Chapter 19: Choosing a representative! Battle in the Red and Yellow dorms
Today the docks were abuzz with activity as a certain card shop owner directed waves of men back and forth carrying large boxes.
"Keep it moving boys, Keep it moving!" Ms. Dorothy yelled as another wave of workers ran by, carrying more boxes and trunks from the cargo ship to the designated area. She directed certain people to different spots on the pile. "Starter decks go on the right, Booster packs on the left, lets keep this in order boys!"
She was about to yell another set of instructions but a strange sound caught her attention. She turned and looked below her at the waves crashing against the rocks, but found nothing out of the ordinary. She could have sworn she had heard something, of course with the flurry of sounds around her she may have just imagined it.
Shrugging, she turned back to see the workers had paused their working and now were staring directly at her.
"C'mon I didn't say it was break time!" She clapped her hands once again as the workers resumed their work, "Move it, move it, move it!"
Had she kept her attention directed towards the water, she would have noticed a dark form below the waves. The form continued on until it was just out of view of the people on the docks before pushing itself onto a small bed of rocks.
The form turned out to be a tall lanky man with his hair tied into a pigtail, his wetsuit glistening as the saltwater dripped down his sides. After pulling himself completely onto the rock he removed his snorkel and looked up at the largest building on the island.
He smiled as he took the building in. "Looks live i've finally arrived: Duel Academy." He began to peel off his wetsuit though his gaze never left the building. "Now lets see what kind of dirt I can dig up on this place. I have a feeling that this venture is going to earn me a fortune," he laughed.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?"
Crowler slammed his hands into the oval desk that Sheppard currently sat behind. He, the Chancellor, Professor Banner and the rest of the faculty had been summoned to a private meeting on the topic of the school duel. Along with the teachers Zane and the doubles representatives Sarah and Eiji were also sitting in on the meeting.
"The school duel between us and North Academy is the most important duel of the year. Add in the fact that East and West academy are joining in this year, there should be no better reason for us to elect Zane as our representative!" Crowler shrieked as he pointed at the Kaiser.
"While your point is noted, I have intel that says that the other three academies are planning on electing freshman as their school representatives" Sheppard nodded.
"Why the hell would they do that?" Crowler demanded.
The headmaster shrugged. "Who knows? But in the spirit of competition I believe we should have a freshman representative as well. Don't you agree Zane?"
"Of course Chancellor" Zane agreed.
"We do have a ton of amazing first years here" Sarah interjected. "Not including Eiji and I".
"Yeah but the two of us already have our hands full with whoever North academy has lined up." Eiji noted. "No matter what their year, we're going to win no sweat."
"Exactly, so I have a recommendation," Zane nodded.
"Do tell," Sheppard smiled.
"In the spirit of fairness I believe that we should pick our representative from either the Ra or Slifer dorms seeing as we have two Obelisks already."
"Do you have anyone in mind?" Sheppard asked.
Zane nodded and folded his arms. "As much as it troubles me to say so Haru Yoshida should be the representative from the red dorm."
Banners smile widened as he stroked the sleeping Pharaoh in his arms. "Haru is one of our best new students this year, I'm sure he would be glad to represent our dorm don't you agree?" He looked down at pharaoh who meowed in response.
Crowler grit his teeth at the sound of his nemesis being mentioned. 'No way I'm going to let that slacker get anywhere near representing us in the school duel.' He began chewing on the end of his thumb. 'If i can get get a Ra that has a good chance of beating him perhaps I can take him down a peg and get a good rep as well'.
"Who shall we have from the yellow dorm then?" The chancellor asked looking directly at professor Sartyr the Ra dorm head. He was an older man with shoulder length black hair and a mustache. He seemed to be deep in thought.
"I believe Bastion Misawa would be my first pick honestly, but I have a good amount of promising students who could also represent us," the Ra headmaster said.
"Perhaps we should pick one, then the students of the dorms can pick another candidate, that way we can truly say we have the best duelists in both dorms," Crowler added trying to hide his smile. 'That way I have two chances to get rid of his chances, and the best student from the Ra dorm to boot.'
"Incredible idea Velian we can have a Duel-Off tournament! Satyr and Banner why don't you two head back to the dorms and inform Haru and Bastion about our decision? I'm sure they'll be more than thrilled about the news" Sheppard clapped his hands together.
"Crowler coming up with a good idea while Haru is involved? Something's off about this whole thing" Eiji whispered to Sarah.
"Well if you think about it, this way Haru has two chances to lose instead of one," Sarah agreed. "Plus anyone who doesn't know Crowler would just think he's giving everyone an equal chance to represent us."
"Well shit that is pretty clever now that i think about it" Eiji admitted.
After infiltrating the building, and weaving in and out of students and faculty alike the man from the docks ducked into a nearby lockeroom. It took him a few minutes but he did eventually find a locker that was open, which he proceeded to dig through. He smiled as he pulled out a decently large Slifer blazer.
"Gotta blend in somehow" he snickered as he took off his black jacket and replaced it with his new red one.
Making his way outside of the locker room he noticed a group of Obelisk students headed his way.
"Hey fellow duelists," he greeted stepping towards them. "What's shaking around here?"
The group looked at him oddly before the head Obelisk pushed him aside. "Out of my way Slifer Slime!"
"What the… Hey!" He called, but the Obelisk's ignored him and kept walking. He turned to see a boy in a yellow jacket walking towards him "Hey how's it going?"
"Can't talk now" The Ra said rushing past him.
The man shook his head confused by what had transpired. "What the heck is going on? Why won't anyone talk to me?"
"Hey!"
He turned to see a taller boy wearing a camo bandana and a red blazer walking toward him. "Oh...Uh…. Hey."
The boy looked him over and scowled. "You're way too old to be a student here. What gives?"
The man was taken aback by the question and began to panic.
"Come on Haru," his companion, a Blue haired slifer, said. "Chumley has been held back a year, is it really that difficult to think someone's been held back longer than that?".
"Hey!" Chumley whined.
"I guess that makes sense" Haru said still looking suspicious.
"Hey old timer, Professor Banner's class is about to start" Syrus grinned.
"Sorry guys I have to finish up some paperwork beforehand, I'll meet up with you later?"
"Sounds good to me" Chumley nodded.
"Ok I guess" Haru frowned.
"Really?"
Banner smiled at the boy's reaction to his news. Banner had decided to announce the Duel-Off tournament to the class instead of directly to Haru, to kill two birds with one stone. "Yes, you and Bastion have been elected as two of the contestants in the Duel off tournament. The other two will be elected democratically through a vote that will be sent to you through your duel pilots after class is over."
Haru turned in his chair to look back at Bastion, who was scribbling something in his notebook after hearing the news. The Ra looked up from his noted and fixed Haru with a confident smile, that the later returned. Blair who had taken up seat just above them noticed this glance and began to write something down in her notebook as well.
"I look forward to seeing who the dorms elect to be your opponents, it's bound to be an absolutely splendid duel" Banner said. "Class is dismissed, Don't forget to submit your vote by 1:30 this afternoon or it won't be counted!" Most of the students filed out of the classroom abuzz with the revelation of a Duel off tournament. The rest including Haru and Bastion stayed behind.
"Congrats Haru, you've been offered the chance to compete in the school duel" Syrus said fist bumping his friend.
"No Slifer has ever been elected for the School duel" Chumley nodded. "You would be making school history."
"Gentlemen, and lady I can assure you the driving force behind this is seeing how irritated Crowler is going to get when I not only win the Duel off but the school duel as well" Haru grinned.
"I've been meaning to ask" Blair cut in. "What is it with you two? Everytime we're in his class you and him seem to be trading the most dirty looks"
"You didn't know?" Syrus asked
"I thought everybody on the island knew of their rivalry?" Chumley added.
"Well I did only get here last week remember?" Blair reminded them, looking unamused.
"Well aren't you in for story then?" Haru laughed as he turned backwards in his chair, "To start off I dueled Crowler during my entrance exam and won."
The slifer girl's eyes widened at this revelation. "You beat a teacher during your entrance exam? I thought they usually used proctors for that sort of thing?"
"Well I did sorta show up last minute because I was waiting for someone, and fell asleep" Haru said rubbing the back of his head awkwardly.
"And defeat was what started Crowler's escapade to get Haru expelled" A familiar voice said as the four turned to see Eiji, Sarah and Bastion walk up to them. Sarah's eyes seemed to lock on Blair who was looking each of them over with curiosity.
"So who's the new member of your party?" The Obelisk girl asked.
"This is Blair, my protege" Haru said introducing her. "Blair, from right to left we have Bastion one of the smartest kids I've ever met to date, and quite possibly my future opponent"
Bastion bowed. "Pleasure."
"Then we have Sarah, one of the better Obelisk's on the island, she also keeps my brother in line on most occasions"
"Hey" Eiji said looking insulted.
"Yeah you could probably use someone like me, to keep you out of trouble" Sarah smirked.
"And verbal sparring partner, I almost forgot that" Haru laughed.
"Wait you have a brother?" Blair asked eyebrow raised.
"Adopted brother" Eiji cut in before Haru could answer. "I'm Eiji, the better of Pegasus's adopted sons"
"It's only because you don't have a single fun bone in your body" Haru snorted.
"That's not true" Eiji shot back.
"Focus!" Sarah reminded him. "We did come here for a reason remember?"
Blair watched the back and forth with a small smile on her face as she resumed writing down notes in her notebook, stopping every so often to listen in.
"We thought you might want to know that the Duel-Off tournament was in fact Crowler's idea" Eiji informed him.
"Probably to reduce the probability that Haru would actually get into the School Duel" Bastion mused. "Not that he really had to worry, I was going to beat you and get into the school duel instead."
"Oh really?" Haru gave him an amused look, "I guess we'll have to put that to the test in the finals now won't we?"
"You'd better not lose" The Ra boy told him.
"As if, 'm more worried about you" Haru grinned.
"Man I feel bad for the poor saps who have to duel the two of you" Syrus grinned.
"Yeah" Chumley agreed.
Syrus slumped down in his chair, "I can't believe I'm the poor sap who has to duel you." He groaned. He, Haru, Blair and Chumley along with the rest of the Slifer students all convened in the dorms mess hall.
"I feel like this might be karma for saying that earlier" Blair giggled. Damian stood up in front next to professor Banner holding a microphone, while the teacher tinkered with a small camera attached to a tripod.
"Well honestly Syrus, I think the reason everyone voted for you is because they all saw what you could do when you dueled Dimitri," the Subterror duelist explained. "Who wouldn't want to see giant transforming robots fight giant monsters?" The rest of the dorm cheered as Haru patted Syrus on the shoulder.
"Cheer up short stuff, I've been meaning to challenge you at some point," the Kaiju duelist told him. "Looks like everyone's just as excited as I am to see how much you've grown after the Expulsion duel." Syrus took a good long look at the rest of the dorm and sighed raising his fist up in in the air.
The rest of the dorm erupted in cheers causing the Roid duelist to jump in surprise.
"Well then, looks like you made quite the impression, I'm kinda surprised" Blair said observing her dorm mates.
"I feel like that was meant as an insult," Syrus scowled.
"Take it as you will I guess" Blair shrugged giving the boy a innocent smile.
"Looks like Syrus has a new rival," Chumley whispered to Haru after noticing the back and forth between the two.
"Meh, it will be good for him" Haru smirked. "My rivalry with Eiji over the years has driven me to what I am today"
"You certainly have an odd way of looking at things" the Koala duelist sighed.
"So I've been told."
Meanwhile at the Ra dorm…..
Will as usual had decided to seclude himself from the rest of the dorm. He was never a big fan of crowds, and since the announcement of the Duel-Off most of his fellow Ra students had been keeping to the Cafeteria and the lounging area in anticipation of the big news. Will had decided that instead of partaking in the same, he would be better off continuing his studies in the literature of the masters of horror. Currently he was rereading Bram Stoker's magnum opus Dracula. Since he was on the second floor of the dorm he had on most occasions made himself at home on the dorms rooftops, this time he sat on the edge above his window with his legs dangling. There was a knock on his door and he leaned over to peer inside his room.
"Come in!" He yelled.
The door opened and Bastion stepped in looking around the room decorated with horror movie posters and paraphernalia, he eventually noticed the Will's head hanging upside down from the window.
"Every time I visit you I swear you become more like the creatures you study" Bastion sighed.
"I don't know what you mean," the horror duelist smirked as he crawled back in through the window.
"Honestly I'm surprised you let any light in here at all, it kinda takes away from the feel of the place" Bastion continued.
"I know you didn't come up here to discuss my living arrangements" Will said plopping himself down on the chair next to his desk. "What's up Bastion? Did they finally announce who your opponent is?"
"Well your right on that account I did come up here to tell you" Bastion nodded, "Petra announced the results 20 minutes ago. It was rather surprising who the dorm picked, even I was rather taken aback."
Petra was the Ra yellow rep and was usually the one who helped run the dorm activities with Professor Satyr behind the scenes, Will recalled. "Who did they choose? Dimitri? Oh wait after that incident, Ms. Fontaine hasn't cleared him to duel quite yet"
"They chose you William" Bastion said bluntly.
"Pardon?" Will asked thinking he had not heard the boy right.
"I'm not lying, you're my opponent for the duel off preliminaries" Bastion repeated.
"Why me? I've stayed out of the spotlight as much as possible. I only dueled during the entrance exam and the promotion duels." Will asked.
"I think that might be the reason for it actually. You've been to good at hiding yourself. Everyone has noticed you sitting around campus, but nobody has actually seen you duel. All they know is you use horror movie themed monsters and you're a real movie buff" Bastion explained.
'Never thought that me secluding myself would come back to bite me like this' Will thought as he bridged his fingers. "Looks like I'm sorta out of options now, doesn't it?" He chuckled.
"Well I for one have been looking forward to this chance, Your Gothic Horrors are a unique archetype that not even i have enough information on to form a coherent strategy against. It fills me with such wonder that I get to duel against a deck that I haven't formulated any countermeasures against," Bastion smiled.
"So what you're saying is your excited to see what my deck can do" Will grinned.
"Indeed" Bastion nodded. "I intend to go all out against you, so I figured I'd let you know about our duel before I head back to my room. We only have a couple hours before the duel and I intend to be prepared for what your going to throw at me".
"And I'll do the same then" Will replied opening the second door on his desk and retrieving a blood red deck box. "I hope you're ready for what I have in store."
"Oh don't worry i will be" the Intellectual duelist told him.
It was about 8:00 when the students of the two dorms met in a small field halfway between the two. The workers on the island had gotten to work soon after the meeting in the morning to get a small duel field erected for the scheduled duels.
"Gotta say I'm rather impressed," Haru said crossing his arms.
"The pay here must be decent if the workers have enough work ethic to finish this in such a small amount of time" Bastion agreed.
The two boys stood together on the same side of the granite duel field, while Syrus and Will stood on the opposite side. In the middle Petra and Damian were having a conversation looking back and forth across the field to make sure everything was in order for the coming duels.
"How'd they rope you into this?" Syrus nudged Will as he sorted through his extra deck for a final time.
"Apparently I was to good at avoiding the spotlight," the Ra boy replied. " I've only dueled out in the open when required to, and it made people curious."
"What do you play exactly?" The Roid duelist asked.
"I'll tell you only if you tell me yours," the Ra grinned.
"Deal"
"I play a deck based on classic horror monsters, they're called Gothic Horrors." Will pulled out Prince of Darkness and showed it to Syrus.
"Creepy" Syrus shuddered. "I guess what I play is the exact opposite in most respects" He pulled Raceroid from his deck and showed it. "I play cartoon vehicles with fusion capabilities" He laughed.
"Neat" Will grinned.
"Alright guys let's get this show on the road" Petra announced raising her hand as she and Damian dispersed from the middle of the field. "We have determined that the referees of each respective dorms matches will be the two of us! I shall referee the Slifer duel and Damian shall watch over the Ra duel."
"These duels will be for the right to represent your dorm in the Duel off that will be held tomorrow afternoon. As determined by the dorm heads the slifer representatives will duel first followed by the Ra representatives. Let's make these duels a thing to remember shall we?" Damian announced, smirking.
Haru took his place on his side of the field. Syrus took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Don't worry about it Syrus," Will said patting him on the back. " You wouldn't be up here if you had not proved that you have the potential to win".
The smaller slifer smiled and nodded, "Thanks Will, I believe in my deck and that's all that matters in this situation." He stepped up to his side of the field and gave Haru a determined expression.
"You look confident Syrus" Haru grinned, "Good because this will be a clash for the ages! Kaiju Vs. your giant robots. Just the thought of it makes me excited."
"I'm kinda conflicted as to who I should root for" Chumley said looking back and forth between them.
"Well I'm rooting for who I know can win," Blair smiled looking at Haru with a dreamy expression.
Chumley noticed her expression and raised an eyebrow. "You're weird."
"Says the guy who has individual pockets dedicated to grilled cheese," Blair shot back.
"I guess that's fair" the Koala duelist grinned as he pulled a tin foil wrapped sandwich from his pocket.
DUEL!
Syrus:4000
Haru:4000
"Alright Syrus I'll take the first turn" Haru said drawing for turn. "I'll start by normal summoning Kaiju legend Kamacuras in defense position." Placing the card on his disk a giant red Praying mantis appeared on the field. The monster twitched for a second, taking in its surroundings before crossing its pincers in a defensive stance.
Kaiju Legend Kamacuras (1600/1500)
'Here we go' Syrus thought as the new giant monster appeared in front of him.
"I activate Kamacuras' effect! Now by discarding one spell or trap with Kaiju in its name I can special summon another copy of him to the field. I'll discard Kaiju Discovery: Frankenstein's Heart, now let's welcome a second Kamacuras!" There was a buzzing noise as another giant red mantis appeared before crossing its pincers just like the first.
Kaiju legend Kamacuras (1600/1500) x2
"With that I'll end my turn for the time being. Show me what that deck can do Syrus!" Haru yelled.
"If you insist!" Syrus yelled back as he drew. 'Taking into account that his deck relies heavily on tribute summoning, I'm going to guess that those two monsters are setting up a play he's planning next turn' Syrus reasoned. "I normal summon Chaseroid in attack position!" The blaring of a police siren could be heard the flashing of blue and red lights heralded the arrival of a new roid monster. A black police car modeled after both a wolf and a gun appeared, on both sides of the body just below the windows were yellow eyes that fixated on the giant Mantis monsters.
Chaseroid level 4 (1800/1300)
"His monsters are rather…. unique" Blair commented.
"Well Haru's aren't exactly normal either" Chumley laughed. "Just wait until you see what Syrus's new cards can do".
"Once per turn while Chaseroid is on the field I can negate the effect of a monster and it can't change its battle position! I'm going to target the Kamacuras on the right " Syrus informed him. "Next I activate the continuous spell Roid Storage Hangar. Now whenever a roid monster destroys one of your monsters by battle I can either add a roid monster from my deck to my hand or special summon one from my hand."
Haru smirked "Going all out from the start Syrus? Good i had a feeling this was going to be fun".
"You wanted me at full power so here I am" Syrus smiled. "Battle! Chaseroid attacks the Kamacuras on the left, Go Blasting Barrage!" The wolf themed cruiser let loose a volley of bullets from its nose destroying the red mantis. "Now since I destroyed one of your monsters I'm going to add a roid to my hand, specifically Motoroid" He pulled a card from his deck and flipped it over, revealing a green orca-themed motorbike, before adding it to his hand. "I'll set a card and that's it for now." In front of him a set card appeared then dispersed.
'Not a bad first turn there shortstack' Haru thought as he looked at his new card. "You relieved me of one of my monsters, so there's no way for me to get one of my heavy hitters out this turn" Haru laughed.
"That was the plan" Syrus nodded.
"But that doesn't mean I'm unable to tribute summon" Haru continued. "I sacrifice my Kamacuras to tribute summon Kaiju legend Ebirah!" The red mantis disappeared in a flash of light before being replaced by the giant Lobster Kaiju. Ebirah flexed its giant claw before assuming an offensive stance.
Kaiju Legend Ebirah level 6 (2300/2500)
"Mmmmmm lobster," Chumley drooled.
"Do you think of anything other than food Chum?" Blair deadpanned.
"Allright Ebirah strut your stuff! Attack his Chaseroid with Crisis scissors!" Slashing at the air in front of it the oversized crustacean let loose a shockwave of air that collide with the wolf themed cruiser.
"I activate my set card! Roid Reinforcements! When a roid monster would be destroyed by battle this turn I can negate its destruction then immediately after special summon another roid from my hand with equal or less attack than your monster" Syrus declared as his trap flipped up to reveal Transportroid, Chaseroid and Motoroid in formation. "To my aid Transportroid!" He commanded as the alligator themed vehicle appeared in defense position next to chaseroid.
Transportroid level 4 (1200/1800)
"That's nice and all Syrus but you're still going to take the damage from my attack" Haru reminded him. Syrus heard a beeping noise as his duel disk reduced his life points equal to the damage he took.
Syrus:4000-3500
"I'll set a card, and since that's all I can do for the time being it looks like it's your turn Sy." Haru said as he placed a card in the slot below Ebirah.
'Looks like I have all I need to summon my new monster' Syrus grinned. "Alright Haru you and our dorm mates wanted to see something cool so here comes just what you asked for!"
"Oh?" Haru's eyebrow raised.
Bastion had pulled out a small notebook when the duel started and had begun to scribble down notes. At Syrus' declaration he stopped and stared at the smaller Slifer with great interest.
"That's right!" Syrus yelled. "Let's start my turn off by summoning Motoroid in attack position!" With a rev of an engine the green orca themed bike drove onto the field, stopping to do a wheelie before taking up an attack stance.
Motoroid level 4 (1600/1600)
"And with that I have all the materials i need!" the roid duelist declared. "Contact Fusion is go! Transportroid will fuse together with Chaseroid and Motoroid to summon a new type of machine!" as he said this Transportroid split into two. The back park split apart to form a pair of legs while the gator head on the front flipped downward forming a chestplate. Two orange shoulderpads extended out from the front section. The new legs and torso that once were carrieroid attached at the midsection before moving to a standing position. Chaseroid and Motoroid both attached to the bottom of the shoulderpads. The back wheels of Chaseroid detached from the rear and attached to the top of the wolf head, forming a scope. The front wheel of Motoroid split apart and rotated backwards, attaching to the back wheel, revealing a fist. A head that was concealed by the head of the gator appeared as a crown of tailpipes dropped on top of it forming the new mech.
"Say hello to Super Vehicroid- Carrier Union!" Syrus called.
Super Vehicroid- Carrier Union level 7 (2600/1900)
"Let me show what Carrier Union can do!" Syrus said stretching out his hand. "Once per turn if he's not equipped with another roid monster I can equip one from the graveyard! I choose Motoroid!" The green orca themed bike began to shine as the orca section rotated, its' tail pointing forward to become a weapon. "Battle! Carrier attack Ebirah" Syrus commanded.
The green arm of the robot began to spin creating a green circle of energy that flew outward towards the giant lobster.
"I activate my quick play spell Scapegoat! Now I get to summon four sheep tokens to my field in defense position!" Haru declared as a red, blue, pink and yellow sheep token appeared on his side of the field.
Sheep token level 1 (0/0) x4
"I don't get it" Chumley said. "Why would he do that? Syrus is attacking Ebirah so there's no point in adding additional defense at this moment."
"Well big guy, from what I learned from dueling Haru, his monsters rely on tributing tokens to activate their effects. So I would assume Haru is setting up to activate one of his Lobsters effects with those sheep tokens," Blair explained.
"Now Ebirah's second effect activates! By tributing two of my sheep I can negate his destruction during this battle!" Two sheep disappeared as Ebirah raised its giant claw in defense.
"Like you said to me earlier you're still taking the damage pal!" Syrus yelled as the green circle of light shot through the giant claw ripping into Haru.
Haru :4000-3700
Syrus grinned."But it doesn't stop there big guy! Just like you some of my spells and traps can activate in the graveyard, in this case Roid Reinforcements. While I control a super vehicroid monster and this card is in the graveyard, I can banish it and give that monster the ability to attack twice!"
"Hold on that means" Haru started.
"That's right since Ebirah's effect is a hard once per turn, it can't save you from my monster's second attack!" The little Slifer informed him. "Carrier Union if you would please." At his command the robot seemed to nod in agreement before driving across the field and slashing at the Kaiju.
Haru:3700-3500
"I'll set a card, and that's it for me" Syrus concluded, inserting the card beneath his fusion monster on his duel disk.
'I wasn't expecting this much pushback from him,' Haru thought as he drew for turn. 'But he's definitely playing for keeps. So I would be paying him a disservice if I didn't fight back with all I have'.
"Hey Syrus, remember when I sent Frankenstein's heart to the graveyard during my first turn?"
" Yeah I figured you had a reason for that" Syrus nodded.
"Good! You learned something from all of those duels I had" Haru grinned.
"Well yeah I was there for most of them" Syrus laughed.
"Then you'll probably enjoy this blast from the past" Haru told him. "First I banish Frankenstein's Heart from my graveyard to special summon a Heart token to my field". As he said this a pulsating heart appeared on his field, earning cries of disgust from the onlookers around them. "With that I have all I need for the return of an old favorite, Kaiju legend Anguirus in defense position!" As he said this the pulsating heart was squished by Anguirus. The spiky shelled Kaiju let out a mighty shriek before taking up a defensive stance.
Kaiju Legend Anguirus level 6 (1700/2800)
"And since Anguirus can attack from defense position via its effect, It looks like I found a way to get over your new fusion monster!' Haru stretched out his hand with his fingers spread. "Go Anguirus take out his Carrier Union! Spiky Spiral!" The giant spiked Kaiju folded itself into a ball before rolling itself at high velocity towards the mecha.
"Nice try but I saw this coming last turn, so I decided to take some extra precautions!" Syrus yelled, "Go Megaroid De-fusion!". As his trap activated Carrier Union reverted back to its three components as Transportroid, Chaseroid, and Motoroid appeared on his field.
Transportroid level 4 (1200/1800)
Motoroid level 4 (1600/1600)
Chaseroid level 4 (1800/1300)
"This reverts my monster back to the materials used to summon it, and negates your attack since the monster you declared an attack against is no longer there," Syrus grinned.
"Nice!" Haru yelled pumping his fist, "You got me again Syrus!"
"I thought you would like that big guy," Syrus laughed as he drew for turn. "Now since my materials are still on the field and Carrier Union was returned to my extra deck I think I'll bring him back. Alright you three get back to what you do best!" The three animal themed vehicles honked their horns before reforming into the giant robot from the turn before.
Super Vehicroid- Carrier Union level 7 (2600/1900)
"Carrier Union's effect activates! Now i'm going to equip him with Motoroid from the graveyard once again! But this time I'm going to use this effect to my advantage!"
"Yeah I figured you skipped it for the turn to get rid of Ebirah" Haru laughed.
"Exactly! When equipped with Motoroid, Carrion gains its effect allowing it to do piercing damage"
"And since Haru has a sheep token with 0 attack and defense it looks like he's about to take a decent amount of damage. Clever" Bastion muttered.
"Allright Carrion attack his sheep token! Tailspin slash!" Syrus commanded as the green arm of the robot began to spin before slashing through the sheep.
Haru:3500-900
Haru grunted as he held up his arm as he took the full brunt of the damage. "Well done Syrus," he chuckled. "Going after the weakest part of my deck was a brilliant move on your part."
"Thanks" Syrus grinned.
"Looks like it's my turn to do what I do best" Haru chuckled. "Stage a comeback." He drew his next card. "Alright first things first I'm getting rid of my last token! Anguirus activate your effect!" The giant quadruped dinosaur began to burrow into the ground as a bright light shot upwards revealing the image of a card. "When I activate his effect I can return a monster with Kaiju in its name back to my deck from my grave, then draw a card. Kamacuras return!" the image of the card vanished as Haru drew a card and grinned.
"Looks like the boss got something good," Chumley said.
"I guess we will see soon enough." Blair agreed.
"Nice! Syrus, you showed me something new, so it's only fair that I get to do the same" Haru said. "And since your monsters are machines I think I'll play this! I summon Anti Kaiju Mech Super-X in attack position!" A chrome colored vehicle floated upward onto the kaiju duelist's field. It was egg shaped from an overhead view with a large searchlight on the front part.
Anti Kaiju Mech Super-X level 3 (1500/1500)(4)
"He uses machines too?" Blair raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah Haru's Kaiju deck is an assortment of both monsters and machines. Kaiju and Anti Kaiju mech cards if you want to be specific," Chumley nodded.
"Super-X has a neat effect, during each battle phase I can place a counter on it, then when it has two I can add a Kaiju monster from my deck to my hand." Haru said. "But at this point it really doesn't matter does it? Anguirus time for round two!" The Spiky kaiju gave him a nod before performing his signature attack on Syrus's monster, destroying the giant robot.
Syrus: 3500-3300
"Super-X you're up next, Cadmium barrage!" A hatch opened on the egg shaped machine's dome, revealing two missile launchers that let loose a volley of missiles. Syrus shielded his eyes as they made contact with his duel Disk.
Syrus:3300-1800
"I'll set two cards and go to my endphase" Haru declared as his two set cards appeared. "Now I get to place a counter on my Super-X!' The egg shaped machine began to glow slightly as he said this. "Turn end".
'Well I still have the advantage in terms of lifepoints" Syrus thought. 'But I'm not looking as good when it comes to field presence' He took a look at his hand and sighed, Looks like I'm going to have to play defensive this turn.' "I activate monster reborn to revive my Chaseroid from my graveyard in attack position!" The wolf themed police cruiser returned to the field, blaring its blue and red lights.
Chaseroid level 4 (1800/1300)
"Chaseroid's effect will target Anguirus! Negating his ability to attack from defense and preventing him from switching to attack" Syrus declared. The police cruiser let loose a barrage of bullets that caused the spiky kaiju to flinch.
"Clever" Haru grinned.
"Now to my aid Raceroid!" Syrus continued as the falcon themed race car appeared on his field
Raceroid level 4 (1800/1800)
"Raceroid attack his Super-X, Mach Full Force!" The red car began to drive forward but seemed to run into a wall when it made it halfway.
"Gotta stop you right there Shortstack. Trap number 1 show yourself!" The card flipped upwards to reveal Negate Attack.
"Damn it" Syrus growled. "Fine Chaseroid your up! Scrap his Super-X!"
"Trap number 2 Kaiju Combat show yourself!" Haru commanded has his other set card flipped face up. "Now my Super-X gains a 500 point power boost!"
Anti Kaiju Mech Super-X level 3 (1500-2000)
Chaseroid began shooting at the chrome machine but nothing seemed to hit. Soon after the cannons on the Super-X appeared once again and let loose their ammunition directly at it, destroying it instantly.
Syrus:1800-1600
"I got to ahead of myself" Syrus shook his head in frustration, 'Now all I can do is rely on this.' "I'll set a card and that's it for me".
"During your endphase my Super-X gains another counter" Haru reminded him as his machine was engulfed in a golden light. "Now I activate its effect! By detaching its two counters I can search a Kaiju card from my deck! I choose Godzilla!"
'Wait would he actually tribute both of his monsters just to get 200 more points of damage?" Syrus thought. ' That doesn't seem like something that Haru would do… Unless'. His eyes widened as he realized Haru's plan.
"You figured it out didn't you?" Haru asked.
"You're going to summon the monster that won us the expulsion duel aren't you?" Syrus asked.
"Yup. Gotta make sure this duel is amazing from start to finish!" Haru laughed. "I activate Polymerization to fuse the Godzilla in my hand with my Super-X on field. Arise Anti Kaiju Mecha Kiryu!" Haru declared as the mechanized version of godzilla emerged from the swirling vortex that had formed above him.
Super Anti Kaiju Mecha Kiryu level 11 (?/?)
"As you know Kiryu gains attack equal to both of the monsters used to summon it," Haru addressed the crowd. "So Kiryu is starting out with a whopping 4500 attack!"
Super Anti Kaiju Mecha Kiryu level 11 (4500/4500)
'I have a chance if he attacks with Kiryu' Syrus gritted his teeth.
"Anguirus! Attack his Raceroid!" The giant Kaiju whipped into action as it rolled over the small cartoonish car.
Syrus:1600-600
"Kiryu's effect activates! Once per turn I can prevent you from activating a set spell or trap on your field. Go Absolute Zero Cannon!" Kiryu's chest opened, revealing a blue crystal inside. A light began to form inside before shooting out and striking Syrus's set card causing it to freeze over.
"Now with that out of the way, Kiryu attack him directly!" The mechanical Godzilla let out a screech as the cannons on its back began to power up then fire directly at Syrus.
Syrus:600-0
"The winner is Haru Yoshida!" Petra declared holding her hand up in Haru's direction.
"So close," Syrus laughed as he and Haru met in the middle of the ring.
"You did well," Haru said patting him on the shoulder. "If I hadn't drawn Super-X that last turn, you probably would have had me."
"You're just saying that to make me feel better" Syrus said awkwardly.
"No I mean it," Haru gave him the thumbs up. "You're on your way to making even your brother notice your power."
"The second round between Bastion Misawa and William Raines will begin shortly. Would everyone clear the field please!" Damian announced as Syrus and Haru made their way into the crowd of Slifers and Ras. Syrus was pleasantly surprised by the amount of complements he got from the other students as they made their way back to their group.
"Nice duel guys!" Chumley grinned giving them both the thumbs up.
"I suppose you did pretty well," Blair said passive-aggressively to Syrus.
"You're just mad that I'm not as bad as you thought I was" Syrus snorted.
"I bet I could still beat you though," Blair snickered.
"Want to put that to the test?" Syrus shot back.
"Children, behave." Haru yawned. "We have a duel going on to decide my opponent for tomorrow. I think we should relax for the time being"
"Fine." Blair sighed
"Fine." Syrus agreed.
"Alright! The second duel to decide the Ra representative is about to commence!' Damian called out. "Bastion Misawa, WIlliam Raines please step forward!"
'Now that I think of it, I don't think Will has ever had a duel out in the open, besides the promotion duel, and even I don't remember that' Haru mused as he watched the two Ra students converge on the field.
"I hope you studied enough bookworm," Will joked as he placed his deck into his duel disk.
"I prepared what I could in the time given" Bastion returned. "This will be quite the sight to behold I think"
"Took the words right out of my mouth" Will grinned.
Duel!
Bastion:4000
Will:4000
"I believe I shall start this off then" Bastion said drawing his first card. "I normal summon Oxygeddon in attack position." As he said this the blue pteranodon covered in wind appeared on his side of the field.
Oxygeddon level 4 (1800/800)
"Then I'll set one card and end my turn," he concluded.
"Ok then were starting it off slow are we Bastion?" Will asked.
"Well I can't go all out from the start. I have to give you a chance to respond" Bastion shrugged.
"Ok I'll make it count then. I activate the continuous spell Monster Mash!" Will said inserting the spell into his disk. "Now once per turn if I control no monsters and you do, I can special summon a Gothic Horror monster from my hand. In this case i think I'll special summon Gothic Horror Prince of Darkness in attack position!" A tornado of bats swarmed the field before converging into that of a pale skinned man in a black and red cape.
Gothic Horror Prince of Darkness level 6 (2000/2000)
"Next I'll use my normal summon to bring out Gothic Horror Temptress," Will continued as another swarm of bats appeared, this time forming into a beautiful pale woman with brown hair wearing a pure white gown.
Gothic Horror Temptress level 4 (1500/800)
"Not bad. He's managed to outnumber Bastion's monster in only one turn. Plus if everything goes well he might do a good amount of damage before his endphase," Haru noted.
"Monster Mash second effect activates! All Gothic Horror Monsters I control gain two levels," Will explained. Each of his monsters began to swell with dark energy as their power rose.
Gothic Horror Prince of Darkness level 6 -8
Gothic Horror Temptress level 4 -6
"Now with that out of the way, Prince of Darkness will activate his effect! Oxygeddon's attack power gets reduced by 200 times the difference in their levels"
"So my monster loses 800 attack?" Bastion said doing the math.
"Exactly," Will smiled as the caped man dashed across the field and sunk his teeth into the blue dinosaur.
Oxygeddon level 4 (1800-1000)
"But it doesn't stop there. Now Temptress will activate her effect. I can have one monster on my field gain 200 attack equal to the diffrence between her level and the level of one of your monsters. Since Temptress is 2 levels higher than your Oxygeddon, I can have Prince of Darkness gain 400 attack."
Gothic Horror Prince of Darkness level 6 (2000-2400)
"Prince attacks your Oxygeddon with Blood Drain!" He commanded as the monster flew across the field to attack Bastions monster.
"I activate my trap! Pack Mentality!" Bastion said as he pointed towards his set card. "When i activate this card and I control a Dinosaur type monster, I can negate your attack then special summon a Dinosaur type monster from my hand. To my aid, Combustageddon!" he commanded as a raptor-like monster covered in flames ran onto the field.
Combustageddon level 4 (1700/1600)
"Combustageddon's effect activates when he's summoned, allowing me to switch the type of both of your monsters to Pyro." Bastion snapped his fingers as the raptor-like monster let loose a breath of flame that ignited the robes on both of Will's monsters.
"Fine then Temptress will attack your Oxygeddon! Draining Kiss!" Will said changing his attention to the other monster. With a swoop of her gown, the woman turned into a bat and flew over to the dinosaur before returning to her human form and kissing it on the head, shattering it into pixels."
Bastion:4000-3500
"Oxygeddon's effect activates! When he's destroyed by a Pyro monster we both take 800 points of direct damage" Bastion said calmly as his life points decreased even more.
Bastion:3500-2700
Will:4000-3200
"Of course," Blair stated. "I've seen these cards before, the whole idea is to use them against Pyro monsters to get off their effects. In this case he found a monster to bypass that limitation."
"Exactly, Bastion was so intent on beating both me and Will that he must have come up with multiple ways to make his deck work more in his favor," Haru nodded.
"When it hits my endphase Prince of Darkness has his attack returned to normal" The cloaked was engulfed in a red aura as his stats diminished.
"My turn again" Bastion said calmly. "So I'll start by activating my field field spell Periodic Laboratory. Around them the scenery changed to that of a laboratory filled with test tubes containing miniature versions of the Geddon monsters. "This laboratory has two rather unique effects to choose from. The first allows me to discard a Geddon monster then special summon another Geddon from my graveyard, while the second allows me to shuffle a Geddon into my deck and draw a card. In this case I think I'll use the first effect. By discarding the second Combustageddon in my hand I'll resurrect my Oxygeddon!" After discarding said card he pointed to the monster zone next to his flaming raptor and the wind themed dinosaur appeared once again.
Oxygeddon level 4 (1800/800)
"Now Hydrogeddon arise!" Bastion said as he placed another card on his disk this time in defense position. It was the same bipedal monster from his duel with Chazz with a long row of water spikes going down its back.
Hydrogeddon level 4 (1600/1000)
"Now that I have everything gathered, let's get on with the experiment shall we?" Bastion grinned.
"He's really getting into this whole scientific thing isn't he?" Blair asked.
"Well he is as smart as he lets on. He did manage to memorize a lawbook in the span of a day after I asked him to," Haru told her.
"How?" The Maiden duelist asked.
"Thats a really good question. One that I think stumps even Haru," Syrus commented.
"Now I play the spell Ignition CHO," The hologram of the card appeared in front of Will, depicting a match setting fire to material in a beaker. "Using this card I can tribute my Oxygeddon, Combustageddon, and Hydrogeddon to special summon from my deck Fire Dragon!" The three dinosaurs began to fuse together before changing into the long serpentine body of a dragon much like water dragon. As its name implied it was covered from head to tail in fire. It glared at Will's monsters with a pair of glowing blue eyes.
Fire dragon level 8 (2600/2800)
"You got a new monster huh?" Will smirked.
"You know me, always experimenting." Bastion laughed. "Fire Dragons ability gives him 200 attack for every Fire monster on the field including itself. It also reduced the attack of Water and Aqua monsters to zero, but in this case the first effect is the only one that matters."
Fire dragon Level 8 (2600-3200)
"Time to see if this experiment was a success! Fire Dragon, attack Prince of Darkness! Endless Pyre!" Bastion commanded as the serpentine dragon opened its mouth and let loose a giant fireball at the vampire burning him to a crisp.
Will:3200-2000
"Excellent, a success!" Bastion cheered. "Due to your Prince no longer being on the field Fire Dragon's attack is reduced by 200."
Fire dragon Level 8 (3200-3000)
"My experiment has concluded for the turn. Have at it William," Bastion said.
"Ok. I Draw!" Will called. "I tribute my Temptress to summon Gothic Horror Prometheus in attack position!" A bolt of electricity fell from the sky and hit the female vampire. Once the bolt faded, in her place stood a tall man with a flat head and green skin. Stitches could be seen on his arms and legs along while two metal bolts stuck out from either side of his neck.
Gothic Horror Prometheus level 6 (2500/1000)
"Monster Mash activates boosting his level by 2!" Will continued as the new monster flexed his muscles as a new power flowed into him.
Gothic Horror Prometheus level 6 -8
Fire Dragon level 8 (3000-2800)
"I'll continue my turn by activating a continuous spell card, Called Gothic Horror Laboratory! Now my monster gains two levels and gains 200 attack equal to the difference in levels between my monster and the highest level monster on your field, though right now there's only one."
Behind them a laboratory table hooked up to a control panel appeared. With a surge of electricity the green golem began to grow in power before returning to its attack stance.
Gothic Horror Prometheus level 8-10 (2500-2900)
"Now Prometheus attack his Fire Dragon!" Prometheus stumbled across the field before hesitating in front of Bastions monster for a moment. Shaking its head it delivered a hard blow to the monster, destroying it instantly.
Bastion:2700-2600
"Prometheus's effect activates! When he destroys a monster whose level is lower than his by at least 2, you take damage equal to half your monsters original attack!" Will continued as electricity shot from the monsters fingertips and arced into Bastions duel disk.
Bastion:2600-1300
"Well damn," Haru said impressed.
"Fire Dragon's destruction effect activates! Just like water dragon I can special summon the materials used to summon it. Return to my field, Oxygeddon, Hydrogeddon and Combustageddon!" The light caused by fire dragons destruction dispersed before forming into the three element themed dinosaurs.
Combustageddon level 4 (1700/1600)
Oxygeddon level 4 (1800/800)
Hydrogeddon level 4 (1600/1000)
"I see you were prepared for that" Will laughed
"I always am, and lets not forget Combustageddon's effect. Your Prometheus is about to get toasty!" Bastion told him as the fire raptor let loose a fireball that engulfed Prometheus, causing the monster to shriek in fear.
"Well I made some ground this turn,' the gothic Horror duelist pondered, Time to play the defensive game for the time being'. "I'll set two cards. Your turn Bastion".
Bastion drew before revealing a card from his hand. "I activate Pot of Greed allowing me to draw two cards." After discarding the card he drew two additional ones. "Next I discard Duoterion from my hand to add a spell or trap with Bonding in its name!" After discarding a card depicting a water themed T-rex, he fanned out his deck before revealing a familiar card. "With this I can add Bonding H2O to my hand."
"He's setting up for his other Dragon now. All he needs is another Hydrogeddon," Syrus commented.
"Come forth my second Hydrogeddon!" Bastion commanded.
"Never mind," Syrus sighed. Next to the first monster appeared an additional copy that let out a small roar.
Bastion inserted a spell into his disk. "Now without further ado let's get down to my second experiment shall we? I activate Bonding H2O! Say goodbye to my two Hydrogeddon and one Oxygeddon as they unite to make the all powerful Water Dragon!" As before with Fire Dragon the three Dino's converged forming into the long serpentine body of Water Dragon.
Water Dragon level 8 (2800/2600)
"As you probably know, when Water Dragon is on the field all Pyro or Fire attribute monsters have their attack reduced to zero, so Prometheus is in for a much needed bath!" He held out his hand as the serpentine dragon let loose a torrent of water that put out the fire that was singeing the green monsters clothes.
Gothic Horror Prometheus level 10 (2900-0)
'Here it comes,' Will thought bracing for impact.
"Water Dragon attacks Prometheus, Torrential Downpour!" Bastion commanded as the dragon tail-whipped the green monster.
"I figured you were going for that when you changed my monsters attack," Will said as he pressed a button on his duel disc. "So I set these cards to keep me in the game. My first card is called Gothic Horror Legacy. When you declare an attack on one of my monsters I can banish a Gothic Horror from my graveyard and gain life points equal to its attack! I'll remove my Prince of Darkness and gain 2000!"
Will:2000-4000
"Interesting" Bastion called. "But your monster isn't safe from my attack!" The tail whip from Water Dragon engulfed the green monster, then it whipped the tip of its tail directly at Will.
Will:4000-1200
"Brace yourself Will, the experiment isn't over quite yet. Now my Combustageddon gets a chance to attack!"
"Not if I have anything to say about it" Will shot back, "Go Horror Reborn!". His trap flipped upward revealing a picture of Prince of Darkness rising from his coffin as a Hunchbacked man watched. "This card allows me to revive a Gothic Horror monster from my graveyard and in addition gives it an additional level! Revive Prometheus!" As he commanded the green monster returned ripping apart the pair of manacles that were currently hooked to his wrists.
Gothic Horror Prometheus level 6-11 (2500-3100/1000)
"And since Monster Mash is still on the field it gains another two levels and along with Laboratory he's back up to level 11" Blair frowned. "Neither one of them is going down without a fight. I never thought both sides would be this unrelenting."
"I think it's a pride thing" Haru told her. "Will wants to show Bastion that his monsters are worthy of him going all out. While Bastion wants to prove that even without preparation ahead of time he can still bring his full power against anyone this academy throws at him."
"That's really insightful," Syrus said giving his companion a concerned look. "Are you feeling ok?"
"Shut up Syrus" Haru grumbled.
"Looks like I have no choice but to have my Combustageddon retreat for the time being" Bastion said as his monster returned to his side of the field. "One card face down will do it for me."
"My move then!" The Gothic Horror duelist drew for turn. "I normal summon Gothic Horror Madman in defense position" He said placing the card on the field, Appearing next to prometheus was a man clad in a white lab coat along with a stethoscope around his neck.
"That's rather on the nose" Chumley snorted. "Scientist vs scientist eh?"
Gothic Horror Madman level 3 (500/1300)
"Once per turn Madman can reduce the level of a gothic Horror monster by any amount then special summon another monster from my deck with a level equal to the levels lost" He pointed at Prometheus, "I'll reduce his Prometheus's level by 2 and special summon Gothic Horror Assistant in defense position as well." Madman snapped his fingers and another man in a lab coat appeared next to him. The new monster had a rather-large hump on his back, forcing him to hunch over.
Gothic Horror Prometheus level 11-9 (3100-2700)
Gothic Horror Assistant level 2 (800/1000)
"Assistant's effect activates reducing your Water Dragon's level by two and increasing Prometheus's by the same amount." Hobbling across the field the hunchbacked man pulled out a vial and stole some of the water from Bastion's monster before returning to his master. The Scientist took the vial and fed it to the monster, boosting its power.
Water Dragon level 8-6
Gothic Horror Prometheus level 9-11 (2700-3500)
"Well shit," Haru said impressed. "In one move he managed to build up his monster and quite possibly wrestle the victory from Bastion"
"I wonder about that" Blair shook her head. "Bastion seems too calm for being in a corner like this"
"Prometheus attacks Water Dragon!" Will commanded as the green goliath charged across the field for an attack.
"Sorry William im afraid i have to intervene with my Trap Bonding DHO! Since I summoned Water Dragon I have an Oxygeddon, two Hydrogeddon and via my discard at the beginning of my turn a Duoterion in the graveyard. With my trap I can shuffle Oxygeddon, one of my Hydrogeddon and Duoterion back into my deck then special summon a Water Dragon Cluster from my hand!"
"Water Dragon Cluster?" The four Slifers said in unison.
Another torrent of water shot out of the monster zone next to Water Dragon, this time forming into that of a two headed water dragon.
Water Dragon Cluster level 10 (2800/2600)
"When Water Dragon Cluster is special summoned I can negate the effects of all monsters you control and reduce their attack to zero until the end of the turn." Bastion explained.
Gothic Horror Prometheus level 11 (3500-0)
Gothic Horror Madman level 3 (500-0)
Gothic Horror Assistant level 2 (800-0)
"Prometheus call off your attack!" Will commanded as the monster stopped mid stride and lumbered back to his spot on the field.
"And that was my best chance too,' Will grumbled. "Your turn Bastion!"
Bastion drew. As he did so, Will's monsters regained their attacks. before pointing to Water Dragon Cluster, "I activate Water Dragon Cluster's second effect! Now I can tribute it and special summon two Water Dragons from my deck or hand ignoring their summoning conditions!" He pulled two cards from his deck and placed them on the field before sending Cluster to the graveyard. Two more water Dragons appeared from pillars of water.
Water Dragon level 8 (2800/2600)x3
"Now I activate the effect of Periodic Laboratory! I choose to shuffle my second Hydrogeddon from my graveyard then draw an additional card" Doing so he drew, then smiled at what he saw. "I'm sorry my friend but it looks like this is the end for you!"
"Drew something good did we?" Will smiled.
"As a matter of fact I did" Bastion nodded, "I activate the spell Molecular Bonding! Now that I control three Water Dragons on my field I can fuse them into the ultimate water based lifeform!" As the fusion vortex appeared above him the three water dragons jumped into it. "Arise Water Dragon Trinity!" He commanded as a great roar was heard from behind him. From the portal a sphere of water emerged. With a splash a head emerged from the top of the sphere and two emerged on the bottom. The three head's formed a triangular shaped pattern.
Water Dragon Trinity level 10 (3200/2500)
"And now since the Water Dragon you targeted with Assistant's effect is gone your Prometheus loses some attack.
Gothic Horror Prometheus level 9 (3500-2700)
"When Water Dragon Trinity is special summoned with Molecular Bonding it switches all defense position monsters into attack position!" As he said this Madman and Assistant moved into a more offensive stance. "Battle phase! Trinity attacks Prometheus! Torrent Beam!" The head on top of the sphere opened its mouth a geyser of water shot out and pierced the green monster destroying it.
Will:2000-1500
"But its effect doesn't stop there! When Trinity successfully destroys a monster it can attack up to two additional times but it can't attack directly! Trinity attack number two goes to his Assistant! End this with another Torrent Beam!" Bastion commanded as the bottom left head let loose another geyser of water, destroying the hunchbacked individual.
Will: 1500-0
"And the winner is Bastion Misawa!" Damian declared walking over and raising the black haired boy's arm in victory. The crowd was engulfed in roaring applause as Will walked over to join his companion.
"You're really something Bastion!" He said patting him on the shoulder. "Listen to how happy you made them".
"You're wrong about that my friend" Bastion shook his head. "It was the combined power of both of our decks that spoke to our classmates".
"Really?" As if on cue the crowd of Ra students started chanting Will's name.
"I think I'll let that answer your question" Bastion laughed.
"Well looks like we know who your opponent is going to be tomorrow Haru," Syrus pointed out as the four Slifers stood up and took part in the celebration.
"Yeah and from what I've seen I have to be prepared to give it my all" Haru grinned.
A few hours later Bastion and Will made their way to the cliff behind the Red dorm. A light flickered back and forth illuminating the building as the two Ra students recognized a small Bonfire being tended to by Haru.
"Aren't you afraid that you'll wake someone up?" they heard Blair ask. The Female slifer seemed to be unpacking food from a large duffle bag nearby.
"First thing you need to know Blair is that none of the Slifer students are light sleepers," Haru told her as he fed another piece of wood to the fire. Seeing them approach he smiled. "Glad you two could join us".
"I'm tempted to ask where you got all this stuff," Bastion said looking at all the food supplies that were placed in front of the four Slifers.
"We both know he would never tell you," Syrus laughed as he began roasting his marshmallow.
"Better to enjoy it while it lasts" Will shrugged taking up a seat next to Chumley. "After all the two of you have a big day tomorrow."
"And I intend to win too" Bastion smirked, causing Haru to stop and look at him.
"We'll see about that," He grinned as he passed the Ra a stick. "I'm preparing for it too, I'll have you know".
"Sleeping doesn't count Haru," Syrus grinned
Haru sighed. "Thanks for the vote of confidence Syrus"
"That reminds me, Did anyone see the old guy around during the duel?" Syrus asked.
"Old guy?" Blair asked confused.
"We met up with this guy before Banner's class who looked like he was about 20 years our senior," Haru explained.
"I didn't think you could be held back that long," Bastion raised an eyebrow.
"That's what I was thinking" Haru nodded.
"Who knows honestly, maybe he had a decent amount of money and decided to buy his way onto campus?" Will pondered.
"And started out as a Slifer?" that seems like an odd decision Blair added.
"Perhaps were just overthinking it" Chumley shrugged, "He probably just went to bed early after all the paperwork he had to do."
"Meh, I'll look into it tomorrow" Haru yawned
Wow I can't believe I'm actually on chapter 19! Well anyway I figured that this would be the perfect point to let Will duel again since its been a while since his debut. As you can probably tell I added quite a bit to Bastions monsters because i do want him to play a larger role than he ended up doing in the series. Next time I get to conclude my very first two parter and we get to see Element dragons vs Kaiju for the right to duel in the singles division of the School duel. Special thanks to Neo-Warkid4, Azure Dragon of the East, MaleficKing and of course Blue and Silver for their help and ideas. As always if you have Ideas for, OC's, Decks, Characters returning Etc just PM me or leave a comment. Thanks guys and as always keep it showy!
-Red
