into broken wood!" Nate ordered his monster.

"GHRAAAAAH!" Gargaros jumped and later smashed poor Winda into smitherines with his club, causing a massive shockwave all around the area that severely damaged the near buildings.

"And with Winda no longer in shape to perform more magic tricks, I'm free to Special Summon without any restriction in my Main Phase 2!" Nate declared as he passed to his second Main Phase. "And now, I activate Mezuki's effect of banishing itself from the grave in order to bring back my Kyubi!" Adams pointed to the sky as a fire twister emerged from the ground, revealing to be Kyubi.

"You really think you could get rid of me that easily? My will are just like my flames, eternal!" The S-rank Yo-Kai exclaimed while being covered in his flames to make a dramatic entrance.

(FIRE/Zombie/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 3500/DEF: 0)

"It's over! You may control 2 Dark Magicians, but I have the upper hand in power points! I don't think that any cheap magic trick from your sleeves shall save you from the kick in the ass I'm going to deliver! I set 1 card face-down and end my turn!"

When Nate ended his turn, it made Arkana smirk. And that smirk became a laugh, and that same laugh became a maniacal cackle.

"Shit…" Nate cursed, knowing when someone laughed like that. He has done one big screw-up.

"Gyahahahahahahahahaha! Fool! You blew it! You just screw it! You rightly have doomed yourself desertor!" Arkana beamed out Nate's misplay that would cost him the duel and his life. "You were so foolishly bothered by Winda, you forgot the dangers my Dark Magician could strike you in! My turn!" Arkana declared the start of his next turn before drawing his card.

Arkana's Hand: 1

"My oh my… It looks like the heart of the cards decided to be on my favor this time." Arkana joked after looking at the card he drew. "You know that a good magician is nothing with its trusty wand, so now I summon Magician's Rod in attack position!" Arkana declared, summoning the rod of the Dark Magician without his owner.

(DARK/Spellcaster/LV: 3/ATK: 1600/DEF: 100)

"Huh? Is he really going to defeat you using only a stick? I mean, he could use it to smack you with it." Wisper expressed some sarcasm before looking at Nate, who was still frightened about his Life Points get all wiped out. He could just give up, but being taught so much by the Academia forced him to taste his defeat without conceding.

"And when my Rod is Normal Summoned, I can add 1 Spell or Trap fit for the Dark Magician!" Arkana declared before adding the winning spell. "Nate, I must admit that this was a fun show. It will be a shame that you won't survive to tell the tale! I'll finish this duel by playing my Quick-Play Spell Secrets of Dark Magic!" Arkana revealed his Spell card, which caused a dark magical with a red and blue vortex to be summoned in the sky. "With this Spell, I'm able to either Ritual Summon a monster using a Dark Magician or Fusion Summon a monster with Dark Magician as one of its materials. And since you know what effect I'm gonna pick, then thank you for making this explanation more short" Arkana then raised his baton in the air as his Dark Magician who was dropping a maniacal laugh and the Keeper of Dragon Magic ascended where the circle was before being absorbed. "Legendary Magician of the Dark Magic, fuse with the guardian of the forbidden Fusion knowledge and descend to raise hell!"

Dark thunderbolts were falling down from the sky, destroying near buildings and structures leaving a trail of ruin. And from the circle in the sky, it descended a figure similar to the Dark Magician, but it now had dragonic wings and a tail.

"Wicked warlock of the pitch black doom! Descend from the hellish heaven with your obsidian wings and bring ruin and destruction to my enemies! Fusion Summon! Come to me, Level 8, Red-eyes Dark Dragoon!" The wicked magician cried out as the infamous Fusion descended with grace.

(DARK/Spellcaster/Fusion/LV: 8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500)

"Jesus! First the D-dark Magician and now the R-red-Eyes B-black Dragon!? How the hell did you even got that card to begin with!?" Nate wanted answers from the Magician, it wasn't possible for someone like him to wield such Legendary cards.

"Bahahaha! You still don't get it, do you? With Kaiba Corp being ours, we can get as many rare and Legendary cards as we want! We can get away with everything!" Arkana remarked how the Academia almost has full control of Duel Monsters. "But enough chit-chat! I activate one of Dark Dragoon's Special Abilities!" Arkana exclaimed while his Fusion Ace card started to twirl his staff with infernic flames in order to charge it up. "Once per turn, I can target monsters you control up to the number of Normal monsters and destroy it! Not only that, but you'll take damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack! That means that it's going to be 3500 points of damage straight to your face! Inferno Fire Magic!" Arkana cried out as Dark Dragoon released a sea of infernal flames toward Kyubi while manically laughed at the Yo-Kai's suffering before it got burned by the flames. And those flames reached the Yo-kai duelist, causing him to cry out of pain.

Nate's LP: 4000 – 500

"Aw crap! If that THING attacks Gargaros, we're done for! I just hope that we at least are worth a fortune on Spect-Bay!" Whisper prayed, knowing that this will be the end.

"It's time to take your final bow! Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, attack that Oni and destroy that kid's hopes and dreams! Dark Magic Inferno!" Arkana exclaimed while his monster summoned black lighting bolts from the sky that was coming toward the Oni.

"H-hope this works! I activate my Trap Mirror Force!" When Nate announced his Trap, a mirror barrier covered him and Gargaros, deflecting the attack toward Dragoon.

"Phew… We dodged a fat one there." Whisper sighted in relief. But rather than the Spellcaster being destroyed, he was completely harmless.

"Aw come on!" Nate fumed out in anger.

"Oh right! I forgot to tell you that my Dragoon cannot be target or destroyed by card effects! It's the ultimate form of the Dark Magician!" Arkana exclaimed in joy while his monster did the attack again, now hitting its target and thus, wiping out Nate's Life Points.

Nate's LP: 500 – 0

Arkana Wins

Nate got sent to the lake due to the impact of the attack and was floating unconscious. Of course, the Juvenile officers pulled him off in order to card him when Arkana gave the order. The officers then woke up and apprehended Nate alongside Alexis

"Hehehe, guess you weren't that impressive after all. The strongest female duelist of the Academia and the boy the Professor was most interested about, now trying to defect the organization that help them be where they are now! And now for my next trick, I'll make these 2 defectors DISSAPEAR!" Arkana manically laughed while slowly going for the carding button on his duel disc, until…

Sky Magician appeared and threw his rings in order to destroy the monsters of the Juvenile Officers, sending the guards to the river. And that's when he appeared.

"So… This is the Academia eh? Leo sure did quite the change here." Yusho said standing behind Arkana with Sky Magician standing behind him. "You must be Arkana. I'll give it to ya, you sure know how to put quite a show. But people who use duel monsters as a mean to injure others is beyond my forgiveness!"

"Ha! Sorry to disappoint your Yusho Sakaki, but this dimension only needs 1 magician! And that's going to be me! I know who you are, and I'll deliver you to the Professor! Go my Dragoon, and attack Yusho!" Arkana commanded his fusion monster into attacking the performer.

"Sorry, but I'll negate that." Yusho responded while using Negate Attack to block the monster's Dark Magic Inferno. "And I'll return the favor now!" He declared while making Sky Magician shoot his rings toward Arkana, who made the Magician fall onto the river.

"What…? You are…" Alexis couldn't believe that the infamous Yusho Sakaki would come to her rescue. Even when the Professor told her that he was a despicable man.

"No time to explain my young ones." Sakaki contested while climbing his Sky Magician and extended his hand toward the 2. "If you want to live and be free, then come with me!"

Alexis and Nate's eyes were full of amusement. They never seen a man fight with such grace and color. But before they could reach the legend's hand…

"Urgh, you goddamn brats! I won't let you escape! The show must go on after all!" Arkana got up from the river and was trying to card Nate in order to give him to the Professor, but instead of carding him, he didn't knew that he accidentally pressed the dimensional transportation button. "Wait nononono! Revert! Revert! Revert!"

"Well guess this is the end of the road!" Nate shrieked in fear as he embraced Whisper and Jibanyan with a strong hug thinking that he would be transformed into a card, but rather was enveloped by a white light. Transporting the boy and his 2 Yo-Kai to who knows…

"Argh! Whatever… I can still catch that blonde bitch…?" Arkana then looked around, but there was no on in sight…

Meanwhile on a near rooftop, Venoct watched everything, until Hack King the Merican Yo-Kai of the Shady tribe returned where the elite specter was.

"Thanks Hack King. Without you, our hopes of stopping Zarc would have been reduced to 0." Venoct thanked the king of hackers, being relief that Nate is at least safe in one of the 3 dimensions.

"No n33d to thnx me. Aftr all, no n00b comutr is zef from my 3lit hacking sk11ls!" The Yo-Kai boasted himself about his great hacking skills.

Even still, Venoct prayed to Hinozall that Adams would land somewhere safe and away from the Academia's clutches…


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Gargaros the Tough Yo-Kai

(FIRE/Zombie/LV: 7/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2100)

Effect: When this card is Special Summoned: Target cards your opponents controls equal to the number of other "Yo-Kai" monsters you control; Destroy them. You can only use the effect of "Gargaros the Tough Yo-Kai" Once per turn


Next time of Yo-Kai Watch Arc-V:

Jeez… I think we made it… We escaped the Academia… At last… Anyway Whisper, do you know where the hell are we? Just hope that it isn't the Xyz Dimensin…

Hmm… Let me see… Oh! We're actually in…

Nyou wanna find out? But I'm guessing you're already know. Arc-2: New Life on ?! Don't miss it, Nyan!