Chapter 16: of Eggwiches and Apemen
After classes were done for the day Haru, Syrus and Will bolted down the hallway towards the card shop.
"Haru! Will! Slow down!" Syrus called as he gradually fell behind the two taller boys.
"No can do shortstack. It's sandwich day and I have a feeling that today's the day I claim the grand prize" Haru called back to him.
"Didn't you just eat?" Will asked keeping pace with the Kaiju duelist.
"Will, we've only known each other for a short time, so I'll let you in on a little secret" Haru replied. "I burn a lot of calories putting these Obelisk snobs in their place, so I have to increase my intake to keep up". Within a couple minutes the trio made their way into the card shack, noticing a large group of Slifer and Ra students crowded around a deep dark bin filled to the brim with wrapped sandwiches with the duel academy logo on it.
Will looked around clearly not familiar with his surroundings. "I'm seeing a lot of Slifers and Ra's but no Obelisks".
Syrus and Haru exchanged a look of confusion. "You really don't get out much do you Will?" Syrus asked.
"Why would we of the Obelisk dorm lower ourselves to such a level as eating commoner food such as this?" Haru said doing his best stuck up rich kid impression.
"Yes clearly we could be eating the finest caviar, and food prepared by our five star chef" Syrus said playing along.
"Alright alright I get it" Will sighed.
They watched as one after another Ra and Slifer stepped up to the bin and dug out a bag before unwrapping it and digging in. Each time the student let out a cry of disgust as they discovered the familiar taste of tuna salad and liverwurst.
"Isn't sandwich day wonderful?" Haru asked with a smile on his face.
"I don't understand why you're so happy about this, they're just sandwiches" Will said watching each students reaction.
"There's a bit of a sport in the whole thing" Syrus explained. "None of the sandwiches are actually labeled so it's based on the luck of the draw if you get a good sandwich or not."
"More often than not the sandwiches are made out of less than stellar items, but the sandwich bin always attracts visitors for the chance of pulling the one true prize."
"Prize?"
"The Golden Eggwich! An egg laid by the finest of chickens and placed within the finest of baked breads. This sandwich has become something of legend around the island because very few have actually been able to obtain it."Haru walked up to the bin and said a quiet prayer before plunging his large arm down into the pile of packages. Pulling out one he ripped it open and took a bite with a look of inquisitiveness on his face.
Syrus and WIll watched him finish it waiting for a response, "Well?".
"Nope its tuna" Haru shook his head as he tossed the wrapping in the garbage nearby.
"So there's only one of these sandwiches every week?" Will asked, "My chances don't seem all that great, I think I'll pass."
"Better to draw a bad sandwich here than a bad card in a duel"
The boys turned to see Alexis standing behind them two unwrapped sandwiches in her hands.
"Oh hey Alexis" Syrus greeted.
Haru raised an eyebrow. "You're participating in sandwich day too?"
"Yup," Alexis said. "I heard you talking to Syrus about it earlier, so I decided to see what the fuss was about."
"But why do you have two sandwiches?" Haru asked.
"Maybe she wanted to ask you on a lunch date, Haru." Syrus remarked, smirking.
This comment made her blush as she turned away from them. "That's not it at all, I was just practicing my drawing skills that's all."
"Sure you were" Syrus said.
"I was!" She yelled.
"Perhaps you should stop teasing her," Will said stepping in. He then turned to Alexis. "Did you perchance happen upon the "Golden Eggwich" these two have been talking about?"
"No," Alexis said, regaining her composure. "In fact, I don't think anyone's pulled it so far. I heard a Ra say that no one's pulled one in over a month."
"It's true…" The group looked to see Ms. Dorothy approaching. "I'm here all day in view of the cart. Nobody's been able to pull that sandwich for the last five weeks. Knowing that, I can only assume someone's been raiding the sandwich bin while I'm not on duty."
"It must take some skills to pull the Golden Eggwich five weeks in a row" Syrus noted as he watched Haru's expression go from disappointment, to anger to one of thinking.
"I'm sorry" Ms. Dorothy sighed.
"Why are you apologizing?" Alexis asked consolingly. "If anyones to blame it's the thief".
"Perhaps we should catch this thief" Haru said thoughtfully.
"Why?" Will questioned.
"And how do you propose we do that?" Syrus asked.
"It's simple my dear Watson" Haru said patting him on the head "We're going to stake out the premises tonight. And as for why, I really wanna know what kind of weirdo is behind this."
"Makes sense, the thief will more than likely strike after the shop has closed down" Will nodded.
"Seems like a good idea" Alexis nodded. "It's a long shot but maybe I'll find some information on my brother from this thief."
"This seems to warrant preparation, perhaps we should head back to the dorms before beginning this endeavor?" Will said.
"I can see why Bastion likes you, you're rather fond of your big words" Syrus snarked.
"Be nice Syrus, Will has the right idea. No point in heading out on this little adventure on a empty stomach."Haru said patting the Blue haired boy on the head.
"Funny you should say that, the card shop closes around 8 so it shouldn't interfere with the dorms usual meal times" Ms. Dorothy informed them.
"Wow this plan is just falling into place" Haru said. "Alright see you guys back here at 8 tonight". The Kaiju duelist turned towards the door and took off before Syrus knew what happened.
"Hey wait up" the little Slifer cried as he took off after him.
Will watched the two go and turned to Alexis "Alexis? If I may be so bold why exactly are you playing along with this plan? Syus I can understand because it seems like those two are inseparable but your reasoning puzzles me."
"I could ask the same of you" the Obelisk girl said raising an eyebrow.
"I sort of owe Haru a favor, plus he has a way of doing things that has caught my attention on a few occasions" the Ra explained trying to make it sound as normal as possible.
"Oh you two huh?" Alexis laughed, "It's about the same for me actually, less of me owing him a favor but more that his way of doing things catches my fancy".
"Doesn't surprise me that there's someone of the same mind as me" Will smiled before heading towards the door "See you tonight Obelisk Queen".
"That name got old after the first couple times I heard it" Alexis muttered as she turned to address Ms. Dorothy. "Thank you for helping us out tonight, I'll see you later Ms. Dorothy" She bowed to the teacher before exiting the card shop as well.
Later that night the gang reconvened in Ms. Dorothy's office with the addition of Chumley. Syrus Haru and Will had begun going through a shelf of board games the card shop owner had in the corner of her room. Their current endeavor was Jenga, as Chumley watched from behind Syrus trying to stay awake. Nearby Alexis was looking through the card inventories for the shop keeping mostly to herself save for the occasional glance when the game caused a commotion. The trio had managed to stack the tower at least 25 blocks high before starting to see the wavering stability.
Haru placed his finger on a middle piece and with a fluid motion, much like the way he drew from his deck he removed the block from the tower safely.
Syrus looked at him with astonishment, "Ok now you've got to be cheating, there's no way that didn't send the tower crumbling!"
"Syrus I think it's physically impossible to cheat at this game without someone noticing" Will said taking his time and moving around the table to find the perfect spot.
"You're just jealous that my drawing technique has use outside the game of duel monsters" Haru stuck out his tongue playfully.
"I've been thinking guys" Chumley said uncrossing is arms, as the two unoccupied players looked at him, "Do you think this sandwich thief will have any good loot on him?"
"He's a sandwich thief Chumley I doubt he will have anything of actual value on him" Will poked at a brick on the right side that caused the tower to shake, causing Syrus to gasp. Placing his thumb and index finger on each end he managed to shimmy the block out and place it on the top.
"I don't think that's what he means" Haru shook his head. "to answer your question Chum I doubt a thief such as this one would carry a hot sandwich with him, so no you're not getting a grilled cheese from this adventure"
"And besides he only steals Egg sandwiches" Syrus said sweating as he looked for a move, "Right Alexis?"
"They're both right Chum," the Obelisk queen responded, not taking her eyes off the monitor.
Haru leaned over to Will "What exactly is she doing on that thing?" he whispered.
"From what I can tell she's looking through the card archives" Will replied.
'Something to keep my mind off the possibility, despite how unlikely, that this thief is involved with my brothers disappearance' Alexis thought.
"Who wants some stake out snacks?" Ms. Dorothy asked, warranting a short scream and jump from Syrus who was attempting to shimmy out a left piece. With this short outburst the smaller Slifer sent the tower falling downwards directly onto the floor.
"JENGA!" Will and Haru yelled as the two high fived, and Syrus slouched in defeat.
"Anyway, did you bring any grilled cheese Ms. Dorothy?" Chumley asked looking down at the tray of sweets.
"You know there's more to food than grilled cheese" Alexis said finally turning away from the computer, "Perhaps you should expand your culinary perspective".
"It looks tasty to me" Will said as he recovered from his post victory celebration.
"Thank you" Ms. Dorothy replied. "They're some of my specialties, puff pastries filled with lemon, chocolate and strawberry."
"Thanks " Syrus said.
"Uh"
"Oh come off of it Chumley, like Alexis said it would do you good to try something new once and awhile" Will chastised, as he moved towards the tray "Now let me have at one of those lemon ones please."
"Oh those are right over…."
"Hold up" Haru said jumping from his sitting position. "I have an idea, Syrus how would you like to redeem yourself after that thrilling conclusion to our game?"
"What do you have in mind?" Syrus sighed as the two joined Will next to the tray.
"We each declare a flavor one at a time, then we each draw a pastry and whoever declared the right flavor wins" Haru explained.
"I guess that seems simple enough"
"Alrighty then since Will already declared his intentions, I think it's appropriate that he goes first" Haru said as he made a welcoming gesture to the plate.
Alexis rolled her eyes and returned to what she was doing. "Boys."
"All right here I come, lemon" Will declared as he picked out a rectangular shaped pastry.
"Strawberry for me" Haru smiled as he drew a similar one.
"I'm not a big fan of chocolate so I'll go strawberry too" Syrus declared as he drew another rectangular pastry.
"Three, two, one. Dig in boys" Haru declared as they all bit into their pastries.
"Lemon" Syrus groaned.
"Chocolate" Will mumbled.
"Looks like I win this time boys" Haru said revealing a small outline of red filling in his. "Alright Syrus I think we need to go back to the basics in duel training, perhaps that will help you with your perception."
"Duel training?" Will asked.
"He made me do a bunch of exercises before went in to duel the Paradox brothers, it was probably the most painful week of my life" Syrus whispered.
"So Haru fancies himself a drill sergeant huh?" Will whispered back. "I can see it".
"So what are you chuckleheads whispering about?" Haru asked crossing his arms.
There was a loud rustling noise that caused everyone except Alexis to jump. "Seems like our uninvited visitor has made his appearance" the Obelisk commented. "Hiding places people!" Ms. Dorothy turned out the lights and the three boys hid behind some shelves while Alexis hid in a locker. There was more rustling and the group moved from their hiding spaces to peer through the two way window on the door.
"That definitely him" Haru said as they watched a figure lift up the sliding doors with little to no effort.
"He's an animal!" Syrus said as they watched a figure crawl underneath the door and make its way over to the sandwich bin.
"Lets get him" Alexis said as they pushed through the doors and flipped on the lights.
"Drop the Golden Eggwich you thief!" Haru declared as they got their first look at the intruder. He was incredibly muscular with long black hair, but he only seemed to be wearing torn up Khakis. The man let out a tarzan yell before taking a hold of the sandwich bin and ramming it through the sliding door breaking a hole in it.
"Well damn he must have been hitting the gym" Will commented.
"Talk later!" Alexis said running after him. "Will your with me, we're going to try to head him off at the entrance to main campus, Syrus Haru and Ms. Dorothy follow him!"
"Alright pincer maneuver it is" Haru said.
As Alexis and Will neared the front entrance they stopped and scanned the area.
"Do you see him?" Will asked searching behind the pillars.
"Nope" Alexis responded, "Perhaps we should head towards the forest-" as she said this someone sped past them. "Never mind I think I found him".
"Well he dropped some sandwiches so I think that's a proper assessment" Will said picking up a sandwich on the ground.
"He went that way! Let's move Will!"
Haru's group made their way to the island waterfall as they followed the Tarzan like man. The muscleman began to climb the waterfall as the trio of Slifers watched on.
"Who is this guy?" Haru asked as he stopped to catch his breath.
"DAMON!" The wildman stopped as he got to the top of the waterfall and turned as Ms. Dorothy caught up to the group.
"You know this guy?" Haru asked.
"Take your time to answer" Chumley wheezed, "I'm pooped".
"Yes I know him!" She said looking up at the wildman, "And he knows better than steal!" The wildman slipped on something atop the waterfall and fell down into the pool below. After a moment his head popped out of the water giving Ms. Dorothy a good look at his face. "Wow you've changed!".
"Yes I change! I change for better!" Damon said in a deep gruff voice.
"Not your Grammar apparently" Chumley snarked.
"How exactly do you know him?" Haru asked the store owner.
"From school; He used to be an Obelisk Blue" she told him.
"Of course he's an Obelisk, buncha weirdos. But man our school attire must have gotten more restrictive while he was gone" Haru commented.
"No, He was different last year," she replied. "Then he just flat out vanished. Damon always visited me at the card shop, Especially on sandwich days. He always had the worst of luck when it came to drawing the right sandwich though."
"Are you sure he's the same person?" Syrus asked. "This guy always manages to get the good ones"
Damon laughed "I not the same, I new person now. I live in nature, Hone my skills"
"Why exactly did you leave?" Haru asked.
"When I Obelisk I good at written test, not good at drawing though. My drawing always hurt dueling! Everytime I work hard for nothing. Then I watch nature, waves crashing back and forth, then, hit me!"
"You want me to hit you?" Haru asked amused by the proposition.
"No! It hit me!" Damon corrected. "Just like I know what comes next in wave, I know what come next in card! Must simply be in tune with nature! That's why I train with nature, Be one with nature, Be one with draw! I get good, but I not sure so I decide to test luck with eggwich! That why I take last couple weeks had to be sure."
"We understand." Ms. Dorothy said feeling sympathetic.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" Haru cackled, warranting a glare from Ms. Dorothy and Damon. "Oh come on, your telling me that the reason you, an Obelisk Blue, disappeared is because you not only couldn't draw the right cards you couldn't draw the freaking eggwich! That's the stupidest thing I've heard since I got on this island, which is saying something! Just, ignore me. I need a moment."The slifer walked backwards and disappeared into the woods behind him as the remaining people began to hear a laughing noise from his direction.
There was a rustling noise to their left as Will and Alexis stumbled into view looking around. "Did you find him?" Will asked "and what was that laughing?"
"Well I think they found him" Alexis pointed out as the ra turned to see Damon standing up in the water.
"Oh good you guys are here" Haru said still giggling as walked back towards the group, "You'll never believe what this guys story is!"
"He irritating, Make me sound stupid" Damon growled
"This guy was an Obelisk who disappeared because he couldn't draw the eggwich!" Haru said trying to hold himself together through fits of laughter. "So he got more in tune with nature to learn to draw better! Oh god I can't breath." Haru weezed as he doubled over laughing.
"That's quite the story" Will said
"IT TRUE" Damon exclaimed " I'll show you through duel! Duel me laughing boy!" Damon pulled a duel disc out of nowhere and placed it on his arm.
"I'm not sure I'll be able to" Haru said, trying to catch his breath. "All this laughing has made me kind of light headed." He stumbled and caught himself before plopping down into a sitting position. "Syrus I'll revoke your training sessions if you step in for me," he said looking over at the smaller slifer. "Think of it as a right of passage."
"Why would Syrus accept such a request?" Will asked
"I'll do it" Syrus stepped up somewhat shaking from his memories of training camp. "Anything to get me out of that torture again".
"You think you can beat Damon? Not chance" Damon smirked.
"Looks like the Obelisk attitude is still in tact" Chumley sighed.
"Looks like I'll have to prove you wrong" Syrus said putting on a determined expression, "Can I borrow your duel disk Haru?"
"Sure thing Buddy have at it!' Haru tossed him his black duel disc, and Syrus caught surprisingly easy before strapping it to his arm.
DUEL!
Damon:4000
Syrus:4000
"My move!" Syrus declared as he drew his sixth card, "Nice! I summon Recycleroid in attack position!" An old rusty purple car with a crank on the front appeared. It had cartoonish eyes and a top hat along with a cane underneath its right front tire.
Recycleroid level 2 (1000/1000)
Afterwards he placed a card below it "I'll set a card and pass my turn!"
"You summon old man! You no match for Damon's deck! Just as tree sways to and fro I know what will come!" Damon drew his card and chuckled at what he saw. "And nature has taught me well! I play face down then summon card I just drew! Drawler." Damon let out a Tarzan yell as a giant stone golem with wheels beneath its limbs appeared in front of him.
Drawler level 3 (?/?)
"Now for every card I return to deck, Drawler gain 500 attack and defense points!" He held up his hand "I have four cards, I return all back to deck!" The giant stone golem seemed to be empowered as his points rose.
Drawler level 3 (?-2000/?-2000)
"Looks like he's pretty decked out" Syrus muttered as he braced for impact.
"Drawler attacks Recycleroid stone roll wrecker!" Damon declared as the Golem charged across the field and ran over the older car.
Syrus: 4000-3000
"When Recycleroid is destroyed by battle I can special summon a level 4 or lower roid monster from my deck! So say hello to Turretroid in defense position!" In a flash the old car was replaced by a machine gun on treads. This roid had Cartoon eyes on either side of the barrel and a mouth underneath with two long white arms underneath as well.
Turretroid level 3 (1300/1700)
"When Drawler destroy monster it sent back to deck instead of graveyard, meaning you not be able to get back from graveyard" Syrus took Recycleroid and placed it on top of his deck before it began to auto shuffle.
"I don't need to Recycleroid back because i'm going to activate my trap card! It's called Roid Mass Production, when I special summon a roid monster to my field I can activate this card, then immediately after special summon another copy of that monster! So here comes another Turretroid!" Another cartoonish machine gun appeared on Syrus's field.
Turretroid level 3 (1300/1700)x2
"My first Turretroid's effect activates, when I activate a spell or trap card with roid in its name I can inflict 300 points of damage to you directly!" Turretroids barrel began to glow red as it spun shooting tiny cartoon bullets that hit Damon's arm as he shielded himself.
Damon: 4000-3700
"You inflict petty damage! Not way of nature, attack Drawler like a man" Damon growled.
"Good job Syrus you're getting under his skin, keep it up!" Haru called.
"Petty damage is still damage big guy" Syrus pointed out feeling somewhat empowered by his friends praise.
"You still no win. I end turn" Damon stated.
"Then I'll draw," Syrus stated as he started his turn. " First I'll normal summon Raceroid in attack position." Another cartoon like car appeared this time in the form of a red racecar. It was modeled after a falcon with a red nose and eyes were the front headlights should have been.
Raceroid level 4 (1800/1800)
"That's odd" Alexis said. "I've seen most the roid monsters before, but I don't think I've ever heard of that one."
"I saw Syrus reconfiguring his deck when we went back to the dorm, perhaps he had some cards he hasn't had the chance to use yet?" Haru told her.
"Now comes the fun part!" Syrus said getting into the duel. "I activate Vehicroid Power Tuning! This spell gives all roid monsters on my field a 200 point power boost, but it doesn't stop there because Raceroid gains 200 attack every time a roid spell or trap is activated.
Raceroid level 4 (1800-2200)
"And don't forget the burn damage from my turretroids!" Syrus reminded him as both cartoonish guns let loose a volley of bullets at damon.
Damon: 3700-3100
"Battle! Raceroid attacks Drawler with Mach speed mashup!" Raceroid seemed to smile were its beak used to be. Its back wheels began to spin as it dashed across the field and slammed into Drawler destroying it, the impact knocking Damon back.
Damon: 3100-2900
'Short stuff may be good after all, especially for one who wear shirt' Damon though as he pushed himself to his feet, and sending an odd look Syrus's way. 'But no way he can defeat way of nature'
As Damon rose to his feet Syrus took a step back cautiously, 'This guy has a weird look in his eye, it's making me kinda uneasy'.
"I activate trap", Damon declared as his facedown rose up. "It called Miracle Draw, here how it work. Before I take card from deck I declare what I think it be. If I right you take 1000 damage, if I wrong I take damage instead"
"So he's guessing what card he's going to draw? Doesn't that seem a bit risky?" Chumley asked.
"Well you can look at it this way, we finally get to find out if all this nature training has given him the ability to draw what he wants" Will said.
"You probably think I not guess right" Damon said shooting a glare at Haru, who realizing this seemed to hold back a laugh.
"I guess anything's possible," the Kaiju duelist remarked.
"Not only possible! It not only possible for snow to melt, snow always melt." He closed his eyes a look of concentration on his face as he placed his fingers on the top of his deck. A moment later his eyes shot open. "Card will be Card Loan!' he declared as he drew. He held up the card and everyone gasped as they realized it was in fact card loan.
"Well color me impressed" Haru chuckled.
"I can't believe it, guessing the top card of your deck is almost impossible unless you stack it to begin with" Alexis said. "And we all saw his deck get shuffled by his disk".
"This is weirding me out guys" Chumley whimpered.
"Now thanks to Miracle Draw, you lose 1000 lifepoint" Damon informed Syrus with a smile.
Syrus:3000-2000
Syrus let out a groan as he took the damage but managed to keep a determined expression.
"Now activate effect of Card Loan. You gain 1000 lifepoint and I lose 1000, but me get to draw one card as long as return to deck at end phase."
Syrus:2000-3000
Damon:2900-1900
"All that for one draw?" Chumley asked, baffled by the move.
"Me like" Damon said looking at the card. "It pot of greed so I activate allowing me draw two cards!" After discarding the spell the tarzan-like duelist drew an additional two cards. "Now I activate Spell Dropper! Now you draw card and I predict what it is, if i'm right all cards in hand and on field return to deck"
"He's upping the ante with this" Haru smiled.
"Predicting your opponents top card is even less likely than guessing yours" WIll gasped.
Syrus sighed and pulled the top card from his deck and held it with the back facing Damon. "There's no way you can predict what this is" The small slifer said.
"We will see" Damon said as he opened his eyes after a minute of thinking, "Limiter Removal!".
Syrus' s eyes widened as he revealed Limiter Removal, "How?".
"So his weird training does have some benefits" Haru commented before shrugging. "Eh, still stupid. Don't let it get to you Syrus, this duels far from over!" Syrus nodded before shuffling the cards he currently controlled into his deck.
'At least he doesn't have a monster to attack me with'
"Now for normal summon! Come Alexandrite Dragon!' Damon declared as he patted the last card in his hand onto his duel disk. In a beam of light a large bipedal dragon covered in jewels appeared before letting out a tremendous howl.
Alexandrite Dragon level 4 (2000/100)
'And I spoke too soon'
"Alexandrite Dragon attacks you directly! Brilliant Breath!" The jeweled dragon began to shimmer as it let loose a beam of energy from its mouth directly at Syrus.
Syrus:3000-1000
Damon took card loan from his field and placed it back into his deck "Turn end".
"Then let's start mine" Syrus declared as he drew for turn. "I summon an old favorite Recycleroid back to the field in defense mode." The elderly car returned to the field in a defensive stance holding up its cane "And that's my turn".
Recycleroid level 2 (1000/1000)
"Not lishus... Now with miracle draw on the field all he has to do is predict the next card and Syrus is done for"
"Is it over yet?"
The group turned to look at Ms .Dorothy who they had forgotten had been with them since the start. "Far from it actually" Haru assured her 'Syrus has got this".
'This it. Just as i know leaves wilt and grow, I know I can pick my next draw' Damon thought as he looked at Syrus and the elderly card on his field. 'With Recycleroid in defense mode all I need is one card to win, I can crush Syrus and his monster!' He closed his eyes and placed his fingers on top of his deck again 'Come on shield crush! Shield crush! Shield crush!'.
"My next card will be shield crush!" Damon declared as he drew. He looked down in shock at the card he had drawn, Doron!. "Oh no".
"He got it wrong?" Chumley asked shocked by the revelation as Damon took the damage from his card.
Damon: 1900-900
"I summon Doron in attack mode" Damon declared as a small wrapped figure appeared next to the jewel encrusted dragon. It seemed to be a blackened mummy.
Doron level 2 (900/500)
"Ooh" Haru flinched.
"What?" Will asked.
"Hes getting sloppy now" Alexis answered for him, "Leaving a normal monster out on the field with that little attack is never a good idea unless its in defense mode."
Damon growled "So! I guess wrong it matter not! I still beat you with what I Have! Alexandrite dragon attack his recycroid! Brilliant Breath!" Charging up another beam of light the dragon disintegrated the elderly vehicle.
"Recycroid's effect activates allowing me to special summon a level 4 or lower roid from my deck! Say hello to Busroid in defense mode!" As the elderly car disappeared in its place sat a long blue bus modeled after a lion. One either side of its front were golden tail pipes in the form of a mane, while two eyes were placed just beneath the window pane on either side of what seemed to be a small nose.
Busroid level 4 (500/2000)
"Oh no" Damon said realizing what he had done.
"Seems you underestimated what I had in my deck" Syrus smiled pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose "And now i think i have a chance to pull off the comeback".
"Is it over now?" Ms. Dorothy asked peeking out from behind her hands.
"Actually the opposite, I think Syrus is about to bring this duel home" Haru said with confidence.
"I end my turn, and just like seasons end, next turn I end you" Damon said.
"Alright that's enough!" Syrus snapped making the observers flinch.
"Enough with this nature stuff, and you can stop with the fake voice" Syrus growled.
"Fake voice? This my real voice"
"I think you know what he means" Haru called, "You were only out in the wilderness for about a year there's no way your speech pattern has degenerated this much"
" Right! It's time to get real Damon!" Syrus said, "If drawing cards was like snow melting then you would be right every time. But if I've learned anything from my time with Haru, its that you need to trust your gut feelings when it comes to this game." He shrugged. "There's no possible way that you'll always be right. Your human after all, despite the swinging from vines and living in the jungle."
"Part of this game is rolling with what your deck gives you. Remember when you sent Recdycleroid back to my deck, you said I would never get it back. My deck seemed to think differently because it gave me recyleroid when I most needed him last turn."
"So what? I find way to defeat new monster next turn" Damon shot back.
"What makes you think there will be a next turn?" Syrus shook his head. "My turn starts now! I activate the effect of Busroids effect. By returning Vehicroid Power Tuning and Roid Mass Production back to my deck I can draw two cards!" Shuffling the two cards from his graveyard back into the deck the small slifer drew two cards. "Alright it's time!".
"Hold on kids I think Shortstack is about to show us something cool" Haru smiled.
"First I play the spell card Double Summon! Now I get two normal summons this turn instead of one. I Summon Raceroid and R-Vroid both in attack position." The red falcon themed formula racer was joined by a Bear themed yellow monster truck. Like it's two companions it had two cartoonish eyes along with two black ears next to them. Its eyelids were colored silver and an engine stuck out of its back.
Raceroid level 4 (1800/1800)
R-Vroid level 4 (1600/1200)
"So? Monsters no have enough attack to get over Alexandrite dragon! You just prolonging defeat" Damon laughed.
"I'm not to sure about that" Syrus smiled "It's time for some contact fusion! While I control a Busroid, Raceroid and R-Vroid I can combine them into a new monster! Unite and form a great warrior that drives at mach speed! Come forth Super Vehicroid- G3 Union!" The three vehicles began to drive forward as Raceroid's back half split open to reveal two arms as it attached to the top of R-Vroid whose wheels slid back to form a backpack on newly combined vehicles then united with Busroid who had split open from the back end forming a pair of legs. After everything clicked into place a small compartment flipped upward on Raceroid's head revealing a robotic face with a red helmet and three golden tailpipes on either side.
Super Vehicroid - G3 Union level 8 (2500/2800)
"Well then, looks like Syrus has given his deck a little upgrade" Haru smiled, "I'm kinda mad I can't be the one to face him during its maiden voyage."
"And since you so kindly left a low attack monster on the field. I can attack over it and end this duel right here and now" Syrus said with a smile on his face.
"What? How? Nature never steer me wrong" Damon said gripping his head in confusion.
"There's a first time for everything I guess" Syrus shrugged, "Go G3 Union take out his Doron with Grand Prix Festival!" At its owners command the giant robot pulled out a blue and silver sword before revving up the wheels on its feet. There was a loud screech as it charged across the field and delivered a slash across the black mummy's torso. Placing the sword back in its boot there was a moment before the mummy exploded driving Damon to his knees.
Damon:900-0
Damon fell to his knees as the holograms disappeared around them, "I….Lose?" He pounded the dirt in frustration as his voice mannerisms reverted back to normal. "I lost, I can't believe it! I've been training out here for a whole year, and I have nothing to show for it"
"That's not entirely true" Haru said joining Syrus."You're probably the most fit person on the island right now
"And you sound more intelligent now that you're speaking in coherent sentences" Will added.
"Huh?... I not…. what you mean"
"Listen big guy, just be yourself" Syrus sighed as he made his way over to the kneeling Damon and patted him on the shoulder.
"And while you're at it get rid of the Obelisk attitude, you may not be as bad as some of your dormmates but its still irritating" Haru added.
Damon looked at Syrus. "You really mean it? Because I really could use a shower and a haircut"
"And a shirt" Ms. Dorothy added as she kneeled in front of him, nearly bursting out into tears.
She wasn't the only one, Damon was on the verge of crying as well. The Obelisk wiped away his tears, "well….. I was thinking, Swinging from vines was a wonder for my upper body…"
"Damon! a shirt!" repeated.
"Ok Fine" Damon replied a the two hugged.
"So Syrus" Haru said putting his arm around the smaller Slifer "Congratulations on getting out of boot camp."
"Oh no…." The roid duelist said sarcastically glancing downward to conceal his glee.
"But I believe you owe me an explanation as to when you changed your deck" Haru's grip tightened.
"Well I've been playing around with the concept for a while now, to be accurate since the expulsion duel. I figured that the next time I dueled this would be the perfect chance to try it out."
"Boys I think we should perhaps move this somewhere inside, it's getting kinda cold" Will said gripping his arms as he began to shiver.
"He's right guys, it's a wonder that Damon hasn't succumbed to frostbite out here" Alexis agreed.
"Alright our dorm room it is!" Haru declared. "I need to update something anyway"
As they walked Haru punched Syrus in the arm lightly. "So Syrus hows it feel to beat your first Obelisk?"
"Kinda gratifying now that I think about it" the smaller slifer replied.
"Good remember how that feels, it won't be your last when you stick with me" Haru laughed.
After a fifteen minute walk the group all congregated back in the Slifer Trio's dorm room. Haru began moving stuff around at the end of the bed before pulling out a whiteboard on wheels and pushing it into view of the rest of them.
"Uh Haru? What is that?" Alexis asked.
"I'm glad you asked" Haru said tapping the board. "This is a chronicle of all the weird stuff and people that we have run into during our first year at duel academy." The whiteboard was separated into four sections One red, One blue, One yellow and one grey, all but the red section had Chibi versions of people or things that the group had met earlier in the day.
"I didn't know you could draw" Will frowned.
"I can't so I organized a fair trade between myself and Eiji's Girlfriend" Haru smirked.
"Oh so Sarah does all the artwork, Makes sense" Chumley nodded.
"So as you can see nothing overly odd has come out of the Slifer dorm up until this point in the school year, so there isn't anything underneath it." He moved over to the yellow section were two Chibi characters, one of the Duel Giant and the other of a masked figure that vaguely looked like Will in his phantom get-up. "Here we have the Duel giant and the guy I dueled Halloween night."
Alexis held up a finger as if she was going to say something.
"I'll explain later" Haru told her. "Then we move to the odds and ends category, that's the grey section, where we have Wheeler the dueling monkey, and those two cue-balls we called the Paradox brothers. Now we move to the king of of odd, the Obelisk dorm. Where we have Harrington the sports freak, Crowler oh god where do I begin and Chazz." Chazz's chibi seemed to take up a lot more space on the board than the others. "Yes the reason why his is bigger than the rest is because his Ego dwarfs everything else in comparison" Haru explained. "Anyhoo now that we know that Damon was an Obelisk your dorm pulls ahead in the odd tally Alexis".
"I never said that my fellow blue students were normal" The Obelisk queen shrugged.
"Fair enough" Haru nodded.
Well then Syrus got a new ace monster in the form of a megazord. Honestly I wasn't originally planning to give him new cards but then I ran into two realizations, Roids are really hard to write for in terms of OC duels, and the RPM/Go-Onger zords just kinda make sense in terms of being roid monsters. Next week were going to see haru take on the deck of the King of games as Dimitri makes his episode debut. Look forward to it! As for the people asking about Zone Fighter, yes I'm aware of of him and the rest of the toho hero series, but i haven't gotten around to watching them. I do plan on including him but preferably when i have a better understanding of it. Thank you all for your support and as always keep it showy! Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! As a special not i did change the name of Syrus's fusion monster after LegionnaireBlaze provided a better name. Thanks!
-Red
